Black Clover watches the future

by bmidd111

The future for the Elves of the Clover Kingdom is filled with suffering and despair. But there is one person who will not have that. Cardcaptor Bethany decided to meddle with fate and show these people their future. Will they be able to make a better one? only time will tell.

8. A reunioun across time and space

Buildings were on fire, people were screaming in terror and pain, the amount of destruction was immense.

Licht clutched his head, tears streaming down from his eyes, "oh god, please, let no one die, I don't want to be a murderer!" the poor Elf cried, causing Lemiel and Tettia to clutch the Elf tightly in their arms, "I swear to you Licht, I won't let you become a murderer! In the Veiwing or in our future. In the Veiwing, I will stop you. And in the future, we'll find a way to stop all of this! Okay?" his future Brother-in-law assured.

People looked out of their windows in fear, "where did that creature come from!?" one man demanded. "RUN AWAY!" another man screamed. "But there's nowhere to run!" a woman replied. The Demon that used to be Licht raised one of it's hands and formed a massive fireball that he shot out at the mountains beyond the village, causing a huge explosion. Then Licht summoned power to his mouth and swept a laser across the town, causing huge explosions and a multitude of deaths. Sone people had managed to climb onto rooftops and watched from there, "this must be the end of the world" one man said, falling to his knees in despair. A mother clutched her crying child close, tears in her own eyes.

Suddenly a voiceover began: "Threatened by a ruthless demon, humanity was on the brink of destruction," Suddenly Lemiel appeared on a roof spire, overlooking the destruction as well as his best friend. "Until a lone Mage," it continued, as the young man remembered Lichts last words before he transformed, "Lemiel, I need you, to kill me" he begged with tears streaming from his eyes, as the red demonic stripes appeared on his cheeks. Back in the present, the Prince raised his hand, his Grimoire floating into the air, 'I see now.' He thought as the book opened as flipped through it's pages, 'I understand why I was born with such a massive amount of magic power' he thought as Licht raised his hand and pointed it at the human, another fireball forming. Lemiel thought of his smiling friend, 'don't worry, I won't let you become a murderer!' Lemiel thought as multiple giant Light Sword appeared around him. Then the human Prince was off in a flash of light, colliding with Lichts attack, causing a huge explosion.

Black Clover

The Demon Licht stared as Lemiel placed several giant Swords of light down in front of the town. Then he shot out another attack, hitting a force field caused by one of the light swords, which then absorbed the attack before it exploded into shards of light. The Human Prince stood on another sword, watching this, before using his Light movement Spell. "Look!" a villager called, "it's Prince Lemiel!" another cried in relief. As he shot towards Licht, he slammed his foot on the ground, causing huge stone pillars to rise from the ground. The human Prince dodged and weaved around each pillar, before he suddenly breathed out a cloud of cold air before finding himself trapped in ice. Looking up, the young man broke the ice with a show of massive physical strength. After which he found himself being slammed upward on a slab of rock. With gravity pinning him down, the human Prince was unable to dodge the giant hand that smashed the slab to pieces.

Thankfully, he was able to escape with Light Magic. He reappeared above the third eye of the creature, yelling as he fell back down and punched it, causing a massive shockwave and driving Demon!Licht several feet into the ground.

Black Clover

Meanwhile, back at the remains of the wedding, Secre knelt before Tettia's body, horrified. 'They stole something I helped create, and used it to take away the Elves Magic.' She thought, as she remembered the scene of the Magic storage container floating in the sky, with the Light Spear spell floating above it. 'We built that item to make everyone's lives better.' She thought in despair, kneeling down, almost crushed under the weight of the guilt, 'I'm sorry Prince, Lady Tettia, is there anything left that I can do?!' Secre closed her eyes, desperate to do something, anything that would help. The screen showed the belt and necklace that the bride had been wearing.

"Um, I know this is kind of a tense moment here, but why was Tettia wearing holders for the Magic Stones too? I never understood that" Bethany suddenly asked, breaking everyone out of their depression. Licht took a deep breath to calm himself, then spoke, "in our people's customs, we use the Magic Stones as symbols in Marriage Ceremonies as well as other things. During the Ceremony, the husband first wears the Stones. Then he passes them on to his wife, in the hope that powerful Mana, happiness and a bright future will be passed to his new bride" he let his breath out shakily, "I'm sorry, I just-" he began, before Bethany intervened, "no, no, It's fine. Please don't force yourself, I'm grateful to you for explaining it to me" she smiled, "thank you". Licht sniffed and wiped his eyes. "Hey, are you sure you don't need a break?" Vetto asked his friend. "I'll be fine, I just want to get this Veiwing over with, okay?" the white-haired Elf asked. Vetto frowned and nodded, "sure, just- we're here for you too, if you need us" he replied.

"Please continue Mrs Yuki" Licht asked, voice shaking slightly. Bethany nodded seriously.

Black Clover

Lemiel formed several orbs of light around himself, before shooting them off as beams in random movements at Demon!Licht. But he just formed a barrier around himself and blocked each attack. Then the spikes on his back lit up with a red light, before it changed to blue, shooting out from the spikes at the Human Prince. He tried to dodge them all, but one of the incredibly powerful attacks landed and knocked him into a cliff next to a stream, so a small trickle of water began to fill the area. Lemiel flinched and tried to force his body to move again.

