Author's Note: Hope you all like the previous chapter and the moments between Asta and Noelle.
I don't own Fairy Tail or Black Clover.
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Now then on with the new chapter.
Chapter 10: What Happened One Day in the Castle Town
Asta, Noelle, and Magna had just returned to the Black Bull's base where they were greeted by their squad captain, Yami.
"You guys…had a real rough time out there!" Yami says to the three laughing happily. "Whatever…good job, you idiots." He says.
'Why does he look so happy?' Noelle wonders.
"Yes sir!" Asta and Magna shout together.
"Nice work." Vanessa says yawning. "The magic investigation team is examining what the criminals left behind but…they haven't gotten any important info out of it." She says. "That pocket watch he left was valuable. Considering that, and how they acted…they might be extremists or dissidents from the Noble Realm." She says and then notices the Anti-Bird on Asta's shoulder. "Oh! Who's this little guy? How cute!" She gushes over the little bird.
"He sorta followed me all the way from the village of Hage." Asta says.
"Well, it doesn't matter." Yami says. "In recognition of your actions kid…the Wizard King has awarded us three stars! Two for you, kid." He says to Asta. "And one for you, girl." He says to Noelle.
"Naturally." Noelle says flipping one of her pigtails off her shoulder. 'I can't believe I was awarded a star! Yes!' She squeals in her mind.
"Whoooooaa! For real?! Yessssss!" Magna cheers before he realizes something. "Wait, I wasn't awarded anything?" He asks.
"A star? What's a star?" Asta asks in confusion.
"The nine Magic Knight groups compete to see how many stars they can collect. It's an honor thing." Vanessa says.
"Ooooh." Asta says in awe.
"The Golden Dawn's at the top right now they've got seventy." Vanessa says.
"That's a lot!" Asta shouts.
Yami then holds up the three stars and they flow up to the wall where there were thirty-one black stars on the wall and the gold stars place themselves over three of the black ones removing them.
"Great! That makes for a nice, neat minus thirty!" Magna shouts.
"Y'know, if we just hadn't busted up the town on that one mission…" Vanessa begins to say.
"That puts us exactly 98 behind the Golden Dawn. Finally." Yami says.
'What?! Minus?! We've got a long way to go…' Asta thought looking up at the star wall. "Huh?" He asks noticing Yami holding a bag out to him.
"And here. Your wages for this month." Yami says.
"Whoa! Money!" Asta shouts holding a hand full on it.
"It's barely anything." Noelle says looking inside her bag.
"Well I guess with you being a royal, money is something you had growing up." Asta says. "But with this amount, I could buy 2,000 nomotatoes." He says.
"Nomotato? What's that?" Noelle asks.
"It's a potato from Hage. It's filling and taste a little weird." Asta tells her.
"Congratulations on your first payday!" Vanessa says happily. "This means you'll want to go shopping in the Castle Town, right?" She asks. "I'm free. I'll take you." She offers.
"The Castle Town?" Asta asks in confusion. 'Maybe I should get some new clothes there.' He thought.
Later that morning the three arrived in Castle Town and see its lively as if there was some kind of festival or something going on.
"Nice place." Asta says with a whistle.
[Kikka is a castle town in the upper center of the Common Realm. Most people who come here are commoners from the Common Realm. Nobles visit once in a while. Peasants visit even less.]
"There's all sorts of yummy-looking fruit I've never even seen before!" Asta shouts in excitement looking at the selection of fruit stands. "And tons of wands and magic items here! Geez, that's expensive!" He shouts. 'Someday, Yuno and I should bring the sister and the kids from the church here.' He thought.
"Hey, Asta, you said you were looking for a new outfit, right?" The Anti-Bird asks.
"Yeah, that's right." Asta says.
"Why not try in there." The Anti-Bird says pointing his wing to a clothing store a couple of buildings down.
"All right." Asta cheers. "Hey Noelle, Vanessa, I'm going to check out that clothing store. I'll catch up with you two later." He says and walks off.
"Okay, we'll be over there." Vanessa says pointing to a few shop stands. "Meet us there when you're done." She says.
