The Outsider

by Gen3sian

The young man who lived in the 'real' world is sent to another world because of his bloodline. He now embarks to the new world where he will be a mage. Will he be able to change history through his knowledge of this world?

3. The Magic Knight Exam

CHAPTER 3: The Magic Knight Exam

After 6 months of rigorous training with both Asta and Yuno, they were finally ready to take the test. Akira tried his best to train depending of the attribute he wanted to improve his magic from [Fire Magic] - [Water Magic] - [Wind Magic] - [Chain Magic]. The orphans, Lily and FatherOrsi were with them to part away to do their test. Akira was wearing a different set of clothes. He was still wearing his tank top and hoodie with changed his jeans to dark beige baggy pants.

ORSI: "Take care."

RECCA: "You better write us, Yuno-nii."

YUNO: "Yeah."

ARURU: "Good luck!"

HOLLO: "Come back soon!"

NASH: "He'll be back soon... Asta, that is."

ASTA: "Nash..." Akira chuckled.

NASH: "But if... if, just if, and it's a very huge if... If you get into the Magic Knights... I'll believe in possibilities. I'll believe I can become anything. And then one day, I'll get into the Magic Knights, too. No, never mind."

AKIRA: "What a dishonest kid."

ASTA: "I'll be waiting for you."

AKIRA: "Father Orsi, Sister Lily, everyone. Even though I was just here for 6 months, I'm deeply thankful for taking care of me." He bowed politely to them.

ORSI: "It's alright. You are now a part of this family."

ARURU: "Bye bye, Akira-nii."

HOLLO: "Bye bye~"

YUNO: "Then I'll be off." He went first leaving us behind.

ASTA: "Hey, wait, Yuno!" He hurried to him.

AKIRA: "Wait for me!"

EVERYONE (except Nash): "Have a safe trip!"

NASH: "See ya."

After a walk, they were continuing their journey to the capital of the Clover Kingdom to do their Magic Knight test. On the way of their journey...

ASTA: "The royal capital, huh... I wonder what it's like. I wonder if we'll get to meet the Wizard King!"

YUNO: "First, we need to pass the Magic Knights entrance exam. Then we'll talk."

ASTA: "I'm so excited!"

YUNO: "Excited? Aren't you scared?"

ASTA: "Huh? Why would I be?"

AKIRA: "You never change, nor before nor after."

ASTA: "Come on, let's hurry! The royal capital's super far away!" He started running a little faster.

AKIRA & Yuno: "Hey!"

ASTA: "I've gotta hurry up and become the Wizard King!"

Asta then started daydreaming for when he becomes the Wizard King, go out with sister Lily and flying with his imaginary broom.

ASTA: "It could happen!"

AKIRA: "As if." He smacked the air.

YUNO: "Can you even ride a broom when you don't have any magic?" Asta was shocked that forgotten that he doesn't have mana.

ASTA: "I-I'll make it work!"

AKIRA: "Oh yeah? How?"

ASTA: "Yeah, I will! I got my grimoire!"

AKIRA: "Having a grimoire doesn't mean you have mana. You dimwit."

ASTA: "Ugh... Well, no matter. I can do anything as long as I don't give up! Come one, hurry up!" He started running.

AKIRA: "You heard the chibi. Let's go Yuno."

YUNO: "There's no other option."

They ran trying to reach to the royal capital, but ended up in exhaustion.

ASTA: "N-not yet! I'm not done yet!"

AKIRA: "Calm down you muscle-head! The royal capital won't run away from us." He grabbed Asta's jacket, stopping him for keep going and threw him against a rock wall.

It took a week to reach to the royal capital. It happened a lot of things during the journey, wild boars, rock fall, even Asta gave them his favorite drink, his precious moguro leaf juice. It was disgusting. And finally they reached to their destination.

They different stores during their visit inside the kingdom. The food, items, clothes, etc. They were all expensive as hell. Akira even noticed someone that would encounter in the near future.

REBECCA: "There, there. Don't cry. Let's hurry back and get ready to open up the shop." He spoke while the baby on her back was crying. There were other two kids following her from behind.

ASTA: "Remind me of everyone back at the church. I'm sure Sister and the others are lonely now that I'm gone."

AKIRA: "You could say that." He crossed his arms.

YUNO: "Not a chance." He retracted.

AKIRA: "Hey." He smacked him lightly.

