A/N: I almost dropped Black Clover because of how annoying Asta is, but wow, am I glad to have stayed. Here's to all my fellow trashbags who can't get enough of Yami and Charlotte. Occurs between the Midnight Sun arc and the Spade Kingdom arc.


"This is so embarrassing," Charlotte thought to herself. "I got summoned by the Wizard King for a special mission, so why the hell ishehere too?"

Charlotte's internal monologue was divided.

"On the other hand, this might be an excellent time to possibly confess to Yami," she blushed at the thought, then immediately coughed to cover up the heat rising in her pale cheeks.

"You ok, Prickly Queen?" Yami grunted, before dragging a puff of cigarette smoke. He scratched the back of his unruly head. "You want a smoke?"

"Smoking is detrimental to one's health. As Magic Knight captains, we should be models of health to our subordinates. I suggest you stop smoking, too," was Charlotte's rigid response. Internally, Charlotte squealed, "I can't believe he just asked me to smoke? It's a nasty habit, but we would have had an indirect kiss... This man is both forward and incredibly dense!"

Unsurprisingly, Yami had a look of apathy on his face.

"Meh, suit yourself," he huffed.

The two captains made their way towards the Wizard King's chambers, where they were greeted by the young wizard king and his blue-haired assistant, Marx.

"Yami, Charlotte. Pleasure to have you both here," beamed the Wizard King, "You might be wondering why I had summoned you both for this mission. The kingdom and the Magic Knights have been hard at work at rebuilding the damage incurred during our fight with the Eye of the Midnight Sun. However, our fight alongside the Heart Kingdom against the Spade Kingdom looms upon us. While I am aware that both of you are hard at work with training yourself and your knights to raise their levels in the fight, I must ask a selfish request."

The captains' faces flickered with uncertainty.

"Don't worry," Julius interjected after catching Charlotte's furrowed brows, "It's nothing that both of you can't handle, I'm sure."

Marx launched into further detail regarding the mission, "We have sent Captain Fuegoleon of the Crimson Lion Kings and Captain Nozel of the Silver Eagles to scout the village of Arandom after multiple reports of bandit attacks have been made. It turns out that the villagers have been attacking passersby as they felt neglected by the Royal Capital in our rebuilding efforts."

The Wizard King added, "We'd like both of you to investigate Shelion, a town near Raquey. They have reported sightings of Spade Kingdom soldiers around the forests."

"We would have asked the other captains to do this, but in my experience, they are too conspicuous. You two are the most normal and unassuming of the Magic Knights captains," Marx said, with the faintest tinge of snark in his tone.

"Camouflage is especially important for this mission," Julius said, "We don't want to draw too much attention if there are Spade Kingdom soldiers on Clover Kingdom soil. I trust that the both of you can defeat the enemy without much of a hassle," although the Wizard King gave Yami a bit of a cheeky grin. "As I've said to Fuegoleon and Nozel, use this word in case of emergencies: Chronovala. Only use it if you're really in trouble."


With that, the two Magic Knights captains were dismissed. Yami furrowed his brows in frustration, "What an annoying mission." He felt exasperation at the thought of getting relentlessly berated by the Prickly Queen; while he normally didn't care about what anyone thought of him, Charlotte's callousness tugged at his heart for some inexplicable reason.

"Let's try to get along," Yami said – a hasty attempt at placating what appeared to be Charlotte's fury rising up in her cheeks. He sensed her ki to be more intense than usual, although he couldn't accurately point to whether it was annoyance, hatred, or a mixture of both.

Charlotte's cheeks were flushed at the idea of going on a solo mission with just Yami. She couldn't stomach the thought of being alone together? Sure, it's official Magic Knights business, but why now, of all times? Just when she thought she was finally getting over the embarrassing encounter they had while her body had been possessed by an elf?

Her emotions were a mess. She was excited, frustrated, embarrassed, and a touch jealous of the closeness that her elf counterpart experienced.

It was a lot for Charlotte to process.

But, she resolved herself, after hearing Yami's proclamation to get along.

"Let's do our best," was Charlotte's cool reply.