Welcome to the next chapter.
Darth Simp; Hehe, yeah I can get that. Glad you like the interactions between the characters. Yeah, we'll be seeing their backstory pretty soon. That would be pretty good for Charlotte yeah. All I can say is that it's going to be quite an adventure for Venta when he comes across the Magic Stone. Maybe Secre did meet them yeah.
FreakyFreek; Yeah I like those two as well, but that's what won the poll.
Komish; Thanks for the suggestion.
ShadowUzumaki55; Yeah, seems like they do huh~? Even Nebra is yeah. We'll see Nacht's reaction when he appears. That's Charlotte for you~ We'll be seeing their backstory in the near future.
Silver crow; Thanks. They did yeah. Glad you liked it. Charmy did yeah. Yeah, Anti Birds would flock away if Venta came by. Sally isn't the best with normal interactions. She at least gave it a go. Yeah, maybe he could do. I'm sure Gauche would say something like that. Venta's aware of Henry. Glad you liked the introductions to those two. Vanessa made her move~ Nebra's trying her best and hiding her feelings, even if it is very difficult for her. Sol seemed to do yeah. Yeah, Yami didn't want Venta to see that. Charlotte did yeah, she's trying her best with how she's feeling currently. Noelle and Mimosa are progressing a good bit. Yeah, if he was, he could do. Venta's Magic, he isn't reaching out with his Magic, the purple appears as an outline around the objects he's controlling that's all, it isn't inferior to how Dante uses it or slower or anything and has applications that Dante hasn't shown like when he compresses gravity towards to form a weapon, those orbs are concentrated Gravity, pack quite a punch when using it. Yeah, he'll like their outfits. Sounds like a cool name. They'd be cool choices. That would be fun. Yeah, the magic stone he's going for isn't one of the five that we know of the locations currently, one that we don't know really anything about. They'd be cool options to join. I could see those three settling into the Black Bulls. Yami saying that would be pretty funny. Venta could keep the Magic Stones yeah. I'm sure the girls would really enjoy seeing a shirtless Venta. Noelle and Mimosa could be yeah. I could see Vanica being like that. Venta and Nozel's relationship will soon be touched upon. Yeah, he's quite tall. We'll get scenes like that yeah. When the times right, the lemons will come.
Noelle fan; Thanks! They are pretty cute huh. Yeah, they could do. Lets see if he does.
Guest 1; I could see a scene like that with Charlotte and her squad, would be funny to see. That would be quite the funny moment with Sol. That would be cool if they did tie.
helios darkus; Thanks, glad you liked it. Yeah, Venta might have once or twice. That's how the poll went with Charlotte. We'll see the story behind Venta and Grey's meeting. His Devil could do yeah. Demon Light Magic is pretty strong yeah. Yeah, it sounds cool for Megicula. That's Yami for you. They will.
djinn; Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
Guest 2; That would be pretty cool between them. I could see a Venta/Fana/Secre team up.
makotoxvalerie; We've seen them already. That would be nice. I quite like that for his Devil. Sylph and Venta could have a one time thing, would be cool to see. Yeah, she could grow. Salamander could do yeah. Yeah, he has quite the Magic's, it's going to be fun exploring that. That's a cool appearance. That would be a fun appearance to work with.
Guest 3; Yeah, a Yami/Venta team up would be quite epic to see play out with how their Magic's would combine together.
Guest 4; Venta could have a move like that with his Demon Light Magic. That would be epic to use it in that way.
Andrew123456; Their story shall be explored when the time is right.
Guest 5; Yeah, Sally just says how it is, and while it didn't work, gotta admire her for her honesty at least. It seems Sally knows more than she's letting on. Yeah, seems Nero is quite accepting of it, despite what happened in her past with Devils. Haha, yeah seems a good few people do believe in such things. Charmy does yeah, she's quite adorable. Thanks! Thanks for the harem suggestions! I do love pokemon as well as digimon, as a child I watched every episode of both I could, and even to this day I still play the games for both, I haven't watched pokemons anime in a good while though so I'd have to watch it again to get a good feel of the pokemon world and such. No need to apologize at all. That would be cool if they could have their bond be like that. I don't mind at all, I love it when people suggest things to me, and it gives me ideas that I might not have thought of before.
haibara san; We'll see his Devil when the time is right. We'll see how he entered the Black Bulls in time. Noelle will join the Black Bulls, we'll see very soon how. It's merely an outline, that's the only difference in how their power works. His isn't slower than Lucifero's in the slightest as we've seen a good number of times when he's used it in quick succession.
Guest 6; He could do yeah, would be a good chance to explain such things.
With those reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter.
Obtain the Magic Stone!
Finally, was the time for Venta and Nero to continue doing what they needed to do, to free her from the curse, and thanks to the information that he had gathered, Venta had confirmed the location of a possible Magic Stone.
So Venta got ready to leave the Black Bulls for the evening, not sure when he'd be back. Charting their destination for the pair of them, and where it would take them, Venta saw that it would bring them on the path of Hage.
"So we can go and see how Asta-san and Yuno-san are doing."
Venta mused aloud while Nero rested within his hair.
As he was going to leave, he turned towards the sleeping Vanessa, and decided to wake her up so she knew where he was going to be.
"Ugh...is it morning…?"
Vanessa grumbled, Venta lightly stroked her hair.
"No, but I'm going out now."
Vanessa's eyes fully opened.
"Where are you going?"
"Just need to check something out."
"Can't wait until the morning?"
Venta shook his head.
"Afraid not."
Vanessa gave a small pout, before she leaned up on the bed. Resting her elbow on the bed, she peered into the eyes of Venta, who's hand still remained within her hair, and then ran down her face in a kind gentle manner.
Blushing at the touch, Vanessa's body fully lifted off of the bed, and laid her head on his shoulder.
"Come back soon, okay? I'll be waiting for you."
Venta nodded.
"I wont be all that long. It shouldn't take me that long."
