The girl was surprised not just because her magic was nullified easily but also because of the person who did it turned out to be the young captain whom she looked down upon.
It was the second time she saw him. The first time was when he suddenly appeared out of nowhere with Magic Emperor and took the captain spot of Purple Orca. When the news spread around of how Shuichi was made Captain directly after dismissing the previous captain, All Nobles who don't know him only thought that he was just lucky and was supported by Magic Emperor.
Some commoners even speculated he is an illegitimate son of the Magic emperor who was born to a foreigner woman. So, just like everyone, she also looked a bit down on him as he isn't noble and too young to be a captain. Then, after she calmed down, she spoke in a haughty tone, "hmpf, you deserve it. Why are you in my way of training?".
He replied indifferently, "You are Nozel's sister. Aren't you? seems like your control is terrible despite being born in royalty. Is this the reason you got sent to Black Bulls, the disaster Magic knight organization?
That's strange. You don't have their robe on you". She looked at him in frustration and anger as she has bad memories in her family regarding her control over magic.
"How dare you lecture me, you insect of a commoner". She attacked him with water balls. His eyes changed to Rinnegan and looked at her seriously but he instantly laughed when he saw the water ball was off the mark completely and it hit the tree far away from him.
"hahaha, you are really funny. Just how much bad is your control that you can't even hit straight?. considering your high magic power and terrible control, You are dangerous even to your teammates.
Even if it wasn't my problem, considering your attitude, You also need to be taught what manners are. That's why...".
His Grimoire came out. After a few pages turned. He looked at her while she has a dark expression. "Magic Seal". A magic circle appeared below her. It glowed and she was enveloped in light for a few seconds.
After it disappeared, the grimoire which was floating around her fell on the ground while she was shocked and her mind became a mess, "what happened? My grimoire. I can't feel mana". Shuichi spoke coldly, "I sealed your mana. If you want to continue being a Magic Knight,
send your brother or your captain to me". Before she even spoke, He disappeared and appeared on the top of one of the nearby buildings. He stood beside an old granny who was spying on them earlier.
"Julius, what are you spying on me for anyway?". The granny changed back to himself, "it seems I can no longer hide from you like before". Shuichi stared at him with his Tenseigan "well, you see, I was born with a 360-degree vision.
Each person has a separate mana signature which decides his attribute. As long as you can't completely mask your presence physically as well as your mana completely, I can trace out your mana signature and find you".
Julius didn't reply to anything and thought about the mana signature. Then after a while, he asked: "but don't you think it's cruel to seal her mana?". Shuichi replied, "it's her punishment forgetting her place and for her shallow thinking being born into royalty can get you anything".
Julius stared at him for a while silently. Shuichi asked, "what is it?". Julius replied, "nothing. Judging by your tone, You seem to dislike royalty and their ways but the way you are talking or your behavior, in general, doesn't seem like a commoner. It's similar to a noble. Are you a noble in your nation too?".
Shuichi replied, "does it matter whether I'm a noble or not?. Anyway, about the girl, I gave her two choices. Her future will depend on who will she choose". Julius asked, "what do you want her to choose?". Shuichi smiled, "who knows...". Later, he teleported to his room at his HQ.
Then, Wilmeth gave him the complaints by others about Asta wasting the resource. He thought about it and removed the mana from his training room and distributed it in the other four rooms and increased their magic density by one more tier.
Asta happily gave away, as for him, just having a room for himself is a big deal. Asta didn't even sleep that day and was excited about how his life turned a complete turn.
The next day in the morning, almost everyone gathered around except for a few who escaped the training on their very first day with the excuse of an urgent mission. As Wilmeth woke everyone up and gathered them outside of their building, a spatial tear opened up and two people landed.
As some saw the new member in curiosity and others who knew her identity saw her in confusion. Shuichi looked at everyone "before we start the training. A new member is joining us starting from today". Then he turned back and looked at her, "introduce yourself". The blue-haired girl stepped forward and stared at everyone and spoke in her usual haughty tone, "My name is Noelle Silva".
