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"So Leon is going west with Barca. Should I call you ......, Mister Rion?"

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"No, I don't mind if it's the same as it always has been. I will call you Mr. Ars as I have always done.

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"Okay, okay. Well, good luck in the future, Leon. So, the total number of the allied forces including Barka and other knights will be about 1500.

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"I can't say for sure, because I don't know how many of the Arbalests are still coming from the west. But we will definitely be at a numerical disadvantage.

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"Right. I mean, what about Carlos-sama, who's headed east?　Is everything okay over there?"

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"I don't know. The Uruks have suffered some losses in the last year, so they will be a little better off, but I think they are likely to be at a numerical disadvantage."

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"Hmmm. This is honestly a dead end, isn't it?　It's over when you're being pinched by separate noble families at the same time."

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"I think the cause is solely due to you, Mr. Ars. How can you say such a thing after causing so much trouble in Fontana?

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"It can't be helped. If we had been forced by circumstances to take the only option available to us, we would have ended up like this. It's all his fault. The young knight who provoked me.

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"I'm sorry to hear that, Mr. Ruffin, but it's not nice to speak ill of someone who has already passed away. So what are you going to do now, Mr. Ars?

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"What are we going to do? Well, we're going to have to fight, aren't we?　They're coming over here with an army led by a nobleman named Arbalest or something like that."

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I see. Then let's make preparations quickly. First of all, we need to find out how many enemies there are and decide where we will meet them as soon as possible and create a position for them.

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"What?"

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"...... something wrong, Mr. Ars?"

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"No, I thought Leon was going to intercept the Arbalests. ......"

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"Oh, no?"

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"If you do that, we'll get hurt. I don't want to die.

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"What are you talking about, Mr. Ars?　Don't tell me, are you planning to disobey Carlos' order and run away somewhere?　That's a no-no. I don't agree with that idea.

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"No, no, no, I don't mean that, Leon. What I'm saying is that we don't need to go all the way back to the Arbalests. The only order I received from Carlos was to stop the invasion of House Arbalest. That means we should stop them from attacking us, right?"

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"Perhaps, Master Ars. Are you thinking of doing this without being on the defensive?"

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"That's what I'm talking about, Leon. Let's attack the Arbalests from here. Let's go after the Arbalests from our side. We'll tear up their lands and make them less inclined to move on to the Fontana.

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　I talk with Rion, the new reigning head of the family next to the knight of Barca, as we move.

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　Carlos had ordered him to start moving immediately.

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　The Barca forces and the Grahams, who had newly acquired the territory, were hastily assembling their forces and moving to absorb the knightly house located further west on the border of the territory with the Arbalest family.

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　But during the process, there seemed to be some discrepancy between Rion and me regarding this mission.

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　Was Rion's plan to build a walled encampment on the border between Fontana and Arbalest?

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　It's not that I couldn't do it, but I didn't think I'd want to do it.

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　After all, even the Fontana army led by Carlos might be outnumbered by the Uruks.

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　It would be too scary for us to defend ourselves in a situation where there were no reinforcements to help us.

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　There is a chance that it might work, but there is just as much chance that it will fail.

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　If that is the case, I would rather go on the offensive than on the defensive.

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　I will go on the offensive and inflict damage on the Arbalest family.

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　If it works and they retreat, then we can put up a defense.

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"That's the way it should be. That's the way to do it, Ars. You know what you're doing.

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"Oh, my brother Byte. You look happy.

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"Of course you do. Why are you fighting a war while I'm gone, Ars? It's not fair.

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"It's not unfair. It's not like I wanted to fight. It's just the way things are.

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"Bullshit. When we heard you attacked the neighboring knight's territory we were all in an uproar that you'd finally done it! I bet there's no one who loves war as much as you do.

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"You've got to be kidding me, brother Bite. I'm basically a pacifist. I don't want to fight. I just want to live in peace.

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"Okay, okay. But you know what? I'm starting to think you're right.　I heard you didn't hesitate to fight for your woman. Sometimes I don't know what you're thinking, but I realized that you were a man too."

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"That's right, of course. I mean, there are a lot of people who think like my part-time brother, so it's hard to back down. If I was lenient there, there would be no one left to follow me.

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"Of course. If you can't even protect your own woman, how can you protect your friends? So where are you going to attack now?　I'll be right behind you this time, Ars."

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"No, to be honest, I haven't thought about it at all. I mean, I don't know much about the Arbalest region. Is there anywhere good, Leon? Somewhere where it's easy to hit them in their vital spots, where they can't ignore us if we hit them, but where we can easily drop them?"

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I'd like to say, "Of course not," but I think Ars-sama might be able to help.

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"Oh, I didn't know there was such a place. What kind of place?

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Fortress Paramere. The pride of the House of Arbalest, it is called an impregnable fortress, and it has the reputation of never having been breached since Palamere was built."

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"...... I don't think it looks easy to drop by any stretch of the imagination. Well, let's put it on the list anyway. The scouts will be back soon, and we'll have another strategy meeting as soon as we get more information. You two okay with that?"

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"Oh."

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"Yes."

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　Thus, the time for intercepting the approaching Arbalest was drawing nearer and nearer.

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