(Second Opening Theme: Sunday's Without God Opening-Birth Performed By Kitamura Eri)

Asta and the others had ultimately decided to attend the ceremony. They had multiple reasons for doing such a thing. One, they wanted to be there for Pluck to congratulate him on a job well down, and for moving up a rank.

Second, they couldn't help but admit they were curious about how they would go and congratulate the knights that moved up a rank. And third and final, they wanted to have at least some idea as to make it up to Prism.

Third-They wanted to tell Karasu what it had been like for them.

They approached the doors with the Wizard King as most of them were surprised to see the line of mages standing along the hall.

"Well talk about security." Feodora said.

"I wonder how these ceremonies are." Asta couldn't help but wonder aloud.

"We'll have to see for ourselves." Yuno said.

Pluck had said with an angry pout on his face, "It would have been better with Pri here." he sighed as he said, "Well, another day of telling those older Silvas what for, now that I'm going up."

"Why do I have a bad feeling about this?" Noelle thought.

Fafanar only groaned in annoyance as he couldn't help but slump over, "I wanted to go see Pri-Pri. I would've gotten away with sneaking off, if it wasn't for Mor and Ar!"

"And we have every right." Arfau said as he gave a light tap on the head.

"You know you couldn't have visited her even if you wanted." Morwyn said, "You have to have special permission from Captain William since he's safeguarding her."

Fafnar gave a pout as he groaned "Damn it."

"We can visit her some other day, right now you're here for Pluck." Arfau said.

"But even Plucky said these things are boring!" Fafanar whined, "And he's right!"

Morwyn and Arfau gave Pluck a look as he flinched, "hey, i was being honest."

"You can be too honest sometimes, you know that?" Morwyn asked with a sneer.

"You're a bad influence." Arfau said.

Pluck couldn't help but shout, "LIKE YOU'RE ANY BETTER!"

"Please-Keep your voices down-" Klaus said before the group found themselves in front of a set of double doors, "-We're here."

"Now then-" Julius said before looking towards Asta, Yuno and Feodora in particular, "-Can you give me better results then them?"

The three of them were a bit taken back by this before the doors opened. When it did, they saw quite the number of Magic Knights in the room. There had been a few members of the Golden Dawn, the Crimson Lions and even the Blue Rose; among the Blue Rose had been Captain Charlotte, Sol and even Akiko.

The Silver Eagles had been there as well, as among them had been Nozel, Nebra and Solid; Noelle looked uneasy seeing them.

Feodora couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Great… This day just got worse for me." .

Akiko gave a wave as she said "Hi guys!" She gave Feodora a look as she said "Feodora." She turned to Pluck as she said "PLUCKYYKINS! MY BELOVED!" She gave him a hug much to his dismay before turning to Noelle as she gave a look.

Noelle flinched as she exclaimed in her head, "Why is she even going after him of all people?"

"Why did you have to be here today?" Feodora asked as she gave Akiko a look.

"Why else? To support my Fi-an-ce~!" Akiko said with a kitten smile as she rubbed her cheek.

Feodora only groaned, "Stop that, it's making me gag."

Akiko only stuck her tongue out as she said, "Don't come crying when you end up as a crazy cat lady!"

"How original." Feodora said as she had a monotone look.

"Akiko, please let go. You're embarrassing me." Pluck said.

"Okay Pluckykins~!" Akiko said before she gave him a kiss on the cheek much to Asta's surprise.

Noelle had a twitch on her eyebrow before she asked to herself, "Wait, why is this bothering me? I hate him."

They heard Solid give out a laugh, "Well Well, If it isn't the Barbados Brat! Are you embarrassed to get the slightest affection?"

"Oh look, it's the arrogant Silva." Pluck said with a monotone look.

"Don't bad mouth my fiancee Solid!" Akiko said. "At least Plucky's kind is loved unlike you!"

Solid flinched as he said, "Watch it, Tate!"

"Make me!" Akiko barked back.

"Don't waste your breath on him." Pluck said as he pulled her back. "You might lose a brain cell just by arguing with him."

Solid gave a growl as he said "Arrogant punk."

"Takes one to know another, Solid." Pluck said

"Now, now-" Julius said as he stepped forward till he had been in front of the group with Marx by his side, "-Why don't we start the ceremony?"

"As long as that Silva is on a leash, the better." Pluck said as he had a cold look towards him which Solid growled at.

"Huh, Pluck's more mean towards that guy, than he is towards Noelle." Asta said.

"...is this really a feud?" Feodora asked. "It's more of a grudge if you ask me.


Magic Knights of the Clover Kingdom are given ranks to indicate their ability.

The ranks are further divided into sub-ranks with the Wizard King at the top.

If Knights are awarded a prescribed number of stars in the time before the annual decoration ceremony, they are given a new rank by the Wizard King.


The ceremony began as Asta, Feodora, Noelle, along with Yuno, Mimosa, Klaus, Morwyn, Arfau and Fafanar watched from the sidelines. The first to step up had been Pluck

"Pluck Barbados, It's been a year since you joined the magic knights." Julius said. "From time to time, you've shown us that despite your status as a member of the royal Barbados family, you still manage to make a difference and even make your friends and family proud."

"I'm very honored, Wizard King." Pluck siad with a bow as he looked at the crowd before his look softened. "I only wished my best friend was here to see this."

"And I'm sure she's very proud of you." Julius said with a smile, "As your award for your efforts, I present you with a third rank-As a senior knight, third class."

The Magic Knights clapped, while Asta and Fafanar cheered for him as he had received his medal.

"WAY TO GO PLUCK!" Asta cheered.

"YEAH PLUCKY!" Fafnar added.

Noelle rolled her eyes as she said. "Well, I suppose he does deserve an applause." she gave a clap before Morwyn nudged her.

"Come on! At least put more effort in it!" Morwyn told her as Noelle groaned.

Pluck only smiled before he sighed, before he had a thought, "... I really wish Prism could see this."

Pluck stepped away from the table before the next person stepped forward. "Hey-" Arfau said, "-Isn't that guy-"

"It is." Mimosa said.

"With seven stars earned-Leopold of the Crimson Knights-" Julius said to the young man, as he presented him with a medal, "-I grant you the title of Intermediate Magic Knight-Second Class." The young man smiled as he took the medal.

