Nora pov

I wasn't supposed to be here?...

In that thought, I looked around again at my surroundings.

Lush green grass...

Well trimmed trees...

It so quiet. After my memories returned, everything feels so odd...

So this is reincarnation?

After that incident, Nanny Ania told me I was asleep for awhile. I just woke up today but she got me out to the garden for fresh air...

I gazed at the white garden chair I sat on while sipping some tea with a teacup in my hand as I started to get lost in my thoughts some more.

I'm actually...

In Black Clover?

*Tap tap*

I suddenly heard footsteps that seemed to be coming closer.

I found myself looking at an old woman with greys and brown hair as she walked towards me...

Nanny Ania...

In my-

No...

Nora Silva's memories she's the only one who took care of her despite being treated like dirt here...

"Have you rested well, Lady Nora? You've been asleep for 2 days. I was horribly worried."

*Crash*

Nanny Ania said that all of a sudden. I got startled and not noticing it loss my grip in the teacup I was holding.

What the-

Ow...

I felt a slight pain on my hand. It seems some of the shards cut my palm. I gazed at it quietly as Nanny Ania began to say something worryingly I think. I couldn't quite hear her...

That's because...

The pain. I'm actually feeling pain.

This really isn't a dream...

All of a sudden, I felt a sudden tug on my hand.

In that moment, I found myself looking at a little girl with silver braids and purple eyes looking straight at me.

Noelle...

I didn't notice her come...

I then noticed those little eyes infront of me turn sparkly as tears began to near but she hardened her face still trying to hide it.

"You idiot! You already know that you can't just -.. ...b-but you suddenly..."

Little Noelle said that but it seems at her young age holding back tears made it too difficult to speak clearly.

I was speechless at the sight of my supposedly twin sister talking to me.

I found it rather odd. Infront of me was a sobbing child that's gonna grow up to be a character in a fictional story I knew.

It's really weird feeling to know the future of someone or even just knowing future events itself.

Despite being just an arrogant child now, she'll become a really strong magic knight.

I felt warmth on my hand.

An old habit...

I didn't notice me put my hand on Noelle's shoulder.

"It's alright, Onee-sama. Hehehe"

I said that unconsciously. It feels odd. This was a habit I-... Nora had.

Dammit...

This is feels so weird.

I can't seem to understand this at all..

The little sobbing girl calmed down in a few minutes but of course not without Nanny Ania's coaxing.

"I'm-...Well...you can hold Mister Bunny since you're not feeling well, idiotic sister."

The little one said as she began reaching out to me a pink bunny stuff toy with big doe button eyes.

Somehow I felt kinda warm. Noelle handed me Mister Bunny just as she said that to which I calmly held it in my hands.

Cute...

It's so soft.

I felt my eyes widened at the touch.

Nevermind...

IT'S SO SOFT AND WARM!

My tiny hands held it closer to my chest. It feels so good!

"Hehehe! He's really nice right? I'm only letting you borrow him but... Since you like him so much I'll lend him sometimes cause I'm the older sister ..."

Noelle said that although the pout on her face was too obvious.

Oh...

That's right ..

Mr.Bunny is her favorite. She wouldn't even let m-...Nora hold it...

"Ah, yes. I don't really mind though. He's nice but you can have him to yourself..."

I replied while still gazing at it. It was nice but I could live without it. I'm not some little girl. I wouldn't want to impose on some child.

Huh?...

Why is it so warm all of a sudden?

Just moment ago my eyes gazed at those little eyes gazing at me as if I was acting strange...like there was a puzzle piece she was yet to understand...

The next moment unexpectedly I felt soft little arms wrap around me.

That young child gazed at me then suddenly hugged me. Despite her stature, it was small yet so warm...

"I don't know what's wrong with you. Nonetheless.."

I felt the child's silver hair wave through the breeze and the vibration of her voice on my back as she spoke.

"Even if others say I'm just a minute older. Tell me what's wrong. If it's about the other day...Really... I'm so ..s-"

She started to sob as she spoke again. What an odd child. What is she saying?

"SORRY!... I really didn't mean it... Even if you can't cast a single spell or no matter what I'll still see you as my sister."

My eyes widened at her words.

Those thoughts filled my mind as the dozens of confusing feelings flooded me as I tried to ignore them.

"Are you sick, Noelle-neesama?"

I asked her but I suddenly felt a loud bang on the top of my head.

"B-baka!! I meant it. You're my sister no matter what... Why can't you get the message already... I was really worried...Nanny says you nearly died..."

