Ch. 4 Magic Knights Exam

A week passed by in a flash, as the three brothers have now made it to the Castle Town of Kikka where the Magic Knights exam is taking place. Asta and Yuno were in awe of the buildings and shops even if one showed their reaction and enthusiasm more than the other (Guess who haha). Izir did not really care but he did take an interest in the food stalls and shops. The food stalls since he is a foodie and his magic and body basically demand he eat a lot when needed and he was interested in the shops so that he can get gifts for his family back in Hage Village.

Asta ran off real quick then came back with what looked like a purple snake on a stick. It smells disgusting to Izir as he has a better sense of smell. He saw that Asta already ate two of them and offered some to him and Yuno. he simply grabbed them and threw them away since it was trash and could see his brother getting a stomach ache later.

Asta - "WHY DID YOU THROW THEM AWAY YOU JERK!"

Izir - "Because they smelled foul and will most likely give you stomach problems later so be careful with what you buy and eat alright you two." He warns his brothers since they are in a new environment.

Both Asta & Yuno just nodded their heads to his advice.

As they continued walking they heard a woman talking to her baby sibling which she was carrying on her back with two more of her siblings walking behind her.

? - "Hush sweety you're alright, don't cry. C'mon we gotta hurry and get the shop ready." said the woman who had scarlet hair with light blue eyes and freckles on her face.

It reminded the three of everyone back at the church. Izir especially relates with the woman as he was the oldest before Lily joined the church and even then he was the eldest brother so he took care of most of them just like how the lady was with her siblings.

Then they arrived at the Coliseum where the exams are taking place. They saw a bunch of people around for the exams and were all excited for it. They walked to the entrance to get registered, as they were walking, many citizens were on the sidelines cheering for everyone attending the exams.

Asta was waving back at them like some buffon saying he won't let them down. Yuno kept walking forward acting like he didn't know Asta. While Izir was laughing behind them while also looking at the women on the sidelines winking at them causing them to blush.

They were now in line waiting to be registered, Izir was one person behind his brothers as he was flirting with another contestant.

Yuno went up first saying his name and where he was from. They then asked for his Grimoire, when he showed them, the staff was in shock as it was a four-leaf grimoire. He then heard others murmuring about his Grimoire as they have never seen one before. He was then registered as number 164 and walked away.

Asta ran up next, all excited saying his name and where he was from quickly. He then showed his Grimoire to the staff. The staff was baffled at first saying it looks to be in bad shape and proceeded to ask if it was a Grimoire. Asta being Asta then shoved his Grimoire in the guy's face saying that it is. The staff gets impatient and makes Asta back off a bit, he then registers Asta as number 165, Asta then runs off.

Some jackass who had dirty blonde hair wearing a headband with a bang in the front who says BA-HA a lot was next after Asta then proceeds to comment on how someone from a no named village was so motivated.

Izir who heard this walks up behind the pompous person and grips him by the shoulder. The guy then turns to see Izir looking down at him with cold eyes and he hears him say in a cold and emotionless tone.

Izir - "How about you stop running that mouth of yours and hurry the hell up, others are waiting."

Izir then proceeds to grip his shoulder with a bit more strength making the other boy wince from the pain.

The jerk then ran to get registered quickly and ran off trying to be as far as he can be from him.

He then walks up to the counter and says his name and where he is from just like how everyone else has been doing. He then shows his Grimoire and the staff was shocked to see another 4-leaf Grimoire, with what looks to be a dragon from fairy tale books in the middle of the leaves. Then people around him started to murmur again saying how there were two 4-leaf Grimoire and from people who came from the same Village no less. Izir was then registered as number 167 and walked off leaving everyone in awe.

Every contestant that was registered are now in the open area in the middle of the coliseum where there were Anti-birds flying around some people, these birds peck at you the less magic power someone has. As some were getting pecked they looked around and saw two individuals who had zero anti-birds anywhere near them which were Yuno and Izir.

