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"Oh, Zen was originally from that village?"
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Yes. Now I'm a mercenary in a small clique with my friends. Some of them are from the same village, and that village was the one that was abandoned.
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One of the mercenaries spoke to me while I was out on a job as a mercenary.
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I talk to this young mercenary named Zen as an exchange of information.
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However, it seems that he was not interested in a simple exchange of information.
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The reason is related to the village where Zen was born and raised.
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There was originally another village in the location of my current base in Barca, and that village had already been abandoned.
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It had been taken as a stronghold when it was invaded by another country, and as a result, it had been taken back, but it had been abandoned.
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The former abandoned village was Zen's birthplace.
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"I see. Well, it's not surprising if you think about it. Just because a village is abandoned, it doesn't mean that everyone involved in the village is gone, does it?
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"Yes, that's right. But I think most of them lost their lives in the incident. I had already left the village at that time. That's why I survived. That's all."
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"So, Zen's family is ......."
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"Yes. Yes. He is dead. My father, my mother, my brothers.
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"I see. I'm sorry to hear that. ...... So? After all, what is Zen's purpose? I can't ask you if you're trying to claim the village or not. I mean, that land is officially my village through the Congress of the Orient."
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"Of course. I'm not going to say that. I just need a favor. I don't think I'll ever see them again, but I'd like to lay flowers at the place where my family died.
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"Flowers? I don't mind. The graves that were there when we moved to the abandoned village are still there. But it's not perfect, as some of them were vandalized and knocked over during the occupation before that.
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"Thank you. It's okay. I can't thank you enough that the graves are still there. I was afraid that they might have been torn down.
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...... No, I wouldn't do that to a grave, indeed.
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However, there may be a reason why Zen thought so.
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I guess it has something to do with the fact that the members of the Barka mercenaries are all from the foot of the sacred mountain.
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They are the descendants of the blameless who survived in the land where the criminals were once sent to the sacred mountain instead of being put to death.
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That must be the general perception around here.
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I don't know what kind of things are going on in the abandoned villages where these barbarian-like people have moved.
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I guess we can't say that they are not grave robbers.
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In fact, it is said that the graves of rich people sometimes contain gold items, and such graves are sometimes targeted.
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Well, I don't think there is anything that valuable in a grave like the one in that abandoned village.
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But of course we didn't do that.
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Rather, we made sure to treat the graves as soon as we arrived at the abandoned village.
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This is partly because my brother Ars was very strict about the graves.
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When I was in Vulcania, I used to visit the graves and funerals of many people with my brother Ars.
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They had been taking me there since before I could remember.
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And when I went to study in Briaria, he warned me not to neglect weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies.
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Brother Ars is quite picky about weddings and funerals.
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He frequently made appearances at those not belonging to his own family.
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There were times when he showed his face at the parties of ordinary people, whose titles as the king of the sky or the shield of God were out of proportion to their titles.
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I once asked him why, not knowing why.
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The answer was politics.
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Brother Ars himself said that he did not know much about politics.
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However, he said that he has been doing his best to show his mourning for the dead by attending funerals as much as possible.
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Whether or not they do this makes a big difference in the impression people have of them.
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They have been trying to do so since they held a festival to mourn the battles in the old days at the fortress on the water.
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And I know from what other people have told me that it actually has a great effect.
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Brother Ars was a hero who played an active role in battles, but he was also said to be a man of virtue who had a heart to mourn the dead, for example, he built the tomb of Carlos, the founder of the United Kingdom of Fontana, and turned the site of the former Holy City into a sky cemetery.
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Because of such stories, I have never done anything to the graves, nor have I allowed anyone to do so.
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The graves that were left in the abandoned village are clean and you should be able to visit them.
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"So, when this battle is over, will you come to Barka village to visit the graves?"
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"By all means, please. I just got married the other day. I wanted to report it to my ancestors. Thank you very much.
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You'll be on a dangerous battlefield before you can report to your ancestors, but don't overdo it.
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I advised Zen, who looked so happy, and we went to the battlefield together.
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