Chapter 9: Magic Knights Ceremony

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Y/N, Yuno, Klaus, and Mimosa were sent to the royal capital in order to give their report on the dungeon mission. Y/N asked, "Why did they wait a week to ask for our report?" Klaus said, "It must be because they've been extremely busy. It was a mission that involved invaders from the Diamond Kingdom. There must have been other things to take care of beforehand." Mimosa smiled, "It's nice to come to the royal capital." As they walked, they heard themselves be called. They turned and saw Asta and Noelle approaching. Mimosa immediately ran away and blushed. Asta asked, "Huh, why'd she run away?" Yuno retorted, "Maybe she was surprised by how short your arm is." Asta started bickering with him as Noelle went to Mimosa and the two of them started blushing. Y/N looked at the two girls and understood what was happening. Asta asked, "Hey, Y/N, how you feeling? You were unconscious for most of the fight with that Diamond jerk." Y/N said, "I'm fine. Most of the injuries were healed by Mimosa and the Golden Dawn's recovery mages took care of the rest." Asta looked down as he blushed and smiled, "I'm glad." The two groups began walking together to give their reports.

As they reached the Magic Knights headquarters, they were stopped by a man wearing a red robe. Klaus, Mimosa, Noelle, and Y/N kneeled down, immediately recognizing the man as the wizard king, Julius Novachrono. However, Asta and Yuno had no idea who he was. Asta asked, "Who's the flashy guy?" Klaus immediately explained that he was the current Wizard King, causing Yuno and Asta to get excited.

The two squads gave their reports to the Wizard King, who was excited to hear about the new powers they had unlocked in the dungeon and asked to see them. Yuno showed the strange writing that had appeared in his grimoire while Asta took out his second anti magic sword. After showing it to the Wizard King, the two of them asked how they could become the Wizard King. Julius said that they needed to earn merit in order to gain the trust of the people, which seemed to excite the two of them. Y/N let out a yawn, bored at having to listen to the two of them talking. Julius smiled, "I've got an idea. There's a special awards ceremony being held for Magic Knights right now. How about the six of you come join me?" Y/N got a bad feeling, "Actually, I remembered that I have a thing." Before he could escape, Klaus grabbed him, "What are you saying? We would be honored to come with you Wizard King."

The six of them entered the hall where several other Magic Knight captains and their squad members were waiting. They all turned to them as the doors closed behind them. Julius turned back to Asta and Yuno, "Now, can you show me more merit than those gathered here?" Y/N let out a sigh, "Knew that this was a bad idea." Julius began the awards ceremony, promoting the Magic Knights and giving them some advice. Once he finished, he announced, "As you can see, I've invited some guests along with me. Please treat them well. Let us head to the dinner that was prepared."

Y/N began slowly eating the food he had gotten from the buffet table as he looked around. Several of the other Magic Knights were staring at the group, obviously unhappy that they were invited. His eyes stopped at Leopold and Fuegoleon. He had only met them once, but that had been years ago, so they didn't seem to remember him. He was glad for that at least. It made the situation a little less awkward. Meanwhile, Asta was gorging himself on the food, while the others began insulting him. However, he didn't seem to mind. Leopold approached one of the members of the Golden Dawn, "You're group has its own pair of peasants though, doesn't it? Peasants celebrated for having four-leaf clover grimoires...who don't realize their proper place. I would have handled that dungeon-capture mission better!" The Golden Dawn member retorted, "Impressive self-confidence, Crimson brat. It isn't as if we're expecting much from peasants like them. We are the ones who embody Master Vangeance's...no, the Golden Dawn's ideal!" The room went silent. Klaus spoke up, "If I could say one-" The Golden Dawn member stared at him, "You too, Klaus. With your skills, aren't you ashamed to be here? Mimosa! I heard you were wounded early on in the dungeon and left the front line. You, a Vermillion royal. Ridiculous...!" Mimosa started cowering, "I'm terribly sorry." A member of the Silver Eagles spoke up, "Now hang on. The most useless misfit of the lot is...you, isn't it?? Right, Noelle?! A record-breaking embarrassment who can't even control her magic properly!" Noelle frowned, "Big brother Solid..." Another Silver Eagle knight approached, "You were practically exiled from the Silvas. I'm surprised you had the nerve to the noble realm!" Noelle began sweating, "Big sister Nebra..." Nozel walked towards them, "Getting excited over a single success...did you come specifically to bring shame on the Silva name? You do not belong here. Leave this place, your failure!" Noelle frowned, "Big brother Nozel..." She started walking away, but Asta grabbed her arm, "You don't have to run from these jerks." Noelle was surprised, "Asta." He jumped on top of a table, "Since they called you people here...I figured you must be pretty awesome. Guess I was wrong. You're no different from everybody else!! Who cares whether we belong or not?! Just you watch! I'm gonna..." Before he could finish, he was stopped by sand binding magic. The Golden Dawn member from before had his grimoire out, "That's far enough scoundrel. A gnat like you shouldn't even be permitted to talk. Silence!!" Asta broke through using his anti magic sword, "I'm not shutting up!!!!! Listen up, dirt bags! I'm gonna pile up the results...to become the Wizard King...and silence every last one of you!!!" Nebra and Solid started chuckling,
"Don't be ridiculous!!!" They launched binding magic at him, but Asta negated it. However, the Golden Dawn member trapped him in sand magic, "Behaving like that at such a festive occasion...you're sure to be given some sort of penalty!" Solid said, "Hey, now...why so soft, Golden Dawn? Any guy who's that high on himself needs to be taught a physical lesson...so that he never makes another mess on the rug!" He launched a water bullet at Asta. Asta used his second anti magic sword to break free and reflected the attack back at Solid. He was surprised and was about to react, but was stopped.

"Solid. Don't use your magic so willingly against mere peasants! A peasant who defies the royals...how shall I pass judgment on you...?" "That's enough!" Fuegoleon interfered. Y/N let a sigh of relief. It seemed that things were calming down. He went back to eating. Normally, the affairs of other would have nothing to do with him, but Y/N felt like this was an important thing to witness. It turned out not to be, but it was amusing to see the nobles lose face when facing Asta. He turned to see Nozel and Fuegoleon raising the tension by glaring at each other while Leopold declared Asta his rival. Suddenly, a castle mage burst into the room, "Emergency!! The capital...the capital is under attack!!!" Y/N said, "Thank god. Something else for them to be mad at." 

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