Star Magic: Yuno!

by kcufad

During the night of when Yuno had to deliver a letter, a drunk man attacks him for his amulet, but when Asta came out to stop the drunk man, something in Yuno snapped as he felt a power that felt like it laid dormant come out to save Asta from him. Follow Yuno and Asta's journey of their road to become the Wizard King, as both of them realize their full potential of their powers.

18. Recuperation

Time To Answer The Reviews:

Guest: Yup, and it was Semi-Successful on their ends. Thank you as Howard was really a fun man to write, as his design was based on my favourite My Hero Villain. Michael Caesal was a pretty fun thing to write and I wanted to make it as hard as possible for everyone around them as it won't be Number 0 for long. Thank you for the Omake and you will see Nozel's thoughts in this chapter!

Most people that have fought extremely hard that was essentially at a war zone, breaking their bones and having their bodies being pummeled by at least 12 mages at the same time, while depleting their mana reserves should take a break from fighting the day after and most likely could do some hobbies, hang out with their best friends in the squad, maybe even lay in their bed all day reading a book.

Not Yuno though.

Yuno, despite being at a war zone yesterday, was the only Golden Dawn member to do manual labour all on his own with as little mana usage as possible as he was instructed by his Captain, alongside his new Wind Spirit barely lifting a brick with her tiny body.

He was, in fact, fixing a wall.

A wall that was destroyed to almost all hell last night which was kind of his fault.

With the other Golden Dawn looking at him, either in worry (David), some of indifference (Siren) or some were ridiculing him (I think we know who it is.).

Some did give some support.

"Here you go, Yuno, fresh lemonade from the juiciest lemon tree you can think of!" yelled Klaus as he and Mimosa brought a tray of lemonade as they aren't going to let him basically building a wall on his own without drinks. William did approve of that since while he was mad, he didn't want him to treat him like he was nothing.

"Thank you, Klaus." Yuno then downed the entire cup of lemonade in one gulp as then he put more water into his drink from the tray.

Klaus blinked, "You're welcome." Admittedly kinda surprised that he managed to do that so easily.

Mimosa then knelt down at the small Spirit, with lemonade in her hands in a shot glass. "And here is yours!"

"Thank you," said Bell, with her admittedly being a bit bigger than yesterday. The small spirit then took a small sip of it as then she flew a bit longer than usual.

Yuno then stood up with Klaus placing the tray on the side, "Alright, I will continue on with rebuilding my wall," said Yuno as they did notice that the wall was getting successfully built over time as it did reach his stomach.

"Honestly," began Mimosa, "If you continue in this pace, you might finish before lunch." said Mimosa, as it was rather early in the morning in which he started.

"I hope so. My back is killing me." remarked Yuno as he stretched his arms a bit as he spotted Bell flying towards him with a brick in her hands as he took it and placed it on the small wall, "Thanks."

Klaus frowned seeing this, but he couldn't disobey his Captain's orders, despite everything in him yelling to stop this. "I see, well, if you need anything, give us a quick call and we will be here!"

Mimosa waved at the two, "Bye! Good luck with it!"

The two then groaned hard after they saw how much work was left.

What did they do for them to be building a massive wall on their own?

Well…

Last Night

Yuno was walking down the hallways of the Golden Dawn Headquarters with a small smile on his face.

After having to confess what happened when he was alone in the Capital Town of the Clover Kingdom, how he rather beat the shit out of 12 of the members of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun, how he almost died on several locations during that, how he managed to pull off a Mana Zone, including able to summon the Wind Spirit, and how he met a Black Bull who was the girl that they asked for him to answer.

While they were shocked that he managed to pull of a feat, or feats, in one day, they were also worried for how much he has been getting into life or death situations in some of the missions.

They might listen to David's, who always was up at 2 AM for some strange reason, advice on keeping him on a leash so that they don't miss him whenever they are in a mission. Despite it being rather childish, it might actually work out so that Yuno doesn't die in a mission sooner or later.

After he got there, he decided to have a small celebration for the small Wind Spirit, Sylph, or how he called her, Bell, that appeared to save his behind from the banished Agrippa. A birthday of sorts as it was the day he got her to be summoned, so it was only fair to do that for her.

Which is why he was holding a strawberry flavoured cupcake in his hands that he made with effort because he asked Hamon for some help on how he could create a decent one for her, which Hamon gladly accepted because he would hate if anyone made some rather unpleasant food for someone to eat, and after a bit of teaching, they have made a decently made cupcake of which Hamon was proud to present.

Yuno then found a 1 candle stick and placed it on the cupcake, which he then thanked Hamon for the help as he then continued to walk.

Yuno then stopped, seeing his room that was at his left and then opened the door. "I finally learned how to control the Wind Spirit, Sylph, and today… I will make it special for you." he thought to himself as he placed the small cupcake onto his table as carefully as possible. Yuno then opened up his rather large Grimoire.

As then, Bell appeared out of thin air.

The Wind Spirit looked around, being rather confused on what is happening as then she turned to Yuno. She tilted her head in confusion as Yuno smiled.

"Hello, Bell." Yuno began as the Wind Spirit looked at him, "Today, I have finally managed to summon you, so I want to make it a special day for you." said Yuno as his smile grew rather genuine the more he looked at her, "Today, I have decided to celebrate your birthday. And, I even managed to get you a cupcake."

Bell then turned to the small cupcake in shock, "Sorry if it is rather small, I never learned to bake, but I do hope you enjoy it."

Bell then childishly cheered, "Yay!" she said, as Yuno took note of how quickly she learned how to speak.

"There is just one candle since today you have been formed, I assume." said Yuno as Bell then went closer and closer towards the cupcake, as he then began to slowly clap. "Happy Birthday, Bell."

Bell then began to notice how, despite only having 1 candle on it, saw how pretty it was, "So pretty…"

"Make a wish and then blow out your candle, okay?" said Yuno as then Bell thought about her wish as then her eyes lit up, "You got your wish?"

"Yup!"

Yuno lightly chuckled, "Then go ahead and blow out your candles."

Bell followed on what Yuno said and took in a deep breath.

And then she blew…

Which quickly turned into a massive storm all of a sudden, destroying Yuno's entire wall, faster than anyone could've predicted as it blown off Yuno's hair to the side, completely destroying the cupcake along the way.

"Huh." said Yuno as he blinked.

"Huh?" asked Bell as she tilted her head in confusion on where it went.

Then they suddenly realized the state everything was left in.

"WHO THE FUCK DESTROYED THE PARTS OF THE HEADQUATERS!?" roared Alecdora as then suddenly, Yuno and Bell heard sounds of the Golden Dawn running towards their rooms.

Letoile opened the door, her hair a mess and without her glasses and revealed the other members of the Golden Dawn, all in their pajamas. "What happened!?" she yelled out as they locked eyes on Yuno and Bell.

"Excuse me…" everyone got out of their way to let William, who they noticed that his helmet was rather quickly put on, but didn't speak a word of it, as then the Golden Dawn Captain looked at what happened in the room and saw the devastation of the wall that happened this night, "What happened in this room?!" William asked, anger being suppressed, but still being felt through his voice.

Yuno pointed at Bell, "She did it."

Bell looked at him extremely offended.

"Doesn't matter!" said William, trying his best not to yell at them. He took a deep breath as he locked eyes with the two, "You two are in big trouble and no, I don't want to hear who did it or didn't do it. When the Sun shines up, you two are going to build the wall all on your own without anyone helping you and without magic. You are allowed to use magic for rubble, but you are going to rebuild everything alone. Am I understood?" asked William with a stern voice that they haven't heard from him before.

The two dropped their heads.

"Yes, Captain."

"I get it."

"Good." William turned to his subordinates, "I want it to be known that no one is allowed to help them. You can give them drinks and food, but you are not allowed to build with them. They have to learn how to treat everything with respect. Am I clear?" asked William with eyes of a tired father teaching children basic manners, which everyone understood.

"Yes sir!"

"Good." William sighed as he turned to Yuno and Bell, "You two shouldn't sleep in a room like this. It is cold and it would be bad for your health, so who is willing to share their room for a day?" asked William as Klaus raised his hand, "Klaus, alright. Wake them up when the Sun shines, you got that?"

Klaus, despite not wanting to do so, understood, "Crystal."

"Good." William then turned to everyone around him, "Everyone, back to your beds. This will be…. a long night." said William as then everyone went to their rooms, with Yuno and Bell following Klaus.

Right Now

Yeah, Bell destroyed Yuno's entire fucking wall and they basically had to pay the price for it.

While Yuno was angry that he has to do this all on his own, excluding Bell, he can't exactly be mad at the small Wind Spirit because of the fact that she just appeared in the world not too long ago, so it would make sense for her to not get the idea of holding back her breath and power. Which is made worse by the fact that if that was a normal breeze from her, he will hate to see what a large one would be.

After waking up, he decided to use his Magic, not to build the wall, but to clear everything around him with his Wind Magic, alongside Bell's stronger, yet this time, more controlled Wind Magic to blow away all of the bricks, debris, windows, wood and more, as then, around all of the bricks, he created a platform for his Star Magic to be used and for them to be lifted in the air for easier use.

While it was getting increasingly difficult for the two to build a whole ass wall on their own while they have to hear a certain Sand Mage's laughter out loud, or at some time, Langris' laughter which was even more maddening, they did actually found it good for the body and for how long certain Spells last.

Building a wall, while time consuming, is a good way to build muscle and strength around the muscle, including the rapidly increasing power of the Wind Spirit, not to mention how much they learn how to control their mana with the spells.

Yuno sighed as he managed to finish a level of bricks that reached towards his head. He walked over to the stand with the lemonade that Klaus and Mimosa ever so helpfully refilled with ice as Yuno took a big gulp, as he then pulled more lemonade into his and Bell's cup so that they don't die of over exhaustion. "Are we done yet?" asked Bell.

Yuno shook his head as he wiped his forehead, "No…" he said as he then took a big sip of his drink once more, trying his best to get hydrated. "We are barely at the halfway point."

"Awwww…." Bell moaned as she depressingly took the shot glass and began drinking it like it was beer to an alcoholic.

"There's no use in complaining. The sooner we finish, the sooner we get to eat." said Yuno as he mentally wished that he was eating something, maybe something like a croissant or a bagel.

"I don't wanna…"

"Too bad." said Yuno as he gently took Bell, who was barely bigger than his hand, as the surrounding wind then made Yuno fly upwards with the platform following the two as they reached their level, which was also good training for them as it could help them better prepare themselves in the air.

Bell floated towards one of the bricks as Yuno took it and placed a brick on the row, continuing their punishment.

Alecdora laughed, "Look at that pointy eared bastard and his little fairy buddy, working to build the wall from a room that he doesn't deserve." Alecdora continued to laugh as then two Golden Dawn members, David and Letoile, looked at him while they were passing by him with confused or worried looks on their faces.

"Dude… how long have you been sitting there," David asked as he looked at Yuno, who was doing quite alright building that wall all on his own, "watching him build that wall?

Alecdora moved his hand in a "so-so" manner, which was extremely concerning for everyone around him "About an hour or so."

"And that doesn't get tiring? At all?" David asked, genuine worry shined in his voice.

Alecdora shook his head as he then placed his leg above his other leg, "Nope. Seeing him in pain is my favourite form of entertainment." Which made David and Letoile look at themselves, which is quite concerning if the former is the rational person in the conversation as they looked at him.

"Alecdora, this is," Letoile took a deep breath and fixed her glasses, "Concerning behavior on how you treat someone, even if you don't like them."

"I don't see the problem." Alecdora shrugged his shoulders as he saw Yuno complete a row faster than usual as he let the lemonade float towards him, "He tried to act all tough and yet he is the first person to break through Lord Vangeance's stuff in years."

"You seriously need to stop hating on Yuno so much. It's fine if you don't like him, but this is getting… worrisome." David remarked.

Before Alecdora was allowed to speak, Letoile cut him off, "David has a point. You have to find something to do other than this, it isn't healthy to do this." said Letoile, which made Alecdora sigh.

Alecdora rubbed his eyes as he then looked at them, "Fine… I guess you have a point." admitted Alecdora as he looked at them and saw them, while still wearing their usual clothing, were wearing them rather casually, "Where are you two going?"

"Oh! Letoile and I are going to this new cafe that opened up that is actually close by, and we heard about it, so I think it would be nice." answered David which made Alecdora look at him up and down and then turn to Letoile.

"Seriously? Him?" he asked in a very judging tone that a toddler could figure out.

"Don't judge." he very much was judging Letoile's taste in men, "He asked me a few days ago when we weren't busy, so I thought it was a good day and give him a fair shot. Maybe I will enjoy it."

"I'm going to try my best." said David with a wide smile while giving a thumbsup, he then turned to his comrade, "What about you? Are you going anywhere?"

"No, not really." answered Alecdora, "Was either thinking about how to increase my spells a bit more, or at the very least find some new cards for my Raidraptor deck. Maybe even talk to my younger sister, Lulu."

"I see, well, good luck with that. Tell Captain that we will be late for today." said Letoile as the two Golden Dawn Magic Knights laid their brooms on the ground.

"Will do." said Alecdora as he then walked off as the two flew away with their broom in tow.

After around 2 hours have passed ever since a couple of the Golden Dawn Magic Knights went out to eat to a different place, Yuno created a small hole in the wall as he placed the windows inside of the brick wall, using his Star Magic to create beams of light that supported the windows and basically glued them together, which shouldn't be possible, and then he decided to paint the walls, wearing different clothes, both inside and out so that it won't look off.

