It's the kind of line the feudal lords of the Edo period from my former life needed to hear.
But certainly, in this country, the ability to win royal guards was supposed to be a measure of power within the royal family.
The greater the number of royal guards, the closer to the throne you became; there was that kind of system.
They aren't just simple subordinates, they are vassals.
Forced to take hostages to keep them, that may be taboo.
"Haha, Ginger, allow me ask you the contraposition: This Zanoba Shirone... why do you serve him?"
"That is because..."
"I, in the past sold you. That isn't an act worthy of a member of the royal family. Why does Ginger still follow me?