A magic portal appeared over the small village of Hage, a messenger bird flew out and down towards the church. Sister Lily walked out of the the church and retrieved the two envelopes the bird was carrying.
"It looks like we've gotten a delivery" she said as she walked back inside where the the orphans and the priest were waiting.
"That's great, looks link will be having a potatoe feast tonight" the priest said crying tears of joy and the orphans cheered.
"What do the letters say" a little girl asked sister Lily as she opened Yunos letter.
"Well looks it looks like Yuno has reached junior magic knight first class" she said making the orphans and the priest, who was again crying tears of joy, cheer.
"Wow he hasn't been there that long and he's already gotten that far" said Nash smiling, "Makes me wonder how far Asta has gotten" he said.
"It doesn't matter how much he's failed, there's always a home for you here Asta" said the priest.
Sister Lily then opened Astas letter, "Dear sister Lily, church orphans and village head" she said as she began to read the letter when the priest looked annoyed.
"Why didn't he mention me" he said.
"Oh wow, he's actually been ranked up to junior magic knight third class" sister Lily said smiling making the others look shocked, but she then looked closer trying to read something on the letter.
"Wow, amazing" said Nash when he noticed sister Lily looked surprised.
"What is it, what did he write" asked an older girl?
"Well It seems that his girlfriend Noelle was made a junior magic knight third class aswell" she said making everyone looked more shocked then before, "He wrote to us when he regained his memories, but looks like the two of them got together" she thought while smiling, "Well done Asta" she thought looking out the church window.
Over at the golden dawn headquarters Yuno was walking through one of the yards when, "Yuno" said Klaus. Yuno turned around to see Klaus and Mimosa walking over to him, "I heard about your promotion up to junior magic knight first class, I wanted to offer my congratulations".
"Thanks but it wasn't much" said Yuno looking calm.
"I'm glad you think of it that way, we can't have you getting big head, after all Iam still your superior" said Klaus walking over to Yuno, "Hold out your hand please" he said making Yuno looked confused as he held his right hand out. Klaus then dropped a bag of money onto his hand.
"Think of that as a promotion present, its for you to use, I know where all your wages go every month" said Klaus pushing up his glasses as he began to walk away while Mimosa stayed behind.
"He may not look like it but he is happy for you, I saw him cheering for you in his room earlier and I think at one point his glasses were shining" said Mimosa smiling.
"I'm surprised they didn't promote you" said Yuno putting his gift away.
"Well I didn't do much fighting and I was mostly healing the people who were injured" said Mimosa.
"Well one of those people you helped were me" said Yuno smiling at her which made her blush, "Tell you what, let's use some of this money Klaus gave me and get some lunch together".
"Uh Yeah sure" said Mimosa as the two of them started walking out of the headquarters while she still had a blush on her face as she thought, "Is this a date, no it couldn't be".
Meanwhile at the black bulls headquarters Yami and Rosa stood in front of the black bulls members, "Alright everyone your wages for this week are in, so no work today" he said making most of them cheer.
"Alright time to start training" said Asta as he began to do push ups.
"Alright time to go on some dates, lady's of the clover kingdom be ready" said Finral smiling.
"Looks like its time to sit back and drink" said Vanessa as she quickly lyed down on one of the couches and began to drink.
"Looks like no ones interested in doing any sort of work today" said Noelle.
"Captain it's my little sisters birthday today, can I extend my time off till the next one" asked Gauche as blood dripped out of left nostril?
"No way you might be needed for something" said Yami.
"Why would you extend your day off when your allowed to see her today" said Rosa sounding confused.
"Maybe the capital could get attacked again and I'll get the fight some of the guys that were there" said Luck cheerfully as he punched his fist forward, "Or maybe I should just attack myself".
"Yeah that's a definite no" said Yami.
"With the way he acts it's hard to tell if he's joking" said Rosa.
A while later Magna was sitting outside the back of the black bulls headquarters working on his crazy cyclone, "Hey Magna" said Asta. The fire magic user turned around to see the anti magic user walking over with his girlfriend.
"Hey you two love birds" said Magna smiling. The comment made the young couple blush, "How can I help you two".
"Since we have the day off we thought we might go visit Rebecca" said Noelle.
"Yeah and so we came to ask" said Asta before bowing, "Please give us a lift on on your crazy cyclone" he asked?
"Yeah sure, hop on" said Magna smiling as he put his tools away. Asta and Noelle smiled before getting on the broom, the same order they were in when they went to fight the boars outside Saussy village, "Alright where we headed" he asked?
"She told me she was living in the same village where the mixer was, Nean village" said Noelle.
"Alright then, here we go" said Magna looking determined before his broom took off into the sky.
On their way to the village, "So Magna are you gonna stay in the village or are you heading back after you drop us off" Noelle asked?
"Sorry No, I'll be heading back to headquarters, but make sure to say hi for me alright" said Magna still looking forward as they started flying over small houses.