Vanessa was glad about that.
She wished to be beside him.
But if he had to go then she wouldn't stop him, and would support him, knowing he did things for important reasons.
Her lips then pressed against his own in a fiery passionate kiss between them. Vanessa didn't hold back in expressing her emotions as Venta felt her tongue slide into his mouth, deepening the kiss between the pair of them.
Allowing their lips to crush together again and again, Vanessa felt his tongue also begin to wrap around her own, causing her cheeks to turn bright red.
When their kiss ended, Vanessa clutched onto his hand.
"See you soon."
Venta bent towards her, kissing her right cheek, and then pulled back.
"I wont be gone that long. See you soon."
Venta grabbed his stuff, and walked out of the room.
While doing so, Vanessa gently smiled to herself.
Though she was worried.
She also understood that Venta was going to do it, and that he could do it if he tried his hardest.
Whatever it was that he was doing of course.
She believed in him.
Much later, but still early in the morning, Luck was casually looking for someone to challenge for a fight.
While moving to the living area, he saw that Nebra was coming into the room.
His eyes lit up as he sensed the Mana that she had.
"Aah! Hey you!"
Nebra looked towards Luck, seeing that he was punching the air before him.
"Yes?"
She said with slight frustration.
It sounded as if she didn't want to really be there, and only came to see Venta.
But due to the fact that he wasn't there, Nebra didn't look pleased.
"Are you looking for something?"
"For my beloved...not my beloved! Venta-kun! I'm looking for him...or not! Whatever, if he is around it is fine, and if he isn't, then that's fine as well." Luck continued smiling at her, causing her to raise an eyebrow. "So, do you know if he is here or not boy?"
"Nope! He left late last night!"
Nebra gave a dramatic sigh.
"It seems that I'll be going-"
"No wait! Lets fight one another!"
Nebra shook her head.
"No, I will not be fighting with you."
Luck didn't seem deterred, and came at Nebra with a sharp lightning blast.
Nebra scowled, as she released her mist to form a shield before her, stopping the attack.
"What is wrong with you?!"
"That bolt wouldn't have hit you! But it was to show you some power! So, want to fight now?!"
Luck was getting excited.
Which also meant that he was going to try and fight.
Nebra didn't like this.
She didn't even want to do anything like fight him.
"Do you not know who I am boy?"
Nebra said in a commanding tone as Finral came into the room.
Looking between the two of them, he tried to back away, but Nebra shot him a sharp look, stopping him in his tracks.
"Eeh...am I supposed to know who you are?"
Luck asked as he placed a finger to his chin in deep thought.
Nebra released a small breath.
"I am Nebra Silva, a royal member of the House of Silva. Fighting you is something that is-"
"Royal! You're royal! Wow, that means you must have lots and lots of Mana! In fact, I can sense lots as well! So that means you're strong! Lets fight okay? Promise that it is going to be really good, okay?!"
Nebra released a hard breath this time.
"No, I will not be fighting you." Nebra turned her finger to Finral. "He will be fighting you."
Finral almost did a spit take.
"W-What? But I didn't agree-"
He stopped when seeing Nebra's intimidating eyes.
While she wasn't anywhere close to Yami in terms of intimidation…
Something about Nebra commanded respect, and Finral was surprised to feel it through his entire being.
"Teleporter, I suggest that you face down this boy."
Finral gave a curious stare.
Luck didn't care, and turned his lightning on Finral, who let out a cry.
"Wait Luck-"
"Lets fight!"
Launching a devastating bolt of lightning, Finral cried and ran up the stairs, with Luck giving chase.
Nebra dusted off her outfit.
"Well, it seems that's ended that for now."
Nebra said in a happy manner.
But that was replaced with horror when she saw Yami coming down the stairs with only a towel wrapped around his body, seemingly having just come out of the bath.
Her face turned a pale white, while Yami narrowed his brows at her.
"You again mist girl. What do you want-"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!"
She let out a nearly inhuman cry as she covered her eyes.
Yami raised a brow.
"Great, what's wrong?"
"I SAW YOU IN SUCH A STATE! THE FIRST PERSON I SHOULD HAVE SEEN IN THAT STATE WAS MY BELOVED VENTA-KUN! WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THIS TO ME CAPTAIN OF THE BLACK BULLS?!"
Yami's eyebrow twitched.
"You come here, I'm not doing anything."
Nebra let out a sniffle.
"Venta-kun! Why can't I see you like this!? Preferably without the towel darling!"
Yami, hearing that, smirked to himself.
"Darling huh? Heh, that's really funny. You and the Prickly Queen should come together and speak about your feelings."
Nebra huffed and puffed.
She didn't want to speak to Yami anymore.
"I can't deal with this! Let me know when darling is back! Until then, don't contact me!"
"I don't, you always come here mist girl."
Nebra's bottom lip trembled, as she pointed her equally trembling finger out.
"Mark my words, I will have Venta-kun join the Silver Eagles!"
"Heh, I'd like to see you try mist girl."
Nebra huffed, and walked out of the Black Bulls hideout.
Yami snickered.
But then Nebra came back in and showed a dark sad expression.
"By the way-"
"He isn't your darling, and you don't like him like that, I know."
Yami just knew what she was going to say now.
Nebra nodded.
"Good that we have that understood. Good day to you."
Nebra turned and walked out once more.
Yami looked at a nearby wall, and saw a picture of Venta, and gave a surprisingly deep and sympathetic look, knowing that he'd have to deal with all of this by himself.
Not one to lose this chance, and with day having just broke high in the sky, Venta and Nero ventured deep into the Clover Kingdoms outskirts.
Going into a forest, and then journeying further than that, he was brought towards a Grand Magic Zone. It was an area that had caverns running through them.
"It's like a network of tunnels or something. Either way, it's quite vast. Easily could get lost if we aren't careful."
Venta mused, Nero inclined her neck.
"Difficult to navigate. Can we find the Magic Stones this way?"
