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Silver Flames with the Devil's Luck

The scene shows of the inside of a house where there appears to be a person sitting on the large chair and reading a special book that is floating in the air and the pages moves on their own.

"Hmm, no matter how many times I read through my own grimoire, I never stop wanting to read it." The woman said.

Suddenly she heard crying coming from outside of the house surprising the woman as she seems to have look over to the door.

"Odd, I wasn't expecting any visitors today." The woman surprised, wondering who that could be at the door.

The scene changes to the door as it doors though doesn't appear to be anyone answering the door until we look down seeing something odd, the woman turns out to be a small creature wearing a large witch hat and little red framed glasses, and her grimoire is floating next to her.

"Huh, a basket for me?" The creature woman noticed the basket.

"Perhaps it's from an admirer." The creature woman joked, but jump in surprise to hear the crying again.

"Hold on, basket don't usual cry like a baby. Unless…" The creature woman jumped on top of one side of the basket.

The creature woman looks inside to see that a baby is crying inside the basket and covered in a silver blanket.

"Now this night is a surprise." The creature woman surprised.

"There, there, no need to fear, little one." The creature woman comforted the baby, and it soon calms down.

"Now, where exactly did you come from?" The creature woman wondered.

"And don't worry, old Grimoirh will make sure you aren't hurt in any way." Grimoirh promised as her grimoire glows and the basket started to glow too the float in the air.

Grimoirh walks back inside with the baby setting him up on the table as she jumps there as well then notice something sticking out from the side, she got curious and took out that seems to be a letter probably about the baby.

"Please rise this precious little silver dragon Laphicet, show him the good of magic to embrace." Grimoirh read the letter, that appears to be all.

"No sender, guess whoever drop you off here must mean something seriously bad happened to your parents. But to my doorstep. Could they have been aware of my true form?" Grimoirh wondered.

Grimoirh looks over at the sleeping baby with his name revealed as Laphicet as he turns over to his left making some soft snores, she looks back at the letter again taking a moment to think before letting out a sigh.

"I really don't like doing too hard of work, but now it looks like I don't have any other choice." Grimoirh couldn't believe she was about to do this.

"Well, little one, looks like you're going to be in the care of Grimoirh here." Grimoirh stroked little Laphicet's head.

Baby Laphicet grab his little hand onto Grimoirh's little hand much to her surprise and saw the smile.

"Looks like you may be a good baby to take care of, after all." Grimoirh chuckled.

(14 Years Later)

Mana, the mystical form of energy that all living things have within as they are blessed with this power that allows one to wield the power of magic. Mana is the source of all magical powers and anyone with magic can do amazing things that no normal humans can do, controlling the power of nature and the magic is helped more is with special books called Grimoire.

"Laphicet, are you in your room?" Grimoirh called out.

"Yes, teacher. Just reading up about Mana." Laphicet responded.

"Come down, we'll be going to the Grimoire Tower library." Grimoirh said.

"Coming!" Laphicet said as he closes the book and look at himself in the mirror to make sure everything is alright.

Laphicet appears as a young child in pale, innocent colors. He has green eyes and blonde hair, with a swirl on top representing a halo. He wears a white cloak, a short blue cape, long black socks, black shoes, and a large black choker with a yellow jewel.

"Okay, I'm off now!" Laphicet nodded at himself as he leaves the room.

Laphicet walks down the stairs and look over at the dining table seeing an empty bowl with a wooden spoon still inside.

"I see she didn't take her dish to the sink." Laphicet said to himself.

Laphicet took the bowl and spoon to the sink cleaning them up with some water then putting them away then walking out of the house.

"Good morning, Teacher. You left your bowl at the table again." Laphicet greeted the creature woman.

"And a good morning to you too, my little silver dragon. Sorry about that, I just didn't feel like putting it away." Griomoirh greeted back.

"I figured as much." Laphicet laughed a little.

"Now come, the Grimoire Tower awaits." Grimoirh hopped onto her grimoire and float up to Laphicet's head level.

"This is so exciting." Laphicet smiled as they start walking together.

"You say that every day when we go to the tower." Grimoirh pointed out.

"I can't help it, I love being at that tower! All the grimoire sitting on those shelves just waiting for their new owners to appear and they come flying out to greet the new mages." Laphicet expressed how he loves the grimoires.

"Yes, yes, that special occasion when one turns 15 to receive their grimoire and set out to become whatever they wish to do with it as most would become Magic Knights." Grimoire nodded.

"Good morning, Grim, Laphicet!" One man from a food stand greeted the two.

"Good morning, sir!" Laphicet greeted back.

"Still short as ever." The man teased.

"Hey, I've grown! I'm about 144 cm now!" Laphicet yelled angry of his height.

"Hey Grim, we're still on for some cards knight?" One red hair woman with gray line asked along with an old man next to her.

"Of course, just be prepared for when you lose to me again." Grimoirh answered with a grin.

"You know, teacher, you should really be careful with gambling otherwise you may end up losing more than your favorite hat." Laphicet scolded his guardian.

"Relax, it's only between friends enjoying the time of their life while they still have some when being as old as we are." Grimoirh assured.

"I don't think I'll ever be into gambling like you." Laphicet stated.

"That's a good thing, at least you're mature enough to know better unlike me." Grimoirh smiled.

Laphicet and Grimoirh soon arrives at the tower heading inside where there is a large and tall area of the building where hundreds of dozens of books stacked inside these shelves, the boy smiles upon seeing them with his very own eyes as he twirls around once and looking at one book closely.

"No matter how many times I come in here, this place just keeps on being magical!" Laphicet smiled.

"Guess I feel the same way when I was placed in charge of this tower." Grimoirh said.

"When the mage dies, so do their Grimoirh. So, how do you think these books were made and how do they even know which person to go to?" Laphicet asked as he looks around.

"Those are the million yui questions that everyone has been trying to solve for thousands of years, but no clear answers were ever presented." Grimoirh stated as she looks at all the books.

"Which makes the adventure of magic all the more exciting!" Laphicet smiled.

"And to think, just one more year from now, you'll have your own grimoire and the magic you have will be even more unique." Grimoirh smiled at her child.

"Yeah, I can't to see how far I can go with my fire magic." Laphicet nodded and hold out his hands.

A few seconds later, a ball of fire appeared between his hands burning so beautiful and fierce at the same time with the light of the silver color making it dazzle, Laphicet tossed his hands toward the air causing the fireball going higher towards the ceiling.

When the fireball made contact to the ceiling, it explodes into dozens of little fireballs falling down like sparkling little raindrops made of stars.

"I've always admired how amazing my flames are, fire that is warm and beautiful." Laphicet stated.

"That's right, fire can be both peaceful to protect other while it can also be destructive to anything it burns." Grimoirh believed as she floats closer to the boy.

"So, have you thought about what you want to do with your life once you gain your grimoire?" Grimoirh asked.

"Well, there's still a lot of things I want to do, but I think there are two things I like and those would be to either become a Magic Knight or an archaeologist to discover ruins and ancient tongues!" Laphicet revealed two of his dreams.

"Well, a Magic Knight I can understand because those people are sworn to protect the entire Clover Kingdom from evil people and such, but I'm surprise that you want to become an archaeologist." Grimoirh commented.

"Being an archaeologist would allow me to travel to further places probably beyond the kingdom and there would be hidden places that no one has ever seen before in countless centuries, there would also be places out in the sea too!" Laphicet expressed how he feelings about archaeologist.

"Ah, so you wish to travel the world going on adventures wherever you go." Grimoirh smiled, now understanding this.

"Well, I also want to stupid the ancients to help you too, teacher." Laphicet revealed that part.

"Help me?" Grimoirh confused at first until she realizes what the boy is planning.

"So, you want to find some ancient magic that'll help lift the curse than turned into the form you see right now." Grimoirh figured out.

"I know you told me not to think too much and worry about it, but I also know that curse caused your magic to make your body feel weak as a flea and exhausted to almost passing out." Laphicet explained.

"Yes, that has been giving me lots of trouble for the past couple of decades, but I've been going by fine and making my grimoire float like this doesn't cause me any trouble." Grimoirh pointed out.

"Even so, it's still unfair that you'll get hurt by your own magic if you use a spell and that is the most unforgivable thing I've ever heard of!" Laphicet believed, looking a little angry.

"(Oh Laphicet, ever the kind boy who's always concerned for others above himself even when some say they are okay with the circumstances of the situation right now.)" Grimoirh thought smiled.

"I thank you for the thought, but I believe you should be focusing on your own well-being and the future you want to pursue in life." Grimoirh advised.

"I know, I know, but I care a lot about you teacher. Ever since you took me in as a baby, I want to be able to pay that great kindness of yours." Laphicet stated strongly.

"Oh Laphicet, I never been much of a parent type myself until you suddenly appeared at my doorstep." Grimoirh chuckled and stroke his cheek.

"I don't know how I did it, but you ended up growing into quite the young man I can always be proud of." Grimoirh smiled making Laphicet smile.

"Of course, being too proud can be quite tiring and I rather not make myself go to sleep." Grimoirh joked a bit, making Laphicet laugh.

"Now, time for those chores. They aren't gonna clean themselves up even with magic." Grimoirh said as she floated to her office.

"Yes, teacher." Laphicet nodded and grabbed the broom.

Laphicet is sweeping the floor carefully to make sure there aren't any dusts being left out and collecting them in the dust collector, then he moves onto cleaning the pots and windows with a wet cloth and soap.

Laphicet stop for a moment as he looks at the bookshelves seeing all the hundreds of books sitting there quietly and waiting patiently for their new owner to show up.

"One of you belongs to me, and I'm looking forward to being partners with you." Laphicet smiled excitingly.

Unknown to him, one big slightly glows of silver for a second then nothing like a normal book.

"Laphicet, I'm going out for a bit." Grimoirh informed as she leaves her office.

"Did something urgent come up?" Laphicet asked while sweeping the dusts off from the grimoire.

"Not quite, I just remember that I borrowed cheese for a sandwich from lunch the other day and I forgot to give it back." Grimoirh explained.

"Okay, I'll watch over the place while you're gone." Laphicet promised.

"I know you will, I'll be back shortly." Grimoirh smiled and floated out of the tower.

"Well, looks like I'm taking care of you guys all by myself!" Laphicet smiled.

Outside of the tower when Grimoirh just left, a shadowy figure watches her from behind a large bush and carefully make his way inside the tower to begin his crime.

"Oh, I should check on the office to see if Grimoirh was doing anything important." Laphicet said to himself as he walks into the office.

A few seconds later, the shadowy figure comes out revealing himself to be a messy looking man with blonde hair and purple eyes wearing some tattered black and yellow clothing.

"Oh yes, look at all of these grimoires! All for mine to take and sell for a lot of money!" The thief man chuckled evilly as he unfolds his two large bags.

"Looks like everything is well in ordered." Laphicet exited the office with his eyes close for a bit.

"Now it's onto the other chores." Laphicet said before opening his eyes and becomes shocked of seeing someone actually stealing the grimoires.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" Laphicet demanded.

"Shit! There's still someone here." The thief man cursed.

"Those grimoires are not to be remove from their shelves until their future owners come. What you're doing is taking away the kids' future including myself!" Laphicet angered.

"Yeah, I know which makes it all the more fun to sell them so those brats will never get a future even thought they would still have magic." The thief man smiled mockery.

"Give those books back right now!" Laphicet unleashed a fireball at the thief man.

However, the thief man pulled out his dark blue grimoire and a wall of water appeared in front of him blocking the fireball.

"Ha! Weak fires like that are worthless to my water magic!" The thief man laughed.

Laphicet tried unleashing a big stream of flame while making sure to only focus on the thief without burning the books he has in those bags, but his attack isn't getting through the wall of water.

"Wow, you got impressive control there, kid. Are you planning on becoming a Magic Knight?" The thief man asked.

"So what if I am?" Laphicet asked back.

"Well then, I better make sure you don't become one. I'll make sure you die a pathetic death just like I did one knight I managed to kill, there was also that little girl in the way. So, I say that kill is a bonus." The thief man used his water magic to trap Laphicet's head into a bubble.

"(No, he got me!)" Laphicet thought tried to break free while the thief laughs. Then his thoughts went to Grimoirh, and how she did everything within her power to take care of him.

"(Grimoirh… I made a promise not to become a burden to you. And I won't let this guy ruined what you stood for your belief in magic as well as mine!)" Laphicet thought determined.

"(I want to be strong! I have to be strong! I'll burn anything that dares try to harm those I love!)" Laphicet thought clutched his hands tightly.

"(If God wants me to do nothing, then… then I'll… I'll become the devil who protect everyone!)" Laphicet thought determined and his fire magic starts to consume his body.

(Music: Haruka Mirai, Black Clover Opening Theme)

Suddenly the book from earlier glows again and pop itself out of the shelf and floats right toward Laphicet.

"What the heck, a grimoire and it's already resonating with this kid?" The thief shocked.

Suddenly, Laphicet's flame magic burns brighter and stronger than before causing the bubble to vanish into steam in an instant much to the horror of the thief, not only that but the color of his fire is changing from the normal orange red into pure silver easily evaporating the bubble away.

The leaves of a clover are said to each contain one thing. In the first three dwell integrity, hope, and love. The fourth leaf is given over to good luck. And in the fifth… there lives the devil.

On the front cover of Laphicet's grimoire is the five-leaf clover as he glares at the thief and his silver flame forms into what appears to be a dragon with devil red eyes.

"What the fucking Magic?! Your flame is turning into silver and what's with that dragon shape?" The thief asked shaking in shitty fear, and just wet himself in both dropping his water magic and his pee.

"You are going to give those books back right NOW!" Laphicet shouted as he unleashes a stream of his even stronger silver flame consuming the thief as he screams in pain, but the flames do nothing to the surroundings as they just simmer.

With a wave of his hand, Laphicet made the silver flames disappeared as Grimoirh has also witness the whole thing with her own eyes.

"Laphicet, you… you got your own grimoire?" Grimoirh shocked.
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KO a new story is born and hope you all enjoy it!

Decided to do this because today is the anniversary of when Black Clover first appeared in our lives as a manga series before the anime was born crossover with Tales of Berseria.

Laphicet here is gonna be one of the main characters along with a certain non-magic user with the same five leaf clover, but the difference is that Laphicet is special getting his grimoire a year earlier than most would wait until their 15. Laphicet will be set off on the biggest magical adventure of his life and discover more of his sacred silver flame.

KO comment, favorite, and follow through of how this new story will go!

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On the Magic Knight Path Onward

"No way, is that really your own Grimoire!" One man asked.

"I can't believe you got one before the rest of us, that's so unfair yet totally cool at the same time!" One boy with half brown and half red hair color grunted.

"To think, the little boy of our own town would suddenly become someone a big boy. Now I'm jealous that I don't have kids of my own." The red hair woman smirked.

"Tell me, how does it feel to posses a grimoire a year earlier before becoming 15?" One man with glasses asked curiously with his book out and feather pen.

"You're the coolest, Laphicet!" One little girl complimented.

Laphicet is overwhelmed with how the people are gathering around and close to him when he showed everyone his very own grimoire and starts to feel a little timid of getting this much attention from this.

After dealing with the thief and turning him in to the authorities as he was being taken away, Laphicet showed them his grimoire and even explained about how it just reveal itself to him in the moment the thief had him pain down. As expected, everyone was very surprised and proud at the same time.

"Okay everyone, that's enough." Grimorih said getting between the crowd and Laphicet.

"I'm sure this is surprising to all of us, but let's not try to make the boy feel overwhelmed than he already is." Grimorih pointed out.

"I got my own grimoire!" Laphicet smiled.

"But we are grateful for him to have stop the thief from taking the grimoires while somehow making your own miracle happen. I couldn't be more proud of you." Grimorih smiled at her adopted son.

"Oh, teacher." Laphicet smiled of the praise.

"So Laphicet, what do you plan on doing now that you got your grimoire?" The glasses man asked.

"That's a good question, I'm not sure myself." Laphicet said. He thought about needing more time to think for one more year, but that plan seem to be thrown out the window.

"You should go become a Magic Knight!" The little girl suggested.

"That's a great idea! You could stop more thieves and protect people like heroes!" One boy with a missing tooth believed.

"You could even go to far away places for jobs and stuff!" Another boy added.

"You really think I can become a Magic Knight? Would they even allow that?" Laphicet asked.

"I say you should go for it, you'll never know what amazing things you could discover." The red hair woman smirked.

"Hmm, become a Magic Knight." Laphicet looked at his silver grimoire and the five-leaf clover on the cover.

(The Next Day)

Laphicet is seen in the backyard as he wants to practice on mastering his own silver flame magic and wanting to know more about his grimoire such as the five-leaf clover, he looks several pages seeing spells and such while the rest are blank.

"Wow, didn't think I would start off with a small number of spells, but I supposed it's a good start in order for one to grow stronger." Laphicet commented.

Laphicet then spotted one page containing an interesting spell along with another one.

"Hmm, this looks like a good start." Laphicet decided to try that spell first.

Laphicet look at the long wooden log that he got from the outhouse where they keep the firewood and other stuff inside, he took a deep breath as he move his hands together to concentrate his magic between them.

"(Focus, feel the magic within your body like you always have but feel that difference in power like how you stop the thief.)" Laphicet thought focused.

Then a small silver fireball appears at his hand with his eyes open to the wooden long.

"Silver Flame Magic: Binding Order!" Laphicet moved his arms toward the log with the silver fire wrapping around in two flaming chains trapping the log.

"Take this!" Laphicet unleashed a silver fire beam at the log destroying most of it leaving only a small pair of pieces.

"Wow, that was stronger than I wanted it to be. I better be careful about the amount of power I use." Laphicet told himself.

"Yes, because having overwhelming power can lead to one's own destruction if the power isn't uncontrolled properly." Grimoirh stated floating to him.

"Hey teacher, I was just doing a bit of training for master my new magic." Laphicet greeted.

"I can see that, and the fire you unleash sure is something else. I've seen fire magic a lot back in my adventuring days, but never have I come across one using silver flames before." Grimoirh said.

"Yeah, I read in a lot of books about fire magic though there was never a mention of fires being in different colors." Laphicet agreed making the silver fire appear on his finger.

"It makes you wonder what else you can do with that kind of magic." Grimoirh said curious.

"Actually, I did find a spell that I wanted to try. A healing spell!" Laphicet mentioned.

"A healing spell? That's something you don't hear every day, especially from fire magic rarely ever has a healing ability." Grimoirh surprised to hear this.

"Yeah, I was just about to try it after testing out my attack spell." Laphicet nodded and took out a little knife.

"But sure, it's not too fatal, we don't know if your magic can heal you completely." Grimoirh advised.

"Got it." Laphicet understood that and begins his test.

Laphicet held the knife onto the palm of his hand and made a cut that hurts though he tries to not screaming from the pain, he didn't want to look weak in front of his teacher and adopted mom to try out his new spell.

"Okay, now for the test." Laphicet said with his grimoire floating next to him showing the page for the healing spell.

"Fire Healing Magic: Purifying Soul." Laphicet casted the spell holding one hand to his cut right one and the silver flame coated that cut hand.

Then in just a few short seconds, the cut started to heal completely almost like the cut from the knife he came himself never happened and the fire dissipates, this surprises Grimoirh to see that his flame is actually healing the wound and then she looks back at the see the two pieces of the log as nothing else was burning with them.

"How interesting, it would seem your silver flame doesn't burn everything else in contact. Only to the ones you want to burn." Grimoirh stated.

"Now that I think about it, when you defeated that thief yesterday at the grimoire tower, your flames didn't burn everything else at all and only hurt the thief." Grimoirh recalled that moment.

"Yeah, I've been wondering about that too." Laphicet revealed this.

"Normally, when a fire magic user unleashes his fire attack it would burn mostly everything around the intended target, but my fire seems to be entirely different than ordinary flames like it's responding to my inner feelings of not hurting anyone or anything else." Laphicet believed.

"I suppose that the only explanation we can think of, and there is also something else about your grimoire that I can't put my finger on it." Grimoirh said.

"Like what?" Laphicet asked.

"The clover." Grimoirh pointed at the five-leaf clover symbol.

"Laphicet, tell me what the meanings of a three-leaf clover and a four-leaf clover." Grimoirh ordered.

"Yes, teacher. The three-leaf clover contain three things for those who have it, integrity, hope, and love. The four-leaf clover means good luck for those who have been blessed with this symbol and the four-leaf is the rare one for those with powerful mana." Laphicet explained about the clover leaves.

"Correct, now what do you remember about the five-leaf clover?" Grimoirh asked.

"Hmm, I remember you mentioning the five-leaf clover is more super rare than the four-leaf clover like the actual leaves and the meaning of that is…" Laphicet paused for a moment and his eyes widen of shock.

"So, what does it mean?" Grimoirh asked again seeing the face on the boy.

"There lives the devil… The Devils luck!" Laphicet gasped softly.

"That is correct." Grimoirh nodded.

"Oh man, I had no idea I would get such a dangerous grimoire. I guess it must've been what I was thinking back when I was helpless against the thief, that I would become the devil to protect if God wouldn't help." Laphicet started to remember those feelings.

"Such is another mystery of the grimoire, and there is another thing you should know." Grimoirh said as Laphicet listen closely to her.

"I actually found that grimoire long before I adopted you, and there was no owner around at all." Grimoirh revealed.

"Are you for real? But that's impossible, a grimoire is link to the user's life and they disintegrate when one dies!" Laphicet gasped shock.

"That's normally the case, but this kind of grimoire seems to be the exception of the rule. You see, I found that inside a chest deep in the forest out of town." Grimoirh explained.

(Flashback)

Grimoirh is walking through the forest with the sunlight barely through the branches and leaves thinking it's a perfect day to relax and just lazy around.

"Now, let see if I can find the perfect spot for a nap." Grimoirh looked around the area.

But then she spotted something a few dozen feet that appeared to be a wooden chest which is a bit strange to her like someone just left it there. So, she decided to go see what that chest contains that might pique her interest.

Grimoirh use her grimoire to float a little higher and opening the chest only to become shocked upon discovering the silver book inside along with a very tattered red robe.

"A grimoire? Why would this be here, and who could've leave this behind?" Grimoirh confused as she looked closely at the book.

"That's… a five-leaf clover!" Grimoirh shocked.

"When I saw the grimoire, I knew that book had to be something different than the normal grimoires like mine and others I've seen." Grimoirh said.

Grimoirh picked up the silver grimoire and the robe thinking about what to do next until she came to the decision of bringing the book back to her home town.

The scene changes to Grimoirh placing the five-leaf clover silver grimoire in the shelves with the other grimoire books thinking that she would like to meet the boy or girl who would claim this book someday.

(Flashback End)

"And that was about it, I took the book back here and the rest as they say is history." Grimoirh finished her story.

"Wow! You'd think you already know so much until you suddenly found something new." Laphicet amazed.

"Yep, and now it all comes down to you and that grimoire that has chosen you to be the owner." Grimoirh pointed at the grimoire.

Laphicet looks down at his grimoire believing the five-leaf clover could have more meaning than just what most would already know, there could be secrets that no one know just yet and there might be something else that could reveal the dark secrets of the past like how a five-leaf clover was even possible.

"(Could it even be possible to know this if I join the Magic Knights?)" Laphicet thought about the Magic Knights, then a thought came to them.

"Hey teacher, you mentioned about also finding a robe in that chest, right?" Laphicet asked.

"Yes, it was tattered and damage almost like a battle happened." Grimoirh nodded.

"Was it from a Magic Knight?" Laphicet asked another question.

"I believe so, and from the color of the robe, I can only guess that the fella must've been from the Crimson Lion squad. One of the nine Magic Knight squads." Grimoirh stated.

This also brought some thoughts into Laphicet's mind about this grimoire must've belonged to a Magic Knight long ago before he was founded by Grimoirh, this could mean something must've happened to that Magic Knight before that time and among other things that could be important to know.

And this also brought up the idea that trying to solve such mysteries could be a big adventure for the boy, something that he has been longing for and now there was the opportunity to take it.

"Teacher, I believe I have made my decision." Laphicet said.

"Oh, have you now?" Grimoirh asked with a slight grin.

"Yes, considering what we just learned and the kind of power I have. I believe I can only discover this and more by joining the Magic Knights and use this power for good." Laphicet revealed his decision.

"And what about becoming an archaeologist?" Grimoirh asked.

"Maybe I still do, but who's to say I can't try doing two things at once. It's like what you taught me before, you have to be the master of your own life like sailing the ship of your wheel of life charted of your own path." Laphicet stated smiling.

"I didn't think you would remember that." Grimoirh chuckled.

"I actually got those words from a pirate I knew years ago, I never thought about using them because the man was an idiot for his love of adventures." Grimoirh smiled of remembering that man.

"Well, if you're really serious about becoming a Magic Knight then you will need to do some training in both spirit and body for your magic for it could only get you so far if you don't have the willpower to grow yourself." Grimoirh advised.

"Right, I'll train hard and study hard as much as I can for the exam." Laphicet nodded.

"Only… I don't know when the Magic Knight exam is going to be held aside from it's going to be in the capital." Laphicet admitted hanging his head in defeat.

"Lucky for you, I always keep track down the next Magic Knight exam is about five months from now." Grimoirh informed.

"Then I better get to training and hope for the best." Laphicet nodded as he ran into the storehouse to get another log.

"(Laphicet, it would seem you're growing up a little faster than I realize, but it's good to see you've finally decided a path for yourself.)" Grimoirh thought smiled proudly.

For the next five months, Laphicet has been doing some training with his Silver Flame Magic to learn the attack spells he got and having a couple of defensive spells too, he would even work on using his healing spell to make it stronger with helping the town's doctor help some patients with wounds on their bodies.

"And… there. Your leg is healed." Laphicet said to one man.

"Wow, let's like the bruise I got from falling off that ladder never happened." The man amazed stomping his foot on the floor a few times, but then flinches in pain a little.

"Some of the pain is still there, you'll have to wait for a while to fully recover." Laphicet advised.

"Even so, you're still amazing with this magic." The doctor complimented making Laphicet blush.

The scene changes to Laphicet in the backward of his home practicing his striking powers again and about to cast another spell he found in his grimoire.

"Silver Flame Creation Magic: Shattered Paper!" Laphicet formed his fire magic shaping into paper size objects of fire then moving them around like he's fighting a group of thugs then moving onto the next spell.

"Silver Flame Magic: Pyrogenic Ring!" Laphicet unleashed a burst of silver fire around him.

Grimoirh is watching her boy training hard from the house feeling that he is getting better with his magic every day, and more so with his grimoire before sipping her cup of tea.

Then came the coming day for Laphicet to leave his hometown and everyone is wishing him good luck and a safe travel to the royal capital.

"Now remember to be careful with the path and try not to get distract from the sidelines." Grimoirh advised.

"Yes, teacher." Laphicet nodded.

"You should also know that I asked a close friend of mine, a former student you could say. Her name is Magilou and she'll meet you during the journey to help you reach the capital along the way." Grimoirh informed.

"Okay, I'll be on the lookout for her." Laphicet nodded.

"Good, now off you go and be a man." Grimoirh smiled.

Laphicet turn around to start his journey to the Royal Capital, but he stop himself for a second and turn around again hugging the little woman much to her surprise.

"Thank you for everything, mom. I love you." Laphicet thanked with tears coming out.

"I love you too, my little dragon." Grimoirh giggled with tears almost coming out.

Laphicet lets go, wiping off the tears, and walk off for real this time on his own while everyone in the town of Maotelus cheered him farewell.

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Laphicet has started his journey to the Royal Capital where he will become a Magic Knight in order to discover more things about his grimoire and having a magical adventure, he will also need to meet up with someone that Grimoirh requested to help.

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Chapter Text

Witching Away for the Magic Knight Exam

Laphicet just woke up from his long sleep on the grass and under a big tree, letting out a big yawn while stretching his arms as he can feel his back is doing okay during the night.

"Wow, another night peaceful night gone by and another great day of adventuring through the road." Laphicet smiled looking up at the sky.

Laphicet got himself, cleaning the grasses off his pajama shirt before changing into his every day clothing then looking through his notebook of how far he has gotten through on his journey and how close to the Royal Capital of the Clover Kingdom.

"(It's been seven days since I left my hometown Maotelus and the days that will take in getting to the capital is about eight days which means I only have one more day to reach the exam.)" Laphicet thought noticed the distance.

"(I just hope the distance won't be too hard from here otherwise I could miss the exam.)" Laphicet thought worried.

The silver fire boy gather his belongings and double checking to make sure they're all here and not missing out, like the few rations he accidentally lost during his second day of traveling the path.

"Hmm, Grimoirh said that I'm supposed to meet this Magilou woman along the way, but I haven't seen her yet." Laphicet said walking the path again.

"I hope nothing bad happened to her." Laphicet concerned for someone he hasn't met yet.

Laphicet continues walking down the path to the capital until he reaches the mountain area.

"Wow, that looks really tall!" Laphicet amazed of the mountain.

"Now, according to this map. The way to the Royal Capital is through a path of this mountain region." Laphicet read over the map given to him by one of the villagers.

"It's gonna be hard getting through the mountain, but I have to try in order to make it in time for the exam." Laphicet determined rolling up the map.

Laphicet starts walking through the path making which doesn't seem hard for the first two hours until he got to the path that is narrow and had to slide his foot sideways, there were a couple of times that he almost tripped but stay strong.

Laphicet jumps off the narrow path to a more wide and solid ground.

"Phew, that was crazy." Laphicet sighed in relief and wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"But at least I managed to get through that, just wish there was another path to take." Laphicet said as he continues walking.

Laphicet then went down a rocky slope while being careful with the rocks in the way though he did spotted one rock that looks like a giraffe which made him giggle.

"Wish I could get a picture of that somehow." Laphicet held his hand together like a frame to the giraffe rock.

"Release me now!" A woman shouted.

"Huh?" Laphicet confused.

"Do you not know who I am or what I'm capable of!" The woman shouted some more.

"Shut up!" One man shouted in rage.

"Someone's in trouble!" Laphicet gasped as he hurried over to where the voices were coming from.

Laphicet make his way to one area of the mountain region spotted a scary looking man with a bird mask, he quickly stop himself and rid behind a large rock before the bird mask man turns around thought he heard something but shrug it off.

Laphicet carefully peek his head out to see there are five other men wearing bird mask like the other one he spotted, and there appears to be a young woman there.

"Did we really have to kidnap this woman? She's been annoying all day!" Bird mask bandit 1 complained.

"Yeah, this bitch is driving me crazy!" Bird mask bandit 3 exclaimed covering his eyes.

"Come on, you silly little birds were loving the tale of "The Witch who only knew the Lullaby Death" tale. I saw one of you moving to tears." The woman proclaimed with a smirk.

"N-No, I wasn't! I certainly wasn't crying about the song the little girl came up to cheer up her mom only to discover it had…" Bird mask bandit 5 started crying again.

"Shut the fuck up!" Bird mask boss punched the guy down to the ground.

"In case you idiots forgotten, we took this bitch in order to sell her off and take her grimoire as our trophy." Bird mask boss reminded his men.

"(They want to take her grimoire? That's wrong!)" Laphicet thought shocked.

"You fools, you can't do anything to my grimoire unless I'm the one holding it or else that'll just be a plain old book." The woman pointed out.

"So what, we love to see how long the fuckers we sell off and watch the grimoires on our shelves until one day they disappear when the user dies." Bird mask bandit 4 explained smirking under his mask.

"But suddenly all the grimoires we had died on us meaning all the people we sold off died at the same time." Bird mask bandit 3 mentioned.

"And because of that, we have to start over our collection all over again, and you were unfortunate enough to cross our path." Bird mask bandit 5 slapped the woman on the face.

"How dare you!" The woman angered.

"Oh, we dare!" Bird mask boss kicked the woman in the face.