"You know that guy?" Feodora asked.

"That's Leopold of the Crimson Lions." Mimosa replied, "He's Fugeleon's little brother."

"He's got a brother too?!" Feodora said shocked.

"You use the same flames as your brother-" Julius said to Leopold with a smile, "-The Captain of the Crimson Lions. Your power is overwhelming. Make sure you don't go overboard."

"Yes Wizard King!" The boy-Leopold said as he gave a salute, he went over to Pluck as he shook his hand. "Congrats on earning Senior ranking! You're everything my brother has described!"

"O-Oh! I-I-I'm honored." Pluck said as Leopold kept shaking his hand.

Noelle just had a look as she said. "Well, isn't he a popular one."

"Since we met Pluck, most of us have praised him for his hard work." Arfau explained.

"All except for-well one certain squad." Morwyn said nervously.

"Okay now I'm starting to see the resemblance-" Feodora said, "-Still can't believe that Captain's got a little brother."

Sol and Akiko soon stepped forward towards Julius.

"With six stars earned from each of you-" Julius said, "-Sol Marron, Akiko Tate of the Blue Rose Knights, I grant you both the title of Intermediate Magic Knight-Third Class."

Julius looked at Akiko as he said, "Miss Tate-You've proven time and time again that your Shield magic is nothing to underestimate. Even behind the shield, you've shown how profess and brave you are when it comes to rescuing and aiding your squadmates. We look forward to more of your endeavors."

Akiko has a smile as she said. "Thank you, Wizard King! All this work in order for me to be Mrs. Akiko Barbados!" She had fire in her eyes as she added "Pluckykins, wouldn't want a wife who sits in the house cooking all day!"

Pluck only looked embarrassed by this sort of thing. "How touching." Feodora said as her eyes rolled, before gagging.

"Miss Marron-" Julius said, "-You're as dynamic as the men, and your creative earth magic is amazing. But you might be a bit of a free spirit."

"The only one who can tie me down my sis-" Sol said, which made Akiko roll her eyes this time, "-The Captain."

"Sol, come on-" Akiko said, "-Sooner or later you gotta find yourself a man."

Sol gave her a look before she told her, "Akiko, just because you found a fiance, doesn't mean I should find one too. Besides, who needs a man in their lives? Women can be strong too!"

"Missing the point as usual.." Akiko said with a sweatdrop.

Pluck shouted from where he stood, '"You know that's not ACTUAL feminism!"

Sol's head showed a vein as she turned to Pluck. "Watch it, Barbados." Akiko held her back as she said, "Sol, you promised not to harm Pluckykins during the ceremonies anymore!"

"Guys! Don't start a fight!" Asta said worryingly as he quickly got in between them.

Noelle rolled her eyes as she said, "You always have an HONEST comment for everything, huh?"

"Like you're any better." Pluck told Noelle.

Just as this was said, the next person had stepped forward-Pluck couldn't help but sneer as it had been Solid.

"With six stars earned-" Julius said as he handed him a medal, "-Solid Silva of the Silver Eagles, I grant you intermediate magic knight, third class. The maneuverability of your magic is amazing, but I think you'd be even more amazing if you stopped showing off your powers and cooperated with others."

"I'll keep that in mind sir." Solid said.

They were soon taken back when Pluck started to laugh; Solid looked over to him with a sneer.

"Could somebody maybe get a bucket of water-Because I think someone just got burned!" Pluck said as he continued to laugh. He didn't even realize that Noelle snickered a little.

"Wait, you're enjoying this?" Asta said surprised.

"What was so funny?" Yuno asked.

"I don't get it." Fafanar said, confused.

"Oh you naive boys." Pluck said. "I'm laughing at Solid cuz The Wizard King just laid him with a truth but we all know that won't happen!" he laughed harder

"Nah, maybe it's just you." Feodora said.

Solid had told him with a look, "Barbados. You're REALLY pushing it. Don't make me attack you!"

"What's stopping you?" Pluck asked. "We all know what happened last time."

"Maybe we shouldn't start a fight while there's a ceremony." Mimosa said, nervously.

"With him? It's not gonna be a fight, it's gonna be another embarrassing show." Pluck said.

Solid bit his lip as he growled "Why you little-"

"Solid-" Nozel soon said, "-Restrain yourself, even if he is a Barbados."

Nebra soon stepped forward to the Wizard King, as Julius presented her medal, "With nine stars earned, Nebra Silva of the Silver Eagles, I grant you senior knight fifth class-"

"HOW IN THE-?!" Pluck shouted in confusion as Yuno was quick to shut him up.

"The skillful illusions you created with your mist magic are splendid." Julius said, "Just make sure you don't play with the enemy more then necessary or you might get bitten."

"Of course Wizard King." Nebra said as she gave a salute, "I thank you for the warning."

"HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THE SAME RANK AS ME?!" Pluck shouted before he was smacked by Morwyn and Arfau.

"Lower your voice would ya?!" She whispered.

"Are you trying to get yourself kicked out!?" Arfau added.

"But Still!" Pluck whispered.

"At least you got into first class." Yuno said, "I don't see what you're complaining about."

Pluck had replied angrily, "She's a Silva! Aka the worst of ALL Royals!"

"Whoa Plucky, Noelle's right here." Fafanar said.

Pluck immediately flinched before he surprised Asta when he stuffed his face into his back and started to shriek into shoulder which made him freeze up. Pluck got out as he groaned. "Sorry Asta, you were the closest one."

"Tha-That's okay." Asta replied as he stammered a little, "Maybe never do it again."

Pluck had been taken back when Nero started to peck at him. "Owowowowowo! Seriously Nero?!"

"Quack!" Addeline exclaimed as she got out and hurled her stick at the little bird.,Though Nero only retalitied by pecking at her instead. "QUACK QUACK!"

"NOT THE BABY!" Pluck exclaimed as he quickly picked up Addeline before hugging her.

The ceremony soon continued as a member of the Golden Dawn soon stepped forward. This chubby young man in his twenties had blond hair that was brushed back, as the top of it spun while it had been stuck upwards.

"With seven stars earned-Hamon Casesus-" Julius said to the young man, named Hamon, "-I grant you Intermediate Magic Knight, Second Class. Just by looking at you, the enemy would never accept your glass magic and I bet they're completely boggled."

