The search for the (obvious) culprit,
When the Captains of both the Blue Rose Knights and The Silver Eagles came to the Black Bull's hideout and knocked on the door loudly they expected silence, maybe hushed murmurs from inside, most of all they expected someone to actually open the door,
What they got instead was,
"Hey Captain You wanna fight me?!" Laughed a youthful voice,
"Luck leave Captain Yami alone!" Shouted a thug-ish sounding teen, "Can't you see he's busy?"
"Aw what about you Magna? wanna go a few rounds?" The young voice asked again,
"If either of you fight and break this statue of Marie I'll kill you both," An angry voice spat,
"Easy sister complex! or I'll burn your-"
"Will you all stop squabbling? especially in the presence of royalty," Noelle somehow commanded despite that her sentence was a statement,
"What about you Noelle? wanna fight?" laughed the youthful voice,
"If you two fight and break this statue of Marie I swear I'll kill you,"
"Threats don't work on royalty Douche," Noelle stated dryly,
"Isn't his name Gauche?" A loud energetic voice stated,
"Did you just get my name wrong rookie?"
"Wha- no I was correcting No-"
"If this statue of Marie wasn't in the room punk I'd use my mirror magic to-," the sound of someone being thrown through a wall came just as the wall next to the Captains exploded,
"ASTAAAAAA!" A young woman cheered, "I heard you found a new sword in that dungeon captain Yami sent You, Luck, and Noelle into, show me show me,"
Then the Man thrown outside got to his feet, he was a tall pale skinned shaggy brown haired man, who quickly glared at the Captains, "Who the hell are you two?" he asked his grimoire in his hand, "Two morons trying to take my statue of Marie?" he presumed his book opening,
Suddenly another teen, this one with black and grey hair wearing the Black Bulls robe poked his head out of the hole in the wall, "Gauche you alright out here?" he asked then saw the two captains and snatched his Grimoire away, "You idiot!" he hissed, "These are magic knight Captains,"
"I don't care," Gauche stated, "All those who stand between Marie and I will die by my hand,"
Charlotte shook her head, "I've waited enough" she stated opening the door to the headquarters, "Yami!" she announced, "I've come to-" and took sight of the Black Bulls hideout, first and most notably there was a large statue of a child in the middle of the room, A creepy man trying to block others from touching it, Two girls pulling a white haired boy back and forth, one looking like she was related to Nozel and the other was the one she'd come to deliver a warning to, A dunk woman lazed on the sofa in nothing but a bra, and on her left behind the door who looked like he'd been hit in the nose by it opening was Yami Sukihiro,
"Eh? Prickly princess? Hairdo? what are you two doing here?" He asked lightly rubbing his nose, his voice caused the people behind him to stop with their antics and stare at the two captains,
'I hit Yami with the door?' Charlotte thought, trying desperately to remain stone-faced and not bury her face into her hands and flee in shame, 'I bet he hates me now' she whined internally,
"We're here to discus a member of your squad who's broken the law," Nozel stated stepping into the room,
"Gambling eh?" Yami asked, "sorry I wouldn't know anything about that,"
Both captains were instantly confused, "Someone has gambled?" Charlotte asked, "that's the first I've heard of this,"
"Oh," Yami breathed a sigh of relief, "No I just hoped it wasn't that and it isn't, good I'm glad that nobody was taken to any gambling halls," he chuckled lightly kicking a bag filled with cash under a table behind him, he looked around at his team, 'Need a patsy, need a patsy,' and locked eyes with one of his newest recruits, "Ah Asta, why don't you show these two around? while I... do something,"
"Are you sure I should CaptaAAAAIN" Yami used his magic to pull Asta over to him and grabbed his head,
"Eh can't you handle a simple request from your Captain kid?" Yami asked dangerously, "It's like you forgot I'm in charge or something,"
"NO CAPTAIN YAMI, I'LL SHOW THEM AROUND FORGIVE MEEEE," the boy cried,
"Fantastic," Yami said dropping him, "I owe you one kid," he turned to the others, "GO TO YOUR ROOMS!"
