Asta's escape from the scene was only for him to dodge the annoying eyes of nobles. His new life's status were like invisible shackles for him that kept haunting him no matter where he went.
"Clover kingdom was much better than this.. phew, No wonder Noelle always had that cautious expression until she opened up."
Asta wasn't very fond of being soughted after as a talent from the best academy or as a star student who recieved himself a early vacation. Instead he wanted to return back to his life in hage village or with the black bulls.
He looked around but no matter where his eyes went, there were things that he never minded in his past life but now they were bothering him.
"I should stop showing off without need. This talent doesn't belong to me either way." He muttered to himself in a low voice, meanwhile his feet unconsciously carried him down the streets.
The talent he had wasn't his technically. Since even if he had been reborn many times over and was just gathering it in one mind and body, it would more like a collective effort of eight different people instead of just his own.
...
The depressing thoughts kept coming into Asta's head, yet the smile of Noelle he just saw kept him a little bit motivated to continue on his journey. A single light just like those of his other friends and their smiles that had burdened himself to gather together once more.
Land
Yubin landed on Asta's shoulder, noticing his melancholic expression with a bit of nostalgia since this wasn't it's first time seeing this.
"(I have some advice. Stop thinking you are the one responsible for everything.)
"Easy for you to say. You never had to worry about wondering you were."
"(Don't get me into that annoying philosophy, I am struggling as I am.)"
"Heh. Don't worry, if some identity crisis could bring me down, i wouldn't have survived this long... Anyway, where are we?"
Standing in a jungle of alleys and shops, Asta found himself staring at lines upon lines of selling stalls and shops.
Small tables, wooden shelves decorate each of the bigger stalls, a variety of items displayed on them to attract customers and those who wanted to find something.
Asta walked forward, his eyes fluttering from every person to every item hung for seeing and even to those who were hidden beneath the cloaks waiting to be revealed.
'A paradise for mages.' he thought at the sight. Stopping for a second, weighting his purse and the coins within, "I still have some change to spend I guess." He said and wandered into the crowd alongside Yubin.
Strolling through he went to one stall after another, the image of the clover kingdom's magic knight ranking festival coming into his mind. The food fight between Captain Yami and Captain Jack was a sight he still could remember like it was happening in front of him.
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...
"WHY THE HECK ARE THEY HERE!"
Standing in front of Asta, fighting over their whose food was better, Yami and Captain Jack stood arguing in the middle of streets like two thugs ready to gut eachother at sight. Luckily they weren't the stall owner this time.
Asta could understand Jack being here since that could be a stroke of luck just like it has been for him but this was too much to witness for him now.
"I dare you to say that again, you shrink faced pimp!"
"You don't wanna go down that path you excuse of a teacher. I would do that job ten times better than you!"
"As if! The only thing you would be doing is begging my best student for a little bit of attention if you were the in the academy."
"I will like to see what brat you could possibly have trained!! But before that I am going to shred you to bits just like I did before on the frontlines!"
"More like how I beat you to a pulp when you came looking for me after getting rejected by every women in the world."
The two were going all out with insults. Their forehead struck together, glaring eyes locked together.
"Dark magic-
"Pierce magic-
Crack crack
The floor cracked, the ground caves in. It wasn't long before the two reached towards weapons attacked eachother. Asta saw that happen, a wave of wind hitting him as felt the nearby stands crumbling from the shockwaves coming from two morons in front of him.
Realising that bystanders were at risk, Asta reached out to anti-magic grimoire, bringing out tyrant and charged forward like a bull.
"Stop it!"
Four wings, a armor of black, Asta appeared between the two looking like a demon that was out for their heads. The duo of Yami and Jack felt their PTSD kick in, their movements syncing before they stuck at Asta with not hesitation.
Yami's katana and Jack's spear clashed against Tyrant, sparks flying from them as a even bigger shockwave erupted than before, this time breaking not just the floor but even the walls.
Even with all the buffs and enhancements, Asta failed to handle the sheer Ki that was ramped towards him like piece of iron against a moving truck.
The impact threw him back and he flew like a bullet, going back into the distance where he began bouncing over the ground and water like skipping stones.
"Wahhhhh!" He screamed as he bounched, eventually coming to a stop as he hit the clock tower and bursted through its walls.
Meanwhile Jack turned to Yami and spoke.
"Was that a demon!? He asked, turning to Yami for confirmation.
Yami thought for a second, "That voice... It's Asta's!"
Both of them relaxed a little, the situation appeared the same as a joke as they laughed for a second before horror made its mark on their faces.
"Did we just kill-"
"I can only hope we didn't... Just act like we weren't involved this." Yami suggested before disposing of his katana back into the grimoire and vanished from the scene.
Jack saw Yami leave, realisation dawning on him as he joined him instantly. "Where are you running!! Don't leave me behind!"
"Who are you? I have never met you a day in my life."
"How shameless!"
Thus the two ran Without looking back, running from the law before they get arrested for murder and be taken to the court for assaulting and killing a student while being a teacher themselves.