Part 43: Its time to help him
Back in the clover kingdoms capital, inside a large building with a large tower in the middle of it. In one of the rooms sat a man wearing glasses. He had short grey hair and a small beard on his chin. He was also wearing a large white coat. He was currently looking over Feugoleon who was still asleep from his attack during the battle in the capital.
The man was brought out of his thoughts when he heard someone yelling, "Owww,".
"Well it looks like I have another patient," he said before getting up from his chair. Meanwhile the black bulls captain along with Noelle and Asta who was being held up in the air by Yamis right hand.
"Please sir can you put me down already," the anti magic user said as he kicked his feet in the air.
"Nope I'm taking you to get checked out, your arms are all banged up and yet you still went into battle," Yami said looking annoyed as he kept a grip on the anti magic users head, "Seriously do you not know the meaning of taking it easy,".
"Of course I do and Noelle was making sure I was alright," said Asta still kicking his feet.
"Yes well I also noticed you wincing when you moved your arms earlier and so Im in full agreement with the captain," said Noelle looking serious.
"Did you tell him to carry me like this to," said Asta when they entered the room to see the man that had been sitting with Feugoleon, was now sitting at a table in one of its two chairs.
"Yami its nice to see you again," the man said smiling.
"Whos this guy ?" Asta asked looking confused.
"Hes the best doctor you can see in the capital and hes done a very good job of keep my arms attached to my body so hopefully he can do the same thing for you," said Yami tossing Asta towards the table. Asta rolled on the ground for a few seconds before coming to a stop.
"Did you have to do that, his arms could get worse," said Noelle as she walked over to help her boyfriend up from the ground.
"I'm glad to see your not calling me a quack anymore Yami, if I had to guess I say dating the captain of the blue rose knights has changed you in more ways then one," said the doctor before looking over at Asta, "Anyway, my name is Owen and I report directly to the wizard king,".
"Alright well I'm leaving it to you doc I gotta go see a guy about a dog, I'm gonna win today I just know it," said Yami calmly as he walked out of the room.
"If he reports to the wizard king that means this guy must be powerful," thought Asta looking excited until Owen spoke up getting his attention.
"Gone off gambling, well I guess somethings don't change, now Asta lets take a look at those arms," said Owen as Asta sat in the chair across from him.
"Now water recovery magic, aqua healing," he said as the room began to fill with white bubbles and Jelly fish made out of the same material appeared from them and began to remove the bandages covering Astas arms.
"Amazing," said Noelle before she looked at Astas now exposed arms. She looked worried as she noticed the bruising covering his arms from his elbow to near his wrist.
"I recognize that look," said Owen bringing Noelle out of her thoughts and she looked to see the doctor smiling.
"What do you mean ?" Asta asked looking confused.
"Charlotte had that same look when Yami had gotten a serious injury during a battle and like you Asta he would just stay calm throughout the time I would heal him," said Owen.
"That's what ive been wondering, how do you know the truth about the captain and Charlotte ?" Asked Noelle.
"Oh I knew from the time they first got together when Yami wanted me to check on an injury she had gotten on a mission that happened long before Rosa came to be," said the doctor before looking closely at Astas arms, "It looks like you were hit pretty bad and I have to say Yamis no slouch but you have some impressive muscles your self,".
"Thanks I train really hard," Asta said smiling.
"Alright this should only take a few moments," said the doctors as the Jelly fish moved their arms around Astas injury until the doctor had a serious look on his face.
Meanwhile outside in the hallway Finral was rubbing the back of his head "How many prisoners did the golden dawn take, I must have teleported over a hundred of them," he said before noticing the bubbles coming out of the room Asta and Noelle were in, "Whats going on in there,".
"Asta," the doctor said with a serious look on his face while Asta smiled as he watched Owen pushed down his glasses before he began to talk.
The words he said made Asta look surprised while Noelle held a hand over her mouth. What the two of them didn't know was Finral was standing outside of the room and from the shocked look on his face he had heard everything the doctor had said.
Later on as the sun began to set Finral was waiting outside the building when Noelle and Asta walked out the door, "Oh hey Finral, sorry were you waiting for us long," said Asta.
"No its alright, its not like we can go anywhere with out captain Yami anyway," said Finral smiling before he noticed Noelle was looking down towards the ground as she stood close to Asta.
