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　The Fontana Charter was issued for the territories controlled by the noble families of the Fontana.

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　The Charter mainly describes the rights and duties of the nobles, knights, and citizens of the territory.

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　The Fontana Charter, signed in the name of Ars von Barca as acting head of the House of Fontana, is not known how effective it is in practice.

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　The reason is that it was basically only a general document.

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　Although it stipulates what the nobles can order the knights to do and the discretionary power of the knights, it is basically just a clarification of the existing contents.

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　Therefore, it does not mean that the Fontana Charter will change the Fontana territory drastically.

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　I think that many knights think that .......

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　But I do not see it that way.

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　I do not see it that way, because I think it is a big step forward to have a basic rule, even if it is full of rough edges.

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　Rather, with my memories of my previous life, I saw the way the nobles and the knights ruled as something completely different.

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　In my opinion, the rule of nobles and knights is like the mafia controlling the land.

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　A violent group of people with power claiming control of the land and taking money and goods from the people who live there.

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　Instead of getting money by violence, they could be an organization that protects those who live there.

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　That is what nobles and knights are.

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　In other words, the current rulers are fundamentally different from what I think of as a country or a system of government.

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　From my point of view, it seems strange that such a violent organization is getting the land.

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　But no one is speaking out against it, no one is correcting it.

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　Because they rule it with their mighty military power.

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　The knights pay taxes to the nobles as a tribute, and when they come to the city in case of emergency, it means that they go to war with other factions.

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　This is a very disturbing story.

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　But I have come to terms with the fact that this is the way it is.

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　After the first king established the country, there would have been a more decent system of governance, but that system has completely collapsed, and the period when only power was important for the maintenance of the territory has continued for a long time.

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　But even so, I think the current situation with only unspoken rules is terribly unstable.

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　If there is a problem, the only way to solve it is through violence.

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　In fact, I can't say the same for others.

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　I am aware that we have solved problems only by force.

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　But I would like to overcome such a situation if possible.

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　That is why I created the Fontana Charter.

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　I would like to position the nobles and knights, who are nothing but a group of violent people, at least as an organization that operates within a decent set of rules.

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　That is why we have gone to the trouble of holding such a long and tedious discussion.

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　There are other reasons for making the Fontana Charter, such as .......

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　It is also to protect the future of Barca.

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　I am now acting as acting head of the Fontana family.

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　But this will eventually come to an end, and the day will come when Garod will lead the Fontana family as the head of the family.

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　I wonder what Garod will think of me when he sees me then.

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　Will he see me as a reliable old relative?

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　Or will he see me as an eyesore that he wants to kill, like Raymond from Carlos' point of view?

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　As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to make the switch with Garoad and live a retired life in Vulcania.

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　But the key to that would be my assets.

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　I don't mind saying it myself, but Vulcanian magic is very good.

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　I wonder if those who have the family name of Barka will be kept in captivity like the Tears family did in the past.

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　Or the future Fontana family will try to take away Valkyries and other things that are made only in Barca.

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　There are so many things to worry about.

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　That is why the Fontana Charter has been created after listening to the opinions of the other knights.

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　It includes a treaty for knights that they must not take away the property of knights without permission, even if they are nobles of higher rank.

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　And at the same time of eliminating such worries about the future, we have decided to make rules to deal with the problems of the present.

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　The current problem is the invasion of territories by other powers.

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　More important than the possibility of losing the Barca to the Fontana family, which is a higher power, is the possibility of losing the Barca to the Fontana family, which is a higher power.

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　It is the annihilation of the House of Fontana itself by an attack from other noble families.

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　If that happens, there will be nothing left to guarantee the Barca family.

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　Therefore, the Fontana must remain strong.

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　After all, in today's world, being weak is a bad thing.

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　This is why the rights and duties of the subjects were added to the Fontana Charter.

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　The rights of the subjects, such as a certain amount of security of property, are also included in the charter.

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　But even more important is the obligation of conscription.

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　Until now, conscription has only been possible for the territories directly under the Fontana family and the knightly territories of the Barca line.

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　But now the Fontana Charter has made it official.

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　Some knights complained, but after persistent negotiations, it was decided to introduce this conscription system.

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　As a result, the Fontana territory now had an army of 40,000 men, including reservists.

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　Incidentally, there are two options for a knight who wants to take credit by himself.

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　Either he can gather more men in his own territory and form his own knighthood and go into battle.

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　Or they can join the Fontana army as an officer and fight as part of the Fontana army.

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　In the latter case, the main rewards are advancement in rank and higher pay.

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　The Burmese knight Elance and the Iks knight Ghana said that they would form their own armies.

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　But Peacha and others have decided to join the Fontana army.

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　And so, I officially joined the Fontana army.

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　The army consisted of 5,000 men, each of whom was a general of his own rank, such as the head of the family.

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　I succeeded in getting all the knights to agree that I would be the general of the entire Fontana army, which was a grouping of several armies.

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　As a result, I became not only the acting head of the Fontana family, but also the general of the Fontana army.

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　Thus, I succeeded in keeping the violent institution of the army under my control even while Garod reigned as the head of the family.

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