Chapter 21
Author’s Note
Beginning of Chapter 2: The Black Ops’ Combat Maid.
“Did Her Highness depart without any problems?”
Inside a room of the royal castle of the royal capital of Claydale, a large kingdom located in the southern part of the Thurs continent, a young butler calmly responded to the words of the owner of the room.
“Her Highness the First Princess left the royal capital today without any particular complaints about her physical condition. Provided there are no problems along the way, Her Highness will enter the domain of Margrave Dandall a fortnight from now as planned.”
“I see. Her Highness Elena’s selfishness is troubling, but once she gets there, we can leave the rest to her grandfather, Dandall.”
The owner of this room, the Prime Minister of the Claydale Kingdom, Margrave Bert Pha Melrose, leaned back deeply into his chair, remembering the face of Margrave Dandall, an old acquaintance of his from their student days.
This Claydale Kingdom was originally three kingdoms, and the royal families of Dandall in the north and Melrose in the south were kept as the margraves of their lands.
Originally, the margraves were supposed to be the unifying force of their regions, but due to political problems at the time of the unification, the heads of the two families have traditionally been placed in executive positions in the country in order to suppress the discontent of the nobles and people of the former Dandall Duchy and the former Melrose Duchy.
Dandall was appointed to be in charge of military affairs, and all of the successive commanders of the knight order, which also acted as the marshal of the military, had been chosen from the direct line of descent of House Dandall.
Melrose was appointed to be in charge of internal affairs, and all of the successive prime ministers had been chosen from the direct line of descent of House Melrose.