Let the Entrance Exams Begin! PT1
Yuno and Feodora found Asta along with Prism and Adrien through the crowd; thankfully they had been nearby. They were soon heading towards where they needed to go for the Entrance Exams to get into a Magic Knights Squad. Though the two of them were surprised by the fact the two of them had sticks of food. While Prism had been helping herself to a caramel apple, Asta had been eating--
--Actually, they weren't sure what it had been.
Prism had been enjoying the taste of the caramel apple as she couldn't help but sigh with content. "Mmm~" She said, "This is so yummy! I never had anything this sweet before! Caramel apples are the best!"
"Didn't I tell you?" Asta said, "It just melts in your mouth!"
Prism nodded her head as she had the brightest smile on her face, which made Asta smile too. "That's good, at least she's not crying anymore." Asta thought, "Something tells me she wouldn't want Yuno or Feo to see her like that."
"And you said you bought it with your own money?"Yuno asked Asta, earning a nod from him as to what he had gotten.
"I figured since Prism has never been outside of her village, she should try something other than pot potatoes." Asta reasoned, "Even though it is delicious."
"Seriously, what is that you're eating?" Feodora asked.
"Grilled purple snake." Asta replied, "Other then the caramel apple, it was the cheapest one I could get."
"It smells like someone's crap threw up." Feodora had commented.
"Aw, come on, it's not that bad." Asta said before he held it out to her, "Here try it!"
"I wouldn't eat that even if you paid me to Dum-Dum." She said as she cringed a little.
Asta shrugged a little, "Okay fine--" He soon held it to Yuno, "--How about you Yuno? You wanna try it?"
"Not a chance." Yuno replied.
"What!?" Asta exclaimed, "But it's super nutritious and will give you lots of energy!"
"I REALLY doubt that." He said.
Prism happily ate from the caramel apple as a thought soon came over her, "Hey, so where are the Exams taking place anyway?"
"It should be close by." Feodora said, "But first, there's something we oughta clear up--"
"Clear up?" Prism asked.
Prism and Asta stopped in their tracks as Yuno and Feodora had stopped right in front of them. They couldn't help but notice the looks they were giving. "Don't forget, there's still the matter of the spirits that appear around you." Yuno said; just as he said this the little light lemur spirit appeared as it popped out of the collar of her jacket, "We may have taken care of your ear problem but it'll be a hassle if another one appears."
"You can't just keep saying these spirits belong to you." Feodora added, "I know it worked with you before, but what if someone smells something up? It's gonna cause problems if we're not careful."
"Oh." Prism soon said, "You don't have to worry about that."
"Huh?" The three of them said.
"It's strange but the spirits seem to know exactly what it is I'm thinking or feeling even though none of them belong to me." Prism explained, "I guess you can say it's like instinct."
"Wait seriously!?" Asta exclaimed.
"How is that possible?" Yuno asked.
"I'm not sure." Prism said, "Mother and father told me it was like that when I was a baby too."
"And you waited till now to tell us?" Feodora asked.
Prism laughed sheepishly, "I didn't think it was important at the time, plus in my defense none of you asked." She soon gave them a reassured smile, "You won't have to worry about anyone seeing them. They'll either hang out in a place where no one can see them or they'll be on my person. And with this cloak on it'll make it easier to hide them." She soon had an awkward look on her face, "Unless--"
"Unless?" Asta asked curiously.
"What is it?" Yuno asked, noticing how nervous she looked.
"Well in the past--" Prism said as she shifted a little, "--The Spirits will act on their own if they know for a fact that my life is in danger. If that ends up happening then I'm afraid there's nothing I can do."
"You mean they'll actually come to protect you?" Asta asked in awe.
"They didn't seem to do that six months ago with that chain bastard." Feodora pointed out.
"Well, maybe it's because they knew I was gonna be fine since Asta was there." Prism replied with a smile.
Asta couldn't help but laugh a little at this as he turned red, "It was nothing really."
Yuno sighed with relief, "That is concerning though thankfully it's something we won't have to worry about for awhile if you ever end up in that scenario."
"Yeah, I guess so." Prism said, "I mean, what could happen to me during the Entrance Exams, right?"
"You're right!" Asta said, "No ones gonna try anything in broad daylight!"
"Okay, that problem is taken care of, but now there's the matter of the lizard here--" Feodora said as she pointed over to Adrien, "--I don't know about you, but I don't think he can be alone in a place like this."
"That's a good point." Asta said as he gave him a pat on the head, "I'd hate to see him get taken away or sold off to bad people."
"Oh don't worry." Prism said as she had gotten her brown bag from a pouch that had been attached to his saddle, "Adrien's got more then one trick."
"What do you mean?" Yuno asked.
Prism didn't say anything, instead she motioned them to follow which they did; she had lead them towards an alleyway as she made sure no one had been around.
"Okay, this should be good." Prism said as she rubbed her hands together.
"I'll bite, what are you showing us?" Feodora asked.
"You'll see." Prism said.
She soon took the bag as she opened making a space as she held it in front of Adrien surprisingly; the three of them couldn't help but wonder what it was she had been doing. "Adrien--" She soon said, "--Pouch."
Adrien's horns and the streaks along his body glowed slightly before he took a leap. In a matter of a few moments they saw before their very eyes that his whole body shrunk; even his saddle and Prism's weapons. Prism soon caught him inside her bag as he had tucked his tail in.
"HE ACTUALLY SHRUNK!?" Asta shouted.
"Yup!" Prism said as she turned to them; Adrien's head came poking out of the pouch, "Normally Magical Beasts only come with one trick. Adrien is one of the lucky few that's born with two. This is his second one."
"But how!?" Feodora exclaimed, "He was huge before!"
"Choranaptyxic." Prism simply said.
The three of them looked confused by this sort of term. Asta especially seemed confused as he had been trying to process the word.
"Krona--Pinx?" Asta said as he had been trying to pronounce, "Chore--A--Pinch—?"
"Chor--Anap--Tyxic." Prism said slowly though she sounded amused, "It basically means he can shrink himself to fit the available space." She soon showed Adrien off as he looked to be the size of a plush, "Now he's officially travel sized."
Asta couldn't help but say in awe, "I SWEAR, YOU'RE MAGICAL BEAST GETS MORE AMAZING EVERY SECOND! YOU'RE SO LUCKY!!"
Prism couldn't help but giggle at this, "Myself and my raptor appreciate it." Adrein let out a cheerful noise before he made himself at home in the pouch.
"Seriously, you're just full of surprises." Feodora said.
"Right--" Yuno said, "--Now that's taken care of… We should head on over before the exams start."
"Wait, for real?" Prism said surprised.
"SERIOUSLY!?" Asta shouted, "YOU HAVE NO REACTION!?"
"Does nothing impress you know-it-all?" Feodora asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"Not really." Yuno said as he shrugged before he told her, "You on the other hand—"
"Huh?" Feodora said before she froze up when Yuno gave her a smile.
He soon told her, finishing his thought, "—You impress me, every single day."