"Did you not like her back at the mixer" Asta asked looking confused?
"No she's alright, but I've got my eyes set on a different girl" said Magna.
"Oh, is it someone me know" Noelle asked smirking?
"No your just gonna have to wait and see" said Magna smiling before his look turned serious, "Truth is I've known her for a long time, now I'm just tryin to gather the courage tell her".
"I believe in you Magna" said Asta raising his hands in the air.
"Asta" said Noelle moving her shoulders to remind him to hang on so he wouldn't fall off.
"Sorry" said Asta as he out his hands back on his girlfriends shoulders.
"Thanks for the support Asta, oh look right ahead, Nean village" said Magna looking ahead to see a large village where a church could be seen among the large buildings.
Late in the afternoon Gauche himself was walking through Nean village himself, on each of his arms he was carrying a bag filled with multiplied toys such as stuffed animals and doll houses, "All my wages for the month are now gone, but it was all worth it, my dear sister Marie your brother is on his way with many birthday presents" he thought as blood come down both of his nostrils making them people around him look creeped out.
"I'm sure this will bring a smile to your face" he thought as an image of Marie appeared in his head. She was smiling and in an angels costume he had also bought from the toy store, "Marie, I have waited for this day for so long, but it will all be worth it once I see your smile" his train of thought stopped when he turned to the right and saw Marie smiling.
But she was hanging onto Astas arm as he held her up in the air and spun around making her cheer. Asta was laughing aswell. Rebecca with her siblings and Noelle were looking the sight with smiles on their faces.
"Thank you so much for coming" Rebecca said to Noelle.
"It was no problem, we had the day off and we thought we might come here to enjoy it" said Noelle still keeping her eyes on the sight of her boyfriend having fun with the little girl, who she thought looked familiar.
"It must be happy sight to see that he's great with kids" Rebecca teased Noelle which made the young girl blush.
"I don't know what you mean" said Noelle looking away while Rebecca laughed.
"My turn, my turn" said Rebecca's younger sister as she and one of her brothers, who had Nero resting on top of his head rushed over to Asta.
"Okay here we" Asta began to say when he was kicked in the face. Sending him into the ground as Gauche rubbed his shoe into his face while the people around him looked shocked by what he just did.
"Gauche what are you doing" said Noelle.
"Hey it's the sister lover who gets nosebleeds all the time" said Asta still looking cheerful despite someone using his face as a door mat.
"What did you call me" said Gauche continuing to rub his foot into Astas face before grabbing him by the front of his black bulls robe, "More importantly why are you hanging around my little sister Marie, you'll pay" he said looking annoyed.
"Wait she's your sister, I didn't know that" said Asta.
"Don't be an idiot, I showed you her picture multiple times" said Gauche while Noelle had a look of realization on her face.
"Oh that's where I know her from, but this is still an over reaction" she thought while looking annoyed.
"You listen here, I barley get anytime to see my sister, her birthday is one of the days I get to see her, this day was suppose to be filled with lovey, fun and excitement" he said looking annoyed.
"Oh so you do have a sister complex" said Asta still looking calm before Gauche dropped him to the ground.
"Big brother Gauche please stop herting big brother Asta or else Noelles going to be upset" Marie begged her brother to stop herting Asta. But Gauche looked he had turned to stone after hearing the words, big brother Asta. Marie had decided to call Asta a brother after hearing the story about how he and Noelle got together and wanted them to be happy.
Gauches grimoire then opened as he glared down at Asta, "Your dead, mirror magic, reflect refrain" he said as a mirror appeared in front of him and started firing multiple beams at Asta who dodged them. Noelle, Rebecca and her siblings lyed down on the ground to avoid being hit.
"Hey someone's going to get hurt if you keep firing" said Noelle looking annoyed when an old woman's voice spoke up.
"That's enough" she said and Gauche stopped firing his beams to turn towards the direction of the church where an old nun with a scar going down her left eye walked over to them, "Why shouldn't I be surprised it's you causing trouble here Gauche".
"The old hag, so your still alive" Gauche said looking annoyed, "I'll be taking Marie out this evening for her birthday".
"Sorry but that's not going to happen, the sooner you get that into that head of yours the better, Marie needs to be around better people then you" said the nun looking serious.
"Some talk coming from an old woman who's already got one foot in the grave" said Gauche as he began to walk over to the nun.
"Like always you resort to violence, just like a criminal" said the nun.
"You old hag" said Gauche getting more angry before Asta stood between the two of them.
"Hey Gauche you can talk to a woman of the cloth like that, it isn't right" he said waving his hands.
"Who gave you a right to interfere" said Gauche looking annoyed.
"Well at least this boy has some sense in him unlike you, come along Marie it's getting late" said the nun holding her left hand out.
"Okay, bye big brother Gauche, bye Asta, bye Noelle" Marie said smiling as she took the nuns hand.