"I thank you, your majesty." Hamon said before he gave a laugh.

Fafanar, Morwyn and Arfau cheered, "Alright Hamon!"

"Way to go buddy!" Fafanar cheered.

Another young man soon stepped forward, as he had blonde hair like Hamon but his hair had been brushed back as it had been braided.

"With eight stars earned, Siren Tium of the Golden Dawn, I grant you the title of Intermediate Magic Knight, First Class." Julius said as he handed him the medal, "Unlike your eloquent magic, you're a very quiet fellow, so you'd be better off if you spoke your mind more."

"Understood." Siren said with a nod.

The next and last person had been a man who looked to be twenty four as he had been tall and had a lean build. His hair had been spiky and was in the shade of green that had been brushed back slightly with some of it hanging from his forehead.

"With eleven stars earned-" Julius said to the young man, "-Alecdora Sandler of the Golden Dawn, I grant you the title of Senior Magic Knight, Second Class. You amaze me with your diligence and flexible magic. You can probably relax a little more once in a while."

"I'm honored, your Majesty." The man-Alecdora said.

Pluck rolled his eyes as he gave a slow clap. "Congrats Suck-up."

Morwyn, Arfau and even Fafanar let out a collective groan. "I take it your relationship is iffy with that guy?" Feodora said.

"Don't even get us started." Arfau said.

"If i had to be stuck in a room between the Stupid Silva and him." Pluck said. "I would just use my sword to end myself."

"What did you just call me?!" Noelle said. Pluck flinched again, though most were surprised when he banged his head on the wall.

Pluck slowly turned to Noelle as he said, "I Blame you for making me this way.."

"H-Huh?" Noelle asked, confused.

"A-Are you okay?!" Fafanar asked worryingly as he noticed his head had been bleeding.

"I'll live." Pluck told him as he staggered.

"The Golden Dawn has earned a total of 71 stars-" Julius announced, "-They are clear leaders. I hope the rest of them best not to fall behind." He smiled, "Well done-All of you. Now as for-"

The doors opened as it had startled the group; a little male ran into the room. He had been wearing a gray robe and had dark brown hair and blue eyes; he looked to have freckles on his cheeks making him look like a child. "Wi-Wizard King sir!" The young man said nervously before he noticed the people as it made him flinch.

"Who is that?" Asta asked.

"He's almost as small as you." Feodora said which earned a look from him.

"Marvin?" Pluck asked. "What's going on? Are you okay?"

"S-Sorry Pluck-" The young man, Marvin, had said nervously, "-B-But I was told not to speak to you, or the other Black Bull members."

Most of them had been taken back by this sort of thing. "Okay seriously-" Feodora said, "-Who is this guy?"

Pluck replied as Marvin ran past him, "He's my Uncle Naotoshi's assistant. He was rejected for last year as a Magic Knight but he took him in. He's been working as his assistant since then."

"Then what's he doing here?" Klaus asked.

"Marvin?" Julius said as he approached him, "Is there something wrong?"

Marvin caught his breath "I-I'm sorry, I don't mean to interrupt but-" He soon looked nervous as for a moment, he looked in Pluck's direction. He soon whispered in Julius's ear as for a moment they saw his look changed.

"When did this happen?" Julius asked.

"Ju-Just moments ago-" Marvin replied, "N-Naotoshi is heading over there r-right now."

"I understand-" Julius said, as he patted his shoulder, "-You did the right thing by telling me, go wait outside and I'll be with you shortly." Marvin nodded before he quickly rushed out the door. He soon turned to the crowd as he regained himself as he cleared his throat, "As I was saying, there's a simple reception set up for you, so go and enjoy yourselves, and before I forget-I invited some special guests today-" He soon gestured over to Asta, Feodora, Yuno Noelle, Klaus Mimosa, Fafanar, Morwyn and Arfau, "-Make sure you get to know each other very well." He soon gave a wave, "Sorry, another matter has come up, so I have to excuse myself, but have fun."

Before anyone could have the chance Julius quickly got himself out of the room along with Marx as they met up with Marvin who had been waiting anxiously; Marx quickly shut the door behind him.

"Now Marvin-" Julius said calmly, "-Did they happen to say what their condition is?"

Marvin shook his head, "G-Gooden s-said t-they just fell u-unconcious. T-They're not sure what happened to them."

Julius and Marx both pondered. "That is troubling news." Julius said.

"What shall we do your highness-" Marx asked, "-Especially with regards to the other manner?"

Julius had replied, "it can't be helped-Marx accompany Marvin to the safehouse and figure out what happened. I'll see about the manner myself."

"Are you sure?" Marx asked.

Julius nodded as he replied, "Princess or not, she's our top priority as a Magic Knight, we have to do what we can for her and the Familiars. I'll be able to manage on my own. Let me know what's happened to them the second they tell you anything."

Marx looked a bit worried though he nodded his head in understanding before he turned to Marvin, "Lead the way."


-Safehouse-

Most of the group had calmed down after what had happened; though that didn't mean their anxiety never left them. Even now as Prism laid in bed and the Familiars had been brought into her room and were now resting on mats provided. The four of them had been unconscious as they didn't show signs of waking up, even after an hour had gone by. Adrien had been by Prism's side while whimpering; the Spirits laid around her as well as they looked to be in a set of dull colors.

Naotoshi arrived and examined the four of them thoroughly; as he did Theodore had explained what he had witnessed prior and even what she had found in her grimoire. All the while he held onto the little box he kept scratching on the lid nervously.

"I'm telling you that's what happened!" Theodore tried to explain, "There was a voice asking for her! And when she went to the door, she just kept saying she had to get home! Then there was that loud screech and that's when she collapsed!"

Yami took a puff as he said, "Is that so?"

"Ye-Yeah!" Theodore replied, "I wouldn't make something like this up!"

"And where exactly did you hear this screech?" Jack asked him.

"I-It was from this box that Pretty Lady's been carrying!" Theodore replied as he showed it to them, "I-It just let out the noise the second I dropped it!"

"Are you sure?" Nolan asked.

"I'm sure! No, I know that's what happened!" Theodore replied, "Please, believe me!"

