The place fit her stereotype of a poor, remote backwater in every way, but it also possessed something the Southern Territory lacked.
Although High Cliff Castle was still in its fledgling stage, it was brimming with vigorous life, whereas the Southern Territory was like a pool of stagnant water.
When he was first knighted, she couldn't understand why he would shun a magnificent castle to run off to a Wilderness full of Half-Beastmen. Now, however, she understood him much better.
Precisely because she understood, no matter how much she wanted to keep Levi by her side, she couldn't bring herself to refuse him. She just sighed, "Levi, I understand what you're thinking. I'll give this matter proper consideration. Your enfeoffed title will remain unchanged. As for the fief, I will compensate you in other ways."
Levi nodded and said no more.
