The Villainess That Was Once A VRMMO player-Chapter 90.3
Alta Frontier Territory, resident military facility. It was located far from the Demon Forest, so there was not much damage from demons, but it faces the border with the neighboring country of Solvet, and an army that was prepared to fight against humans was deployed as a deterrent to check the neighboring country.
80 knights. 300 soldiers. In addition, in case of emergency, 500 militiamen, 60 knights and 1,200 soldiers would be mobilized from the surrounding lower class noble families who are parishioners of the city.
Some of the knights and half of the soldiers served as guards in the surrounding towns to maintain security in the territory, and even now, 50 knights and 100 soldiers were repeating intense training at this military facility on the assumption that they were engaged in actual battles.
A mature man in a flashy military uniform nodded his head in satisfaction as he crossed his arms while watching the training.
However, the Royal Capital’s Royal Guard should have been training for the battle against monsters, which was more important than the battle against humans, but the current training was too focused on the battle against humans, even though it was facing the border.
“…Damn, he should just get on with it, my nephew, but he’s totally clueless!”
The man seemed to be in a good mood when he saw the soldiers’ finish, but one of the knights, who was also one of his confidants, came up to him to get him in a good mood, as if he remembered something, suddenly scowling and spitting out his words.
“Indeed, even without the support of Solvet, there would be no problem with His Excellency Bartolo, don’t you think?”
“He’s a disgrace to the House of Alta, he’s afraid of a little girl who calls herself the new emperor!”
This man, Bartolo, the commander of the garrison forces, was the uncle of the Count of Alta.
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The Count of Alta, like the Arceides, was originally a small but independent country called the Duchy of Alta, which became part of the Caenista Kingdom at the same time as the Arceides.
Bartolo could not understand why the Alta family had to put up with the fact that the Caenista Kingdom had become an empire, and the emperor was a young lady while her [friend] who was also a young lady became independent as the Duchy of Arceides.
The military uniform that Bartolo was wearing was not the official uniform of the Caenista army, but that of the venerable General of the Duchy of Alta. If this House of Alta could become independent, he would be the King’s uncle, the Grand Duke, who would also be the country’s general. That was why Bartolo wore a different military uniform, contrary to military regulations, and had his subordinates call him [His Excellency], even though he was only a single commander.
Although detailed information might not be readily available on the frontier, senior aristocratic families had their own intelligence departments.
If he had carefully examined those reports, he would have refrained from acting as carelessly as the Count Alta did, but Bartolo was only interested in information that was comfortable to his ears.
“Yes, my lord!”
“We must not allow those little girls to get away with it!”
“Let us show them what we can do!”
The knights who were training nearby approached and boosted Bartolo’s ego.
Originally, there were only 50 knights in the Alta frontier territory.
Thirty of them were junior knights who were critical of Bartolo’s policies, and the younger knights without companions had already been sent to the Royal Capital, which was short-staffed, or transferred to surrounding towns.
Most of the knights here were former senior knights of the Royal Capital who were dissatisfied with the new emperor’s methods and had drifted over to Bartolo.
“Mm. I will not waste your spirit. When we become independent, I will reward your devotion by giving you new lands as nobles.”
“””Yes, Your Excellency!”””
The former knights of the royal guard showed a twinkle in their eyes at Bartolo’s promises, which had no basis.
Bartolo’s eyes narrowed in satisfaction at the sight of these knights, when he spotted a trio entering majestically from the front gate.
“What is it with those people…?”
“Yes, we will remove them immediately…”
“No, wait!”
Three intruders. Bartolo, noticing the woman walking at the front of the three intruders and her voluptuous twin hills, which were visible even from a distance, smiled amiably.
“Bring those girls with you. I will personally interrogate them.”
