An Old Country Bumpkin Offers His Greetings

“—Attention, everyone!”

The central square of the Order of Knights' headquarters was filled with Rebellio knights. Allucia's dignified voice rang through the silent grounds.

Not a soul was making a commotion. Every last one of them understood all too well how important the coming mission was.

“As you all know, the Sphendyardvanian delegation will be entering the kingdom today.”

Well, it's finally here: the Sphendyardvanian delegation.

They would be arriving at the Rebellis Royal Palace before long. At the moment, they were presumably on their way there under the protection of the Church Knights and the Kingdom Guard.

“Starting at ten o'clock today, they are scheduled to tour the city of Bartlreen alongside Her Highness, the Third Princess.”

We would now head to the royal palace and take up escort duty for Her Highness, the Third Princess of the Kingdom of Rebellis, and His Highness, the First Prince of Sphendyardvania, as they toured the city.

Naturally, we couldn't all surround them, so only selected knights would be allowed close to the royal family. Most of the knights were assigned to street security in coordination with the Kingdom Guard.

Well, that should be more than enough. Still, we're guarding people at the heart of the nation, and it would be too late to act after something happened. Our job was to establish a complete security detail to make sure nothing happened in the first place...