The adults in the room pondered. "We all did hear that voice in the house-" Gooden said, "-Not to mention the Familiars, looked like they were in pain just from it. But why would it compel Prism to go back home? Airedale is long gone."

"Maybe it didn't actually mean Airedale." Nolan said.

"Either way-Whatever that was-It tried to make Prism go somewhere." Acer said, "Think it might be Mage Soldiers?"

Yami shook his head, "Even with the kind of arsenal they got, they would've affected everyone."

"KEKE-It would make sense." Jack added

"Well-" Naotoshi said, as they noticed he had been done with his examination, "-Whatever it was that happened, Prism won't be waking up anytime soon." The adults looked shocked by this sort of response.

"What do you mean she won't wake up?" Nolan asked.

"Whatever that sound Theodore heard, the box has some kind of a spell on her and it affected those three too." Naotoshi replied, "I've seen this kind of thing before with Zeid."

"What do you mean?" Yami asked, "What sort of spell is this?"

"It's sort of a protective mechanism." Naotoshi explained, "Whoever placed that spell on the box made it so that it cancels out any sort of mind control spell-Or worse, an effect of a cursed item."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa-!" Acer said, "-A cursed item!? You mean someone managed to infect her with it?"

"That's exactly what I'm saying-" He replied, "-Though for Prism to be in this state, this Cursed Item must've been a powerful one. And from the evidence they didn't even have to be in the same room with her."

"Okay, but what are we supposed to do about this?" Gooden asked, "If someone attacks Prism and the Familiars they'll be left defenseless."

"In my experience the only way to cancel out the mechanism is to break it-" Naotoshi said before he looked at the small box in Theodore's paws, "-Or in our case, we just have to find a way to open that box."

The Captains and others looked to the box as they pondered again. "I could open it-" Theodore said in a happy tone before his tone of voice switched, "-But there's no lock."

"I just don't understand where the hell she could've gotten this from." Nolan said.

"She definitely didn't have it on her beforehand, I can tell you that." Yami said.

"Did she happen to tell you where she picked it up from?" Jack asked as he turned to Theodore.

"I think-" Theodore replied nervously, "-She said she got it from a mission, but I'm not too sure."

"A mission?" Gooden said in confusion, "She wasn't on any missions, she was in recovery after what happened in the Dungeon."

It soon hit Yami and Jack like a ton of bricks as they both seemed to have clicked their tongues.

"God damn it." Yami said as he grunted.

"KEKE-It was under our noses all this time!" Jack said, "And like usual she kept her mouth shut!"

"Well how about we get her to wake up and she can tell her yourselves." Nolan said before he swiped the box from Theodore making him squeak in confusion. Nolan soon examined the box, before he tried to pull on the lid at least; though no matter how hard he pulled on it, it just refused to budge.

It hadn't been long before he hit his nerves.

"TRAAKO!" Nolan shouted as he banged the box on the dresser which startled most of them.

Gooden turned to Nolan with a look before she said, "Nolan!" she rose her thumb before she jabbed Nolan's neck before he started laughing much to everyone's shock

Gooden said with a huff, "Honestly! I get your mad but watch your language! These walls are thin, you know!"

"D-Damn it!" Nolan said as he laughed, "That was a-HAHAHA-cheapshot!"

"Did you really have to use that move out of all things?" Naotoshi asked.

"Would you prefer the other method?" Gooden asked.

"No thank you." Noatoshi said as he held his hands up.

"Alright so opening it normally isn't gonna work so what should we do?" Acer asked.

Yami soon took hold of the box as he examined it, "If we can't open the lid-" He soon placed it on the table before he took out his sword, "-We open it by force."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Gooden asked, "What if the spell affects them again!?"

Yami told her as his sword started to glow black " We won't know until we try, now won't we?" He soon concentrated, "Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked-Lightless Slash!"

His attack spell went towards the box; instead of slicing it in two it ended up flying back into the wall, practically bouncing out of it; the very sight of this made some of them jump.

"Huh-" Yami said, "-Guess that didn't work."

"You think!?" Gooden said.

"It's got to be one powerful spell someone made on this box." Naotoshi said, before he picked it up and held it in his hand. "Whoever they are, they must be professionals."

"What the hell do you make of it?" Nolan asked.

"Zeid brought this one to my attention before-" Naotoshi said, "-The barrier around this chest is made so that it can block itself from any sort of attack spell, including dark magic."

"You mean it changes so it's compatible with our kind of magic?" Acer asked, "That sucks!"

A thought soon came over Yami, "Maybe not EVERY kind of magic." He soon looked over to Jack as it seemed like he had the same idea.

"KEKE-Step aside!" Jack said as he got his blades. Naotoshi placed the box on the table before Jack took a swing. Most of them had been expecting the box to fly to the wall like it did before. But instead they were shocked to see that nothing happened.

Nolan soon stepped towards the box as he gave the box a tap.

CLICK-The little box went as the lid had popped open.

"Huh-it worked." Naotoshi said casually.

"Your magic never ceases to amaze me." Nolan said to Jack as he gave him a pat on the shoulder.

"KEKE-Better than Yami here." Jack said.

"Don't puff your chest with too much beanpole." Yami told him with a look.

Nolan soon looked inside the box, as he had been taken back by what had been inside, "The hell-"

He took out what had been inside as it looked to be a key. It didn't look to be any key that opened the door as it had appeared to be made of crystal and had been transparent.

The head of the key had been the only thing that wasn't transparent; though it had been nothing but an empty white space.

"... It's a key?" Nolan said as he spun it in his hand.

"A Key to where, exactly?" Acer said.

"This is what was in that box?" Yami asked as he took it from Nolan, "Seems like a bit much for that spell."

"Whatever the case it must be a very powerful magic item." Naotoshi said, "Otherwise they're wouldn't be a spell that counters curses on it."

"Tch, Damn it." Yami said. "Just what we need right now."

"But i wonder what's the key for?" Gooden asked

They soon heard Prism let out a groan, as she started to move; The Familiars let out a collective groan as well.

"Looks like they're waking up." Naotoshi said.

Prism had been a bit taken back as she had realized she had been in her room. Her head still felt fuzzy as she slowly sat up. "Ow-" She groaned, as she rubbed her forehead; Adrien started to perk up as he started to lick her and the spirits seemed to have perked up, "-What am I doing here?"

