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"Hey, Al. Why are you all wearing such tattered clothes?"

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"Huh?　Are these the clothes of the people you saw at the funeral today, Mr. Garrod?　Those were the villagers' nice clothes for a funeral."

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"Really?　Nobody wears clothes like that in the castle, right?　Aren't you cold?"

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"It must be cold. Some of the villagers might die from the winter cold."

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"Al, is that true?"

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Yes, of course. Did you notice anything else at ......, Mr. Garrod?"

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Let's see. ...... Yeah, the house was a wreck, too!"

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"I see. That's a good point. The building where the funeral took place was indeed old. Can Mr. Garrod sleep in that building?

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"Oh, no. It was tiny and the chairs weren't soft, so my butt hurt."

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"I see. But that building was better than the house I grew up in. We were poor farmers.

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"Al's birthplace?　Was it smaller than that?　No way.

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It's true. We had nothing to eat. Did you enjoy the food served at the funeral in that village?

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"No. It wasn't good at all."

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"That was a feast prepared by the villagers for the funeral. They wouldn't normally prepare a meal like that. Maybe they usually just eat a little something less flavorful.

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"You're going to be hungry then, aren't you?"

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"Of course. Of course. I'm rarely full.

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"...... Why doesn't everyone live a better life?　I was surprised at how different it was from life in the castle.

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"That's what everyone thinks. They want to live a good life. But we can't because we're still poor.

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"I see. So poverty is bad."

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"That's right. And it will be difficult for everyone to be poor if the country is not stable. If the king of this country is not strong, everyone will remain poor.

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"The king is ...... firmly ......"

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"Yes. I hope the villagers will have a better life when Master Garod grows up."

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"Yes. Then I'll work harder. I'll fight to protect you. And, you know, make the country bigger.

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"...... are you going to fight?"

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"Yes. I'm going to be more active than Al. The other day, I had a part-timer teach me how to fight."

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　d*mn.

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　I took Garoad, who lived in a castle and knew nothing about the outside world, out to show him life in different places.

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　I wanted him to know that life in a castle is not something to be taken for granted and that everyone is working hard while living a hard life.

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　It was a success, and Garod seemed to be interested in the life of the common people.

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　I was hoping that he would learn a little bit about the common people's perspective and think of something from there.

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　I guess he had already been taught how to fight by his part-time brother.

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　What will happen to this kid in the future?

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　Will he become a man who loves war like his brother?

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　It is not a bad thing that we still live in a war-torn world.

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　If you are kind to the common people, you will lose everything if you lose the battle.

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　But if you fight for the sake of your country, it is not good if you fight because you want to fight.

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　If we continue to seek battles only on the basis of fighting instinct, too much damage will be done.

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　Above all, it will be a never-ending battle.

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　I don't know what to do.

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　I hope that Garoad, as a king, will be able to think with a more balanced view of things.

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　However, it is not a good idea for me to be his educator.

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　I protected Garoad and became the acting head of the kingdom, and now I am the Prime Minister of this country and a general.

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　If I were to become the king's educator there, Barka might be able to gain a solid position.

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　But there will be opposition.

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　I was made acting head of the family on the premise that I would temporarily assume the position on behalf of the young head of the family.

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　And I am not educated.

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　By cultivation I mean knowledge that cannot be compensated for by the knowledge of my previous life.

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　It refers to the common sense and knowledge possessed by noble bloodlines such as kings and nobles.

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　I don't have the nobility in me at all.

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　I must teach him to behave naturally with royal etiquette and behavior, while educating him on how to fight and not to disrespect the common people.

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　Then, we should ask him to do it.

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　Thus, while attending funerals with Garoad in various places and answering Garoad's questions that interested me, I decided on the person I would entrust to be her educator.

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"I am to be Master Garoad's tutor?"

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"Yeah, can you do that for me, Leon?　I mean, there's no one better than you."

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"But ......"

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"Please, take it. Rion, who has been active in the royal sphere and has dealt with various nobles without causing any problems, should be perfect, at least in terms of etiquette. You're the only one for me, Leon."

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　I chose Leon to be Garoad's teacher.

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　He is also the younger brother of my wife, Lilina, who is now in charge of diplomacy as a Graham nobleman in the Kingdom of Fontana.

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　If he is to be taught the common sense of a king, he is the most qualified person in Fontana.

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　And although I won't say it directly to Leon, I also appreciate him because he is cold hearted in a way.

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　I believe that Rion is not a diplomat but a strategist.

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　When there is a battle, Rion is the type of person who can see through the whole board and devise a strategy based on the trend of the battle, not on the way of fighting on the battlefield.

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　In other words, it can be said that Rion thinks of the people who actually do the fighting in the battle as if they are his faction.

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　For example, when I fought Pessi of the House of Uruk, I thought I was going to die more than any other time in my life.

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　We fought the Arbalests in the west and defeated their leader, but Rion immediately told me that I should go to the east and rescue Carlos.

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　And when we were in front of Fort Einrad, where Carlos was, he told me that I would look like easy bait for the Uruks, since I had defeated their own son the year before, and suggested that I should act as bait for them.

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　As a result, we were almost steamed to death by the Uruk's higher magic [Black Flame].

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　I still remember that battle.

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　I can't tell you how many people died in the camp we built with our wall construction.

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　The wear and tear rate was also very high.

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　It must have been the same for Leon.

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　In the same position, Graham's army had a higher attrition rate than Barca's army.

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　But even so, Rion never complained about Carlos in that battle.

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　This is probably because he saw the army and himself as a frame of reference.

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　He may have thought that he needed an army of pawns to ensure the defeat of Pesci, the leader of the House of Uruk.

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　Moreover, his own life was among the pawns he was throwing away.

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　In order to win, he would calmly sacrifice his own life or even the lives of his allies to win.

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　Rion is a man who has such calmness.

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　Garoad, who will eventually assume the duties of a king, may need such a way of thinking.

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　But we do not want him to be a person who has only this aspect.

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　Rion is basically a person who can be ruthless if necessary, but usually he can act with consideration for the people around him.

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　Thinking so, I tried hard to persuade him.

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　Then, I succeeded in getting Rion's head on a swivel, and proposed it to the council, and got the approval of the people around me.

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　Thus, Garoad was to be educated by Rion at the age of six.

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　Well, until then, I will take him to various places like this from time to time.

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　I prayed that he would be a decent king, and after that, I decided to attend funerals and so on with Garoad.

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