History NightmareFuel / ChivalryOfAFailedKnight

* Stella's mood swings.
* Stella, when she's really angry, bursts into out of control red flames. Hope you aren't terrified of fire.

* Shizuku's {{yandere}} moments, especially when she learns about Ikki and Stella's relationship.

* Shizuya beating the crap out of Ikki at the end of volume 1 while intentionally avoiding fatal wounds just to drag out his suffering. Near the end, he was even going to shoot Ikki right in the heart. Good thing Ikki had a HeroicSecondWind at the last moment and caught the arrow.

--->'''Stella''': Prepare yourself! You disrespectful, creepy, crude, perverted little commoner! I will turn you into ashes all by myself! [''[[BurningWithAnger explodes into flames]]'']

** Especially in volume 1/episode 1 when she's going to burn Ikki for the earlier AccidentalPervert incident.

** At the end of Volume 7, [[spoiler:he crucified Shizuku to the wall with his swords]].

** He outright admits that he wants to watch Ikki suffer and break as he tries to climb his way to the top. There's even an illustration of his NightmareFace on the very same page as that statement.

* Bisho and his gang taking the women and children hostage and Stella doing a ShamefulStrip in front of Bisho.

* The whole Ethics Committee situation is arguably one of the darkest parts of the series. Ikki can usually think through opponents with terrifying powers, but he's nearly helpless against a KangarooCourt that wants to completely ruin his life, start a media campaign against him, isolate him from his friends, and slowly poison him. Since every member of the committee has a vested interest in slandering him, he can't say anything without them using InsaneTrollLogic to make him look more guilty, meaning he has to constantly choose his words as wisely as possible. By the time Ikki's match with Touka is about to start, he's barely hanging on to life and is in a HeroicBSOD due to fatigue, poison, and the shock of being rejected by his own father. The hearing portion of this arc is actually scarier than the prospect of facing [[OneHitKill Touka]] in a duel, since the former is similar to real life persecution while the latter's lightning fast swordplay is fantasy.

* Stella, when she's really angry, literally bursts into flames. Hope you aren't terrified of fire.

* The whole Ethics Committee situation is arguably one of the darkest parts of the series. Ikki can usually think through opponents with terrifying powers, but he's nearly helpless against a KangarooCourt that wants to completely ruin his life, start a media campaign against him, isolate him from his friends, and slowly poison him. Since every member of the committee has a vested interest in slandering him, he can't say anything without them using InsaneTrollLogic to make him look more guilty, meaning all he can do is wait helplessly. By the time Ikki's match with Touka is about to start, he's barely hanging on to life and is in a HeroicBSOD due to fatigue, poison, and the shock of being rejected by his own father. The hearing portion of this arc is actually scarier than the prospect of facing [[OneHitKill Touka]] in a duel, since the former is similar to real life persecution while the latter's lightning fast swordplay is fantasy.

* The whole Ethics Committee situation is arguably one of the darkest parts of the series. Ikki can usually think through opponents with terrifying powers, but he's nearly helpless against a KangarooCourt that wants to completely ruin his life, start a media campaign against him, isolate him from his friends, and slowly poison him. Since every member of the committee has a vested interest in slandering him, he can't say anything without them using InsaneTrollLogic to make him look more guilty. By the time Ikki's match with Touka is about to start, he's barely hanging on to life and is in a HeroicBSOD due to fatigue, poison, and the shock of being rejected by his own father. The hearing portion of this arc is actually scarier than the prospect of facing [[OneHitKill Touka]] in a duel, since the former is similar to real life persecution while the latter's lightning fast swordplay is fantasy.

* The whole Ethics Committee situation is arguably one of the darkest parts of the series. Ikki can usually think through opponents with terrifying powers, but he's nearly helpless against a KangarooCourt that wants to completely ruin his life, start a media campaign against him, isolate him from his friends, and slowly poison him. Since every member of the committee has a vested interest in slandering him, he can't say anything without them using InsaneTrollLogic to make him look more guilty. By the time Ikki's match with Touka is about to start, he's barely hanging on to life and in a HeroicBSOD due to the fatigue, poison, and shock of being rejected by his own father. The scary part is that this situation feels far more realistic than fighting powerful {{Magic Knight}}s and is similar to actual political persecution.

* The whole Ethics Committee situation is arguably one of the darkest parts of the series. Ikki can usually think through opponents with terrifying powers, but he's nearly helpless against a KangarooCourt that wants to completely ruin his life and subject him to slow torture and isolation. The scary part is that this situation feels far more realistic than fighting powerful {{Magic Knight}}s.

* Stella whenever she is enveloped in fire magic.

* Shizuya beating the crap out of Ikki at the end of volume 1.
* Kurato injuring Kaito to the point that the latter ended up hospitalized.

* In Volume 1, when Stella gets angry with Ikki about the incident in Kurono's office, she proceeds to attack him with his fire magic. Though it becomes NightmareRetardant when he complements her beauty, causing her to stop.

* In Volume 1, when Stella gets angry with Ikki about the incident in Kurono's office, she proceeds to attack him with his fire magic.

* Bisho and his gang taking the women and children hostage and Stella doing a ShamefulStrip in front of Bisho.