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4.5 KiB
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77 lines
4.5 KiB
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"Seth: ""First of all, as you might have guessed, I was the one who
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burned down the warehouse.""",999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"...As expected, Seth admitted it.",999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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Seth knew that I had seen his misdeeds at the warehouse.,999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Since I was certain of it, I wasn't surprised, and Seth remained calm
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as well.",999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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...,999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Judging from the incident earlier at the station, the warehouse arson
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seems to be related to the territorial army.",999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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It turns out it wasn't just about inflating market prices.,999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"It<49>fs a relief that it wasn<73>ft purely for money... but of course, that<61>fs
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not the case. If the territorial army is involved, no matter the
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reason, it<69>fs bound to be something terrible.",999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""It was to crush the Marquis' rebellion against the kingdom.""",999,0,2614,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"""A rebellion against the kingdom?""",999,0,2615,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"As expected, it was something utterly outrageous. I couldn<64>ft help but
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ask again.",999,0,2615,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""The Marquis must have been plotting independence from the
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kingdom for some time. In that sense, the deployment of the Eastern
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Border Guard Regiment was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.""",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Indeed, the Eastern Border Guard Regiment also served as the kingdom's
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'insurance' within the Marquis' territory.",1,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""If the Eastern Mountains are blocked off, the kingdom can't
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intervene.""",1,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"What Seth was referring to was the strategic void created by the
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deployment of the Eastern Border Guard Regiment. If there are no
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enemies within the territory, they only need to defend the Eastern
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Mountains.",2,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""The Marquis planned to use the territorial army gathered for
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the military parade to blockade the Eastern Mountains.""",2,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"The Eastern Mountains are a natural stronghold, with only a few
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passable routes.",3,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"If the territorial army were to block the mountain roads, the
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kingdom's army wouldn<64>ft be able to return easily.",3,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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...What a situation.,3,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"""Were anti-kingdom forces also involved in this?""",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""No, that was a fabrication by the Marquis to refuse the
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kingdom's dispatch request.""",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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!,999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"The territorial army's crackdown on anti-kingdom forces had shown no
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results. The noticeable activities like distributing flyers made sense
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under that explanation.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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No way...,999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"""The food stockpiled by the Frontier Trading Company was for that
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plan, wasn't it?""",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""Yes. That was the weak point of the plan.""",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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...,999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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I was beginning to understand why Seth had confided in me.,999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"I am a kingdom official at the commodities exchange. Seth's position
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as the ""head of the trading company"" was a facade; in reality, he was
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an operative for the kingdom.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"If it was to prevent a rebellion, then drastic measures were
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unavoidable, and his approach to me must have been kingdom-related.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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...,999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"However, I couldn't just accept Seth's words at face value.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"After all, if the goal was to crush the rebellion, there was no need
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to wait for the Marquis to act.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"If the movement of the Eastern Border Guard Regiment would provoke the
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Marquis' uprising, simply canceling it would suffice. And if treason
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was certain, reporting it to the kingdom should have been the first
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step.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"There was no reason to resort to extreme measures like burning down
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warehouses while avoiding peaceful solutions.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"This made it seem as though they were waiting for the Marquis to
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explode.",999,0,2616,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""It would be problematic if the Marquis declared independence,
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but it would also be troublesome if he were to be deposed.""",999,0,2617,0,,0,0,0,0,
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?,999,0,2617,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"Seth: ""It seems there's a misunderstanding. I am not an agent of the
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kingdom.""",999,0,2617,0,,0,0,0,0,
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???,999,0,2617,0,,0,0,0,0,
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"If you're not with the kingdom, then who are you?",999,0,2617,0,,0,0,0,0,
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...,999,0,0,0,,0,0,0,0,
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