Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed the previous chapter. Thank you to all those who reviewed. Now it's time to meet Rebecca's siblings and Marie as well. I have to say that it's amazing that this story has gotten over 550 follows and favorites and 361 reviews, so thank you to all you that have favorited and followed this story. Also please be sure to leave more reviews on chapters you haven't review, I want to get as many reviews for this story to help me make it better for future chapters. Hope you all enjoy this chapter.

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{…} Through Communication Device

Now then on with the new chapter.

Chapter 39: The Mirror Mage

It was late in the night as the moon was in a waning crescent form as the sound of groaning was heard. Gauche was currently staring quietly at the moon deep in thought but was brought out of it as he raised his right foot and slams it onto a person's face. Gauche had been on a mission to defeat some bandits and was now sitting on top of their piled bodies.

"He's so strong…" One of the bandits struggles to say. "What the hell was that magic?" He wonders.

"So, how would you like to die?" Gauche asks grinding his foot into the bandit's face.

"P-Please spare us! We'll never attack the village again!" The bandit pleas.

"I won't kill you this time." Gauche says.

"Huh?" The bandit asks in shock.

"Because today is…" Gauche begins to say as he holds up a locket and opens it to reveal a picture of his younger sister, Marie Adlai. "Marie's birthday." He says with a trickle of blood coming from his nose.

"Huh?" The bandit questions in confusion.

"Come on. Celebrate Marie's birthday with me." Gauche says continuing to grind his foot into the bandit's face.

"Who the heck is that?!" The bandit asks.

"Rejoice greatly, rejoice with all you magic, and then die." Gauche says.

"I'm going to die anyway?!" The bandit asks loudly.

[Black Bulls HQ]

Meanwhile at the Black Bulls' HQ, all the members were currently sleeping soundly, Charmy was mumbling about food and a certain meal-saving prince, Finral was dreaming about women, Magna every so often shouts man in his sleep, Vanessa was clutching a bottle of wine, Gordan was mumbling in his sleep, Grey was sleeping too, Luck was as sleep as well with black sparks jumping off his body every so often, and last but not least the newest members and couple, Asta and Noelle, were currently sleeping in Noelle's bed with their clothes scattered on the floor after they're earlier love-making session. Noelle was asleep cuddled up against Asta's right side with her head on his chest as she listens to his heartbeat while Asta's right hand draped across her naked hip unconsciously stroking her as she snuggles deeper into her mate. The only one who was still up was the Black Bulls' Captain, Yami, who was in the main lobby of the Black Bulls' HQ currently finishing filling out a form.

"There we go, it's all done." Yami says placing his pen down. "All it needs now is his signature after I ask him or force him to do it without any choice." He says gathering the form about to head to his room when the door opens to reveal Gauche, returning from his mission. "Welcome back." He greets his subordinate.

"Good evening, captain. The mission-" Gauche begins to says until Yami holds up his hand.

"I don't need to hear it. Just write up the after-mission report before you got to bed and leave it on the table. I'll read it in the morning." Yami says before putting out his cigarette and heading to his room.

"Will do." Gauche says as he sits down and begins writing.

[Hage Village]

The next day, it was a bright and shining morning in the Hage Village as Asta and Yuno's younger siblings, Father Orsi, and Sister Lily were gathered in the church listening to one of Father Orsi's teachings.

"Father! They sent money again this month." Sister Lily says holding up two small bags of money with letters in each hand.

This got excited reactions from everyone as they turned and looked at her.

"Great!" Father Orsi says as Sister Lily opens Yuno's letter.

"Are they doing well?" Nash asks.

"We'll be able to eat lots of tatoes again." Recca says.

"Yay!" Aruru and Hollo cheer in excitement.

"Apparently Yuno became a Fifth Class Intermediate Magic Knight and has earn himself the title of 'Living Wind Commander'." Sister Lily says reading Yuno's rank in the letter aloud.

"That's awesome! It's only been two months since he joined!" Nash says in awe.

"Yuno is the hope of Hage!" Father Orsi shouts with tears of joy running down his face.

"What about big brother Asta?" Aruru asks wondering about their oldest adoptive brother.

"I'm sure he's trying too hard and being a burden to everyone." Father Orsi says doubting his foster son's abilities. "Asta, you can come home at any time!" He shouts with more tears running down his face.

"Let's see…oh it's better written this time. "Hello, Sister Lily, Recca, Nash, Aruru, Hollo, and Mayor."" Sister Lily begins to read Asta's letter.

"What about me?!" Father Orsi asks pointing to himself after hearing himself not mention in Asta's letter.

"Asta's also become an Intermediate Magic Knight as well." Sister Lily says shocking everyone but the kids' shocked looks turn into ones of excitement.

"That's amazing! What class is he?" Recca asks curious about her oldest brother's ranking.

"Probably Fifth Class like Yuno." Nash says.