Died?... isn't that too much? Really?..

She said as her sobs grew even louder.

How odd...

My chest feels tight..

Somehow, something felt even warmer than before...

My eyes are really warm. By then, I didn't notice it but warm tears started to fall from my eyes.

W-why am I feeling like this?...

'You're my sis' no matter what!'

Those words made a loud pang in my chest.

A blurry memory flashed through my eyes...

It felt familiar...

Yet, despite not fully being in place something in my heart remembered it clearly...

The tears in my eyes began to flow even harder...

An image of a little girl with black hair saying those very same words then appeared in my blurry eyes...

Oh...

I understand now. This feels so similar to that memory. She reminds me of that child...

Unconsciously, my arms began to wrap around her tiny figure.

'family'

That's right...

I understand now...

I'm not just lost somewhere all alone...

This sobbing child is... family.

I miss the family I've seen in those memories but...

Yes, how foolish of me to forget, even though I got my past life's memories she's still my sister...

My family..

That thought spread in my mind as my memories with her danced in my mind...

Being Nora isn't so bad...

As long as she's here maybe...just maybe I can accept living here...

It still isn't clear... Maybe if given a chance I would still return to that past I could barely remember clearly..but this is a start to accept this...

"Ara-ara, how cute!"

Despite the moment, I could still hear the old nanny's voice saying that as she chuckled.

This caused both me and Noe-...

my sister to look at her.

I felt a warm force encompass both of us.

It was Nanny Ania's arms around us...

Such a warm embrace...

This body somehow found it oddly comforting...

I could hear my sister whine at the sudden little jesture by the old woman but in reply she only chuckled once more.

"Aigoo, how can I help myself? You two are so cute! Now, now, rain rain go away!"

Nanny Ania said as she took out a soft white cloth and soothed the eyes of both children.

Yes...

That's right living as Nora isn't so bad...

A soft tug on my lips was felt but the next moment I felt my lips form a soft smile...

Noelle suddenly slipped out of the old woman's embrace as she widened her eyes and straightened her back.

"D-dont get use to it... I said that because she well um.. Nanny told me too! But... I really am sorry for the other day."

Quite prickly and childish...

She said proudly as she began to fake cough loudly.

Royal's pride..hah.. seriously...

I felt butterflies flying around as a large horde of laughter flooded my mouth.

The two gazed at me quietly but then started giggling themselves.

That's right...what was I worried about. It isn't so bad here. I'm here already. This is my second chance. No way am I wasting that..

Little did I know I was being quite clearly naive...

...

It was night time. I have slightly come to accept this reincarnation...

I was wearing a silver blue night gown that matched my sister's perfectly.Nanny Ania seems to like to get us the same clothes.

The bedroom had two identical little grand beds for the both of us. The walls were a greyish blue lined with intricate patterns of white lining and two conjoined white mirror stands. A pretty little victorian toy box was placed in the side and a big window balcony on the right of our shared room.

I gazed to my right to find the silver haired elder twin, Noelle, fast asleep comfortably on her white sheets hugging her bunny stuff toy.

I could hear her soft breaths all over the room. I found it lucky she didn't snore.

Yet, in the midst of that thought...

Whilst Noelle was deeply into dreamland, I couldn't be more far away from that as I was wide awake.

It seems I couldn't find myself to sleep for some reason. A thought came to my mind. Before Nanny Ania left the bedroom, she said there was some warm milk in the kitchen.

I then stood up from my bed to get a glass of it seeing that it might help me sleep. My feet were tiptoeing quietly and gently. I wouldn't want to wake up my sister.

I'll be gone just for a bit. When I was close to the door I turned the door knob slowly so I wouldn't make a sound.

Quietly...

Just a little bit...

The second my foot stepped outside I looked behind to one final check. Luckily, the sight I was greeted was a deeply sleeping child. I didn't seem to wake her up...

With that, I left the room.

The hallways were silent and creepily dim. It seems I was the only one awake.

I could feel a shiver down my spine.

Too dark...

Sure, dark hallways and big dark night sure won't give you the creeps...

Hooh, this isn't a horror movie, this is Black Clover you'll be fine..

My eyes gazed again at the deep dark halls.

Yeah...maybe...no ghosts please...

Admittingly I was never good with dark places but being in child's body just made it scarier. A child's instinct perhaps.

Despite the fear plaguing my body, I made it to the kitchen.

It'll be fine. We're here. Mission accomplished?...

Nevermind, just do it quickly before the mean monster catches you..

Wait, what?...

