Virgin Knight: I Became the Frontier Lord in a World Ruled by Women

is a Japanese light novel series written by Michizo and illustrated by Melon22. It began serialization on Kadokawa Corporation's Kakuyomu website in February 2021. It was later acquired by Overlap who began publishing it under their Overlap Bunko imprint in August 2022. A manga adaptation illustrated by Kotatsu Yanase began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website in May 2023.

Plot A modern-day Japanese man is reincarnated as Sir Faust von Polidoro, a landholder and mighty warrior in a world resembling 13th century Central Europe, except that women outnumber men nine-to-one. His military exploits in service to his beloved late mother's fief bring him to the romantic attentions of Anhalt's royal family, while he learns of a potential apocalyptic threat from the Far East.

Media Light novel Written by Michizo, Virgin Knight: I Became the Frontier Lord in a World Ruled by Women began serialization on Kadokawa Corporation's Kakuyomu website on February 24, 2021. It was later acquired by Overlap who began publishing the series with illustrations by Melon22 under its Overlap Bunko light novel imprint on August 25, 2022. Seven volumes have been released as of July 20, 2026. The series is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Manga A manga adaptation illustrated by Kotatsu Yanase began serialization on Overlap's Comic Gardo website on May 10, 2023. The manga's chapters have been collected into three tankōbon volumes as of December 2025. The manga adaptation is also licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Reception The series was ranked second in the bunkobon category at the 2022 Next Light Novel Awards and third in the same category in the 2023 edition.

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