All the current Licht could do was pray, 'please, not him too. Not Lemiel. I can't take it' he thought.

"I don't know what you expected that to do. But, it clearly didn't work. If you'd cooperated earlier and given me control of your body, you wouldn't be suffering nearly as much. Then again, if the situation had played out that way, it would have been impossible for me to make use of his Light Magic anyway" The Devil said, eyeing the Human Prince as he shot into the sky again, "I suppose it doesn't make much difference now," he added, as the Magic Stone that would one day belong to Yuno was shown, "Soon everything will cease to exist!" He cried, as Demon!Licht formed a massive attack in his hands, enough to destroy the entire Clover Kingdom in one attack. Lemiel teleported into view again, as the ground began to turn into molten lava at their feet, and the pillars that Demon!Licht's previous attack had called up became enshrouded in steam.

"Oh God, this does not look good!" Fana whimpered.

'The Magic Stones are strengthening him. Can I stop him at this point?! Even if I do, the Kingdom will be crushed!' he thought in desperation. "My Prince!" Secre called. The human Prince gasped, seeing the young woman flying their Magic Item towards him from the former Wedding Venue. "This item is our legacy! We can still make it a good one!" she cried. "Right, of course!" Lemiel gasped, vanishing from his spot a reappearing to grab the Item. Secre suddenly appeared on top of a pillar out of the way without the Magic Item. Demon!Licht finished charging his attack, condensed it into a tiny ball and shot it off. "I'll use the item we built," Lemiel said, before appearing with said item in front of the attack, "to absorb his attack!" he finished, the Mana flowing into the spherical containment unit. Secre watched this from a distance, "will it work?" she asked worriedly. Lemiel struggled against the overwhelming Magic flowing into and over the Item. Some of it was even absorbed into his own body. The Prince groaned with effort, before the Magic flowed out of the Item and disapated.

"The beam stopped?" Secre said. 'That evil Mana is fading' she thought. "Lem-iel" Licht said softly. The Human Prince gasped, before he remembered the last peaceful conversation he and Licht had had before this nightmare had started.

(Flashback) The two of them were sitting on a piece of broken wall the afternoon before. "Once I marry Tettia, our families will be one. And you and I will become brothers. I'm sure some humans won't approve of that". Lemiel stood, "probably, but still, with your help," he held out his hand with a smile on his face, "we can create a new world of peace and equality. I truly believe that" Licht smiled back, "I believe it too" he replied, taking the hand offered to him. "I know" he began, "that you and I were brought together by destiny" Lemiel finished. (End flashback)

Licht was holding onto his control by a thread, "this is your chance. Do it now" he begged. Lemiel cried, tears of frustration, pain and a broken heart falling from his eyes. It hurt, so, so much, "I can't" he whimpered, hands trembling.

"You are the future we all believed in," Licht reminded him, "you represent hope" he said. "you're right, I have to!" the human Prince growled in determination, clenching his other hand tightly, as several giant Light Swords slammed down around Demon!Licht. Suddenly he lost control again, and the Demon roared, reaching up for the human. But a golden thread wrapped itself around his wrist, as more and more threads shot out from the giant Light Swords, wrapping around the Demons body and pinning his arms to his sides. Above him, Lemiel raised his hand, every page from his Grimoire rising from it and flying into the sky, summoning the biggest Light Sword yet. Arm still raised, the Human turned it into a knife, and, with tears still in his eyes, slashed it down through the air. The sword stabbed Demon!Licht right through. As the sword faded, the Demon disintegrated, leaving only bones behind. The humans cheered as the smoke cleared, "Prince Lemiel killed the monster!" one man cried, "the Kingdom would have been destroyed if it weren't for him!" another agreed.

Lemiel winced, "could they cheer at a more inappropriate time? *sob* I've just lost everything" he whimpered, sobbing due to the massive amount of pain he was in emotionally. Licht wrapped his arms around his Brother, "I know it was agonizingly painful for you Lemiel, but you just saved my Soul. Thank you" he replied, rubbing soothing circles into the blond young man's back as he clutched his robes and wept. "Do you need a moment? You could go into one of the Meditation rooms if you'd like?" Bethany offered. "Yes, I think we all need a break after everything we've just seen" Licht replied firmly, Tettia nodding in agreement.

Black Clover

Licht had gotten used to being the emotional support for his friends during the veiwings. But he wasn't used to having his brother-in-law clutching onto him like a lifeline and crying like a newborn. Even so, he could see just how broken this latest veiwing had made him. Within the confines of a Mediation room, the Elf Leader held Lemiel close as he cried out all his pain and guilt. There were no soothing words this time as Licht simply let the blond cry and cry and cry. He needed it. Eventually the human Prince ran out of energy, and though tears still fell from his eyes, he clenched his fists, "I-I'm sorry for using you as a way to vent, *sob* n-no doubt you need some time to deal w-with all of this too. All of your people were just murdered, your w-wife and unborn son too. And you had to turn yourself into a monster that hopefully didn't k-kill anyone before I could, stop you. *Sniff* I'm sorry, you have to deal with me so soon" he cried.