Asta came forward and raised his hand forward for a handshake "Oh, you are also a new member? Hey, I'm Asta from Hage village. Let's do our best together. Nice to meet you". She looked at him coldly and slapped his hands away, "I didn't permit you to speak to me. I barely sense any mana from you, you lowly insect".
It startled him and some commoners "Insect? lowly?". She continued, "I belong to the royal family of this kingdom. I'm not someone that a peasant from the boonies like you can casually talk to".
Asta got taken back and before he was about to retort, Shuichi who was at the back replied, "oh, an insect? it seems you really forgot my warning, didn't you?". Noelle suddenly shivered for a second and immediately turned back and apologized, "I'm sorry, Captain. It came out naturally for me. I will keep in check".
Her sudden turn of behavior made the members of Purple Orca respect their Captain even more. Shuichi clapped and grabbed their attention, "ok, everyone, we're going to our training place". Before Noelle knew what's going on, a large spatial tear swallowed them up and teleported them to the forest of Shinju. Shuichi looked at everyone and said, "ok, as I said previously, daily for an hour or two at this time, you will train physically.
In this time, you will not be able to use magic and will be in the same situation as common villagers in the forsaken realms. The nobles, as well as you royalty over there, who always enjoyed doing everything with magic, will now have to depend on themselves".
He took out his golden rainbow-colored grimoire, "Multiple Magic Seal". A huge magic seal appeared below everyone and by the time it disappeared, everyone felt that they can't connect with their grimoire anymore and their mana disappeared. Noelle became serious as she thought "just like yesterday. His grimoire is strange. Just like Brother said, He has multiple attributes".
While some panicked, Shuichi spoke, "don't worry. Your mana has been sealed that's all. I will unseal it after the training. Asta, come here". While Asta moved forward with a confusion, Shuichi said, "I can't seal your grimoire since it's Anti-magic. So, hand it over to me for fairness.
While Asta handed over his grimoire, Shuichi spoke, "you don't need the training much as them. So, from tomorrow you will oversee their training daily. Ok?". Asta replied excitedly, "really? thankyou, Captain".
Xerx then interrupted, "I don't agree with it. We don't accept any orders from some weak peasant". Noelle who realized what's going on also said, "Captain, I would rather quit from being a Magic Knight rather than taking an order from someone like him".
Shuichi then replied "I don't know how they treat in other squads but in my squad, whether its royalty, a noble or a commoner. Everyone is equal. The only thing that matters is their rank and their fighting capability.
Let's put everyone's fighting capability then. Fight amongst yourselves. All will follow the orders of the one who wins at the end. Those who were down or give up gather behind me.
A while later, All the people behind Shuichi was frustrated as Asta standing with little to no injuries even after defeating everyone. Shuichi then spoke, "well, what you understand from this battle is up to you.
Anyway, everyone will follow Asta's order while you are training. Those who will escape the training or refuse to listen to him will not escape my punishment. Understand?". All of them nodded while looking at Asta in hate as Asta was laughing like a fool in excitement because he won.
Later, the Next day, Wilmeth informed everyone that mini squads of three per each were formed by Shuichi with one of them acting as the leader for their mini squads. As Xerx saw that he was put up with an arrogant princess and a non-magic peasant, He was filled with hate towards Shuichi but still accepted it as he can't defeat him.
Xerx summoned two of them and gave them a piece of paper "your first mission". While traveling, he thought "hmm, well, even if he is a peasant, he can nullify the magic. Well, even if become useless, With this princess, if I carefully talk around her, I can make her work together with me easily".
Soon, he changed his opinion when they fought against multiple wild boars, he was dumbfounded, "this girl is a disaster and this kid is too reckless". He took out his grimoire but just when he's about to spell, he closed it. "Never mind. The captain said only to keep them alive".