Feodora turned red as she started to stutter. Though Asta and Prism jumped when she suddenly went to smack him with an ice claw she manifested with her magic though Yuno had been able to block with his own magic.
"YOU—YOU BOOKWORM JERK!!" She shouted as she had still been flushed with red.
"FEODORA?!" Asta and Prism exclaimed out of confusion.
Yuno said to her nonchalantly, "Wow you're actually getting the hang of your ice claw attack, cat girl."
"DON'T PLAY INNOCENT NOW YOU DAMN KNOW IT ALL!!" Feodora yelled, "MORE IMPORTANTLY DON'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT OUT OF NOWHERE!!"
Asta shouted as he tried to pull Feodora back, "H-Hey! Feo! Easy! You're causing a scene!"
"LET ME AT HIM! LEMME AT HIM!!" Feodora yelled.
"Did—" Prism said confused, "—Did I miss something? Why is she so embarrassed?"
Yuno merely replied, giving Prism a pat on the head, "Don't think about it too much."
"YOU'RE DEAD YOU DAMN KNOW IT ALL!" Feodora shouted.
"CALM DOWN FEODORA!!" Asta shouted before he stuffed one of his grilled snakes into her mouth, "Just have a grilled snake on me."
In turn Feodora had buried his face into the ground as she had gotten out the grilled snake, "I TOLD YOU I DIDN'T WANT TO EAT THIS CRAP!!"
"ASTA!!" Prism screamed as she couldn't help but panic.
***
-A Little While Later-
After things had calmed down and they went over certain things, they had made their way towards the coliseum where the entrance exams were going to take place. Needless to say, neither of them didn't expect to see so many people gathered around. Some had been onlookers, while most had been examinees with Grimoires like them.
She noticed on the sidelines, Prism noticed that strangers had been cheering them on; giving them words of encouragement.
"Good luck!" She heard one of them say.
"Do your best on the exam!" Another had said.
"You are Clover Kingdoms' hope!" A third cheered.
"The future is in your hands!" A fourth said.
"We'll do our best!" Asta said as he waved.
"Th--Thank you so much!" Prism said nervously as she gave a shy wave.
"First time in front of a crowd?" Feodora asked, noting how nervous she had gotten.
"I-I-It's really terrifying." Prism replied honestly as she couldn't help but pull at her hood to cover her face, "Ta-Ta-Talk about being under pressure!"
"Yeah--I hate it too." Feodora said.
"Try not to think about it." Yuno said.
Prism had soon found herself standing on a line with the others as she had been fidgeting nervously. She had been standing behind Asta as she gripped on her Grimoire good and tight. She couldn't help but let out a whimper as her body shook.
"Asta?" She whispered, "Is it wrong that I'm really nervous right now and am about to suffer a mental breakdown?"
"Nope." Asta replied, "Well, maybe not the last part. Just relax. Take a few deep breaths and you'll be fine."
Prism nodded, "O-Okay, I'll try."
"Next." They heard the instructor say.
Yuno had been the first of the group to step forward as he held his Grimoire. "My name is Yuno, and I'm from Hage Village." He said.
"Yuno from Hage--" The Instructor repeated as he wrote it down, "--May I see your Grimoire?"
Yuno nodded before he placed it on the desk which put the instructor into shock. "A fo-four leaf Grimoire?!" He exclaimed out of shock and awe.
Most of the people on the line had gasped; they could hear most of the conversations directed towards him as it had caught Asta, Feodora and Prism's ears.
"What did he just say? A four leaf Grimoire?"
"No way!"
"I heard about someone from the boonies got a four-leaf Grimoire, but I didn't expect it to be true."
"That guy is so lucky!"
"That is amazing…!"
"Yu-Yuno really is popular." Prism said.
"Guess word gets around fast." Asta said, impressed.
Feodora had scoffed, "Typical Know-It-All..."
The Instructor soon snapped out of his daze, before his hand illuminated a small white glow. "Right, you're number 164." Yuno nodded before he stepped off to the side, "Next please."
Feodora stepped up before she slammed the book onto the desk, shocking the man. "Name's Feodora Helmet. From the same Village as the Know-It-All." She said in a rough tone of voice, "Try not to wear it out, alright?"
The Instructor looked at Feodora and looked fearfully at Feodora as he said shocked, "Di-Did you say your name is Helmet?" The line of people couldn't help but gasp again.
"Huh? Are you deaf or something?" Feodora said, giving him a look, "You got a problem with my last name?"
The Instructor replied nervously, "N-No ma'am! Ju-Just wait a moment please!"
As the instructor checked her Grimoire, Asta and Prism could hear the crowd talking again. This time it had been about her as they sounded to be more hateful and filled with spite.
"That's the same last name as the Diamond Kingdom's Assassins!"
"What the hell is one of them doing here? Or for that matter why is someone from the Diamond Kingdom here?!
"Should she even be allowed to take the entrance exams?"
"That family name killed thousands of good Magic Knights and Captains!"
"She can't be allowed to come in here, can't she?"
"I… Guess people around here heard about Feodora too." Asta said awkwardly.
"Yeah--" Prism added, "--I didn't think she would have this many--" Prism cleared her throat, "--Fans."
Feodora laughed to herself before she said to the two of them having heard them, "Please, you should see it when they're mad."
The Instructor cleared his throat, "Ri-Right then, your number is 165."
"Much obliged." Feodora said as she stepped to the side where Yuno had gone, taking her Grimoire along with her.
The Instructor managed to compose himself before he called out, "Next please!"
Asta soon stepped towards the desk. "Hi there!" Asta said in a cheerful demeanor, "My name is Asta, from the same village!" He soon held up his Grimoire towards him, "Here you go! My Grimoire!"
The Instructor had been taken back by Grimoire's appearance, "This is pretty filthy. Are you sure this is a Grimoire?"
Asta had been taken back at this, "What? Of course it is!" He soon held it closer to his face, "Just take a good look at it! See?!"
"Alright, alright, calm down sir." The Instructor said as he pushed the Grimoire away from his face before his hand glowed again, "You're number 166."
"Got it! Thanks!" Asta said before he headed off to the side.
The Instructor soon called the next person over as it had been Prism as she still looked rather nervous. The Instructor looked a bit shocked, "Aren't you a bit young to be here miss?"
Prism gulped as she said, "I uh—Get that a lot. I'm a bit older than I look."
The Instructor nodded his head a little before he asked her, "Could you tell me your name and where you are from for the record?"
"Ye-Yes of course!" Prism said, before she cleared her throat, "M-My name is Primrose. Primrose Vera from Hage."
The Instructor wrote it down, "And your Grimoire?"
Prism held her Grimoire out to the man as he examined it. "Interesting cover." He said, noting the dragon silhouette that had been on it. His hand soon glowed again as his hand over it.
"You're number 167." He said handing it back to her, "Best of luck to you."
"Thank you!" Prism said as she bowed her head.
She soon ran over to the group as they all ventured inside; none of them had been aware that they were being watched by a certain someone, or frankly he had his eye on someone, mainly Asta as he spoke to Prism, while he patted her on the back.
"Ba-ha!" He said, "That guy must be a real go-getter if he came all the way out here from the boonies!
