"Oh, wow. This is the clock tower you were talking about."

"It's amazing, isn't it, brother Byte? The clock tower we built here in Bartonia is the same type of clock tower as in Vulcania. The city of Fontana is bigger than this."

"Heh. But you're in trouble, too, Ars. Are you going out of your way to run around Fontana territory and build this watch tower?

"Sort of. Sometimes it's the quickest way for me to make magic."

While I was building the Barca Cultural Broadcasting Station, Gran completed the city's watch tower in Fontana.

And I also had Vulcania build a simplified version of the clock tower using that clock tower as a model.

It's similar in shape, but the height, etc. is lower than what's in the city of Fontana, and the clockboard is just two-way.

And I covered that simple clock tower with magic and cast a [memory preservation] spell.

[Recovery] My magic power now that I can even use it, I can remember the structure of that clock tower all round.

That also means, of course, that we can magically reproduce the same clock tower based on the information we have stored.

That's how I went out on my own to the major cities of Fontana and used my magic to build the clock tower.

Created mainly with hardened bricks around the exterior, later fitted with the necessary parts inside to match the time.

He had already built clock towers everywhere by the time he headed to the Knights of Baltic, ruled by his part-time brother.

Along with that, he also decides to actually check the situation everywhere with his own eyes.

Everywhere seems to be recovering somewhat from the effects of the earthquake that took place this year.

Here in Bartonia it was also lively and many people seemed busy going out.

"But can we keep this up, Ars?

"Hmm? What do you mean, brother Byte? Can we keep this up?"

"That's settled. You haven't fought anywhere this year, have you? It's gonna snow soon."

"We had a lot to do in the realm, too, so it was just fine, right?

I wondered what he was going to say, and apparently my brother Byte wants to complain about the fact that there was very little fighting this year.

Well, so is that.

This year is when the signs of winter are approaching.

He said that too much time would be faster when he got older, but would that be a little different?

An earthquake struck around the end of winter this year.

I spent the spring dealing with that earthquake and moved around to rebuild.

So much so that we even bothered to build a new city called Dreslina, out of fear that the victims might push us into a big city.

And when I was talking to Meme to determine the standard body shape for that dress lina, she was informed of the presence of Shizuku-shaped demon stones on Carlos's body, and she also knitted up a Barca style enhancement technique.

I've been busy ever since.

The knights from all over again were assembled and fortified.

That led to an increase in the number of principals besides me.

At the cost of strengthening it, he has made us agree to create tracks that will stretch all over Fontana territory, and has even developed a new magic called [laying the tracks], using it to introduce Valkyrie based trains everywhere.

Furthermore, Bishop Paul then established the method of treating defects by [restoration], certified as a saint and also became Archbishop.

So, by becoming archbishop, the church in the city of Fontana would also be built anew, and the castle in Fontana would be rebuilt accordingly, even to the clock tower.

Thinking about it like this makes me wonder what a full year it is.

Or if there wasn't even an earthquake, or if I had more time, I would say that.

As far as I'm concerned, I didn't have a fight. I can also say that it was only a good thing because my internal affairs went wrong.

but my part-time brother didn't seem to be.

Brother Byte should never have had time because he also ruled a territory called the Knights of Baltic Land.

Instead, I think there must have been a lot of problems because we took the territory of the Urk family, which had previously been hostile, by force.

It doesn't matter much, but there wasn't anything wrong with the Baltic Knights.

I have heard that some of them were defiant, although they were suppressed with force once and came under my part-time brother.

I was even embarking on a little force intervention.

But I guess it's very unsatisfactory to that extent.

Anyway, by embedding Shizukuishi-type demon stones, my brother Bite has become a master.

I won't even be opponent as much as the degree of luxury in the Knight's realm has rebelled.

Maybe he wants a more bloody, meat-leaping battle.

Well, this doesn't seem to be just the opinion of Bite Brother.

If we think we have power, it's normal for greed to come out that we want more, too.

So what do such powerful knights want, is the honor and territory of their work in battle.

Fight and win, thereby increasing the territory and making many recognize their power.

Because so many people thought, many of the knights with territory even gave them permission to build tracks by offering land in their territory to undergo the Barca-style enhancement I did.

The Fontana family today had the potential to rub with the Trinoble Alliance, but has successfully made the Percival family a scapegoat.

Though the Percival family attacked by the other two houses are quite resistant, they are still powerless and disadvantaged before the power of numbers.

For this reason, it was also conceived that the Fontana family, which could afford to accumulate its local power with relative stability, would move at the end of the period in which it was serving the mourning of Carlos' death.

What would happen if it was just me, my part-time brother and Vargas who became the main class then?

You won't even have to think about it.

If it becomes a battle between nobles, not between knights, it will be very different whether they can martial arts with or without the rank of chief.

That is why there were many knights seeking the power of the main class even if they offered a part of the land that might be said to be more important than life.

In a battle to come sooner or later, not to fall back on the side of your own faction.

This means, in other words, it also means something else.

That means that many knights in the Fontana family are now or now waiting for a new battle to take place.

"So, I ask you again, what are you going to do, Ars? Aren't we going to fight somewhere next spring or something?

"Well, I have to tell my part-time brother. Actually, I'm already thinking about the next fight. I want the Baltic family, led by Brother Byte, to help."

"Oh, my God. I knew you were going to do that, too. Fine, I'll help you whenever I can. When are we going out? Right after next year's harvest? Or does it work as soon as the snow melts?

"No, I'm not. Not next year. This year. I'm going to move in with you when it snows."

"... what? It's almost winter, Ars. It will be snowing soon. You know that, too. When it snows, you can't move."

"That's why. If it snows, it makes it difficult for any nobleman to move his army. That's why I aim for that time"

"Ooh. Is that gonna work? I mean, where are we going? Is that the aristocrat right south?

"No, I'm not. It's further south to aim. This is Percival family territory. It is Lady Carlos's condolences. Beat the Percival House"

"... the Percival family? Of the three nobles, that great nobleman? Are you serious, you?

Oh, my part-time brother is a pocan.

After all, it seemed unexpected.

He's looking at me with the feeling that he's okay.

but of course I mean it.

I said I would be in mourning for a year for Carlos' death, but that doesn't mean I've been in mourning all year.

Carlos died last year during the King's convoy before winter arrived.

This means that by the time it is winter, a year has passed, which will have passed the period of serving mourning.

So it moves then.

The opponent to be targeted is the Percival family, the corner of the three great aristocracies.

I manage to raid where I make you think the troops of the other two houses attacking held up until the winter when they were retreating.

I decided to discuss the march with my part-time brother in detail.