3rd Person's POV
Asta smiled bitterly. Despite having a perfect control over his mana and magic, there was one thing that always go out of control. His Ice Magic.
Without wearing any gloves, anything he touches would freeze. Heck, he it could even freeze a whole town if not held back. It was as if the ice itself has its own conscious.
He tried really hard to control it, but that was near impossibility. This never did happened before. But when he reached the age of fifteen, his perfect control of ice was just like a dream.
And it would only get worse when he would receive his grimoire. Such a disaster, what a bad luck.
Asta could only sigh before putting his gloves on his hand. As much as he hates wearing it, it was needed. He grabbed his glasses and put it inside his pocket. He was already done preparing.
Glancing at the time, he sighed again. It was almost time for the ceremony to begin. And thus, he quickly left the room.
A 15-year old teen, together with his childhood friend, is standing in front of a huge cylindrical tower where all the unused grimoire on their land harbors. The tower wasn't really clean, having cracks forming on the wall and vines across the room.
As they entered, there were a lot of people, probably there to claim their grimoire.
"Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of people." Stated Yuno.
"Yes, that's quite obvious. As everyone knows, this is the Awarding of Grimoires ceremony." Commented Asta.
"Now then, how long do we have to wait?"
"Saa~, beats me." Asta replied with a shrug while putting both his gloved hands on his pocket.
They didn't have to wait for so long, they were soon greeted by a wizard. He stood up in front of the people, wearing a calm expression. He's appearance is what describes an old man bordering the age of 40-60.
The old man started to explain about the grimoires: their uses, their advantage /disadvantage and their history. But he didn't stopped there, he continued on illustrating the outside world: the danger, the risk and the situation of life or death.
"The advice that I could only give is 'be careful'..."
"Ahem, now that I'm done clarifying some things , it's time for the awarding of grimoire.", the wizard announced, then suddenly various grimoires started to flow down to their rightful owner.
"That's a handful of grimoire isn't it?" Commented Asta. He was anticipating for his grimoire like Yuno do.
"With mostly of them being a 3-leaf clover." Replied Yuno.
As everyone received their grimoire, they started to chatter about how cool it was. After a few seconds, the two childhood friend seem to not received any grimoire. This did not go unnoticed by people, who started to gossip and insult them.
"Hey, aren't those two orphans?", one guy said.
"Yeah, it seems that they didn't received any grimoire" another followed.
"Serves them right, orphans should not receive any grimoire. Its not like they can go far."
Noisy chatters were heard in the room, no one attempts to stop it.
But then, all eyes glyed on the two grimoire that was flowing down gracefully. One shines like gold while the other shines like a ruby. Silence filled the room as it continued to flow down directly to the two young man. This gain everyone's attention, especially grimoire with golden aura one.
While it was true that seeing a unique four leaf clover is rare. Having a bizarre, two-colored grimoire isn't what you see everyday. Unsurprisingly, no one noticed this bar Yuno. It is the rarest indeed, a book that has a strange aura, a cover that is as red as blood and pages that is heavenly white. What's more, there is a 5-leaf clover that is embedded on the outer layer of its cover, though it is not noticeable.
"Asta, I'm gonna be the wizard king.", said Yuno. This cause the attention of the shorter one. Not really short though their height differs only one cm, Yuno has 172cm while Asta has 171cm.
"Maybe in your dreams", the ash haired boy stated, while keeping his calm expression.
As that happened huge uproar was heard across the room as they started to celebrated. When it died down they continue their talk.
"This is the beginning of our journey, right, Asta?", Yuno smiled at his friend as he asked those words.
"Yeah, it probably is", he answered before returning the smile at his friend and also his rival.
After Asta received his grimoire, he could feel immense power building up inside him. Ice began showing on the floor of the whole tower. He started recalling what was written at the book.
Secondary Evolution start after receiving your grimoire.
With that in mind, he immediately left the place. With each steps, he could feel his whole mana gradually growing. His body felt cold, the whole area is cold!. He couldn't bear it any longer!.
He legs started overlapping each other in slow pace, but it gradually grows faster and faster until it became a full run.
He could feel his body burning at his action, but he immediately flinched as cold hard wind brushes his skin. He already knows what's happening, his ice is rapidly encasing every path that he take.
He stopped in the middle of the forest. Losing his proper control in ice magic saddened him very much, but that gives him more motivation to perfect his magic.
Sighing down once more, he released the restriction on his mana that his will activated. He had been holding back the power this all time. By taking off the gloves, his power doubled.
And with a surge of mana, all hell broke loose.
Instantly, the whole forest was covered in ice spikes. Every side and every corner were full of sharp spikes in just one second. For the first time after 'that' incident, Asta felt fear. He hated this feeling, he hated it so much that he wants to eliminate all his emotion to the point the he will feel numb.
Asta shrugged off the feeling at the back of his head. There is no time for that. He focus his senses on his magic and felt his it expanding towards the village. It wouldn't be long before it would reach the place. But Asta wouldn't let that thing happen. He love the village.
With determination in his eyes, he willed his magic to retreat. But a feeling of disappointment wormed through his heart, that didn't work.
The ice continued on moving in fast pace until it reach the demon skull. In less than a minute, it was already covered in ice spikes.
Looking at the skull, everyone could see the large spikes on its surrounding. It was easy to say that the caster has huge amount of mana. The shivered at the thought of that magic reaching their area.
Holy shit, that fast?!
Asta exclaimed at his own thought. He was thrilled, but he was also worried. If he couldn't control his magic now, it would kill dozens of people. He needed to avoid that! He needed a way to control his magic! Damn it!
