Disclaimer: I do not own Black Clover. It belongs to Yuki Tabata.

WARNING: Suicidal Themes Below. You have been warned.

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'Heh.. Who am I kidding.. I know exactly why I'm here..' thought Asta as his feet now stood on the edge of the extremely high cliff. The events of the past week, hell his whole life having just flashed before his eyes in the matter of seconds..

"I'm here.. I'm here because I'm too weak and pathetic, because I couldn't handle all of that, nor stand up for myself.. A-And so.."

"And so instead, I'm taking the easy way out.." Asta finished his thoughts out loud. As he was now laughing hysterically, a flood of tears escaping his eyes..

A flood of tears escaping his eyes. Tears that don't look to be stopping anytime soon.. Hell they may even keep on going when h-he-he's finally..

Finally dead.. When he's finally out of this miserable world, as he was currently mid-air, thinking about that, a wide smile on his face..

A wide, and still increasing-in-size smile on his face. As he had finally shifted his body's weight towards the cliff. Having already dropped down half of this enormously tall cliff. Or, in other words, having already crossed half way to his death, all in the matter of seconds.

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"Yoo-hoo!" exclaimed Dorothy with endless enthusiasm, as she suddenly appeared right next to a mid-air, quickly falling, and unconscious Asta..

Her bright smile quickly disappearing, turning into a couldn't-get-any-deeper frown, eyebrows furrowing deeply as well, she now opened her grimoire, magically flipped through a few pages, and..

*POOF!* she disappeared along with Asta, no traces left. Right before they hit that, to Asta at least, welcoming ground..

Now, a few hours later, not much time left until midnight.. Asta was slowly opening his emerald-green eyes, first thing in view being.. a.. a..

A never ending mixture of pink and purple. Stretching throughout all of.. Where ever he happened to be right now..

"A-Am I in heaven right now..?" was his first (out loud) thought. As he had not expected this, since.. since

FLASHBACK - TEN YEARS AGO - HAGE VILLAGE

"Sister Lily.. W-Why don't the higher ups in the kingdom do anything about.. about our situation? They're like super rich r-right?" Asta asked the unsuspecting nun, as he and Yuno were currently out in the green fields with her..

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"Huh.. W-Well you see, um.. The thing is, even though we are all human, the nobles and royals of this kingdom.. They don't exactly see it that way.." Lily started to respond to the out of nowhere question. Carefully choosing her words..

"Uh.. How do I explain it.. It's like" she tried to continue, as Asta, especially Asta, had taken notice of the distraught look on her face. Something very rare for her.. Something he'd only been able to understand and explain to himself ten years later..

"You see, they uh.. They don't think of us as a priority, especially not in comparison to the other problems the kingdom has going on.." she finished explaining, hoping that Asta will accept this much..

"Why though?" to her dismay, followed up Asta..

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"Uh... Well t-that's because.. Because people out here don't possess much mana you see, and so to the kingdom as a whole, to them at least, we won't be able to pay back their efforts of helping us through using our magic to protect and make this kingdom more prosperous.."

"D-Don't worry though! They'll definitely help us out eventually, it-it's just not going to be anytime soon.." she answered, trying her best to sugarcoat the situation, a fake smile on her face..

Though lucky for her, it worked. As to her delight, Asta seemed content with her answer. For now at least.

Though that content.. Let's just say that he'd recently finally understood what she really meant. And so, he on his own, came to the conclusion that after he'd killed himself, and because of the ranking system in their kingdom..

That he'd just go to hell, as he was a mere mana-less peasant. Someone not worthy of anything more, and he was perfectly fine with that. As anything and anywhere other than this world, was a blessing..

Though for better or for worse, he never got to find out.. As he had just realized where he actually was..

FLASHBACK - TEN YEARS AGO - HAGE VILLAGE - END

"H-Hold on.. This place is.." he started to say, as his head was turning left, right, and center, hoping to spot that one specific woman he'd just thought of..

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"Hey.. Over here" a voice, that sounds to be behind him, called out. And as he now turned around.. There she was..

Dorothy Unsworth, one of the strongest mages.. Or rather witches actually, and former captain of the Coral Peacocks, now Wizard King of the Clover Kingdom, was currently sitting a good bit above him..

She was currently sitting on top of a weird stuffed animal looking thingy. Burning holes all over Asta's body with her shiny, blue, half-lidded eyes. Legs crossed. Looking extremely unhappy as she looked down on Asta..

Yes, unhappy. More like upset actually. Something never seen or heard of before. As this was Dorothy Unsworth we're talking about.. Everyone's favorite happy, chipper, and kind big sister. Or so Asta thought as he was currently looking up at her, wide-eyed, taken completely by surprise..

Though that didn't last for long, as he was now slowly lowering his head, and narrowing his eyes.. As he had just realized something else as well..

'So I'm not dead then.. huh..' he thought, feeling depressed..

Feeling depressed at the fact that he was still alive.. Why? Why was this world so cruel? Even when he wanted to kill himself, it didn't let him.. Even though he was doing it and everybody on it a favor..

"Hey.."

Even though he was doing everybody a favor.. Getting rid of a useless, empty shell.. An empty shell that simply wasted oxygen, space, food, wate-

"HEY I'M TALKING TO YOU!" called out Dorothy, again, very loudly this time. Breaking him out of his thoughts..

