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"But, the extermination of bandits. The size of the opponent is one thing, but the question is whether we can find the bandits or not.

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"Yes, Elvis. So, first we'll meet with the recent victims of the bandits. We won't know for sure until we talk to them.

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"Yes. Soon, Lord Biden will bring the merchant who was the victim. Let the mercenaries be ready to move at any moment.

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"Yes, thank you."

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　Sit comfortably in Biden's mansion and wait.

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　Elvis left the room, saying he would be ready to go looking for us at any time.

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　In the meantime, we do what we can.

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　While asking the staff to show us a map of the surrounding area, we heard a knocking on the door from outside of the room.

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　It seemed that the merchant had arrived.

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　I ask him to enter the room and listen to what he has to say.

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"Hey, there you are. Mr. Sura, it's been a long time.

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"Oh, so you're the one who was the victim of the tragedy. I'm sorry to hear that.

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"Oh, no, I'm so sorry. We had guards too, but they got us so fast. It's a miracle I made it out alive.

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　A person enters the room and suddenly starts talking to Sura.

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　I wonder if he knows Sura.

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"Who?　Do you know him, Sura?"

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"Yes, I didn't think she was a merchant who was a victim of banditry. This is Christina, a merchant who sometimes comes to Valiante. Merchants who come to the foot of the mountain are very rare, and this girl is always open to everyone. I'm just glad she's okay.

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"Well, I mean, Mr. Sula. Who is that boy?　He's so cute and tiny."

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Nice to meet you. My name is Alphonse Barca. I'm the leader of the Barka mercenaries.

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"Yeah?　You're the Commander?　I thought Barka was the name of the owner of that floating castle in the sky.　Are you related to him, by any chance?"

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"That's right. That castle belongs to my family. Nice to meet you, Christina.

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　The merchant who entered the room was a woman.

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　She was quite young.

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　Perhaps it was because she usually moves from place to place as a merchant.

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　She was a healthy looking woman with wheat-colored skin.

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　I think she was exposing a lot of skin.

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　Her bosom was wide open, and she was wearing short trousers so that her beautiful slender legs were attracting all the eyes of the men around her.

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　She seems to be a nice but common woman, which you don't see in the House of Lords.

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"I'm surprised you survived. Ah, do you happen to be able to use magic?

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Yes, I am. Well done, little Lord Commander. I cast "Enhancement" and ran away as fast as I could. I was scared."

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"Heh. I guess there are other people who can use the magic that is spreading in the variant."

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"Heh heh. Actually, it was Sura-san there who gave me the magic. She said that a woman might be dangerous for a merchant who travels from place to place. She gave me a [name] a few years ago."

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　That's right.

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　I believe there was a story that the name is spreading reasonably well in the variant, but not as well as one might expect.

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　Those who live at the foot of the mountain live in a basically closed society.

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　Therefore, the number of people who can use magic by [naming] others should increase, but I heard that the number of people who can use magic has not spread well.

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　That is why Brother Ars named Banagher of the Orient in order to further expand the circle of magic.

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　But there were people who could use magic other than the residents of Valiant.

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　Kristina, a beautiful and healthy woman, managed to survive by using magic.

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"You said the guards were taken out in a flash, didn't you?　Were you wiped out?"

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"No. Some of them escaped with me. But many of my guards were killed. I was wondering what to do now that my goods and baggage are gone and I have no guards.

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"Mmm-hmm. Well then, do you have any information that might help us with the thieves?　Anything."

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"That said, I was desperate to escape. The bandits showed up in different places. Mr. Biden doesn't know where they are based, and I have no idea either.

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"I don't care if you don't know where he is. Well, ......, for example, it would be helpful if you could find anything that belonged to the bandits, even something with a smell on it."

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"Smell?　Oh, wait a minute. How about this?　This sword. Some bandits came up to me and I cut them down. There must have been blood on it, so maybe you can still smell it."

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"Oh, that's nice. That's what I wanted. With that, we might be able to locate the bandits."

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"Really, Mr. Alphonse?　Oh, I'm sorry. I called you by your name.

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"Okay. You can call me that, Kristina."

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"Mmm-hmm. Okay, okay. Well then, I'll leave you in the hands of our trusty mercenary. Please find the bandits. I'll give up the worst of the goods they took, but the fact that they took the merchant's pass is really a big bummer. I want them back too.

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"Yes, sir. Mr. Biden will pay you for your services. You can count on me, Kristina.

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　With that, he takes the sword covered with the blood of the bandit he had slain.

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　......Good.

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　It seems that they just wiped it off with a cloth and didn't [clean] it.

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　Although I said that, if they had been [cleaned], the smell would have been completely gone.

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　If so, there was no way to find the bandit with this sword as a clue.

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　But the sword still has the smell of blood.

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　We decided to follow the smell and go for the bandit.

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