The duchess also did not call out to the knight, even if he was a mber of the Royal Guard, and although the knight only rembered a slight impression of her, he twisted his head and wondered himself why he had not called out to her if such a beautiful young lady was present at those places.
The forr Royal Guard knight was unaware.
That the Paula Trading Company was taken over ten years ago by a certain duchess of a ducal family and beca one of their faithful followers, providing funds and information for many years.
“I see. I see.”
Bartolo thought of the girl in front of him as a wealthy, selfish daughter on a whim, off on a provincial trip.
Even though she was a powerful rchant in the Royal Capital, there was no way she could defy him, the uncle of a frontier earl. On the contrary, they would gladly offer their daughter to Bartolo as a concubine if he asked for her. If this were to happen, he would be able to use the assets of the Paula Trading Company, a wealthy rchant, as he wished, and he would be able to greatly increase the military strength of the frontier territory of Alta.
Although it was only a “supposed” offer with no proof, Bartolo had no doubt in his mind that this would happen.
Just when Bartolo had the idea to force his way into a relationship with this girl, the young lady, who had remained silent up until then, spoke up.
“You have quite a distinguished group of knights here, don’t you?”
“Oh, yes, I suppose so. They all ca to depend on , you see!”
Bartolo was proud to see that the young lady was so friendly to them.
“The gentlen here seem to be familiar with events in the Royal Capital, aren’t you knights of the Royal Capital?”
“Yes, they are. They are the elite of the knights of the Royal Capital, a part of the Royal Guard.”
“Oh, is that so… But the Royal Capital is still in trouble, isn’t it? What are they doing here?”
“Well, you know as well as I do that they don’t want to follow that little girl who calls herself the emperor. Everyone here is gathered with noble intentions.”
“My, is that so?”
Bartolo, who had been wanting to talk to soone for a long ti, was pleased to find a young lady with a pleasant listening ear, so he started to brag.
“Between you and , this Alta territory will be independent in the near future, and although the fools of Solvet and my nephews are reluctant to take a stand, I don’t think they will be able to hold us back. Your Paula’s company better give up on those little girls soon, too.”
“My, that’s good to hear.”
Skelly was relieved to hear Bartolo’s words and at the sa ti depressed by the current situation, wondering if the rebellion would have occurred in a matter of ti even without the slaughter.
The knights of the Alta frontier territory were happily praised by the beautiful daughter, and Bartolo was no exception, but many knights, probably forr knights of the Royal Guard, smiled proudly, and as if caught in the act, the daughter gave a small laugh.
“Though I think it was funny that you would use knights who ran away from the Royal Capital.”
The air was frozen by the words that the young lady uttered with a sneer.
Skelly and the others, who were thinking about how to leave this place peacefully, turned pale.
“…What do you an by that?”
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