A very short set of side stories that I wanted to work in

Enjoy peeps!

Alvasa out!_!

It has been about a week since the dungeon incident and everyone had healed up in the village that had originally found the dungeon before going their separate ways. Twilight rarely left his side and the same went for Noelle and Mimosa. Sol kept giving him the evil eye from behind every corner or tree she used to try and stay out of his line of sight. The tall amazon woman really annoyed him doing this as he wasn’t even able to enjoy his time with Twilight Sol would constantly leap out and ‘shield’ Twilight from his evil. Mostly the black-haired chick tried to grind his bones to dust with her Earth goddess golem spell.

Noelle stayed close but at arm's length. Mimosa was worried about her and Asta ‘asked why’ she knew Noelle so well and she told him cause they were family. Mimosa’s behavior really didn’t change that much but she did try and be a bit Nero aggressive in her action, and not just her feelings but her spells too.

Asta was starting to think Twilight kissed him in front of everyone on purpose at this point. Either to troll him or to get the girls to get a bit more serious about their feeling for him. Well, except for Sol of course. He thinks she didn’t factor in Sol’s behavior or that Twilight didn’t think the tall chick would act out like she had been.

Asta, Luck, and Noelle headed back to the Black Bull’s hideout. Noelle rode with Luck on his broom this time however and it really didn’t bother Asta too much but he was still a bit concerned as she has just about gone silent on him. He would have to deal with it some other time though as he had plans when she got back.

Asta was head for the main area of the base to request about a week off from work and was approved seeing as how he’d only just recovered and needed to get back in top form he was sure he’d get it. After some rest, he went for his debrief with Cpt. Yami.

“AHAHAHAHAHA!” Yami laughs as he slaps his knee while Asta just blinks. “I can’t believe you actually kissed one of the Blue Rose knights. Ole prickly pants is probably losing her shit right about now! Ahahahahahaha!”

“I can’t believe his luck with women,” Finral pouts as he crouches behind the sofa with tears streaming down his face. “I have nearly five years and knight seniority on him yet he gets the Blue Rose’s up and coming star to flat out kiss him on the lips after a mission and he has Noelle chasing after him too….” He bites down on his shirt.

“Yes well,” Asta clears his throat. “That’s how things went do so about my time off?”

“You know you’re a real oddball kid,” Yami remarks as he pulls the cigarette from his mouth. “You faced off against one of the Diamond Kingdom’s Shining Generals, not once but twice. Ya did have a bit of help but from what luck told me ya beat him on your own the second time. Even if he was weakened that’s nothin to sneeze at. He also told me about a tornado you made, a black power, and how you made a sword grow to the point it caved in a whole dungeon. All while not using an ounce of magic power. What is it exactly that you’re not telling?”

“My secrets are my own and they’ll stay that way unless I want to reveal them,” Asta glares back at his Captain.

“You’re the only guy around here with enough balls to give me back the scary look,” Yami holds up his hands. “I’m not gonna pry. You know better than anyone we share when we want to around here. I am curious as to how strong you really are and how you can do all this stuff but that’s your stuff so I won’t go into it but you have to realize it won’t stay capped for long. Especially with the other individuals that saw it and wrote reports. It's better to get stuff out there so we can better protect yea if shit goes down. Now or later it will.”

“My power is my own and it’ll stay that way,” Asta crosses his arms. “I can tell you it has a lot to do with Qi techniques passed down from parent unto child in my clan from my homeland.”

“That’s another thing,” Yami taps the but of the cigarette knocking off ash before he returned to his mouth. “You’re from across the eye like me but you’re also a bit further. Descendant of a nomadic tribe. I can tell you I’ll keep it to myself about this but don’t be surprised if people scorn and ridicule you. Some might even come to have ya killed. But you’re not worried at all are ya? You’d sooner kill them just as they’d kill you?”

“If it means surviving, yes,” Asta boldly states,

“Anyways, go ahead and have a week or so to yourself,” Yami waves a hand. “I know full well you could use it. See ya.”

Asta nods and leaves the base on his Slayer while Noelle watches him from her room's window.

“Sir are you sure it wouldn't be better to find out about his powers?” Finral says.

“I can tell you this Finral,” Yami takes a drag on the cancer sticks and blows smoke, “that kid is way more powerful than he lets on. More than likely it would take all of you guys and me in the squad to bring him down if he ever truly accessed his full power. And even then I don’t think we’d be enough. Hell, it might even take all the captain and then we’d barely be a match for him.”