Vanessa was now wearing more appropriate clothes that cover most of her body, albeit it is still very revealing. She wears a slim, sleeveless, fit, red-violet top and miniskirt with red-violet evening gloves. The design of the top allows her to showcase much of her torso where it is only connected at one point around her navel region. The cups that hold her breasts have curvy edges. Her miniskirt is very short and only covers her buttocks. She also wears dark purple stockings and garter belts underneath her boots. Her thigh-high red-violet boots are skin tight and split at the collars, creating a V-shape. Lastly, she wears a red-violet hat with a conical crown, which falls onto one side near the end. The hat also has a purple ribbon surrounding its circumference with a pin of intricate design attacked to it, and a very wide brim. In addition, she sports a purple belt, connected to a pouch, in which she carries her grimoire, on her right side. Her outfit is completed with a pair of earrings.
"Hey…that robe…aren't those Magic Knights?!" A man asks.
"That's…eep! He's a Black Bull!" A woman shrieks.
"That guy?!" The man asks. "Over there…that's Vanessa, the Black Bulls' lush of a witch! Talk about hot!" The man says.
"The cutie next to her is a Black Bull too?!" Another man asks seeing the two female Black Bulls.
"There's a lot of commotion…" Noelle says.
"It's fine, it's fine. Just having Magic Knights around deters criminals." Vanessa says. "But if you'd rather go and watch Asta try on different outfits…" She says teasing Noelle as she blushes heavily.
"Sh-Sh-Shut up!" Noelle shouts covering her face with her hands.
"Oh, come on, I'm just playing with you." Vanessa says but then leans in close to Noelle. "But a little piece of advice. If you don't act soon, you may lose him before you even get him." She says.
'She maybe right but the problem is I don't understand how I feel about Asta. I know I admire him but is that all I feel?' Noelle thought.
One hour later Vanessa and Noelle were continuing shopping and after showing Noelle around the area Vanessa was finally getting the important stuff she needed.
"Health recovery herbs…consumable magic items…" Vanessa says going over her check-list. "Once we've picked up the major stuff and Asta catches up with us, I'll take you two somewhere special." She says making Noelle curious about where she was talking about.
"Hey Noelle, Vanessa!" Asta voice calls out to them.
"About time you came ba…" Noelle begins to say but trails off when sees Asta's new look. "Ehhhh!" She squeals blushing at the sight.
"Well…what do you think?" Asta asks doing a twirl to show off his new look.
Asta now wears a light white-colored jacket with dark red-colored clothing protruding from the inside, with the collar pointed upwards; his new jacket has a gray fur lining near the collar that appears similar to a feather boa. The jacket and clothing are unbuttoned showing off Asta's well developed body. His arms are covered by black fingerless gloves reaching up to his mid-bicep, with their upper edges being adorned by light gray bands hanging down several centimeters. He also wears a striped belt, which have his two pouches for his grimoires attached to them, and dark pants, which are tucked inside his dark-colored boots. He still wears his signature Black Bulls robe over his jacket and his headband as well.
Noelle couldn't find the words to describe how much she loved Asta's new look and just continued stuttering while her blush grew heavier.
'He just happened to buy an outfit that shows off his body.' Noelle thought as she stares at the boy and her eyes trail down his body towards his abs. 'His…muscular…well-built…body…' She thought slightly drooling and quickly turns away. "I-I-I-It's looks o-o-okay, for a p-p-peasant outfit." She says stuttering.
'Oh, this girl is in love for sure.' Vanessa thought with a smile. "I must say this look definitely suits our little anti-dragon slayer." She says teasingly poking Asta's cheek.
"Ugh…thanks, I think." Asta says slightly embarrassed.
"Now come on you two. Time to take you to somewhere special I promised." Vanessa says leading the two 15-year-olds into an alley.
"Somewhere special…? This is just an alley…" Asta says.
Vanessa smiles and continues walking forward and shocks by Asta and Noelle when she walks through the stone wall in front of her.
"Here. Over here." Vanessa says sticking her upper body out and waves them to follow her.
"Huh?!" Asta shouts in shock. 'Through the wall?!' He thought and walks on through and a shady looking market with people selling things in booths or on mats.
Asta steps forward and nearly stumbles over the slightly large step and when Noelle comes through he holds his hand out to her and which she smiles at, accepting his gentleman offer as he assists her down the slightly large step.
"Welcome to the Black Market." Vanessa says as she leads the two through the market. "It's a teensy bit on the dangerous side, but they've got some super-effective stuff here." She explains. "Yoohoo!" She waves passing a vender.
