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"Thank you for coming, Mr. Ars. Thank you for your help in the last battle.
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Ghana, it's been a long time. How is the situation?
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At present, we have succeeded in holding Paramère. So far, the Arbalest family does not seem to be trying to retake this completely fallen Palamere. I believe that this is partly due to the effect of the attack of the Balkan army on the knightly territory belonging to Arbalest to the west of this paramour."
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"I see. So for the time being, you've taken control of the surrounding lands, with Palamere as the center. Well done.
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No, it wasn't that hard of a job. But I have to say that people are still very hard on Fontana.
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"Not so much?"
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Yes. He seems to be very reluctant to be governed by us. We could try to force them into submission, but I don't think that would be a good idea.
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"Can't you do it by force?"
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"Of course, if anything goes wrong, the residents will turn against us. If the Arbalest family comes to us after the unrest is over, we will help them. If that happens, no matter how impregnable Palamere is, it will not be able to defend itself. After all, it is important to have boaters who are familiar with this lake in order to travel safely by boat in this demon-infested lake."
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"I see. So, I don't think it is a good idea to rule by force as Carlos-sama said. We will have to try other methods.
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"Do you have any ideas, Mr. Ars?"
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"Well, I don't know if it's a good idea for a layman, but could you just listen to me, Mister Ghana?
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Yes, of course.
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"I'm wondering if it's a good idea to hold a festival to comfort the inhabitants of the land that we have captured. The men in the fortress fought in unison, but as a result they were defeated and many died. But their deaths were brave and noble. Those of us who fought directly know that better than anyone else. So how about we hold a festival to honor their good fight and to pray for the repose of the souls of all, including the inhabitants of Fort Palamea?"
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"...... Would you say you fought the good fight? It seems to me that all of them died in fear, frightened by the slowly increasing water level and the lake monster lurking in its waters. ......"
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"No, sir. They fought hard until the very end, even in desperate circumstances. The residents came together as one. Isn't that wonderful? Oh, I don't need to tell you that the fortress was flooded. You'd have to be there to know."
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"You are very clever, Mr. Ars. But do you think that the festival will be enough to convince all the people living in the neighborhood of Palamea?
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"I don't think so. But I think it will give us some closure. Right now, the residents are angry because they have no place to go. People close to them are dead, but they are helpless to obey them. If this can be somewhat suppressed by the festival, at least superficially, it should calm them down."
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"That may be true, indeed."
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"And it is not wrong to say that festivals alone are not enough. Let's give them a benefit.
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"Real benefits? Specifically?"
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"Barca will develop the land around here. The water fortress Palamea is located in the middle of the lake, but there is also farmland around the lake and no one currently lives there. The river downstream of Lake Paramere has been dammed to raise the water level of the lake. After that, the dam was cut and the water was drained away, leaving the land downstream of the river in disrepair. Let's fix that up too."
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"I see. By giving direct benefits to the residents, you are making it harder for them to complain now that they have received them.
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"That's right. You don't have to convince everyone. It is enough if a certain number of the residents are pro-Fontana.
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"...... Well, that might work. Then we will prepare for the festival. May I ask Barca to develop the land?
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"Okay. Let's let the neighborhood know about the festival as soon as possible and ask the residents to help, preferably with a daily stipend. It will be more effective if we prepare for the deceased with our own hands."
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Carlos had directed me to the site of Palamere, a floating fortress in the western Arbalest territory, and I was reunited with Ghana, who was now in control of the area.
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Apparently, in Ghana's opinion, ruling by force is not a very good strategy.
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If that's what the people on the ground say, they're probably right.
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So, I have an idea that I had been thinking about before I came here.
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It was to make a festival in honor of those who died.
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The fact remains that the people who lived in Paramere have died because of our operation.
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However, I thought that it would be a little better if we could convey that we do not feel nothing for their deaths, but rather that we mourn them and have respect for those who fought bravely against them.
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In reality, people may not forgive so easily, but people's mind is realistic in this area where deaths are abundant.
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If the land is improved and people can have a better life than before, I think that more and more people will accept the new rulers out of a sense of profit and loss.
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Ghana recognized this possibility and adopted my idea.
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Thus, a festival was held in Paramere.
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