“You really think Asta’s that strong?” Finral says with a bit of scared skepticism.

“Let’s just say I don’t want to be him or between him and whatever he deems his enemy cause he won’t stop till it lays dead and gagging on its own blood at his feet,” Yami says. He stands up, “Now for a dump…”

A day later…

He had flown far from the base into the Forsaken Realm even further out than Hage. Being able to use his sword at full power made the trip much faster than it had been in the past. Once he arrive he looked around for a small hut he’d once visited years prior and soon sighted it. He was here to see a couple of people for the sake of the future and to allow his devil, Liebe, to see someone he held dear to his heart.

He dawned a mask he’d carved and repaired giving it a scar pattern before removing most of his clothing and entering the water of a river in front of him. The mask had been enchanted by Twilight to make him appear older than he currently was in this body. It was to help him seem as if he’d barely aged to the guests while also making him seem much smaller as if he were the size of a seven-year-old child.

He planned to do some very specialized training while he waited for the nearby guests to come and fetch fresh water.

Asta was currently sitting under a waterfall mediating. In front of him, you could see all four of Asta’s demon swords floating in mid-air. They then started to fight one another in fandom fashion as they would constantly switch between opponents. It was a form of image training for Asta to gain more refrained motor control over his swords if he needed to fight at a distance or throw them like he’d done in the dungeon.

Of coarse with all the noise it didn’t take long for the locals to arrive and investigate what was going on. They watched from the bush as the sword fought each other with no one wielding them. When the Slayer got close enough that when on of the locales recognized it as one of the exact same ones that he could use.

The young devil came out of the bushes followed by his adoptive mother.

“I’d never thought I’d see another one,” Liebe of this world says with awe. “But if this is here then that can only mean that Ferris is here!”

“You didn’t look very hard did you, Liebe,” Richita giggles then points at the waterfall.

“That water must be freezing and coming down hard!” Liebe said with shock.

“It is indeed young Liebe,” Asta remarks as the sword seized their fighting. In a single motion, he arrived at the shore near his clothes. “It’s good to see you both again. It’s been a while.”

Liebe and Richita were a bit in shock when they looked on Asta’s body.

“You have… so many scars…” She remarks.

“I bit ya have some great stories about them don’t?” Liebe remarks with excitement.

“Perhaps,” asta remarks as he pulls his shirt over his head without removing the mask.

“How’d you do that without the mask falling off?” Liebe asked.

“Cause it's enchanted that way,” Asta taps the mask.

“We haven’t seen you in years,” Richita crosses her arms. “And we’re the only ones out this far without going into a kingdom. So why are you here?”

Asta points at Liebe, “I’m here for him. To fulfill the promise to see you and train you how to use a sword properly. And I was in the area. But mostly its the promise and because I have a gift for you,” Asta reaches out and pulls the second Dweller from the black book and holds it out to Liebe, “Another sword like mine. Meaning you can use it. II will be here for a few days in order to give you training in how to use them properly and how to do this,” he points to the floating sword behind.

“Awesome!” Liebe proclaims as he easily lifts the sword and it immediately turns jet black.

“Let’s get started,” Asta smirks under his mask.

At the same time in the caption…

Twilight walked next to Sol through the halls of the Blue Rose Knight's base.

Sol opens a door and the duo walks into their captain's office. Charlotte was currently going over the report she’d received from Puli on what had gone down in the dungeon and to say she was unnerved was an understatement. It was mostly the dungeon that had her riled up but also twilight’s actions with Asta.

“So you’re finally here,” Charlotte looks up and sets the papers down. She puts her elbows on her desk and enterlaces her finger and rests her chin behind her fingers, “To say that I’m surprised is a drastic understatement. Sol tells me this boy from the Black Bulls, Asta as he’s called, forcibly kissed you Twilight.”

“Yea I saw it with my own eyes, Char!” Sol grits her teeth with a raised fist. “He was all over “

“Quiet Sol!” Charlotte ordered sternly. “I was addressing Twilight. Now back to you,” she turns her attention. Back to the newest member of Blue Rose, “Men are not allowed here Twilight. That also means relations but seeing as how he moved on you I can overlook this for you but-“

Twilight abruptly spoke, “First off, let me make things clear Captain. I," she points at herself, “Kissed him! He didn’t force anything on me! If anything, I forced him!”

Charlotte eyed Sol and then sighed, “Sol, give us the room. I need to have a private talk with her…”

Sol quickly left still in shock at what Twilight just said and Charlotte’s briar magic quickly covered the door with a soundproof barrier.

