Into the bosom of the Hogan family was born a child prodigy named Aldis.
Rarely in the Ideal Empire were prodigies born, and even more so in families of merchants and not knights.
Aldis knew from an early age that his call in life was to be a famous swordsman.
At a young age he beat several master swordsmen, his magic was also rare in his country, so he felt that he would become a promising young man in the future.
However, reality proved otherwise.
A tall, big-muscled, bearded man led him into a room with another group of men wearing black armor like his own.
"Let me introduce you to your companions, they are all Dark Knights like you."
"Oh, that's the new one huh, I'm Curtis."
"Well, you look better than I thought you would, Estarossa here."
"Solomon."
He knew what it meant to be a dark knight, but he never imagined there would be more than one except for Solomon, the first dark knight.