Grown to hate

Chapter 13: Guilt

Asta floated in a dark space he grew comfortable with. He looked around to find his brother, this was the only place Liebe would be. "Liebe! Where are you?" The boy was surprised by not hearing a response, but he assumed his brother was still avoiding to talk to him. Asta sighed and pulled his ash blonde hair. "Come on, I need to speak to you!" He shouted.

Asta roamed around looking for Liebe, but a familiar voice made him lose focus.

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Noelle sat down on a chair and placed a plate of food on Astas desk. She looked over at Astas still body and held onto his hand. "You're such an idiot," She tightened her grip and leaned forward. "You're too foolish. You scared me, you dumb idiot."

Asta looked up and only saw a dark red void. He wasn't able to see Noelle, but he was able to imagine everything.

Some tears leaked from Noelles eyes, and she wiped them away. "I don't want to see you so angry like that ever again."

"He wasn't the one angry."

Noelle shrieked and jumped back from her chair. She looked at Asta whose eyes were wide open. "Who said that?!" She asked. The girl had her wand ready, and she frantically looked around.

"Calm down. I'm Liebe, and we really haven't properly met before."

Asta froze being able to see his room. He chuckled seeing Noelle so shook, he knew she had nothing to worry about.

"Liebe? B-but, you're not supposed to be here or something." Noelle said. The girl put the chair back up, and sat on it. "And how are you able to speak? You're using Astas body."

Liebe looked down and sighed. "I managed to take control of his body when I beat that as- bad guy nearly to death. Astas still not awake right now, so I decided to keep you company." He said.

"Oh, I see," Noelle said. The girl played with her fingers and blew away a strand of her hair the hung in front of her face. "So, you did that. What made you so angry?"

"Because he hurt you. When I saw you lying on the ground like that, I got angry. Asta, he wasn't angry. He was sad. I thought he was too weak to continue, so I somehow took over."

"Why would you get angry just for me? It was my fault for being so weak."

"It's not your fault. Asta doesn't think of you as weak, and I don't either. When you first helped Asta after he got angry with me, I found out you were a good person. You didn't judge him for having a devil as a brother, and you even train with him. You give him things that he really needs. I knew another good person before. I'm sure Asta told you about her, Licita. Our mother. You remind me of her and I don't want to lose someone like that again. I also saw you cry before I decided to speak, and I guessed you needed some help."

Noelle chuckled and looked away. "I was just umm... angry at Asta." She said.

"Why?" Liebe asked.

Noelle gripped her skirt and said, "Because he made me worry."

Liebe chuckled and sat up on the bed. "He's like that. I swear he's so careless, that he doesn't think about consequences. I should have told him to calm down, but I'm not good at doing that either." He said.