Chapter 1
It was a beautiful day in the tavern, multiple gray knights were seated down in small groups. Their lively chatter can be heard all around, weather they were dancing, drinking, or practicing their weapons.
The gray knights signifies that they’re a beginner knights, only learning basic magic like summoning arrows from above. If they’re able to train to their full power, they would receive an element and a color that matches.
But in those groups of gray knights, there was a group that stood out in the tavern. These four knights were highly trained than the others. Each knight held magic that represents their colors. Raidon, the red knight, and the leader of the group. His lightning personality matches with his element. A charming smile laced his lips as he played with his lightning magic.
Aconite, the green knight, the second member to be formed in the group. Wielding poison magic, he can poison his enemies to the point they’re left dead. He’s known for being the grumpiest of the group.
He turned his gaze to see two of his other teammates, watching one playing with fire while the other sat in silence while eating. Jokul, the blue knight. Known for being the calm and collected one of the group. He holds the power of ice magic, freezing his enemies on the battlefield. And last but not least, Jokul’s best friend, Cyrus.
Being the orange knight, he holds the power of fire magic. The use of it helps him burn his enemies to the ground, turning them into dust. Holding cocky personality, he was the loudest of the four. “Do you think we’re going to do something today?” Cyrus questioned, waiting for his teammate’s response.
“I don’t know, the village’s been in peace for the last few years.” Raidon replied before a wide smile stretched on his lips. “But I heard that we’re gonna have a new knight.”
Cyrus beamed at the news, there hasn’t been a new knight in a while. “Do you know what magic they hold?”
The questioned came from Aconite, seeing a glint of interests in his dark green eyes. “Not yet, but I’ve heard that they’re very powerful. I heard rumors about the new knight having rare magic.” he informed.
“Do you think we’re going to see them today?” questioned the orange knight, earning a shrug from the leader. Jokul couldn’t but chuckle at his best friend’s eagerness. It’s been a while since they’ve trained with a new knight.
“We’ll just have to wait and see...” Cyrus whined at the little information of the new knight, wanting to see how powerful they were. That was until they heard a small commotion coming from the front of the tavern.
Directing their eyes to the entrance, they see a crowd of grey knights surrounding someone. As a few of them went away, it revealed to be the new knight. They wore the same armor as them, but with hints of the color pink.
A toothy smile was plastered on their lips, adding to your beauty. You greeted the grey knights as you shook their hands. In front of your armor was a light pink heart, it was different from the usual plus sign. “It’s them!” Cyrus shouted with excitement before dashing towards the pink knight.
He watched the new knight’s eyes slightly widen when he ran up to them, making sure to stand a few feet in front of them. “Hi! You must be the new knight! It’s been so long since we had a new knight.” he pushed his hand out to greet them. “I’m Cyrus.”
A gentle smile laced the pink knight’s lips before taking the hand and shaking it. “[Name]. You must be the fire knight?” you replied, earning a grin from orange.
“Sure is! C’mon, I want you to meet the others.” he nearly dragged you towards his teammates.
Once you guys stepped towards the table, you examined the group. These were the highly trained knights that you knew of. “Guys, this is [Name]!” announced Cyrus, watching you greet them with a wave. “It’s nice to meet you, [Name]. I’m Raidon, the leader of this group.” spoke the red knight.
He flashed you a charming smile before pointing to the other two knights. “This is Aconite, the grumpy one. But don’t mind him, he’s actually softie.” he spoke in a teasing tone, chuckling at the annoyed green knight.
He greeted you with a nod of respect, seeing that you were pretty powerful to become an elemental knight. Even though he didn’t know what magic you held, he still had to respect the hard work.
“And this is Jokul, he’s the most chilled one out of the group.” the pun earned him a chuckle from you and an annoyed groan from the blue knight.
“It’s nice to meet you, [Name].” Jokul greeted with a polite and smooth tone. The red knight then pulled up a seat for you to sit, ready to converse with you.
“So how long have you’ve been a knight, [Name]?” questioned the green knight. “I’ve been a knight for a few years ago.” you replied, watching the lightning knight eyes widen.
“How come we haven’t seen you then? We could’ve train so much!”
Your gentle smile slightly faltered but regains its brightness. You explained that you were going through some things and also having to train for that matter. Your explanation peaked Aconite’s interest, wanting to see how strong you were with your magic.
“Is it okay if we could see how strong you were?” he questioned, his tone filled with excitement. You gave him a nod before stepping away from the table before going to one of the test dummies.
They watched carefully as your hand formed into a fist and cocked it back. Using enough force, you delivered a blow to the scenter of it. Once the blow made impact, bits and pieces of the test dummy flew in different directions. The test dummy had a hole in its chest. Cheers from the gray knights echoed in the tavern, causing the four main knights interests peak even more.
