Christian Schweiker. As the son of a fallen noble, no better than a commoner, he soon distinguished himself frighteningly quickly. 

Duke Dominic Florian was another prominent man in the same generation. Because of that, he had competed with Duke Schweiker countless times since they were young, but Duke Florian was unable to beat him. Counting both official and non-official matches, they had crossed their swords more than 30 times, but Duke Florian had never won. 

And as time passed, forget about winning, Duke Florian could feel a greater gap in ability between the two of them. The last time they had fought was ten years ago, and in that duel, Duke Florian had only lasted 20 exchanges before he lost his sword and fell into a shock. Duke Schweiker hadn’t even considered him as a rival; Schweiker was at a completely different level from himself. That was when Duke Florian realized that he would never be able to win against Duke Schweiker in his entire life. 

The best knight in the Empire was Duke Christian Schweiker. 

The best teacher in the Empire was Duke Hector Sebastian.

This became solidified in the heads of the citizens in the Empire until it became common sense. There were even occasions where a knight of...