"Hey you all good to go," said Yamis voice getting their attention and the three black bulls looked to see their captain carrying a large sack.
"Hey captain I guess the gamboling went well then," said Asta.
"Yeah I knew today was going to be my lucky day, you all done here," he said looking at Asta.
"Yeah I'm all good to go," said Asta smiling.
"Hey whats in the sack," said Finral pointing it out.
"Huh, whats in the sack," said Yami repeating what Finral said in a way that made it sound stupid, "Never you mind so less talking more portal," he said.
"Yeah you got it," said Finral opening a portal and they all walked through it.
They headed back to the back bulls headquarters where Yami stood in front of the other black bulls accept for Charlotte who was still at the blue rose knights headquarters, ""Alright everyone today were being rewarded for a job well done so to celebrate were eating meat," the Captain said smiling as there were grills set up outside that were already cooking some of it and there was also tables with plates of food on them.
Charmy who had been lying on the ground instantly jumped up and began grabbing multiple pieces of meat, "This is so good," she said with her mouth full.
"Its so nice to eat with friends," Gordon muttered silently holding a plate of food while Gauche stood next to him holding a picture of his little sister Marie.
"Oh Marie, I would never allow you to eat such things as this," said Gauche with blood coming out of his nose as he imagined telling her what temperature the meat should be at and the condition it should be in. But at the end of the image blood came shooting of his nose from seeing her enjoy it.
"Alright I'm going to cook these up real good," said Magna increasing one of the fires with his flame magic.
Vanessa was drinking from a mug before stopping with a smile on her face, "Uh its real nice to have something to drink with it," she said.
"Come on Asta you cant move your arms so let me do it," said Noelle holding out a kebab for Asta who had Nero perched on the top of his head.
"But ive already figured out how to eat with my feet," said Asta holding up a kebab with the stick between his toes.
"That isnt right," said Noelle before putting the meat she was holding towards his face, "Now please try it I picked it out for you," she said looking away blushing. She then felt the stick moved and looked to see Asta was chewing.
"Wow this is really good, thanks," said Asta smiling which made her smile before, "Now check this out," he said taking a bite out of one of the kebabs he was holding up with his feet.
"What did I just say," she said blasting him with a small amount of water from her wand but it was enough to send him flying while Charmy grabbed the meat Asta had let go of from being sent into the air.
"Hey Magna wanna have a fight over who gets this big piece of meat," said Luck smiling as he held up a plate that had a large piece of meat on it.
"No way why would I do that," said Magna looking annoyed since he was already eating.
"Alright everyone time for a little trick show, Finral lets see what you got," said Yami sitting down on a chair as held up a mug.
"Sure how about this, the self punch," said Finral opening a small portal in front of him and another behind his head. He punched his right fist through the portal in front of him and it went through the portal behind him as he punched himself in the head which made Yami laugh.
"Here's my trick, the vanishing meat," said Charmy holding up pieces of meat while two of her sheep cooks held a plate up covering her face. There were sound of chewing before the sheep cooks moved away revealing the meat was now gone, "Tada," she said.
"That doesn't count, that was you just eating," said Yami when everyone noticed Magna trapped in a lightning tornado and he didn't seem to be enjoying it.
"Here's my trick, the crackling Magna typhoon," said Luck smiling while Magna spoke as he spun around, "Get me off this crazy thing,".
"Here Grey what do you got," said Yami looking at Grey.
"Okay ill do my best," she said nervously before there was a puff of smoke and she turned into the big man who blew out smoke.
"Thats just your normal guy," said Yami but ended up laughing anyway. The black bulls party went on for another while and they shared more laughs.
When the sun was nearly set, Asta spoke up, "Wow Im beat so I think I'm going to call it a day," he said.
"Huh you sure," said Magna looking confused since it was still early.
"Here I'm going to call it a day to, mind if I join you Asta," said Noelle smiling as she caught up to him.
"Oh sharing a bed, makes me think how far you two have gotten," said Vanessa making the young couple blush.
"Its not like that and its just sleeping," said Noelle before quickly turning around and heading to the building.
"Alright goodnight everyone," said Asta before going to catch up to Noelle.
"Alright get some rest then, is it just me or does something seem off about him" said Magna rubbing the back of his head.
"Maybe he needs a good death match to cheer him up," said Luck calmly.
