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"Ai, command the churches in each village, and those who are there, to spread the rumor."

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What kind of rumors?

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"The members of the Orient, especially the one who is trying to eliminate me with his assassins and his related interests, are trying to kill me for their own gain. Anyway, please spread the word that I, a good and innocent person, am in danger from the money-grubbing powers-that-be."

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　When the assassins come, we take them down.

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　That's an absolute requirement.

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　I don't know what kind of people they are, but if they take me out too easily, that's the end of it.

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　I don't know when, where, or how they will attack, but I have to fight them off when they appear.

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　But of course, I do not intend to end there.

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　Or rather, it will never end.

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　It was officially decided at the council, a meeting of the people's elected representatives, to send an assassin after my life.

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　There is no way that defeating the assassin will be the end of it.

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　There must be a reckoning.

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　But the problem is that I am not sure how much use I will be able to make of the assassin.

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　The assassin is called the Shadow Man, whom Banagher does not know exactly.

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　I am sure that even if we defeat him when he appears, we will not be able to get much information from him.

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　That means that I have no way to prove who sent him to kill me.

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　Maybe there will be no record of this order in the minutes of the congress.

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　Of course, it would be possible to fight a war with the Orient without any proof.

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　But then, a new problem arises.

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　After the battle with the Orient.

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　If I win the war against the Orient without any proof that the assassins are related to the Orient, I will be seen by others as the leader of a group of mercenaries who suddenly attacked my employer, the Orient.

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　In that case, the people living in the Orient and the surrounding countries will see me and the Barka mercenaries as having zero credibility.

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　This would make it difficult for us to carry out our future activities.

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　Therefore, we need at least a reason to fight against the Orient.

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　In short, we need a cause.

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　I fought against the Orient for a good reason and proved my righteousness.

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　That's how the story needs to be told.

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　And to do that, I'll do what I can now.

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　Let's start by spreading the word.

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　At present, the Barka mercenaries are highly trusted by the villages hit by the storm.

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　We should take advantage of this.

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　The Barka Mercenaries saved a village that was in a terrible situation.

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　The Orientals are trying to take the Barka Mercenaries for their own personal gain.

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　Especially the senator who agreed to send the assassin to me and his people.

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　That's right.

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　How about the creditor who ran away to Glugaria, who was in fact in league with Glugaria in the first place, and the senator who denounced me this time was connected to him behind the scenes?

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　The attempt to kill me was not for the good of the Orient, but for the good of the country of Bulgaria.

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　In other words, the real traitors are the members of the council who have infiltrated the council, and we, the Barka Mercenaries, will stand up and fight for the Orient.

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"Here you go, Commander. Zen Squad has arrived.

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"Oh, thank you. I'll get started right away, but please load up this soft magic tree for me.

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Yes, sir.

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　As I was thinking about this and giving instructions to Ai, Zen's unit arrived.

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　While I had come down the river by boat with Walter and Kiku, Zen had gone separately.

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　It was for the means of transportation of the soft magic wood we had obtained at the lumberyard.

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　Normally, it would be easiest to transport heavy trees while they are floating on the river water.

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　However, it was difficult to go up the Gulu River with its increased water volume.

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　Therefore, it was planned to transport the lumber obtained by land.

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　For this purpose, we asked Zen's team to prepare horse-drawn wagons and carts for the journey to this point.

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　Along with Zen were merchants and others who often did business in the new Barca district.

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　We sold them lumber that had become heavy due to water absorption when floated on the water.

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　I will only bring back dry wood and that which can be used as a large bow for Ian.

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　The rest will be disposed of here and sold by the merchants.

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　It seems that the soft magic wood is monopolized by Glugaria, and not many other countries have been able to obtain it.

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　The merchants will be smiling, as they will be able to get a good price for it if they bring it to the right country.

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　In such a way, we divided the juma-gi to bring back and the ones to dispose of, and started our way home.

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　Before that, we gathered the main members of the group once more and explained the current situation.

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"I know Walter because he was on the ship with us, so Kiku and Zen, please listen carefully. I have just received information that an assassin has been released from the Orient toward me. It seems that he is an assassin called "Shadow Man" who is trusted by the Orient Councilors and has a good track record. I want you to know that there is a possibility that you will be attacked before you return to New Barca Street.

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"Really?　Isn't that a big deal?"

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"I won't lie to you, Zen. In fact, this information was brought to me by Senators Laura and Banagher.

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"Yes, sir. So you will be protecting Mr. Alphonse while carrying back the Jumaki, is that correct?　The priority will be to protect Mr. Alphonse, is that correct?"

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"Yeah, I'll take care of it, Kiku. I just don't know what kind of people these shadow people are. So it would be better for you to do your job normally to some extent. They won't expect us to have information about the assassins so soon. I don't think we should let them know we're on the lookout.

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"Yes, sir. I'll tell the mercenaries here to be very careful so that they don't take the soft magic tree from us. That way, we will be able to protect Mr. Alphonse.

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"That's fine. Let's go back to the new Barca town. Let's go."

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　We've done what we can.

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　Now all we can do is wait for the assassins to come.

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　I don't know when they will attack me, but now would be the best time for them to do so since I am out in the open rather than back in the new Barca town.

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　I think there is a good chance that they will attack me before I return.

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　Waiting for the attackers to come, we towed the car full of lumber back to the new Barca town.

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