They finally arrived at the entrance exam ceremony, where other contestants were waiting for their turn to shine. They all looked decent for Akira. The people who weren't participating cheered for those who were doing to exam. Asta got up to his thick head and thanked to the people, both Yuno and Akira were pretending not to know him.

As they entered, they had to line up a row, say their names and where they came from.

EMPLOYEE A: "Next."

YUNO: "I'm Yuno from Hage Village."

EMPLOYEE A: "Yuno from Hage... Could I see your grimoire?" Yuno presented his grimoire, the receptionist noted that Yuno's grimoire had 4 leafs. "A f-four-leaf clover..."

EMPLOYEE B: "Oh. So that's one of those who everyone's talking about."

MALE CONTESTANT A: "Hey, that grimoire..."

MALE CONTESTANT B: "Is it really a four-leaf clover?"

FEMALE CONTESTANT A: "Wow..."

EMPLOYEE A: "You're #164. All right, next."

ASTA: "I'm Asta, also from Hage Village! Here's my grimoire!" Asta walked right next and showing his grimoire.

EMPLOYEE A: "That's quite filthy. Is this really a grimoire?"

AKIRA: "Yeah, you can count on it." Akira reassured the testimony.

EMPLOYEE A: "All right, all right. You're #165."

ASTA: "Got it!" Then he ran to where Yuno was.

EMPLOYEE A: "Next."

AKIRA: "I'm Akira, also but temporally from Hage Village. Here's my grimoire."

EMPLOYEE A: "Temporally? Huh?!" He noticed the other rumored kid with a four-leaf clover grimoire. "This year, we have a great finding. You're #166."

AKIRA: "Thank you very much." He went to find the others.

Akira didn't notice the cocky guy that was behind him was making fun of Asta and thinking that he would be the perfect stone steps for him.

Inside the Magic Knights Entrance Exam, all the contestants were waiting for the announcement.

MALE CONTESTANT C: "I'm really getting nervous now."

MALE CONTESTANT D: "Hey, ow! What the heck are these birds?!" Some kind of birds were flying and pecking his head.

FEMALE CONTESTANT B: "The infamous anti-birds of the exam venue. Guys with "less magic" get more birds on them."

MALE CONTESTANT E: "Really?" Then he noticed someone. "Hey look! None of the birds are going to him." He was pointing at Yuno.

FEMALE CONTESTANT C: "Look there is another." Pointing at Akira, that was approaching to Yuno. "It seems they know each other."

MALE CONTESTANT A: "Hey! It's those guys from earlier."

MALE CONTESTANT D: "From earlier?"

MALE CONTESTANT B: "Those two are from some remote village called Hage, yet they got a four-leaf grimoire!"

MALE CONTESTANT F: "Wha... Two four-leaf? Seriously?"

AKIRA: "It seems we attracted some bystanders, Yuno."

YUNO: "Yeah."

ASTA: "Hehehe. One of us is going to become the Wizard King. Our legend's beginning now, Yuno!"

Everyone that looked at him were surprised that he could say something like "becoming the Wizard King" but the other reason it was that a bunch of anti-birds were flying, pecking, sitting on his head and shoulders. Even one of them was recognized on Asta's head by Akira, he even took photos of it.

ASTA: "I'm gonna show you just how much I've grown in six months..."

AKIRA: "Ugh, so envious. I want one but Sakuya-sama planted on me a lot of mana and those birds only get near to those that has less magic." He pouted.

ASTA: "What the heck are these birds?!" He ran away from those birds but even with effort the anti-birds were following him where he go. "Get away from me, you stupid birds!"

Everyone laughed, pitying him that those birds were chasing him at all cost until Asta bumped to someone. Akira was shocked that he knew who did Asta bump before. The anti-birds flew away from the man who Asta bumped, and so he was relieved for it.

AKIRA: "A-Asta..." Trembling at the man in front of the midget, he stuttered.

ASTA: "They finally flew off somewhere. Hey, sorry for bumping into you." He said with a relieved tone, turning to look the one he bumped.

YAMI: "I'll kill you, brat." He emitted his dark aura around him, wanting to kill Asta.

ASTA: "What the heck's his problem?!"

AKIRA: "S-sir, um, Captain! I'm sorry for the stupid behavior of my friend. So please just spare his life." He grabbed Asta's head making him to bow to his future superior.