Brenin sat up as he shook himself, "So this must be what adults call a hangover…"

"My head hurts so much…" Saorise said, "... Why is the world spinning?"

Liam groaned as he rolled over on his side, "Crap-I don't feel so good."

"Hey-" Nolan soon said as he got their attention, "-How are y'all feeling?"

"My head feels funny-" Prism replied as she rubbed her head before she just now noticed they were in the room, "-Wait-Uncle Nolan? Guys what are you-Ow! I shouldn't have turned my head so fast!"

"Easy there-" Nolan said as he went to her bedside, "-You guys had a pretty nasty fall earlier."

"Weren't we just in the kitchen?" Liam asked, "What are we doing here?"

"You-Don't remember what happened?" Gooden asked as the others were left shocked.

Prism tried to think as Adrien placed his head on the bed, "I-Remember we were baking-I was checking my grimoire, and there was a ringing noise-" She let out a groan again, Nolan was quick to comfort her, "-I can't remember anything else."

"What about you three?" Yami asked the Familiars, "Do you remember anything?"

"Well-" Saorise replied, "-I think we were trying to help with the cooking-We were waiting for Prism and then there was a ring-" She soon let out a groan as she held her head, "-Ow-I can't remember what happened after that."

"Me neither-" Brenin said as he moaned in agony, "-Ow, why is my head hurting?"

"Why is everything so loud?" Liam groaned as he covered his ears.

"What the heck is wrong with them?" Acer asked.

"It might be the side effects of the curse item." Naotoshi said. "I might as well hold on to the key for-" Much to their own shock the key started to shake before it flew out of Yami's hand. It only took Prism a moment to register but she was able to catch the key in her hands; though she just looked confused.

"A… Key?" She said before the key floated out of her hand; much to their own surprise the key flew to the base of her neck as she suddenly saw something cold and metal, they were shocked to realize metal choker. The crystal key seemed to have shattered almost as if it had shed off a layer; the key had suddenly been that of a dull silver color as the head of the key had been nothing but a white space.

"Wha-What!?" Prism said fearfully before she tried to pull the key off, however it didn't budge, "I can't get it off!"

"Huh-" Yami said, "-That was a development."

"Pretty Lady has new jewelry!" Theodore said in a happy tone of voice before it quickly switched, "Eh-It's not flashy enough."

"Why can't you get it off?!" Liam asked.

"I don't know!" She said, "I don't know what this is or-"

Prism soon noticed the box on the table as it had been opened; she only looked shocked and petrified as she realized she had been had.

"You… Opened it?" Was all she could say to the adults in the room.


Asta and the others were expecting a feast.

The second they had entered the next room, they were surprised as ever to see an all you can eat buffet right before their very eyes. All sorts of food had been at full display at several tables and not to mention the wide variety of drinks.

Though it didn't help at the fact that there was a certain atmosphere in the air as most could feel all eyes had been on them.

"I swear to God-I wanna punch whoever is staring at me right now." Feodora said with a low growl.

"Please don't-" Klaus said, "-But I do have to agree, all those stares are beginning to hurt. How are we supposed to enjoy ourselves? Why is the Wizard King entertaining us like this?"

"Well you know how Julius is-" Morwyn said, "-He's always a wild card."

"Okay-" Feodora said as she cracked her knuckles "I'm gonna rearrange their faces-"

"We don't want to actually get in trouble here." Yuno said before Feodora had been taken back when he held up a glass that looked to be green, "Here. I found your favorite. It's still pear, isn't it?"

Feodora only turned red at this before she swiped the drink from his hand, "You're just lucky you got that right Know it All…" She said before she drank from the glass; Yuno only smiled at this.

"Just ignore them." Pluck said. "If they just look at you funny, just give a look back."

"You seem to be the expert at this." Noelle said as she gave him a look though she looked nervous herself.

"It's called experience, Silva." Pluck told her, "Back five hundred years ago when I went to Social Gala's with dad, I got all sorts of looks all the time. Granted, they hated the fact a Barbados not only fell in love with an elf and conceived 3 children but in there eyes was another way of saying she was a peasant too."

"Weird, I heard from Ash that you broke someone's leg back five hundred years ago." Feodora pointed out as it made Pluck flinched.

"Oh yeah!" Fafanar said, "And you mentioned the last time you went to a gala, you kicked one guy right in the-"

Pluck covered his mouth as he said, "Not in public, Faf."

"Not denying it?" Morwyn said, intrigued, "Interesting…."

Pluck only took a deep breath as he said, "Look, just pay them no mind and just enjoy yourselves. And for the record I didn't mean to break that guy's leg. I just 'accidentally' spilled some punch and he tripped."

"Eh-" Feodora said with a shrug, "-I've done worse."

"Really?" Yuno asked, "How worse?"

"It involved 4 healing mages last time I went and taught them a lesson, because I hit a guy with a bottle of wine. Or was it a lobster fork-" She replied casually as most looked shocked, "-Anyway, you and the Dum-Dum didn't miss much."

"A-A lobster fork?" Noelle said, shocked.

"Well then Mr. Calm, Cool and Collected." Arfau said, "You say that and yet you kept mocking those Silver Eagles."

"Feud, remember?" Pluck told him.

"You mean that silly feud you won't let go of?" Fafanar asked before he had gotten a look from Pluck, "What? That's what your mom told me!"

Pluck told him as he bonked him on the head, "Well don't repeat what she says."

"That's cruel, she's your mom!" Fafanar said.

They soon heard Asta let out some sort of a squeal, as they could see he had been practically stuffing his face with all sorts of food.

"The heck is this?!" He said as his eyes had been sparkling, "I've never eaten anything like this before! It's so good!"

Feodora couldn't help but smirk, "Of course that's your main focus Dum-Dum."

"How can you be so bold Asta?" Klaus asked, "You're amazing."

"No, he's just unrefined." Yuno said casually as Feodora couldn't help snicker.

"Good lord and I thought the Triple As, Vandy and Jubei eat like animals.." Pluck said in shock.

"Quack.." Addeline added on shock

"A-Asta?" Mimosa asked nervously, "M-May I join you?"

"Sure!" He replied, "Were you eyeing this meat too?"

"Huh?" She said as she noticed what he had been talking about, "O-oh yes! It looks quite delicious."