"Yes captain!" and every member of the Bulls sans Yami and Asta had vanished,
"Take them to my room first kid, I gotta take care of some business,"
And somehow, for some reason Asta, Charlotte, and Nozel, were stood inside Yami's room looking for clues to a crime,
The Captains just stood there, unsure of what to make of the situation,
'How did I end up in here?' Nozel wondered, as his eyes went over the surprisingly clean room of Yami Sukihiro, then his gaze turned to Asta, 'In my moment of confusion this boy somehow took advantage of that and ushered us up here,' he realised, 'Was that why Yami ordered him to show us around?' he wondered, then his eyes widened slightly, 'wait, I've seen this boy before, he was at the entrance exam, what was his magic again?'
Charlotte on the other hand, 'I' she thought looking around, 'I'm in Yami's room,' she covered her face to hide her blush from the other two in the room with her, 'how embarrassing'
"So this is Captain Yami's room" Asta said, 'but I have no idea what I'm looking for,' He thought, 'wait they know what we're looking for so why don't I ask-,'
"And I'm back," Yami said pushing his door open,
"Captain you're back so soon?" Asta asked,
"Course I am kid, it didn't take me that long to..." Yami blinked, "Do that thing,"
"What were you-,"
"No time to explain hairdo," Yami said, "So what crime are you two looking for anyway?"
"Well Ya-," Charlotte covered her mouth and coughed, "Captain Yami, one of my Blue Rose knights claimed they saw one of you Black Bulls running naked through the capital,"
"Eh?," Yami stated, "That's what you're looking for?" he groaned, "Why didn't you say something sooner when most the bulls were downstairs?"
'We wanted to, you forced us upstairs' Nozel thought,
"Well as long as I don't have to stay in this room any longer," Charlotte stated coldly and left the room,
"Wow guess I kept her waiting too long," Yami stated, "Well let's get downstairs and call the others," he said,
OCTOPUS-Later-OCTOPUS
Now the Black Bulls were now all downstairs and having heard why the two Magic Knight Captains were here, all were staring at Sally, (Except for Noelle who glared at her and Gauche who fawned over his picture of Marie)
"So someone ran naked through the Capital?" Sally asked, then she shrugged, "Wow that sounds horrible,"
"Was it you Sally?" Yami asked,
"Sorry~" She sang, "but I haven't been to the capital for..." she stopped and counted on her fingers, "six months now," she put on a frown and dramatically clung to Asta, "Ever since our beloved Captain Yami found me walking those dark lonely streets having lost my memories I try to stay as far from the Capital," she stated, making sure to lightly spray some moisture under her eyes whenever the Captains weren't looking, 'Moron's you'll never catch me,' she grinned leaning into Ata's robe,
"Wait you lost your memories?!" Asta cried, "Are you okay do you remember how to breath?"
'And there's my opening,' she smiled harder, "N-," she reached for her throat, "it seems I can't," she fake choked out, "if only you had a new sword, I'm sure that would surprise my lungs to make them start again," she threw in a cough at the end of the sentence and,
"A new sword?" He asked, "Wait I have a new sword," he grinned opening his grimoire and pulled out his new sword, he grasped it with two hands, "See? are your lungs better now?"
"Ooh much better~" she cheered, 'the last blade reflected magic, I wonder what this one does,'
Nozel glared at her, 'She's obviously faking those tears,' he thought, 'I'll just have to expose her spray bottle and then she'll be cornered,' he thought,
'I'll just have to expose her spray bottle, that's what you're thinking right Captain Nozel?' Sally thought, 'but little do you know I've planned this entire incident ever since I streaked that day, and you can't touch me,' she thought, 'To you I'm just clinging onto some commoner, but this boy isn't just any commoner, he has something you've dreaded for most of her life,' Sally ran her tongue over her lips lightly as Nozel approached her, 'here let me give you a taste,' and bit into Asta's neck hard enough to draw blood,
"AH SALLY WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Asta screamed,
"G-get AWAY FROM HIM!" Noelle commanded sending a bolt of water magic at Sally,
...But do to her lack of control, it hit a stunned Nozel instead, 'Away from. . . HIM?' he questioned in his mind,
Sally grinned and let Asta's neck go, "Oh sorry Noelle," she turned to her full devious grin, "Wow what's with you're face?" she asked, "Are you sick or something?"