"Actually, he's a Fourth Class Intermediate Magic Knight, has gained five new elements; ice, lightning, water, fire, and sky, and been given the title of 'Anti Dragon Slayer'." Sister Lily says.

"What?!" Father Orsi and the kids ask in shock.

'I see…I guess Asta's working hard, too.' Nash thought about his oldest brother.

"To think our Asta is finally…" Father Orsi begins to say. "Both of you stay healthy, and do your best!" He shouts.

[Golden Dawn's HQ]

Meanwhile at the Golden Dawn's HQ, Yuno was currently walking towards the training field when Klaus stops him with Mimosa behind him.

"Yuno. I just realized I never congratulated you and Mimosa on your promotions before the invasion of the Royal Capital began. Well done. Two both of you." Klaus simply says at the end.

"It's no big deal." Yuno says with no sign of emotion on his face.

"Exactly. We wouldn't want you to get too cocky. I still far surpass you in both rank and experience." Klaus says now standing in front of Yuno.

"Klaus?" Mimosa asks in a worried tone but then sees him hand Yuno a bag from his robes.

"Take this." Klaus says dropping the bag into Yuno's open hands as the sound of coins clanking together is heard and they now know what's in the bag. "A little gift from your senior in honor of your promotion. You sent all your pay back home, didn't you?" He asks before walking away.

"Klaus is so shy. He was so happy when he heard about our promotions along with Asta and Noelle's and recently just remembered from the Distinguished Service Ceremony." Mimosa says.

"It's a bit smothering." Yuno says shocking Mimosa at first but then sees he has a smile on his face.

[Black Bulls HQ]

Meanwhile at back at the Black Bulls' HQ, all the members of the Black Bulls were gathered in the main lobby of their headquarters with their captain, Yami, standing before with the usual cigarette in his hand. They were on their knees in the order of Noelle, Asta, Gauche, Charmy, Vanessa, Luck, Magna, Gordon, and Final from left to right as they paid close attention to their calm yet easily angered captain.

"All right, all eyes up here. We just got paid, so no work today." Yami says calmly.

"Yeah!" As usual this cause a round of cheers all around as they loved this day, not only for the pay but the free time to do whatever they chose.

"All right! I'm gonna train real hard!" Asta shouts as he quickly got into a push up position and started going as fast as he could.

"Thanks, Mr. Yami! Awesome decision, sir!" Magna shouts as he raised his arms in the air.

"Let's drink! The night's still young." Vanessa says as she went to the couch and poured herself a glass of wine, most likely the first of many.

"Time for second breakfast!" Charmy said as she placed herself at a small round table which currently had a small platter of cupcakes with various topping, a pot of tea, and a cup full of said tea as the food loving girl start eating two cupcakes, alternating between the two. "Munchy, munchy, munchy…" She says between bites.

"I'm gonna hit on all the girls!" Finral said as he stood up. "Ocean girls? Mountain girls? All the girls meet…me!" He shouts as he pointed to himself and gave a smile.

"Chhuuuuu." Grey says as he just let out the usual puff of smoke from his mouth.

"By the way, Gauche, I read your mission report. Good job handling that many guys yesterday." Yami says as the mentioned man had a nose bleed from looking at a picture of his sister.

"Today's my sister's birthday, so could I have the next year off, until her next birthday?" Gauche asks making a ridiculous request.

"No." Yami says as he meet to creepy older brother's gaze.

"I'm so bored! I wonder if anyone will attack the Royal Capital again." Luck says throwing air punches until he gets an idea. "Hey! Maybe I'll attack it!" He says excitedly.

"That's a bigger no." Yami says as he slightly smiled at the boy lust for battle, it made him a valuable ally if there was a war raging. "Why don't you go visit that girlfriend of yours? She seems to be able to sooth that lust for battle of yours." He suggests.

"Your luck with money goes up if you polish gold but it can't buy the true happiness of friendship." Gordan mumbles polishing a gold coin.

"I agree 100 percent, Gordon! There's nothing like good friends to make your day better!" Asta says, since his enhanced hearing allowing him to hear his fellow, mumbling Black Bull, from his push up spot.

"You got that right, Asta." Gordon mumbled in reply as he smiled, happy that Asta could hear him even if he mumbled.

As everyone did their various things, Noelle seemed to try and be the voice of reason.

"None of these guys intend to work at all…" Noelle says even if she already knew the answer but still has a smile on her face.

"Cotton Creation Magic: Sheep Cooks!" Charmy shouts as her grimoire opened in front of her as she raised her left fist in the air.

In a matter of seconds, 3 fluffy sheep with cook hats appear from small cotton balls and worked at a fast pace to make their master more food. After about 5 seconds, they had created a smorgasbord of potato related dishes but these weren't just any potato related dishes as Asta caught of whiff of them and recognized that smell.

"Time to eat!" Charmy cheers with her arms in the air. "Munchy, munchy, munchy…" She mutters as she stuffs her face.