Then, Yuno and Sylph, with the remaining strength they have left in their bodies, used their respective Wind Magic to dry the paint off the wall so that it can look as it was never destroyed in the first place.

"We're done… finally." said Yuno, taking several breaths in the process as he saw Bell come from the window and closing it.

"Are we… finally done?" asked Bell as she slowly blinked towards him.

"Yes… don't worry." said Yuno as he saw her have a small, weak smile on her face.

"Yaaay." she breathlessly said as the two then face plant on the bed.

"Rest… finally…" said Yuno as then they heard their stomachs grumbling.

"Noooooo…" Bell weakly proclaimed.

"Damn it." said Yuno as he then rose from the bed, "I can't sleep without food."

"Summon me from the Grimoire," said Bell as she then went into his Grimoire while turning into green particles.

"Will do." said Yuno as he stood up, making his Grimoire float towards him as he then placed it in his pouch. Yuno walked over to his door and opened it. He then began to walk towards the dining room, so that he could finally have something to eat.

While he was walking, he turned his eyes to the left as that was the place where the dining room is located, which he then continued to walk there and planned to turn left.

As then he bumped into William Vangeance.

"Oh, sorry." both of them said at the same time as they looked at each other.

"Yuno?"

"Captain?"

William looked at Yuno from head to toe at how he appears then looks at his eyes, those being that of a man that truly wanted peace, "Are you done with rebuilding the wall, or do you need to take a break? If the latter, then you are free to do-"

"No, I am done with the wall." Yuno cut off his Captain from continuing, shocking William from what he has heard.

"Really? That quickly on your own?" William asked, admittedly impressed by that statement as Yuno nodded.

"Yup, and I managed to built in the windows and I painted on the wall. Both of them are finished." said Yuno with a smug, yet tired look on his face that showed William that he wasn't lying.

William blinked, "You do realize that your only job was to rebuild it, not do anything else? Right?"

Yuno smirked, "I didn't want to look bland, so I continued on my own. Hope that doesn't anger you."

"Oh, no, no, quite the opposite actually!" William replied, slightly easing Yuno's posture when saying that, "I was hoping to ask Siren if he could help with installing the windows, but it seems that you don't have to wait." William silently laughed at that, which even to Yuno, sounded quite lovely.

"It does, a bit." admitted Yuno.

William looked at the young Magic Knight, "Since you are done, what will you be planning to do for the rest of the day, Yuno?" he asked.

"I am going to eat and then rest my body." Yuno answered, with him basically having no more stamina in his body to even train his body or magic after all of that, which was fair.

"Oh! Well, I've seen your subordinates in the room, so they could help you on what to pick to eat, so you don't have to overexert yourself. I'm pretty sure I saw Hamon help others as well." said William, as Hamon was one of the best people to ask for if they needed to be on a strict diet. He even saw him make Alecdora eat more than usual.

Yuno nodded as he wanted to ask a question, "I see… where are you going if I may ask?"

"Curious much?" William raised a brow.

"You usually leave the room when lunch ends, so I'm just asking." replied Yuno as even he knew that this was different from usual.

"If you must know, I'm booked the entire afternoon and evening as I have a meeting with the Wizard King and another Captain, so I'm leaving so I don't arrive late." William explained, "Langris is in charge of everything for today as I told him my plans a few days prior. I even told him that you have an entire day to yourself so he doesn't bother you in your sleep."

"Oh, thank you. I hope it goes well." Said Yuno.

"Much obliged." the two then began to walk off from each other, one began walking towards the dining room while the other was walking towards the entrance, before William turned his head, "Yuno, wait."

The Golden Dawn Magic Knight stopped as he turned to his Captain, "Yes?"

William thought about what he was going to say next, thinking it very carefully until he spoke, "I want to… tell you something."

"What is it, Captain?" asked Yuno.

"I want to apologize if what I made you do was tiring and exhausting for you." said William all of a sudden, which caught him off guard, but he shrugged it off.

"It was for a bit, but it wasn't excruciating, or anything. It was a good workout for my body." said Yuno as he wanted to stretch his muscles so he doesn't get cramps, he feared that wasn't going to work out.

"I see… Well, I want to tell you this so that you could understand. While at the time I was mad at what happened, the more I thought, the more I realized my emotions…" said William as he breathed through his mask, "I wasn't mad, I was more accurately, disappointed, of what happened."

"Disappointed? Why would you feel disappointed at what happened?" asked Yuno, almost never hearing that from someone outside from Sister Lily.

"To tell you the truth, my expectations of you are high, not because that you have Dual Attributes, or that you possess the Wind Spirit, but more importantly…" William smiled at him, a smile that showed a true shine that a Golden Sun couldn't replicate, "you are a good kid. For someone your age, and with the environment…" William gripped his hand into a ball, "...I'm more surprised that you managed to be in good behaviour and not act up, despite your comments here and there."

Yuno widens his eyes, "Yes, I heard them quite clearly, but it is all in good faith."

Yuno sighed in relief, "In other words, I think you are someone that I can see grow, not just as a Magic Knight, but as a person as well. I want you to know that before you start thinking otherwise… alright?" asked William.

Yuno nodded.

"Good, because, I want you to know that." William walked up to him and placed his hand on his shoulder, "I'm proud of you, Yuno, I see that you have a lot to learn and grow from. You are an exceptional Magic Knight, even when just starting out, and I can see that you can grow from this day on. I can see why she choose you," he glanced at his Grimoire for a moment, knowing that the Wind Spirit was living in "You have a lot of potential in you and I want to see it happen. I believe in you."

Yuno was left stunned at what he has heard.

He heard a sentence that he thought wouldn't hear from a Magic Knight Captain in several months, and yet, William Vangeance, the user of the extremely rare World Tree Magic, the strongest Magic Knight Captain, was proud of him and believed in him, his quest of becoming the Wizard King.

It… it almost felt unreal to hear that from him.

It felt great, and yet, almost unheard of.

Yuno snapped out of it, as he turned to William, nodding towards him.

"R-Right, sir."

"Well… I'm off now… enjoy your day, Yuno." said William as he began to walk off. After a minute or so, Yuno followed suit towards the dining area.

And, from the fields, Alecdora saw everything unfold at that moment.

The entire conversation.

The back and forth.

Him calling Yuno five times today while he was never mentioned.

How the person who saved him from death, was admiring that… that man.

Even when he got the Golden Dawn ranked higher because of his devotion and stars.

Even when he had to put up with his shit.

He never got this treatment.

He never even heard that he was proud of him.

Alecdora gritted his teeth, walking away from him.

He wouldn't just let this happen.

He won't barge in without a plan when battling him.

He would have to learn from his mistakes, learning how to use his magic the best that he could.

Just to beat him.

INTRO!

(A/N: Play Black Rover.)

The first scene we see was Nero flying towards the open sky, dawn coming up, shining above as the day has started, showing signs of a new adventure that would come to several Mages as they then flew towards the statue of the First Wizard King and landed on top of the head. Nero looked down at The First Wizard King with rather uncharacteristic sorrow eyes as then the letters came in to say "STAR MAGIC: YUNO!"

A simple stage

At first, we see breakfast at the Golden Dawn at how at first it seems to be normal, but it slowly degrades into insanity. With Mimosa almost tripping on a misplaced utensil as Klaus appeared out of nowhere to save her, William walking with Alecdora kneeling down near him every step, Letoile having her hand on her forehead as she saw David being chewed up by Langris after he accidentally threw food at his neck fluff, Siren building a small building inside of the kitchen with Hamon eating rather large quantity of food. Yuno was just standing at the side, wondering what the hell is happening there with Bell laughing at all of them.

With a desperate thirst, we wish

Then we cut to the Black Bulls, and it was slightly less chaotic. Vanessa was drunk once as Midori was accompanying her at the side, as Magna and Luck were having their usual brawls made Finral trying to stop them from attacking Yami, Gauche walking out of a mirror to grab a muffin, Charmy, Noelle and Asta eating with Noelle giving Asta water to stop him from choking, Gordon was sitting near a corner, enjoying everyone's company, Grey was sitting next to Yami as then the Captain stood up to slam his fist into the wall.

It's like droplets on a string

We cut a few montages of the rest of the squads: Rook covering his face in shame as Jack is yelling/threatening at his subordinates, the Coral Peacocks trying to eat while their Vice Captain was being flamboyant as usual, the Silver Eagles and Crimson Lion Kings being rather sophisticated, the Blue Rose Knights eating as usual as Charlotte sighs from Sol's usual praising, the Aqua Deers walking past their Captain's paint buckets and the Purple Orca being rather plain.

It's just way too hard to fight upon this stage

Then, once they are all done eating, they all got ready for action as they all lead to their respective missions.

See the pattern shown on top

We then see Leopold sitting at a tree stump with an older woman with similar looks gritting her teeth hearing the news of Fuegoleon's condition. Then we see an elderly nun opening up a book next to several children in a church.

The horizon is coming up

Then we see Nozel looking at a beautiful beach at the horizon and even with the sight, he still hasn't shown a positive mood with Dorothy looking at him with concern. We then see William, Yami, Julius and a purple haired man sitting by with drinks on the table, looking into a screen with interest.

No matter if it's damaged or not

Then we see the remaining 8 Captains in one shot: Yami, William, Nozel, Dorothy, Rill, Charlotte, Jack and Gueldre, as then we see Julius looking ominously at the camera with a wide smile.

With the hope in both our hands.

Then we cut to a shot previously seen as two fists bumped into each other to reveal the two, having small smirks on their faces.

We can fight against the waves

Then, they get to see what they have been through either together or alone: Heath, Luth, Mars and the Eye Of The Midnight Sun.

Overcome them

The two then looked forward into the camera, looking at though they would get ready for another fight.

Rise above them

Then, the entire view changed into something sinister.

Spread your wings, cry out!

First was a luminous figure, shining brighter that no darkness could overcome it , with three rather familiar figures coming into view, surrounding the luminous figure to protect it, as then Mito, Rades, Valtos and Sally all came into view. All sharing dark sadistic grins on their faces.

Get down

Then we see Yuno, Hamon and Siren all in a single town at night with several bandits all coming at them at high speeds.

We all let you know this time

Hamon laughed loudly as he jumped into the air as he sent a flury of glass shards towards the bandits at high speeds with him appearing behind a bandit once a copy of him was destroyed, as Siren then created several buildings out of the ground as he sent them towards the bandits as he sent out a spear made out of stones.

Can you bring me down?

Yuno grinned as he created several swords made out of wind that came towards all sides of him as he pierced through a bandits powerful attack with his spell made out of stars, as Bell blew several bandits away from him that were behind him as once he grinned…

Back up, get far of the sky

The scenery changed into a battlefield of which Yuno and Asta were both clashing against the luminous presence once more, as the figure sent out swords made out of light at them at high speeds.

Black rover!

Which Yami managed to deflect with his katana with ease, as the two powerful figures clashed with the two young mages looking at them with awe as they were battling in the air, almost breathlessly.

Someday we'll go just you and me,

The figure sent out several flashes of towards Yami, which then created several slashed with his katana of which they then hit perfectly in the air.

But right now it's dyed too black to see

Yami then lifted up his katana in the air, was placed in a stance as he placed his hand on the scabbard and once he pulled up, he appeared behind the figure.

We live in dark, chaotic times

The figure turned around and slashed Yami through his chest as the man continued slashing along with him as the figure then grabbed the Captain and threw him to the ground, creating a smoke screen.

Black rover!

From the smoke, three figures emerged, one a woman, one a man and the last a beast as Gauche, Finral, Yami, Asta and Yuno all charged in.

With empty hearts they line us up to take us away

The tired looking man was copying every spell that he sees and parries all of Yami's attacks, Finral creates a portal as then Gauche made it go through it and appear around the beast to then try and killing it, and lastly, Yuno and the woman parrying each others attacks as Bell and a massive Salamander breathing towards each other at high volumes.

Let's escape, we'll make our break,

Then, it then cuts to Asta breathing heavily, gripping onto his swords as then a massive demon appeared above him, manifesting from his swords as it cackled.

I'm opening the door!

The last scene we see was Asta on his back, taking deep breaths after another, seen to be torn up after a long battle until he was tapped beside him. He turned his head to see Yuno sitting down, seeing several scratches on his body as Bell was on top of his head. The two then looked at each other before smirking as the two then stood up at the shining Sky above them. The two looked at the Sky, ready to train harder than they have until today.

Let's go next stage.

(A/N: End Theme.)

At The Black Bulls

The Black Bulls were having a rather usual morning all things considered.

With Gauche waking up and going to the kitchen, being first once again, and having to deal with everyone being incredibly loud and/or obnoxious like every other day. Gauche had to duck under Luck's kick and moved his head to the side to dodge Magna's fireball, with him closing his ears, while still carrying a picture of his precious Marie somehow, to walk

past Midori and her senseless reading, then having to walk carefully so he doesn't fall to the ground due to many, many bottles of alcohol from Vanessa.

Everyone else were not bothering him today, mainly due to because of them coming from what was essentially a battlefield, quietly sulked about getting rejected, being out of it and somehow eating less (But still a lot compared to others), those who were being creepy and his Captain, who was probably taking a long ass nap.

Truthfully, he does wonder what in the hell happened there if the rookies were quiet for even an hour, but judging that he heard that one of the Captains, Fuegoleon, was in a coma, it might make sense why they were a bit quiet.

It does not excuse Luck however as after he had to clean the Captain's bathroom, a fate worse than death if they were being honest, he looked as though he saw several tragedies happening in one sitting, he was excused a day later, which caused Luck to fist fight everyone around him with the exception being the ones that came back. To him, it doesn't matter gender or anything, he will fight someone to the death.

