To the Heart Kingdom
"…" Asta slowly blinked his eyes opened and saw himself in a familiar place.
"Is this…..the same place where I met Floges for the first time?" Asta questioned himself whilst sitting up from the fire-made throne, which now has dragon-like features to it, and glanced towards the window.
"?" Asta didn't really focused on the "throne-room" the last time he was here, but the dragon-formed teen's attention was drawn to the windows, causing him to make his way towards them and his eyes widened when he saw the landscape.
"Is that…..caused by "Elemental Dragon"…..?" Asta muttered in confusion as he saw that the outside is glowing with five different colours.
"Absolutely! It certainly brings changes to your mind-scape." A voice suddenly spoke, causing Asta to jump in fright before quickly spinning around whilst summoning Rekka.
The person who spoke is a woman with long brown hair and matching eyes along with wearing an eastern-style dress.
"…...Lady Dilong?" Asta asked, sensing how familiar the Mana coming off her is.
"That is correct, Asta Staria." Zhen responded with a smile on her face.
"Is it just you?" The dragon-formed teen asked, trying to sense the Mana of the other Primordial Dragons.
"I'm here!" A energetic voice suddenly responded, causing Asta to spin around once again and saw a male with electric yellow and blue coloured hair and matching eyes. Similar to Dilong, he was wearing an eater-style dressed.
"Don't go scaring Asta, Dian Long. He'd managed to complete a difficult trial." Dilong said in attempted harsh tone of voice, but failed.
"Sorry…." Dian Long muttered whilst climbing through the open window.
This cause Dilong to sigh.
"It's a good thing that your voice didn't woke him up. He'd been through a lot." The geo Dragon commented whilst glancing to the side, causing Asta to follow her gaze and saw the human form of Primitive Dragon sleeping on a futon.
"Is he okay?" Asta asked as he approached the sleeping form of Primitive Dragon and crouched down.
"Yes. Thanks to you, all of his years of sadness and anger are over." Dilong responded with a small smile on her face.
"…..What happened to him that caused him to be sealed away as rampaging beast?" Asta asked, although hesitate on wanting to hear the answer.
Dilong took a deep breath before speaking.
"Its a simply answer really. When Mizuiro landed in a country, the people didn't understood Mizuiro's presence, which leads to fear and then started to attack him, resulting in Mizuiro going on a rampaging attack. It didn't helped that the people sensed the Mana of Wonder World within him, an unknown Mana to them. The Sword of Logos Magic Knights of that era appeared and managed to bring the fight into Wonder World. With the sacrifice of the Holy Sword wielder of Kurayami, the Magic Knights managed to seal Primitive Dragon." Dilong explained just as Asta took out the once pitch-black clover Grimoire.
"And Mizuiro's magic filled this Grimoire." Asta stated, making the geo dragon nod her head in response.
"That was until you managed to alter it with our Mana." Dian Long added with a smile on his face, attempting to cheer up the mood.
"So what's the next step?" Asta asked whilst standing up.
"For now, you must train to get a good grasp of "Elemental Dragon"'s power, aka, our Mana and follow Finsternis's guidance. A calamity is slowly approaching." Dilong explained in a serious tone of voice.
"R...right." Asta responded, becoming tense.
"But for now, there's someone who you may want to see." Dian Long said, causing the dragon-formed teen to give the lighting dragon a confused look.
It was at that moment a noise can be heard, causing Asta to turn his attention back to the window and his eyes widened.
"Brave Dragon!" Asta said with a smile as he and the two dragons watched as the red mechanical dragon….attempting to get through the window.
After a minute of struggling, Brave Dragon managed to get through the window, almost breaking the surrounding stone work, and slammed into Asta.
The dragon-formed teen chuckled slightly as Brave Dragon rub its snout against him before pulling back.
"How…..how are you feeling?" Asta asked, suddenly becoming nervous.
The red mechanical dragon tilted its head to the side and growled slightly.
"I'm….sorry about what I put you through." Asta said in a sad tone of voice.
