Young Sain Forth has it made; as the famed Holy Knight, he has the people's love, the respect of kings, and the blessings of a literal goddess. His aspirations lie elsewhere, though. With his assistant Melia at his side, he leaves for an academy in a foreign kingdom, where he is treated as a deviant by his peers. It's his own fault, mind you—his stubborn insistence on wearing a custom, all-black uniform makes him stick out. He isn't the only outcast in his class: Alicia, born into the Clan of Light but unable to use anything but fire magic, faces similar struggles, and the two quickly become allies. Alicia proposes that they enter the labyrinth below the school in search of a holy sword, but Sain has other plans in mind: a doom sword. And so, with his friends in tow, Sain ventures into the perilous unknown, driven by a wish to become the coolest, edgiest, most awesome thing in existence: a Dark Knight. There's just one problem. He can't use dark magic. Like, at all. ___ [Official English Translation of the Light Novel](https://j-novel.club/s/the-holy-knight-s-dark-road)

Ned is a young man who has been behind many of the world's greatest achievements, wielding a weapon known as "human networking". One day, however, he is judged by the selfish king to be a liability and expelled from the heroes' party. Ned decides to start from scratch as an adventurer. However, his life as an adventurer is naturally far from ordinary, as he is adored and connected with everyone, from the leader of the knights to the princess of the mermaid tribe... "Can I get help from the Wisdom King and the Great Sage to find this person?" Meanwhile, the king is coming to a realization: the heroes' party was full of capable, but incredibly problematic children, and that it was Ned that kept them reined in...

A video game geek has been reincarnated as Luke, the hero of the epic RPG Legend of Spirit. With a gifted character and perfect knowledge of the game, his goal was a perfect and complete happy ending that surpassed the original story. However, the hero's mission was too heavy for an ordinary person to bear. It was too easy for something important to fall away. In this world, expediency does not happen. If Luke does not hold the sword, the world will be destroyed. So the boy puts on a mask and plays the hero, Luke.