King Alexander’s POV:  

“Sire, we have a problem.” One of my royal guards came into my throne room. He had short dirty blonde hair with blue eyes, he wore a white loose tunic, and bandages around his forearms along with black gloves. There was a sword strapped at his hip the blade was platinum white.  

“What is it, Chase?” I asked sitting up. 

“You know that small country in the west that was full of demons. Well, it kinda got disintegrated.” He answered. “And would it hurt to wear your crown like a normal king?” 

“I like wearing the crown around my bicep because it makes my head itch.” I responded. “And what destroyed the country?” 
 

“It was a single demon that goes by the name of Orion Akuma. It is said that the demons weren't very fond of his family because he is half demon and half angel. So, they treated them like outsiders and eventually they killed his parents.” Chase answered. “He then slaughtered them destroying the village and causing the fires.”  

“I see.” I scratched my chin and standing up. “What’s the damages?”  

“Half the country was disintegrated in a single attack and the rest of the country was set ablaze destroying multiple villages.” He answered. “The flames didn’t go out until we sent a few high rank water mages out.”  

“I see, how long was it burning for?” I asked. 

“5 days, hundreds of acres of forest are now a baren waste land. We can send some nature mages to fix the landscape but that would take at least a month.”  He responded. 

“Send them, also I want to go.” I said getting up. 

“Sir, what should we do with the culprits?” he asked.  

“Set a bounty.” I replied heading towards the door.  

“For how much?” he asked, walking beside me.  

“Uh 300 Gold coins.” I responded. “Now go and get the others we are heading out in an hour.”  

I left to go to my room. I hate being king, it’s so boring. All Sire this or sire that, why did my brother have to disappear. I want to be able to fight someone strong I hope he is still around.  

I go into my closet to look for my gear. After a while I looked down at my attire, I wasn’t really expecting anything but just in case. I wore a black shirt that was skin tight and the sleeves went up to my wrists it was thin but elastic enough to be able to move freely in and durable enough to withstand some sharp edges to a degree. I threw on a plain black tunic to cover my thin shirt. I wore plain black jeans with a bet that held up my twin blades, both the blades were arm's length and each a different color, one red and one light blue to match the color of my eyes.  

I wanted to leave as soon as I was ready but there was still 15 minutes, and everyone hadn’t assembled yet. I wanted to just head out but as soon as I was about to leave Chase stopped me. “What are you doing?” Chases voice sounded from behind me. 

“Just going on a walk.” I lied.  

“On a horse?” He asked sarcastically. 

“Yep.” I answered.  

“Just give it ten minutes. Everyone will arrive then.” Chase said walking away but blocking the exit. 

I started to walk around the garden impatiently this was probably my favorite place in the castle. There were hundreds of different flowers and different plants. “Hello lord Alexander.” One of my royal guard sounded from behind me.  

“Drop the lord, I hate that.” I said, turning around.  

I saw Rose kneeling down looking at the flowers, she had long dark brown hair, her wolf ears were the same shade as her hair, she had bright pink eyes that matched the color of the rose she was looking at. She had her armor on, she wore a platinum breast plate that covered most of her chest, she wore black leather pants and boots. She had a short sword strapped to her waist that was a dark red. “Fine, Alexander.” She said emphasizing my name, her voice was always soft and put me at ease.  

“Are you going with us to the south?” I asked.  

“Yeah, but after I might quit as being a knight and join a guild or something.” She responded.  

“Why’s that?” I got up. “We should probably get going or Chase is gonna pop a blood vessel.”  

“Yeah.” She laughed. “But to answer your question, it’s because I don’t get out of the castle at all.  Before my mom passed away, she told me to explore the world.”  

“Oh, well I guess I can’t argue with that.” I laughed. “On the way to the area we are investigating we pass the guild Titan’s Blade you can just stop and join that guild if you want. I heard it was good.”  

“Yeah probably.” She answered.  

We got to the front gate where Chase and some other knights were waiting. There were two more of the royal guards. There were four royal guards in total. First, we have Chase, he came from a simple village of humans without mana he was sent to the capital after his parents died to some beasts that attacked the village. He eventually tried out for the knights squad and awakened mana,I don’t know if how, but he did. His elemental affinity is blaze, his flames burn a bright red capable of burning anything to ash.  

Second, we have Rose, she was orphaned when a bunch of slave traders came into the village and slaughtered her village and kidnapped the women. It wasn’t until she got back from hunting, she killed them and headed to the capital alone. Her elemental affinity is a deviant which is sound, she can manipulate sound to the degree where you can either hear a penny drop or you can't hear someone yelling Infront of your face.  

Thirdly we have Blade, he had light gunmetal gray hair with golden eyes to contrast his hair, his attire wasn’t that of a noble but more casual, he wore the same gray elastic shirt as I was and plain jeans. He was born into a rich family which taught him how to use a sword he then applied to be a captain of the knights but didn’t make the cut, it wasn’t until he awakened his metal conjuring, he was able to train enough to become a knight captain and eventually a royal guard. His elemental affinity is iron, he can conjure and shape iron like its clay.  

And lastly, we have Iris, she had long platinum blonde hair with dark blue eyes, her attire consisted of a loose white blouse with black leggings. She grew up in the capital with her father her mother passed away at a young age and was taught how to use magic by her father, her house was robbed, and the knights didn’t do anything to help them, so she dedicated herself to become a knight and help those in need. Her elemental affinity is air, she can use the wind to suck the air out of opponents and condense the air into blades and slash beasts or her opponents.  

“Alright let's head out.” Chase said getting on a horse.