This cause Brave Dragon to rub its snout against the dragon-formed teen in a comforting manner before turning it's attention towards Mizuiro.
"It's okay now, Brave Dragon, Mizuiro has calm down." Asta said in a reassuring tone of voice whilst Dilong and Dian Long prepared themselves just in case something happened.
"…" Brave Dragon stares at the sleeping dragon for a few seconds before nodding its head, making Asta and the two other dragons sigh in relief.
"Hage Village was what?!" Yuno questioned, his eyes widened in shock.
Currently, the Golden Dawn wind is standing within William's office after being discharged from the Royal Infirmary.
Mimosa is also present just in case something happens with Yuno in regards within any still unknown side-effects of Chaotic-Mana.
"Hage Village was attacked by the Megid General, Liegel." William repeated whilst becoming on guard just in case Yuno may need to be...calm down.
"Is everyone safe?" Yuno asked, starting to become worried.
"From what I've been told, the villagers managed to flee the village whilst the Magic Knights, who are Buster, Slash and Blades from the Sword of Logos and Sir Fuegoleon from the Crimson Lions, fought Liegel. Kris and Shamshir, the two Kamen Riders that have allied themselves with Asta, also took part in the battle. No casualties were reported." William explained, causing Yuno to sigh in relief.
"It'a a good thing that Asta wasn't present, I don't want to imagine what would have happened if Asta was at Hage Village." Mimosa thought, shuddering at the thought of Asta getting completely consumed by Primitive Dragon's fury.
"Asta did made an appearance during the end phase of the battle actually." William said, causing Mimosa and Yuno to stare at him.
"Y...you did say that there was no casualties?" Yuno asked, making sure that he didn't misheard the captain of the Golden Dawn eariler.
"No. Since Primitive Dragon's last rampage, Asta has managed to aquire a new form called Elemental Dragon, granting him access to wielding multiple attributes through his newly gained dragon magic which he uses to completely destroy Liegel." William explained, causing Yuno and Mimosa to become wide eyed.
"M-multiple attributes?" Mimosa repeated, causing William to nod his head.
"So you managed to become stronger, Asta." Yuno thought, a smile appearing on his face.
"So what happened to Primitive Dragon? Did Asta slayed it?" Mimosa asked, becoming curious.
"From the report, it would seem that Asta managed to befriend Primitive Dragon which he then uses it's respective Wonder-Ride book in conjuction with "Elemental Dragon" to access his new form." William explained, making Mimosa to become surprise.
"Would that cause problems with the Magic Parliment?" Yuno asked, knowing that even though Asta has managed to calm Primitive Dragon, the Magic Parliament may still view the dragon as a threat to the Clover Kingdom.
"I haven't heard any word from the Magic Parliament about that topic, but I would expect that they would be discussing the topic and making a decision once Sir Damnatio makes a recovering..." William explained, yet unsure if any progress on Damnatio's recovery is made, or even started.
"So Asta still can't live in the Clover Kingdom peacefully..." Mimosa said in a sad tone of voice.
"Despite the knowledge that Asta may not be under the gaze of the Magic Parliament, the entire ordeal has put a strain on everyone's mental state." William thought, a small frown appearing on his face.
"How to raise their moral..." The captain of the Golden Dawn thought for a few seconds before an idea appeared in his head.
"Exchange program?" The Sword of Logos Magic Knights asked, becoming confused.
"Yes. Captain Vangeance suggested that I organised an exchange program for all of you." Mimosa explained, casing everyone to glance at each other.
Currently, the Vermillion haired girl has travelled to the headquarters of the Sword of Logos and suggested the idea that William has given her.
"What's this exchange program?" Fiona asked, tilting her head in confusion.
"It's a program arranged by the Heart Kingdom where the Nobles of the Clover Kingdom can study there, yet within restricted area. Me and my brother went there when I was 13 and we learned a lot there." Mimosa explained, making Fiona no her head slightly.
"From what I heard, the magic technology of the Heart Kingdom is vastly different from the Clover Kingdom. The ruler of the Heart Kingdom is known to be very powerful, powerful enough to take on all of the Magic Knights alone." Tetsuo commented, becoming interested on the topic.
