bulk Locke the the grim head: Thank you.

BanRedfox: Yeah, I figured it was for the best and I'm sure Finral will find someone.

It was calm and clear day in the Clover Kingdom as the sun rose gently over the horizon holding the Black Bull Headquarters. In the forest outside of the unique place, Asta was currently doing his morning workouts that would make most people die from the intensity while being shirtless. He was currently doing sit up with his legs held up on a tree branch with Nero watching from a separate tree band.

"2,996, 2,997, 2998, 2999, 3,000!" Asta shouted as he just completed his current experience.

He then jumped from the tree and landed on the ground before falling to the ground in push up position.

"Now, 2,000 push ups!" he said as he did the exercise in a speedy motion.

After his push ups were done in a matter of minutes, Asta shot up to his feet and staring a mad dash through the forest with Nero flying behind him and barely keeping up.

'I'll get stronger and faster until I can't go any further!' he thought as a boulder came into his field of vision.

Asta then extend both his hands to the side and summoned his magic to them.

"Iron Dragon Lance!" he exclaimed as both his arms turned into iron poles.

Asta then spun in a circular motion and knocked the boulder in the air with his right arm/pole before jumping and slamming his left arm/pole into the boulder, sending it to the ground and into a thousand piece. He landed on his feet and gazed up to the sky.

"I'm gonna train as hard as I can and become stronger than anyone, especially you, Yuno!" he said as his arms turned back to normal.

As he continued to train and practice with his Iron Dragon Slayer Magic, he couldn't help but feel nostalgic and remember how he went from a magicless child to a master of lost dragon magic. It was crazy if you thought about it but crazy was just fine with Asta if it meant he could claim his dream of becoming the Wizard King. He stopped for a moment to take a break and refuel by drinking some magic boosting juice and eating some iron nails.

"I can't believe it's been so long since I've got my magic." he said as he chewed some nails before downing some bitter boosting juice. "Looking back, it all seems like a dream but that doesn't matter anymore. I'm hear now and that's all that what counts!"

Asta then got back on his feet and and gained a determined look before going back to his training for the rest of the day. When sunset came, he started to make his way back to the, while thinking more about his journey here and all the memories he made along the way until a certain memory from the night of the mixer and when he talked to Rebecca about a special girl in his life made him think real hard.

'Noelle.' He thought as the sky turned blue and the stars came out as he entered the Black Bulls headquarters. 'Have I really gained feelings for her? Has she become the one I want to marry instead of Sister Lily?'

Asta's thought soon came to a halt as he entered the main room, where he saw Noelle sitting at a bar counter with Nero, who must've flown back to the base without him noticing, and an empty glass in front of her. He took a whiff of the air and could smell wine coming from the glass, signalling Noelle had a glass while talking to Nero. Asta was about to leave and go clean himself from his all day training until he heard Noelle speak up.

"So, he want to Wizard King, huh? How can you be the Wizard King when you always act like a lunatic, Asta?!" she said as Asta turned back towards her direction. "Even if you always come out okay, you always get hurt and worry me. Not that I care, I mean me and him? Yeah right. Although, he did say he has someone special to him but if he does, then he would stop making me worry about him."

Noelle started to nub the base of the wine glass and gaze towards the side as Asta started walking towards her.

"Hey, Noelle?" he said, shocking the girl and causing her to turned around with a blush on her face.

"Asta?! Ho-how long have you been standing there?!" she exclaimed as she shot up from her seat.

"Just a bit but I think it was enough." Asta said as he stopped in front of Noelle. "Did I do something wrong? You were talking about me and how I was worrying you."

This caused Noelle to panic as she realized she indirectly said that she had a crush on Asta and was worrying about him. She started to blush from not only this realization but also the sight of a shirtless Asta and the massive amount of muscle her possessed. In a state of panic and embarrassment, Noelle pulled out her wand and pointed it at Asta, causing the dragon slayer to react on instinct and summon his Iron Dragon Scales. It was then that Noelle fired a water magic blast at Asta, who was sent back and crashed into the wall. After realizing what she just did, Noelle quickly ran out of the room and to her's in embarrassment.

"Uh, man. What was that about?" Asta said as he got up and rubbed his head.

As he was recovering from the sudden attack, Asta recalled what she said when she was talking to Nero.

"I mean me and him? Yeah right."

It was then, as Asta lowered his scales, he blushed a bit as he started to put it together with what happened the night of the mixer.

"Does she...feel the same way about me?!" Asta shouted in shock as he gazed towards Nero, who turned away and avoided his stare.


This is placed in Episode 29, which was the flashback episode. Since it was mostly flashback, I decided to put sort of my own spin on it. Sorry if it was too short.