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"Leon, now that Fontana has become an independent kingdom, how are the royal family of Doren and the other nobles doing?"

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"There seems to be a lot of confusion. But it seems that the royal family of Doren has sent a letter to all the noble families, stating that they do not recognize Fontana as a royal family after all."

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"Yes. It is disrespectful to call oneself a royal family without the royal family of Doren, a family with a great history. So what do you want me to do with Fontana?

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"It should be restricted. I have sent a royal decree to the surrounding nobility to attack Fontana."

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"...... I see. This is the moment of truth. We're going to fight a confederation of noble families.

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Yes. Especially the Memento family seems to be moving fast. They have already called a meeting and are preparing to mobilize their army.

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"Well, I guess so. It's only natural since they originally wanted to become a high aristocrat. So what do we do now?

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　After I defeated the royal messenger who came to Fontana, I immediately set to work to establish the kingdom.

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　I made it possible to magically produce salt, and I even talked to Archbishop Paul, who promised to perform the coronation ceremony in exchange for handling the salt in his church.

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　As a result, Fontana now had the minimum conditions to call itself a kingdom.

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　However, as expected, the Doren royal family, the original royal family, was not satisfied with it.

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　They say that it is unthinkable for anyone other than their own family to call themselves a royal family, and they are working to defeat the Fontana who would do such a thing.

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　The Memento family, one of the three great noble families, has followed them.

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　The Memento family is a noble family that originally wanted to become a supreme aristocrat even if they had to seize the king's person.

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　Even if the royal family mobilized the various noble families to send out an army to defeat Fontana, they would need someone to take overall command of the army.

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　If he could become the commander-in-chief, this would mean that he would have a substantial advantage over the other nobles.

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　In other words, it would be a position similar to that of the high nobility.

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　Such an opportunity would not be missed by the Memento family.

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　If someone other than the royal family is in charge of the salt supply, the position of the royal family will be relatively lowered and its prestige will decrease.

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　It seems that my method of making Fontana a kingdom was both half right and half wrong.

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　Until now, the long history of Fontana has created a subconscious common understanding among many people that the royal family is a special entity.

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　This is the reason why the royal family has been able to maintain a certain level of respect, albeit with a decline in the power of the past, when only the royal family was allowed to produce salt.

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　But this is not the case with Barca.

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　They are newcomers who have suddenly appeared in recent years, and although they have won some battles, they are only a force inferior in numbers compared to the great nobles.

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　What would you think if such a place could now produce salt that only the royal families could produce?

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　Would they obey him because he has the necessities of life in the form of salt in the hands of the Barca?

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　The answer would be no.

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　This is a turbulent world.

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　If you want something, take it.

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　It is a terrible time when it is natural for some people to think so.

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　Let's take Barca ourselves while punishing the infidels who have come to call themselves the Kingdom of Fontana.

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　Perhaps that is what they are thinking.

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　Like the Thiers family, who have been kept in captivity by various noble families in the past, the monopolization of Barca under their control would bring them enormous wealth.

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　At least, they would feel no hesitation to attack and usurp Barca, compared to the royal families who can produce the same salt.

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　In other words, the salt-producing Barca is as tasty a prey as a duck with a leek on its back compared to the untouchable royal family.

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"If the nobles hear the royal decree and send out an allied army, how many will there be, Rion?"

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"Well, how many will there be? 40, maybe even 500,000."

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"Seriously?　Fontana has at most 40,000 troops in reserve combined, right?　It's tough."

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"But you knew this would happen. What are you going to do?

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"Well, it's a layman's idea. Well, they say the forest hides the trees. I think it would be best to have someone other than the Fontana family as king.

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"...... Yes?　Would anyone other than the Fontana family be king?　Are you serious?"

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"Yes, Leon. As I said before, it's not a given that there's only one royal family. If the Fontanas can be kings, then other noble families can be kings too. Especially the noble families that have been around for a long time, they have more than a little royal blood in them."

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"But what about the salt?　Isn't it because Fontana can stabilize the supply of salt that he was talked about ascending to the throne?"

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"That's not true. The ability to produce salt is not a prerequisite for being king. In fact, even if Master Garoad becomes king, he can't make salt. In short, other noble families can become kings if they want to. If that were the case, the royal house of Dorren would not be able to be concerned only with Fontana.

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"...... But will it work that way?　Not many people have such bold ideas as Master Ars. I doubt if there is a noble family that thinks of itself as a king.

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"Don't worry. I've already written and sent you a letter of recommendation. To the church.

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"What?　A letter of recommendation?　Oh, you sent it to the church?"

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"Yes. When I was negotiating to have the church perform the coronation ceremony, I told them that other nobles wanted to be king as well. While spreading joy."

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"...... So you took the liberty of telling the church that other nobles also claimed to want to be king. That's reckless."

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"But it seems to have worked out pretty well. When the Church went to confirm the story, the Reinsatz and Risolute families responded. That's good enough for me."

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"That's good news. If there is a possibility that the great noble families of the south and west are working to become royal families, it will make it harder for the allied forces to move against Fontana, whether it is true or false. Even if they don't actually become the royal family, that information alone would be enough to deter them."

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"That's what I mean. So, I want you to pass this information on to the other noble families, especially the Kings and the Memento family. Can you do that, Leon?

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Yes, of course, Mr. Ars. I will tell my men to move immediately.

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　You may be fighting a powerful group.

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　If we fight them properly, we have little chance of winning.

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　At such a time, rather than seriously thinking about how to fight against an army of hundreds of thousands, I first of all thought about how to reduce their number.

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　And the way to reduce the number.

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　That is the forest for the trees.

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　If Fontana was the only one who would be king and the Dorians would stare at him, then we could create others who would be kings as well.

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　For this purpose, I took the liberty of bringing up the subject with the Church.

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　But the church, as expected, does not believe such a story seriously.

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　But it was a good thing that he made them hold a certain amount of money.

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　The money that came in made it seem more plausible, and they decided to check it out.

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　That confirmation alone was enough.

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　It is a common perception that no one but the royal family would ever consider becoming king.

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　But the mere fact that the Church confirmed, albeit in secret, whether or not he had the will to be king, was an act of disrespect to the royal family.

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　It is said that where there is no fire, there is no smoke.

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　Thus, the information that the Risortes and the Rheinsatz were also willing to become kings by Rion spread secretly but surely to all the camps.

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