Venta hummed as he thought about it.
He then brought out his hand and raised it to his chest level, as he began using his Mana Sensing skills.
"We'll find it."
"You've felt one before, so you should be able to sense it if it is in the vicinity."
Nero murmured, Venta however chortled.
"...Hmm, it seems that I'm picking something up, hard to sense through this tunnel, but definitely I can feel something. Lets go."
Moving into a dark cavern, it was so dark that neither could see anything beyond their faces.
So Venta flicks his hand up, and brings out what seems to be similar to a flash light, but it glowed with magical power, and surrounded them in a magical light, allowing them to see. It floated thanks to the gravity magic of Venta's, so he didn't have to carry it in case they were attacked.
"I can't sense any danger up ahead, but lets remain cautious Venta."
Venta agreed.
"Right, I can't sense any either. Though if those guys that attacked Yuno-san are after the Magic Stones as well. They seem to have a good deal of members, and that scientist as well. I'm curious and fascinated at the same time that I am unsure of how to feel that some scientist wishes to use me in some experiments."
Nero glanced at Venta, who kept a straight face, though she wondered what else he was thinking about.
Going further into the cavern, taking twists and turns, it was easy to get lost within such a large place. The Mana in the area as well was causing it difficult to keep sensing for those that weren't experienced or had poor sensing, and for more experienced they had to put in more effort.
Venta gently raised his hand and petted her bird head.
"If we gain this Magic Stone, one step closer to freeing you."
Nero gave an admiring look towards him, as they continued on.
"Though you have your own things in your life...you're still willing to help me. Even though it is dangerous."
"Well, you've helped me, and besides, I think that you don't deserve to be as you are now, you were only trying to save people. I can very much get behind that." As he spoke, they came to a large thick stone wall. "...This wall, it seems to not be naturally made."
"You mean made with Mana don't you?"
Nero asked, but she already knew the answer herself, as she saw Venta coming to the same conclusion.
"Yes, someone was here at some point. Perhaps they were protecting the stone a long time ago, as these caverns have seen better days. I doubt many people have come here over...I'd say maybe fifty years, maybe even more."
"This location was quite hidden so I don't doubt it."
Venta charged up the gravity around his fist.
Staring at the wall before him, he swing his fist out as he called "Gravity Magic, Annihilation Fist!" and smashed deep into the wall. As he did, he released his gravity in a good pulse wave of it, causing it to destabilize and shatter like glass.
Scattering before him, the pieces of rubble fell into the room.
Venta moved the light source he had, and illuminated the room for their eyes only.
It was a large room. On the walls were different markings, drawings. Nearby, Venta could see that some treasure was laid out. It had dust on it, so Venta presumed it had been there for a good long while now.
He moved closer to it, seeing different coins and jewels. He bent down and picked one of them up, he held the jewel within his hand, and thought that it looked rather nice, so he pocketed it for the moment.
"None of these are the Magic..." He paused when he sensed something. "Oh, we're getting even closer."
Venta bypassed the treasure for the moment, and followed his senses.
Then as he moved across the room, Venta felt something down below.
"It's down...buried."
Venta placed his hand out, and caused his Magic to shoot into the ground and like a shovel would do, his Magic dug up the ground several times, taking large chunks out of it with ease.
Then after half a minute of digging, Venta stopped as he saw something within the dirt.
Placing his hand out, he caused the shining thing to float up towards them.
Venta saw that it was a white coloured jewel, Venta took it in his hand and twirled it through his fingers, before holding it to his eyes to examine it.
"Feels like it's a Magic Stone, gonna confirm for me Nero?"
Nero nodded, as she looked over it.
"It's a Magic Stone, no doubt."
Venta caused the Magic Stone to go towards his pants pocket, making sure to seal it up so it would be safe.
"We've locked a Magic Stone in the bag~"
"Yes...we've collected this one, I'm glad."
"As I said, one step closer Nero. Now we should..." As Venta spoke he felt the presence of others coming. "This can't be a coincidence, I can sense a good few Mage's coming here right now. Something tells me it is the same group that's been causing trouble for a little while now."
Nero furrowed her brows.
"But why would they be after the Magic Stones?"
"Hopefully, they're just after me. But if they are after the stone, we'll have to find out why that is."
As Venta said it, he felt them coming closer, so he readied himself.
Standing with his body facing to the side, readying to lunge forward at any moment.
Half a minute later, the group finally came.
Seeing several people walking inside, Venta could see that they had good levels of Mana, nowhere near the level of Captains, but they were blessed by Mana. And then he saw a young woman wearing a witches outfit, riding on a broom, with blonde hair.
Her eyes looked towards Venta's form, looking at his side profile, running from the top of his head, to the tips of his toes, and everything that was in between, and she began smacking her lips together in a sensual manner.
"My oh my, look at this. A handsome young man and here I thought that this would be boring."
Venta raised an eyebrow at the sight before him.
"Thanks, nice to meet you. I'd like for you to stop before you start attacking me."
The young woman let out a small laugh.
"Oh, that's not something you have to concern yourself with, but if you'd like to give yourself to me, then I'll be sure to make sure you're well protected. Besides, I've always had a thing for cute younger men, so would you give me a compliment as well?"
Venta overlooked her, seeing that she looked to be waiting in anticipation.
"Eh...your outfits cool."
Venta mused, glancing at Nero, she just looked perplexed by what this woman was asking for.
The young woman however then let out a cute squealing sound.
"Ooh! That's sweet young man! My name is Catherine, would you date someone a bit older than you are?"
"Well, I'm up for many things."
Catherine ran her tongue across her bottom lip in a seductive manner.
"You are cute, and you have such broad shoulders. I also like your broad back, and your toned chest as well. Work out do you? Even your hip area...it looks really good, I wouldn't mind seeing what you look like underneath there. So forget the fighting, why don't we go and find a place for us to become better acquainted? Don't worry, I'll take care of you."
