"Brother, you and Rio finished training so quickly?" A Ke, deep in thought, noticed that Liszt had returned early and asked curiously.
Liszt smiled with reserved composure. "We didn't train. However, I've successfully ridden a dragon and become a true Dragon Knight!" He had intended to accompany the announcement with several hearty laughs to express his exhilaration, but he forcibly held them back and delivered the news with an air of breezy calm.
"Ah!"
A Ke cried out, her face brimming with delight. "Brother succeeded in riding a dragon! That's wonderful! Brother is a true Dragon Knight, standing at the peak of the world!"
"Keep it low-key, keep it low-key. Rio is still young, and there is still much to explore in Dragon Knight training. For now, we need to stay low-key." Liszt waved his hand.
Then he asked seriously, "A Ke, now that I've successfully ridden a dragon and become a true Dragon Knight, it's time to split from the Tulip Family. What surname do you think I should choose? Dragon Knight families generally take dragons as their surnames. Grand Duke Sapphire took Sapphire as his surname."
Tilting her head, A Ke thought for a while. "Flame?"
"Flame is too vulgar. It doesn't suit the majesty of a Dragon Knight."
"Blazing Flame?"
"It still doesn't feel distinguished enough. How about Blazing Flame Scorching Heaven, A Ke?" Liszt voiced his idea, only to reject it soon afterward. "Blazing Flame Scorching Heaven is certainly grand enough, but it doesn't quite fit as a surname. It's a verb."
The naming rules for surnames in this world mainly favored nouns.
Sapphire, Tulip, Golden Wheat Ear, Cyclamen, Eagle Sword, Black Knight, and so on all used nouns as surnames—or rather, gemstones, plants, or objects as surnames.
Considering that Liszt had bestowed the surname "Dawn