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"I still feel very uncomfortable. It's totally different from the village I know. ......"

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　Zen, a mercenary I met on the battlefield, tweeted.

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　With Zen and his fellow mercenaries, we, the Barka Mercenaries, return to Barka Village.

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　Those were the words Zen let out involuntarily when he finally saw the village of Barca.

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"Is this the first time you have seen Barka Village as it is now?"

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"No, I've been near there once. But I've never been inside. I heard that it was very strictly guarded, so I just looked at it from a distance and left."

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"Oh, I see. Well, we may be very strict about checking when entering the village.

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"Yes, sir. I mean, this isn't a village anymore, but a fortress. This is not a place you want to enter without a reason.

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　They say that when they see the walls of Barka village.

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　Well, that may be true.

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　The walls surrounding the village were built by the Wall of Atmos, so they are ridiculously high.

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　It is not so easy to climb up, and it gets quite dark in the shaded areas when you get close to it.

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　I have visited attacked villages in the Orient many times, and such villages do not usually exist.

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　Even if there were, they would have wooden fences at most, and I don't think they could be called a typical village.

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"But recently, people seem to be very interested in this village of Barca. I think there are a lot of people who want to enter.

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"Really?　I wonder if interest has increased as the activities of the Barka Mercenaries have become more widely known."

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"That's part of it. But more than that, I think they heard about the mercenaries who took in the clients.

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"By 'em, you mean those stories about the prostitutes in the Orient who were taken in?"

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Yes, that's right. A group of mercenaries is currently enjoying great success. They've taken on a lot of high-class prostitutes. A regular mercenary can't even get a high-class whore to spend the night with him. You must be jealous."

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"Heh. Is there more to the story than his exploits on the battlefield?"

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"Of course, it's because of the stories from the battlefield, but most mercenaries are men, you know. I think anyone would be interested in them.

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　I see.

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　I guess you're right.

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　But there seems to be a misunderstanding.

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　Apparently, the story that was spreading around the village was that the women who had been taken in were being forced to work as prostitutes here in the village of Barca.

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　Instead of the brothels in the Orient, a new brothel-like establishment has been built here in Barca Village, where mercenaries are indulging their love affair with women.

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　They think that's what they are doing.

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　Actually, they are married, so it is not so, but I am not spreading it.

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　It seems that the story has been spread based on speculation, not on correct information.

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　That may be the reason why men are envious of her, but women in the world are giving her a hard time.

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　Going out to the battlefield to play with women, taking lives, and buying and collecting women for money are certainly the worst.

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"It's not really like that at all. But I guess it's a shame that we had to restrict the information from getting out to the outside world. If you only piece together fragmented information, you might be forgiven for thinking that."

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"...... surprising. Do you worry about your surroundings like that?"

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"Hmm?　I don't really see you that way, do I?"

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"Yes, that's right. No, actually I'm not sure. It's hard to believe that such a small child is still the leader of a mercenary group and that he is so strong. Moreover, he doesn't seem like a child at all when he talks to me, so I honestly don't know what kind of person he is.

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"I've probably been told a lot that I'm not childlike. But this is normal and I'm not that strong yet. There are probably a lot of people stronger than me.

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　I've been told this for a long time, but I get this kind of thing a lot.

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　That I'm not as childlike as I look.

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　Although few people like Zen say it directly to me, I think there are probably many people who think so.

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　However, I think this may have something to do with the way they use their magic power.

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　Magic power can be used for anything depending on how it is used.

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　For example, it is possible to use unusual magic, or to increase physical ability if it is a simple one.

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　One of them is that if you gather magic power to the brain in your head, you can increase your thinking power.

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　When you concentrate magic power in your brain, you can think about various things much faster than when you are not doing anything.

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　It is possible to improve memory like [memory storage], or even like [speed reading] that brother Kyle uses.

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　Maybe, if we can further develop it, we may be able to do [parallel processing].

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　Anyway, even if you can't do that much, you will surely be able to use your head much better once you get used to the magic operation.

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　To put it bluntly, the speeding up of thinking means that even if you live the same amount of time, you can spend more time thinking than someone who is not doing anything at all.

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　I have heard at the House of Peers that in the East, people from royal families or noble families who are born with high magical power are more mature from childhood.

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　Though I am not as strong as the nobles in terms of magic power, I think that I have become better at using my mind because I was trained by Ai from when I was younger than I am now.

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　Maybe that has something to do with it.

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　If Zen goes to the House of Lords, he will find that it is not unusual to find children who are not childish.

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　Well, there were still those who said childish things in the House of Lords, though.

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　Anyway, it is not very interesting that the public, especially women, do not have a good impression of Barka village and the Barka mercenaries.

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　Besides, if the story that they are forced to take prostitutes to work for the mercenaries spreads, it might make it difficult for them to make any further plans to take prostitutes to work for the mercenaries.

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　Let's try to do something to make the mercenaries look a little more impressive.

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　I thought about this when I heard from Zen about the unexpectedly bad impression of the Barka Mercenaries.

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