Ryoto was walking towards the Black Bulls base with a stern look on his face. Mimosa had explained to him the different things Asta had done in the past and what he was capable of doing. The only annoying part was that she would often go on rants about how amazing he was.

'This is bad.' Thought Ryoto 'luckily it hasn't gotten out of control yet because of the immense amount of mana in the kingdom, but even so there's a good chance that...I didn't think of this as a possibility...'

Ryoto then rushed forwards, breaking down the door and running past some of the Black Bulls that were in the main hall at a speed they couldn't see. They could only sense his magical presence for a split second as he jumped up on the roof and jumped forward.

The Black Bulls saw the door collapse and then sensed a presence. However they didn't see a thing. Yami was on the toilet, Vanessa was on the couch sipping on wine, Charmy was making something for lunch, and Luck and Magna were outside fighting.

Ryoto ran through the halls jumping and running on the walls, leaving small craters where he stepped. He looked through each room. Then he finally found Asta's room. Noelle was asleep on a wooden chair with her head laying back and her arms crossed.

Ryoto then shifted from his place and appeared in front of Asta. He placed a hand on his head and clicked his tongue. He fell to the floor.

Meanwhile

Asta had woken up in a dark cavernous space. It was dark with little light. The walls of rock leading to a circular altar with stairs leading up to it. Chains rattled from the altar. Liebe was chained down at the altar and had started to move around.

"Liebe!" Yelled Asta, getting to his feet and rushing towards the altar "what happened?"

"I...I don't know." Said Liebe as Asta tried to break the chains "I can't remember what happened."

'So...would you like to save him?' Asked a voice

Asta and Liebe looked towards the same place where Asta had woken up. A large black bird made up of flames landed on the ground. It's eyes are red and it's body is covered in black and blue fire. Asta recognized it as the bird who saved him at Hage.

"Hey, you're that bird!" Yelled Asta "How'd you get so big?!"

'You really are loud.' Said the bird

"You can talk?! I only know one bird that can talk!" Said Asta holding up a finger

"Hey a little help here!" Said Liebe

'I guess if you want I could go into a form that's more familiar to you.' Said the bird

The black bird then turned itself into a smaller bird. The same physical form that it took at Hage. The one that looked almost exactly like Nero.

"You look exactly like Nero!" Yelled Asta

'He really doesn't shut up.' Thought the bird 'screaming and yelling. Jeez.'

"Ahem!" Coughed the demon behind Asta "a little help here!"

"I have already told you. If you want to get him out then you'll have to listen to me." Said the bird "the fact that I'm a bird already irks me enough. But the fact that I'm a small bird just makes me hate this even more!"

"So what's going on here anyways?" Asked Liebe

"Hmph." Said the spirit "you'll find out soon enough. If you want to be strong enough to help Liebe then you should probably get started by fighting me."

"What?" Said Asta

"How do you know my name?" Asked Liebe

The spirit then grew into a giant bird casting a shadow downwards at Asta. Asta's demon slayer sword then fell down from the top of the ceiling.

"Pick up that sword and defeat me before the demon death ritual is done." Said the spirit "if not he'll die."

Asta then picked up the sword and jumped towards the spirit. The spirit shrunk and dodged his attack. It then grew and swung his wing at Asta making slashes of air go towards him. Asta slid underneath the slashes of air and jumped at the spirit once more.

"You've relied on the demon's power too much."Said the spirit "Remember that."

Asta then slashes at the bird spirit with the spirit dodging every single one. The spirit then shot feathers of flame at Asta. Asta hit the feathers back at the spirit making it chuckle.

"Interesting." Said the spirit "I should say that, although it was very little, you improved. I mean Vetto was an okay challenge for a beginner."

"Vetto? How do you know about-?"

"Everything from the first time you've used your demon powers up to now, I have knowledge of." Said the spirit

"But I didn't even reveal myself fully." Said Liebe

"It doesn't matter. As long as you had a connection to the host then I know." Said the spirit "demons stick to their host like a parasite. On rare occasions the demons unintentionally kill the host by taking all of their life force. As long as I can detect that string, then I know everything."

