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"Bringing in the kids is all kinds of fun. The guys who know how to sell tails know how to sell tails. And we buy them and sell them to other people. In this favela, each neighborhood has its own group that runs that kind of thing."

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　The gruff man began to speak meekly under Walter's interrogation.

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　Apparently, a tail-hunter is a person who has the blood of a beastman in his veins.

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　Zen didn't know this, but there were people who knew they could sell tailed animals, and when they found one, they would secure it and sell it to him.

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　They would receive them and distribute them.

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　It is a lawless favela, but not without order.

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　It is said that there is a rule as to which group is in charge of this area.

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　And sometimes there are conflicts among the groups or with those who want to make a new start.

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　Come to think of it, orphans like Hanna and Kiku seem to have said something similar.

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　Kiku, for example, was beaten up by the people who owned the territory when she scavenged for leftovers outside the territory.

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　Maybe the orphans joined the local clan when they grew up.

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"And where did you sell them?"

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　Well, let's ask what we want to ask rather than what's going on in the favelas.

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　I'll ask whatever comes to mind.

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"I don't know. It's true, believe me. We're just selling the kids we got to another guy who's coming to pick them up. They don't tell us where they're taking the tailgaters."

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"I heard something about someone with a perverted taste buying them?"

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"I don't know if that's true or not. I'm just being told that it's probably true. In fact, some of them take the kids they sell off into the city. But sometimes they take them to other countries.

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"Another country?　Other small countries, like the country of Gulagaria?"

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No, some say it's a more distant country. Some of them don't even have accents from around here.

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　Are they sold to other countries?

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　It was fortunate that we were able to find Mitya quickly when he was taken.

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　If they had taken her too far, we might not have been able to track her.

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　After all, this cluster of small states has large rivers that flood here and there.

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　We might not be able to follow their scent if they were taken by boat.

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"Okay. Okay, next question."

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"What the hell? I told you what I know. I didn't lie. Please don't do this again."

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No, that's not what you just said. Have you heard there's a bounty on me?"

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"...... Oh, yeah. You're that guy, right? I hear you're putting together a band of mercenaries even though you're just a kid. I hear if you win that head, you'll have enough money to live off of for the rest of your life."

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"By who?　Do you know who put a bounty on my head?"

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"Yes, I know what you mean. The Church. The Church of Soma put a bounty on him.

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"The Church of Soma?　Is that a reliable piece of information?"

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"Yes. I was told that I could receive a reward in Church gold. Maybe that's right."

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　The Church.

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　I'm a little surprised.

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　Maybe it has something to do with curing incurable diseases.

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　The Church of Soma sold medicines to Galius, saying that they could prolong the life of those with incurable heart diseases.

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　Moreover, we know that the cause of the disease is also a cosmetic made by the Soma cult.

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　And in place of the cosmetics, I began to sell equally or more effective and safer cosmetics as Barka elixirs.

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　Thanks to this, I think that the series of money earned by the Somaist nation here in the Orient has certainly decreased.

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　But that is within this country.

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　There are other countries in the group of small states.

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　And I am sure that cosmetics made in the Somali countries are still sold in those other countries.

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　It is only in the Orient that the distribution of such cosmetics has been banned, not in other countries.

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　And since the number of Barka elixirs is still small, there are no sales channels to other countries.

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　In other words, it can be said that the sales in one region just dropped.

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　I wonder if they would put a bounty on me for causing such a situation.

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　It seems a bit exaggerated to me.

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"Maybe it's a question of face."

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　As I listen to the man's story and think about the Soma Church's response, Walter comes up to me from the side and says, "Well, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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　Face.

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　Maybe that's the bigger reason.

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　I wonder if it was the fact that I had to confront them with the fact that their products and other products of the Church of Soma would give a bad impression of my country that angered them more than the fact that they had destroyed my business seeds.

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"But the Church is a big country, isn't it?　Do you think such a big country is going to issue a prize to a child partner for every single such thing?"

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"I don't know. I don't know...but I guess that's what they are doing, isn't it? You might want to be more careful, Commander.

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"Be careful of what?"

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An assassin. I don't think the Lord Commander would fall behind a guy from the favelas. But they're after the Lord Commander with a bounty on his head. The Church may send a powerful assassin. Or a strong one drawn by the bounty.

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"I see. That's possible. Okay. I'll be careful.

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　I nod in agreement with Walter.

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　That may be true.

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　Besides, strong opponents are not the only strong opponents.

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　If someone uses a magical tool with an unusual effect like before, that is a threat enough.

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　Or, there is a possibility that someone who uses magic or sorcery that we have never seen before will come.

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　There is also the possibility of curses in the Church, and you never know what will happen.

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　We can never be too careful.

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"Good. Now that we've heard most of what we wanted to know, let's leave this time.

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What about these guys?

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"Yes. Well... since we're here... let's take advantage of it. In exchange for helping them, we'll have them report back to us when they find the tail. It would be a good way to get together.

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　When I say this, the man whose arms and legs had been restrained looks relieved.

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　He agreed to let us go on the condition that he would do business with us from now on, and we decided to leave the favela.

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　But still, assassins.

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　I wonder if we get attacked outside of the battlefield.

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　I should train myself more.

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　Imagining the enemies I had yet to meet, I thought about having Ian train me when I got back home.

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