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"I see that my son is being taken care of at your place."

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"Are you talking about Barca College, Mr. Peacha? As I recall, you had a child who attended the Barca Institute, did you not?

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"Yes. But the oldest boys have already been given some jobs here in Fontana, so it's just the youngest.

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"I guess so. From what I've heard, he was a little frail as a child. ....... So he concentrates more on his studies than on his part-time brother's work.

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"Oh. You know a lot. That's right. He's never thought he'd make it as a knight or a squire in battle. He knew that. That's why he was a little bit in a sulky mood, but lately he has become more active. I am grateful to you and to the Barca School."

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"I see. That sounds like a good start. But the person who is actually doing the hard work is you. Please praise your child directly.

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"So ....... I'll do that. Well, forget about my son. I've got a few more things on my mind, if you don't mind."

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"What's bothering you?　The way things are going now, it's about what happened at Barca School, isn't it? What is it?"

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"I think it's fine that you are teaching the Barka School how to run the Barka estate. However, I do not think it is right for you to teach your students about court precedents and tax rates. It will not work well unless it is appropriate to the local conditions, and I am sure that many knights would not like to be taught something too different."

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"That's true, but I explained that what we teach there is only the Barca way. And it is also the way in Fontana's domain. I hope you understand that there are more youngest brothers who will not succeed the knighthood than knight heirs themselves, so there is a possibility that they will eventually work as civil and military officials in Fontana's territory."

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"I understand that. But you must understand that the knights are also anxious. Especially since you changed the taxation system right after you became the acting head of the Fontana family.

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"If you want to ......, let's make something normative. If we make some basic rules, it will be easier for us to teach.

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"Norms?　Is that what you teach at Barca School?　Or you can go to ......."

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"Yes, I'm thinking of making a law for the Fontana territory."

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　I've been thinking about it for a while.

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　I have been thinking about it for a long time. I want to make rules for the nobles and knights who rule the land and for the inhabitants.

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　Currently, powerful nobles give land to their subordinate knights, and the rest is free hand.

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　The relationship between nobles and knights is based on the principle of making knights pay taxes in exchange for giving them land, and making them swear to gather forces and go to war in case of an emergency.

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　Therefore, even within the same noble domain, completely different rules are often enforced in different knight domains.

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　It depends on the person whether you consider these rules as flexible rules that are adapted to the locality, or whether you consider them as rules that are made up by each individual without any cohesion.

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　But for me personally, I think it would be easier to understand and less likely to get into trouble if there were common rules at least in the Fontana territory.

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　So, I will decide.

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　While I am the Acting Head of the Fontana Domain, I will make the rules of the Fontana Domain.

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　I made this decision and immediately set to work to carry it out.

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"The first meeting of the council will now be held. As I have already informed each of you of what is to be discussed, we will use this meeting as a platform for exchanging opinions and finalizing specific details. The agenda for this meeting is as follows

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　Making rules for the Fontana territory.

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　I have decided to take the lead in making them, but of course I do not intend to completely ignore the knights who rule in the various regions.

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　Taking advantage of the winter gathering of the knights in Fontana, I have decided to create a forum for discussion.

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　The name of the meeting is the Council.

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　It will be a forum for law-making and heated debates.

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　The decisions to be made will not be so complicated.

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　It is obvious that we will be in trouble if we try to define specific tax rates or criminal laws.

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　Therefore, we have decided to start by making some rules for the sake of making rules.

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　One is the exercise of the right of command by the nobles over the knights.

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　Basically, nobles are the superior and may give various orders to knights.

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　However, if he acts as a complete absolutist to the knight, the knight may rebel.

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　Therefore, the rules necessary to give some orders to knights are determined.

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　On the other hand, it is also necessary to define what a knight must do to a nobleman.

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　It is not good if a knight who is given land does not listen to the nobles at all.

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　For example, he must pay taxes and lead his army to war.

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　Then, what exactly does a knight have to do?

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　We will have to discuss and decide.

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　We also need to think about the problems between knights.

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　Even if the knights are loyal to the same nobleman, it is not necessarily true that the knights get along well with each other.

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　For example, when knight domains are located next to each other, troubles occur rather frequently.

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　Such a case would be the case when I had a dispute with a knight of a neighboring knight's territory.

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　It is better to decide how to solve such problems between knights, so that both parties are less likely to be in conflict.

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　Therefore, it is necessary to decide on these issues as well.

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　And finally, there is the issue of nobles and knights and their subjects.

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　Those in power live by controlling the land and taxing what they get from it.

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　Therefore, the people who live in a territory are important property.

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　However, the fact is that they have no basic human rights at all.

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　It is a hard situation for common people that they can be killed rather easily and their property can be taken away for some reason or another.

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　But, nevertheless....

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　It is not uncommon that the people whom the knight kills for some reason are actually important in other lands.

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　My opinion is that people should not be too easy to kill like pulling out weeds.

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　Therefore, I would like to have a certain rule when I charge common people with crimes.

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　I have decided to focus on these four points first.

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　I say, "I want to make this kind of law," and the knight who opposes it gives his opinion.

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　I have received this kind of response from the nobles in the past, so I will say that I agree or disagree with it.

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　The knights from Uruk and Arbalest, which had not been part of Fontana's territory until now, also expressed their opinions on various matters, and a dense discussion ensued.

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　The council meeting continued until the New Year and the end of winter, when the model was finally completed.

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　Thus, the Fontana Charter, though incomplete, was established as a set of rules for the nobles, knights, and citizens.

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