"Really?! They're that powerful?!" Rin asked in an excited tone of voice.
"Now's not the time, Rin." Donna said to the wielder of Hayate, making her pout slightly.
"But wouldn't have halted due to the events surrounding the Eye Of The Midnight Sun?" Rintaro asked, causing Ryo to nod his head in response.
"That's correct, but I suppose that since things have calmed down within the Clover Kingdom, the exchange program has restarted." The vice-captain of the Sword of Logos explained, making the wielder of Nagare to nod his head slightly.
"Why did Captain Vangeance suggested the idea?" Noelle asked, raising an eye-brow.
The question caused Mimosa to gain a slight nervous expression on her face.
"Captain Vangeance….thought that it would be a good idea for you to take some time off from Magic Knight duties and relax…..due the current events….." Mimosa explained, causing everyone else to become tense.
"I suppose that we can take up on the offer." Ryo mused, gaining a thinking expression on his face as he glanced around the room.
"Do you mean all of us?" Donna asked, making Ryo nod his head.
"Yes. I'm okay for all of you to get the chance to head to the Heart Kingdom. Like what Captain Vangeance said, you probably need the time to relax and release stress." Ryo explained, yet Donna but her lips slightly.
"But what about….Asta….." Secre said before trailing off, causing the room to become quiet.
"For now, he still most likely still be recovering from getting healed from the Chaotic-Mana. Sir Ekrixi and Lady Shan will be watching over him in case Finsternis decided to do anything towards him." Ryo explained, him, Rintaro and Tetsuo having explained to everyone what had happened at Hage Village including Asta appearing with a new form.
"…" Secre and the rest of the Sword of Logos Magic Knight remained silent, not entire reassured by the response.
"Well, shall I get the paperwork started?" Mimosa asked, eager to get rid of the awkward silence.
"So we're travelling by sea then." Rintaro commented as he and the others stood at a port where a boat is docked.
The Sword of Logos Magic Knights that have decided to travel to the Heart Kingdom consists of Rintaro, Noelle, Donna, Rin and Secre.
Tetsuo has decided to remain at headquarters.
"Yes. The Heart Kingdom has its boarders surrounded by their own brand of magic traps. Set one off and you'll be immediately marked and wanted instantly. Plus this is the official means of travelling through the exchanged program." Mimosa explained, making the wielder of Nagare to nod his head slightly.
"How long the joureny will take?" Donna asked, becoming curious.
"If the weather doesn't get bad, a few hours at the most." Mimosa responded, making Donna nod her head.
"I wonder what the Heart Kingdom will be like?" Noelle thought whilst becoming curious.
Even though the silver hair girl has knowledge of the Heart Kingdom's exchange program, she never got the opportunity to go there, being forced to remain within the Royal Capital.
It was then that the wielder of Argent-Couronne glanced towards Rin and saw how the wielder of hayate is staring at the open water, being quiet.
"…...Rin? Is everything okay?" Noelle asked, starting to become slightly concerned.
"Hm? Yeah, I'm okay." Rin responded, snapping out her thoughts.
"Are your sure?" Noelle asked, raising an eye-brow.
"Yes. The open water…...reminds me of Hino a bit." Rin explained, causing the wielder of Argent-Couronne to blink her eyes.
"Rin's birth country? Why does the open water got to do with Hino….?" Noelle thought before a small idea appeared in her head.
"Did you lived close by the sea?" Noelle asked, becoming curious.
"Kind of. But there are other things about the sea surrounding Hino." Rin responded, causing Noelle to become more curious.
"Noelle, Rin. We're boarding now." A voice spoke, causing the two named to turn their heads towards the source of the voice to see Secre.
"Right. Thank you, Secre." Noelle said before starting to make her way towards the boat.
"Yeah! Heart Kingdom here we come!" Rin exclaimed in an excited tone of voice.
"Its good to see that people from the Clover Kingdom have decided to visit the Heart Kingdom once again." A person thought as she scan the papers which shows the granted permission of Clover Kingdom's people to enter the Heart Kingdom through the exchange program.
