Golden Flame

**Date Started:** July 11th, 2021
**Date Completed:** Ongoing
**Previous Role-Play:** N/A
**Users Involved:** User:Felosr321, User:KontonMan
**Setting:** Clover Kingdom
**Characters Involved**: Lucifer Illuminare, Rosanne Vermillion

## Blind

**491XR**
There had been reports all over the kingdom of Clover, their food, clothes, medicine, even money, anything that hasn't been nailed down. While the reports were from all over, royals, nobles and even commoners suffered from their thieving. Despite the difference in social classes it shared two key traits, one being it happened I'm a single instant and that most were accompanied by a blinding light.

At one of the smallest villages of the Clover Kingdom, a sight that unknown to most of the villages if the forsaken realm, everyone was eating very well. Where most villages were small and poor, usually only eating spare food or things they grew themselves or that they had to save up for, this village seemed to be the opposite. While not as well off as those for commoners or nobles, everyone seemed happy, having large meals, some even wearing new clothes of the latest fashion.

Amongst them was a white haired individual. he worse sunglasses, his hair down almost reaching his shoulders. He was tall, what appeared to be a slim body under a large black coat and pants, whistling in the wind.

"Lucy! Lucy!" a small group of kids cheered as they quickly approached the young man, smiling and giggling. "thank you for the food you brought over the other day! It was the best birthday party ever! I wish you could've stayed and had some after mama cooked it."

"Sorry little one, I had some things I needed to take care of." The young man apologized. "I promise I will next year."

"Really?" the little girl asked with her eyes lighting up with excitement.

"Of course," he replied ruffling her hair. "Now, if you guys will excuse me, I have some work to do.

"Um, Mr Lucy?" a little boy called, "M-my Grandpa is sick and needs medicine, b-but..." he looked down with saddened eyes. "We don't have enough money and his fever is getting worse and worse."

"I see. Well I'll try to squeeze in some time to go grab some medicine for him. For now you just focus on having some fun and help around the house. I'll try to be back early tomorrow with the medicine, or else my name isn't Lucifer Illuminare." the young man then turned back around and took off walking, exiting the village.

But before he could get far, she was there. Rosanne Vermillion, Vice-Captain of the Crimson Lions.

Earlier, Rosanne had been training herself. Pushing herself further under the guidance of her grandfather so that she’d be ready to take the position of Captain once he decided to step down. And he himself was doing as much as he could for that purpose. But she heard from other members of her Squad about the strange light that continued to steal from those of a Noble status or higher. While it was immensely difficult to rob the main Royal castle, some were sometimes affected by this light on the street. Her brother, Scotch Vermillion had been a victim of such.

And with this light becoming more and more of an issue, she wouldn’t stand for it. It was getting annoying. So she had contacted an old friend, asking him to use his magic to fight the light. See where it went after it flashed. And he had given her the route the source of the light had taken. So she followed that same route, her Acceleration Magic making it take only moments.

Now here she was, waiting by the outskirts as the white-haired man walked out of the small town. Rose whipped back her crimson mane, cracking the side of her neck as she placed a hand on it. “Thief?” she declared it more like a statement than a question. “Are you why things keep going missing up in our Kingdom?”

"Hm?" Lucifer paused, looking at the Vermillion haired woman. "Oh, I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about." He replied smiling but internally was thinking, "*Was she someone I robbed? No, I never forget a magic signature...so who is she. Not just that but this magic power I can feel from her, it's immense.*" he then continued to walk and let a chuckle out, "I hope you find who you're looking for though."

Rose placed a hand on his chest, looking down at him with her golden eyes. "The thing is...Don's never been wrong before." she began. "He said the source of the light returns to here, and I've been to this village before. And I've never seen you here before now, so you get why that's weird, right?"

"But, hm. Where in Clover are you from?" Rose smiled.

Lucifer gently pushed her hand off of his chest, noticing the weight behind her arm. "I just recently moved to the village here. Also, please don't go putting your hands on me so suddenly. Or should I take this all as a threat?" He said smiling right back at her.