"You've got tatoes!" Asta says in shock seeing his and his siblings favorite food.

"Munchy, munchy, munchy…" Charmy says continuing to stuff her mouth. "I procured the local specialty from my meal-saving prince's hometown, Hage Village!" She says with her mouth full. "Dig it, everyone!" She says.

"I know this dish is Hage's specialty, Charmy, cause it's my hometown too, in case you don't remember!" Asta shouts a little annoyed with her before turning back to his favorite dish. "I haven't had these since I left to join the Magic Knights!" He says before he went to a plate of tatoes croquettes and started eating them. "It's been so long! They taste like home!" He says with tears of joy running down his face.

Curious as to the hoopla of the food, the others decided to try these pot-potatoes and see how they taste.

"It's so dry. Must be full of fiber." Yami says as he sampled a hash brown.

Meanwhile on the couch, Magna was holding a plate of pot-potato chips as Vanessa sat to his right and Luck sat on his left. They stared at dish for a moment before each trying a chips.

"It's so flaky." Luck says as he ate one.

"It completely dried out my mouth." Magna says after he ate one.

"So dry…they'd make a great bar snack." Vanessa says as she held her right check.

Grey was currently eating a salad with tatoes sprinklings as he let out the usual puff of smoke but you could hear a bit of satisfaction in his tone. Charmy was currently stuffing her face as usual with to kabobs in her hands.

"My love for my meal-saving prince provides the best seasoning!" Charmy shouts as Gauche walked past her and out of the headquarters, most likely to visit his sister.

"I wonder what I should get my goddess Marie for her birthday." Gauche wonders as he stares at the picture of his sister while walking down the road.

"All right! I'm gonna get all the cuties-" Finral begins to say but was soon stopped by Yami, who placed a hand on his shoulder and gave a dark look.

"Hold it." Yami says.

"Oh, right…you want to do some gambling, so you want me to take you into town again?" Finral asks as his smile wavered a bit.

"No, before that…" Yami started as his stomach started to gurgle and placed a hand on it. "Not sure if it's the fiber working, but I'm about to hit my limit right now." He says as he finished speaking as he had an uneasy look on his face and sweat on his forehead.

"That is the one limit you may not hit!" Finral yells as Asta looks over his shoulder to see the Spatial Magic user had opened a portal behind Yami. "Evil, begone!" He shouts pushing his captain through the portal.

Later that day Noelle makes her way outside of the Black Bulls' HQ trying to figure out what to do with the rest of her day off.

"Honestly…how am I supposed to find anything to do when we get a day off on such short notice?" Noelle asks herself until she hears the loud voice of her boyfriend.

Noelle looks around the corner and sees Asta was outside with Magna as the man was polishing his broom, Crazy Cyclone.

"Magna! If you have time, I was wondering if you could drop me off somewhere on your super-awesome broom!" Asta says with respect as he stood like a soldier with Nero on his head.

"Yeah, sucking up to someone is the way to get them to do things for you." Nero says rolling his eyes at his partner's action.

Even if Asta was a Fourth Class Intermediate Magic Knight and Manga was a Fifth Class Junior Magic Knight, he still respected Magna due to him being a Magic Knight longer than him.

"I can't say no to my cute little underling. Where do you wanna go?" Magna said as he gazed at his friend.

"To Nairn!" Asta says with respect.

'I-Isn't that…the place where those guys had the mixer?' Noelle thought as she continued to listen and began to ponder behind the wall she was eavesdropping.

"And what are you gonna do there?" Magna asks.

"Well…" Asta begins to say still standing like a soldier.

'Well?' Noelle thought even though she already knew why he was going.

"I'll tell you on the way!" Asta says rubbing the back of his head.

'What the heck?!' Noelle wonders in frustration as she crosses her arms. ' It's not like I wanted to spend time with him today. And I have no interest to see if he actually makes that girl his second mate!' She thought with her arrogant side taking over.

"Get on. Let's get going." Magna says getting onto his broom.

"Huh? Right now?" Asta asks in surprise.

"Now or never. Otherwise, we're not going." Magna says with a bit of annoyance in his throat.

"Oh, one second okay." Asta says and walks towards Noelle's hiding spot. "Hey, Noelle." He says surprising her.

"Asta!" Noelle shouts as she jumps forward a little bit from surprise. "How did you…?" She begins to asks but then sees him tapping his nose. "Right, Dragon Slayer's sense of smell." She says shaking her head.

"Yeah, anyways you want to come along with me to Nairn?" Asta asks. "Think of it like a date." He says.

"Well if I have no choice I guess I'll tag along just to keep you out of trouble." Noelle says with her royal side showing as she turns her head away slightly but shows a smile on her face.

"Alright, Let's go!" Asta shouts as he climbs onto Crazy Cyclone with Noelle sitting herself across his lap as he wraps his arms around her waist to secure her.

