The Slave of the Black Knights

For as long as he can remember, fortune has never once smiled upon him. Within the ranks of a prestigious chivalric order, he labors day after day like a slave, throwing himself into danger while those above him quietly claim every reward and every ounce of recognition his efforts should have earned. His achievements are stolen, his devotion is repaid with exploitation, and years of faithful service have amounted to nothing more than grinding servitude. Then everything changes the day a small girl approaches him, calmly introducing herself as a guild master and offering him a place in her guild. He takes the invitation lightly at first, half convinced it must be a joke—surely such a young child could not possibly lead anything. But when she reveals a staggering sum as advance payment, the absurd proposal becomes impossible to dismiss, and he finally resolves to abandon the order that has used him for so long. Upon arriving at the guild, he is met with a welcome beyond anything he dared imagine: even the title of S-rank has been prepared just for him. This is the success story of a man born under an unlucky star at last seizing the life he was always denied.