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"And how do you intend to respond to this royal command?

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"The royal decree is for the House of Fontana to become the supreme noble house and form an alliance with the royal family. After that, the Fontana army should be placed in the royal sphere to solve the problems among the nobles in the surrounding areas. Realistically speaking, that's too much to ask, Mister Picha.

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"So you are refusing the royal decree?"

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No, I am afraid that refusing might also be a cornerstone of the situation. So, I am thinking of taking advantage of the king's order, if you don't mind my saying so.

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"Use?　Wang Ching?"

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Yes. To the messenger who comes to convey the king's decree, I reply. I would like to accept the order, but there are uncertainties that I may have recently seen another immortal deep in the north woods, and I cannot leave Fontana's territory now to deal with the immortals.

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"...... Are there really immortals?　If so, as a knight in charge of a territory, I certainly can't leave the territory too often. ......"

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"We are currently checking the situation, as there were witnesses. It is important here that we cannot leave the territory until we know if there is an immortal or not, just in case."

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"I see. But that could be used as a refusal, but it doesn't mean that we are taking advantage of the king's order, does it?"

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"I guess so far. So here is the rest of the story. The Fontana family may not be able to move as a high aristocrat, but they promise to work to suppress the upheaval in the surrounding area.

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By "suppress the surrounding area," you mean to suppress the nobles' territories around our Fontana territory. ...... I see. So you want to use the king's decree as a justification.

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"That's what I mean. He replies that he cannot pull his army to the capital area, but that he will work to stabilize the land in the northern part of the country. We have agreed with the Memento family not to interfere in the north when we transferred the labyrinth city, so it should be easier for us to move from now on.

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"Wasn't the promise made to the Memento family fulfilled with the cutting off of the Carmathian territory?"

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"No, we have agreed not to interfere in the affairs between the northern nobles and the Fontana family. So, of course, that should apply to other families besides the Carmus family.

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"...... Hm. So, to sum up, the Fontanas, when they are informed of the royal decree by the royal emissary, are not able to make a move by giving the impression of the presence of immortals, but they will make a move in order to stabilize the north. I don't think that's a bad idea."

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"Thank you for agreeing with me, Mr. Peacha. And now, in Leon's opinion, there is one more thing we should be concerned about.

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Is there anything else on your mind?

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Yes. Leon says that if they send a messenger with a royal decree, it is normal to want to pull the Fontanas out of the situation at all costs. What will they do for that? They may offer a reward.

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"Reward?　Is there anything we can get from the royal family?

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"The biggest possibility would be a position. Perhaps there is talk of taking the knight back to the nobility.

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　He shares Leon's thoughts with Peicha.

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　Picha is a former peasant who has risen through the same battlefields as Vargas, but he is also a man who knows what he is talking about among the current heads of Fontana.

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　Others, such as the Burmese knight Elance, who was given part of the former Uruk territory, are eager to expand their territory.

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　However, Peicha, although he was formerly a knight under Raymond's charge, is proud that Carlos gave him Einrad's territory, and now he is eager to return the favor.

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　Perhaps this is why he decided to reduce the Ayn Radd army to the minimum necessary to maintain security and to serve in Fontana's army, leading a single army as a general.

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　He would be working in the Fontana army for the sake of Carlos' orphaned son, Garod.

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　That is why we can talk about this before the messenger arrives.

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　The royal messenger could possibly take the knights of Fontana to the nobility.

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　There are currently a number of noble domains, and most of them are nobility because they are "recognized as nobility by the royal family".

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　In other words, even if a house has its own magic, it is the same as squatting on the land unless the royal family recognizes the lordship of the territory as nobility.

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　It is possible to gain effective control over the land if one has the power, but there are disadvantages such as the difficulty in gathering peasants to form an army if the royal family does not officially recognize one's position, even if only nominally.

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　Therefore, most of the aristocratic families have a certificate of nobility from the royal family.

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　Rion said that the messenger might be trying to get to that point.

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　For example, they might whisper to me, "If you make the house of Barca a noble now," he said.

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　But if I jumped to such a short-term thing, my future would be used up for the royal family.

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　But who knows who might jump at the chance?

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　I might find someone of my brother Barthes' house of Bight, or of Kyle's house of Reed, with its own magic, or of the Uruks or the Arbalests, who may or may not have survived, and carry them on my back to seduce the knights of Fontana.

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　We all have greed.

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　Some of the knights of Fontana might jump at the chance that they or their descendants might become nobles by marriage.

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　But that is not allowed.

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　For the Fontana to be independent and to decide for themselves, they must act in unison.

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"So you are saying... The knights of Fontana must not accept any offer from the royal family.

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Yes, Mister Peacha. You must not accept anything from any other family, including the royal family. Even if it is a letter from another noble family, we must make it a rule to report it to House Fontana. We must not let the Fontana fall into danger because of a knight's arbitrary decision.

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"I see. So that's why you brought it to us in advance. Then, I will add a new note to the Fontana Charter. We will need a special council meeting.

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"Yes. This time, Mr. Picha will propose to hold a council meeting. Can you do that?

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"I understand."

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　Thus, the Fontana Charter added prohibitions for knights, such as the prohibition of accepting remuneration from other houses and the obligation to send letters and other information up to the top of the list.

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　In the meantime, a royal messenger arrived in the city of Fontana.

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