ASTA: "Oh, crap. He's got the eyes of a killer. His neck's so thick! No mage looks like that! Talk about an intimidating presence! No, wait, wait... You shouldn't judge a book by its cover! Be friendly. Just be friendly."

Asta put his hand over his shoulder and said.

ASTA: "Man, you look old! You must've had a hard life!"

That's when Akira and everyone else knew... Asta fucked up.

AKIRA: "YOU FUCKING IMBECILE! WE ARE GOING TO DIE~!"

Yami grabbed them by the heads and spoke in a menacing tone.

YAMI: "It appears that you're both ready to die."

ASTA: "His looks weren't a lie at all!"

AKIRA: "WHY ME TOO?!"

FINRAL: "Oh there he is! What are you doing down here?" He and Gordon were looking for their captain among the Contestants.

YAMI: "I'm about to end these two's lives."

MALE CONTESTANT G: "Hey isn't that...?"

FEMALE CONTESTANT D: *blush* "Is that the great Finral Roulacase? The user of rare [Spatial Magic]."

FINRAL: "Hey, you're cute." He approached to the girl was the flirty guy he was.

MALE CONTESTANT H: "He's famous for being so girl-crazy that it gets in the way of his duties!"

MALE CONTESTANT I: "And that's... Gordon Agrippa! The expert on [Hex Magic]!"

MALE CONTESTANT B: "I heard that he's impossible to talk to.. and also scary."

Asta & Akira: "O-OUCH!" They both grumped in unison while being squashed by Yami's thick hands.

FINRAL: "Whoa, cut it out! A Magic Knights Squad Captain shouldn't kill an exam candidate." He regained the reason for looking at his Captain and tried to calm him. "And why did you even come down here, anyway?"

YAMI: "I went to take a dump and got lost."

AKIRA: "How this guy can even get lost in this place. There were signs over the halls."

MALE CONTESTANT A: "Squad Captain? You mean he's... "The Lord of Destruction" also known as "The Titan", Yami Sukehiro?!"

FEMALE CONTESTANT A: "Yami?! As the Captain of the Black Bulls?"

FEMALE CONTESTANT B: "The Black Bulls... the cost they incur in damages exceeds the successes they're credited for, right?"

MALE CONTESTANTC: "Apparently, there isn't a single decent Magic Knight on that squad."

MALE CONTESTANT D: "A playboy and a guy who can't communicate... I see."

MALE CONTESTANT E: "Yeah, I wouldn't want to join that squad."

AKIRA: *looking at Yuno* "Yuno save us! At least, me!"

YUNO: *stare profoundly* "What are you guys doing?"

Asta tried to let him go with brute force, that even he was surprised at his strength. As he was counting the final number, the fireworks interrupted him.

FINRAL: "Come on, the exam is about to start!"

YAMI: "Tch..." He let both Asta and Akira.

AKIRA: "I'm saved. I was about to see heaven. Guess Captain Yami's strength is not to joke about."

YAMI: "Guess you both get to live a little longer, brats. Better take good care of the life you just got back. Or I'll kill you both."

AKIRA: *tick* "YUNO! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING, LEAVING US TO OUR ALMOST DEATHS?!"

YUNO: "It seemed that you could handle yourself."

Then the anti-birds attracted all the contestants' attention to the 2nd floor. There the Captains of each group appeared, showing the gloriousness to those presents.

Akira noticed the man who was with Asta the moment Yami let them down. Sekke Bronzazza, the man who would do anything to be the greatest.

The Captain sat down in corresponded rows, Sekke named them. Akira took out his camera to take pictures of them.

SEKKE: "That's the Captain of the Silver Eagle, Nozel Silva!"

YUNO: "That's..." He started to speak then Asta continued.

ASTA: "...one of the captains of the Magic Knights Squad. That's some hairstyle! Isn't it hard to see with that thing in his face?"

AKIRA: "Oi, Asta. Don't be rude." Smacked the air with his hand.

SEKKE: "The Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings, Fuegoleon Vermillion. As the name "Crimson" suggests, he's a used of [Fire Magic]."

ASTA: "Whoa..."

SEKKE: "The Captain of the Green Praying Mantises, Jack the Ripper."

AKIRA: "Your future Captain I might say. But what with his name... I knew his name based of his magic but it somehow different on my feeling, being a mass murderer where I come from but, here? He is a hero."