Nozel slowly turned to see his sisters face, her entire face was red, 'She's not sick,' he thought as Sally started ascending the stairs, 'She's in l-l-l-l' he turned to Asta, face filled with rage, 'l-l-l-love with this commoner!' his grimoire opened, 'I have to destroy him!' he declared, 'MY SISTER IS OFF LIMITS' He thrusted his hand towards Asta, "Mercury magic," his normally quiet voice roared, as the malice in his eyes grew,
"Now Nozel will be too focused on Asta to even remember what he came here for," Sally said, "The Black Bulls will be too entertained by the fight to noticed that I slipped away, which only leaves. . ." She looked up down the hall stood Charlotte Roselei her arms crossed,
"I knew you'd try to slip away," She stated, "Though what exactly you did to escape Nozel still alludes me," she said placing her hand in her briar sword's handle,
"It's simple really," Sally said, she tilted her head to the left to dodge a bolt of mercury magic, "Everyone has weaknesses Captain Roselei, I simply exploited a dual type weakness in Captain Silva, both are tied directly to his sister, causing him to rampage,"
"Come quietly and I'll make this easy on you," Charlotte stated,
Sally just smiled and tapped her forehead, "The Captain ordered us to our rooms earlier," she stated, "not for long, but for about thirty seconds I was confined to my room," she took her glasses off and started to clean them, "do you know what I can do in just thirty seconds?" she asked,
Suddenly a piece of red goop dripped onto the floor, Charlotte's gaze drifted upwards, A giant red gel Salamander greeted her, Charlotte just stared at the creature for a few seconds, then she looked at Sally,
Sally placed her glasses back onto her face,
Charlotte's face flushed, as Sally had entered her 'Destroyer form'
She was stark naked,
"Wha-"
Sally snapped her fingers, "Right I was supposed to blind you before stripping off," she shrugged, "Live and learn," then she turned and bolted,
Charlotte was stunned, she couldn't believe the nerve of that girl, to just strip her clothes off in front of her, and then to just run with no-, Charlotte shook her head, 'What am I thinking, of course she'd-,' then her eyes went wide, "run away," she realised Sally had disappeared down the hallway,
Cause Charlotte had been so stunned she'd just allowed it to happen, She shook her head and chased after her, 'C'mon Charlotte, if you can't find this one menace in one building think of what the Blue Rose Knights would think,' and she ran down the hallway,
Charlotte blinked, 'Eh?' As she came to a door she knew led to Yami's room, 'wasn't Yami's room the other way?' she wondered, but this was the only door here, thus she opened it and, 'Yep this is Yami's room' she thought looking inside, she quickly entered and searched it, finding many odd things, like Yami's festival '''outfit''' which while totally interesting, was not Sally, she left the room and found herself in a different hallway,
And judging by the giant red jelly lizard on the ceiling, and the fight going on downstairs it was the same hallway Sally had ran from her in,
'Perhaps I should get Yami involv-' Charlotte blushed and shook her head, 'What are you thinking Charlotte?,' she covered her cheeks, 'You're a capable woman, you don't need help,' she nodded to herself, "Also I think I'd die from embarrassment if I had to ask Yami," she nodded to herself and steeled her resolve, 'I'll catch you Sally, it's only a matter of time,' and she took off running, determined to search every room,
OCTOPUS-Meanwhile-OCTOPUS
Nozel fired another volley at the commoner, Asta swung his sword like a mad man, 'Wow this shorter blade is much easier to swing then the other one,' he thought slashing through another volley of mercury bolts, he also tried avoiding the ones that he missed rather then just trying to power through them, 'I don't know if he's got the same strategy as Senpai,' he thought as Nozel readied another volley, remembering the 'test' with her, 'the more gel hit me the slower I got,' he thought, 'but I bet his mercury would slow me down way more then Sally-senpai's gel,' he frowned looking at the door behind Nozel, 'I'm in a bad position here, if I could get outside I could use the trees as cover,'
