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"Welcome aboard, General. It was cold, wasn't it?"

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"Yeah, it's crazy to travel outside in the winter. It's a long way to get to the Arbalest area, Vargas."

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"But I'm surprised you can make it. You're a great general.

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"Well, we have the Valkyrie for transportation. Valkyries don't mind the cold or the heat, and we've got a new heating system.

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"So, the general treats the flame ore, which was said to be a phantom metal, as a mere heating apparatus. That's a very different thing to do."

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"Really?　Anyone could have thought of that."

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　The New Year's greetings are all over.

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　But the snow will continue to fall for some time to come, and the knights who have gathered in Fontana will spend their time relaxing in the city's halls and other places.

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　During this period, they will not be able to return to their hometowns to work, but it can be a surprisingly meaningful time.

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　For the knights who are in charge of their territories, the winter is a time when they can meet with knights who are usually far away from their homes.

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　Each knight holds a sort of social gathering in his hall and meets with various knights.

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　This leads to the exchange of information and trade with each other's lands as well as to the cultivation of friendship.

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　There are some factions that naturally form, but for this year only, it will be useful to determine the type of knights who are newly incorporated into the Fontana territory.

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　And so, all winter long, the knights had parties and met each other.

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　Of course, I also had a party at Carlos' castle.

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　We sometimes talked about Fontana's future plans, sometimes we talked about the new clothes that Lilina was going to make, and sometimes I told her to go sightseeing in the play area in the territory of the Knights of Barca.

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　But I cut off the party, which usually lasts until the snow melts, and left the city of Fontana.

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　My destination was the former capital of Arbalest, which became a part of Fontana last year and is ruled by Vargas, a knight of Valles.

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　To Vargas I had traveled over the snow-covered roads.

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　To many people, this action would have seemed impossible.

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　It would have been suicide to move in the extreme cold.

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　But I made it to Vargas in one piece.

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　That's because I had Valkyrie pull my big sled.

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　Valkyries can move in the cold of midwinter with no problem.

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　We had known that for years.

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　And once they traveled back and forth between the territory of the Knights of Barca and the city of Fontana in the winter time.

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　In winter there was less and less food to eat, so they earned money by selling the hutskas they grew in their greenhouses.

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　However, nowadays, such a profit is not so important, so I don't continue to do it.

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　However, this time we have only extended the distance of the winter migration.

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　By having the Valkyrie, which can move no matter how low the temperature, pull a vehicle equipped with a sled instead of wheels, we can reach most of the places we want to go.

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　However, if the distance is too far, the problem of cold will still be a big problem.

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　I could manage to get around the cities of Vulcania and Fontana with a thick fur coat, but it was too far to go to the Arbalest area.

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　But it is too far to go to the Arbalest area.

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　Traditionally, firewood was needed to keep warm in winter.

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　It is indeed difficult to carry such firewood in the snowy weather.

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　The solution to this problem, however, was the flame ore, which was said to be a mirage in Uruk.

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　Flame ore, which was also the material used for the Nine-Tailed Sword, produces flames when magical power is poured into it.

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　Depending on its use, it could also be used as firepower for flying balloons or airships.

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　In other words, there is a mysterious substance that can continue to produce fire as long as it has magic power.

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　We decided to use it for transportation.

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　The sled pulled by Valkyrie will be made to look like a large box, and a ski board-like structure will be attached to the bottom of the box so that it can slide on the snow.

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　Then, inside the box-shaped sled they would build a kind of fireplace and light the flaming ore.

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　Even a very small amount of flaming ore can keep the temperature inside the fireplace warm enough if it keeps burning in the fireplace.

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　In this way, I succeeded in making it possible to travel long distances in winter, which was generally considered to be difficult.

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　It would be better to use it in this way than to use it only as a weapon like the Uruk family did in the past.

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"And you didn't come all the way here to show off your heated sled, did you?　When you contacted me earlier with [a reminder], you wanted me to take you to the wetlands, are you serious?"

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"I'm serious too, Vargas. You too. I have business in the winter wetlands."

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"...... you know, the swamps are full of demons, right?　And it's cold outside. What are you doing out there, chief?"

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"Of course it is. The Lord Ragna, the former head of the House of Arbalest, told me that the material for the Thunderbolt Sword can be found in the swamps. Then we have no choice but to go there.

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　Yes, that was the reason I came all the way to the Arbalest district.

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　The information about the material for the thunderbolt sword left by Laguna, who died while escorting the king with Carlos.

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　That's what I came here to gather.

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　Thus, I accompanied Vargas to the swampy area further into the Arbalest district.

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