Black Clover Trivia #4: Asta is the second most muscular member.
Delphia groaned, the usually quiet mornings of the base interrupted by yelling. She grabbed a pillow, stuffing it over her head to shut the screams out, but whoever it was obviously had a set of lungs. She growled, throwing her pillow away and grabbing her grimoire. Her eyes were lit with fury as she stomped out of her room.
Whoever was yelling better be prepared.
[TAROT*CARDS]
Asta groaned happily as he stretched out his sore muscles from all the chores he's done. Entering the cafeteria, he greeted everyone cheerfully as he took a seat, piling his own plate. He blinked when he noticed his fellow rookie sitting beside him, already eating from her own plate. Realizing he hadn't seen her this entire morning, he frowned.
"Noelle, why don't you help me with the cleaning and stuff?" He questioned.
"Cleaning?" Noelle scoffed, "But I'm royalty."
"But you're a newbie just like me!"
"I've never cleaned or done laundry in my life."
"That's not something to brag about, is it? We're in the same squad, aren't we? I'm pretty sure you should be helping with that stuff."
"But I'm royalty."
"Why are you talking to me like that?"
"Shut up, you insect."
Luck straightened, head snapping towards the cafeteria doors, nearly bouncing in his seat as he ignored the two newbies' bantering. Magna took a bite from the drumstick in his hand, quirking a brow at the lightning mage's sudden attentiveness.
"What's up with you?" Magna asked as he ate another mouthful.
Luck laughed. "Vice-captain's awake!" He cheered, "And she doesn't seem very happy!"
The rest of the Black Bulls -sans the two newbies- froze. Finral laughed nervously as he summoned a portal.
"Well, look at the time, I really should be going. I have a da-" He was yanked back down by various threads, and he paled rapidly as he struggled out of his binds.
Vanessa was unusually sober as she kept their resident transport from running. "If we have to face her, you do too." She hissed.
Noelle and Asta stared at their squad in confusion.
"What's going-"
SLAM
The cafeteria doors crashed open, revealing a furious and sleep-deprived vice-captain. Noelle and Asta squeaked in fright as they were levelled with a deadly glare from the violet haired woman.
"G-good morning, Phia." Finral greeted nervously, "W-what's up?"
The spacial user shivered as her glare turned to him. His heart was thumping wildly in his chest as they seemed to stare into his soul.
"Yelling. This morning. Who?" Delphia practically growled, her mana rising up around her.
As one, the squad turned to their newest loudmouth.
Asta gulped, smiling nervously as he waved his hand. "Y-yo, s-sorry about that P-Phia-senpai!" He laughed shakily.
Delphia's eyes darkened dangerously. "You- Let this be a warning," She hissed, "Never. Never interrupt my sleep, or they'll be consequences."
Asta paled and nodded quickly, standing up to salute. "Y-yes ma'am!"
Delphia grumbled, attempting to reign in her mana. The Black Bulls remained frozen in place, Magna and Vanessa had their arms and legs hooked around Luck's own, preventing the cheery teen from provoking their sleep-deprived vice-captain. Charmy bravely skipped towards the older woman in her ever uncaring fashion, holding up a mug of coffee.
Asta inwardly panicked as Delphia reached down towards the food lover.
Oh, no! Charmy-senpai, getaway!
Delphia sighed happily as she took the mug in hand, taking a generous gulp of the rich and dark liquid. She hummed, nodding her head in thanks. The squad sighed in relief, relaxing when the glare was replaced with familiar lidded eyes, and the concentrated mana began to dissipate.
"Aw! No fair! I wanted to have a fight with vice-captain!" Luck whined from his still pinned position.
Magna stared at the boy in disbelief. The one time they let him go against a sleep-deprived Delphia, he was totally and utterly defeated that he had to stay in the Magic Knights medical ward for two weeks to fix everything. That didn't even include how long he was forcefully placed off duty to make sure he was completely healed.
Delphia quietly made her way to the table, grabbing her own plate before piling up her breakfast. Might as well eat now. There'd be no point in going back to sleep with coffee in her system. She'll just take a nap sometime later.
Finral choked on his water as Delphia moved to sit beside him, face red and eyes wide when he realized just what he was looking at.
"P-Phia! W-Where are your clothes?!" He yelped.