"Hey, Vanessa! I've got some good stock in." The vender says.
"Oh, surprised?" Vanessa asks seeing Noelle looking around with a shocked look on her face. "Royals and nobles won't come near this place, out of prejudice." She says.
"…" Noelle remains silent.
"Are you still having trouble controlling your magic? All you learned to control is magic that stays in one place." Vanessa says remembering what she, Asta, and Magna told the Black Bulls about their first mission.
"Th…That's true, but what about it?" Noelle asks.
"They've got items to repress magic here too." Vanessa says showing her a jewelry stand full of glamorous items. "If you find an item that's suited to you and adjust your magic, you might be able to control it." She explains.
"…!" Noelle eyes widen in shock by this information she just learned.
"Huh?" Asta asks hearing lots of noise coming from up ahead. "Things are really jumping over there." He says.
"That's a casino. You two are still a bit young for that." Vanessa says seeing a lot of people sitting down at the different game stands. "Amateurs need to take it easy, or they'll ruin themselves. Heh heh heh!" She laughs.
"Awriight! Bring it ooooon!" Magna yells walking up to the casino area.
'Hey, I know that guy…' Asta and Noelle though at the same time. 'That's gonna end badly.' They thought.
Meanwhile in a corner an elderly woman was playing cards with Sekke Bronzazza, who is now wearing a signature Magic Knight's robe, but it is unsure which squad he's a part of, and by the looks of it he wasn't doing too good.
"Ho ho ho." The old lady laughs holding four cards in her hands.
"Dang it!" Sekke shouts. "Har! I lost again!" He yells.
"I can see the future, sonny." The old lady says.
'Man, this ol' lady's good…' Sekke thought holding two cards in his hand. 'I got into the Magic Knights, but they just run me ragged with odd jobs every day…when I finally got to go on a mission, they used me as bait and I almost died. I'm constipated and losing my hair…' He thought. 'Rrrrrrgh! It's all that little runt's fault!' He thought leaving the table where he lost all his money. 'Wonder if there's anything good around here…' He thought.
"What about this?" Vanessa asks holding up a necklace to Noelle.
"Mm…it's sort of ugly…" Noelle replies.
"Hn" Sekke asks as he turns his head and sees the two women. "Well, well. What are you two doing in a place like this?" He asks gaining their attention. "This is no place for lovely ladies like you. Har!" He laughs winking at them. "Did you get lost? I'm an Elite Magic Knight. I'll escort you outside." He offers.
"Vanish, insect." Noelle says with her arrogant royal pride as Vanessa lets out a loud yawn.
"Hey girls, I found this really cool looking dragon earring at the booth over there." Asta says.
"Oh, did you get it?" Vanessa asks with a smile.
"No, this outfit cleaned me out pretty good along with the money I sent to the church back home." Asta says with a disappointed look on his face.
'Hmm…maybe I should…' Noelle began to think after seeing Asta's disappointed face.
'Wha?! Th…That's…' Sekke thought going pale in the face from shock.
"Huh? Hey, I know you, you're…" Asta pauses for a moment trying to remember who Sekke was.
"Didn't you fight this guy at the entrance exam, Asta?" The Anti-Bird asks sitting on the fur of Asta's jacket.
"Right, Har!" Asta says.
"It's Sekke! Har!" Sekke shouts and does his signature laugh. "…!" He remains silent realizing something.
"Who is he?" Noelle asks.
"He took the entrance exams with me." Asta explains.
'Those two babes are with this guy?!' Sekke thought. "Going gambling with the ladies, even though you're a peasant?" He asks. "If you've got that much spare time, shouldn't you be doing odd jobs and earning points?" He asks.
"It's our day off. And besides, on my first mission, I got two stars from the Wizard King, and Noelle earn herself a star too." Asta says gesturing to Noelle who flips her pigtail over her shoulder in pride.
'Whaaaaaaaat?!' Sekke screamed in his mind. "That…that's not bad…I just got my third star (lie)…" He begins to say.
"Thief!" The old lady screams.
"Wind Magic: Thief's Wind Cloud!" The thief shouts focusing a considerable number of wind streams in a single place and then rides on top of it.
"My winnings…stop!" The old lady shouts.