"Huh.." he muttered out in response, now again, feeling shocked at Dorothy's attitude. As she had just forcefully snapped him out of his depression. For now at least.

"Why did you jump off that cliff? What the hell were you thinking..!?" she started, calmer but anger was still, very obviously, leaking out of her mouth..

Asta did not know how to respond right now.. It's not like he could just say 'Oh well I just wanted to kill myself', even if it was pretty damn obvious. And so he decided to just dodge the question..

"N-Never mind that, why am I here?" he asked her instead.. Very hesitantly.

"I see, dodging the question are we?" Dorothy responded, a sigh of pure anger and frustration escaping her lips..

"Oh well.. I guess I already know, so why bother asking.." she said as she pointed a finger to his face..

As Asta's face right now was.. an absolute mess to say the least. Long and red tear trails going everywhere, completely dry and lifeless eyes, and even a swollen right cheek.. Probably indicating he'd punched himself, and hard, right before jumping..

"Anyway.." she started again, any hint of anger in her voice now completely gone, as she knew that she wouldn't get anywhere investigating further..

"to answer your question, I used my magic to locate and teleport to you. As I had something I wanted to ask you about.."

"Though I guess I caught you at a ba.. good time actually, otherwise you'd be dead right now" she finished, her expression still dead and lifeless. If looks could kill, her saving Asta wouldn't have meant shit right now..

And though this was really weird for Dorothy, well to anyone who knows her anyway, this was completely normal for her. As her 'happy and chipper' attitude and side, was, well, just that. Simply another side to her..

Although if she were to be honest, while it's now a big part of who she is, at first it only started off as a mask.. A facade to fool those around her into thinking that everything was fine, even if that were never the case...

Not giving Asta any chance to speak, she started talking again.. "Come meet me at Clover Castle tomorrow, now isn't a good time to discuss.. Oh and don't try anything till then" she finished with a commanding tone, glaring at Asta. As she quickly teleported him out of Glamour World, back to that same mountain cliff..

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'What do I do now?' he thought to himself, having now existed Dorothy's Glamour World.. 'I tried to kill myself.. Though failed miserably, and she won't let me try again..' 'What do I do..? What do I say to my friends..'

'Do I just go back to the hideout like nothing ever happened..?' Asta thought, a chill going down his spine as he thought about the Black Bulls hideout..

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Meanwhile, up in the sky, a certain bird was going mad. Flying all over as if it's life depended on it, this bird's name being..

Nero, a bird that can transform into a human.. Or rather, a female human, named Secre Swallowtail, who can transform into a bird due to forbidden magic..

'Damnit Asta where did you go!?' thought Nero, as she had been looking for Asta for four hours now, as it was currently almost midnight. The Wizard King ceremony having long since ended, as she had now almost completed her 11th go-around the Clover Kingdom, still looking for him..

And though her squad mates, the Black Bulls had also looked around for Asta, they, after two hours of search, had concluded that he must've gone back to Hage Village for the night. And simply headed back to the base to get some rest themselves..

One member of the Black Bulls however, one member in particular, felt weird about simply just going back to the base. As she was, and still is, on the verge of going insane.

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"huh... ASTA!" Nero yelled out, as she now located Asta, near a tall mountain cliff..

And as she was currently going down full speed, flapping both her wings ten times a second.. Her brain was also going insane..

'No no no no.. This can't be happening right now.. please.. no' she thought to herself as she flew even faster.

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Meanwhile, and as Asta now turned around, about to get on his way back to the Black Bulls hideout.. He now noticed Nero, standing in front of him, in her human form.. Looking at him with eyes that screamed fear, worry, anxiety, and many more emotions.. All of which he felt merely by looking into her beautiful, pure-red eyes, as he also now noticed a few tears escaping said eyes..

And as he was about to brainstorm-up an.. excuse..? explanation..? or whatever, as he did not know what the hell to do right now.. His train of thought was suddenly interrupted..

His train of thought was suddenly interrupted, as he now noticed Nero hugging him, tightly.. extremely tightly, on the verge of suffocating him tightly..

'..huh'

... "N-Nero.. Don't worry about it.. I was just he-" he started to explain, already knowing the implication behind her hugging him, though he was also, again, suddenly interrupted..

"No Asta!" Nero started.. "D-Don't make up any excuses.. I-I already know just by looking at your face.." she managed to get out, as a flood of pent-up tears were now bursting out her eyes..

"I-I don't know why you'd do this.. But please know I'm always there for you.. You can always talk to me about anything and everything on your mind.. Su.. S..

S-Suicide is never the answer..!" she finished as she hugged him even tighter.. As he just stood there dumbfounded, having not expected this turn of events..

Though his state of shock and depression didn't last for long, as he now hugged her back, and barely got out these next few words..

"T-Thank you Nero.."

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And though upon the hour bell's midnight-ringing, Asta's life seemed to be taking a turn for the better.. This time of night was certainly unpleasant for a certain Clover Kingdom witch, as she was..

As she was currently frowning. Deeply. A few tears going down her cheeks, said tears having just escaped her bright-blue eyes..

"d-damn idiot.. why did he just have to remind me of that..."

CHAPTER 13: END

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