The Empress' Scandalous Paramour (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 18

More than half of the Imperial Guard were former members of the Holy Knights, and they also guarded Helene’s palace.

Unlike with me, who had no connection to them, she was very close to them.

‘Still, I never expected them to act this way over something as major as the summit. Disappointing.’

But this was also proof of just how well Helene had managed them all this time.

After all, they hailed from Quid, yet had won over the hearts of the Imperial Guard knights.

In Nix, a nation rife with harsh discrimination, it was nothing short of extraordinary for someone of Quid origin to earn the knights’ support. So, truthfully, I was ready to applaud them—

as long as they weren’t opposing me.

‘Then, even if I can’t trust them fully, I’ll have no choice but to make use of the Imperial Knights.’

But there was one major problem with that.

Namely, the Imperial Knights had become a gathering place for nobodies.

From what I’d gathered, Valkyrie had once enjoyed quite a lofty reputation.

While the Imperial Guard protected the Emperor and the Crusade guarded beyond the capital, Valkyrie served the entire imperial family and safeguarded the capital itself.

Their duties didn’t overlap, so they never clashed, and instead respected each other in their respective roles.

The trouble began when the current Emperor turned out to be a former member of the Crusade.

‘During the last imperial succession crisis, the Crusade wholeheartedly supported Enrique, while Valkyrie sided with the legitimate heir and Enrique’s rival—the First Prince.’

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