The light novels have sold 1.5 million print copies by February 2017. The first volume was released on July 15, 2013. The two make up for each other's weaknesses and form a relationship while training to become great knights.
The story is set in a fantasy world where the titular 'failed knight' Ikki Kurogane meets Stella Vermillion, who is considered a prodigy. 'The Heroic Tales of the Failure Knight', also known as A Tale of Worst One by the English title in the anime version) is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Won.
Chivalry of a Failed Knight ( Japanese: 落第騎士の 英雄譚 ( キャバルリィ ), Hepburn: Rakudai Kishi no Kyabarurii, lit.