Asta doesn't waste a second and takes off after the thief at tremendous speed with his Anti-Bird flying beside him.
"Right in front of Magic Knights…that's one brave thief." Noelle says. 'Now that Asta is gone I can buy that earring he wanted and give it to him as a gift. If he likes the gesture, I'll have my answer about how I feel.' She thought about to head over to the booth Asta was at before.
"Har!" Sekke laughs as his grimoire levitates besides him. "Bronze Creation Magic: Sekke's Shooting Star!" He shouts manifesting a bicycle completely composed of bronze with intricate patterns covering the surface.
The head tube of the bicycle's frame has a statue of Sekke as an ornament with a pair of wings that could be used as the handle bars. Similar pair of wings but larger in size could also be seen at the rear, behind the seat. The bicycle frame also has a pair of tubes protruding to the sides that could be used by Sekke to place his feet. Lastly, the wheels are made of a pair of bronze spheres with similar patterns covering their surface and they are connected to the frame by magical power.
'There's no way I'm letting you get all the glory, Asta!' Sekke thought. "I'll handle this, you young ladies just take it easy and wait for me. Har!" He laughs and winks at them.
"Lame!" Vanessa shouts seeing Sekke's magic.
"Creepy!" Noelle shouts also and walks away.
Meanwhile Asta was chasing the thief and had just exited the Black-Market entrance and into the alleyway of Kikka town.
"Hold it, yoooooooooou!" Asta screams catching up with the thief.
'He's just running…how is he managing to keep up with me?' The thief wonders.
"I could use my dragon roar but in this closed space it'll cause too much damage." Asta says.
"Asta, there's an opening up ahead. If you use you're Anti-Magic to destroy his cloud, you can then use your Dragon Slayer Magic and keep the damage closer to the ground." The Anti-Bird says.
"Great idea, uhh…man I need to think of a name for you." Asta says and cancels his magic as his Anti-Magic grimoire levitates to his right pulling out his broadsword and throws it at the thief.
'Like he could actually cut my wind magi-' The thief thought as he saw the sword coming towards him. "What the…?!" He asks when the sword destroys his cloud causing him to tumble into a more open alleyway.
Asta then reactivates his magic as his Dragon Slayer grimoire hovers on his left and flips through its pages to a certain one.
"Ice Dragon Slayer Mode!" Asta shouts entering his Ice Dragon Slayer form as he clenches his fists and brings them in front of his mouth. "Ice Dragon's Roar!" He yells releasing a small freezing hurricane blast from his mouth and does minimal damage to the area while also freezing the thief in place. "Got ya." He says with a grin on his face but then Sekke zooms in and rams into the frozen thief breaking him free of his ice prison. 'You damn idiot. And what's with that ugly ass thing?' He wonders.
"Haaaar!" Sekke laughs. 'The credit's all is miiiiine!' He thought.
"Ugh…ghk…" The thief groans and reaches into his pocket. "Magic Tool: Paralyze Knife!" He shouts pulling out a knife that has a clip-point blade with a semicircle cut near the handle and has no guard, stabbing Sekke in the foot.
"Huh?" Sekke asks observing his foot. "…" He then sees poison starting to spread. "GYAAAAAAAAH! Puh…P-p-p…Poi…poi…Poisoooooon!" He screams holding his leg in the air.
"Are you okay, Har?" Asta asks with his hands in his pants pockets.
'…Oh…am I dying…?' Sekke thought.
"Har…?" Asta asks trying to get Sekke's attention.
'Come to think of it, a long time ago…' Sekke thought.
"Har!" Asta says a little louder starting to get annoyed.
'…I aimed for the top…too…' Sekke thought looking at the castle in the distance. 'Heh I'd really rather not entrust it…' He thought grabbing Asta's Magic Knight's robe and pulls him closer towards him. '…to this guy, but…' He thought. "You're the guy who took me down…you get to the top…for me too! I'm entrusting my dream…to you…!" He shouts. 'I guess this isn't…such a bad way…to go out…haaar…' He thought with a laugh but then receives a chop to the face. "Bwuf!" He groans.
"Don't shove your important stuff off onto me! Live! Make your dream come true yourself! Don't you dare give up, you idiot!" Asta shouts and notices Vanessa pulling Sekke's boot and sock off and rubs some cream on his foot.