"(So, they're bandits and want to take that woman's grimoire just to wait for her to die…)" Laphicet thought angered clutching his fists.

"Not going to happen!" Laphicet decided to make his move.

"Let's hope the buyer will be interested in this witchy little bitch." Bird mask bandit 2 pointed his thumb at the woman.

"Though it's kind of strange, you don't see witches out here from where they're from." Bird mask bandit 4 stated.

"That's because I'm no ordinary witch, you are the fools for having capture the witch who only knows mischief and chaos with wicked deeds that none could hope to top!" The woman bragged.

"Oh great, here she goes again." Bird mask boss groaned.

"Let her go now!" Laphicet shouted as he jumps out of his hiding place.

(Music: Dragon Soul, Dragon Ball Kai)

"What the fuck?" Bird mask bandit 1, 2, and 3 shocked of seeing some little kid here.

"Silver Flame Magic: Lunar Formation!" Laphicet unleashed a dozen little fireballs at the three bird mask bandits sending them flying a few feet.

"What the fuck?! Why is there a little kid here and why does he have a grimoire?" Bird mask bandit 6 gasped.

"I think that kid is older than he looks." Bird mask bandit 4 guessed.

"Who the fucking cares, just take him out and we'll have two slaves to sell!" Bird mask boss ordered.

The rest of the bird mask bandits nodded taking out their grimoires while the woman is impressed with how this kid suddenly came to save her.

"You're dead!" Bird mask bandit 4 fired some sharp rock projectiles at the boy.

Laphicet dodges the rocks to his left running around only to stop one a small metal spear almost hit his foot, turning to see one of them unleashing a few more of those spears at him and the silver book owner quickly dodges them.

Then a fireball came at Laphicet from the right that narrowly hits him, but he was able to dodge it with only a tiny burn on the edge of his hair as he settle the tiny smoke down as he turn to see another bird mask bandit with his red grimoire.

"(I'm gonna need help.)" Laphicet thought looked around until he spotted the captured woman.

Laphicet got an idea and ran for the captured woman.

"Stop him!" Bird mask boss unleashed a sharp star projectile at the boy, but he was able to jump to dodge it.

"Silver Flame Magic: Arctic Pearl!" Laphicet fired a few small dagger-like flames at the capture woman who panics.

The woman thought her days was done by being burned alive, but the silver flames that hit her didn't burn her at all except for the ropes that were binding her.

"Come on!" Laphicet called out.

"Oh yes, now you fools are going to get it!" The woman chuckled sinisterly as her pink and purple square pattern grimoire returned to her.

"Now, you shall witness the amazing and dark performance of Magigigika Mirdin Do Din Nolurun Dou! Magilou for short!" Magilou revealed her name.

"Wait, that's Magilou!" Laphicet shocked.

Magilou is a young woman with very long, pale-blonde hair and light skin. She has lush blue-green eyes and pointed ears. Her attire consists of a matching costume, all with inverted colours. She wears a black, ruffle-like neck-piece and a three-pointed jester hat, which is an inverted pink and patterned with purple and black-layered diamond shapes. She wears a torso of half pink and half black with purple diamond layers embroidered above. On the back, there is a black-pink and pink-purple diamond print. Coming out of the lower-back of her corset is a purple-velvet tail with a fold at the end. The arm-warmers are of equal length and use pink and black in opposition to each arm, with a lace tied to her left arm-warmer. Her pants consist of shorts with a belt; the belt has small hooks which holds five of her locked books. Connected to her belt is also a strap which connects each side to a long sock, altogether being a part of her shorts, which is then finished off with magenta-lilac jester shoes. Breasts sizes: B-cup.

"Fucking damn it, and we had to go through all the trouble of capturing her too!" Bird mask bandit angered.

"Indeed, now watch as I dazzle you with art!" Magilou twirled around and seven cards with faces appears in front of her.

"Whoa!" Laphicet surprised of seeing Magilou's magic right now.

"Guardian Card Magic: Attracting Shock!" Magilou snapped her fingers causing the cards to fly toward each bandit.

The six cards lands on the bird mask bandits and then suddenly shock them so much that the bandits burned into dark brown and fell.

"Whoa, that was so cool!" Laphicet amazed.

"Thank you, thank you, it's nice to have kind words from a wonderful audience then those idiots that dare to credit my performance as shit." Magilou smiled.

But Magilou's eyes widen of shock when seeing something coming at Laphicet from behind.

"Look out!" Magilou pulled Laphicet in as they fell onto the ground to dodge a sudden star attack.

"You bastards are really starting to piss me off!" Bird mask boss angered.

"Oh please, I haven't even tried my best." Magilou smirked as she gets up, but felt pain in her arm and look over to see she got a cut probably from that star attack.

"I'm going to beat you down with the same move that I used before to capture you." Bird mask boss angered and held his hands in the air as big star appears above him.

"Damn it, I need to…" Magilou surprised when Laphicet stands in front of her.

"I will not allow you to do more harm to this woman anymore, now you're going to feel the burn with my silver flame!" Laphicet declared as his grimoire flip through some pages and the two are surrounded by the flames as well.

"(Silver flames, don't tell me this kid…!)" Magilou thought realized who this kid really is.

"Don't think you can scare me with your pretty little fire show. I'm going to make you all see stars when you're close to Hell!" Bird mask bandit declared as his star grew three feet bigger than himself.

"Star Magic: Crashing Star!" Bird mask bandit jumped high and threw the big star at them.

"Silver Flame Magic: Silver Dragon Roar!" Laphicet unleashed his attack forming into the head of a dragon and the silver flame dragon fires a large stream of flames at the star.

The two attacks clashed onto each other causing a sparkling shockwave of silver and yellow as the two magic users tried to overpower each other, but it looks like the Bird mask bandit is winning with his star slowly pushing through.

"(No, he's winning!)" Magilou thought worried.

"Come on, didn't you go through all the trouble of traveling all the way from your little nowhere hometown to become a strong Magic Knight? Search deeper within your heart, within your soul and let all that power loose!" Magilou encouraged the boy to push the bandit back.

Laphicet heed her words and remembering what Grimoirh taught him about feeling the mana from the depts of his soul. With one might push, Laphicet let out a scream that almost sounded like a dragon causing the silver flame attack to get stronger pushing back the star harder.

"What?!" Bird mask boss gasped, couldn't believe his own attack is being overpowered.

Within a few seconds with the star magic attack being burned away by the flaming attack, the Bird mask boss is consumed by the power of Laphicet's magic as he screams in fear and pain of the attack for a moment until he fell to the ground.

(Music End)

"I did it!" Laphicet jumped in victory, but then wobbles a bit with how much mana he had to use.

"You certainly, kid. You surprised me even more than what Grimoirh wrote me in her letter about you.

"I was more surprised to see Grimoirh's friend being a crazy witch who doesn't mind danger staring at her in the face." Laphicet commented.

"You better believe to be surprised." Magilou smirked pointing her finger at him.

"Mind if I get a good look at your grimoire?" Magilou asked.

"Sure." Laphicet nodded and hold out his grimoire to her.

"I heard all those weird stuff you've been saying, but I don't think you're a bad witch or anything. I say you're an amazing, good witch!" Laphicet believed with a smile.

"Yeah, yeah, say what you believe." Magilou rolled her eyes and took a look at the grimoire seeing the five-leaf clover.

"It's the real thing, alright." Magilou whispered to herself and then grins.

"Kid, I think you're going to make the Clover Kingdom turn upside-down of madness with what you got!" Magilou grinned.

"If you say so, Grimoirh said you can help me get to the Royal Capital along the way, but I haven't been able to meet up with before." Laphicet mentioned.

"You can blame these meatheads. They ambushed me yesterday when I tried going over this area and were planning on selling me, good thing you came otherwise I would've ended up doing comedy shows every Saturday night for all of eternity." Magilou explained.

"But I'm a little surprised that you actually came here since this route has rarely been use for years." Magilou said.

"I used a map someone from my village gave me, though I think it's a bit outdated." Laphicet revealed.

"Well, no time like the present. You got an exam to get to and it is my job to get you there." Magilou smiled as her grimoire glows.

"Guardian Card Magic: Sky Surfboard!" Magilou caused a card to appear and grow larger and a little longer than herself.

"Hop aboard, next stop the Royal Capital of the Clover Kingdom!" Magilou announced as she jumps onto the floating card.

Laphicet hesitated at first to get on the card though he didn't want to look like a coward in front of the woman who was close to Grimoirh, he gets on and they immediately flew into the sky going superfast as Laphicet screams of the sudden liftoff.

"Just hang on, kid! This is gonna be a fun ride!" Magilou laughed.

"Could you maybe slow down!" Laphicet begged.

Soon they stop going higher and starts to feel like smooth flying even though they're still going fast, Laphicet open his eyes seeing how high they are with the sudden feeling of amazement and saw a strong-looking bird flying next to them.

"Laphicet, look down." Magilou pointed down.

Laphicet did with his mouth gaping wide of a smile upon seeing the large city sitting on top of a large mountain already knowing what that place is from the books and stories about this place.

"Welcome to the Royal Capital of Clover Kingdom, home to the Magic Knights, the king himself, and the one and only Wizard King." Magilou smiled.

"Wow!" Laphicet said.

KO chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

After going through the long travel by himself and stopping a bandit group, Laphicet has finally reach the Clover Kingdom's Royal Capital with the help of the self-proclaimed witch of chaos, Magilou and things will get more magical once Laphicet meets a new unique friend.

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Chapter Text

Magic Knight Exam with New Friends

Laphicet has just finished changing into his clothes and looking at himself in the mirror to make sure everything is okay and looks presentable, but then he notices his cowlick looking down for some reason.

"Odd." Laphicet said before he flicks at his cowlick getting it back up and round like a halo.

"That's better." Laphicet smiled at himself.

"Hey kid, are you ready in there because the Magic Knight Exam is gonna be soon if you don't hurry up." Magilou called out from outside the room.

"I'm coming!" Laphicet responded and quickly grab his Grimoire placing it in his bag before rushing out of the room meeting with the woman.

"Hey there, kiddo! Ready to become a Magic Knight?" Magilou asked with a smirk.

"You bet I am! I'm so excited, but I'm also a little worried about how hard the exam is gonna be." Laphicet expressed himself, wondering if he had prepared himself for this.

"Kid, you gotta stop with all this worrying or else you're never going to achieve anything if you can't give yourself some confidence. Look, life is always going to be one big pain in the ass and bad things will happen whether you're prepare for it or not." Magilou stated bluntly.

"I guess you got a point." Laphicet said, kind of getting what she's saying.

"Which is why you need to have a strong heart, spirit, whatever helps you move so you won't have worry about the lots so much." Magilou petted Laphicet's head.

"I do feel a little better from that, even though it sounds weird coming from you." Laphicet teased.

"Hey now, I was just trying to help. No need for that insult." Magilou pouted.

"Sorry, sorry, but I'm ready for the exam." Laphicet said.

"Good for you." Magilou said with a small smile, she can already tell this kid is going to make things really interesting for the entire kingdom with how unique he is with that Grimoire of his.

"Oh, before I forget, I think we should go over something important." Magilou said.

"Something important, like what?" Laphicet asked.

"Your age, fire boy. You're fourteen while the rest who just gotten their Grimoire are fifteen, a year ahead of you." Magilou pointed out.

"A person getting his Grimoire a year early than most is very unheard, not to mention you could get some unwanted attention if word gets out, like those bandits if they knew your true age." Magilou explained the worse thing that could happen.

Laphicet does some thinking on that and Magilou could be right, if people knew about him being a year younger to get his Grimoire, then there could be some problems along the way, and he could be treated differently than others and not the good kind of different.

He also thought this could also put his village and Grimoirh in trouble for that too, so he decided to keep his true age a secret from others even to those who could become his new friends.

"Okay Magilou, I understand. I won't tell anyone about my age." Laphicet promised.

"Great! Now that we got that cover up, it's off to the Magic Knights Colosseum!" Magilou excitedly.

Laphicet and Magilou started walking together from the Inn they stayed in for the night with the Inn Keeper being one of Magilou's "friends" and the boy looks around, he can see lots of other things that his village doesn't have like people using their magic to sell some well-cooked food and items in store that are SUPER expensive.

"Oh man, I hope the money I make if I get in will be enough to help my village." Laphicet exclaimed.

"Oh, so you're gonna send some money to your home?" Magilou asked.

"Yeah, I figure I should help my village while I'm at it, and hopefully find a cure for Grimoirh's curse." Laphicet nodded.

"You really have a big heart, but you'll have to be careful when you face certain things that could end up breaking that heart." Magilou advised in a soft tone.

"What do you mean by that?" Laphicet confused.

"I mean if you're gonna ask a girl out, don't cry like a bitch if she turns you down." Magilou said, changing the subject a bit.

"H-Hey! I'm not emotional as you think!" Laphicet stated with his cheeks blushing.

"(I just hope you really are ready for the big world, kiddo.)" Magilou thought concerned.

Magilou looks on ahead to see the destination they are heading toward and forms a wicked smile on her face.

"Hope you're to have your socks knock off because here is the Magic Knights Colosseum!" Magilou gestured to the large Colosseum building.

Laphicet became amazes of seeing the structure himself, reading a book about this place being one of the famous places of the Castle Town Kikka and hearing about the Magic Knight exams is also held in this very place every year for new recruits to come who wishes to become Magic Knights.

"Wow! I can feel lots of history from this place!" Laphicet commented with a bright smile.

"Oh yeah, old Grimmy said you like history a lot from her letter." Magilou giggled.

"Well, this is where we go our separate ways." Magilou said.

"Do you really have to go? I was enjoying your company." Laphicet said, sadden to see the new friend he made go so soon.

"Oh, how sweet of you. Since you enjoy having me around so much, I'll stick around to watch you perform in the exam. So, you better put on a good show." Magilou decided to watch the exam.

"I will do my best!" Laphicet nodded.

"Good, now get going before all the good spots are taken!" Magilou used a magic card to push Laphicet toward the Magic Knights Colosseum.

Laphicet looks around to see lots of other kids around his age are here to enter the Magic Knight Exam, each with their own reason for being here like the selfish greedy kind or the kind ones or somewhere in between.

"(This is it, the big day I become a Magic Knight! Nothing is going to stop me now!)" Laphicet thought determined.

But then Laphicet accidentally trip over his own foot causing him to fall toward the ground with his face about to hit the concrete.

"(Or I could just fall to my doom.)" Laphicet thought accepted this fate.

However, his face never made contact to the ground as he now finds himself floating in the air because of wind flowing around him and got surprised from this.

"That could have been bad if you fall before the exam." A girl said walking up to Laphicet.

"I hope you don't mind that I use my magic to help you, figured you wouldn't want something bad happen to you." The girl smiled.

"…Wow, you're cute!" Laphicet blurted out loud.

"Oh, thank you. Never really been told like that before." The girl surprised with her cheeks blushing.

"Ah! I'm sorry, I don't know why I said that!" Laphicet gasped and try to steady himself.

"M-My name is Laphicet Maotelous, it's nice to meet you!" Laphicet introduced himself.

"I'm Rinwell, I hope we get along even when taking the exam." Rinwell smiled.

Rinwell has jaw-length black hair and brown eyes. She wears a white and blue striped shirt, with blue stripes reaching to the bottom part of her short black and blue shorts. Rinwell wears a sleeveless blue coat with a hood with gold outlines. It is kept together by a large golden butterfly pin on her chest. She uses sleeves on belts tied around her arms to partially cover them with blue material and she wears dark leather gloves. Rinwell covers most of her legs with blue socks and long, loose-fitting boots, both with gold adornments. Breasts size: C-cup.

"So, you want to become a Magic Knight too?" Laphicet asked.

"Yeah, I have my reasons and one of them is to become a strong girl who can beat any evil!" Rinwell explained with a bright smile.

"Wow!" Laphicet said.

"Wow! That sounds so cool, almost like a superhero!" A boy commented loudly.

This spooks Laphicet and Rinwell a bit as they turn around to see one boy walking up to them with another boy who is taller than him and has a calm face though emotionless.

"Asta, I told you not to be so loud." The tall boy reminded.

"Sorry, Yuno. But the way this girl said about becoming a Magic Knight just got me pump up!" Asta smiled.

Asta is a young man of short stature with an exceptionally muscular build. He has green eyes and messy, ash blond hair with bangs in front of his forehead and a single strand protruding upwards from the center of his head. He keeps his hair together with a black headband that has a red-colored four-pointed star with three stitches on the back of it. He wears a plain-white tunic with a V-shaped collar underneath a dark blue jacket whose sleeves extend only up to his elbows. He sports a pair of matching shorts which has a stitch mark on the left side. His pants also extend just below his knees. His shoes are made out of two different cloths, the parts covering his ankles, the soles the same color as his jacket and pants. The parts covering his toes are white, a vertical stitch mark going from the bridge to his toes. And a brown leather belt for his Grimoire.

Yuno is a young man of average height with a lean build, gold eyes, and messy black hair. He wears a pitch-black shirt with a high collar and long sleeves. The sleeves have brown leather that covers the wrists and upper arms. He wears light brown pants that are cut below his knees and, around his waist, a pair of brown belts that cross each other. Additionally, he wears a pair of dark-colored socks and a pair of boots. He carries his grimoire in a pouch strapped at his right-hand side of his waist.

"Hey, my name is Asta and this here is my little brother and best friend who is also my rival, Yuno. We're from Hage." Asta introduced himself and Yuno.

"Hello." Yuno greeted.

"Hey there, bet you guys are so excited to become Magic Knights." Laphicet guessed.

"You bet we are! But we're also competing to see which of us can outdo the other which no doubt I'm gonna be the one who outshine Yuno!" Asta shouted at both Laphicet and Rinwell, spooking them from his outburst nature.

Suddenly, something came out of Rinwell's hood and started latching onto Asta's face with some peeking in anger.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow! Stop it! What is peeking me?!" Asta freaked out while trying to shield his face.

"Hootle! Stop that, he wasn't hurting me!" Rinwell quickly pulled the little creature away.

"Is that your pet?" Laphicet asked curiously as he looks at the feathery creature.

"More like my best friend. He's a baby owl, a Dahnan owl to be exact and his name is Hootle." Rinwell introduced her new friends to her owl friend.

Hootle is small and snow with the physical elasticity of a soft marshmellow. He has wide yellow eyes, two little blue feathers on his forehead, and a little red tag below the beak.

"A Dahnan owl, I read about them, but I thought they were extinct centuries ago." Yuno surprised to see the owl.

"They mostly are, but Hootle here is one of the few survivors, or at least I hope there are a few left since I haven't met any other Dahnan owls yet." Rinwell hoped she will find them someday.

"I believe you'll find more; you have this little miracle as proof they exist." Laphicet smiled and gentle pet Hootle's head who doesn't mind sensing the boy is good.

"Oh wow, he never lets anyone pet him before! It usually takes a really long time for Hootle to warm up to." Rinwell surprised.

"Guess I have a natural way with animal." Laphicet chuckled.

"By the way, I saw you use wind magic early to help Laphicet. Guess I have another competition with wind magic." Yuno mentioned.

"Oh yeah, I saw that too and it was cool how you helped him out!" Asta complimented.

"Oh, it was no big deal. Wind magic is one of the things I can do." Rinwell chuckled, blushing from the compliments.

"One of the things? Does that mean you can do more than just wind magic because I know that one person should only have one type of magic each including the elements." Laphicet surprised to hear that.

"It's true, I can do more, but I don't wanna spoil the surprise." Rinwell winked.

"Oh, but I can give you guys a hint of what I can do." Rinwell took out his Grimoire to show it to her new friends.

Rinwell's Grimoire is a blue book with some gold design lining up with the cover and it has the four-leaf clover on the front cover, but this four-leaf clover is different with each clover being a different color such as red, blue, green, and yellowish brown.

"That's a cool Grimoire!" Asta commented a little loud.

"And you have a four-leaf clover, just like Yuno!" Asta smiled as Yuno show his Grimoire since his brother revealed it with his big mouth.

"Interesting, it looks like you have become a special case when getting your Grimoire just like with Asta and his Grimoire." Yuno stated.

"Really? Is your Grimoire that special?" Laphicet asked.

"Yeah, it's super cool that I got it even though I don't have any magic!" Asta pulled out his Grimoire and show it to his two new friends.

"Whoa, that Grimoire look super old and… Wait, did you just say you don't have any magic?" Rinwell asked shock and Hootle is shocked too.

"Yeah, totally got it when Yuno helped me remember the promise, we made to battle for the top to become the Wizard King and this Grimoire appeared to me." Asta explained.

Laphicet took a look at Asta's Grimoire closer at the front cover to see the clover even though it looks a little hard to read, but he can definitely tell this clover is a five-leaf clover.

"No way, you also have a five-leaf clover!" Laphicet gasped and show his Grimoire too.

"Holy… I thought Asta was the only one with a five-leaf clover Grimoire." Yuno surprised big time from this.

"Hold on, my clover is five-leaf? I had no idea!" Asta surprised to hear about his clover.

"You mean you had this Grimoire since you became 15 and didn't notice the clover at all?!" Rinwell shocked as Hootle just look at Asta with a deadpan expression.

"Guess I was happy to get my Grimoire, I never bother to look." Asta chuckled.

"As much as I want to talk more about our Grimoires, we really should be going with everyone else going inside the Colosseum." Yuno alerted as he points at the other kids going inside.

"Oh crap! I almost forgot! We gotta get moving now!" Asta ran for the Colosseum with Yuno right behind him.

"I guess we better get going before all the spots are taken!" Laphicet quickly ran after the other two to get registered.

"This is incredible, Hootle. There are others with strong magic from the look of their Grimoire, even one who doesn't have magic despite having a Grimoire!" Rinwell smiled as Hootle lands on her shoulder.

"Maybe… Just maybe they could help me with my goal." Rinwell clutched onto her Grimoire and Hootle look at his friend with concern in his eyes.

Soon, Laphicet and his three new friends went to the register officer to show their Grimoire to the man checking their Grimoire, though he was a bit confuse of Asta's Grimoire because it looks old and tattered, but he was more surprised to see Yuno and Rinwell both having a four-leaf clover and same with Laphicet showing his Grimoire too.

The four friends got their numbers, Yuno has 166, Asta got 167, Laphicet has number 168, and Rinwell got 169.

"Oh wow, this feels like a lot more people than from the outside!" Laphicet surprised and notice some birds around.

"These must be the Anti-Magic Birds I read about." Laphicet recognized them.

"That's right, they're part of the exam. The lower your magic is, the more of these birds you attract, but it doesn't look like we'll have any problems with that since none are coming toward us. Yuno is the same way." Rinwell looked at Yuno and there is not a single Anti-Magic bird around him at all.

"But I can't say the same for Asta." Rinwell saw Asta being swarmed by lots of Anti-Magic birds because of him not having any magic and him running away from the birds.

"(I don't know why, but I feel like meeting Asta here was fate.)" Laphicet thought smiled.

KO a new chapter is done, and hope all enjoy it!

Now we can get on with the Magic Knight Exam as Laphicet is going to do hist best in the exam along with some new friends he made, and he might be in for a surprise to see what they are capable of.

Another thing you should know is that I'm also putting some characters from Tales of Arise like with Rinwell to make this extra special for the story.

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Chapter Text

Magic Knight Squad Captains has Arrive!

“Get them off me! Get them off me! Get them off me!” Asta ran around some more to get away from the anti-magic birds.

“Asta! Calm down, I’ll help you get those birds away from you!” Laphicet chased after Asta hoping to help him, as soon as he comes up with a plan that is.

A moment later and suddenly, Asta ran into something hard that stopped his running and Laphicet ended up crashing into him as well. And for some reason, the anti-magic birds squak in fear and then just flew away.

“Oh, it looks like they’re leaving you alone now.” Laphicet saw the birds going away.

“Finally, guess they had enough.” Asta sighed in relief.

“Hey there, sorry about that.” Asta apologized to the person he and Laphicet just bump into, hoping they’ll be no bad blood between them.

“Do you two got a death wish or something?” The tall and really scary muscular man asked with a death glare.

“(WHO IS THIS GUY?!)” Asta and Laphicet thought gasped in fear.

“(Oh man, I can already tell this guy is NOT here for the magic exam because he always got his robe which means he’s a Magic Knight and got thick muscles!)” Laphicet thought sweating like a pig.

“Asta, be careful because this guy is not here for the exam.” Laphicet whispered into Asta’s ear.

“Oh, so he’s not an oversize kid with too many thick body parts?” Asta asked out loud.

“Asta! Don’t make fun of the scary old man!” Laphicet yelled a little, and quickly covered his mouth when he realizes what he just said. But it was too late.

Literally three seconds later, the tall muscle man grabbed both boys on the head tightly.

“Looks like I was right about that death wish.” The muscle man threatened to end them.

“(This book got the right cover!)” Asta thought screamed.

“(My life is over! It was nice knowing the people I’ve met so far!)” Laphicet thought feared that his life is going to end at this very moment.

“Finally, there you are. What are you doing out here, anyway?” One pretty-looking guy asked walking up to the man along with a goth guy behind him.

“Right now, getting ready to wring these kids’ necks.” The muscle man answered.

“Please help us!” Laphicet begged while Asta tries to escape from this man’s grip.

“Hey, is that who I think it is?” One guy asked which got Rinwell’s attention.

“Yeah, it’s him. That’s Finral Roulacase. Wielder of the rare Spatial Magic.” One girl recognized the guy and started to blush too.

“And who is this lovely lady?” Finral asked with a wink at the girl.

Finral is a slender young man of average height and build. He has "droopy" eyes, and his light brown hair is somewhat unruly. He wears fairly simple clothes: on top of a white undershirt, he wears a light green, loose-fitting tunic with long sleeves and long tails at the back. He also wears dark trousers and a green pair of wide, knee-high boots that lace up the front. He wears the short mantle of his Magic Knight Squad, and his grimoire holder is on his left hip. He also wears a pair of green earrings.

“The womanizer who spends more time flirting than doing his job.” One random guy pointed out that flaw.

“(Yeah, I’m definitely staying away from him.)” Rinwell thought not interested in this guy.

“And that’s Gordon Agrippa! He’s a Hex Magic Expert!” Another guy mentioned the goth-looking guy.

“Word is that he’s got some issues with communicating. Plus, he’s scary.” Another guy explained and Gordon just waves at him.

Gordon is a slender, young man with pale skin and short black hair that is slicked back. His face is long with a large nose and lacks eyebrows. He wears black eyeshadow in large circles around his red eyes, and also wears black lipstick and nail polish. He wears a dark grey jacket with red trimming and red cuffs. His pants are a matching grey and are tucked into knee-high black boots. He wears a black belt over his jacket and a black pouch for his grimoire hangs on his left hip. Over this he wears his Magic Knight Squad's signature robe. His dark grey peaked cap has a black band and bill and the Magic Knight Squad badge.

“Please, let us go!” Laphicet groaned as he could feel the grip of this guy squeezing his head.

“Hey now, stop. That won’t do at all. A squad captain can’t kill an examines.” Finral said to the muscle man.

“Why’d you even come down here in the first place?” Finral asked the man.

“Went out to take a dump and got lost.” The muscle man answered blunt and truth.

“Hold on, did Finral just call that a squad captain just now?” Rinwell asked realizing those words.

“Which means that guy must be... Yami Sukehiro, God of Destruction.” One guy recognized the scary muscle man.

“Ten. Now nine. Now eight.” Yami started counting down the numbers.

“What are you counting down for?” Asta asked.

“The end of you and your friend’s life.” Yami answered which only made them feel more scared.

Yami is a tall man with a very muscular build. He has grey eyes and black hair of medium length that is messily combed backward, making it stick outwards. Additionally, he sports a stubble mustache and beard. Yami's attire is very simple and consists only of white A-shirt and black trousers. The trousers have an extra layer of tan leather that covers his outer thighs and down to his knees. The trousers are only supported by a belt around his waist. Yami wears another pair of belts, one of which he uses to carry his grimoire. Lastly, he wears black high boots that cover most of his calves. As the captain of his squad, Yami wears a black banner with the squad's insignia on it. He wears it over his right shoulder, and it is attached by two strings to his left shoulder. The banner also has tattered edges, seeming to have been ripped off from a bigger banner.

“Yami? The Captain of the Black Bulls?” One girl asked shock.

“Black Bulls? I’ve heard about that squad! It’s a squad that is full of people who are crazy to 11 who causes more harm than good, and all the members like a bunch of misfits!” Rinwell recalled hearing about the Black Bulls.

“A shameless flirt, and a mute. This squad is all types of crazy, I hope none of the boys I met will end up on that squad.” Rinwell concerned for their well-being.

Yami kept on squeezing Asta and Laphicet’s head to pop their heads into a bloody mess, but they are both thinking the same thing that they are not going to die here.

“Damn it… I will not let this be the end of me!” Laphicet groaned as he gritted his teeth and summon his silver flame from his hand.

Asta grips strongly onto Yami’s arm tightly and summons every ounce of strength hoping to force this guy to let them go just when Yami was about to reach one.

However, fate have saved both boys are the fireworks went off.

“What do you know. The exam is about to start.” Finral said, meaning Yami will have to let the boys go now.

Yami grunts thinking that some devil’s luck is on their side as he drops them and walks away.

“That was a close one, boys. You got a second chance at life. Better do something with it, or I’ll come back and kill the both of you.” Yami advised with his two squad members following him.

“See you later.” Finral winked at the two girls he was talking to.

“I wish the captain would just kill me instead.” Gordon muttered softly to himself.

“Oh man, so that was a Magic Knight Squad Captain. So serious and scary…” Laphicet exclaimed.

“Yeah, a whole lot of not fun.” Asta commented.

“Are you two feeling okay?” Rinwell asked.

“I hope so or else they might have a harder time in the exam.” One guy walked up to them, getting their attention.

“Confronting Captain Yami of the Black Bulls without warning like that? I can’t say I envy you.” The guy said.

“I’m just happy to be alive.” Laphicet relieved.

“Oh, I’m Sekke, by the way. Sekke Bronzazza. It’s nice to meet you.” Sekke introduced himself in a friendly manner.

Sekke is a teenager with a lean build and medium-length blond hair. His hair is combed backward and held together with a black hairband, leaving only several strands left hanging in front of his forehead. He wears a grey shirt with a dark grey vest with a wide V-shaped collar on top of it. He also wears white trousers and a pair of black high boots that have a pair of tan belts on each of them. In addition, Sekke wears a tan belt that is connected to a pouch that he uses to carry his grimoire. The pouch is placed on his left-hand side. On top of everything, Sekke wears a magenta coat with long sleeves and black horizontal stripes around the forearms.

“Yeah, same to you, I’m Asta.” Asta introduced himself.

“Laphicet Maotelous.” Laphicet revealed his name.

And then came eight special people came walking to their own seats getting all the attention of the candidates which is a sight to behold.

“That’s Nozel Silva, the”

“Captain of the Silver Eagles. He’s the type of captain who is always serious! Not only that, but he’s also the head of the Silva House!” Laphicet amazed, explaining about the silver hair guy.

Nozel Silva is a slender male with fair skin, narrow purple eyes, and small eyebrows. He has pale, silver-white hair worn in a very distinctive style that is occasionally remarked upon by other characters. He keeps his hair long and straight at the lower back, the top and upper side portions of his hair are heavily styled and swept back into a long spiky fringe. His long bangs are styled into a braid that hangs between his eyes and down to the tip of the nose, where a small House Silva pendant is attached. He wears a loose-fitting shirt with a high collar that is kept closed at the top by a gold band but is left open below to expose his collarbone. He also wears loose pants, with tight bands just below the knee, and flimsy sandals. In addition, Nozel wears the typical robe of his order, the Silver Eagles. This robe consists of a short, fur mantle with longer, frilled panels that hang down to the elbow. Like other squads, their squad insignia is placed on the left side of their robes. Nozel's mantle also has an attached robe that is long enough to reach nearly to his feet. His grimoire case is positioned on his left hip.