Venta thought that she was joking at first.
But it was clear that Catherine didn't seem to be joking anymore. Especially with the wink she gave him at the end of her words. The look in her eyes were on of seduction and teasing, he knew the look from Vanessa very well, but unlike Vanessa who had sincerity behind her actions, with Catherine it felt more dark.
Venta then turned to Catherine who waved energetically towards him.
"Erm...well, while you are pretty..."
"Eep! You called me pretty! You're on my happy list!"
Venta slowly nods with a strained smile.
"That's great, but you're with a group that has been causing problems. If you give up now, I promise to make sure you aren't put in too much trouble."
"That's really sweet of you, but I can't do that. However, if you want, I can speak to my boss, and he'd probably want a cute Mage like you around, I know I certainly would." As she said the last part, she winked at the perplexed Venta, causing Nero to become vexed. "Looking at you even closer, you have such strong levels of Mana, but I also sense something weird about you. But that makes me all the more curious. Can I touch you..."
As she said it, Nero wasn't having any of it, and flew off Venta's body and shot for Catherine.
Even Venta was surprised as Nero slammed into Catherine's face, and pecked at her eyes.
"Aaaah! You stupid bird! Get off me!"
Catherine waved her hands around and tried to swat Nero out of the air, but she couldn't be touched.
Nero then flew up, and behind Catherine, grabbing her hair, and dragged her down.
"Aaaaah! My hair!"
Venta used this chance to apply his Magic to Nero to add to the dragging down of the witch girl, as he saw some of the subordinates she had attempting to attack Nero, but he blocked their attempts with a shield of Gravity around Nero activated within a moment.
Nero forced Catherine to hit the ground hard, and then she flew off back to Venta, as he shot forward, Nero landed on his head and held on tight as his fists went out to the Mage's, gravity adding onto then, and blasted them through a wall, two Mage's instantly being defeated before they could get anywhere close to him.
One Mage tried to fire off some ice, but Venta repelled it with his magic, sending it right back, and caused the ice to slice through the opponents body.
Catherine, recovering from Nero's attack, got to her feet, and saw Venta up close and persona with her.
Her fingers went out to touch him, but he grabbed her wrist, something that she blushed at.
"Ooh, your touch is so tender~ Care to explore more?"
Catherine gave a sultry wink.
Venta immediately let go of her wrist, and jumped back as Catherine caused her Magic to swirl around her. He didn't know fully what it was up close, so he put distance between them as he felt something was off about it.
Catherine's Magic danced majestically, as some of her subordinates rallied around her.
"You're strong, and your Mana feels so delectable. So what do you say? I'd like a younger man that would love me~"
"I feel like you'd probably try and kill me at some point though."
Catherine's eyes darkened as she raised her hand into the air.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of you now!" Creating a dark cloud within her hand, she turned it on Venta. "Ash Curse Magic, Ash Absorbing Formation!"
From her hand, multiple blasts of dark ash came for Venta.
"Curse Magic..."
Venta mused as he raises his hand.
Magic circulates his form, before he chants himself.
"Gravity Creation Magic, Repelling Shield!"
A beautiful shield of purple energy appears before him, and Catherine's spell is bounced right back at high speeds. They fly all over the area, with them striking some of the Mage's that were with Catherine, absorbing their youth and their Mana.
"So she uses Curse Magic like that. Venta, be cautious."
Nero warned, as Venta nodded.
Catherine looked at the subordinates that she drained Mana out of, and felt her power increasing as a result.
However, taking her eyes off Venta for a few moments proved to be a mistake as he appeared before her, his hand raised to swat her down with his Magic before she could respond, though the subordinates that she had left all jumped Venta, firing off a myriad of magical attacks, allowing Catherine to pull away.
Seeing them all coming in, Venta quickly activated some Magic to enhance his body, weaving through the spells. Even the Mage's were stunned by how quickly he was going, and how he dodged them at such close range.
"Gravity Magic, Repelling Force!"
Swinging his arms out, Venta released a pulse shockwave around his body, which caught the Mage's up in them. Their Magic's couldn't save them, and they were then blasted back away from him, slamming in different places within the cave itself.
Catherine looked shocked at seeing all of the Mage's going down in a single attack.
"Fortunately, these ones haven't been enhanced so they weren't much a problem."
Catherine looked on, seeing Venta crack his knuckles.
Seeing the Mage's taken down so easily, she knew Venta wasn't weak.
That he had a good deal of power behind him, and he was also quite strong.
She had to think carefully or she was going to be down and out.
"So, you're going to fight me? I am Catherine, a strong witch that will not allow you to escape with your life. Of course, if you're willing to become my personal...dance partner, then I'll let you come home with me right now."
"That's...nice, I suppose. But I'd rather ask why you're here. Did you come here for me?"
"I've been waiting for a handsome man all my life, so in a sense, yes."
Venta sweat dropped.
"Why else did you come here?"
"As if I could say."
Venta rolled his hands, as he allowed his Magic to swirl around him once more.
"Then you can tell me later on."
Shaking his head, he went to move, when he felt something behind him.
Looking, he saw several Mage's coming out of a portal.
At the same time, another one appeared before Catherine.
"Wait!"
Venta snapped his fingers, and caused the gravity to strengthen all around the portal, causing it to collapse before Catherine could go inside.
"Y-You affected even Spatial Magic?!"
Catherine yelled out, Venta gave a no nonsense stare.
"It seems so Catherine. Now come quietly."
"You naughty boy."
Venta raised an eyebrow, seeing how Catherine was suddenly smirking in a dangerous manner.
"Yes well, come with me and your punishment shall be less severe."
"But, I can't right now, maybe one day~ And that hard thing in your pants, if you want to give it to me, I'd be grateful~"
Venta blushed at the innuendo that she used.
He knew she meant the Magic Stone, but from her words, and tone, it sounded like she wished for something else.
"Eeeh...no, I can't give you that."
"Please, I'll be a good little witch if you did give it to me."