"I swear, I'll never understand how you two started dating." Magna said as he looked at them over his shoulder. "Hold on tight!" He yells as Crazy Cyclone takes off into the air.

[Nairn Village]

Meanwhile in the City of Nairn in the Common Realm, Gauche had arrived and was currently shopping for a present for his little sister, Marie.

'To my dear, beloved little sister Marie…I just arrived in the city you live in.' Gauche thought walking through the streets with empty bags on his shoulders and people rush to get out of his way because they know who he is. 'My job as a Magic Knight is rough, but if it's for you, it's not really rough at all. I can even buy you presents with my pay.' He thought.

[Flashback]

A few years ago, a Magic Knight was flying through the night sky on a broom over some ruins searching for something. That something turned out to be a 16 year old Gauche Adlai, wearing a prison uniform, who was hiding underneath one of the ruins.

'A former convict like myself is only able to live a proper life for the sake of your angelic cuteness, Marie. It's all thanks to you.' Gauche thought.

[End Flashback]

'Ah, already, my nose won't stop bleeding.' Gauche thought as he continued walking down the street daydreaming about his little sister while having a nosebleed.

"Lord Gauche!" A man's voice calls out drawing Gauche's attention to him. "We've been waiting for you!" The man says. "Come in! we've got plenty of birthday presents for you to choose from!" The man says revealing a red carpet and flowers on the side leading into a toy store.

"Hurry up and show me around." Gauche says quickly walking into the store.

"Right away!" The store owner says running to catch up with the Black Bull Magic Knight. "First up, we have these!" The owner says showing off some large stuffed animals plushies. "All little girls love plushies, and plushies love little girls! I'm sure her delight will show in her angelic smile." The owner says causing Gauche to gasp in shock.

[Daydream #1]

Marie was surround by large stuffed animal plushies and currently hugging one to her chest as she looks to her brother with a smile.

"Thank you, brother!" Maire says.

[End Daydream #1]

The daydream causes Gauche to have a heavy nosebleed and collapses to the floor.

"I-I'll take them all…" Gauche struggles to say as he whips his nose getting off the floor.

"Thank you, sir!" The owner says and moves on to the next item. "Next, we have this." He says showing a large mansion like doll house. "I'm sure the little darling will enjoy her days playing house as she fantasizes about living in a mansion like this with her beloved brother." He says making Gauche have another loud gasp.

[Daydream #2]

Marie was standing in front of a field of flowers with a larger version of the mansion like doll house behind her as she waves to her brother.

"Brother! Welcome home!" Maire says.

[End Daydream #2]

Gauche once again has another nosebleed and falls to the floor.

"I'll take that, too." Gauche struggles to say as he whips his nose getting off the floor, again.

"Thank you, sir!" The owner says and moves on to the final item. "Lastly, we have this! With this outfit, your little sister can be a real angel!" He says making Gauche have his loudest gasp yet.

[Daydream #3]

Marie was now in the angel outfit as she turns around and looks to her brother.

"Brother…I love you!" Marie says as she winks at him with a smile.

[End Daydream #3]

This time Gauche has a massive nosebleed before collapsing to the floor on the verge of passing out.

"Give me everything in the shop." Gauche say weakly.

"Thank you, sir!" The owner says accepting three bags full of money.

Meanwhile, Asta, Noelle, and Magna continue to make their way to Nairn on Crazy Cyclone.

"What?! You're going to see a chick you met at the mixer?!" Magna asks in shock.

"Yup! I promised Rebecca that I would play with her little siblings." Asta says with a smile as Nero moved from his head to the fur lining of his jacket and Noelle was still in his lap.

"M-Man, you're already meeting her family? Way to go!" Magna says with a proud smile. "Don't mess this up." He says before realizing something. "Wait, are you okay with this, Noelle? Your boyfriend meeting another woman's family?" He asks.

"We're Dragon Slayers, so its natural for male Dragon Slayers to have more than one girlfriend/mate. I'll admit it has me a bit uncomfortable but as long as I get final say in who'll be part of this harem then I'm fine with it." Noelle says.

"Well, then good luck to both of you." Magna says.

"Thanks!" Asta replies as Magna turned his head back towards the front as he saw the village of Nairn was dead ahead.

"There it is!" Magna says causing Asta to cheer as he untangles his arms from around Noelle and throws them in the air.

"All right! I'm going to play with all the strength I've got!" Asta shouts.

"Calm down, boy." Noelle says pulling on Asta's right ear making him winch in pain slightly.

"Right, sorry." Asta whimpers a little.

"Seriously, don't get too crazy!" Magna said as he flew Crazy Cyclone faster into Nairn.

[Nairn Village]

A few hours later, it was the evening and the sun had gave the village of Nairn a beautiful glow as the day was reaching its end. Though this was normally a time of ease, the people of Nairn were put in a state of creepiness as Gauche of the Black Bulls walked down the road, carrying 3 large bags full of toy and having an enormous nosebleed. The reason he was present in Nairn and had bags of toys was due to his little sister, Marie, who lived in the village and it was her birthday.

