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　The political system of the Brillia Magna Nation, which I had never paid that much attention to before.

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　I was not from that country, and when I attended the House of Lords, it was only as an exchange student, so I did not expect to live with roots in the East.

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　However, I could not say that I did not know that I would be married to Elizabeth, the daughter of a countess of the Briaria Magus Nation.

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　Therefore, I decided to deepen my understanding by listening to what Elizabeth and Sebas had to say.

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　The Brillia Mage Kingdom is a country ruled by royalty and nobility.

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　In the country of Briaria, there are lands ruled by royalty and lands ruled by nobles.

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　The king grants permission to the nobles to own the land and to manage it, in return for which he requires them to pay taxes and promises to send soldiers to protect their lands in case of emergency.

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　In other words, the nobles pay taxes to the king because they allow the king to own their lands and because they will receive reinforcements from the king in case they are attacked from somewhere.

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　The basis of this is a contract.

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　A contract of master-servant relationship is made between the king and the nobles.

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　The country of Briaria is a nation that has made a contract with a number of nobles centering on the king, and they cooperate with each other.

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　And the lands held by the nobles are passed down from generation to generation.

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　So far, it is the same as the United Kingdom of Fontana where I was born.

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　In the United Kingdom of Fontana, the king basically allows the nobles to own lands and to hold positions, but he makes them pay taxes.

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　But there is a difference.

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　There is a difference, however, in that there is no such thing as a claim in the United Kingdom of Fontana.

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　In the United Kingdom of Fontana, the power of the head of a noble family is passed on to his children through a succession ceremony held in the Church of the Holy Light.

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　If there is a child who has the right of succession, there is no way to cheat because the flow of magical power is automatically changed when the head of the family dies.

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　And the successor of the head of the family is usually strong.

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　This is because the knights under the control of the nobles concentrate their magic power to the head of the family.

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　Therefore, there is not so much openly a family commotion.

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　It is probably because of the obvious reason that the power of the head of the family is so superior that even if they rebel, they are often outmatched by the power of the head of the family.

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　However, in the East, there has never been a succession ceremony.

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　Or rather, there is no such thing as the flow of magical power through naming.

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　There is only the marriage between a man and a woman of high magical power from generation to generation, and the inheritance of a child of high magical power.

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　This may have made a big difference in politics between the East and the West.

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　In the west, the heir of the head of the family can become the overwhelmingly powerful one.

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　Because the difference in the amount of magical power is too great.

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　But this is not the case in the East.

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　This is because the children born from the same father and mother may have different amount of magic power.

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　It is sometimes the case that the younger brother has more magic power than the older brother.

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　Perhaps because of this, there are often fights over the position of the head of the family in Briaria.

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　Who is the most suitable to be the head of the noble family?

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　They sometimes come forward to say that they are the one who is worthy to rule the house, and even use force.

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　And this naturally involves the people around them.

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　When the children of noble families fight for the position of the head of the house, the knights under their command will inevitably take sides.

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　According to Elizabeth, this is inevitable.

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　In fact, it may even allow the better man to take the head's place and make his house prosperous.

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　But, on the other hand, the conflicts within the noble family may cause the decline of the family itself.

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　But the king does not bother to stop it.

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　This is because the king is, in a sense, a special noble family in Briaria.

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　If other noble families gain more power than the royal family, there is a possibility that they will usurp the throne.

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　Therefore, it is thought that it is easier to control the subordinate noble families if they are a little weak than if they are too powerful.

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　Therefore, the royal family does not get involved in the quarrels among the noble families.

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　Rather, they even stipulate that the nobles should share their lands if they have brothers so that the nobles' power will be weakened.

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　In other words, division.

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　If a noble family has three children, the next generation will be divided into three, and if there are ten children, the next generation will be divided into even more.

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　However, this has its own problems.

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　What will happen if the divided land is further divided in the next generation, and the next generation after that.

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　It will be so small that it can no longer be called a territory.

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　This is why the system of claim was established in the long history.

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　Those born into noble families have the right to claim.

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　The person who has the right to claim the land is allowed to claim himself as the rightful heir to the land.

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　For example, three brothers who divided the land of their predecessor into three parts each have a claim.

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　They could use their claims to reunite one of the original fiefs into a single house.

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　But there would be a conflict.

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　Of course.

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　No one will give back his land if he is asked to do so.

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　It is natural to fight to protect what is yours.

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　Interesting.

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　That's what I felt when I listened to Elizabeth and Sebas.

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　I thought it was quite different from the United Kingdom of Fontana, which has royal and noble families as well.

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　Well, it seems that the United Kingdom of Fontana was in a time of upheaval before that.

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　I continued to listen to the story with great interest, thinking that different places have different forms.

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