Chapter 3: Chapter 3 - Meeting the Black Bulls
At this time, Fred, Noelle, and Mimosa have followed Yami and Finral to the Black Bulls' Headquarters.
The headquarters is in the form of a large, tall house with asymmetric structures. The house consists of multiple stories with most of them made of stone and brick. It has a large number of windows and chimneys and a single wooden gate for a front entrance. The base is located in a forest within the Common Region.
They walked closer to the base and the gate exploded, showing an extremely lively scene. Yami walked in front of them and said to them.
Yami: "Welcome, to the absolute worst magic knights squad, The Black Bulls."
Fred: "Thanks, it feels fun."
Fred then walked into the base, a fireball colliding with him.
Yami: "Oi kid! What kind of magic are you using? The fireball hasn't touched you."
Fred: "It's a space defensive spell that I learnt, it's called infinity."
As Fred walked into the base, the inside is very chaotic.
*Kaboom*
A part of the base exploded from being hit with fireballs, that are being fired from someone that is trying to hit another person.
"That pudding you were hiding was delish!"
"It's gonna be your last meal!!"
On a couch a woman that is wearing revealing clothes woke up and muttered while scratching her head.
"I remember getting into a drinking contest with some strange old guy, and then… nothin'. Aaaah."
At a table, there is a small girl that is devouring lots of food that covers the entire table.
"Munch, munch, munch, munch, munch."
At a very long couch there is a very big man that has smoke spewing out of his mouth.
"Fsshhh."
There is a purple haired man that is looking in a mirror that shows a girl. He got up and placed his foot on a couch, before yelling at the others.
"Would you knock it off, idiots?! What are you going to do if my little sister hears your boorish racket, you morons?!"
Another fireball came towards Fred who threw out a small fireball, which when they both collided, canceled each other out.
"That's for my pudding!!"
"Ahahaha!"
"Arrrgh, stop! My head's killing me!"
"Shaddup, you boozing hussey!
"What was that, you virgin delinquent?!"
"I'm not a virgin!
"What's this, what's this? While you're distracted, I might just kill you."
"Munch, munch, munch."
"Fsshhh."
"In the name of my sister, whom I worship, I will kill you all."
Yami began to get annoyed so he yelled, while slamming his fist into the wall.
Yami: "Would you people… quit breaking stuff?!"
When everyone in the base heard this, they all stopped what they were doing and ran to Yami, surrounding him.
"Mister Yami, sir!!! Welcome back, boss!"
"Waah!"
"Welcome back, Captain!"
"Captain, this is yummy!!"
"Fsshhh."
"Captain, do you have a minute?"
"Did anyone get in your face, mister Yami?! If they did, I'll go crush 'em!!"
"Fsshhh…."
"Captain! Fight me today, okay?"
"Leave these little brats alone and come grab a drink with me."
"Captain, captain! Here! Have a bite of this!"
"I'm sorry. I can't take it anymore. Can I go see my sister?"
Yami began to laugh before asking them.
Yami: "Hahaha. I see, I see. You guys like me that much, huh?"
After saying this, Yami's face changed greatly and he said with an annoyed and angry face.
Yami: "But you're annoying! Can it."
Everyone: "Sorry!!"
Yami then pointed at Fred, Noelle, and Mimosa saying to them.
Yami: "These are our three new members. Don't haze them so hard that they die."
Fred: "Hello. My name is Fred Uriel, I use Spirit and Holy magic. On my head is Nero, and it's nice to meet you."
Noelle: My name is Noelle Silva, I use Water magic, and I hope that we get along."
Mimosa: "My name is Mimosa Vermillion, I use plant magic, and I am good at healing magic, I hope that I don't cause you much trouble."
Drunk woman: "Silva and Vermillion…. Do you mean from the royal Silva and Vermillion families? And did Mr. Handsome say that he can use two types of magic?"
Yami: "Finral, introduce everyone, will ya?"
Finral: "Sure thing sir. Let's see, where to start."
Finral: "This is Gordon Agrippa. Not always the easiest guy to talk to, but he's good people."
Gordon is a slender, young man with pale skin and short black hair that is slicked back. His face is long with a large nose and lacks eyebrows. He wears black eyeshadow in large circles around his red eyes, and also wears black lipstick and nail polish.
His attire consists of a dark grey jacket red trimming and red cuffs. His pants are a matching grey and are tucked into knee-high black boots. He wears a black belt over his jacket and a black pouch for his grimoire hangs on his left hip. Over this he wears the Black Bull's signature robe. His dark grey peaked cap has a black band and bill and the Black Bull badge.
Gordon then mumbled a bit.
Finral: "Next is Vannesa Enoteca. She tends to pick fights with people when she's drunk, but she's good people."
Vanessa is a tall young woman with wavy mid-back length pink hair that she keeps loose in a lob hairstyle with bangs swept to the left side, purple eyes, full lips and a voluptuous body.
