Warmth of Ice

Chapter 2: The Grimoires

Y/N was finishing getting ready. It was an important day. It was the day when all the fifteen year old children would receive their grimoires. Asta and Yuno were waiting for him outside. Y/N finished and headed outside. Asta smiled upon seeing him, "Hey Y/N. Ready to go?" Y/N nodded. The three of them walked to the grimoire tower.

The keeper of the grimoire tower started giving a speech about the importance of grimoires and how he was expecting great things from everyone there. Asta was excited to finally receive his grimoire. Y/N placed a hand on his shoulder, "Asta, calm down. It's going to come soon, so relax." Asta smiled at him, "Yeah. Ok." The keeper finished his speech and the grimoires were distributed. They were flying around to their owners. Asta was holding his hands up to receive his own grimoire. Y/N chuckled at his excitement when his own grimoire arrived. It was a light blue grimoire with a white snow flake pattern and a white three leaf clover in the center. Y/N started looking through the grimoire. He admitted to himself that he was excited to have his very own grimoire. "Hey, where's mine?" Y/N was brought of his thoughts as he turned to see that Asta hadn't received his grimoire. The keeper said, "Try again next year." The others started laughing at Asta. Suddenly, a bright light filled the room. It was Yuno's grimoire, which was the rare four leaf clover grimoire. Everyone was amazed that it had chosen him. Once he got it, Yuno said, "I'm going to be the Wizard King." Everyone stared. Asta rushed to Yuno and yelled, "Whatever Yuno. Don't forget that you're my rival." Yuno started walking away, "Not possible." Asta was surprised when he heard that and ran off. Y/N followed after.

Asta was getting depressed over not having received a grimoire. Y/N called out, "Asta! Are you okay?!" Asta was shocked and got down from the tree he was in. He frowned, "Sorry Y/N. Guess all that stuff you said about me wasn't true." Y/N shook his head, "That's not true. maybe something happened to your grimoire so it couldn't come to you. Or maybe because you haven't used any magic before, you need to do something in order to get it. There are a lot of possible explanations for why your grimoire didn't come. I still have faith in you." Asta blushed at the other boy's words and smiled, "Thanks. It means a lot." Y/N blushed slightly and smiled, "It's no problem. Even if the worst things happen, I'll always have faith in you." Asta  smiled and climbed back up the tree, "You here that world!! No matter what , I'll never give up!!" He stopped when he saw something in the distance. He jumped back down and ran back to the grimoire tower. Y/N called out for him, "Asta? What's going on? Where are you going?" Asta didn't stop to answer his questions and kept running. Y/N started running after him. He wasn't the most athletic person, so it was hard to catch up.

Y/N was gasping for breathe when he arrived to the grimoire tower. He began searching for Asta and saw that he and Yuno were being held captive by chains created by magic. A strange man was standing over them with Yuno's grimoire. Y/N yelled, "Leave them alone." He launched several shards of ice. The man was surprised by his appearance and blocked the shards with his chains. Y/N continued launching the shards of ice. The man continued blocking, but a few managed to get through the chains and harmed him. The man yelled, "Damn you, you little brat!!" He used his grimoire to create more chains that pierced through Y/N. Asta and Yuno yelled, "Y/N!!!!" Y/N kneeled from the pain of being struck by the chains. The man approached, "Great another brat. Guess you're friends with that magicless kid. You probably just hang around him to make fun of, am I right?" Y/N said, "You're wrong. I've never thought any less of Asta." The man laughed, "Please. The guy has absolutely zero magic power. He's worthless. He can't do anything." Y/N paused for a minute before responding, "I know." The man stopped laughing and stared at Y/N. He continued, "I knew from the very beginning that Asta didn't have any magic power. That he would never be able to use magic. But I still believe in him. Asta and Yuno are both hard working and dedicated to changing the world. Even if it's impossible and can never happen, I will still believe in them." Yuno smiled, "That's right. Don't underestimate Asta. After all...he's my rival." Asta was encouraged by their words. Suddenly, a dirty grimoire with a five leaf clover appeared in front of him. Yuno smiled, "I knew it. Asta not getting a grimoire? Not possible." A giant, black sword came out from the grimoire. Asta grabbed it, "Man, this is heavy. Looks like my strength training came in handy after all." He swung the sword, destroying the chains. The man started panicking, "What the hell? My spell is being erased!" Y/N saw what was happening and understood, 'Asta doesn't have any magic power. That sword has the ability to destroy magic power. A normal person would be unable to use them because their own magic power would be depleted. However, that is not the case here. Asta is the only person who can use that sword!' Asta swung the sword at the man and knocked him out. Once the man was unconscious, the sword returned to the grimoire and Yuno was released. Asta grabbed his grimoire, "Oh man. My own grimoire! I know that it's dirty, but I love it all the same." Y/N smiled and tried to stand up, but flinched from the pain. His grimoire opened by itself and added a recovery spell for him to use. The pain started fading. Y/N managed to stand as Asta and Yuno were fist bumping and talking about their promise to each other to try to be the Wizard King. They turned to Y/N. Yuno asked, "Are you okay?" Y/N nodded, "Yeah. I got a recovery spell in my grimoire. Looks like most of my injuries healed. We should go to the church and have Sister Lily heal you two as well." Asta hugged Y/N tightly. This caused him to blush, "Asta! What are you doing?" Asta released him and said, "You believed in me, even though you knew that I didn't have magic. Thanks." Y/n flailed his hands, "What? No! I didn't do anything special. I just knew that you would do great things, even without magic. It's not a big deal that I believed in you." Asta said, "It's a huge deal!! And you were awesome in that fight. You managed to land a couple of attacks on that guy." Y/N looked at the strange man, "Come to think of it, who is he?" Yuno said, "He said that he was a former member of the Magic Knights. It looks like he got kicked out and became a robber. He tried to steal my grimoire to sell it off." Y/N gasped, "Oh, that's terrible." Asta nodded and smiled, "But you still fought against him with your awesome Ice magic." Y/N frowned, "But I didn't do much. I just started attacking him randomly to try to scare him off and make him release you two." Asta said, "Well, I still think you're awesome. You know what, you should come with us to take the Magic Knights exam!" Yuno nodded, "Yeah. It'd be good for you." Y/N shook his head, "No. I already told you two that I'm happy just being able to cheer you on from the sidelines." Asta said, "Instead of cheering from the sidelines, we'd prefer if you stood next to us." Yuno nodded in agreement, "Yeah. it's better if the three of us are together." Y/N blushed in embarrassment. He tried to cover his eyes, but when he peeked through them, he saw Asta and Yuno staring at him expectantly. Y/N groaned and said, "Fine. I'll do it! I'll join the Magic Knights with you two!!" Asta started cheering loudly while Yuno smiled. Y/N blushed even more, but smiled softly.