Suddenly, the room fell silent and the atmosphere became intense.

“Oh boy, not this again when I was just having a good nap” squealed Quincy as he yawned after waking up, “I was really having a good dream, damn it!”

Quincy Lynch, the captain of the ‘Charcoal Goats’ and the most laid back captains of all. He would rather enjoy taking a nap unlike the other Captain’s rearing to showing off their skills and power.

“What… what did you just call me?” asked Elewisa as her eyebrows twitched with anger, “Could you perhaps repeat that?”

To that Katrina just laughed,

“Oh, wasn’t that YOUR nickname, or did I perhaps pronounce it wrong or should I call you a prostit-”

“You bitch!” screamed Elewisa as she stood up from her seat, “I will fucking gut you down like a little bitch that you are! I will remove your insides and feed them to the dogs while keeping you alive. You'll wriggle in agony as you watch the dogs eat your organs bite by bite!”

The two Magic Knight Captains were in a standoff as they stared intensely neither of them backing out. The two angry Captain's mana started discharging from their mana soul into the air, both trying to assert their dominance to show their strong resolution. The pressure was so intense that the Captain's mana could be seen oozing from their body to a naked eye.

“Captain please calm down,” pleaded Katrina’s vice-captain as she grabbed her arm, “This isn’t the time to start a fight.”

“She’s right, Captain Elewisa." said Elewisa's vice-captain, "Please calm yourself. The last thing we want is that two captains bringing down this castle to the ground."

Although the two angry Captains weren’t going to budge.

The atmosphere in the room became explosive as they released their mana discharge was going haywire.

“Can the two of you do this some other time?” asked Quincy, “I would like to get back to that dream and check which of the stag beetles won the duel. Peace out.” saying so, Quincy just laid back on his seat and fell asleep amidst this chaos.

“I can’t believe he's sleeping at such a time.” said Fergus as he facepalmed, “Why do we make such troublesome people as the Captain of our Magic Knight Order. He could at least try to restrain himself in front of the minister.”

“No need to worry about the minister. He already passed out, thanks to our two hot-headed ladies here.” informed Simmons as he let out a sigh, “Could someone bother to stop these two before their feud escalates anymore? If nothing is done, the minister might just die under the two captain’s mana soul pressures.”

The minister had passed out on the table while foaming from his mouth. His eye whites were visible and he was having trouble breathing. When a mage activates their mana soul to use mana, their body creates a pressure of mana around his body, which could harm other people, if their body wasn’t trained to withstand such pressure. Although, the Magic Knight Captain’s mana soul pressure was on a whole different level that even a normal healthy person could succumb to their death. Thankfully the minister wasn’t dead yet because he also happened to be a mage himself, although lesser capabilities than the captains.

“Fine, leave this to me.” interrupted in Logan, “The last thing we want is the minister dying in the presence of the captains.”

Logan Cross, the captain of ‘Silver Crabs’ magic knight squad and also the most handsome guy in the country. Logan has been voted as the sexiest man to be alive in the world, according to the latest ‘Knight popularity survey’.

Logan got up from his seat and kept his hands on Katrina and Elewisa's shoulders,
“Girl’s, please calm down. It hurts to see, two beauties such as you two quarrel over simple things. It wrings my heart with a sorrow that I just couldn’t bear it.” said Logan with tear eyed and gloomy face.

Both Katrina and Elewisa quickly yielded to Logan’s sentimental request. The two captains finally calmed down and with that their mana soul pressure was lifted from the room.

Elewisa sat back on her seat.

“Fine! I will let her go this time, just because you are being cute today,” she said to Logan.

“If that’s what Captain Logan wants, then I would oblige to his request.” said Katrina and then turned towards Elewisa, “But remember, this matter will not end anytime soon.”

“Yeah, yeah, like I could ever forget. I will make sure to pay you in full.” replied back Elewisa.

The two captains finally had calmed down and disaster was averted. But some were not happy with this outcome.

“Damn you, Logan! It was finally getting so interesting...” shrieked out Captain Rafael, “You had to interfere and stop it.”

Rafael Schrizmatron, the captain of ‘Black Scorpion’ and quite the eccentric person in the entire band of captains. Calling the guy crazy, would be just an understatement.

“Little bloodshed would liven up this boring meeting of ours, but you had to ruin the fun,” said Rafael with a disappointed tone.

