After turning the matter over in his mind, Duke Barick simply agreed to Victor's request. He also offered generous terms: if any of these noble scions proved outstanding, they could choose to stay after their service ended and take up posts in the kingdom's Imperial Guard Legion or the royal court.
Duke Barick had high hopes for this guard made up of scions of the Vela Nobles. He also wanted to see how it worked in practice. If the results were good, he would introduce it throughout the kingdom's heartland.
The royal palace in Golden Tree City was enormous. The royal house had originally maintained five Imperial Guard Legions, which were stationed in Golden Tree City and took turns guarding the palace. Each rotation required an entire legion.
Even with the Imperial Guard Legion responsible for securing the palace perimeter, guarding and patrolling the interior still required at least a regiment's worth of troops.
The Vela Nobles would provide five hundred men. To make up the remaining numbers, he would at least have to recruit from the nobles of the Royalist Faction.
If the results were good, he could extend the arrangement to the kingdom's entire nobility, even including the nobles of the Noble Faction.
Duke Barick could bring the kingdom's noble scions to the Royal Capital to serve as his personal guard, giving him the chance to turn them into loyal subordinates.
This would ease the tensions between him and the kingdom's great nobles. Once these scions inherited their families' titles, their families might even shift from the Noble Faction to the Royalist Faction, which would be a major boon for the royal house.
With Duke Barick's promise secured, Victor left with peace of mind. The idea of sending scions of the Vela Nobles to serve as soldiers for