BLACK CLOVER: Through the Looking Glass

The next day, Wilhelm and Asta were experimenting.

Well, Wilhelm was experimenting, and Asta was the one being experimented on.

"Okay Asta, I am going to cast an illusion around you and you will have to swing your sword wildly. Got it?" Wilhelm asked as his grimoire floated in front of him.

At this, Asta nodded and cheered, "Bring it on!"

"Okay."

*SNAP*

*BREAK*

*SHATTER*

"OWWWWWAAAAAA!!!!!"

Then Wilhelm snapped his fingers, immediately following which the world in Asta's eyes shattered and he felt as if he was falling endlessly.

"WHAT?! WAIT! Wilhelm said this was an illusion, but he did not say it would be this real." Asta said to himself, as he bought out his broad blade from his grimoire and started to swing it around wildly as Wilhelm told him to.

It seemed as if nothing was happening until…

*SHATTER*

…sound of glass shattering resounded and when seemingly countless shards of glass fell, behind it stood Wilhelm who was staring intently at Asta's broad sword.

Wilhelm then studied Asta's thought with a scrutinizing expression, 'This sword of his is extremely strong, and in this world full of magic, extremely dangerous. From this, I can say that he can cut any direct magic construct, but this too has a disadvantage.

When he struck Magma's fire, the fire did not diffuse. This means he cannot affect phenomena caused by magic, meaning while he can cut through my illusion if he struck them at a good point, he cannot defend himself against the glass itself.

Any high-speed projectile magic will be more than enough to deal with him.

So all in all, Asta is best to breach defense, deal with direct slow magic and can be dealt with distant projectile, either magical or non-magical in nature. Difficulty level D(-).'

Wilhelm thought as he quickly entered what he thought onto a thin sheet of glass, which he made disappear. In this small period, Asta went back to his senses and got up, covered in a thin layer of sweat, and asked gasping for breath, "Ha—ha—ha Did you ha—ha—ha got what you ha—ha—ha wanted?"

"Yes. Thank you. Now it's your tur-"

Wilhelm was about to say when a large shadow was cast over him. Wilhelm and Asta both looked at the source of that and found, "WATER!?" Asta shouted following which Wilhelm said with a sigh, "Look at the center of water."

Squinting his eyes at his words, Asta looked at the center of the water and saw a floating figure. A figure of…

"Noelle?"

"Ah, princess, you're like a crown without a kingdom—shiny, but completely pointless." Wilhelm muttered as he looked at Asta and said, "Cut it down."

"What? How can I cut it? It's too far. Why can't you use your magic?" Asta complained but Wilhelm was having none of it.

"With my magic, I can only fool people's senses. She is not in a state where her senses can be manipulated, so stop yapping and GO!" Wilhelm said the last part as he created a catapult of glass and shot Asta in the air.

"WHOAAAA!!!!" Asta shouted in surprise, until he steeled himself in mid-air, swung his sword through the water bubble, and grabbed Noelle from the center, and was about to fall when a platform of glass formed beneath him, slowly guiding them in their descent.

It was by the time the pair landed that they saw that the rest of the black bulls squad was standing in front of the entrance.

"Oi kid, what happened with the girl?" Yami asked Asta as soon as he landed when…

*SHATTER*

…sound was heard.

"Hello, Mr. Creepy."

Yami said without turning showing no surprise, unlike the members of his squad who were caught off guard by Wilhelm's sudden appearance.

"Likewise."

*SNAP*

"WoA-WOAA!"

Wilhelm said as he snapped his finger, causing Asta who was just above the ground to fall on the ground…hard.

Luckily for Asta, Noelle was there to cushion the fall.

"AAIIIEEE!!"

Unluckily for Noelle, Noelle was there to cushion the fall.

"Uhhhh…"

Groggily they stood up with Noelle massaging herself.

"Are you fine?" Wilhelm asked worriedly.

"I am…*cough*…fine." Noelle replied.

"Are you fine TOO Noelle?" Wilhelm asked smiling.

Noelle looked at Wilhelm with a deadpan.

Wilhelm smiled.

Noelle lamented.

"Anyway, what happened?" Yami asked Vanessa to move Noelle and Asta to dry.

Not bringing herself to look at Yami, Noelle began to mumble, "I…am…I was…"

"She was practicing a spell." Wilhelm interjected with the same shit-eating grin on his face.

"That was practicing a spell?" Yami said with a confused face pointing at Noelle who looked like he wanted to bury herself in the ground.

 "That was A ROYAL practicing a spell." Wilhelm replied cheekily which made Noelle's ears turn red.

"Yeah yeah, enough making fun of the poor girl. Now, clean up and come to the common room. I have to give you your first mission." Yami said as he turned back and slapped Finral on the back, who with a teary-eyed expression created a portal, inside which Captain Yami walked into.

This left behind Luck, Magma, and Vanessa, with Wilhelm, Asta, and Noelle, to whom Asta asked worriedly, "Noelle! Are you okay?"

A bit overwhelmed by the sudden attention from Asta after being put down by Wilhelm, Noelle said stammering a bit, "Ye-ah-Of course I am fine! I am a Royal."

"Really! You are a ROYAL!!!" Wilhelm said bringing his face too close to comfort to Noelle's. She unconsciously nodded at which Wilhelm pulled back with an astonished look and looked at others present here and said, "God! Can you believe it? She is a Royal? They know it."

Wilhelm said at the end with a sarcastic tone leaning towards Noelle, who hunched her head back a bit, while Vanessa and Magma snickered a bit.

Seeing it, her face flushed more than it was possible, and shaking in her spot a bit she huffed and just walked inside the base.

Aww, I could have played more with her.

Seeing her squirm in place is becoming a guilty pleasure of mine it seems.

"Stop smiling, you look like a creep."

"You are the one to say."

Magma quipped seeing a grinning Wilhelm, only to be immediately shut down by Vanessa. Turning to her with an annoyed look, Magma said, "Shut up, you drunkard."

"Why? Can't handle a lady's comment?" Vanessa asked as she swayed a bit in her place.

"Who are you callin' a lady? All I see is a bitch."

"Hehehe!" Wilhelm chuckled like a Hyena at this, which earned him a deadpan from Magma, but he still continued to laugh.

"Stop yapping and go inside." Magma said in a tired tone as he entered the base, leaving behind Vanessa and Wilhelm, who were laughing at his expense, and a clueless Asta.

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