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　The territory of Uruk is surrounded by nature.

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　In the east of the Uruk Territory, as well as in Fontana, there is a mountain that is said to reach to the sky, the Great Snow Mountain.

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　Strictly speaking, this Daisetsuzan is not a single mountain, but is composed of several mountains.

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　It is called Daisetsuzan because it looks like a huge wall of snow to those who live on the plains, but in reality, it is a series of mountains that could be called the Daisetsuzan mountain range, which is made up of mountains that have no name.

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　The Uruk territory is bordered on the east by the Great Snow Mountains, on the north by a forest inhabited by demons like Fontana, and on the west by the Fontana territory.

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　It also borders the territory of another noble family to the south, but it seems that this noble family and the House of Uruk have not fought each other much until now.

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　This is because a part of the mountain range to the east of the territory stretches horizontally to separate the southern noble domain from the Uruk domain.

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　In short, the Uruks and the nobles of the south were not in contact with each other, even though they bordered each other on a rough map.

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　That is why the Fontana in the west and Einrad, which is called a strategic point of transportation, had been in dispute for many years.

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　And the place called Fox Valley, which was described in the documents I found in the capital of Uruk, was somewhere in the knight's territory in the southeastern part of the Uruk territory.

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　The land had been ruled for a long time by a knightly family called the House of Arm.

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　However, because of its mountainous terrain and the difficulty of expanding the territory, it seems to have been a land that the House of Uruk did not interfere much within the Uruk territory.

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　In other words, the House of Arm was not close to the House of Uruk, even though it was in the Uruk territory.

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　When Payne told me this, I was convinced.

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　The House of Uruk was overthrown by the House of Xillia, so they did not come to visit them to ask for relief, even though they came to pay their respects.

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　From their point of view, it must be a kind of independent climate that they don't care about such things.

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　But that doesn't matter to me.

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　I have permission from Carlos to fight the Uruks.

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　He has given me permission to cut off as I please the lands ruled by the knights of the Uruk who did not follow House Cicilia.

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　So there is no need to be shy.

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　I led Barka's army out of the Uruk lands and headed southeast to reach the lands of the Knights of Arms.

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　The lands of the knights of Arms are not so easy to get rid of.

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"Hey, what's up, Ars?"

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"Hmm, is that a white flag?　Does that mean he's giving up, Brother Bite?"

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"Did you say arms house?　Is it possible to surrender when you haven't even fought yet?　In fact, aren't you thinking of catching us off guard and giving us a slap on the wrist when we get close?"

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"Wait a minute, both of you. That's just raising the white flag. That's the official style. If we ignore that and attack the Arms family, we will be accused of attacking an unarmed person.

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"Oh, I knew it?　Is that a clear sign of surrender, Payne?"

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"Yes. Yes, I think so. Mr. Ars, if you don't mind, I could go over there as an emissary to see what they have to say.

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"Payne as an emissary?"

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"Yes. I would like to work for Master Ars, but I do not believe that I can suddenly show you my military skills in battle. If that is the case, I hope you will use me as a prearrangement for these negotiations.

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"...... Okay, all right. Go ahead, Payne. Just get them what they want. I told you what would happen if you ignored the messenger from House Cicilia. Tell them that I don't think they'll forgive me now."

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"Yes, sir. Then I will be on my way.

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　Now we have moved through the Uruk lands with the idea of taking possession of them.

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　But when we entered the territory of the Knights of Arms, our destination, suddenly soldiers with white flags approached us from the other side.

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　Payne is right, it might not be good for our reputation to ignore them and attack them.

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　Since we're here, let's leave it to Payne, who is showing a lot of enthusiasm.

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　Seeing Payne heading toward the approaching white flag, I waited for his return, thinking about what I should do from now on.

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"It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Ars von Barka. My name is Zitan Wong-Arm. I am the head of the Arm family.

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"My name is Ars von Barka. Nice to meet you, Mr. Zitan. So, let me get this out of the way. Is it true what Payne has told you?　The Arm family is not loyal to the Xillia family, but to Barka.

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"That is correct. Our House of Arm has renounced the name of Uruk and pledged allegiance to House Barka.

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Why, Mr. Zitan? Payne has told me that the House of Arm is a knightly family that has served the House of Uruk since ancient times. And yet they pledge allegiance to the House of Barca, which until recently was their enemy?　Why would you act in a way that would betray the Uruks?"

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"That's not true. Our allegiance has always been to the House of Uruk, never to the House of Xillia. For whatever reason, we will not serve the Xillia family, who betrayed the Uruk family. Rather, I believe that would be a betrayal of the House of Uruk.

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"I see. It seems reasonable when you put it that way.

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"It also has something to do with my meeting with Payne there. If he approved of Master Ars, then I was inclined to trust his judgment.

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"...... trust the eyes of Payne?　Did you, by any chance, know about Payne?"

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"Well, this is a surprise. Perhaps you have been using him without knowing about him. Payne is the grandson of a friend of mine. This friend is Miriam, the one who is said to be in Uruk. He is the grandson of the Lady Miriam, you know.

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"...... Miriam, Miriam is the old man of the Uruk cavalry in Einrad, I think. Was Payne her grandson?

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"That's right, Master Ars. My grandfather and my father were both defeated by Master Ars. It was definitely my grandfather who served with Einrad's Keima cavalry."

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"Seriously? You're not actually standing by me to avenge your grandfather and father, are you?"

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"No, sir. If that is the case, I will fight Barka with my army and avenge my enemies just as my father and grandfather did. I will not be a coward and will not cheat them.

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"Woah woah woah. You're still a hard man. Master Ars, please believe me when I tell you... His parents were all hard-headed people as well. But that's why I can trust Payne's discernment of people.

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"Okay, Mr. Zitan. Well, there's nothing to say about Payne here."

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"Thank you, Master Ars. Oh, and don't worry about me, Zitan. So, before we go any further, I understand that you have been doing some research on the Fox Valley.

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"Really?　Well then, be my guest. What does Zitan know about Fox Valley?　It seems that in old literature it was described as being between the mountains of this Knight of Arms territory."

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"Of course I know. But don't do this. Fox Valley is a place not to be entered. If you go there you will not return alive.

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"You'll never get out of here alive?　What do you mean, Jitan?

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"Well, all right. Let me tell you something before we go all the way out there. About Fox Valley.

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　Something strange has happened.

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　We came here to cut off Uruk territory, but they say we're going to fall back to Barka's army without a fight.

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　I look at Zitan, the old knight who rules the territory of the Knights of Arms and think.

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　I wonder if he really wants to be loyal to me.

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　But there are only a few references to the Fox Valley, the habitat of the nine-tailed fox, in the old documents.

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　This old knight knows about the Fox Valley.

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　And he even goes to the trouble of explaining it to us.

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　We still do not know exactly what Zitan intends to do.

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　But I decide to listen to what the old knight has to say about the forgotten and unexplored region of Uruk.

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