“Wow, you sure know your stuff.” Sekke surprised.

“One of them.” Yuno said.

“A real Magic Knight Squad Captain.” Asta amazed.

“Interesting hair style. How does he see with that thing in his face?” Asta wondered.

“Maybe it’s for the serious look he’s going with.” Rinwell guessed.

Sekke was about to speak about the next captain, but Laphicet cuts in.

“That there is Fuegoleon Vermillion, captain of the Crimson Lions. He’s a powerful Flame Creation magic user that some say are hotter than anything you have ever felt!” Laphicet explained.

“Wow!” Asta said.

Fuegoleon is a tall man with purple eyes and long, straight vermillion hair. His hair is neatly combed to the back while leaving his long fringe combed to the left in a wavy hairstyle. One of his notable features is the red markings around his eyes. Another one is a diamond-shaped mark of similar color on the center of his forehead. Additionally, he also wears a pair of red earrings. He wears a white tunic which is covered by a dark blue shirt with long sleeves and high collar. The shirt is decorated with gold-colored fabric with vertical stripes design on its edges, collars, and along the sleeves. In order to keep the shirt together, he wears a purple sash around his waist. Moreover, he wears white trousers and black high boots with a similar design as his shirt. On top of his attire, he wears a long red cape. As a member of the Crimson Lion squad, Fuegoleon wears the squad's signature robe that only covers his torso. His squad robe has a similar color as his personal robe. The robe has gold intricate designs at the lower front edge and complemented with a scarf of similar red color. Additionally, a pair of gold-colored ropes are protruding from between the scarf and the robe at the front and a purple stone is decorating each end. Lastly, the squad's insignia is located at the center back of the robe.

“Yes, that’s about right.” Sekke said with one eyebrow twitching.

“Oh, Jack the Ripper, Captain of the Green Praying Mantises. His Severing Magic is so sharp that he could split the ground in two and the dept would be very deep that you couldn’t see the bottom!” Laphicet explained about Jack.

Jack is a tall, lean man with gold eyes and loose, medium-length black hair. On the left side of his face, he has a thin, red scar (or birthmark) running from his forehead down to his chin, passing over his left eye and ended at the left side of his mouth. He possesses very sharp facial features, such as sharp eyes and a slit-like mouth. He wears a light green shirt that only covers the upper half of his torso, leaving his abs uncovered. He wears form-fitting black pants, with green portions (the same green color as his shirt) that cover from the halfway point of his shin up to the halfway point of his thigh on both legs. He wears shoes with the same green color as his shirt. Jack wears two small wristbands on each wrist, and two straps on his waist that cross together to form an x on his front, which carries the pouch that his grimoire is in. He wears his Green Mantis robe on top of everything, which has four long leather strands that drape down.

“Awesome! Wait, what’s a praying mantis?” Asta asked.

“A long bug thing.” Sekke answered.

“Praying Mantises though, seriously? Who wants to be named for a bug?” Sekke wondered.

“Oh, I know her! That’s Charlotte Roselei, the beautiful captain of the Blue Rose Knights! She’s not only beautiful, but she also got the beautiful magic that would crush anyone who gets in her way!” Rinwell explained about Charlotte.

Charlotte is a tall woman with upper-back length blonde hair that is braided as she usually keeps her hair tied back into a bun with only a single lone braid hanging down on the left side of her face while she has bangs swept to the left side, light blue eyes with visible long eyelashes and full pink lips. She wears a set of armor. She wears a fancy decorated helmet that has a single fin protruding from the top, resembling a shark fin. For her top, she wears a black one-piece undershirt, which extends out to her hands and act as sleeveless gloves. On top of that, she wears a decorated armored breastplate, an armored collar plate, as well as gauntlets on her arms. For her bottom, she wears a short blue skirt, which is visible underneath a longer leather-like skirt that is open on the front. Her white trousers are tucked into her thigh-high black socks, which have leather cuffs at the ends. She wears shin armor as well as armored boots. Her grimoire is stored inside a brown leather pouch that is attached to a strap on her waist on her right side. She finishes off her look with a long, flowing blue cape that reaches down to her ankles, along with the Blue Rose robe, secured at the center of her chest with a buckle that shows their squad's insignia. Breasts size: E-cup.

“Oh wow, she’s really beautiful!” Sekke complimented.

“She’s got nothing on Sister Lily.” Asta stated.

“Guess you got your own taste.” Laphicet commented.

“Oh, that guy is Gueldre Poizot, captain of the Purple Orcas. Rumor has it that he does a lot of business around earning lots of earning, and some of them are the not friendly-shady kinds.” Laphicet explained about the guy.

“Shady ones don’t interest me.” Sekke said.

Gueldre is a tall and obese man. He wears a dark purple mask and his Magic Knight uniform.

“That’s the captain of the Coral Peacocks, Dorothy Unsworth. And in case you’re wondering, yes, she is sleeping. She always does, but some say it’s because her magic lies in her dreams where she is the most powerful.” Laphicet explained.

Dorothy is a young looking, lilac-haired fair-skinned woman of slightly below average height. She wears a pointed hat with a wide brim and a garland of natural flowers wrapped around the cone's base. Her outer cloak is clasped by a flower-shaped brooch. The cloak layers so that her insignia is on the cloak of her cape. Beneath her cloak, she wears a light-colored shirt with puffy sleeves that end just past her elbows, light-colored puffy short pants, and a dark-colored vest that has light-colored fur draping down over her hips. Her shoes are pointed and colored in contrast with a deeper shade of her squad's color. Breasts size: B-cup.

“For real?” Asta shocked.

“I’m afraid of what will happen if we woke her up and gets angry.” Rinwell said.

“You’ll like him, Asta. He’s Rill Boismortier, Captain of the Aua Deer. He’s the youngest to have ever become a captain, currently 19-years-old.” Laphicet mentioned the guy.

Rill is a young man with spiky, aqua-colored hair in a messy mound atop his head. He wears a light-colored shirt under a dark blue vest that is held closed by a bronze-colored belt. His dark blue pants end halfway down his shins, and his shoes are bronze-colored slippers. Over this, he wears a long, white open coat with two pairs of large, turquoise diamonds on the front and on the sleeves. His squad robe has a dark blue tassel of diamonds hanging from the front clasp.

“Hold up, four years older than us! That’s crazy awesome! I’ll be the Wizard King in no time!” Asta smirked, revealing his big dream.

“No way, the Wizard King! That’s the highest position in the kingdom, right next to the king of the Clover Kingdom!” Laphicet amazed as Rinwell is also surprised.

“Well, then you’re gonna have to try harder because the person next in line…” Sekke paused as the wother examines all cheered loudly for one more squad captain.

“If you take a look up there, you’ll see. That’s the front-runner.” Sekke said.

The man of the hour appears for everyone to see him.

“No way! That’s William Vangeance, Captain of the Golden Dawn! He’s powerful, kind, and the mightiest Magic Knight who is said to become the next Wizard King!” Laphicet explained excitedly.

William is a 26-year-old man with an average height and a lean build. He has purple eyes. William wears a helmet that also functions as a mask. The mask is very elaborate and is made up of a large gold piece covering the area around his right eye, and a smaller blue piece covering the area around his left eye. The helmet has white and red patches of fur on the back edge, and two white feathers that stick up on the left side. The right eye hole has a red border outline, with two lines sticking out on both the top and bottom halves, while the left eye hole has the same design, except white-colored with slightly longer lines. He wears a double-breasted and long-sleeved shirt with a high collar. The shirt itself consists of two different colors, as it is white at the sides and blue in the center. Gold trimmings and buttons can be seen on the blue portion of the front of the shirt. The sleeves are mostly made of white fabric, except for the wrist area where they are made of a yellowish fabric. The shirt extends below William's waist, and he wears a dark belt on top of it. He also wears white pants and a pair of high black boots. William wears the Golden Dawn's signature squad robe, which covers his torso and is gold in color. It has a blue-colored fur trim around the border of the hood and a pair of red ropes, which come from the left shoulder and connect to the gold-colored button on the right shoulder. Furthermore, at the left-hand side is positioned the squad's insignia. Underneath his robe, William wears a long red cloak that reaches his ankles.

“(All of these powerful magic knights, so powerful and wise in their own way! This the moment I’m going to begin a new adventure for me!)” Laphicet thought felt his body shaking with excitement as hie Grimoire glows a little.

KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

Now Laphicet and his new friends have witnessed the arrival of all the Magic Knight squad captains, including one who almost killed him and Asta for bumping into him. And now the Magic Knight exams will begin, so they better do their best if they want to make the team!

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Chapter Text

Struggle and Success in the Magic Exam

Right after the rest of the Magic Knight Captains made themselves know, Yami came up to his chair with his two squad members behind him.

"Let's get this over with. The sooner we start, the sooner we'll be done." Yami said, letting out a yawn.

"This exam is going to decide these youths' future. You really shouldn't be taking it so lightly." William said in a friendly tone towards Yami.

"You take it seriously enough for all of us." Yami countered.

"All the captains, here in one place." Sekke amazed of seeing the sight with his very own eyes.

Narrator: Each of the Magic Knight squad captains is said to be more powerful than a hundred mages combined. From their illustrious ranks will come the next Wizard King.

"And the Wizard King?' Asta asked excitedly, trying to see if the Wizard King himself is here, which got Sekke laughing a bit.

"Like he would bother with something as pedestrian as an exam! Just getting all the squad captains in one place is miraculous already." Sekke stated.

"Oh yeah, I remember hearing about not all of the squad captains get along with each other." Rinwell recalled hearing that little tale.

"Even so, it is breathtaking that all the captains are here!" Rinwell commented with a smile.

Seeing that appears to be all the candidates have gathered here, William begins to speak.

"Attention, examinees!" William said, getting the ones below their attention to him.

"Thank you for waiting. I will be administering this year's entrance exam." William held out his gold Grimoire and it flaps to a certain page.

"Magic Tree's Descent." Willaim casted his spell and suddenly the sky is covered in dark clouds with a strong gust of wind and a golden light appears at the center and out came some tree roots that got everyone scared.

"So cool! Willaim's World Tree Magic is so amazing that it can even affect the sky!" Laphicet freaked out happily like a fanboy.

"Surprise, surprise. Amazing as usual." Finral smiled, he could not stop getting impressed by this guy's magic.

"My, oh my, I can see that William is still being such a showoff as ever." Magilou chuckled, watching this from a higher view with one floating card.

The tree roots kept growing down while forming into brooms, and each broom are being handed to each examinee as they are wondering about the purpose of these brooms. All except for Asta, Yuno, and Laphicet.

"(Right now, this man is the one closest to becoming the Wizard King.)" Asta and Yuno thought looked determined.

"(Seeing a Magic Knight Captain's power like this is so amazing, I wanna be strong like that. A strong wizard who can do so much good in the world!)" Laphicet thought smiled.

"We kept you waiting long enough. The time has come. Let the entrance exam begin!" William declared.

"(Alright, better pay close attention to what the test will be. I have a feeling it has something to do with the brooms he gave us.)" Laphicet thought looked at his broom.

"In just a few moments, we'll begin the first in a series of tests. The nine Magic Knight captains will be serving as your judges. And when the exam is complete, we will choose the individuals we want on our squads. If chosen, you are in. If more than one squad chooses you, you will decide which you would like to join. However, if you are no selected by any squad, that means you have been deemed unqualified to join the Magic Knights." William explained the rules.

"(That means I will have to really try my hardest if I'm ever going to impress the captains.)" Laphicet thought clenched onto his broom.

"And now for your first test. You must use the brooms you've been given to fly." William revealed the first text of the exam.

"To fly?" A girl confused.

"I've never done that before." A guy said.

"A mage who is in control of his or her magic power can do it on instinct alone. It is our most basic way to get from one place to another. If you can't fly on a broom, then you are not worth our time." William explained.

"Oh, this is something similar my parents told me a while back." Rinwell smiled, understanding this.

"(I've always seen Grimoirh fly on her Grimoire around back home, but I think that's just because of her size and curse.)" Laphicet thought remembered Grimoire flying.

"Enough talk. Now, begin!" William announced the start of the match.

All the examinees started pouring some of the magic into the brooms and begun flying in the air though some are struggling to keep themselves on their brooms without being thrown off and being hung upside-down, but they are hanging in there, in a literal scene.

"(This test is an excellent way for us to gauge the examinees' basic abilities.)" Charlotte thought looked at most of the examinees.

"(Seems we have a number of promising candidates this year.)" Charlotte thought looked up seeing the other examinees are doing very well on their brooms and soaring higher in the air.

Yuno is among those examinees showing incredible control of his broom and standing on the broom with just two feet, almost like a flying surfboard with no difficulty with the balance as he is soon joined by Rinwell and Laphicet.

"This is amazing! I had no idea flying a brook could feel so much fun!" Laphicet smiled.

"I know, it makes me feel like how Hootle feels when he's flying!" Rinwell laughed happily.

"Man, one guy from a backwater village doing so well with the broom is hard enough to believe, but seeing three of them is more shocking than ever!" One pale-brown hair guy surprised.

"Two of them were chosen by the four-leaf clover. But get this, I heard that one of them has a Five-leaf clover." One black hair guy mentioned.

"Are you for real?" The pale-brown hair guy shocked.

Then they heard some groaning sounds coming close to them and they turn around to see one of the examinees, that being Asta, is having a really, really, really hard time getting himself to even float a little into the air.

And it's not going well for Asta.

"Are you doing okay, Asta?" Laphicet asked, floating next to him.

"Sure… Nothing to worry about…!" Asta exclaimed, struggling in vain to get the broom to fly.

"What's going on over there? Even if he doesn't have any significant talent, he should be able to float." Fuegoleon wondered about that boy.

Nozel then notices something within the arena that he can sense this presence and it feels quite familiar and will need to see it himself.

"If you'll excuse me for a moment." Nozel said as he walked away.

"I take you haven't been able to conjure a single magical energy, have you?" Laphicet asked.

"Nope, I really tried throughout my entire life. But even so, I focus my efforts on my physical strength." Asta explained.

"Oh, I guess that explains why I've been getting the feeling that you're strong!" Laphicet smiled.

"I don't think you'll be able to pass this one. Just rest up for a bit and get yourself ready for the next tests, maybe you could do better in at least one of them." Laphicet advised.

"Yeah, maybe you're right." Asta panted a little.

"Well, I've already done enough flying for this test. So, I'll just wait for the next test to begin with you." Laphicet said as he hops off his broom.

"Are you sure? Won't that take away some points or whatever for the exam?" Asta asked concern.

"I'm sure it's fine. And besides, what kind of friend would I be if I was leaving my own friend hanging like that." Laphicet smiled.

"Wow, you're a really nice guy!" Asta smiled and surprised.

"Huh, that guy is a nice one." Rill commented, feeling one examinee being nice to another.

Meanwhile, hiding behind a pillar are two young girls with one of them holding onto a broom.

"Are you ready? You should be able to fly a broom no problem." A girl said to the other girl who is a year younger.

"Yes." The younger girl nodded.

"What are you two doing?" Nozel asked, spooking the girls about his sudden presence.

"Nozel, how did you know we were here?" The older girl asked shock.

"I have my ways, but I'm surprised to see the princess of the Clover Kingdom is here. Do you have business, Alisha Diphda Clover?" Nozel asked.

"Only to help my friend here do well." Alisha answered.

Alisha is a 16-year-old girl with almond blonde hair, which is worn in a side ponytail swirling downward along with a white and yellow flower. Her haircut is strangely uneven, with each of her bangs crisscrossing, and the ends of her hair curled. She has bright green eyes. She wears armor consisting of a black undershirt, black shorts, a white and pink tunic which is worn over them, a green ribbon, steel gauntlets and white gloves. The back of her tunic displays an emblem with each of her characteristics, representing her as a knight and royalty. Her armour is said to be from a hero who defeated a beast into a black orb. Breasts size: E-cup.

"Oh, so you got the princess involved. How desperate can you be, Noelle." Nozel glared at the "little" girl.

"No, it just… I mean…" Noelle scared, trying to bring out the words but couldn't.

Noelle is a young woman with a slender build and pink eyes. She possesses long, silver-colored hair, which is tied in pigtails, with her center bangs over her forehead. Additionally, she wears a pair of purple stud earrings with a cross flory fitchy shape, and a silver bracelet on her left wrist. She wears a sleeveless, backless, short purple dress covered by a silver-colored blazer. The blazer has a backless design with sleeves attached at the back that extend slightly beyond her elbows with gold-colored cuffs. The blazer also has a pair of House Silva pins attached to it around her collarbone area. Additionally, it has frilly edges and a rounded tailcoat that extends down to her knees. Furthermore, the blazer extends up to her neck where it has frilly edges and is held together by a gold locket. She wears a brown leather belt that supports her pouch, which has a similar color and gold ornaments at its corners. The pouch hands on her right side and contains her grimoire. She also wears a pair of silver-colored leg warmers with a gold-colored cuff at both ends and a pair of sandals. Breasts size: E-cup.

"I came here of my own free will, Nozel. I came here because I wanted to help my friend." Alisha stated strongly.

"Besides, Noelle just wanted to see how well she can do compare to the other examinees." Alisha added.

"And I already told her, royalty need not undergo the same tests as common folk." Nozel said.

"Is that so? Then can you explain how my father allowed me to take part in this exam last year and became a Magic Knight? I think it's fair for royalty to do the same test as others." Alisha pointed out.

"That may be the case for you. But it has already been decided on where Noelle will go, so you two might as well stop this nonsense." Nozel said.

"… You're right, Nozel." Noelle sighed.

"Although if we're being honest, your very existence is pointless." Nozel walked away.

"Just how long are you going to keep calling her that! Is this really how your mother wanted you to treat Noelle this way?" Alisha asked, bringing up the mother which causes Noelle to stop.

"If she were here right now, she would be disappointed in how you're" But Alisha stopped her sentence when Nozel turned around and gave her the more frightening glare to send a cold shiver down her spine.

"I believe you already said quite enough for today, your highness. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back with the other captains." Nozel walked away.

"…She'll prove you wrong that she is strong!" Alisha believed, taking a slight step forward.

Nozel didn't respond this time as he kept going and not baring any mind about the princess nor his younger sister, but his mind goes to thinking about his mother who passed away sometime after Noelle's birth and the smile she had.

"(It's better… That Noelle be with others outside of the Silva family.)" Nozel thought hoped for Noelle will find a better life than with her blood family.

Noelle clutches onto her broom, feeling both angry and sad that her big brother still sees her that way.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll make him change his mind about you once you get better at using your magic." Alisha said to Noelle.

Back at the Magic Knight entrance exam, the broom test was done and move on to the next tests.

The second test is Magic Power Test to see how strong they can make their Mana to break through a stone wall. Laphicet unleash a little fire blast that destroyed about 97% of his stone wall while Rinwell destroyed over half of her wall, Asta can't do much because, again, no magic in his body.

"Maybe your Grimoire doesn't do long-range things." Laphicet guessed.

"I think you're right. My Grimoire does allow me to use a sword to fight." Asta mentioned.

"In that case, why don't you wait for the test that involves close-range." Sekke suggested.

The third test is the Magic-Power Control Test to see how much control the examinees have when trying to shoot down moving targets, Laphicet had a little trouble, but he was able to hit it while Rinwell performed a concentrated fire blast at the target which surprises Yuno.

"I see, that must be what her magic power is. More than one element." Yuno said, surprised and curious about Rinwell at the same time.

Fourth Test involves using their magic to create something out of their own element like Sekke making a bronze statue of himself, one guy making a crest out of fire, and Laphicet is making a pair of wings on his back which kinda makes him look like an angel because of his halo cowlick.

"Oh man, I'm failing at these other tests. If I don't shape up, then I'm done for!" Asta worried, but not giving up.

"Just hang in there, Asta. I'm sure we'll get to the test where you can really do your best!" Laphicet believed.

"Yeah! You better believe I'm not giving up!" Asta shouted with determination.

The fifth test, Evolution Magic Test, is using magic to make a little seed grow which is simple for some and Laphicet is surprised that he was able to do it since his magic is fire though maybe there is more to it.

And then.

"On to the next test. The final and most difficult. A display of combat skill." William revealed, shocking most of the examinees.

"Prepare to duel!" Fuegoleon shouted as he stood up.

"You will break into pairs and fight each other. Use your Grimoires to attack and defend. As knights, battle is our business. We wanna see everything you're capable of!" Fuegoleon stated.

"The test will end when one combatant either surrenders or is unable to continue. We have mages wielding Recovery Magic standing by for the injured." Willian added.

"So, don't hold anything back!" Fuegoleon said.

"Okay Asta, I know this is the last test, but I think this is where you can really shine the most! You said that you've been training your body like fucking crazy, so that means you'll be able to show off your strength with the ability of your Grimoire that could give a big, good impressions on the captain!" Laphicet believed.

"Oh man, I hope you're right! Alright, I'm gonna do my best!" Asta determined.

"In that case, how about you and I pair up! I am certainly curious about what you can do." Sekke offered to fight Asta.

However, Laphicet is getting a really weird feeling about this Sekke guy who is trying to nice like he wants something in return. A hidden motive that he is waiting to exploit for later which is probably now with the final test being combat.

"Hey Asta, mind if we talk for a second?" Laphicet grabbed Asta's hand and pulls him away to have a little talk, leaving Sekke confused.

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The Magic Knight entrance exam seems to be going well for everyone, except for Asta as he cannot do anything because of not having a single ounce of magic within his body, but at least he has Laphicet for emotional support. I hope I had you guys surprised to see Alisha Diphda in the story, decided to put her in the mix as she seem like a nice girl, and even made her the crowned princess of the Clover Kingdom and a Magic Knight! But which squad she is in; you'll have to wait and see.

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Chapter Text

Magic of Hard Work and Never Giving Up

"What?! Are you for real?" Asta was shocked to hear what Laphicet just told him. And being loud like before.

"I know it's hard to believe given how much he's been hanging around you and being all "Nice", I'm afraid that's his only reason." Laphicet said.

"Oh man, I can't believe that guy would use me like that. It makes me so mad!" Asta was angered.

"Which is why you're going to show him you're not weak, that you do have what it takes to become a Magic Knight!" Laphicet smiled with a fist on Asta's chest.

"Oh, you better believe I'm going to show him what I'm capable and that I have what I takes to become the Wizard King!" Asta was determined to get through this exam and become a Magic Knight.

"That's the spirit." Laphicet smiled.

"Hey Sekke, I hope you're ready for the biggest fight because I'm not going to hold anything back!" Asta walked up to Sekke.

"That's wonderful to hear. I look forward to seeing what you can do." Sekke said.

Laphicet can definitely tell that Sekke isn't the nice guy as he claims to be and he can tell how this fight is gonna go down, he just has to hope that he'll be able to do his best in his own fight.

"We're ready for the first bout. Let's go." The referee announced.

"We're coming!" Asta said as he and Sekke make their way to center of the arena.

"Be honest with me, Yuno. Does Asta even stand the slightest chance since he doesn't have any magic power at all, he has failed the other tests and the captains all saw that too." Rinwell asked Yuno for his opinion.

"He'll win, definitely." Yuno answered simply.

"The fuck…?! You're serious?" Rinwell was shocked to hear that.

"I've known Asta since we were raised together in the same village. He's never been the type of guy to give up, no matter how hard things get nor how many times the world tries to make him give up, Asta will keep getting back up and strikes back stronger than ever with his determination and willpower. He has also been training himself nonstop with his physical body to make himself strong enough to stand against other wizards." Yuno explained about Asta's way of life.

"Wow, you really believe Asta can do the impossible." Rinwell was amazed at how much faith he has in Asta.

"I do, which is why I need to work harder too, getting stronger to make my way to meet him all the way to the top where we will decide which one of us will become the Wizard King." Yuno smiled.

"(It's crazy, most who are born with no magic power are regarded as freaks and outcasts, but this is completely different with Asta.)" Rinwell thought looked at Asta with a serious yet gentle look on his face.

"(He's determined to live and become a Magic Knight.)" Rinwell thought was amazed.

"(Makes me wonder what Laphicet's reason to become a Magic Knight.)" Rinwell thought looked over to Laphicet.

"You got this, Asta." Laphicet whispered.

"Time to show everyone what I can do, including you." Asta said to Sekke.

"Stop trying so hard. It's almost getting painful to watch." Sekke laughed as he places a hand on his shoulder and laughs a little.

"You're just a grubby little gutter rat who's way out of his dept." Sekke insulted, now revealing his true colors.

"I guess I should thank you for sticking around and making me look good. Once I'm chosen by a squad, I plan to kick up my heels and enjoy the ride. It's going to be so much fun." Sekke smirked.

"Just like Laphicet said, you really were just trying to use me." Asta said, surprising Sekke.

"He said that you were only pretending to be nice to me just to make yourself look better while doing the exams. Just to score yourself a place in a squad, and it you just confirmed it." Asta explained.

"I see, so the little brat is smarter than he looks." Sekke glanced at Laphicet.

"But it doesn't matter if you know or not. You're still going to lose like the waste of space that you are." Sekke smirked.

"Now. Let's get this over with, shall we? Then you can scurry on home to the garbage heap you came from and get back to whatever pitiful excuse for a life you have left." Sekke insulted as he walks away from Asta.

"You'll be surprised of how giant things come in very small packages." Asta said.

"Asta is going to win this." Laphicet said.

"Hold on, you actually believe in that weak idiot?" One boy with red hair asked in shock.

"I do, you'll see it for yourself." Laphicet nodded.

"Alright, seems like Laphicet has taken an interest in this Asta boy. Let see what he brings to the table." Magilou said, going to watch this match very carefully.

"Now, begin." The referee signaled the start of the match.

"Hope you don't mind that I won't be pulling any punches. Let's do this, Asta!" Sekke said with his Grimoire out and surrounded himself inside a magic barrier with little cannons from all sides.

"Is that his magic?" Rinwell asked.

"Bronze Creation Magic: Sekke Magnum Cannon Ball!" Sekke smirked.

"A defensive spell that can also do offense. That's creative, I'll give him that. But the name itself suck as shit…" Rinwell commented on Sekke's magic spell.

"(What do you think of this, captains? The bronze magic power I've crafted is dual purpose. It protects me and attacks with magic bullets. It will fend off his pathetic attacks showing off my skills at defense. Then, the second he's exhausted, I'll go on the offensive and shoot.)" Sekke thought bragged about his magic and his plan to beat Asta.

"That seems like some fairly high-level magic for an examinee." Finral was impressed with that guy's magic.

"He looks like an insect, though. A big, spiny pillbug." Yami commented.

"Come on, don't get shy on me now." Sekke taunted mockingly.

"(Good. Watching him struggle should liven things up.)" Sekke thought believed this could be a little entertaining for the crowd and the captains.

Laphicet, Yuno, and Rinwell can see that Sekke is underestimating Asta as they're about to see what he's going to do.

"Okay. Here we go." Asta said with his Grimoire out.

With the mighty strength in his legs, Asta sprints straight for Sekke while getting out his big black sword from the Grimoire.

"(He's quick. Fast Movement Magic?)" William thought shocked to see how fast that boy was moving.

"(No magical enhancements here. This kid is just in crazy good shape.)" Yami thought impressed with the kid's strength.

Asta appeared in front of the dome and swings his big black sword down against Sekke easily breaking through the magic defense and slamming the ass-jerk down into the ground causing cracks and a little shockwave.

"WHAAAT?!" The examinees were shocked, including Rinwell.

Yuno and Laphicet are the only ones smiling that Asta was able to show that Sekke jerk that he is much stronger than he mocked him to be weak, and now has paid the price for his arrogance.

"Unlike you, Sekke, I'm not joining the Magic Knights just so I can slack off and have a little fun. I got a much bigger goal." Asta said to the knocked-out Sekke as he places his sword on his shoulder.

"I'm gonna be the Wizard King." Asta declared his goal out loud.

"(That Grimoire.)" William thought noticed something about that Grimoire that feels familiar.

"Hey." Yami smirked, really liking this kid already.

"Holy shit lord! That kid is something else, it's almost like he has the power to cut through magic itself and yet he doesn't have any drop of magic at all." Magilou was surprised.

"No way! He really did that… All without any magic power at all!" Rinwell was shocked that she almost fell on her knees.

"(He's not the one who will defeat you, Asta. I am.)" Yuno thought smiled, glad to see Asta can finally show everyone what he can do.

"Is that a magic sword?" One guy asked.

"So, he's not just some poor reject from the sticks. What's his deal?" Another guy was absolutely shocked to see this kid win with just one move.

"Who is he?"

"And that stuff he said… About the Wizard King…"

"That's right, you heard me. I'm gonna become the Wizard King, you got it?! Is there a problem with that?" Asta yelled seriously.

Hearing him talk about becoming the Wizard King is pathetic coming from a poor kid just because he got one lucky shot in, mocking him for being an idiot to not know the reality.

"You guys are the ones who's pathetic." Laphicet said, getting some of their attention.

"If you guys laugh at someone who is dead serious about his dreams, then you all are the weakest ones." Laphicet stated harshly.

That sets off some angry moods on some of the examinees as they yell at Laphicet, but he didn't care as he looks at Asta with his kind smile.

Then some medical wizards came in to help take Sekke away from the center of the arena.

"Huh. Creation Magic, I'd wager." Finral guessed.

"Impressive moves." Gordon commented whispering.

"Based on the other tests, I would've never expected him to have that much magic power." Finral said to his captain.

"Yeah, well… Ha. He didn't use magic power. I mean, it's not so much that didn't use it. More like he doesn't have it." Yami pointed out which only confuses Finral.

"(Matter of fact, I didn't pick up on any mana before.)" Yami thought recalled how he grabbed that kid's head when he bumped into him earlier before the exam started.

"(But he sayin's he's gonna be the Wizard King? Huh. We got ourselves a real odd duck here.)" Yami thought believed this kid could be something worthwhile.

"Hey Captain Jack, did you see the way that kid easily cut through that other kid's magic barrier with just a swing of his sword? And that speed, I say that was pure strength." The guy standing next to Jack pointed out.

"Big deal, I can cut through no problem." Jack stated.

"True, but the kid did it without any magical powers and that sword of his… It's special, really special, like it has the power to cut through magic itself." The man mentioned.

"This is the first time you've seen very interested in someone, much less a kid." Jack said.

"I know a good potential swordsman when I see one. And who knows, maybe he could even cut your magic as well." The man smirked.

"Oh, now that is interesting. You best be right about that." Jack laughed a little.

"I bet my life on it or else I would throw away the name of Rokurou Rangetsu." Rokurou staked his name for that with a smirk.

Rokurou Rangetsu has mid-length, spiky and black hair which covers the right portion of his face (specifically to cover his right eye). His hair is tied into a low-ponytail and each strand of hair flicks out. The right side of his face is covered with markings that had appeared after the Scarlet Moon and continues lower down on his body. He wears black legwarmers, pale-lilac samurai pants and woven robes. Another layer of a dark purple robe is worn over and tied around his waist. The purple layer of clothing has orange as its inverted colour. He wears a chest-plate guard and presumably something of the similar sort for his arms, which is finished off by a thick, plated shoulder-guard. He has a strap attached to his torso which he hangs his sword on the back of. Rokurou also wears traditional sandal footwear for that of samurais, with straps and socks. He also wears the green vest of the Green Mantis squad.

"Well then, let see Yami can top that." Jack glanced smirking at Yami.

"Huh, Captain Yami, I think Captain Jack is looking this way at you." Finral alerted.

"Oh, is he now?" Yami looked back at Jack with a slight glare. Guessing that it might be about the first fight and the kid who won.

"Asta, that was awesome! You really showed Sekke what you're made of!" Laphicet complimented to Asta.

"Thanks, and thanks for warning me about Sekke. That asshole was definitely not friendly." Asta said.

