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"What, you're not going home?"

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"Of course. Since we're here, I'm going to make the most of this town."

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"By 'effective use,' do you mean taking over this city?"

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"That's right. What the hell, Zen. Did you think that we would turn back as soon as we won?

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"Of course you're right. Even if we won, there are only 200 of us.　There are far more people living in this city than there are in ours. Anyone would think so.

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　This was after we ransacked the treasure room at the Purge.

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　When I said I was going to occupy this town, Zen was surprised and asked me.

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　You're not going back?

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　There's still a lot to do in this town.

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But what are you actually going to do?　Don't tell me we're going to take over this town, Commander?　Zen is right, it's impossible with the number of people we have."

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　But then, even Walter comes in and says something that seems to agree with Zen.

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　He says that although the Barka mercenaries have won the city, it is impossible to govern it.

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　Well, we agree.

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　It would be great if this city could be ours, but it's probably impossible no matter how hard we try.

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　If we really want to do it, we'll need at least enough of them to blockade the city.

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"I guess Walter is right. I don't think we can keep this Purge town together now either. But I'm not going home empty-handed. Because there are other things we can do."

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"What is it that you can do?　The best I can do is to grab some food or something of value and bring it back home. But there are so many treasures in the treasury that we can't carry them all.

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"Oh, I see what you mean, Walter. I'm sure Commander Alphonse is planning to set this city on fire to make an example to the Peria nation.　Some of the soldiers in the Purge must have been from Peria. If they're going to fight us, maybe they're going to prove by their actions that you're next.

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"Oh, seriously. You'd go that far? That's a hell of a move.

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"Hey, what the hell is that? How scary am I?

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　My unfinished business in this town.

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　And when I said I had it, Walter and Zen started talking nonsense.

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　It was getting to the point where it sounded like I was going to kill everyone who lived in this town, so I stopped them.

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　I would never do such a senseless thing.

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I mean, I can't do something so wasteful.

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"Wasteful?　What do you mean by that, Commander?"

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"I mean it just the way it is, Walter. The people who live in this city are alive. A living person is a lump of magic. And magic is the source of strength. It would be unthinkable to throw it away.

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"Magic ....... Source of strength ......?"

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"Yes. Did you not notice that when you were fighting Guido, Graham, and the other Purge soldiers?　Most of the people in this city have never used magic. Right?"

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"......Oh, that reminds me. I don't think I saw any magic ......."

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"I didn't see it either. People in this town don't do magic. Maybe, but I don't think the naming has spread to most of this place yet. That means there is a possibility to recover a lot of magic from this city.

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"...... Oh, really?"

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　Walter's reaction to my explanation, however, was muted.

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　The same was true for Zen, who was standing by my side.

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　He looked at me as if he was not understanding the meaning of what I was saying, but he did not understand it at all.

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　But this may be inevitable.

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　Because these guys do not know exactly how the naming system works.

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　For Walter and Zen, naming is something that is triggered by casting a spell called [naming], and naming another person simply allows that person to use magic.

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　However, this [naming] does not only have that effect.

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　At the same time that the person who is given the name becomes able to use magic, the godparents also receive magic power from the child at all times.

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　However, the amount of magic power is not so large that an ordinary person would feel much change.

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　Therefore, Walter and the others may not feel the change.

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　However, the amazing thing about this [naming] is that the amount of magic power received from each person is at least as great as the number of them, and the greater the number, the greater the effect.

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　In the United Kingdom of Fontana and other places, there were churches in various places, where all children who reached a certain age were given a name.

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　For this reason, the amount of magical power of the priests in each church is extremely high.

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　It is not unusual for those priests to have more magical power than knights, and a bishop who has learned to use [recovery] can even surpass a nobleman.

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　In other words, gathering magical power from the residents is that effective.

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　That's what I'm going to do.

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　I will name this pristine purge town and suck up the innocent magical power of the residents with the Barka Mercenaries.

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　Then they may leave the city.

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　We can strengthen the Barka Mercenaries in a short period of time without having to go through the trouble of organizing the residents.

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　Thus, I decided to steal the most precious and true treasure from the victorious purge town.

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