Delphia blinked, looking over her attire and shrugged. In her angry state, she had not realized that she left her room in her sleepwear. It was nothing more than a white dress shirt she had stolen from Fuegoleon and underwear. Compared to Vanessa's usual outfit, hers was actually quite modest. The shirt was large, reaching her thighs with the sleeves rolled up several times to give her hands freedom. This wasn't the first time she'd been out in the hideout like this, so she didn't see the problem.
Finral groaned into his hands. How is it that his friend had the gift of foresight, but was still such an oblivious idiot?
Delphia ignored Finral's plight as she nodded to the rookies. "How do you like the squad so far?" She wondered.
Asta grinned, eyes sparkling. "It's amazing! I have my own room! I never had my own room before! And the food! It's not nomotatos, but's it's delicious!"
Noelle huffed, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "It's adequate. Certainly not up to royal standards, but it will do."
Delphia smiled behind her drink, already knowing how much of tsundere Noelle was.
Asta's excited expression soon turned to curiosity as he turned to his vice-captain.
"So uh... what do Magic Knights do anyway?" He asked.
"Hah?! What? Are you seriously asking that?" Magna glowered, moving around the table to grab the boy by his squad cloak, "We protect the kingdom and handle security! It's the manliest job in the world, you dumbass! Why'd you decide to join when you knew nothing about it?"
"I'm sorry! I'm going to become the Wizard King. I'm going to barf everything back up!" Asta panicked as his senior shook him.
"They sure are lively first thing in the morning." Finral laughed.
Delphia sighed, shaking her head. She didn't even need her magic to know that this will become a common theme. Maybe, she should invest in some noise-cancelling earmuffs. She immediately crossed that thought. She'd rather be sleep-deprived and awake than dead asleep while her squadmates wreak havoc. At least awake, she'd be able to stave off the more paperwork accumulating incidents.
"What about you, Phia-senpai?"
"I'm not in the best position to tell you what a Magic Knight does, Asta." Delphia nodded her head in thanks as Charmy refilled her mug.
"What do you mean?"
"You see, Phia's magic gives her an important role in the kingdom," Finral began, leaning over to speak to the ash blond, "She's one of the Wizard King's greatest counsels and strategists. It makes her coveted, so the missions she gets usually keep her inside the capital."
Asta was awed, his respect for his vice-captain increasing exponentially at the knowledge of her position towards the Wizard King.
Delphia ignored the way her squad inched away from her when the cafeteria doors suddenly came crashing down.
"Captain, refrain from such destructive behaviour. The payment for fixing the door will be taken out of your monthly wage." Delphia remarked.
Yami clicked his tongue but let it be. At least she was willing to handle the paperwork to fix it.
"Magna, let's go."
"Yes, sir, Mister Yami!"
"What's going on? What's going on?" Asta wondered, his mouth still stuffed from the food Charmy force-fed him.
"There's a mission."
"A Magic Knights' mission? C-can I come with-"
"No! We can't bring any kids along. This is a very important mission for adults."
Delphia's eyes narrowed, knowing there were no missions to be done today.
"Captain."
Yami froze, shoulders slumping minutely as he looked over his shoulder. "Ah?"
Delphia sat, drinking contentedly on her coffee. Staring at him with lidded eyes, she hummed. "Follow the parameters we set. If anything like last time happens, you'll be the one to fill the paperwork. Understood?"
Yami grunted but complied with his vice-captain's wishes. He'd rather listen to her now than face the consequences of adding more paperwork to her pile. She can be a downright terror when she wants to avoid the paper demon spawns as she calls them.
Ignoring the well wishes her squadmates sent Magna and Yami, Delphia moaned happily as she stretched. She ignored the flushed face of the playboy beside her as he was teased by their resident drunk -for what she didn't know- and finished up the rest of her coffee. Grabbing her used plates, she checked the chore schedule on the wall to confirm whose turn it was.
"Gauche, you're on dish duty today. Have them done, so they don't pile up by the end of the day." She reminded.
The sis-con frowned. "Vice-captain, can I visit Ma-"
"No. Once a month, Gauche. Have the dishes done, or I'll revoke your communication rights until your next visit."
The man paled, grunting as reluctantly abided to Delphia's commands.
