Black Bulls base
A day later Julian got the news that Heath had committed suicide during the interrogation. And the interrogation is of course done by a purple Orca.
The captain of purple Orca and some members would do anything for money. The capital city is covered by a barrier to detect large magic fluctuations, this was maintained by his squad. He even opened the barrier for money.
" Wizard king was happy with your performance in the mission and has awarded a star to our squad," Yami said showing a small star.
Everyone cheered but Asta asked what did those stars do. Magna explained that every year each squad competes with each other in terms of the number of stars. A star is received when a commendable service is done for the kingdom. This ranking is announced at the star award festival each year.
" With this, we have 30 stars ".
" Yay!!! " everyone cheered. Asta was told that the most stars were earned by Julian. Last year they had negative stars and this year their stars were not deducted yet.
It was nearly the end of the month so Yami decided to give everyone their payment. Asta was overjoyed with receiving so much but Noelle didn't give any reaction as it was less compared to what she used to get from her family.
"Since you have money, why don't I take you to the castle town for some shopping! I was free right now " Vanessa said
Julian tagged along as he had something to do.
Finral dropped four of them in the castle town and went to flirt with a woman with his terrible flirting skills.
Castle town Kiga was a market town in the noble realm. This town was the roadway to the castle of the wizard king. The magic knight's exam takes place in the neighboring town.
Asta and Noelle walked on the streets with amazement as they had never seen such a large market. Asta had never been to the large tows like this and Noelle had been given everything at her doorstep without going anywhere so it was a different experience for them.
Asta didn't enter any shop as the prices were out of his budget. Vanessa saw this and said " Let me take you to a place where the prices are low "
The reputation of black bulls was not that bad now so people greeted them where they went. Having magic knights on the streets was a kind of assurance for people too. Moving ahead they reached an alleyway with a dead end. Vanessa and Julian went ahead and passes through the walls, Asta and Noelle were amazed but didn't halt their steps.
" What is this place ? " asked Noelle.
" This place is called the black market. A lot of goods are sold here at a cheap rate and if you are lucky you might find something valuable. Though the crime rate of this place is high, the value of the products is worth it ."
"You guys move ahead, I have to do some work for the captain. I will meet you at the entrance . " said Julian.
Vanessa nodded and showed them around. On the way, Noelle saw a beautiful hair clip.
Asta looking at her gaze saw the hairclip and said her to buy it and it would look good on her. Hearing this Noelle didn't think twice and bought it. Vanessa only gave a small laugh at their antics.
Vanessa then took them to a shop where there were a lot of magic items. The shop was run by a familiar witch named Code Dominante. Vanessa began to converse with her and with Asta and Noelle looking at the items.
Asta bought a set of adjustable weights. All of them had the word " code written in them ". Asta felt like he had heard that name somewhere.
Noelle tried them one by one in the provided area and finally steeled on a wand with a gem on its back.
Asta finally remembered as asked the shopkeeper." Miss do you know someone with the name Fanzel ? ". Hearing the name she dropped the money she was counting and widened her eyes.
" Where did you hear that name!!? "
Asta explained that he met a man in the woods near Hage village. He taught Asta how to swing a sword for two months. He mentioned that he was searching for his wife who made magic items with the alias ' code '. Asta didn't mention the diamond kingdom and the rest of the case as the place was not suitable.
Hearing his explanation she almost shed tears of joy. She had been looking for her husband for a year but didn't find him. She was a witch the left the witch forest a few years before Vanessa went with Yami. She fell in love with a general of the Diamond kingdom who happened to be on an expedition.
She lived with him in the diamond kingdom for a year and got married to him. After a year of marriage, they escaped from spade nation. Due to the trail of assassins. Finally, after a year, she heard the news of her husband. She was so happy that she gave the items they choose for free.
While Asta was telling the location Julian entered a small shop.
Inside the shop he found a kid around the age of 10 hammering a sword.
"Excuse me do you know someone with the name Satoshi "
The kid saw Julian and then the symbol on his clothes. " Yes, he is my grandfather, please wait a moment I will call him ".
After a while he returned with an old man . "it's been a while that someone from the black bulls has come to find me. Did Yami - kun send you . "
" Yes he ordered for his katana to be repaired . " said Julian before taking out a katana from his grimoire.
The kid got excited seeing his four-leaf grimoire and filled him with questions. Julian answered some of them and began to discuss more with the old man.
Julian took out a red dagger, this was a gift from Sister Theresa. This dagger had developed cracks after a lot of battles. Though he never used them after learning to create mana daggers. That dagger had a lot of memories so he didn't want to break it.
" Can you please repair this dagger? This dagger means a lot to me " said Julian before handing him the dagger and the sword.
" Surprisingly I know the creator of this dagger. It's my son's craftsmen ship ."