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"But why mercenaries, Ars?　If you're going to send Alphonse to the Orient, why not just send him out with an army from this celestial kingdom?"

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"It doesn't work like that, Dad. This country has a fixed number of soldiers according to the agreement with the United Kingdom of Fontana, and we are not allowed to send our forces out into the open unnecessarily. Even if it's in the East, I can't leave my troops with Alphonse to run the army.

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"Then, wouldn't mercenaries be much the same?　You're not asking Alfonse, who just turned six, to go off on his own, are you?"

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　I'm going to the Orient as a mercenary.

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　After I told her that, my mother objected to the idea.

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　She was furiously opposed to the idea of sending a child to a foreign land as a mercenary.

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　We managed to get her to leave the room, and then Ars and my father had a talk about the future.

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　My father is not actively in favor of the plan, but he seems to think that there is nothing else he can do.

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　Still, he suggested to my brother Ars that we should deploy from the Kingdom of the Sky as an army, considering my situation.

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　But that seems to be difficult.

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　This country has regulations on the number of soldiers, and I can't send an army without permission.

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　But then, would I really have to go to the battlefield alone?

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"Well, it's no use sending a single child to the Orient who has come to us for help. Let's have Alphonse form a mercenary company. But not here. But in the East.

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"In the East?　How can Alphonse, a child, gather an army over there?"

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"Yes, I can. Variants can. There are people from several villages at the foot of the Great Snowy Mountains. But all of them have a hard life. Many of them want to get out of that life if possible. But those uneducated mountain people are discriminated and cannot live a satisfactory life in the city, so they are living in variants. That's where we get people."

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"...... I see. Then it's not impossible that some will follow you. But it would be dangerous. I don't know if they will follow a child leader.

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"No problem on that score. There's Elvis. He and Sura have formed a neighborhood watch group and he's been leading it for some time. Although it's called a vigilante group, it seems to be following the way things were done in the Barka army, training them strictly to follow the orders of their superiors. If we can get people from there, I think we can be useful as an organization of mercenaries."

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　Mr. Elvis.

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　We just met the other day.

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　My father nodded his head and said he could trust him.

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　He's a farmer who rose through the ranks of the Balkan army.

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　I remember how passionate he was when we first met.

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　He kept talking about how strict and disciplined the Barka army was.

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　But I think he probably raised the Vigilante as a similar organization based on his own experience.

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"Well, Brother Ars. Then I'd like to have Ai by my side."

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"Hmm, yeah, that's good."

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"Hmm. You didn't say that without any thought or preparation at all. That might somehow convince your mother."

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"Sorry, Dad. You'll have to convince her, won't you?"

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"It's going to be a tough fight. Make sure you get me a good drink as a reward, Ars."

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　That's what my dad says.

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　But can we really do it?

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　I think my mom was pretty mad at him.

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　I have a feeling that she won't be able to talk to me for a while, but I wonder if the reward would be alcohol.

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　I was more worried than he was.

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"Well, let's get the situation straight. Alphonse is going to the Orient as a mercenary. He and Ai are going to gather people in the variant and then they are going to leave. It doesn't have to be right away. Maybe in the spring?　You're good up to that point, right?"

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"Yeah, I'll be fine."

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"So, let's talk about the Orient. That's where Gran is from. How much does Alphonse know about the Orient, including the surrounding small states?

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"Well, I heard that there are a number of countries in turmoil and fighting each other. I think I know that it is a place between the Briaria Magical State and the Church of God, and that it is difficult for even the major powers to get their hands on it.

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"Right. It is said that small states fight each other, but when a big state comes from the outside, they sometimes work together to defeat it. So, it seems that big countries, including empires, are left untouched. Recently, however, conflicts among small nations have been intensifying. Well, I'm the cause of it.

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"What have you done again, Ars?"

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What do you mean "again", Dad? It's like I'm always doing something. but I can't deny it. I gave Banagher the magic of the Orient. Naming, that is, the magic that allows us to give names as we do in the church.

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"...... I wish I had never heard of it. Did you really do such a stupid thing, Ars?　I don't think that's a good idea, even for my father. If the church finds out about this, I don't know what they'll say."

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"It's okay, because there are no churches of the Holy Light in the East. But there are many useful magic spells like [brick making] and [magic stone making] in addition to [naming]. It seems that the Orient made a lot of profit from it at first, but it caught the attention of other countries. They were attacked by people around them and asked for help.

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"Well, of course it will. That country's in trouble for getting involved with Ars.

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"Well, so be glad, Alphonse. You'll have no shortage of fighters in the Orient."

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　As he said this, Ars thrust his clenched fist toward me with his thumb sticking out.

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　My father looked at him in dismay.

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　I replied with a thumb out, thinking, "Yeah, that's just like Ars.

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