"Hey, what are friends for." Laphicet smiled.

"So, you're serious about the Wizard King? That's the greatest and highest level of honor to represent the kingdom, just below the King himself." Laphicet asked.

"You bet I am, it's something I decided a long time ago in order to help the church I was raised in live a better life and to show everyone that I have what is takes!" Asta explained his reasons.

"(Such a strong noble reason, it makes me want to support him.)" Laphicet thought smiled.

"That sword of yours, it came from your Grimoire. Does it have any special abilities?" Laphicet asked curiously, looking at the big sword.

"Not sure, all I know it's part of my Grimoire and I think I can cut through magic which is pretty cool." Asta explained on what he does know.

"Cutting through magic, that would mean you have some kind of… Anti-Magic power." Laphicet theorized.

"Whoa, that sounds so cool!" Asta was impressed with the name.

"Next pair, please step up." The referee called out.

"Hey kid, you're battling me." One noble girl demanded at Laphicet as she walks past him.

"Oh, looks like you're next." Asta said.

"Looks like it. Wish me luck." Laphicet readied himself.

"Hey, Laphicet. My Magic is never giving up." Asta said his famous words.

Laphicet didn't know why exactly, but he can feel himself being hyped up even more and burning with confidence and determination to win this match.

"Hurry up, we don't have all day." The noble girl demanded and Laphicet get into position.

"Now, begin." The referee signaled the start of the second match.

(Music: Star Light Star Bright, nano)

"Unlike Sekke, I'm not going to waste my time by standing around." The noble girl glared at Laphicet as her Grimoire glows gold.

"Gold Creation Magic: Golden Bullets!" The noble girl fired bullets made of gold.

Laphicet isn't worried about the projectiles coming at him and he forms a silver flaming wall that protected him from the attack, then sends the flaming wall right at her.

"Shit!" The noble girl quickly jumps out of the way.

"A unique fire magic user, a silver flame one." Fuegolen was interested in this one.

"Gold Magic: Spike Eruption!" The noble girl sends in a wave of golden spikes at Laphicet.

"Silver Flame Magic: Frigid Pillar!" Laphicet slammed his hand onto the ground and spikes of silver flames came at the gold attack.

Both attacks clash at each other that they appear to be even, but Laphicet smirks as he puts in a little more mana for his attack to break through and lands on the noble girl.

"What the fuck… How exactly is fire able to break through gold? It doesn't make any sense?" The noble girl asked angrily.

"My magic doesn't just break through your gold; it also creates an intense heat that your gold couldn't withstand." Laphicet pointed at the battlefield to show the melted gold turning into little puddles.

"Wow, Laphicet's fire is even hotter to melt gold!" Rinwell was impressed.

"You little shit… You're just a commoner, you don't deserve to be a Magic Knight." The noble girl gritted her teeth and starts channeling her mana for one strong spell.

"Gold Creation Magic: Golden Harsh Judgement Fist!" The noble girl launched a big golden gauntlet fist to pound him into the ground.

"Silver Flame Creation Magic: Hell Trident!" Laphicet conjured his fire into a giant trident with the two sides being like bat-like wings.

The two attacks clash at each other like the last ones causing a strong wind coming from them as the noble girl appears to be pushing him back.

"Come on, Laphicet! Don't let that bitch win here! You have your own dream, don't you?" Asta cheered for Laphicet.

"Just give up!" The noble girl shouted.

"Sorry, but… Giving up isn't what I do!" Laphicet shouted back and starts unleashing more of his power, causing his attack to push the golden gauntlet back while slowly melting through until it went through heading for the noble girl who gasped in fear and got hit with an explosion.

The smoke cleared away showing the noble girl is on the ground unconscious and her clothes are covered in burn marks.

"I win!" Laphicet jumped with joy.

"Wow, that was amazing! I just suddenly felt a new inspiration of art bursting inside of me!" Rill excitedly.

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Asta and Laphicet certainly showed everyone what they are capable of which should make some good impressions on the captains, and bet you guys were surprised that I have Rokuro being a Magic Knight for the Green Mantis squad.

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After Battle with Big Knightly Results

"I have to say, that kid sure did well in that battle with the golden girl. I mean I didn't expect to see such fire power to melt through the gold like that." Magilou giggled like a happy little girl while laying on her back on her card.

"This just got me even more curious to see what else he's capable of." Magilou went back to look at the arena.

"Such power, I never knew there would be someone who could be that strong." Alisha was amazed when Laphicet defeated that noble girl with the gold magic.

"Even I was blown away by that kid. B-But that doesn't mean I'm going to let him show me up, I'm a noble and he will soon learn that I am not someone who could be downed unlike that girl." Noelle proclaimed, trying to act all high and such.

"Of course." Alisha giggled at her friend, thinking that Noelle is really going to work hard to be ready for that short boy.

"(But still, I can't help but feel like there is something else going on with that boy and the other one with the big sword that came out of his Grimoire.)" Alisha thought decided to keep an eye on them carefully.

Throughout the next couple of battles seeing how they are strong though still talks about the one with Laphicet winning with his flame and thinks that Asta just got lucky when he defeated Sekke.

Yuno is mentally getting himself ready for when it's his turn to battle, but then one of the examinees walks up to him.

"What was your name? Oh yes, Yuno, was it." The guy said, getting Yuno's attention.

"Well, looks like you don't have a sparring partner yet. Perhaps you would like to take me on then." The guy offered to be his opponent for the next match.

Yuno can tell that this guy wants to show off and push him around because he's from the same poor village as Asta, but that won't stop Yuno to stop the captains what he's capable of with his Wind Magic and will show this noble guy just like what Asta did to him.

"Hey, isn't that…" One guy recognized the noble walking with Yuno.

"Yeah, it's Salim. From the Hapshass family."

"You may have been chosen by the four-leaf clover, but you're still a mere commoner. I'll show you just how superior we nobles are to your kind in rank and power. Oh, and wealth too, obviously." Salim laughed a little while stating the difference between the two of them.

Salim has long, blond hair, tied back in a long ponytail, with his bangs offset to the left. He has fair skin, and pencil-thin blond eyebrows, with mostly slanted green eyes. He wears a white shawl and small stud earrings.

Yuno doesn't respond to Salim's words because he is more focused on getting into the Magic Knights, and also because this guy is going to be surprised by how strong he is.

The two young wizards stand in position ready for their match to start.

"(Okay Yuno, show me how strong you really are.)" Rinwell thought looked at Yuno, not wanting to miss a single second of this.

"Now, begin." The referee started the fifth match.

"Having the opportunity to battle the great Salim de Hapshass. That alone is quite an honor." Salim bragged while touching his hair a little.

"It will give you something to talk about when you return to your little village." Salim said in a mocking way, but Yuno is still quiet.

"Your brother sure seems like the silent type." Laphicet commented.

"Because he doesn't waste time with stupid talk unlike that jerk." Asta said.

"You won't go empty-handed. Take this as a souvenir. A special noble's move I call Holy Lightning Rising Salim!" Salim started channeling his mana with his Grimoire.

Yuno ready himself with his Grimoire, to give this fight what he has got to show for everyone to watch.

A sphere made of pure lightning appears in front of Salim and then grows bigger about his own body size with the lightning bolts sparking around the arena.

"Well, if there's one thing, I hate about talking idiots like him is that they do indeed have the power to back them up." Magilou commented.

"(While it is true that nobles are the ones with the stronger level of magic power, but they overlook something that they've been ignoring for so long.)" Rinwell thought knew this lesson.

"I've arranged for your transportation home." Salim said before he launched his lightning spell at Yuno to fry him.

"(That outside of their mansions, there will always be some people out there that are stronger than them too.)" Rinwell thought smiled.

"Wind Magic: Towering Tornado!" Yuno conjured a big tornado to block the lightning attack, and not just that but the powerful wind from the tornado even lifts Salim high from ground and soon disburse the lightning sphere.

Yuno stops the wind and Salim was dropped hard on the ground groaning in pain.

"He just flattened a noble!"

"I can't believe it!"

"Asta! Did you know Yuno would be that strong with his Wind Magic?" Laphicet asked with a very shocked expression.

"Not exactly, I mean we have done our own training back home, but we never fought each other before. What he just did was totally awesome!" Asta exclaimed and felt proud for Yuno.

"He's really strong, stronger than I thought he would be with a four-leaf clover." Rinwell was shocked as well.

Nozel was very impressed by the boy's power and well control with his magic.

"He's really good. I wonder if he'd like to be our friend." Gordon asked whispering talk again.

"Wow! A good showing." Finral complimented that even Yami had to agree on that one.

William looks at Yuno seeing something great from within that boy, having so much potential to become a great Magic Knight and maybe something more along the way.

"Oh yeah, there is no way I let myself get shown up like that." Rinwell smiled.

Soon, Rinwell found herself a sparring partner who appeared to be eager to get in there and show the captains what he's made of. That almost made Rinwell feel bad about having to beat him. Almost.

"Hope you don't fall too easy otherwise this would be a boring fight for everyone." Rinwell taunted.

"You won't be talking like that to me for long." The male opponent glared at her.

"Now, begin!"

"Let see how much green you can handle." The male opponent said with his Grimoire out.

"Grass Magic: Needle Shower!" The male opponent fired a single blade of grass high into the air.

"Wait, was that grass?" Laphicet asked.

But suddenly the grass stops and bursts into dozens and dozens of grasses all pointing down at Rinwell as they are looking very sharp.

"Better not take my grass lightly because they are sharper than a sword and they can be very deadly. So, let see if you can dodge it!" The male opponent smirked.

The blades of grass start raining down toward Rinwell fast like they were fired by a strong crossbow that would cause some people to get worried and scared, but Rinwell doesn't look worried at all.

"Time to show what I got." Rinwell grinned.

"Pretty sure the captains and some others have notices that I've been using more than one element during the other tests, and they are curious to see what else I can do." Rinwell said with her Grimoire flipping pages then stop at one page.

"Elemental Magic: Combo of Wind and Fire!" Rinwell shouted as fire and wind forms from both side of the user then come together.

"No way, she's can really do two elements at the same time?!" Laphicet gasped like his soul is about to leave the body due to shock.

"Wait, is it really that weird that she can use two elements?" Asta asked.

"Normally, when people discover their magic attributes, it's only one for each person even when some have the same type of magic. To hear that someone can use more than one is crazy." Laphicet explained.

"Now that I think about it, I think that's what Rinwell was trying to tell us back when she showed us her Grimoire." Laphicet realized.

(Flashback)

"Oh, but I can give you guys a hint of what I can do." Rinwell took out his Grimoire to show it to her new friends.

Rinwell's Grimoire is a blue book with some gold design lining up with the cover and it has the four-leaf clover on the front cover, but this four-leaf clover is different with each clover being a different color such as red, blue, green, and yellowish brown.

(Flashback End)

"Not only that, but she just showed us that she can do a combo of two elements!" Laphicet said.

"(Could it be that… Rinwell can use all the elemental attributes?)" Laphicet thought shocked.

"Gale Inferno Bomb!" Rinwell waved her hand up making her spell fly up at the bladed grass and then explode into a fiery wave burning the grassy attack and blowing them away.

"NO FUCKING WAY?!" The male opponent screamed in shock.

"She uses more than one element! That is totally amazing!" Rill was amazed to see this amazing girl in action.

"Never in all my years as a Magic Knight Captain that I would expect to witness such a thing like this." Charlotte was shocked.

"Looks like this was worth something for you to bring me along, Captain." A young woman standing next to Charlotte said.

"Do you think she would make a good squad member for us, Shionne Vymer Imeris Daymore?" Charlotte asked, saying the girl's full name.

"You know I don't like it when my full name is being said. But as for your question… She could be a good member if she decides to join us. Her magic is very unique." Shionne said.

Shionne has long strawberry blonde hair that she keeps in a ponytail and blue eyes. She wears a white dress that reveals her legs in front but covers them in the back with white lace sleeves and leggings, while wearing metal heels. She also wears bronze pauldrons on her arms, a bronze chestpiece, a black choker, and a black garter with bullets in it on her left leg. This looks is completed with a red, spiky tiara. Breasts size: F-cup.

"But I doubt even that could break through my curse." Shionne looked down sad.

"Oh, Shionne." Charlotte grew concerned for Shionne because of the curse she has.

The male is throwing everything he could at Rinwell with throwing star grass and even trying to trap her in a grass binding spell to squeeze her tight into giving up, but none of his tactics are working on her because she keeps blowing them away with wind and burning the binding off with fire.

Then he tries to tries going in close combat with grass swords though Rinwell send in a few swords made of light pushing him back, and then they explode to blind him temporarily.

"Elemental Magic: Aqueous Surge!" Rinwell launched threw big water balls splashing them on the floor creating a trail of water between herself and her opponent as it touches their feet.

"And now, for a shocking finish." Rinwell said.

"No you don't!" The male opponent refused to be defeated here.

"Grass Magic: Sword Missiles!" He fired over a dozen sharp swords that are also made of grass.

"Nope." Rinwell snapped her fingers and the earth part of the ground forms up to block the grass swords.

"And now… Elemental Magic: Discharge!" Rinwell surrounded herself in a big sphere of electricity that shocks on the water traveling all the way to male opponent shocking him for a few seconds until he fell on his back passed out.

"Whoa, that was crazy!" Asta commented.

"She is something else." Laphicet said, fully awestruck of Rinwell's power.

Rinwell looks back at Laphicet and decided to tease him a little by giving him a wink causing him to blush a little.

"Hey, are you okay?" Asta asked, noticing that Laphicet's face is looking red.

"I'm fine! Nothing wrong here!" Laphicet yelled a little bit.

(Many Matches Later)

After going through the last sparring match, all the examinees have gathered together and look up to the captain to hear what is going to happen next.

"I'm feeling nervous about what's going to happen next." Laphicet admitted.

"Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be alright." Rinwell smiled.

"Yeah, maybe for you with your crazy magic." Asta commented.

"That concludes the exam. When your number is called, please step forward to learn your results." William announced.

"(Okay, this is it.)" Laphicet thought gulped a little.

Then it was Charlotte's turn to explain.

"If a captain wants you on his or her squad, they will raise a hand. That means you're in. If you do not wish to join a squad, you may, of course, decline. If you are admitted into more than one squad, it is up to you to decide which you will join." Charlotte explained how the choosing will go.

Fuegoleon spoke to explain a little more.

"However, if no squad wants you, you will not be a Magic Knight." Fuegoleon mentioned.

"In which case, you must leave at once." Nozel added.

"That's going to be intense. But you're not going to give up, right?" Laphicet asked Asta.

"Totally! My magic is never giving up!" Asta smirked, saying his motto.

The first big row of examinees were no hands as the captains were intense with their choosing until the first hand was raised by the captain of the Purple Orca, and then things with most being no hands and several being one or two captains showing hands for wanting some.

"(This is intense.)" Asta thought felt nervously.

"Hey Asta, have you ever heard of the Repeated Examinee?" Rinwell asked.

"Repeated Examinee?" Asta asked and Laphicet takes interest in this too.

"It's something I heard about before coming here. Apparently, there was this one examinee who failed his first exam and tried again next year only to fail again, then he goes on the taking the Magic Knight exam over and over again for the year 15 years until he was able to get accepted." Rinwell explained about this man.

"Holy Repeating Failure with Determination! He kept on going for fifteen years, he must've been 30 years old by then!" Laphicet gasped.

"Wow, that is so awesome! He kept on going despite fail after fail, now that's a guy I can respect and look up to!" Asta was impressed strongly with this guy.

"Which squad did this guy get in?" Laphicet asked.

"I think it was the Purple Orca, but I don't know what happened to him after that." Rinwell answered.

"The reason I'm bringing this up is because I overheard you mention the "Giving Up" attitude to be your own magic, and it brought up that story of the Repeated Examinee." Rinwell explained.

"You hear that, Asta? This guy never gave up on becoming a Magic Knight and was able to achieve it, meaning you can also be a Magic Knight as long as you don't give up!" Laphicet believed with a strong belief.

"Yeah, you better believe I'm not giving up!" Asta nodded with his determination still intact.

"(Looks like our new friends have given Asta a little pep talk, that's good to hear. But I really hope it doesn't take him 15 years for him to become a Magic Knight.)" Yuno thought smiled for Asta.

"Next! Number 166."

"Here." Yuno said, holding onto his pendant and walked to present himself to the captains.

But what happened next blew the other examinees away, all nine squad captains raise their hands together as they all want Yuno to join their squad.

"No way!"

"All of them?"

"Impossible!"

"Has that ever happened before?" Laphicet asked Rinwell.

"I don't know, but I think this first time that a peasant is ask to join the Golden Dawns or the Silver Eagles." Rinwell was surprised as well.

"(They all want him! Way to show 'em, Yuno! That's my rival for ya.)" Asta thought was amazed to see Yuno getting this much attention.

Yuno looks at all the captains, seeing they all have an offer for him to join one of them that surprised him a little, but this is good.

"(I have to choose the squad that offers me the best path to becoming the Wizard King.)" Yuno thought knew just the squad to join.

"It would be an honor to join the Golden Dawn." Yuno decided, causing the others behind him to gasp.

"They nabbed the cream of the crop." Finral commented, guess they won't be getting someone as awesome as him to join.

"I wanted him to be our friend." Gordon mumbled.

"Well, what can you." Yami expected something like that to happen.

"Number 167."

"Your turn. Go stand proud." Laphicet advised.

"Right." Asta nodded and walk over to the front. Ready himself for whatever happens next.

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Yuno and Rinwell got their chance to show off what he is capable of with their powerful magic and Yuno has decided to join the Golden Dawns, Asta is up next, and he might be in for a big surprise of what the result for him is going to be than in the cannon series.

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Chapter Text

Two Destined Souls Joining the Black Bulls

Asta stands before the nine Magic Knight captains feeling tense from the inside, but he keeps up the brave face in order to face them and waits for whatever the results are going to be from these captains.

"(Okay Asta, let see if you made any good impression on them.)" Asta thought looked up.

Jack let out a chuckle which only Yami notices with his instincts telling him that the freaky guy with the scar is going to raise his hand, then he will do the same raising his hand.

"Check it out, Asta got two hands!" Laphicet smiled, glad it didn't result in getting no hands.

"The Black Bulls and the Green Mantis. From what I heard, they're both a little crazy of squads each with their own quirks and other things, but… I kinda hope that Asta doesn't pick the Black Bulls." Rinwell is concerned as she looks over to Yami.

"Why? Is there something wrong with the Black Bulls?" Laphicet asked curiously, seeing how Rinwell looks a little scared.

"Let just say I haven't heard a lot of good things about that squad…" Rinwell exclaimed.

"Laphicet, if by any ungrateful fate that the Black Bulls want to recruit you then turn it down immediately even if it's the only hand that wants you!" Rinwell advised strongly, close up to her face.

"Huh, okay…?" Laphicet felt a little scared from how Rinwell is being right now.

"Would you look at that. It's been a long time since those two actually agree on something." Magilou was surprised with a grin.

"(Two squads want me, how do I choose which one?)" Asta thought looked between the two captains.

"Hey, kid!" Yami called out to Asta.

"Before you make your decision, I'm gonna give you a little life lesson you should know with how the world works. That is… if freaky bug doesn't mind." Yami looked over to Jack with a glare.

"I don't really care, if you want to scare the kid away then by all means, go ahead." Jack chuckled.

"But captain, we won't get our swordsman sparring partner." Rokuro pointed out.

"(Hmm, what are you up to, Yami?)" William thought wondered about if Yami is trying to tell him something.

"You better listen up because I'm only going to tell you this once." Yami looked down at Asta.

"No matter how great your skill in battle might be, no one wants to touch a power that mysterious. People aren't fond of the unknown." Yami stated.

"(I think mom mentioned something about people being scared of the unknown.)" Laphicet thought recalled.

"It boils down to this: what the captains are looking for here is magic power. That simple." Yami said.

Right after saying that, Yami's body starts to glow intensely of black and purple magic aura along with a powerful pressure on the examinees causing their bodies to shake and sweating like pigs.

Laphicet, Rinwell, and Yuno are feeling the intense power from this magic captain that it could be bigger than all three of them combined, and the freaky part is that he might not even be using half of his power.

"Hey! What the fuck are you doing?" Finral asked shock when Yami went down.

"(This level of mana, it's so strong that it's insane. Asta might not be able to sense magic power due to not having any magic, but he's definitely feeling the pressure.)" Laphicet thought felt his body scream with fear.

"(It's like magic is coming off from in waves.)" Asta thought felt the intense waves.

Yami walks over to Asta with the serious fear of him could kill Asta over ten times or more.

"(This is it. The power of a Magic Knight captain.)" Asta thought gulped, clutching his fists.

"(I knew the captains would be strong from what I heard back in my village, but… this is mor than I was expecting.)" Laphicet thought felt the world has opened up wider for him.

Magilou looks down seeing Yami getting closer to Asta to show what being a captain is all about, and she can tell that Laphicet is experiencing the same lesson as well.

"You should know that Jack wasn't remotely thinking about picking you at first, he only did so because his vice-captain thought you would be a good practice dummy. I did it because I don't exactly like the guy." Yami explained.

"(Well, that's a harsh reason.)" Laphicet thought commented.

"But seriously, what would anyone want you? A kid with zero magic." Yami asked harshly as well.

"What you said before. That you took the exam 'cause you wanna be the Wizard King." Yami brought up earlier about Asta telling the others about his dream.

"You get what that means, right? If that's really your goal, you're gonna have to prove that you're better than all nine Magic Knight captains. And now, standing here magicless and pathetic, can you really say you have what it takes? That you're strong enough to be the Wizard King?" Yami asked with his expression looking darker.

Asta can see that this guy is trying to scare the shit out of him with just a showing of his magic aura and the intimidation he is giving off, this definitely scared Asta for a bit and maybe it would have seen him away back to his home village.

But Asta isn't like any other boy, he has a big dream to accomplish. A goal he wants to reach with his own two hands. And a promise to keep to his brother/rival.

"It's true I don't have any magic power, that I might not have what it takes, but even so… even if I didn't get any hands today, I will keep on coming back until I become a Magic Knight just like the Repeated Examinee." Asta looked up at Yami with strength in his eyes.

"The Repeated Examinee… Ah yes, that man from when I was on my squad." Gueldre chuckled softly, and evilly to himself.

"No matter what anyone says, and no matter how many times I might stumble, I won't give up. I will become the Wizard King!" Asta shouted his dream again.

"(This kid…)" Yami thought looked at the boy seeing that he's dead serious about his goal.

"(The more I hear about your dream, the more I feel like I can do big things with my dream too.)" Laphicet thought smiled.

And out of nowhere, Yami started laughing with the serious air fading away fast.

"You know, kid. I like you. An oddball like you is why I'm offering you the chance to join the Black Bulls. And no knows, maybe they'll be another one." Yami looked over at Laphicet for a second.

"So, you're really okay with having me?" Asta asked.

"Sure, why not. I don't have a problem with that. Truth is, I have lots of odd freaks and you'll fit in just fine. Mr. No Magic kid." Yami shrugged.

"But let me warn you that it'll be no panic. We're gonna put you through the wringer till you don't recognize yourself. So, better be ready." Yami warned before letting out another laugh.

"And once we're done, you go and become the Wizard King." Yami smiled.

Upon hearing the strong buffy man telling him to go become the Wizard King, this is the first time that anyone has told him go after his dream while most around have told him to give up because he doesn't have any magic power and no way he could get anywhere from the small village he grew up in.

He had been training hard to prove them wrong even though deep down, he knew that the world would try pushing him down until he couldn't get back up, but he doesn't let himself get down no matter how fucked up life tries to throw at him.

And then he remembers back how Yuno helped him get back up when he was at his lowest.

(Flashback)

Yuno is being held by some chains from a rogue man who used to be a Magic Knight and stomped his foot on Asta's shoulder as the boy is looking depressed and sadden.

"You're wrong about Asta, Revchi. Asta's no loser, he's my rival!" Yuno said strongly.

Asta's eyes widen of realization.

"(In that moment, I kept on not giving up and then my Grimoire appeared.)" Asta thought recalled that moment.

Asta's dark Grimoire appeared before him and the big sword came out, then he grabs it to take the first step towards his dream.

(Flashback End)

"Alright, I made my decision. I'm joining the Black Bulls!" Asta decided strongly.

Yami smiles that the kid is joining his squad, he turns to look at Jack to give him the "In Your Face" expression which he responds with his own slightly angry smirk.

Laphicet doesn't fully know why, but he suddenly gets a strong feeling that maybe he could find something more within the Black Bulls squad.

Yami went back up to his chair to let the other examinees get called out since there are still so many more they have to go through.

"Number 168, please step forward."

"My turn then." Laphicet nodded.

"Hope you get a good one." Rinwell smiled, wishing him luck.

Laphicet look up at the captains and the hands that have raised are Fuegoleon, Rill, Yami, and even Willian raised his hand.

"(Four captains, and one of them is the captain of the Golden Dawn! If Laphicet goes to that squad, then he will have a better chance of becoming a great Magic Knight.)" Rinwell thought was impressed with Laphicet getting the good hands.

She just hopes that Laphicet will take her advice on avoiding the Black Bulls.

"I wish to join the Black Bulls!" Laphicet announced his decision.

"WHAAAAT?!" Rinwell screamed in shock like glass has been shattered into pieces.

"Wow, now this is something you don't see every day." Finral smiled, surprised that someone was willing to join the Black Bulls.

"This is good, two new friends in one day." Gordon mumbled smiling.

"(Well, well, looks like I got myself two oddballs for the price of one.)" Yami thought smirked.

"Laphicet, what the fuck?! Why did you agree to join the Black Bulls?!" Rinwell asked, grabbing Rinwell by the shirt.

"I don't know exactly, but I just have this strong feeling that the Black Bulls can show me more than what I hoped for when I left my home village. Like it was destiny for me to meet Yami." Laphicet explained the best he could.

"By having your head squeezed to death?" Rinwell asked.

"Don't worry, everything is going to be fine." Laphicet promised as he gently pushes Rinwell away and walks away to join with Asta.

"HAHAHAHAHA! I can't believe that kid! He's really joining the Black Bulls, and he has no idea on how shit that squad is!?" Magilou laughed that it's funny.

"Oh boy, he better prepare himself for the wild ride of his life." Magilou smirked.

"Number 169, you're up."

"(Oh well, I guess I can't really stop him from joining whatever squad he's going with. Better focus on myself for now.)" Rinwell thought decided to worry about Laphicet another time.

Rinwell looks up to see the hands of all nine Magic Knight captains have raised their hands just like they did for Yuno which is a major shock for the other examinees.

"Oh come on, now this girl too?!"

"Well, she did well in that match, and she can wield multiple attributes." One girl pointed out.

"If she joins the Golden Dawn, then that squad would be unstoppable, and she would become a legend!"

"(Joining the Golden Dawn would be great for me, but… I'm not joining the Magic Knight for the glory and fame and riches like the greedy fuckers. No, there is only one squad I'm going to join because that squad is what'll help me find her.)" Rinwell thought looked over at one captain.

"Coral Peacocks." Rinwell announced her choice.

"(Huh, for a minute there, Rinwell's face looked a little dark like she was out for blood.)" Laphicet thought noticed, but think he was just imagining things.

(Few Hundred Examinees Later)

"Number 512. No hands. Thank you, this concludes the Magic Knight Entrance Exam." The referee announced.

And with that, all the young mages who didn't get to become a Magic Knight leave the arena to travel back home most with sadness and anger that they didn't make the cut.

Nighttime has come and four friends met up with each other for one last time.

"Asta." Yuno called out.

"You're Golden Dawn and I'm Black Bulls. The real battle starts now." Asta stated.

"Yeah, we'll see who" But Yuno was cut off when Asta's stomach suddenly growled loudly and Asta looks like he's in extreme pain, and then ran off.

"Uh-oh, I think Asta got himself a stomachache." Rinwell said.

"Must've been something he ate." Laphicet guessed.

"(Yeah, I can guess what.)" Yuno thought knew what the food Asta ate is coming back up.

"Laphicet, look after Asta for me since you two have become close friends already. He can be an idiot, but his heart is always in the right place." Yuno requested Laphicet to help Asta along the way.

"Sure." Laphicet nodded.

"Oh boy, you have no idea what you've gotten yourself into. Best of luck." Rinwell chuckled as Hootle snuggle on Laphicet's cheek.

"Hopefully you'll still be in one piece by the time we see each other again." Rinwell walked away with a wave and Hootle quickly follow her.

"Bye, Rinwell!" Laphicet waved goodbye.

"No! Put me down! I don't wanna die!" Sekke screamed in fear while being carried away by Rukuro.

"Cheer up, kiddo. By the time I'm done with you, that Bronze Magic of yours is going to be a new blade of the squad." Rokuro smirked with one eye glowing red from behind the hair which only scared Sekke more.

"(Looks like Sekke got what he deserves.)" Laphicet thought grinned.

After Asta was done, he met up with Laphicet who was waiting with Yami and the other two squad members.

"You got a lotta nerve making me wait like that, newbie. Just how long was this dump you took, anyway?" Yami asked angrily.

"Man, captain! You would" But Asta was quickly shut up by Laphicet.

"I think it's best you DON'T answer that question unless you want Yami to squeeze you like a grape." Laphicet advised strongly.

"Alright, go ahead, Finral." Yami ordered.

"Okay." Finral nodded and use his Spatial Magic to open a portal.

"Whoa! How cool! What is that?" Asta asked shock and amazes.

"It's Spatial Magic, one of the rare types of magic. I never seen one in person before!" Laphicet was awestruck by this.

"Obviously, you can't fly on a broom. So, you're gonna have to learn some kinda transportation spell to get around." Yami said to Asta.

"But Captain, Asta doesn't have magic." Laphicet reminded him.

"Oh yeah…" Yami laughed.

"Um, excuse me, Yami. This is a pretty sizable gate to keep open for so long. Could you hurry up and go through already?" Finral asked, already looking a little exhausted, but yelped when Yami glares at him.

"It almost sounded like you were tellin' me what to do. Suck it up. Dig deep and push your limits." Yami scolded, making Finral whimpers.

"(I guess this guy must have a really low limit to keep one portal up for so long.)" Laphicet thought commented.

Suddenly Yami grabbed both the heads of Asta and Laphicet, lifting them both up from the ground.

"In ya go." Yami threw both of them through the gate before they could complain.

"He could've given us a little warning." Laphicet groaned in pain.

"Yeah, that really hurt." Asta agreed.

But then both of them look up to see the new location they are at, being in front of a large, odd shape building that is the Black Bulls' Hideout.

"This is where you live?" Laphicet asked.

"Oh yeah, we got a snazzy place." Yami smirked.

"Crumbling bricks and all." Finral nodded.

"That's right. Home sweet home." Gordon mumbled.

"As of today, it's going to be our place too." Asta said.

"That's right, our new home." Laphicet nodded.

Both boys walk up to the door with Asta opening it for them to make themselves known.

"We're the newest member of this squad. I'm fresh from Hage Village, Asta—" Suddenly an explosion erupted from the inside blowing both boys away and they landed their heads into the ground upon impact.

"What just… happened…" Laphicet asked.

"This is us. The worst of the worst Magic Knight squads. Welcome to the Black Bulls." Yami smirked with the fire coming on behind him.

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The Magic Knight Entrance Exam is finally over with the friends having decided which squad they would join, Laphicet and Asta have joined the Golden Dawn and Rinwell is with Coral Peacocks. And the two boys just had a first experience of the squad literally in their face.

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Chapter Text

Meeting the Black Chaotic Knight Squad

Yuno is seen standing outside and within the grounds of the Golden Dawn's headquarters and is officially wearing the robe of the Golden Dawn Magic Knight squad.

