24 Ceremony
Knocking on the door of Fugeleon's office, Zakai gave a salute before saying
"You called sir?"
Fuegleon got his hand and placed it onto my shoulder
"You've been promoted to 3rd class Junior magic knight and you are expected to go to the war merits conference"
Zakai froze up, before looking at the tall Fuegelon and freezing "What!"
"Keep serving the clover kingdom and make it proud," Fugeleon said
"Sir, what exactly is a war merits conference?" Zakai forgot because he read it in a book long ago
"The War Merits Conferment Ceremony is an annual event where Magic Knights that have produced multiple excellent results are chosen to rank up in the scale of the 5 magic knight tiers." Fugeleon looked at me "You understand the importance, no?"
Sighing, Zakai said
"Who will be there?"
"I don't know, but my younger brother will be there." Fugeleon said, "Just keep an eye on him, okay?"
the younger brother of Fugeleon, Leopold Vermillon. Leopold is a brash person who likes to act without properly thinking about his action, and is a mixture of his older sister and his older brother, Fugeleon vermillion and Merelona Vermilion
thinking of Mereleona, Zakai had shivers crawl down his spine. shes described as the second most powerful person in the kindgom, with the largest mana pool and strongest fire magic ever to crawl in the clover kindgom
Fire magic was common, so what made her different? while wind magic is common, the spells and passion that the user shows influence the spells they get from a grimoire. a spell is what diffrates normal fire magic to the strongest. she's a battle-hungry queen, with the most powerful fire magic to boot thanks to her spells
Grimoire is affected by emotions. if you feel rage over something, or the will to protect something, a new spell may arise to help your need
"What are the benefits of being higher class?" Zakai asked Fugeleon, who said "Higher pay, greater fame and more influence in things in politics."
Politics bores Zakai, it is nothing more than corrupt nobles trying to entice the people for more power.
higher pay will probably just be donated to charity, and greater fame means he's more likely to be assassinated by some noble that thinks hes a threat
"Whipee-doo!" Zakai said with a dead expression, rolling his eyes
"When will it be held?"
"This evening."
"𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥" Zakai couldn't help but think, walking out of the office
he will just lay it low, and stay out of the attention of others at the party
"Yuno and asta will probably get promoted too." Zakai thought, humming
he wanted to do some joy rides with the new magic he got, Transmutation magic
without a spell, it seemed like it can turn something into something else along as mana is present
the change is Psychical, as the material is changed overall and it's not just a disguised item
As such, Zakai made a set of needles, which some fancy nobles call "Senbon" but he will call them needles
"I need new magic and new spells." Zakai assessed his weakness and wanted to overcome it.
the problem with mars was there was nothing that could destroy his crystals, with them being too hard and temperature resistant. not to mention, the power was nothing to scoff at too
"Mhm." Zakai was scanning the magic he noted down and saw a new toy he could mess around with
"Scythe creation." Zakai was always interested in a scythe
Creating it, Zakai watched as a scythe 2x the size of his body appeared, making a reverberation on the ground once it fell onto it
the scythe was large, and had the colour scheme of black and blue, Zakai's favourite colours
the scythe was ghostly, almost like it wasn't made out of Psychical matter as the appearance of the scythe seemed like gas, but Zakai knew it was not
"How is that supposed to represent my soul? the bow was different in colour and appearance
(Image of the scythe in the description, how am I supposed to explain this?)
Zakai went to the test range, where all of his fellow squadmates were staring at the massive scythe with fear in their eyes
"Let's test this bad boy." Zakai didn't know what the power of this scythe was, but something tells him it's not to be looked down
Inputting mana and swinging it, a replica of the scythe was created but made out of pure energy as it shot towards the dummy, cutting it and the wall behind it
"I need a better place to train." Zakai though, walking through a portal and going to the forest near the capital
Feeling his book, talk to him, Zakai listened before smiling
"I see," Zakai said, welp that busted
cutting down with his scythe, Zakai watched as the scythe didn't do leave anything behind, but watched as it absorbed the mana
Zakai fliped the scythe and touched the bottom of it, making a crisp bell sound erupt as the place he cut in made a suction in the middle of the air. throwing a log into it, Zakai watched as it cut through the log and disappeared
"I can make these as a trap." Zakai thought. the only problem is that there easy to detect with mana sensing
it seemed that the scythe cut through the air and rip time, making a suction out of it that pulls unsuspecting foes into it, tearing them up
the cut in space disappeared in 2 seconds, however, but he could control when it goes off
"Trap magic on steroids." Zakia thought, going back to his quarters and getting ready for the knighting ceremony shit or whatever
Zakai wasn't an introvert, but events like these made him want to crawl into a pit
Looking at his Amber eyes, Zakai nodded
"Aren't I handsome?" Zakai jested, before Opening a spatial gate and teleporting towards the venue the event is held in,
the venue the ceremony was being held was the magic kingdom's building, in a large hall
Zakai sighed, seeing a large group of people in front of the doors
The squad consisted of all nobles, some from the arrogant Nozel royal family, some from Golden Dawn and a boy having the signature eyeliner of the vermillion household
Looking around, Zakai stood silently with the others watching as the Nozel siblings, Nebra and solid, 2 notable members of the silva household were trying to scout Zakai's family relationship
A boy came up to me and cheered
"You that peasant Big bro was on about!"
Zakai wanted to dig a hole and shove his head into it as the rest of the nobles were muttering about filthy peasents
Zakai nodded seeing the boy
"In my eyes, your nothing but a weakling until you fight me," Leopard said, giving a toothy grin
Yeah, no wonder he's considered to have the personality of her
"We can spar separately from this event." Zakai said, "Isnt Fuegleon meant to be coming to the event as well?"
"Yeah, big bro was busy with personal matters." Leopard but his hands behind his back in a carefree manner
Nozel and Charlotte were here to oversee the ceremony of their right hand and left-hand personnel
The door opened, Leading the nobles and Zakai to walk in while idly chatting to Leopard. although he is a bit rash, He's a nice guy
Seeing the people bow in designated spots, Zakai went to his and bowed, not knowing if he did it right
"Fuck etiquette" Zakai muttered under his breath, causing Leopard to break his bow and laugh
"Yeah, I don't like it either."
Noel's eye pierced both of them "Have some respect."
Feeling some mana try to press down on him, Zakai broke it along as Leopard said
"Stop trying to bully me because big bro isn't here!"
Feeling a strong mana wave, Zakai immediately went down to bowing as a man came in, followed by Asta, Yuno, Noelle, Klaus and Mimosa
Zakai got his first look at the magic king
Julius was a tall, middle-aged man with short messy blond hair and purple eyes. One of his notable features is a blue six-pointed star on the left side of his forehead. the man radiated in a strong mana
although you would expect a man with such powerful magic and a high position to be arrogant, Julius is described as a kind man that isn't so kind on the battlefield. he is also described as a magic nerd , even so much to recruit people not based on social status but rare magic. he was also the squad leader of the Aqua deers before he moved onto becoming a magic king and rill taking his place much later
Julius gave Zakai a secret glance before walking behind a podium, followed by his advisor, a person that uses communication magic
he didn't waste any time, before saying
"Now then, let us begin the decoration Ceremony." He said, causing the rest of the nobles to bow deeper
Zakai didn't miss the disdainful glances the silva twins shot at Noelle
Zakai didn't care however, as people were starting to get called up