"Not at all, we both lost something precious to us. So we mourn together" Licht replied, eyes closed as he held Lemiel close, and it was only when he felt his clothes begin to dampen, that he realised that his best friend had been crying all this time too. Lemiel cringed again, knowing that if he had only been at the wedding, his brother wouldn't have to be in so much agony. "I really am grateful you know. Like I said, you saved my Soul by stopping me from killing anyone. Thank you Lemiel" Licht said. "You are such a kind person Licht. Your Soul is so beautiful, I couldn't imagine it being darkened by something so awful. Even though it killed me inside, I'm glad that I was able to save you from such pain" the human replied, finally calming enough to stop crying. "But you won't have to worry about that this time. We will not let any of it happen- and I, will never have to kill you, okay?" he asked. Eventually the Elf calmed down, drying his eyes, "I guess we both needed that, didn't we?" Licht asked with a small smile. "I'd say so, but why don't we wait just a little while more to make sure we're calm enough to go back out there?" Lemiel asked.

"Heh, alright" Licht agreed. After a few more minutes, the two left the room. It seemed many of there friends wanted to jump up and ask if they were okay, but they restrained themselves, merely watching quietly. When both were settled and indicated they were ready, Bethany played the recording again.

"He's our savoir!" another man cried. In the air, the pages of Lemiel's Grimoire returned to their binding. Secre watched him, before noticing something shining in the sky. She held out her hand, and the 12 Magic Stones flew to the holders, that she then grabbed tightly. Licht's now black Five-Leaf Grimoire fell to the ground, landing on the head of his Demon forms skeleton.

"Um, well that was- ironic" Raya said, hoping to lift the tension a bit. No one laughed, causing him to shrug, 'oh well, I didn't really expect that work anyway' he thought.

The Devil's Spirit floated over, laughing, "you may have prevented me from possessing him, but you put on a good show. For the time being, I suppose I'll have to be satisfied with taking his Grimoire" he decided, before Secre ran over, "don't you dare!" she cried. "What now?" the Devil asked in complete disinterest. The human girl was utterly determined, sweat dripping down her face, "stay away! I won't let you have it!" she exclaimed.

Lemiel was so tense, he almost cracked his seat with how hard he was gripping it, 'please be careful Secre. I can't lose you too' he thought.

The Devil saw that she was still gripping the Magic Stones in her fist, "Magic Stones," he laughed, "you saw what happened to the Elf, didn't you? You're a mere human! If you use those, you wouldn't be able to keep your form for even a tiny spell! Give up!" he exclaimed. 'Never!' the girl thought, 'I'll use these Stones to maximise my power!' she held out her hands, the Magic Stones glowing as the floated up before her, "Sealing Magic: Eternal Prison!" Secre called, a box forming around the Devil's Spirit. He suddenly didn't look so confident anymore, "wait, I know what you're doing!" he exclaimed. The young woman moved her hands closer together, causing the box to shrink. 'Sealing Magic, eh?' the Devil thought. As she continued the Spell, black horns grew out of Secre's head, causing her to have to fight to hold her concentration on the seal. 'She's using a Forbidden Spell without concern for the consequences. Her Seal presents a bit of a problem, but I can use the Magic Stones for Reincarnation, in which case' the Devil thought.

"Come here" he said, causing the Stones to float over to him. "What's happening?" Secre asked in confusion, still trying to keep her concentration as pain lanced through her body from the strain of using the Stones. 'There's even more despair and pain in store for the next Soul who possess the Four-Leaf, so I'll go ahead and sew the seeds for him' he thought. "Forbidden Magic: Noad Napesh!" he said, as a dark blue light engulfed all the dead Elves before their Souls could go to the afterlife.

"So that's what did it," Patry sighed, clenching his hands, "I'm so sorry everyone, I didn't mean to cause you all so much more pain" he replied tiredly. Licht smiled softly, "the you in this timeline thought he was doing the right thing. But the ones he hurt and killed, what he did was unforgivable. That version of you is no doubt going to have to work hard to make up for everything he did. He may not even be forgiven. But if your alternate future self can learn to forgive himself, maybe he can be happy again" He replied. The younger Elf smiled a bit, "I'm sure he'll do his best, just like we all will" Patry replied.

"I'll be sure to work much more slowly and carefully next time. In an era where you two don't exist!" The Devil exclaimed, laughing as the prison slowly crushed him, before disappearing into the future. The Magic Stones fell to the ground. "Secre! Are you hurt!" Lemiel called as he made his way up the skull. The young woman turned to him, "you're alive!" she exclaimed in joy, rushing over to the young man. "You managed to seal that Devil away" the Prince rasped, but when the screen changed perspective, everyone could see the huge patch of blood soaking into the blue fabric of Lemiel's cape.

Licht flinched and turned away, "I'm sorry" he said quietly. "No," the blond young man shook his head, "this version of me managed to keep my promise to you, he made sure you didn't hurt anyone and stopped you. So he wouldn't be feeling any regret over his life ending. Except maybe at the part where the Devil ended up getting away, but trust me, it's fine for right now. On the other hand, we're going to stop all of this, so it doesn't really matter what happened, right?" Lemiel asked, causing his friend to look up at him with a small smile, "thank you" he said softly.