Asta - "heh heh heh, this is where our legend starts Yuno to see who becomes the Wizard King." he said as he was walking up to his two brothers.

Others around them heard what he had said and were shocked.

He was covered in anti-magic birds who kept pecking at him. He then started running around screaming his head off.

Izir was laughing at his little brother's antics until he saw Asta run into someone. The guy looks big, still an inch lower than himself but still. He had huge muscles bigger than his as he was more lean, a goatee and mustache, his hair was black and spiked up in the front and he had a cigarette in his mouth. Izir knew he wasn't an examinee and he could sense that his magic power was the same as his, maybe even a bit higher than his. So he figured he was Magic Knight Captain especially after seeing the small cape draped over his right shoulder with what looked like a symbol on it.

He then saw the burly man grab Asta by the head tightly and lifted him into the air, saying he was gonna kill Asta. Some other guy who also had a robe on him approached asking the man what he was doing. He then had a devilish grin on his face, as he decided to walk up to them and grabbed the man by his wrist. Everyone around them were shocked and thought who would dare do such a thing and the guy who looked to be in this Captain's squad had a look of fear on his face as he just saw what he did.

Izir - "Hey you may want to get your hands off my little brother." he said with a devilish smile on his face showing off his sharp teeth.

People around them were talking about the magic knights that were there as one was named Finral Roulacase, a rare spatial magic who is infamous for always hitting on women that hinders his duties.

The man next to him was Gordon Agrippa, an incantation magic expert, he is impossible to talk to and is creepy to others.

And finally the man crushing Asta's skull and the one Izir is deliberately confronting was the Lord of Destruction Yami Sukehiro, the Captain of one of the Magic Knight Squads the Black Bulls.

The Captain then looked at him, seeing no fear in the kids eyes and was about to say something when everyone heard footsteps and the anti-magic birds started flying away.

? - "Thanks for waiting invited examinees." said a voice.

Everyone looked at the balcony and saw the Magic Knight Captain's walking up to the forefront. Everyone was cheering one Captain or another. Yami then let go of Asta as Izir let go of his wrist and then Walked to the balcony with Finral and Gordon in tow.

? - "I am going to be in charge of the exams this time." said the same face as before.

Everyone was cheering as said person was none other than William Vangeance, the Captain of the strongest Magic Knights Squad the Golden Dawn and the Top Candidate to be the next Wizard King.

William then uses his magic and summons a gigantic tree out of the sky with the branches breaking off turning into brooms and being handed to the examinees.

Asta and Yuno were both thinking the same thing, seeing William as the man closest to becoming the Wizard King.

Izir on the other hand had a battle hungry look on his face as he wanted to fight this Captain and see how strong he is, but he suppressed his need to fight and just listened to what was being said.

William - "We shall now begin the Magic Knights Entrance Exam. We 9 Captains shall be judging your progress as we will have to go through a multitude of tests and then we shall select the candidates who we want in our Squads. Those who are not selected by any of the Captains here are judged to lack the talents needed to join the Magic Knights." said William stating the rules on who will be chosen and those who are not.

William - "The first test is to fly with those broomsticks." As he says that, one of his Magic Knights gets on their broom and starts to fly. He then states on how this is the most basic movement method for any mage as anyone who can control his or her magic can do it instinctively and that if you cannot fly then they have no future here.

Everyone started to try or succeed on riding on their brooms, Yuno was standing on his with no effort. Izir started flying around at high speeds and was standing on his as well the only shocking thing was that he was upside down the entire time laughing having a blast.

The Captains and other contestants were amazed at the two of them on how they were so good at controlling their magic.

Then everyone heard grunting and turned their heads to Asta who was grunting on the ground trying to fly.

One of the Magic Knights' captains was confused as even if someone had little magic power they would still be able to at least float a little

During this test Izir sensed something off? Someone's magic power was uncoordinated and out of control like a raging sea.

