Chivalry of a Failed Knight: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 5] by Riku Misora

Author:Riku Misora
Language: eng
Format: epub

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“There we go,” Ikki said as he finished cleaning up Stella’s wound with a first aid kit he’d pulled out of his drawer.

“You’re surprisingly good at this.”

“I’ve been living alone since I was in middle school, so I had to learn how to take care of most things by myself.”

I couldn’t bear staying in that house for a second longer, Ikki thought to himself with a small sigh, and Stella gave him a searching look.

“The director told me about you, Ikki.”

“She did?”

“She told me how your family—and how this school—treats you.”

“She... I can’t believe she goes around divulging personal information like that. Sorry. You probably didn’t want to hear such a depressing story.”

“That doesn’t bother me at all. More importantly, I want to know something.”

“What’s up?”

“Why are you still trying to become a knight despite facing such harsh opposition?”

“Why do you want to know that?”

“I-It’s not because I want to learn more about you or anything, okay?! Don’t get too full of yourself! I was just curious why a crappy Blazer like you with barely any mana and no talent would try so hard to become a knight! That’s all!”

“It’s almost refreshing how blunt you are.”

Well, I guess it’s not something I’m trying to hide.

His reasons were a bit embarrassing to say out loud, but if Stella really wanted to know, Ikki didn’t mind telling her.

“There’s someone I admire. And I want to become like them.”

“Who? Wait, is it Samurai Ryouma?”

He was the most likely hero someone from the Kurogane family would use as a role model. Ikki had expected Stella to mention him as well.

“Yep, that’s right. As you know, I never had any talent as a Blazer. To my parents and relatives, I was the unwanted child of the family. For generations, the Kurogane family has produced outstanding Mage-Knights, so a talentless kid like me was a stain on the family name. I wasn’t allowed to attend the mana control lectures even children from the branch family got to go to, and I wasn’t allowed to sit with everyone else during the big, yearly family gathering that happened every year. They always locked me in my room.”

“Since you can’t do anything, don’t do anything.”

Those were the words Ikki’s father had said to him when he’d turned five years old. They were also the last words he’d ever said to Ikki. In fact, from that day on, Ikki’s father hadn’t even deigned to look at him. And since he was the head of the family, everyone else had followed suit.

The entire clan had acted as if he simply didn’t exist. It had been suffocating. At times, Ikki had wished he truly could disappear forever.

“But that was when Ryouma-san spoke to me.”

Kurogane Ikki remembered that snowy day like it was yesterday. It was New Year’s, and his family had come together for their annual gathering. Naturally, he had found the atmosphere oppressive. Even staying in his room had been painful since he could hear the cheerful voices of everyone in the living room.

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