***
Everyone had soon entered the center of the coliseum, where the group had stayed together as it had looked just as crowded as it had been on the outside. Once again it had left Prism in shock just by how many people had been gathered; she fidgeted nervously in place again as she held onto her book.
"Bime i elena…" She said softly, "... I've never been this nervous in my life! Not even when I first got Adrien put me this much on edge!"
Adrien poked out of his pouch while the light lemur and a familiar set of gerbils peeked out of her cloak and neck of her jacket.
"I mean, I know I shouldn't be nervous, but--" Prism started to say to them before she rubbed her head, "--What if I mess up on whatever the exams have!? What if I make a fool of myself!?" She soon said to herself softly, "What if people find out that I'm the lost heir!? What do I do then!? Is there even a plan B!? What if I don't end up with Asta, Yuno or Feodora?!"
She soon felt something tug at her ear as her rant seemed to have ceased; when she looked she saw it had been a very familiar blue, white and red bird with slanted black eyes, giving a tired expression.
"Hey!" She said in realization, "I remember you little miss."
She held her hand out to the little bird as she allowed her to hop onto her hand. "So you decided to follow us, huh?" She said as she rubbed the top of it's head, "You didn't want to be lonely little miss?"
The bird let out a tweet of some sort as she tilted her head. Prism couldn't help but find but do the same before she started to get an odd feeling in her chest.
"That's funny…" She soon said to herself before thinking as she rubbed her index on the bird's cheek as she leaned in for the touch, "Even though my magic is gone… I just have this weird feeling… She doesn't seem normal."
"Ow, ow! Quit pecking at me you buzzards!"
Prism jumped as the bird flew out of her hand going off in a certain direction. She noticed that Feodora had been trying to shoo away the same little blue, red and white birds her little friend had been going at her; she looked to have a total of three of them around her.
"Stop that!" Feodora shouted, "Don't make me freeze ya!"
"Whoa, whoa!" Prism exclaimed as she stopped her before she could do anything, "Don't hurt them! They're just innocent little birds!"
"Oh they're anything but that!" Feodora said, "Don't you know what these things are!?"
"No." Prism replied, "Should I?"
"I remember reading about them. They're called anti-birds." Yuno said as he approached them, "They're for the exam venue. The weaker the magic, the more you'll flock around you."
"Really?" Prism said, a bit shocked, "I didn't know there were creatures like that."
"Hence why I hate these little things!" Feodora said before one of them poked her eye, "Hey I gotta see out of that!" She soon looked over to Prism, "How come these little bastards ain't flying around you!? Last I checked you lost your magic!"
"I think it might be because of them." Prism whispered as she showed off the little Spirits hiding in her cloak, "People very often mistake my mana for theirs. Trust me it's happened more then once." She soon had a sudden thought, "Wait--" She soon turned over to Yuno, "--How come they're not flying around you?"
"Don't have him answer that." Feodora said, "It's just plain obvious."
"Hey Yuno!" They soon heard Asta say.
The three of them turned over to him, though Prism and Feodora looked the most shocked when they saw a whole flock of them as they practically covered his entire upper body; their jaws had dropped at the sight of this.
"One of us is going to become the Wizard King!" Asta said with pride, "Our legends are beginning, Yuno!"
"Uh Asta--?" Prism said awkwardly.
"You uh--" Feodora said, "--Got something on your everywhere."
"What do you--" Asta started to say before the birds started to peck at him, "OW! OW! OW! OW! OW!"
He started to run back and forth with all the birds chasing after him. "WHAT THE HECK ARE THESE BIRDS!?" Asta shouted as he tried to avoid the birds, making the crowd laugh at him.
"Asta wait!" Prism said, as she chased after him, "Stay calm, they can sense fear!"
"THEY AIN'T LIKE A PREDATOR OR ANYTHING!" Feodora shouted, "JUST QUIT RUNNING AND SCREAMING LIKE YOU USUALLY DO AND YOU'LL BE FINE!"
"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU STUPID BIRDS!" Asta yelled.
"You gotta calm down!" Prism told him.
Asta suddenly found himself hitting head first into someone before he fell back into Prism making her squeak. Whoever it was scared the other birds away as they quickly took to the skies. "Ow." She groaned as she fixed up her hood, "That hurt."
"Sorry Pri." Asta said as he helped her up, "At least those guys flew away." He soon turned to the person he had run into, "Hey sorry for bumping into you."
Prism had been taken back when she saw the person Asta had run into had been a familiar tall buff and a familiar black robe.
"I'll kill you brat." Yami said in a threatening aura.
"SO BIG!" Feodora exclaimed.
"WHO IS THIS GUY!?" Asta shouted as he had been in shock. He soon started to think, as he looked over Yami's appearance, "He's got the eyes of a killer! And that neck! Mages don't have necks like that! Talk about an intimidating presence! Is he really my age!?"
"Hey!" Prism said in realization, "You're the guy that bought that fish for me earlier!"
"YOU KNOW HIM!?" Asta shouted.
"When did you meet this beast of a man!?" Feodora yelled.
Yami soon noticed Prism behind him as he said after taking a puff from his cigarette, "Huh, hey you look familiar."
"Oh--" Prism said awkwardly as she scratched her head a little, "--Right. I guess you wouldn't know me since I didn't give you my name before. That was really rude of me. Still I didn't expect to see you here, let alone bump into you twice in one day."
"Seriously you know him!?" Asta shouted, "Since when!?"
"What did you mean by fish?" Yuno asked.
It took all but a moment before Yami realized who the young girl in front of him had been, "Oh, you're the lizard girl aren't you?"
"So you do remember me!" Prism said, "Thank goodness, that would've been REALLY awkward."
"You're flat out ignoring us…" Feodora said as her eyebrow twitched.
"You're just gonna take that comment!?" Asta shouted.
Yami said to Prism, "Odd place for a girl like yourself to be here. Aren't you a bit young?"
Prism soon started to get nervous as she said, "O-O-h well I um—"
She looked over her shoulder as Asta and Fedora made various hand signs to tell her what to say. Yuno on the other hand just shook his head as he facepalmed himself at how silly they were looking right now. "I'm uh—" Prism soon said, "—I actually came here before! To take the exams I mean! I failed the previous years! I may not look at it, but I'm… Seventeen!"
At this Yuno looked surprised, while Feodora slapped herself in the face and Asta fainted on the spot; even Adrien in her pouch grumbled while the spirit creatures hiding in her cloak shook their heads.
Yami only raised an eyebrow as he said, "Really? you don't look seventeen to me."
"I-I-I get that a lot!" Prism said, "I-Uh--Take after my father when it comes to the short ness."
Yami soon asked her, "Uh huh, who are you really?"
"Well I'm Priii----" Prism started to say, letting it drag out before she picked her sentence back up, "----iiimrose. Primrose Vera! That's my name! My actual name! Not something that I--"
Yami only looked a bit amused at this as Yuno, Feodora, and Asta immediately shut her mouth as they shushed her.
"Just stay quiet!" Yuno whispered.
