Talented or Not, Know Your Place!

<p>It was after the speech that everyone left the seminar room and went toward the classes. Asta & co were on their way to their class, but then they were met with the sight of Yuno & Miyuki having a conversation with one another. Both of the latter two's siblings decided to great them,<br/>"Yuno! That was such a cool speech!" Asta grinned. Though he thought, 'But it'll cause a lot of trouble for me!'<br/>"Miyuki, I see that you already made a 'friend'..." Tatsuya had a small smile as he greeted his imouto but then changed into a glare toward Yuno. Nobody could tell how he was feeling right now, not even Miyuki.<br/>"Ho? Asta, looks like you made a bunch of friends. You can't imagine how proud I am of for you making your first friends," Yuno replied with a smile teasing smile.<br/>"Hey! It's not my fault I couldn't make any friends when I was training all this time!" Asta blushed a bit out of embarrassment.<br/>"I'm Gushiken Yuno, it seems that you guys are already familiar with Asta. I hope he didn't cause any trouble for you," Yuno made a court bow before he introduced himself politely to Asta's new friends. If nobody knew he was a villager, they would've thought he was noble with how elegant he is.<br/>"Onii-sama! I'm-!" Miyuki stopped herself when she noticed Mizuki & Erika beside her Onii-sama. Her face got covered by shadows as she smiled "sweetly" at them, and said with a menacing, sweet voice that did not suit her at all,<br/>"Ara~ it seems Onii-sama got two girlfriends. It looks like I have to congratulate them personally. Hehe~," Dark aura was emitting from her like she was some sort of a demon.<br/>'Scary!' All the nearby students thought.<br/>Asta tugged on Tatsuya's blazer as he shakingly whispered into his ear,<br/>"T-tatsuya-san! Your sister is scary...!"<br/>"You'll get used to it," Tatsuya whispered as if this was an everyday thing for him.<br/>Asta was flabbergasted as he couldn't believe Tatsuya was dealing with this every day. While Tatsuya went over to his imouto and grabbed both of her shoulders while he tried to reassure her,<br/>"Miyuki, Chiba-san & Shibata-san are only my friends; nothing more. Besides, it wouldn't make sense for me to make two girlfriends on the first day," Tatsuya then held Miyuki's chin with his thumb.<br/>"Also, the only girl I'm seeing is you, Miyuki..." He said in a gentle, yet husky tone.<br/>"O-onii-sama!" She was blushing furiously as she imagined Tatsuya as a prince that courted her like a princess.<br/>"...as a sister," Tatsuya said bluntly.<br/>SHATTER!<br/>The image of her Onii-sama crumbled until Miyuki realized they were in a public place and this is no place to play incestuous love with her Onii-sama, lest she wants to cause trouble for the both of them. She made a fake cough and introduced herself with an angelic smile that brightened everyone's mood,<br/>"*Ahem! anyway, I'm sorry for overreacting. My name is Shiba Miyuki, I hope we can be great friends from now on!"<br/>"Ho~? I see I see... so it seems that one of our honor students is a bro-con," Erika muttered while smirking.<br/>"Would you mind repeating that louder?" Miyuki asked Erika with the same demonic sweet smile.<br/>"Nothing!"<br/>Asta's group then introduced themselves to the two honor students and were chatting with each other for a while, before the student council showed up, and certainly, one of the three that arrived wasn't happy.<br/>"Am I interrupting something?" Mayumi asked while cutely poking her cheek.<br/>Yuno answered first as he replied by shaking his head, "No, Saegusa-senpai. We were only just talking,"<br/>'Another Numbered, huh? but this time, it's one of the Ten Master Clans,' Tatsuya said inwardly with narrowed eyes.<br/>The Ten Master Clans, are the ten strongest magician families of Japan that govern the said country. Even if they're the strongest in this nation, they're still not as powerful as the Wizard King, and their authority doesn't even compare to his.<br/>"*Mhm... Then, I'll see you tomorrow at the Student Council Office for lunch, Yuno-san...<br/>...and you too, Miyuki-san. You can also bring each other's siblings too if you want to!" Saegusa Mayumi said while giving Asta and Tatsuya a cheeky smile before she left with the other two whom she brought with her.<br/>'...and she's the one who was spying on the two of us,' Tatsuya had a frown on his face. He knew that somebody was eavesdropping on them, but he couldn't guess who until he noticed the similarity of her aura. Tatsuya would visit her privately and have a "nice" chat with her.