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　After a brief postwar treatment, we returned to the town belonging to the king's side. We stay here for the night. It is quite far from the capital, so I plan to return slowly.

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　He enters his room and collapses on the sofa. The battlefield is exhausting for some reason. We are fighting for our lives. So, I should not go out to the front, but I can't not go out to the front because it will raise the morale of the whole army.

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　I think it is a little strange that Oda Nobunaga was not the type to go to the front lines so much, but I don't mind because I enjoy fighting. But I don't mind fighting because I enjoy it. Living in the court all the time is stifling too.

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　It seems that there are others who feel the same way.

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"Thank you, Mr. Arsrod!"

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　Raviara entered the room with great pomp and circumstance. This time Laviala had not been on the front lines, but she had served.

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"It's a relief to see you at war after all these years. It's not really in my nature to be a princess in a castle. ......"

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"I knew you would say that. I'm with you. There's not much war going on these days."

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"Can't we go on the offensive more and more, Mr. Arsrod?"

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　Laviala's mouth twitched in disapproval.

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　Nothing has changed in my relationship with Raviara since the days when I was not even a petty lord.

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There are times to attack and times to consolidate. I have to fulfill my duties as regent. If I'm at war all the time, His Majesty will wonder what I'm doing."

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　After he became regent and defeated the Cathedral of Orsent, tranquility fell over the city. Or rather, the forces that opposed me in the vicinity of King's Landing have disappeared.

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　Of course, if I keep going out, there will be people who don't like my power, but if I keep going out, I won't be able to keep myself in shape.

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　So after we beat the Cathedral of Orcent into submission, we have avoided any expedition from here. It was more important to plant our forces near the capital.

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　I sat Laviala down on the sofa and stroked her hair.

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"Isn't it still time for government business, Mr. Arsrod?"

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　Raviara says with a nonchalant look on her face.

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"Not when I'm on an expedition. While I'm away, I leave the political work to Jahnhahn. He'll take care of it.

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　The best thing I have done in the last five years is to replace the government officials. I have done a lot of examinations and brought in a lot of new people.

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The new people are really enthusiastic about their work. I often hear that the quality of officials has improved."

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　New is a bit of a misnomer, though. Those of us in the first term have been doing this for five years.

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"Simply, the people I've recruited are smart. Jahnhahn is a good druggist too. He's not like those fools who took over only because of vested interests.

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　Raviara nuzzled her face in my direction. I guess it never gets old, even after a long relationship.

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"You've banished a lot of old people, haven't you?"

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　Slowly, he removed those who stood in the way of the newcomers in order to open the way for them to play an active role.

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"The charge is neglect of duty so far."

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　If they had repeatedly dismissed him while he was fighting the cathedral, he might have been in danger, but it would not have mattered once the groundwork had been laid.

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"Please don't make His Majesty suspicious of me."

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"I know. This is not a power struggle between me and you. I'm barely touching your power. In fact, we're not changing the system of governance at all. I don't care that people are being replaced."

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　In any case, no one loyal to the current king--Hasse I--would have remained as an official, so the king's power would not have been affected. Regardless of who became king, there were a lot of bureaucrats around the capital who remained only to do the paperwork.

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　I carefully replaced them one by one with my own pawns.

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　Thanks to this, my power does not waver so much and my work does not get delayed even if I am away from the capital for a while.

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I hope that Arsrod-sama's power will remain stable and we can unify the land.

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　Raviara's hair smells of perfume. It is of distant origin and quite expensive. The capital receives many luxuries.

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　It must be springtime in this world for us.

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But there's still fighting to be done. That's for sure.

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That's fine. Raviara, I will protect Mr. Arsrod even at the cost of my life.

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　Laviala twines her arms around my body. This is the way I feel about it. .......

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"That's the only thing Laviala can do," he says. I'm sure the number of rivals will continue to grow. ......"

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　I was a bit taken aback.

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　Raviara is quite concerned about that kind of thing.

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"I'm sure you've been keeping a low profile of late. But since His Majesty took your sister as his wife, he can't keep adding more and more concubines to the family."

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　It's true. Since Rumi became a full wife, the number of wives has ostensibly not increased. After five years of keeping the peace like that, it shouldn't be a problem.

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"There is a rumor that the boy Mr. Jahnhahn had two years ago is the son of Mr. Arsrod..."

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　Ugh. ....... That's true: .......

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　I have a full mistress relationship with Jahnhahn. I was more attracted to him while we were doing the tea ceremony together. I was also interested in the idea of a woman running a business all by herself. She has different values from the other lords' daughters, and frankly, she's interesting.

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　We talked about taking her in, but Jahnhahn said she would be his heir. It was just as well, since she had come to this country alone and had never married.

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Raviara suspects that even if he did not have a consort, he must have had a mistress."

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　Raviara's suspicions sting.

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　Let's take proper care of this one: .......

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