The Golden Dawn squad robe covers his torso and is gold in color. The fabric has an intricate design with a similar color palette to the robe. It also has blue-colored fur around the border of the hood and a pair of blue ropes coming from the left shoulder and connected to the gold-colored button on the right shoulder. The button keeps the robe properly in place. The squad's insignia is positioned at the left-hand side.

Yuno has also met up with one of the members who is going to show him around.

"You must be our new recruit this year. What's your name." The Golden Dawn member asked.

"Yuno." Yuno answered calmly and a little respectfully.

"Hmph. Well, my name is Klaus Lunettes." Klaus introduced himself.

Klaus is a tall man with a slender build and slanted light fuchsia eyes. He has a long, thin, and pointed nose with a large chin. His light blue colored hair is short and pushed to the sides and back while also having an angular fringe to his left-hand side. Additionally, he also wears a pair of gold, hooped earrings and dark glasses with rectangular frames. A diamond-like shape protrudes from the bridge of these glasses (seemingly fitted along his face). He wears a double-breasted, long-sleeved shirt with a high collar and gold-colored trimmings around the edges. The collar also has a chain connecting both ends of the collar as an ornament. The shirt itself is made of two different colors where it is light-colored at the side and dark colored on the middle. The sleeves are mostly in light-colored fabric, except the wrist area where it has dark-colored fabric. The shirt extends below his waist and Klaus also wears a light-colored sash on top of it. Furthermore, Klaus also wears casual light-colored pants and a pair of high boots to complement it. The dark-colored boots also have fur around the collar. Lastly, Klaus wears a long dark-colored robe on top of his outfit. The robe is long enough length to cover his entire body. He also wears the Golden Dawn robe.

"A commoner from a tiny village. Somebody who is of neither royal nor noble birth. What was Captain Vangeance thinking, letting you in?" Klaus finds this to be unreasonable, already not liking this.

"Don't get cocky just because all of the captains raised their hands for you. It means nothing. You'll need more than that to be accepted as a true knight of the Golden Dawn." Klaus pointed out there's a lot of work to be done for him to show the kingdom he's a Magic Knight.

"I'm certain I'll prove myself soon enough." Yuno said.

"Hmph. Watch that smart mouth" Klaus advised, not liking this kid being so confident already.

But orders are orders, so he might as well show him around of the Golden Dawn's home since he is going to be living here from now on.

(Black Bulls' Headquarter)

Asta and Laphicet just gotten themselves out of the ground.

"Okay, so what exactly happened?" Laphicet asked.

"No! I'm not done!" Asta yelled and charged forward to the fire.

"Wait, Asta! Don't go charging in like that!" Laphicet tried to stop his friend.

Then a big fireball came out through the fire that Asta was heading into, and he quickly dodges it.

"Just what is going on in there?" Laphicet asked.

"Oh, just the usual thing that always happens in our black home." Finral answered.

"Okay, now I'm real mad! You ready to take me on?" One punk-looking guy asked in anger.

"Nope, not really! But let's go." A guy with a crazy face said.

"DIE!" The punk guy started batting fireballs with a flaming bat at the crazy face guy who is doding them while his legs are covered in boots made of lightning and laughing.

"…Why's it so loud in here? Ugh, I should've skipped those extra drinks. My head is killing me." A beautiful woman groaned, headache from the drinking and not wearing anything but her underwear out in the open.

One very short woman who looks like a child is eating some tasty sweets from a big pile of sweets and other kinds of food, not really minding the fighting that is going on.

"Oh, precious perfect little Marie. My dear sister. My love… Enough! Shut up, damn you!" One guy looked at a magic mirror from his Grimoire and blood coming down from his nose yelled at the others.

One big guy is just sitting against a wall with smoke coming out of his mouth, looking at the fight that is going on between the two fellow members.

"Please, make it stop. My poor head." The woman complained.

"Looks like they're at it again." Finral sighed.

"You mean this always happens?" Laphicet was shocked.

"Hey, are you guys fighting each other again? I told you if you're going to fight then take it outside!" One man yelled while carrying a book.

"(Man, these guys are scary. Still, I'm one of them now, I'd better act like it.)" Asta thought knew he has to make a good impression.

"You fucking idiots… I said STOP!" The guy shouted before he blitzes from the spot, letting the book drop.

"(Did he just disappear?)" Laphicet thought was shocked, didn't sense any mana from that guy, so it must've been pure physical speed.

The guy grabbed both the punk guy and the guy with the crazy face, bringing them together and smack their heads at each other.

"What the fuck, man?" The punk guy asked glaring up at the man.

"Besides you two almost going to wreck the place again, our captain has returned." The man pointed at Yami who is standing at the destroyed doorway.

Everyone turn their heads to see Yami is back along with Finral and Gordon, and they immediately jump to Yami greeting him with happiness in each their own way.

"Did ya find us an arrogant newbie? I can take 'em down a notch or two—" But the punk guy was shoved to the side by the crazy face guy.

"Please, sir. Can I go up against you today? Come on, don't hold back." The crazy face guy begged to have a fight with Yami.

"Now, now. Forget all about these little brats. Wouldn't you rather come out for a drink with me?" The beautiful woman tried to ask the captain out on a date.

"(Wasn't she on a hangover, and where are the rest of her clothes?)" Laphicet thought blushed hard.

"Hey, hey! Try this! It really is good. Take a big bite. Go on!" The short woman offered him a cupcake.

"I'm sorry. I can't take it anymore. May I please go see my sister?" The mirror guy requested, giving off a creepy vibe.

The large guy just grunts at Yami though he is happy to see Captain Yami again.

"Welcome home, captain." The tall guy greeted.

"Yeah, yeah. Glad to know how much you missed me." Yami laughed, seeing how energetic these guys are.

"Now shut up, will ya." Yami glared darkly at his squad.

"Sorry, sir." The squad said together as they all sat on their knees, except for the guy who stopped the other two.

"Now, I like you all to meet our two new members along with the other." Yami gestured to the two.

"What do you mean "other"?" Asta asked, this got Laphicet curious.

"Go on, tell 'em your name or something." Yami said, completely ignoring the question.

"Yes, sir. My name's Asta from Hage Village. It's really nice to meet everyone!" Asta greeted loudly.

"Hello, my name is Laphicet Maotelous from the town Maotelous. I'm looking forward to getting along with you all." Laphicet greeted nicely with a little bow.

"Hage Village and Maotelous, those are out in the middle of nowhere." The punk guy noticed those names.

"Finral, introduce everyone, will ya?" Yami ordered.

"Sure thing, sir. Let's see, where to start?" Finral looked around at the others until he decided to start with Gorden.

"Remember the practice we did." The tall guy reminded Finral who nodded.

"You know Gordon Agrippa."

"Nice to meet you." Gorden greeted mumbling.

"Not always the easiest guy to talk to, but he's good people and you don't have to worry about his magic as he only uses them on those who deserves it." Finral said.

"Next, we have Vanessa Encoteca. Tends to pick fights when she's drunk but only when she's being provoked and other things that make her angry while being drunk. She is good with strings to fix up clothes and other things." Finral explained about Vanessa.

"Hey now, I am not that violent when I drink." Vanessa proclaimed.

Vanessa is a tall young woman with wavy mid-back length pink hair that she keeps loose in a lob hairstyle with bangs swept to the left side, purple eyes, full lips and a voluptuous body. She wears a pair of red, thin-strapped lingerie with frilly designs, and she usually wears her squad robe on top of this outfit. Breasts size: H-cup.

"So, you two are way off from the outskirts of the kingdom?" Vanessa asked.

"Yeah." Asta nodded.

"Mm. To make your way from such tiny little backwater villages to a Magic Knight squad. You two must have really worked so hard. Nice." Vanessa complimented while leaning very close to the boys causing them to blush, and probably their nose bleeding of her almost naked body.

"What do you two say I give you something as a reward, huh?" Vanessa offered them a good time.

"Vanessa, please stop that." The tall man sighed in disappointment.

"(Man, that's hard to turn down. But my heart is set on Sister Lily, and I will stay true to her, no matter what.)" Asta thought remembered his love for the nun woman, even she had already told him multiple times that she can't marry him and turned him down hard.

"Oh, be careful." Laphicet quickly used a bag just in time as Vanessa throws up in it.

"Wow, you came prepared." The tall man commented.

"It's a spare one just in case something happens to mine." Laphicet explained.

"Well, then we'll get to Eizen. He's our resident's bookworm when it comes to history, and he likes to explore ruins to study the past and such while a set of deadly fists." Finral introduced Eizen to them.

"Nice to meet some new faces, I can show you some interesting history stories I found if you like." Eizen offered.

Eizen has blonde hair and blue eyes; under his eyes he has black markings around his eye-bags. He wears tailored black trousers tightened with two belts and brown boots and gloves. He also wears an orange shirt, a loose white shirt and a black waistcoat, finished off by the long-dark business type jacket.

"Oh, I've been studying history myself including ancient magic!" Laphicet smiled.

"I'll talk about that later." Eizen believed he found himself a fellow history lover.

"All right, let's continue, shall we?" Finral tried to pick who else to introduce.

"Hey, do me next!" The crazy face guy volunteered to be introduced.

"Luck Voltia. A battle freak who's addicted to fighting and gives you quite a shock with his magic. But don't worry, he's friendly and mostly house broken." Finral explained about Luck.

"Nice meeting you." Luck smiled.

Luck is a young man of short stature with blue eyes and medium-length messy blond hair. His hair is long enough to cover both his ears and forehead. He wears an aqua-blue tunic with long sleeves. The sleeves get larger as they reach Luck's hands, making the tunic appear loose. Additionally, the tunic's length extends just below his waist, making it look to be a size larger for Luck. His pants are teal and extend just below his knees. Additionally, it has light-colored strips with stitch-like cross patterns at the sides, running from top to bottom. Luck also carries a pouch for his grimoire, which is strapped around his chest with the use of a belt. Finally, Luck wears a pair of light-colored brown boots that cover just above his ankles. He also wears the Black Bulls robe.

"So hey, do you two like to fight?" Luck asked excitedly.

"Huh, sure." Asta answered nervously.

"I only fight when I need to, like stopping bad men." Laphicet said.

"Come on, how about we go a round to see how tough you guys really are?" Luck said while throwing a few soft jabs at Asta's hand.

"(This guy could definitely get himself into trouble like that.)" Asta thought commented.

"Hey. See her?" The mirror guy said, showing them a picture of a cute little girl.

"Is that your sister?" Laphicet asked.

"You guess correct. She's my precious little sister Marie. She's an angel." The mirror guy bragged a little.

"Yeah…" Asta wasn't sure what this guy was getting at.

"She certainly looks sweet." Laphicet complimented.

"Listen, if either of you lay a finger on her, then you die." The mirror guy threatened, scaring the two boys a little.

"Gauche Adlai. Loves his sister a tad too much, like a freak, but just stay on his good side and compliment his little sister and he won't kill you with his mirror." Finral warned.

Gauche is a tall, slender-built young man with light skin and shaggy light brown hair that drapes over his forehead and left eye. He has brown eyes. He wears a long-sleeved, blue and purple shirt under a brown, short-sleeved shirt, light brown trousers tucked into brown trench boots. As a member of Black Bulls, he wears the official black robe of his squad.

"This here is Charmy Pappitson. A big eater and a really good cook with her magic, one bite of her cooking will make you feel like you've gone to Heaven." Finral explained about Charmy.

"Nice to meet ya!" Charmy smiled while eating a cupcake.

Charmy is a petite girl with shoulder-length black hair and green eyes, appearing much younger than her age. One of her facial features is her thin eyebrows and wide forehead. She sports her hair in an upside-down bun hairstyle with fringes framing both sides of her face, and her forehead left exposed. She wears a light-colored white tunic and dark-colored pants. Her tunic extends below her waist and has long sleeves that reach slightly past her elbows. Additionally, the tunic also has a kangaroo pocket at the front on her stomach area. Her pants extend slightly below her knees and fit perfectly for her. She sports a blue satchel that she slings over her right shoulder, which carries her grimoire on her left side. Finally, she also wears a pair of light-colored yellow flats for her footwear. She also wears the Black Bulls' robe. Breasts size: A-cup.

"And this is Grey. I don't really get him, just full of mysteries and such, but one thing we do know is that he is a good person." Finral introduced the large guy.

Grey is an extremely large, heavy-set man with slicked-back black hair, sphere earrings with links that connect to other small spheres that hang, and glowing eyes. The rest of his appearance is not shown because of it being shaded.

"Uh, hi…" Laphicet and Asta greeted Grey.

"Then there's Magna Swang. A street punk with some attitude, but most of that attitude is caring for others with a fiery spirit." Finral introduced the punk guy.

"N-Nice to meet you." Laphicet greeted while being scared of the way Magna is looking at him.

Magna is a man with a lean build and two different colored hair, a light grey hair at the top, black hair at the sides. Additionally, he also sports a black mohawk. One of his facial signatures is a straight-line mark surrounded by three pairs of dots on his left forehead. He wears a white shirt covered by a navy leather jacket and navy trousers. In addition, his jacket covers half of his torso. He wears black fingerless gloves, a pair of blue shades, a pair of black boots, a chain hanging from the left side of his waist connected to his trousers and a belt that he uses to support his pouch containing his grimoire. The pouch is black and has a skull and crossbones symbol at the front. He also wears the Black Bulls robe.

"And I am Finral Roulacase, Lady-killer." Finral introduced himself.

"Hey, are Velvet and Law not back yet?" Finral asked.

"We just got back now, my man." A guy said walking up to the others with a young woman.

"Welcome back, you two. You're jut in time to meet our two new members." Finral said.

"Asta, Laphicet, meet the other members of our squad. This young man is Law, he's a good fighter with those fists and really knows when to howl like a wolf." Finral introduced Law.

"Hey there, nice to see we got new faces. About time, if you ask me." Law smirked.

Law has spiky brown hair with pink streaks with a long bang on the left side of his face tied with yellow and blue beads and blue eyes. He wears a purplish-blue sleeveless shirt, baggy black pants, and leather shoes with metal elements. Law wears black gloves with his right-hand one going all way to his shoulder where a large metal guard in the shape of wolf's head is secured via belts that go around his chest and back. His look is complete with metal gauntlets on both his arms. He wears the Black Bulls' robe.

"And this fierce young lady is Velvet Crowe. She can be dark most of the time, she is caring in her own way, just as long as you don't piss her off." Finral said.

"You boys better not be weak or else I'll kick you out myself." Velvet said a little harshly.

Velvet is a tall woman with extremely long and black hair which drops to floor-level; towards the bottom her hair is plaited into big braids that are tied off by a bandage-like band. Her hair-strands curve towards the left-side of her face and she has mid-length hair which is plaited and tied by a smaller bandage-band resting on her left shoulder. She also has a curvaceous body with rather large breasts. She also has gold eyes. She wears a revealing ruby-red corset which reveals her midriff and the top half of her breasts. It is possible her clothes have been torn during her adventures. The red corset has an insignia visible below the belt which hinders below. The same belt rests on her hip and above her torn, black jean trousers, which now look like shorts. The jean trousers have a chain, multiple belts wrapped around her right leg and a few which spirals towards the lower half of her left. Over her corset, she wears a black jacket in the form of a robe with red velvet lacing; the jacket is ripped towards the bottom and is tightened towards her chest by the belt. She wears protective armor on her footwear as well as one extra armor plate on her right shin. She wears the same armor in the form of an arm protective gauntlet which rests above the same material as her coat; the material arches its way up to and wraps around her middle finger, highlighted by a rhombus-shaped piecing. The same gauntlet is where she rests her lance-blade in battle. Her left arm is wrapped and bandaged up. Breasts size: I-cup.

"(Wow, she's beautiful.)" Laphicet thought blushed a bit.

"And finally, we have the Black Bulls' fearless leader, the master of darkness and the sword. The great Captain Yami Sukehiro." Finral introduced the captain.

"Wow, so this is the Black Bulls. Everyone here is so unique and completely different from each other, it's really awesome!" Laphicet smiled brightly, feeling really excited.

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Laphicet and Asta have met the entire squad of the Black Bulls (Most of them) and they are going to see more of the kind of things they do, and they will get to learn more about what being a Magic Knight is all about in the Clover Kingdom!

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Chapter Text

Passing the Black Burning Test

"So, is that all the members of the Black Bulls?" Laphicet asked Yami.

"There are other members, of course, but the rest are out on missions, or on leave, or I don't know." Yami answered lazily.

"Think you two newbies can play nice?" Yami asked the two new members of the Black Bulls.

"Of course." Laphicet nodded.

"Yes, sir!" Asta said then turns to the others. "LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S REALLY NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS!" He yelled louder than before.

"Asta, you don't really need to yell like that." Laphicet exclaimed, feeling his ears ringing a little.

"Look at that, we got ourselves a loudmouth short stack. But I better not hear you scream like that again when we're indoors, or else I'll rip out your throat." Velvet threatened with a dangeroys glare.

"Right, sorry…" Asta nodded nervously and scared.

"Well, gang, let's go. Give 'em a good workout but try not to kill them." Yami ordered which got both new boys confused and worried when Yami the "kill" part in that sentence.

"Did ya two hear him?" Magna asked as he stood up.

"The working us out part, yeah? But we're a little confused on what exactly he meant by that." Laphicet said, feeling nervous.

"Oh, don't you worry, shrimpy kid. You're going to see what we're gonna do to see how tough you really are. And that's exactly what I'm gonna do." Magna smirked.

"(I don't like the look on that face.)" Laphicet thought gulped.

"Two pathetic runts two little villages that almost no one has ever heard of before. Not much Mana either. And you're the newest members of the Black Bulls? You gotta be kiddin' me!" Magna started to look more intimidating that's scaring both boys.

"I don't know what some magic-poor hicks like you two could have possibly done to impress Yami. Do you two really want to wear the robe that'll prove you are true members of the Black Bulls?" Magna asked as he pulls on his robe to show the symbol.

"Of course, we do! We didn't come all this way and struggle to get ourselves here for nothing!" Laphicet showed his determination face.

"Yeah! We'll show you what we're made of!" Asta nodded rapidly.

"(Those two really don't know what they've just gotten themselves into, let's hope we don't have to send them to the hospital.)" Velvet thought sighed, knowing where this is heading to.

"Wow, you two are really excited. You want it that bad? Okay." Magna smirked.

"(Wait, why am I getting a bad feeling about this all of a sudden?)" Laphicet thought asked himself.

"But first, you need to earn the approval of Yami's chief subordinate. Me: man among man, Magna Swing. This marks your entry to the Black Bulls. A true baptism by fire." Magna revealed on what they must do.

"I don't like the way you said baptism." Laphicet gulped.

Soon, everyone went outside and surprise that the Black Bulls' headquarters was somehow repairing itself with magic almost like the house itself is alive.

"Wow! A self-repairing house! That's the coolest thing I have ever seen!" Laphicet hyped up from seeing that.

"You should save that hyping energy for Magna's test." Velvet turned him around and push him to go several feet to Asta and Magna.

"Alright, you two little villagers… Let's see how bad you want this robe." Magna felt excitedly for this, feeling like it's been a long time since he has done his baptism test.

"So, how do we do that?" Laphicet asked.

"You gotta earn it by completing every task I give you." Magna answered the instant Laphicet ask the question.

"I'm ready. Let's do this!" Asta was determined to earn his keep.

"Oh goodie. Yet another one of these ridiculous baptisms." Vanessa yawned, always finding these things to be boring.

"Aw, I want a baptism too." Luck said.

"But you're already a member of the Black Bulls. Besides, I think it's a great way to see what kind of people they are like how it was for my baptism." Law remembered his first baptism test with Magna.

"Asta might be able to do most of them given his physical strength, but I'm not so sure about Laphicet." Eizen noticed the body difference between the two new boys.

Laphicet hopes that he will be able to get through Magna's test alright, just enough to earn his approval and all.

"Here we go, go, go!" Magna yelled, ready to see what these two boys got.

"First, I wanna see your physical prowess. Five thousand crunches!" Magna ordered.

"Five thousand crunches?! That's crazy, as if anyone can do that!" Laphicet was shocked to hear that he expects them to do that insane number of crunches.

"You got it!" Asta started doing it at a very fast space much to Laphicet's shock.

"Hey kid, better get to it or else no robe for you!" Magna warned.

Laphicet gasp that if he doesn't do these baptism tests then he can kiss his chance of being a Magic Knight goodbye, so Laphicet got down and doing the crunches even though he can't exactly do five thousand crunches, but he is able to a fair amount unlike Asta who was able to do all.

"Five thousand push-ups!"

Asta goes to do all five thousand while Laphicet is struggling when he goes past the 100-mark feeling like his arms are about to fall off.

Magna has the boys do several more physical tests like lifting a large rock over their heads which Laphicet failed miserable at that, then they go on with headbutting against the same large rocks while Laphicet complains about what's the point of doing it.

"Not that it's actually gonna do him any good, but the Asta kid is alright. Laphicet, he could use some extra work." Vanessa commented on the boys.

"Yeah, Asta's stamina and physical strength are seriously off the charts. Too bad magic's all that matters." Luck said.

"Even so, Laphicet hasn't backed down from any of the tests at all. The kid for the willpower to keep on going, pushing past his limits and all even if it's painful." Law pointed out, smiling at Laphicet.

"Magna might give him past for that, but they still have the final test to get through." Velvet said.

"Oh, are you already worried about our newbies?" Vanessa asked in a teasing tone.

"Shut up, bitch." Velvet glared.

"Okay, I think that's it… I can't do more." Laphicet panted as he forces himself up.

"So, how did we do?" Asta asked Magna, hoping that he was impressed.

"You did great. You're stronger than you look." Magna said before looking over to Laphicet. "You did okay, even though you couldn't get through all of them, you still kept hanging in there despite how exhausted you are. So, I'll give you a pass." He grinned.

"Thank you…" Laphicet said with a thumbs up.

"So, does that mean we get the robes?" Laphicet asked.

"Yeah! I want my robe now!" Asta demanded with excitement.

"Not so fast! You think it's that simple? We're not done yet, village duos!" Magna stated.

"Should've known he would say that…" Laphicet said while getting his breathing under control.

"There's one more test, the last and most important of your baptism." Magna said.

"(Here we go.)" Asta thought readied himself for whatever this last test is.

"(One last test. I have to make it count for all the other ones I barely pass.)" Laphicet thought was determined to ace this.

"Using any skills at your disposal, whether they're magical or ordinary… you must dodge or defend yourself my attack magic." Magna revealed the final test as he forms a fireball in his right hand.

"If you two can manage that, then you will pass. You may consider yourselves true Black Bulls, and I will give you your robes." Magna promised.

"(This feels like it could be painful.)" Laphicet thought worried a little.

"Right, I understand. I'll do my best." Asta accepted the challenge loudly.

"Shut up!" Magna shouted back.

Everyone knows how this will go when it comes to the final test of Magna's baptism, always ending up with the new guy getting seriously hurt and badly burned which takes a while for him or her to be healed up.

"I remember how it was for me. My fist was burned when I punched his fire back." Law recalled that moment.

"It wasn't that hard for me." Velvet shrugged.

"That's because you absorbed through your arm." Eizen mentioned.

"Okay, grab your Grimoire and get ready!" Magna said.

"Yes, sir!" Asta brought out his big black sword which impresses some of the Black Bulls.

"Guess we're really doing this." Laphicet brought out his Grimoire and silver flames emits from his hand.

"Oh, that's an unusual color of fire." Eizen commented.

Both Laphicet and Asta ready themselves for the fire attack as Magna brings out a baseball bat made of fire from his Grimoire.

"Are you two ready?" Magna asked.

"Ready!" They answered together.

"Here we go!" Magna readied to swing his fire bat to smack the ball right towards them.

"Bring it on. Let's see what you can do!" Asta taunted.

"Whatever happens, I'm not going to fall!" Laphicet said strongly.

"TAKE THIS!" Magna yelled while hitting the fireball multiple times that he sends dozens and dozens of fireballs at them.

Asta manages to dodge them with good reaction time while Laphicet does the same even though his speed is a little slower than Asta's.

"You two are pretty decent." Magna commented.

"Yes, sir!" Asta smiled.

"Is that all you got?" Laphicet asked.

"All right, the real battle… begins now!" Magna put the fire bat away and starts charging up his mana for one big attack in one hand.

Laphicet's eyes widen to feel the intense heat coming off from Magna and the magic power emitting from him as well, this is going to be really strong attack he's going to throw at them and he fears it's going to hurt really badly.

"Here we go!" Magna said with the fireball becoming bigger and then condensing into smaller fireball.

"Flame Magic… Double Exploding Fireball!" Magna threw the fireball that the second it left his hands, it splits into two fireballs coming right at two of the boys.

"Are you serious?!" Asta gasped.

"YOU'RE CRAZY?!" Laphicet yelled.

There was only one thing these two boys are thinking about right now.

"(Oh man, I'm dead/I'm so dead!)"

Without conscious thought, both boys' brains realize something.

For Asta. Thus far, he'd used his well-trained body, his kinetic vision, and his explosive power to slice through magic and destroy his foes. But this time was different. Magna's magic was too quick for Asta to intercept.

Same can be said for Laphicet as he wouldn't be able to bring out his defensive spell in time to block the incoming attack even with his well-trained mind nor would he be able to move away to dodge it as well.

"(It's so fast.)" Asta thought shocked.

Even if Asta did slice through it, the force of the attack would not die, and Asta would still absorb the full blow.

"(I can't block it.)" Asta thought feared.

Laphicet would do no favor because his defensive magic would not be able to block the full force of the attack, it would cause an explosion that would send him flying and get burned as well.

"(My defensive won't be enough!)" Laphicet thought worried.

When they knew these boys were out of options, all thought shut down. However, Asta's body and Laphicet's determined spirit still refuse to give up.

Asta's muscles started to bulk up and Laphicet's hands started to move on instinct with the silver flame covering his hands forming into claws.

Asta had spent years training his body. Laphicet had spent years training his magic. And when they faced with this final struggle…

Asta screams as he swings his sword having it face the flat end toward the fireball coming towards him.

Laphicet thrusts his flaming clawed hands forward to meet the other fireball head on.

…somehow, they found a way to survive.

Asta and Laphicet each caught a fireball with both boys doing their own thing to send it back to the one who threw them in the first place. Asta smacks the fireball so hard with his sword and Laphicet struggles a bit, but he immediately spins around and threw the fireball, coating it in his silver flame, back at Magna with a mighty scream almost like a dragon.

Magna is stunned to see that his own attacks have been thrown back at him like that, and they exploded upon impact.

"No fucking way?!" Law gasped.

"They did it, they did it!" Luck smiled.

"Wow, did not see that coming." Vanessa was surprised to see that those two newbies were able to do something like that.

"That's the first time in a while that we haven't had to rescue the newbie. Let alone two." Finral was impressed with that they were able to do.

"(That was something. Asta knew that he couldn't slice Magna's fireball, so he reflects it back with the flat of the sword. A sword that can cut through and reflect magic.)" Velvet thought saw what Asta did.

"(But what Laphicet did, that was shit crazy. He was in a similar situation as Asta, and the one thing he could do was grab the fireball and throw it back, adding a bit of his own magic.)" Velvet thought surprised that Laphicet did something like that.

"We definitely got ourselves two crazy boys." Velvet smiled.

Some may think that Laphicet and Asta made a quick decision to try using something that could help them survive this, but in reality…

"(I had no idea!)" Asta and Laphicet thought gasped.

"(I knew I could slice through magic, but it turns out I can hit it too?! This sword is awesome!)" Asta thought gasped in shock.

"(What the fucking magical moment was that about?! I didn't know my Silver Flame Magic could even do that until just now!)" Laphicet thought freaked out, and then he looks at his Grimoire noticing a new spell in it.

"Did I unlock a new spell just now?" Laphicet asked in surprise, but then he realize something.

"Oh no, did we ended up killing him?" Laphicet asked worry.

But then he saw something coming out of the big fire.

"What the fucking Hell did you just do, you crazy little runts?" Magna asked, showing himself to be alive.

"(He took a direct hit from two of his attacks and he's still standing?)" Asta thought screamed while Laphicet is freaking out.

"I was able to dispel them in time, so I'm all right, but that doesn't change the fact that I was nearly offed by my own magic. Not to mentioned one was strengthened by another fire attack." Magna gritted his teeth.

Magna comes at them looking like the guy is in full rage mode causing the two boys to so scared that their bodies aren't moving, he grabs them both by the shoulders and fear for whatever this guy is about to do to them.

"You two are really good, wow!" Magna laughed while patting them on their shoulders, and then their backs. "Here I thought you two were just gonna block my magic, and you fired it back at me?! Y'know, I think I kinda like you two now."

"Huh, thank you…?" Laphicet was confused of the guy being nice to them now, but the patting is really hurting him.

"Hey, sorry about callin' you two magic-poor hicks earlier. H-Hell, to be honest, I'm from the sticks myself. Rayaka Village, just up from Hage." Magna revealed.

"Really?" Asta was shocked.

"That's way out in the middle of nowhere!" Asta was shocked.

"Then I guess it's lucky for my village to be close to the border of the Common Realm." Laphicet mentioned.

"I'm not sure how you were able to do it, despite not having any magic power at all." Laphicet said to Asta.

"What was that? This guy has no magic power? And he was still able to turn my magic against me?" Magna asked shock.

"Uh, yeah, I guess so." Asta said.

"Well, that's even more amazing. You two aren't just some runts—you're real men." Magna complimented.

And then all of the other of the Black Bulls came up to congratulate the two newbies.

"Now it's time for baptism part two! You have to take me on!" Luck made that up because he wants to fight them.

"No thanks, I'm good." Laphicet moved away, only for Vanessa to lean onto his with a kiss on the ear causing him to yelp.

"You were really something else, kiddo." Vanessa said, but she got pulled away by Velvet.

"Don't mind her, she's an idiot." Velvet said.

"I brought you two something. Don't be shy. It's really yummy. Here, each of you can have half of a half." Charmy gave them pieces of a cupcake, and they ate them together feeling this to be very yummy.

"Excuse me, but there is still something we have to do for them." Eizen reminded them.

"Well, you two earn this." Magna held out the two robes to the boys.

"Our robes!" Laphicet amazed.

"Here, let me help you two in case you're too shock to put it on." Velvet helped put the robes on, and Vanessa decided to add a little touch on Asta's headband and Laphicet's long blue tie putting the Black Bulls' symbol.

"Wow, you two look so cool! Right, Captain Yami?" Law asked.

"I don't think black is their color." Yami commented.

"It's official now: you two are one of us. You're members of the Black Bulls. Don't do anything that would bring shame to Yami, or to the Black Bulls." Magna smiled.

"Understood. I'm so glad to be part of this team!" Asta shouted.

"We promise not to make you guys regret having us!" Laphicet smiled excitedly.

Then Asta goes shouting again even though he promised to be careful.

Unknown to anyone, there is one girl looking down from the balcony path of the Black Bulls' headquarter, and she is the other recruit.

"So, I guess they are the other new recruits. Little insect." She said, looking unimpressed.

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Laphicet and Asta have just gotten through the harsh tests by Magna Swing including the part about him firing two big fireballs at them, but they survived and have earned their robes to wear as new Black Bulls members!

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Chapter Text

Looking Around the Black Bulls' Home

"Wow, so this is my room now!" Laphicet looked around the new room he is going to be his from now on.

"It's a little dusty since we haven't gotten any new recruits in while, and Law used to be the new recruit last year." Velvet explained.

"Thank you, it's a little dusty, but I promise to do my best to make this worth my while!" Laphicet smiled proudly as he sat his Grimoire down on a desk.

"You'll have to do some cleaning if you want to make yourself at home here, and you have to make sure that you clean this place regular since this room is your responsibility from now on." Velvet stated.

"Right." Laphicet nodded.

"Oh, and you should probably get started on writing a letter to your village to let them know how you're doing. It's good to keep them updated every once and a while." Velvet advised.

