I am definitely going to regret this

"You damn freak! Fire! Fire! Put it out! "

"Ahahaha!"

"Magna! Run to the water!"

Asta shouted to Magna who was running around in panic when Luck set his underwear on fire. All of them were running by the beach kicking up a cloud of sand behind them.

With the same pace and panic, they passed by Vanessa, Wilhelm and Noelle, covering them in dust too.

"*COUGH* *COUGH* Hey! Stop it!" Vanessa shouted as she coughed along with Noelle while Wilhelm blocked out the sand with a mineral helmet.

"Why are we wasting time here?" Wilhelm asked at which Vanessa moving the thin layer of sand on her face said, "Mah mah~ don't be too stuck up. We are on a beach. Enjoy~" Vanessa muttered as she settled back into her chair from the shade of an umbrella.

"Oh~ I am sorry that I find it hard to enjoy when we are here for a mission at a place we have no good amount of information of.

And I am sorry for the fact that I don't like basking in the light of the sun that pierces my eyes and cooks my brain until I am suffering from heat stroke." Wilhelm said with a sarcastic undertone in the beginning that picked up in intensity as he spoke until he ended with a voice full of poison.

"…

You hate the sun, don't you?" Noelle asked at which Wilhelm turned to her with an unimpressed look and said, "What gave it away?"

"Hmph" Meeting with sarcasm, Noelle just pouted and moved her head away when Vanessa picked up.

"Then what kind of weather do you like, rainy?"

"I like windy weather full of dark clouds and rain, or dry and cold nights."

'This is also the reason why I would always use darkness mode on my electronic devices back home.' He thought as Vanessa hummed at his reply while Noelle noted everything she heard.

'Hmm…so Wilhelm does not like beach, huh? I wasted all of my time picking up my swim sui-No! I did not pick it for him. I did for me!'

"What is wrong with her?"

"I have been asking this question since I met her." Wilhelm commented on Vanessa's question both of whom gave a weird look to Noelle who was blushing like a tomato and was muttering something to her.

'Hmm…well I guess I have rested enough. I think it is time to continue to practice with my magic a bit.' Wilhelm thought as he erratically jumped from the chair.

"Where are you going?" Vanessa asked as she turned back on her stomach and wiggled her behind which Wilhelm did not even look at for a second.

"To ughh! train." He replied as he stretched his back.

"Have fun I guess." Vanessa commented off-handedly when Noelle suddenly spoke, "I will come with you."

"Nope."

"Why?!" Noelle all but whined at his immediate rebuttal.

"Because Luck is better." He replied in a matter-of-fact tone that brought a smile to Vanessa's face who was listening in to their banter without intent to say anything herself.

"But I used to help you train back at home." Noelle said with frustration, but did not realize that she had designated the Black Bull base as her home, something that the pair present did not miss which caused Vanessa's heart to go soft while Wilhelm decided to lessen his teasing.

'Only for now.'

Taking a deep breath, he said, "I need Luck now instead of you because I need to train in Beast Magic, which after going through the contents regarding it in my grimoire is a form of magic that enhances physical capabilities like strength, speed, stamina, vitality and endurance."

"-And because Luck is good fights with his hands, you are going to train with him." Noelle completed his sentence for him as she understood the reason for him denying her, but she followed it up with a question of her own.

"Then why don't you ask Captain Yami to train with you like you usually? He must be much better than Luck."

"A reasonable question. The answer is because…"

"…Because?"

"…he is annoying."

"…What?" Noelle said as she thought she heard wrong, but the expression on Wilhelm's face showed he meant it. Then he exhaled a mouthful of air closing his eyes and continued.

"Well, that is part of the reason.

The main reason is that Captain Yami, while being good at fighting up close probably much better than his peers relies on his weapon. This is not true for Luck, who fights with his hands and legs, and only coats them with his magic to enhance his abilities, the same way Beast Magic does.

The only person who I know to be best in this regard is your cousin, Mereoleona, but she is quite busy at present and I have a feeling that, unlike your Noseless brother, she would keep on annoying me if I defeat her using my Illusion Magic."

"Does that mean you are letting go of the sword?" Noelle followed with another question as Wilhelm took a sip from the non-alcoholic fruit drink he had bought along with Vanessa's personal stock.

"Nah, I am thinking of using the sword with Beast Magic, you know. Think of it like a physical enhancement magic. Okay, now I will take my leave." He said the last part hurriedly as he left his company to catch up to Luck.

"Hmm…they went this way." He muttered to himself as he faced the direction where the idiotic trio ran off to. As he just took one step, a thought crept into his mind, which caused his face to turn from annoyance due to the sun to split into a grin.

Bringing his hand out, his grimoire followed it and floated beneath it, and the pages turned until they stooped showing a certain spell.

