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"General, I beg your pardon. I don't want to die. But in exchange for my life, please allow my family, the Lubitsch family, to live on."

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　Lubicz Territory is located to the east of the former Carmus Territory.

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　The head of the Lubitsch family, who rules the Lubitsch territory, bows before me.

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　No, no.

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　This man was not the head of the Lubitsch family before.

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　The original head of the family died in the battle of Lubich, and the man in front of me now inherited his magic.

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　The previous head of the Lubitsch family was an old man named Bry de Lubitsch.

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　He was so good with the sword that he was said to rival even the saints of the past, and even if he had not inherited the Lubitsch name, he would have gone down in history as a peerless swordsman.

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　But alas...

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　Before he could show off his swordsmanship, he was blown away by Thanatos' giant Nyoronkaku.

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　Moreover, it seems that the point of the blow was not right.

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　He hit his head so hard that he never returned home.

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　Otherwise, he might have resisted a little more strongly.

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　And with Bly's death, the Lubitsch family's magic pass automatically passed to the first in line of succession.

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　And now it is hanging its head in front of me.

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　Apparently, he wishes to continue the Lubitsch family in exchange for his life.

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　I don't know what to do.

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　I've been thinking about it for a while.

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　So far, Fontana has expanded its power by overthrowing the Uruks, the Arbalests, and the Khamas.

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　In the process, those noble families have been destroyed.

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　In fact, this does not seem to happen very often.

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　I had thought that this was normal, since Carlos had been so thorough with the Uruks, but it seems that this was not the case.

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　As far as the common sense goes, when you defeat a nobleman, you do not destroy his tribe.

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　It seems that this was also recognized as a tacit understanding.

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　Originally, when the first king founded the country, each noble family was given a territory to rule in order to cope with the appearance of immortals or demons in the land.

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　In other words, they needed people who could use magic to fight immortals.

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　To fight against the immortals and demons, the power of magic was necessary, and each demon has its own affinity for fighting.

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　For example, if Fontana's ice magic was ineffective against an opponent, an Uruk's fire magic could be effective against him.

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　In short, the existence of magical beings was necessary for the maintenance and expansion of the sphere of existence of the human race, and it was considered better to have variations.

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　Therefore, it is said that even if they defeated a rival noble family and took its territory, they often did not do something so severe that their magic would be completely cut off.

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　When I heard this story, I thought that this is how such a thing as a supreme aristocrat came into existence.

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　Actually, I have been wondering about this for a long time.

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　If the war had been going on for such a long time, someone should have embarked on a unification project.

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　However, until now, the noble families have fought each other, and even if there was a noble who claimed hegemony, the country was not reunified.

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　I was thinking that it would be unnatural if only the royal family of Doren could produce salt, a necessity of life.

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　The answer was in the unspoken agreement not to do anything that would disrupt the magic.

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　It was recognized as a theory that even if you defeated the opposing noble family, at least one person should be left who could inherit the magic.

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　And the high lords of the time would watch over them.

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　If any noble broke the rule and committed a barbaric act that would drive the noble family to the end of its lineage, the Hereditary Nobility would condemn the violation of the rule and restrain each noble family by issuing an order.

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　Because of this, the hegemonic nobles became the allies of the noble families but could not become the champions who could reunify the country, and countless noble families ruled their territories while the wars continued endlessly.

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　In this sense, the Fontanas were helped by an unspoken agreement.

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　In the past, Carlos was three years old when the previous head of the Fontana family died.

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　But it was not by chance that Carlos was the only one left to ensure that the Fontana magic would not cease.

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　And it was the House of Uruk.

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　For Carlos, he survived because the Uruks kept their tacit agreement, but it was also because of the Uruks that there was no other Fontana bloodline besides his own.

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　Perhaps he could not forgive that.

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　That is why he broke the law by destroying all of the Fontana when he won the victory over the Uruks.

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　If it were true, they would have been harshly criticized by the people around them.

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　The high nobles might have led an army to make Carlos take the responsibility for the destruction of the Uruk family.

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　But that did not happen.

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　The reason is that the Resolute family, the hegemonic noble house at that time, had been defeated by the League of the Three Noble Houses and had run away.

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　And because the three noble families did not reach a consensus and decide who would be the supreme noble, Carlos succeeded in seizing the territory without taking any responsibility.

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　In a sense, it may have been luck, or it may have been Carlos' knowledge of the situation of the Resolute family that led him to this action.

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　It is also possible that he accepted the king's protection not only because of his economic ties to the metropolitan area, but also because he needed to avoid being blamed for the destruction of the Uruk family.

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　In other words, what I am trying to say is that the destruction of the noble families is an excessive act.

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　The general public would think that no matter how hard we push them, we should leave some heirs to carry on the magic.

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　...... what shall we do?

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　We can do whatever we want since we have all of them in custody, but it might be better not to destroy the tribe considering what will happen in the future.

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"I understand. You are to give the reigns to your youngest son, Lord Brams, and retire. And the territory of Lubitsch will be reorganized into the Kingdom of Fontana. The knights of Lubitsch are to return their names and swear fealty to Fontana. The rest must abide by the Fontana Charter. If this is done, we will allow the House of Lubitsch to continue to exist."

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"...... So, you're saying you're going to take away the entire territory from the Lubitsch family?"

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Yes, that's right. But we will not make the Lubitschs, who have made their mark on history as an aristocratic family, look bad. I intend to recommend to the council that the Lubiches be given titles in the Kingdom of Fontana and asked to take part in the running of the country. What do you think?"

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"...... ha. Thank you for your generosity, Your Highness. I now pass the reigns of my family to my youngest son Bramus. And the house of Lubitsch hereby pledges its allegiance to King Garrod of Fontana."

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"I'm glad to hear it. Let's be a part of the Kingdom of Fontana together."

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　...... something like that.

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　Did they think I was the kind of guy who would absolutely destroy any noble family he saw?

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　So I guess they decided that it was enough to keep the house alive even if they had to take away the lands and the knights.

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　It is a bit disconcerting, but it's okay.

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　Thus, the Lubiches, a noble family, surrendered to the Fontanas and swore allegiance to Garrod.

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　After that, Fontana's army started further actions based at Lubitsch Castle.

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