The boy without magic

Chapter 1: A new beginning

Asta slid his foot inside his boot and quickly laced it up. He stood up from the stair he was sitting on, and unexpectedly felt a tug on his pants. He looked down to find Anthony tugging on his pants while blabbering incoherent nonsense. "Huh? You aren't supposed to be so close to the stairs you little booger." Asta picked the toddler up and walked into the living room.

"Has anyone seen Asta?" Noelle asked. The girl entered the living room and saw her boyfriend carrying their nephew.

Asta blushed seeing Noelle, and quickly averted her gaze. Over the past two years, Noelle had only grown to become much prettier to his eyes. She wore a new dress which he thought suited her perfectly. She wore a sleeveless, and backless short purple dress which was covered by a silver blazer. The dress was something Asta thought that wasn't very revealing, but it was perfect for someone like his girlfriend.

"Bakasta, why are you ignoring me?" Noelle asked. She furrowed her brows and marched towards Asta.

Asta quickly squirmed sensing that Noelle was angry, so he decided to gently throw Anthony on the couch and run away from the living room. Anthony was left giggling by being thrown, and Noelle only grew angrier due to her boyfriends behavior. He may have been acting weird, but what made him throw a child away? Noelle had no clue, and it frustrated her beyond belief.

Asta quickly ran into Ridders room and darted his eyes around to find the man he was looking for. He found Ridder dressing up Amanda in a rather, conspicuous princess dress, and slowly placed a tiara on top of her head.

"Who's daddy's little princes? You are. You're daddy's little princess." Ridder said in an exaggerated tone.

Asta only shook his head seeing his brother in-law act so weird with Amanda. It wasn't the first time he had done it, Ridder even acted like this in public and he received several odd looks because of it. "Ridder." Asta said.

The man looked away from his daughter who was too busy sucking on her hand, and looked towards Asta. He sighed knowing why Asta had arrived and he picked his daughter up. "You teenagers and your hormones. I swear when I was your age, I never had these kinds of problems." Ridder said.

Ilu who was in the bathroom overheard Ridder and could only shake her head. "Asta, you better get your act together or Noelle is going to hate you!" She shouted.

Asta heard his sisters words and drooped his head. "I know, you told me that like ten times already. Why am I so weird when Noelle is near me?" He asked.

"You're simply..." Ridder paused trying to find the right words. He hated talking about this matter, but he knew it was a normal part of life. "You're just attracted to Noelle. Boys your age get weird when a girl they like is near them, but for some reason they're fine when they do end up in a relationship. You however, you're Noelles boyfriend and you still act like a socially inept boy who has never spoken to a girl before." Ridder placed his daughter on his bed and approached Asta. He put his hands on his shoulder and studied the boys look. Astas height had grown a fair amount, he was still shorter than him, but for a fifteen year old he was slightly above average height. It was evident that his fathers genes had finally made an appearance throughout his growth spurts. Ridder lifted Astas face and slapped it with enough force to cause the teen to fall on the ground.

Asta shouted in pain and quickly got back up from the floor. "What the hell was that for?!" He shouted.

"Well, no matter how many times I gave you advice, it just never worked. I wanted to try something different today." Ridder said.

"Of all the things you could have done, why the hell would you slap me?" Asta asked.

"Because I want to knock some sense into you. Now go back to wherever the heck Noelle was, and go talk to her like a normal boyfriend." Ridder said. The man kicked Asta outside of the room causing him to fall face first in the hall.