"Are you asking to get caught!?" Feodora added as she kept her voice low.
"You can't just say things like that, you know!" Asta said.
Yami had said to her, "Primrose Vera, huh?"
"Sorry about our friend here." Feodora said, as she gave her a smack on the head, "She's not good around people as you can tell!"
Yami had said with a wave of his hand, "It's fine, it's not like she caused any trouble."
Asta soon said while he approached Yami, "Well aside from that--" He soon placed his hand on his shoulder, "--You sure do look old for your age! You must've had a hard life!"
Everyone gave Asta an awkward look as they were all left stunned. Though Asta had been taken back suddenly when he had grabbed a hold of his head.
"Hey shorty, are you asking to die?" Yami said in a threatening aura.
"WHERE DID THAT COME FROM!?" Prism shouted.
"HIS LOOKS WEREN'T A LIE AFTER ALL!!" Asta shouted in his thoughts.
Before Yami could do anything, a young man with white fluffy hair and cyan highlights and blue sapphire earrings--Pluck came in between them as he exclaimed while he grabbed his arm, "Captain, no! No killing today!"
Yami said to Pluck as he glared at him, "Hey Sword boy. You better move or I'll kill you too."
Pluck had argued, "No! It's bad enough you tricked me today, I ain't gonna let you kill an innocent bystander to add more to the plate!"
Prism looked at the young teen as he had argued with Yami. "That guy--" She thought with a raised eyebrow, "--He looks oddly familiar." She soon did a double take as she looked at Yami. "Wait a minute--" She soon said, "--Just now, did he say he's a--"
"--Captain?" Yuno said, shocked.
"For real?" Feodora said.
Soon enough two more of his companions came into view, as it had been Finral and Gordon. "There you are!" Finral said, "What are you doing out here?"
"I'm about to end this little twerp's life!" Yami said as he lifted Asta off the ground.
Pluck had shouted, "NO, YOU AIN'T! YOU HAVE JOB REMEMBER?!"
"Hey Pluck, you wanna be next?" Yami asked.
The crowd had soon gathered over them as they noticed all the commotion. "He-Hey!" One of the girls said as she blushed, "Isn't that Finral Roulcase?!"
"Oh my gosh it is!" Another had said, "He has rare spatial magic!"
"Finral?" Prism said, "Rare spatial magic?"
"I guess he's famous." Feodora said, "Must be a royal, no surprise."
Finral soon noticed the two of them as he had been in front of them suddenly taking them back. Finral soon said to them with a sly smile on his face, "Why hello ladies. You two must be new here."
"Oh brother." Pluck groaned as he slapped himself in the face.
"Uh--What?" Prism said, a bit confused.
"Excuse me?" Feodora said.
Finral said as he took Fedora's hand, "It's a pleasure to meet you, fair lady. How about after this I buy you some tea later?"
Feodora gave him a look that made Finral flinch, "You have EXACTLY two seconds to remove your hand from mine before I shove my fist so far up your ass it'll end up behind your eyes."
"Yipe!" Finral exclaimed as he let go of her hand, "That's a bit extreme!"
"What you think that was extreme?" Feodora said before she held her fist up, "I'll show ya extreme."
Pluck couldn't help but say as his jaw dropped, "S-S-SO VIOLENT!!"
Yami had commented, "Even more violent than your mom, sword boy."
"Feo no!" Prism said getting in between her and Finral, "Don't hurt the nice man!"
"Nice? He just tried to hit on me!!" Feodora said.
"Hit?" Prism said a bit confused.
Finral seemed to have gotten his demonar back as he took Prism's hand before saying with a smile, "Uhh well how about you, maybe I can take you on a quick tour before the exam?"
"Sure, that sounds like fun!" Prism said with a smile, "Um--Finral right?"
"You got it!" Finral said with a smile and with his thumb up.
Feodora soon said to Finral in a threatening tone of voice, "Hey buddy! Didn't I say step off?"
"SCARY!" Finral shouted as he hid behind Pluck.
Pluck couldn't help but shout, "Geez, and someone like her is taking the exam?"
"Huh? But he was being nice to me." Prism said before Feodora pushed her at a safe distance from her and Finral.
"I'm doing you a favor, trust me." Feodora whispered.
Yami gave a cackle as he said, "I like this girl, she's a riot!"
"Guys--I think I can feel my life leaving me--!" Asta said.
"Whoa, hey!" Finral said to Yami, "Cut that out Captain! A Magic Knights Squad Captain shouldn't kill an exam candidate!"
"In the first place, what are you doing here!?" Pluck said.
"I went to take a dump and got lost." Yami replied.
Yuno, Prism and Feodora looked shocked by this sort of thing as their jaws dropped slightly.
"SERIOUSLY!?" Pluck shouted.
"That doesn't happen…" Feodora said awkwardly.
"Not a chance…" Yuno said while he shook his head.
"Not the strangest thing I've heard in awhile." Prism said, before she noticed something from Yami. She saw that he started to count down.
"Ten--Nine--Eight--Seven--"
"Um--" Prism said, "--Why are you counting down?"
"I'm counting down to the end of his life." Yami replied nonchalantly.
"WHAT!?" Asta shouted.
"That's a bit dark!" Prism exclaimed.
Asta immediately tried to claw at Yami's wrist as he tried to at least loosen his fingers on him. "I picked the wrong guy to mess with!" He shouted in his head, "My heads seriously gonna explode!" Yami had been taken back when Asta planted his feet on the ground.
His muscles seemed to have grown instantly as he let out a scream.
"One--"
They soon heard the fireworks off as it seemed to have startled Prism as she put her hands over her ears. "Oh whoops--" Finral said, "--The exams are about to start."
Yami clicked his tongue as he let go of his head letting Asta fall to his knees as he grasped his head. "Guess you get to live a little longer. Better take good care of the life until I get back. Or I'll kill you." Yami said.
"EH!?" Asta shouted.
"And hey--" Prism flinched a little when Yami spoke to her, "--Good talking to you. Best of luck."
"Ye-Yeah thanks." Prism said before she flinched from the fireworks again as she covered her ears.
"See you later!" Finral said with a wink and a smile.
Pluck said as he grumbled, "Why did I have to join this team?"
"I wish the captain would kill me too." Gordon mumbled.
Pluck shuddered as he said to Gordon, "Out of all the times I can finally understand you,why did it had to be that?"
"QUACK! QUACK!" Addeline shouted in Pluck's bag as she pointed over to Prism.
"Addeline, behave!" Pluck exclaimed as he stuffed her into his bag. "You already caused enough trouble in one day!"
Addeline soon hit him with her stick before she went back into the bag. Pluck had said, "Seriously, what is with you?"
"Man--" Asta groaned as he stood up, "--That sucked."
"And that was weird." Feodora added, "Was Clover Kingdom always this weird?"
"Not that I know of." Yuno replied.
"Ow--" Asta said as he rubbed his head, "He seriously could've crushed my own skull." He soon noticed how Prism had been as her body had been shaking. "What is it?" Asta asked her.
