𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐎 | 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑

eight

Third Person

In the morning, Yve, Asta, Noelle, Luck, Magna, and Finral arrived in the Heart Kingdom via his spatial magic.

The indigo haired woman groaned, her head throbbing as she felt the effects of her hangover from last night. "Miss Yve, are you feeling alright?" Noelle asked concernedly as she walked next to the older mage.

"Uh-huh, I'm fine. Don't worry about me, Noelle." She told the girl, giving her a reassuring smile.

Finral shot her a look, "Are you sure? You seemed to have been pretty hammered last night, mister Yami had to carry you—"

"Oh Finral, I wouldn't be here if I wasn't able to stay vertical! Besides, a little hangover never stopped me!~" she sang, causing the boy to sweat drop, "You say that as if it's normal!"

After a little bit of walking, the palace came into view where the others were waiting on the steps for them to arrive. "Hey! You guys are already here?" Asta called out towards the group.

"Asta! Yuno gave me a message for you," Mimosa said, stepping forward.

"Oh? What'd he say?" Asta wondered.

"He said: I'm going to become stronger with the Golden Dawn."

Noelle raised a brow, "Whats that supposed to mean? He'd obviously get stronger if he trained over here."

"Nah, he'd get stronger no matter where he was!" Asta said while clenching his fist, determined to get stronger as well.

A spiky haired man came outside, "It appears you're all here. Lady Yve, welcome back to the Heart Kingdom."

Yve nodded, "Long time no see! You look well, Gaja."

"You know each other?!" The Black Bulls exclaimed in disbelief.

"Did I mention that I've been here before? Well, it's kind of a long story anyway..." she thought aloud, reminiscing about the turbulent storms of her youth that lead her to the Heart Kingdom and meet the Spirit Guardians.

Everyone entered the palace to be greeted by the sight of a girl with dark disheveled hair and glasses sitting on the throne, one her lap sat Charmy whom she was feeding grapes. Lastly, behind her stood the Water Spirit Undine.

'That's the Queen?' Yve raised a brow, it'd been over a decade since she'd last been in the Heart Kingdom and didn't recognize the girl, she'd must've recently taken the throne.

"There are many of you I'm meeting for the first time. Normally, I would hold a feast to welcome you all here. It pains me that this is all I can do." Queen Loropechka greeted them with an apologetic smile.

A horrified look crossed Mimosa's features upon noticing Charmy, "I apologize, but the one on your lap—"

"This is Charmy." The Queen finished for her, causing the ginger-haired girl to sweatdrop.

Noelle spoke up, "Yeah, that part's obvious but why is she here?"

Charlotte scoffed resting a hand on her hip, "Honestly, this is the problem with the Black Bulls..." she muttered.

"Well, it does seems like Queen Loropechka is okay with it..." Mimosa said finally, Rill and Leopold agreeing with her.

Loropechka smiled again, "It's a pleasure to have you all here, citizens of the Clover Kingdom—now, let us go into a bit more detail about your training—" she paused allowing Gaja to speak, "The Spade Kingdom has already taken control of most of the bases in the Diamond Kingdom..."

Yve shifted uncomfortably at the mention of the latter kingdom, but continued to listen. "Their invasion has halted for the moment, which means that our kingdom as well as the Clover kingdom may be targeted at any time—"