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"Okay. There is a condition, but if you fulfill it, I will allow you to marry Ai, Mitya, and Yuri, in addition to Zion."

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　After my talk with Ai, I took the opportunity to talk to Elizabeth again, and I mentioned to her that I would be marrying more people.

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　I wondered what would happen, but she didn't seem to get angry all of a sudden.

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　However, I heard him muttering in a low voice, "I wonder if he likes women after all.

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　What do you mean by "after all"?

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"What are the conditions, Elizabeth?"

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"Yes. I guess the first thing you should confirm is that I am your lawful wife. Unless this is accepted, I cannot allow you to marry another woman.

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"Well, that's true, isn't it? That's what we were originally supposed to be engaged to talk about, and I'm not going to do anything to overturn that foundation just because I'm going to have more partners."

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"I am relieved to hear that. But there are other conditions. The inheritance rights of the children must also be confirmed before the marriage. For example, if I do not give birth to a boy and someone else gives birth to a boy, that person will not have priority, right?

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"You are indeed firm about your property. I guess we will follow the laws of the Orient. It seems that there are some differences from the customs of the Brillia Magical State, so we'll check them together later. Are there any other conditions?

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"Yes, that's right. One of the things that caught my attention was the rite of succession. I had never heard of it before. I would like to hear more about it.

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　Elizabeth asks a question during the conversation.

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　Well, of course.

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　When we talked about getting married, we also mentioned that the wedding would be officially held in the church of Barca.

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　At that time, I had also lightly explained that there was an inheritance ceremony, and that is why the eldest son was given priority in my hometown.

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　Or rather, if I did not do so, I would be the first in the line of succession if I had a succession ceremony with a woman other than Elizabeth and she gave birth to a boy first.

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　That would be a problem indeed, and even in the United Kingdom of Fontana, the succession ceremony is held only with the first wife.

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　But Elizabeth doesn't know the details.

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　Elizabeth, who thought that this is not only a ritual but also a ceremony with magical and mysterious effects, asked me some in-depth questions, to which I will answer.

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"...... I had never heard of all this before. It's vicious. It is recognized in Briaria that naming by [naming] involves the transfer of magical power in exchange for magic. It is also known that if the person who named the person dies, the magic will be lost by the person named by that person. But there was an inheritance ceremony, wasn't there? With that, it would be possible to continue taking magic power permanently. No matter who the opponent is, even if he is the king.

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　It was a simple explanation, but Elizabeth seemed to have correctly recognized the gravity of the situation.

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　This is a problem that ordinary people don't feel very close to them.

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　For ordinary people, the amount of magical power lost through naming is not so much of a concern.

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　Besides, in the United Kingdom of Fontana, only nobles and knights perform the succession ceremony, and it is not relevant to ordinary people.

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　However, this is not the case in the aristocratic society of the East, where the amount of magical power is related to the status.

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　Not only will you be deprived of magic power by naming, but it may continue to happen to your children and grandchildren.

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　It is natural to consider this a serious matter.

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　I told Elizabeth because of what happened with Ai, but I wonder if I should have explained it to her before the marriage.

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　I thought it was a little premature and asked Elizabeth how she was feeling.

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"Elizabeth is probably the first person in Briaria to know about this. What are you going to do?　Should we go back to the home country and report to the king or something?"

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"...... Does that mean that His Highness Charles does not know about it either, Mr. Alphonse?"

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"Maybe they are, I don't know.　If they knew about the succession and that it could be done at the Barca Church in New Barca Street, they would fly there immediately. But I'm sure they don't know that's not the case."

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　I don't know.

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　I don't know how far Brother Ars has been informed, and I don't know where this information is leaking from.

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　But I think there is a high probability that he does not know.

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I understand. Then, could you please allow the Vandenburgs to perform the succession ceremony at the Barka church?"

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"Yes. Okay, but is Elizabeth okay with that?　From what we were talking about before, it sounded like you were envisioning what would happen after our kids have a claim, but the family will be stronger, too, right?"

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"That's fine. Rather, the Vandenburgs must be made strong. We are far away from here, and the Briaria Mage Nation may not be free from a major civil war between factions. At that time, it would be better if a member of our family could use magic to expand our influence in the country. Besides, you will establish and propagate the Balkan religion in your territory by marrying me, right?　If so, I can convince your fathers to convert, can't I?"

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　Well, okay then.

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　Then maybe we can come to some terms.

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　I name her Elizabeth, and she names her father, the head of the Vandenburg family.

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　Would they accept it?

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　We'll talk more about that later.

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For now, are those the only conditions?"

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"What are you talking about, Mr. Alphonse?　You left out the most important condition."

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"Oh?　What's the matter, Elizabeth? You're speaking louder than you've ever spoken before. You scared me a little."

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"I beg your pardon. But there were still some important things to do. ......"

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"What?　What other conditions were more important?"

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"[Recovery] is what I'm talking about. Is it true what Mr. Ai said earlier?　If you put [recovery] on me every day, I will never grow old.

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"Um, maybe?　I can't say for sure because it hasn't been tested yet, but I'm sure [recovery] has that effect. I just don't know if my [recovery] is up to that level, but I think it probably is.

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"Okay. Then, in exchange for allowing Ai and the other women to marry Mr. Alphonse, I will ask you to apply [recovery] to me every day as a non-negotiable condition. Is that clear?　Absolutely every day, okay?"

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　Elizabeth said this to me, moving so close to me that our faces were about to collide.

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　Apparently, this was the main reason for Elizabeth to approve of my marriage to multiple women.

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　Well, she's a woman.

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　I've been told many times by former high-class prostitutes that the pursuit of beauty is never ending, so it's not hard to understand.

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　But, it seems surprisingly difficult to apply [recovery] every day without fail, but can you do it?

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　Sometimes I go to the battlefield, and sometimes I have to leave town for work.

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　It may not be absolutely certain.

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　But we will do our best.

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　In exchange, I will ask Elizabeth herself to study medicine and the structure of the human body, and to make efforts to improve the effect of [recovery] on her own.

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　When I returned the offer, Elizabeth said that she would be fine with it.

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　And so, I was granted permission to increase my marriage partner by the woman I was going to marry.

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