Noelle soon took notice of a plate that had been on the table with all sorts of food, but it looked to be untouched. "What's that?" Noelle asked, "Is that your plate?"

"No!" Asta replied as he continued to eat, "I'm holding my plate!"

"Then-" Morwyn said, "-What's that one for?"

"It's for Pri!" Asta replied as they looked shocked, "I wanted to sneak some of this back so she could try it! I don't want her to miss out on the food!"

"Awww!" Arfau and Fafanar said as their eyes sparkled.

"Asta, that's soo sweet!" Morwyn said.

Noelle turned with a huff as she said. "I'm sure they're cooking in the safehouse. Why bring that food?"

"Well-" Asta said, "-I thought she might need some cheering up after she told us she couldn't go on the account of her being-" He soon kept his voice low, "-Being the Princess."

"Yeah Stupid Silva." Pluck added before bonking her. "Show some respect towards your teammates who can't be here."

"Follow your own advice." Fafnar, Morwyn, Arfau and Klaus said in unison as Pluck flinched at that.

Feodora only laughed at this sort of thing, though it wasn't long before she lost her smile when-

"Vulgar peasant."

She turned over and noticed a Golden Dawn member-One by the name of Alecdora Sandler had been talking with Nebra.

"Why did the Wizard King invite such lowborn scum?" Alecdora said, "I can't sense any mana from him."

"Them capturing the dungeon must've been sheer luck." Nebra said, "And wasn't it the Black Bulls responsible for the Princess's life?"

"The way he eats is disgusting." Hammon commented.

"It's unnatural for him, filthy rat." Solid said, "Not to mention that assasin-"

Feodora flinched at this sort as she had been entirely focused on the conversation. "-She must've had some sort of trick to get into a Magic Knight Squad." Solid said.

"How could they let a killer of Captains into a squad?" Alecdora said.

"It's bad enough they already have the Barbados Family in that degenerate squad, especially that boy. But an assassin too? Who's next?" Nebra asked

"She is definitely like that grandfather of hers." Solid said as Feodora felt a nerve strike, "I'd heard all sorts of stories about him. How he tricked others just so he can have an easy target."

"I guess what they say about how it runs in the family is true after all." Alecdora said.

At that point, neither of them seemed to have realized, a part of her bangs had shifted to white as her eyes shifted into an icy blue color; the only ones that seemed to have noticed the change in mana had been the Captain's present in the room.

She walked over and picked up an orange; With only her breath she froze it solid before tossing it in the air.

She took a deep breath before she tossed it, as it had successfully hit Alecdora; everyone in the room froze as the group finally noticed.

"Care to say that to my face you son of a bitch?" Feodora said in an aggressive tone of voice.

"Oh no-" Asta and Yuno said.

Alecdora growled as he got up to see one part of his head trinkle blood. "You-"

"You have the AUDACITY to compare me to that homicidal maniac?" Feodora said before she shouted, "YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE! NONE OF YOU DO!"

"Excuse you?" Nebra said as she gave her a look.

"YOU ALL DON'T KNOW JACK SHIT WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH!" Feodora shouted, "YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF A MONSTER HE WAS! HE SENT PEOPLE TO MURDER MY MOM, HIS OWN DAUGHTER FOR GOD'S SAKE!"

"That still doesn't change the fact you're from an assassin bloodline." Solid told her, "How do we know you're not looking to kill your so-called friends?"

"LIKE YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF THAT WORD!" Feodora shouted, "THAT FILTHY RAT AND PEASANT YOUR REFERRING HAS A NAME! WHAT, ARE YOU SO LAZY YOU CAN'T EVEN UTTER A DAMN SYLLABE?! I WOULDN'T EXPECT NOTHING LESS FROM A DAMN ROYAL LIKE YOU! IF YOU CAN'T USE IT, THEN YOU'RE BETTER OFF DEAD!"

"Oh my!" Mimosa said, shocked.

"Hey Plucky-Was Fi-Fi always that mad?" Fafanar asked.

Pluck had been sweating as his body couldn't help but shake before he answered, "Not like this."

Asta and Yuno immediately stopped what they were doing as they quickly ran to her as they held her back.

"Feo don't!" Asta said as he held her arm.

"Just take a breath okay Feo?" Yuno told her as he held her back.

Solid said with a laugh, "Well well The Assassin is finally showing her fangs."

"Solid really-" Asta soon said, "-You don't want to provoke her right now!"

"Whatever your game is-Stop it now." Yuno said, "You don't know what she can do while she's like this."

"And why should i?" Solid asked. "All you Black Bulls are nothing but peasants!"

Alecdora had added, "You don't even deserve to be here celebrating with us all. I bet you threaten the Wizard King just to get here."

Feodora only growled as more of her hair started to shift to white. She would've charged at him if it wasn't for Asta and Yuno holding her back.

"No, seriously! You gotta stop!" Asta told them, "She's going to kill you for real!"

"And neither of us want that!" Yuno added.

"Why should we listen to you?" Alecdora asked.

"Raging Ice Magic: Tiger Strike." Feodora soon said as her breath was seen.

Asta and Yuno felt her get free as they didn't even realize she was out of their grip; her hand had been encased in ice as the next thing Alecdora knew he felt her fist across his face. Though the force made her stumble.

"Holy Christmas!" Fafanar said, shocked.

Akiko looked stunned as she said, "S-She's-"

"YOU WANT ANOTHER PIECE OF ME ASSHOLE?!" Feodora shouted as now most of her hair had been white.

"That's enough!" Alecdora said, as he wiped the blood from his mouth, "Know your place! You're a royal aren't you?"

Most of the group flinched at this as Asta and Yuno had a worried look. Feodora's glare had intensified, "THEN MAKE ME SHUT UP."

Alecdora had gotten out his grimoire as he had gotten a spell ready.

"I never knew!" Morwyn said shocked, "Why didn't anyone warn us she gets this angry?!"

Pluck gave a look as Morwyn flinched.

"What should we do?" Mimosa asked.

Yuno quickly got out his grimoire and acted fast, "Wind Restraining Magic: Slicing Wind Emperor: Whirlwind!"

A set of whirlwinds formed around Feodora's arms and legs; though she started to fight against them, so much to the point she was already starting to break free.