He turned his head and looked down and saw a girl 3 three years younger than him with silver hair tied into twintails with purple eyes like him but just a lighter color compared to his amethyst colored eyes and she looked to be a royal judging from her clothes.

He decided to go down and talk with her since she looks upset.

The girl unaware of Izir approaching her was in a state of disappointment, she entered the exam to prove to her elder brother that she can control her magic but he dismissed it as they are royalty and they do not need to take the exam, even worse was that she was already appointed to a Magic Knight Squad by her brother as he sees her existence pointless. She was on the verge of tears when an unfamiliar voice addressed her.

Izir - "So mind telling me why a royal such as yourself is hiding away here with such a downtrodden face on them?"

The girl was surprised and yelled out a little yelp. She turned around and saw a handsome man looking her way. She blushed for a bit before calming herself and wiping her tears that were close to falling.

? - "What do you want? I have no time to talk to a commoner while I am a royal." she said going full tsundere on him haha.

Izir - "Oh I am so sorry miss, I just wanted to see if you are okay especially with how your magic seems to be uncontrollable." he said sarcastically before getting serious when he pointed out her out of control magic power.

The girl was shocked that this commoner can tell that she can't control her magic. Deep down she was scared. Scared that this person will look down on her and spew hateful words to her just like her older siblings. But what he said next surprised her.

Izir - "I can sense you can't control your magic power but I can also I am impressed with how much mana you have as well even if it is a lower than mine. Hey don't give up training to control your magic, while yes it can be challenging and frustrating when it does not go your way just keep training and I will bet you will get a handle on your magic power in no time. And hey if you ever need a hand I will be there to help you even if we do end up in different Magic Knight Squads." he told her sincerely.

The girl was shocked. This was the first time that anyone has encouraged her and didn't say hurtful things for not being able to use her magic properly. She felt a warm feeling in her chest, something she never felt before. She blushed once she saw the older boy smiling at her.

? - "Thanks." she said softly but the older boy still heard her.

Izir - "No problem and good luck with your training, hope to see you again someday. Oh by the way, the name's Izir Zylen."

? - "Noelle Silva of the Silva house, best you remember it Izir." she said with a bit of that tsundere attitude.

Izir - "Noelle huh cute name, well see you later Noelle until then." he walked away to continue the rest of the tests while also waving to her from behind.

Meanwhile when he was walking away Noelle's whole face became pink once she heard him call her cute.

After many other tests, Yuno and Izir acing each and every one of them with Asta not being able to complete a single one of them and also that same pompous jerk from before was always near Asta, which Izir knew he was only doing that so he can make himself look good compared to his little brother.

William - "Now we are at the final test, in which you will be engaged in actual combat as you pair up with someone and fight against them." he said, stating the rules for the final test adding that they should have mastered one or two spells.

Izir was watching some of the fights but was getting bored as he could tell no one could make him use his magic as he sensed everyone's magic power. He saw Asta bulldoze the pompous jerk, which he heard his name was Sekke, that did put a smile on his face.

He then saw Yuno get confronted by some royal and Yuno his spell called Towering Tornado, which defeated the royal easily, this one made him laugh out loud as it was so funny.

After a while he was just waiting until he felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned around and saw another pompous royal trying to prove their tiny ego. The royal started talking to him about how he is a peasant and does not deserve his 4-leaf Grimoire just like the other peasant.

Izir got tired of his yapping, he then grabbed the royal by the arm and started slamming him to the ground multiple times (Think of what the Hulk did to Loki in Avengers).

Everyone all had shocked faces as Izir was beating a royal without any magic. Asta and Yuno were also shocked wondering how much stronger their elder brother got after his training if he was able to do this with only pure strength. Even the Captains were mildly shocked but kept their composure and were wondering why this person was not using their magic.

While everyone was in shock, Izir then finally decided that this was enough and threw the royal into one of the Coliseum pillars destroying it. He then says out loud.

