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"Let's start with a premise. The Barka mercenaries are mine. And I bought the land from the Orient and I have the rights of a first class citizen. But the Balkan mercenaries do not belong to the Orient. It is not a national army.

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"Yes, that's right. It's true that mercenaries usually deal with whomever they want from time to time. It's unusual for them to have a town like this.

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"Maybe so. Anyway, the Barka Mercenaries may accept requests from the Orient, but they are basically free to do what they want. But then, you may be wondering what kind of principles we are supposed to follow in the battle. Let's call it helping people. You're going to work to help people in need."

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"I'm not sure I understand that. We can't just help anyone, can we?　What kind of people are you trying to help?"

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"A person who came to the church in Barca to ask for help. Or someone who uses Barca's magic.

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　Discuss with Kristina how to move forward.

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　I didn't want the Barka mercenaries to be able to go into battle or not depending on the convenience of the Orient.

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　Or rather, I thought so when I saw Banagher's response.

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　The Orientals were reluctant to fight, no matter how you look at it.

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　Perhaps it is because this country has always maintained itself through manufacturing technology and diplomacy.

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　It seems that they are not willing to make a move themselves.

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　If I keep going along with such an Orient nation, I will never be able to go out to the battlefield.

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　The only way is to use defense as the reason like this time.

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　But that is no fun.

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　So I decided to make a reason to go out more easily.

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　That is helping people.

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　And we have decided to use the church as the standard for the target of helping.

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　In this case, the church is, of course, the church in this new Barca town.

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　That's the one Hannah is putting together.

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"Wait a minute. What do you mean?　People do visit the church here because there is a statue of the Sky King, who is supposed to help ease the cold. But, no one outside of this town comes there, right?　And what do you mean, people who use magic?"

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"Originally, the magic that is spreading in this small group of countries was started by my brother Ars, wasn't it? That means it's magic that originated from Barca, right?　And the church here enshrines the statues of the brother Ars and the Valkyrie. In other words, it is the church of Valka. If someone who can use Valka magic asks for help in this Valka church, I, as a brother of Brother Ars, would like to help him, wouldn't I? So, the Barka Mercenaries will move to help those who can use magic.

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"...... Is it possible that we assume that people who can use magic are unconditionally followers of the Church of Barca, and that we should work to help them or something? In short, let's create a new religion and make use of it.

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"Well, maybe that's the way it's going to be."

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　Kristina summed it up in one word, and that's exactly what she said.

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　The Barca Church in this new Barca town.

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　We will make the most of this church.

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　At the moment, there are not many people who can be called followers of the Barka Church.

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　Originally, in this area, there is no specific major religion, and it is said that various people worship and honor various things.

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　It is said that there are people who have an object equivalent to a god, and there are people who cherish the raging and often flooding rivers and rains of nature as a higher being.

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　So I decided to create my own religion.

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　The magic of life that helps people's lives and gives great benefits in agriculture and other fields.

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　The magic that has spread among the small nations is actually spread by the Church of Barca as its origin.

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　This is not a mistake at all.

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　In the west it is the domain of the Church of the Holy Light, but there is no one from the Church of the Holy Light here.

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　My own Barca Church can take the place of the Holy Light Church.

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　The Church of Barca accepts those who have learned to use magic.

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　That is to say, it would be possible to force them to be a believer just by being able to use magic.

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　And when a believer asks for help from the church, the BARCA mercenaries may act on behalf of the church.

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　This may be said that the client of the mercenaries will be the Church instead of the State of Orient.

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　Finally, it is important to note that believers are not always in a position to ask for help from the Church.

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　In other words, there are cases when a believer in need, for whatever reason, wants to ask for help but is not able to do so.

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　In such cases, the Barka mercenaries may act on their own at the request of the Church.

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"eh ....... Are you saying that even if they don't tell you that they are in trouble, you go to help them because they seem to be in trouble?"

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"Correct. That's right, Kristina. The Barka mercenaries are always ready to come wherever and whenever the church asks. In other words, if there is a conflict in a place where there are people who can use magic, they can get involved."

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　The Orientals seem unwilling to move.

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　A way to go to war regardless.

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　How about the Barka Mercenaries' standard of action: those who have gained access to magic are considered to be forced believers, and if they see that someone is in trouble, they can intervene?

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　Of course, Barka Mercenaries is not large enough to respond to every move.

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　Therefore, it is up to us to decide where to intervene.

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"Is that the reason why you took Hanna to the Purge Town, by any chance?　You were going to make them aware of the church, weren't you?"

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"Of course there were other reasons. Of course there were other reasons, too, like the need to perform the ritual."

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"But that's a bit of a stretch. The number of people who can use magic is gradually increasing through the use of [naming]. There's nothing we can do even if they ask for help from faraway places.

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"So, let's start out by proselytizing in the Orient or in neighboring countries. We may only go to fight in the neighboring countries anyway.

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　Mm.

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　I think I'm talking nonsense.

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　But I don't really care what the reason is.

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　It is enough if we can claim that we have some sort of reason, however cryptic, and that we are running the mercenaries on that basis.

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　So, for the time being, let's go out and proselytize in the Orient.

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　I thought of using the mercenaries scattered in each village to advertise the Barka Church in every village in the Orient.

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