"Yes, it should contain him for a little while, but it won't hold out forever, so we-" she began, before her Prince collapsed into her suddenly. Secre gasped at the blood, "no! Prince!" she exclaimed faintly, as the screen showed the trail of blood Lemiel had left in his wake. Lemiel smiled slightly though, "this is the way it should be. I kept my promise to Licht, so it's okay" he rasped weakly. Secre gasped in horror, tears in her eyes, before she closed her eyes and let out a single sob. Then she held the young man up in front of her, "don't worry, I'm going to use the Magic Stones to seal you. It probably won't perfect, but it should at least keep you alive" she breathed, the stones glowing as the necklaces floated over to her. "If the Devil's Seal is broken, then the peaceful future we've fought so hard for will be taken away" she said. "But you can't Seccre!" Lemiel exclaimed weakly, "if you use that Forbidden Magic any more, you'll lose your humanity!" "That's better than letting you die here Your Highness. It's just as he said, you're our hope for a brighter future!" the young woman replied, as the Magic Stones in their holders floated up between her hands.

There wasn't a single dry eye in the theatre. Everyone, even Raya had tears in their eyes. "Now that's true bravery right there. I have to say, the two bravest people I've seen in these clips have been you Licht and her. Nothing is nobler than self-sacrifice. That was said by one of the greatest Hero's of all time in another world that I've visited. And it's true. You both gave everything to make a brighter future. You're both true Hero's in my eyes" Bethany said, as she dried her eyes. "Of course, that's not to say that you're not brave too Your Highness" she added, looking over at the human Prince. "It's okay, Secre and Licht deserve the praise, for now at least. They won't have to be that brave in our new future though" Lemiel replied with a smile.

A bright light engulfed the screen. When it faded it showed the skull of Licht's Demon form with Lemiel, frozen in stone on top. The rising sun indicated that it was the next day. Secre, as Nero blinked, "so the Prince began his long slumber as a statue, and for some reason, I was turned into a bird" she narrated. Nero flew into the air, looking at the statue, 'I've been spared! But in this small form, I'll need help from the future mages!' she thought, flying away. (End flashback)

The scene returned to the present, with Lemiel and Secre traveling through the Shadow Palace. 'Five Hundred years ago, I was removed from the natural realm. I watched over the Five-Leaf Grimoire, preparing for the day when the Devil's seal would be broken' she thought, as images showed in the background, the Devil trying to take over Licht's body, the Sealing, and- Licht's former Grimoire appearing before Asta as the Demon-Slayer Sword emerged from it. 'And to my surprise, the one who inherited that Grimoire, was a boy, who was born without Magic. As soon as things were set into motion, momentum built quickly, and now, the time has come' she thought as other images were shown: Secre as Nero, holding one of the Magic Stones in her mouth, Patry, Vetto, looking deranged, Fana looking angry, the door to the Shadow Palace opening and Lemiel being unsealed. "Today, we will finally put this conflict to rest!" Secre exclaimed in determination.

Black Clover

The Devil watched as Asta, Yuno and Patry stormed through the Mass, "I knew we'd find you eventually you creep!" the grey-haired boy cried. "Aren't you something. I see you found a way to eradicate his Dark Elf form. Sadly I've no use for toys I've grown tired of playing with." The Devil said. He narrowed his eyes slightly, 'it seems my spell that saps the life out of whatever it touches can be counteracted by Anti-Magic. What an unbelievable nuisance!' he thought.

"Serves you right" Tettia said, glaring at the screen.

Suddenly a sound could be heard, turning to look, just as Lemiel and Secre, in a beam of light, smashed straight through the lifeforce-draining Mass and into the room between Asta, Yuno, Patry and the Devil.

"Well, that's one way to make an entrance. A little too flashy for my tastes though" Raya commented, causing a few people to laugh.

Both glared at him, "It's over for you! Devil!" Lemiel exclaimed, looking furious. With the Magic Stones for eyes, he seemed even more dangerous. "You again! This fight is getting more and more interesting by the minute!" the Zagred exclaimed.

Black Clover

Licht floated above everyone, staring down at the two who had just torn their way into the Shadow Palace. Meanwhile both Asta and Yuno stared at them in shock, "hey, Yuno, you see that?" the Anti-Magic Wielder asked. "Yeah" his Rival breathed. "Call me crazy, but I think it's the first Wizard King" Asta said, remembering the statue and comparing it to Lemiel. From where he floated, Licht's eyes widened slightly. Asta began Fanboying, with sparkly eyes and more sparkles around him, "NO FREAKING WAY!" he cried in amazement.

This caused everyone to laugh at the boy's reaction. The Prince himself rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"ARE YOU THE REAL DEAL?! I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT IT'S THE COOLEST THING EVER!" Asta began to scream in excitement. "Calm down Asta, now isn't the time for that" Yuno said, but everyone could tell by his completely blank face that the Half-Elf was struggling not to rush over there and start asking questions immediately.

Bethany chuckled, "you know in my world, we call that Fanboying. There's also fangirling, but that's just for the girls." She explained. Lemiel sweat-dropped, "wow, I knew they wanted to get the same title I had become known for, but I didn't think those two would react like that" he said with a laugh.