<br/>Of the three that were with Mayumi, one of them was Hattori who hid his scowl to not let Mayumi notice it. He turned back as his face got more twisted upon seeing Tatsuya & Asta, especially the latter. The Vice President thought with disdain, 'I can understand why Shiba's brother is being invited, but that useless 'thing'? it's already blasphemous that he's in a magic high school, let alone being invited to the Student Council for lunch!'<br/>Hattori then glanced at Yuno, then toward Mayumi who was walking happily as he continued his monologue, 'I don't know what you saw in him Kaichou, but I'll show you and the delusional Kouhai how far the differences are between a Magician, and that 'thing'...<br/>...by beating the crap out of him,' His face hardened as he finished his monologue. Hattori couldn't challenge for a duel with him right out of the blue, especially when he could be accused of harassment; so he had to wait for an opportunity to present itself.<br/>"Onii-sama, would you accompany me tomorrow..?" Miyuki practically pleaded to her Onii-sama with puppy eyes that no sane person couldn't resist.<br/>Tatsuya had a soft smile on his face as he patted her head and answered,<br/>"How could I say no to that when you're asking with that face?"<br/>Miyuki blushed and snuggled into her Onii-sama's hand more, while everyone was watching them with a bewildered expression.<br/>"Uwaaa! is this a thing siblings are supposed to do..?! They're more like a couple..!" Mizuki was blushing mad while steaming. She couldn't believe they were normal siblings!<br/>"What? this is just a normal act of affection between siblings," Tatsuya responded with a blank face.<br/>"Uh-huh... and dolphins can definitely fly," Erika said with a sarcastic tone while nodding.<br/>Asta then noticed Yuno was sweating a little, he then asked him,<br/>"Hey, Yuno! are you alright?"<br/>It took a second for Yuno to respond because he now understood why Miyuki asked him "that" question. He sighed before replying,<br/>"*Sigh... I wasn't sure at first if they were really into each other, but now I know they're both a lost cause,"<br/>"We're both still here, you know?" The Shiba siblings simultaneously responded.<br/>"I know," Yuno then diverted the conversation by asking Asta with a barely noticeable smirk,<br/>"So you're coming with me tomorrow?"<br/>"Absolutely! there's no way I'm missing a chance with meeting the Student Council. After all, joining the Student Council is my next step towards becoming the Wizard King!" Asta said with a toothy grin while clenching both of his fists excitedly.<br/>"So you weren't kidding when you said you wanted to become the Wizard King, huh?" Erika asked with an astonished face.<br/>"Of course I was serious! Even if it sounds impossible, I'll show that everything's possible with hard work by becoming the Wizard King! and create a world where everyone is treated equally, and magic would be appreciated for its true beauty," The blaze of his determination was visible to everyone. He was dead serious.<br/>Truly, the ones that don't have something, appreciate it the most.<br/>'A world like that, huh? it sure does sound like something out of a fantasy novel. But... even if it is a fantasy; if there's a sliver of that happening were to be true, would you be able to create it, Asta? You may not know this, but magic or not, you will always be judged for your talent. So I wanna see how far you can reach with that determination.' Erika didn't notice it herself, but she was smiling softly while she thought. There was this... something within Asta that made her root for him.<br/>She wasn't usually like this but seeing how Asta wanted to achieve the impossible when she witnessed it herself in her dojo, that no matter what; without talent, it would be near impossible to achieve it. So she was interested in how the Magicless Boy would reach for his dream.<br/>Tatsuya shook his head as he thought, 'There's no coming back for him, huh? Determination can only bring you so far, Asta. You can't hope to be successful in anything without at least a bit of talent, so I hope you would realize this sooner before facing reality,'<br/>However, his imouto and Yuno had different opinions,<br/>"See? This is what made me choose him as my rival. The blazing determination in his eyes,"<br/>"Mhm! mhm! I can see that passion in his eyes and voice! No wonder he's your only rival. If I had to guess, he has worked the hardest than everyone to get here,"<br/>"You're right on that part, Miyuki-san,"<br/>At first, Tatsuya didn't like another boy calling Miyuki by her first name, but then he remembered that both of them were here so calling them by their last name would've caused some confusion.