"Sorry, can't do that."
As he said it, the Mage's that came through the other portal shot off their Magic's for him.
Feeling their intense powers, Venta allowed his Magic to swell, and swirl, causing it to erupt outwards from him. As he called "Gravity Magic, Shockwave Pulse!" a giant purple blast of energy came from him. Using gravity all compressing into a mass, he released it out, and blasted the enemies attacks, causing them to go flying back due to the repelling aspect of the spell, and sent them smashing into the ground, the ceiling, everywhere that wasn't near Venta.
As the shockwave continued, Catherine thought that this would be a good time to launch an attack from behind, so she summoned her Ash Curse Magic.
But before she could release it, Nero turned towards her, and glared at her, then Venta kicked the ground, causing it to uproot, and fired off several large rocks towards Catherine, who took out a broom and flew up as high as she could to avoid them all.
"Ooh crap!"
However, one caught her, and slammed her down into the ground, causing her to wince.
As she did that, the other Mage's that had been sent all were repelled by his attack, sending them into the walls like the Magic's before them.
"That's the end of that..."
Venta exhaled slowly, readying to turn to Catherine, when he saw from the portal, a large condensed tornado of wind erupted forward. It felt stronger than the ones that had attacked him, and more importantly, it looked as if he was being attacked by a big step up from the rest of them.
Reacting in time, Venta raised his hand, causing a shield of repelling energy to appear.
But as he did, he saw from the winds, an intense burst of fire also came ripping through, combining with the wind, and merged to become something stronger, a flaming tornado that headed right for his body.
"These feel strong, stronger than what I've seen until this point."
Seeing the strong Mana, Venta raised his own higher to deal with the threat.
As he did, he saw Catherine try once more to attack him from behind, so this time he caused the flames and winds to bend around his form via his Gravity Magic and the amounts bending around him went right for Catherine, who let out a cry, and got hit in her torso, sending her down into the ground once more.
"Ow..."
Catherine moaned as she looked down at her body, seeing that she had been injured.
Venta, seeing the two attacks still coming for him, channeled more and more power through him, before he unleashed it before him, the intense wave of gravity coming from him obliterated the area he stood in and the full force of his repelling spell sent the two attacks right back at the portal they were coming out of.
Quickly, the portal closed, as the Magic blasted through solid rock, causing the area to become unstable.
Large cracks in the ceiling appeared, and were only getting larger by the moment, and he saw that the Mage's that were around trying to escape, but the rocks began crushing them.
Venta grit his teeth, and formed a sphere around Catherine.
"W-What..."
Catherine murmured, as he flung his hand towards the exit, carrying Catherine along.
Venta tried to help some others, but they rejected his help and attacked him.
So Venta defended himself, which caused them to be crushed.
Venta snapped his fingers, causing several of the treasures around to be carried up, as he also flung himself out of the area.
Going fast through the collapsing caves, Nero looked at him.
"Venta, these people are dangerous. We need to think carefully on our next move."
"Yes, you're right. Though they didn't get the Magic Stone. Still, I don't know if they're after that, or me, or both. They could have sensed the stone when they came for me, or they came for the stone and I happened to be here in the way."
"Yes, without them being able to speak now that they tried to kill you and wound up getting killed themselves. But those two Mana's that fired at you through the portal, they felt a cut above the rest."
"The flames feel so familiar, like when I was with Sol-chan. And the other one, the wind spell...the Mana coming from that was also high. Geez, who are these people, and what do they want?"
"I don't know..."
As they continued flying out of the cave, Venta sensed Mana up ahead where Catherine is, so he picked up the pace.
By the end of the cave, he saw Catherine entering a portal.
"Next time, I'd like to have even more fun with you sweetheart~"
Venta cringed, and tried to get to her.
But she stepped through and disappeared.
Though he noticed as he did, she seemed to look pale, so he had caused her a good deal of damage to the point that he'd not be attacked again by her at least for a little while.
Landing outside of the cave, Venta pulled out the Magic Stone, and looked at it deeply.
"Well, if they were after this, I put a damper on their plans."
"Indeed. Now we've got this stone, it's best if we keep hold of it."
"Yeah, no telling what someone could do if they got a hold of it." Venta looked towards the treasure he created, and saw a necklace, so he pulled that out, and equipped the Magic Stone to it, hanging it around his neck, and under his shirt so it wasn't so obvious he had it. "There, suits me, right?"
Nero gave an intrigued stare as Venta showed a small smile on his face.
Nero soon felt her face turning into a small little smile.
Accomplishing this together, the pair looked at the cave once more, before taking off, glad that they had gotten this Magic Stone, as Venta had said, one step closer to their goal. Now, he thought about going to see Asta and Yuno, to see what they were doing.
As that went on, Mimosa and Noelle walked together to their familiar training sight. Both had letters in their hands, and both looked well rested. After having a casual breakfast together, they wondered what was going to be happening today.
"I got this letter last night, did you Mimosa?"
Noelle showed her a letter that she had received.
Mimosa nodded.
"Yes, Venta-kun sent me one as well."
"Venta-kun huh?"
Mimosa's cheeks began to turn red at Noelle's slight tease.
"I-It isn't like that! I meant to say Venta-san!"
"Well, whatever you want to call him, it seems odd. He said that he'd be out of town for today but we should come here. Wonder what for."
Mimosa didn't know either.
But as they pulled closer, they saw something very odd.
It was a floating piece of paper.
Several in fact.
Alone with a letter written there.
It wasn't kept up by the winds, as they'd be all over the place.
No, it was like gravity around that area in particular was keeping them in the same place.
Floating, but not too high.
"What's that?"
Noelle asked, Mimosa shrugged as she got in close.
Reaching out, she felt a very subtle change in the gravity.
But nothing that would cause harm.
Grabbing the contents of the mini gravity area, she took the letter and read it aloud.
