Days had passed by peacefully at the Black Bull headquarters and almost everything was away on missions. That was why the cafeteria was almost completely empty, only those that were inside were those that had been there since the exam. They were all sitting down eating breakfast that was nothing but meat. That was pretty much how it always was. "Noelle, why don't you help me with the cleaning and stuff?" Asta had turned to the silver-haired girl sitting beside him.
"Clearing? But I'm royalty." Noelle's reply, it was understandable since she always had people do such things. It was the same for the vice captain, Anderea was the same since she was a member of the Amazzonia house, another royal family.
"But you're a newbie just like me!" He had shouted back at her.
"I've never cleaned or done laundry in my life." She was so proud.
"That's not something to brag about, is it?" What he had said was right. "We're in the same squad, aren't we? I'm pretty sure you should be helping with that stuff."
"But I'm royalty." But she didn't seem to understand.
"Why are you talking to me like that?" He snapped.
"Shut up, you insect." She called him once again.
"Damn it!" The other members at the time were all acting like none of this was happening as they continued to eat their breakfast. It wasn't all that big of a deal, since most of the time petty arguments turn into full on fights. This was a nice change of pace for once. "So, uh...what do Magic Knights do anyway?" Everyone was completely caught off guard by Asta's sudden question.
"What? Are you seriously asking that?" Magna had stopped off from the stall shocked at hearing Asta. He had gotten up and walked around to the other side before grabbing onto Asta's robe, pulling him closer to his face. "We protect the Kingdom and handle security! It's the most manly job in the world, you dumbass! Why'd you decide to join when you knew nothing about it?"
"I'm sorry! I'm going to become the Wizard King." Anderea didn't really see how that had anything to do with it. "I'm going to barf everything back up!"
"They sure are lively first thing in the morning." Finral was saying as he was smiling watching.
"Being energetic is the best.can I have some of that energy?" Gordon was muttering beside him.
"Munch, munchy, munchy, munchy..." Charmy was stuffing her face while Gray was breathing out smoke as he looked in the same direction at the other two.
"Oh, to be young again." Anderea could only say, drinking the rose tea in her cup.
"Vice Captain, you're not that old." Vanessa was beside her.
"But I'm way past marriage age." She sighed, placing her cup down.
"Please, you're only 29." The drunken woman stated this to her. "If that's the case just marry the Captain of the Crimson Lion." She had started laughing, she was already drunk.
"No, she will marry my older brother." Noelle protested because she wanted Anderea to marry into her family.
"Damn it. Show 'em what Magic Knights do, you drunk witch." Magna was telling Vanessa as she once again took in another glass of wine.
"Well... we keep the citizens safe! Something like that." She had answered not all that confident or more like she didn't really care as she was pouring herself another cup. "You might even be able to get closer to some Noble when you're assigned to protect them."
"I see!" Asta had sat down beside Noelle again.
"It's a super-fun job where you get to fight with enemies all you want. If they're criminals, you can beat them up all you want and not get in trouble!" Luck was explained as he was punching the air in front of him. But hearing that made both the new recruits turn blue.
"Most importantly, it's a wonderful job that my sister respects me for having." Gauche was holding up his sister's picture again like he always does. "Isn't she an angel? I can buy her whatever she wants with my pay." Blood rolled out of his nose. "But if you lay a finger on Marie, I'll kill you." He had now threatened the pair of them, only making them confused and uncomfortable.
"Wh-What about you, Finral?" Asta had quickly changed the topic.
"It's the best job is the world, since I get to save girls and be popular." Finral had winked while acting like he was drinking some high class wine as he rotated her glass of water. The two of them only looked at me with dumbfounded expressions, not sure what to say to that, their eyes had then moved past him to Gordon that began to mutter.
"Of course I'll tell you. We're friends, after all." It only seemed to frighten them. That was when the sound shrieks of Charmy pulled everyone to the child like an adult.
"Charmy?" She was shaking with a pair of utensils in her hands.
"I'm... out of food!" She cried with a group of empty plates in front of her. "I'm nowhere near full." She had said, her grimoire now glowing in front of her. "Cotton Creation Magic: Sheep Cooks!" That was when in a puff of smoke three sheep appeared above Charmy. The sheep were composed of bundles of cotton with complete sheep anatomy and a chef hats. And as the name had implied, they were sheep that were cooking away in the kitchen. Not long after, the table was once again filled with food. "Thank you for the food! As long as you're a Magic Knight, you can eat plenty of food!" She had stated, holding up a huge piece of meat on bone before she took a huge bite. Noelle's and Asta's attention had then been pulled behind them, where Grey was standing.
"Uh, Grey?" He had then pulled out his grimoire and then turned into a puff of smoke. "Huh!?" Asta had shouted from shock at the sight of himself standing before him once the smoke had cleared.