"I-I-Uh--" Prism started to say, "--Never realized that there was thunder during the day time. It's the strangest thing."
"Where did that come from?" Yuno said.
"What else could be making that--" Prism started to say before the sounds came again as she couldn't help but get to the floor in a fetal position as she whimpered; even the little Spirits on her seemed to cower as they could've sworn their bodies had changed color. The three of them looked to the fireworks in the sky as the three of them had come to realize something.
"Does she mean--" Feodora said.
"Oh yeah." Yuno said, finishing her thought.
"It's okay Pri." Asta said, giving her a pat on the shoulder, "Those are just the fireworks."
Prism picked up her head, "Fi--Fireworks?"
"Yeah, you know, they're what you use during a celebration or an event." Asta explained, "Didn't you have those at all in your village?"
Prism only shook her head, before she flinched from the sound. "Maybe she's never seen or heard of them before till now." Yuno whispered.
"One of the downsides to being born five hundred years ago." Feodora added softly.
Asta soon helped her to stand up as he took her hands away from her ears. "Relax. The fireworks are used by professionals, so you don't have to worry about them hurting you." He told her.
Prism gulped, "If you say so. It'll take some getting used to I think."
She flinched at the sound again as her body shook a bit; though it hadn't been long before a voice had come over them.
"Bah-ha, is your friend okay there?"
The four of them looked over and saw it had been a young teenager just around sixteen years old as he had a lean build with medium length blond hair as it had been combed back as he had on a black headband as there had been several strands hanging along his forehead.
He had on a grey shirt with a dark grey vest with a wide V-shaped collar on top of it as he also had on a magenta coat with long sleeves and black horizontal stripes around the forearms. He also had on a pair of white trousers and had black high boots that have a pair of tan belts on each of them. Around his waist he had on a tan belt that is connected to a pouch that he uses to carry his Grimoire as it had been on his left side.
"Ye-Yeah, she's fine." Asta replied, "She just got a little freaked out, that's all."
"Oh I see." The young man said, "Though it must've been rough for you though, having Captain Yami of the Black Bulls in your face honestly."
"Black Bulls?" Asta and Prism said.
"That must be their squad name." Yuno added.
"The Black Bulls?" Feodora said shocked as she looked over where they had gone. She couldn't help but recall a few months prior when they first found Prism, as one of them had been around asking about a certain someone.
"Now that I think about--" She thought, "--One of those guys showed up at the church after the day we found Prism. That can't be a coincidence that they were there, and the fact we met a couple of them now. But--" She looked over to Prism, "--What in the world could they want with her? Do they know who she is somehow? Like that chain guy?"
"Who are you?" Prism soon asked the young man.
"The name's Sekke!" He replied, "Sekke Bronzazza." He soon gave a wink as he had a smile, "Nice to meet you, bah-ha!"
"I'm Asta!" Asta said as he introduced the others, "This is Yuno, Feodora, and Primrose! Nice to meet you!"
"Why did you laugh just now?" Feodora said a bit creeped out by the young man named Sekke.
The Spirits hiding in Prism's cloak soon became alert as the anti-birds suddenly took to the skies; Adrien poked his head out of the pouch as he wondered what the commotion had been. Just above they noticed a group of people approach the empty seats that had been provided; it had been a total of seven people they had seen, with each of them having their own appearance. Though Prism could've sworn that one of them had been sleeping.
"Bime i elena--" Prism said in awe, "--So those are the other captains."
"Does--One of them have a braid in front of their face?" Feodora said, shocked.
"That one there is Captain of the Silver Eagles!" Sekke said, "Nozel Silvia!"
Prism's eyes widened slightly at this, "He's from the Silvia family?"
"You've heard of them before?" Yuno asked her softly.
"I know of them." Prism whispered, "Father told me there were two families that stayed in the vicinity of the castle other then uncle and auntie. The Silvia family is one of them. They had issues with my friends' family too, at least as far as I'm told."
"Still that is some hairstyle!" Asta said, "Isn't that hard to see with that thing in his face?"
"Thank you!" Feodora said.
Prism soon noticed the man just beside him as he looked to have a tough demeanor and she could feel such ferocity despite being at a distance. "Whoa… Even his stare has the same ferocity." Prism said.
"That right there is the Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings!" Sekke said, "Fuegoleon Vermillion! As the name suggests, he can use crimson magic, he's a user of flame creation magic."
"Really?" Prism said as her eyes sparkled, "That's amazing!"
"Whoa…" Asta said in awe.
"Sounds to me like someone's compensating for something." Feodora said before she noticed the man with the green robe and having an insect insignia on it, "Hey, who's the guy with that creepy smile on his face?"
Sekke looked over to the man with medium length black hair and what looked to be a red scar running across his forehead and down to his chin.
"That's the Captain of the Praying Mantises, Jack the Ripper." Sekke replied.
"A praying mantis?" Asta said, "What's that?"
"It's a kind of bug." Prism replied, "Though it eats bugs that are smaller."
"Yet another odd name to call a Magic Squad." Yuno said.
"Apparently, Captain Jack's magic severing magic can split the Earth in two." Sekke said.
"Whoa, that's awesome." Asta said as he had been in awe again.
"Still doesn't help the fact that he's creepy." Feodora said.
"I don't know--" Prism said as she tilted her head, "--He doesn't seem that creepy."
"Are you for real?!" Feodora said.
"Personally I wouldn't want to be a mantis." Sekke said, "Bugs are super lame."
"I don't know, they're pretty cool ones you know." Prism said with a smile, "Even the praying mantis!"
"You're as optimistic as ever." Yuno said with a smile.
Prism saw a beautiful lady wearing armor and had on a blue cape. Her beauty, her posture, even the look on her face, it seemed as though she had been staring into that of a friend.
"Charla?" She said softly but shocked.
"Huh?" Asta said as he noticed the look Prism gave, "Did you say something?"
Prism gave a reassured smile as she shook her head, "N-no, I was just thinking aloud that's all." She soon looked at the woman again as her expression saddened a little. "What am I thinking?" She thought to herself, "Of course it couldn't be Charla. But… Her face, even her beautiful appearance--She looks so much like her."
"That right there is the Captain of the Blue Rose Knights, Charlotte Roselei." Sekke soon said as he turned red a little, "She's so beautiful."
"Can't argue with you there." Feodora said.
"Yeah--" Asta soon said, "--But Sister Lily is way prettier."
"Seriously, stop." Yuno said.
"How about that? Even their names sound similar." Prism soon said softly.
"What was that?" Asta said as he seemed to have heard her again.
"O-Oh nothing!" She said, sounding nervous, "Just thinking out loud again!"
Asta couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at this before they had taken notice of a large portal man wearing that of a purple mask.
"The Captain of the Purple Orcas, Gueldre Poizot." Sekke soon said.
The four of them looked a bit shocked as Adrien tilted his head a little while sitting in the pouch. "Really?" Feodora said with a raised eyebrow, "You got nothing more to add to that?"
"I have no interest in seamy guys like him." Sekke merely replied before he moved onto the next captain, which had been the one sleeping as she walked, "The Captain of the Coral Peacocks, Dorothy Unsworth."
