Reviews are always appreciated, alright time to get into the story. Sorry if this is short, i just really want to get into this chapter. But, keep in mind that this chapter has some, shall we say, fucked up things in it.
Asta woke up, seeing himself in a new world. It was more of a void though. Similar to Liebe's world, but this one is deep blue, unlike Liebe's crimson red. Asta got up, and looked back. What he saw was… weird.
There on the ground is a child about the size of Asta. He had a grey face and grey spiky hair, surprisingly similar to Asta's, with two black scars on both sides of his face, going over his eyes. Said scars went down into the rest of his body, which was a stark black not unlike when Liebe gave Asta his ki. Asta tries to wake said child up. "Wake up!" Asta says, snapping his fingers, "hey, wake up" he says as he tries, and fails, again. Understanding it would be useless trying a third time, Asta turns his back on the boy, looking for others.
Hey the kid said. But Asta recognized that voice. It couldn't be.
"LIIIIIIEEEBE?!" Asta yelled in a surprised tone, "WHAT HAPPENED TO US? WHERE ARE WE? WHY ARE YOU SO SMALL? WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE ME?" Asta bombarded Liebe with questions, literally shaking Liebe while doing so.
Could you stop shaking me? Liebe asked, I can barely understand you as it is.
Quickly apologizing, Asta lets go. Liebe, being completely dizzy, can't stop himself from turning around and around like a cartoon character. Asta could swear he saw stars spinning in a ring above Liebe's head.
Okay, so, to answer your third and fourth questions, this is my true form. Liebe gestures to himself.
"Wow! That's... underwhelming." Asta says in a disappointed tone, as he slumps down, getting back up, "So, any idea where we are?"
We're probably in Martha's mind. When you touched her with our sword, I activated another ability of this sword.
"So what is it?" Asta asked in a questioning tone.
I can see some, and I can't stress this enough, SOME, of the target's thoughts and memories. I can also make a telepathic link to the target, like ours.
"Telepatik?" Asta asked, not knowing the meaning.
I can read parts of your mind.
"Oooooooh."
...
"WAIT, HOW CAN YOU READ PARTS OF MY MIND? HOW DOES THAT WORK?"
Truth be told, I don't entirely know. Liebe answers while turning his head, seeing Martha lie on the ground, most likely asleep.
Hey isn't that Margret or whoever?
"Huh?" Asta turned around, seeing Martha.
"MARTHA!"
NOELLE SILVA!
Huh Asta thought. He then looked around for more people, only to find nothing. Suddenly, he is transported to a massive hallway, pearl with a coating of gold covering the hallway, with the walls being full of paintings. Asta then looks around to see Martha, or Noelle now. She was dressed in a silver dress with a purple background. The person yelling at her wore a blue fur coat lined with white fur. The coat covered most of his body, but Asta wished that it also covered his hair because yikes. His hair was pure white like Noelle's, but was braided so much that Asta started to question if that was even real hair. There was even a braid in front of his forehead. Isn't the whole point of a braid to shorten your hair? Asta thought.
Y-yes brother?
Did you go into my studies?
N-no brother
A slap echoes throughout the realm, shocking both Asta and Liebe
He didn't? Asta thought, believing that no person would do that to his own sister.
It is unbecoming of a royal to lie. Although, considering the mistake that you are, it is quite hard to even presume that you are royal
Are these Noelle's memories? From what Asta could tell, he is correct. Although he couldn't understand all the words, he did get that Noelle's "Brother" (if you could even call him a brother) had been a complete and utter jackass.
The scene then changed to a dining hall. It was the same color as the hallway, with different paintings obviously. It seemed like Noelle and her family were having dinner. What it was, Asta had no clue, and honestly, he didn't care. Then he saw it.
Begone you imbisale, don't you dare eat your food before me. The man then pushed Noelle's food off the table. The man wore a Silver Eagles waistcoat on top of an all white outfit. His hair was silver white as well, and was folded to the left of him.
