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"For the time being, the war will be defensive only. Is that correct, Mr. Alphonse?"

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"...... Okay, aye. If the Eye says so, so be it. I guess I'll just have to build up my strength again for a while.

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Yes. This time, we are concluding a peace agreement after Master Alphonse's victory over the neighboring countries. We should take advantage of this to increase our national strength first."

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　During the summer and autumn of the 11th year of the Gallaudian calendar, the Orient was in a constant state of warfare.

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　The invasions of five countries including Peria and Gulagaria were successfully defeated by using a method of warfare known as "wall defense tactics.

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　This was because even a small number of countries could fight more than enough even though they were outnumbered, if they used the wall defense tactic, which was difficult to break down unless the opponent had a super-strong breaking power.

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　However, it still consumed a lot of national power.

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　The reason for this is that they attacked one after another, so even if they won the battle, they could not invade the opponent's place.

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　They could not raid cities to get supplies or to gain control of the land.

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　However, it did not mean that there was nothing.

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　After the victory over the opposing country, diplomacy came into play.

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　Banagher, who was originally in the field of diplomacy, and Ai, the chairman of the Orient, played an active role there.

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　They successfully passed the demands of each country according to their own circumstances, for example, by extracting reparations from each country and making them pay for what they could not collect in kind in the form of daily commodities that would rise in price due to the shortage in the future.

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　As a result, although the country did not expand its land area, it became profitable overall.

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　But that is only superficial.

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　As Ai pointed out to me a while ago, the walls and other structures that were built in various places as part of the wall-breaking tactics have remained as a burden.

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　It takes a lot of work to dismantle a wall once it is built.

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　Besides, there are walls built by our forces as well as those built by theirs.

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　It will take time to dismantle them.

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　Therefore, I have been forbidden to move any more troops to attack from Ai.

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　My position is that of Secretary of Defense and Protector of the People, but I am not allowed to move the army on my own without Ai's instructions.

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　I have asked Ai to take overall control of the situation by using a magic communication device.

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　All the equipment, food, etc. necessary for the battle were under Ai's control, and we were no longer free to do what we wanted.

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　Therefore, the Orient Army cannot fight if Ai does not allow them to do so.

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　Well, here comes the cold season again.

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　I'm glad that I was able to fight some of the battles this year and that my rank has been raised by the blood and magic collected on the battlefields.

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So it looks like I'll be free for a while.

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"What are you talking about, Mr. Alphonse?　There are plenty of things to do."

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"Huh?　Is that so, aye? Well, you've got a lot of work to do as the chairman, but I'm just looking after the army. I'm just going to keep an eye on things and let them train.

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"Earlier, I said that we need to increase our national strength. I said earlier that we need to increase our national strength.

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"National power?　Like, so you can draft more soldiers?"

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"Yes. That's what we need to do. If we increase the power of the country, we can gather more soldiers.

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"Well, that's good, but what do you want me to do?　If you're going to tell me, that means you're going to move the army, right?　I think there's only so much you can do when you can't move the troops you have deployed for defense."

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"No, there is. The Orientals who can move will be asked to build the wall again.

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　The wall?

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　Ai has been assigned a job, and it seems that the job is to build a new wall.

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　He has been building walls all over the place and is having a bit of trouble cleaning up after them.

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　Perhaps the walls scattered in various places will be connected into a single wall to encircle the Orient in a circle?

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　No, that's not going to happen.

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　It would be too much work and pointless to do such a thing.

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"It might be something close to that."

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"Oh, really?　Does building a wall with an army mean such a long distance?"

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"Affirmative. The wall to be built by the Orientals will be at the points shown on this map. I would like you to build a wall from here to here, from here to here, and also here without interruption.

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　Ai holds out the map to me.

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　Apparently, they had already decided what they were going to do.

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　I look at the map.

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　I wonder if Ai drew it.

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　The map is so detailed and precise that no other map could possibly have been drawn with such precision.

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　And on the map, the locations of the walls to be built were drawn according to Ai's instructions.

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"There are a lot of places near rivers. Does that mean we are going to build a levee?"

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That's right. Although the Orient is considered to be a place where river flooding is relatively rare among the small states, flooding of rivers of various sizes is still common. In order to solve this problem, it will be necessary to replace the rivers.

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"I see. Normally it would take years to complete a construction project, but with the magic stone that contains magic power and the magic of [wall construction], we can shorten the construction period.

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　Could it be that they want us to do this during the winter?

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　Apparently, Ai has some pretty bold ideas.

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　Up to now, the river has not been much of a problem because of the landowner's concerns.

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　However, the Orient had a wide military presence in the country, making it difficult to raise objections from within the country.

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　Moreover, it seems that they had won a victory over the neighboring countries and obtained their consent for the replacement of the river at the peace.

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　The flow of a river is prone to dispute over water use.

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　Normally, they would not permit the replacement of the river, but this time, they could not refuse it because thousands of soldiers lost their lives.

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　It seems that they are going ahead with the project as soon as the conditions are right, which would have been difficult to do without this kind of opportunity.

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　I wonder if they will be able to handle it.

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　Even if the neighboring countries accept the proposal, there are likely to be complaints from the regions further downstream, which makes me wonder if it is OK.

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　But then again, some other country might attack us, so I don't really care.

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　Ai does not deny that the Orient will fight in case of an attack.

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　So, I'm going to lead the Orient army to start building levees in the cold season.

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