"Asta, Magna mentioned that you took over his duty for feeding the beasts." Said boy nodded, "You'll find their feed ready in the kitchen for lunch. Noelle, help him out with them."
The Silva's head snapped up in confusion. "Eh? But I've never-"
Delphia rose a hand, stopping the girl. "I understand you've never done any of this before, but you have to do your share. Learn. You'll get the hang of it eventually."
Noelle frowned but nodded reluctantly.
"I have paperwork to do," Delphia sighed, "If anyone needs me, I'll be in my office. Charmy, if you'd be so kind as to drop off some more coffee for me?"
Charmy nodded happily as she continued stuffing her face. "I'll even bring some snacks!"
Delphia nodded, patting the girl on the head as she passed. "Thanks, Charmy."
[TAROT*CARDS]
Delphia deadpanned as she came face to face with two nude men and two blushing rookies.
"Nope. I'm out. I'm not dealing with this." She twisted on her heal, having come down to check that the rookies were alive after feeding the beasts. "Your problem, you fix it. If there's paperwork, you deal with it. Goodbye." She glared as Yami was quick to sweep her up off her feet. "Captain."
Yami paid no mind to his glaring second in command, moving her over his shoulder and carrying her up to the common room, Magna and the two rookies following behind him.
"And so, we're giving you your first mission."
Delphia frowned as she listened to the men's explanation. Of course, they lost to the old man in poker again. It happens every month.
"Hi, question!" Asta rose his hand, "That has nothing to do with us, right?"
"Yeah!" Noelle agreed, "You two are the ones who lost! Then..."
"You idiots! You're asking Mister Yami to clean up his own mistakes?!"
Delphia sweatdropped. Normally, you would.
"We're the ones who clean up Mister Yami's mistakes!"
"And I'm the one who cleans up after all of you," Delphia grumbled.
Yami stood intimidatingly as he stared down his newest recruits.
"Are you going to go or, or are you going to die?" He threatened, "Which will it be?"
"We'll go!"
Delphia sighed, shaking her head, already filling up the paperwork to make this an official mission. She had gotten used to keeping copies on her person due to her squad's whimsical nature.
Even if this mission was being done due to a lost bet and no payment will be given, headquarters had to be informed. It was just a standard procedure for missions taken by a squads personally rather than through the official channels. It helps the archivists, and the Wizard King may even award them a star depending on their performance on the mission.
[TAROT*CARDS]
Asta raced down the halls of the base, having rushed to his room to grab his grimoire. Since he spent the day doing chores, he didn't want to mess it up and left it on his desk. Now he was kind of regretting the decision since Magna threatened to leave him behind if he didn't hurry up. It didn't help that the hideout shifted again sometime throughout the day, so his room was in a completely different location!
He grunted as he crashed into something, stumbling back and waving his arms to regain his balance. Breathing in a sigh, he blanched when he realizes it was the vice-captain he had crashed into, papers scattered across the floor.
"Asta, you're still here?"
"Phia-senpai! I'm sorry! I'll help!" He cried, kneeling down to grab the papers, picking a few of the smaller ones up, he paused, staring at the strange illustration.
"Huh? Cards?"
Delphia regained her composure, summoning her cards to fly into a neat pile on her palm. She quickly gathered the fallen paperwork, glad that they didn't fall out of order from the crash.
"Tarot cards. They help me focus my magic. I'll tell you your fortune some time. You should go. Magna doesn't like to be kept waiting."
Asta panicked, quickly placing the cards in Delphia's free hand as he rushed past.
"Sorry, senpai! See ya later!"
"Good luck on your mission." She waved, rather amused by the newest recruit's energy.
Glancing at the cards in her hand, she frowned, staring off where Asta had run.
Knight of Swords, Death, Five of Cups
A sense of dread filled her as she took in the interpretation.
"Asta, Noelle, Magna... be safe."
Turning on her heel, she stuffed the deck into her pocket, moving to return her office in hopes of distracting herself with paperwork.
The death of a loved one approaches. Swift and unexpected will the reaper lay his claim.
A/N And we return to canon. Probably wondering why she didn't go and warn them. Well, instinctively, Delphia knows when she'd be able to interfere. Even with a warning, nothing would change that certain fate and maybe with her interference, make it worse. So when her magic tells her back off, she does it.
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UPDATED: 18/03/20