'To my dear, beloved little sister Marie…please forgive your brother for being late due to his anemia.' Gauche thought as he had a creepy smile and blush on his face. 'I bought you lots of birthday presents. Please be happy!' He thought as he continued to walk through town as everyone around him kept starring at him in slight fear, worry, and disgust but, unfortunately, it never got to him. 'I used up all of my pay, but no price is too high for Marie.' He thought as he continued to walk towards his destination. 'I will be able to see my little angel Marie soon…I'll be able to see her smile…oh, my beloved Marie. Marie…Marie…Ma-' Gauche continued to think of his little sister until he rounded a corner and fell upon a horrendous sight in his eyes that caused him to freeze as if he were made of stone.

Marie, his little sister and the light of his life, a young girl with short blonde hair and purple eyes and was wearing a purple dress, was smiling, laughing, and had a blush on her checks as Asta, his fellow Black Bulls member who was also smiling and laughing, was swinging her around in circles as she hung onto his arm. Watching the display besides him was Noelle, another fellow Black Bulls member, Rebecca with her hair down, wearing a purple dress with an apron and a baby with light red hair strapped to her back, a young boy, and slightly older girl, an older boy, and a young girl that was close to Asta's height only a little bit shorter.

"How do you like that, Marie?" Asta asks, having a little fun swinging Marie from his right arm.

"This is fun! You're so strong, Asta!" Marie shouts in excitement.

'I have to admit, Asta's amazing with kids.' Noelle thought as the sight was amusing and looked fun as the two kids around Rebecca's legs wanted to join in.

"Me, too!" The small girl, who had Nero on her head, with short red hair wearing a white dress over a long sleeve purple shirt, says.

"And me!" The small boy who also had short, messy red hair and blue eyes, wearing a beige shirt and black shorts, says.

"All right! Are you read-" Asta begins to say until a boot came crashing into his face and sent him to the ground.

This caused everyone to gasp and stepped back as the culprit responsible was Gauche, who had his hands in his pocket as he was digging his heel into Asta's cheek. His little sister, Marie, was watching from his right with shock as he continued to do so.

"Get away from her this instant, you trash!" Gauche says.

"What hell…?! Hey, you're mine and Noelle's senior with the sister complex who's always getting nosebleeds!" Asta groans as Gauche digs his foot deeper into Asta's cheek.

"Don't call me a guy with a sister complex and nosebleeds, meathead runt! I'll stomp you to death!" Gauche shouts.

"Um, who is this guy?" Rebecca asks in a whispers leaning towards Noelle.

"His name is Gauche Adlai, I believe. Marie's older brother, he threatens everyone who tries to touch, sees, thinks, or even talks to his sister in the time I've know him." Noelle whispers to the red haired teenager.

Asta grips Gauche's ankle and manages to lift the elder Adlai's foot off his face as he glares at the Black Bulls member.

"Ha, if you're trying to hurt me, you'll have to do a lot better than what your weak ass body is capable of." Asta says throwing Gauche's ankle out of his hand causing him to stumble backwards a little as Asta gets back to his feet.

'He's so annoying.' Gauche thought glaring back at him as he regains his balance. "I'm only able to see my sister, who live at the church, once a month! Today is the one day that I get to release my pent-up feelings, worship the heck out of my sister, and do all kinds of things with her, so why are you worshiping her first, huh?!" He asks in complete anger as his nosebleed resumes while he was talking.

'That sounded wrong on so many levels.' Asta, Noelle, and Rebecca thought at the same time after hearing Gauche's sentence.

"See? You do have a sister complex and a nosebleed!" Asta shouts before releasing something. "So wait, she's your sister? That would explain why her scent is similar to yours." He says pointing at Marie one second but is suddenly grabbed by his Magic Knight robes.

"Don't you dare point or sniff at my angel. I showed you her picture before!" Gauche shouts.

"Yeah, only a glimpse. I barely saw what she looked like." Asta says gripping Gauche's wrist and squeezes it causing him to feel slight pain but doesn't release his grip. "Noelle and I were just visiting Rebecca, and Marie just happened to be here." He says gesturing to his girlfriend and the red-haired teenage beside her.

"Hey there, Mr. Sister Complex Nosebleeder." Noelle says.

"Hi…" Rebecca says nervously.

"That guy is scary." The small girl with Nero on her head says cowering to Rebecca.

"What does he mean by "all kinds of things", Ms. Silva?" The small boy asks the Silva Royal.

"Shh!" Rebecca shushes her sisters.

"Don't worry about that." Noelle whispers to Rebecca's younger brother.

"I will admit that Marie sure is cute." Asta says rubbing the back of his head but sensed Gauche about to attack him again and quickly dodges.

"Of course she is! More importantly, why do you have your eye on my little sister?" Gauche asks continuing to try and attack Asta.

