In the morning, Mathias woke up as the sun's light spilled into his room.
As he sat up in his bed and looked out the window, he heard a knock on his door.
He got up and opened it to find a burly, tall knight in golden armor standing there.
The knight wore the royal insignia on his chest, indicating that he was a Knight of the King, a powerful force directly under the king's command.
These knights were even more powerful than the Dragon Knights, as they had the authority to have a wyvern as a companion if they so chose.
They were the Loyal Knights of the King.
"Prince Mathias," the knight said, bowing slightly in a formal greeting to the royal family.
This was an old rule that the ancestors of the royal family had set, although it had become more relaxed over time and was now l
