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"Leon, Payne. So there's no sign of King Doren after all?"

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Yes, Mr. Ars. Due to the chaos in King's Landing, we have been unable to track King Doren's whereabouts. However, it seems that the first prince in the line of succession is under the protection of the Memento family, and there is no sign that he has inherited the king's power.

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"That would mean that he is still safe and sound somewhere. ......What shall we do? Can't we even discuss the end of the war without King Doren, who ordered the defeat of the Fontana Kingdom?"

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"It would be possible to have a dialogue with the royal family if we wanted to, but we might not be able to deny the possibility that when the king returns, he will pretend that the conversation never took place. However, it is not a bad idea to send some kind of messenger to the royal family of Doren to show our intentions.

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"I see. Then let's send a messenger to King's Landing. The contents of the message should be the same as the one we discussed in the meeting.

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 He pushed back the allied forces to defeat Fontana and pushed on with his work inside Fontana.

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 In the meantime, he was even making Barca silver coins at the Bank of Barca, while at the same time continuing to gather information about the outside of the Kingdom of Fontana.

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 But the outside world is in great turmoil.

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 Memento's army, which was leading the allied forces, entered the royal city area together with the noblemen's army that had joined Memento's side out of the two halves of the allied forces.

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 And as a result, like a runaway car with broken brakes, it plunged the metropolitan area into hell.

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 Since I had formed an army in Barca, I had admitted to such acts as chasing off the weapons and armor left behind by the opposing soldiers when they had won a battle.

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 However, it was forbidden to loot the city.

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 This was my experience when I captured the fortress of Palamere.

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 In this turbulent world, there is a perception that the victor may take what belongs to the opponent, but if the looting is too severe, it will be difficult to manage the territory afterwards.

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 It is not easy to hold a festival every time to comfort the people.

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 For this reason, the recovery of weapons and armor from the opponent's soldiers was allowed, but not the looting of captured cities.

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 This was also the case when they invaded Uruk and Arbalest, and was approved by Carlos for the Fontana army as a whole.

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 However, this was only within the Fontana, and not in the armies of other noble families.

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 Most of them think that they have the right to act as winners in the cities they have conquered and won.

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 This is also the case in the King's Landing, which has brought tragedy to those who live in the city.

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 But there, too, there was a conflict within the allied forces.

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 The Royal City Circle is an economic zone that is formed by the fiefdoms of the royal family of Doren, surrounded by the fiefdoms of the nobles who do not possess offensive magic but possess valuable production-related magic.

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 Until now, the cities in the royal city area have been relatively safe because the authority of the royal family and the most powerful noble families have been watching over them as the hegemonic nobles.

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 However, this time, they were attacked by the Memento Coalition that went out of control.

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 Memento's allied forces, which consisted of a number of noble armies, scattered like spiders when they entered the royal city area and began to loot the city.

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 However, the Memento family was the first to go to the capital and seize the royal residence.

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 They monopolized the royal treasury.

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 The noblemen's army missed the move and consequently missed the greatest treasure of all.

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 They could have made many times more profit from the royal treasury than from looting several other cities.

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 And there was a noble army that was not happy about it.

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 Although they were acting to join Memento's army, they were not under the control of the Memento family.

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 Moreover, they argued that if they were going to act as allies of the Confederation, the profits from the plunder should be distributed in a less unfair manner.

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 But the Mementos were cold toward them.

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 If you feel that way, you should have entered the capital in the first place, and it is your fault for not making that decision.

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 That may be a good argument in a sense.

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 However, with an army that had run amok, such a sound argument was probably not the best answer.

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 At this time, the Memento family had indeed secured the custody of King Dorren.

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 They should have been satisfied with that and distributed the treasures of the treasury, even if only a little, among the allied forces of Memento.

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 However, the noblemen were not the only ones who were offended by his blunt dismissal of the matter.

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 To the surprise of the nobles, this led to further strife within the allied forces, which in turn followed the Memento family.

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 As a result, the Memento family won the battle, but lost sight of King Doren.

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 The House of Memento then went further in their folly of driving out the nobles who did not listen to them in the capital area.

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 Therefore, the House of Memento, which had seized the capital and all the royal houses except the king, was left in a state of floating around.

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 In the west of the capital, the Risortes and the Reinsatz continue to fight, and in the north, an anti-Memento coalition has emerged.

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 In this situation, it seemed as if the defeat of Fontana was already a thing of the past.

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 The situation was in limbo.

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 What will the Kingdom of Fontana do in the future?

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 There was no one to talk to.

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 However, there is a consensus within Fontana.

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 The Fontana certainly insisted on its independence as a kingdom and clashed with the royal family of Doren who opposed it.

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 However, Fontana's claim was to be independent and self-reliant, and he never wanted to fight against the royal house of Doren.

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 The disagreement actually led to the two sides taking up arms against each other, and Fontana was victorious.

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 Therefore, the royal house of Dorén must recognize Fontana as the new royal house and grant it independence.

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 As long as this is done, we would like to get along with the Dorien royal family as one royal family, not in conflict with them.

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 These are the arguments of the Fontana side.

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 In short, they told the royal family that the Fontana are doing their own thing in their own territory and that they will not fight with the royal family of Doren any more if they recognize it.

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 Of course, the current royal family is not functioning properly without the all-important King Doren.

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 The messenger was actually handled by the Memento family, which had taken over the royal family.

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 Since the Memento family was now being scorned by the other noble families, the expectation was that if Fontana told them that he would not intervene in the situation, they would accept it.

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 And it seems that they were right.

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 A messenger returned from the capital in King Doren's absence.

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 He said that the royal house of Doren recognized Fontana's claim and recognized the former territories of Fontana, Uruk, Arbalest, and Carmas as the Kingdom of Fontana.

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 Thus, Fontana is officially recognized as a kingdom by both the royal family and the church.

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 And so it goes.

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