Quarrel Amongst Nobles

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A beautiful day within the Clover Kingdom, with the sun shining high into the sky, illuminating the land with glistening light, along with fresh cool gentle breeze flowing by making the weather today absolutely gorgeous, making it perfect for the citizens of the kingdom to go about their daily lives outdoors. The Royal Capital was of no exception. Town of the rich and clean live the most, and inhabitants whos magic power is of the highest degree. The people of the common realm with decent enough magic power flock to this city for safe haven under the rule of both the King and Wizard King and to find work. This fair city is also home to the Magic Knights head quarters. These people walk through the streets of the city, each one going in various directions to their destinations, many stop to talk to the near by locals and make conversation, others are eating their meals outside of restaurants in order to enjoy this beautiful weather while others are traveling around in search of stores for shopping.

Walking through the street among these innocent people is the captain of the Violet Orca squad the noblewoman Sakura Mato walking along with her Vice Captain the noble and beautiful Estrid Magnhild walking a few steps behind her as is customary for leader and subordinate.

Estrid was walking alongside her captain as she glanced at the scenery before her. While she was not amused by the bustle and lively streets of the Clover Kingdom however she did get a sense of peace from it.

"Seems lively today per usual," Estrid thought to herself.

Sakura let out a sincere smile after seeing the people happy and full of life. "mhmm. They do seem to be enjoying themselves." She said happily.

One of the pedestrian's looked over as he noticed the two Magics Knights walking by and immediately recognize them. "Hey! Its Captain Sakura and Vice Captain Estrid!" He cried out immediately catching the attention of the surrounding citizens causing them cheered at them in excitment as if they just found a celebrity near them .

"Oh my god! Lady Sakura! Hi!" A woman cried out

"Madam Estrid! I'm your biggest fan!"

The people showered them with cheers, compliments and admirations. The attention of the people caused Sakura to become flustered, her face becoming bright red as she looked down in embarrassment. "eerrmm." She then looked over and found a group of kids playing around in the street and her hair strain jumped up indicating a reaction of excitement.

"Refrain from your excitement Lady Sakura," Estrid spoke sharply, "you have no time for childish play, we must keep going this minute. Don't forget we have a meeting with the captain of the Golden Dawn in addition we have your private lessons this afternoon you cannot miss."

Sakura's eyes widened upon the realization and shook her head, shrugging off the idea. "Yes, i understand." Sakura said, disheartened by Estrid's statement as she looked down. "*Yes, i have responsibilities to live up to. I have no time for...friends.*" She thought to herself saddenedly as she walked past the children playing, continued looking down and not looking back.

As Captain Sakura and Vice Captain Estrid continue walking through the bustling streets of the Royal Capital, they notice a hushed murmur spreading through the crowd.

"Yeah I think that's him," a woman whispered to a young man. "That's definitely him, the young bastard of the Silva household."

"What a disgrace," another whisper was heard. One after another all those in the surrounding area couldn't help but talk and gossip over the subject.

There was a glimpse of a young man standing by a colorful stall, wearing a warm smile regardless of the whispers that surrounded him. It was the rainbow colored hair bastard son of the former head of the Royal Silva family, Ciro Rivera. As Ciro stood by the colorful stall, the whispers and gossip surrounding him didn't seem to faze him at all. He had grown accustomed to the judgments and prejudices directed at him.

Lost in his thoughts, Ciro walked carrying a bag full of fruits and groceries, not really paying attention to his surroundings, would accidentally trip and fall face first in front of both of the Orca leadership.

"Aw man, not again. Well at least this time I wasn't carrying eggs or anything." Ciro thought outloud.

"Oh my." Sakura finched a bit at the sudden fall before her. She then knelt down close to him. "Umm excuse me? Are you ok?" She wondered, concerned for his well being.

Ciro quickly pushed himself up from the ground, brushing off any dirt from his clothes. He smiled up at Sakura, his rainbow-colored hair slightly disheveled. "Oh, I'm fine, don't worry," he assured her with a laugh. "Just a clumsy moment, happens to the best of us."

Sakura became entrance by his beautiful rainbow colored hair, when she realized she had recognized it before. "Um excuse me, i hope im not too forward, its just umm, i think i know you. You're Dante's half brother aren't you? I...hear him talk about you a lot" She says to him nervously.

Ciro's smile softened, and he nodded at Sakura's question. "Yes, that's right. Dante is my half-brother," he confirmed. "It's nice to know he talks about me," he added, feeling awfully confused. "All good things I hope."

"Well judging from your errands you seems to be occupied with, you present yourself as a pack mule," Estrid sneered.

Sakura couldnt believe what she heard estrid say as her face became red of embarrassment as the fear of offending him rushed into her mind as she turned to face her. "E-estrid! P-please dont be so mean to him." She nervously said to her but quickly regretted standing up to her as she turned back to face Ciro and bowed to him. "I apologize if we've offended you sir." She stood back up and glanced to the side with a blush on her face. "And uh, no I'm afraid I didn't hear him say anything nice to you." She bows down again "I'm very sorry!" She cries out as she whimpers to the fear of what he'll say next.

Ciro's expression softened as he saw Sakura's genuine concern for his feelings. He quickly reassured her, "Oh, no need to apologize, Captain Sakura. You didn't offend me at all." He offered her a warm smile, hoping to ease her worry, slowly blowing down. "I'm nothing special really so please don't worry, plus it was my fault for falling."

He then stood up, "But yeah that sounds about right, brother isn't really the best at friendly banter." He then looked over to Estrid, "I apologize for dropping my groceries, I was picking up groceries to make dinner tonight for my family. I'm sorry that it makes me look like a mule." He replied, not breaking his smile with a hint of playfulness in his eyes. "In fact, would you two like to come by for dinner? It'll just be and my girls but it's the least I can do for troubling you the way I have."

"Apologies for my banter, but apparently Lady Sakura has important matters to attend to and the invitation can happen another day," Estrid sharply spoke.

"Pordon my ignorance" Sakura mentioned before leaving. "but you say you were shopping? I...I thought you were a silva like Dante, one of the royals, don't you have servants to do it for you?" Sakura wondered.

Ciro chuckled at Estrid's sharp response and Sakura's curious question. "No need to apologize, Captain Sakura," he replied, still maintaining his warm smile. "I may be a Silva by blood, but I don't live in the royal castle anymore. After coming of age, I left the Silva family behind, aiming to carve my own name elsewhere. I wasn't really blending in well with the royals or nobles, couldn't really keep living there." He then fixed his bag in his arms as a folded up crimson lion robe fell down. "Whoops I forgot I needed to drop this back off to the Lions before they leave back to their base. Don't got much use for it now."

"U...umm, Crimson Lions?" Sakura repeated curiously. "My apologies, i thought you were in the Coral Peacocks. Actually i've heard you were in the Silver Eagles too." Sakura wondered confused.

Ciro chuckled at Sakura's confusion, appreciating her interest in his past affiliations. "You're right, I've had quite the journey through the Magic Knight squads," he admitted with a grin. "I started as a member of the Silver Eagles, eventually I left as I used to have conflicts with leadership. Afterward I joined the Coral Peacocks but I didn't quite fit in there either. Then I joined and left the Crimson Lions.

He looked down at the folded Crimson Lion robe in his hand and then back up at Sakura. "And yes, the Crimson Lions were my most recent squad. But you know how it is, sometimes you have to move on to find where you truly belong."