Her smile didn't leave her face, Rose putting her hand on his shoulder. "Where in Clover did you move from?"

"Hahaha, oh you know from here and there. I move around a lot, seeing all what the kingdom has to offer." He chuckled, removing her hand from his shoulder. "Maybe there's someone in the village you missed, so maybe start there." He then adjusted the strap on his bag and walked past her. "Hopefully you find that thief."

But as quickly as Lucifer had walked by her, Rose appeared back in front of him in a sudden blur. A smile still present on her face. "I need an actual name, please. I don't wanna have to take you in for questioning...that's a lot of paperwork for me."

"*She's fast...*" he thought to himself before throwing his bag aside. "What makes you think that's an option ma'am?" He politely asked.

"Oh youngin," Rose sighed. She looked at the boy, clearly younger than she was. A two, three year difference? It reminded her of an event several years ago. "You don't wanna do anything stupid. Just tell me where you moved from, or I'll have to take you in."

"My, my, well I don't plan on telling you where I'm from. So that leaves us with the later doesn't it?" He said with a happy go attitude.

Rose nodded. "Do you plan on making this easy for yourself and just come with me? Or are you going to try to get away?"

"Funny, you make it sound like I was going to run." he then turned his head east. "There should be a clearing that way, I'd rather not make the people of this village upset with any type of unnecessary violence. Mind if we take our business over there?"

A blink. The world was a blur to them both. Another blink. The world had become stable again, the pair having travelled a distance to the clearing in but a moment. Rose withdrew her hand from his shoulder. "You're younger than me...you should just listen to your elders and come with me for questioning but..."

"Something tells me you won't do that."

"We should all do things but don't. For example a royal like you should take better care of your people instead of forcing those without natural magical talent to live out here. But hey, neither of us are here to judge are we?"

"That's not in my hands, youngin." Rose replied. "That goes...to someone way above us. Now, are you going to try and subdue me yet? Or is only your tongue sharp?"

"I'm just being polite, ladies first after all."

Mana collected in her hands, coiling like it was a serpent. "Sure, I'll just go for a quick...punch."

Her hand moved absurdly fast. Wind itself hadn't moved for it was unable to process that her fist was moving whatsoever. A simple jab that aimed right towards the boy's gut, her Grimoire leaving her side and into the air, the woman mumbling words beneath her breath.

Just as she charged with such immense speed the young man would seemingly vanish, leaving a small flash, while not blinding, he appeared by her side. "Wow impressive mana control." The boy said smiling observing the fist that missed it's mark.

"Ahhhh, Light Magic..." Rose sighed. "The only thing that could move faster than me. What else can you do with it?"

"Just a few things," Lucifer said as mana began to collect and envelope his leg. It was fluid, almost as if a stream of golden water was wrapping itself around it. Then in the smallest of time he twisted his hip, kicking his leg upward, aimed at the temple of her head.

Now, realistically, Light was not something that could be kept up with. It was easily the fastest thing in the known world, and it irked Rosanne that something could move faster than her. Which was why she had developed her magic the way she had. Acceleration Magic not only could accelerate the rate at which she moved, but the rate her mana flowed and the rate she could cast spells. The leg coated in light aimed to strike at her temple, but instead met Rosanne’s hand that had been placed up there, the hand that had been coated in mana earlier. And the spell was cast in that very same moment, something made possible due to the way her magic worked.

**Acceleration Curse Magic: Laevo Festina.**

The spell’s purpose was simple, to slow down the rate at which the opponent could cast spells and utilize magic. This spell affected those with a lower magic power than herself much more effectively. And one thing Rosanne was confident in was the tremendous magic power she possessed, which at this age already surpassed even her father’s. She was a Royal of Clover, a Vice-Captain with one year’s experience at the age of 18. And she prided herself not in her absurd magic power or speed, but her control over Curse Magic.