"Okay, but I have to say, you're even nicer than when I first saw you being a scary kind of woman. But you also have your own good side." Laphicet complimented her nicely.

"Even when I'm a monster on the inside?" Velvet asked darkly, looking down at her bandage left arm.

"I don't know about that, but my adopted mother can be like that sometimes when it comes to her books and usual alone sighing time being interrupted." Laphicet mentioned.

Velvet just let out a sigh thinking that this kid has a bigger heart than she realizes almost like Asta, only this one has more manners and not being literally loud like an idiot who was raised in the wild for several years or more.

"To be honest, I didn't think much about joining the Magic Knights before until I got my Grimoire and my fire changed color too." Laphicet explained, emitting a small silver fire from his hand.

"You mean it was a normal color of Fire Magic before?" Velvet asked.

"Yep, but I guess you could say that I have the Devil's luck with me from now on." Laphicet commented as he looks over his Grimoire.

"Devil's luck, huh?" Velvet said, thinking that this kid was telling a bad joke.

But when Velvet looks over to see Laphicet's Grimoire a little more, her eyes widen with shock and felt her whole body had gone cold when she saw the five-leaf clover on his Grimoire then horrible images of blood came sinking into her mind with scares echoing as well.

"Velvet, is everything alright?" Laphicet asked, noticing that Velvet looks a little scared.

"I'm fine, just remember something important. You have a good night." Velvet quickly leaves the room.

"Uh, good night?" Laphicet said it back, not really sure what was that about.

Velvet quickly makes her way to her bedroom and slams the door shut, she is panting a little and tries to calm herself down.

"I can't believe it…" Velvet slide down on the door.

"To think, I would actually meet someone who carries the same thing I have… The same damn curse I was forced to carry for all these years." Velvet brought out her Grimoire from her pouch, being jet-black with dangerous looking red design-like veins and five sharp long triangle parts that are like claws.

And at the center of the Grimoire, a five-leaf clover in red like the color of blood.

(With Laphicet)

Laphicet is writing down a little for his village to let them know that he is doing well, and he made it into the Magic Knights, telling them about the Black Bulls how they are a bunch of crazy knights each in their own unique way.

"Hope to hear from you guys soon, from Laphicet." Laphicet finished writing the letter.

"Now, I just need to get this mailed in the morning and pray that it reaches to them." Laphicet said.

"I can deliver that for you, if you want." Magilou offered, showing herself from a window.

"Magilou! What are you doing here?" Laphicet asked.

"I wanted to see how well you're doing, and I saw the whole thing, you keep on surprising me and all in just one day!" Magilou smiled.

"Wait, you saw it all? Including when Magna threw those fireballs at me and Asta?" Laphicet asked shock, never knowing that Magilou was watching them from afar and yet close by.

"That's right, I was impressed with how you literally took the attack in your hands and threw it right back at the guy! It was insane, so enjoyable!" Magilou laughed smiling.

"I was also curious about that Asta guy, his sword seems to have the abilities to not only cut through magic but also reflect it back as well." Magilou said.

"Yeah, I was thinking that it's like his sword is an Anti-Magic item." Laphicet shared his theory.

"Anti-Magic, now that's something crazy." Magilou commented.

"Yeah, maybe it has something to do with his Grimoire also having a five-leaf clover." Laphicet guessed.

"Wait, wait, wait, hold on. That guy, the loudmouth kid, is also in possession of a five-star Grimoire?" Magilou asked in shock.

"That's right, I saw it myself." Laphicet nodded.

"(Okay, now this is shit crazy! Two people possessing the same number of clover leaves on their Grimoires, this is certainly unheard of and very rare indeed! It's almost like destiny has brough them together for that.)" Magilou thought freaked out a little, but her expression changes to excitement.

"My, oh my, I wonder what kind of chaos you two would bring in this age." Magilou grinned chuckling.

"Huh?" Laphicet was confused about what she just said.

"Nothing. Just talking to myself." Magilou brushed it off. "So, about that letter?"

"Are you sure you want to deliver this, Magilou? My village is pretty far away." Laphicet concerned.

"Don't worry, if I was walking to your village then it would be a hazel, but that won't be a problem since I can fly fast that will take me a few hours or a little more to get to your village." Magilou pointed out, and at her card.

"Oh, that would make sense." Laphicet started to see that.

"Then I leave this letter in your hands to be brought to my mother, Grimoirh." Laphicet handed the letter to her.

"Thank you for trusting me with this." Magilou smiled, taking the letter, and then leaning in to give Laphicet a kiss on the forehead.

Laphicet gasp in shock with his face turning red and his cowlick standing straight up, and his heart is beating like crazy. By the time he collected himself and ask her why she did that, Magilou was already gone.

"…I think it's time for bed." Laphicet said to himself.

(With Rinwell)

"Wow, this room is beautiful!" Rinwell was amazed by her new bedroom.

"Of course, nothing less for one of our own! Take in the beauty of this room where you will live here for the rest of your life!" The vice-captain of the Coral Peacock said.

"Thank you so much for showing me this. I promise not to make a mess of it, and so will Hootle." Rinwell said as Hootle nods.

"I, Kirsch Vermillion, am happy to hear that!" Kirsch smiled.

Kirsch is a young man with long side-parted hair that is tied back and has a braid going across his hairline and a thin band around his head. He has two dark hanging earrings and sports the Coral Peacock vest.

"Now, I will take my leave for you to get custom to this room. We will be meet with the captain in the morning for her to give you the briefing on what you can do as a Magic Knight." Kirsch said before leaving.

"Our new home, Hootle. It's really exciting." Rinwell smiled, but Hootle looks worried for her.

"Okay, now just need to get some answers about that one woman, and I believe the captain would know her." Rinwell said, her eyes looking a little dark with anger.

But her dark mood quickly changes to Laphicet, making her blush a little.

"I hope Laphicet is doing well with the Black Bulls." Rinwell smiled.

(Morning, Maotelus Village)

Grimoirh just got up and let's out a yawn, feeling another morning like before though Laphicet isn't around this, she has been feeling a little lonely without her adopted son.

"And to think, I would get use to living alone like before the time Laphicet came into my life." Grimoirh sighed.

But then she notices a magical presence coming towards her closer, and this one is very familiar.

"Ah, now there's a witch I haven't seen in a long time." Grimoirh hoped onto her Grimoire and fly out of the house.

The little cursed woman looks up to see Magilou coming down while riding her card like a surfboard in the air, she laughs and makes some little sparks of fireworks as she makes her landing.

"Greetings, Magilou the delivery witch is here at your service!" Magilou grinned.

"You haven't change being all dramatic." Grimoirh greeted with a commented.

"Nice to see you still look down on earth, Grimoirh." Magilou smiled.

"So, I take it Laphicet arrived at the capital safely." Grimoirh guessed.

"Without any trouble. After he saved me." Magilou said with a nervous smile.

"Saved you? Oh Magilou, it seems you still get yourself into trouble as always." Grimoirh was surprised and chuckled.

"Lookie here, Grimmy! I got a letter for you from Laphicet!" Magilou quickly handed the letter to her.

"Aw, let see how my little dragon is doing." Grimoirh opened the letter and read it carefully to make sure she doesn't miss a single word, and she became surprised of what it says.

"The Black Bulls Magic Knight Squad. I heard about those lots, causing lots of trouble more than helping and even being called the worst of the worst Magic Knight squads. But something tells me I have nothing to worry about." Grimoirh chuckled.

"Yep, they are loud and crazy as ever." Magilou nodded.

"Oh, says he met another boy named Asta who has no magic power and yet carries a sword that can nullify magic. And his Grimoire has the five-leaf clover too." Grimoirh was surprised.

"I have a feeling those two are going to cause a lot of chaos in this world of ours, the kind of chaos that could save us." Magilou believed.

"Any dangerous people we need to be on the lookout?" Grimoirh asked with concern and serious in her eyes.

"I'm not sure just yet, but I might be close to something that could lead me to the darkness I predicted in my cards." Magilou said.

"And Laphicet is going to get caught in it. I just hope that hope will be prepare by then." Grimoirh sighed.

"Do you want me to keep an eye on him? That boy has piqued my interest, something I hadn't felt in a long time." Magilou smiled.

"No, I believe his new squad will keep him safe. All we can do is see how things will go from here." Grimoirh looked up at the sky.

"(I hope you're doing well, Laphicet.)" Grimoirh thought prayed for his safety.

(With Laphicet)

Laphicet got himself ready for the morning and is ready to see what his new home is like, then he walks out with a smile on his face and sees there is a hallway across from his room.

"That's odd… That hallway definitely wasn't there before." Laphicet said, finding this to be weird.

"Laphicet, good morning!" Asta called out as he and Magna walked up to him.

"Good morning, I just saw something strange, like this hallway wasn't here before." Laphicet pointed at the hallway.

"That's because this whole building shifts around, switching up the locations and such, but like I told Asta, you'll get use to it." Magna explained.

"No way! Now I really want to see how this place was made, what's the history!" Laphicet became very excited about the Black Bulls' Hideout.

"Damn, you're like Eizen when he started living here." Magna said with a sweat drop.

"Now come on, it's time I give you the grand tour of our home!" Magna smirked.

Laphicet and Asta nodded at each other to follow him to the first location he is going to take them.

"This is the dining hall." Magan introduced; this impressed the new boys.

"Eh? Whatcha think? Ridiculously huge, huh?" Magna asked for their opinion while Charmy is here eating a little cake.

"No kidding! It's enormous." Asta commented.

"It's even bigger than the small inn back in my village." Laphicet said.

Next room.

"This is the communal bath." Magna said in a relaxing tone. All three boys are in the hot bath, and Gordon is there too just enjoying a little warm bath though he would like some ice.

"It's so hot." Asta groaned.

"I think this is hotter than a normal bath." Laphicet fanning himself a little.

"I mean, maybe it is for a normal person, but this heat should be nothing to a Black Bull." Magna smirked.

"Well, if this is normal then I better get use to it." Laphicet tried to push himself through this heat.

"Yeah, I'm not done!" Asta yelled a little.

Once they were done with the bath, they encountered a hallway filled with strings and spikes from the ceiling.

"What's with the intense security here?" Laphicet asked.

"That would be where the women's room are. If a guy goes in, the trap magic'll kill him." Magna answered.

"Now I know where to stay clear of." Asta said.

"And here is… the bathroom!" Magna showed them both, but they ended up finding Yami in the bathroom doing shit.

"You're dead." Yami said before the door was immediately slammed shut.

"WE'RE REALLY SORRY, SIR!" The three screamed as they run for their lives.

Next, Magna takes them a room where there is a large cage holding back some vicious big beasts behind it and they look really dangerous that they could kill them.

"What is that?" Laphicet and Asta asked.

"That's the beast room." Magna answered.

"Uh, what for?" Asta asked.

"It's Yami's little hobby. And… I've decided to put you in charge of our furry friends." Magna smirked as he places his hands on their shoulders.

"What?" They were shocked.

"This job is an honor to have, you know. I hate to give it up, but it's yours." Magna shrugged.

"Now wait a minute!" Laphicet saw what Magna is doing. He's just dumping whatever job that involves the beasts here.

"They get fed in the morning and the evening. Go on, give it a shot." Magna handed them meat on sticks and pushes them a little forward.

"Magna! I'm going to get back at you for this!" Laphicet yelled in anger.

Asta and Laphicet carefully tried to give the beasts their morning meat, but two came out and bite on each boy. Then they run for their lives while Magna is laughing hard.

"The Black Bulls' library." Magna showed them the books, and Eizen is here as well.

"Hey guys, enjoying the tour so far?" Eizen asked.

"And this beauty here's the rec room. You can have lots of fun here." Magna smirked.

"Uh, say what now?" Asta was puzzled, and a bit scared at the same time.

"I rather stay away from this room." Laphicet gulped.

Then they all start running together and laughing together, enjoying themselves until Magna suddenly stops for some reason.

"Jeez, give a guy some warning." Asta said.

"Is something wrong, Magna?" Laphicet asked.

But then Laphicet looks ahead to see the reason why Magna stopped, there is a young girl walking up to them and she is wearing the Black Bulls' robe meaning she must be part of the squad too. This is Noelle Silva from the magic exam when she was with Princess Alisha yesterday.

"Well, what do you know. It's your fellow rookie. She's our other new member this year." Magna revealed.

"Cool! Another newbie!" Asta excitedly glad to see someone who is about to become his new friend.

"Hi, I'm Asta from Hage Village. Let's give this all we got." Asta greeted.

"And my name is Laphicet Maotelus from the Maotelus Village. It is an honor to meet you and I hope we can get along as we do our best as Magic Knights." Laphicet greeted with a kind smile.

However, they were caught off guard when Noelle smack Asta's hand away when he wanted to give her a hand of friendship.

"Don't speak to me so casually. You two are little insect of commoners with barely any mana." Noelle insulted which hurts them a little and Magna gets a little mad.

"My name is Noelle Silva, of the royal Silva house." Noelle introduced herself to them.

"Wha… Wait, that means you're related to Nozel Silva?!" Laphicet gasped.

KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!

Laphicet and Asta were given a tour of the Black Bulls' Hideout and experience the shifting change of the place as well, and now they have met up with Noelle who gave them a harsh greeting to even brag about her royal status as part of the Silva house.

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Chapter Text

Silva Royalty with Struggling of Magic Power

Alisha is putting on the finishing touches of her clothes with the Magic Knight robe of the Blue Roses, she looks at herself in the mirror seeing that she is ready for the new day and leaves the room where she met up with Shionne.

"Good morning, Shionne." Alisha greeted.

"Morning, you ready for another day?" Shionne asked.

"I am ready to do what I can to help my people of the entire kingdom with my own two hands." Alisha nodded with a confident smile.

"You know, even though a whole year has passed since you took the Magic Knight entrance exam and pass each test, I'm still surprised that you're serious about becoming a Magic Knight in the first place considering you're the very princess of the kingdom." Shionne said.

"You make it sound like it's a bad thing." Alisha chuckled.

"Nothing bad, just surprising like I said." Shionne shrugged.

"I'm pretty sure the entire kingdom was in shock when they heard about the princess and first in line of the throne became a Magic Knight. I know I was back then." Charlotte came across them from a hallway to their right.

"Good morning, Captain Charlotte." Alisha and Shionne greeted.

"Good morning to you too, ladies." Charlotte greeted back, then they walk together heading for the dining hall.

"Come to think of it, I don't think I ever ask you about how you managed to convince your father to let you become a Magic Knight in the first place." Charlotte said.

"Oh yeah, I heard he was an overprotective for you after what happened to the queen years ago." Shionne recalled hearing about that.

"I gave him a stern talking about how I wanted to protect my people more and to be there for them in any way I can, and maybe about not calling him daddy for a while until he agrees to it." Alisha explained.

"Talk about a hurricane parent." Shionne commented.

"Well, I am grateful that you have chosen to join the Blue Rose squad and people have really started to see how strong we are." Charlotte smiled.

"Yeah, I bet Noelle would have love to be here if it wasn't decided already by her brother." Alisha sighed.

"I see, so the little rumor I heard about Noelle Silva joining the Black Bulls is true. I don't know what that man is thinking, sending her to where the brute Yami is." Charlotte disapproved of this.

"It was something that was already decided even before the exam, she never even got the chance to prove herself." Alisha said.

"I know that Nozel guy is a bastard and all for treating his own little sister badly, but doesn't Noelle still have that… problem of hers?" Shionne asked.

"Well, she does, but she's been working very hard to get it under control." Alisha assured.

"But it's out of your hands now, your highness. Bet to pray for her to survive being with the Black Bulls." Charlotte said.

"I do hope she gets along with them, she always put up the face to make herself the high and mighty one." Alisha was concerned for her friend.

(Black Bulls' Hideout)

Laphicet and Asta are shocked to learn that Noelle Silva, another new member of the Black Bull, is royalty from the Silva house, feeling like they are smaller than her now.

"An insignificant insect like me should never have presumed to speak so informally to an exalted royal such as yourself!" Asta said as he quickly got on his knees and bowed rapidly.

"As long as you understand." Noelle said.

"But I'm really surprised that someone from the Silva house is with the Black Bulls, aren't the other siblings in the Silver Eagle squad?" Laphicet recalled that knowledge. That question causes Noelle to grunt softly and clutch her hands.

"Really, now that is confusing." Asta was surprised to hear that.

"I don't know why she joined us exactly, that's something you're gonna have to talk with Yami about." Magna said.

"I prefer if you stay out of my business." Noelle huffed.

"In that case, I don't think you should go using your royal status like that since we joined the same Magic Knight squad meaning we're all equal here." Laphicet pointed out.

"Oh yeah, you tell her! Being royal doesn't matter here!" Magna glared at Noelle.

"Totally! Who cares if your royalty!" Asta yelled.

"It does, very much." Noelle said.

"And what makes you so sure?" Magna and Asta asked yelling at her while Laphicet try to calm them down.

"Foolish commoner. I suppose words aren't enough to make you understand. The difference in our magic power should get the point across." Noelle conjured a magical sphere from her hand and pointing it at the three boys.

They got surprised and scared a little bit when they could see her magic being strong with water forming in the magical sphere, that shows her attribute is Water Magic and she is going to throw that at them.

"Wait! Can't we talk about this peaceful?" Laphicet tried to talk with Noelle, but to no avail.

"Don't forget your place again." Noelle fired the magic water sphere attack.

"(Oh no, I can't defend myself with how close I am!)" Laphicet thought realized this and brace himself to get wet hard.

But strangely the water attack made an unwanted left turn and ends up hitting Magna instead which confuses Laphicet and Asta very much.

"What…?" Laphicet was very puzzled by this.

"What were you thinking? Entitled brat." Magna grunted as he got back up and put his shades back on. "Obviously, you've got more guts than sense. You just attacked a senior member!" He pointed out in rage.

"It isn't my fault you were in the wrong place. I didn't tell you to stand there. You did that on your own." Noelle pointed out mockingly. That causes Asta to go sputtering in shock.

"(No, that's not it. She really was aiming her magic straight forward, right at me, but the magic misfired halfway.)" Laphicet thought noticed that Noelle didn't mean to hit Magna like that, so why did that happen?

"What kind of crazy are you? I'm your superior here!" Magna stated, being a longer remember and his rank is higher as a Magic Knight.

"That's nice, but I'm royalty." Noelle said, not caring about him being a superior Magic Knight.

"Yeah? Well, I don't care if you're royalty or the sister of the Silver Eagle's captain. Yami's the only person I know who would ever taken on a crazy chick like you. So, you might wanna show some gratitude." Magna stated.

"Easy there, Magna." Laphicet hoped that he wouldn't take it too far.

"I was holdin' off 'cause you're a woman, but I think it's time for your baptism." Magna decided to see if this girl could still talk after his test.

In response to that, Noelle grabs her robe and threw it down to the ground.

"Don't bother. I quit this stupid squad." Noelle said before walking away.

"You—" Magna quickly picked up the robe. "Hey! What do you think you're doing, huh?" He asked.

"I'm leaving before the filth of the Black Bulls has a chance to rub off on me." Noelle answered.

"Everyone knows you're the worst of the worst Magic Knight squads. This is hardly the place for royal like me." Noelle stated before walking away.

"How dare you!" Get back here and apologize to the robe and Yami! Apologize! Apologize!" Magna yelled in anger.

"That girl… We give it everything we had to earn the robes and she just threw it away." Asta was dumbstruck by the moment that just happened.

"I don't get it. What just happened?" Asta asked.

"I'm not sure, but I think it was more personal for Noelle than what she's letting on." Laphicet said.

(Later)

Laphicet is seen walking outside of the hideout after helping Asta find the bathroom, he needed some alone time as he is still thinking about what happened with Noelle earlier.

"(Noelle looked really upset, not at us directly, but it was something else. Maybe it was the way her attack moved.)" Laphicet thought recalled the water attack changing its course.

"Hey, Laphicet!" Law called out while is running.

"Hey Law, what are you doing out?" Laphicet asked.

"Just getting in my daily workout, but you look like you got something on your mind." Law said.

"Well, it's—what is that?!" Laphicet screamed.

The reason for the scream was because there is a big water ball coming down towards them and Law didn't see it in time as it came down near them and splash on them.

"What the fuck was that?" Law asked and looks to see a crater was done by that water attack.

"I think that was Noelle." Laphicet said and run off to where it came from with Law following him as he wants to know too.

Laphicet and Law carefully move through the brushes and are surprised to see a bunch of craters just like the one they saw, a lone tree in the opening with the target on, and Noelle herself looking sweaty and exhausted a little.

"Is that the other new recruit I heard about?" Law asked.

"Yeah, and it looks like she's doing target practice." Laphicet said.

Noelle fired one big water ball at the target only for it to move into another direction where Laphicet and Law were hiding, they quickly got out of the way and Laphicet lands next to an anti-magic bird.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?" Laphicet asked the bird as he gently picks up the bird and went back to observing Noelle.

Noelle is growing frustrated that her magic isn't working the way it's supposed to, the way she wants it to like hit the stupid target on a goddamn tree.

"Why won't it work?" Noelle aske herself, feeling angry again.

"Why can't I ever hit… what I'm aiming for?!" Noelle asked while firing water balls again four more times.

"So it's true. Everything they said about me…" Noelle remembered how the other nobles would say about her, including her own family.

(Flashback)

"Have you heard? Apparently, the youngest Silva child has no control over her magic power." One noble said to another.

"Oh no. For someone like that to be born into the royal family?" The other noble was shocked sarcastically.

"That said Grimoire of yours is practically paper-thin. Are you sure you're really royalty?" The second brother of the Silva house asked mocking Noelle.

"Not being able to control your own magic. That is a pitiful sad thing to hear, I wish there was a way to help you… But I'm afraid you're on your own, Noelle." The older sister said with a sad tone.

Then came Nozel looking down at her with those dark looks in his eyes.

"You will never be a member of my squad. There is no room in the Silver Eagles for a disgrace like you. A disgrace and a mistake. Why wasn't it you who died instead of our mother?" Nozel asked cold and hurtful.

"What an abject failure."

(Flashback End)

"I am not a failure!" Noelle refused to let those hurtful words get her down. Not when she can still prove herself to be worth something to them, the ones who would always badmouth her.

"Somehow, I will make you accept me!" Noelle was determined to get her magic under her control as she continued firing multiple water attacks and they keep on going off course.

"Damn, I guess even a royalty like her had it rough." Law started to see what is getting Noelle so worked up.

"Yeah, I wish there was a way we can help her." Laphicet felt sad for Noelle. But then the anti-bird in his hands suddenly flew of out of his hands and the little noise got Noelle to notice them.

"Oh, huh, hello." Laphicet greeted nervously as he and Law came out of hiding.

"(One of the little insects!)" Noelle thought recognized the shorter boy.

"How long have you been there?" Noelle asked, stepping back a foot.

"(Here it comes, the mocking.)" Noelle thought feared.

"Well, we didn't mean to spy on you or anything, it just…" Laphicet tried to explain.

However, all Noelle could hear were the mocking and insults she has been hearing about over and over throughout most of her life which is making her very on edge.

"Listen, if you like—NO!" Noelle shouted before Laphicet could say anything and tries to fire one big water ball, but the magic of the water started to work differently as it consumes the user, trapping her inside and growing bigger.

"What's happening?" Law asked, getting a little scared of this.

"I think her magic is going out of control, big time!" Laphicet realized.

(With Velvet)

Velvet is seen walking in the hallway doing some thinking about Laphicet and his Grimoire having a five-leaf clover just like her own Grimoire, she was wondering if he knows about it and what really lies within the Grimoires with the five-leaf clover.

"Maybe I should go and see if does know more than he's letting on." Velvet suggested to herself, but then she senses a rising spike of magic power.

"What the… What's going on?" Velvet quickly went outside and saw the giant water body of magic.

Meanwhile, Laphicet and Law are running for their lives from the giant water attack on the big tentacle things.

"We need to get to the hideout and fast!" Laphicet said.

"I can help with that!" Law grabbed Laphicet and threw him on his back and his purple-red and silver Grimoire came out.

"Wolf Magic: Pack Speed!" Law started speeding up with the combined speed of an entire wolf pack making their way to the hideout where all the others have gone outside to see this.

"Law! What the fuck is going on? Did you do something?" Velvet demanded angrily.

"Hey, hey, hey, it was not me! It was Noelle, her magic has got crazy!" Law informed.

"We need to help her! And quick!" Laphicet said.

"Well, attacking the thing with magic is out. She's gonna get hurt if we try." Yami knew that attacking her it out.

"Why not use your spatial magic to pull her outta there?" Yami asked Finral.

"Please, be reasonable. I can't get close to that." Finral said.

"There must be something we can do!" Asta panicked, and then he gets picked up by Yami.

"Alright kid, time for you to shine and do something about it with your magic canceling power." Yami ordered.

"Okay, I'll try! Wait. How am I supposed to get up there? I can't exactly fly, so…" Asta wondered if Yami has any plans.

"I don't wanna hear your excuses. Just suck it up, newbie. Dig deep, and push past your limits!" Yami threw Asta straight at the water magic.

Asta quickly pulls out his sword to cut the magic water, but then two of the watery tentacles come trying to stop him only for Laphicet to stop them with his fire for Asta to cut the water causing it to disburse.

Then the two started falling from the sky with Asta fearing that he is dead, but Finral saves them with his gate to bring them to the ground where Laphicet caught Noelle.

"Asta, are you alright?" Laphicet called out.

"I'M NOT DEAD!" Asta yelled.

"That was some fast thinking of helping Asta like that, good job." Eizen complimented to Laphicet.

"Not bad, Asta. You pulled it off." Yami smiled at Asta for handling it.

"Noelle?" Laphicet looked down at Noelle.

Noelle felt scared about how these idiots are going to mock her like her brother says about being an abject failure.

"That was really incredible! Having that much magic power, it shows you're on a whole different level." Laphicet complimented with a smile, that caught Noelle off guard.

"Your magic power is great, and once you train hard to get it under control then I know you'll be one strong Magic Knight who can't be beat." Laphicet believed.

"Uh… Litt… Laphicet." Noelle said his name.

"I'm so jealous I'm screwed. Man, I'll have to work extra hard if I'm gonna keep up with you." Asta was amazed by Noelle's power.

"I see, so even a royalty like her was having trouble with controlling her magic. There's something you don't see every day." Velvet chuckled a little.

"What? Is that all? You were running away because you can't control your magic power? Shoulda said something sooner, you royal failure." Magna grinned.

"In case you haven't noticed, we're known for being a whole group of failures and yet we keep on going no matter how much the world tries to push us down. That's what being a Black Bull is all about." Velvet stated as Vanessa uses her magic to put the robe on her.

Then everyone starts offering Noelle some things of their own to help make her feel home within the squad. This is the very first time in years that Noelle found others who accepts her flaws and not treating like an abject failure, not since Alisha became her true friend.

"I hope we can get along and work together as fellow Magic Knights." Laphicet smiled.

"Y-Yes, I'm looking forward to working with you too, Laphicet." Noelle nodded, her cheeks blushing and her heart beating.

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Noelle's prideful attitude was the result of years being insulted because of being weak for not controlling her magic, but it looks like she doesn't have to worry about the mocking because the Black Bulls accept her into the squad and thus, her true start has begun. And it looks like Laphicet may have capture her heart as well.

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Chapter Text

Basic Knowledge of Magic Knight Duties

Laphicet wakes up stretching his arms getting himself ready for a good morning as he wonders what he is gonna do today, and then he hears a loud scream coming from outside his room.

“That must be Asta doing the cleaning. Guess he must be doing the cleaning in the morning, probably will be his main duty from then on.” Laphicet smiled.

Laphicet put on his clothes and walk out of the room after the crazy event with Noelle yesterday and looking forward to getting to know her more just like with the others, and he can’t wait to go on his first mission as a Magic Knight of the Black Bulls.

“Look out world, here comes Laphicet!” Laphicet announced as he walks out of his room.

But he didn’t stop himself to look ahead that the hallways have now shifted into a staircase making him completely miss a step and he starts falling down on the steps.

“(This place may get harder to get use to than I thought!)” Laphicet thought groaned while rolling down the steps.

Velvet is walking as she let out a yawn, but then stops when she heard something coming from the staircase she is now standing right in front of the staircase and looks up.

But by the time she did, Laphicet crashes right on top of her causing both of them to crash down onto the floor.

“Ow…” Laphicet groaned.

Laphicet tries to get himself back up though he suddenly felt a strange soft sensation in his hand, and oddly in his mouth.

“Little halo bastard.”

Laphicet’s eyes widen with pure shock and the utter realization that he is on top of which he should NOT be on top of, he moves his eyes to see Velvet below him and his face turns extremely red when now seeing the whole picture that he is grabbing her breasts with both his hands and breast.

Velvet looks extremely piss about it, her eyes are full of rage and her left arm is twitching like it’s going to unleash a deadly punch that could kill him.

“You have three seconds to get off me or else you’re going to be extra shorter.” Velvet threatened with a dark tone.

“I’M SORRY?!?!?!?!” Laphicet apologized screaming and ran for his life before Velvet carries on her threat.

“Damn it, the kid sure got a lot of nerve to doing something like that to an older woman like me.” Velvet growled as she gets back up.

Even though she is very angry at Laphicet for the little pervert stunt he pulled, her body started to feel a little hot and good from how he touched her like that.

“Shit! I did not enjoy that, I didn’t.” Velvet told herself that, but her blushing cheeks are saying otherwise.

“Fucking brat, I’m gonna make sure he pays for this.” Velvet growled as she walks off.

(Dining Hall)

Laphicet is seen eating with the other Black Bulls having breakfast, but he feels very nervous because Velvet is also here and sitting across from him with the glare of death showing that she is still upset about earlier.

“(Just try not to look at her in the eyes.)” Laphicet thought tried to focus on eating.

“(First thing in the morning: meat, meant, and some vegetables which is nicer than having more meat.)” Noelle thought looked at the food on the table.

“Hey, Noelle. How come you don’t ever help out with cleaning and stuff?” Asta asked.

“The cleaning? I’m royalty, you know.” Noelle reminded him of her statue.

“And a new recruit!” Asta countered.

“I’ve never done any cleaning or laundry in my life. Why would I start now?” Noelle is not interested in doing chores.

“Are you bragging about being lazy? Come on, we’re on the same squad here! Ever heard the term “team effort”?” Asta pointed out they need to work together.

“Easy there, Asta. Noelle is still getting use to being in a Magic Knight squad, bringing herself into doing something new and stuff, so just calm down and give her some time until she comes around.” Laphicet said.

“Well, least you understand me more than this little insect here.” Noelle said, mentally glad to be sitting next to him and not Asta.

“Just be careful that he doesn’t grab you like a pervert.” Velvet said out loud causing Laphicet to flinch in fear.

“Oh, hey, huh… Just wondering, what exactly does a Magic Knight squad do?” Asta asked.

“Huh?!” Magna gasped and got up from his seat.

“Are you seriously serious right now? We protect the country, you idiot! Keep the people safe! It’s the manliest job in the world!” Magna pointed out while grabbing Asta by the robe.

“Asta, did you really join the Magic Knight entrance exam if you didn’t know what exactly we do?” Eizen asked, being very surprised that Asta didn’t know about that basic fact while Magna shakes him.

“Laphicet, what do you think being a Magic Knight means?” Eizen asked.

“Well, I believe I may know, but I wish to hear it from a more experienced Magic Knight.” Laphicet said as Magna finally let’s go of Asta.

“Alright, best pay attention because I won’t be repeating myself.” Eizen smiled.

“Being a Magic Knight means you have become a symbol of peace for the kingdom, sworn on your very life to protect the innocent and all who lives within the kingdom, for it is our duty to give hope to the people letting them know their guardians are here.” Eizen started explaining.

“We do things like stopping bad people from causing trouble to the kingdom from stopping thieves to life-threatening wizards who uses their magics to cause trouble.” Eizen mentioned.