“Blue rose knights around not allowed to have relations with men Twilight,” Charlotte says.

Twilight swiftly removes her robe and tosses it on Charlotte’s desk, “Then I’m no longer a Blue Rose knight. If I can’t be in this magic knight squad because I love a man then I don’t want to be in this squad anymore!”

Charlotte smirks and then chuckles, “I knew you like him already Twilight so this really isn’t a shock to me,” she leaned back in her chair.

“You did?” Twilight said confused, “If you knew then why’d you let me in?”

“Because you’re a talent mage with powerful magic and a good head on your shoulders,” Charlotte points, “Besides, if I kicked you out for being in love with someone then I shouldn’t even be the captain anymore. What I’m about to tell you is a secret so kept it to yourself.”

Twilight nods once.

“I suffered from a curse that nearly consume me,” Charlotte says. “It wasn’t until my heart was conquered that the curse was broken, it wasn’t until I felt love for a man that I was freed. I know I’m a hypocrite for always saying men are disgusting but the truth is I’m just as guilty as you for loving. And again, I already knew you loved him.” She smiles.

“But how?” Twilight asked.

“The look in your eyes when you looked at Asta the day of the Magic Knight Entrance Exams,” Charlotte kept smiling. “It’s the same look I get in my own eyes when I look at them or think of the man I love when no one is around.”

“You mean the flustered look you get when you when you see Captain Yami for the first three seconds, ”Twilight flatly points.

“How do figure that out?!” Charlotte stands up with her face bright red. “Rum… Yes. I like Yami. Ironic actually that I like the Captain of the Black Bulls and you're in love with the rising star of said squad.”

“Yes, I love him with all my heart,” Twilight smiles with pink in her cheeks, “But you’re actually missing a small detail. We’re not just together as lovers. We’re actually engaged,”

‘Married actually but eh…’

Charlotte looks at Twilight before sighing. She grabs the robe from her desk and walks over to the youth and puts it back on her.

“I think it’s time we make a few rule changes,” Charlotte smiles as she buttons the robe. “How about we go tell the others about our dirty little secrets. I bit many of them have si liar ones too.”

“Mhm,” Twilight nods with a smirk.

In the wilds…

Richita was busy gathering up clothes to wash in her cottage. “I wonder if Ferris has anything he wants washed?” She smiles as she looked out the window and sees Liebe being instructed on how to use his swords.

“Now you have to remember that as a demon you’re physically stronger than any normal human. I’d say you’re even stronger than a full-grown man that’s spent his time doing nothing but muscle training without magic,” Asta says as she positions Liebe in a stance. “This means you can easily wield these weapons with one hand each.”

“What about you Ferris,” Liebe looks at Asta. “You’re really small but you wield that Demon Slayer with one hand as if it were a knife. Is it a spell of some kind?”

“Something like that,” Asta shrugs. “I can’t really explain it clearly but a little of this and that but mostly its skill, strength, and technique. I’m going to teach you something that will further increase your strength but its just going to be the basics. Once you have them down then we can alter them more.”

“Alright,” the young devil smiles.

Back inside Richete moves over to Asta's bag and opens it up and is shocked at what she finds. In horror, she looks back out the window and then back down at the bag. Inside it sat the robe of a magic knight.

She quickly rushed out of the house, ”Liebe get away from him now!”

“Mom? Why?” The confused demon looked at Asta.

“Do as I say now!” She ordered and her son complied. She glared at Asta, “You…. We trusted you… Who are you and why are you doing this?!” She says with tears in her eyes.

“Mom…” Liebe says still confused.

“He’s a magic knight Liebe,” Richete throws the robe she found down in front of her.

Liebe looked at the masked man in horror.

Asta sighs, “You really shouldn’t go through other peels things,” he throws up a hand. “Yes, I’m a magic knight. No, I’m not here for anything other than to train the boy how to properly use his swords.”

Richete’s scowl softened slightly as she heard the word boy but kept up her defense.

“You saw my body and remarked on how scarred it is,” Asta removed his shorts and took off the bandages he had wrapped around his chest.

Liebe and Richete’s eyes widened as they saw the massive crimson five-leaf clover on Asta’s chest.

“That’s…” Richete looks on in horror.

“A scar,” Asta nods as Anti-magic covers his hands, formed horns on either side of his head then wings and a tail. Most importantly the clover on his chest turned jet black.

Liebe looked at him in shock.

