Chapter 40: The Lioness met her Lion.

Asta exhibited a warm smile as hee saw Sylph happy, reached out his hand caressing her chin and then said softly.

''I will do everything in my power to reunite them Sylphie''

''Hm!'' Sylph nodded tenderly, then sat on Asta's shoulder and placed her head next to his head, they both watched the beautiful sight of the sea being purified, the blood disappeared and glows of different colors appeared in the sea, it was as if it was transforming. The fish in the sea swam in symphony with the changes, and after the ocean changed completely, a small silhouette formed in front of Sylph and Asta.

''Sylph!'' The silhouette of a beautiful woman made of pure water formed as she spoke.

Sylph let out a soft playful laugh and flew around the silhouette, stopping in front of it.

''You are still as beautiful as from the moment we parted ways'' The silhouette said.

''Thank you big sis'' Sylph said with a red tone on her cheeks.

''Who is that man over there?'' Undine asked.

''He is the one who helped me! I wish you could have seen how he uses my wind powers''

''W-was he the one who moved the winds like this? I thought you used your full form'' Undine said with shock, the handsome man in front of her looked like someone calm, besides having that soft expression and warm smile as he looked at them, Undine would not have believed it was this man who caused such havoc in the ocean if her little sister hadn't told her.

''Introduce yourself big sis!'' Sylph said making undine come out of her thoughts.

''Hello, I'm Undine. Thank you for taking care of my little sister'' The silhouette said.

''It's nothing, she's a nice girl. My name is Asta by the way, it's nice to meet you Undine.''

''Mhm, She's wonderful'' Undine nodded at Asta's words.

''H-Hey this isn't a complimentary meeting, Big sister where can I find you?'' Sylph said. Her face was completely red, giving her a more adorable touch than she already is.

''I am in the heart kingdom taking care of the Queen, we have some problems.'' The silhouette said with a tired tone.

''R-Really?'' Sylph said and looked at Asta with puppy eyes, he could never say no to Sylph if she made that expression.

''You can keep in touch with this, I can provide you with help when needed.''Asta pulled a magic communication device from his pocket and pass it to the silhouette.

''Thank you! I will definitely call you when I need help'' The silhouette spoke and began to blink.

''B-Big sister!?'' Sylph looked at Undine with concern.

''Don't worry, I seem to have abused my reach and abilities too much, after all I also have spells activated in the Kingdom'' Undine said while passing the device to a dolphin.

''...'' Sylph felt a little discouraged, she wanted to talk more with Undine but it seemed that it was not going to be possible.

''Don't be discouraged, we'll see you soon, and in addi-'' Before the silhouette finished speaking it collapsed.

''Big sister...'' Sylph bit her lips in frustration.

''Be patient Sylphie, remember that i made a promise to you'' Asta said softly.

''Thank you!'' Sylph crashed into Asta's chest and instead of entering his body, she stuck to it.

''Rest, you must be very tired to expel so much mana in that way''

''Hmm''Sylph glowed green and disappeared.

*Sigh*

Asta sighed as he gazed at the beautiful sunset then returned to his subordinates.

''We have finished boss'' A subordinate said.

''Well, let's take them to the Kingdom until they are fully recovered.'' Asta said.

''Yes boss!'' The subordinates began to move in a coordinated manner, using various types of magic to carry away the wounded and followed Asta, who was flying above them standing guard.

...

''Can you come to the exit of the kingdom?'' Asta asked to Julius though the magic device of comunication.

''In going on my way there'' Julius said.

Asta turned off the device after listening to Julius, he looked at all the people he rescued, he expected them to look at him with a touch of fear, but they looked at him as if he was a god that descended into the sea to save them.

'I don't consider myself a hero, I lose control very easily when the same scene repeats itself as in my past life.' Asta thought watching these people, somehow recalled memories that he preferred to keep sealed for life., the amount of people he killed today was insignificant compared to the amount he killed in his previous life, many people saw him as a hero and even a God, but Asta thought he was just a monster with a thirst for revenge and desire to fulfill his objectives.

Julius was quick to appear, surprising passersby and the people Asta brought along. It was very strange to see the Wizard King as he was always letting himself be controlled by his curiosity and discoveries, Julius looked at the people with a kind smile and said.

''Come with me''

Asta walked ahead of Julius and without anyone noticing except Julius, Asta slipped a stone into his pocket.