I-I'm sorry brother. I didn't mean to.
How could you say that when I clearly wasn't here?
It was then that the memory shifted to a garden. Big was the only word in Liebe's mind. He was in awe, mouth gaping. Out of all his time alive, he's never seen a garden this massive. It had flowers of all sorts of colors. Blue, red, white, purple, lilac flowers, roses, you name it, it was probably there. But then Liebe turned around and saw Asta looking at Noelle, crying. What was more, she was holding a stuffed bunny. Although, to call it stuffed would be lying. All the stuffing was gone, with rips and tares all around it. Noelle herself looked battered and bruised, She must've fought her brother. Asta thought, considering her abusive family.
*sob* I wasn't *sob* strong. My magic is worthless.
More memories flash through. From Noelle getting ignored by her brother, to Noelle's sister beating her up with her water magic, to Noelle barely able to control her magic. So much… pain Asta thought, as he finally got through all the memories. Afterward, he looked to Noelle. She was sobbing. He understands. Noelle gave him a questioning look. "How?"
"What do you mean?"
"I saw your memories. Not all of them, only about 30. Still, I saw enough. I'm… sorry for Sister Lily."
Asta sighs, sitting down next to her. "Your life wasn't any better. I'd rather be poor than be abused. Compared to you, I got lucky."
Noelle looked down. Why was the world like this? She literally was just living and people hated her. Asta wasn't much better. Noelle saw the time he got strangled by a thug for bumping into him. When the thug figured out he had no money, he beat him to a bloody pulp. Asta was only 6 that day.
"That family, what were their names?" Asta asked.
Noelle could tell he was plotting something. Even then, she told him. "My sister's name is Nebra. She's a 3rd rank intermediate Silver Eagle. My brother's name is Solid. He's a 4th rank intermediate Silver Eagle. And," Noelle pauses for a moment, almost like she's bracing herself, "My oldest brother is Nozel. The captain of the Silver Eagles."
Asta sat and thought for a second. Literally the next second, Asta got up, "WAIT CAPTAIN? YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THAT YOUR THE SISTER OF A MAGIC KNIGHT CAPTAIN?"
Noelle simply replied with a "Yes"
"Well, this makes things much more complicated." Asta said with his index finger and thumb wrapping around his chin.
"Asta?" Noelle asked
"Let me ask you this Noelle. Why did you run?"
"What?"
"Why di-"
"I know what you said, I just think that you can't be dumb enough to ask."
"So, why did you?"
"Why do you think? I had to get out of that hell!"
"Noelle, you saw Revchi." Asta said
"Yeah, he was the criminal who… used… chain magic." Noelle started to connect the dots. "He used to be a Purple Orca, but got sent to prison because he raped people. But he mysteriously got released by someone. The guards apparently were even fist bumping him when he got out."
"Now you're getting it. The Purple Orca's gave Revchi an early release. The Silver Eagles let scum like that guy we fought into them, and captains are abusive fucks that use their power for their own benefit and they don't even get a slap on the wrist for their actions. I mean, the Blue Rose Knights are sexist. They don't even help male puppies. Puppies!"
"My point is, the magic knights need an overhaul. The only way we're going to do that is kill them and make it brand new. Hell, we don't even need to kill all of them. Just enough to send a message."
Asta kneeled down, reaching his hand out to her. "So, are you in?"
Noelle looked at the hand. Does she really want to do this? If she turns back now then… she'd just be in a cage again. Guess there's only one option
She takes the hand.
All right, I finally got this chapter done and I'm exhausted. Keep in mind, this is my very first fic. Heaving bad parts of a story is expected. I'm not perfect. I'll try to do more chapters but keep in mind that they may take some time. Again, sorry for the hiatus, I just needed to get off my lazy ass and work on the fic. Now if you'll excuse me, I am now writing chapter 7.