The Lonely Clover

The Manly Fireball

Y/n's POV

When we got to a good place to start killing boars, Magna went to the side, and I was going to go after Asta and Noelle, knowing Noelle has the habit of blowing my poor friend high into the sky and almost to the moon.

I hate when she does that...how is he even alive?

"Hey, you gonna leave me to be bored newbie?" Magna called out while laying against a tree with his eyes closed.

But....I thought he wanted to sleep..?

The question caught me off guard, as just this morning I was sure something was wrong but now he seemed to want to be around me. I quickly pushed the thought away and happily sat beside Magna, doing my best to not think too much into it. He didn't say too much and I didn't try to drag anything out of him. I honestly enjoyed being next to him, occasionally humming to myself as I watched the passing animals and clouds.

I did want to check something though, but before I could open my mouth to ask, he beat me to it. "You and Shrimpsta seem pretty close." He said softly, turning an eye to look at me.

I nodded. "Yeah! He's strong and kind." My words came out with a cheerfulness I had grown used to.

There was a moment of silence before Magna spoke up again. "So, you like strong men?" He asked without looking my way again.

Huh?

I thought about his question before giving an answer to what I thought he meant. "If you mean like muscles and stuff, that's not what I was referring to." I looked up into the trees enjoying the scenery. "A man could be the most muscular person in the universe, but if he isn't strong of heart, it wouldn't matter to me. Asta is considered weak by many because he doesn't have magic but look how far he has come!" I smiled and looked at Magna who I didn't realize had been watching me, face slightly reddened. I continued to smile, turning my body to face his.

"You're strong too, Magna. I haven't heard your whole story yet, but even just being around you, you do your best and look out for others, and demand respect and give it when it's due. That's amazing!" A thought crossed my mind, and I couldn't help but blurt it out. "You are a very manly fireball!"

As soon as I spoke the words, I felt the area grow hot and suddenly noticed the grass and trees around us had scorch marks on them. Before I could even question the change, Magna got up and went to Noelle and Asta in an attempt to hurry up the boar hunting process, leaving a charred imprint of his body behind on the tree he was lying against.

Magna's POV

How am I supposed to respond to that???? The way she smiled at me when she said it, I know she wasn't just saying it just to say it but come on! Don't smile at a man like that! You'll give me....A REAL MAN A HEART ATTACK!

I almost burned the whole place to the ground trying to remain calm and would've given anything to have had Noelle hit me with water magic again right then! Real men don't use the word cute to describe anything but IS THERE ANY OTHER WORD FOR THIS WOMAN!?!?!?

Magna stomped his way to Asta and Noelle, Y/n following behind.

Beautiful. Wonderful. Amazing. Gorgeous.

"Magna? What's Gorgeous?" He was so shocked that she was close enough to hear him all of a sudden, that his whole body caught fire.

Y/n's POV

I stood mouth agape as I followed Magna but when I heard him mumbling something about being gorgeous, I wanted to see what or who he was referring to, but his whole body caught fire as soon as I asked and he screeched he wasn't talking about a girl.

Um.....okay?

As we made our way to the edge of town, I felt a change in the air.

I began to feel a sudden cold wind blow through what felt like my soul. I hate that I feel like this but can't seem to understand why. It feels like...pained sorrow....

As we made our way closer to the town Magna was telling me about, we came close enough to see it.

Completely covered in mist.