Izir - "YOU ARE NOT WORTH ME USING MY MAGIC ON AS YOU ARE WEAK AND NO FUN TO PLAY WITH!" He yelled to the royal and everyone else. Some of the Captains felt like he was very similar to a certain lioness. One of the Captains was getting a very dangerous feeling and then began to get a headache as this person reminded them of their older sister.

The final test then finished and the selection process has begun. It was explained to them that they will call each person individually and then whichever Captain wants them in their Squad will raise their hand and the person can decide to join or not and if multiple Captains raise their hands then the person can choose which Squad that they want to join.

Izir watched as some people were able to join the magic knights and others did not make the cut. Then he saw it was Yuno's turn, every Captain raised their hands, everyone was once again shocked except Izir as it was obvious since he had a 4-leaf Grimoire and was skilled for his age. Yuno then decided to join the Golden Dawn which Izir nodded to as it was the best choice for his dream and goal.

Asta was next up and Izir was not surprised again as none of the Captains raised their hands. He knew they would not raise their hand as he knew his little brother had no magic and his anti-magic swords are an unknown thing to the Captains and everyone else that was here. Either way he was still not happy as his little brother was then up against another wall to either climb over or stop altogether.

Yami - "I'm not surprised. Even if you have high combat skills, if it is based on a power that seems suspicious no one will want a part of it. After all the most important thing about a Magic Knight is his or her magic powers." he said as he stood up and exerted his magic power onto the examiness, he saw everyone get tensed under his magic pressure, but in the corner of his eyes he saw Izir not tensed up or have any look of fear at all. What he saw was a battle crazed smile on his that showed he wanted to fight him and go all out.

Yami ignored Izir and then jumped from the balcony and continued in front of Asta trying to intimidate him due to hearing him say that he wanted to become the Wizard King.

Asta - "Even if I can't join the Magic Knights today, no matter how many times I fail and no matter what anyone says one day… I WILL BECOME THE WIZARD KING!" he told Yami with the same old determination he always has. The others may laugh at him but Yuno smiled as he was his rival and Izir smiled seeing how no matter what Asta will never give up his goal no matter how many times life or people try to put him down.

Yami is silent for a bit then smiles and continues on to laugh saying that Asta was an interesting person. He then told Asta to join the Black Bulls, but it was more of a threat to join then it was him asking. He told Asta that he will make Asta's time with the Black Bulls horrible and rip him to pieces and then proceeds to tell Asta that after that to prove everyone wrong and become the Wizard King.

After that Yami went back up to the balcony and the selection progressed forward. Sekke was next and the only Captain that wanted him was Jack the Captain of the Green Mantis, seeing Sekke's distraught face made Izir laugh then it was his turn.

Izir walked up and saw no one raised their hands for him, he was confused at first but then figured it was because he did not use his magic and just beat the royal to a pancake. Then the Captain of the Golden Dawn came up and asked a question to him.

William - "Number 167 before we proceed with your selection, all the Captains here all had a question as to why you did not use your magic in the final test. We all can tell that you are very skilled with your magic powers as seen with the previous tests. Then there was your declaration that you would not use your magic as your opponent was weak and I quote 'Not fun to play with' mind telling us Captains why you said this." He asked the question that all the Captains had.

Izir - "Well it is just as I said he was a boring and weak opponent. The only ones that could make me use my magic power and go all out against would be you Captains yourselves." Everyone was shocked that he confronted the Magic Knight Captains and said that they all were basically equals. What he said next shocked the Captains even more though.

Izir - "I mean the only other person I can have fun with would be Mereoleona as I was able to go toe to toe with her in a fight, I might not be able to beat her yet but I am able to keep up with her and even push her back a little, she even trained me for 22 Days before I came here."

Everyone in the Coliseum was confused because they did not know who this Mereoloena person was, but once they saw the Magic Knights Captains wide eyes they knew it was a big deal.

