The Lost Sister︱Fanmade Black Clover︱Arrowlina

9 - Nozel Silva

(At the Silva estate)

After Priana left, Nozel couldn't get his mind off of the words said by that so-called commoner for the whole day. What did she mean by that magic item was fake? What did she also mean by nothing ends well with House Liffron? Just who was she? All these thoughts made him distracted from his paperwork, which his younger brother - Solid realised. 'Brother, what is bothering you now? You seemed distracted.' Solid asked out of concern. 'It's nothing.' Nozel replied. 'Oh? Okay.' Solid left his office, but he wasn't convinced by his big brother's reply.

It was noon the next day, Nozel walked towards the entrance of his estate and saw that girl who had a deal with her yesterday. 'Greetings, Nozel Silva.' That girl bowed her head slightly. 'Shall we begin our deal?' He said with an emotionless face. 'Yes. This is the magic item you've asked for, now would you please give the sword to me?' The blonde hair girl smiled. 'Here it is.' He took it out and gave it to her. 'Thank you very much. No returns by the way. Have a nice day.' Fyra bowed her head again as she took the sword and turned to leave.

As Fyra was leaving, Priana's words suddenly rang in Nozel's head: 'You know that item is fake right, sir Silva?' 'There's only one way to find out.' Nozel murmured. Luckily for him, that magic item isn't single use, so he could try it out while being able to use it again in a needed situation. Nozel then tried to activate the item, but after moments of silence, nothing happened. Confused, Nozel tried again.

Did it work?

Did it work?

...

Nothing happened, again...

Frustrated, he finally realised: He was tricked. Flew into a fury, he clenched his fists, glaring at the ground (poor innocent ground who did nothing to him). Although the sword of House Funnybunny was not very important to him, he was tricked. A royal. A royal. A royal like him being tricked! Tricked! He could not believe this. How could that commoner girl be right?! 'Tsk.' How did he not notice that simple detail?! Furious, enraged, annoyed, he took off on his silver eagle to calm himself down. Moments later, he decided to find that commoner who told him it was fake. However, something was stopping him, that person was a commoner, and besides, how would he find that one person, in an entire world?

Trying to remember how she looked, he thought of her appearance: Pink hair, a black cap, a sword sheath, and a Golden Dawn robe... That was it! A Golden Dawn robe! So she must be a Golden Dawn member, all he had to do was to find her there.

He took off again and went to the Golden Dawn's base.

Shortly, he arrived at his destination. He knocked on the door and saw Klaus opening it. 'Oh hello captain of the Silver Eagles, what makes you come all the way over here?' He asked. 'I am just looking for a girl with pink hair and has a sword sheath on her. Do you know where she is?' He jumped straight into the point. 'I think she's in her room, I'll call her now. Please wait a moment.' Klaus closed the door and went to Priana's room to look for her.

'Priana, are you in there?' Klaus knocked on her door. 'Yes, is everything alright?' I said while slowly opening the door. 'Nozel Silva would like to see you for some reason. He's at the entrance, follow me.' He lifted his glasses up as I followed him. I believed that he was most likely going to talk about that magic item and House Liffron. I knew that we would meet again, I just didn't think it'd be this soon.

'That's the entrance, I shall leave now.' Klaus turned and left. Slowly, I opened the door and saw Nozel right there. 'Good afternoon, sir Silva. So what would you like to discuss?' I asked politely. 'I was simply wondering how you realised that the item was fake and what you said about House Liffron.' He said coldly.

'So you've found out. I might as well tell you. Every magic item contains magic itself as you may know, which means that there's mana in it and therefore you can actually sense mana from it. Well, it only works if you can sense mana pretty well, even the tiniest bit of mana. Anyway, that item you have contained not even a single drop of magic in it, which means that it was only a shell.' I explained. 'I see. What about House Liffron? Why did you say that nothing ends well with House Liffron?' He asked again. 'Let's say my family and House Liffron had some history before, and we don't like each other that well.' I didn't want to share too much with him as I barely know this person. 'Who are you? As in your name and surname.' I thought for a moment for my answer as I didn't want my identity to be revealed. 'You really do have a lot of questions for a commoner like me. My name is Priana. Since I'm not a noble as you may see, there's a very high chance you won't even recognize my surname, so there's no point in telling you really.' I replied.

After a short moment of silence, Nozel decided to speak up and say, 'I suppose you're right. However, I must say your mana is a bit different to other commoners.' That sentence left me shocked. Where in the world did he get that from?! Besides, I had been concealing my mana ever since I was fifteen, so he must be very observant to say that... Although I wanted to know more about where he got that from, I didn't want to give him a clue for I was not a mere commoner, so I changed the topic into something else...

'May I ask what status is House Liffron? I assume they are high ranked nobles, am I right? ' I asked curiously, trying to not sound too suspicious in front of a royal. 'Yes indeed, where did you get that information from?' Even sir Silva seemed to be interested in me now as well... 'I did say we had some history...' I answered. 'I see.' He nodded. Out of nowhere, I suddenly had the urge to ask him a certain something, and so I looked at him.

'I heard that you're a squad captain, why don't we have a duel then?' I asked boldly without a tiniest bit of thought and hesitation before saying it. You couldn't blame me really, I loved finding worthy rivals to fight with all I've got. 'Magic knights are not allowed to fight for their own reasons, so what exception do you think you can get?' He asked. 'You want to know me more, especially about my mana and where I'm from, am I right? I prefer showing you in that way.' I smiled mischievously, I couldn't wait to see if he's a worthy rival, since he's a squad captain, he wouldn't get hurt that badly anyway, besides, he would be a good opponent to gain experience from.

Nozel thought for a moment and answered, 'Only in an open space without anyone else. And don't you dare say it's my fault when you get injured.' He warned. 'Sure, should we go to a field? But first let me tell my squadmate that I'll be going with you, I'll be very quick.' I went back into the base and saw Diana, so I told her that I'd be going somewhere with Nozel and that if anyone needed me please tell them this. 'Uh, okay.' She nodded and smiled as I went back to find Nozel.

'You're still here.' I said. 'Which field are we going to?' Nozel glanced at me as he asked. 'Follow me, it won't take long at all.' He then got on his silver eagle and followed me as I hopped on my broom and took him to the field that my sister and I used to train in. Very soon, we arrived at our destination... 

Author's Note:

Hi y'all!

Thank you for reading until the very end of this chapter. I just have a short announcement to make:

I'll be busier from now on, so I will try and stick to uploading in every other week on Saturdays. 

Thank you very much for your patiance!

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