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"Here we are, Mr. Ars von Barka. This is the Fox Valley. We were taught from an early age never to go further than this point.

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"Well, thank you for showing us the way."

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"...... Mr. Ars, are you sure you want to go?　If what Lord Zitan said about the Fox Valley is true, even Master Ars will not survive. I think it is too dangerous."

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"Well, maybe you're right, Payne. All right, here's what we're going to do. Someone scout out Fox Valley first.

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"Yes, Master Ars. I'll go. I'll do the recon.

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"Elvis. Are you sure?　It's a dangerous place, but you know what you're doing, don't you?"

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"Of course. This is nothing for Master Ars. Leave it to me.

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"All right, all right. Go ahead, Elvis.

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"Yes!"

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　I was given a guide by Zitan, the head of the knight-arm's domain, and continued onward.

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　We crossed several mountains and came to a secluded area.

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　And it seemed that our destination was the Fox Valley.

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　But as expected, we can't just go on ahead with all of us.

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　I decided to go ahead and send someone out to check out Fox Valley.

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　Let's just hope that Elvis returns safely from his scouting trip.

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　While we're waiting, we can set up a camp around here and have a meal.

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"No, wait a minute, Master Ars. Are you sure you can handle the soldiers of the Barka army that you sent out without any preparation?　I mean, it won't be all right. He's never coming back, this Elvis guy."

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"Why not, Payne? It's not as if Elvis has decided not to come back."

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"What are you talking about, Master Ars? Did you really not hear what Zitan said?　The Fox Valley has been protected by poison since ancient times. I don't know what he is, but I'm sure he will soon be poisoned and stuck."

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"No, Elvis is no ordinary soldier. He is a knight of the House of Barth, named after his brother Barthes. So I'm sure he'll be fine.

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"I beg your pardon. I see that you are a knight. But that has nothing to do with this. Poison is effective even for a knight. That's what the Arm family story says, Master Ars.

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"You'll probably be fine. I have a good handle on the poison. Maybe the poison from the foxhole won't bother them. ...... probably."

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"...... What do you mean, Mr. Ars?　Are you able to deal with the poison?"

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"Oh, yes, Payne. The knights of Barca and Baltic are immune to poison."

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　Oh, Payne's mouth is open and he looks surprised.

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　He had been following me here since he said he wanted to work for me, but this might be the first time he showed such a dumb face.

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　So, he didn't know about this?

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　I might have found out sooner or later, but I should not have told him, right?

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　I was thinking about this as I looked at Payne's pockmarked face.

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　[Poison nullification].

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　My newly acquired new magic.

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　Literally, it's a magic I created just to deal with poisons.

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　I talked to Meme about poisons after the war last year.

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　And I have prepared an antidote for poison.

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　This was in case I was targeted for assassination in the future.

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　However, in hindsight, I felt that there were many cases where the antidote would not be useful.

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　This is because Meme is not always my doctor.

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　In other words, if I am poisoned, I cannot go to Mim immediately.

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　Then, I may not be able to determine exactly what kind of poison is poisoning my body, and what kind of antidote is needed to deal with it.

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　There are many kinds of antidotes and there is no panacea.

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　I have thought that this would be a problem in case of emergency.

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　If that is the case, I should be able to get a meme to examine me at any time, but I am always in the city of Fontana, and meme is in Vulcania.

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　But I am always in the city of Fontana and Mihm is in Vulcania. Mihm is so busy with his research that it was difficult to set up a system to see him.

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　Then, why don't we make her doctor-less?

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　I came to this conclusion.

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　So, I decided to establish a method to cope with the poison.

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　And that means was magic.

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　And so began my new magical development.

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　However, the magic of [poison nullification] was quite difficult.

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　This is because I created the magic using my own body as an experimental material.

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　Along with the antidote I received from Meme, I also received the poison itself.

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　And I used the poison against myself.

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　Of course, at first I used a small amount of poison, far less than the lethal dose, while checking with the meme.

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　It was applied to the skin, scratched into the body and put inside, or swallowed through the mouth.

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　Immediately afterwards, they would enhance the natural healing power of the human body by increasing the magical power that had been kneaded into the body.

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　At first they used small doses of poison several times to quietly and intensely feel the movement of the magical power.

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　As a result, I found out something.

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　When I took in various poisons in different ways, the moment the poison touched my body, the magic power automatically showed a kind of defensive reaction.

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　I think it was the surface of the skin all over the body, from the mouth and nostrils to the esophagus, stomach, intestines and other mucous membrane parts.

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　The magic power was also concentrated in the internal organs such as the liver and kidneys in the stomach.

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　So, after I recognized the minute change of the magic power, I changed my training method a little.

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　When I used poison, I made it so that the magic power would be concentrated in those parts by my will.

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　Then, to my surprise, a small amount of poison hardly changed my body at all.

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　So, he increased the amount of poison little by little and continued the experiment further.

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　Again and again, I carefully observed the movement of my body and the magic power, and each time I changed the way of controlling the magic power.

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　Perhaps their efforts bore fruit, by the end of the winter, all the poisons prepared by Meme were no longer lethal and could be taken without problems.

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　Once that point was reached, all that remained was to turn it into a spell.

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　The days went on, as he continued to drink the poison, mumbling "poison nullification" incessantly.

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　Lilina and others saw this and told me not to do such dangerous things, but I kept on self-mutilating with a grim determination.

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　And so a new magic came to Barca.

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　The effect was proven to be effective by the fact that no one but me had any problem taking the poison after using [Poison Disable].

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　Furthermore, I asked meme to prepare a new poison that I had not used in the experiment, and when I used it, my body did not show any abnormalities.

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　In other words, this [Poison Disablement] should be effective in protecting the body from unknown poisons.

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　I can't argue that there may be exceptions to this rule.

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　To be honest, I myself don't know to what extent the effect of [Poison Disable] is effective.

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　However, if Jitan's story is accurate, the nine tails had no problem entering this Fox Valley.

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　This means that the story cannot be that there was no poison but the air itself.

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　If that is the case, the [Poison Disable] spell, which lasts for a while once you cast it, should protect your body.

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　Hang in there, Elvis.

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　If you don't come back, I'll have to turn back slowly after having dared you to come all the way to this Fox Valley.

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　Please come back safely.

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　I keep cheering for Elvis, thinking only of my own self-preservation.

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　It seems that my wish has reached the heavens.

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　It was late at night when Elvis returned to the camp.

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　In his hand, he held a lump of metal that I had never seen before.

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