''Thank you... I guess you are in a hurry, let me take care of these people at least'' Julius said as he saw Asta's tousled hair and a few traces of blood on his clothes.

''Bye Julius'' Asta flew straight into the sky with his dark wings, the people he had saved looked up at him with shining eyes, the girl he had even saved could not help but hope to meet him again.

Sylph came out of Asta's chest, she stared at him for a few moments, confusing Asta, then she said goodbye to him and left the place.

Without further ado, Asta shot off toward his castle, It didn't take him long to arrive, he checked to see if his wives were there but apparently they weren't, so he decided to take a bath.

''Why do I feel that I look a little different?'' Asta frowned looking at the mirror.

''Meh, maybe I should relax a little bit.'' Asta said and began to bathe.

...

''Well! You learn fast woman'' Mereoleona said with a smile that show her canine tooth.

''I think that's enough, don't you think?'' Mimosa said, looking at Lily's sweaty body, her hair was sticking on her face and beads of sweat were running down her sides, despite being in that state Lily's charm never disappeared.

''Get on'' Mereoleona kneels down showing her back to Lily, Lily felt a little embarrassed but still did not reject Mereoleona's kind gesture.

''Noelle! We are leaving'' Mereoleona said.

Noelle came flying fast in her Valkyrie suit, on her head was Sekre and a small stone was in the bird's beak.

''What the hell is this?'' Noelle asked watching the cuts in the place.

''Nothing, it was just a warm-up'' Mereoleona said as she started to walk.

''Warmp-Up?, I think you rather made Lily lose several kilos in a few hours...'' Mimosa said as she followed Mereoleona.

''Bah, in my day I used to do that all day long'' Mereoleona said causing the others to look at her with a stoic expression.

''Look at this'' Noelle floated next to Mereoleona, took the stone from Sekre's beak and showed it to her.

''Mhm? That is a magic stone, You are lucky to find one, but be careful, they are very dangerous. No human can use it or else you will suffer great consequences.'' Mereoleona explained.

''It wasn't me, it was Sekre. Apparently she has an ability to detect magic stones. '' Noelle put the stone away and held Sekre by his head carefully for Mereoleona to see.

Mereoleona's eyes widened, and then she abruptly said ''Noelle never mention that again, there are a lot of crazy people in this world and if they know that there is someone like this little bird that can detect magic stones, they will start hunting her.''

''I don't think I should worry about it'' Noelle said with a small smile, knowing full well what would happen to the person who tried to lay a finger on Sekre.

''Well, if you say'' Mereoleona said.

''It's a beautiful sunset'' Mimosa spoke with a soft smile.

'I wonder if Asta is already in the castle...' Lily thought as she bite her lips, she wanted to continue last night but was unfortunately interrupted by Sylph.

''Let's speed up'' Mereoleona said suddenly, The others didn't notice Mereoleona's expression, but there was a big smile of excitement, she couldn't wait any longer!

Because Mereoleona moved faster with her reinforcement magic it didn't take them minutes to reach the castle, Mereoleona ran into the castle but didn't find the man, Noelle, Lily and Mimosa watched her with a stoic expression as she ran out of the castle and ran like an excited child into the arena.

''I can smell and feel it! He is here!'' Mereoleona ran into the sand as if he were a predator that found its prey,Lily, Noelle and Mimosa followed the excited Mereoleona moments later...

...

Asta was sitting quietly in the center of the arena, conversing with Edith and Heloise. The atmosphere was calm until a wild aura could be felt in the arena.

Asta stood up causing Heloise to pout, the small chance she had was interrupted by a woman in the doorway who looked at Asta with a feral grin showing her canine tooth.

''For real, my second life is really playing a bad trick on me, first the temple and now she...'' Asta looked at the woman walking slowly toward him, The woman's blue eyes looked at Asta with excitement, her wild long vermilion hair swayed softly with each step she took, Asta noticed that the woman was very well trained the lean and toned muscles showed through her crimson shirt, her dark leather pants were tight marking her thick thighs and explosive hips.

Mereoleona was confused for a moment when she noticed a touch of sadness in Asta's expression but that touch disappeared as quickly as it appeared, Mereoleona thought for a moment that the man in front of her was just a pretty face. But that smile, that damn smil- cough cough! That smile that Asta showed said it all...

She find her Lion and it wasn't in the Jungle...