<br/>Then the bell rang, indicating that classes were about to start. Both parties from courses 1 & 2 bid each other farewell as they headed to their class. Before the Gushiken siblings left though, they looked at each other one last time with a grin on each of their faces.<br/>"This is just the beginning, Yuno! I will surpass you one day!"<br/>"Heh, big talk coming from the last ranking person..." Yuno started walking back, but he turned back and continued,<br/>"...Although, I'm waiting at the top for you. So don't disappoint me, Asta."<br/>"Definitely!"<br/>The two also left by following their classmates. However, they failed to notice that a brown, ponytailed-hair girl with blue eyes was eavesdropping on them. She had a frown on her face as she muttered,<br/>"A strong sense of rivalry between a Course 1 student and a Course 2 student?" She then shook her head in denial and continued,<br/>"There's no way it's possible. How can that magicless boy ever hope to defeat him? It's just pure insanity. He should've just accepted his fate and stayed where he was, so he wouldn't turn out like me..." There was a sense of despair hidden in her voice that she hoped no one would hear.<br/>Back with Asta...<br/>Class 1-E, the class that Asta and his fellow Course 2 friends were in. After entering the classroom, each of them sat at the desk with their nameplates on it. Asta's desk was the one to the right of Tatsuya's.<br/>The moment the latter sat down, he immediately summoned the manual keyboard and started typing fast. Erika and Mizuki were shocked upon seeing this.<br/>"Woah! Shiba-san is using a manual keyboard in this day and age..."<br/>"And that typing speed is off the charts!"<br/>Mizuki & Erika said respectively. However, somebody was confused and didn't know what in the hell was going on. The said person then raised his voice,<br/>"Ehhh... girls? Can you tell me what is that Tatsuya's doing?" That person was none other than Asta who was looking confused at Tatsuya's typing.<br/>The latter stopped typing as he asked back Asta with a tone that said 'are you serious?',<br/>"You don't know what a keyboard is?"<br/>"Hehe... well, Yuno and I were mostly training & studying, so we didn't bother with technological stuff and left one of the villagers who was decent at them to do our technical things," Asta said sheepishly while scratching his head.<br/>"Let me guess, Yuno-kun doesn't know how to use it either?" Erika asked with a teasing smirk.<br/>"Yes?" Asta responded with a raised brow. He didn't know why she would ask that.<br/>"Ho~ I can't imagine how many kiss-asses and thots would try to jump in for the opportunity,"<br/>"Chiba-san!"<br/>"What, Mizuki-chan? it's not like I'm lying," Erika shrugged as she replied.<br/>"But it's not good to say things like that in public!" Mizuki scolded her.<br/>"Yeah, yeah. Whatever,"<br/>Tatsuya paid no heed to their banter as he returned to register for his classes. On the other hand, Asta couldn't even turn on his desk; so there were no chances for him to access the classes.<br/>A moment later, an athletic boy with Germanic features, chestnut hair, and green eyes, who was sitting in front of Tatsuya, turned back toward Asta and called him out with a concerned expression,<br/>"Hey man, you need some help?"<br/>"Yeah, I would appreciate it. I can't use magic so I can't turn this on,"<br/>"You can't use magic? Then why are you even in this school?"<br/>"...It's complicated,"<br/>"Huh? Okay then, I won't pry into it. Let's see..." The boy then went over to Asta's desk and bent down in search of something under it.<br/>"...There should be a switch under the desk in case the student couldn't use magic. Aha! found it." He tapped the switch as soon as he found it.<br/>TAP<br/>A holographic screen popped that took back Asta by surprise,<br/>"Woah!"<br/>"Then there's a manual keyboard card in one of the drawers for you to use," The semi-foreign-looking boy then pulled one of the drawers to grab a card from it. He then inserted it into the desk as a virtual keyboard popped up.<br/>Asta had stars in his eyes as he was impatient to use it. The Magicless Boy then asked the boy repeatedly with enthusiasm,<br/>"Can I use it?! Can I use it?! Can I use it?!"<br/>The boy had a sweatdrop as he replied with a sheepish smile,<br/>"Relax a bit, would ya? I still have to connect you to the local network since you can't use magic to power it yourself,"<br/>The boy then proceeded to do the necessary things to make it functional for Asta. Afterward, he gave a basic rundown to Asta on how to use the manual keyboard,<br/>"...These are the letters, this is the spacebar, this is the enter key. All right! I think that's all you need to know to use it now,"<br/>"ARIGATO GOZAIMASU!" Asta bowed ninety degrees as he thanked the boy.