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"I see. You had twins?"

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"Yes. Yes, Archbishop Paul. I'm going to raise the twins well, for my part. There is a possibility that it will be troublesome later on, but there is also a possibility that one of them will die prematurely.

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"Yes, that's right. If you take the emotional aspect out of it, I don't think it's a bad thing to have two potential successors in your current situation.

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"Yes, of course. And in this case, I think the most important question is which of the twins is in the higher position in the line of succession. Is there any way to find out?"

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"Unfortunately, there is no way to find out about succession rights. There is no way to know, except to find out later that the natural successor was higher in rank after your death.

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"...... means that it would be safer to pass on the magic to one of the children before birth, right?"

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"If you are determined to raise the twins well, I too think it is best to do so...decide on one of the children as your successor after their baptism at the age of six. But that would be hard for the child. Do you understand that, Ars?"

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"Hard?　That you cannot be the heir to the House of Barca?"

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No, no. The very fact that you were not chosen. The child will surely think: "I was not chosen. Why wasn't I chosen? Why didn't my father or the people around me recognize me? Why is my other sibling, who was born at the same time as me, better than me, who was supposed to be exactly the same? I am sure you will be sentimental about this."

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"......It sounds like you're going to refract during the growing up stage."

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"I can't say that this is not a possibility. And you never know how those around you will act. We all have greed. There is a possibility that one or the other will take advantage of the other and have a bad influence on the other.

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"No, don't scare me too much, Archbishop Paul. I've made up my mind to raise the twins in good health, but now I'm getting worried.

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"Pull yourself together, Ars. You are the head of the house of Barca before you are a father. What I have just said is not a groundless fear. The problem of twins among nobles and knights is that deep-rooted. All of what I have just said has precedents."

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"Hmmm, you're right, I'm not so sure about parenting. ....... If I were in the same position and didn't get chosen, I feel like I'd definitely be a wreck. I don't know what to do.

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"I have an idea. I have a way to keep both of your twins alive and not have them be dark inside and be used by the people around them.

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"Really, Archbishop Paul?　How do you do it?"

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"You are to go back to Vulcania right now and pretend that one of the twins is dead."

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"Yes?　Pretend I'm dead?"

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"That's right. It is already known that twins are born. So we will pretend that one of them died soon after birth. Then, the remaining one will be the one who has the right of succession. People will not be able to make a move based on the twins.

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"That may be true, but it would destroy the premise. We were talking about raising both of you, remember?"

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"I won't say anything bad about it. I don't want you to have twins on your hands. You can keep the one and leave the other with your mother.

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"My mother?"

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"That's right. Your parents are still physically and mentally healthy. It is not surprising that they are still expecting a new child. One of the twins will be raised by your mother Marie as her own child, your brother. In this way, even if you have the misfortune to have a child of your own, you can take his place."

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　In the society of nobles and knights, twins are treated as an abomination.

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　My child was born into a society that is steeped in such a bad image.

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　As for me, I don't think that being a twin is a bad thing at all.

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　So, I was going to raise my child without worrying about it.

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　However, it is always necessary to be aware of what people around you think.

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　If you make a big announcement that you are going to raise twins, which is said to always cause trouble as a succession problem, it may lead to unjustified slander.

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　If a knight cannot manage risk as a knight, he may not be able to serve as the acting head of the family.

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　Leon and others were concerned about this point as well.

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　So I had come back to the town of Fontana to get another person's opinion.

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　The person who seemed to know the most about this kind of thing, and who was trustworthy and tight-lipped.

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　It was Archbishop Paul.

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　His advice was very simple.

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　It was better to have more than one successor in case something happened to me.

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　And the way to do it without people around me messing with me.

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　That was to give one of the twins to my mother and raise him as my parent's child, in other words, my brother.

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　I'm sorry for the boy, but I won't tell his identity.

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　He would be raised as his mother and father's child.

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　But in the end, I felt it was the best thing to do.

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　I discussed this with Leon, and he agreed with Archbishop Paul's opinion.

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　So, I decided to carry out the plan of hiding the child proposed by Archbishop Paul.

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　Thus, I lost a child right after the birth of my own child, and a brother was born on the same day.

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