There were many changes that occurred within the Raevender Queendom this recently; one of those was our new naming system. It had been several days since the implementation of the law, and the majority of our population already had their own last names.
Naturally, there were still others who stubbornly stuck with not having a surname, refusing to cooperate with the change. The implementation was stated to be mandatory, and they had no choice but to follow in the end.
Even though they agreed to get along, they were not taking it seriously since they thought it would not work. However, because they assumed that this last name stuff was only temporary, we had some of the funniest and silliest surnames on the continent.
As stated before, the number of names in a person's identity determined their social status. This naming system still segregated the classes of people in the society.
Common people had two names; crazy rich merchant families and knight peerage, such as baronets, could have three; nobles, from barons to archdukes, bore four names, that included the nobiliary particle; and royals possessed five, also including the nobiliary name.
The names were imprinted on each individual's official identification card. For our nation, the cards that were issued from the Raevender Dungeon. Once their names had been set, it would then reflect on their status boards afterwards.
By the way, the name on a person's status board was based on what was written on their dungeon cards. That was why monsters were mostly nameless.
But how did I already have a name when I was still a child and cardless? Apparently, the world itself somewhat subconsciously recognized the identity that one's parents had given them even without a card and put it on the status board by default.
Along with the naming system, we also made some amendments to some existing laws. For example, the age of consent and how old an individual was to be considered legal.
In most of the human nations on this continent, the age of consent was thirteen years old for both human males and females, while the legal age to get married was fifteen. Since I used to live in a modern society back on Earth, I found it quite unsettling, so I noted to myself to do something about it.
In the Queendom of Raevender, we raised the age of consent to fifteen and the legal age to eighteen years old. That regulation also applied for a few other races with a similar maturity rate as humans, like the beastfolk.
"Good evening, Dane."
Good evening to you too... Your Highness."
We greeted one another as soon as Dane locked the door of my room after she came in. I was sitting at the edge of my bed while she just awkwardly stood before me with her modest white nightgown.
"Come on, you don't have to address me Your Highness all the time, you know? I want you to call me by my name when we are alone."
"...I got it, Raphael."
She said with a lovely smile, but it did not seem like she was forcing herself, which was good.
"Um...should we start?" She asked.
"Well, I love to, but there is something I want to do before we start." I responded and then patted the bed a few times. "Let's sit together, Dane."
"If you say so..."
Dane walked forward before she sat on the bed next to me. I could sense that she was wondering what we would do.
I did not know how she would react to what I would say, but we were here, and I could not back out now.