At that moment Lucifer kicked himself back just a bit because despite how fast she inflected the curse, he felt it, he could feel the disruption in his magic power. Had he been any other mage, had he been anyone else with light magic this strategy could've been the moment to tip the odds completely in her favor. Though, once he felt the disruption he had already begun preparations for a counter.

"**Light Magic: Vello D'oro**". what seemed like a robe wrapped itself around the young mage, the robe itself began to release a golden aura to heal the young man, removing the curse from himself. "I was expecting some huge attack, something to level an entire area." He then adjusted his stance.

Lucifer's eyes widened, his blue crystal colored eyes were filled with excitement. He had spent his entire life up to a certain point being trained as a weapon of sorts, being trained not as an individual but simply as a tool. Every moment of his life, as far back as he can remember his life was filled with nothing but training, studying, and a lack of affection. He could feel it, the movement of her body, the flow of her magic power, the immense pool of mana she alone possessed. It only made him more excited and sharpened his senses.

"Lucifer." He began, "I am Lucifer Illuminare."

“Good, I’m glad you told me your name!” Rose’s smile had returned once more. “Now, if you want to see something that could level something…you need to prove that you’re worthy of it, no? Plus, you should’ve moved around while you were healing. If I had wanted to, I could’ve hit you while you were using magic to heal! And if I used more mana than I did last time, it’d be harder to get rid of the curse.”

Rose crossed her arms. “Still, to heal from one of my Curse’s, even if it wasn’t as strong as it should have been…you’re good. It does suck that you’re not from Clover.” she lowered her stance, a wide base and a hunched back. Arms extended outwards with open palms, the stance of a traditional mud pit fighter. “Keep it coming, youngin.”

"How about we both stop letting the flow of our magic be held back?" Lucifer began, his stance appeared defensive by nature, his eyes were fixated on her. "I want to fight you at your best, so holding back your magic power will not do. Even if you had charged at me earlier, I would do my best to evade." he spoke with genuine intentions, his voice was collected yet filled with joy. "Even if you're going to take me in, or if I escape. I want to know your name, I want to fight you at your best."

"Nah," Rose said. Her stance unmoving. "I'm not supposed to use all of my Magic, I'm under orders. But if you can show me all you've got...I might ignore them. And you might get my name, youngin."

"I see..." Lucifer muttered as he undid a few buttons from his shirt. With each button his magic power shot up higher and higher. After the third button the air around him began to move violently, the force of him magic power being released was making the air dense and aggressive. Half way through unbuttoning he stopped. "Alright, let's see how much this can make you use."

Lucifer's grimoire flew Infront of him, flipping through its pages, landing on a page, "**Light Magic: Coyote**" four balls of light emerged and surrounded him before releasing beams of light! The speed they shot out at Rose.

Rose stood there, raising a brow as Lucifer slowly undid buttons on his shirt. What surprised her wasn’t the surge in magic power that came from the boy, an immense form of power, but the fact that he undid those buttons. Had this guy ever been in combat before? As Lucifer undid his buttons, she stomped her foot on the ground as her entire body began to waver and flicker.

Out came the orbs of light that surrounded him, releasing beams soon after at the wavering Rose. Smoke and dust rose from the collision, but before it could clear, Lucifer would feel Rosanne behind him. Without wasting a single moment, her magic and obscene skill making her faster than most Magic knights, her hand had shot out to wrap around the back of Lucifer’s neck. There had been a reason she had become a Vice-Captain a mere two years after she joined the Magic Knights.

She wouldn’t squeeze if she grabbed onto his neck, but she would raise her leg up from the side before pivoting and bringing it down towards Lucifer’s shoulder to knock it out of the socket, using her obscene strength.

Before either of her attempts could properly land, Lucifer in a small flash once again disappeared and then reappears just a few feet away. "What was that?" Lucifer began mildly annoyed. "You made it seem like if I released more power you'd take me serious. You should be able to tell that speed your using isn't quick enough. So get a little more serious or let me leave. I have some medicine and food I need to pick up."