"Dear Mimosa-san and Noelle-san, I'll be gone perhaps for a few days or maybe longer, I'm not sure just yet. Until then, I've left some lessons about Reinforcement Magic that I think would be great help to both of you. Boosting your leg strength, and Mana Skin, both are quite good and are useful in a fight so I hope that it goes well in learning it. See you soon, from Venta."
Mimosa smiled while Noelle took some of the papers.
"Damn, seems to be quite detailed. Wonder where he went?"
Mimosa raised an eyebrow.
"Why do you ask?"
Noelle's face turned slightly red as she shook side to side.
"No reason at all!"
"Are you sure Noelle?"
Noelle acted like a royal, and waved a hand through her hair.
"Of course, it isn't anything for me to worry about at all. But enough about me, you're the one with a crush, right?"
Mimosa's face flew through several shades of red, unable to even look at Noelle.
"I-I don't!"
"It's fine, I mean I'm not sure why..."
Noelle lied, as she could understand why exactly Mimosa did feel the way that she did.
She just couldn't express her feelings all that well.
She herself also felt like Venta was very reliable.
Even now, when he wasn't there, he was still trying to help them.
And that act alone was more than enough for Noelle to feel happy.
As she couldn't remember anyone else, besides Mimosa, ever doing something like this for her.
Going so far for her.
And by the look on Mimosa's face, it was clear that she had a big crush on Venta.
She just wasn't sure how she was going to say it.
Retiring for the day, Venta went back towards Hage, since it was rather close. Plus it allowed him to see Asta and Yuno once more, even Sister Lily, among others. He always did like being in towns such as Hage, as it felt more of what he did enjoy.
When he approached the village, he noticed off to the side, that Yuno was practising. He saw from a distance that a tornado of wind was erupting, Venta could tell that she had a new spell, and it was quite powerful from what he could feel.
Even the area around her was beginning to be blown towards the tornado of wind.
So he approached her, moving passed the village, and made it towards Yuno who was concentrating hard.
"Yuno-san."
Yuno jumped, and the towering wind tornado suddenly lost its stability, and those things within the winds were being forced down to the ground like heavy rain.
Before they could, Venta flicked his hand out, and a small line of purple laced each item, as they simply hovered in the air. It was rather beautiful to see in Yuno's eyes, as Venta placed them down onto the ground.
"Sorry, didn't mean to make you jump."
Venta expressed, but Yuno shook her head.
"I was so concentrated on the spell, that I didn't even consider that someone might be approaching. That was my error."
Venta thought the way she spoke was rather cute.
"It isn't an error. Though that spell, been keeping that hidden from me, have you?"
Venta lightly teased the young girl who fiddled with her fingers as a result.
"...Well, it isn't like I've been hiding it."
"It's okay, I was only kidding. But still, that was pretty great Yuno-san, you're a very fast learner, and your strength is great. So, ready to have a fight yet?"
Yuno showed a rare smile as she shook her head.
"I don't think I'm ready for that yet. Though Venta-kun, perhaps you could help me in some ways."
"Sure, what do you need help with?"
Yuno looked at the objects around, before gathering her winds around her.
"I need help with accuracy and being able to respond faster. Could you help with me that? Asta is also training really hard, and if I have a chance to beat her, then I'll have to be faster than her Anti Magic Swords."
Venta could clearly understand what she was feeling at that time.
He didn't have a problem providing help, so he began using his Magic to lift the objects in the area.
"By the way Venta-kun..."
Venta tilted his head at the young girl.
"Yes?"
"About what Asta says...about wanting to marry you..."
Yuno began…
But then she stopped, and seemed rather embarrassed for reasons Venta was curious about.
"What about it? It's rather cute that she says things such as that, right?"
"I...I guess. Though if it causes you some worry..."
"Not at all. It's rather endearing. Asta-sans rather cute when she says it."
"Asta's...cute, huh. Usually, I find the shorty kind of annoying."
Venta stifled a small laugh.
"Even though you say that, I can tell you immensely care for her."
"I do, doesn't mean that I can't get some of my teases in."
"No, it certainly doesn't~ So I'm ready-"
"VENTA-KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!"
Asta came running up, with dust being swept up behind her due to the extreme speeds she was going.
Yuno adopted a small scowl as Asta jumped and landed within Venta's arms.
Wrapping her legs around his torso, she placed her head against his shoulder, and hugged him tightly. He responded by placing his arm underneath her so she didn't fall, and his other hand on her back, stroking gently.
"Asta-san, you're very excited."
"Venta-kun! You're here! You're actually here! Did you come and see me? Ooh by the way, lets get married!"
Venta chuckled, while Yuno moved forward, and with the most casual face ever, peeled Asta off of Venta's body.
"Stop it shorty."
Asta scowled and looked to Yuno, and tried to grab her arm to get her off.
But Yuno was quick and managed to move, evade out of each attempt to Venta's amusement.
"Yuno! Don't come between Venta-kun and my relationship! But, maybe that's what you want so you can steal him for yourself! Don't try it before Sister Lily and I have had a chance to wed Venta-kun!"
Yuno exhaled slowly.
"You can't have Sister Lily marry Venta-kun."
"Why?!"
"Because she is a nun, she cannot become someone's wife."
"Eeeh, but that doesn't mean anything if it is love! Even Sister Lily knows that! Anyway, trying to hog Venta-kun to yourself! Is this another part of our rivalry?"
Yuno, in a surprising move, pulled closer, and wrapped her arms around Venta's own, igniting a funny rage within Asta where she would grab her hair, and pull at it several times. As for Venta, he could feel her soft breasts enveloping his arm, something Yuno also noticed, but didn't comment on it.
"Perhaps that it is. Though I don't mind, because I like Venta-kun."
Venta was surprised that Yuno actually admitted that she liked him.
It didn't seem to be a slip of the tongue either.
As he saw that she looked embarrassed to say it.
Asta looked infuriated that Yuno had said it and gave a sharp stare.