“But in other times, Magic Knights also take on other forms of missions either big or small, one must do those jobs to the best of their abilities to help the kingdom along with earning some good reputation from the people we helped that would also make us look good.” Eizen said with a proud smile.

But when Eizen turns around, Charmy was holding up a small cup of gravy that she was going to add onto her burger only for that to be sent flying onto Noelle’s nose. She shook her head to get the little cup off to land on top of a meat that squirted out some meat juice that splatted onto Eizen’s pants.

“Whoa, that was weird.” Asta was surprised.

“Great, now I’ll be smelling gravy all day.” Noelle exclaimed.

“…Anyway, being a Magic Knight is a great honor to become one and we must make sure the captains who picked us don’t regret their decision one bit.” Eizen said.

“Do you also go out to other places in the kingdom?” Laphicet asked, raising a hand.

“An excellent question. Whenever Magic Knights are called out for missions, they usually take them to places outside of the capital going around to doing whatever mission you’ve been given by the Wizard King himself.” Eizen explained.

“You mean the Wizard King himself is the one calling which squad goes on what mission?” Asta asked shock.

“That’s right, and it’s up to us Magic Knights to answer the call.” Eizen nodded while trying to wipe the stain from his pants only for literally half his pants to be ripped off.

“Eizen, is everything okay?” Laphicet asked concern.

“Yeah, just another day of the Reaper Curse.” Eizen sighed.

But before Laphicet could ask him about this “Reaper curse”, Charmy screams in fear.

“Charmy, what is it?” Laphicet asked.

“I can’t believe it. How did this happen? Tis is awful… The food is… Is all gone! And I’m nowhere near full.” Charmy cried for the reason, causing the newbies to sweat drop.

“Cotton Creation Magic, bring on the Sheep Cooks!” Charmy used her Cotton Magic to create sheep-like beings to make them cook more food for Charmy.

“Wow, you have such incredible magic, Charmy!” Laphicet complimented.

“Oh thanks, you flatter me.” Charmy giggled as she grabs a big piece of meat.

“And the most important thing is when you in a Magic Knight squad, you can eat like crazy!” Charmy proclaimed while eating.

“That’s pretty much only for her, it’s like she has a pointless pit.” Velvet said.

Then Grey comes up to the three and uses his magic to transform into Asta to talk.

“Well, it’s like Eizen said, it’s a great job, you know. I’m really looking forward to our first mission together.” Grey-Asta smiled.

“Uh, yeah…” Asta is totally freaking out on the inside.

“Such a flawless transformation.” Laphicet commented as Grey undo the transformation and walks away.

“Man, there are some serious weirdos in this place.” Asta said.

“I don’t know, I like it.” Laphicet smiled.

“Like how you express that likeness?” Velvet asked, still mad it seems.

“(What am I doing? They’re insane. Should I even be in this squad?)” Noelle thought started to rethink herself about being with the Black Bulls.

Then Charmy decided to shar the big piece of meat with Asta and Laphicet, pouring a special sauce and cutting it into two then shoving them in their mouths.

Suddenly Yami kicked the door away getting his squad’s attention.

“Magna, Eizen. We’re going.” Yami said.

“Yes, Yami, sir.” Magna nodded.

“Oh, so it’s that time again with our usual client.” Eizen smiled.

“Uh, you guys go to the same client then that means he must be someone has close connections to you.” Laphicet guessed.

“That’s right, he’s a really good friend who comes over to describe some business with us about needing our skills as Magic Knights, should he beat us in a little game.” Eizen explained.

“Game? What kind of game?” Asta asked.

“It’s a grownup thing that I don’t want you guys to get involved, especially with me in it.” Eizen said as he and Magna walk out with Yami.

“Oh, and your free to go into the library if you want, Laphicet.” Eizen said.

“Well, now that you finish your breakfast…” Velvet grabbed Laphicet by the head much to his horror.

“You and I are going to have a little chat.” Velvet glared down at him.

“Okay…” Laphicet exclaimed.

(Library)

Velvet threw Laphicet into the library closing the door.

“Velvet! I’m really, really sorry about this morning! I swear, I never meant to do anything like that! The building shifted again and there was this staircase that I didn’t see, and I slipped! I promise it was an accident!” Laphicet explained as he bow his head to the floor.

Velvet just glares down at Laphicet as she lit up some candles in the library, and she let out a sigh.

“Don’t worry, I’m not going to punish you.” Velvet said which surprise Laphicet.

“I may have overrated from that moment, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be punished for it. Just not right now.” Velvet said.

Laphicet let out a sigh of relief, at the very least it looks like she’s not mad at him right now.

“What I brought you here for is talk about something important, something that involves the thing about our Grimoires have in common.” Velvet said.

“Our Grimoires?” Laphicet was puzzled on what she means by that.

Velvet brings out her Grimoire, holding it in front of Laphicet for his young eyes to see the five-leaf clover on her Grimoire.

“No way, just like mine!” Laphicet was shocked as he held his own Grimoire, seeing the five-leaf clover symbols are the same.

“That’s right, when I saw your Grimoire, it brought back some really bad memories along with the uneasy feeling of how my Grimoire became like this.” Velvet said.

“Really? My Grimoire already had a five-leaf clover on it when I first got it.” Laphicet mentioned.

“Really?” Velvet asked in surprise.

“Yeah, my mom told me that she found this Grimoire years ago inside a chest and she was able to deduce the original owner of the Grimoire died and this was all that was left of him.” Laphicet explained.

“The fuck?! Are you saying that this Grimoire didn’t die with its own, like how other Grimoires always do?” Velvet asked in shock.

“That’s right, it was sitting there in the Grimoire tower in the village where I lived. Never being use, not until I came along when it came to me.” Laphicet explained.

“Okay, now I’m curious how did that Grimoire choose you.” Velvet wondered, and Laphicet decided to give her the story of how it happened months ago.

“So, this thief tried to steal the Grimoires and you were able to stop him with that Grimoire.” Velvet said.

“That’s right, it responded to my feeling back then. How I would be the Devil who protects everyone.” Laphicet nodded, remembering back to that day.

(Flashback)

The scene shows the Grimoire glowing and pop itself out of the shelf and floats right toward Laphicet.

Suddenly, Laphicet's flame magic burns brighter and stronger than before causing the bubble to vanish into steam in an instant much to the horror of the thief, not only that but the color of his fire is changing from the normal orange red into pure silver easily evaporating the bubble away.

Laphicet glares at the thief and his silver flame forms into what appears to be a dragon with devil red eyes.

(Flashback End)

Velvet suddenly burst into a little laugh upon hearing that.

“Hey, me almost dying back there wasn’t funny.” Laphicet pointed out.

“I’m sorry, you just said that you’ll become the Devil who protects everyone. Seriously, what kind of fucking idiot says that?” Velvet chuckled, keeping herself from laughing.

“Well, it sounded cool at the time.” Laphicet pouted.

“But in honestly, I think with how you got the five-leaf clover was better than how my Grimoire was forced to become a five-leaf clover.” Velvet smiled softly and placed her bandage hand on Laphicet’s head.

“Your Grimoire was forced to become a five-leaf clover? But then what was your clover’s former form?” Laphicet asked.

“Believe it or not, it was a four-leaf clover though to be honest, I don’t think deserve to have one. But it happened… And that’s when everything went into shit, I was forced to witness something horrible and even did something horrible, falling into absolute despair.” Velvet explained parts of her past.

“Falling into despair is what creates a five-leaf clover Grimoire!” Laphicet realized.

“Yep, they’re even called the “Grimoire of Despair” from what I heard.” Velvet said, looking both sad and angry at the same time. Almost tightening her grip on Laphicet’s head though she calms down when he touches her bandaged arm.

“I think we should stop for now. I don’t want to force you into telling me your past if you’re feeling uncomfortable.” Laphicet said, feeling kind to make her comfy and respects her privacy.

Velvet couldn’t help but chuckle upon this little boy being so nice to him, it almost makes her want to forget about punishing him for this morning. Almost.

Speaking of Laphicet’s punishment.

(Beast Cage)

“You got this, Laphicet!” Velvet smirked.

Laphicet is currently shaking in fear of having to go feed the beasts behind the cage, all the while covered in some juicy and tasty meat. Guess he had it coming with being “forward” on Velvet this morning.

“Okay, here you guys go… Your breakfast…” Laphicet slowly moved forward.

“Won’t those beasts try eating him with those meat on him?” Noelle asked, worried for him.

“I’m sure he’ll be fine.” Asta believed.

But he was proven wrong when two of the beasts lean forward to bite on Laphicet, trying to chew him up with the meat causing him to scream like crazy.

“Damn it… I’m not going down like this?!” Laphicet screamed as he burst his silver flame to force the beasts to let him go and threw the now cooked meat in the cage.

“Okay, I believe we’re even now.” Velvet smiled.

“Yay…” Laphicat panted.

“Hey, I think I see Yami, Magna, and Eizen coming back.” Asta spotted the three coming this way.

However, what they saw was something they were not expecting the captain and the two senior members of the Black Bulls to be completely naked except for their robes on their top while leaving their bottom half expose as Noelle looks over in shock while Laphicet gasp feeling weirded out.

“Oh, hey you guys, we got ne” Magna was about to tell them something, but Velvet screams at them.

“YOU MOTHERFUCKING IDIOTS!! GO PUT SOME CLOTHES ON FIRST!!” Velvet screamed in rage.

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That sure was an interesting morning for Laphicet and Velvet to get to each other and then learn about their Grimoires, and Laphicet got punish later. But things may start to get better when Yami and the others tell them the news, after they put on clothes because they were naked for some reason.

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Chapter Text

Mission: Going Out Boar Hunting

After the three men finally put their clothes back on, they ask the three rookies and Velvet to meet them at the lounge for the news Magna wanted to tell them.

"All right, we have decided to put you rookies out in the field. In other words, you're gonna do your first mission." Magna informed.

"(Our first mission already, guess there is no rest for the Magic Knights when it comes to something important.)" Laphicet thought hoped he's ready for his first mission.

"Right, what are we doing?" Asta asked.

"I assume it's something befitting royalty such as myself?" Noelle asked.

"Yeah, it's a real honor. Go to Saussy Village for some boar hunting." Magna revealed what their first mission is going to be.

"Hunting boar?" Noelle and Laphicet said at the same time.

"Seriously, that's the mission you're going to put our newbies in? Sounds to me like it's going to be a boring mission." Velvet deadpanned.

"More like a terrible mission." Noelle said, not feeling comfortable with going out hunting some animal with her own two hands.

"No, it's not, you take that back!" Magna was angered from those two ladies insulting the mission.

"I can bring down a boar with my bare hands, easy." Asta bragged about his strength against a boar.

"No, you can't! Don't even think about trying! Those things are pure evil. They got beady eyes, hug tusks, and they charge for no reason!" Magna described of how dangerous those boars are.

"Excuse me, but does this have anything to do with the usual client you met?" Laphicet asked, taking a guess from this.

"That's right, this client is the chief of Saussy Village who enjoys hanging out with us every now and then." Eizen nodded.

"We lost to him, and now we gotta pay the price." Yami said.

"Oh, so that means you guys lost to him in this little game you mentioned." Laphicet realized.

"Let me guess, it was poker." Velvet guessed.

"Shit right, he literally striped us of everything we had." Yami chuckled.

"Including half a year's wages!" Magna added with a grin.

This shocks the new members of the Black Bulls as they wonder if it's really something that they should brag about like that, this squad is really weird.

"That's not all. We also promised we'd do anything one thing he requested of us. And that tuened out to be getting' rid of some boar." Yami explained.

"There's a herd of 'em hangin' around near the village. Trampling fields and causing trouble." Magna mentioned.

"And from what the chief told us, they appear to be more aggressive and vicious than the normal kinds of boars. So, he wants them to be done with as soon as possible." Eizen added.

(Flashback)

The chief of Sassy Village, Seihi is floating above the three naked Black Bulls' men with the bag of stuff he won from them.

"Well, I'll head back and wait for you there." Seihi said.

"Sure, we'll have our rookies come over to handle the situation. You won't be hearing boars stampeding in no time." Eizen promised.

"That's great to hear. Oh, I guess you can have these back." Seihi threw down their Black Bull robes before flying away.

"Well, at least the casino is still standing. That's a plus." Eizen said.

"Yeah, last time you went in there, some crazy bandits with fake horses came bursting in spilling salad ranches all over the place." Yami recalled that time.

(Flashback End)

"Oh, oh! Can you explain what this has to do with us?" Asta asked.

"Yes, exactly. You were the ones who lost. It was none of our doing. So, why—" But Magna cut her off.

"You idiots! Do you seriously expect Yami to clean up his own mess?" Magna asked angrily, which somehow seems reasonable to the rookies.

"(I've only known him for two days now, but I've already figure out the kind of man Yami. He's both terrifying and lazy at the same time.)" Laphicet thought commented.

"Yami doesn't deal with these things. That's what he got us for." Magna mentioned.

Then Yami stands up starting to look scary as he glares down at the three rookies.

"Either go or die, your choice." Yami threatened them with a choice.

"We'll go!" Laphicet, Asta, and Noelle agreed immediately.

And with that out of the way, Yami leaves them to go on with the mission while he does his own thing, whatever that may be.

"So what if it's boar hunting. We're finally going on a mission! I'm getting pumped now! Yeah!" Asta shouted with excitement.

"I guess I'm a little excited too, doing what I can to help the kingdom in any way possible." Laphicet smiled.

"That sounds like Alisha would say. But still, I don't see why he would be sending me." Noelle said looking a little down.

"Come on! Do you ever do anything but complain?" Magna asked angrily.

"Actually, that wasn't intended as a complaint. It just… Given that I can't control my magic power, should I really be going on a mission at a"

"I think that's the whole point on why you're going on this mission." Velvet said, surprising Noelle.

"Exactly! How do you expect to get any better if you aren't even willing to try?" Magna pointed out, causing Noelle to gasp.

"And besides, we're not sending some wet-behind-the-ears recruits out there alone. I'll be around to keep an eye on you two, and Yami said that Velvet is going to be coming with us too." Magna informed.

"Great, putting me on a mission without my say-so. Good on you, captain." Velvet said sarcastically with a sigh.

"I think it would be great. I never really hunted boars before, so maybe you can teach me." Laphicet smiled.

"Well, might as well make sure your first mission goes smoothly without any problems." Velvet said, maybe helping the kid out won't be bothersome for her.

"Well… If you insist, I suppose I would be willing to accompany you." Noelle said, in her high attitude.

"Really? Wow, thank you—Hey, wait a minute! How come you're always lookin' down on us, huh?" Magna asked angrily, sensing that Noelle is thinking highly of herself again.

"It isn't that I choose to look down on you. You just always happen to be below me, so what else can I do?" Noelle said.

"What kind of logic is that?" Magna asked, feeling a little angrier now.

"So, how do we get to Saussy Village?" Laphicet asked.

"Hmm, I have a feeling that Finral might not be of help to us with his Spatial Magic." Velvet said.

"Why do you say that?" Magna asked.

"Because Finral's magic only works to the places he has already been to before and can use his magic to go there for an instant travel. But I doubt Finral has ever been to his Saussy Village, so he's a no go." Velvet pointed out.

"Oh, so that's how transportation magic like his goes." Laphicet started to understand that.

"You got to be fucking with me right now. Fine we'll have to go by broom then." Magna believed broom flying would be the way to get to Saussy Village.

"Um, Magna, sir." Asta raised his hand.

"Yeah, what is it?" Magna asked.

"I… can't fly a broom." Asta mentioned, and then Noelle raises her hand.

"Yeah, what is it?" Magna asked again, groaning a bit.

"What he said." Noelle revealed that she can't fly a broom either.

Magna groans in anger and then screams as he grabs Asta by the neck.

"Are you two kidding me? You're so completely incompetent that you can't manage something that fuckin' simple? Flying is pretty much the most basic skill a mage has!" Magna scolded while shaking Asta.

"Magna, calm down! Asta doesn't have any magical power and Noelle can't control hers either." Laphicet reminded these facts to Magna.

"Yep, what he said." Asta laughed.

"Why do you look so proud about it?" Magna asked shock.

"Of course, it was obvious for me too." Noelle shrugged.

"And why are you being so arrogant?" Magna glared.

"Look, you'll just have to take Asta on your Broom and one of us will take Noelle." Velvet suggested.

"Alright, guess there really is no other choice. So Asta, are you ready to meet my baby?" Magna asked.

(Five Minutes Later)

"Introducing Crazy Cyclone!" Magna revealed his own personal broom.

Crazy Cyclone has the appearance of a bull skeleton, with a sunglass-wearing skull as its headpiece. Furthermore, its shaft is shaped like a spine with a semi-circular saddle, which has four pairs of ribs on the sides and a pair of purple fur balls at the base of the saddle. At the end of the broom, Crazy Cyclone has a bundle of bristles as commonly seen on a broomstick. Additionally, it is also installed with a pole from which a flag with the Black Bull insignia flutters.

"Whoa, so cool!" Asta and Laphicet was amazed.

"I know, awesome, isn't it?" Magna smiled, proud of his broom.

"Yeah, way awesome!" Asta agreed.

"Try lame." Noelle said.

"Yeah, I agree with her on that one. I always thought that broom was over dramatic with the skull and why its wearing sunglasses is beyond me." Velvet shared her own comment.

"How dare you! You two just don't know real beauty when it's right in front of you!" Magna argued that his Crazy Cyclone is awesome.

"It's lame." Noelle and Velvet said at the same time.

"I think it's time we get flying now." Laphicet suggested.

"Very well, I will fly with you then." Noelle said as gets behind Laphicet who was a little surprised but decided to let her come with him.

"Then let's get flying!" Laphicet said as he pours a little of his mana into the broom and they start flying into the air with Velvet right behind them.

"Oh yeah, it's time we get going now!" Magna shouted with all his might and the Crazy Cyclone starts flying fast into the air.

"Whoa, that's really fast!" Laphicet was shocked to see someone going that fast with a broom.

"Yeah, Magna's bike can go crazy when he gets serious about a mission, and a lot of other things. But he can also get a little crazy at times." Velvet explained.

"Hey Noelle, are you doing okay back there?" Laphicet asked.

"Do not worry, I am doing perfectly fine, and your flying skills are excellent, I'll admit to that." Noelle said.

"Just make sure to hold on so you don't fall off, there has been some accidents that happen with people flying on brooms." Velvet warned.

"I understand, I'll be careful. That means you should hold onto me as well, Noelle." Laphicet nodded.

"Hey now, I'm already touching you right now as it is." Noelle pointed out with her cheeks blushing.

"(Oh boy, this might turn out to be quite the trip for her.)" Velvet thought commented.

(Saussy Village)

On the outskirt of Saussy Village, in the forest close to the town, a magic portal opens up and one man leading three others exit the portal and look at his pocket watch to see that it's exactly 1:30 pm.

"Right on time." The man said.

The mystery man is a slender man with slanted eyes. He is very skinny, which can be seen from the tone of his face, and also has a large chin. Additionally, he has short grey hair combed backwards. One of his most prominent features is the scar at the right-hand side of his forehead, which is elongated across his face all the way to his left cheek. He wears an attire similar to a military uniform, which is also worn by his three subordinates. A black jumpsuit covers his entire body with two belts strapped around his neck. On top of it, Heath wears a light blue shirt that has elbow-length sleeves and that extends down to his knees. The shirt also has a short cape that only covers his chest area. The cape has circular ornaments at the circumference and a hood. Furthermore, he also wears a three-way belt, which is strapped around his torso. In addition, he wears three more black belts around his waist, where he also places the pouch to carry his grimoire. Finally, he wears a pair of black boots.

But then a herd of wild boars, wild boars with flaming rings around their hooves and a single big fire on their foreheads comes up growling at the group that has just trespassed into their territory.

The mystery man doesn't seem bothered by these wild beasts and decides to make quick work of them as he brings out his Grimoire.

The boars start charging at the group while the mystery man conjures his Ice Magic to instantly freeze these beasts in place right when they were a few inches close to them.

The mystery ice man and his group look over at the Saussy Village from the higher point of view on a cliff.

"So, it's here, is it?" The mystery ice man said.

"The magic stone. Find it." The mystery man ordered, they all said "Sir" and dissolved into water as they have been teleported away.

The mystery ice man lets out an icy breath and the frozen boars have been shattered into pieces and disappearing into a mist.

"In the mist, be lost." The mystery man said.

(With the Black Bulls)

After some time of flying, the Black Bulls came into the area where Seihi told Magna to go find them and they immediately got started on the hunt with Laphicet and Asta running for their lives from one big boar.

"I can see why this Seihi man indeed help because these guys are the fire boars!" Laphicet realized in a panicking tone.

"Yeah, they're huge and they can even use magic! That's totally unfair!" Asta complained.

"Asta, I'll get it's attention and you attack it with your sword!" Laphicet said.

"You got it!" Asta agreed to the plan.

Laphicet turns around with his Grimoire coming out ready to do his part.

"Silver Flame Creation Magic: Shattered Paper!" Laphicet unleashed his attack spell that hit the boar between the eyes with some small explosions.

"Now's my chance!" Asta charged at the boar with his sword slicing through the magic and killing it with a powerful blow.

"Nice work!" Laphicet complimented.

"Hey, you're the one with the plan." Asta smiled at his friend.

"Don't rest just yet, there are still more here." Velvet warned as the other boars showed up.

"Noelle, why don't you try practicing control of your magic here." Velvet suggested to the Silva royalty.

Noelle was hesitant at first, but she knows that she is not going to get anywhere if she doesn't do her part and tries to get her magic to do what she wants. She conjures a water ball, aiming at one of the boars, and then fires only for it to move away from the boar and almost hit Laphicet instead.

"I don't think I need a bath today!" Laphicet yelled.

After a while, Laphicet and Asta were able to defeat all the horde of boars then they are carrying them back to Sassy Village to present these to Seihi with Asta carrying most of them while Velvet and Magna each carry one.

"Will you be okay, Asta?" Laphicet asked.

"Please! A few of these pigs is nothing. Child's play." Asta smirked.

"Nice to know." Velvet said, not having trouble with her boar either.

"You're really something else. Well, if this doesn't please Seihi, I don't know what will. Yeah! Big piggy party tonight!" Magna excitedly.

"So, wait. The chief of Saussy Village—Seihi? He's a friend of yours?" Noelle asked.

"Yeah, me and the old man go way back. Ya see, Rayaka Village, where I come from, isn't far from here. We're practically neighbors. I used to get into all kinds of trouble when I was a kid." Magna explained.

"(Yeah, "used" to.)" Asta thought doesn't believed him.

"(That's changed how?)" Noelle thought wondered.

"(I don't think you really changed at all.)" Laphicet thought stated.

"(I highly doubt that you matured at all.)" Velvet thought deadpanned.

"When I got my Grimoire, the sense of power totally went into my head. I flew into Saussy all cocky, thinkin' I was gonna take over the place of something. Boy, was I wrong." Magna smirked, looking back on the memories of his younger days when he went shit crazy on Saussy Village, and what happened back then too.

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Laphicet and the others have gone on boar hunting to help Saussy Village and were able to take care of them then learning about Magna's past which will be shown in the next chapter, but they will soon discover that something else has happened in Saussy Village involving those mysterious people.

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Chapter Text

Trouble within the Icy Mist of Evil

(Years Ago)

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Take that!" Younger Magna rode his Crazy Cyclone through Saussy Village throwing his fireballs everywhere making the people run for their lives.

Magna is laughing hard that he is having the time of his life thinking that taking over this village is going to be easy for him as nobody can stop him now.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing to my village, you little brat?" Seihi chased after Magna to stop him.

"Hah! You lookin' for a beatin', old man? Let's go." Magna was interested in seeing this old man being brave.

"Not a chance. I won't be the one getting a beating today!" Seihi said.

"Oh, you think so?" Magna laughed as he threw a fireball at Seihi who dodges it.

"Yeah, I do!" Seihi used his Grimoire to create swords floating around him, and this actually scared Magna a bit.

"This'll teach ya!" Seihi sends his swords at Magna and even though he dodges them, the swords flies around back and attacks on going after the boy until they pin him against a wall.

"We're not done." Seihi said as he used one sword to pull down Magna's pants showing his underwear shorts much to his shock. "You've earned yourself a spanking." One sword started spanking Magna's butt hard with each strike and it was painful to him.

"Damnit! Damnit! What are you doing to me?!" Magna screamed in pain from the spanking.

"Wow, he really spanked you with a sword?" Laphicet was surprised to hear that.

"Oh yeah, he really did. Didn't stop me though, I took him on a whole buncha times after that." Magna mentioned.

The scene changes to a day when it was raining hard, and Magna is charging into the village again heading right for Seihi who is ready for him and threw a spear that almost pierced his foot.

"Shame on you! A real man doesn't attack people without reason!" Seihi scolded.

Next scene, Magna is pinned to a wall again but this time by a dozen arrows around him shoot by Seihi.

"Protecting the weak from those who would hurt them. That's what a real man does!" Seihi said strongly.

Then Magna tried fighting the chief of Saussy Village again.

"Golden!" Seihi threw a gauntlet uppercut right into Magna's dick making him fall on the ground.

"Another thing! A rea man doesn't make anyone worry!" Seihi scolded another "Real Man" lesson into him.

(Present)

"Nobody knew how to put me in my place like he did." Magna smirked.

"Sound strong." Noelle said as the others agreed with her on Seihi being strong in his own right.

"Oh, he absolutely is. Matter of act, I found out later that when ol' Seihi was young, he had enough power to try out for the Magic Knights." Magna mentioned.

"But since he's the village chief, that would mean he didn't make the cut even though he was strong." Velvet wondered if the idiot captains from back then were overlooking Seihi's strength because of him being from a poor village.

"Yeah, bullshit to that." Magna agreed, believing that Seihi could've been a great Magic Knight if he was let in.

"You know, he's actually the one who told me I should think about taking the entrance exam in the first place." Magna remembered that day like it was yesterday.

(Years Ago)

Magna and Seihi just finished having their sparring match with the former looking a little exhausted.

"Not bad. Looks like you can just about hold your own now, boy." Seihi complimented on how better Magna has gotten.

"Yeah, I've got a better handle on how to use my Grimoire these days." Magna said.

"I agree. Which means you might be ready to take the Magic Knights entrance exam." Seihi believed as he walks up to Magna.

"What? Me? Old man, are you goin' crazy?" Magna was shocked, never would he thought that Seihi would see him as a Magic Knight.

"Why not? You've got what it takes." Seihi said.

"Yeah right. Like a commoner from the middle of nowhere even stands a chance." Magna stated, but Seihi wouldn't have him talking like that.

"Nothing's set in stone!" Seihi yelled, surprising Magna for a bit.

"So, you're a commoner from way out in the sticks. What's that got to do with anything? You use your power to build your own future. I couldn't make that dream come true, but you can." Seihi said with a hand on Magna's shoulder.

"Really?" Magna can now tell that Seihi is being serious here.

"Become a man. It's time." Seihi encouraged Magna to make himself better and this struck him in the heart.

"So… what do the Magic Knights do, anyway?" Magna asked as he never knew what kind of jobs the Magic Knights do.

"You don't even know that much?" Seihi screamed in rage and punched Magna.

(Present)

"I guess we now know that history can repeat itself." Laphicet chuckled to himself.

"No question, it's all thanks to him that I am who I am today. Obviously, I wound up passing the entrance exam, and when I did, no one was happier than Seihi." Magna explained smiling.

"Sounds like a nice man." Noelle complimented.

"You bet." Magna said.

"And he became the usual client who request the Black Bulls later on, right?" Velvet asked.

"Yep, I know part of the reason he came to the capital was to make a fortune that he could bring back to help improve his village, but I have a feeling he wanted to see me too. 'Course, in the end, he took me for all I had." Magna believed.

"Like stripping you naked?" Velvet asked as a joke.

"Shut up, bitch!" Magna snapped a little.

"Even so, I'll never forget that he's the one who taught me about bein' a real man. I wanna be as good as a guy as he is someday." Magna smiled.

"Wow, Seihi would get along with my mother, she punishes anyone who tries to make a mess in our town, and she also enjoys gambling too." Laphicet mentioned, remembering how Grimoirh lay out the punishment.

"Oh, a lady for Seihi! Maybe we can set up a little da" Magna stopped suddenly as he gasps, like he just saw something that scares him.

"Is something wrong?" Asta asked.

"The Hell's going on?" Magna dropped the boar he was carrying and ran up ahead.

"Magna, wait!" Velvet quickly dropped the boar and ran after him, soon followed by the others.

They all look ahead to see what got Magna spook back there, the village Saussy is just up ahead only something isn't quite right about the town itself because there appears to be a giant dome made of mist covering the whole village.

"The whole village…" Magna was shocked to see this.

"It's covered in mist." Noelle was surprised as well.

"They got some pretty weird weather around here, huh?" Asta commented, oblivious to what is going on here.

"No, Asta! The mist its magic, someone covered the whole village in magic, trapping everyone inside it." Laphicet pointed out, shocking Asta.

The Black Bulls made their way to the misty dome to see this thing with a closer view, and they can definitely see it's something bad.

"Wow, a magic mist." Asta was amazed.

"Trying to make it through would be about as effective as walking around blindfolded. We'd lose all sense of direction and blunder around the place helplessly." Noelle pointed out how bad this mist is.

"Magna, this isn't something anyone from the village can do, is it?" Laphicet asked even though he may already know the answer.

"Yeah. Magic that can completely cover an entire village. A spell this powerful didn't come from any villager. And it sure as hell ain't Seihi's magic either. Something bad happened here." Magna said, feeling this from his guts.

"Well then, it's a good thing we have our Anti-Magic boy right here." Velvet looked at Asta.

"Me?" Asta was confused as he pointed at himself.

"You can use your sword to cut through this mist since it's made of magic, meaning you can help us get in." Velvet pointed out.

"Oh yeah, I can totally do that!" Asta brought out his Demon-Slayer sword to start cutting through the magic mist.

"Okay. Push forward. Let's go." Magna ordered.

"Got it!" Asta nodded and cut forward. Then Magna started giving him orders on which way to cut so that they wouldn't accidentally run into any buildings.

"It's great to know that you're very familiar with this place." Laphicet smiled at Magna.

"That's right." Magna said.

"Now left!" Magna ordered and Asta cut on the left.

Suddenly, the Black Bulls minus Asta started to sense something within the area they are heading towards.

"You guys feel that too?" Magna asked, this is making him uneasy.

"Magic power, and this one is very strong like a Magic Knight, only this one is dark and cold." Velvet said, glaring in the direction where the magic presence is.

"Straight ahead now! Be careful." Magna said.

"Right!" Asta nodded and cut through the mist some more.

"We should be in the square." Magna hoped nothing too seriously bad has happened yet.

Asta cut through the mist forward until they found a bunch of people, the villagers of Saussy Village, all together in one spot of the square and they are all looking scared.

"Look above!" Laphicet spotted something unsettling.

There are lots of icicle spikes floating in the air and they are all pointed down at the villagers, giving the Black Bulls a clear picture of what is going on.

"Kill them."

The icy spikes drop down to kill the villagers, but Magna isn't going to let those damn icy things end their life, not as long as he's around.

"Explosive Scattershot!" Magna unleased his fiery balls at the icy spikes destroying all of them.

Everyone is shocked to see that they have just been saved in the nick of time and they look to see the insignia of the Black Bulls Magic Knight squad.

"It's five of the Magic Knights." One little boy smiled with tears of joy.

"I can't believe they came to save us!" One little boy with red hair felt grateful for this.

Magna walks through the villagers along with his squad as the villagers recognize him, being surprised that he's here and glad that he did otherwise they would've been dead by now.

"Hey, Nick. What the fuck is going on?" Magna asked.

