Devil King

Black Bulls

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"It would be an honor to join the Golden Dawn." Yuno said, his tone carrying his humility.

Asta let out a low whistle as he smiled at his friend," Going with the golden boy theme eh? Shhot straight to the moon.l" he teased.

Yuno only punched his shoulder as he passed by him smirking. Rolling his eyes Asta walked up to the front next.

"Number 165, do we have any hands, captains?" the referee asked.

Slowly and hesitantly, three of the captains raised their hands.

William Vangeance of the Golden Dawn.

Fuegoleon Vermillion of the Crimson Lion Kings.

Yami Sukihiro of the Black Bulls.

Asta raised a surprised brow. It looked like his introduction earned him the interest of the three captains. There was no choice to be made, he knew what squad he would join even before the exam started.

"I would like to join the Black Bulls." he said earning himself a chorus of gasps and murmurs. Even Yami was surprised, leave alone the other two.

To anyone else, it was practically blasphemy to choose the Black Bulls when the Golden Dawn was offering. But Asta's choice was already made, way before he stepped on the arena.

"That is a surprising choice, may we know the reason?" Fuegoleon asked.

Asta smiled charmingly," No offense sir, but I'm from humble origins and have literally no magic what's so ever and I don't think that the people of the high society would take kindly to that. I don't think I'll be able to focus on my work and on improving myself if I am in a distracting setting." he said glancing at Yami who casted him a suspicious glance. He flashed him a dazzling smile, which made Yami look even more suspicious.

Fuegoleon and Vangeance nodded in understanding then gestured for the referee to continue with the next person.

"Number 166!" he called, as Asta walked back to the crowd.

"Really? Black Bulls?" Yuno asked as he leaned back on one of the arena pillars.

Asta smirked," Just stands to show that I'm still gonna beat you even if you had a head start." he said confidently as he folded the sleeves of his shirt up, he paused and casted Yuno a glace " By the way, I hope you could have a nice stay with the Golden Dawn." he said his voice holding a slight warning.

Yuno smiled fondly," You don't need to worry, I can handle myself against a few upturned noses. I'm actually surprised you backed down from a challenge, after all those etiquette lessons you had with Miss Noir?" he said, shuddering slightly.

Asta laughed lightly," I didn't. I'm actually after Captain Yami. I need to ask him something very important. Even if the Black Bulls were a bunch of nobles and royals I would have still joined them."

Yuno raised a confused brow," Did you have to join them just to ask?" he said.

Asta's carefree face turned onto a very serious one for a split second, startling Yuno," Yes." he said shortly and his face switched back to his carefree persona," On the flip side, I won't have to deal with the nobles."

Awkwardly smiling at the sudden change in his friend, Yuno shrugged," You are right. But you can't really be bothered by that kind of stuff if you want to be the Wizard King." he said.

" Oh?" Asta teased," You are finally accepting that I'll be the Wizard King? For trusting in me, I'll be sure to make you my advisor by then." he said.

Yuno snorted out a laugh," You wish." he said.