"I said if you showed me all you got..." Rose sighed. As soon as her words left her lips, she reappeared in front of Lucifer. But the speed she displayed was far beyond what she had shown before. It was a glimpse into what Rose could do, a gift given to Lucifer from her. A speed so illogical, she had left behind her shadow. As she stood before Lucifer without an indication that she was really even there due to a lack of the shadow, it finally caught up, fading from where it was before appearing back attached to Rosanne. A moment later, and the winds finally howled from her movements. The ground trembled and spider-cracked, a minor tremor shaking the ground. “I’m not going to use all of my speed against a kid,”

“But I’ll go faster than before if you show me your best.”

"Fine." Lucifer then riped the jacket he wore off, releasing the full force of his magic power. The sheer amount of magic power dwarfed anything be had shown before. The area around him, nature, the natural mana itself began to shake as it resonated with such power. A golden light, a pillar of sheer magic power envelope the area around him before condensing back into him.

"You wanted my best right?" He asked. "**Light Creation Magic:Nirvana**" a giant pillar of light appeared behind him and took the form of a towering Golden statue! It had over one hundred arms which closed themselves together. Each hand began to glow brightly. "Now then, I hope this meets your standards." His eyes began to glow, seeing the flow of mana in the air, seeing the bodies of magic power around him, fixated on Rose.

Then with a blinding speed, each of the hands shit downward, aimed at Rose. Each if the hands of the statue moved at the speed even faster than the type displayed by Lucifer earlier when he evaded rose. If rose had dodged she would be met with a chase as the statute itself was synced with Lucifer's vision and will, it would chase her constantly until finding their mark.

The world seemed blinding. This was more magic power than almost any sort of young mage Rosanne had ever encountered. It was definitely impressive, and it made Rose wonder what someone like him was doing as a thief, much less a thief as a kid. He was from a different Kingdom, that much was obvious by his Grimoire, and though that could’ve been an issue…Rose knew she could convince others to let it slide. That was of course, if her plan was successful.

She shut her eyes as Lucifer spoke, only half paying attention. She was too connected to the world around her to focus on that right now, Rose could feel herself reaching out to the mana in the area. Every latent arcane flicker was becoming attuned to her. She could see it all through mana, noting the massive collection of magic power that had conjured itself behind Lucifer. Rose exhaled, finalizing the connection. The hands of Nirvana shot down towards her, and Rosanne didn’t move, even when they were right above her.

But that was because they had slowed down. The hands of light that had hoped to strike her found themselves moving at a snail’s pace. Due to a combination of Rose’s tremendous Magic Power and the nature of her magic, anything that entered a certain range of her could be slowed down. A highly advanced technique that was immensely difficult to use without absurd magic control; Mana Zone.

Rose stayed silent as she simply raised an arm up, fingers pressed together so that her hand looked prepared to chop down. Though imperceivable, her mana collected itself around her hand. Lucifer had shown her something very powerful, his best according to him. So Rosanne would respond by showing a stronger spell of her own. She flexed her arm, the air rattling from the speeds at which it had occurred. And then she brought her hand down in a chopping motion.

“**Acceleration Magic: Dextra Ex Nike.**”

A strike that exceeded the speed of light. It cut through light itself, even non-magical. As her hand travelled down, the world around her became blinding not because of light, but because of shadows. A spell and attack that surpassed the fastest anything could realistically move, even light, chopped through the earth. The hands of Nirvana, and the statue itself. A massive crack through the earth was visible, reaching down past subterranean levels.

Silence filled the air, and Rose let a smile show up again. Yet this time there was no hint of annoyance, seeming even relaxed. “Not bad at all, Lucifer!” she exclaimed. Rose crossed her legs as she sat on the grass below. “Now, take a seat. I have a deal you should take. I have ideas for you.”

Lucifer's eyes saw it all happen. Where many mages would fail to comprehend it all either from the complexity in detail or from her sheer speed, Lucifer took in the event. His natural advantage was not his magical power nor was it was it control, it was his innate ability to sense magic. "*That wasn't...but it was similar to....*" he spoke to himself with short sentences. What she had just done while not what exactly was similar to something from his homeland. Her control over the mana in the area surpassed the resonation he was performing earlier.