*Creak*

"EEEEK!?"

I yelped as the fear climbing my shivering back shot up.

I froze.

What was t-that?...

Dammit, I don't wanna look behind...

Oh...but you have to look behind...

...

Dammit, now or never...

I looked behind me anticipating the sight although the shivers down my spine began to tremor each second.

In the darkness I was greeted by a figure with silver hair.

My body shook...

No one has silver hair...

A thought caught up to me...

A ghost can have silver hair?...

A ghost?...

A GHOST!?

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

I ran away quickly as much as my tiny legs could muster but...

A force held me back and pulled me on my dress...

I looked behind me to greet the sight again.

"Nora, what are you doing?"

The figure asked me in the dark voice. My eyes widened at the sudden touch.

I felt warm living skin holding me in place.

Oh... So it wasn't a ghost

Silver hair?...

...

I forgot I'm a silver head too now...

How embarrassing...

A different sort of chill began to fill my body. My cheeks were blushing a heavy red as my body shivered at the embarrassment.

So I did the thing most people of sense will do...

"U-um..."

I tried to but it seems the words won't come out. Stop shaking.

Quickly say it dammit...

Don't make this more awkward...

"... WELL...UM EXCUSE ME!! BYE!!"

I yelped as I ran as fast as I can.

As for who I was talking too? I have no idea it's way too dark. I just hope I don't bu-

"AGH,OWWW!"

-ump into something...

I felt a hard painful force in my leg as I bumped into a table?...

I felt around my surroundings. Ah, it's a table. Owww.. although that's my fault for running senselessly in the dark...

Okay, I should have brought a candle or something. Dammit, I completely missed that thought.

Oh wait...

MY MILK!!!

I ran from the kitchen without getting what I needed.

Nevermind...

Knucklehead...

My mood drooped with my little performance but I noticed my eyes feel tired as a hard yawn fell out of my mouth...

Well, atleast there's that...

I'll probably fall asleep now...

I should just get back to the room.

In that thought, I gazed at the dark hallways barely lit by the large windows as the curtains covered the light.

Dark and scary..

We're not out of the woods yet huh?...

Despite myself, I ran towards my bedroom..

...

As I ran, I noticed a slight bright light in the dark halls.

"What trash! How are you even a royal? To think I'm related to trash like you, disgusting!"

I heard someone's loud mocking voice echo in the halls. With such a thought, I went closer to see the commotion.

To my surprise, I saw a crying little silver haired girl and a similar silver haired young boy.

Noelle...I must have woken her up.. what's going on?...

As I saw the scene clearer, I noticed that said boy holding a familiar pink bunny as the crying child reached for it.

Suddenly, my rage started to swirl at the sight as I ran quickly towards Noelle.

I know he's a child too but bullying a little one that much younger than you even your sister as a matter of fact...

Something about that didn't sit really well with me...

I watched as his hands began to pull apart the bunny up in the air as he mockingly tried to rip it.

Aside from the fact that someone was harming someone who I see as family to me ..

A memory in my past life passed my mind again...

That little black haired child weeping flashed through my mind...

An innocent young girl with that tired gaze...

'HHAHAHS, COME AND GET IT FOUR EYES!!'

'N-no... but I c-cant see...AGh!!'

I hate bullies...

"HEY, CUT IT OUT!!"

I screamed at the top of my lungs. I hastily ran in between the two with my arms shielding my sister instinctively I guess.

I gaze at him as menacingly as I could but perhaps unsurprisingly he just returned an arrogant gaze.

"Hah, an even worse trash protecting trash? Noelle on her own is a disgrace but you're just an absolute complete embarrassment."

He said as he held my shoulder tightly all of a sudden. My eyes fell on his face. Silver hair and purple who's barely much older than us.

Solid Silva..

"No wonder Nozel-niisama pretends you don't exist. Trash like you should learn your place."

He said with that disgusting mocking face. How could a child be like this?

I felt a heavy raining fire inside as I acted unconsciously and blindly on my rage.

In those words I mustered all my strength as I pushed him off with my tiny hands that responded furiously.

His eyes gazed at me in surprise as he got knocked down slightly mostly just barely.

"Give it back. Don't be stupid. Grandma gave Noelle that doll. You're making too much of a ruckus. Doing something pathetic like this is really weak of you."

I said that but-

"YOU'RE JUST A SAD WEAKLING DOING THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE PATHETIC!! HOW BOORISH!"

I continue to speak well more of shouted loudly as I can.

Memories are flashing again. He reminds of those little-!

