She was willing to kill and do other illegal activities for said money. I think that all the knights were supposed to be loyal to the King ( like how you follow the directions your boss gives, but if its against the companies interests you should report it to a higher up) , but by helping cover up a murder of royalty and taking the tiara, she was not being loyal. Also I think she killed people regardless of if they were allies or not.
I think the difference in a swordsman and a knight, is that the knight had that loyalty and isn't driven by money as much as a swordsman.
I hope this makes sense (⌒▽⌒)
Not necessarily. A swordsman is just a person who isn't bound to political obligation. It's sort of faulty to say that money is the focal difference between the two(swordsman and knight). A swordsman can still be bound by honor and loyalty or just work for themselves. They don't have to necessarily be working towards monetary gain.
am i dumb or something? i was probably reading too fast cause i feel like her reasoning behind her past life isn't so terrible? she needed money and aren't knights supposed to be like supppper loyal so she did what the commander of the black knights said. maybe its cause im quite confused abt the swordsman vs knight thing. if anyone could clear this up for me that'd be so swag