"Damn it-" Yuno said, as he had been struggling, "-I can't hold her for long!"

"What are we gonna do?!" Klaus said.

"I got her!" Leopold said before he started to use his flames as they attached to her legs; just as they did they could see steam coming from her ankles. Nozel quickly acted as he restrained Feodora with the help of his mercury magic. Most of the knights had been in awe of this sort of thing.

"Helmet!" Nozel said, "Calm down!"

"Sorry Feodora!" Pluck said as he got a sword, this time it was made from stones as it shot out a few pillars to form a cage. "LET ME OUT!" They could hear Feodora shout as she started to bang on the cage.

Pluck sighed as he said. "Thank mana." His face soon paled, "Oh man, she's gonna kill me later…"

"THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT?!" Noelle yelled.

Pluck told her as he gave a look, "You try getting frozen by her then."

They had soon jumped back when they heard Feodora let out a cry. "Cra-Crap!" Asta said, "She's not calming down!"

"You can help her can't you?" Mimosa asked.

"I don't think I can!" He said.

Yuno got to the cage as he went in front; he placed his hand on her cheek despite how cold it felt to the touch.

"Feo-" Yuno soon said to her gently, "-I know it hurts to hear all that. None of us are faulting you for getting so angry. But-None of us don't want to see you kill anyone. Okay?" He soon cupped her cheek as she ended up flinching, "Don't listen to those guys. Because they can't change who you are." He soon learned till his forehead had been touching her own, as this time she had been paralyzed, "Come back to me… Okay?"

The vision in Feodora's head cleared as she ended up calming down; the cold in the room seemed to have disappeared as her body started to relax. Nozel loosened his restraints on her as did Leopold and Pluck. She had been set on the ground as her white hair reverted back to her original shade of red; even her eyes seemed to have reverted as she fell on her knees.

Yuno kneeled to her as he gave her a hug, as did Asta; neither of the boys had any hesitation doing so.

"You're okay Feo-" Asta said as he noticed how cold her body had felt, "-We got you."

Feodora shivered, "C-Cold-S-So co-cold…"

"You'll be okay." Yuno said, "We'll help you get warm."

"Hey Pluck-" Asta said, "-Feo needs to get warm quick! Do you think you can find a warm drink?"

"I can do you even better." Pluck said as he got out a heated sword from his grimoire before stabbing on the ground. "Here, warm yourself with this."

"W-wow...You have a sword for e-e-everything huh?" Feodora asked as she shook before giving a cute sneeze.

Asta had an awkward look, "N-Not that I don't appreciate it, but that might be a little dangerous."

Pluck looked to be a bit offended as he said, "IIt's not like i was gonna hit someone with it."

"Yeah but-" Asta started to say.

"-Feo can't lift a sword right now." Yuno soon added, "She might drop it on someone's foot."

"H-H-He's n-n-n-not w-w-w-w-w-rong." Feodora said.

Pluck had said with a puff of his cheeks, "You're welcome."

"Are you really that offended?" Arfau asked.

"Allow me-" Leopold said as his grimoire. Feodora could feel her body warm up as she felt a coat of flames cover her body.

"How do you feel?" Yuno asked.

She sighed with content, "Gods-That feels good…"

"Th-Thank you so much!" Asta said.

"No problem-" Leopold said before he turned to the members of the Golden Dawn, "-And you guys shouldn't say those kind of things. You have a peasant in your squad. Despite him forgetting his place, everyone has been fawning over him since he's got a four leaf grimoire, so you should treat people like him with more respect."

"Aww Leopold-" Morwyn said, "-You know just what to say in a situation like this-"

"-Besides, I could've protected the young Princess, finding the Familiars, and handled capturing the dungeon even better."

Most of the group had flinched at this, while Morwyn, Arfau and Fafanar had a look

"And there it is." Morwyn said as she lost her smile.

"Yup-That's Leopold." Arfau said.

"Way to kill the mood dude!" Fafanar said.

Alecdora only huffed at this sort of thing once he had stopped the bleeding from his head, "That's quite confident, crimson brat. It's not like we expect anything from a peasant. We are the ones who embody Lord Vangance and the Golden Dawn ideals."

"Oh get off your high horse!" Pluck said. "You nearly got our squadmate killed because of your boasting! Plus no one likes a kiss up."

"You better watch your tongue, Barbados." Alecdora said. "Unless you want to make your family's situation even worse."

Pluck growled as he said "What was that you-"

Klaus soon cleared his throat, "W-With all due respect-"

"This goes for you too Klaus." Alecdora said, as Klaus flinched, "Aren't you ashamed with your lack with your lack of skill?"

"I-" He tried to say.

"-And Mimosa." He soon said as Mimosa herself flinched, "I heard you were wounded early on in the dungeon and left the front line. To think you're royalty of the Vermillion family line is laughable."

"Hey!" Fafanar said, "For your information that guy caught us by surprise! We had no idea he was hooked on a Mage Stone! Plus he had a secondary type of magic!"

Morwyn added, "Yeah! What were we supposed to do?"

"You try fighting a guy embedded with a Mage Stone and is also a huge asshole!" Arfau said before he got a look from Feodora, "Oh, no offense there Fi-Fi."

"Don't call me that." Feodora told him as he flinched.

"Don't get me started on you three!" Alecdora said. "Fafanar, you should have gotten the hang of your magic before joining the Golden Dawn! Arfau, your immaturity and behavior is far unacceptable and Morwyn, don't think I forgot how you basically assaulted a civilian the other day."

The siblings flinched before Pluck suddenly ran up and pulled his shirt.

"Don't you DARE talk to them like that." Pluck said with a leer. "Fafnar, Arfau and Morwyn may have flaws but that gives you NO RIGHT to talk them down!"

Fafnar jumped as he heard Pluck's tone, it knew what it meant. "P-Pluck, Easy! It's okay you don't need to defend us! We're used to this kind of criticism"

Akiko quickly held him back as she said, "H-He's right, Calm Down Darling!"

"I-I'm terribly sorry." Mimosa said as she managed to pull Pluck back as well.

"They're right, Mimosa was-" Klaus started to say.

"Now, now-" Solid said, "-I think we can all agree that the only fool here-" He soon stepped over to Noelle as he held his drink in his hand, "-Is you."