"IS SHE SLEEP WALKING!?" Asta exclaimed.
"IS SHE IN A TRANCE OR SOMETHING!?" Feodora shouted.
"Nope." Sekke said, "Apparently she just sleeps all the time."
"Seriously?" Yuno said.
"How did she become a captain then!?" Asta exclaimed.
"She probably has an amazing power that you'd never expect for her to possess." Sekke commented.
Prism couldn't help but chuckle softly as she looked at Dorothy. "Well there's definitely a resemblance, but she wouldn't be like the Reve I remember." She thought to herself.
"Uh--" Feodora soon said as she looked over to a young man with aqua-colored hair, "--Is that guy a kid?"
"That one there is Rill Boismortier." Sekke said, "He's the Captain of the Aqua Deer."
"You're right Feo, he is pretty young." Asta said.
"From what I heard Captain Rill is nineteen." Sekke soon said.
"He's only four years older then we are!?" Asta said, "The path of becoming a Wizard King might be shorter then I thought!"
"Ba-hah?" Sekke said, "A Wizard King? That must be a pretty big dream!"
"Yup, he's totally a kid." Feodora said.
"Even someone here looks like Lira?" Prism thought as her hand shook slightly as she looked to those that had familiar faces, "It must be the work of fate that I'm to meet them again."
The four of them had been taken back when they heard the crowd start to go wild as they let out the loudest of cheers. Prism and Asta had been put into shock as they saw who it had when they saw the familiar mask and a feather.
They saw it had been William.
"It's that guy--!!" Asta said, shocked.
"--From earlier!?" Prism said surprised.
"Well--" Feodora said, "--The crowd just seems to love that mask guy."
"Why wouldn't they?" Sekke said, "He's the most likely the next candidate for the Wizard King. That's William Vangance, Captain of the Golden Dawn and he's the most powerful!"
"He's one of them too?!" Asta said, shocked.
"You're kidding me!" Feodora said.
"Nope!" Sekke said, "The members of his squad have utmost faith in him. And it's said that in the last battle, it was Captain William who took the enemy general's head."
"... So he's a captain too, just like Yami?" Prism couldn't help but think as she noticed he gave her a smile in her direction, "Huh, I guess that saying about it being a small world is true after all."
Yami soon came into view as he took his seat, as his companions were at his side as well as the other members from the different squads. Yami let out a yawn, "This is a pain in the ass." Yami said, "Can we just get this over with already?"
"This is an important exam that will decide the futures of these youths." William said, "We need you to take this a bit more seriously."
"Yeah, yeah, I got it Mr. Serious." Yami said.
Pluck had said as he rolled his eyes, "Again why did I join this squad?"
"HI THERE BESTIE!" Fafanar had shouted, "YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT I DID TODAY!!"
Pluck had groaned as he said, "Hello Fafanar..."
"I finally got in control of my magic!" Fafanar said as he jumped in place, "That means you and I can spar some time! Won't that be fun!"
Pluck had said to him as his eyebrow twitched, "Sure...whatever you say, Faf."
"Hey are you still upset that Dragon kid got into the best squad while you're stuck with us?" Yami asked as he took a puff.
"Don't remind me Captain Yami." Pluck said as he seethed.
Fafanar soon looked over the crowd as he said, "Oh hey! It's that girl, the captain saved!"
"Huh?" Pluck said before he looked over, as he pointed over to a young girl with a green cloak who had appeared to be looking at William. Pluck couldn't help but give a quizzical look at her
"Cap saved her life from a runaway cart you know!" Fafanar said, "She would've been roadkill! She just dove into the street to grab a jewel I think."
"That's not something you brag about." Klaus scolded him.
Yami couldn't help but comment, "Yesh, she held it like her own life didn't matter."
"Yeah, how did you know?" Fafanar asked.
Yami replied, "I can read her ki."
"That doesn't answer anything…" Fafanar said awkwardly.
"Wait a sec.." Pluck started to say as he looked at her, "She looks familiar.." Pluck's expression changed slightly as he had a look of realization, "Wait--Could she be--?" His expression soon fell as he said, "Nah, it must be a coincidence."
Addieline suddenly came popping out of his bag as she shouted angrily, "QUAACK!"
Pluck shouted as he grabbed a hold of her, "Seriously, what is wrong with you, today!? First the store, now this!? Now you outta behave missy or no treats for you when we get back!"
Addeline gave him a glare as she said, "Quack.."
Pluck said to her as he stuffed her back into his pouch, "Good girl."
"Hey!" Asta said as he looked around, "Where's the Wizard King, is he here?!"
"Bah-ha! The Wizard King wouldn't bother coming down to the exams." Sekke said, "It's a miracle alone that all the captains are gathered in one place."
"Of course." Feodora said.
"He must be busy with other things." Prism said.
William soon cleared his throat before he spoke up, "Candidates. Sorry to keep you all waiting. I will be the one conducting this exam." He soon took out his Grimoire, as the pages turned suddenly before it glowed a faint glow.
"Magic tree--" He said, "--Descend!"
As a green light illuminated from him clouds had started to form suddenly. Everyone had been nearly knocked over by the sudden gust of wind; Prism held onto her hood to keep it from blowing off of her head. At the center of the storm, everyone had been taken back by that of tree roots growing from the very clouds.
"HOLY APPLE CAKES!!" Prism had exclaimed.
"No wonder this guy is a captain!" Feodora said, "His mana is just insane!"
From the roots of the trees they saw brooms had formed as it extended towards each of the candidates. Each and everyone of them took the brooms from the branches before the tree disappeared as well as the clouds. Asta and Yuno looked up to William as their eyes had been filled with determination.
"So this is the man who's closest to becoming the Wizard King." Both of them thought.
"We will now begin the Magic Knights Entrance Exams." William said as his Grimoire closed shut before he started to explain, "You each will partake in several tests. The nine of us will evaluate your performance, and then we will select the candidates that we would like in our squads. If chosen, you will join that squad. If you are chosen by more than one squad, than you may choose the squad you would like to join. However, if you are not chosen by a captain you will not be qualified to join the Magic Knights."
At this Prism started to look nervous as she looked to the captains before she had a thought come over her as she found herself mentally panicking.
"They're going to watch us as we go through the tests!?" Prism exclaimed in her head, "Does that mean--There's a good chance I won't be put into a squad or even the same as one as Asta, Feo and or Yuno!? What am I going to do if that happens!?"
Almost as if he had sensed it Asta placed his hand on her head and her thoughts seemed to have ceased. "You're gonna be fine." He said with a smile, "I promise."
Prism felt most of her anxiety leave her as she smiled back at him, "Thanks Asta."
"Now then--" William soon said, getting the candidates attention, "--For the first exam, we will have you get on those brooms and fly."
Everyone had looked shocked at this, all except Yuno, Feodora and Asta. Prism on the other hand, her jaw dropped to the floor.
"Mages who can control their magical powers should be able to do this instinctively." William said to the crowd, just as one of his members had flown on a broom, "It's the most basic way for mages to travel. If you cannot fly on a broom, then you shouldn't even be here."