ASTA: "What's a praying mantis?"

SEKKE: "You know, a mantis. Like, the bug. Apparently, Captain Jack's severing magic can split the earth in two."

AKIRA: "You could say that is a bug with blades on their arms."

ASTA: "Whoa, that's awesome."

SEKKE: "But I don't want to be a mantis. Bugs are super lame."

AKIRA: "Bad for you since you'll become one of them later. You are judging an animal because of the size."

SEKKE: "The Captain of the Blue Rose Knights, Charlotte Roselei. She's so beautiful."

ASTA: "Yeah, but Sister Lily's prettier."

AKIRA: "Well... Maybe Hikari would be on part..." He thought, recalling the beauty of his childhood friend.

SEKKE: "The Captain of the Purple Orcas, Gueldre Poizot." He didn't say more.

ASTA & AKIRA: "That's all/for you to say?"

SEKKE: "I have no interest in seamy guys like him."

AKIRA: "Well, at least, he did nail that."

SEKKE: "The Captain of the Coral Peacocks, Dorothy Unsworth."

ASTA: "Is she walking in her sleep?"

SEKKE: "Apparently, all she does is sleep."

AKIRA: "Well... She is quite capable since she became a Captain Squad."

SEKKE: "It says that she probably has an amazing power you'd never expect her to possess."

ASTA: "Wow..."

AKIRA: "He's right." He nodded in agreement.

SEKKE: "The Captain of the Aqua Deer, Rill Boismortier."

AKIRA: "And it says he is the youngest Captain Squad of the history."

ASTA: "How old is he?"

SEKKE: "Captain Rill is 19, I heard."

ASTA: "19?! He's only four years older than me?" He shouted before realizing something amiss. "Now that I think about it. Akira, how old are you?"

AKIRA: "Me? I'm 17." He hadn't told them his age since he arrived here.

YUNO: "Between Akira, Asta and me, he would be the oldest among us."

ASTA: "Well, the Captain of Aqua Deer, being young, the path to becoming the Wizard King might be shorter than I thought!"

SEKKE: "Bah-ha! Wizard King, eh? That's a pretty big dream." He was sarcastically surprised at his dream. "But for the next Wizard King..." Everyone started to cheer. "They say he's the most promising candidate." A man wearing a helmet with a gold coloring and a blue patch covering his left eye appears as the last one. "The Captain of the most powerful Magic Knights Squad, the Golden Dawn, William Vangeance."

Both Asta and Yuno looked firmly at the next candidate of their dreams.

SEKKE: "The members of his squad have utmost faith in him, and it's said that in the last battle, it was Captain William who took the enemy general's head."

There among contestants that spoke on joining into the Golden Dawn, Silver Eagles and other squads. Lastly Captain Yami of the Black Bulls finally took his seat with both Finral and Gordon next to him.

YAMI: *yawn* "What a pain in the ass... Can't we just get this over with?"

WILLIAM: "This is an important exam that will decide the futures of these youths. We need you to take this a bit more seriously." He looked at his captain colleague.

YAMI: "Yeah, yeah, Mr. Serious."

WILLIAM: "So then, candidates. Sorry to keep you waiting. I will be conducting this exam." The opened his grimoire and casted. "[World Tree Magic: Descent]." The skies were clouded and in the center roots of a tree started descending from the sky creating brooms for each contestants.

ASTA & YUNO: "So this is the man closest to the Wizard King." They were amazed at a part of his magic power.

WILLIAM: "We will now begin the Magic Knights Entrance Exam. We're going to test you on a number of different things. The nine of us will evaluate your performance, and then we will select the candidates that we would like to add to our squads. If chosen, you will join that squad. If you're chosen by more than one squad, you may choose the squad you would like to join. On the other hand, those who are not chosen by any captain are not qualified to join the Magic Knights."

AKIRA: *sweat drop* "Agh~ This is going to be difficult. I just trained to control magic on offense and defense. Guess this is a 'real' test for me."

WILLIAM: "For the first exam, we will have you get on those brooms and fly."

FEMALE CONTESTANT A: "But that's..."

MALE CONTESTANT F: "I've never done that before."

WILLIAM: "Mages who can control their magical powers should be able to this instinctively. It is the most basic way for mages to travel. If you cannot fly on a broom, you shouldn't even be here. All right, begin."