“I have my own demon,” Asta remarks as the anti-magic fades away. “Liebe is very special to you. I’m here beachside Elsie time in the near future this world will have need of the power he wields. A power that is a mirror to my own. My time in this world is drawing to a close and I will be leaving. Hopefully, I will return to the time and place I truly belong,” he wraps the bangles back around himself. He walks over to the robe and picks it up, “When I am gone it will be you who will be needed, Liebe.”

The young devil just stared.

“If you don’t trust me anymore then I understand,” Asta sighs. “I will be leaving now…” he states to walk away.

“Will you come back and teach me more?” Liebe asks.

“Please come back and see us…” Richete hesitates.

“Hmm,” Asta nods and summons his slayer. He pulls out his cloak and throws it on and removes his mask and instantly his size changes to match Liebe’s, startling mother and son. “Sorry for lying to you two for so many years but the truth is I only recently became a knight myself. My physical age in this world was… Well, let's just say my physical body is much much younger than my soul is in this world. I’ll be leaving the robe here for you Liebe,” he says without turning his head.

He then looks at his mask and a glowing blue circle appears on it. He moves the circle around and then it fades back into the mask. He then wraps the robe around the mask and then tossed the bundle over his shoulder and it lands in front of Liebe.

“It's enchanted with a disguise spell by a very skilled mage who is very dear to me,” Asta says as he reaches into his black grimoire and pulls out a new mask, and places it on his face. Turning around he reveals his fluorescent green eyes under his new mask to the others.

“I’m sorry but I must keep my face to myself,” He bows. “That mask will allow you to walk around and look like a normal human. The robe marks you as one of the Black Bulls, though technically I don’t have the final decision. When your ready, come and find the Hideout.”

He remarked and in a gust took off on his slayer.

While he was in the air he pulls out a second robe from his black grimoire and put it on, "Good thing I keep a stock of these from Rarity..."

Far off in the distance, someone watches the events play out. A man in a grey trench and fedora with a purple and seafoam band with a black shirt and pants stood on the cliff far out of range of Asta's Qi Sensing. He had slicked back jet black hair that was just above his should.

Keeping his eyes hidden he turns with a sinister ganged smile and left.

Outside the Capital in a small rural town...

Asta surfs through the air on his sword, "Let's see.. there it is," he says as he spots the graveyard he'd been searching for.

He then saw a couple of people in the graveyard disrespecting a grave.

The knight couldn't stand this and quickly pulled out his Dweller and sent a slash of anti-magic crashing into the people.

"What the hell?" one of them says as he gets to his feet while Asta jumps off his sword. "Whi do you think you are?"

"Asta of the Black Bulls," Asat proclaims with a scowl. "And you two were disrespecting the dead and the grave of a former magic knight."

"Hewas no knight," the other gets to his feet. "He was just some low-life common er just like you're some low-life kid who got lucky...."

"Low-life eh?" Asta tilts his head as his second grimoire activates.

"Oh this could be very bad," The first guy starts to back away. "He's got two grimoires and one of them is a four-leaf... Wait you wouldn't happen... Oh crap..."

Their screams were heard from miles away.

Not too long after the duo was tied up with golden chains of light, "And just so you two can't worm you're way out of this," Asta's grimoire turns a page. "Dark Magic Dark Truth," he says as he waves his hand and the two glowed with a black aura for a moment.

He goes over to the grave the delinquents were trashing.

It read 'Zara Ideale' .

"Seriously," Asta clicks his tongue. "If you don't respect the man at least respect the dead," he remarks as he pours water over the grave from his canteen and pulls out a rag to wipe off the boot mark that the one that has left from his kick.

Asta placed his hands together and gave a bow, "Thank you for never giving up on your dream of becoming a magic knight," he whispers and then stands up. "It's because of you that others like ourselves can be knights. Rest well."

Asta nows once more out of respect before going over to the delinquents and easily hefting the bundled culprits onto his shoulder.

"I'll drop you two off at the local office. That spell will last for two days so all your dirty laundry will be out for air," Asta starts to walk away before stopping and retracting his foot.

He bends down and picks up an insect.

"Go one this is no place for stink bugs," he smirks as the bug flies away into the forest.

"Onward," he says as he marches on.

Just behind the tree line, he was being watched, and he knew who it was.

The stink bug lands on the man's shoulder. "So, that was the fable double trouble... I must say even for one with that power he's quite the guy. I never would've guessed he was a commoner and a decent guy..." he looks over to the freshly cleaned grave and notices a white rose resting at the foot of the headstone.

"Quite the guy indeed..."