Gauche then went to a chair and sat down to look at his precious Marie until his payday and his break so that he could spoil her rotten, which he was a bit sad that she decided to share with her friends, but as long as she was happy, that's all that matters to him.

The other Black Bulls then went into the living room where they did their own thing.

Gordon was sitting next to Gauche, who seemed to ignore him, with Grey doing the same behind him. The Mirror Mage looked over to see Charmy sitting next to a table looking as though she saw a God in her eyes with her barely eating anything, he saw Finral on a couch, sulking a bit, with him gently stroking Vanessa's hair, who was wasted in the morning, and he saw almost everyone else together around a table looking at Nero with seriousness in their eyes.

They were having the most important question and debate they have had.

What gender is Nero?

The main reason for this question was mainly due to how much it seems to attack Asta if he either calls Nero a him or a her, no matter what the situation is. Not to mention birds, not just anti-birds, birds in general are extremely hard to understand if they are a girl or a boy, unless they lay eggs.

Which is why Midori had an encyclopedia on her about the biology of birds at all times. For this specific reason.

"Why are we doing this again?" asked Noelle as she looked around Asta, Magna, Luck and Midori.

Asta rubbed his forehead, "Cause," he revealed a small scratch on his forehead to reveal a couple of the pecks from Nero, "sh- he- They keep pecking me no matter if I call them a he or a she!" the anti-bird turned their head towards him, "You know what I meant!"

Magna shrugged his shoulder, "Eh, interested as well. I want to treat them right."

"Bored." answered Luck, which was a fair answer.

"I want to know as well because anti-birds, unlike sparrows or eagles, are nearly impossible to tell apart from their gender." said Midori, trying her best not to blush near her crush, as she kept looking through the pages.

Magna leaned towards the Black Bulls anti-bird with narrowed eyes, "How about I take a look?" asked Magna as he then took Nero and then slightly moved his hand backwards to see if there were anything down there, but saw nothing. "I think this was not a smart idea." he admitted, looking at other confused, disgusted or flabbergasted as he put down the anti-bird.

"Wh- Why would you do that?!" asked Midori as her face was clearly red from embarrassment.

"I thought they would have balls! It ain't my fault I didn't think it would fail!" said Magna.

"That's only for mammals, you idiot!" yelled Gauche from the corner as while he was not even the slightest interested in this conversation, it was almost impossible to ignore them due to how loud they were. "Birds don't have that difference like dogs, cats or horses! Think of something small. You dunce." he muttered the last part as he looked at the picture.

Midori tried to recover as she fixed her glasses, "Gauche is right. You have to look for something small. Can you guys help with finding the differences as I list them?" she asked which they nodded to, "Okay. Beak?"

Asta looked at Nero as they had a rather sharp beak, but he then looked at the male and female pictures as he shook his head, "Nope."

"Wings?" asked Midori.

Luck pulled Nero's wings upwards as he looked at the outside while Magna looked at the inside, which they both looked at the book, "Nadda."

"Patterns?" asked Midori she did read that there were some species of birds that have that difference.

Noelle looked around Nero, even slightly picking them up, but saw that the patterns were different from other anti-birds, but that was normal, "Nothing here."

Midori then placed her hand on her forehead, "Shape of the head?"

"The same as the pictures."

"The chest?"

"They all have the same type of chest."

"The height?"

"They have an average of the same height, if that counts?"

"Gosh darn weight?"

"Nope. The same as the height."

"Wait, what if we get a female bird like a sparrow and left them there, and if the sparrow laid an egg we would know that Nero is a guy?" asked Asta which Midori shook her head.

"No, that won't work. Birds don't really need a male to reproduce, or more specifically, lay eggs." Midori then slumped on her back, rubbing her eyes and pushing back her glasses to her forehead, "Okay, it is official, anti-birds are impossible to determine their gender." the others slumped down at hearing that, "At this point, I think it is fair to assume you can believe your own interpretation on Nero's gender."

"Definitely a boy." said Noelle, "I mean, come on, Nero came out of nowhere, broke into the base without any word and then demanded food from us, that is what I believe a boy would do."

"Nope, a girl." said Asta as he looked at Noelle, "Cause I don't know if this is a trend or not, but you and Nero have gotten a bit too into using magic on me." he said as Noelle glared at him.

"Oh you did not just go there."

"I did."

"I am more in a belief that gender is just a construct that was made to sell different types of clothing and to make some self imposed rules about roles so that our ancestors wouldn't have felt bad treating someone of their own kind so that they could feel good and powerful to themselves," answered Luck which made only Gauche turn his head in complete confusion at how… surprisingly interesting that sounded.

"What the fuck?" He asked.

The only reason why the others didn't react to was because they were either tired or they were arguing.

"I am more in the belief that they are non-binary." said Magna as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Magna, that… kinda makes sense?" Midori was just tired from this conversation.

Meanwhile, ignoring the argument between Noelle and Asta, Finral was sitting on a couch while running his hands through Vanessa's hair.

When Vanessa is drunk, like extremely drunk, she likes when people run their hand through her hair as it makes her ease up, helps her relax to know that everything will be fine and that it will end soon with the horrible headache going away. Only around 3 people she allows them to do this and that's it.

As Finral was silently sulking and stroking her hair at the same time, he turned his head towards Vanessa and how she looked…cute, beautiful even.

Sure, Finral thought that every woman were cute and beautiful, even those that could kill him at any moment, there was something about Vanessa that made her different compared to everyone.

Everything about her, from her hair, to her laugh, to her everything.

Everytime he looked at her, he seems to be at ease, his shoulders at a normal pace and even began to smile towards her no matter his mood.

Finral enjoyed being around her practically more than anyone.

Finral enjoyed being there for her whenever she needs help and would support her no matter the cause.

Finral… liked her.

A lot.

And that wasn't a secret to anyone.

Then, a door was opened.

"Mornin'," said a gruff voice which turned out to be Captain Yami Sukehiro as he began to scratch the back of his head as every one of the Black Bulls, with the exception of two, turned to their Captain.

"Morning Captain!" they said as then Midori, Magna and Luck continued to watch the argument.

"They seem to be busy, eh, I'll let them be." said Yami as he then began to walk towards Finral as he noticed Vanessa's flushed face, "...wasted?"

"Wasted." answered Finral.

"I see." Yami took out a cigarette and lit it up, placing it in his mouth and taking a small puff, "Anyways, it is that annual conversation with Julius again, open the portal next to his castle."

"Aren't you going to eat?" asked Finral as he turned his attention to Charmy, who seemed to be out of it for the moment.

"I'll grab something to eat on my way, you don't have to worry," said Yami as Finral nodded once more as then a Fallen Angel's Gate was opened, "By the way, you're in charge for today. If I see anything broken, your ass is toast, got it?"

"Got it."

"Good." said Yami as he then began to walk into the portal, as soon as he got in, the portal was then gone.

Finral sighed as he leaned back on the couch as he then heard Vanessa, waking up, still wasted, "Was that… the Captain?" she drunkenly asked.

"Yeah, and it seems as though they are going to have a conversation with Captain Vangeance and the Wizard King as well." said Finral, slightly wondering if his right hand man will be there.

"Ah… I see…" said Vanessa, barely even able to open her eyes, but once she saw Charmy looking at the sky, all dazed up, not even eating her mountain of food. "Hey Charmy… is something wrong? You… haven't even touched … your food." she asked.

"it seems as though one of my friends is in a dilemma of hard feelings," Gordon mumbled, "i would have guessed it is due to new feelings she has not experienced before." then Grey let out some smoke from his mouth.

"Hmm? Oh, it is nothing…" said Charmy as she happily looked at the roof, "I just believe I am in love…"

Vanessa chuckled as Finral rolled his eyes, "What? Did you see a new menu item at your favourite restaurant?"

"Oh it isn't food…"

Record scratch when they heard it.

"Wait, what?" asked Midori.

Did they hear that right?

Charmy Pappitson, the glutton of the Black Bulls, wasn't in love with food and she looked like that!?

"Um… what was that?" asked Finral, trying to figure out what she meant by that.

"Oh, I am not in love with food…" Charmy said as she dreamily looked at the roof, "I am in love with a boy…"

Vanessa immediately sobered up and ran towards Charmy, picking her up, "WHAT?! Are you being serious?" Charmy nodded, almost as if she didn't notice her being picked up, "Oh you are going to spill every single detail about him, right now." said Vanessa as she then walked to the kitchen for a bottle of wine and some cups to boot.

"Oh yeah… Yuno." said Asta as he remembered what happened yesterday, with Noelle placing her hand on her hip.

"Still surprised that she managed to be in love with anything other than food." admitted Noelle as they were left in shock at the thought of Charmy being in love with anything other than food.

That… was an interesting way to start the day as they had no idea how to go about it in any way other that being shocked.

At The Coral Peacocks Base

Nozel Silva was a man of many things. The Heir of the House of Silva, the Captain of the Silver Eagles, the master of his Mercury Magic, the Cold Eagle.

An emotional person was not one of them as only rarely have people seen him show any emotions, or at the very least, positive emotions to the other person.

And this was an important part of it, as he had to talk about his feelings, his emotions to a certain person that he hold immense trust towards with his entire life.

The Base of the Coral Peacocks was actually quite lovely, almost akin to a Noble House, which made sense coming from her origins as a witch, with a fountain spewing out water akin to the ichors of the Gods, the emerald coloured and well organised grass were spewing and moving along with every light breeze.

At the very center of the Base was a massive tree of which it had pink coloured leaves, akin to a cheery blossom, or how the foreigner would call "Sakura Trees." of which the origins are a mystery on how it got to the Clover Kingdom, but how it got there was an easy answer to it. It was due to the work of the Vice Captain of the Coral Peacocks.

Nozel then began to walk to the main building, of which every Coral Peacock moved out of their way and slightlty bowed at the presence of a Magic Knight Captain.

"What's a Captain from a different squad doing here?" asked a man with a red afro.

"I have no idea, Dmitri! Maybe they are here for a meeting?" a man with a red mohawk asked.

"Oh, maybe a joint training mission?" suggested a man with a rather large amount of green coloured hair.

Nozel ignored him as he continued walking towards his path of which he knew without any help, shocking even those who have been in the base for months.

Nozel then looked at the door and saw it had the name tag of Dorothy Unsworth with a Coral Peacock sygnil at the end of her name. He knew what he had to do.

However, once he tried to grab the handle, he heard a voice coming.

"Halt!" Nozel stopped as he saw a trail of cherry blossoms flying towards him with such serenity that it would put any man in a trance, of which Nozel simply glared at as all of the the cheery blossoms began to form into a figure as he held out an arm forward, "I can't excuse you for entering without any permission. Such an act is disgusting and I won't allow you to tarnish its beauty."

The man was a rather beautiful man that everyone can agree is stunning to look at. His waving orange coloured hair dropped down to its unique form behind his back, his orange coloured eyes beaming with sparkles, as his purple diamond earrings stuck out to many of those who see it, as he wore a band around his head. He was a tall man, only slightly being shorter than Nozel, with him having his left hand on his forehead and his other stopping him from going anywhere. His uniform consisted the same as Dorothy's, but everything was up to his own height with even his satchel beaming.

To anyone who saw him, they would be at utter awe in his vanity, how he his own being glimmered as he was a living Sun, unable to move their eyes away from him as his form was that of purity.

Nozel Silva was no such man.

"Kirsch… I can assure you that I sent out a letter for a request to see the Captain yesterday with the correct date and time. I'm simply following the rules." said Nozel as that made Kirsch snap for a moment .

Kirsch Vermillion, the eldest child of Eau (Nee. Silva) and Leonard Vermillion, the user of Cherry Blossom Magic, was the Vice Captain of the Coral Peacock as he managed to accomplish that goal in only 1 year of being a Magic Knight, of which he gladly presents himself as a beautiful. It did also makes sense why he wasn't a Crimson Lion King, as it didn't fit his standard and wanted a more beautiful sounding squad.

Not to mention, they were hardcore compared to every other Magic Knight Squad.

Kirsch looked at his cousin with a look that shined both confusion and beauty, "You did? I don't believe that a mistake of someone as beautiful as me could ever make."

"Go ahead and check, you will see that I am not lying." said Nozel which made Kirsch narrow his eyes as then he disappeared from his sight as he turned into cherry blossoms.

Around 10 seconds later, Kirsch reappeared with a piece of paper in his hands and with a shocked expression, "I can't believe it! You were telling the truth of the matter!"

"I wouldn't lie something as trivial as making a request, now can I go?" asked Nozel as Kirsch stepped sideways.

"My apologizes, you are free to go. Such a rather disgusting mistake shall not have fallen for me." Kirsch comically exclaimed as he placed his forehead on his head, "Although, it could be something to learn? Ah yes, to make sure that my disgusting mistake doesn't go in the spotlight, I shall shine stronger than before. Have a good time." said Kirsch as he left in tandem with his cherry blossoms.

Nozel sighed.

In all honesty, despite everything about Kirsch, from his personality, his flamboyance, to how he acted, he really wasn't a bad person in the slightest.

In actuality, he pretty much does everything for Dorothy, from the paperwork, to plan out ideas, to improvising everyone's strategy and spells to shine harder than they ever have in their life, to prosper at the idea of true beauty, to everything. People have even joked around the fact that Kirsch was actually the Captain of the Coral Peacocks, and if his behaviour continued, he would soon become one.

Nozel took the door's handle and opened the door.

Nozel then saw Captain Dorothy's office and it was what he already saw.