"Or if you're someone who has a Magical Beast to ride on." Feodora said with a joking smile making Prism giggle a little.
"Right then--" William said, "--Begin!"
Thus the candidates quickly went to work as they set themselves on their brooms, though most of them had been struggling even when they had gotten in the air. Feodora shut her eyes as she concentrated on her broom before she found herself floating in the air.
"Hey!" She cheered, "I'm doing it!"
"Nice one Feo!" Asta cheered as he gave a thumbs up.
"You're a natural!" Prism said.
Feodora couldn't help but have a thought though it wasn't long before she had a smile on her face. "I wonder…" She said.
She soon stood up on her broom as she held her arms out to help keep her momentum. "Check me out!" She said to Asta and Prism on the ground, "I'm hanging ten in the sk--EEP!"
They jumped when they saw Feodora lose her balance suddenly as they both started to panic when she fell off the broom. "OH NO, FEO!" Asta shouted.
"LOOK OUT!" Prism cried out.
Just before she could hit the ground she felt herself fall into the arms of someone just as her own broom hit the ground. When Feodora opened her eyes she saw it had been Yuno who had been holding her bridal style in his arms; they were quick to notice that he had been standing on his broom without any issues.
"Honestly--" Yuno said as Feodora's face turned red, "--If you're gonna try something like that, you should really be more careful."
Feodora had started to stutter in between her words as she tried to get her thoughts together, but--
"Wow, that guy is a natural!" One of the candidates said in awe.
Another had commented, "He's even carrying another person like it's nothing!"
"Well he does have a four-leafed Grimoire, so I shouldn't be surprised." A third had said.
Fedora's look changed though she still had the red on her face as she growled. "PUT. ME. DOWN." She said in a threatening tone, though she still sounded embarrassed. Yuno sighed before he took her down on his broom before he set her on her feet.
"And here I thought cats alway landed on their feet." Yuno had commented with a sly smile.
"Shut up." Feodora told him as she gave him a look before she stomped away as she took the broom that had fallen. Asta and Prism couldn't help but look confused at this sort of thing.
Asta couldn't help but say, "Uh--That was weird."
"Yeah…" Prism said awkwardly.
Asta soon turned to Prism as he said with a smile, "Well aside from that--Flying this broom should be easy!"
"But you don't have magic and--" Prism said before she whispered, "--I lost mine."
"Anything's possible if you set your mind to it!" He told her
Thus Asta went to fly on his broom, however as Prism could see he wasn't exactly lifting himself up off the ground. He tried, and tried and yet he couldn't even float the few centimeters up off the ground. Though his body shook he still tried his hardest to lift himself up off the ground, which couldn't help but impress her.
"Alright then--" Prism soon said as she took a deep breath.
She closed her eyes as she started to concentrate. Though after a few moments she didn't feel herself floating in the air or even being lifted up off the ground. She tried again and again as she let out a groan like Asta had been doing, though she had been having no such luck as she even tried to hop to at least gain momentum though she hadn't been having such luck.
The Captains couldn't help but watch Asta and Prism as they were trying their hardest to fly on the broom.
"Hmmm…" Fuegoleon said, eyeing the two young teens, "That's interesting. No matter how much one might be lacking in talent, they should at least float."
"How curious..." William said, eying Prism in particular as she continued to struggle.
The two of them had groaned and did their best to get in the air though they had no such luck; As they tried to get up in the air, they overheard the crowd talking about them as most of it had been not good.
"Talk about pathetic."
"Least that's two rivals down."
"What are they even doing here?"
Sekke soon sat on his broom before flying with ease; as he did he spoke to them, "Come on now, this should be easy."
They both looked over to Sekke as they saw how easily he had gotten the hang of it. "All you gotta do is loosen up and relax a bit." He told them.
"Whoa, you nailed that really quick!" Prism exclaimed.
"That's amazing!" Asta commented.
"Loosen up, okay?" Sekke repeated.
"Thanks!" Prism said.
"You're a pretty decent guy." Asta added.
The two of them started to relax as they started to concentrate again. However Asta felt nothing come to him or even felt himself float up off the ground as he groaned again. "I still can't do it!" He exclaimed, "How about you Pri how are--"
Asta had been taken back when Prism had been floating just a few inches up off the ground, though she had a panicked look on her face.
"WHOA ARE YOU DOING THAT!?" Asta exclaimed.
"Uh-N-No!" She stammered, "It's not--!"
Asta was wondering why she looked so nervous, however soon had gotten the gist when he noticed what had been hanging off of her feet as he looked as fearful as he did. He saw several more little gerbils looking similar to that of a cloud, and with a couple of them having a set of wings made of wings looked to be the ones getting her up off the ground.
"What are they doing!?" Asta yelled in a low voice.
"I wanted to fly so bad, I guess they responded to what I was thinking!" She replied as she was lifted a bit higher up off the ground, "I did say that they know what my thoughts are, didn't I?!"
"Get them to stop, before one of the captains, or someone here sees them!" He said as he did his best to keep cool, "Hurry!"
"What do you think I'm doing?!" Prism exclaimed as she tried to get the little spirits off of her feet, "He-Hey, little ones, you gotta stop making me float!"
The little gerbils couldn't help but cock their heads to the side as they squeaked a little, like they were talking to her. Though much to Asta's surprise, she had responded to them, "I know, I know you're trying to help, and I appreciate it, but we have to keep a low profile for now!" She whispered.
"She's talking to them?" Asta thought in his head as he looked surprised, "Does that mean she can understand them too?" His eyes sparkled a little, "That is so cool!"
The little gerbils squeaked again as they looked to be bowing their heads.
"It's okay sweetums, I know you didn't mean to do it on purpose!" She said, "I just don't want you guys to get caught too! Now set me down gently, oka--EEK!"
The broom had suddenly flipped her over causing her to fly and hit the wall hard making Asta jump and scream. He ran over to her as she had been upside down as she had swirls in her eyes; the little spirits hiding in her cloak had looked to her with worry.
"PRI!" He yelled, "ARE YOU OKAY!?"
"Oh look at that--" Prism said in a sort of drunken tone, "--There's Pixies in the sky, and pigs with wings…"
Asta let out another scream as he shook her, "NO, DON'T GO INTO THE LIGHT!!"
Most of the captains had been watching as Asta had been trying to get Prism snap out of her daze. "Now isn't that interesting." William commented softly with a smile.
"She was using the broom so easily and yet she lost control of it in the next second." Fugeleon said.
"Still, this type of mana--" Charlotte said, "--It can't be coming from her."
"Vangance." Nozel said, turning to him, "That girl can't be who you and the foreigner say she is. What makes you two so sure that she's the one?"
Yami replied as he took a puff from his cigarette, "You're doubting my ki, braids?"
Nozel had retorted, "Silence foreigner."
"KEKE--" Jack said, "--I have doubts that shorty girl even is who you say she is meathead!"
Yami had said to Jack with a glare, "What did you say beanpole!?"
Pluck had said with a sigh, "Well, that girl whoever she is...she may act like the dummy girl..but that's no way that's her. She doesn't have any mana."
