Chapter 152 - Traveling to the Frozen Forest Part One

Annelia was from a family of low ranking knights. In the Alastine Kingdom Knights have certain ranks based on the merits they are able to gain throughout their careers. The higher the rank the higher the status within the noble circles. The highest rank is Elite Knights. Below that are Master Knights, Expert Knights, Intermediate Knights, and Novice Knights. Annelia's family has never passed the Intermediate Knight Rank, but even this rank alone is enough to show pride. The only issue is that these ranks can not be inherited so as soon as the knight who has such rank passes away the family's noble status falls on to the next highest rank within the family. This means each and every knight within a family needs to work hard for the Kingdom in order to gain enough merits to raise their knight ranks. King Augustus's idea when he came up with this system was simple. 'A little bit of rivalry will go a long way to make our knights order stronger.'