All the Magic Knights Captains had wide eyes once they heard what Izir had said. They could not believe it. That this person could go head to head with the Undefeated Lioness and at times push her back. So William decided to ask what was on all their minds.

William - "If what you stated is true, then prove it by showing us your magic power. Only certain Captains can fight against Mereoleona Vermillion and only the Wizard King could defeat her."

That was exactly what Izir wanted to hear. The Captains then saw that he had a manic smile on his face showing off his sharp teeth.

Izir then started releasing his magic power and the entire area felt a heavy pressure. Everyone of the examinees including his two little brothers all got tensed and started to sweat. The Captains were also surprised as his mana was on par or surpassed some of the Captains themselves.

Asta & Yuno - 'Just how much stronger did he get?!' they both thought.

Of course Izir did not show his half dragon form. One, because that is a hidden trump card and can still only hold it for so long even after all the stamina/endurance training he did. Two, he does not want to answer questions about who or what he was. Three, since they would not know what he is they would see him as a possible threat and as fun as that fight may seem, he is not looking forward to being on the run.

After he exerted his magic power to the Captains he finally reeled it back to normal. Every single one of the examinees could not believe that Izir was so strong, add on top that his magic was almost on par with some of the Captains own magic power.

Once his power demonstration was done he looked up and saw every Captain raise their hand just like they had done to Yuno before him. For once no one was surprised because they also witnessed and felt Izir's power for themselves so it just made sense to them this time.

Izir pondered on who's Magic Knights Squad he wants to join. A normal person would just choose the Golden Dawn since they are the best Squad overall, but he did not want to be around noble's and royal's whose ego's would get bruised due to him just being there. So he will let Yuno deal with them instead hahaha. Same goes for the Silver Eagles and Crimson Lions they both are filled with noble's and while they may have some commoners and a few peasants in their ranks, he still won't bother joining them also he does not want to be around Fuegoleon even if he would at some point become his brother-in law along with Leopold. He would rather not talk about his relationship with his sister to him.

The Coral Peacocks seem to be filled with flamboyant characters as he can see the vice-captain of said squad holding a mirror to his face while striking poses… weirdo. The Purple Orca's Captain is just creeping with that smile on his face, he does not get a good feeling with that guy. The Aqua Deer's Captain is just a year older than him from what he heard, but he seems so immature now looking at him so another no. The Green Mantis is filled with battle maniacs like him but as much fun as that would be, he also likes to relax every once and awhile so another no. The Blue Rose is filled with beautiful women but again he heard that they treat any male knights that do join as errand boys and even though he knows he would not become an errand boy, he would rather not deal with that everyday annoyance, but the Vice-Captain does look hot in his opinion, he would say something about the Captain but from what he can tell she seems to have a crush on the Captain of the Black Bulls… heh funny.

Of course last but not least the Black Bulls the worst squad filled with a bunch of failures that do not do much and always cause some type of trouble. Now that sounds like his type of squad and while Yami is an intimidating person he can sense that does care for his squad just in his own weird ass way. So he finally made his decision after carefully thinking about each squad and all their good and bad qualities.

Izir - "I would like to join the Black Bulls." he said and just when everyone thought they were done with the surprises he drops this bomb on them.

Yami just started laughing out loud, while the other captains, yes even Dorothy were shocked on why he would join the worst squad.

Fuegoleon being a very civilized person wanted to know the reasoning on why this strong and capable mage would join the Black Bulls.

Fuegoleon - "Young man may we know the reasoning as to why you would join the Black Bulls?"