It was a rather large office, but it was filled with objects that one could associate with a narcoleptic, with there being a bean bag, a hammock connected to two different closets and a bed, as inside of the closets there were a couple files (which had a couple of cherry blossoms around them, showing that Kirsch is doing them) and a couple of books of a Tapir.

At the end of the room, he saw Dorothy sitting on the most comfortable looking chair on the planet and her table being filled with books.

"Dorothy." said the Silver Eagle Captain.

The Coral Peacocks Captain nodded in her sleep. In truth, nobody could really understand Dorothy's speech since she was always asleep. However, Nozel Silva was the sole exception to that which is why he has been her translator every Captain meeting.

"I would assume you have gotten the message of this meeting, yes?" asked Nozel.

Dorothy nodded once more, which eased him a bit.

"That's good to hear." said Nozel, with a small smile closing in on his face for a moment.

Dorothy then moved her head upwards in a questioning manner with her hand slowly, but surely, placed under her chin.

"What purpose? I want to talk to you in a private place, if that's possible." said Nozel as he knew the full scope of what Dorothy would be able to do with her own Dream Magic.

Dorothy tilted her head in confusion on what he meant by that.

Nozel then closed his eyes, knowing what he must mean for her to fully understand, "It is to avoid her curse." he said with enough venom that would make his Mercury Magic taste like water.

Dorothy stopped herself as she then moved her hands to her chair and then slowly lower her hair, fully understanding what he meant. She then nodded her head, which made Nozel beam slightly.

"Thank you for agreeing," then Nozel was cut off as Dorothy lifted up her index finger. "What is it?"

Dorothy then breathed through her nostrils, making him raise his brow.

"A condition? What kind of condition do you need me to fulfill?" he asked, genuinely wanting to know on what she wanted to do, but then he saw something that he didn't want to see.

A smirk. A smirk on her face as then she looked at him, which made Nozel, almost uncharacteristically, blush.

"What?!" He yelled, then covered his mouth as he looked at her, dead in the eyes, "Are you serious?! In here?! I would not agree to that!" he yelled as he was incredibly flustered and embarrassed for doing that.

Dorothy then crossed her arms and pouted, turning her head from him, all while being asleep, which made slightly drop his shoulders.

"That is my only condition? Fine, I'll do it." Nozel then knelt down towards Dorothy, taking her hand as then looking up towards her, looking deeply in her eyes "My fair maiden, please, let this knight of yours kiss thine hand, for I shall fight for your honour till my dying breath." Nozel told her as he then kissed her hand, closing his eyes.

As then a pink coloured Grimoire appeared next to the two.

As Dorothy Unsworth then opened her eyes as she whispered her spell.

"Dream Magic: Therapy Land."

Then, a wormhole appeared, shining the entire world into a purple coloured space as it sucked the two Captains in a space unlike any other.

In Therapy Land

Nozel began to slowly open his eyes as he looked over the view.

And the view would've brought someone to tears of its beauty.

The oceanic view that no human has seen was almost divine, the sky beaming towards the ocean to reflect The Sun's ray to envision a beautiful orange, dusk coloured sky. The ocean was that of a sapphire, a shade that was almost unbelievable, but it proved itself to those that didn't believe in it. The sky was cloudless, not one thing was seen from it to ensure a beautiful view.

And yet, that wasn't what took Nozel's attention.

It was something that was happening below the balcony window.

3 children.

3 kids that looked to be of his own blood, 3 who were younger and the ones that proved to be the ones that he should've protected with his life on the line.

They were…

…his siblings.

Nebra, Solid and Noelle.

And at the beach, a woman was staring at them with the purest form of love.

It was from their own mother, who looked as though as the youngest all grown up with her face being the exact same as hers.

It was their long deceased mother.

The Steel War Princess herself.

Acier Silva.

And the location wasn't just a normal beach.

It was Raque Beach, the beach of which held their last family outing before that event with that Devil.

Nozel, even when looking at the almost promised future, didn't feel saddened in his core, nor was it anger.

It was… happiness.

Calmness.

Content.

He felt at ease looking at the location of where they previously were with his family all down there.

All of his anxiety was rather, gone.

Nozel closed his eyes.

"This was all your idea, huh," asked Nozel as he turned his head towards one of the tables at the balcony, and at the tables was Dorothy Unsworth, this time wide awake and her eyes showed themselves, and in his words, outpured all of the beauty that the Sun ever could've accomplished. Her eyes were that of a star, the center was that of an oceanic blue that flowed naturally into a lavender shade. "Dorothy?"

Dorothy began to giggle out loud, "Guilty as charged!"

"May I ask…" Nozel began to walk towards the now awake Coral Peacock Captain, "Why didn't you use your Glamour World?"

"'Cause from the way you sounded, you really wanted a place that could put you at ease, and I know that all of the colours wouldn't bode well with your eyes, so I made something extremely nice that you can enjoy!" said Dorothy truthfully.

In short, Therapy Land is a Spell akin to her Glamour World, but with the difference that it had a limited space. It actually is made from the heart of whom she casted her spell onto what truly would make them feel at ease the most, even if Dorothy didn't know what it could be. It could either be in a war zone with open targets for Jack, a calm garden that she can water their plants like Charlotte, or a fiery world with his men training until their bones break like Fuegoleon's. It all mattered to the target, not to the user.

"So…" Dorothy leaned a bit, "Is it working?"

Nozel took a look of his family down below, as a rare smile was on his face, "It is. Thank you."

"Anytime! Now come," Dorothy then patted one of the chairs near the table, where he saw it having tea cups on them, "We have a lot to discuss."

Nozel followed suit as he walked towards the other side of the table and sat on the opposite end of Dorothy. He then took the tea cup and took a small sip of it. He raised a brow, "Lavender tea?"

"Yup! It helps with anxiety and stress, not to mention it is your favourite flavour of tea!" said Dorothy as Nozel smiled at her before he took another sip.

Then, once Dorothy finished her cup of tea, she placed the cup on her plate, "Now… about her… are you sure you want to talk about her?" she asked, her tone changing completely.

Nozel stopped with his lips on the cup before he nodded, "Yes, I am sure of it. I want to talk about that… Demon."

Dorothy noticed how his hands were shaking out of fury at the mere thought of the Demon that took the life out of a person that he once held close to his heart, but was now gone forever. Dorothy saw the look of his eyes, and they were that of pure fury, "The one that took my mother's life…"

"Megicula."

If it were any other place on the planet, Nozel (and Dorothy in his perimeter) would've been struck by the curse of Megicula, one that would have sicken one to their mana would disappear along the wind as the light in their eyes vanished, a curse that would've killed him in an instant. No matter how quiet, no matter how you said, you would've been perished.

Except in Dorothy Unsworth's Dream Magic.

It was due to the main fact that Dorothy creates a world out of thin air, all from her own mana pool, in which she can create anything with her imagination being the only limit that there is. It could be an infinite world, with anything being summoned thanks to her imagination, a world where she could make someone relax and be comfortable within their own heart, or even if she was sick enough, put people into a neverending nightmare that would suck the soul of any enemy.

In any other hands, the Magic would've been deadly, but Dorothy was someone of free spirit and wanted to see people shine, even at their lowest.

…including him.

"Now, I would like to talk about her since of the way you spoke of her, but I have a feeling about something," Nozel turned towards Dorothy.

"What is it?" asked the heir of the House of Silva.

"She isn't the main reason why you wanted to talk to me, isn't it?" asked Dorothy which made Nozel widened his eyes from how quickly she realized it, "Oh don't be shocked, Nozzy, you know that I know you better than almost anyone, even you at times."

Nozel, trying to ignore the nickname she has given him, sighed, "It seems you saw right through me."

"Of course I would." she said, with a both confident and happy tone, "It's not that hard when you are close to me, I can see right through you."

Nozel hated to admit, but he could practically never get pass Dorothy even for a moment, she knew all of his moves like an eagle, which was ironic due to their titles of Captains, "Right… I came here because I want to talk about yesterday,… about Noelle, even talking about Megicula and how… she changed everything."

Dorothy kicked her feet as she took a notebook and a pencil, "Go ahead, I'm all ears."

"It all started when Noelle was born into this world, 15 years ago, how everything seemed to be peaceful in the House of Silva." began Nozel as he began to remember his past, "Everything seemed peaceful, I gotten my Grimoire recently and managed to become a Silver Eagle Magic Knight with my skills and usage of my Mercury Magic, while my mother was still recovering from giving birth. Father never looked happier, Nebra wanted to look after her younger sister and Solid wanted to play with her. Everything seemed to be peaceful… until…"

Nozel narrowed his eyes, fury filling his eyes as he remembered the day clear as day "Until that woman from the Spade Kingdom attacked when we were alone. Vanica Zogratis, the woman that forced my mother to fight while she was recovering from giving birth, who placed both my sister and I in a dangerous setting, not letting us run away and forcing mother to go all out against her to protect us, and yet… it wasn't enough. Which then… that demon… Megicula, cursed her."

Dorothy frowned. Dorothy was the only other person that knew what truly happened to Acier Silva and the reason behind her death, and she was the only one that Nozel could've vent to so that he could've been at ease after everything he has been through. And even then, it still hurt her to listen to all of it, knowing what happened to the entire family of Silva.

"Everyone thought it was due to the strain of childbirth that was the cause of her death, however, they didn't know what was the true reason behind mother's death. It was one of Megicula's Curse-Warding Spells, it was due to her spells her entire being weakened and I couldn't tell anyone otherwise I would've died alongside her." Nozel gritted his teeth, remembering Vanica's cackle and Megicula's expression once she cursed her after they were done.

"For over a year, I've forced myself to never speak of what happened. Not to my siblings, not to any of the servants, not to any other Magic Knight, not to even about my father." Nozel gripped his pants out of anger and loathing of him unable to do a single thing as his mother was suffering, "I couldn't even do a single thing that would've helped her. Not even if I tried to, everything came into ruin. Everything I wanted to do was all for naught."

Nozel then began to think about the last few words that she said before her passing.

"Nozel… that's enough, please stop." Acier said to her son, as his eyes were all null of life as his body shown signs of fatigue and his hair was a complete mess, "If you keep this up, your life will be in danger as well."

"But…"

"It isn't that easy to get stronger." Acier cut her own son's words as to show her last remaining strength to look at her eldest child, "Don't worry though. You… all of you… one day, you'll be even stronger than me. So live, Nozel!" and then, with her last strength, she looked at his eyes one last time as her final act was that of a smile that Nozel could never forget.

"Live." was her final words that she spoke before her passing.

"Her funeral was 2 days later," was all that Nozel spoke. It sounded wrong hearing someone confident and strong to sound so defeated.

Nozel then remembers that day, and how Judicium Kira, Damnatio's father, officiated the funeral of Acier Silva and how every noble family attended with varying looks of sorrow in their eyes.

"Every noble family attended her funeral… The House of Vermillion, Kira, Vaude, all of the families attended her funeral, and not one person said a thing during everything." Nozel remembers when he saw the looks on Nebra and Solid's faces and how they couldn't stop crying while he held it all together in his heart, but knew that it would all come out one day, "The Situation and everything about it was what drove father from leaving the House Of Silva, leaving me all alone to deal with everything."

Nozel was never close to his father in any regard. Even when he was a small child he knew that the love of between her children and husband was night and day. He knew, at a young age, that the marriage was more or less an arranged marriage so that they could conceive a strong heir to the House of Silva, and even then, when she died, Njord Silva, the proud Silva, ran away. Letting his son be the heir.

"I was forced to carry the burden of everyone when I was only 15 years old. The Silver Eagles needed a Captain that could lead them, the House of Silva needed the their heir and my siblings needed someone, and I… want to say that I accomplished everything, but I couldn't…" Nozel gritted his teeth as he remembered everything down to even at the expression on his family's faces, "That was when I started strengthening myself to push past myself. I even began to take small doses of mercury to build up my immunity to my own magic."

Dorothy closed her eyes as she remembered when she walked in on Nozel drinking mercury, purposefully poisoning himself to get stronger from his own magic, to the point it almost brought her to tears.

"I forced myself to get stronger, stronger than any Captain could become which was the reason why I joined the Clover Diamond war a few years ago, to stop it from happening and to build myself up from what happened," Nozel once remembered how he had to cover himself from an ambush of a couple of Diamond mages wearing masks that wielded Lightning, Wind, Flame and Ice Magic as he managed to assimilate all of them, "I had to get stronger, I needed to become stronger to kill her… that demon."

"Megicula." Nozel said with venom in his voice, powerful enough to kill someone.

"Solid and Nebra were getting stronger by the day, but even I knew that they weren't going to become strong enough to stop her, so I forced myself to train until my body breaks down, until my body can no longer handle mercury… I forced myself upon my own limits and yet, the one thing that I should've been doing… was to look after Noelle." Nozel's voice nearly changed to that of an angered man to a one that was full of despair and dread, remembering the decision he made during that faithful day, even when she was just a small little child.

"Rumours were spread that she was the cause of her death, late childbirth and I couldn't say a word of it otherwise people would've died due to Megicula's curse. Every day I… wanted to try to protect her from everything, that's what older brothers are born for, and I couldn't do it. I made her feel worthless due to me unable to speak about it. The real reason behind mother's curse…" Nozel stopped himself, knowing full well that even despite everything he did and what he was saying, nothing could change what he had done.

"I… wanted to keep her in the Black Bulls so that I could keep her out of trouble, so that Yami could make sure nothing would happen to her, but… it went horribly." Nozel remembered how the famous criminal Mito nearly killed his sister if he was a minute too late, and to his horror, there might've been more near death experiences, "It… failed."

He remembered the words of En Ringard, and he agreed with him. And yet… why didn't he sooner?

