II : Blessing or Curse

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————Previously————

"AAAHHHHH WHAT THE F—" was heard across Hage Village. A loud crashing sound can be heard, followed by a yell from the resident woman of the cloth. "Language!!" Sister Lily huffed her magic flattening Asta into the dirt.

Asta kept pointing to the source of his shock. There beside his tattered red and black grimoire was his white and gold one. The same one that had burned and blew away in the wind.

————Present~6 Months Later————

The sun was shining over the village of Hage. Rays of light stretched across the sky and village. Hitting the Demon Skull with the statue of the First Wizard King Lemiel Silvamillion Clover.

Our two heroes Asta and Yuno are waving their goodbyes to everyone at the church. They are headed to the Magic Knight Entrance Exam.

Asta now equipped with both his grimoires smiled as he began his journey. On his left side was his Sunshine grimoire.  It was covered by part of his cloak. So it was mostly hidden. His right contains his Anti-Magic grimoire. Thankfully during his training these last few months he has learned to harness his mana. When he has it that is.

————Flashback————

After training himself into exhaustion, Asta finds himself staring at the top of the forest trees. Laying on the ground he has spent all night training with his new magic sword. His hands were blistered and bruised from swinging the dull weapon. The forest trees baring the scars. 

Looking over to his side Asta sees his first grimoire. Currently he doesn't feel any mana inside him like the when he got the grimoire in the tower the day before.  Dropping the anti-magic sword, Asta reaches for his Sunshine Grimoire. While doing so he feels mana surge into his body. White light consumes his vision and he passes out blissfully.

When he comes to he is inside a tavern. A man stands behind the bar cleaning a glass.

"H-hello, my name is Escanor" a scrawny man with glasses says. "It seems you, young man, have inherited my Sunshine Magic. I have waited a long time."

'How did I get here? Where the hell am I?!' Asta thought. Getting up he bolted to the door.

"We are inside your Sunshine Grimoire. I am made entirely of mana. You are out cold in the forest." Escanor stated as he set the glass he was cleaning onto the counter. Looking behind him Asta noticed a massive axe.  He returned his focus to the man named Escanor when he began talking.

"You are the first person to inherit my magic. No one else has ever been worthy until now" grabbing another glass to clean he continued "my Sunshine Magic can only be bestowed upon someone who has almost no magic."

Frowning Asta cut in "but I have magic. My mana was practically flooding the village when I received the grimoire." Now defensive Asta stood up walking to the bar.

"Mana made a mistake when you were born. For some reason you were born with no magic. When you should have been blessed. To make up with this you have been blessed with my magic and your other grimoire. Anti-Magic." Seeing the boy in thought Escanor decided to continue. "Sunshine's magic power increases from sunrise to high noon. At high noon your magic power will rival Gods and Demons. From high noon to sunset your magic power will slowing decrease until you have the mana you were born with."

"Does that mean I can't use Sunshine at night?" the young boy asked.

"Not until you have full control. But even then, you would only have a few minutes at most."

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