"Even I like him very much! And he's my husband! Future husband! So surrender Venta-kun!"
"No."
Yuno's one word reply caused Asta to jump Venta from his other side, and took his arm.
"Yuno! Don't be selfish! This is my chance at happiness!"
"Perhaps it is mine as well."
Yuno shot back, Asta huffed.
"Fine, we'll both marry Venta-kun! But I marry him first!"
"That doesn't even make sense short stuff, since I met him first."
"I asked him first! You haven't asked a single time!"
"Because I don't ask boys I've only just met straight away to marry me."
Yuno sweat dropped as she said it, Asta huffed.
"That's because I knew right away that he was the one for me."
"Hmmm, regardless if I did or didn't, it doesn't mean a thing."
Yuno's cool reply caused Asta to wriggle around, gaining puppy dog like eyes as she stared up at Venta's form.
"Venta-kun...lets cuddle and stuff, okay?"
Yuno's eyebrows knitted together, before she pulled Venta closer.
"Sorry Asta, but Venta-kun is going to be cuddling me after we train."
"No he isn't! You're saying that to annoy me!"
"Perhaps I am."
Asta's bottom lip trembled, while she kept up the argument with Yuno.
Venta thought that the pair were rather cute together when they did things like this.
Meanwhile, Catherine arrived back at the hideout of their organization, and placed her hands together as Sally was asked to heal her.
Sally didn't really care about healing her right away, but was intrigued to know more about Venta, so she listened quietly to the witch.
"That boy is so delectable and such a sweetheart. Even though I was the enemy, he placed my safety above his own and then helped me get out of there. He's got such honest and pure eyes, with a hint of naughtiness within them~"
"That's great, now tell me about the Magic..."
Sally asked, but Catherine continued on in a different direction than the one that Sally wished to have.
"Ooh my, and his Mana...that sensual Mana, I'd love to absorb some from him. I felt it as I got close to him, when he touched my wrist, it transmitted through me and I could feel the power...ooh my, it was fantastic..."
"Awesome, so now will you tell me about his Magic?"
"Ooh, and his piercing eyes, ooh my, such amazingly cute look in his eyes. Passionate, powerful..."
Sally released a small sigh.
"Wonderful, so about the Magic..."
Sally pressed, but even then it seemed that Catherine was in her own little world as she spoke more and more about Venta. It seemed due to his Mana and how the fight went, she had developed something of a desire to drain his Mana and receive more compliments from him, and she couldn't decide which one she wished to feel more.
As they spoke, a pink haired young woman happened to be coming by.
She paused when she saw Sally and Catherine.
The former was waving quite energetically, while the latter looked stunned as the pink haired girl stared at her.
She didn't say anything, and merely left, dragging more questions up than ever before on what that was about.
That evening, generously, the citizens of Hage allowed Venta to stay for the evening before he had to head back to his own base, so Venta got set up within a small room. It didn't bother him, even with the makeshift bed on the floor, that was more than he could have asked for and that was good enough for someone like Venta.
While Venta was alone in his bedroom, he heard a knocking at the door.
He felt no Magic, so he knew who it was right away.
"Come in Asta-san."
Asta did just that, opening the door in a surprisingly shy manner.
It was something that he wasn't used to seeing from the hyperactive girl.
He also saw that she was wearing a very short top that exposed her toned midriff and short shorts that hugged her lower body.
Her hair gave her a cute appeal as it was mostly messy but looked to be quite like how Asta was, a wild girl at heart.
"Asta-san, something on your mind?"
"I'm glad that you're here! B-Because I thought that because we might be married, we could share a room together!"
"Share a room huh?" Venta mused, Asta nodded strongly. "Would Sister Lily be okay with that?"
Asta tilted her head in a cute manner.
"Eh? Why wouldn't she? She also understands that our relationship is important! So, can I stay in here with you?"
Venta didn't have a problem with it.
Though he didn't want her to get in trouble with Lily, knowing how...she could react.
"If you're sure you don't mind about Sister Lily."
"I don't, it's all good! So can I?"
Asking with the cutest of looks to her, she gave a puppy like expression that caused even Venta to blush at the sight.
He petted the side of himself, so Asta shot to him at high speeds, and sat close to him. She seemed to almost become a statue, she didn't move even a muscle.
"Asta-san, you okay?"
"I've never been in bed with a boy before!"
She yelled energetically.
But that also displayed her shyness at the situation.
"Well, it's alright. We can take it slow."
"Y-Yes!" Asta turned her body robotically towards Venta, who gave a cheery wave right towards her, causing her face to burn bright red. "V-Venta-kun! W-We really will be in bed together! A-And because of that, i-is it alright if I hug you too?!"
"Sure, we can hug-"
No sooner as he said that, Asta's arms wrapped around Venta's body.
Feeling her chest push against his body, his cheeks turned slightly red with the size of her chest being rather deceptive due to her size, and were rather big when this close.
Asta's eyes then went up towards Venta, who peered down at her.
Her starry eyes and his met one another, as his fingers gently brushed against her face.
Asta's cheeks burned red at the feeling, as she took his hand and pressed it against her face even more, to feel the warmth of his skin and the gentleness to his touch.
"Venta-kun...tell me, you know more about other places than I do, what's it like to be married?"
"I couldn't say, because I've never been married."
"I guess...I just wanna be the best kind of wife! With the best kind of husband!"
Venta thought that was very sweet.
"Say Asta-san, say we get married, what then?"
"What then? What do you mean?"
"Marrying me, what do you want to do after that?"
Asta's face went through several shades of red.
Venta did wonder what Asta had in mind for after if they ever did get married.
Asta then let out a cute squeal.
"We'd do a lot together! If we get married, then we'll be a family Venta-kun!"
"A family huh."
"Yeah, and we'd be together everyday or as much as possible. We'd settle down and...aaah, Venta-kun, there's nothing like it, you know? The thought of being with someone forever and loving that person! That's why, I want it to be you Venta-kun! Lets get married...we'd be the best together, I just know it."
