"What exactly are you trying to say?"
Alusair's expression remained indifferent as the Princess Regent quietly responded to the old mage Vangerdahast. Light flickered in her beautiful crimson eyes. She wore long court sleeves, and her striking face bore no makeup, yet she was still breathtakingly beautiful.
"Your Highness, I keep feeling that this matter isn't so simple," Vangerdahast said softly. "Do you think Earl Salian might use the power of the Church of Selûne, then the strength of the Platinum Dragon Knights serving the Platinum Dragon God Bahamut, along with the considerable funds at his disposal, to do something?"
The Princess Regent knew that the old court mage's words actually reflected the views of a considerable portion of the kingdom's nobility.
Everyone knew that Aaron had come from the Purple Dragon Knights, and that part of the Shepherd Legion had its roots in Suzail. But looking at the distribution of Aaron's forces now, their connection to Cormyr had already grown rather faint.
Ever since Alusair had handed Tifanton over to Aaron, objections had poured out of the Kingdom Council.
There was also another matter worth noting-the Emerald Mage Corps, led by Fairy Princess Buer, was rapidly turning the Rocklands green. That land was becoming a rich, fertile oasis, and even a rough estimate suggested it could feed tens of thousands of troops. The Queen's Blade had gone to inspect it. The New Rocklands covered approximately eight to ten thousand square kilometers, with an estimated annual grain yield of at least 2.5 million koku!
Equipping an army of a hundred thousand would be child's play!!!
That figure had already sent the kingdom's nobles' envy soaring into the Astral Plane.
Alusair had made no comment on this. But if Aaron truly gained complete control of the Rocklands, the grain revenues of