The boy named Nick whimpers as he couldn't bring out words to answer Magna, but that wasn't needed when Magna look over to see Seihi laying on the floor with blood stain on his shirt that seme to have come from the inside.

Magna's eyes widen with shock fearing of what happened.

"Hey, come on! Stay with me, old man!" Magna tried to wake him up, but Velvet stops him with a hand on his shoulder.

"I'm so sorry, Magna." Velvet apologized, seeing that Seihi is dead, and he has been recently.

"He can't be gone. He was just protecting us." The villagers cried over Seihi's death.

"They're here just like you said, Grandpa. The Magic Knights showed up. We'll be safe now. Your prayers were heard." Nick said to his dead grandpa.

"(This man was also a family man, and now this boy just lost a family member.)" Laphicet thought clutched his fists, feeling angry and sad about this.

"(To kill someone… Just like that.)" Asta thought was surprised to find people who would do such horrible things.

Then Magna spotted the men sitting on a small wall of stone.

"Are you the one who's responsible?" Magna demanded.

But the hooded men and their leader didn't respond as he looks down at his pocket watch seeing how much time has pass now.

"You've thrown off my schedule. I don't appreciate that." The mystery ice man said. Always hated how his schedules are thrown off like this.

"Ten seconds from now everyone here will die." The mystery ice man declared and conjure a giant ice attack, sending it toward the villagers and those other fools.

"(Damn! I don't have enough power.)" Magna thought cursed, seeing how strong this magic attack is.

"Move!" Velvet charged forward, and her left arm glows.

Suddenly the large magic ice attack stops completely like it was put on pause, and the one who did it was none other than Velvet with her left arm being completely different now.

"Velvet, your arm… Is that your magic?" Laphicet asked in shock, and amazes at the same time.

"That's right, I didn't think I was gonna have to show you this in a simple mission with boar hunting, but in this case, I can't hold myself back against fuckers like them!" Velvet said in rage, her large arm is now bigger with the color of black and red.

"Demon Arm Magic: Devouring Hand!" Velvet activated one of her spells and the magic power of the big ice attack is being absorbed into the arm causing it to crack and break into very tiny pieces to nothing.

"If you guys think we're going to let you hurt these people then you're dead wrong!" Velvet glared at the mystery killer group.

"(Great, more bothersome things.)" The mystery ice man thought disapproved of this situation.

"Tell me… Why would you want to do something so horrible? Who do you think you are?" Asta asked in rage.

"I normally don't let myself be in rage, but not today." Laphicet glared, angry at these heartless men.

"(They don't look like Diamond Kingdom spies or savages come to shake down the place. So, who the fucking Hell are they?)" Magna thought wondered, getting a bad feeling about this.

The mystery ice man looks at his pocket watch to see that it's about ten to 3:07pm.

"I hadn't heard that any of the Magic Knights were going to be in the area." Hooded man 1 was surprised of this.

"Perhaps they're here on an unofficial mission?" Hooded man 2 guessed.

"Another thing I'd like to know. How did they manage to tear their way through the mist and enter the village?" Hooded man 1 wondered.

"The Black Bulls. The roughest, most undisciplined, most heretical of all the Magic Knight squads. And it looks like the rumors about one of their members having a monster arm are true, the arm that eats magic." The mystery ice man looked at Velvet.

"That could be troublesome, but dealing with this riffraff would be a waste of precious time. I'll say… three minutes." The mystery ice man stated the time it'll take to deal with them.

"Now, we will dispose of these useless villagers in a manner befitting their station, and then we'll find what we came for." The mystery ice man said.

"(So, they came here looking for something that is so important, they want the entire village to be gone.)" Velvet thought figured out that part of their plan.

"You really think you can ignore us?" Asta charged forward.

"Mist Magic: Shroud. Illusory Mist." Hooded man 1 unleashed a mist onto Asta. "If you think we would allow you to approach Master Heath so easily, you are a fool. In the mist, be lost."

"You're the one who need to get lost." Asta shouted as he slices through the Mist Magic.

"(That's curious. I don't know what kind of magic it is, but that large sword of his can nullify spells. I can't have him getting too close.)" Heath thought noticed this, and figured out this boy must be the reason they were able to get through the mist from the outside.

"I asked you why you tried to massacre these villagers, and I want an answer now!" Asta demanded.

Heath decided to humor the boy a little by giving him the answer.

"In this kingdom, there are three regions, divided by inhabitants. The Noble Realm, where the nobility resides. The Common Realm, where the citizenry live. And the Forsaken Realm." Heath mentioned the three divided regions of the Clover Kingdom.

"I think I already know what you're getting at." Laphicet stepped forward to stand next to Asta.

"You think of every single person in the Forsaken are weak and pathetic just because they have weak magic power to get by every day. Like they're all worthless trash." Laphicet already knew what this guy was thinking.

"More like useless beasts that can't use tools, but trash seem to fit them just as fine." Heath said.

"Even if three of us are from the Forsaken Realm, being the Magic Knights we are today?" Laphicet mentioned.

"Even if that was the case, you're just the lucky fools to be let in out of pity." Heath believed.

"Oh yeah, well, I think you're going to lose your cool when I tell you now that my friend Asta doesn't have a single drop of magic power. Been like that since the day he was born." Laphicet revealed as he pointed at Asta, which shocks Heath and his men as they look at the angry Asta.

"And what's more… We're going to kick your ass!" Laphicet shouted as he powers up his magic power.

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The Black Bulls have stumble into something dangerous as they meet the icy killer named Heath as he and his men are here for something, but they are not going to let these bad men get away with the harm they have done and killed Seihi as they will get what they deserve.

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Chapter Text

Heated Battle Against Ice of Evil

"Yay! You tell them we mean business, Laphicet!" Asta nodded then glare at the evil man again.

"Say whatever you want about these people. But I'll do whatever I have to, to protect!" Asta declared as he held his sword strong and pointed at Heath.

"Interesting. You don't have any magic power in you just like your friend said, and yet you still intend on protecting these pathetic little animals that they are truly important to you?" Heath asked, not that he'd even care about asking them as he forms ice daggers at him.

"I'll send that ice right back to—" However Asta never got to finish his sentence when one of the hooded men let out his Mist Magic to surround everyone and then lots of those ice daggers appeared everywhere around them.

"Oh shit, this using a combination." Velvet alerted.

"Ice and Mist Compound Magic: Endless Ice Cage." Heath said the name of this combination spell.

"(This guy… He's gonna try and push us around with this.)" Laphicet thought hated when bad guys think of something dangerous like this.

"Do you imagine you can still protect your herd of trash like this?" Heath asked.

"Bastard, you're really pissing me off than you've already have." Velvet growled.

"I have never been particularly fond of doing things "slowly but surely". However, this would seem to be the most effective method." Heath stated as he commands the ice daggers to attack.

But Asta was able to deflect all those ice attacks away from the villagers and send most of them right back to Heath.

"Nice one, Asta!" Laphicet smiled.

"Thaw, ice." Heath quickly used his magic to thaw the ice into nothing just as they were flying at him.

"So, it can not only cancel magic, that sword of yours can reflect it as well. It would seem this is how you were able to get into the Magic Knights despite not having any magic power." Heath started to see he shouldn't underestimate that boy, and the one with the silver flame.

"But you're a fool if you think that will defeat me. I can create wave after wave of Icy Fangs. Go on. Let's see you protect them." Heath dared while sending down his attack.

"Silver Flame Creation Magic: Shattered Paper!" Laphicet unleashed his small but strong attack spell to intercept all of the first waves.

"Awesome job there, Laphicet!" Asta smiled before slashing at some more ice attacks.

"Don't go patting his back just yet, he's still going to attack." Velvet said while slashing away some ice with her Demon Arm Magic and absorbing some of them.

"Fucking damn, this guy!" Magna was angered while firing his own Fire Magic attack on some ice.

"(The four of us kinda have our hands full keeping the villagers safe. Even with all of us working together, we'll start to run out of magic soon.)" Magna thought feared the worse thing that could happen.

"(We're up against four guys powerful enough to be Magic Knights. And I have a feeling that one still hasn't shown us everything he can do.)" Magna thought looked over, feeling that Heath isn't using his full strength yet.

"(This is turning out to be a hell of a first mission for those three. Things are goin' south quick.)" Magna thought hoped these newbies will be able to pull their weight in this battle.

"But if all that was enough to make me give up, I wouldn't be a man!" Magna remembered the lessons Seihi taught him all the times they would meet.

"Here we go! Your fellow commoner is gonna keep you safe and sound!" Magna promised to the villagers. He will keep on protecting them even with his dying death.

"Silver Flame Magic: Arctic Pearl!" Laphicet unleashed his fire dagger directly at Heath while sending some more of his fire at the ice daggers.

"Ice Magic: Crystal Shield!" Heath quickly formed three ice barriers shape like snowflakes to protect himself from that fiery attack.

"Impressive, that boy found the time to attack me while trying to keep the villagers safe at the same time. It would seem this one is a prodigy with magic." Heath was surprised to see that in boy this young.

But then a water attack launched by Noelle came flying at Heath and his group only for that water to miss and splash down to the ground close to them.

"(Shit, not again.)" Noelle thought cursed at herself.

"A Magic Knight who can't even control her magic properly?" Heath was surprised by this.

"The Black Bulls must truly be desperate to have accepted this one." Heath mocked.

"Like you wouldn't know what it's like to be weak to do anything!" Velvet growled with her demon arm glowing.

"Demon Arm Magic: Element Absorbed Unleash, Jet Blizzard!" Velvet formed a black-colored icicle wave extending toward Heath.

"Ice and Mist Compound Magic: Icy Wave!" Heath and his minion casted a spell to create wave made of ice to clash against Velvet's attack.

"It looks like you not only absorb the magic power with that hand of yours, but you can use the magical element of that magic for an attack of your own. This one should be careful with." Heath narrowed his eyes.

"But you leaving your position was a bad move." Heath said.

True to his words, the people she was protecting from that spot left a small opening for the Endless Ice Cage attack to strike at some of the people leaving them with cold cuts on one spot of their bodies.

"No!" Velvet screamed, realizing that she screwed up.

"Such fragile trash, incapable even of protecting themselves." Heath mocked.

"You bastard!" Velvet growled as she quickly goes back to smashing those ice shards away.

Heath decided to make this more difficult for them by adding even more Icy Fangs about over forty of fifty, just to be on the safe side to make his job less difficult for himself when he is on an important mission for his master.

"Forsaking them will be your salvation, Magic Knights. Go now, and live." Heath advised.

"And abandon them? Not a chance!" Asta refused to leave.

"A real man doesn't give up on anyone, no matter how bad it gets!" Magna stated.

"We'll keep on fighting until the very end!" Laphicet shouted as he sends in more of his silver flame attacks on the icicles of death.

"(But at the rate this is going, we might not be able to last long if we don't do something about that guy!)" Laphicet thought knew the only way to end this was to stop Heath.

"(What's wrong with me? Even though I'm royalty… Even though I have more magic power than anyone here.)" Noelle thought wondered why she couldn't do anything to help in this situation.

"Stay behind us, Noelle!" Magna said as they keep on fighting the ice attacks.

"(I'm only holding the others back. There's no point to me being here.)" Noelle thought feared that she is useless because of her lack in controlling her magic power.

"Forsaking them will be your salvation, Magic Knights." Heath's words repeated in her head.

"(…That's right, I am royalty. I can't die in some backwater village.)" Noelle thought started to think this isn't a fight for her to be in. Trying to convince herself with selfish reason.

"(I'll go. Just leave, and—)" However, someone grabbed onto the wing-shape blazer of her dress and tuck it to get her to look down seeing the little girl.

"Miss Magic Knight, please help us! We need you!" The little girl begged with tears.

"Noelle! You're stronger and so much more than you know, show us why you're a royalty!" Laphicet shouted out to her.

Then something snaps within Noelle from both the pleading eyes of this little girl and the words from Laphicet just now, something inside comes up and washes away the thought of running away from her mind.

"(This little girl is looking me in the eye and begging for help. Laphicet believes in me, believing that I can do it. I have to do it, protecting her and Laphicet!)" Noelle thought decided to stay and protect this village.

Her Grimoire glows brightly as it is responding to her deep feelings of deciding to stay and it opens showing a new page with words appearing so suddenly.

"(That looks like… a new spell?)" Noelle thought was surprised that she somehow unlocked a new spell. Seeing this shows that she is stronger than she realizes, and she is going to use this new spell to prove it.

"(I won't run! Never!)" Noelle thought was determined to protect everyone.

"Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Lair!" She summoned a large pool of water suddenly showed up surrounding her, the other Black Bulls, and all the villagers as the water forms into a giant protective dome that the Endless Ice Cage attack cannot pierce through no matter how many times they fall down.

Narrator: A Grimoire evolves along with its owner; a spell appears as the mage grows stronger. This growth chiefly refers to an increase in magic power through training or to improved handling of said magic power. However, it may also occur in cases of heightened or altered emotions or accompany great determination.

"Well, I'll be damn." Velvet was surprised.

"I will protect them. I am royalty. What's more, I am a member of the Black Bulls!" Noelle declared with her head up high.

"Wow!" Laphicet was awestruck to see this kind of magic power happening right before his eyes, he turns to Noelle who is the one casting the spell.

The little girl, named Lou, looks up in amazement to see how wonderful the lady Magic Knight is doing to protect them with her magic.

"You're amazing!" Lou complimented.

"Well done, you did us proud." Velvet smiled proudly for Noelle.

Heath unleashes two dozen more of his ice attack on the watery dome to see if he could break through it, but that proves to be pointless as the ice daggers just splash and shattered on impact against Noelle's protection spell.

"Well, that wasn't so difficult, after all." Noelle smiled even though she's sweating just a tiny bit.

"(That is one serious spell.)" Magna thought was impressed with this girl now.

"There, see? You'll never know what you're capable of until you're willing to give it a try." Magna said.

"Great work, Noelle. Just keep this up until those guys are finish." Velvet smirked.

"That's impossible. How can she have so much power?" Heath was taken back to see that the pathetic girl who wouldn't control her magic power earlier is somehow now capable of making his own attack worthless.

On the sidelines, the beast was watching. Waiting for his chance to strike. To seize the enemy by the throat.

The beast is Asta and burst right through Noelle's water barrier with his sword charging straight for Heath in the chest.

And in that moment…

"It's like my friend said, I don't have a single drop of magic. But that doesn't matter. I'll still destroy you!" Asta promised as he thrust his sword right at Heath in the chest pushing him back and making him cough blood.

"No! Master Heath!" Both of his men gasped in shock that he got hit.

"That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!" Magna was glad to see that Asta was able to land a hard hit on the fucking dickhead.

"Did… he get him?" Noelle asked.

"No, the bastard was able to react on that." Velvet noticed what happened.

Asta also notices what was going on with his strike as it felt a bit off course for him to strike as Heath just chuckles, that's when Asta looks down to see a thin layer of ice at the bottom of his foot.

"(Oh no, I slipped on his ice and killed my momentum!)" Asta thought feared his finishing strike was sabotage.

"That sword of yours may be able to nullify magic, but that can only go so far when it's wielded by an ordinary human." Heath stated.

"Now it's my turn to take a stab at you." Heath said with his Grimoire flapping to a spell for this attack.

"Heavenly Ice Fang!" Heath created a very large ice attack that pops out of the ground to stab Asta in the chest.

But Heath's eyes widen he noticed something that shouldn't be there such as a wall of silver flame where that sword boy should be in his place taking the brute force of the attack and even the trip part of it melted from the fire.

"Huh, Laphicet?!" Asta gasped, seeing his new friend in front of him and forming a fire wall in front of them too.

"Hey Asta, hope you don't mind if I cut in." Laphicet smiled.

"But wait, when did you get out of Noelle's barrier?" Asta asked.

"At the same time, you did." Laphicet answered.

(Flashback)

The moment Asta ran toward the water all of Noelle's barrier with his sword to cut through the magic, Laphicet immediately follow Asta from behind very close to him.

"I was right behind you when you broke out and attacked the guy, and glad I did." Laphicet said.

After Asta landed his attack on Heath, Laphicet looks down to see the ice he stepped on and knew what was going to happen next.

(Flashback End)

"So, I protected you with my fire and here we are." Laphicet explained.

"That is so awesome! Thanks a lot for saving me"! Asta thanked, now really liking this guy.

"(It would seem there were two of them coming out of the barrier, and I was only focusing on the one in front of me that I didn't even notice the other one behind him. A mistake on my part.)" Heath thought hated himself for not seeing this coming.

"Alright, Heath, was it? It's time for you and your lackies to pay for what you've done to this village!" Laphicet glared.

"Fools. You all just love to keep wasting my time away, the price you'll pay will be quite high." Heath was angered, he really wants to get this mission over with just like he came here for.

(Music: Fight As One, Avengers OST)

"Asta, I got a plan. I'm gonna create some covers and you need to get behind those guys, be ready. Got it?" Laphicet requested to trust him.

"You got it!" Asta nodded. Not needing to know the full plan because he trusts Laphicet.

"(I have to give this my all, to show this guy what a magic knight can do!)" Laphicet thought clutched his fists and the silver flame burst out.

"Silver Flame Magic: Pyrogenic Ring!"Laphicet unleashed a burst of silver fire only just heading towards Heath like a big wave of fire.

"You won't get me that easily!" Heath formed his ice shield to protect himself from this silver fire attack and his men.

But he gasps when he sees cracks forming in the ice wall and Laphicet immediately launches another fire attack.

"Silver Flame Magic: Gatling Arrows!" Laphicet unleashed a big barrage of fire.

"(No! He's going to break through!)" Heath thought gasped, seeing the cracks on his ice wall getting bigger.

"You're done for now!" Asta shouted as he jumped in behind the crooks.

"What?!" Heath gasped.

Asta swing the flat side of the sword catching some of Laphicet's fire attack sending them down at Heath and his men which at the same time the attacks on the other end broke through the ice wall, a fiery silver explosion erupts from both sides engulfing Heath's group.

"Yeah! We did it!" Asta shouted cheering.

"Awesome!" Laphicet smiled.

"Well, would you look at that. Those little newbies did it." Magna smiled.

"Yes, they were able to perform quite well." Noelle commented in her royalty attitude.

"(Oh my God! Laphicet was just so cool!)" Noelle screamed secretly in her mind.

"Good job, you two." Velvet was impressed.

All of the men are unconscious, and Heath is barely standing with his body waving side-to-side covered in some burn marks even on his face as he is about to lose consciousness any second now.

"(No… Impossible… Me? Bested? And by these two… little boys?)" Heath thought couldn't believe something like this just happened right now. Being defeated in battle by these kids including the one with no magic at all.

"(If only I could have been more use to the master, but…)" Heath felt his mind going blank and his body fell to the ground.

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It was a tough battle for our Magic Knight heroes to fight off the bad guys while protecting the helpless villagers at the same time, but Laphicet was able to come up with a plan to beat them with a big help from Asta to pull off a combo that knocked them all down saving the village and avenging Seihi.

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Chapter Text

Job Completed for the Magic Rookies

The entire village of Saussy were in awe to see when they saw the Magic Knights were able to save them and defeated the leader of the evil mages who tried to kill them.

"They did it." Nick said.

"Are we safe?" The little girl named Lou asked Noelle.

"Yes. He can't hurt you now. It's over." Noelle assured the little girl with a soft smile.

"Now we just need to keep them in place." Laphicet said, panting due to how much magic power he had to use in that fight against such dangerous people with this man as their leader.

"Let me help with that." Magna offered as he got out of Noelle's water dome.

"Flame Binding Magic: Flame Bondage Formation!" Magna threw one fireball, and it scattered into several to capture each evil magic user locking them in a flaming capture spell.

"Good work, these bastards won't get away from us now." Velvet nodded.

"You're better at this than you look like you'd be, I can give you that much, anyway." Noelle admitted a little.

"How 'bout you shut that royal mouth of yours and quit looking down on your superior!" Magna snapped at Noelle for talking that way towards him again. Seriously, what is with this girl.

"Once again, you just happen to be below me, so…"

"Magna, sir!" Asta shouted, getting their attention what's happening right now.

One of the hooded mages has his Grimoire floating above him and cast a spell to turn his whole body into water then disappeared as the water took his place, the Magic Knights gasp seeing that one of them has managed to escape despite being caught in Magna's binding spell.

"Seems your little capture method leaves much to be desired, sir." Noelle pointed out.

But suddenly her Water Creation Magic: Sea Dragon's Lair has just become unstable and splashing down including making little rain on the people.

"It's freezing!" Lou gasped.

"Looks like you still need to work on your control." Velvet teased her a little while Magna laughs a little at this.

"I can't believe one of 'em got away! How'd that happen? Fucking damnit!" Magna screamed in frustration.

"One of them may have gotten away, but we still have the leader meaning he should know more about his group and what they were doing." Laphicet looked down at Heath with Asta still pointing his sword at him.

"How do you like that? We may be commoners, but we won!" Asta bragged a little.

"Yeah! How do you like that, huh?" Asta screamed from the top of his lungs but then leans forward to falling that Laphicet had to catch him.

"Asta! I got you!" Laphicet said, but then he also fell down on his butt due to exhaustion.

"Hey, is Asta okay?" Magna asked.

"Don't worry! He's just sleeping!" Laphicet informed them, seeing Asta is now asleep, and that got Magna confused in shock.

"They're both so reckless and foolish. Asta is the idiotic and obnoxious, and Laphicet is too good for his own good, but…" Noelle commented on how she thinks of the two boys.

"(Laphicet is the truly amazing one.)" Noelle thought complimented Laphicet on how brave he was in that fight. Velvet noticed the way she is looking at Laphicet but decided to keep this to herself.

"You rest up, Asta. You earned it." Laphicet smiled.

"They all save us. I thought we were done for." One man said to them.

"They're still kids too." Another man pointed out, didn't think younger ones like them could be that strong.

"Do ya think they're really just commoners like us?" A third man asked curiously. This made Laphicet chuckles a bit.

"Thanks, Magna. And the two of you ladies, for everything." One man of Saussy thanked the Black Bull Magic Knights.

"Sure, that's why we're here." Magna smiled.

"We're simply doing our duty." Noelle said.

"And if anything like this happens again, you always count on us to help." Velvet promised.

"Still, we'll never forget what you did for us." One villager said to Laphicet.

"We're just doing what any Magic Knights would do." Laphicet chuckled, but then he felt something moving from within his Black Bull robe until what came out is an Anti-Bird.

"What the… An Anti-Bird? Why were you in my robe, you silly a little bird?" Laphicet asked the bird, though he couldn't help but notice that there was something familiar about this bird.

The Anti-Bird just flew off from Laphicet going high into the air, then stop looking down at the entire village from a higher viewpoint. For whatever reason, the Anti-Bird appears to be looking for something that is in this village until it senses a faint magical glow from one building then goes into that building to find a glowing pink stone with a symbol.

Moments later, Asta woke up from his nape and then later so did the evil mages, including Heath.

"Look, the bastards have finally woken up." Velvet glared at them.

"Good, now we just gotta wait for my magic power comes back. When it does, Crazy Cyclone's hauling your ass to the capital." Magna said.

Heath isn't fazed by this even though he is ashamed that he failed in his mission, there is still one last thing he could do in a situation like this.

"You're gonna pay, I promise you. You'll spend the rest of your lives makin' up for what you did today." Magna angered at this man for killing one nice man.

"(This spell of his appears to be blocking my magic.)" Heath thought noticed this Flame Magic is preventing him from casting any spell.

"Just wait, you're gonna spill everything. Who you people are, what you're after. The Magic Knights'll get every last scrap of information outta you!" Magna hoped that it'll be painful for them.

"They will not." Heath said, not fazed by everything that comes out of that delinquent young man.

"The end times are upon us." Heath said.

"What do you mean?" Laphicet asked, but Heath didn't bother answering when something is glowing from inside of his clothes.

"Wait, is… That a magic item in his clothes? Didn't you guys check on him to see if he had anything?" Laphicet asked Velvet.

"No, we didn't think to look in his clothes when he's bind by Magna's magic." Velvet answered, cursing at herself for not even thinking about that.

"Engage Ice Magic: Ice Burial." Heath commented and, in an instant, he and two of his men are covered in spiked ice, and then they all cracked into pieces along with their bodies as the tiny shards are blown away by the wind and Heath's Grimoire that Magna was holding disintegrate.

"No way…!" Velvet was shocked to see that happening.

Noelle was in utter shock to see someone pulled off a suicide move without any hesitation nor fear in his eyes; she wasn't sure what to call it.

"They were willing to go that far? Must've sworn some serious loyalty to someone." Magna felt shaken up by that.

"(So, this guy was not only willing to kill innocent lives just for something they were after, but to even throw away their own lives so easily just to keep their secrets hidden. That means… it must've been something really important to go that far.)" Laphicet thought deduced the reason.

"But still…" Laphicet clutched his fist.

"What was he thinking? How could they… Treating like it's something to throw away. Like death is nothing. I'll never understand these people. Not in a million years." Asta hated that. He really hates these kinds of people that would do something like this.

All that was left of Heath is his pocket watch that is still ticking the time away even when a crack appeared on the glass.

"Come on, we should make sure everyone is safe." Velvet suggested, hoping that it will keep their minds off from what just happened.

(Later)

At the edge of the village on the cliffside, Nick is seen sitting in front of a newly built grave for his grandpa though he hasn't moved from there in a while.

"Grandpa…" Nick felt really sad, depress that his grandpa is gone and he'll never get to see him again.

"We should go home now. Please, Nick." Lou begged. She stayed with her big brother for a while but now she wants to go home.

"In a bit, okay? Grandpa always liked the view from up here." Nick wanted to stay here for a little while longer.

"Yeah, I heard what happened. What Seihi did." Magna said, revealing him and his fellow Black Bulls. "He fought those men. He did what he could to protect the village."

(Flashback)

The scene shows of Seihi fighting against Heath with every ounce of strength he has throwing as many swords as he can, but none of them could break through Heath's defense and it was only a matter of time before he's killed.

But none of that matters to Seihi as he kept on fighting to protect his people.

(Flashback End)

"Your grandpa was amazing. He was a real man." Magna complimented, always believing Seihi to be one Hell of a man.

"You should've heard him tell the story about gambling in the capital. He was so happy, 'cause he had beaten some Magic Knights." Nick mentioned.

"That's what I heard as well." Velvet said, may have heard a thing or two from the captain.

"He even used some of the money to buy presents, and he brought lots of yummy food for everyone in the village to share." Lou explained, even holding up her doll which was one of the things Seihi brought for her.

Laphicet and the others smile upon learning even more about the kindhearted man Seihi was to everyone and wish they could have gotten to know him in person.

"He never got to become one, but Grandpa would've loved to be a Magic Knight more than anything in the world." Nick said, sobbing.

"Yeah, I know." Magna said.

"And he regretted it his whole life." Nick said more.

"About not being able to become a Magic Knight?" Laphicet asked.

"More than that. He said he should've worked harder when he was young, then maybe his dream would've come true." Nick answered.

"(Sounds like Seihi didn't value much on what it means to have magical powers, that he could've done so much more if he had trained properly.)" Laphicet thought theorized.

"But even though he didn't make it in, he was happy 'cause you worked hard enough for the both of you." Nick turned to face Magna, saying that to him.

Magna was shocked to hear this, but he knew deep down that was the case he gets from old Seihi.

"Yeah." Magna smiled, feeling proud to live in the dream for Seihi.

"Magna. Could I… Do you think… Can I be a Magic Knight too, someday?" Nick asked, standing up from the ground.

"Of course, you can." Magna answered immediately. This surprised Nick.

"Just remember, nothing's impossible. You can do anything, Nick. Your future is what you make of it." Magna stated with a fist held towards the kid.

"He's totally right. I mean, I'm a commoner with no magic power, and look at me now. A knight!" Asta pointed out.

"But it won't be easy, you will really need to push yourself through the absolute limit." Laphicet nodded.

"Hard work is what makes you do the impossible." Velvet said.

"And always do your best." Noelle added.

Nick smiles with a nod, getting some wisdom from these Magic Knights give him the confidence and bravery he needs to really go become a Magic Knight when he gets older.

"Just you wait, by the time you get into the Magic Knights, I'll have worked even harder, accomplished even more, and gotten even closer to becoming the Wizard King." Asta believed in himself.

"Please, let's not get into that nonsense again." Magna sighed.

"But hey, point is to dream big. That's what a real man does." Magna said.

"(Becoming the Wizard King. The more I hear Asta declare his dream, but more… I want that for myself.)" Laphicet thought felt something about that goal calling to him.

"We'll be waiting for you. Got it?" Asta said with a fist placed on Nick's chest.

"Yeah!" Nick smiled.

"Good." Asta smiled back.

But then Laphicet felt something landing on his head and he looks up to see that it's the same Anti-Bird from earlier.

"It's the bird again." Laphicet was surprised to see this Anti-Bird has come back to him for some reason.

"Huh, it looks like there's something in his beak." Velvet noticed a rock in the Anti-Bird's beak; it appears to be shiny like an important jewel.

"What do you have there?" Laphicet asked.

"Hey, I recognize that. It's the charm Grandpa used to carry around with him." Nick saw the stone, seeing it used to belong to Grandpa Seihi. Hearing that causes Laphicet and Asta to gasp.

"Give it back, you, this is something special! Come on, bird, just let it go. What do you even need a rock for?" Asta tried to take the stone away from the Anti-Bird, but he wouldn't let go of the stone as if it's important to him for some reason.

"It's like the stone special to him. Would it be okay for him to have it?" Laphicet asked Nick.

"It's okay. Your bird can keep it if he wants to. It's the least I can do after how you saved us." Nicked laughed a little, letting the bird have it as he's sure his grandpa would do the same if he were here.

"You hear that, little guy? You get to keep it." Laphicet smiled as the Anti-Bird sat on his head again.

"It's still odd that an Anti-Bird would be into something like jewelry." Velvet said.

"Just look at those hateful eyes. He is so adorable!" Noelle was awestruck by the Anti-Bird's cuteness.

"You really think that thing is adorable?" Velvet asked in shock to hear that Noelle is really into that thing.

"You could sit on me if you'd like." Noelle offered her head to the Anti-Bird, but he's not budging an inch from his head.

"Guess he prefers my head than anyone else." Laphicet chuckled, petting the bird under the chin, but then he starts peaking at him on the head.

"Ow! What are you doing? I was being gentle with you!" Laphicet exclaimed.

"I have a weird feeling that we're going to have that bird around more, whether we like it or not." Velvet sighed, but then she felt her left arm throbbing for a second like it was trying to tell her something.

"(My arm is acting up, that means something is up.)" Velvet thought looked over to the horizon knowing that there is something bad going on right now.

(Unknown Location)

We now see a strange location that is entirely covered in darkness, all but one spot where there is a light that shines showing the area has pillars, and there are two figures including one of the hooded evil mages that escape from the Black Bulls with another hooded figure.

"So, that's what Heath chose. Very well." The Boss hooded figure said after hearing the report about Heath's mission and understood why he chose to end his life.

"And the magic stone is now in the hands of the Black Bulls?" The Boss hooded figure asked.

"Yes, sir." The underling hooded man answered.

"No matter." The Boss hooded figure turned around to the light source. "The Black Bulls won't be an issue. We can deal with them at any time. They can keep the magic stone until we are ready to retrieve it." He said.

The Boss hooded figure reached out his hand to a big stone structure that has other special magic stones embedded into it that are the source of light.

"Not long now. The resurrection is close at hand." He knew it's only a matter of time.

The scene zooms closer to the man's robe, revealing the emblem on it to be that of the Golden Dawn, meaning a Magic Knight is behind this mess.

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The day is done as the Black Bulls were able to beat and capture the bad guys, or so they thought when one of them escaped and Heath himself sacrificed his own life to keep them from finding out his leader who appears to be collecting special stones that Laphicet now has one.

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