As the Northern Guardian and Northern Expedition Count, Perfikot naturally has the right to confer a knightly title, even if it means adding the word "Pioneer" in front.
This is her power as the Count of Exploration and Northern Guardian, and also the foundation for establishing her own system of governance and inner circle.
After all, if it were just Perfikot herself, no matter how capable she was, she couldn't develop the Northern Territory and establish a system of management by herself.
Under normal circumstances, a pioneering noble would recruit vassals and knights by promising land, thereby forming an army to delineate their territory through military occupation.
Then they would subdivide the promised parts of the occupied land to their subordinates, allowing them to govern the area and thereby establish a top-down hierarchical system of governance.