They couldn’t wait to see what magic you held. “That was so cool!” shouted Cyrus, but Jokul quickly calmed him down.
“They pack a lot of power. They would make a great member to the team.” spoke the blue knight, earning a nod from the leader.
“Hold on, we can’t just jump into that. They may be powerful, but we still don’t know what magic they hold.” stated the green night.
Raidon gave him a confused expression before a sly smirk laced his lips. “Oh? So you’re willing to spar with them?” he teased. Practically everyone in the tavern knows that Aconite was one of the strongest and toughest knights here.
Many knights have attempted to challenge the poisoned powered knight, but all of them had failed. The only ones that were on par with him was his teammates. Making your way back to the table, you sat back down.
You felt someone gently nudge your side, seeing that Radon wanted to speak to you. “Do you want to challenge this guy over here?” he questioned while pointing to the green knight. He explained about him being the toughest knight.
“Sure, I don’t mind.” you answered a gentle smile. Aconite and Jokul began to take in your appearance. Your gentle smile complimented your features, but there was something deeper in your eyes. They couldn’t figure it out, but something was behind your gentle expression.
Aconite waved his hand over to the training grounds that was behind him. You both get up from the table and make your way towards the training grounds. Jokul, Raidon, and Cyrus followed behind the both of you. “Who you thinks gonna win?” questioned the fire knight.
“We really can’t decide, we really haven’t been training for quite a while.” stated the ice knight.
“I don’t know as well, but I hoped they’ll be able to join our team. Having another strong teammate and sparring partner would be spectacular.” the leader added.
The tree stood from the sidelines, watching you and Aconite stand from different sides, stern expressions plastered their faces. They all felt an odd feeling of jealousy inside their chest, but they brushed it off.
“For the first round, we’re going to do hand-to-hand combat. And for the second round, we’ll use our weapons and magic.” You gave the poison knight a nod, making you both get into a defensive stance. Dark green eyes stared into yours, waiting for you to make a move.
When the time was right, Aconite made the first move. Dashing towards you, he threw the first punch, but you easily tilted your head to dodge. Throwing out multiple punches, wanting to test out your reflexes, you successfully dodged them all before aiming a blow to the gut.
The green knight quickly recovered and thrusted a kick towards you, but you countered it by catching his leg and throwing him to the ground. You quickly followed the attack with a punch, but he quickly rolled over, making your punch land to the ground.
The knights on standby watched in shock as you made a crack on the floor. With quickness, you launched towards him and landed blow to his jaw, causing him to stumble back a bit. Dodging his sloppy punch, you aimed a hard kick to his side, hear a pained groan emit from him.
Throwing out another barrage of punches, you made your best to dodge them all, but the green knight had found an opening. Aiming a quick blow to your stomach, he tried to aim a blow to your jaw, but you caught his hand. Twisting his arm, he fell to the ground, dirt particles flew everywhere.
Still having his hand lock, you aimed multiple punches at his face, only landing a few. Raising your leg to deliver an axe kick, Aconite’s eyes widen before snatching his hand out of your hold and rolling over. The powerful kick landed on the ground, watching another crack being made on the ground.
“How are they this strong? Was their gentle expression just a mask?” muttered Jokul.
“Never judge their appearance. You don’t know what they could be hiding.” the red knight replied before a smile landed on his lip. He examined your speed, reflexes and techniques.
Since Aconite was the tallest and more muscular than the others, you were able to counters his attacks with quickness. You were the same height as Radion, followed by Jokul being slightly taller by a few inches, and Cyrus being a few inches shorter than you.
They examined your calculated moves, waiting you launch when you find a perfect opening to attack, you dodge when you need to and follow it with a counter. When you were attacked, you would find a way to recover back into the fight.
Cyrus watched with excitement as you both stared own each other, he could feel his cheeks slightly burn. A sly smirk landed on the poison knights’ lips. “That was a great first match. Way better than I expected.” You replied with a thankful nod, still having the gentle smile on your lips.
He examined your expression, still having the gentle expression on your face, but that’s when he looks at your eyes. There were cold, focused. Was your gentleness just a mask from your true personality? Or was this just a switch?
“Now, let’s start round two. You have your own weapon, right?” he asks, making his way towards the weapon cabinet.
“Yeah, but it’s been some time since I used it.” you replied with sheepish smile.
Aconite couldn’t help but chuckle, feeling excitement flowing through his body. From the weapon cabinet, he pulled out a long, thin sword, seeing that it was still sharpened. He waited for you to pull out your weapon, wanting to see what type you use.
His serious expression was washed over with shock and disbelief. Your weapon revealed to be a giant lollipop, but that was only half of what made him shocked. Its the fact that half of it was caked in dried blood.
