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Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm Ars Varka.

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I know who you are. You've grown up, haven't you?

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You remember me. I believe this is the first time we've had this conversation.

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What are you talking about? Of course I remember. Even when you were a little knight, you had a certain air about you.

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　There was a New Year's celebration in the city of Fontana, and then Kyle's wedding.

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　I was going to stay in Fontana for a while after that.

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　But now I am back in Richard.

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　Although it is further south than the Kingdom of Fontana, it is still snowing at this time of the year and I have received a report that an important person has arrived in the newly established city of Richard.

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　We meet this person in the drawing room of the Castle Charlotte.

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　There was an old man with deep wrinkles on his face, and his hair and beard had turned white.

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　But this is not a man who came to Richard because he ran out of food.

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　The eyes of the old man were sharp as if he could see into your heart, but at the same time they reflected a gentle light of acceptance.

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"It's been a long time. I was a knight only a few years ago, but it seems like a long time ago now.

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"Yes, it is. For an old man like me, it seems like only yesterday. However, many things have happened since then. For someone like me, who cannot keep up with the rapid flow of time, these have been turbulent years indeed. And you were always at the center of it all.

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"Truly. When you were still in Fontana, no one would have expected this to happen. But what do you want now, Joseph de Greyed?"

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　The old man in front of me is a nobleman named Joseph.

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　The House of Grated.

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　It is a noble family with a long history that has served the royal family of Doren since long ago.

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　They serve the King of Dorren in his capital city.

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　Joseph here was once in Fontana.

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　That was many years ago.

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　At that time I was still the head of the knightly house of Barca.

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　Yes, it was this old man who was once one of the king's aides who accompanied King Dorren from King's Landing to Fontana.

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　At that time I was just a peasant knight and I never had a chance to meet King Dorren and his nobles.

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　It was the job of Carlos, the head of Fontana, a noble family, to entertain the Doren kings who were staying at Fontana at that time.

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　Therefore, I knew of the existence of this Joseph, but I had no direct relationship with him, and I did not think that he would remember me either.

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　This old Joseph was a close associate of the King and accompanied King Dorren on his escapade to inspect the Fontana territory, and was attacked on the way back.

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　He was at the scene of the attack on King Dorren, a major incident that can be said to be a turning point in history.

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　King Dorren was assassinated along with Carlos who was trying to protect him, and old Joseph, who luckily survived the assassination, cooperated with Leon who was there and escaped from the disaster.

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　I heard that they arrived at the capital.

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　However, I did not hear much about old Joseph in King's Landing after that.

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　As I recall, he was accused by his aide who was supposed to be with him of running away from the king instead of protecting him, and he lost the political battle, didn't he?

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　Therefore, I think I heard that he has been given a quieter position under the next King Dorren.

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　But even so, he must be a nobleman with a long history and close to King Doren.

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　How could such a person suddenly come to visit the Reed Estate like this?

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　Moreover, the New Year's celebration is still going on in every noble domain.

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　It is not an ordinary thing to come out of the capital at a time like this.

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"So, about the reason why I came all the way here ......"

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Yes, what can I do for you?　To be honest, the Kingdom of Fontana has been at enmity with the royal house of Doren in the past. Relations have not been good since then either. Why would a man of your stature come to such an opponent?"

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"Call me Joseph, Master Ars Barka, Shield of God. You are now a man of God. I'm probably nothing more than a piece of wood.

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No, I will call you Mister Joseph. So, I am correct in assuming that you are not the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Fontana, but that you have come to see me, the shield of God?

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Yes, if you take it that way. The reason I came to see you is because I have something I really need to ask you.

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"......I'll answer your questions if I know what I'm talking about."

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So ......, my master, the late King Dorren, has forfeited his right of succession. The House of Memento once attacked and occupied King's Landing. After that, the previous King Dorren, who was the king at that time, must have escaped from the city in secret. But his whereabouts are unknown. However, even though the king is dead, the succession has not been restored to the current king. What is the meaning of this? We have not been able to find out the reason for this, even though we have asked Our Lady of Blue, Mirialia. Then, I thought that you, the shield of God, might know the reason.

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　Oh, that's it.

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　Okay, I get it.

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　It was me.

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　King Doren was probably dead when the Memento family attacked.

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　But if he had just died normally, his magic pass would have been passed on to the first in line of succession, so his death would have been immediately known.

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　But this was not the case at that time.

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　Probably, Nadja [collected] the succession rights of King Doren who died at that time.

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　And that Nadja is already gone.

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　And yet, the succession has not returned to the prince of the royal house of Doren, the first in line of succession, who now claims to be the king.

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　Why is that?

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　Because the Valkyrie who put the finishing touches on Naja [collected it].

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　In other words, the succession of the royal family of Doren belongs to the first Valkyrie, that is, Kaiser Valkyrie.

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　And Kaiser Valkyrie has been [synthesized] with the labyrinth core and the ice-absorbing stone containing ice spirit, and transformed into a god-like being with the body of a spirit that transcends death.

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　Perhaps, Kaiser Valkyrie has no life span.

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　And with the amount of magic power that Kaiser Valkyrie has, it is not likely that it will be killed by a foreign enemy.

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　Therefore, the succession will not return to the royal house of Doren.

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　How do I explain this?

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　If we explain honestly, then won't they say that the Kaiser Valkyrie belongs to the Doren royal family with the right of succession to the Doren royal family?

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　It would be troublesome if that happened.

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　I concentrate my magical power in my head and think about how to make up excuses and reasons.

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