A Ke and the Sea Elf Bugs (Third Update, Bonus Chapter for 210,000 Recommendation Votes)

The banquet was lively. Although the officials and knights of Black Horse Island had not appeared, the officials and knights of Flower Town alone were enough to keep the castle bustling all night.

However.

Within his own territory, Liszt rarely drank. His authority had grown ever more imposing, and whenever he did not wish to drink, his followers did not dare urge him to do so.

There was another matter worth mentioning at the banquet.

His personal guard, Paris, formally announced her allegiance to him and became one of his many followers. Liszt personally appointed her commander of the Black Horse Island Patrol Knight Order—Paris's strength ensured that even if those Earth Knights envied her lofty position, they would not dare provoke her.

After all, she was one of the few people in the territory with the strength of an elite Earth Knight, and a powerhouse who could rival veteran elite Earth Knights.

Even if Paris was a woman.

This world had no notions like the Three Obediences and Four Virtues. There were quite a few female knights, and women's status in society was not necessarily much lower than men's. It was simply that among high-end combatants, women were few in number; most women served as territory administrators.

Men charged into battle, while women managed the estates.

That was the standard arrangement.

Having become a follower, Paris had already begun packing her things. Early tomorrow morning, she would depart with Liszt for Black Horse Island. For a long time to come, she would reside on Black Horse Island and shoulder her duties.

Looking at Paris, who had already begun using the formal terms of address between superior and subordinate when speaking to him.

Liszt felt somewhat wistful. The knightly system was a society with an exceptionally clear hierarchy of status.