"Thank you, Marquis Leewilliam, for your grand welcome. Thank you, Your Majesty Liszt, for your concern. Piero Grey Iron has long yearned for the Flame Kingdom, and now I have finally set foot upon Flame Island. In the days to come, I will devote all the loyalty of myself and the Grey Iron Family to this land."
"Now, allow me to introduce the gentlemen behind me. They are all knights who once charged bravely for the Gray Iron Grand Duchy, men no less abundant in loyalty and integrity!"
"Marquis Mendes Kale, a Sky Knight at the complete level..."
Up ahead, as Duke Piero and Marquis Leewilliam introduced one another, the nobles socialized with blazing enthusiasm beneath the still-scorching September sun.
Wilde Bumblebee watched with envy. He too hoped to become one of the great nobles; for now, he was merely a little follower trailing behind them. But that did not matter. After coming to the Flame Kingdom, none of the nobles would retain any relationship of allegiance to Duke Piero Grey Iron.
They would all follow Liszt Flame.
"My strength is not yet sufficient, but I am young enough. Every day, I persist in taking the royal jelly produced by my family, which rivals magic potions, and I can already vaguely sense that I am about to break through the limits of an Earth Knight... My future lies in the sky, and the Bumblebee Family will become true great nobles as well!"
There were actually many nobles with mindsets similar to Wilde's. Every knight who had traveled thousands of miles to migrate to the Flame Kingdom hoped to rise to prominence here.
Liszt's legendary bearing was like a banner, drawing ambitious knights to gather beneath it.
When many nations were first founded, they attracted talent in just this manner. The