"Ill tell you what his problem is he didn't eat enough meat," said Charmy looking serious.
"Come to think of it his smile kind of seemed forced and Noelle looked like she was worried about something whenever she wasn't talking to Asta," said Vanessa.
"Maybe somethings got him feeling down, not that I'm assuming anything," said Grey covering her face with her hands while Luck looked at her with a confused look on his face.
Finral looked down as he clenched his fists, "Everyone theres something you should all know," he said getting all of his squad mates attention, "Astas arms are not going better and I overheard what the doctor told him," he said before explaining what he heard.
Flashback:
"Asta I'm sorry to say this but your arms were hit by some kind of ancient hex magic," said Owen as Asta and Noelle looked surprised, "While your arms have been severely damaged the bones have basically disintegrated and not even my magic is capable of fixing this kind of damage,".
Flashback end
Yami looked serious while the rest of the black bulls looked surprised by the news, "Your kidding right," said Magna.
"That cant be right," said Luck.
"He doesn't have any magic and now he no longer has the ability to fight the only way he can," said Vanessa looking annoyed that things had turned out this way.
"Noelle must be really worried about him," said Grey looking towards the ground as they all wondered what their squad mate was thinking about the awful news he had received.
The black bulls found Asta and Noelle sitting on a rock together outside the forest, Nero was with them and was resting on the rock on Astas right side, "I wonder what the two of them are thinking about," said Grey.
Asta remembered the last words the doctor had told him, "You will never be able to swing a sword again". His mind then flashed back to what the chain magic user had told him back just before he got his grimoire.
"Asta" thought Noelle looking towards hm with a worried look on her face as she watched his shoulders begin to shake before he yelled, "IM NOT GIVING UP,". Surprising the black bulls and Noelle as he stood up on the rock looking towards the sky.
"You got me again faith didn't you ya big jerk, well guess what Im going tol find a way to heal my arms and if that doesn't work ill just learn how to fight with my legs instead, Ahhhh" he said before smiling, "I almost gave up once and that's never going to happen again," he said before noticing Noelle smiling at him.
"Only you would come up with something like that in this situation," she said before standing up, "Don't worry Asta I will find a way to cure your arms and will make sure to achieve your dream," she said looking determined.
"Thanks Noelle, but try not worry about me too much okay," he said smiling.
"Well because were together I have to worry about you otherwise youll just get yourself more hurt," she said crossing her arms.
"Yeah I guess your right," said Asta and the two of them laughed before they looked towards the night sky, "I'm not going to let you win," thought Asta as an image of Yunos face flashed through his mind.
Meanwhile hiding in the trees, "Way to go kid, you tell him," said Yami smiling.
"It doesn't get any manlier then this," said Magna who was crying.
"That's Asta for you," said Luck smiling.
"Ill make him something Yummy so he will feel better," said Charmy.
"Hes got guts ill give him that, but I'm still not letting him anywhere near Marie," said Gauche who was smiling.
"Oh I'm so happy hes not sad," said Grey.
Vanessa smiled, "You keep that up kiddo, I might know just the place that can help you," she thought.
The next morning Asta entered the main room of the headquarters, "Good morning everybody," he said before noticing the only people in the room were Charlotte and Yami who were siting next to each other. Yami reading the newspaper while Charlotte drank from a cup of tea.
"Oh captain Charlotte you're here, wheres everyone else ?" Asked Asta.
"I'm not sure and Asta when I'm in my black bulls robe its okay to just call me Charlotte," she said.
"Yeah the only captain in this room at the moment is me," said Yami calmly as he turned the page while Asta looked confused wondering where everyone else was and Noelle who had left the bed before he had even woken up.
Asta then sensed something with his Ki coming from outside, "I can read Ki now so if your going to hide from me you'll have to do better," he said moving into the next room and looking out the window to see Finral coming out of a portal in front of Noelle, "Huh, I wonder what those two are doing," he said before listening in.
"Alright is that everyone gone," said Noelle.
"Yeah that's everyone, can you believe the excuses some of them came up with, I just remembered an important appointment or I told my cousin I would visit them today," Finral said before laughing, "Hard to believe they're all going to so much trouble for one newbie and Asta for that matter," he said and Asta looked surprised.
"Yeah well its important he doesn't know because he would tell us to focus on our magic knight duty's instead," said Noelle crossing her arms.