You had a blank expression, looking at your weapon with no emotion. “Oh...” you muttered before snapping yourself out. “Sorry, I forgot to clean it when I was finished with it.” you informed while making it back to the training ground.
“Is that a giant lollipop?” questioned Cyrus, his expression filled with slight confusion.
“Forget the lollipop, why is half of it covered in blood?” added Jokul, feeling his heart slightly beating faster.
It wasn’t out of fear, but out of excitement. Was this how Cyrus was feeling all the time? He turned towards Raidon to see his expression, seeing that a bright smile laced his lips. “They’re definitely joining our team.”
The fire knight jumped with joy from his leaders’ words, excitement began to fill him once more as you both went back to a defensive stance. “I can’t wait to see what magic they have.” he spoke, earning nods from the blue and red night.
A few seconds passed and Aconite was the first to move forward. He thrusted his sword forward, but it clashed against your weapon. His eyes widened when your weapon clanged against his. ‘What is that lollipop made of?!’
The other three knights watched the training with a mix of awe and enchantment. Jokul’s eyes were wide, his heart beating faster as he saw your quick movements and the cold, focused expression on your face.
He was taken aback at just how quick you could move and how accurate you were with your lollipop. The green knight did his best to dodge, but he couldn’t avoid all your attacks. He pushed himself away from your weapon distance as he pushed one his hands out.
His hand started to coat with green smoke, watching the grass particles die around him. “He’s using his poison magic.” muttered Cyrus, patiently waiting to see what you were going to do. The green smoke surrounded his hand as it formed to a ball.
You took guard, watching him cock his hand back before throwing the poisoned projectile. As it came closer, an idea formed. Gripping your weapon with both hands, you swinged your weapon at the projectile, launching it at a far distance.
“There’s no way... How?” Aconite whispered in disbelief; he was now distracted. Your hand started to envelope with bright colors, feeling the eyes of the three knights a few feet away. Pushing your hand out, a small rainbow was pushed out from your hand.
Aconite turned around to see bright colors coming towards, quickly trying to block it. He barely made it as a small explosion was made, shocking everyone around. His eyes widen in shock as a hole was present in the ground, black smoke slowly streaming off the ground.
‘Explosion magic?! With a rainbow?!’
He thought you were just a soft and sweet knight, but with how cold, yet focused you were right now, it was clear that there was more to you than meets the eye. He felt a sense of both awe and fear, wondering just how powerful you really were.
The fire knight grinned brightly, finding the display absolutely amazing. He was impressed by your speed and technique, his heart filled with thrill. “Explosion magic! We’ve never seen that before!” he cackled.
Red found himself captivated by the sight, his heart racing. He was in awe of your power and skill, and a small but strong feeling of infatuation began to take hold.
Aconite gripped his weapon tightly, your cold eyes never braking contact. He then dashed towards you, clashing weapon with yours, making them dance in battle. He charged his sword towards your side, but you maneuvered your body and swung your weapon, watching it connect to his jaw.
Green’s vision blurred as he was slightly stunned by your attack, his body startle to slightly stumble, but he stood his ground. He couldn’t attack in time as he saw a pink blur darted towards him, feeling a devastating blow to his stomach.
Crashing to the wall, he felt his body nearly falling to the ground, but he quickly stood on his feet. “How are they this powerful? Were they telling the truth when they said that they’ve been a knight for a few years?” he muttered. His felt himself become tired, nearly dropping his weapon.
Lifting his gaze towards you, he watched you powerup from your rainbow magic, the beautiful colors flowed out of your hand before it darted towards him in newfound speed. The only thing he could do is block, not having the energy to move fully.
As the attack came in contact, he felt his body froze, a stinging feeling surrounded him. He couldn’t move. Why couldn’t he move? From afar, the knights watched an unmoving Aconite on the ground. “They use stun magic as well?! They have two abilities just like us!” exclaimed Raidon.
They watched as you walked towards the stunned green knight, your focused expression still present. Stopping right at his feet, you placed your weapon right at his throat. ‘I lost...’ A defeated sigh escaped from him, feeling a smile laced his lips. “I give...” he announced, declaring his first lost.
Placing your weapon down, you carefully pulled him up to his feet, feeling your stunning magic wash off his body. “Sorry if I went too far. I got too into the moment.” you apologized. Then, as suddenly as it had come, your cold look was gone.
The gentle and soft expression returned, as if the fierce warrior from moments before had never been there. He found himself wondering just how many facets there were to your personality. “No, no, it’s fine. I was the one who challenged you, after all. But damn, you’re seriously good.” He chuckled, a hint of both admiration and defeat in his tone.
He then turned his attention to your hand that held his, still not being used to such gentleness, and for a moment, except for his teammates when they first met. He then felt your hand being pulled away, the both of you making your way towards the other knights.
“That was amazing, [Name]! You have two magical abilities just like us!” praised Cyrus, earning a shy smile from you.