"Stop!" Marie cries causing Gauche to look at her. "Please don't be so mean, brother! I'm going to marry him!" She shouts

'Wait, what did she say?! And when did I agree to it?!' Asta thought as he heard this claim.

'I'm going to marry him…I'm going to marry him…I'm going to marry him…' This caused Gauche to stop what he was doing and freeze, hearing his little sister's words repeat in his head over and over as his other functions ceased and he crumbled to the ground.

Asta and Gauche weren't the only ones to be shocked by this as Noelle was shocked by this as well considering the look on her face and her eyes.

'Marry him?! I came along to help convince Rebecca that her dating Asta is alright with me and now his charm has spread to a 10-year-old girl!' Noelle thought shaking a little bit too.

Asta, Noelle, Rebecca, Marie, and her siblings, were brought out of their shock as Gauche had begun to get up after his crumble and began muttering something as well.

"I'll kill you…I'll kill you…I'll kill you…" Gauche muttered as he got up.

"Huh? What was that? I don't think I heard you right." Asta says as his instincts sense an abnormal amount of danger coming from his fellow knight.

"I'll kill you…I'll kill you…I'll kill you…I'll kill you!" Gauche shouts as he raised his head, showing a teary right eye, bloody nostrils and a small, creepy smile.

This sent Asta, Noelle, Rebecca, and her siblings into a state of fear as Asta scream a bit and Gauche opened his grimoire, which was coated in blue magic, with the wave of a hand.

"Mirror Magic: Reflect Ray!" Gauche says as he gained a dangerously calm face with his hair giving shade over his right ear.

Soon, a mirror floated out of his grimoire and showed Asta his reflection before it fired a bright, light blue magic beam at him. Asta quickly dodged as he fell on one knee.

"Wh-What the heck's up with that spell?!" Asta asks in panic and a little anger.

"I'll kill you!" Gauche shouts as he fire another beam.

"Iron Dragon Slayer Mode!" Asta shouts as his haired gained metallic highlights and acted quickly as he placed his arms together. "Iron Dragon's Club!" He shouts as his magic went to work and transformed his arms into iron columns as more beams came towards Asta, causing a cloud of dirt to kick up as the blast hit his iron covered arms.

As this was going on, Noelle, Rebecca, and her siblings ducked to the sides to avoid the blasts while Marie stayed beside her brother and watched as this happened.

"Brother, stop!" Marie exclaims.

"It sure is noisy out here." An elderly woman's voice says, causing the fighting and everyone to turn and see who it was.

The person in question was an elderly woman with short, light-colored hair. She has a large, jagged scar running down over her left eye, extending from her forehead to her left cheek wearing a nun's habit.

"Marie, it's time. We must go back to the church." The woman says with a kind smile.

"Sister Theresa." Marie says a little surprised to see her.

Sister Theresa then laid her eyes upon Gauche and instantly lost her smile and said with distaste in her mouth.

"Oh, so you came, Gauche. You're here again." Sister Theresa says.

"You old hag!" Gauche shouts with equal distaste.

"It's not "old hag," it's "Sister." Sister Theresa replies.

Asta, after turning his arms back to normal, and the others simply watched the exchange as the magic glow around Gauche's grimoire ceased and he closed it.

"Marie's about to go on a date with me. Go back to the church by yourself, Sister Old Hag." Gauche replies as he glared at Sister Theresa.

"Not happening. It's time. You go home, you sister complex punk." Sister Theresa says as he face morphed into a calm state. "In any case, it's not good for Marie to spend time with a guy like you." She says which caused a growl to come out of Gauche's throat as his glare intensified towards her. "Your attitude's always terrible. You have mean eyes and a filthy mouth." She says without a hint of remorse or doubt.

"What did you say, you shitty old hag?" Gauche asks as her words fell to deaf ears.

"See? Filthy." Sister Theresa says as her point was just proven by him.

"Shut up. Die." Gauche says as he walked forward.

"You've got some nerve saying that to an old lady who's not long for this world, you fool." Sister Theresa says as she followed Gauche's lead as she returned his nasty comment.

"Yeah, right, dumbass. Says the old she-demon who'll probably live another hundred years." Gauche replies

"Don't talk to people like they're monsters, you thug!" Sister Theresa shouts as she came to a halt in front of Gauche.

"Shut up, gangster had!" Gauche shouts as he got in her face.

"Okay, that's far enough! You have no right to talk to an elderly woman of the church like this. It's not right!" Asta shouts as he held his arms out with Nero on his fur line jacket.

"You stay out of this!" Gauche yells.

"Anyway, go on home." Sister Theresa says before turning her attention to Marie and sounding cheerier. "Let's go, Marie." She says in a gentle voice.

"Brother, Asta! See you later!" Marie shouts waving to everyone before she took the nun's hand.

While the little girl and nun walked away, Gauche fell to his knees and watched her leave with heavy heart.

