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"I heard it, General! I heard that the Reinsatz will launch a campaign to retake King's Landing. Why don't you take part in it?

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"The stability of the kingdom is our priority, Lord Brams. The Kingdom of Fontana did not have time to improve its farmland last year. We need to improve our domestic situation first.

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"But I hear that it is an almost all-out campaign against the Memento family, which holds the royal city area. Without a doubt, the Memento family will be defeated. What will happen then? The Reinisatz family and the Kingdom of Risorthe will gain even more power.

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"So you think that Fontana should expand its power by taking part in a victorious war?"

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That's right.

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"It's difficult. The Kingdom of Fontana does not border the territory of Memento or the Royal Capital Region. Even if we were able to win the war, if we gain a territory, it would be an enclave. If so, it will be attacked and taken by another power somewhere. I don't think this is a good strategy.

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"But ......"

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"Besides, this operation to retake the capital is the brainchild of the Reinsatz family. If Fontana joins this operation, which is carried out by the Hegemony with orders from the various noble families, it is possible that Fontana will be seen as a noble family following the orders of the Hegemony, rather than an independent kingdom. We cannot do that."

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"No, then wouldn't the Kingdom of Resolute have joined in?　Even though they call themselves a kingdom, they are participating in the operation."

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"The Kingdom of Risolute fought the Reinsatz family last year and took some of their lands. This means that they have already shown that they are more than equal in power. And in this operation, they are only making a pact as a separate force that is targeting Memento territory, not the capital. I am not sure that they can be considered lower than the Hereditary Nobility."

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"But ......"

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"Wait a minute, Mister Brams. Wait a minute, Mister Brams.　You don't really need any excuse to participate in this operation, you just want to be on the battlefield, don't you?　To show the power of the Lubitsch family."

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"Ugh ......, that's ....... No, that's right, General. We Lubicans can only wield swords. The only way to show our power is on the battlefield. Please give the Lubitschs a place to work.

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"Well, does that mean that you are going to give magic to Fontana's army to make sword soldiers as you said before?"

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No, sir. No, it is not. I am still opposed to the idea of imparting the magic of the nobility to the peasants lightly. Rather, I want my Lubicz family to go to war.

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　Hmmm.

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　I don't know.

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　I met with Brams, the young head of the Lubitsch family, who had made an appointment with me out of the blue, saying he had some urgent business to attend to.

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　He claims that he wants to go to the battlefield to show the power of the Lubitsch family.

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　I don't want to risk my life in battle for that reason.

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　Or perhaps I shouldn't.

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　But I may be somewhat responsible for this.

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　I ordered Brams to be the head of the Lubicz family because I thought he was still young and flexible in his thinking when I defeated them.

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　But maybe he was too young.

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　It seems that Brams is under pressure from the Lubitschs and is unable to break with the existing customs of the aristocracy.

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　A simple compromise would have resulted in his own condemnation by his own people.

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　In this respect, Gary of the Hermes family was rather soft-headed.

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　Perhaps it had something to do with the land where they lived.

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　The former Hermes territory was mountainous and unproductive.

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　In recent years, the sales of the harvest from the mountains that maintained the Hermes territory had begun to decline.

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　Gary and the rest of the Hermes family, who had felt this firsthand, agreed to turn their magic into gold as soon as they were absorbed by Fontana.

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　Perhaps it is because they were originally concerned about the future that they were able to make such a drastic decision, unlike the Lubitsch family.

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　I wonder what is going on.

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　I don't know how much effect my words against the Brams will have on the Lubitsch family as a whole.

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　It may only result in Brams' stomach churning like that of a middle manager who is blamed from above and below.

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　But that doesn't mean we should do nothing.

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　Perhaps we should remind the entire Lubitsch family.

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　The new Fontana military system is far superior to the old one.

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I understand. Then let's fight.

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"So, are you going to participate in the operation to retake the capital, General?"

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No, no. It is Fontana and Lubitsch's army that will fight. Let's fight each other again, this time without snow, and let's fight each other fair and square.

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"What about ......?　What are you ...... joking about, General?"

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"I'm serious, Mr. Brams. You will show the power of House Lubitsch in that battle. Then let's get ready."

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　Thus, in a moment of kindness, I decided to offer the Lubitsch family a place to play once again.

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