Chapter 90: 15-year-old Inglis and Hyrule Menaces' Disease (11)
「On the Knight Academy, huh…?」
Prince Wayne was surprised to hear Inglis’ proposal. He appeared to haven’t even considered that place as a candidate.
「Yes. Even as it stands, Miss Ripple’s inability to act alone has greatly reduced the total strength of our current army. If we thin out our hands on top of that by placing official Knights to guard her, we would lose double the strength we initially had. If that played poorly, wouldn’t that lead to a huge decline in our national defense? I know for a fact that the corpse of Prisma was transported from the town of Arlman to a frontier city bordering the Venefique Kingdom, as I witnessed it firsthand. Seeing that operation being carried out, I can assume that the Venefique Kingdom was perceived as a real-time threat. If so, shouldn’t we avoid loosening our provision to fight off their invasion? They can exploit our stretched-out defense if we lose any more fighting hands. It is also all too possible that the current situation is a trap they laid solely to decrease our defense. I would presume that there is a Special Highland Envoy in the Venefique Kingdom too, is that person perhaps affiliated with this political party you call the Followers of Faith?」 「——How is it, Theodore?」 「…The girl is right. We can’t rule out the possibility that all of this being a huge ploy on their part.」
Prince Wayne and Special Envoy Theodore affirmed Inglis’ points.
「You spoke well. I expected no less of someone affiliated with Wilford, their Squires sure are bright and intelligent. Right, Raphael?」 「Yes, Glis has always been a smart kid and an excellent swordsman. She’s always there to be Rafinha’s backbone.」 「With you in tow, I’m sure Rafinha will have an easy time.」 「Much obliged.」
Inglis bowed gracefully. As a matter of fact, however, that wasn’t so much of a hard topic to cover. She only did simple guesswork. As was mentioned, there were factions even on the Highland. If a Special Envoy affiliated with the same faction as Theodore was stationed in the Venefique Kingdom, then they wouldn’t show hostility to this Kingdom in the form of invasions.
For Highlanders, the Midland was nothing but a huge feeding ground. They didn’t have any reason to ransack their own ally, and they wouldn’t either.
Despite what her appearance might suggest, Inglis was once a King leading a single nation in her previous life. Reading things that far was nothing. Although reading the situation was all Inglis Eux would do, as she had no intention to get involved in the Kingdom’s businesses or governmental works, in fact, she would shrug them off.
Even if she left things be, Prince Wayne, Raphael, and the other big shots here would reach the possibility Inglis just uttered given enough time. All Inglis did was give their thoughts a little push. However, that little push was extremely important——