The Lonely Clover

Dungeons but No Dragons?

Me and the rest of the Black Bulls have been laying around mostly, which is just a little bit of a letdown but somehow still entertaining. It's hard to be super disappointed when Charmy is here. She makes the best stuff and honestly, I'm so addicted I'm beginning to wonder if I am somehow a part of her bloodline or just a pure glutton.

Eh, who cares. She made a horrendous amount of cupcakes. So as long as they don't stick to any part of my body whatsoever, I'm gonna eat!

I continued munching, leaning my back against Luck's shoulder while he kept passing me food silently. As strange as it is, I am pretty sure he knows that eating time, when interrupted, turns into minor threats and possible death time.

For him, that is.

I don't think he's afraid of me actually killing him though, so I don't really know why he's so chill...MAN THIS IS SO GOOOOOOD! Each bite is like eating heaven!

I hummed happily as I was finishing up my goods when Yami came in and began talking about a dungeon. I listened with excitement to the whole thing, intense fascination shining through as starry eyes and wasn't at all surprised when Asta volunteered as tribute to go.

What surprised me is that Luck happily volunteered me. While this wasn't too upsetting, he yanked me up out of pure happiness when I shrugged and agreed to go.

Making the last piece of my cupcake fall to the floor.

"Haha oops!" He exclaimed.

I crossed my arms in a pout and turned away from him. "You've got good fortune on your side that it was only a little and I'm not starving to death anymore."

Those cupcakes are too good to waste, Luck! DANG IT ALL!

We began talking about our plans for the dungeon after an intense discussion about naming the anti-bird. When they settled on naming him Nero, I was more than surprised to feel it suddenly perch on my head and settle in.

I know my hair sometimes looks like a bird's nest, but this is a little insulting...

I shrugged and lifted both arms in the air. "All hail Nero the Vermillion!" I let out a laugh at my cleverness and felt a sharp peck on my skull.

It wasn't that bad...ouch.

We left for the dungeon with Luck leading the way and me close behind due to him holding my hand. I wasn't upset about it. I was used to it and found it pretty endearing, even though I still didn't understand why.

Aren't we too opposite for him to be affectionate? Don't get me wrong, I would never turn down a hug or anything because in my world, I didn't get many. I think friends hold hands sometimes, but Luck....I'm surprised he doesn't zap me at every turn.

Getting to the dungeon wasn't too hard, but there was a noticeable change in Luck. He was always way more intense than most, but he seemed to forget we were even with him and mindlessly allowed Asta to step on any and all traps, causing me to freak out in the process and quickly release his hand to help Asta as much as possible.

I was worried when I saw his smile grow in a way that wasn't like when he looked at me or even how it did normally. It wasn't the smile of someone who was calm....

While Asta was doing what he could to take out all the traps, I felt my skin grow cold over a very intimidating presence nearby.

They're close...

Before I could ask Luck if he felt that, Asta was grabbed by a huge freaking MAGIC plant? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?

I can't think of any spells I could use that would only hurt the plant and not Asta and Noelle. Most of the ones I have learned even now are fairly destructive. I want to do what I've always done, but thinking of the snake, it wasn't touching anyone. This is already firmly attached to Asta and Noelle. What if I hurt everyone in the process?

I tried to think quickly over what I could do, when I sense someone else and smiled with relief.

As if on cue, swords began to fall and obliterate the plant with ease.

I turned in the direction of the other Magic Knight squad and couldn't stop myself from smiling as I faced a familiar friend.

Yuno.