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"So, what brings you here on this occasion, Your Highness Benjamin?　I'm sure you're not just coming in here with nothing to do in the midst of your busy schedule."

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"Oh, come on, don't call me Benjamin so strangely, Sir Barca. We've known each other for a long time. Call me Ben."

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　What about ......?

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　Is Ben a nickname for Benjamin?

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　We've only just met, we've only said hello to each other.

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　What's he talking about?

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"Play with me."

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"Don't be shy. Well, then, here's the deal. How about I call Sir Barca "Al" too? Then we're just about even.

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"...... understand. I guess I'll call you Ben, then."

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"Great. I haven't had many friends who would call me Ben. I guess you could say that today I have a friend of equals for the first time. Nice to meet you, Al."

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　I came all this way to make friends.

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　That's impossible.

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　But from what we have just exchanged, it may be that at least they do not consider us as adversaries.

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　I wonder.

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　I stayed at Charles' house while I was attending the Academy of Nobility, and now I am married to the Vandenburgs, a noble family of Charles' faction.

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　I'm sure they know that, and I'm sure they don't think of me as an ally.

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　While I was thinking about this, I noticed Elizabeth's body trembling slightly.

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　What's wrong?

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　Are you angry with me?

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　I guess he thought I was taken in by the fact that we are now calling each other by the nickname of the first prince, who is at the top of the hierarchy, rather than by the opposing factions.

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　No, well, I guess you could say that, but I can't read the strength of the opponent.

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　If they are more powerful than Charles as they are reputed to be, I hesitated to reject their offer.

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　To tell the truth, I didn't know what would make him angry and attack me.

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　If he was a few steps ahead of me, he might not even be able to use [Recovery] and kill me in an instant.

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　Since you can't do anything bad, you can't help but let your opponent take the initiative.

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　I see.

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　So now I'm in the opposite position.

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　I'm sure they felt the same way when I negotiated with the Bulgarian emissary.

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　I had to make some concessions so that they would not be offended by my intimidation.

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　So, I had to accept the conditions that were in my favor.

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　That's all I have to do now.

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　But the person who is doing it is forcing me to concede without using [coercion].

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　I'm impressed by the fact that the opponent's power is completely unreadable, and that alone makes it a weapon.

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"...... is not fair."

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"Huh?　What is it, Elizabeth?　What do you mean, "sneaky"?"

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"It's that you just met him for the first time and he calls you Al. It's not fair. Can I call you Al, too?"

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Oh, yes. Please."

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"Heh heh. Al. Well, then, you can call me Liz.

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"Liz. All right, Liz. Is that okay?"

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"Yes. I'm glad, Mr. Al.

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"Ha-ha-ha. It seems that Al and Miss Elizabeth are getting along very well. I'll be d*mned. You've got to show them.

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"Yes. Me and Al are very good friends, Your Highness.

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　It seems that Elizabeth's trembling was not about the factions.

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　She was simply envious of me and wanted to call me by my nickname.

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　Of course, he did not refuse.

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　We were to call each other Al and Liz.

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　That's fine.

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　There is nothing wrong with being friends with Elizabeth.

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　Or is this just a sign from Elizabeth to Benjamin?

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　We can't come between us as fiancées.

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　In other words, he wanted to tell us not to interfere with his marriage.

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　I see.

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　I don't know what her intention was in coming here, but Elizabeth must have read that the reason Benjamin came here was to ask me to marry him.

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　That may be why she showed that there was no room for intrusion by showing how well they get along.

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　It seems that Elizabeth has a lot of guts.

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　Even though she is far superior to her opponent, she does not back down and expresses her will when she has to make her point.

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"It seems that I may have misled you. No, I'm sorry. I was not enjoying your reaction. The reason I came to the Orient this time to meet with Al was not to break off your engagement. I swear to you that it was not.

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"Then why did you come here, Ben?

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"It's easy. Al is the head of a mercenary group, right?　I don't know. I'm thinking of hiring Al as a mercenary.

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　As a mercenary?

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　Does that mean that I should join the First Prince Benjamin's side and fight against Charles?

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　Benjamin's unexpected proposal, with his ever-smiling face, had me pondering for a while.

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