"Who are you?" Asked Asta as he hit his sword against the spirits wing

"I don't really have a name yet." Said the spirit as it pushed Asta back "I was summoned by Ryoto to be your spirit. I don't have a name. I only have a title. The bird of...aww…what was it again?"

"Well then how about I give you one?" Said Asta thinking for a moment "since you're a bird how about Sora?"

"Sora? I quite like that." Said the spirit "I guess my name is Sora."

"Well then Sora, do we still need to fight?" Asked Asta

"Of course. I haven't been able to fight in a while so I was warming up." Said Sora "Now I guess I should at least make it fair."

Sora then shrunk down to be only a bit taller than Asta and transformed into a tall beautiful young woman with medium length pink hair and light blue eyes. She wore a black robe and was barefoot.

"Ow...this hurts." Said Sora touching her foot

"Sora?" Said Asta

"That's me!" Said Sora poking her tongue out and holding up two fingers "this is my human form."

"You're a She?" Asked Liebe "you were so scary and serious that I thought-"

"Shut it!" Said Sora as she smacked his mouth closed

Sora then rushed at Asta quickly, kicking up his sword. She then grabbed his wrist and threw him into the wall. With a grunt Asta stood back up. He grabbed his sword and jumped forwards quickly at Sora hitting her in the center of her body and launching her back.

"Alright." Said Sora standing up "I think we're just about done here."

"What?" Asked Asta with a dumbfounded look on his face

'If we go any further...' Thought Sora as she walked towards him

"Instead let me take a look at these..." said Sora as she appeared next to Asta touching his abs "Hmm..."

"Umm...what are you doing?!" Asked Asta with an embarrassed face

"What's it look like I'm doing?" Said Sora

'Sister Lily!' Thought Asta as he clenched his teeth and blushed

"You were able to hit me with that much force...you have a well built body." Said Sora slightly drooling

"Hey Asta, you know I know you're kinda distracted right now but..You know if you could...You know if you aren't too busy...COULD YOU STOP THAT AND HELP ME? I'M DYING HERE!" Yelled Liebe

"O-oh right!" Said Asta trying to step towards the altar only to realize that he couldn't even move

"Oh you're not going anywhere!" Said Sora

'Oh help me! Sister Lily!' Thought Asta as Sora

"Liebe will be fine." Said Sora snapping her fingers "it was only an illusion."

The chains on Liebe then disappeared leaving him laid on top of the altar. However he still couldn't move.

"Hey what gives? I can't move!" Said Liebe

"Of course you can't!" Said Sora "I wouldn't want you getting in the way of my fun with Asta!"

Sora then moved behind Asta grabbing his arm and feeling him up. She then slid her hands under his shirt and started to slowly move them up to his pecs.

'Sister Lily! Remember Sister Lily Asta! Come on!' Thought Asta

"You might be short but you sure are strong!" Said Sora amazed

Asta seemed as if he was about to faint. Sora was holding him so that he wouldn't move and was also sliding her hand up and down his abs.

'Eeehhh?!' Thought Asta as he felt Sora's large breasts on his back 'SISTER LILY!'

"Hey Asta what's going on over there?" Asked Liebe "I can't really put my head up."

"Oh nothing really." Said Sora, "just a bit of fun."

"What's your definition of fun?!" Asked Liebe

"Oh nothing...just talking." Said Sora as she quite literally ripped off Asta's shirt.

"Aww...I hate to do this but I suppose I should get to work." Thought Sora

"Ah!" Yelled Asta

Sora then secreted a kind of liquid from the tips of her fingers. She spread the liquid all over Asta's chest from behind him. Asta felt a slight burning sensation all over his abs. It was a nice burn however. It was one that felt like a slight burn that cooled off the area it was on.

Asta began to relax into Sora's arms. She slowly made him levitate just above the ground. She straddled him, sitting on his waist. She took more of the liquid and rubbed it all over his pecs. Asta's face seemed to be sleepy and his entire body felt at peace, as if he was on clouds.

"That's it, just relax." Hushed Sora "leave it all to me."

