During the days when Shien encountered Aiyi and welcomed her into House Razahad, a meeting closely related to Shien was also taking place in one of the noble residences in the royal capital.
This noble residence was the Streim Family's villa in the royal capital.
Streim was a ducal family of the Kingdom of Mithra, and one widely recognized as possessing considerable influence and power even among the ducal houses.
Its territory lay along the kingdom's northern border, adjoining the neighboring Ragna Empire. As a border noble house, it had always defended the kingdom's lands, having forced several invasions by the Ragna Empire to end in defeat. Its strength was considerable.
Moreover, the Streim Family was a ducal house and a collateral branch of the royal family. Though its blood ties had long grown distant, there was no doubt that Streim's ancestors had once belonged to the royal family.
As a result, even the current King had to address the head of the Streim Family as elder brother. The family's influence needed no further explanation; even compared to House Razahad and House Elbain, it was in no way inferior.
Under such circumstances, Barry, the current head of the Streim Family, had an exceptionally outstanding son.
His name was Limjo Streim. Though only twenty-five this year, he had been recommended by the Streim Family to come to the royal capital two years ago, where he joined the Royal Knights and became a royal knight tasked with protecting the royal family and the kingdom.
Those who wished to join the Royal Knights either had to receive an invitation from the direct royal line or surpass level seventy and obtain a strong recommendation from a noble.
In other words, Limjo had successfully reached level seventy two years ago, when he was only twenty-three.