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"Oh, am I ......, alive ......?"

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　The battle with the Bulgarian army is over.

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　The Orientals have won.

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　It seems that the last opponent they defeated was indeed the one who was in command of the Bulgarian army, and by crushing him, the Bulgarian army has completely stopped moving.

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　Well, in fact, we had almost won the battle before that, since many of the Grougarians had been disabled by the poison attack.

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　With such a complete victory, we then chased and attacked the remaining Bulgarian soldiers and took some prisoners.

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　We really wanted to annihilate them, but it was not realistic to defeat them all with such a large difference in numbers, and they had raised the white flag.

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　In the East, there is an international law that forbids attacking an opponent who raises a white flag.

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　I and other people from Valiant, but people from the Orient have taken such common sense based on international law for granted, so we stopped attacking when we saw their white flags.

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　Not incidentally, I had taken prisoners of war as well.

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　The old man.

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Did you notice that?

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"Are you ...... Alphonse Barca?"

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Correct. What's your name?

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"You don't know me?　You're a dilettante. The best archer in all of Grougalia is none other than myself, Hale Medium."

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"Mr. Hale. I once won a fight with a guy called Meteor, what's your relationship with him?"

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"...... You didn't even know that. Meteor is the secret of my family. It was my son you defeated.

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"What?　Is [meteor] a technique that can be passed on to offspring?　Is there some kind of way to do that, like giving them magic?"

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"In ...... Glugaria, each family has its own bowing technique that has been refined from generation to generation. They train their children to master it from an early age. You really don't know anything."

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　An old man named Hale, who claims to be the father of the meteor.

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　It seems that he was a relative of the young archer who fought before, and that he is his real parent.

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　He also told me about the traditions of his people in Bulgaria.

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　Apparently, there is no ceremony of naming or inheritance, so the magic created by the family is handed down from generation to generation as secret secrets.

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　I wonder if it is the same with the curved shot or the flaming arrow.

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　I had thought that each of them had worked hard and devised their own techniques, but it seems that they have acquired their skills through oral transmission from their ancestors.

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"More than that, I would like to ask you. Why am I still alive? I am sure that you cut me down. ......"

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"Oh, that's it. That's easy. My attack didn't kill you. I use a special kind of sword. I can make the blood of a mortally wounded man clot and seal the wound in an instant."

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"...... So you're saying you let me live. Are you going to use me as a prisoner of war?"

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"Very good answer. We're going to use Hale's body and the surviving Grougary soldiers to make a deal. I think it's worth it, but I'm right, aren't I?"

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"Yes. If it were me, the country would be willing to make a deal. But are you sure?　It seemed to me that you were working to crush us thoroughly without taking any prisoners. There were others with whom you could have made a deal, but they are nowhere to be seen. So the others must have already scattered on the battlefield.

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　Hale asks the obvious question upon hearing my words.

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　If we are going to take prisoners of war from the start and negotiate with the Grougal nations, the more people we have to negotiate with, the better.

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　So it is understandable that he wonders why he is the only one alive and talking to me right now.

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　Well, that was entirely for my own reasons.

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　I didn't kill Hale simply because I didn't have to.

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　I already have the magic of the meteor.

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　So, defeating Hale will not give us new power.

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　Then, I just thought I'd make better use of it.

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　But the others are different.

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　The blood of those with curved arrows, flaming arrows, and other archery skills was meaningful to me, so I sucked their blood.

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　That's all.

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　Well, I don't have to tell Hale about that.

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It was meant to be a show of strength. So what do we do now?　If you're willing to be a bargaining chip, you can save my life, but what?"

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"Very well. You may be my son's enemy, but we lost because we were weak. But be careful. When I return to my country I will challenge you again with renewed strength. You'll have to wait and see."

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　Hale said such a thing to me, who was holding the power of life and death in my hands at this very moment.

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　I think he means it.

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　Or maybe this happens all the time.

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　We return prisoners of war to the country where they were taken.

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　International law gave them the right to demand payment for the return of POWs.

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　A bloodline with so much magic power, created by intermarriage from generation to generation, is precious.

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　If a country is asked to pay a large sum of money for the return, it usually pays it.

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　It is because it is worth it.

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　Therefore, Hale seems to take it for granted that the state will buy him back.

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　And maybe he will.

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　And since Hale is such an expensive commodity, he is of course a very important person, and we who treat him as a prisoner of war have to treat him accordingly.

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　In other words, as long as he is a POW, his personal safety is guaranteed.

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　So he is very brazen, thinking that he won't be killed if he speaks out loud here.

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　Let's leave Hale to Banagher for now.

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　Banagher is more experienced in negotiations with other countries.

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　And while we're talking about returning the POWs, let's have him go negotiate a ceasefire.

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　I don't think that Grougalia can do anything after losing 5,000 men, but let's at least make a token effort to be firm.

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　After that, let's head northeast.

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　After the battle, the Orientals moved in haste to deal with the army that would be coming from Peria next.

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