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"So, what do you think, Laura? How would you like to run for Congress?"

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"For Congress?　Me?　I'm sorry, Mr. Alphonse. I had never thought of that. ......"

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"No?　If possible, it would be helpful if we could get a councilor from this city to help the new Barca town do well."

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"...... I don't like to hear you say that. There are all kinds of council members, but many of them are great people. I don't know if I'm the right person for them.

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"Don't worry. Laura can do it. Besides, I'll get you a good assistant.

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"Assistant?　Is there someone in this city who can help the councilman with his work?"

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"Yes. Now you can borrow the Eye. What do you think?　With Ai, I think I can do the councilman's job."

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　Oliva told me about it at the New Year's celebration.

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　I told Laura about it as soon as I got back to the new Barca town.

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　I asked Laura to run for the council so that I could have a councilor other than Banagher who would be supportive of me.

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　When I explained my plan to Laura, she was taken aback.

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　Waving her arms in the air, she replies, "No way.

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　But I still try to convince her.

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　I had already assumed Laura's argument that she would not be able to do her job as a member of the council.

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　So, as a response to her question, he offers her the loan of an eye that he had prepared.

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　Ai may not have any experience in working as a member of the Diet, but she can probably handle it reasonably well.

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　With Ai by her side, Laura might be able to do the same.

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"That's good. Why don't you give it a try?"

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"Even you say that, Kristina. It's true that some of the women who worked as prostitutes once ran for Congress. But none of them have ever been elected, you know?"

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"What about it?　It doesn't matter. If you run for office and win, that's all that matters. If you don't win, that's all that matters. Isn't that right, Mr. Alphonse?"

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"Of course. If I fail, so be it. I won't complain to Laura about it.

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"Okay. Okay. Then I, Laura, will run for the Orient Council. I don't know how far I can go, but I will try to do my best for Mr. Alphonse.

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"Thank you. Well, I'll start gathering nominations right away."

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　Laura was hesitant, but after Christina joined her in persuading her, she relented.

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　Before she changes her mind, let's get the necessary nominees for the candidacy right away.

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　Then we can quickly complete the necessary procedures.

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　And so, with some coercion, Laura was asked to become a member of the council.

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"So, do you have any ideas, Mr. Alphonse?　May I ask how you plan to get me elected to Congress when I have no experience at all as a member of Congress?"

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"Oh?　You're more motivated than I thought, Laura. I thought you were going to act like you didn't care if you failed."

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Of course you can't do that. The merchants in this town recommended me, you know.　You can't just do whatever you want to do.

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"Yes. It's true that all the merchants who came to this town support Laura. If we are going to do something, we have to do it right. I will do my best for Laura.

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　The nomination process went better than expected.

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　At first, my plan was to gather references from former prostitutes who, like Laura, had taken up employment in the city.

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　But I didn't need to do that.

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　Some merchant in town told me where he got the idea.

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　They said that they would become recommenders, too.

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　I think that the merchants have various ideas.

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　One is about the future of this town.

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　They may be worried about whether this town that I built will continue to exist.

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　But things will change if this town produces a councilor.

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　At least, with someone connected to the council, we will be much less worried about the Orient cutting off our hands.

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　Besides, it might be a good thing for the merchants to have someone other than me to lobby about the city.

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　They may have many things they want to say, such as events that happened in the town, requests for improvements, and so on.

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　It would be different in terms of feelings to go to a councilor whom we have nominated than to go to the leader of a mercenary group who has military power every time.

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　If anything, from now on they may rely on Laura who has become a councilor more than me.

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　And they may have some ulterior motive to improve their impression of me.

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　Many merchants are worried about the fact that they have been sending people from the merchants in the Orient when they are recruiting mercenaries.

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　Even if they are not directly concerned, they do not want to be treated harshly by the merchants.

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　Merchants who are not in the business of producing anything are often treated lightly.

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　I bought a plot of land in a new town to start a new business, but I can't afford to be treated unfavorably.

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　For various reasons such as these, Laura somehow managed to get a good number of endorsements.

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　Then, there is no problem with her candidacy itself.

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　Then, the question is whether she can secure the votes or not.

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　I had to think for a while about how to solve this problem.

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