Images of dark smiling shadows flash through quickly slowly making my heart burn heavily as my angering storm of hate inside increased.

Remember be mature here. At the very least he's still just some kid. You're too old for this.

How long will it take someone to hear. My original older self could handle this easily but this child body's gonna need help. Without him noticing, I gazed at Nanny Ania's room behind him.

How long will it take her to wake up? Nevermind, just make as much noise as possible.What am I even saying who cares as long as its loud. Don't be obvious or this knucklehead might take a run for it.

"Hah, how dare some trash weakling like you call me weak?.."

His purple eyes gazed at me as he said that with a cold unreadable expression.

I tried to stand tall despite myself but I failed as I gazed at that demon like dark face with his young purple eyes burning through my own.

He looked at me quietly in the darkness although that was when I noticed him take a long black stick out of his pocket.

A stick?...

Oh no... it's a wand?

In the sudden moment he went from that deathly silent to a somewhat maniacal grin.

He waved that wand as a small yet slightly strong torrent of water flooded out.

Perhaps in the blink of an eye I felt a cold thrashing force push me back hardly.

A wand..he casted a spell just now didn't he? Using something like that,beginner it maybe an attack spell, against some of your kin...this guy is...-

I felt the pain flood as my back crashed into the wall as those menacing devil like child's eyes gazed at me horrendously.

"Feast your eyes on that. You can't even do something simple like that. It seems you've really forgotten your place, trash. Let me educate you then.."

His young but mischieviously cruel voice that made me wonder if he was even a child's voice darkly said almost as if he saw this as nothing but what he should do.

He doesn't see this as something wrong at all does he?

My eyes saw a deep darkness as that menacing smile of his gleamed in dim lights.

What is this?...

W-why can't I move?...

My body slowly drowned in a forceful tremoring fear as I gaze at those cruel eyes coming closer looking at me like a tiny insect that just was nothing but a filth to this world.

"Magic is what matters the most in this kingdom. There are peasants, commoners, nobles and I who is a royal. Royals at the top and followed by nobles have the most magic power while the rest who barely have any magic are insects standing below them. "

Solid said as his words were filled with a dark and bleak conviction. After saying those as every word passed his gaze turned into an even more frightening disgust gazing at my fearfully shivering little form.

"But you...are a disgusting anomaly. Despite being born a royal you have less magic than a peasant. Not to mention.. "

He continued to say those words as he finally came close to me still fallen on the wall as in a flash of a second he pushed me back forcefully against that said wall.

"You and that disgraceful twin sister of yours killed okaa-sama.. I'll tell you this again, despite what any of them say I'll never see something like you as family... you are nothing but trash in my eyes. Do yo-"

He said but was interrupted in a turn of events as those surprised eyes gazed at me.

*Cough*

*Spew.*

I began to cough out violently as blood slowly spewed from my mouth.

My head rang painfully like an everlasting siren as my throat suffocated in that slow yet flowing crimson.

"NORA!!"

I heard Noelle scream my name as my vision shook and hazed.

I noticed a soft relief of force after she pushed Solid's hand off of me as he was still gazing in surprise.

"I'm fine...you don't have to-*cough*..worry."

I said as I felt my body stabilize from my sister's help and the support of the wall behind us.

"Really, you really are just complete trash. How embarrassing. To think that a royal would succumb to some weak spell."

He gazed at me once more with those mocking purple eyes as he turned his back at me as he began to walk away.

But then he suddenly gazed back with a dark smile on his face gazing then at the bunny stuff toy that was still in his hands.

*Rip*

"N-NOOOO!"

I heard Noelle cry out those words as she saw Solid rip apart her pink little bunny as he laughed and left us.

"HAHAHAHAHA!! THANK ME NOW IT FITS YOU MUCH BETTER!!"

He said those words but was then interrupted by sudden a loud voice..

I hear an old woman shouting at him in the the hallways.

The voice seemed familiar. Ah, Nanny Ania. Despite my hazy vision, I took delight that atleast I wasn't suffering alone as I gaze at Solid cowering under the old biddy.

But..Took her long enough. No wonder, she took so long. she wasn't even in her room.

Dammit, that hurts...

Is a child's body really this weak? Or is it that I'm simply weaker than most?...

That spell as Solid said was too minor to cause much injury. I mean he's about 9 years old maybe right now. He can't cast anything too strong without a grimoir.

A thought came to me again as I remembered something important to think about yet my vision finally faded before I finished it.

Dammit, how weak... fainting again...