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"Senator Banerjee and Laura, please wait in this room. We may have to call you back later for more questions. Please do not walk out of the room.

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　The meeting was adjourned and Banagher and I were moved to another room.

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　The room itself is a comfortable place with fine furnishings, as if we were entertaining guests.

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　But the purpose of the room was clear.

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　The purpose of the room was to keep us for a while so that the contents of this meeting would not be leaked to the outside world.

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　When we entered the room to which we were led, Mr. Banagher and I each took a seat, and tea was served in front of us.

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　However, I am not in the mood to drink it.

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　A few moments later, after I confirm that the guide has left the room and is waiting outside the entrance door, I speak to Mr. Banagher.

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Is that the assassin you are talking about?　I heard you say you were going to use it on Mr. Alphonse at the Congress."

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You are right. As you will soon learn, Laura, there are such people in the Orient, that there are. They are also called shadowy figures.

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"I see. I'm going to send that shadowy figure to Mr. Alphonse. You mean to take his life, right?

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"Mm. Those who participated in the congress do not want to make a big deal with the Barka mercenaries themselves, that they do not. It is a judgment that it is not good for the Orientals and the Barka Mercenaries to fight each other and exhaust each other's strength, or to be taken advantage of by other countries. That is why they will send their shadows to take care of it. That must be their thinking, that it is.

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"...... strong?　This shadowy figure..."

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Yes, that's right. Actually, I don't know exactly how strong they are, that I don't know. But I am told that they will accomplish their mission without any doubt, that they will. I am sure that one of the main reasons for the survival of the Orient among various nations with little military power is not only their technological and diplomatic power, but also their shadowy presence, that I am sure.

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　Assassins who will always carry out their mission.

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　A man of the shadows.

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　Such a person is after Mr. Alphonse.

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　And if he has been active in the backstage of our long history...maybe he has enhanced his magical power like a nobleman.

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　He can't be weak.

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"Are you sure that the council will not send an army directly to the city?"

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"The Orientals, that is. Well, probably not. Rather, the Congress would like to have the Barka mercenaries for themselves, that they would.

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"Our own?"

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Yes, that it is. That must be one of the reasons why we are sending the shadows this time, that it is so. If Mister Alphonse is gone, there will be no one to organize the Barka mercenaries. And at the same time, the owner of the new Barca town will be vacant. I believe that it would be in our best interest to have them in our possession, that we do.

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"Profit?　I believe Congress said it was to protect the country. ......"

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That's just a convenient way of putting it. We are the Orient, that we are. It is not impossible to avoid war through diplomacy, that we can. It is not so unusual for mercenaries who do not belong to a country to steal a fire, that it is not.

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　Apparently, the statement by the council that the actions of the Barka mercenaries are problematic is a convenient argument from the point of view of Mr. Banagher.

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　He says that this is because it is possible for a group of mercenaries who do not belong to a national army to ignore what they are doing in other countries.

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　Come to think of it, I've heard that such a thing is becoming more and more common these days.

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　This is due to the increase in the number of people who can use magic in various places.

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　Until then, city-states and other small nations were ruled by city-states and other small nations were ruled by city-states and other small nations were ruled by city-states and other small nations were ruled by city-states and other small nations.

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　However, there have been an increasing number of cases where people who can use magic have emerged, and these people have formed a clique and taken over villages, towns, or cities of a certain size by using [naming].

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　In response, the country that originally controlled the area dispatches its army, but is unable to take it back.

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　Such a new power moves outside the country of the land it has taken and attacks other cities.

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　In recent years, it is said that such conflicts often occur in various areas by armed forces other than the national army.

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　As a result, international law, which used to be a rule between nations, though imperfectly functioning, is increasingly being ignored.

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　It is a rule between countries, and organizations such as mercenaries and bandits, which are a new force, have no intention of abiding by it.

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　Therefore, if the actions of the Barka mercenaries this time are rejected on the grounds that the Orient has nothing to do with them, it is possible to claim that they do not violate the laws of war as determined by international law, which was the argument made by Mr. Banagher.

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　If you say that, I think that international law will not function well in the future.

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　Anyway, the Barka mercenaries' raid on the Grougaria lumberyard was actually not that big a deal.

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　Nevertheless, the reason why they made it a problem must be because they want to suck the sweet nectar of Barka.

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　The new Barka town, the technical ability to make magic tools, the unusual drugs, and the Barka church..................

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　I think that the members of the council who were speaking at the congress really want the new Barka town as well, just as the Barka mercenaries carved out the victorious purge town from behind the scenes.

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　And to make sure of that, they will tie up our actions that are in the way.

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　I am sure that I and Mr. Banagher will not be released until all of this is over.

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"For now, let's tell this to Mr. Alphonse. It would be helpful for him to know that the assassin called the Shadow Man is on his way there.

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"But isn't it difficult to tell them? We will not be able to move freely from this room for the time being, that we will not. In the meantime, the councilors will be sending their shadows, that they will.

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"It's okay. Mr. Ai, can you help me?　Please contact Mr. Alphonse."

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Yes, sir. I will convey to Mr. Alphonse what you two have just said.

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　You say you can't be reached, Mr. Banagher.

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　Normally we would.

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　That's why the Congress is holding us.

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　But it was different between me and Mr. Alphonse.

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　Mr. Ai is standing behind my seat.

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　She can do it.

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　She is the secretary and bodyguard that Mr. Alphonse gave me when I became a member of the council, and she is the one who can immediately contact the new Barca Town and other places.

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　There is no one in the council who knows about this.

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　If they knew, they would not have left us under house arrest in this room.

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　This should be enough information for now.

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　But I can't help you from there.

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　I am not sure if Mr. Alphonse will be able to escape from the assassins that will be sent to him.

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　He may be too free-spirited, but many prostitutes are grateful to that little boy.

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　And me, of course.

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　I never thought I would become a senator.

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　To repay some of the favors I have done.

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　Or maybe not, but I don't want to see a little boy lose his life.

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　I want him to survive.

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　That's all I prayed for, as I continued to ignore Banagher's detailed questions about Mr. Ai.

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