Meanwhile Patry was shocked, "it's, you!" he exclaimed. Lemiel looked back at them in confusion, "who are they?" he asked. "He's an Elf revived by Forbidden Magic. Those two are members of the present-day Magic Knights, they helped gather the Magic Stones to bring you back" Secre explained. Suddenly Asta stopped Fanboying, staring in confusion at the young woman who had appeared with the First Wizard King, 'there's something familiar about her Ki' he thought. She turned back to look up at the Elf Leader, who was staring down at them. His Soul may have been asleep, but he still knew that he knew them, just the faintest whispers reaching out through the darkness. "Prince, we'd better see to Licht first" Secre said. Lemiel used his teleporting to move up to him. Secre placed her hand on his chest, "I'm not sure of the reason, but it looks like that Forbidden Spell reincarnated him with his Soul still intact" she said.

The current Licht let out a breath he didn't realise he'd been holding. Hearing that he still had his Soul, that it hadn't been lost when he'd become a monster and gone on a rampage was more of a relief than even he'd thought it would be. Lemiel beamed at him, "so I did manage to save your Soul! Thank goodness!" he said in relief, wrapping his arms around his Best Friend. The Elf let himself relax for a moment, before becoming serious again as the recording continued.

"He's still dormant, but Licht is in there somewhere" Secre added. "That's good," Lemiel began, before turning to his servant and friend, "can you wake him?" he asked, trying to keep the inpatients out of his voice. "Leave it to me" the Sealing Magic user replied. She remembered how weak she used to be Magic-wise, 'In the beginning, my Magic could only open and close things. But as his Highness and I worked together, my skill gradually started to evolve. He brilliantly found ways to use my Spells to there full potential, and now, thanks to the Prince's help, my Magic can release any Seal!' Secre thought, blue light beginning to grow on Licht's chest as she used her Inverse Release Spell. The others down below watched in awe. The Magic capacity seemed to be a bit much for the young/old woman as sweat began to form on her face. But it was nowhere near the level of when she had tried to seal the Devil. "Are you there?" Lemiel asked softly, hopefully. Lichts eyes widened, before the seal keeping his Soul asleep shattered and he finally awoke fully.

He gasped, as his Sword glowed to show that it felt it's masters Mana flowing through it, welcoming him back almost joyously you could say with a deep hum, as though it were alive. Lemiel smiled at his friend and brother. "There was something I couldn't say to you back then, so I'll say it now," Licht began. When the screen showed his face, he had a truly gentle and happy smile on his face, "I'm grateful, Lemiel" he said. The former Prince smiled happily, glad to have his friend back. Both of their Mana flared brightly to life, flowing around them powerfully. "It appears that your timing has improved in this modern Era, you must have learned your lesson when you were late all those years ago" the Devil commented.

"The only reason my brother was late was because of you, asshole! If Lemiel had been there, he would have been able to protect us! This time you won't be able to touch any one of us!" Tettia cried. "Woah, Tettia, please calm down. A Princess shouldn't use that kind of language" her brother urged. "Right now I don't exactly care. Tell me again when we get out of here, but not right now" the young woman replied.

"And I've learned, that I should destroy both of you at once!" he added. Lemiel, Secre and Licht teleported over to the stone platform where the others were. Patry frowned, nervous, "Licht, I-" he began before cutting himself off. "Patry, even though my Soul was trapped in a deep sleep, I saw everything" Licht began.

Patry tensed. He'd never seen his friend angry before, truly angry, and the thought terrified him. But he also knew that everything he'd done in that future timeline was horrible and things that Licht would have never wanted. His Leader had every right to be angry at him, even if the current one wasn't, the alternate future version might be. If that was the case, if that version of Licht was angry at his alternate future self, he would watch the punishment without fear, as it was no less that what he deserved.

"Really?" Patry asked nervously, withdrawing into himself slightly, head bent and shoulders hunched, as though preparing to be hit. "So-" he began. "In our lifetime, the Elves fell pray to this Devil's dark plot. But while I was drowning in despair, someone stopped me from hurting even more innocent people and letting the despair grow deeper. My precious friend Lemiel. Regardless of how it was done, it's clear that someone arrived to stop you just in time as well" Licht explained.

"Yeah, and nearly killed himself in the process. I mean, who risks his life for someone whose practically a stranger, whose only interaction with them was that he tried to kill him several times," Patry replied, pouting and looking away, but again he had a small smile on his face, "stupid human" he muttered.

"Dear Patry. When you took up that blade, you believed that it was right, but to the ones who were struck down by it, what you did was an unspeakable crime" Licht said.

"I know that, all I want now is to make sure none of it ever happens" the young Elf whimpered, unable to keep the tears from his eyes.

Patry looked down, guilt crushing his heart. "Still, even if you can't be forgiven, I hope this is of some comfort to you" the older Elf continued, raising his hand and placing it against the back of Patry's head, gently pulling his young friend close, "I know, you did your best" Licht said softly. The other Elf gasped, before tears welled up in his eyes and he sobbed in grief, guilt, regret, pain, gratitude and so many more emotions that he couldn't name them all, "oh Licht" he whimpered, sobbing into his leaders shoulder, moving closer as he received comfort he hadn't believed that he deserved or would ever get again. The guilt was still strong, but being once again accepted by one of his most precious people caused the weight on his heart to lighten, even if only a little.

"Awe, that's so sweet. I'm happy for you Patry" Fana said happily. Patry smiled slightly, a tear falling from his eye. Even though he hadn't actually done any of those things, nor would he, having Licht accept and forgive him still made him feel better about himself. Knowing that he had the potential to do so many horrible things still with the right provocation was painful. But he knew that no matter what, he would never give up on trying to change their future.

