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"Mr. Alphonse, you have a letter from Lord Hail Medium."

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"Hale Medium?　I think that's it. You mean the father of the [meteor] wielder who led the army of Grougalia, right, Laura?"

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"Yes. Yes, that's right. The letter is addressed to Mr. Alphonse from the country of Grougalia, so you can be sure of it.

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　Laura gave me the letter.

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　What can I do for you?

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　Hale and I hadn't been in contact with each other since we fought near the border and took him prisoner.

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　I check the contents of the letter.

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"Oh. I see."

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"What is it about?　Are there any requirements from the country of Glugaria for the Orient?"

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"No. No. This one seems to be addressed to me personally. Or rather, it was addressed to the leader of the Barka Mercenaries.

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"A letter to the Barka Mercenaries?　By the way, the mercenary company is still going strong in the new Barca town, you mean there, right?"

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"Yes, yes. It seems that Mister Hale wants to hire mercenaries.

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"Well, if you're addressing an errand to the mercenaries, that would be the case. ....... Are you going to take it, Mr. Alphonse?

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"Yes. I'm willing to take the job because it says I'll be paid. Is there a problem?

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"Yes, there is. You are the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Alphonse.　Are you going to intervene in another country?"

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"Of course. The Barka Mercenaries are closely connected to the Church of Barka. They're willing to shed blood to help the faithful.

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　Laura looks troubled when she hears my words.

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　The letter from Grougalia says that they want to sign a contract with the Barka mercenaries.

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　They want 500 well-trained mercenaries on a two-year contract.

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　Apparently, Glugaria is in a very difficult situation.

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　The army I commanded fought near the border with the Orientals.

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　We had a force of about 5,000 men, but many of them lost their lives in the battle.

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　I am sure of it, because I used the Norns to suck the blood of many men.

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　And after that great defeat.

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　Normally, if you lose a battle that destroys that many soldiers, your country would be overrun.

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　However, the country of Gulagaria was not devastated.

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　This is because the Orient was attacked by neighboring countries one after another immediately after the battle.

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　They did not invade the city of Bulgaria to deal with those attacks.

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　Afterwards, the representatives of the Orient and the Bulgarian states met and made peace.

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　They agreed to mutual non-aggression for the next few years, albeit with financial guarantees.

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　But this is only between the two countries.

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　The Orient and the Bulgarian state have promised not to attack each other, but the other states have nothing to do with it.

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　In other words, the country of Bulgaria is now under threat of being attacked by another country.

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　And they do not have the strength to deal with it.

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　They have not fully recovered their strength.

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　It will take a long time to restore the number of archers to its former strength, even though it is a nation with a thousand archers.

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　If they are attacked now, they will be in trouble.

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　So, we have no choice but to ask for help from other forces.

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　But where to ask for help is very important.

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　If we are helped by a large army, it will be a debt to us.

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　If the debt is paid only once, it is fine, but if it is paid over and over again, it becomes a big debt that cannot be repaid.

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　Therefore, it is likely that they wanted to ask other countries to send their armies as a last resort.

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　So the one that came to me with the best chance was my own Barka Mercenaries.

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　It is not the Orient.

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　I am not asking for the army of the Orient, but my own personal company, the Barka Mercenaries, as a job.

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　Sometimes mercenaries are sent to battlefields as requested, and sometimes they are hired under a multi-year contract.

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　In this case, he buys 500 mercenaries for two years with money, and keeps them as a ready reserve force, probably intending to use them all up.

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　In the normal course of events, I, as the Secretary of Defense and Protector of the Orient, would not lend out mercenaries who are also my personal private army.

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　You would think so, wouldn't you?

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　But it seems they have done their research.

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　It's about the Church of Barca.

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　Hale must have heard somewhere that I want to expand the Church of Barca beyond the Orient.

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　So I looked again at what this Barca Church is.

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　I think it was important to know what its doctrines were.

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　But what caught Hale's attention more than that was the fact that it was stipulated that the members of the Church of Barca must be able to use magic.

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　Magic, that is what Brother Ars spread in the East.

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　Magic that allows one to cast spells and use standardized magic.

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　All those who can use it are followers of the Church of Barca, and the Church of Barca spares no effort to help its followers.

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　In other words, they are willing to use force for the sake of salvation.

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　This is where I found it.

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　I'm sure Hanna will have received a letter by now.

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　The country of Gulagaria already has people who can use magic.

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　It's that big.

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　So they want to help us, believers according to the doctrine of the Church of Barca.

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　The letter also said that Hale was prepared to join the Church of Barca in order to join this group of mercenaries.

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　I think this is an interesting proposal.

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　Because Ai, the chairman of the Orient, has been keeping his focus on his own domestic affairs and has no plans to actively use the Orient's army for external purposes.

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　However, mercenaries through the Church of Barca can act independently from the Orient.

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　If there is a sufficient reward and the possibility of building new churches and missionary work in the country of Glugaria, there would be no reason to refuse.

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　So, I decided to reply to Hale's letter with my approval.

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