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"Hey, I'm here. You got a minute, kid?"

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"Oh, what's up, old man?"

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"No, I've come to call on the boy who never comes back. It's fine to study with Gran, but he has other things to do. Come back to Barca Castle."

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"Okay. Okay, Gran, you take care of the rest of the research.

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"Leave it to me, that I will. I'm sure I'll make something that Lord Ars will like, that I will.

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　I came to Gran's research building and we continued working together.

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　But then the old man came to call me.

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　He seemed to be a bit taken aback by my obsessive improvement of the magical weapon, as if he wanted me to come back to him.

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　I had already drawn out all the reference drawings for the plastic model I could think of when I got the call, so I left the rest of the work to Gran and headed back to the castle.

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"So?　What else is there to do, old man?　Was there any pressing business?"

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Of course. I mean, there are a lot of problems that need to be taken care of right now."

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"What do you have?"

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"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, boy. The boy's going to be the king of the sky and build a kingdom. There are many things he has to do for that. There are two big problems. One is the problem of this country and the other is the problem on the remaining earth.

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"Well, let's get to the country's problems first. Well, what should we do now that we are going to be an independent country? What should we prepare?

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"It's obvious, isn't it? The Sky Kingdom's land is here in Vulcania and the Sky Cemetery. By the way, the eastern variant is also included, but it's more of a base than a place for people to live. Well, that's all right. A country has a ruler, land, and people. In other words, when there is a country, there are people.

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"......Yes, that's right. Oh, yeah. I see. The people, huh?

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"I see you finally figured it out. Who are the citizens of the sky kingdom, and what kind of land and property do they have? Or maybe there should be some kind of tax on them. And we also need to think about how to deal with the outside world in the future. We need to establish rules for the Sky Kingdom's dealings with merchants from the outside, for example, tariffs and so on.

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"Ugh. Now that you put it that way, the obvious question remains."

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"Yes. We need to get some of those things taken care of before we go out on our own. We don't have time for games, boy.

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　When the old man pointed this out to me, I realized that I had been taking it too easy.

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　It is indeed a tremendous thing that a new country will be established.

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　Many things will be different from before.

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　One of the most important is who are the citizens.

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　A country that does not know its citizens is indeed a bad thing.

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　And it would be necessary to make new laws for the citizens, as well as rules for other trade with the outside world.

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"Well, for the time being, the first citizens of the Sky Kingdom would be those who live in Vulcania. What about the sky cemetery?　I know there are a lot of church people, but do we include them as citizens of our country?　I'll have to check with Pope Paul later. And maybe there should be a provision for accepting immigrants or something."

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"From what I've heard, the Reed territory uses the ay for governance, right?　Let's introduce that in our country, too. It should be much easier for the rulers to manage all the people's names, addresses, and other information in one place.

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"Right. Or rather, it would be easier in the Sky Kingdom where the borders are clearly divided. I understand. I'll contact Kyle and see what we can do with the Eye. I'm sure he's already done it before us, so he'll have some idea of the problems we'll have to deal with.

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"All right, we'll just have to decide on the laws and stuff according to the Fontana Charter. We need to think about the problems on the ground, boy.

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By "on earth," you mean specifically the Barca family, right, old man?

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Yes. The monk will establish an independent country as the king of the sky and will separate from the Barka family with Alford as the head of the family, right?　But Alford is only five years old in the next year. He is not old enough to rule the territory. In other words, you'll be in trouble if you don't decide who will run the Barca family now that the boy is out of the way."

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"Yes. If something happens and I, the King of the Sky, reach out to them, they may see it as a problem.

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"That's what I mean. You're thinking about what you're going to do, aren't you?

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"Yeah. I mean, what's the old man going to do?　Do you stay in Vulcania and live as a citizen of the Kingdom of the Sky, or do you stay on earth and serve the Vulcans? That's what I'm going to do."

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"Huh?　My response changes your response?"

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"Yes. If you want to work as a member of the Barka family on earth, then I want you to be the Barka family's vizier. To support Alford."

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　It's really hard to start a country.

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　So far, although I have given up the head of the family, I am still here, and the members I trust have been running the Barka territory well.

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　But I will be leaving the Barka family completely.

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　This means that the members who have been ruling the Barka domain will have to be divided between the Kingdom of the Sky and the Barka domain.

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　It was necessary to divide the people for this purpose.

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　The most important person in this situation would be the head of the Barka family.

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　Although Alford is already the head of the House of Barca, we cannot expect him to be able to rule yet.

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　In addition, as he is my son, he is now living in the house of Barca in the city of Fontana.

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　He will probably live in the city of Fontana even when he grows up and will be near Garoad, the King of Fontana.

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　On the other hand, the home of the Barka family will be in Barka Line, which is a station for magic trains on the ground, instead of Barkania, where they have lived so far.

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　As long as the vizier, who will be in charge of Barka Line, the capital of Barka, and who will be in charge of the entire Barka territory, is strong, he should probably be able to govern the territory well.

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　I was willing to entrust the old man with this important role if he so desired.

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"Sorry, kid. I bet my life on the monk. I'm not going to leave him now. I'd like to work in the Kingdom of Heaven if I can."

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"...... Okay. Thank you, old man.

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　But I checked with the old man, and he wanted to be with me and not with the Barka family.

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　Frankly, I'm glad.

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　I would have been happy enough if he worked for the Barca family, but I was still grateful that he wanted to work with me.

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"Then, I think I'll ask Payne to be the Barca family's vizier. He has a wide range of contacts with other people and has done a lot of behind-the-scenes work in the past for the sake of governance.

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"Payne. That sounds good, but he was originally a knight of Uruk. He's not exactly a native of Barca.

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No problem. Payne will be flanked on both sides by his brother Bite and Vargas. If those two men support Payne and protect Barca territory, it should work out well."

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　I mean, if we leave Alford's guardianship to the Bite Brothers, that would be a big problem.

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　The Bite Brother, who always wants to fight, is a little scary as the helmsman of the entire Barca territory.

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　But Payne, who has mainly worked for me in diplomatic matters, has a good sense of balance.

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　He should be able to handle the position of the Barca family within the Fontana Kingdom well.

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　Thus, we had many discussions afterwards in order to solve the various problems that would come with my independence.

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　The time passed quickly and the new year was approaching.

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