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"Al, where are you going?"

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"I'm going to work now, Mr. Garrod. I'm going out for a while."

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I want to go with you. Al, take me with you."

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"What?　I don't mind, but this is not the city of Fontana, Mr. Garrod. We have to go through several towns and villages, if you don't mind, would you like to go with us?"

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"Yes, I'll go. Yay, I'm going with Al.

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　While dealing with the migrants coming to Fontana, I had other things to do.

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　I was moving around the castle of Barca after changing my clothes, when someone called out to me.

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　It was Garoad, the king of the Kingdom of Fontana.

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　Garoad is the child of the late Carlos, who is half-brother to my wife, Lilina.

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　That makes him my nephew.

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　He will be five years old next year, and we used to talk like this in the castle of Barca.

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　Suddenly Garoad wanted to go out with me.

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　Was it a whim of a child?

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　For a moment I wondered what to do, but then I thought, okay.

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　I might as well take Garoad with me.

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　So I decided to take Garoad to work with me.

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　I'm going to take Garoad with me to work.

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Where am I?

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"Burma is northeast of the city of Fontana. Today we will visit several towns and villages around here. Please follow me closely. If you are weak on the way, we will leave you behind.

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"I'm not going to say anything weak, okay?"

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"I see. Then let's go.

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　From Barca Castle, we used the transfer stone to come to the city of Burma.

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　This used to be Elance's territory, but not anymore.

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　Elans has become a frontier count and is now in charge of the Khamas area.

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　Therefore, the former Burmese knight's territory is now under the direct control of Fontana.

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"What are you doing here?　Do you fight bad guys or something?"

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"No, sir. Today we are going to attend a funeral.

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"Funeral?"

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"Yes. There is a funeral for the soldiers who died fighting for Fontana.

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　When we jumped to the Burmese town, we had someone we had contacted in advance guide us through the town.

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　The reason I came to this city today was to attend the funeral as I had told Garod.

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　I had prepared myself at Barca Castle, dressed in black.

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　Garud is dressed in a similarly subdued color scheme.

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　Our guide brought us to the cemetery in the city.

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　It seems that Burmese cities have cemeteries for burial.

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　And the funeral was to be held in the cemetery.

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"This is Mr. Barkha. Thank you for coming all the way here. I did not expect that you would actually come.

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"No, I just wanted to mourn those who died fighting for the Kingdom of Fontana. Please carry out the ceremony as you normally would without much concern."

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"Well, even if you say so... I wasn't expecting a nobleman. ...... sir, Mr. Barca. Are you the son of Mr. Barca?

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No, no. No, no. This is Garrod, King Fontana. He heard I was attending a funeral and followed me here in secret."

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"...... eh. Oh, the king?"

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"Sorry. It was decided today that the king would come with us, but I didn't hear from him in time. Mr. Garud, this man is Legora. A fellow soldier from Burma has died and he is the pallbearer at today's funeral.

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"I see. Regola, nice to meet you."

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"......, how very kind of you. No, I'm sorry. I'm sure all the soldiers who fought will be glad to have King Fontana at their funerals. Thank you."

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"Legora, Master Garoad is not used to Burmese funerals. If you need anything, please let me know. I do not want to be disrespectful to those who have passed away.

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"Of course not. Come on, both of you, this way.

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　Legola escorted me to the funeral.

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　He is a man of Mr. Madoc's age, a fierce warrior who once wielded weapons on many battlefields.

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　He was not a knight, however.

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　But it seems that he was recognized for his ability and worked for Elans when he ruled the city of Burma.

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　He was promoted to a higher rank and gained other fiefs, but decided to remain in the city of Burma.

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　The funeral I attended today is for the soldiers who died fighting against the allied forces in the battle against Fontana.

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　Although the Fontana had won the victory in driving back the allied forces and solidifying their independence, they had not suffered zero casualties.

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　Many young men lost their lives in the battle and were scattered.

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　In fact, I have attended the funerals of these fallen soldiers before.

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　Since I got the transporter stone, I have been able to participate in more of them because it takes less time than traveling in a Valkyrie.

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　The city of Burma had been Elance's territory until now, so he had not had the opportunity to come here, but he attended quite a few funerals in various places.

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　There is a reason for this.

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　It leads to the fact that I am a total upstart.

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　When the previous head of the Fontana family, Carlos, died, I immediately moved to take the position of acting head of the family.

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　Since I had the blood and power to do so, most of the knights were satisfied with my actions.

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　But it was not without discontent.

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　The mere fact that a knight from a peasant background suddenly emerged to stand above them made them want to rebel unconditionally.

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　For this reason, I have been dealing with the knights in various ways, and one of them is to actively attend funerals.

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　Everyone is sad when someone dies.

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　Attending the funeral and shedding tears together about the death is a way of communicating with each other.

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　And it was not only for knights, but also for peasants who attended funerals in the same way.

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　To an ordinary peasant, I would be the acting head of a noble family.

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　What if such a person shed tears for a soldier who fought in a battle for which he is not known?

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　In many cases, they thanked me for crying with them.

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　At the same time, others who saw them, because they were willing to go to such lengths for a mere soldier, even asked to join the army themselves.

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　Well, I can say that for me the participation in the funeral was a kind of political act to improve my image and to get support from the people.

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　I have been working on improving farmland, constructing buildings, and doing radio broadcasts to enhance my image, but in fact, I have been trying to make a good impression in small ways.

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　And this is what he showed to Garod this time.

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　I don't expect Garoad to do the same.

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　Unlike me, Garoad was born as a legitimate heir of a noble family and was officially recognized as a king by both the royal family of Doren and the church.

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　His position is vastly different from mine.

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　There is no need to go into such details.

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　But Garoad had a big problem.

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　He was too strong.

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　He became the head of Fontana at the tender age of 2 years after the death of Carlos.

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　This means that he receives the same amount of magical power from his subordinates as Carlos from an early age.

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　In other words, at the age of two, Garoad was able to use the higher level magic such as [summoning ice spirit].

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　However, at that age, he could not yet pronounce the words well, so he did not invoke the spells.

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　However, his physical ability due to his abundant magical power was already considerable at the age of two.

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　And at the age of almost five years old, Garoad has reached a level of strength that no adult can compete with.

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　A child is likely to throw a tantrum if something does not go his way.

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　Of course, Garoad also has such a tendency at his age.

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　Normally, an adult would stop him, but in Garoad's case, he cannot be restrained without a knight-level person in his side.

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　I had no idea how Garoad would grow up in such a situation.

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　So I took advantage of the fact that Garoad wanted to follow me when I told him that I was going out to do some work on my own.

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　I went not only to the Burmese cities, but also to several smaller towns and villages, attending each funeral and taking Garoad with me.

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　I took him there to show him that there are people living in a poor land without much, not taking for granted the life in a castle without any inconvenience.

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　Maybe we should show Garud the outside like this once in a while.

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　And then when the royal tomb is finished we can give him a job at the ceremony.

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　After seeing so many funerals, he might have some idea of the meaning of the royal tomb.

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　With this in mind, I rode with Garoad on the back of the Valkyrie to the town where the funeral was to be held.

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