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"...... village?"

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"Yes, that it is. The land is to be given to Mr. Alphonse as a reward, that is, and there was a bit of a dispute in the council, that there is. But I made a promise to Mister Alphonse, that I did. In order to keep that promise, that I desperately persisted to get him to give me an abandoned village with no inhabitants, that I did."

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　A few days have passed since Banerjee and I discussed compensation.

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　Banagher agreed to my request for the land.

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　He was supposed to do so.

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　But it seems there was a stink to it.

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　Maybe Banagher could not decide the reward for the war against the Gulagarians at his own discretion.

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　So Banagher reported to the council that I was asking for land as a reward for the war.

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　And the council discussed the matter and rejected the proposal.

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　This city-state called the Orient consists of tens to hundreds of thousands of people living within its walls.

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　There was an outer wall, and inside the outer wall, there was an inner wall, and the wealthier people lived inside.

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　The richer the people were, the more they lived inside.

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　I thought that outside the outer wall, it would be easier to be allowed to own land because it is a place where poor people live, but it seems that this was not the case.

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　Well, I guess that is true.

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　It would be quite dangerous to have people from other countries occupying land outside the walls of a city-state.

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　What if they break the outer wall and invade inside?

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　It would be very dangerous.

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　Moreover, if they are connected to outside forces, the Orient might disappear in a flash.

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　For reasons of national defense, we cannot leave mercenaries, including the warriors of Atmos, outside the walls.

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　If they say so, there is nothing more that can be said.

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　But still, Banagher seems to have persisted.

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　He insisted that if that was the case, he would prepare a plot of land for the Barka mercenaries, even if it was a cheap plot of land inside the outer wall.

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　But that did not come true either.

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　Apparently, this story is deeply related to the bargaining between Banagher and the council.

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　He made a plan to secure a soft magic tree, and from the soft magic tree, he made a long-range attack weapon called "Maikyu Orient" to protect the country.

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　It was Banagher who thought of this and carried it out.

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　And it is working well so far.

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　It is said that Banagher's voice in Congress could be increased if he did so.

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　But there are some people in the Congress who do not seem to be amused by that.

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　Sura and Kristina have told me that even though the country is in such a state of exhaustion, there is still a power struggle going on at the center.

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　The powerful members of Congress and their associates who had been in power until then have lost their momentum, and people who had not stood out before have begun to emerge.

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　However, they do not like it and are trying to drag them down, this and that.

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　Banerji is still a young councilor, but he is also one who has been gaining momentum recently.

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　It seems that there are those who are not happy about it and are trying to hinder Banagher's activities.

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"But what do you mean, an abandoned village?　You mean a place where there used to be a village but it was abandoned?"

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"That is true, that it is. Originally it was a small village and there was not much to be taken, that there is a place that has been abandoned now, that there is. We were told that we could give land to the Barka mercenaries outside of this city, that we could, but that the abandoned village was the one that was designated at that time.

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"Hmm, well, it's not like I'm particular about being in a city, so I'd say it's fine. ....... Why did that village disappear?　If there is land where people can live, I think some people would be willing to rebuild and live there again."

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"That is not the case, that it is not. At any rate, crops cannot be grown on the land of that abandoned village, that it is true.

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"What?　Are you saying that the land is dead?"

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That is right, that it is. It was many years ago, that it was. The Orient was invaded from elsewhere, that it was. At that time, that village was occupied by the other side and became a temporary base to attack the Orient, that it was.

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"Wow, that kind of thing happened, didn't it?"

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There was, that there was. And after a fierce battle, we managed to drive them back, that we did. But they did something they shouldn't have done, that they did.

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"What should I not do?"

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That's right. They rolled the farmland in salt and ran away, that they did. They must have been harassed. You know that the land will die if it is salted, that you know. Because of the effects of that time, it is still impossible to grow crops there, that it has become an abandoned village.

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　I see.

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　Some people do terrible things.

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　But I guess the Orientals found that abandoned village convenient this time.

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　They gave the land to a group of mercenaries who could help them and keep them in the country.

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　But they are not allowed to live outside the walls.

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　So, by giving them an abandoned village with dead farmland where they cannot feed themselves, they can interfere with the mercenaries through food and other means.

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　After some calculations, it seems that the only land we can get is such an abandoned village.

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　...... Well, that's not a problem, is it?

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　No, it would be better to get a piece of land in a non-walled area so that you can do whatever you want with it.

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　It would not have to be so formal.

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　Besides, if we are going to make things, farmland is not so important.

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　Thus, we, the Barka Mercenaries, have settled in an abandoned village far away from the city of Orient.

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