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"Marriage partner?"

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"So. I heard that some mercenaries want to get married. And they want to marry someone who lives in the Orient if possible. Can't you do something about that, Kristina?

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"Hmm. Someone who marries a man from the foot of a sacred mountain. Well, it's not impossible. ......

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"Really?　No, thank God. It seemed like me and Elvis couldn't do anything about it. I'm glad I talked to Kristina.

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　I thought a lot about the mercenaries' marriage proposal, but in the end I could not come up with a good idea.

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　I mulled it over for a while, but I couldn't come up with a good idea.

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　I mean, I think this is something that people from the United Kingdom of Fontana like me and Elvis can't do anything about.

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　We don't know anyone here who can organize a marriage.

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　So when Elvis asked me for advice, I told Kristina about it.

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　I thought that since Kristina is a merchant, she would have contacts and information.

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　And it seems that I was right.

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　She told me that she could make it work.

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"No, wait a minute, Mr. Alphonse. It's not that I don't have an idea, but it's not that easy to do."

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"Really?　But there is a way to do it, isn't there?"

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"Yes. Yes. A woman from the Orient who can satisfy all the men here. And who will marry and live here in Barca. I have an idea for sure."

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I'm glad. I mean, how did you come up with such a partner?

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"Actually, it's not that I haven't heard of such stories. In fact, there are stories of people from other lands marrying women from the Orient, a city-state.

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　We sit facing each other and continue talking.

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　The one the mercenaries are looking for and the one who is convenient for the village of Barca.

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　Kristina certainly has such a person in mind.

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　But it seems that she doesn't know him by chance.

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What do you mean?

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"I told you before, didn't I?　City-states give citizenship to the people who live there."

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Yes, that's right. There are first class citizens and second class citizens who live in the city, and people like peddlers are allowed to enter the city as free citizens or something."

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"Yes. And suppose there was a merchant with a lot of money?　Most of them think like this. They don't want to be free citizens, they want second-class or higher citizenship to be able to live in the city."

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"Hmmm. I guess some people are like that. I heard that first class citizens and second class citizens have different rights to parliament and so on.

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"Yes. And, by nature, such citizenship is strictly controlled. It is not easy to get them. Well, recently there are some exceptions.

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　Come to think of it, didn't the Orientals, when their national power was depleted, sometimes gave citizenship to those who had played an active role on the battlefield?

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　Citizenship is basically non-existent for those who live in favelas.

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　Therefore, they are treated badly, with no right to complain if they are killed just by standing on the street, and no right to property.

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　However, there is a system in which even those from the favelas can obtain citizenship if they serve as soldiers on the battlefield.

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　Kiku, for example, was originally an orphan, but he must have dreamed that one day he would make his mark on the battlefield and live in the city.

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"...... I see. Perhaps there is a mechanism for merchants to become second class citizens or higher?　There is a way to get it without risking your life as a soldier on the battlefield."

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"You are correct, Mr. Alphonse. Normally, a merchant is only allowed to be a free citizen no matter how much money he has. Well, maybe if you pay a tremendous amount of money to the city-state you might get by, but not many merchants can do that. But what do you think a merchant of a certain size would do if he really wants second-class or higher citizenship?"

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"Maybe that's where the marriage will take place?　If a merchant marries someone who lives in a city where he or she already has citizenship, the merchant will also be granted citizenship."

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That's right. And there's an unspoken agreement that has been in place for a long time. It's called "renouncing".

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"Beggin'?　What's that?"

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"It means to buy a woman who is working in a whorehouse. It's kind of like a bailout. People in whorehouses are always in huge debt. You take custody of the prostitute with the amount of her debt and the amount of money that the brothel would have earned in the future. As a wife. And if the prostitute is a second class citizen or above, the rich guy who took her in is also granted citizenship. A part of the money from the hire will go to the government as a tax, and it has the advantage of bringing in merchants with that much money into the country.

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"There is such a thing. So, Kristina's idea is to use the contracting system to find mercenaries to marry.

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"That's what I mean. The legal way to marry a woman who lives in the Orient is to take her in as a bridegroom. Well, it costs a lot of money.

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"...... Do you by any chance know someone?　Among the prostitutes."

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"Oh, how did you know? Yes, I do. As a matter of fact, an old friend of mine works as a prostitute in the Orient. I'd like you to take her as well, if you can.

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　Apparently, some of them know Kristina.

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　By the way, although Kristina is supposed to make a lot of money, she didn't seem to spend much money.

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　I thought she was saving it like a merchant, but maybe she was thinking of hiring a prostitute she knew.

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　A prostitute....

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　I wonder if money is a good way to find a marriage partner.

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　But it might be an option.

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　Listening to Kristina's story, we finally have an idea of the potential marriage partners for the mercenaries.

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