Vanessa is dressed only in her undergarments, which consist of a pair of red, thin-strapped lingerie with frilly designs and she is wearing her squad robe on top of this outfit.
Vanessa: "Picking fights? I don't know what you're talking about."
Vanessa then walked up to Fred and started flirting with him.
Vanessa: "You should have some secrets…. How about you tell me, and I will reward you with a special treat…?"
Fred: "I would have to get to know you better for me to tell you, however I am pretty sure that none of you would spill what I tell you."
Noelle and Mimosa: Get away from him, you vixen!"
Noelle and Mimosa tried to get Vanessa away from Fred, as Vanessa started to vomit.
"Urp. Blaaagh!"
Finral: "Alright, let's continue shall we."
Finral then said, as he continues to introduce people. Someone urged Finral to introduce them next.
"Hey do me next!"
Finral: "Luck Voltia… a battle freak who's addicted to fighting, but he's good people."
Luck is a young man of short stature with blue eyes and medium-length messy blond hair. His hair is long enough to cover both his ears and forehead.
Luck's outfit is very simple and consists of an aqua-blue tunic with long sleeves. The sleeves get larger as they reach Luck's hands, making the tunic appear loose. Additionally, the tunic's length extends just below his waist, making it look to be a size larger for Luck. His pants are teal and extend just below his knees. Additionally, it has light-colored strips with stitch-like cross patterns at the sides, running from top to bottom. Luck also carries a pouch for his grimoire, which is strapped around his chest with the use of a belt. Finally, Luck wears a pair of light-colored brown boots that cover just above his ankles.
As a member of the Black Bulls, Luck also wears their signature robe. The said robe is black in color and only covers the upper half of his torso. It has gold trimmings around the edges and the hood. Additionally, it also has a gold button to hold the robe together, which positioned at the right-hand side while at the left-hand side sports the squad's insignia.
Luck: "Nice meeting you! So hey, do you like to fight?!"
Fred: "I like fighting…. Why do you ask?"
Luck: "Yeah, that's cool, I love it! What do you say, want to go?!"
Fred: "Maybe some other time."
A man came to Fred, Noelle, and Mimosa, showing them a photo of a blonde haired little girl with purple eyes, saying.
"Hey! See her? My sister Marie, she's an angel. Listen, if you lay a finger on her, then you die!"
"Gauche Adlai…. Loves his sister a tad too much, but he's good people."
Gauche is a tall, slender-built young man with light skin and shaggy light brown hair that drapes over his forehead and left eye. He has brown eyes, while his left eye has been replaced by a small magical mirror.
He wears a long-sleeved, blue and purple shirt under a brown, short-sleeved shirt, light brown trousers tucked into brown trench boots. As a member of Black Bulls, he wears the official black robe of his squad: black with golden lining and the Black Bull's insignia over his left pec. Additionally, over the bull insignia are what appear to be two small pins: a turquoise shield and a coral flower with five petals.
Finral then introduced the girl who is continuing to eat food.
Finral: "This is Charmy Pappiston…. A big eater, but she's good people."
Charmy is a petite girl with shoulder-length black hair and green eyes, appearing much younger than her age with some confusing her for a small child. One of her facial features is her thin eyebrows and wide forehead. She is sporting her hair in an upside-down bun hairstyle with fringes framing both sides of her face, and her forehead left exposed.
Her attire consists of only a light-colored white tunic and dark-colored pants. Her tunic extends below her waist and has long sleeves that reach slightly past her elbows. Additionally, the tunic also has a kangaroo pocket at the front on her stomach area. Her pants extend slightly below her knees and fit perfectly for her. She sports a blue satchel that she slings over her right shoulder, which carries her grimoire on her left side. Finally, she also wears a pair of light-colored yellow flats for her footwear.
As a member of the Black Bull squad, Charmy also wears the squad's signature robe. It is a short, black robe that only covers the upper half of her torso. It has gold trimmings and a hood. The squad's insignia is positioned on the left-hand side while a gold button that keeps the robe together is located on the opposite side.
Charmy put her hand in the sky, saying, "Nice to meetcha!"
Finral: "This is Grey, I don't really get him, but he's good people."
Grey appears to be an extremely large, heavy-set man with slicked-back black hair, sphere earrings with links that connect to other small spheres that hang, and glowing eyes.
Grey: "Fsshhh."
Finral: "Then there's Magna Swing…. A street punk, but he's good people."
Magna is a young man with a lean build and two different colored hair, a light grey hair at the top, black hair at the sides. Additionally, he also sports a black mohawk. One of his facial signatures is a straight-line mark surrounded by three pairs of dots on his left forehead.
Magna sports a white shirt covered by a navy leather jacket and navy trousers. In addition, his jacket covers half of his torso. He wears black fingerless gloves, a pair of blue shades, a pair of black boots, a chain hanging from the left side of his waist connected to his trousers and a belt that he uses to support his pouch containing his grimoire. The pouch is black and has a skull and crossbones symbol at the front.