"That does sound nice."
"Doesn't it? It is going to be the best ever! Being married, being Magic Knights together, then the Wizard King and Queen." Venta chuckled at that part. "Eh, what's funny?"
"I don't know if it works like that."
"But if I became the Wizard Queen, then I could make it like that? And even if I can't, I'll still call you my Wizard King!"
Venta lightly smiled.
Seeing Asta's honest and pure way to speaking, he could find himself really liking someone like Asta.
So he bent down and lightly kissed Asta on the cheek, sending Asta's face through several shades of red.
"V-Venta-kun..."
"Did you like it?"
Asta became peppy and jumped up, landing on Venta's lap, as she allowed her arms to go around his neck.
"I loved it! So does that mean you accept becoming my husband!? I'll do my best and be the best wife!"
"Asta-san, that's really sweet-"
Before he could finish, there was a knock at the door.
[Venta-san, it seems that Asta-san has gone missing. Have you seen her?]
It was Sister Lily.
Venta went to answer, when Asta did instead.
"Sister! I'm just in here with my future husband!"
The door flung open immediately.
Lily walked in, her cheeks burning red as she saw the position that Asta was in with Venta. How her arms were still around Venta's neck, and how her body was resting on his lap. All of it burned into her mind.
"A-Asta-san, w-what are you doing?!"
"I'm just sleeping with my future husband! Come Sister, join in!"
Lily's bottom lip quivered while Venta knew what was about to come.
"Say Asta-san, you might want to duck."
"Eh? Why?"
Venta raised an eyebrow as he ducked.
Asta tilted her head, as Lily yelled "Indecent!" and allowed a large water fist to come out.
Asta let out a cry and hugged Venta for dear life, who raised his hand and blocked the attack.
"Asta-san! Venta-san! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to do that!"
Lily apologized profusely, while Asta shook her head.
"That's okay Sister! Now please come over and lets all go to bed together!"
"I-I can't Asta-san! I'm of the cloth!"
"Well, that's okay! We can both be of Venta-kun's cloth!"
Venta believed he understood what Asta was saying and if he was right then he found it to be quite funny.
Sister Lily also seemed to be perplexed by what was going on as well.
"What does that mean?"
"It means...ugh...it means that we can both be with Venta-kun! In his cloth! Otherwise known as-"
"No! I can't! Asta-san! You and Venta-san is...it is….eeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!"
Lily turned and ran out of the room as she became too flustered.
Venta glanced at Asta who tilted her head left and right.
"Eh...seems like Sister Lily seems to be quite energetic about something's. Aah well, that means it is more for me and you Venta-kun! Without Yuno or anyone! Just me and you!"
Asta pushed Venta down onto the bed, and hovered above him.
Venta smiled up at her, as Asta allowed her head to rest on his chest. Snuggling against his body, Venta stroked the back of her head as she whispered "Good night future husband~" Venta felt a small smile appear on his lips.
"Good night Asta-san."
Asta smiled into the feelings that she felt, and decided to stay with someone that she cared for so much.
She even felt his arms going around her.
This...was a very good day for her indeed.
In another part of the Clover Kingdom, four people had gathered together. One was Fana, and the other three stayed hidden in the shadows. One was huge, almost like a hulking monster, one had long black hair with patches of white mixed within, and the last one was the leader of the group.
Their names were Vetto, Rhya, and Patolli respectably.
Fana didn't say anything as their leader spoke.
"Why did we send someone like Catherine to gain the Magic Stone?"
"We weren't aware that he was going to be there. And we were tied up with other things at the time. We thought that it would be a straight forward operation to quickly recover the stone and then bring it back here. We couldn't have known he'd also had found out about it. Seems like he's causing us more problems than staffing shortages lately."
Rhya spoke in a particular lazy manner.
The large hulking one slammed his hands together.
"Why didn't you send me? I'd love to have a crack at him! I'll crack his skull wide open!"
Fana's deadly eyes went towards him when he said that.
But she didn't say anything as they continued.
"It matters not, the fact that we've lost a Magic Stone now means that our plans..."
Patolli showed an annoyed expression on his face.
Rhya waved his hand to the side.
"Too bad it wasn't a pretty girl. But even then, when Fana and I attacked him, he was able to even block our Magic's, and repel it. Talk about strong, maybe we should have him join our group. Besides if memory serves Fana, then that boy is-"
He stopped cold when Fana glared at him.
Flames erupted around her, showing that she wasn't messing around.
Rhya left it alone, so Fana turned down the flames as their leader looked between tbem.
"As it stands, Rhya. Everyone. One Magic Stone has been taken from us, and we also have to get it back. However, right now we cannot afford to launch an attack directly. When the time comes, which means that we'll also have to gain new members." Patolli spoke up in a dreading manner. "Fana, this kind of fight. Are you prepared? Because that boy-"
"He is our enemy, he is my enemy. That's all that matters."
She said it in a very cold and unforgiving manner.
Yet at the same time, it seemed that there was something more to Fana than was being expressed.
Whatever it was, Patolli wished for her to be able to push aside what it was that she was feeling.
Even in her enraged state after being brought back…
Whenever Venta was mentioned, directly or not, Patolli saw something within her sparking.
A flame that was ready to be ignited.
And if it did spark...even he didn't know what Fana was truly going to do.
End chapter!
So this chapter dealt with Venta getting a Magic Stone, and having some people launch an attack on him, but he managed to evade and break through their attacks, it seems even a certain witch has a little weird thing for him now. Asta also seems to be stepping up her game a bit more and while that's going on, Mimosa and Noelle are doing their best.
Fana also seems to be staying unusually quiet during the talk at the end.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Venta; Mimosa, Vanessa, Secre, Dorothy, Rebecca, Asta (fem), Yuno (fem), Noelle, Elf Fana, Mereoleona, Nebra, Sol, Sally, Grey, Charmy, Charlotte,