"All that's left for us to do now, is combat this next threat, without letting our past mistakes break our spirits" Licht said, turning to look at the Devil "at long last we'll put an end to 500 years of pain" he added resolutely. "Couldn't agree more, the sooner I swallow up those pitiful little feelings of yours, the better" Zagred replied, sending a wave of other-worldly mass at them. The Magic Stones in Lemiels eyes glowed, before him whole body lit up, 'Mana Zone Light Magic: Lamp of Avior Gloria' he thought. 'Sword Magic: Origin Flash Rampage' Licht thought. The formerly human Prince raised his arm, giant Light Swords appearing around him. Licht slashed his sword at least seven times in under a minute, destroying the mass around them, as Lemiel's Light Magic Spell burnt away the rest. The others were left staring in shock.

"Wait, I thought that stuff absorbed Magic, how in the world did you two do that?" Vetto asked in complete confusion. "It'll explain soon" Bethany replied.

'They managed to blow apart my spell which devours the Magic of this world. The one who used the most Forbidden spell of all,' the Devil thought, 'and the one who absorbed his power! The only explanation, is that they've been affected by that world!' Suddenly Lemiel was at his side, throwing a large Light Sword at Zagredl, which he managed to dodge. But then Licht was there and he took up the Mana with his own sword, making it look like a larger, Light version of his Demon-Slayer Sword. Then he appeared right behind the monster, knocking him down where Lemiel teleported to, knocking the Devil to the side, 'they're quick' he thought. Licht appeared in his path, cutting into him and knocking him down into his own mass. "Woah, amazing" Asta muttered, as they all watched from the side. Zagred flew up and to the side, but before he could do anything, Lemiel was there, shooting beams of light at him, which he was forced to dodge.

'All we have to do is keep up this speed' the human Prince thought. 'If we're swift he can't counter with his words' Licht thought, shooting off an attack from his sword which cut through the smoke from the last attack and caught the monster by surprise.

Everyone cheered excitedly.

Zagred managed to escape from the attack, only to have Lemiel appear before him, slamming a large sword of light through his chest. "They did it!" Asta exclaimed. "Douve Nuutra Edde!" the Word Soul Devil said, forming a purple Trident out of thin air. He then smashed the Light Sword to pieces. Lemiel gasped, but wasn't able to move back before- *slash* the Devil used the Trident to cut off his arm.

Tettia screamed, while Fana covered her eyes. Licht had frozen in his seat, eyes wide and breathing harshly.

"His arm!" Secre exclaimed in horror, "Lemiel!" Licht called, worried. 'That spear can break down Spells!' he thought. "I commend you for having the wherewithal to attack me that many times, but regardless of how capable a pair you may be, now that I have my own body and Grimoire, I am unstoppable!" Zagred cried, drawing back the trident to attack again. "Wanna bet!?" Asta cried, suddenly appearing in between them, Demon-Dweller Sword blocking the attack. It was then revealed that Yuno had used his Wind Magic to throw his friend and rival straight at the Devil. Said evil creature narrowed his eyes, "Anti-Magic?" he asked. Lemiel gasped, 'right' Licht thought, 'that might do it!' Secre thought. Asta struggled to push the Devil back, who was shocked, 'this weapon is supposed to crumble anything it touches! Still, he's nothing to fear without the other sword' he thought.

"Now 'get back'" the Word Soul Devil ordered, causing Asta to be flung backwards thought the air with a shriek of surprise. "Tempest of Blades!" He said, causing more bladed weapons to rain down on him. Asta pushed himself to deflect them all, before everyone else moved in to help, Yuno with his Wind Magic, Licht with his Sword and Patry and Lemiel with their Light Magic. "Alright! Thanks for the backup guys!" the teen replied gratefully. Yuno stared at Licht as he floated above him. 'His magic is immense, but doesn't feel oppressive. It's almost like, a well-honed blade' he thought.

"Um, yeah, that's because he has Sword magic, or didn't he get that yet?" Patry asked in confusion. Vetto shrugged, "he's only known Licht for, what? a few days? And most of that time was spent with his Soul still asleep" he replied. "Actually it's only been about a day since the Awakening of the Elves, so, yeah, even less than that. Although he and Asta did fight against Licht before the Seal on his Soul was broken" Bethany explained.

'So this, is the Leader of the Elves. But, why is there something warm and nostalgic about his presence?' Yuno wondered.

"Because he's your Spiritual Father" Fana replied.

Secre flew up on one of the weapons that Zagred had just shot out, "let me help you!" she called, carrying Lemiel's arm. She aligned it properly, "I'll mend the wound so you can keep fighting!" she exclaimed. 'Sealing Magic: Closed Sorrow!' The former Prince tested his arm. It moved just like normal, "that's great, thank you!" Lemiel exclaimed gratefully. "So cool!" Asta exclaimed again, "are all of his friends as awesome as you are?!" he cried in excitement. "Also, I know you're like a Jillion years old, but I get the feeling I've met you before!" he said, "y'know. Like… there's somethin' about your Ki and your eyes that reminds me of someone I know-" Asta began, before Secre pinched his cheek, "just focus on the fight" she ordered, while the boy screamed in pain, "LET GO! What's the big idea?" he asked. The Devil laughed, "you did manage to seal me, so I'll admit that ability of yours is convenient. At lease in terms of this worlds magic, which is as weak as a wilted flower compared to the Four-Leaf kind.