The person paused when she stoped on one of the entry paper.
"So you come, Sword of Logos." The person muttered in a female voice.
"How long now?" Rin asked whilst leaning over the side of the boat.
"It won't be long now, Rin." Mimosa responded in a reassuring tone of voice as the boat traveled down a stream of water with trees on either side of it's banks.
"Hmm-kay." The wielder of Hayate said in a slight bored tone of voice.
"What happened to you? You sounded so excited when we left the docks." Donna questioned in her head.
"Asta certainly will remained excited through the entire trip." Donna thought, a small smile appearing on her face before it quickly disappeared.
With Rintaro, the swordsman of water has a slight uncomfortable expression.
"I can't believe that I'm the only male in this group!" Rintaro thought, not realizing this fact until a short while ago.
"I guess that this what Noelle felt when she first joined the Sword of Logos and it was only just me and Asta." Rintaro thought as he stared at the water.
"Rintaro? Is there something wrong?" Noelle asked, noticing the expression on Rintaro's face.
"N-nothing! I'm fine." Rintaro responded in a slight high pitch tone of voice.
"What is happening? First Rin and now Rintaro?" Noelle thought, becoming slightly concerned.
"There's something strange with this fog." Secre commented as she glanced at the fog that is slowly approaching them.
"You don't need to worry, it's a barrier to prevent intruders out." Mimosa explained, causing everyone to stare at her.
"The only ones who are able to push through this river fog are those who had their entrance to the country allowed by the queen of the Heart Kingdom." Mimosa further explained, making everyone surprise.
The boat soon entered the thick fog and after a few seconds, the group of Magic Knights exit the other side.
"Whoa!" Rin exclaimed in an excited tone of voice as she and the others stared at a mountain covered with trees and buildings dotted about.
"So this is the Heart Kingdom…." Noelle said in a tone of awe.
"Where should we dock?" Donna asked as she glanced around at the shore.
"Please, go straight ahead." A unknown voice responded, causing everyone to become on guard whilst spinning around.
Standing on the boat are two people, the speaker being a male with short, spiky black hair, that include a white patch above his forehead and blue eyes. He's wearing light purple robes which are sleeveless.
The second person is a female with waist length blond hair and green eyes. She's wearing light green robes which is sleeveless and slightly opened at the sides of the stomach area. She is also wearing a matching coloured skirt.
"Ah, you're…" Mimosa said, her attention being focused on the male.
"Welcome to the Heart Kingdom. I am Gajah of the Spirit Guardians, and I will be your guide." The now named Gajah introduced himself before raising an arm towards the female.
"And this is Domi. She's shadowing me." Gajah introduced the now named Domi.
"H-hello." Domi greeted in a shy tone tone of voice.
"Miss Mimosa. It has been quite a while since your previous visit." Gajah said as he focus his attention towards the Vermillion hair girl.
"Indeed it has, Sir Gajah. I'm glad that you remembered me after all this time." Mimosa said with a small smile on her face.
"You left quite the impression with the others while you were here after all." Gajah said before turning his attention towards Domi, who has tray in her hands that holds oval-shaped cups.
"Please, have some crimson orange juice. It grows sweeter the more Mana you add to it." Gajah said as he took a cup and present it to Mimosa.
"Thank you very much." Mimosa said as she took the cup and Gajah handed out the other cups.
"This...is something that needs to get use to." Rintaro said as he took a sip of the juice before adding Mana like Gajah suggested.
"….." Rin became silent as she stared at Domi.
"I-is there something wrong?" Domi asked, becoming a bit startled under Rin's gaze.
"There's something….odd about you…." The wielder of Hayate responded, causing Domi to blink her eyes in confusion.
"Rin! Don't go scaring our guide's "shadow"." Noelle said in a harsh tone of voice whilst spinning Rin around.
"I'm sorry about Rin, she can be a bit…..strange at times." Noelle said in an apologetic tone of voice.