Why did he fail to protect the person that he swore his life to that he would protect?

He… didn't know the answer to that.

"I'm a failure of a brother… and I don't deserve anything for what I did." he croaked, his own voice becoming unrecognizable to him once he said that.

Dorothy fell silent. Dorothy was the only other person that knew what happened to the House of Silva, the truth of Acier's death, and yet, even then she barely could've listen through that. It hurt her to see him like this, a prideful man down to a shadow of his former self, someone that held himself of a high calibre was now an almost sobering mess with how his hands were shaking.

But, Dorothy had to stay strong, even when she saw him in a state like this.

She then took a deep breath, "I see… This situation has been gnawing at you for years, hasn't it?" she asked as Nozel slowly nodded, "Alright… I want to say that this situation has many sides of it, and that it doesn't have good or bad sides. I want to tell you everything truthfully, is that alright?"

Nozel wordlessly nodded.

"Alright… I want to start of by saying that what you experienced through should not happen to anyone when they are young. The death of a parent can heavily change someone, either for the better or…" Dorothy glanced at Nozel up and down, "the worse. Losing a loved one has heavy changes to one's heart and no one can heal from it in one day, it takes time to recover. It could last days, weeks, months or even years, but that's normal. Everyone has to go through something and the way you handled it was… well handled."

Nozel looked at her by turning his head. He continued to listen to her and what she had to say.

"Sure, at first you almost didn't find the courage to fight, but you managed to become a Captain after a few years of training, you honed your skills and even managed to protect your family, that's admirable." Dorothy smiled at him which did brighten Nozel up, even for a moment, "Even with everything against your body and spirit, you managed to get through it to secure this spot as a Magic Knight Captain."

"Your hunt and mission to kill the one that killed your mother is a tough challenge, but you can overcome it." Dorothy told him, which Nozel raised his head and shoulders, "I know how you must feel and I am always here to talk to you, that is my job as a Magic Knight Captain, to feel you at ease, and I want to help you."

"However, I can't lie to myself, the way you handled the situation and how you wanted to protect Noelle, was done poorly." Dorothy said as Nozel took a deep breath, knowing what will come, "I understand why you wanted to do that, and I'm not mad at that, but you must understand that it wasn't something that should've happen, especially since she was a young girl at the time and still is."

"From how you told me about her, it sounded how it hurt her as much as it did to you, and you have to understand that pain isn't a one way street, it could harm more than one person, and it seems as though it showed itself from it," Dorothy noted as she did remember the look on Noelle's face and what happened to her, "It may have, or already has, traumatized her. What you told to her and what you did to her has affected her."

"I know… and… I don't deserve forgiveness." Nozel stated.

"Don't say that… I know you, okay? You may be someone that seems hard on the outside, but you are nice in the inside." Nozel once more glanced at Dorothy, knowing that what must be said, "There is always a chance to make it right."

"It's too late though." he said.

Dorothy then reached towards Nozel's head and lifted his head so that they could meet eye to eye, "It's never too late. It's never too late to heal, okay? Both of you can heal from the wounds."

"...are you sure?" Nozel asked.

"Of course!" Dorothy's shining smile burned what Nozel felt at the current moment, almost as if he was starting to believe, "There is always a way."

"Then how… how can I make it right?" He wondered. Which Dorothy then placed her free hand under chin as she began to think about it.

"Hmm… Well, I would suggest that you should act kinder to her, but not enough for a full personality change. Just small acts of kindness and even wanting to ask her questions should work so that she could build trust for you, okay?" Dorothy asked as he nodded, taking her words into consideration "Also, just a small thing, but you should cut down on using mercury for the moment."

Nozel promised Dorothy that one request with him placing his hand under hers, "Thank you."

"Anytime, and besides," Dorothy then reaffirmed the eye contact between each other, "I know you, okay? I believe that you can do this, even if you don't. Alright?"

Nozel closed his eyes and then looked at her, straight in the eyes.

"I will. Thank you, Dorothy." Nozel then lightly moved her hand from his face, "How may I ever repay you?"

"Hmm, let me think… Oh yeah!" she smirks as she then moved her face to the side, "How about a lil peck?"

"Seriously?"

"Whaaaaaat? Can't you kiss your girlfriend on the cheek after she helped you with some words of encouragement?" She teased him, as Nozel then sighed. "What a mean-"

"Fine." said Nozel as he then stood up from his chair as he then began to walk towards Dorothy.

Dorothy, expecting a small peck on the cheek since that's all he could muster, looked up at him and then turned her head to the side.

But then, unexpectedly, he knelt down on his knees, placed his hand under her chin and turned her head to face him.

"Wha-"

She was then cut off as Nozel then kissed her, right at her lips with Dorothy widening her eyes in the process while blushing profusely.

The kiss lasted a good 20 seconds until Nozel pulled his head backwards with her staring at him in shock.

Nozel, trying to hide his nervousness, gave out a genuine smile on his face as he looked at her, "Thank you Dorothy, I will keep your words to my heart." as then he began to materialize out of Therapy Land.

Dorothy then slumped onto her chair, her face redder than it has ever been in her entire life, covering her face in embarrassment.

"He's going to be the death of me…"

Truth be told, while Dorothy may be the constant tease of the relationship, she folds under anything other than a kiss on the cheek by him.

At the Eye Of The Midnight Sun

"DAMN IT! DAMN IT! DAMN IT ALL!" yelled Rades as he shot several rounds of Mana Bullets to several stalactites in the base of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun, "I WILL KILL THAT BRAT ASTA! HOW DARE HE HURT ME! I WILL KILL HIM AND USE HIS ASS AS A CORPSE SOLDIER!"

"Hey, hey, hey! You can't do that!" Rades turned his attention to Sally, who was wearing a new robe, "I want to dissect him first! It ain't fair if you get him first and I have to miss the chance to learn about his biology!" said Sally as she then pointed at his cheek, "FYI, I healed that mark of yours so it shouldn't hurt no more. You are acting like a big baby."

"NOOOOOOOO! IT STILL HURTS!" screamed Rades as he placed his hand on his cheek, "AND HELL NO! IF YOU TAKE HIS ASS THEN IT WOULD TAKE FOREVER FOR YOU TO FINISH!"

"Hey!" Sally pushed her glasses upwards, "It would only take a month for me to fully dissect him, so it won't be too long. Although… if I dissect his Grimoire too…."

"See what I mean?! You will take forever getting that brat while I sit on my ass doing nothing!" yelled Rades.

"Like that would change anything," Sally remarked as a tic appeared on the necromancer's head.

"What was that…"

"You wouldn't survive 5 minutes where we were." Sally shuddered after remembering fighting Yuno as he was more of akin to a Captain than a rookie.

"What? That pointy eared schmuck? Like hell he was even trouble! I would've just sicked Michael and Heath at him!" yelled Rades.

"Yeah and waste more corpses."

"Fuck you woman!"

"Please, stop arguing." said Valtos as he rubbed his forehead as he already talked to the Leader of The Eye Of The MIdnight Sun, whose name was supposedly known as Licht, "My head hurts from hearing you two argue."

"I don't really mind it." they turned their heads towards Mito Muay, who was now more of a stick compared to a rather impressive build he had before as he continued to pound on the punching bag to build up his muscles and to the build he had previously, "It kinda keeps me locked in my training." Mito turned to Sally, "Oh yeah, have you found out the best diet I could have for building my muscles?"

"That? Oh please, I found out about it in like an hour, it was extremely easy for me!" said Sally as she handed out a piece of paper to Mito to which he took so that he could properly build his muscles so that they won't be be as skinny as they are right now, "Here you go!"

"Thanks." Mito stretched for a moment, "Once I'm confident about my build, I'll help you out in it."

"Your help is greatly appreciated." said Valtos as Mito gave him a thumbs up. Valtos then turned to Sally and Rades, "I have talked about Zuta about the deaths of Toike and Zarick and he has been taking it rather well."

"They were reduced to dust, yeah?" asked Rades as Valtos nodded, "Sucks. Could've been good help as one of my corpses."

"You're still worried about that?" asked a figure as they all turned, including Mito as he was drinking a glass of water, as the figure revealed himself to be a man wearing the robe the same as them. His face is rather sharp compared to others, with his red eyes sparking with a rather smug demeanor on his face, as he had short black hair with a long lock at the right side of his face. "I wouldn't recommend caring with such wasteful thoughts. They're dead, so we should move on from it."

"Yikes," Sally tugged her robe as even she wouldn't say things like that to one of her own colleagues.

"Dude, come on, they were your colleagues." said Mito as Rades shrugged his shoulders.

"Eh. I don't really care about this." Rades never had any strong opinions on most people, with a just a couple of strong exceptions to that rule.

"Now that's rather disrespectful, even for you Ori." said Valtos.

"Right, I should, even of what I heard from them is that they struggled against one Magic Knight despite being outnumbered," said Ori Gami, a Paper Magic user, with a sneer, "It's quite funny that all of you speak highly of yourselves, but fold under one rookie."

"Trust me, your papers would have been shredded against him. Literally." Mito replied, "Your Paper Magic would not survive against either his Wind or Star Magic."

"That's your opinion, stringbean." Mito gritted his teeth hearing that, "If he needs two attributes to keep up, then let that loser do what he wants," Ori turned around, "I'm gonna go do my own thing, catch ya later."

As they watched Ori walk away, Mito shook his head, "God I hate that asshole. I know I may be a murderer of my own dojo, but he just knows how to piss me off."

"You said it, I hate those cocky jerks. If it weren't for Lord Licht, I would've turned him into a zombie." said Rades.

"Same, same." Sally nodded with them.

"Speaking off, Rades, I want to talk to you about your zombies as Lord Licht wanted to look over something due to our connection in Nean Village," said Valtos as Rades shrugged.

"Screw it, why not? I have nothing better to do." said Rades as he then followed Valtos.

Mito and Sally stayed quiet as they saw the two walk away to talk about strategy that shall commence in the Nean Village's cave.

"Well… I'm gonna study the parts of Asta that I managed to took before the Wizard King took us by surprise," said Sally as she then took out a handful of gray coloured hair strands, "Off I go! See ya, Mito!"

"See you later." Mito waved towards Sally as he then looked at his punching bag. "Well, there's nothing better to do." said Mito as he continued to train his body to next level.

They will be ready for the mission in Nean.

They shall be ready.

At The Wizard King's Office

Julius sighed as he continued to file paper work, to which Marx was extremely glad to see him actually do every so often he walks by, as the past few, well, hours were quite hectic to say the least.

He informed all of the families of the deceased during the zombie break, he was looking over all of the bodies that weren't turned to zombies, had to rework all of the damages around the Capital, which did take a lot of him to do so, tried to contact the only other Vermillion Head after the state of which Fuegoleon was left in, but to no avail as the only one that knows her whereabouts is Leopold, who was taking a rather large break by sleeping, and tried to get information from Howard and Catherine.

And there was a problem with that.

It seems as though either pure loyalty of their so called 'Lord Licht' or from a spell that blocked any other way of getting into their memories thanks to Marx' Memory Magic.

There was a way to get around it, and it happens to be the new rookie who Yami recruited a few months ago.

Julius sighed, "Every time I finish one paper, another just keeps appearing." said The Wizard King.

"Maybe it would've helped if you did them when you had the time and not all at once," said a voice to which Julius smiled.

Julius looked up and saw a middle aged man with eyes that spoke of that of a warrior, as he had short purple hair with piercing blue eyes as he had a purple coloured stubble. He wore a purple coloured cowboy hat as the rest of his attire consisted of long brown pants, black leather cowboy boots with wheels on them, with a black long sleeved shirt with a long purple coloured scarf that covered his shoulders with the ends being that of blood red. "Hey, Ken. Finally have free time after all, huh?"

"With everything happening? Shocked as well." the man nicknamed Ken stretched his muscles a bit, "You know how it goes. Going through different towns to find evidence, trying to find new leads on the new terrorist group, sending people to jail, all the work."

Julius chuckled, "It sounds more fun than paperwork," said the Wizard King, as he slouched on his chair looking up at Ken.

"You would learn a new subject just to get away from it." said Ken as Julius chuckled.

"Harsh, but accurate." agreed Julius as he looked at him, "I want to say, thank you for helping me find the base of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun."

"It was no big deal, I was scanning the area until I found a strange building, which I then investigated inside to find a rather large tablet that had a couple of empty spaces." Ken then glanced at Julius, "You did understand what they were, right?"

"No and unfortunately, what appears to be their leader left with it." answered Julius as Ken sighed.

"Damn it. It seems as though I have to look for their base, am I right?" asked Ken as Julius nodded.

"It seems so." Julius replied which Ken moved his head to the side several times.

"Eh, it shouldn't be too difficult. I already know at least 30 percent of the Clover Kingdom's surface doesn't have any traces of a secret base, and I checked." said Ken.

"Aren't you overworking yourself, Ken?" Julius asked with genuine worry in his voice, "You haven't come here as often as you have previously. Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing, the sudden attacks on the villages prior, on top of the few rouge mages, have been rather stressful to deal with and I kinda did go on a few days on a journey, but I promise, I have been taking breaks." said Ken as Julius looked at him with worried eyes.

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, I promise, I have been taking breaks." he said, making sure that he did take care of himself during these adventures.

Julius sighed, "Alright, I will take your word for it. I believe, I'm only asking, because I care about your well being, I hope you know that, Ken." he stood up as he then placed his hand under Ken's chin, "You should know that I care about you, Ken."

Ken looked at Julius and smiled at him, "Yeah, I know. And I care about you too, Julius." the two looked at each other deeply in their eyes.

