Only Obedient to Me! Sir Knight Chapter 1

Serafilla, a country located at the southernmost tip of the continent, is comprised of over two thousand islands. A dreamlike natural environment made of an intense sun, blue seas, and golden sands—Serafilla was widely loved as a resort for the nobility of many countries. On islands large and small, luxurious mansions and castles were built, each boasting the wealth of its respective family.

This ancient castle was also one of them. Coexisting with the history of the Empire itself, this castle boasted a classical beauty, with high-quality stone and gems lavishly used.

However, having been neglected for a long time without anyone visiting, the ancient castle was currently crumbling with time, exuding only a desolate atmosphere. A new owner had recently taken over, but nothing changed after that. The castle was still submerged in darkness.

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“Joseph.”

“Rowy. What’s up with you lately? It’s not like you to call once a day.”

He was quiet for a while, and now what is it again? Joseph flipped through documents and continued the call half-heartedly. His friend, who had left for the edge of the continent for a recuperation that was practically an exile, hadn’t even said goodbye when he left, and his contacts were entirely at his own whim.

“Are you busy?”

“Of course I’m busy. But for you, who only has me as a friend, a quick call is nothing. It’s just voice anyway, not a video communication orb.”

“Thank you.”

Did I hear wrong? Joseph put down the documents he was looking at and stared at the communication orb blinking with a red light.

“What?”

“I said thank you.”

“I’m sorry, Rowy. Have you lost your mind?”

That Rowy is saying ‘thank you’? And to me, of all people? …Has he finally completely lost his mind? It had already been two years since he last saw Rowy. It was a plausible assumption.

“Joseph. I miss you.”

Oh my god. He really must be crazy. Goosebumps broke out all over Joseph’s body.

“Hey, hey, are you okay? From where I’m standing, you definitely seem crazy.”

“Joseph… sniff…”

“Gasp, hey, you’re joking, right? You’re not seriously crying, are you? Crazy, is the world coming to an end? It’s seriously creepy, so stop it!”

Terrified, Joseph spat out a curse. Rowy burst into even louder tears at that familiar voice. Rowy hadn’t gone mad, as Joseph thought. It was just that… having been on the island for two years, Rowy was currently suffering from severe depression.

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“So, the point is that. You’re lonely.”

“Yeah.”

Thanks to Rowy, who had created a whole sea of tears, Joseph threw away his work and everything else and immediately attempted a call through a video orb. This was because he was certain his old friend had gone mad. Joseph, who was intensely curious about the crazy guy’s face, was soon able to see Rowy, whose eyes were red from crying.

“You really don’t look well.”

Whether he had suffered greatly, his pretty face was half its usual size. Joseph clicked his tongue at that pitiful state.

Who was Rowy! Was he not the precious, dearly cherished child born into the Duke of Irad’s family? His own abilities, separate from his family, were also outstanding, making him a genius who graduated from the Imperial Academy at the youngest age. In particular, Rowy’s magical abilities were among the best on the continent.

If it hadn’t been for ‘that incident’, he would have taken the position of the youngest Chief Imperial Mage.

“You have to protect your face at least. Seriously, if it weren’t for that, you would have died a long time ago.”

Unfortunately, however, there were a few things Rowy did not possess, and those were social skills, common sense, and basic decency.

Due to his noble blood, Rowy had never even been near a magic tower, but his actions were no different from the madmen of the magic towers. No, rather, Rowy, who had the Duke of Irad’s family backing him, was more of a headache. Considering the numerous eccentricities he performed for the sake of magic research, that is.

The Demon of the Capital, the Shame of Irad, the Empire’s Nightmare. All of these described Rowy. The Duke of Irad’s family also treated Rowy as a problem child. In the Duke of Irad’s family, a long-standing martial house, Rowy was nothing more than a sudden, protruding sharp stone.

The Duke of Irad’s greatest mistake was pushing this devil, who only had a pretty face, onto the Crown Prince in order to get rid of the family’s headache. The stiff, conservative Crown Prince and Rowy did not match in personality at all.

And so, ‘that incident’ occurred at Rowy’s coming-of-age ceremony. It was a week before their engagement. Rowy rejected the engagement, but he couldn’t defeat his family. Rowy, dissatisfied with it,

‘The Crown Prince’s thing is tiny. He can’t even get it up.’

Declared the breakup of the engagement on his own. It was a revelation made at his own coming-of-age ceremony, where all the imperial nobility and royalty were gathered. His voice, amplified by magic, penetrated every corner of the capital. The capital was turned upside down. The Crown Prince, absolutely furious, drew his sword and rushed forward, shouting that he would catch and kill that bastard right away.

Thus, at the same time as his social debut, Rowy was exiled to a distant island in Serafilla. It was a truly Rowy-like ending.

‘That was already two years ago.’

Ha, it’s still funny. Giggle.

The capital, where gossip never ceased, had already forgotten Rowy. However, Joseph still giggled, recalling the events of that day. That was the reason Joseph consistently picked up Rowy’s calls.

“What are you lacking? Are the servants there mistreating you, by any chance?”

Rowy shook his head. The servants on the island were natives of Serafilla, and they had served the master of this island for generations. Rowy, a noble to his bones, had quite liked their attitude, which was as if they were serving a god. However…

“The people here have no affection.”

“What? Pffft, hahahaha!”

Joseph burst into roaring laughter. For Rowy to look at a servant and say they have no affection. Joseph only thought to the extent of whether his friend had learned how to joke after going to the island. However, Rowy was serious.

“They don’t seem to see me as human. They don’t even talk to me.”