Asta was feeling despair little by little as he failed to control his magic. He felt as if there was no hope to control the raging power. His eyes went teary, he began on remembering every innocent people smiles in the village. The smiles that he wished to protect.
Sister.
Father.
The kids.
And Yuno.
'I am a horrible person''At this rate, I'm gonna kill everyone!'
He envision every people dying at the village, begging for help before they're stab by the large pieces of spikes.
He sobbed.
'I'm such... a horrible person'
Sadness, the feeling that he thought he would never feel again. One of the feeling that he never want to feel ever again. Yet instead of giving up, he desperately wished.
If there is a god out there, I beg of you, help me!! I don't want to kill people! I was born to protect this people!! I don't want to be a monster. I'm a human goddamnit!! So if there is a god out there, please help me!!
He wiped off the tears building in his eyes. In a stroke of his determination, he began to put all of his hope, faith and love into his magic. He let them devour his will.
"Be controlled!!"
Blinding flash of light could be seen in the middle of the forest. The feeling of coldness people felt disappeared in an instant. It was as if that feeling wasn't there to begin with.
"What the heck is that?"
"Don't know."
Even with the distance, they couldn't look at that light from the forest as they would be blinded if they tried. But they could feel it immense power. They know at least that if they could feel its immense power this far, then how strong was it if they're closed?. That's thought sent shivers to their body.
On the other hand, Asta's mana was bursting out from his body. Its heavenly light could make angels green in envy at its divinity. It hurts, it hurts so much for Asta. If felt as if his body would break at any moment.
"G-Guh!" He cried out in pain, his voice echoed throughout the whole forest. His newly owned grimoire floated in front as new letters inscribe in it. He painful grabbed his glasses from his pocket and read what was written.
Upgrading Primary Magic: CompletedWriting Primary Spells: CompletedNew Magic Processing: CompletedNew Spell Processing: CompletedProcess of rewriting the grimoire: 68%
His eyes almost bulged out of its socket as he saw the percentage of the last process. That means he has to bear the pain until it reached the signed completed.
He clenched his chest tightly as he felt his heart beats louder and faster. He bit his lower lips in order to prevent a scream from escaping. The pain was unbearable!
78%
Almost there!
86%
Almost!!
99%
Processing of rewriting the grimoire: 100% Completed.
Asta clenched his chest tighter than before, feeling like his soul is being extracted from his body. At the very moment that it showed completed, all the mana bursting from his body merged with his grimoire. All he felt is pain. Pain again.
"Ahh!!!!" With a one last shout, Asta collapsed on his knees. Feeling his breath ragged and his mana completely depleted. His body fell, his face facing the ground. Being exhausted from mana depletion was foreign for Asta, his body can't take all the damage, he wants to rest.
However, he remembered his grimoire. Using all the strength on his body, he raised his body slowly and stand up in front of his grimoire.
There it was, still floating, its aura changed fully. The demonic red aura that he felt when he received his grimoire was now replace with a heveanly aura that would make peoples feet quivered at its divine presence.
Looking at its content, he could see the perfect calligraphy and writing inside it. It was as if it was written by the god himself. He touched the grimoire and caress the letter by his fingers. Suddenly, he saw the divine mana flowing inside his body.
Was the grimoire refilling my mana?
Asta thought excitedly, but his speculation was wrong. The mana flowing inside his body is from his surroundings. But it was filtered and was turn into a suitable mana for him. No other mana can enter inside his body except the divine one.
He scanned the surrounding and saw mana's that were going through his grimoire after into his body. Asta understood it now.
It was a common fact that before a mana can enter the body, the grimoire will purify it first. Cause if the mana is not changed into a suitable one, it will not enter your body. This also the reason why everyone has a unique mana signature.
Once Asta felt his large reserves were full, he looked at the grimoire again. He felt his uncovered hand leaking cold temperature as it ices the surrounding. He immediately picked up the gloves on the ground and worn it. He may have a godly mana at his disposal, but his proper control for ice still has some flaw. It doesn't just makes your control perfect because you have an otherwodly mana.
The reason why Asta's ice magic is out of control is that its level leap by many bounds that it was already out of control for Asta. Why? Easy. Ice is Asta's main element out of all the magic in Primary Evolution. One rule of being an elemental mage is that:
Magic Level in Primary Evolution starts to move ranks when you reach the age of 15. Gradually, from the strongest to the weakest, their level starts to move. The more stronger the magic, the more harder it will be to control in the future.
Meaning, the strongest magic that he have will move to the Secondary Evolution at the age of 15. Since ice is his strongest magic, it would be more harder to control it from unconsciously triggering it without his permission. The others, however, were much more easier.
After being distracted by his magic, he fixed the position of his glasses and read what was written:
You've reach Secondary Evolution!.You have been granted new magics:- Earth(E), Shadow(B), Time(F-), Sand(A), Rock(B), Water(S), Fire(S), Lightning(S), Nature(A)- Primary elements would be upgraded from:Ice(A) - Ice(S)Mist(D) - Mist(A)Wind(A) - Wind(S)Snow(A) - Snow(S)
Asta smiled in determination. "Now that I got new magic, I'll be practicing more and more until I master this. I got six more months, by that time, I'll be able to control all my magic. Then become the Wizard King!"
He left the venue with a smile plastered on his face. He began on walking back to the village, but not before passing by the tower where he received his grimoire. Suddenly, he felt ill intent near the area. His heart beats faster and he felt like vomiting, he never felt something like this before.. Running to towards the source of the feeling, Asta saw an unexpected.
It was Yuno, bound in chains around his waist. And his grimoire in the hands of the enemy.