An almost non verbal communication going on in their eyes as the two continued to gaze at each other.

However, it stopped once they heard two sets of footsteps coming.

"Hello, I'm here for the meeting."

"Yo, we bothering you two?"

The two looked and saw Yami Sukehiro and William Vangeance walk in, the Captains of the newly established Black Bulls and Golden Dawn respectively. The latter didn't come in tow with anything, but the former was carrying a bottle of sake with him with several shot glasses.

Sake is a drink that is commonly made in Yami's hometown that is an alcoholic drink that is commonly defined as rice wine. It does help the fact that it is surprisingly extremely tasteful and could knock anyone (read: Charlotte and Nozel) off their feet if they drink even just 2 shots of it.

The main reason why they were here in the first place was because it was an annual meeting between the two Captains, The Wizard King and either Ken or Marx depending on if they were free at the time where they mostly discuss their future, their rookies and even more. Sure, this does happen with other Captains at times, but it was more or less done with Yami and William due to the main reason of Julius being rather bias towards them as he practically gave them a reason to become Magic Knights in the first place.

"Ahh, William, Yami, so happy that you could make it." said Julius, as he removed his hand from Ken (to which he showed an unpleased face as he did so) to see his two favourite Captains.

"It wasn't much of a trouble to get here." said William, "It was hard to get to sleep due to a… recent accident with one of my subordinates, but we sorted our feelings out."

"And I just woke up an hour ago." Yami replied as he looked at the cowboy in the room, "Oh, hey Kenneth. Looking sharper than usual."

Ken, or in this case, Kenneth smirked, "Likewise. It seems as though you actually put on a clean tank top."

"Ha! Touche." remarked Yami as he walked towards a nearby table, as did the Wizard King, Kenneth and William.

He then slammed the bottle of sake and began to pour everyone a shot of it.

"Sake this early on the day?" asked William with a rather judging tone, "Yami, you don't have much plans for today, do you?"

"Oh shut your face, goldie. Unlike you, we can actually take a few shots of sake." said Yami with a smirk on his face. "Remember? That time where you got so god damn drunk that even Morgen had to laugh at how you acted? Like a drunkard barn?" Yami stifled a laugh in his face as Julius and Kenneth showed a decent poker face.

"Yes, yes, I am aware of that. It is not like you mention that fact every time we drink together." said William as Yami laughed straight at his face.

"Cause it is hilarious!"

"It was 10 years ago." William rubbed his eyelids.

"Come now you two, we're here for drinks and to have a good time, we can't have conflict here." said Julius as that was enough for the two to stop arguing, as Kenneth smirked at that.

After Yami poured drinks for everyone, the four then grabbed their shots and clicked together their shots, "Bottoms up." they said as they all took a drink of it.

William winced once he was finished, "Never going to be used to that." he said.

"Speak for yourself." said Kenneth as he grabbed the bottle and poured it to Julius as the two were known for their rather ridiculous alcohol tolerance.

"So, before we talk about the rookies," began Yami as he looked at Julius and Kenneth, "How is the relationship going for you two?" asked Yami, "Because I haven't seen you two together for at least a month."

"Why is that question important to you?" asked Kenneth with a raised brow.

"Eh. Just curious is all." said Yami as William had to admit, he was a bit curious on what is happening between the two.

"Oh, don't worry about it at all! It is going rather strong," said Julius with a happy look on his face as Kenneth shared it, "Nothing is going on badly, it's just that he is busy is all."

"Yeah, don't worry about it. It is going well." said Kenneth as he thought about this situation as if his kids were asking if they were getting a divorce.

"That's good to know." said William. "Well… I have a question."

"Shoot." said Kenneth.

"Have you thought about getting kids?" the two looked at William as did Yami, "I'm curious to know since you are both in your 40-ies, so I'm only asking."

"No."

"Agreed." Julius agreed with Kenneth.

"Sorry, as much as I do like kids, raising one in this environment would just be rather difficult with both of our professions. Either they are going on dangerous missions with me," Kenneth pointed at himself as then he pointed at Julius, "or he would be a massive target if they were seen close to him at all. That would not be good in the slightest."

"That and…" Julius nodded, "I would be afraid that would even be an increase in the amount of jobs that Marx has to do."

"Oh yeah that too." said Kenneth as it would be practically hell for Marx to take care of all of this.

"Well, I respect your wishes." said William.

"Yeah, and I get it. I already have like 10 kids with me at my base at the current moment and they are all on my nerves." said Yami as he rubbed his eyes.

"Aren't they all like… at least in their twenties?" asked Julius.

"They are my kids god damn it." said Yami as he would murder people for every single one of them.

"I see…" Julius said with a bit of a confused tone. "So what about you two. Have you thought about getting with someone yet?"

"Can't say that I am at the moment." said William, "Quite frankly, I don't see myself getting with someone as I am quite busy."

"Oh don't pull my tail, there has to be someone that you would be with." said Yami as he leaned forward, "What about from your squad?"

William shook his head, "Not one of my comrades would I date. Even with the love of Alecdora is obvious, I am not interested."

"Someone from the noble houses?"

"I am afraid that they aren't my type." answered William.

"One of the Captains?" asked Yami as William turned to him with a rather disgusted look.

"I am not insane to date any of them. I may respect them, but be in a relationship? No." William firmly answered.

Yami raised his finger, but then dropped it, "Fair enough."

"What about you?" William crossed his arms. He usually is never like this with anyone, but with someone like Yami and Julius, even towards Kenneth, he sometimes showed this attitude, "Do you have that special someone? Mister I Dated The Faust Siblings." Julius and Kenneth turned to Yami as he was sweating, "What about Karna?"

"Karna Freese?" asked Kenneth in a rather shocked tone, remembering the family of Frees as they were known as the family that could tell the future, but after it was known the head, Freese The Seer, was actually using a Magic Item, the entire house was burned to the ground overnight.

"That was supposed to be a secret, asshole!" he whispered to William as he then turned to the two, "That was a one night fling!" Yami rested as he shook his head, "Okay, it was more or less a couple of nights, but come on! You can't blame me! We were 16, a couple of hormonal teenagers in a mansion together in one night while it was cold outside! What the hell did you expect to happen!" he then began to mumble, "Not to mention how insane she got. Should've followed that saying…"

"Yami…"

"Oh come on! What were we supposed to do!" yelled Yami in anger.

"Fair I suppose." said Julius as he then looked at him again, "Wait, you dated Morgen and Nacht?"

"More or less, yeah. I dated Morgen for a couple of months when I was still a Grey Deer." said Yami.

"And then he broke up with you."

"Woah! We both, mutually broke up with each other! We had a calm conversation, and then we ended in good terms and remained friends." said Yami with a confident look on his face.

"And then you did the same thing, but with his brother." said William, remembering the whole exchange clearly.

"...okay, yeah, I can't defend that part." said Yami as he shook his head, "That thing lasted 2 days."

"2 days?" they questioned.

"2 days." said a nodding William.

Julius, trying to understand what happened with Yami, asked a question, "What about Charlotte?"

Yami raised a brow, "Why would you bring her up?" asked Yami as they all looked at him like he was an idiot. "Is my face funny to y'all or…?"

"Are you kidding me? Have you not seen any signs of her? Not one sign?" asked Kenneth in shock as then Yami began to think about what he meant as then he 'ahh'ed.

"Ooooh, that's what you meant. Oh no, nothing has happened between us recently, we are close colleagues I would assume." said Yami as that was quite shocking to hear.

"Really? I thought you two would have been together right about now, even if she might not drink as much as you." said William as he did note that Charlotte had the alcohol tolerance of a newborn baby, and even then, the baby might get a drop more of liquor before they go to bed.

"It's not a deal breaker, not even the slightest. If anything, there would be more alcohol for me to enjoy while she could drink tea, seen her drink it a lot lately." said Yami as he took another shot of sake.

"When exactly did you realize her feelings?" asked Kenneth as he did the same thing.

"I would say… a year ago?" Yami scratched his chin, "I mean, at first I would've expected her to despise me since she was a man hater, but it turns out, she actually does have positive feelings for me. A guy, could you imagine that? And it did make sense, with her ki being all over the place once she realizes I am in her general direction."

"Why haven't you decided to ask her out yet? You do realize that a relationship between Captains outside of work is allowed, right?" said Julius as he almost wanted to mention Nozel and Dorothy's relationship, which has been going on for over 3 years. He and Kenneth were the only ones that know about the relationship and decided to keep to themselves.

"Honestly? Call me a prick, but I want to see how it can go. Would she actually decide to confess, or would she do the opposite? Kinda curious." said Yami as they looked at him and they wanted to smack him.

"Wow, you are a prick." Only the Captain of the Black Bulls could have William say that to someone.

"Right back at ya."

"And you are fine with that?" asked Julius in a genuinely worried tone.

"What is this, 20 questions? Maybe, sure, if things go south, I'll ask her out, happy?" asked Yami as he looked around him and none of them were amused. "Oh screw off." He leaned back, "Aren't we supposed to talk about the rookies? What happened to that?"

"Oh yeah, that part." they said as it kinda made him want to smack them.

"Well… it is time to see their progress shall we? I will be honest, I am quite interested on what they have truly accomplished." said Julius as they could feel his almost unbelievable power being used at this very moment as a bubble began to form, "I assume all of you are aware whom I talking about?"

"Yeah, yeah, the Anti-Magic brat I recruited." said Yami.

"And, I will assume that you are talking about Yuno as well?" asked William which was more of a rhetorical question.

"That's right. All of the new Magic Knights have pulled in their efforts in the short time they have been a part of the Magic Knight Brigade, but these two show the most amount of promise." The 4 were now in a bubble with the Heart Kingdom's Numerical System being written over the rings around the time bubble, as they were all in the time bubble of their own free will.

This was Julius' Time Magic: Akasikés Ichografíseis, a spell that works like his Chrono Stasis, but with Julius as the main target as he could pick anyone around him as the target as well. It is actually not even painful for anyone unless he chooses to. This Spell allows him to replay moments of time of a certain user that he has been in contact with for at least a day prior to what happened, and the outside world to them changes to what they see were memories of the ones that he met. The Spell only lasts 1 second in real time, but to them it could last up to 10 hours.

Kenneth looked around, as he then sighed. His small Time bullets weren't as strong as even the simplest of Julius' spells, but it did make sense after all. Even Captains weren't on the level of Wizard Kings as the second strongest here, William, could barely match even him.

"So…" they all turned to Julius, "How would you like to view all of their missions?"

"Chronologically? It seems as though it might be the most simple way of getting to the timeline of it all." said William as Yami shrugged his shoulders.

"The same as him."

"I don't mind going with that." Kenneth agreed as well as they then began to rewind themselves back to Asta's first mission. In Saussy Village.

They all witnessed how Magna simply watched back to see the two new knights running away from magic boars until he had to step in with a simple spell with his finger tips. After that was cleared, they heard how the chief and him were close to each other, which made Yami grimace once he knew what was going to happen. When they reached Saussy Village, Seihi was killed by rouge mages that they learned were the Eye Of The Midnight Sun.

Kenneth recognized the Ice Mage particular as he was known as Heath Graice, the one that was known for burying his enemies in ice, as they saw him trying to kill Magna, Asta and Noelle with the mages sending out a fury of spells, as Noelle provided support with her new spell that protected her and the villagers with difficulty, as Magna sent out a strong number of shots that came forward at them, which they thought they were safe from when dodging, were actually bounced off by Asta, sending them back to the rouge mages.

Yami prepared himself to see it, Heath has decided to kill himself and those who were captured as well for someone special, which Julius knew that it had to be Licht. William shockingly had a neutral face, as Yami wondered why he would act as if he saw it before? Or at least heard about it? Which was enough for Yami to ignore that one mage actually escape to announce what happened in Saussy Village.

Then, what appears to be a day later, changed into dawn as they saw the Golden Dawn Magic Knights, Klaus, Mimosa and Yuno as they were protecting Salim Hapshass so that he could get to the Heart Kingdom safely, which made William lean forward as he remembered what Klaus explained it to him how Yuno handled himself against 5 bandits all at once, in air. And to their shock, even when starting Yuno impressed them at how he handled himself in that fight. Sure, there were still rooms to improve as he was struck by a basic move from a Stone Mage, but even then, he managed to clear out all of the trouble in no time.

After that, they then saw the fee was cut down to show him handling a bunch of thieves one on one with zero trouble, cutting them one by one until he did need a little bit of help from Klaus since he didn't want to hurt Sister Lily. After they listened through what happened with Salim and him basically wanting to kill Yuno, they thought about sending him to jail until they dodged a blast from the best Bounty Hunter the Clover Kingdom has ever had. Luth Salgarir.

"Seriously? They fought Luth?" asked Kenneth, leaning in with interest.

"You fought him once?" asked Yami with interest.

"Fight would be an inaccurate statement. Think of it more of a goose chase that lasted for several hours on end, which only ended due to him using the entire forest around me with his Green Nature to screw me up every chance he got, not to mention his Unvisible Man made it nearly impossible to locate him." Kenneth still remembered the only person that escaped him, "Not to mention his Pink Energizer made him faster than lightning at times."

"I won't deny that someone as strong as him would've been extremely hard to fight with his various spells." said William as he saw Yuno conjuring a wind blade, "Salim Hapshass… I do admit, he would've been a fine Magic Knight, but with spells leave a lot to be admired, not to mention his spell's name is rather long."

"They do have a nice ring to them, at the very least." admitted Julius as he continued to watch the battle he once saw before. How Yuno and Klaus were managing to battle against Luth two on one, how they temporarily managed to beat him as they rested for a few minutes, until a recovery spell was activated which made everyone look at Luth Salgarir like he has gone mad.

