Chapter 140: Crown Prince Alondre (8) - Power Balance Adjustment

#Chapter 140 Crown Prince Alondre (8) - Adjusting the Balance of Power

Bellaria is by no means a utopia overflowing with dreams and hope.

But objectively speaking, at least in terms of public safety, it was superior to the other countries in the central part of the continent.

Due to its basin terrain, isolated from the outside world, there was nowhere particularly suitable to flee in an emergency; conversely, there was little worry of foreign enemies invading from outside.

As in any place where people lived, it wasn't free of petty crime, but there were almost no people who made crime itself their livelihood.

“There are a lot of dangerous types around here. It’d be a shame if something happened to a young lady traveling alone, so how about coming with us? Hm?”

“Heh heh heh, yeah, yeah. Don’t worry, you won’t need to repay us much!”

Accordingly, Grace's first impression upon encountering bandits after leaving Bellaria was as follows.

‘No way, they’re actually real.’

Grace had heard of the existence of people called bandits and highwaymen through tavern keepers’ grumbling and stories of the old days told by elderly men in rocking chairs, but hearing about them in a story and experiencing them firsthand were entirely different matters...