Seon-Hyeok stayed in his accommodations all day long, looking at the list of Gradus and selecting from these talented individuals.

“If they’re ranked too high, it’d be a burden for me to take them – and for me to order them around.”

He immediately excluded those he deemed too strong. Even if the royal princess offered her support, Seon-Hyeok believed such individuals would not follow him unconditionally. After bringing them back to Rheinperle, there was no guarantee that they would obey his commands.

What he needed were competent individuals he could comfortably order around, not superiors to house in his territory.

“I’ll exclude the foreigners as well.”

And then, he removed all of the foreigners with Gradus.

“So this is what’s left…”

After repeatedly cutting down his list, Seon-Hyeok was left with just three.

‘Royal Mage, Senior Mage, Jake Proudmoore, Gradus 73.’

‘Royal Mage, Senior Mage, Aria Eisen, Gradus 98.’

‘Royal Mage, Senior Mage, Kesil Arcane, Gradus 100.’

All three were promising talents recognized for their abilities, despite only being in their 20s. Likewise, they were all mages and not knights. Julian spoke up from his side, asking whether he would be making a list of knight candidates as well, but Seon-Hyeok responded in a tone that said he had nothing...