March soon came, and the day had come.
Hellen waited by the entrance of the Grimoire Tower, gazing at the group of young mages, searching for her two companions.
"Hellen! Hellen!" Asta ran out from behind her and tackled her from behind. She fell to the ground, letting out a small sound of pain when her face hit the stone ground. "Where were you? Yuno and I were looking all over!"
The girl said nothing, merely pushing him off of her and pointing to the ground where she stood as a response.
"Huh?! You mean you were here to whole time?" He exclaimed and sighed when she nodded in confirmation. "Well, the ceremony's about to start! C'mon!" Hellen let the energetic boy grab onto her arm and pull her into the Tower.
"Welcome to the ceremony, young ones!" The voice grew louder as Asta pulled Hellen into the main chamber, which was a colossal (height-wise) room, in a cylinder shape, the walls covered in shelves, books all over them.
Hellen took a moment to wonder why the Tower was full, rather than empty. Where did all these Grimoires even come from, anyways?
"Today, your future will be granted to you, with faith, hope and love!" The old mage said, smiling under his beard. "I am the head of this Grimoire Tower. Now then, is the future Sorcery Emperor amongst us?"
"Look, it's those rats from the church..." Hellen heard, and looked over her shoulder to see a group of nobles whispering among themselves.
"They look so...poor." "They don't need to give them Grimoires to put them on the same level as us."
Hellen blocked out the mage and glared at the group heatedly, hoping with all her heart they would be sent to Hell when they died. The nobles felt the scorching gaze and their eyes widened slightly out of fear and they stopped talking, searching the crowds for the one responsible, but came up with nothing.
"-re Conferment!" Hellen was snapped back to the old mage as those words left his mouth, and she gazed in awe as Grimoires floated down from the various shelves, each finding someone to pair up with. The girl heard people talk amongst themselves, comparing and contrasting their Grimoires as she held hands with Yuno, intertwining their fingers as she nervously waited for her Grimoire.
After a moment, Asta held his arms up. "Excuse me...a Grimoire hasn't come my way!"
There was a moment of silence before people broke out into laughter.
"I'm sorry...maybe try again next year?" The mage offered, and Hellen frowned, hugging Yuno's arm to her chest. The boy glanced at his fiancée before looking up once again as a bright light descended towards the two. Yuno held out his free hand, and the Grimoire floated above it, a bright light shining around it. Hellen squinted and took a look at it before gasping slightly.
"Four leaf...clover," she whispered in awe, before smiling, proud of the taller boy she was holding on to. Soon after, another Grimoire came flying down, glowing a warm golden light. She held out her hand, touching it, and it suddenly shrunk to a few centimeter thick book, of a tiny octagonal shape, a wooden cover on each side, golden patterns over them and a gem embedded on the front cover, the image of a clover engraved under the ruby.
"A four leaf?! And a two leaf clover?!" Someone exclaimed. Hellen and Yuno looked down at her petite Grimoire where, sure enough, there was the engraving of a two-leaf clover. Yuno's eyes sparked with interest before he looked up again.
"Amazing! The four-leaf clover!"
"But what about the two-leaf clover..?"
"I heard that the first Grimoire to ever exist had two leaves on the clover..."
"This is incredible!"
"I will become the Sorcery Emperor," Yuno's voice echoed throughout the Tower, strong and determined. Silence reigned before cheers rose.
"Yuno's so great!"
"He's so cute too!" Hellen and Yuno's grip on each other's hands tightened slightly at the call, Yuno glancing at his fiancée as she glared at the woman who called him 'cute.'
"A street rat like him..?"
"And her...she looks familiar..."
"There has to be some sort of mistake..."
Yuno turned around and glared at all of the nobles, and shivers went down their spines.
"Yuno..." Yuno and Hellen turned to see Asta with a determined look in his eyes. "JUST YOU WAIT! I'LL CATCH UP RIGHT AWAY! 'CUZ RIGHT NOW..." The blond pointed at himself. "I'M YOUR ONLY RIVAL!"
Yuno stared at Asta for a moment, blocking out the sounds of the others ridiculing Asta before gently removing Hellen from his arm and walking past his 'childhood friend.'
"...Ridiculous."
Hellen frowned as her fiancé walked off, before walking over to Asta and looking down at him, placing her hands on his shoulders. He looked up, his eyes blank, before shaking his head and pushing her hands off. "I'm fine, Hellen..."
She watched him walk off as well before the head Priest of the church placed a hand on her shoulder. "Let's head back and prepare a feast for your fiancé!"
"...and Asta," she murmured before walking after Yuno. She soon found him outside one of the entrances of the tower and jogged up to him. He looked at her, and waited for her to be by his side before offering her a hand, which she took. She smiled at him, before also looking at the closed door.
"The star of the show shouldn't hang around all day like this..." a male voice interrupted the peaceful silence. Hellen's eyes widened as the sound of chains flying through the air reached her and she pushed Yuno out of the way, and she was struck by a binding spell.
"HELLEN!" Yuno exclaimed, trying to run towards her but a man stood beside her with a knife.
"Summoning Magic, Full Circle Bind..." the man said. "This spell will restrict her from moving, and prevent her from using magic..." He took her Grimoire from her messenger bag. "Which is perfect."
"Get away from her," Yuno demanded, trying his best to remain level headed, moving to run towards them.
"Don't move!" He held the knife close to Hellen's chest, and Yuno immediately stopped. "Oho, you really like this girl, don't you?" He held the knife a bit closer to her, and pulled on her hair. Hellen winced, but not a sound came from her. Yuno gritted his teeth.
"Who the Hell are you?" He questioned, and the man laughed.
"I used to be a Magic Knight not too long ago, I was even making a name for myself...'Chain Master LeButy.' But now? Now I'm just a humble bandit." LeButy held out his hand, and the four-leaf clover Grimoire floated over to him. "All Grimoires choose their master, but there are tons of people out there who'd pay ten times a king's ransom to get these...even though you two were chosen my these Grimoires, you were just chosen, so you're no threat to me at all...your legend will end long before it began, boy."
"WAIT RIGHT..." A voice suddenly boomed, and something rolled past and rammed into the wall of the tower. The three stared at it for a moment before Asta popped up, face bruised. "...THERE! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, THIEF?"
"Asta..." Yuno trailed off, slightly surprised.
"Hm? Oh, you're that pathetic kid that didn't get chosen by a Grimoire," LeButy mused, an amused smirk playing on his face.
"Yeah, that's me! Glad you remember! I'm that pathetic kid!" Hellen frowned, struggling slightly, but the knife punctured her skin slightly, drawing a bit of blood. She winced. "A Grimoire is a precious item that is handed down to only one person! Give those back to Hellen and Yuno!"
"Doing twisted things like this aren't out of the norm in the real world, kid, care to die before you see it for yourself?"