As a member of the Black Bull squad, Magna also wears their signature black squad robe. The robe closely resembles a mantle with a hood and a button to hold it together at the right-hand side. Furthermore, the left-hand side displays the squad's insignia
Magna is glaring at Fred, while making a growling sound.
"And I am Finral Roulacase, lady killer."
Finral is a slender young man of average height and build. He has "droopy" eyes, and his light brown hair is somewhat unruly. Finral usually has a gentle smile on his face.
Despite being nobility, his outfit is fairly simple. On top of a white under shirt, he wears a light green, loose-fitting tunic with long sleeves and long tails at the back. He also wears dark trousers and a green pair of wide, knee-high boots that lace up the front. He wears the short Black Bulls mantle and his grimoire holder is on his left hip. He also wears a pair of green earrings.
Finral then pointed at Yami and said.
Finral: "And finally, we have the Black Bulls' fearless leader, the great Captain Yami Sukehiro!"
Yami then turned towards them and told them.
Yami: "We've got other members, but the rest are out on missions, on breaks or slacking off. Try to get along with 'em."
Fred: "We will try, but I think that we will get along well."
After this, Magna walked up to Fred and began to talk to him.
Magna: "You three are the newest members of the Black Bulls? I don't know what Captain Yami saw in you three, but do you wanna wear the robe that proves you are a true member of the Black Bulls?"
Fred: "Of course. You have no malice anyway so I don't see what why we can't do what you want."
Magna: "Damn right you do! But to earn the right to wear the robe, you must earn the approval of Yami's chief subordinate, me, man among men, Magna Swing! This marks your entry to the Black Bulls, a real baptism by fire."
Everyone has went outside the base, and Fred and Magna are standing roughly 10 meters apart, with everyone else standing or sitting on the sideline.
Magna: "Alright, gifted boy, I'm about to launch attack magic at you. Block it or avoid it, any way you want! Do that and you're a Black Bull, free and clear.
Vanessa: "He's making up baptizing ceremonies again.
Luck: Ahhaha! Hey, it's fine. This is fun!
Magna: Here I come! Ready your grimoire, gifted boy!!
Magna prepared his grimoire, activating a spell.
[Flame Magic: Exploding Fireball!]
A fireball appeared in Magna's hand, which he threw out. The fireball moved quickly, reaching close to Fred in the blink of an eye.
Fred used his spirit magic grimoire, using a spell.
[Space Spirit Magic: Cleave]
Fred waved his arm, creating an invisible space blade that cleanly cut the fireball in half. The two halves of the fireball shot into the distance, exploding soon after getting past Fred.
Luck: "Ahahaha! He did it, he did it!"
Vanessa: "Wow, did not see that coming."
Finral: "That's the first time in a while that we haven't had to rescue the newbie."
Magna: "Next up is one of you two."
Magna said pointing at Noelle and Mimosa.
Noelle: "I'll go first."
Mimosa: "Okay Noelle, have fun."
Noelle then went up and completed the initiation, with Mimosa doing it after her.
After this, Magna took Fred to look at his room, with Vanessa taking Mimosa and Noelle to their rooms.
It has come to nighttime and Fred is practising his Space Spirit Magic.
Fred: "Why can't I get the slash to target the surrounding space, cutting the world itself?"
Yami: "It's because you can't sense it. You need to learn Ki. Here, I'll teach you."
Fred: "Is Finral also watching? I can sense someone. I can tell that he is afraid of someone with space magic, isn't he?"
Yami: "Yeah. What about it?"
Fred: "I'm just thinking, can't he use his space magic to create a different dimension, storage space, to mark people to teleport directly to them, to manipulate gravity, to bind people and create defences by solidifying the space in a certain area, etc. he doesn't need to actually attack people to be a good space mage."
Yami: "That doesn't matter at the moment, but you can tell Finral when you have time."
Fred: "Can you tell me more about what you call Ki?"
Yami: "Ki is something that the people in my country can use. A person's glands, their breathing, their scent, the way their muscles move, the hint of their presence, taken together that living energy give off, that's called Ki."
Fred: "So how am I going to learn it?"
Yami: "By fighting me. I will give you a minute to prepare, before we will fight each other."
Fred and Yami then began to prepare, standing 100 meters apart from each other. Fred had both of his grimoires floating around him, with Yami also having his grimoire around him.
[Holy Creation Magic: Holy Angel's Divine Equipment]
[Holy Reinforcement Magic: 4 Winged Angel Transformation]
[Mana Zone - Holy Magic]
[Lightning Spirit Reinforcement Magic: Lightning Cloak]
Fred activated 4 spells, each one increasing his strength.
From Fred's back 4 Angel wings have appeared, with him emitting holy energy around him.
Fred became covered in holy golden armour, from head to toe, without restricting his movement. A pair of golden yellow wings appeared behind Fred, giving him a total of 6 wings, and he also had a sword and shield in each hand.
A cloak of lightning covered Fred, increasing his reaction speed, speed, etc. as holy magic covered the surrounding area.