Chapter 38: Carving

A PRINCE'S knight faction is a group that manages the prince's protection and abides in them entirely; they can never betray the prince that they serve and will always be faithful to them.

It is also where talented people are personally acknowledged and taken in by the prince, with them vowing to serve the prince for the rest of eternity; some of these people stood by the prince's heir, and so will their descendants.

As such, it has become a tradition for every royal to have knights of their own.

It also makes sense because royals required protection from those who wanted to harm them, but it's not like the royals don't have the capacity to do so on their own.

It's just that it's much easier for the royals to travel around without too much trouble.

And, according to tradition, each royal must have fifteen to twenty knights, which excludes a personal aide because they are typically recognized as the prince's right-hand man.