"Your Highness should still remember the mercenary unit that Miss Xiao Yueluo trained, right?"

"Them?"

"That's right, it's them. Those men have remained in the barracks they had established since they were withdrawn from the eastern line, and this was done with your own acquiescence. ”

Yes, the barracks are not allowed to enter and exit at will for ordinary people, even mercenaries belong to the ranks of ordinary people, so without the permission of the royal family, who will be forced to enter the barracks at the risk of going against the whole country? Not to mention a place like a barracks, where most people don't want to go in.

"But even if I leave the west to them, will they agree?" Ronald hesitated, but it wasn't that he thought too much, although more than 100 mercenaries lived in the barracks temporarily, but to be honest, he didn't have the qualifications to order people now, after all, the hiring time had long passed, and he himself handed over the supreme command to that person, and he had also seen those mercenaries, that kind of combat power and fighting will not be something that any person could control, even if his strength was stronger than any of them.

"If you have that time to think about things, can't you hurry up and do something substantial?"

The voice of disgust sounded from behind him, and then in the surprised eyes of Ronald and Navis, a figure turned directly through the window.

"I said Miss Rita, I remember I should have given you the pass token before you left, right? Or is it that my guards here are empty to you? Ronald twitched the corners of his mouth as he turned his gaze to Navis to the side, which even a fool could see.

"It's not nothing, it's ......"

Rita paused and didn't continue, because at this moment, a rush of pace came from far and near, and the two people standing on the side naturally noticed this movement, and then focused their eyes on Rita at the same time, but in exchange for an unscrupulous smile from a certain woman.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Soon, a sharp knock on the door sounded from outside, although a little helpless, but after glancing at Navis, Ronald still spoke: "Come in." ”

"Your Highness, there was a gangster breaking in just now, please ......" The voice of the person who came was with a hint of eagerness, but when his eyes fell on Rita who was standing behind Ronald and Navis, he was very wise to silence, and now, if he couldn't see what was going on, he wouldn't have to be the chief of the guard anymore. Obviously, this "villain" in his mouth has a very special relationship with his master, as for what kind of relationship...... That's not something that anyone in his position can explore at will.

Ah, do you think he was wrong? I'm sorry, this is very unlikely, so far, except for Miss Xiaoyueluo Evelina, he has never seen any women who can enter here at will, and when Miss Xiaoyueluo Evelina was still there, the entire guard team thought that their master's spring was coming, but people are not as good as heaven in the end, thinking about the girl who sacrificed her life for the country at such a young age, the chief of the guard felt a little pity, but now it seems that if nothing else, the current one should be their hostessBut...... Why is Navis Butler here?

With a hint of apprehension and full of gossip, after getting Ronald's permission, the chief guard directly exited the room, and of course closed the door "kindly" before leaving.

"Your subordinates seem to have misunderstood my relationship with you."

As a "master" in the study of psychology, Rita just glanced at it, and she roughly knew what was going on in the guard's mind just now, but even so, a certain woman who was one of the parties did not have the consciousness to avoid suspicion, anyway, she would not stay here for long, so what those people thought had no effect on her at all.

"If you could be more careful, it wouldn't be like this." Glancing faintly at Rita, who was moving in the direction of the scoundrel, then put her gaze back on the map on the table, "What did you just mean by letting me do something substantial?" ”

"Of course, the substantive thing is to find someone, since I don't have the skills to do it, wouldn't it be better to hand over this task to someone else?" Rita said with a nonchalant expression, but her words made both Ronald and Navis frown deeply.

"What's wrong? Could it be that the empire now doesn't even have a person who can lead its troops into battle? The reaction of the two fell into their eyes, which made Rita slightly stunned.

"It's not that there is no one, the main thing is the problem of troops." Ronald pursed his lips, and Navis sighed a little helplessly when he saw this, and then explained to Rita, "I think as Miss Rita, you should understand that most of the troops in a country are on the border, and although the troops left in the capital are elite, they are not very numerous, although there is no problem at all in guarding a city, but if you want to disperse as a support force to the entire empire, it will be a little undersupplied." In addition, it is impossible to leave no guards in the royal capital at all, so it is ...... to reduce it like this."