"O-okay." Domi said whilst sweat-dropping at the "strange" comment, which was soon vocalized by Rin.
"You said that we just need to go straight ahead, but there's a dead end…." Donna said, starting to become unsure as the boat starts to sail straight towards a waterfall.
However, it was at that moment that a huge staircase made out of water suddenly materialized in front of them.
"The queen will do us the honour of transporting us." Gajah explained as the boat starts to sail up the stairs.
"The queen?! This is all done by one person?!" Rin asked in a surprised tone of voice.
"That's correct. The fog barrier and the stairs of water are all part of the queen's Mana-zone, which conceals the whole country." Gajah responded, making the others shock.
"He's kidding, right!? Is it really possible for one person to hide an entire country!?" Noelle thought in a stunned tone of voice as she continue to drink her crimson orange juice.
"The country was created 1,200 years ago. For generations, the queen has formed a pact to act as the priestess of the water spirit and use her water magic to protect the kingdom." Gajah began to explain just as everyone's eyes widened.
"The water spirit?! It resides here, in the Heart Kingdom?!" Donna asked, making Gajah nod his head in response.
"The queen borrows the power of the water spirit to repel unwanted invaders. And with Mana-rich environment, a magic civilization was able to flourish because of her." Gajah explains the history of the Heart Kingdom to everyone, making them stunned.
"Amazing. To think a single person can bring peace to such a huge country…." Noelle said as she gazed around.
"No wonder she's powerful! She has the great spirit of water by her side!" Rin thought, a part of her starting to become excited.
"Indeed. Up until now, that seemed to be the case. However, this peace may come to an end." Gajah said, causing everyone to become confuse.
"The great antlered deer grazes upon the wilderness."
And there we go with Asta encountering two of the Primordial Dragons and learning more about Primitive Dragon's past, who also go by the name "Mizuiro". With the Magic Knights they are heading to the Heart Kingdom for a time of relaxation, instead of hunting Devils, and Gajah is joined by someone else this time...
In Gotchard, the story starts to divert slightly with Kamen Rider Legend soon to make his appearance within the show as members of Hundred track down the newly developed Legend Kamen Riser and encountering Houtarou, plus Clotho. For storywise, we learn that the Dark Sisters are Homunculus created through forbidden alchemy and Dark King Gigist making his full debut, showing his powers such as being able to grant Clotho more power.
Please review and until next time.
555: Sorry for not including that into the story.
Howard576:
1) Asta will likely keep is distance away from the Clover Kingdom for a while until things have calmed, or at least when the Magic Parilament decided to drop all charges against him now that Primitive Dragon is no longer a threat...even though there maybe a few members who are doubting the final decision since Primitive Dragon isn't dead.
2) With Asta's crimson dragon form, that's just his equivalent to the mechanical companions that the Kamen Riders own.
3) Well, the previous episode pretty much confirms that the new comer is the Dark King, known as Gigist, but Geryon is missing. It could be that Geryon has decided to swap places so that Gigist is able escape the Doors of Darkness.
4) I saw an image of Rainbow Gotchard, or at the very least a rough design version of the final form, and looks interesting with how the Chemy, (EX)Nijigon, is set within two Chemy Cards rather than one. However, I am a bit confused with the existance of (EX)Nijigon since many people would have expected for Gotchard's final form to be created through Houtarou's own alchemy powers, but since it's already been stated that there are 101 Chemies, this implies that (EX)Nijigon already exists as the 101th Chemy. I want to say that (EX)Nijigon was like the original Chemy whose powers was too strong for anyone to control so it was decided to split (EX)Nijigon's powers, leading to the creation of the other Chemies, but the Dragon Malgam already stated that (10)Dragonalos and (10)Giarad were the first two Chemies to come into existance.
5) You're welcome.
Imperial:
1) ...I'm not what you're trying to say here?
2) The Magic Knights will certainly be shock that Asta has gained a second magic which itself ables him to wield multiple attributes.
3) If you're talking about Asta, then the Clover Kingdom will need to be careful if they don't want to anger Asta since his powers has increased greatly.