"Oh, thank you for waiting.Sorry I'm late, Mr. Alphonse. "
"No, that's enough. Sorry to call you so suddenly, Hannah."
The night began with a victory in Purge City.
Hannah on the Valkyrie came to the city with us who wanted to start moving from the very beginning of the morning.
Apparently Hannah is quite tired on Valkyrie's back.
Even though Valkyrie runs with care to avoid burdening too many people on board, the riding posture is very tiring.
Is there anything I can do to make it tight?
"The flame of love.... Hmm"
"I see. I thought I'd be fine with an unfamiliar ride, but you've traveled this far with [Flame of Love] 's fatigue healing effect. I've thought about it."
"I thought it might be hard to get tired of [meditation], but [flame of love] is stronger.I managed to get here without a break. "
Such a tired Hannah was using her magic to heal her fatigue.
By the way, Hannah didn't come to this city far away by herself.
Once, Ian, who rode the Valkyrie, returned to New Barca City in the middle of the night and brought Hannah back from there.
Looks like we rode in together until we got here.
"Ian is tired too. Well, I'm sorry to interrupt, but I'll ask Hannah for a job.Let's start while we heal with Flame of Love .
"I see. The mercenaries in this city are going to name it, right?I've heard everything from Dr. Eye, so I think it's okay. "
"All right, then, come here."
After seeing Hannah getting tired while talking lightly, I decided to cut to the chase.
It was about naming the residents of this city who were talking to Walter and Zen the day before.
We will now name the inhabitants of Purge City.
I've already thought about how to do it, and I'm telling you.
Essentially, the mercenaries who took part in the city's invasion named the city's inhabitants and recovered their magic from them, with the aim of strengthening each mercenary.
However, the problem was work efficiency.
There are 200 mercenaries here now.
In fact, the number of people living in this purge city is probably slightly over 10,000.
If possible, we would like to name everyone, but it would be impossible for the mercenaries to name each and every one of the inhabitants.
First of all, I don't feel like I can work by gathering that many people in 200 people and telling them to say quietly, and then separating those who have finished their names from those who have not.
It would be difficult to gather the mercenaries together in one place.
So we decided to find someone to name the city's residents on behalf of the mercenaries.
It is a person who originally lived in this city, but is not an ordinary person.
They are not Purge people, but they have been involved in the operation of the city.
Yesterday, I explained to Walter and the others the idea of recovering magic from this city, and then I asked Ian to bring Hannah.
And the rest of them, who were formerly involved in the rule of the city, were searched for, gathered, and asked.
If you do not defy the Vulcan mercenaries and swear allegiance, I will guarantee your life and status.
In other words, I wanted to create a puppet regime for the Balkan mercenaries in this city.
Until then, the city had existed, centered on the Purge family, who had enhanced their magic in a long history.
However, the actual practice was not only performed by Purge people, but also by many others.
From among them, we will grant permission and name those who have sworn to obey the Balkan mercenary regiment to continue to participate in the operation of this city.
At this time, it is not me who will name them, but the mercenaries.
All you have to do is let the puppet regimes name the residents of this city and spread the magical connection.
That way, the amount of magic flowing into the mercenaries will increase even if you leave them alone.
But there's a problem here.
That means you swear allegiance, but you don't know if it's actually protected.
No, I'd rather not.
On the spot, while pretending to have sworn, it was thought enough to turn the flag.
That's why I had Hannah come.
Hannah has entrusted the church in New Barca, where she is performing rituals for new residents of New Barca.
It's a blood wedge ritual that explains the rules of the city and makes you feel painful the more you die if you don't follow them.
I had them come here to make it Hannah even in this city.
I can do the blood wedge myself.
I mean, I could do without the magic stone I gave Hannah, but I wouldn't dare.
For some reason, if they know I can freely restrict their actions, they may be alerted.
It was decided that Hannah would be the only one who could perform the ceremony to keep the other party's vows.
So Hannah, who arrived in Purge City, performed a ritual on those who decided to remain in the center of the city as puppet regimes.
Touch the dedicated magic stone with your fingertips scratched, and offer and agree to the terms you've been thinking about overnight.
As a result, my blood contained in the Magic Stone has entered their flesh.
There is Norn in that blood, and they will still not know that breaking their vows will strike them with terrible pain.
I accepted the ritual with a gentle smile.
Then, as usual, Hannah performed the performance using the [Flame of Love], and the ceremony was over.
As a result, a new pro-Balka organization was created in Purge City, which was named after residents and managed by them.