I was born in the Kingdom of Grimoard as the youngest of the kingdom's royal family.
My name was Ludwig Grimoard of the Grimoard royal family which was known for creating multiple swordmasters over the course of it's existence but i was still referred to as a prodigy. I had two brothers. One was named Théo Grimoard, who was born 8 years before me and the other was Alexandre Grimoard, who was born 5 years before me.
All three of us went through the same hellish training ever since we respectively reached 6 years old except for Théo, who trained when he was 9 years old, alongside Alexandre. All from the orders of our father, Charles Grimoard, the king of the Kingdom of Grimoard and the fourth swordmaster of Grimoard who was obsessed with making the family more powerful.
4 Years after I started my training, i was already starting to poke into the levels of the kingdom's knights while Théo, who was training 5 years earlier than me had just entered it and Alexandre was behind me in skill. From that point, my father started to give me more training and had started giving the orders to train me for magic at 10 years old while magic was typically trained to teenagers at the age of 16 at minimum due to it's need for a more complex thinking. But i was able to learn the basics in only half a year and became a mage apprentice in a year and a half after learning the basics while improving my swordsmanship into the levels of a knight's lieutenant.
when i was 16, i was finally able to become a full fledged mage and reached the 2nd circle and a swordsman whose skill matched that of a knight's general while others around me was only starting to learn magic and swordsmanship and i was given the title of prodigy all across the continent and i was transferred to the tower of mages to train magic under the wizard king, Yves Laurent, an 8th circle mage. alongside my uncle, Christophe Grimoard. The 7th swordmaster of Grimoard to train my swordsmanship.
Through the blood sweat and tears ive put in, i was able to become a swordmaster and a 6th circle mage at the age of 23 where i was on par with my uncle, who became a swordmaster at the age of 38 and two circles below the wizard king, who reached 6th circle at the age of 34. Then, while preparing to come back to the kingdom to officially be granted the title of swordmaster, the saint of the church of zenith, Saint Maxime the second received a revelation about the arrival of a demon king, sent by the chaos god to destroy worlds and started giving the information to every known countries and kingdoms across the continent. They had also received another revelation other than the arrival of the demons, and that is the reveal of the world's hero, Ludwig Grimoard.
As i was leaving in order to aide the world in it's crisis, the saint of the church of zenith alongside multiple high priests and priestesses and crusaders had stopped us in our path to inform me of my newly appointed title and demanded i followed them to meet the statue of zenith to receive the blessings and words of god.
I accepted their demands and changed where i was headed. After a journey that took 2 days and 1 night, we finally arrived at the church of zenith. It was a magnificent building made of white, clean marble. Beautiful windows made with stained glass and radiating a feeling of holy warmth. As i was observing the building in awe, the saint told me to follow him to meet the statue of zenith.
"Follow me to the statue and follow my actions, sir hero" said the saint
I followed him to the statue and followed his every actions and words. He kneeled and put his hands together and interlocked his fingers and so did i. He then started saying a prayer and once he stopped, i heard a voice in my head.
"Welcome, child. You have been chosen to be the hero of this world for your talents and diligence. You are the only one who can stop the demon king from destroying this world." said the mysterious voice which i deduced to be god.
"what is it that i need to do, god?" i replied.
"I will be giving you the blessing of health, the blessing of strength and the blessing of the holy to assist you in defeating the demon king. He will arrive upon this world in the capital of Grimoard, the place you were born in. You have 2 years to train your abilities and to be able to wield holy powers under the guidance of the saint. Then, you shall defeat the demon king", Said god.
As i was replying, i felt a sensation ive never felt before. My whole body felt as though it was submerged in hot spring. My wounds and fatigue healing and my magic and body getting refined as i breathe. I was speechless.
"Farewell and good luck, my child, I will talk with you again", said god, before going silent.
I then stood up and maxime asked me, "How was the blessing of the holy? does it feel as though your whole body is filled with warmth?"
. "Yes", i replied. "That is you being able to receive holy powers given by god, you can control it almost the same way you can mana. I will train you and I hope you can be on my level before the demon king arrives."
"I will do my best, Saint Maxime." i replied. Then, he showed me, Christophe and Yves to our respective rooms to rest.
Once the next morning arrived, during breakfast, We started discussing on what to do in order to train, and decided that I would train to be a holy knight with the abilities of a magic swordmaster who reached the 8th circle and the ability to harness and use holy energy on par with the Saint.
We then decided that we would be training in the capital of Grimoard to do research and familiarize ourselves with the surroundings of the capital of Grimoard in order to gain an upperhand against the demon king in the future. After we had breakfast, we started to head for The Kingdom of Grimoard's capital, Gloire.