"... give Luke Whitewolf, Greenhollow Town and surrounding areas, because...!?

I couldn't believe the description of the letter and I accidentally stuffed it in Sofia.

But Sophia is looking back at me flat, without moving at all.

"Duh, what do you mean! Why Green Hollow!

"Greenhollow Town and surrounding areas are under the direct jurisdiction of His Majesty the King. In principle, if a new territory needs to be granted, it is to be transferred from the direct jurisdiction."

"I know that, though! So how did Green Hollow get chosen!

"I don't care if you ask me. I just told you the decision."

Naturally, I've been told back, but I'm still not convinced.

I was once forced out of the 'Millennium Corridor of Naruto' and was accepted by the people of the town despite being a leftover.

Since then, I have done many things with the intention of giving back my gratitude to this town.

That was a big reason I cooperated in the Demon King's War, and I've forgotten my beginnings since I decided to become a knight.

I can't believe I'm the Lord of Green Hollow.

If this is the result of the struggle to return the favor to the town, there is more to the end of the fall.

"I don't know the exact history that led to the selection, but I can imagine"

Sophia took a moderate distance too close and then turned to me again.

"As you know, the Knights, in the course of His Majesty's unification project, have been entrusted with the task of increasing their territory, along with a group of knights from other countries who have fallen to the kingdom."

Sophia talks further into the history she has heard over and over again as a forward-looking gesture.

"At this time the newly granted territory was chosen to be as close as possible to the left. In the case of the White Wolf Knights, it must have followed that precedent."

"... is there such a rule?"

"There is no clear culture. But even in cases later given additional territory, this law is basically being trampled upon. Except, of course, for some Knights whose range of activities extends to the entire continent."

Sophia switched the spearhead of the word to the mark behind me without waiting for my reaction.

"For example, the Knights of the Purple Horse are typical of you."

"Yes, it is true that the majority of our territory is concentrated near the eastern end of the continent. Captain Justin said, 'If anything, we can be serious because we wear firepowder first..."

Though suddenly bewildered by the conversation, Mark thought he had been asked to explain.

"Thank you. I mean, that's what I mean. Because if a territory that is' something to protect 'for a knight has nothing to do with the task, it will really affect morale."

Strongly linking the Knights to the Legion of Leisure and eliminating them from 'other personnel' - the logic itself is incomprehensible.

In short, it is a policy of intent to ensure that doing the task in earnest leads directly to the prosperity of the territory.

As the Purple Knights, who are responsible for vigilance and trading against the Oriental Continent, hold most of the territory on the eastern tip of the continent.

Are some Knights of Exception around the Silver Wing Knights and Golden Tooth Knights operating across the continent, and the Blue Peacock Knights that are assumed to be dispatched to various locations?

"The national military organizations, which became the prototype of the Knights in the first place, descended on the Kingdom as a condition of exchange for territorial appeasement. It can be said that the royal palace has led to a policy of stirring up the will of the knights to 'defend their territory', an extremely natural flow."

"... it's an unnecessary consideration for me. If you don't do that, Green Hollow will try to protect you."

I assure you that from the bottom of my heart.

If you want to defend your territory, you can do your job for real, and you can't have a situation like that, so I'm willing to act first about Green Hollow.

"Perhaps so. But if you try to be the ministers of the royal palace, that's a declaration with no guarantees whatsoever. Even if we had the personal trust of His Majesty the King, we would still need to reassure the ministers of" Jianmae "."

Sophia has no hesitation whatsoever and next comes the so-called 'realistic reason'.

This brief conversation alone has conveyed a hint that she is the one who takes logic over emotion.

But then, instead of ignoring emotional elements altogether, other people's illogical emotions, such as knight values and ministerial anxiety, are also the type to incorporate into logic and think.

Based on my personal likes and dislikes, these kinds of people...

"Okay. Thanks for the detailed explanation."

- Honestly, it falls into the preferred category.

Needless to say, of course, it is not attraction as a heterosexual or anything, but an appreciation as a collaborator in carrying out their work together.

Even a male knight would have come to the same conclusion, assuming Sophia.

"But just in case, can we ask why Green Hollow was selected?"

"Accepted. Send a letter of questioning back to the Royal Palace. Can you also tell us why it is inconvenient in Green Hollow, as I would like to mention it in doing so?

"... I've decided that."

I kept thinking about what would have happened if the territory had been decided, and I had a mild headache and held my forehead down with my hands.

"Green Hollow is too familiar. A member of the town...... I intend to become familiar with it as Luke the Arms Store, and both the residents have been treated with a sense of neighborhood. I can't believe that's suddenly the lord..."

If any other land had been chosen, it could have behaved the same way in Green Hollow.

Few of the silver wings and golden fang knights seconded here have personally broken it down with the Green Hollow residents.

They are 'lords' with territory somewhere else, but they were able to form a friendship regardless of it, and I thought it would calm them down in that way, too.

But if you become 'Lord of Green Hollow' for as much as you want, you won't be able to want the same relationship as before...

As if I was spreading my head troubled by unanswered troubles, Garnett inadvertently stretched out his arm and placed his hand on my shoulder, trying to peek into my face and laugh at me.

"'Cause it's okay. We all know exactly what a white wolf's like. As long as Temé stays the same as before, you'll end up in the middle of nowhere."

"Garnet......"

With words of encouragement, relief creeps up in my chest.

Sophia was staring at Garnett with some rugged face, contrary to me, who was feeling much easier and loosening her expression.

"Excuse me. Sir Garnett, what is that attitude to the head of your Knights regiment? Too familiar! Look, discipline comes first..."

Garnett distorted his face when he said "yabe," and turned his gaze back on me and smiled bitterly.

"That's more or less what a Blue Peacock Knight looks like. I'm not good at it, am I? If Felix was here, I could throw a compatible round..."

"... you know very well that you and your horse are not going to fit"

When it comes to keeping your eyes open to your usual attitude, compatibility with Garnett is the worst word.

I was so convinced from the bottom of my heart that I had a feeling about the emergence of new troubled species.