Everyone rode onto their brooms and tried to fly. Some of the struggled on lifting themselves, other were launched from their brooms.

CHARLOTTE: "Just by observing this, we can get a good idea of what kind of mages they are. There are quite a few candidates this year." The Captain squads were looking at those few that managed to fly through the air. Yuno was one of those who could do better than others, he was practically standing on his broom. Akira managed to fly and was somehow doing fine on his first time, like riding a bicycle.

AKIRA: "This is amazing!" He laughed while flying with his broom.

MALE CONTESTANT A: "For those kids from the boonies, they're really amazing."

MALE CONTESTANT B: "Guess the 4 leaf-clover chose them for a reason."

On the other hand, Asta couldn't even lift himself up since he has no mana. Akira could only pity him for his struggling.

FUEGOLEON: "What's the meaning of this? No matter how much one might be lacking in talent, they should at least float." He wondered, putting his hand on his chin.

NOZEL: "If you'll excuse me for a moment." The Captain of the Silver Eagle stood up and retired himself from his seat.

MALE CONTESTANT D: "Talk about pathetic."

MALE CONTESTANT E: "Guess we're down one rival already." The two of the contestants continued mocking and Akira couldn't just ignore them and he decided to interrupt.

AKIRA: "Hey, guys. If you just stopped laughing at him, you may want to continue flying the other way before I break more than a skull. Okay?" He threatened them, giving them a chill.

MALE CONTESTANT D & E: "Y-Yes!" They both ran to the opposite way leaving Asta alone. Akira decided to let him do what he can still wanted showing his kindness to Asta and brag about it, but Asta' naivety blend his kindness well.

The contestants continued with their exams by these next phases. Magical Ability Exam, Magical Ability Control Exam, Creation Magic Exam and Developmental Magic Exam. Sekka still helped Asta but in truth, he was bragging about it. Akira mostly used [Fire Magic] attribute and then surprise everyone.

WILLIAM: "All right. The next exam shall be the last one. You will engage in actual combat." There were mumbles among the contestants.

FUEGOLEON: "You'll be battling!" He roared, surprising everyone. "You will pair off and fight with your partner. You may use your grimoires to attack."

MALE CONTESTANT A: "If we lose, it'll severely affect our evaluations."

MALE CONTESTANT B: "Picking the right opponent will be key."

FUEGOLEON: "Fighting is our duty. Show us your true abilities!"

William: "As soon as one of you yields or becomes unable to fight, the exam will be over. There will be mages who can use healing magic on standby."

FUEGOLEON: "So fight to your heart's content!"

AKIRA: "The hot blooded family of Vermillion are quite scary." He deadpanned, imaging if he were to be a Crimson Lion member. "Guess is time for me to look for a partner." He looked around then noticed that Asta was in panic trying to look for a partner then Sekke appeared to him that ended up Asta prostrating to him. And that the captain of the Silver Eagle returned to his seat. Then again, after looking for a partner a tap on his should gained his attention.

FEMALE VOICE: "Hey, hey. Do want to spar with me?" A young girl appeared behind Akira.

This girl was especially different from the others. By the looks, she was younger than Akira by 1 year. She has a golden long hair that was tied on braids, slender build but with neither huge nor small assets,pale skin and amber eyes. She wears a long yellow sleeveless dress that was covered in a light-colored tunic , brown short pants and black boots.

AKIRA: "Are you sure? There would be another one capable of sparring you."

FEMALE: "Are you saying that I can't handle you?"

AKIRA: "N-no, that's not what I mean but..."

FEMALE: "Then it's settle. You will fight me."

AKIRA: "She is worse than Hikari..." He lost against an energetic girl. "And so what's your name?"

MIKI: "I'm Miki Goldea. Nice to meet you." She raised her hand.

AKIRA: "Um, I'm Akira Yamaguchi. Likewise." He shook his hand but then noticed inside his grimoire said the note [Gold Magic] attribute added. "Gold? This is quite new for me... Just who is this woman?"

TO BE CONTINUED

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Akira's Copied Magic Acquired:

[Chain Magic]: Lvl. 1 - Lvl. 13

[Fire Magic]: Lvl. 1 - Lvl. 15

[Water Magic]: Lvl. 1 - Lvl. 12

[Wind Magic]: Lvl. 1 - Lvl. 13

[Gold Magic]: Lvl. 1 (New)