Then again, now that I have my body, it's completely ineffective against me." He said cheerfully. "Be quiet! Long ago, His Highness found a use for my insignificant power! He showed me that even I can help make this world better!" Secre exclaimed, before having a flashback.

(Flashback) Lemiel and Secre were sitting together on top on one of the castle's walls. "I have a Four-Leaf Grimoire, and people always tell me my Light Magic is something special. But if you ask me, everyone is unique, which means that we're all pretty amazing" the Prince said.

Lemiel nodded, "I still agree with my past self. I truly believe that no matter what kind of Magic we have, or even if we have no Magic at all, everyone of us has a place in this world, and each of our powers has meaning, because only we can do the things that we're able to do. No matter what, that's the truth" he said, causing everyone to smile at him.

"I don't know, all my Magic can do is open and close things so, I'm not that great" Secre replied, looking down. "What did I tell you? I'm sure your Sealing Magic can come in handy in ways that you haven't even discovered. It doesn't matter who you are. There are some things that only you can do." Lemiel replied. Secre perked up, "things that only I can do?" she asked in amazement- she'd never thought of it that way before. "That's why we're inventing these Magic Items. If every person used their talents to help everyone else, the world would be great" the Prince replied. (End flashback)

Bethany nodded, "like how only Asta can use Anti-magic because he can't use any magic himself. Because of that, and his rigorous training regimen, he's able to stand on par with powerful Mages. Of course, he usually has some help from his friends, but that doesn't mean that he doesn't have any strength of his own. But because of his body's inability to wield Magic, he's able to fight other Mages at a more equal level, neither can use Magic to fight" she explained. Lemiel grinned, "I sure would like a chance to meet Asta and all the others too, but in our new timeline it might be impossible" he added.

"The only way you know how to live is by taking from other people! But now, the ones you hurt, stepped on and brought to shame are going to take it all back!" Secre cried.

"Wow, she can give a pretty good speech as well" Fana said.

"I suggest you get started with that, then. Regardless of what you do to combat this magic, it won't stop flowing until you've defeated me. The exit is here on the top floor. So the more time you waste running you mouth, the likely it is that your friends in the other rooms will get swallowed up!" Zagred exclaimed, laughing.

"Please excuse me, but I can't hold it in anymore! That bastard is a -ing psychotic asshole! Whoever sealed his body the first time should have just -ing destroyed it! I -ing hate him so much! I wish he would just drop dead already! He should have -ing died years ago! *sigh* that's better, thank you for your patience" she said. Everyone stared at her in shock, "um, what was that all about?" Vetto asked in confusion. "Oh, that was just me venting" the young woman explained. "No, we meant the, silent parts" Licht clarified, for once looking just as confused as everyone else. "Oh, that. Since this is real life and I can swear here, I wanted to make sure that if I decided to write a book about all of this someday, that any children who read it don't see the swear words. So I had my daughter SILENT help with that" Bethany explained. "Okay, that makes more sense, we, or at least I, was worried that I was losing my hearing for a moment there" Tettia replied. "Oh no, not at all, nothing can harm you here, you're all perfectly safe. The only one who could break into this place at all would be the current Sorcerer Supreme, and he's in another dimension right now helping the Guardians of the Galaxy stop another Cosmic Entity Planet-Eater on the scale of Galacticus, but with none of his reasonable qualities.

I would be there as well if they hadn't assured me they'd be fine, and since Doctor Strange, the Sorcerer, has the Time Stone, he assured me that in most possible futures they didn't need my help. So, I was free to do this instead" The young woman explained. Raya gaped at her- scratch that, most of them gaped at her, "just how powerful are you!?" Tettia exclaimed. "Well, let's put it this way, in one of the alternate Universes, Clow Reed, the first Master of these Cards and their creator lost his lover. He ended up nearly breaking the universe in that reality to try and bring her back," Bethany said. Everyone gaped at her in shock, that couldn't be possible, right? No one was that strong! "I'm stronger than him" Bethany added. "WHAT!?" Patry exclaimed in disbelief. After a while, everyone just decided to push those thoughts out of their mind and keep watching. But for Patry, something wasn't adding up. If Bethany was really that powerful, how come showing them a few clips exhausted her to the point of having to go rest?

"This is bad!" Asta exclaimed. 'If not even Licht and Lemiel had the power to stop him, then is there anything the rest of us can do?' Patry thought in dismay. "Very well. My friends and I are going to rid this fortress of your evil magic, with a spell that combines all our might!" Licht replied.

"Wait, I'm using that? I can't even remember that last time I used that spell, or even if I ever used it before" the current Licht said, a hand on his chin as he thought. "What spell?" Tettia, Lemiel and Patry asked at the same time. "You'll have to wait and see" the Elf Leader replied.

"Careful Licht!" Patry called in warning. He raised the Demon-Dweller Sword into the air, 'I need to borrow your power.' He thought, as the sword began to glow with a bright white light. Suddenly Yuno and Patry began to glow with the same light.