Then, what could only be described as an asswhooping and a half, they were forced to watch the Golden Dawn Magic Knights get rather brutally be pummeled, as they were all punched to the gut, stabbed and cringed as they saw Luth kick Yuno mid air to the ground, as even two swords were even enough to stop as he perfectly parried every attack that came to him with ease, and just as soon as Klaus was about to get butchered brutally, a third star appeared and teleported Klaus out of harm's way.

"Conjunction. Interesting." William placed a hand under his chin, "This spell could be a counter towards Spatial Magic users if he was trapped inside of them, or it could be good for getting people out of trouble."

With a recent surge of power, Yuno continued onto his onslaught, making it clear that he will make even Luth confuse on where he is to start with, as a combo spell was enough to put him down after his second strongest spell… which was not enough for stopping him from using his Unlimited Void to blow himself up, as thankfully it only cleared a few clouds in the process.

Then, static appeared as they saw a few visions of the brief missions that everyone went through, how Asta stopped a robber from running away, how Yuno stopped a murderer from going any further to more, as they were then set towards the Dungeon, near the Diamond Kingdom boarders.

They were first shown a brief scuffle between Lotus (Whom Yami audibly laughed at seeing) and Luck, with it ending with Lotus trapping Luck from going any further, only for Asta and Noelle to show up to back up their friend. Luck was at first adamant about fighting Lotus alone, but after a brief conversation with Asta, he learned how to accept fighting with others as with using Noelle as a cannon, Luck as the distraction and Asta as the spear, they managed to beat him.

They were then cut to see The Golden Dawn Mages battling against the Diamond Kingdom, at first it was Juden tearing down all of Mimosa's spells with fire, Zvuk easily managing to beat up Klaus and Yuno tried to make Mars move, but that was almost impossible as the last two switched places only for the result to remain the same. Once the Black Bulls came, they began to form a strategy.

Mimosa and Luck battled against Zvuk (Which of whom the two Captains were incredibly surprised that the two were able to be a decent pair of teammates), Noelle and Klaus battling Juden (Which made Yami pop off once he saw Noelle creating a massive sea dragon to almost kill Juden) and Asta and Yuno battling Mars, which even had Luck joining in for the fun of it.

The teamwork between the three was incredible, as they were wordlessly able to get strategies done in no time, delivering quick jabs or even devastating attacks towards him, as while the Black Bulls fought the crystal copies, Yuno had to navigate the massive sword in the way, as he managed to use that to their advantage to kill of all of the clones as they were able to get a quick and power strike combining Yuno and Asta's strengths as users. The variety of Yuno's magic plus Asta's full on strength.

Most people would believe that was enough of him, but to their dismay and shock, that was just the start as they saw a combo of Flame and Crystal Magic into an armour that was worthy of a King to wear, as all of the weapons were now in a blazing inferno, all of the attacks were detailed and precise, as all of their clothing were beginning to burn every moment they take. But that wasn't enough for them to give up as they stood up, and landed a spell that made William and Yami proud to unbelievable measures that they were able to pull that off.

However, they were incredibly exhausted when they saw Mars come out of the binding, to create his final spell that would've killed the average man, switching from speed and versatility for attack and defense, as it easily wiped nearly every member once they got into the treasure room, even when Asta got a new sword to boot, leaving Yuno to leave the job to him, as they all saw around him time being frozen, as they saw the small fairy blow away the massive sword with a single breath.

After the rather thrill rush that was the Dungeon raid, which explained why they looked like they went through several pits of hell when they returned, as they saw Yuno nearly cry getting his ass kicked in Duel Monsters while Asta, and the Bulls, help out Fanzell-

"Hold on." they looked at Kenneth, with the background being the Bulls brutally beating the shit out of Fanzell, "Isn't that the Diamond Fugitive that went into the kingdom a while ago?" asked Kenneth as he stared directly towards Yami.

Yami sweatdropped, "Who are you-"

"Don't lie to me. I know when you are lying, so spill it." said Kenneth as his job was that of a Bounty Hunter. He has to catch those who break the law and the targets he is assigned to. Breaking into the Clover Kingdom's boarders, even if you aren't doing it out of malice, is a serious crime.

"Okay, fine! I knew about the whole Fanzell stuff! Including his fiancee and adoptive daughter when I saw them flying off that he was a Diamond Fugitive!" said Yami as he did feel bad about his situation.

"And you didn't do anything about it?" asked William, ignoring the background for a moment, which included Finral (a known pacifist in the squad) slamming several chairs onto him.

"I would if I wanted to and knew if they were going to do some shady shit! By from the way his Ki was the entire time, he was just some poor dude that wanted to get away from his shitty life with his fiancee, so I let him go!" said Yami as he cringed seeing him trying to perform the Iai Slash onto him.

Kenneth's nose twitched, "Yami, I swear to God if I see him doing anything shady-"

"Hold on, Ken," said Julius as they then turned to see a small orb of time which showed the current events going on, "I tried to locate Fanzell and his location. Here is what they are currently doing."

They saw that Fanzell was doing regular garden work, digging up small holes into the soil as he planted several seeds into them as Mariella helped bringing the vegetables inside of the small house that they were staying at the current moment, with Dominante walking up to them, busy from a long day of selling Magic Items. It was kinda like seeing a stay at home husband taking care of the kids and house while his wife is being the breadwinner.

"Seems as though they are having a nice little life together." commented William as Yami grinned at him.

"See what I mean?" asked Yami as he turned to Kenneth, "So?"

He sighed, "I'll let them be for now. If they do anything illegal, I will arrest them. Deal?"

"Deal." they said as they continued to see what happened with the Diamond Kingdom, Mariella, Dominante and Fanzell.

After they watched everything that happened, they were then cut to see the zombie attack, an attack greatly sicked all of those who have watched it as they saw the zombies tear people left and right, almost feeling as though they should've been there, even if there weren't any options. Once the Magic Knights arrived, it all ended quite smoothly… until they saw that all of them, sans 4, were taken to a completely different field, leaving Yuno to fend for himself.

Against 10 Mages.

Kenneth spat out his drink as he saw Mito Muay there, but he was even more shocked that Yuno was able to match up with him due to his smaller size and speed, along with versatility, but he did see an issue on his fighting style. While he was an extremely versatile mage that could give even Nozel a run for his money, he was unable to perform both close combat and long range combat, which has shown that a couple of hits would leave him on the floor.

Yuno was a fast Magic Knight and for someone who just started out, he is doing better than anyone could imagine, but then there is the issue of him almost unable for him to take a punch without leaving to be vulnerable for a moment. He even saw it during the small exchange between Mito and Yuno. And there was a point of him being a bit overconfident with his skills as a fighter, which if he isn't careful enough, could be proven to be fatal.

Then, he saw him using his actual Star Magic to new ways, such as heating them up to burn through Sally's salamander, using it as a mini sun to grab them into one place to get them or even creating a bow and arrow that has the arrows act as their own spells, which they had to admit, was a neat way to use their magic.

After that, they were taken aback for a moment as they saw Yuno come out of Abari's spell with a spell, punching him square in the face and continue to fight on, and they were slightly disturbed to see Yuno unleashing a storm of shrapnel at his opponents while he was sitting in a barrier, minding his own business, until he was ambushed by Toike and Zuta, as he was way over in his head to not blow him away completely and unfortunately paid the price as his mana was donated towards the other mages.

Then… they were all in completely awe as they saw Yuno pull out, not one, but two Mana Zones in one day, back to back, completely changing the tides of the battle completely as he flew towards a different part of the Capital.

"Okay… Slightly wishing that he joined my squad rather than yours." said Yami as William smirked at him as they then saw a witch and an ex-noble man by the name of Howard Agrippa, which made Kenneth grit his teeth upon hearing his tale.

At first, it was not a close fight as Howard's Amplify Magic was ridiculously disgustingly broken that would make everything around him either weaker or stronger no matter what, but with one clear shot, almost killed him off with a single hit, but then he was struck once more and William held back throwing up upon seeing Howard's state.

As then, Julius then felt as though he was about to see something magical, magical it is as his eyes shined when he saw the wind around Yuno to change profusely, combing each other to create a vortex as the mana combined into each other for the Wind Spirit, Sylph, appeared and single handedly defeated them, but with Catherine's last ditch effort, flew all the way towards Charmy.

Who kicked her ass with one strike.

Then they saw later, with Yuno ending up in a comfortable cotton bed.

Yami was silent for the moment as the scenario changed to Asta yelling at the necromancer Rades. He then turned his attention to William. "Hey."

"Yes?" asked William as he turned to his friend.

"I don't think you have to be a scientist to know what is happening, yeah?" asked Yami, anger clearly being heard through.

"I would agree." said William as Yami sighed.

"Good and let me tell you something, and report this back to him, alright?" asked Yami as William nodded, "Okay… If they do decide to date, then… everything that he does to her," his eyes was overshadowed by his Dark Magic which Julius and Kenneth found amusing, "I'll do to him. Got it?"

"I understand, Yami, you don't have to threaten my life." said William as the Black Bull Captain leaned back to take a small puff of his cigarette. He then silently prayed for Yuno's wellbeing after the fact.

"Doesn't…" Julius trailed for a bit, "Doesn't Charmy have a living father and mother?"

Yami nodded, "Yup. Mithril and Berronar. A bit weird that Charmy's name is a bit different from theirs, but I'm not judging."

"Yeah, but are they alright with you basically calling her your kid?" asked Julius as Yami laughed loudly.

"PAH! Oh no, they are actually quite fine with that." said Yami as he remember when he had to explain how he managed to recruit the daughter of the blacksmith that makes his weapons, but Mithril just laughed and smacked his back, which hurt like hell, knowing full well that he trusts him to take care of his daughter in the Magic Knights. "Mithril was surprisingly chill and sometimes I was invited to the dinners… my god, can Berronar drink like there is no tomorrow. She makes you two look like William here."

"How thoughtful of you, Yami." said William as he face palmed.

"Seriously, she drank a whole house worth of alcohol like it was nothing, and the scariest part is that Charmy can do that too!" that… was concerning, "Hell, it was like a gene in that family that they can drink more than some Gods in a festival. Her younger siblings, Fern and Voll, I don't know what is the naming scheme with that family, drank more than me!"

"That…. is highly concerning." Kenneth turned to Julius.

"Kinda? Mithril once said that his people drank when they were like 2 years old so in reality they started kinda late, but honestly, they are good people to be around." explained Yami as they were a bit concerned about the Pappitson family and their habits. "Honestly, Charmy doesn't even drink at all when she is with the Bulls, only during family traditions and that is it."

Julius tried to wrap his head around that fact, but decided to let it be for now, "I see-"

"WHAT THE HELL?!" they were taken aback as they saw Yami stood up.

"What?" asked Kenneth as Yami then pointed straight towards Heath, "Is that… a corpse? Being used as a weapon?"

"Nah, fuck that, look what he is holding!" yelled Yami as they then looked closely and they noticed that his weapon of choice was actually a katana, "How the hell is he wielding an Enchanted Blade!?"

"Oh my gosh, it is one." Julius placed a hand under his chin as William continued to stare at it, "I only have heard about it in Legends, but to see an Enchanted Blade as close as possible it is… almost incredible to see."

"Correct me if I am wrong," they turned to Kenneth, "Isn't the only recording of an Enchanted Blade used by the third Wizard King, Alexander Arthur?"

"No, no, you are correct," Yami said as he looked at a piece of what his homeland's power was in the hand of a living corpse, "I am just… shocked to see one used by someone in the Clover Kingdom."

"Wait, why haven't you tried to ask Mithril to create one for you? Isn't your katana made by him?" asked William.

"Don't you think I would've done that already?" Yami sighed, "Katana's already difficult for him to build as their sheaths are rounder than most swords, the length is the size of a human, much more than just a dull one, a certain sharpness to them so that they could cut boulders, not to mention the lightness to them is difficult for him to manage with every he has. An Enchanted Blade could only be created by the first Blacksmith in my home country."

To explain what an Enchanted Blade is, long ago, 500 years ago to be exact, during what most could be described as the Sengoku Period, there was a civil war going on in the for the daimyo to expand their forces and nations, and one such man known as Amakuni Kunishige wanted all of it to end, to create an era of peace after the faithful Ocha-ami blessed them centuries ago, so with her tears that were known as the Datenseki, he used the tears to create 15 of the strongest blades known to mankind.

The Enchanted Blades.

The Datenseki were coated into iron that was the base component to create the blade itself, but that wasn't enough, he coated the blades with different mana signatures to create make them different from regular katanas. They were infused with his very blood, his very part of his own soul, which were the main reason why they were so powerful. Kunishige had mana signatures that of a current Shogun, and all of them were equally made to protect the weak.

Only 15 of them were created, only for the reason of him being afraid of what they might cause.

And the last one created, the strongest of them all, was given to his only son, Amakuni Chihiro, Enten. As it is passed down to every Shogun from that day forward.

It was almost a myth to see another Enchanted Blade in action in the Clover Kingdom, as the last one seen was roughly 500 years ago when it was gone after Arthur died.

"Do… you know the name of that Enchanted Blade?" asked William which Yami narrowed his eyes at.

"Yes. It has the properties of Ice, so I would say it was known as… Hyorinmaru." said Yami, one thought to almost be forgotten when he walked with a boy his age during his time in a different country to a museum of the blades.

"Sounds great to say, right?" asked Julius as they had to agree, it was a sick name.

