NOVEL WEB Chapter 45: Yuno
Asta moved forward, his hands grasping the spear and with a fluid motion, he lifted it.
He sighed at the scribe. Showing a expression of annoyance that could perceived from beyond the mask.
"Yo-"
"Do you know who I am? I will kill you... That's what you wanted to say right?" Asta said with sarcasm.
The scribe was baffled, completely stunned and felt like he just ate a pile of nails because it's was exactly what he wanted to say.
Asta however had no interest in all the Nobel B.S. that the scribe could spew out and went straight for the collar.
"I will say this once.. Keep you damn complexes to yourself until we land," He lifted the old man, staring deep into his eyes as he warned him. "or this spear will be shoved down your throat."
"STOP!!"
At this moment another person came forward, his body laced in jewels as fat belly swung around like a balloon.
Dead fish eyes, two simple dots as nostrils, and possibly a bald head hidden behind his cap, the arriver looked like a middle-aged merchant with two guards behind him.
"You better put Mr. Felix down right now! Or else." The merchant threatened as he tried to grab onto Asta's hand but instead slipped on his own clothes.
The merchant fell, his body spinning as he got hold of a leg and managed to pick himself up but-
It was Asta's leg and as the merchant his eyes, all he saw was two pupils glaring down at him with disappointment and disgust.
Asta shock his head and turned to the scribe instead, "F*ck off." He said to him before launching him and the merchant both into the arms of the bodyguards.
"YOU BETTER WATCH YOUR HEAD YOU BASTARD"
"THE HECK ARE YOU LOOKING AT MORONS!! TAKE US TO THE DOCTOR!"
The two ran away while spewing out insults and warning which were nothing more than mosquito sounds to Asta.
Now that he had dealt with the two nuisances, Asta shifted his focus to the bigger picture.
He turned while sliding the spear back into the grimoire and came face-to-face with the journalist.
black hair, yellow eyes, a handsome face and a pair of glasses.
Before, Asta was not very sure but now it was as clear as a day.
"How have you been Yuno?"
The two look at each other, one filled to the brim with confusion. The other shining in the light of happiness.
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-20 mins later, Asta's room-
Asta and Yuno?, the two now sat opposite eachother.
Yuno sniffed, brawling his face with tears as he munched on some snacks while crying like a baby.
"Thank you! I-I thought I *sniff* Thank you!"
Asta was in disbelief. His sworn brother and rival was not even a mage anymore and was munching on food like he used to in the past.
It was almost as if their positions have switched up with-
A image crossed Asta's mind, a fleeting image he couldn't make sense of except for one thing- it looked like a painting.
A blurry painting made by a novice, showing two people in a dark void.
The image faded away just like it appeared, not even leaving a single memory in Asta's head as he forgot everything.
"H-e."
"Hey! You okay?"
Awakening from his stupor, Asta find himself back in the room. His body shaking while being cold as ice itself.
'What was that?' he thought, trying to remember what he just saw but the image just refused to form again. 'Did Yuno wake me up?'
He turned to Yuno and saw him panicking while trying to pull some sort of medicine from his pouch, completely unaware of Asta's awakening.
He was mumbling to himself, words like "he can't be dead" ," I must save him' kept repeating themselves as he couldn't find a single thing.
"EEEP!!" Yuno screeched in terror as felt something grab onto his shoulder like the grip of death and turned around. "Y-You!! YOU ARE ALIVE!!"
The hand was Asta's and to Yuno it appeared as if a miracle had happened.
Yuno lunged, throwing himself at Asta while he sniffed tears of Joy while trying to make excuses.
However not a single word made it's way to Asta's head as all he could think about was the painting he just saw.
After contemplated for a moment and deciding to throw it to the back of his head as something unimportant.
Now free of tension and the distraction he just had, Asta turned to Yuno with a smile.
"Calm down. I am fine you see, no problem at all."
"B-But–"
"No buts, tell me who you are first."
Yuno stiffens at the thought of introducing himself and froze. However Asta's bright smile and warm aura somehow managed to get him to lossen a little.
(Yuno) "Rabell, Yuno Rabell. I work as a journalist for the Pearl Sea kingdom newspaper."
(Asta) "Your surname is Rabell?"
(Yuno) "No.. that's my first name.. *embarrassed* "
(Asta) "Seriously? *At loss for words* Sue your parents."
(Yuno) "I can't.."
(Asta) "Why!? It's you–"
(Yuno) "They are the judges."
Silence.. the room was filled with nothing but awkward silence as both Yuno and Asta looked at each other in pure pity.
Yuno being a journalist was acceptable to Asta but switching up the surname and first name without reason is unacceptable.
'There must be a reason.. maybe he is from the same community as captain ya-.. Nah.' Asta instantly dismissed his thoughts.
The two then engaged in small talk that eventually dragged into a long talk as the duo kept talking about theit childhood.
However not once did Asta mention the clover kingdom or the final battle for the fear of causing trauma. (He thinks the Mimosa and Sol got crazy because of Trauma)
'I will take it slow, just revealing it bit by bit until it's time.' he thought while waving a goodbye to Yuno and then went back into the room.
-5 mins later, at the airship's main deck-
Two figures stood beside each other, both looking out the glass dome that surrounded then while sipping on alcohol.
"So how's the progress?" The first figure asked the other.
"Good. I managed to make up a sad backstory." Said the other.
The two were hooded in black cloaks, their faces hidden beneath masks.
The first figure chuckles, his happiness clear as day as he placed his hand on the other's shoulder.
"Just what I would expect from our new star, keep it up champ.. we have high hopes for you," he said as he turned. "Yuno-1."
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I am back to good health. So I am gonna try to increase the chapter release speed.
Also should we have more conversation dialogues like the ones in anime or keep the current one?