“The way you moved with precise accuracy was very good.” Jokul added before Raidon spoke.
“You have definitely earned on spot on the team.” his words cause your eyes to widen.
“Wait, really? I was only going to hang out in the tavern, but this is great!” you exclaimed with a wide smile.
“You were definitely in the zone, that’s for sure.” Orange had a wide grin on his face as he patted you on the shoulder. “You scared the hell outta Aconite here.” he teased.
“I didn’t mean to do all of that. I got way into the fight...”
“You kidding? You basically wiped the floor with Green. And he’s one of the most skilled fighters among us.” The ice knight and fire knight nodded in agreement, clearly impressed by your battling skills.
Turning your gaze upwards, you noticed that the sun was setting. How long were you guys battling for? Looking back at the four knights, you gave them a gentle wave. “I’m going to head home now, but I’ll see you guys tomorrow.”
“You’re right. It’s getting pretty late. We should probably head back to our quarters.” added Jokul as they all bid farewell, each trying not to show how disappointed they were that you had to go.
Your light footsteps could be heard on the path you followed to go home. You carefully carried your lollipop weapon with you, knowing that you had to clean it. Once you were at the door, a tired sigh escaped your lips as you opened the door.
Closing the door behind you, you placed your weapon on the desk before wiping the left-over sweat on your forehead. A pair of footsteps were headed towards the dining room, revealing to be your childhood friends that you lived with.
“Hey Ferron.” you greeted, giving him a small wave.
“Hey, you’re here later than usual. How was the tavern?” he questioned, his silver eyes holding a curious glint with a smile.
“It was great, actually. I was skeptical on going there to see what was there, until I saw the four knights that were there.” you informed while taking the upper part of your armor off, wearing an undershirt underneath.
“They were quite excited to see that there was another knight that had an element like them. Supposably, they think I’m the fifth one to receive an element for a high trained knight.” you added before turning towards your childhood friend.
“But they still don’t know that you exist. There was a fire knight named Cyrus; he had the same element magic as you.” Ferron hummed at the information, placing the book down he had in his hands.
“That’s nice. Then I won’t be the only fire user in the village.” the statement earned him a confused expression from you. “But your elemental colors are purple.” you stated, earning a nod from him.
“It’s because I became a blacksmith before I became an elemental knight. I just liked the color purple for a blacksmith.” He watched you sat down across from him at the table, seeing that you had something else to say.
“I also got to have a sparring match with Aconite.”
“The one that controls poisonous gas?”
“Yeah, the other wanted me to challenge him into a match to see if I was powerful enough, and I won the fight.” your words caused a proud smile to lace your friends’ lips, a hint of curiosity sparked in his eyes.
“You had a blast, huh? I heard that he was one of the stronger knights out there.”
“Yeah, and it turned out to be quite fun. How was your day?” you questioned as you went to your room to change into some comfortable clothing.
“It was pretty uneventful, to be honest. Just forging some weapons and training is all. Though, I must admit, I’m quite curious about your training with Aconite.” He looked at you with a sly grin.
“Yeah, they said that I was cold and ruthless when fighting.” you stated from the other room. Once you were in your comfortable attire, you sat back down with Ferron.
“Oh, I bet they were. I can imagine their faces when you defeated him. It must have been quite the sight to see.” He leaned forward, a twinkle in his eye. “And how did the others react? They must’ve been pretty shocked as well, huh?”
You chuckled at his question, feeling your cheeks slightly heat up. “Yeah, the leader, Raidon wants me to join their team. I didn’t know that all these events were going to happen...”
Ferron let out a small laugh, finding your obliviousness to your own demeanor during the battle cute. But he knew about the cold side of you. The side that was opposite of your gentle expression. He just hopes that side doesn’t come out again.
You shyly laughed. Purple loved your soft giggles. Ever since you both were kids; he loved your laugh. “Yeah, I guess.” You then walked to your room to go change into your pjs.
A yawn escaped your lips, feeling the wave exhaustion crash. You sat up from the seat and stretched your body, feeling the soft pops in your joints. You were then pulled into a comforting hug, feeling a smile land on your lips.
“I bet you’re tired from all those events, why don’t you get some rest?” he insisted, earning a small nod from you. Patting your back, he chuckled as he watched you nearly stumble into your room.
“Goodnight, Ferron...” you murmured before landing in the bed, feeling exhaustion overtake your body.
“Goodnight, [Name].” he replied, hearing the soft snores emit from your room, telling him that you were asleep.
For the rest of the night, he made sure that everything was in place before making weapons tomorrow. He wondered if the knights needed new weapons, guessing that nothing bad happened here in a few years.
With a sigh, he made his way towards his room, feeling the wave of tiredness as well. Getting under the covers, he let the comforting darkness lull him to sleep.
