Mark Killian.

He was a descendant of a prestigious family serving the Pendragon Kingdom for four generations ever since they were a duchy of the Aragon Empire. During the reign of the previous dukes, Killian’s family had been one of the vassal families of the Pendragon Duchy with the family name Rodwin.

However, Jeremy Rodwin saved the young lady of the Pendragon Duchy after being knighted, and he was given a new name and bestowed the title of baronet by the duke at the time. Since then, descendants of the Kilian family served the Pendragon Duchy as faithful knights in the castle, and now, the Killian family was a viscounty lord serving the royal family of Pendragon.

Since he was a lord, he had no obligations to always reside in the castle.

There wouldn’t be any issues for Killian to reside in his own territory during normal times as long as he responded to the king’s summons. He could lead his troops and knights to the castle when he was needed. However, Killian left the management of his territory to his nephew and stayed in the Pendragon Castle as the Captain of the White Dragon Knights...