After a few minutes of wishing that he held an Enchanted Blade, they continued to watch how the fight played in with the Black Bulls and the Crimson Lion Kings, as Leopold fought Heath to an equal footing as Asta battled Jimmy with relativic ease compared to most, as when Leopold was about to lose, Fuegoleon stepped in to save his brother with Noelle, but to their shock, Heath wasn't even finished.

2 more corpses appeared, one of which William noted to have the same name as one of his subordinates, as Fuegoleon fought Jimmy, Asta fought Alfred, Leopold resumed his rematch against Heath and Noelle fought David of which they all won with varying levels of difficulty. Which Fuegoleon even managed to kill another corpse by the name of Carl, but after they saw that Rades had one page, he got ambushed and was left with one arm remaining, almost dead.

Of which then two remaining corpses stood up as Leopold shocked everyone with a spell that he managed to perform and cast. Summon Magic.

"Summon Magic? Interesting," said William as he leaned forward as Calor Leo fought one of the corpses with Asta trying to beat up Rades, "I haven't seen someone use that type of spell in a long time. I heard that it originally came from the 5th Wizard King, Wisteria Orchid, and to see it in action is quite interesting."

"That's right." said Kenneth with a small smirk on his face, "Although, I have heard stories that due to how powerful she became and how ruthless she was, the spells had to be cut down to only 1 spell per person otherwise it could lead to be almost like a drug. A drug of power."

"Well, unless it is David Swallow we are talking about," said William with a hint of proudness being heard from his voice, "Though, his Dice Magic could leave to be a cost more than anything. If he gets a 1 or 2 during a fight for his life, it could be fatal, but he doesn't change his attitude towards being a Magic Knight."

They then watched as a corpse used by two different Magic Knight Captains, Michael Gurdensturn and Caesal Rosencrantz, of which upset Julius as he remembered appointing Michael as the Aqua Deer Captain when he became the Wizard King. After a brief scuffle, they then watched them defeat the number 0 corpse with a bit of difficulty.

Then, 10 more of the Eye Of The Midnight Sun members came out of the portals. Of which they were even shocked could move after the asswhooping Yuno gave them, as they all jumped them, but even then, they weren't strong enough to beat 3 of the Magic Knights, with the exceptions being Mito, who roughly destroyed Asta by grabbing him by the feet and slamming him on the ground, and Heath who stabbed Leopold through the back, as it only left Noelle to fend for herself.

Before Mito could attack Noelle, Nozel saved his sister with a look that could bring people down to their knees. As everyone else fought the Eye Of The Midnight Sun, with Mimosa healing Fuegoleon and Asta at the same time.

They then saw Asta getting kidnapped by Sally, which Julius had to tell everyone that he saved him before they could even do anything to him.

Then, after seeing Julius saving Asta and beating the Eye Of The Midnight Sun on his own, it all ended.

Akasikés Ichografíseis then slowly began to turn into mana around the wind, letting Julius, Kenneth, William and Yami out of the orb.

"Well that was traumatizing." said Yami as he still couldn't get over seeing Howard's body out of his head.

"Agreed." said William, slowly trying to understand how Yuno managed to live after a series of life threatening battles.

"At the very least, they were entertaining and insightful for us to understand them." said Julius as he turned to Kenneth, "What do you think, Ken?"

"From what I have seen, all of them have proven to be rather impressive Magic Knights." Kenneth replied. "Would you like to hear my thoughts on the matter?"

"Sure, go ahead." said Julius as Kenneth then laid on to the chair he was sitting on.

"Alright, I will start with Leopold. While he has shown good offense and a smart combatant, understanding what must happen, with a decent range of spells, I would suggest to keep his temper to as much as he can manage. Being mad after seeing your brother almost die is understandable, but after seeing what happened with one of his friends, his temper got to the best of him and couldn't react or hear Heath coming up behind him." said Kenneth as that was a good point to make, with Julius making a small note of it.

"From what I have seen from Mimosa, she has great potential in being a healer, able to recover her allies in a matter of seconds, but her battling experience is more than to be desired. I would suggest her having some lessons in battling. She isn't bad as a battler, as healing is her speciality, but 2 or 3 spells more could help her in a pinch." explained Kenneth as William nodded.

"I will inform her of that." said William.

"Noelle has great potential in her abilities as a mage as her attacking power is incredible and her defense is well made, but her control of her mana could be detrimental to everyone around her and that doesn't help that she only has 2 spells in her arsenal." Kenneth advised.

"We've been trying to help her with that." said Yami while rubbing the back of his head.

"Asta at first glance might seem to be well rounded, but there is a problem with his Anti-Magic. It won't work if he isn't armed with them, as he has to have them with him at all times so that he doesn't get butchered due to not having any mana in the slightest. If there is a way for him to get his swords onto him when they are far away, or if he can create weapons out of Anti-Magic, I strongly advise it." said Kenneth.

"I'll… try my best to find a way." said Yami which he had to admit was a detriment.

"Lastly, Yuno. While he is the most well rounded, both up close and far in combat… he did show acts of rebellion that lead to him nearly dying on occassion or that he can't take a hit very well. There is a word that describes it: Glass Cannon, as he can dish it out, but does fall from a few strong hits. I would advise that he should take a good number of training to build up his pain tolerance and to try and keep his attitude in check most of the time." said Kenneth as William thought about it and nodded at that.

"Understood, I will try my best to teach him." said William as then Julius clapped his hands together.

"Alright, I think it is a fair assessment to make of the new Magic Knights, am I correct?" asked Julius, "In toe, I shall reward them with a rank up of a Rank: Leopold Vermillion is now Class 1 Junior Magic Knight, Noelle Silva is Class 2 Junior Magic Knight, Asta is Class 1 Junior Magic Knight, Mimosa Vermillion is Class 3 Junior Magic Knight and Yuno is Class 1 Junior Magic Knight, oh and for good measure, Charmy Pappitson is also a Class 1 Junior Magic Knight due to her vastly impressive magic power and how quickly she managed to beat her opponent which resulted with us managing to capture Catherine."

Yami smirked at William, "Heh, looks my squad members are doing a whole lot better than yours are."

William turned to Yami, "For the time being, but shall I remind you that my squadmates have overall higher ranks than yours? Your highest ranking Magic Knight is still in the Junior class." William smirked.

"Piss off, asshole." Yami turned his head to the side.

"Well, I think this meeting is now adjourned, this was a nice little refresher that gave us more information about our subordinates." said Julius as he stood up, "You are all dismissed for today."

Kenneth stood up, "I think I will rest for now." said Kenneth as before he could leave, William stopped him.

"I am sorry, Kenneth, but may I ask you something?" asked William as they turned to the Golden Dawn Captain.

"Sure, go ahead. What is it?" asked Kenneth, crossing his arms.

"Well, it is the thing about Yuno," William started, "Since he has gotten the Wind Spirit, I have sensed that his mana has been growing by the minute, and it gets me interested on how he might grow as a Magic Knight, so I want you to test out his strength for me, if that is alright with you?"

"You want me to spar with your new guy?" Kenneth shrugged his shoulders, "Eh, why not? It could be a good way to size him up to see if he has gotten stronger."

"Hold back, okay?" asked Julius as Kenneth looked at him, "I don't want anything horrible to happen with him."

"Don't worry, Julius, I will make sure that I'll go easy on him." said Kenneth as Yami looked at everyone around him.

"Uhhhh, are you sure about this? Mind I remind you the time where I asked him the same thing, and he sent one of my rookies to the hospital?!" asked Yami, "I had to anonymously send him money, food, drinks for a year so that he doesn't know that it was me that sent this man after him!"

"Last time I checked, Zora Ideale is not a Black Bull." said Kenneth.

"For now. I gave him that robe years ago, he'll join one day, I just know it." said Yami with a small smirk.

Kenneth sighed, "I'll go easy on him. It won't be easy for him to get a win over me, but I'll go easy."

"Thank you." William bowed to Kenneth as he and Yami stood up. "We will go now, thank you all for everything."

"It was nice chatting with y'all, but I gotta go now. Finral is waiting for me." said Yami as he and William walked out of the room.

Marx Francois then walked in, "Sir, how is everything go-" He then noticed that Julius wasn't doing any signs of paperwork. And he saw bottles of sake on a table close to them, "...Were you having another Captain's meeting?!"

"No-"

"Yes." Kenneth answered truthfully.

"KEN!" Julius turned to him.

"What, I can't lie to him." he said towards Julius.

"How long have you been having the meeting?" asked Marx, with his tone holding clear anger with every sentence.

"Oh, just 20 minutes." Julius answered, sweating for a bit.

"And in Akasikés Ichografíseis?" asked Marx with his nose twitching.

"Oh… you know… 6 hours?" Julius rubbed the back of his head.

Marx stayed quiet for a moment.

Marx turned to Kenneth, "Make sure that he fills out every paper on the table and do not let him leave."

"You got it, boss." said Kenneth as he then grabbed Julius' robe.

"Wait! Wait! I don't wanna do those papers! Once I fulfill one stack, another comes out of nowhere!" yelled Julius as he pleaded them to be merciful.

They were not.

"Good." Marx and Kenneth answered.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo." was all that Julius could say as he was then forced to fulfill every single paper on that desk.

It was one painful evening for the Wizard King.

Authors Note:

FINALLY DONE! IT TOOK ME 2 MONTHS, BUT I FINALLY GOT IT AND THE YAMI VS YUSAKU DUEL DONE! FINALLY! Sorry for the wait, everything has been kicking my ass lately, so I hope this all ended up perfectly fine the way it ended.

The first scene is just some friendly Golden Dawn stuff because I think it is lowkey important to give some of them a life outside of being background characters. The entire scene was based from Episode 24 with the Petit Clover, with Bell destroying a part of the castle. David X Letoile shipping here, because I love those two and find them extremely entertaining when together, with Alecdora surprisingly kinda having new development. Before, he would barge in and attack Yuno, but now, he now has a good reason why he wants to fight him and beat him, which includes having new spells. It is a subtle development that I kinda wish to develop on. Not to mention, I wanted to give William a good scene to show that, despite everything, he is ultimately proud of Yuno. Being direct with his feelings, the opposite of Yami.

The next scene is just some fun with the Black Bulls. Gauche's love for his sister is toned down compared to the anime, but it is prevalent compared to the manga. The whole debate on Nero's gender was just some fun for everyone to have, and to make it kinda fun to read, with Finral's feelings towards Vanessa being more upfront about it. Will it develop more than just a rather open crush? Or will it end, in some way. Either way, I hope you can see one day.

Now my favourite scene is with Nozel scene with Dorothy. Imma be honest, I love Nozel as a character as he does reflect Byakuya Kuchiki in my eyes, a big brother character that does love his younger sister, but hurt them in the process because of either the promise he made to their parents or he wanted to protect her, but fails miserably on what he did. Unlike that bumfuck known as Itachi Uchiha, he at the very least tried to atone to his sins when he fought Megicula and Acier with his Silver Guardian Spell. I read through Chapter 303 in preparation for this chapter so that his character will be a lot nicer compared to canon (I hope at least). ALSO! Dorothy x Nozel is here in this fic because I have a massive soft spot for this ship. Love ships that have the goofy paired up with the serious one, and I do like it since Dorothy is the only other person that knows about Megicula's existence in canon. Not to mention, I kinda see Nozel as Demisexual.

THEN we get the final scene, and here we meet Kenneth Dryll. And I'm making sure that it is clear that Julius and Kenneth are married in this fic really clearly. I see Julius as Biromantic while Kenneth is just gay. Julius is the only one that could name Kenneth a nickname. With some fun with William and Yami, we get Kagurabachi references for days. The Enchanted Blades, Datenseki, Chihiro, I did this specifically because I love this manga to death. An unhealthy amount. Also we will see Mithril in the fic soon enough.

Fan Named Parents' names: Kirsch and Mimosa (Mom: Eau [French for Water] Nee Silva, Dad: Leonard Vermillion.). Damnatio (Father: Judicium [Latin for Judgement] Kira.), Nozel, Nebra, Solid and Noelle: (Dad: Njord Silva [Norse God Of Water]), Charmy: (Dad: Mithril Eisen [Fictional Ore from Tolkien, Eisen is german for Iron], Mom: Berronar Pappitson [Dwarf Goddess in DnD].)

The arranged marriage between Acier and Njord (Named after the Norse God of Water) to create the perfect heir is a reference to Quirk Marriages in My Hero Academia. The ambush that Nozel was a part of was a small reference to the Phantom Thieves of Heart (Ryuji, Morgana, Ann and Yusuke in that order). Ori Gami's design is based on Kuguri from Kagurabachi, but none of his personality. Kenneth Dryll's design and personality is loosely based on The Shepherd/Blood Shepherd from Yugioh VRAINS. Also Dryll is Welsh for Firearm. The Enchanted Blades are from Kagurabachi, while the creator of them Amakuni Kunishige is named after the first Blacksmith in Japan to create the longsword (Amakuni Yasutsuna) and the man that created the Enchanted Blades (Kunishige Rokuhira), alongside his son named after Chihiro.

During this I: began rereading Kagurabachi, finished the Soul Society arc in the Bleach Manga, got to the Spade War arc in the manga, got around Issue 46 of IDW Sonic, got to Chapter 26 of Ichi The Witch, nearly done with Yugioh R, finished Sakamoto Days Season 1 and I am in Mairuma Season 2. I just beat Kaneshiro in Persona 5 Royal.

I think that is about it, so see ya'!

Made up Spell:

Dorothy Unsworth: Dream Magic: Therapy Land

Julius: Time Magic: Akasikés Ichografíseis [Akashic Recordings in Greek]