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"I thought you were an idiot, but I didn't know you were this big of a fool. As usual, you've done far more than I expected, Ars.

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"I'm sorry, Mr. Carlos. But I've cleared my name. I made sure to give the young knight who made a slanderous comment about Carlos a good public reprimand.

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"......What kind of mouth says that? If you get too carried away, I will personally hand you over to the authorities."

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I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

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"Hey. You've made a nuisance of yourself by spreading my permit around without my permission. You're using me as a cover to invade my territory. You've got some nerve, you know that?

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"No, it's not that I wanted the territory. It's just that circumstances forced me to fight. It's all Ruffin's fault for saying all that.

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"That's certainly one of the reasons. But that doesn't mean anyone would go to such lengths. They should have ended it with a clean duel.

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"Oh, I see. A duel. I see. A duel. Let's do that next time.

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"Wait, next time tell me before you lay a hand on him. You'd better refrain from acting without my permission."

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"Yes, Master Carlos."

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　The series of events that began with the dam building.

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　The events that were unfolding at a speed I had not anticipated eventually spread to the entire Fontana territory.

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　Or, rather, I had led them to do so from the beginning.

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　After attacking the Barca knights and the neighboring Garnes family, and even defeating the knights who had moved to support them, I decided that I could no longer control the situation by myself.

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　So I decided to make things more complicated.

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　I spread a document that Carlos had given me, stating that this was a humiliating battle against Raffin, throughout the territory of Fontana.

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　I have justice.

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　My actions are the will of the Lord of Fontana.

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　That is how I spread the word.

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　But some of the other knights were both confused and repulsed at receiving such a letter out of the blue.

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　Especially the knights of the old Raymond faction were the ones who rebelled the most.

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　All the places I had attacked and taken were the old Raymondites.

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　As if they remembered their former solidarity, they started to move to help their friends rather than to take Carlos' words as a cause.

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　Seeing this, I decided to further complicate the situation.

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　I sent more papers to some of the old Raymondite knights.

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　These were the knights who had attended the New Year's celebration, talked with me during the banquet, and purchased the magic of the Reed family.

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　That is, the knights introduced to me by Peacha, who had fought with me directly as a former Raymond's man, and who had fought with me against me on Aynrad's Hill.

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　To them I sent this document.

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　Lord Petya is connected with Barca and already has Barca's army at Fort Einrad.

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　Through his introduction, you who are connected with Barca are also in the same camp as we are.

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　Let us stand together against those who oppose the decision of Mr. Carlos.

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　In short, we have tried to create our own camp among the old Raymondists.

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　Coincidentally, we have circumstantial evidence that there are in fact people with the surname of Barca, including my brother Byte, at Fort Einrad right now.

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　Of course, the receipt of the document does not make them trusted associates.

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　But their intentions were not important.

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　All that mattered was that the old Raymondites thought that the knights who accepted the Reed family's magic were in their camp.

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　So, while sending the document, I said to the old Raymondites, "Since that man you knew also joined our camp, why don't you join us? The documents were sent to the bank.

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　The situation in the Fontana was now very chaotic.

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　It was difficult to know who was on the same side, and both sides were in a state of mutual suspicion and doubt.

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　But there were still those who took a firm stand.

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　The powerful knightly families of the old Raymond faction took the lead and began to show unity.

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　What would the other fiefdoms think if they saw this situation?

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　The neighboring fiefdoms are trying to reduce their power through internal conflicts on their own.

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　In other words, they would think that this is an opportunity.

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　Who would be the worst off if that happens?

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　Carlos, the head of this Fontana territory, of course.

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　Carlos needed to contain the rapid development of the situation.

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　And quickly.

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　In other words, Carlos had to take control of the situation.

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　Carlos was the one who had to take the responsibility, not me, who was the cause of the problem and was pouring oil on the fire.

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　Carlos has two choices.

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　He could either help me or the old Raymondists.

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　Carlos could have been angry with me for taking advantage of him and attacked Barca.

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　In that case, the situation would be infinitely worse for me.

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　But in the end, Carlos chose to follow me and attack the old Raymondists.

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　I guess he took into consideration the documents I had scattered and the time it would take to solve the problem.

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　Thus, the civil war that suddenly broke out in the Fontana territory was brought to an end by Carlos' quick decision and military maneuvering, wiping out the rebellious forces of the old Raymond faction against Carlos.

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