"Yeah, Magna and Luck are going dungeon exploring in the forsaken realm hoping to find something," said Finral.
Over with Magna and Luck the two of them stood in a desert like area and dungeon in front of them looked like it was made out of it with some openings in the structure, "Man that thing looks big," said Magna.
"You scared ?" Asked Luck.
"Ha no way, lets go ," said Magna holding his right fist in the air.
"Gauche and Gordon went to the library to research hexes ," said Finral.
Over with Gauche and Gordon, "If I can fix Astas arms he will be able to hold hands again and I like to see my friends happy," muttered Gordon as he turned the pages.
Gauche was looking at a shelf when he looked surprised at a the title of a certain book, "How for a big brother to get his little sister to love him more, over one hundred hexes," he said reaching for the book, but shook his head and ended up grabbing the one next to it, "I need to focus and plus Marie would probably be sad if his arms weren't fixed," he said opening the book while Gordon stared up at him.
"Gauche is thinking of someone else besides himself and his sister, I'm impressed," he muttered.
"Grey and Charmy went on a journey to hopefully find some rare ingredient that can help him," said Finral.
In a far off jungle Grey who was transformed into Charmy and Charmy herself were walking forward as they held up a map, "Don't worry Asta were going to find something to heal your arms and bring back some nice treats," said Charmy before noticing something hanging from a tree, "Oh I wonder what kind of food that is and what it tastes like," she said drooling.
Charmy then shook her head, "No I have no time for that right now, I need to focus," she said when a crocodile burst out from the water next to them.
"Cotton creation magic, cotton binding ," Charmy and Grey (Charmy) said as ropes of cotton shot out of their hands and tying up the crocodile.
"This looks good," said Charmy almost drooling and Grey (Charmy) nodded in agreement with the same look on her face.
"They just made those excuse up so the captain wouldn't blame them for not going on missions, but then again it is for Asta," said Finral.
"Yeah, he's reckless and he's always charging into battle first," said Noelle smiling as the past battles flashed through her mind. The things that stuck out to her the most were when the two of them hugged when he had regained his memory's and when he saved her from Vetos attack back in the underwater temple.
"Its thanks to him that I have the strength to fight and now its time I help him," she said looking determined while inside the building Asta was leaning against the wall as he thought back to what Noelle had just said.
"Where's Vanessa by the way ?" Asked Noelle.
"Oh yeah she was the first one of us to leave this morning," said Finral, "I guess she didn't want anyone knowing where she was going,".
Asta decided to stop leaning against the wall and headed towards the exit of the building. Yami and Charlotte didn't bother him as he walked by. When he reached the outside he looked towards the sky as his mind flashed back to what chain user said again and what Sekke told him during the magic knights entrance exam.
Nero looked at Asta as his shoulders began to shake, this time tears appeared in his eyes, "I may not have been blessed with magic, but i did get blessed with amazing friends and a girlfriend I really care about," he said before sniffing.
Back inside the hideout Yami smiled, "So this is what it takes to get them all working," he said. Charlotte smiled as well.
Over with Finral and Noelle, "Alright Noelle looks like its time for the two of us to get going," Finral said smiling before Noelle pushed her right hand into his face.
"Try anything and ill make sure the first thing Asta does when his arms are working again is to send you flying and anyway I already have somewhere in mind for you to take me to," she said looking serious.
"Okay, where" said Finral rubbing his face and he looked confused when Noelle told him where to go, "There, well I guess you got a point since they might know something," he said before opening a portal.
The two of them ended up going to what looked like an abandoned village. Noelle knocked on the door of a house that looked like it was still intact, "Is anyone home," she said.
A few moments later a male voice responded, "Yeah were here come on in," he said.
Noelle quickly opened the door, "We need to have a talk," she said before looking surprised at the sight that was in front of her.
A man with red hair stood there with smile on his face while he stood there naked, with steam covering his private area, "Oh sorry I was just after getting out of the bath and," he began to say before Noelle screamed and sent him flying with a blast of water.
He landed on the ground in a puddle of water and he had a surprised look on his face from being suddenly attacked.
Authors note: Its the first chapter of Anit magiic and water magic in the new year, so HAPPY NEW YEAR. Thanks to everyone who continues to show their support for this story and I hope you all look forward to what I have in store for this story this year.