"M-Marie!" Gauche cries out before he fell to the ground.

Though Gauche was feeling down for her to go, Asta, Noelle, Rebecca, and her siblings had happy faces as they waved by to the young girl.

"See you later!" Asta says as he waved goodbye to the young girl.

"See ya!" Rebecca's sibling shout waving goodbye as well.

After the farewell had been complete, everyone turned their attention to Gauche, who seemed to be as lifeless as a statue.

"M-Ma…Ma…Ma…" Gauche mutters frozen like a statue.

"You okay, sister complex guy?" Asta asks as Gauche didn't more an inch.

"What a weirdo." A boy, with a beige shirt and black shorts, says as he poked Gauche with a stick.

"Yeah, I know." Noelle says with her arms crossed as she stared at the scene.

"Why don't you come in and have dinner at our place while you wait for him to wake up?" Rebecca asks. "You're welcome to spend the night…if you want." She finishes with a blush on her checks.

"Really?!" Asta asks as he smiled at her.

"Yeah!" The boy says.

"Yeah, come over!" The little girl shouts as she celebrated.

'Spend the night?! How did it turn from a play date to spending the night?!' Noelle thought as she had a small panic attack in her mind. 'She's moving faster than I did!' She thought.

"And Asta is so funny and has this incredibly rare magic!" Marie says to Sister Theresa as they entered the church.

"That really loud boy?" Sister Theresa asks.

"Yeah!" Marie replies.

Later that night, Asta and Noelle were enjoying a delicious meal at Rebecca's restaurant along with Rebecca's siblings as were other people.

"So good!" Asta shouts in amazement.

"Isn't it?" The girl in the purple dress asks.

"I must admit it is really good." Noelle says muffled cause of the food in her mouth.

Gauche was still frozen and currently laying on the floor next to the table.

"This is so good!" Asta shouts.

"Would your bird like some moguro fruit, Ms. Silva?" The red haired girl that was close to hers and Asta's height asks holding a small plate in her hand.

"I'm sure Nero would love some, Luca. And please, you can call me Noelle." Noelle says kindly to the girl now named Luca.

"Oh, thank you." Luca says a little shocked that a Royal could be so friendly with Commoners. "Here you go, Nero." She says placing the plate in front of the Anti-Bird.

Nero looks at the fruit for a few seconds before eating it in that less amount of time.

"So fast!" Luca and Noelle say together in shock at what they just witnessed.

"All these dishes are so good that I can't put my spoon down!" Asta says happily.

"Really? I'm glad to hear it!" Rebecca says with a smile before looking towards Noelle. 'She must be the one Asta mentioned after the mixer.' She thought taking in Noelle's appearance. 'I don't think I have a chance at competing with her, after all she is royalty.' She thought sadly but doesn't notice Noelle gazing at her out of the corner of her eye.

'Looks like she's comparing herself to me to see where she stands in her chances with Asta.' Noelle thought with a small smirk. 'Well in a normal situation I'd be completely certain I would win but since this is a Dragon Slayer situation she has nothing to worry about. I just have to talk to her and tell her how this will work out.' She thought eating more of the meal in front of her.

"You be a great wife one day, Rebecca!" Asta says drawing both girls' attention from their thoughts.

"It's no big deal…" Rebecca says as she blushes while putting a hand against her cheek.

'What are you talking about, Asta?! There's more to being a good wife than just being a good cook!' Noelle thought, trying to hide her jealousy but failing as the glass of water in her hand begins to overflow.

Rebecca was busy stirring a pot of soup when she felt a tug on her dress causing her to look down to see that it was her younger brother who was tugging on her.

"Sissy, are you going to marry Asta?" The boy asks.

"N-No, Marco!" Rebecca shouts quietly struggling to hide her blush.

"You should totally jump him tonight, Sis!" Luca says causing Noelle to pass out from how forward Luca is and would've hit the table if Asta didn't hold out his arm catching her against it.

"You idiot! What are you saying, Luca?!" Rebecca asks getting even more embarrassed.

"Goo goo." The baby on Rebecca's back says poking his sister in the cheek.

"Y-You too, Pem?! Do you even know what you're saying?!" Rebecca asks. 'J-Jump him? No, you dummy, dummy, dummy!' She thought belittling herself. 'Besides, he has her.' She thought looking at Asta as he gently petted the unconscious Noelle's head while Nero nuzzled against her silver hair.

After a wonderful meal, the restaurant had closed and Rebecca offer Noelle to sleep with her in her room while Asta took the guest room. Unknown to any of them, the outside was getting colder as snow began to fall around Nairn by an unknown mage standing on a broomstick high in the air. The mage raised his hand to his light blue grimoire and down below children from all across the town began coming out of their homes in some kind of trace and started making their way out of the town towards the mountain. Meanwhile Asta was having a pleasant night's sleep as Nero was using his partner's jacket as a pillow while resting next to him. In Rebecca's room, Pem was asleep in his crib while Noelle was sleeping on a spare mattress proved by Rebecca, who was still awake as she hugged her pillow to her while thinking about what Luca said at dinner.