Izir - "Well after careful consideration of thinking about each squad I had a few reasons why I did not join specific squads. 1. The Golden Dawn, Silver Eagles and Crimson Lions all deal with nobles and they are a pain in the ass once their fragile ego is broken and I do not want to deal with that. 2. The Coral Peacocks seem like a flamboyant group. Nothing wrong with that, just I don't want to be a part of that. 3. The Green Mantis may have battle maniacs like myself, but I also like to relax and enjoy myself when I can, which I most likely would not be able to do in that squad. 4. I don't really have a reason for the Purple Orca's other than I just don't want to join. 5. I would not want to be an errand boy for the Blue Rose Squad (He then proceeds to wink at Sol the Vice-Captain). 6. The Aqua Deer just seem to be very joyful and outgoing but just doesn't seem like the squad for me (he did not say it was because Rill seems immature in his eyes because what's the point of saying that). 7. I want to join the Black Bulls because they are a chaotic Squad and seem like a fun Squad to be in, also I want to see if me and Asta can raise their status as the worst squad to become better than the other squads here hahaha."

After that explanation Fuegoleon and the rest of the Captains were a little more understanding of his decision. While Yami just kept giggling like a schoolgirl.

Yami - "Just like I told your shrimp brother, I will also put you through the ringer."

Izir - "You can try" he said with a sly smile.

After that whole debacle ended the Captains continued with the selections some got in some did not. Izir was standing around when he heard Asta yelling that he needed to go to the restroom due to those grilled purple snakes he ate. He shook his head and chuckled because he told Asta that they seemed bad and would give him a stomach ache. In the corner of his eyes though he sees the pompous Sekke grin when seeing Asta leave and he follows behind him. Izir sees that and looks at Yuno to see if he notices as well, Yuno nodded his head and headed in the same direction as the other two, he knew Yuno could handle it.

Yami - "Yo where is the shrimp at?" he said walking up to Izir with Finral and Gordon in tow.

Izir - "Taking a dump after eating bad food." he said with a shrug

Yami - "If he doesn't hurry I'm gonna kill him." he said menacingly

After a while Izir saw Sekke walk out with a scared look on his face which made him chuckle and a little bit later he saw Asta walk out with a dumb and refreshed smile on his face.

Yami - "You got some balls making me wait here, how much of a crap did you take." he said looking down at Asta with a sinister aura around him.

Asta - "BUT IT WAS EPIC IT WAS ABOUT THIS HUGE AND…"

Before Asta could continue with his gross story he was slapped on the back of his head by Izir.

Izir - "Keep that story to yourself Asta that is just gross." he said looking at Asta with a disgusted face.

Yami told Finral to open a gate to the Black Bulls Base. Asta was amazed by the spell, then Yami grabbed him by the head, slightly crushing it. Telling him to learn a spell to move around since he cannot use a broomstick but then laughs saying that he has no magic anyway.

Finral - "Um.. Yami hellooo, can you hurry on through? It takes a lot of work to keep the gate working and open." he said, getting strained from keeping the gate open.

Yami - "Who are you barking orders to? Tough it out and surpass your limits." he said looking at Finral with the top of his head covered in darkness with two white orbs looking at him, freaking Finral out.

Yami then proceeds to throw Asta into the portal while Izir just casually walks into it. Then he saw a towering building in the middle of a forest.

Izir - "huh? It is a lot bigger than I thought." he said out loud to no one in particular.

While he was looking at the building, the front door exploded, shocking Asta and making him smile. Then they saw a few people who were talking.

? - "OKAY NOW I'M PISSED OFF! YOU READY TO GET YOUR ASS KICKED!" said some delinquent.

? - "I'm not ready for that, but you can surely try." said another teen with blond hair

? - "Ugh I drank too much, now I have a major headache." said a woman with a deep shade of pink hair and is only in her underwear. Izir was just admiring the view heh.

? - "munch, munch, munch" said a little foodie eating a fuck ton of food.

? - "Fwoosh" said a tall person that was just blowing smoke.

? - "SHUT UP YOU IDIOTS! You're cute as an angel as always my little sister." said a tall man with a light shade of purple hair with a bloody nose while looking at a mirror. Izir was disgusted from what he heard and especially once he saw the blood from his nose.

Yami walked up from behind them and said.

Yami - "Welcome, to the absolute worst Magic Knights Squad, The Black Bulls."