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"Great. The red color stands out and looks cool."

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You seem to like it. However, was it really a good idea to draw Lord Ai's holy scars on the cloak, that it was?

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"Well, that's okay. It looks like the stigmata were made from Valkyrie horns, so let's just say they are Valkyrie horns.

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"I see. Then I will continue to make the cloak, that I will. We don't have enough for everyone at the moment, that we don't."

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"Okay. Oh, and just in case those clothes are for summer, I'm going to have them make winter clothes for you to wear in the winter. I'd appreciate it if you'd think about that too.

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"Winter clothes, of course. I understand, that I do.

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　He and Garius look at the Barka mercenaries in their completed uniforms and exchange their impressions.

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　A cloak with a red pattern.

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　It is a relatively thin garment, and the sight of the mercenaries wearing it in a flash is quite cool, don't you think?

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　In the Orient, I have never seen anyone wearing the same style of uniformed clothes, so I think it would be quite conspicuous.

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　By the way, I had mine made.

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　But mine is a special one.

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　My haori is made of a rare fabric from the Nishiki caterpillar that lives in the Valiant region, so it is lighter and shinier than the other ones.

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　It is a good tailoring that does not cause any discomfort when you wear it.

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　Of course, it is dyed in red, so you can tell at a glance that you are a member of the Barka Mercenaries.

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"Hmmm. It suits you, Mr. Alphonse.

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"Thank you, Kristina. I mean, you're wearing it too, Kristina.

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"Of course not.　I'm a member of the Barka Mercenaries, too. But does this mean that we are ready for dispatch?"

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"Hmmm. Yes, but not quite.

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Is there anything else?

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"Well, it's a little late for that, but I was wondering how we can get in touch with the people we sent. I'm sure there are many ways, but I haven't decided yet."

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　After Garius left me to make the uniforms that were still missing, Kristina came to talk to me.

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　Kristina is also wearing a cloak.

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　She had participated in the discussion with Galius when we were making the uniforms, so she had given her opinion.

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　Most mercenaries are men, but not all of them are women.

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　Kristina was one of them.

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　In order to make a uniform that even such women would want to wear, it was decided to make a design that would suit both men and women, and the current form was settled upon.

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　That may be why Christina looked so good in her haori.

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　After talking about this, they discuss their future plans.

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　We started to make uniforms for the job Banerjee had given us, and now that it was finished, were we ready for the dispatch?

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　I was asked this question, but I could not answer that it was so.

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　The reason for this is that we had not yet established a method of communication with each other.

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　Banagher asked me to send mercenaries to the villages belonging to the Orient to guard the area.

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　And if they found anything unusual there, they were asked to report it.

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　The intention was to have the mercenaries take the place of the villagers who used to come from the attacked villages to request for rescue.

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　To be frank, the number of mercenaries that can be dispatched to each village is limited due to the size of the mercenary company, and although they can provide security, they are not expected to provide much defense.

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　Therefore, most of the work is to inform people as soon as possible if they are about to be attacked.

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　Then, there is a question whether it is enough if mercenaries run instead of the villagers who have been running to make such a report.

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　No, Banagher may not mind if the mercenaries do so.

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　However, I was thinking that if we are going to do this, we should be able to make contact more efficiently and quickly.

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　What should we do for that purpose?

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　Are there some possible ways?

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　For example, the first thing that comes to mind is the use of a messenger beast.

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　One way would be to send an urgent message on the back of a Valkyrie, or to fly a letter strapped to the leg of a tracker bird.

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　These methods would make it possible to contact each other much faster than before.

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　The problem, however, is that there are only a limited number of servants.

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　It would be a waste to leave the servants in different places just for the sake of communication.

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　Then, if there is no other way, we should buy horses or other animals instead of the service animals.

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　The only problem is that it would be too expensive.

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　Besides, there would not be many people who are accustomed to taking care of horses.

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　Alternatively, I have thought of changing the land itself that connects the village and the Orient.

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　That is, to build a road.

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　In this land where there are only footpaths, if we build a straight road leading to the city-state of Orient, it will be possible to send news quickly even by human feet.

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　However, this will probably not be accepted.

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　The councilors would object if they hear that we are building a straight and easy to drive road to the city where the council is located.

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　If we are attacked, it may lead to the enemy forces closing in quickly before we have time to escape.

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　If they think so, I am sure they will oppose it.

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"So, other than making a road or using Valkyries, is there any other efficient and quick way to make contact?"

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"Hmmm... I guess so. Maybe we could send up a smoke signal?

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"I thought about that, too. But that would require people to be placed within range of the wolfsbane, and I'm not sure how many people we'd have."

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"Then I guess the wolfsbane won't work. Then I guess we'll have to get a horse.

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　Kristina and I think about it.

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　But they didn't come up with a very good idea.

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"Master Al, let Mee take care of it.

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"What?"

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　However, an unexpected opinion came from someone who was listening to the conversation.

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　It was Mitya.

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　Mitya, who was now pulling her body against Kristina's and purring with her cat ears out, suddenly spoke up.

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　But what does she mean by "leave it to me"?

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　I wondered if she was going to say that she was going to run as a liaison, but I decided to listen to what she had to say.

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