"Secret Knight?" Amber had never heard of such a term before—after all, she had only just about straightened out the overt aristocratic structure of the old kingdoms, and knew nothing about these obviously more secretive and special titles and ranks. "What do they do? Stealth users with clumsy hands like you?"
"...Not quite," Dark Raven had only been in actual contact with this new boss for a few days, finding it quite difficult to adapt to her pace of speech. He paused for a moment before responding, "Secret Knights are a collective name for undisclosed secret nobility—royal shadow guards who have rendered special meritorious service, Transcendents with blemishes but are under the King's protection, and those who directly serve the King as 'Dark Hands.' There are always people who work for the King in secret, gaining his trust, but for various reasons, cannot have their identities made public. These people are referred to as 'Secret Knights.'"