For once he obeyed Rose, not from fear, not because he felt defeated or any of the sort. It was simply because, he wanted that. He wanted to know more, he wanted to devour such strength. With a cheesy smile and laugh he obeyed her order without a single word until, "what's the deal?"

“Stop being a thief,” Rose began. “And apply to become a Magic Knight. That’s like our country’s military. You’re strong, and I like strong people. Become the one of the best, and during that I’ll show you more of what I’ve got.”

Rose pulled out a piece of candy from the inside pocket of her jacket. “And I’ll make sure to talk to the Magic Emperor about the issues here. He can make this place better with one of the Magics he has.”

Lucifer placed his hand over his chin and Gabe it a quick thought before replying. "I have three conditions. First being that I am not to return anything I've stolen. Mostly because I've already either sold it or used it to help the people of the small villages all over the edge of the kingdom. Second being that if I were to become a knight I want to only do so if I work directly under you. Lastly, I want a rematch against you. Maybe not today, but I want a rematch."

Rose appeared in front of Lucifer in an instant, standing tall. Her hand extended down towards him. "Those were all things I wanted anyways." she said. "So it's a deal?"

Lucifer chuckled and took her hand, "it's a deal." He then chuckled and smiled as he stood to his feet. "Could I at least get your name?"

"Rosanne." she smiled in return. "Rosanne Vermillion. Now come on, the exam's starting in a few days."

"Wait...before I can go anywhere I need to make sure someone is taken care of." He then bowed in front of her, "Please lend me some money. This little boy's grandfather needs medicine but they can't afford it. I need to make sure they're okay before I go anywhere."

Rose waved her hand dismissively. "No need," she began. "Just take me to him."

"Thank you Rosanne." He said as he lead the way for the two back to the village, finding the same child from earlier.

"Mr.Lucy you're back super soon! Did everything go well?" The boy asked.

"Of course Mathew. Actually a friend here has some news for you." Lucifer then stepped aside for the young boy can see Rosanne.

The kid's eyes widened as he saw her, "wow you're a magic knight!"

Rosanne smiled, steeping towards the young boy. She squatted down so that they were closer in height. "Yep! I'm Rose. It's nice to meet you, Mathew. I hear from Lucy here that your grandpa is sick? Can you take me to him?"

"Yes ma'am!" The boy scurried over to his house and lead the two inside, showing a sickly old man lying in bed. His entire body was fragile, his temperature has made him sweat through his shirt and blankets.

"Hi there, youngin..." Rose mumbled as she made her way to the old man. She placed a hand on his forehead, uttering words beneath her breath as her Grimoire flickered awake next to her.

"**Acceleration Healing Magic: Velox Sano.**"

She poured in her mana into him, speeding up his body's production of healthy cells and functions. The fever dissipated, the old man's figure would find solace and relaxation.

Rosanne took a step back, turning towards Mathew. "Your grandpa should be better now. He might just be a bit tired for a few minutes though."

"So amazing! Thank you Rose! Lucy! She's amazing! Are you both staying for dinner?"

"I'm sorry Mathew but I'll actually be gone for a while." Lucifer replied, placing his hand on Mathew:s head. "But I'll be back soon enough, I promise."

"Where are you going sir?"

"I'm headed out to become a magic knight." Lucifer replied giving the young boy a thumbs up and a smile. "I'll actually be working under Rose here if it all goes good."

Mathew ran and hugged both Lucifer and Rose's legs! "Thank you both so much!"

"Of course Mathew." Lucifer replied looking over at Rose, "alright, I think I'm ready."

Rose patted Mathew on the back, nodding at Lucifer. She placed a hand on his shoulder, smiling. "Alright," she began. "Let's see if you'll be a Crimson Lion.]]

And with that, they both flickered out of the village, moving into the Kingdom of Clover.