"nephew" status aside, the talk about kidnapping is rich coming from him since he admitted he would have kidnapped her from the forest if she didn't end up voluntarily going back home.
I do appreciate that he respect her choice instead of talking her out of it like the others in that hall. though the malice from the other knights to her own knight protector in broad daylight, the immediate resolution and a additional vow of loyalty...
thanks for the chapter. hopefully there is more substantial development with the OP child MC.