"There's no way you'd die from this. It's just a temporary numbing poison. I'll put some of the shique ointment I just bought on it. It'll be fine in no time." Vanessa says.
"…" Sekke goes pale in shock as he remains silent.
"…This guy is so stupid." The Anti-Bird says.
"Har…! Train harder until we meet again, Asta!" Sekke says carrying away the thief restrained by iron restraints, courtesy of Asta.
"See you later, you idiot." Asta says quietly waving his hand.
'Our guy looks more like the kid, but…seems like he's a lot tougher inside. Heh heh.' Vanessa thought with a giggle.
"You won all this gambling?! That's awesome, grandma!" Asta says handing the bag full of money back to the old woman. "Don't let anyone take it again!" He says.
"Ho ho ho. Thank you, Magic Knights!" The old lady says.
"Take care, grandma!" Asta shouts. "Weird, she looks like an old woman, but her smell doesn't even smell like a female at all.' He thought.
"Asta…" Noelle begins to say.
"Yeah, Noelle." Asta asks.
"I got you this." Noelle says holding out her hand to reveal an earring which, in itself, is attached to by a prominent metal pendant that is crystalline in shape with black dragon wrapped around the crystal.
"Hey that's the earring I was looking at earlier." Asta says with a huge smile.
"I saw the disappointed look on your face when you didn't have enough money left to get it, so I decided to buy it for you." Noelle says with a slight blush.
"Thanks a lot, Noelle." Asta says accepting her gift.
"You're welcome and when we get back to the base I'll help pierce your ear for you." Noelle says with a smile. 'It's official, I'm falling in love with Asta.' She thought feeling her heart beating faster at her admittance.
"Ho ho ho. Two grimoires, an ability to cancel out his own magic, magic nullification, and elemental dragon magic…hmm…? I've never seen those kinds of magics before. Wait, are they even consider magic at all…? He's a pretty interesting kid." The old woman had transformed into a tall middle-aged man with short messy blond hair and gray eyes, one of his notable features is a blue asterisk symbol on the left-side of his forehead.
This man's attire consists of a shirt and pants of similar color and designs. The white shirt has a high collar with black fur at the end and intricate gold and purple-colored designs on its circumference. The shirt also has long sleeves with light purple cuffs, which have similar black fur designs. A pair of gold ring-shaped ornaments are also decorating the upper and lower parts of each sleeve. His brown pants are complimented by a pair of high boots of similar color, which have black fur at the collars as well. On top of everything, he wears a long red robe that covers his entire body. The part of his robe, which covers his torso is decorated with white fur. On top of the fur, he wears a gold necklace and a couple of medals. One of those medals, the gold medal with a green cross, is positioned on the left side of his chest while the other, a shield with gold and red colors, is positioned on his right side. Additionally, a pair of robes are protruding from the fur on his right back. Furthermore, the robe only has a single sleeve for his right arm.
"This is why I can't get enough of wandering around in disguise…" The man says but then a portal opens up in front of him.
"I finally found you!" A male voice says on the other side of the portal. "What are you doing…Wizard King?!" The man asks.
"Ha ha ha ha." The Wizard King laughs.
"Sir?!" The man asks.
"Wandering around the Castle Town looking for new magic, that's what." The Wizard King says.
"Do you understand your position-" The man begins to say.
"Every meeting with magic is completely unique." The Wizard King says.
"That doesn't-" The man tries to say again.
"I never know what sort of magic I'll run into, or where." The Wizard King says.
"Would you listen to me, you magic geek?!" The man asks.
"And believe I've found a magic that no one has seen since the era before the first Wizard King." The Wizard King says shocking the man. "And now I think I'll go in search of new magic again…" He says.
"Stop right there, yoooou!" The man yells. "This is no time for nonsense! We have an ab-" He begins to say.
"An abnormal situation on our hands…am I right?" The Wizard King asks.
"Huh?!" The man asks in shock.
"Don't worry. I've found somebody interesting." The Wizard King says.
"Huuuh?!" The man asks in shock and confusion.
Meanwhile back in the Black-Market casino area, Magna was still there but in an unfortunate situation.
"Dang it!" Magna yells completely naked and only in his boxers. "I'm not done yeeeeet!" He yells starting to act just like Asta a little.
Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter.
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