"Huh?" Most of the group had said, even Pluck looked especially shocked.

"Wouldn't you agree, Noelle?" Solid asked as they could see Noelle shaking.

Feodora flinched at this before she stood, "The hell did you just say to her?"

"Oh-Was I not clear enough?" Solid asked, "Let me show you what I mean."

Most of them had been taken back as Solid poured his drink right onto Noelle. Feodora's glare returned as she stomped over and grabbed his wrist causing him to wince, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" She said in a cold tone.

"H-HEY! L-LET GO OF ME!" Solid exclaimed as he tried to break out of her grip but Feodora only made it stronger

"THAT'S YOUR SISTER, YOU PIECE OF TRASH!" Feodora shouted as Noelle looked shocked, "WHY THE HELL ARE YOU DOING SOMETHING LIKE TO YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD?!"

"Feo, don't!" Yuno said as he pulled her back quickly before her eyes reverted back to an icy blue color, just as the blanket of flames vanished.

"Hmph!" Solid said as he waves his wrist. "Looks like the Black Bulls have something coming, Failures from each families. Only exception One is FROM a family of Failed Royals."

Pluck growled as he said, "Say that again. you-"

Nebra snickered, "Pluck-You are right about one thing. She can't control her magic and IS an embarrassment to our family. She's been basically exiled from the family itself."

Pluck's eyes widened as he looked to Noelle, who was still shaking to the point were he noticed a tear come from her eye. This time Pluck had started to shake as he had recounted all the times he had said those exact words to her. "Stupid Silva" or "Magic Failure"

He soon thought, "So all this time-she-" It all seemed to have hit him like a ton of bricks, as his hands began to shake "-She really has been suffering from them the whole time. And I said all those terrible things to her? Does that make me-even worse than them?" Pluck soon began to shake as his eyes widened in true realization, "What have I done?!"

Asta, Yuno, Feodora couldn't help but leer at Noelle's siblings, but Morwyn, Akiko and Mimosa saw how Pluck began to shake as he was trying to wrap it all together

"Pluck?" Morwyn asked.

Solid gave a laugh as he added "WHERE'S THAT TALK NOW, SWORD BOY! GOT ANYMORE COMMENTS FOR ME?!"

"Hey! Don't smack talk my fiance!" Akiko exclaimed.

"Seriously, you're going too far!" Arfau added. "You can bad mouth us all you want! But not our friend!"

"I'm surprised that the Princess herself had listed you to be one to protect her-" Nebra said as the group flinched, "-Not only did you accept but you had the nerve to return to the Noble's realm."

"Nebra…" Noelle said.

Nozel soon spoke up, "You got a big head from one achievement. Did you come here intending to bring shame upon the Silva Family name?"

"Nozel-" Noelle said worryingly.

"You do not belong here." He told her, "Begone-Failure who killed our mother."

At that moment, Noelle froze as Pluck had a look of shock. "Her… Mom?" He said a bit confused.

At this, Noelle couldn't handle it anymore as she went to leave-At least she would've, until Asta had stopped her from doing so.

"There's no reason to run from these jerks." He said as it had shocked her.

"Asta?" She said surprised.

Asta soon let go of Noelle's wrist and stepped up on the table, shocking the group-All except for Feodora and Yuno who had the same look he did. He had been practically standing over Solid and Nebra at that point.

"I thought you'd all be amazing since you were called here-" Asta said before his sneer seemed to have intensified, "-BUT YOU'RE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THEM!"

Solid's vein has shown on his head as Nebra's eyes widened in shock before Nozel asked, "What did you say?"

"Calling us embarrassments, failures, rats-" He said, "-WHO CARES IF YOU THINK YOU'RE WORTHY OR NOT?!"

"Asta.." Pluck said in shock

"It's one thing to go talking about Feo, but you've got A LOT of nerve to say that to Noelle, whom by the way-Wasn't a terrible choice made by Pri since she's the smartest girl I know!" Asta said, "Just wait and see, I'm going to be-"

Suddenly they jumped back when Asta had suddenly been encased in what looked to be a turbine of sand.

Turns out, it had been done by Alecdora, "That's enough you scoundrel. You shouldn't even be allowed to talk.

"HEY!" Feodora shouted before she charged at him, "NO ONE DOES THAT TO MY BEST FRIEND AND GETS AWAY WITH IT!"

He was taken back when Feodora kicked him across the face as it made them jump. At that point, despite his concentration on his grimoire, he started to engage Feodora in hand to hand combat.

Solid clicked his tongue as he said. "Sounds like the failures need to be taught a lesson-" he turned to Noelle as he got his grimoire. "Starting with y-"

Before he could even react, Pluck suddenly in a flash slugged him right in the face much to everyone's shock.

"Plucky!" Fafnar exclaimed.

"Oh crap, not again." Arfau said.

"Leave her alone." Pluck said as he had a cold look towards Soild much to his surprise as his shocked him. Pluck saw some mercury coming for him before he jumped and avoided the attack, turns out it was from Nozel as his Grimore came out.

"This is the second time you struck a Silva, Pluck." Nozel said.

Nebra added, "This time, We're gonna teach you the difference between us Silvas and you Barbados as our Years old feud predates."

Pluck took out his swords, Dorado and Oban Oba as he said to Nozel and Nebra. "I'm Glad Prism isn't here to see this fight-Because this time we're gonna settle this-Right here and now."

Noelle looked at Pluck as he stood up to her siblings without fear. "Barbados.."

Most had been taken back when the turbine of sand was broken apart; Asta had drawn his sword as his own grimoire had been glowing in the color of red.

"LIKE HELL I'M GOING TO SHUT UP!" Asta shouted, "Even though I'm upset Pri couldn't be here today-I'm glad she doesn't get to see what a bunch of jerks you really are!"

"How did you-" Alecdora said before he was hit in the stomach.

"Don't look at him-" Feodora said, before she had a smirk "-You're spending quality time with me little boy~!"

"How dare you-" Alecdora said as he got his magic ready, "-You'll pay for that!"

"Listen up you bastards-" Asta said as he had gotten everyone's attention, "-I'm GOING to pile the merit, and become the Wizard King-AND SHUT YOU ALL UP!"

(Second Ending Theme: Hell Girl Ending 3-Counting Out Performed by Mamiko Noto)