“I agree with Rafael at this matter.” backed Egnius while nodding his head “I am bored as well.”

Logan just sat back and smiled without saying anything.

Fergus wouldn’t let this slide.

“What do you mean little bloodshed? This would almost be a disaster if those two women were not stopped. Thanks to Logan’s expertise in handling such matters carefully, we averted such a crisis. And here you two wanted to see them fight it out?!” asked Fergus angrily then he turned to Captain Azuleza, “Could you bother to say something Captain Azuleza.”

Azuleza Kraken, the captain of the ‘Blue Waterbearer’ magic squad and quite the silent type guy. He wasn't much of a person to mingle with other people.

Azuleza just glanced at Captain Fergus,

“The other captain’s are doing enough damage as it is. So keep me out of this,” replied Azuleza as he closed his eyes and sat back on his seat like always.

Fergus just sat back on his seat with a glum look,

“I see. Man of few words, like always.”

Just when Fergus noticed Captain Dracon at the corner seat eating something by himself.

“What are you doing, eating in the meeting room?!” screamed enraged Fergus, “Could you not see that we are sitting in the presence of the chief minister?!"

Dracon stopped eating his large beef sandwich and looked at Fergus,

“You mean that unconscious dude with a freaky white cap? But isn’t he dead, already?” asked Dracon as he took one more bite from his sandwich.

Dracon Hansvil, captain of the ‘Bronze Bulls’ and he was quite the giant reaching the height of 2.5 meters. He also had quite a big appetite for his huge body.

Fergus noticed that the minister was still unconscious,

“Ah! Just stop eating already! Also, somebody could fix the minister, he doesn’t seem to be dead, yet.” said Fergus as he checked the minister’s pulse, “All the female captains in our order are a piece of work except for little Iris here. You should learn a thing or two from her.”

Fergus said as he pointed at a little girl seated along with the captains.

“I am very flattered by your kind words, Captain Fergus” thanks Iris, “But please stop calling me ‘little girl’. I may be 9 years old but I am a fellow captain like you, so I would request you treat me equally.”

Iris Zaltrov, the captain of ‘Emerald Fishes’ Magic knight squad and a prodigy mage to be born in the Rublor kingdom to the Zaltrov noble house. At a young age of 6, Iris became a magic knight and at the age of 9, she was promoted to the Captain rank.

“My apologies, Captain Iris.” apologized Fergus politely, “I mean no ill. Just wanted the other fellow captains to follow your example.”

“That’s okay, but I would like it if you don’t mention my age, every now and then,” replied Iris.

“She’s just a brat!” said Elewisa in a mocking tone.

“Stop that Captain Elewisa! She’s a captain like you and me.” defended Fergus.

Although, Elewisa ignored Fergus and looked the other way.

“You should apologize to her at once,” demanded Fergus.

“It’s alright," said Iris, "There’s no need for an apology.”

“No, it’s not okay!” insisted Fergus.

Captain Elewisa didn't like Captain's Fergus remarks.

“You have a thing for little girls, Captain Fergus?” asked Elewisa, "You should stay away from him Iris."

“Oh god, not this again…” said Captain Simmon.

“What did you just say!” said Fergus angrily stood up from his seat, "I would like to know what are you trying to say, Captain Elewisa."

"Nothing at all." replied Elewisa nonchalantly, "I just told her to be careful, that's it."

"Calm down, Captain Fergus." insisted Simmon.

"This is getting interesting now, haha," said Rafael as he giggled.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" screamed Egnius.

"Shut up! Trying to sleep here!" shrieked out Quincy.

Just when the meeting door slam opens.

The one who opened the door was a slender looking woman with an eye patch accompanied by a petite looking girl standing next to her.

“Oh, see that.” said Cecelia, “I told you, Ellisa. The captains were getting along just fine.”

Cecelia Nevarthalises, the captain of ‘Fiery Lions’ Magic Knight Squad as well as the commander of the Magic Knight order. She has a bad temper which tends to make her violent than the most captains. But thanks to her vice-captain, Ellisa Reeves who kept Cecelia in check all the time.

Cecelia noticed a fancily dressed dude passed out on his seat,

“What’s the minister doing, sleeping here? And where's the King?” asked puzzled Cecelia.