"What's...happening?" Said Asta as he relaxed even more.

'I'm tempted, but maybe later. For now I just need to get it out of him.' Thought Sora as she massaged Asta 'Ryoto was not wrong. Not at all. Asta...You might be worth my time. You are quite powerful.'

"Hey don't ignore me!" Yelled Liebe

"Relax, let your body be loose." Said Sora "at this moment, this second, make sure to pay attention to me and only me."

"Seriously?" Said a voice behind Sora

"Ryoto. I see you're here." Said Sora

"And I see that you're having too much fun again." Said Ryoto stepping out of the shadows "you know he wasn't ready yet. So then why-"

"Shhhh..." Said Sora "he's sleeping."

"You are unbelievable sometimes you know that?" Said Ryoto

"Well you're not the boss of me anymore!" Said Sora sticking out her tongue

"I never was to begin with." Said Ryoto waving his hand up and down "but don't get carried away. You know that you're an exception for you know what."

"There's only a small chance of that happening." Said Sora "besides I know. I'll be careful."

"Will someone explain what is going on?!" Yelled Liebe

"Eh?" Ryoto Said as he turned around "so you're the demon? Gotta say I expected you to be much larger."

"Shut it!" Said Liebe standing up "who even are you anyways?"

"I'm Ryoto." Said Ryoto calmly, "nice to meet you. I'm guessing that you're the demon inside of Asta or his grimoire."

"Yeah I am." Said Liebe "I'm Liebe."

'Never thought I'd see this.' Thought Sora

"What're you doing to Asta?" Asked Liebe pointing at the magic knight that was laying in the air

"Right. Well this needs some explaining." Said Ryoto sitting down "you see...you are basically a parasite inside of Asta. Demons like yourself sometimes end up taking over the host, the host in this case being Asta. Asta has so far been fine. However, sooner or later you'll unintentionally end up either taking control of his mind or even killing him by leaking his life force. The reason we're here is because of the imbalance in power within Asta."

"I'm a parasite?" Asked Liebe

"Not completely. Unlike a parasitic demon, you don't really have much of a desire to take over his body. You're one of the few exceptions I've seen." Said Ryoto

"Where are we anyways?" Asked Liebe

"We are currently inside a kind of mind state." Said Ryoto "we're here to finish this peacefully."

"What are you talking about?" Asked Liebe

"Well currently," Said Ryoto, turning around to look at the sleeping Asta. "Asta here is undergoing a process. If he's successful, then everything should be fine. If not then he'll most likely die and you'll be expelled from his body. You'll end up in his grimoire for eternity or you'll end up in the physical world. I don't think we'd want either."

"What do you mean he'll die?! And the physical world?" Asked Liebe

"Indeed. Because of the amount of pressure from what we're taking out of him, his body could go into shock and he'll die shortly after. Doesn't matter what kind of powers he has, a human body is a human body. As for the real world" Said Ryoto, turning around to face Liebe "you'll most likely be hunted down and killed."

"What?" Asked Liebe

"You'll be hunted down and killed. No one will be able to do a thing and neither will you. You've noticed by now haven't you?" Asked Ryoto "your power to nullify magic. It's almost completely gone. It'll return. But it won't unless Asta wakes up. The thing is...even with those powers...you'd still die. If you do go into the real world, the people that will chase you down...they have the power to kill you. They've done it before and because of all the problems as of lately in the four kingdoms regarding demons. With your powers, people would go crazy and try to acquire that power for themselves."

"You know about that?" Asked Liebe "what happened in the spade kingdom?"

"Of course I do." Said Ryoto "I ate lunch while I watched you guys fight. I decided that if you needed help I would jump in. Since that didn't happen I ended up eating lunch and then just leaving. It was kinda entertaining. One thing, or should I say one person in particular, caught my attention."

"As if you could defeat those demons!" Said Liebe "it took us all we had to defeat them!"

"I can. I would have. I could've. I've taken down monsters three times the size of that demon Mereoleona fought. I've killed demons ten times more powerful than those that you've ever even seen. I'd rather not get too much into it." Said Ryoto with a serious face "I was trained to kill demons. Consider yourself lucky that you're a nice demon."

