Names

A notification came up to Jason as he watched Lady Megra announce the platoon name.

[your platoon has been granted the platoon name (wolves of the rose)]

[all members of the platoon will be given a blessing from the divine protector of the rose household]

A gust of wind burst through the hallway and into the large chamber where the platoon stood. Jason was able to catch a glimpse of something in the gust of wind. It was mostly comprised of rose red, a speck of light green and a few tints of yellow.

The being that created the gust of wind hovered over Lady Megra who sat in her chair and revealed its self.

Everyone craned to look at the creature that hovered over the lady of the rose household.

Jason's eyes widened as he saw the creature. It was a bird, that's right a bird and a beautiful bird at that. It was about the size of a basketball and a red energy emanated from it and covered the bird and anything within 10 meters of it.

The bird seemed to direct its gaze at the platoon. Its sharp eyes taking in all of them as it hovered over Lady Megra like a protector.

Jason remembered seeing inscriptions of the bird everywhere in the rose household mansion. At the entrance was actually a sculpture that really resembled the creature.

It had two elegant wings that spread in a glorious plumage of red feathers with small hints of gold and light green. Its beak orange like the color of fire and its talons cold and grey like metal. It had a crown of feathers on the back of its head that shone with the rose color that the rose household embodied.

Jason was enthralled at the beauty of the bird as it closed its eyes and seemed to focus on something.

And as suddenly as it arrived a burst of petals flew out of the bird's wings. Some of the petals were orange, others bright red some were even yellow.

The petals flew around the entire chamber like a hurricane of petals surrounding the platoon that was now kneeling in the middle of the chamber.

The bird opened its eyes, its orange irised eyes that looked at the entire platoon. Somehow the creature was able to convey intentions without saying anything outloud.

The petals of all colors seemed to be attracted to the platoon members flying around them and sometimes trying to fly close to them like as if they had a mind of their own. But an invisible force pulled them back into the hurricane of petals that were flying around them.

Somehow the entire platoon knew that the bird itself was holding the petals back from entering the trainees. It looked at them, and a small quiet voice spoke in their heads, asking if they were worthy of its power.

The rose knights didn't answer but let the achievements they had speak for themselves. From when they fell and lost sight of a rose knight's code to when they picked themselves back up and rose to save an entire city.

The guardian then questioned their loyalty, if they were going to use its blessing for evil.

The entire platoon answered the question in their hearts with a roaring passion, the memories of the person they trusted as their leader standing in front of them covered in the blood of their comrades and other innocent lives. They had been betrayed, they all knew the crushing emotion that one felt when one they trusted left their side. They all swore to never do the same.

The bird seemed to be taken aback at the roaring anger and loyalty that came from the platoon. But it wasn't taken aback because of disgust or anything it was taken aback because this was the most honest and passionate group of trainees it had ever seen.

Sure they were labeled as the failed group. The loser group that had made the entire rose household ashamed. But they stood in this chamber with something that the rest of the rose knights didn't have. They were forged in the fires of failure.

The protector of the rose household closed its eyes, it could see why Lady Megra had named them the reborn roses.

And with a simple command, the roses stopped circulating around the platoon and instead rushed into the platoon members' chests even the wolves had a petal fly into their foreheads.

[the protector of the rose household has granted the wolves a minor blessing]

The platoon members all gasped in surprise as foreign energy entered into them. But after a few quick seconds, the petal dissipated into pure energy and entered into their veins and energy streams. Refreshing, expanding, and building up something inside of them.

Some clenched their fists feeling the intense grip and strength that was now given to them. Some easily thought that they had their strength increased by a third, the blue barrack members sensed their mana flowing through their bodies like a stream instead of the clogged pipes they were before.

The green barrack members' eyes darted around the room amazed at their increased senses and vision.

The platoon members may have thought that that was the entire blessing, but in fact, that was only the side effect. The real blessing was only planted, a small seed that had been placed into the soil waiting to grow into full bloom.

But something happened to some people. A rose petal didn't enter them, one of them was Jason. He wept internally complaining that even the wolves got some of the weird petal things.

Jason looked around to see multiple other people without petals. Jason saw Ardem the green barrack leader still kneeling, Jitsuryoku who looked around awkwardly, Jamie the person who had stayed back to heal the people in the village, and the entire Blue 2 team without any blessings from the protector of the rose household.

Lady Megra made eye contact with each of the members that didn't have a blessing and gave a smile, she looked down to Charlie who she had just knighted, and said in a dignified voice

" I now name you Sir Charlie, I hereby grant you the title (holy knight)"

[Charlie has been granted the title (holy knight) benefits unknown]

A golden light appeared on the head of Charlie, a petal that emitted a shining light revealed itself as it slowly floated down to Charlie.

Charlie resisted the urge to look back at Lady Megra as she granted him the title. Lady Megra saw his shoulder shake as he bestowed the title on him and she gave a soft whisper to him as he accepted the title while trembling

"its time for you to face your past Charlie"

Charlie didn't answer, but his head was down as he thought heavily on what Lady Megra had said.

Lady Megra watched Charlie return back to the ranks of the platoon with a concerned expression on her face. But she had to continue

"Jitsuryoku" she said and the bearer of that name quickly saluted and walked to the front like a robot thanks to his overwhelming sense of nervousness.

Jitsuryoku stood in front of Lady Megra stiff like a board and as straight as a ruler.

Lady Megra continued

"I hereby grant you the title (protector) may you protect your platoon members like how you protect your family"

A brown colored petal that had the color of the earth surrounded in a dense strong energy fell upon him.

Jitsuryoku saluted and walked back.

"Ardem Marbletail"

Ardem walked calmly to the front and kneeled

"I hereby grant you the title of (swift-footed) may you always alert your platoon of the enemies position while dealing deadly blows to your enemies"

A light green petal appeared above Ardem's head. It gave off a strong gust of wind that seemed to emanate from the glowing green petal. It flew into Ardem and he stood up and walked back into the platoon ranks, but Jason noticed that he had a slight jump in his step.

"Jamie"

Jamie went to the front and lady megra spoke

"I hereby grant you the title of (healer of many) may you always take care of those around you like how you care for the injured"

A soft warm petal wrapped in a calming yellow and green light flew into his body.

"Lyle"

Lyle walked over normally, maybe he was used to situations like these because he was originally part of a noble household.

"I hereby grant you the title of (swift blade)"

A fiery red petal with mixes of purple flew into Lyle

"Colby"

Colby walked over and kneeled, everyone followed him with their eyes still amazed at hearing his voice

"I hereby grant you the title of (iron wall)"

A metallic grey petal with mixes of brown and gold flew into Colby's chest

Lady Megra then called out the two twins

"Ethan and Mark"

"I hereby grant you two the title of (Gemini)"

2 Petals flew to them both of them were split in half on one side being a royal blue while the other was a sharp red.

And finally with Lady Megra looked at Jason who was the only one in the room without a blessing and smilled

"Jason, please come up"