"Beast Magic: Cheetah Charge." Wilhelm spoke as an orange-colored aura encased his legs and morphed into something resembling the hindlegs of a feline. Cheetah to be precise.

*Inhales*

'Okay, just lean in the front direction and push the ground. Hard.'

Wilhelm thought and put his thoughts into practice. When he was about to speed out, the aura darkened in color and…

*BOOM*

"WAH!!!"

"AHH-*Splash*"

…Wilhelm shot out like a bullet from the gun chamber that kicked up a huge sand cloud which caused Noelle to yelp in shock, while Wilhelm himself shouted at the top of his lungs due to the miscalculation which was soon muffled as he moved to the ocean, passing the sandy beach and crashed into the wave.

If it was a normal person, they would have likely broken all the bones in their body due to the impact, but Wilhelm who on instinct used Mineral Magic coupled with the aura of Beast Magic managed to save himself from any damage, bar from the dizziness that came with the impact.

Just as his body stabilized from the impact, a shimmering and familiar portal appeared beneath him which consumed his body and…

*THUD*

…threw him on the sandy beach from the waters.

"Argh…" Wilhelm groaned as he stirred on the ground. Finral, who had created the portal seeing that Wilhelm appeared to be in danger, asked him with a concerned look.

"Are you fine?"

"No-argh…I feel like I will empty all of the *Gurgle* contents of my stomach." Wilhelm said as he turned on his stomach and placed his palm on his mouth to stop himself from puking.

"Eh? Eh! No-not here! Puke in this portal." Finral said with sweat on his brows and created a portal. The reason for this fear was that he did not want to smell the familiar smell of puke from here out on the beach that base reeks of due to the kindness of Vanessa.

Wilhelm faced the portal and waited for minutes with Finral who was standing at a distance, but thankfully did not puke and lay on his back. Seeing this, Finral cautiously walked up to his fallen figure.

"What were you doing that you shot yourself into the ocean like that?" Finral asked rubbing his hair.

Looking into the sky and taking a deep breath, Wilhelm replied, "I was…trying to run…with Beast Magic."

"Your new magic?" Finral quipped at which Wilhelm breathlessly nodded.

Placing his palm beneath his chin, Finral said, "That magic is that fast, huh?" but shivered internally at the thought of fighting someone with such magic who actually knows how to use it.

Shaking his head, Finral snapped out of it while Wilhelm got on his feet and felt the dizziness in him receding, looked at Finral and asked, "Where is your date?"

But the question without knowledge damaged Finral who with a strained smile said, "She is…somewhere."

"I am sure of it." Wilhelm said patting his back in sympathy that only made Finral feel worse. Then Wilhelm continued, "Anyway, do you know where Luck is?"

"Umm…they are near that palm tree whose coconut hit Noelle on her head."

"Oh, you mean at – 'Nut that fell'?"

"Yes, they are at the 'Nut that fell'" Finral confirmed the name of the place that Wilhem has christened just to make fun of Noelle.

Nodding at Finral, Wilhelm said, "Well, thank you for the save and direction. Also, good for your date with a girl that exists somewhere in this world."

"Hey-"

But Finral's reply was cut off from the ears of Wilhelm who jumped into the portal he created using his newly acquired Spatial Magic. As he appeared from the other way he was met with…

*WHOOSH*

…a fireball to the face.

Frantically he dodged the attack by diving down to the ground as the fireball passed where his head should be and struck the…

*BOOM*

…tree a distance behind him.

'What in the 7 hells is wrong with them?' Wilhelm shouted internally at the face that he had 2 close calls not even half an hour from each other. Levelling his eyes in the front, he saw that Magna was swinging his bat like a wild mutt at Luck who dodged it cackling like a madman while Asta hid behind his claymore to not become a casualty of their actions.

'These two sh*theads do it every time. There is no moment of peace around them.' Wilhelm thought with an annoyed expression as he created a portal to throw back another fireball that shot at him back at Magna.

"WHA-"

*BOOM*

That was all Magna managed to mutter before a blast of fire consumed him. Seeing this, Luck too halted and turned to see the source of the interruption and said like a child whose toy was separated from him, "Why did you do that? I have having fun."

"Because I want to fight you." As Wilhelm uttered those words, Luck disappeared from his previous location and appeared in front of Wilhelm as if he had teleported with his sad expression gone from his face like it was never there and was replaced by one of excitement.

"Really?!" He asked as he jumped into place.

'Ah, I am going to regret this.'

"Yes. I need to practice Beast Magic-"

"Let's go!!"

But Luck did not wait for him to continue and dragged him by his arm leaving behind Asta who was shaking a fainted Magna.

May he rest in peace.

'I am definitely going to regret this.'

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