Chapter 116.1
Conspiracy of the Noble Faction (2)
“Your Highness, we are ready to leave. The schedule is getting closer, so we should be on our way.”
The captain of the 5th Squadron, who had come to escort the 2nd Knights on their training exercise, said to Elena.
Is it that late already? The girl who is going to accompany me, Aria, has not returned yet. Can’t we wait for her to return?”
This exercise visit was for the children of barons and above with estates. Aria, who was adopted by a quasi-baroness, was not eligible to participate, but since senior nobles of counts and above are allowed to take one companion with them, Elena had naturally chosen Aria.
Normally, as royalty, Elena would be in a position to ask for more than one escort, but since Elena was determined to set a good example for the other students, and since about 40 elite Squadron members of the Second Order had come as escorts, Aria was the only one who could personally escort her.
The number of escorts for a few days would be enough, even if only the knights came to escort the students, considering the carriage ride.
Elena, who was sitting on a bench in the open air, answered, and the chief of Squadron smiled dryly as if admonishing a child for not listening.
“Your Highness, if possible, please consider the other students who are already waiting in the carriages. And if it is Aria, I will send another carriage to follow her immediately, so you can meet her at the rest stop on the way.”
“I see…”
Among the Second Order, those Squadrons who are entrusted with escorting the princess are the elite of the elite.
The squadron leaders are all rank 3, especially Squadron leader Rudiger, who is in his early 30s and is one of the few rank 4 knights in the Order, and also the head of the baron family.