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Excuse me, Commander.

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What's the matter, Zen?

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"Well, you know, ......, the mood of the people around me in this country has been changing lately. It's like the economy is booming or something.

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"Hm?　Well, maybe so. What about it?　What's bothering you?"

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　The Orient is changing little by little.

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　In such a country of Orient, Zen was also devoting himself to construction work while serving in the army.

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　Zen, with a subtle expression on his face, says, "I've been working hard.

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　He said that the atmosphere around him was becoming brighter.

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　Zen's face, which was supposed to be a good thing, was somehow creating a subtle atmosphere as he pointed this out.

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　What is the matter?

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"Well, actually I have been concerned about it for a while now. Especially recently, haven't the number of volunteer soldiers been decreasing?　Both the Orient Army and the Barka Mercenaries."

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"...... Really?　I'm sure we have the prescribed number."

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"Yes, but that's the number we specified. It's more like the number of recruits. It's not that. It's just that fewer and fewer people want to be soldiers. Before, there were more people who wanted to be soldiers or mercenaries, or maybe it's because that's the only job available.

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"Oh, I see. So that's it. Now that there are more and more jobs that pay well, it's harder to get mercenaries and the like. The number of people accepted into the military and such is limited, so I wasn't too concerned about it, but now that you mention it, I guess it's true.

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"Right?　Well, it's okay that we have enough of them, but I was kind of curious. It seems like there are more and more soft people on the streets."

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"No, I think it's partly because you're getting stronger.　Don't pick fights with citizens, Zen.

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I don't, only occasionally.

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　Zen originally earned his living as a mercenary in a small group of states.

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　He said that it would not be surprising if there were more people who wanted to join the Orient Army or the Barka Mercenaries.

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　Certainly, the Orient had not fought any battles in which they had suffered a major defeat so far.

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　Then, at least mercenaries would be gathered.

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　The camps that are always winning the battles will suffer less damage to their mercenaries and still earn money.

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　Therefore, it is not surprising that more and more mercenaries are coming to our camp with our current record.

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　And it used to be so.

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　But what about nowadays?

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　In the last few years, people have been working on the construction.

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　We can't complete the replacement of the river by magic alone, we need more manpower.

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　Moreover, recently there have been other people besides me and Ai who are doing the construction work.

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　Thanks to this, there are times when we are short of manpower.

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　Then we had to pay more wages to get the manpower.

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　Because otherwise they would not be able to get them.

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　Therefore, there are always jobs in the Orient that can earn a good amount of money even when other countries are suffering from recession.

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　And recently, merchants have been successful in finding new ways to make money and have started up new businesses one after another.

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　Some of them have started to work in business instead of construction.

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　In such a case, what about soldiers who fight on the battlefield?

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　There is a risk of death no matter what.

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　There may be many who choose a job that allows them to live their daily lives in safety, rather than to hope for a reward in exchange for the danger.

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　Those are the kind of soft people Zen is talking about.

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"Are you saying that it will become harder and harder to gather troops? That would be a problem.

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"What do you think it actually is?　I'm sorry to say this myself, but the number of applicants is not growing as fast as I expected, but the total number of applicants is increasing. So I don't think it will be impossible to secure the number of applicants, but as long as they are going to the battlefield, they need to be enthusiastic to be of any use.

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　Hmmm.

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　That's a tough call.

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　After all, the business climate can change at any time.

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　But the Orient is not strong now.

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　They are able to compete with smaller countries around them, but they will lose against stronger, more numerous, and larger countries.

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　As Zen said, it is not difficult to secure numbers right now, but we need to be careful.

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　Not that there is any immediate problem, but it may have an impact later on.

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I understand. I will discuss this with Ai and see if we can find a way to continue to secure the number of troops.

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"I'm sorry. I'm sorry for saying random things on the spur of the moment.

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"No, that's okay. No, it's okay. It was a valuable input. Thank you, Zen.

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　Zen's firsthand experience in the field cannot be ignored.

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　It may turn out to be a groundless fear, but I will discuss with Ai what we should do.

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　Immediately I told Ai what Zen had told me.

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