“Bwahahaha! You used to like that kind of thing, didn’t you? It’s your world. What else?”

Rowy, who was unique in many ways, had absolutely no talent for human relationships. As friction with other people became frequent, Rowy himself seemed to enjoy being alone. So when Rowy said he was going to the island, Joseph inwardly thought it was an excellent choice.

But to think he’s acting lonely now that he’s actually alone. Hahaha! Joseph burst into laughter again. Being finicky was just like someone born of a ducal family. Despite talking about being lonely or whatever, it was already Rowy’s second year on the island. Acting like this now was nothing else. Rowy was simply tired of island life.

“Just like you. So like you. So? What are you going to do? Do you want to come and stay here for a bit before you go?”

“No. When would I travel all that way…”

“I knew it. Then? If you’re lonely, what should you do? Why don’t you raise a dog or something?”

“A dog?”

Rowy’s eyes sparkled at the unexpected word.

“If you want, should I get you one with a good pedigree? No. Rather, I’ve heard that mutts are the ones overflowing with loyalty.”

“Loyalty?”

“Yeah. You’ve never raised a dog, have you? No. You probably haven’t even raised a hawk, at the very least.”

“Yeah.”

A hawk is something that nobles raise at least one of, or as many as dozens. It was because they were essential when hunting. Raising a hawk that hunts according to its master’s command was quite fun. Because of that, Joseph was also raising twelve hawks. The drawback was that they took more handiwork than expected. There was no way Rowy, who couldn’t even take good care of his own body, had raised a hawk.

“It’ll be fine. It doesn’t take as much work as a hawk, so leave the bothersome tasks to the servants, and you can just pet it when you’re lonely and go for walks. It would be good to hunt, too. It might even bite and bring back small things. Once they recognize you as their master, they don’t betray you either.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Should I look for a decent guy? Or it would be good for you to look for one yourself. Since it’s a relationship that will last a long time.”

“Yeah. I get it. I should do that. Thanks, Joseph.”

“Y-yeah.”

It was already the tenth year of his ill-fated relationship with Rowy. Joseph, who had heard the words ‘thank you’ twice today—words he hadn’t heard even once during that time—replied awkwardly and ended the call. However, Rowy, having achieved his purpose, no longer cared about someone like Joseph. He was completely thrilled at the thought of bringing in a cute and loyal dog.

Rowy had absolutely no interest in animals, but he roughly knew what a dog looked like. Rowy, spreading his wings of imagination to the fullest and imagining what would become his dog, headed outside in high spirits. It was because if he missed the tide, he wouldn’t be able to go out today. One unfortunate point was that Rowy had absolutely no idea where they sold dogs.

“Get the boat ready. We are going to the slave market.”

A dog or a slave. It was a thought that Rowy, a noble to his bones, would typically have. Thus, his first outing in a long time began.

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“I came to see a dog.”

“A dog… you say?”

Karl, the general manager of the slave market, continuously broke out in a cold sweat. The young man with brilliant silver hair and blue eyes was, Karl could guarantee, more beautiful than any bed slave he had ever handled until now. Comparing someone who was clearly a noble to a slave was a capital offense, but for Karl, who had lived his whole life seeing only slaves, there was nothing else to compare him to.

Well, they say people even curse the king where he isn’t present, so thinking it inwardly should be… but Karl, who was a commoner to his bones, couldn’t even straighten his back in front of the noble Rowy and continuously bowed and scraped.

“If it’s a dog…”

“You don’t know what a dog is?”

Rowy’s eyebrows twitched. Karl, hurriedly drawing in a breath, immediately guided Rowy.

“Oh, of course I know. Yes, yes, then are you looking for a female dog, or a male dog?”

“Hmm.”

Rowy pondered for a moment at the unexpected question. Right, dogs had genders too.

“Hmm, is it a male dog that has strong loyalty, after all?”

The only dogs that came to his mind were the hunting dogs he had seen during hunts. Rowy was completely unable to think that those fierce-looking things could be female. Rowy, recalling his own dog that would bite and bring back prey according to its master’s words, smiled lightly.

“Yes, yes, male dogs tend to have a lot of loyalty, after all.”

His face looks like an angel, but his tastes are nasty. Karl’s face turned pale. Rowy didn’t know what kind of wild misunderstanding Karl was having and was just purely thrilled.

‘The name of the hawk Joseph raised was Bean. Then should I call mine Van?’

It was a considerably half-hearted naming, but the important thing was this: that Rowy was giving a name. That a meaningful existence was being created for him.

Rowy’s mood floated high up in the sky. It was the moment he felt best recently, having suffered from depression. Rowy’s pace became faster and faster. At that, Karl, who was guiding him, opened a door on one side as if being pushed.

“It’s here. There are many, so please take your time looking and choose!”

“What is this?”

Rowy’s expression, which had been full of anticipation as he looked around, crumpled at once. In front of Rowy, young boys who were completely drugged were looking at Rowy with hazy gazes, barely covering their private parts.

“Do-don’t you like them? We’ve only gathered those with the finest beauty. They are well-trained, too.”

Karl wiped his sweat continuously at Rowy’s expression, which showed no signs of smoothing out. Karl was someone who dreamed of creating the best slave market on the continent, beyond Serafilla. It would be a big problem if it didn’t satisfy the noble gentleman’s taste. They had literally gathered only the best products, so if he couldn’t find what he wanted here, his reputation would drop significantly.

“Take a closer look! You’ll definitely like them. Hey! Bring that kid over here!”

At the sight of them picking up a child in an orderly fashion, Rowy’s face ultimately crumpled completely.

I came to buy a dog.