"Trained to kill...how? By who?" Asked Liebe

"Not allowed to say that." Said Ryoto "well now that I think about it I kinda am allowed..."

"Never mind that." Said Liebe "is there any way to help Asta?"

"No nothing really." Said Ryoto "don't worry though, I've got it covered."

"Don't worry about anything!" Said Sora "we've got it covered!"

The two then disappeared leaving Asta and Liebe there in the mind space. As Ryoto opened his eyes he looked up to see some of the Black Bulls there along with some of the members of the Coral Peacocks. Hayami was holding Ryoto's head up on her thighs, Kentaro was making a bet with Maimi and Dorothy was next to an impatient looking Mimosa who was looking over Asta and healing him. Both Asta and him were moved to the main hall. It was currently night time.

"Hey!" Said Hayami happily "you woke up!"

"Yeah." Said Ryoto weakly

"What happened?" Asked Dorothy, getting close to Ryoto's face "what're you doing here?"

"Uhm...well...I kinda...I might've... just talked to Asta." Said Ryoto

"What?" Asked Noelle "he's been asleep for days."

"Is Asta okay?" Asked Mimosa

"I'm doing something to make him feel better." Said Ryoto smiling "so far he's doing great."

"Thank goodness." Said Mimosa with a smile

"That's good." Said Noelle

"I've got a question." Said Yami pointing at Asta's head with a black and blue bird on it "what's with the bird?"

"Oh...well she's...I guess she's Asta's companion bird now." Said Ryoto with a slight smile, "Asta decided to name her Sora."

"What're you talking about?" Asked Nero as she got on top of Asta's head and slapped the other bird awake with her wing.

"Ow!" Yelled Sora "stupid bird!"

"It can talk?" Said Vanessa

"I'm not stupid." Said Nero calmly, "now move over you're in my spot."

"Ehh?!" Yelled Sora glaring at Nero "who do you think you are?!"

"I said you're in my spot. Now move." Said Nero passively

'I don't think I've ever seen Nero this angry before.' Thought Noelle

"Try it!" Said Sora

Nero then grew back to human form and threw Sora off his head. She then went back to bird form and sat on Asta's head.

"You aren't the only one who can do that!" Said Sora turning into human form.

It was slightly different from before. Her hair was still medium length and she still had blue eyes. However this time she was a bit taller.

"I touched Asta's abs! Ha! I bet you haven't done that!" Said Sora

Noelle and Mimosa looked at Sora with a surprised face.

'What the hell?!' Thought Noelle angrily holding her head

'Asta?! No!' Thought Mimosa 'she's g-gone all the w-way there already?!'

"Seems like you touched a nerve there." Said Ryoto "well anyways, we should probably get out of he-"

"Hey Ryoto! You bastard!" Yelled Mereoleona breaking down the door

"M-Mereoleona?!" Said Ryoto as she walked towards him "what happened to you?!"

Mereoleona seemed much younger. She seemed to be in her youth. With her hair reaching her mid back and her uniform slightly hanging off her arms. However she didn't appear to be incredibly young. Only a few years younger.

"What the hell is happening?!" Said Yami

"Okay let's just sit down and talk about this." Said Ryoto

A few moments later everyone sat down at the dining room and they decided to take turns to speak.

"Okay, I think we should first point out the obvious here..." said Dorothy looking at Mereoleona

"Yeah well...I can't say I know why I'm like this." Said Mereoleona "I just woke up and went to eat and then all of a sudden people started commenting on how young I look. I decided to look in the mirror and I see an eighteen year old me reflecting back. I thought Ryoto might have something to do with it."

"How old do you think you are?" Asked Ryoto pulling a paper from his pocket and opening it

"Around eighteen." Said Mereoleona

'Remember my favorite number!' Ryoto read from the note.

'Uh oh.' Thought Ryoto 'she's-!'