"Well, I guess I can imagine what it would be like." Rita was a little speechless, but when she thought about the composition of this world and the population base, she was instantly relieved. Yes, the current world is not the time and space she used to have, to be honest, the number of people in the entire continent can reach tens of millions, which can be regarded as burning incense, plus there are three or four hundred countries in the entire continent, even if the number of people in the empire is large, it will not exceed one million people, and then remove the craftsmen, merchants and farmers, the total number of people in the army is at most more than ten or two hundred thousand, and then divide it into points, how can the number of elites in the royal capital city be estimated.

It's like the former Duchy of Evel, because the country is small and the people are outnumbered, so the country's military strength is a little more than 10,000, and the Scarlet Rose Knights are just over 1,000 people, it's not that she doesn't want to get more people to enrich the army, it's really that the productivity of this world is too low, if young people enter the army, then who will do the work of food production? Who is going to do those business economic flows? It's nonsense to say that those traversers have their own golden fingers, and they can influence the whole country by doing something casually.

Well, although it is true that she has this ability in her previous identity, it does not mean that she can directly make the Duchy of Evel, which is in the middle and lower reaches, rise directly to the level of a strong country. After all, you have to eat the rice one bite at a time, and you will become fat with one bite at a time, ahhh It's a night to become a strong country or something, Rita said it's better to wash and sleep, after all, this kind of wish in the dream is still relatively easy.

"But I heard from you outside the window before that you were going to hand over the western defense line to someone else, and you said that you would not agree, and there are still people you can't order?" Shaking her head to shake the thoughts out of her mind, Rita rekindled her curiosity to explore.

"Actually, this question ......"

Ronald groaned, with obvious hesitation on his face, and Rita pouted a little unhappily when she saw her like this: "If there is anything inconvenient, you should not say it, anyway, I am not curious." ”

Ronald Navis: "...... this young lady, do you know that all your thoughts are written on your face now?"

"Your Highness, let's talk to Miss Rita, after all, that matter is not a secret here." Navis sighed again, in fact, in his eyes, Ronald's concerns are completely unnecessary, although these things have not yet reached the level that a casual passer-by can ask, but it is no longer a secret in the aristocratic circle of the entire capital city, as long as you have a heart, you can inquire about it, and Navis believes that for the lord in front of him, it is just a matter of thinking about it or not.

Finally, as the owner of Dawn Moon Evelina, Rita is obviously qualified to know about this matter.

"Okay, actually, ......" In the next period of time, adhering to the practice of making a long story short, Ronald directly told Rita about Xiao Yueluo being a listed general in the empire, of course, while speaking, he also kept paying attention to the changes in the expressions of the people in front of him. In fact, Ronald can't be blamed for making a fuss, but no matter what, Xiao Yueluo belongs to Rita's guardian knight, even if the Duchy of Everel is destroyed and Xiao Yueluo herself "dies", this thing is a fact that cannot be changed. And in front of the master, he said that he had "abducted" the other party's guardian knight from beginning to end, no matter how big Ronald's heart and status were, he felt a little shameless.

As for why you asked why you did it in the first place if you felt shameless? That's not nonsense, who knew that the "sick" lord in front of him would be able to survive, and he also had a strength that even he felt was very tricky.

"In other words, you used my news as a bargaining chip to trick that kind little girl from my family into working for you?"

Ronald Navis the Decewer: "......"

Miss, doesn't your conscience hurt when you say this?

The corners of Navis's mouth twitched a little speechlessly, as soon as he remembered the time he spent with Xiao Yueluo, Navis felt a sore tooth, anyway, if he could, he didn't want to experience that kind of life again, although sometimes watching Xiao Yueluo scare people is indeed a good way to spend time, but when that goal is changed to himself, it is very not good.

"Okay, okay, I'm not kidding you anymore." Rita covered her lips and smiled, her face full of schadenfreude.