But between him and that door, was Nozel, and the various water bolts Noelle had fired at him trying to stop the fight,
Nozel glared at the commoner, 'She's trying so hard to save you,' he thought as another water bolt neared him before veering off course and hitting the wall instead, 'The only explanation as to why is that you've brainwashed her!' he took a step forward, "I'll admit, your reflexes have impressed me," he stated,
"R-really?" Asta asked, "Well good so what say we call this whole thing off and-,"
Nozel looked towards Noelle, the small smile she gave Asta at Nozel's compliment fuelled his rage further, and he walked closer, "No," he stated, "You've only made it so far cause you've been at a safe distance," he stated, "I've shortened our distance by three feet, just try to survive this volley," his grimoire opened again,
"WHY ARE YOU SO MAD AT ME?!" Asta cried,
"Nozel stop!" Noelle cried,
'I'm sorry Noelle, but I can't do that, this commoner must perish for even thinking abou-!' then Nozel stopped, now that he was closer he did recognise this boy, 'the Anti-magic boy' he realised, 'but also and more importantly!' he remembered the out of control water spell, 'he's the one who saved her,' and clenched his fist, 'while I was frozen you saved her,'
He turned to look at Noelle again, her lips quivered, her eyes watered, her nose was scrunched up,
And again Nozel's eyes widened, 'That expression' he thought, 'the last time I saw it was when Nebra took that gift from Mimosa from you,' the gift was a little pink bear, he remembered entering the dining room and there was Noelle staring down at the torn up bear while Nebra mocked her,
He closed his grimoire, "Never mind," he stated, then he noticed a worn out Charlotte walking down the stairs, "Captain Roselei?" he asked,
"She's gone," The Blue Rose Knights Captain stated, "I don't know how, but she trapped me in some form of shifting rooms spell and vanished,"
Charlotte walked over to the entrance, "I'd remain to chase her, but I have to hand out missions at some point today," she said,
'I should go as well,' Nozel thought, he looked at Asta, and then to Noelle and saw the relief on her face, 'I'm in no position to stop you from doing anything Noelle, this is the most you've ever had, and like always your cruel family was going to tear it from you,' he walked over to the door too, "Noelle," he said,
The pigtailed water mage looked at her eldest brother,
"...Don't concern yourself with issues of the Silva name," he said, 'After everything we've done, you deserve whoever you want, regardless of their social standing,'
And then the two Captains left the room, leaving a confused room filled with Black Bulls,
Sally watched them leave from Asta's bedroom window, 'That was easy,' she thought, she'd hid under Asta's bed the entire time, it seemed the house shifted around a lot and she knew that if she stayed in one place the chances of Captain Roselei finding her was slim, but never once did Charlotte come close to Asta's room, Sally wondered if whatever made the house move had done that to protect her,
Sally had even added to the confusion by making a bunch of Salamanders and mixing them with Jelly so they'd all be red, just in case they knew about her magic enhancement formula, and just having them stick to the ceilings of most hallways just to add to the confusion,
She blinked, "I guess I could've hid a real magic enhanced Salamander into the mix to actually fight her," she nodded, yeah that would've made a lot more sense then just hiding under a bed, "maybe I should lure her back?" she wondered,
"S-SALLY!" Asta cried covering his face, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM AND WHY ARE YOU NAKED?"
Sally smiled at him, "Well I was hiding in here from Captain Roselei and clothes are just so stuffy you know?" she asked, "Hey why don't you take yours off?" she asked,
"What?!" he cried, "No way!, I like my clothes where they are thank you,"
OCTOPUS-The End-OCTOPUS
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