"Mereoleona...Yeah...you're...uh...seventeen." Said Ryoto

"She's what?" Asked Mimosa

"She's seventeen." Said Ryoto putting the note away "well anyways-"

"Why do you say that so calmly?!" Yelled Mereoleona

"I'll tell you later." Said Ryoto, looking at her seriously "anyways, who's next?"

"What the-?" Said Mereoleona

"I guess it's my turn now!" Said Sora excitedly "I'm Sora! I'm Asta's new companion!"

After introductions were made, the visitors decided to leave. They decided that they would talk more tomorrow. As the Coral Peacocks and Meroeleona stopped at a bar for a while, Hayami asked Ryoto a question.

"Ryoto? What's that mark on your shoulder? I saw it when we moved you." Asked Hayami

"Oh it's nothing." Said Ryoto scratching the back of his head.

"Let me see." Said Hayami as she stood up and pulled down his shirt slightly and looked at the scar "I don't think it's nothing. It's shaped really weirdly."

"Really I'm fine." Said Ryoto chuckling slightly

"I'm just glad you're okay." Said Hayami smiling

"Anyways!" Said Mereoleona, slamming her hands on the table "what the hell is up with me?!"

"Oh that..." Said Ryoto, "I think we should talk about that later."

"Later?" Asked Mereoleona

Hayami sat down next to Ryoto and began to examine the scar more. She ran her hands over his shoulder and arm.

'In a place like this?! Are you kidding me?!' Thought Mereoleona as she looked at Hayami 'wait, why should I care?'

Dorothy noticed the face of agitation on Mereoleona's face. She decided that she wanted to see how much she could get away with.

"Hey Ryoto." Said Dorothy with a smirk "come here."

Ryoto stood up, to Hayami's dismay, and walked over to Dorothy and sat down next to her. He looked at Dorothy with curiosity.

"Out of curiosity, have you ever kissed someone?" Asked Dorothy smirking

"What's that?" Asked Ryoto turning his head with curiosity as he stood up to get an apple juice.

Maimi and Kentaro burst out laughing. Kentaro slapped his knee and Maimi hit the table. Hayami and Mereoleona both looked in curiosity as to why Dorothy had asked that question.

'She isn't thinking of-?' Thought Mereoleona as she tightened her grip and gritted her teeth. 'I don't care. I couldn't care less if Ryoto-'

"Well since I don't know, can you explain-" Said Ryoto before slipping on the floor and crashing onto Dorothy

Their lips connected as Ryoto slipped. Dorothy's mind began to go into overdrive. Her eyes went into swirls and her mouth went agape. Out of surprise, Ryoto accidentally took out his tongue.

"I'm sorry!" Said Ryoto pushing himself off "I slipped-and-hey captain, are you okay?!"

Dorothy had begun to bleed from her nose and she began stammering. Her hands went to her head and she began to shake her head. Her eyes still went in swirls as she couldn't comprehend what had just happened.

"No fair!" Said Hayami pouting

"I rate it a ten out of ten. Great form, great posture, and above all else, they went above and beyond with the tongue." Said Kentaro in a drunken voice "what do you think Maimi?"

"It's like you took the words right out of my mouth Kentaro." Said Maimi in a drunk voice "Just like Ryoto went into her mouth!"

'Hmm?' Thought Mereoleona 'why is it that I feel this way?'

Mereoleona felt uneasiness in her stomach. She felt like she wanted to punch Dorothy for kissing him. She didn't know why. What she did know was that she didn't want to see him do that with Dorothy or anyone else for that matter.

'It's probably the thing that some people call puberty.' Thought Mereoleona as she clenched her fists 'yeah...that must be it.'

Mereoleona then stood up with a stomp and used her fire paw and grabbed Ryoto by the head, lifting him up. Putting a cloth over his mouth so he wouldn't talk, she took him out of the door without a word. On his way out he tossed a bag of coins at the table paying for the drinks they had.

"Where are you taking him?" Asked Dorothy from the door

"You don't have to know." Said Mereoleona stopping

"I'm his captain! Of course I have to-"

"Shut up." Said Mereoleona as she turned around and shot Dorothy a nasty glare "stay out of it. I'm not exactly happy with you right now."