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"This land was once called a barren land, the domain of demons, and outside the sphere of human existence.

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　In this way, we humans have protected ourselves from demons, purged ourselves of the impurities of immortals, and expanded our sphere of existence.

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　This required a long history.

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　We have carved out this land into an inhabited place with long but steady steps that have continued from generation to generation.

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　And so, in the midst of this long history, the royal family emerged.

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　The first kings who emerged long ago settled the land and brought about its further prosperity.

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　He did so by his own mighty power and by the rare magic of producing salt.

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　By sharing this salt with his subjects, the first king ruled the land with the help of many wizards and built up his kingdom.

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　Such is the history of our land.

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　However, it came to an end with the tyrant King Nero.

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　King Nero divided the country and drastically reduced the power of the royal family.

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　You all know what happened as a result.

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　The nobles, who ruled their own lands, began to move independently from the royal family and began to carve out their own lands as they pleased, creating the appearance of an oligarchy.

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　With the nobles separated from the royal family, the royal family lost its former power.

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　Hence, the supply of salt has also weakened.

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　In the past, when the royal families were more powerful, salt was cheaper, more plentiful, and in stable supply.

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　Can you believe it?

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　We now recognize that salt is a precious commodity.

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　The salt that the royal families supplied to ensure the survival of their people is obviously in short supply.

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　And the royal family has not been able to solve it.

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　Not only that, they are suppressing the supply so that the price of salt does not become too low so that they can make a profit for themselves.

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　We will always remain poor if this is the case.

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　This situation must be resolved at all costs.

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　That's why Carlos, the previous head of the Fontana family, has ordered me, Ars ...... von Barca, to do what I can.

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　Act so that all the inhabitants of Fontana can live in peace.

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　And now we have a stable supply of salt in Fontana.

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　We are now able to carry out the will of Carlos.

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　We will no longer have to worry about salt.

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　And the Church agrees.

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　It is said that once, when the first king brought salt to the people, the Church recognized his person as king and placed a sign of his kingship above his head.

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　Since then, the ceremony has continued as a coronation rite to this day.

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　The Church has now recognized Garod as the new king and will perform the coronation ceremony.

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　That's right, with this ceremony our master Garoad will become the second new king after the first.

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　In other words, he is the second coming of the first king.

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　Therefore, on this day, the House of Fontana will no longer be a noble family, but a royal family.

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　And I hereby proclaim.

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　On this day the House of Fontana becomes an independent house and hereby proclaims the founding of the Kingdom of Fontana.

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　We will once again return to our former prosperity.

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　Long live Garod Fontana!

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　I raise my voice in the church building in the town of Fontana, which I hastily and magically built.

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　It's almost midsummer now.

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　The hot sun is shining and the crowd has spread outside the church.

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　Having parted from the royal messenger, I set about creating salt and building a nation.

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　In the meantime, with the help of Rion and others, I began to set up a rough structure for the country.

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　And I was able to perform the coronation ceremony that I had requested to the church by using the card of selling salt.

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　However, the church must have been quite conflicted.

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　Whether or not they would be allowed to create a royal family apart from the Doren royal family, which had been the only king until then.

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　The church does not want the relationship with the royal family to deteriorate.

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　But it would not be a good move to refuse the request of the Fontana family if they are promised the sale of salt.

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　So, how can we take the sweetest deal without making any waves?

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　They must have been thinking like this.

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　In the end, they decided to hold the coronation ceremony to crown the Fontanas as the new kings, but they prepared an excuse to escape from the responsibility.

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　This is reflected in the fact that the person who performed the coronation ceremony was Archbishop Paul.

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　Unlike the Naming Ceremony and the Inheritance Ceremony, which have some magical effect, the Coronation Ceremony is really just a ceremony.

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　In other words, it does not have any special magic, nor does it have any meaning unless it is performed by someone in particular.

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　In other words, it would be OK for Archbishop Paul to perform the ceremony, even though it would normally be performed by someone higher up in the Church.

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　In other words, they would like to claim that they are not neglecting the Dorians by having an archbishop who is not supposed to be in charge of the coronation ceremony to crown a king other than the Dorians, the only royal family in the Church.

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　Perhaps, if the Fontana is not able to get along for some reason, he might cut off Archbishop Paul and the whole church, saying that the church in the north did it on its own.

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　However, while preparing such excuses, they will continue to sell salt.

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　I think it is a very clever thing to do.

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　Nevertheless, the coronation ceremony went off without a hitch.

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　Whatever its position in the Church, it does not matter much to the people living in the Fontana territory.

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　The only thing that matters is the fact that the Church has performed the coronation ceremony for Garod, the head of the House of Fontana, which it had only done for the House of Dorren.

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　Thus, a new king and a new kingdom were born.

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　In the summer of the first year of the Gallaudian calendar, the Kingdom of Fontana was established.

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