"Well, basically, it's a good job." the other Asta had placed his hand on the original's shoulder. Of course the other Asta was Grey.
"He looks just like you." Noelle was completely stunned, but no one else was, since this was the norm.
"I'm looking forward to working with you on a mission." Grey had told him happily.
"R-Right..." Asta was still in shock, but then Grey had puffed into smoke again and was back to his normal form before walking off. "Th-They're all weirdos."
"That's true." Anderea had agreed with him, while she was taking a sip of her tea.
"What about you, Sister? What made you join the Magic Knights?" Noelle had asked her, trying to move on from all the uncomfortableness.
"Me? Hmm..." she had her index finger placed under her bottom lip, trying to think of her answer. "... I guess nothing really." Was she responding?
"What does that mean?" Asta didn't quite get it,
"I mean, I joined because I could." Anderea had started smiling at the two. But that didn't really answer anything. But now that Noelle thought about it, since she could remember, Anderea has always been a bit different from those around her. However, she never understood why she felt that way.
"If you take this and this, and put them together and do this, it's yummy." Charmy was placing some light brown sauce on another piece of meat she had in front of her. Asta was watching her, "Try a bite? 'Kay?" Before She was shoving it in his face.
"No, I'm full, thanks." Asta was trying to tell her.
"Well? Do you understand what Magic Knights do now?" Magna was asking him, but he couldn't speak as Charmy had stuffed the meat right into his mouth. However, even if he could answer, he could only say not at all. That was when the door had been kicked in, causing everyone to stop what they were doing and go silent as their captain stood there.
"Let's go, Magna." Yami had told the punk.
"Yes, sir, Mister Yami!" Magna had shouted back.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Asta was asking him as his senior had stood up.
"There's a mission." Magna said with a serious look on his face, walking over and around to join Yami.
"A Magic Knights' mission? C-Can I come with-" Asta had been cut off before finishing.
"No! We can't bring any kids along. This is a very important mission for adults. All right. We're off." Magna looked back to the others saying to continue walking.
"Hey! Don't break everything while we're gone." Yami had told them all. "Anderea's in charge." He had said looking at the bright pink hair woman.
"Okay! Have fun!" Vanessa, completely drunk and red in the face, waved to them.
'Captain! Will you fight me when you come back?" Luck asked standing up.
"Comeback soon. I'll be waiting." Gordon was muttering.
"Come back by dinner! Munchy..." Charmy had told them, before continuing to eat.
"Can I go see Marie soon?" Gauche's nose was bleeding again as he looked at his sister's picture. "I'm having withdrawal symptoms."
"Maybe I'll go flirt... I mean, go on a mission, too." Finral had corrected himself, knowing that he would be punished, however, they all knew what he meant. He had even winked at Noelle as he was saying that. Making her wonder again if she should really be in this squad.
"You should be the one being told not to destroy everything. I just finished the paper work for last week." Anderea had told them before they left,but they didn't say anything. Leaving the others in the canteen. "Alright!" She had stood up, pushing herself up. "With that all being said, I have something to say to all of you!" She was smiling as she clapped her hands together. "First off, Finral." He had flinched Hearing his name. "I have repeated to you on numerous occasions that flirting is fine except when you are on a mission. If I have to warn you one more time then that will be your punishment." Now he was sweating buckets.
"That?" Both Asta And Noelle were confused to what she meant,
"Charmy, eating is fine and all, but remember that there's a time and a place for it all. The same can be said about your drinking, Vanessa." Both women had froze. "I would also like to remind you that everything you eat and drink gets taken out of your pay." She had then turned to Gordon. "Gordon, I know you don't mean to, but remember that muttering scares others, so please try and fix it. As for you Grey..." She looked up to the giant man. "... You are fine." She moved on to Luck. "Luck, I know you love fights, however, I would like you to restrain yourself from beating them half to death. And Gauche..." she had turned to the nose-bleeding-sister-complex man. "... I have completely lost all faith in you." She could only sigh as she shook her head.
"Vice Captain sure is level headed." Asta had whispered to Noelle.
"Yep, she has always been like that since I was little." She was proud of that.
"Noelle, even if you don't want to do any work, you should at least try." Noelle had flinched at Anderea saying that. "As for you Asta, you can continue what you've been doing. When there's a mission for you, I'll tell you."
"Yes, ma'am!" Asta had shouted all happy before running off to continue his chores.
"Noelle." Anderea had looked at the girl with a serious look.
"Fine!" With a flick of her head hair, Noelle followed after him.
"As for the rest of you." She had turned back to the others. "I have already got missions for you."
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Queen of the Knights (Black Clover)
FanficThis is Black Clover, with a new character with magic that is from someone else in a different anime.