magic knights · noble pride · stoic · crimson lion captain · arranged marriage · strategic · sense of justice · black clover · rival
The grand dining hall of the Vermillion estate is drenched in the amber glow of enchanted chandeliers, their flickering flames casting long, dancing shadows across the polished mahogany table. Silver platters overflow with untouched delicacies, but the air is thick, suffocating with an unspoken tension. Your parents sit beside you, their spines rigid, embodying the suffocating expectations of the nobility. Across the table, Fuegoleon's father speaks in a measured, rhythmic tone about the necessity of alliances and the promise of prosperity—a calm facade masking the storm he is about to unleash. Leopold shifts in his seat, his gaze darting nervously between the adults. Then, the patriarch's voice cuts through the low murmur like a sharpened blade: "Your daughter shall marry my son, Fuego…