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"...... Fontana territory crossing train is not possible. At least not now."

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　I have created a spell to lay a straight line of rail, but then some problems have come to light.

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　First of all, I had to abandon the idea of laying a straight rail line across the Fontana territory, stretching from Uruk in the east to Arbalest in the west.

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　In fact, we would have liked to build a line that goes over a long distance, but that is not an option.

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　After all, the power to run on the track is Valkyrie.

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　Unlike trains and steam locomotives, Valkyries have a different load capacity.

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　But more than that, a Valkyrie is a living animal, no matter how good a messenger it is.

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　They need food, water, and time to rest.

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　If we could use the antlers as power to pull the train, we might still get some extra mileage out of it, but we can't do that.

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　The horns are the strongest card I have.

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　I could not use the horns on a train that may pass through other knight's territories, even if it is only within the territory of the knight of Barca.

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　Therefore, all the trains that I was asked to pull were hornless.

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　They could not use magic such as [meditation], so they had to rest their bodies well.

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　Therefore, it was not possible for the train to travel endlessly along the track that goes beyond the horizon.

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　Inevitably, we came to the conclusion that we needed a certain amount of resting place.

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　So, where is the best place to rest?

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　A place where Valkyrie can rest safely, even though it is carried by rolling wheels on the tracks, which can be tiring for Valkyrie.

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　And a place where bandits can not take away their cargo while they are resting.

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　In this case, we wanted to avoid a simple resting place as much as possible.

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　So, in the end, the tracks running through the Fontana territory will be laid from city to city within a reasonable distance from each other.

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　Well, it would be just right now.

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　I even built apartments in small towns and villages all over the Fontana to house the victims of the earthquake.

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　We can use those buildings for train stations and so on.

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　So, the railroad tracks were laid in all directions to my buildings scattered all over the place.

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　I also need to maintain facilities such as station buildings, train depots, and baggage depots, so the residents of those areas will also work for me.

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　This unexpectedly helped the unemployed due to the earthquake, and the result was a good thing, even if it reduced the efficiency of transportation a little.

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"Excuse me. Did I do something, Bishop Paul?"

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"Hmm. Ars, you don't seem to have much understanding of how crazy what you're doing is, do you?"

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"Well, what are you talking about?　Was it inconvenient for the church, by any chance, to build the railroad tracks?"

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No, the tracks are not important. There is a more important issue.

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"Ah, perhaps you have a problem with the Barca-style enhancement techniques I've been performing lately?　But in order to protect the Fontana territory, it is a bit difficult to have only one head of the family, so we had no choice.

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"And that's the result of that?　It seems that there are about six more headmen other than you and Mr. Garrod?　I'd like to ask you about that, too. But let's put that aside for now.

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"Oh, you don't mean the enhancement technique?　Then what in the world did Bishop Paul call you to do?"

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"You are using [Recovery] on your wounded men, aren't you?"

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"......Yes, I use it. What? No?　I was told that the church would not say anything about using the [recovery] learned from rising in rank.

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"Yes, that's right. You have risen in rank by your own ability, and by doing so, you can use the magic of [recovery]. The Church will not object to you using it in any way.

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"Then what are you trying to say, Bishop Paul?"

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"But first, this way. You are now going to use [Restoration] in front of me. Oh, and of course, the church will pay you for it.

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　We made up the spell "lay the tracks," and based on the data obtained from the actual trial test, how we will lay the tracks.

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　Who will bear the maintenance, management, and personnel costs, and to what extent, and to what extent will safety be ensured?

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　The various conditions were discussed with the knights who governed each knight's territory, including how to distribute the profits.

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　As we were discussing various matters that involved our mutual interests, we received a call from the church.

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　When I came to the church, I found that Bishop Paul's face was very tense for the first time in a long time.

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　I asked him what was going on, and he told me that it seemed to be about [recovery].

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　It was true that I had tried many times to use the "recovery" magic that I had learned after I had taken a drop-shaped magic stone into my body and rose in rank.

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　Is he angry about that?

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　It is strange, however, to be offended by that in itself, as Bishop Paul says.

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　Bishop Paul told me to come this way, and I silently followed him down the aisle of the church he was leading me down.

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　Then he opens a door at the end of the aisle and we go inside.

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　There was a bed in the room, and a wounded man was lying on the bed.

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　Bishop Paul, who had brought me here without telling me, stops by the bed and looks at me.

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　Does this mean that he wants to see me apply the "recovery" to this injured person?

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　I looked at Bishop Paul's face once, made eye contact with him, and then cast the spell.

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"Recovery."

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　I put the palm of my right hand on the patient and murmured a few words.

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　Then, the magic from my body covered the patient's body, and a mysterious phenomenon was activated.

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　The wounds on the patient's body regenerated.

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　No matter how many times I see it, I must say that it is an extraordinary sight.

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　At any rate, the patient's right hand and left leg, which had been missing, sprouted and regenerated from the patient's body lying on the bed.

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　I had never been seriously injured in battle before, but I had no idea that [recovery] could be so effective.

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　That's because medicine wouldn't have developed if there was such an extraordinary magic.

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　I can't help but think that memes would have a hard time too.

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"...... So the rumors were true. I didn't think it was possible to regenerate lost limbs.

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"What?　Are you sure, Bishop Paul, you can't do it?"

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"Yes. Yes, I can't. Rather, only a limited number of special people in the Church who can use [recovery] can do such a thing. I'm not sure if even the Archbishop can do it. ......"

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"Yes?　What? Why?　All you have to do is cast a spell, right?　I thought anyone above the rank of bishop could do it. ......"

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"No, it's not. The magic of recovery can heal physical wounds, but it cannot repair a missing body. Tell me, Ars. How is it done?"

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"No, I'm not asking you to teach me, I'm just chanting a spell. I don't know, I didn't even know it was normal not to be able to do it.

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　Seriously.

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　I thought it was the effect of [Recovery] that could even heal defects.

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　But I was wrong.

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　I couldn't hide my confusion in the face of Bishop Paul, who grabbed me firmly on both sides of my shoulders and asked me questions as if he was shaking me.

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　I wondered if the church would take me into custody because of this.

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　I thought to myself, "Oh no, I'm in trouble," and tried to think of a suitable excuse.

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