Everyone besides Gauche who looked like he had frozen like stone again waved back, "But, Marie" Gauche said before he fell to the ground on his face.
"Your friends a little weird" said one of Rebecca's brothers as he poked Gauche with a stick.
"We've known him long enough to not find this surprising" said Noelle calmly.
"Well why don't you guys come get something to eat, you can stay the night as well, we have an extra room" Rebecca offered Asta and Noelle who smiled and nodded yes.
Over at the restaurant Asta was eating from multiple plates while Noelle was eating next to him in a more calm manner, "Hey Rebecca your cookings great, whoever ends up marrying you is going to be one lucky guy" said Asta.
"Wow thanks" said Rebecca blushing from embarrassment.
"Maybe I should learn how to cook" Noelle though before calmly drinking form her glass of water.
"Here, there's are some berries I think you'll enjoy" one of Rebecca's sisters said as she put a small plate of berries in front of the anti bird who ate them all in quick speed, "So fast" she said looking surprised by the anti birds appetite.
"So sis, do you got a thing for Asta" one of Rebecca's sisters whispered to her, making her older sister blush.
"Luca, what are you talking about, he has a girlfriend" said Rebecca.
"Maybe You should talk to him at night" said one of her little brothers and the baby on a seat that was strapped to her back tapped her cheek.
"Not you too Pam" she said looking embarrassed at her youngest sibling, "No, besides" she said smiling when they all looked to see Noelle rub something off Astas cheek, "They do look good together".
"Yeah but that won't stop me from teasing them" said Luca smirking before walking over to Asta and Noelles table, "So Noelle, when do you think will be the day when you and Asta will get married" she said making Asta almost choke on his food and Noelles entire face went red while she yelled "MARRIAGE". After yelling all of the water in the glasses in the restaurant shot out of their glasses into the ceiling.
At night snow started to fall onto the village, someone was standing on a broom looking over the village holding his hand on his grimoire. Then at one one of the houses a door opened and a kid who had dazed look in his eyes walked out.
At the floor above Rebecca's restaurant, in one of the rooms, Asta and Noelle were lying close to each other on the only bed in the room, Asta had changed into just his shirt and blue pants, while Noelle was given a white nightgown from Rebecca. The two of them were nervous when they realized they would be sharing a bed for the first time, but Noelle said it was fine and actually wanted to. Asta said he would like it as well. Though they weren't fully alone since Nero was asleep on the only pillow.
"Why is it so cold, it's not even winter" said Noelle moving closer to Asta to where she was resting her head on his chest and Asta in his sleep wrapped his arms around her waist making her blush before she smiled.
Before she could fully fall asleep thought she noticed light coming in through the door way, "Whats going on" she said before she noticed Gauche standing in front of the bed. Noelles back had been facing the wall while Astas was facing the door.
"For the crime of meeting my sister, I sentence you to death" said Gauche as his grimoire opened, "Mirror magic, reflect ray".
"ASTA WAKE UP" Noelle yelled at her sleeping boyfriend who instantly sat up and dodged the ray that was meant to hit him.
"Hey what do you think your doing Gauche" said Asta looking annoyed.
"Marie only has one brother and that's me, you must die" said Gauche glaring at Asta who quickly put back on his jacket and black bulls robe. He then took out his small anti magic sword from his grimoire.
"First off that's something kids say alright and second we were trying to sleep" said Asta as he starting defending himself from the rays.
"Looks like I'll have to use a different spell" said Gauche as the pages in his girmoire changed, there was a bright light and when it stopped shining there were two Gauches, both of them had a mirror in front of them and the one on the left looked like his reflection, "Mirror magic, my real double" both of them said.
"There's two of them" Asta and Noelle thought looking shocked when both of the Gauches fires a ray at Asta. Destroying the wall and sending Asta onto the ground outside.
"Uh, that's not even your house, huh" said Asta looking confused as he noticed snow falling and the ground underneath him was covered in it, "Snow, but it's not even winter" he said standing up when the door to the restaurant opened up.
"Asta" said Rebecca rushing outside.
"Oh sorry about the wall Rebecca" said Asta.
"It's not that, Luca and Marco are missing" said Rebecca looking serious.
"Their what" said Asta looking surprised when he heard more people walking outside.
"Leo where are you, Alice isn't here either" some of the adults were calling out for their missing children.
"Just what's going on here" said Asta looking serious.
Meanwhile not far from the village, children were walking up a snow covered hill, they all had dazed looks in their eyes as they kept walking forward. Meanwhile the man who was flying over the village earlier was on his broom keeping an eye on them to make sure they stayed on the path.
"Haha, I just love making new friends" the man said smiling as he looked at the kids. The man was dressed in white and had a blue scarf around his neck. Three of the kids in the group were Rebecca's siblings Marco and Luca. Another one that was recognizable, was Gauches little sister Marie.