Chapter 3

''I've never heard of a grimoire like this'' Asta grabbed the grimoire, began to examine it.

''This grimoire looks very suspicious, this aura doesn't give me a good feeling.''. Asta looked at the grimoire, he was hesitating to take it for a moment until it opened.

The grimoire opened revealing the handle of a two-handed sword, Asta unsheathed the sword from the grimoire as if he were lifting a feather.

''Ehh? This grimoire stores swords, this sword is strange besides being dirty it looks quite old and dull'' Asta muttered while examining the sword and something ticked in his mind, ''Maybe it has a function'' Asta thought.

He pointed with his sword waiting for an attack or something strange to come out of it, but unfortunately nothing came out.

''... It was too good to be true'' Asta's face was one of disappointment, he imagined that maybe the sword had some element to it.

''I'll have to investigate its function when I get to the Clover Kingdom'' Asta muttered to himself.

Just as he was about to sheathe the sword in the grimoire he felt someone behind his back, in a second he swung the greatsword with one hand cutting some chains that were heading for his back.

''!!!'' The man of thin build and thief-like appearance was stunned to see the boy's reactions, he came out of his stupor attacking again with the chains infused with mana.

Asta looked the man in the eye with a mocking smile, swung his sword and cut through the chains as if he had just cut butter.

''Wh-what'' The man recoiled as his chains were easily shattered.

''Today is not your lucky day Hahaha'' Asta was already beside the man with his sword pointed at his head.

''!!!'' The man was alarmed, he tried to avoid the sword but Asta was too fast. He hit him hard with the blunt side, the man's body twisted as if it was made of rubber and shot out 10 meters.

''You only took one hit?'' Asta looked at the poor man lying on the floor with his head full of blood, he was about to approach him but he heard footsteps of guards approaching.

Asta didn't want any trouble, he moved quickly, disappearing from the grimoire tower.

...

Asta was inside a carriage looking at the grimoire sword with a big smile.

'A sword that cuts magic, in a world where magic dictates everything. It's like i'm cheating'

''Sir we are here'' The person driving the carriage brought Asta out of his thoughts. Asta got off and paid him, then turned to look at the place where he had just arrived.

''So this is the Clover Kingdom'' Asta looked at the entrance to the kingdom, with an excited smile Asta entered the kingdom.

Asking several people, Asta managed to reach an inn.

'The best place to gather information' Asta thought, then entered the inn which had a very lively atmosphere, commoners eating and drinking beer enjoying life until Asta arrived.

A deadly silence hung over the inn. Because of Asta's appearance everyone mistook him for a Noble, the people in the inn tensed up because they know that a Noble does not mean good news.

Contrary to everyone's expectations Asta sat down next to them and ordered beers, he looked at the people at the table who were quite tense, their faces had beads of sweat pouring down at incredible speeds.

''Hello, my name is Asta, I come from a village far away. I would like you to help me with some things, clearly it won't be for free'' Asta exhibited a sly smile.

Seeing the kind expression and the calm with which the boy spoke, everyone's tension vanished as if it had not existed.

A waitress looked at Asta with interest, sat down next to him and then asked

''You have come to the right place if you are looking for information about this Kingdom'' the waitress exhibited a slight smile, knowing that he is a commoner like her she felt more comfortable talking to him.

The inn returned to its lively atmosphere, different people approached Asta, they talked to him about the orders of chivalry, the King of Royalty who they described as a complete shit, lastly they talked about the Wizard King who is always available to save the ass of the King of Royalty.

Asta continued talking to people, trying to get enough information, then rented a room and went to sleep.

...

Inn (Sunrise)

''Hummp'' Asta yawned sitting up in bed, his eyes were squinted and his hair a mess. Asta headed to the bathroom to take a shower.

He dressed and went downstairs for breakfast.

''Here you go'' The waitress who somehow ended up drunk and in Asta's lap last night said with embarrassment.

''Thank you'' Asta began to have breakfast planning what he could do these 6 months,'Maybe I should examine the grimoire more, but I need a place away from people, a forest would be perfect'

Asta finished his breakfast, left the inn and headed for the nearest forest.

...

In the middle of a beautiful forest Asta could be seen, he was looking at the thick dirty looking sword.

'If this sword can nullify magic, then my grimoire should be related to antimagic. 'I am quite lucky to possess antimagic in a world like this' Asta was immersed in his thoughts, the chains of the man who attacked him in the grimoire tower were infused with mana and this sword easily cut them off.

¡BOOM!

An explosion brought Asta out of his thoughts as he looked in the direction of the explosion and quickly ran towards it.

Asta arrived at the place where the explosion was heard, the place was full of holes with some moisture in them, Asta looked around until he found a girl.

The girl appeared to be a noblewoman, her silver-colored hair was close to her sweaty face accentuating her beautiful oval face. Her eyes are a beautiful purple color, the girl was small measuring 1,60CM.

''Are you okay?'' Asta asked the girl when he saw that she was breathing heavily.

''!!!'' The girl became alarmed directing her gaze towards Asta, she extended her hand creating a slowly spinning sphere of water, the sphere began to tremble and exploded in her hand.

''Hahaha, calm down if I had wanted to attack you I wouldn't even bother talking to you'' Asta laughed at the sight of the girl's wet face.

"Who are you?'' The girl asked with embarrassment visible on her face as she realized that she acts too hastily sometimes.

''My name is Asta'' Asta replied with a gentle smile.