王の身辺警護は基本的に親衛隊が行っている。
これは騎士団とどちらが上というものでもなく、単純に役割を分担している。
ただし王の護衛という重要な役目であり、当然ながら構成する騎士は選りすぐりのエリートばかりだ。
The King's personal security is basically done by his elite bodyguards
Whether this is knights.........., the role is simply assigned.
....important so gotta go with the elite knights
you can sorta infer the soft counterargument against the first sentence in the 2nd sentence before the initial statement is reconfirmed in the 3rd sentence, but i'm not sure how 騎士団とどちらが上というものでもなくworks in this framework.
how do you interpret とどちらが without the second option?
What exactly is 上 in this context?
How wide is the scope of ~, when it comes to ~というものでもなく in this case?
thanks