Chapter 12 - Settling in (1/2)
After being interrupted by Yami, Grim and Luck were forced to postpone their fight for another time. While both of them were in a battle crazed state, they knew better than to disagree with Yami unless they were confident they could beat him.
Shortly after that, Grim recieved some brief medical attention for his ribs before he and Asta were both given their Black Bull's magic knight robes by Magna and Luck.
”With this, you guys are now full-fledged members of the Black Bulls!!”
”Heck yeah!” Asta cheered bursting with energy.
Ignoring him, Grim's attention was fully focused on Luck who funny enough, was also looking at him with a creepy smile on his face.
”Lets fight again.”
”Can't wait.”
Not breaking eye contact, the two of them kept smiling and started to freak out the other members of the black bulls.
”Should we say something?” Vanessa asked Finral.
”As long as they're not killing each other we don't need to intervene.”
”Now then!” Magna suddenly spoke up. ”Since you guys are now offical Black Bull members, you get to be taken on a tour by yours truly!”
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”So this is the mess hall.”
”Ooohh.” Asta gasped.
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”This is the bathhouse.”
”Ahhhhh.”
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Next up, Magna took the two to a deadly looking corridor that had several traps laying about.
”This is the hall leading towards the women's sleeping area, if a guy tries to approach it the traps will activate and he'll die.”
”Wait what!” Grim finally spoke.
”Moving on.”
”Hey wait! Don't just brush it off!”
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”And this is the wild beast dungeon!”
Standing behind a weak looking gate we several shadowy monster that clawed at the new members.
*RAWRRR!!*
”Why the hell does such a thing exist inside a magic knight's headquaters!” Asta yelled over the roar.
”Yami likes it.” Magna shrugged before heading to another area.
'What the hell is wrong with this place...'
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”And here we have-
”There you are!” Magna suddenly said to the girl before turning to the two newbies. ”Asta, Grim, say hello to the other rookie who just joined.”
'Other rookie!' Asta's eyes sparkled again while Grim looked at her from top to bottom.
'A lot of mana...' For some reason, he got a similar feeling from her like the one he got from when he first encountered Asta and Yuno.
”Hi! I'm Asta from Hage village! Lets work together to reach our goals-
*Slap!*
”Eh?...”
Slapping his hand away, the silver haired girl made a repulsed face and looked at him like he was beneath her.
”You little insect, how dare a filthy ant with such little magic power talk to me.”
”Eh?”
'This haughty tone... Why does it sound so familiar?'
”My name is Noelle Silva, a member of house Silva of the Clover Kingdom's royal family.”
”R-ROYAL FAMILY!!”
'Ah, no wonder her tone sounded so familiar, she and that fat guy from the exam are birds of a feather.'
”And you.” She turned to Grim. ”How dare you not bow in the presence of your betters!”
'Is she talking to me?'
”Hey! Are you listening? Maybe the words of a human is too much for such a low born beast such as yourself to understand.”
'Okay, this bitch has got to go.'
Feeling the corner of his mouth twitch, Grim surrounded his body with an orange aura and released an absurd amount of magic power.
[Breath of Flames]
”What the!”
Feeling the temperature around Grim suddenly increase, Noelle, Asta and Magna had no choice but to step back.
Ramping it up to another level, the heat and the glow around his body intensified.
”T-This magic power!” Noelle looked at him with wide eyes.
”Too bright!” Asta yelled as he and Magna shielded their eyes.
”H-HOW DARE A LOW BORN COMMONER LIKE YOU ACT SO DISRESPECTFULLY IN FRONT OF ME! Noelle suddenly screamed before pointing her hand at him. ”I'll show you the overwhelming difference in our status!”
[Water Magic: Sea Dragon's Waterball]
Activating one of her spells, a powerful torrent of high pressure water shot out from her hand and headed straight for Grim.
”Know your place commoner!”
Looking at the high pressured stream of water approaching him, Grim merely sneered at the attack before materializing his Breath of flames sword into his hand.
Holding the sword in both hands, Grim slashed upwards in an arc like motion allowing the flames on his sword to shape itself into a fire-wheel that slammed into the water jet that resulted in the area being filled with steam.
”Eh?” Noelle made a surprised expression before being forced to cover her face with her hands to avoid any scaldings.