[Flashback]

"You should totally jump him tonight, Sis!" Luca says.

"Goo goo." The baby on Rebecca's back says poking his sister in the cheek.

"Y-You too, Pem?!" Rebecca asks.

[End Flashback]

'You dummy! Dummy, dummy, dummy!' Rebecca thought burying her face in her pillow. 'I-I would never do anything like that!' She thought before sitting up in her bed. 'I-I'm just going to check and see if Luca and Marco are actually asleep…' She thought as she slipped out of bed and left the room.

Meanwhile, an unknown figure was moving through the hallway, making their way towards Asta's room as they opened the door and slipped inside. The figure turned out to be Gauche and by the look on his face, it was clear the he was still insanely, upset about Asta getting all friendly with his sister and he wasn't going to have any of it.

"Asta…" Gauche begins to say. "Die, Asta." He says. "Mirror Magic: Reflect Ray." He says as the mirror rose from his grimoire and began to charge to fire, Asta's instincts roared him awake and he turned his head as the magic beam grazed his nose.

"HOT! G-Gauche?! What the hell, man?!" Asta shouts as he shout up from the bed.

"Die, Asta." Gauche says as he didn't take his eyes off the Elemental Dragon Slayer.

"Why? Wait, what? What's going on?" Asta asks, curious to this new brand of crazy.

"I won't allow you to marry Marie. I'll make sure it doesn't happen by killing you." Gauche replies as his mirror spell charged up.

"What?!" Asta screams but his instincts guided his body, as he donned his boots and Black Bulls robe as he activated his magic. "Iron Dragon Slayer Mode! Iron Dragon's Scales!" He shouts as he stood away from the bed while summoning his smaller Anti-Magic Sword. "Kids say stuff like that all the time!" He shouts as he slashed through a beam before punching through another one. "Only cowards attack people in their sleep!" He says but Gauche didn't seem to listen as he continued to fire beams at Asta, who counted with as many punches, kicks, slashes as he can give.

"I don't care if it's cowardly or not, as long as I can kill you." Gauche says before he casts another spell. "Mirror Magic: Real Double." He says as the magic mirror in front of Gauche gave a bright glow and covered to room until it died down and reveal that there were two Gauches with a mirror floating in front of both of them, the only different is that the second Gauche is reversed, meaning his left eye is showing instead of his right eye.

'Now there are two Gauches?! First he shoots beams out of a mirror, and now this? What's up with his magic?' Asta wonders as he readies himself for the incoming attacks he knows will follow.

"Your crime…" The original Gauche begins to say.

"is the fact that you met my little sister." Both Gauches say in unison.

"Wouldn't that make most people criminals?!" Asta asks as he punched and blocked several magic beams while pointing out the flaws in Gauche's logic.

"Shut up. Die." Both Gauches say as they continued to fire.

The beams soon become too much as Asta was blasted through the wall and landed on his back outside, where the snow had now filled the ground.

"That's not even your house! Asta shouts before he noticed the snow all around the village. "S-Snow? When did it pile up so much? It's not even the season for that yet." He says getting back to his feet. 'I better switch modes so the cold doesn't affect my iron. Ice Dragon Slayer Mode.' He thought as his hair's highlights switch from grey to icy blue and loses his Iron Dragon's Scales.

"I don't care about that. Just die." Gauche says, drawing Asta's attention before firing another beam, which Asta blocked by summoning a large chuck of ice in front of him.

"Hey! What do you two think you doing?!" Rebecca shouts not a second later as she came out wearing a nightgown and a blanket over her shoulders, before walking down a set of stairs.

"Rebecca! I'm so sorry!" Asta says as he bowed his head in an apologetic manner.

"Now's not the time for that!" Rebecca says with worry. "The kids are gone!" She shouts.

"Huh?" Asta asks in confusion before they both start hearing the worried voices of parents calling out their missing children's names.

"Urian, where are you?" A woman asks in a worried voice.

"Chris!" A man shouts.

"Hey! Fawn is gone!" A woman shouts.

Asta gasps at hearing the number of names of missing kids there are.

Meanwhile making their way towards the mountain were the missing children, along with Luca and Marco as well as Marie, each and every one of them in a trace.

"Starting today, you're all my friends." The mystery mage says with a laugh.

The mage was a lean man with long light colored hair that extends past his shoulders and with some hanging down in the front towards his nose. He wears an open, long-sleeved, light-colored shirt, light-colored pants, and light shoes. He also wears a black scarf around his neck, and a black belt that has a link of puff ball on his left side that connects to a black pouch that may be used to hold his grimoire.

Author's Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. What could Yami's surprise be and who's it for? Stay tuned to find out. How did you like Noelle and Rebecca's early interaction? Please review and tell me what you think.