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"Publish a book?　Is that Carlos's?　By the way, who is that book for?"

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"Yeah ......, who's that, everyone in the Fontana territory. ......"

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"So, who are you referring to when you say 'everyone', Ars?　Are you sure they are the knights who are in charge of the various regions?"

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"No, I'm going to make sure that not only the knights but also the people know about Master Carlos, and I'm going to explain to them that I'm the rightful successor to him. ....... Is that a bad idea, Dad?"

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"I don't think so. You're forgetting that my father can only read simple letters now, aren't you?　Those peasants couldn't read even if they had books. If you want to publish books for knights, I don't object, but distributing books to the entire Fontana territory is obviously a waste of money, Ars.

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　After I talked to Payne about the funeral of Carlos, I told others about it, and my father raised an objection.

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　Of course, there was no opposition to Carlos' funeral itself.

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　But the idea of distributing Carlos' book to the public was rejected.

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　The reason was simple and clear: "Most of the common people cannot read.

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　It is natural if you think about it.

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　It is only natural that they are building a school to teach those who cannot read, write, or calculate.

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　It was me, of all people, who gave up trying to sell Bibles and started selling adult pictures.

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　But I had forgotten all about it.

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　But then, I might have to change my direction.

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　I want to spread the word at the common people's level that I have not taken over the Fontana family for my own personal gain, but that I respect Carlos, the head of a noble family.

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　Especially in the territories under the direct control of the Fontana family, they have even introduced a conscription system.

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　Popularity is good.

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　But if the book is no good, is there any way to prove that I respected Carlos instead?

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　And in a way that is easy for the public to understand, without using words.

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How about naming something after Carlos?

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"Name?　Does it make sense to put Master Carlos' name on something?"

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"I think you do, Dad. You know, you used Kyle's name for the dam once. Thanks to that, Kyle's name, which was previously unknown in the Barka Knight's Domain, got a certain amount of publicity. If it weren't for that, I don't think the soldiers would have followed a kid who was not even ten years old when he was put in charge of the army, no matter how much he was Ars's younger brother."

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"...... I didn't know that kyle dam had that effect. But what should we name the Lord Carlos? It would not make much sense to name something that already exists, and it would take a long time to build a building with the name of Carlos-sama.

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"Hmmm, yes. Naming a building is one thing, but naming something else isn't so bad either.

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"What do you mean?　Do you have an idea?

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No, I don't have any big ideas. I told Ars a lot of things, but he's not very smart.

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"If you have an idea, please tell me. Anything."

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"Really?　Well, it's not that big of a deal. Some makers, like Mr. Gran, name their new creations or their own creations, don't they?　So I was wondering if we could put the name of Carlos on something that is going to be spread all over Fontana. That way, every time you see the item, you will be reminded of Carlos and his name will remain forever.

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"I see. You name an everyday object. But using the name of Master Carlos for something that's not very good might be a problem. ....... I mean, it's not so easy to spread something like that throughout the Fontana territory."

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"No, I can tell you that there is one. There is a product that is definitely going to spread more and more in the Fontana territory. Liquor. The distilled spirit that Ars developed last year will definitely spread in the future.

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"I see. There's booze. Sure, you could name it after someone.

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　When my father said that, I fell to my knees.

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　You're right.

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　We didn't have distillation around here before.

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　I had introduced it and created something that had never existed before: distilled spirits.

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　I name it Carlos.

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　That's a good idea.

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　Carlos liked to drink a lot.

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　Maybe we can market it with the words "Carlos' favorite drink".

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　It might boost sales to say that it was the favorite drink of the heroic nobleman who expanded the Fontana territory in a short period of time.

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"By the way, which of the spirits you have in the cellar do you think is worthy of Carlos's name?"

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That's the one for sure. That's definitely the one. It's distilled several times to raise the alcohol content, then filtered through charcoal. What was it again?　I thought you made that. I think it was called vodka or something like that."

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　I asked, and my father's answer came right back.

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　It was a drink I made.

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　But I didn't make it.

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　It was something I made from my knowledge of spirits pulled from my memories of a previous life.

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　Vodka is a high strength spirit that was often drunk in cold regions such as Russia.

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　The distillation process is not finished once, but repeated many times.

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　In this way, a very high concentration of alcohol was produced, which was then filtered through birch charcoal and other substances.

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　However, I did not know exactly how it was made, so I only used this knowledge as a hint to try it out.

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　However, it was well received by some people.

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　It was probably a good thing that Vulcania had trained craftsmen to make high quality charcoal from the furnaces that Gran had built.

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　The vodka-like liquor filtered through the charcoal of the barca turned out to be an easy-to-drink liquor with little habit, despite being very strong.

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　Diluted with water or fruit juice, it became a spirit that could be enjoyed by those who could not drink it because it was too strong.

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　Vodka could also be suitable for this region with its cold winter months.

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　It makes you feel hot and hotter, and because of its high alcohol content, it does not freeze like water does.

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　I have heard it referred to as the water of life in a previous life.

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　Carlos, a nobleman of ice who succeeded in ruling the northern territories, created the water of life that never freezes.

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　It could well be an episode to be used in the expansion of distilled spirits.

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　Besides, even the common people who cannot read can easily understand the liquor.

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　I think it is a surprisingly good idea.

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　Thus, I decided to concentrate most of my efforts on the distilled spirit "Carlos" instead of vodka, which was still in the prototype stage, and to promote Carlos and my legitimacy through the sale of Carlos books for knights and other high class people and new liquors for the common people.

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