"I have no doubts she is the one we've been searching for the last few months." William told his comrades, "True, Yami and I only have our words as proof, though I think very soon she'll let us know in her own way."
"Here's to hoping." Pluck replied.
***
The exams had continued onward and so far Asta nor Prism were having no such luck. No matter what had seemed to have come their way neither of them couldn't access magic on their own. Even despite Sekke's encouragement they had no such luck, even when it came down to the most basic techniques like growing plants from a single seed.
Despite the spirits wanting to help Prism out, she strictly told them not to. It was just as she said, she didn't want any of them to get found out. Eventually it came down to the last and final exam for the entrance exam, and needless to say, everyone was surprised.
"Alright." William said as he stood up, "The next exam shall be the last one. You will engage in combat."
"EH!?" Most of the crowd had exclaimed.
"Combat!? As in we're going to fight each other!?" Prism exclaimed.
"What do you think short stack?" Feodora said.
Fuegoleon had soon spoke up, "You'll be battling! You will all pair up and fight with your partner! You may use your Grimoires to attack. Fighting is our ability, this is your chance to show us your true abilities!"
"As soon as one of you yields or becomes unable to fight the exams will be over." William had added, "There will be mages who can use healing magic on standby."
"So fight till your heart's content!" Fuegoleon said.
The crowd had been in distress as well as a certain human-elf girl as she held her head and had been visibly sweating. Adrien had been trying his best to get her to stay calm as well as the spirits hiding in her cloak, although they didn't have such luck.
"Does that mean if we lose it'll affect our evaluations!?" Prism said as she had started to panic, "Oh God, I didn't think this far ahead! What am I gonna do!? I can't even bring out that scythe! All I can do is scream wave thingy!"
"Calm down, would ya?" Feodora said, giving her a light smack on the head, "You'll figure it out."
"THAT DOESN'T HELP ME AT ALL!" She couldn't help but shout, though she immediately covered her mouth to avoid the onlookers.
"Damn, she's about to freak out." She said, before she turned to Asta, "Hey Dum-Dum, you think you could--"
She had soon been cut off, she saw that Asta looked just as distressed as Prism had been as he had been looking around.
"Cr-Crap!" Asta exclaimed as he looked around, "All I've been doing is yelling this whole time! I need to fight someone who looks strong! Can't do Feo, since that would be considered cheating! And I can't fight Yuno right now, not yet at least! What do I do!?"
"Whew mama--" Feodora said, surprised, "--Even you're nervous?"
"You'll be fine Asta, so quit worrying." Yuno said.
Sekke soon approached Asta from behind as he placed his hand on his shoulder, "Ba-hah! Fight me Asta!"
The four of them looked at Sekke a bit shocked. "Sekke!" Asta said as he had been practically in tears, "You're willing to fight a loser like me!?"
"But of course, ba-hah!" Sekke said with a smile.
"Aww, you're so sweet!" Prism said.
"Not to mention a life-saver!" Asta said, "Thanks so much!"
"I guess that's that then." Feodora said as she couldn't help but eye Sekke. The look on his face could tell what Sekke had been thinking as they stepped to the middle of the arena as they had been the first up.
She sighed as she turned over to Yuno, "This will DEFINITELY end badly for that guy."
"We'll let him figure that out." Yuno said.
"Huh?" Prism said confused before Yuno ushered her over to the side with him and Feodora.
Asta and Sekke had both gotten to the middle of the arena as the whole crowd gave the combatants space for them to use their magic.
"Let's both give it our all and fight fair!" Asta said to Sekke with a smile, "So we can achieve our goals!"
Sekke soon gave a laugh as it took Asta back a bit. He soon placed his hand on his shoulder before he told him, with a sinister smile on his face, "You don't have to try so hard anymore--You filthy little rat that wandered into the wrong place. Thank you for making me look even better so far. I'll get into the Magic Knights and do my best for the both of us--And have a great time. Got it you miserable peasant?"
Asta's eyes widened slightly at Sekkes words as his look changed and his smile fell from his face. Sekke soon gave him another pat on the shoulder, "Hurry up and go back to the boonies so you and that ugly girl of yours can get back to your crappy life, bah-ha!"
Asta flinched at the comment as he knew he had been talking about Prism; though he remained calm despite his hand was shaking slightly. Sekke had soon gotten to his side of the ring as Asta had stayed where he was.
Prism couldn't help but tilt her head as she noticed how Asta's posture changed slightly.
"Hey--" She said as she looked over to Yuno and Feodora, "--Do you guys think Asta is gonna be okay? He doesn't look too good."
"Knowing that guy, he only chose Asta because he's got no magic." Feodora said, "So he thinks he can beat him based on that. It's ballsy and cowardly. But since it's Asta that bah-ha guy is more stupid then he is."
Prism soon had a look of worry, "Shouldn't we stop the fighting before it starts? Asta could get hurt from whatever Sekke's magic is!"
"That won't be necessary." Yuno said, with a reassured smile, "You should know by now, that he'll be able to handle this on his own." He soon turned over to Asta, "After all, he is my rival."
Prism still couldn't help but hold that look on her face as she looked over to the match.
The referee soon said with a wave of his hand, "Begin the match!"
"No holding back!" Sekke said, "Let's do this Asta, bah-ha!"
His Grimoire soon opened as it turned to a certain page, "Bronze Creation Magic: Sekke Magnum Cannonball!"
In almost an instant the crowd saw a transparent dome appear around Sekke; the dome had formed a set of cannons around it as it took everyone by surprise.
"Well captains?" Sekke thought as he looked at them, "How do you like my magic? It's bronzified and protects me as it shoots out magical bullets. It's offense and defense all in one!" He soon turned back to Asta as he still stood there calmly, "It'll block all of his lame attacks which will show off my defensive powers, and then I'll finish you off once you've worn yourself out."
He soon gave Asta a wink, "There's no need to hold back. Come at me, bah-ha!"
"Sure thing." Asta soon said as he had been taken back by tone of voice.
Asta's Grimoire soon appeared in front of him as it had been lit with a familiar red light; he pulled his blade out of the pages before he got himself ready as he took a deep breath.
In the next few seconds Asta charged at Sekke full force, before he could blink and in an instant he broke the dome with a single swing and it knocked him out instantly.In a matter of seconds, the match was over. Everyone, even the captains, Pluck and Fafnar had looked shocked, while Feodora and Yuno smiled at this; Prism's expression brightened as she couldn't help but smile too.
"WHOO ASTA!" Feodora cheered, "WAY TO KICK HIS ASS!"
"Asta…" Prism said before she thought, "... He really is amazing! I'm really glad I met someone like him!"
"That Boy...he was Sword Magic too?" Pluck asked in his head, "No, that's wrong--I don't sense any mana from him! That just now…Could it be... Was it Anti-Magic!?"
Asta soon put his sword over his shoulder as he towered over Sekke, "Unlike you--I'm not joining the Magic Knights so I don't have to work so hard and kick back! I'm here to work my butt off--And become the next Wizard King!"