Black Clover

Meanwhile, Yami and Charla were tucked together in a small pocket of the humans Dark Magic and surrounded by the Mass on all sides. "Crap, I probably shoulda thought this idea through a little more" he muttered. "Yes, you should have human. Can't you make this space any wider?" Charla asked in annoyance. "Did you seriously ask me that?" Yami asked as the Elf used her Magic to heal his arm, "this is the thanks I get for savin' your ass? You sure you're possessed, 'cause you sound like the real Charlotte!" the human asked, also annoyed.

"Well, at least Charla managed to overcome the hatred from the Reincarnation Magic enough to work alongside Mr Yami" Lemiel said with a smile. Licht smiled, "true, so they aren't all beyond breaking the Devil's influence" he added happily.

"Damn, this nasty stuff is gonna chip away at my magic until it's gone. If you didn't know how to use Recovery Magic, we'd really be up a creek right now, wouldn't we?" Yami asked. "You're welcome, brute" Charla replied, before she started glowing white instead of the yellow she had been before. "Hey. Uh, what's the deal? Why are you glowing a different colour? Is that, uh, normal for Elves?" Yami asked. "Is this-?" she began.

Black Clover

The screen changed to show the unconscious Lira. Charmy and her new Wolf stood over him, "that's what you get for wasting my precious food!" she exclaimed, "behold, the power of hunger!" she cried, before blinking in confusion as Lira started glowing.

"Um, what?" Raya asked, "why is Lira on the ground unconscious with a human girl and a wolf above him?" he asked. "Okay long story short, that girl loves food, she loves eating it and cooking it with her Cotton Creation Magic: Sheep Chiefs. But if you waste or ruin her food she becomes furious and summons a giant sheep to attack with. She tried offering food to Lira when he was frustrated about his painting, but he knocked it away in a rage. That caused her to become pissed and she awakened her second Magical Attribute. It turns out that that girl, Charmy, is half human and half Dwarf. Her second Attribute is Food Magic, that turns her giant sheep into a wolf and whenever the wolf eats magical constructs, that magic gets transferred to Charmy, okay?" Bethany said.

"Okay, that makes sense. Come to think of it, we don't see much of the Dwarves in our time. They all prefer to stay hidden underground, but they can all defiantly eat from what I've heard" Licht nodded in understanding.

All the other Elves in the Shadow Palace began glowing and their Magic flowed towards the chamber where Licht and the others were. Mimosa saw this on her map. "It's him! Licht!" Raya rasped. Back in the entrance chamber all the Mana flowed into Licht's sword, "at last, we Elves get our vengeance!" he said. 'Ultimate Sword Magic: Demon-Dweller Sword-Conquering Eon!' he thought. Then he cut through the air, a bright yellow light made up of the strength of all of his people lashed out towards the Devil. He screamed as his body seemed to be boiling away. Yuno and Asta watched in shock as the Devil disintegrated along with some of the floating stone work. When the attack his dissipated all that could be seen was a huge burnt out hole in both the stone wall and the Demon's Mass had been burned away. "No way!" Asta cried, shocked, 'His Magic's unbelievable!' Yuno thought in frustration, clenching his fist.

Secre stared at the destruction with wide eyes, "it's, over" she muttered. "He's dead. Well done!" Patry praised, relief evident in his voice. However, he gasped in horror a moment later. As a pulsing sound was heard. Everyone growled in anger, but Patry was the only one who could speak, shaky though it was, "it that, the Devils heart?" he asked. The heart grew a mouth which grinned, "Heal me" he ordered. Then his matter began to pull itself back together.

"Are you kidding!? What the hell!?" Fana yelled at the screen, furious. "Just how can we beat something like that?" Vetto asked hollowly, terrified sweat dripping down his face.

Zagred laughed, "weren't you listening? I told you it would be impossible to kill me!" he exclaimed mockingly, 'using magic from this world anyway' he thought. Secre ground her teeth in anger. 'After everything they threw at him, he still regenerated? Now what?' Patry thought in fear. Licht glanced behind him at Asta, who was still in his Black form. He was staring at the Elf in shock, 'that sword is even more deadly than I thought it was.' He thought, before glancing down at the Demon-Slayer Sword he held, 'if my own sword has a power I haven't unlocked yet, then we still have a chance! I couldn't erase that spear, but I did block it! That probably means my Anti-Magic was too weak to break through. But if it kinda worked, then it's possible, right? So, if I can fight as hard as them… then there's something only I can do, because I don't have any magic!' Asta thought in determination as Anti-Magic exploded out of his body.

The screen turned dark.

Everyone let out a sigh, "I don't know how much more of these I can take! It's so stressful!" Lemiel exclaimed in exasperated exhaustion. "Well, thankfully for you, there are only two more official Veiwings I was planning to show you, unless you want to watch anymore once those are done?" Bethany asked. The group looked at each other, "we'll think about it. For now can we stop to eat again? I believe we are all getting rather hungry. After that we can move on to the next Viewing." Licht decided. The Card Mage nodded, "of course, in fact, why don't we all take a proper break while we're at it? Relax, unwind, have something to eat and just destress" the young woman suggested. After a moment, everyone agreed and moved off to do their own thing. Bethany moved to her private room. Sighing in relief at how well everything had gone, she settled down to meditate.

To Be Continued