<br/>"Hehe... I didn't do anything particular, to be honest,"<br/>"Even so! You helped me and I feel very grateful for it!"<br/>The boy then looked at Tatsuya who was still typing at a ridiculous speed. He smirked as he said to him,<br/>"By the way, that typing speed of yours is amazing!"<br/>"It's faster than using magic once you get the hang of it,"<br/>Then the boy realized... he hadn't introduced himself. He faked a cough as he made his introduction,<br/>"*Ahem... Sorry, I didn't introduce myself earlier, I'm Saijou Leonhard, but you guys can call me Leo. I specialize in Fortification-type magic and I want to become a part of the Mobile Corps or the Mountain Corps. What about you guys?"<br/>"Shiba Tatsuya. I'm bad at practical magic so I'm aiming for becoming a Magic Engineer,"<br/>"I wanna become a Magic Engineer too! I'm Shibata Mizuki by the way," Mizuki added.<br/>"Eh?! Shiba-kun wants to be a Magic Engineer?!" Erika couldn't believe Tatsuya when she sensed an aura of a battle-hardened veteran from him. Call her crazy, but she had a hunch that his real self isn't what they're seeing right now.<br/>"Tatsuya, what the hell is with this dude?" Leo wasn't amused by Erika freaking out a bit.<br/>"Uwaa! Who are you calling a fine lady like me a 'dude'?! You're basically the stereotype of unpopular men!"<br/>"What?! Don't think you can talk crap about me just because you're good-looking!"<br/>"Oh~? Did I just strike this sensitive baby's nerve?" Her mannerism changed to that of a teasing one.<br/>"Why you!"<br/>"Chiba Erika, would you please stop the teasing?" Tatsuya with his blank face intervened.<br/>"Hmph!/Hmph!" Both of them hmphed as they turned around to not face each other.<br/>Then Leo remembered there was still somebody left that he didn't get his name, the one he talked to and helped him first. He turned toward the ash blonde boy and said,<br/>"Anyway, I still haven't gotten your name,"<br/>The boy in question pointed his thumb at himself as he replied,<br/>"I'm Gushiken Asta! and I wanna become the Wizard King!"<br/>'What?' Leo asked inwardly; too stunned to say it in person. A Magicless boy like him becoming the Wizard King? Totally impossible!<br/>'Sigh...' The other three besides them made a mental sigh. Even though they heard his declaration once again, they still couldn't believe him.<br/>A few minutes later, a beautiful woman with large 'assets', and bright brown hair with a turtle-neck shirt over a white coat entered the class. Everyone didn't expect her because they were Course 2 students, and there were supposedly no instructors for them. Turns out she wasn't their teacher, and instead, their supervisor counselor, Ono Haruka.<br/>She told them about their curriculum and their electives if they wished to have any. The students then started registering themselves.<br/>Meanwhile in 1-A...<br/>The class was like any other class, except that everyone here was a 'Bloom', the supposed talented of the bunch in this school that gets full access to instructors and resources.<br/>Out of the students, there was a girl with 'assets' too large for her age, her hair tied in cute twin tails, and purple eyes, who was very excited while talking to a girl with a deadpan expression, teal messy hair, with two soft, long bangs, and pair of teal orbs.<br/>"Uwaaa! I can't wait to greet the Holy Prince and the Elegant Princess! Ne~ Shizuku, how should I present myself to both of them?!" The curvaceous girl was way beyond excited.<br/>"Those are some awful nicknames Honoka," The teal-haired girl, or Kitayama Shizuku, quickly shot without batting an eye.<br/>"H-hey! I didn't come up with those!" Mitsui Honoka was blushing a lot due to embarrassment. It wasn't her fault that she heard them from somebody and found them cool.<br/>"Anyway, just be yourself. No need to fake anything,"<br/>"Huh? just like that? No fancy poses or any special greetings?"<br/>"No, none of that."<br/>"Eh... but, they're both amazing people. I don't know if a simple 'hello' would be enough to catch their attention..." She brought her head down in shame.<br/>"Honoka, they're like any other humans, so need to overthink it and be yourself; and maybe, you could get a friend or two," Shizuku gave her honest advice with a soft voice.<br/>"Yoshi! if you put it that way, then I'm sure I can do this!" She regained her enthusiasm and was determined to at least make a new friend or two.<br/>Outside of the class, were Yuno & Miyuki, who were standing right in front of the door. Yuno's eyes were determined as this was his official start toward becoming the Wizard King. While Miyuki had a smiley face that turned into a frowning when she remembered that she couldn't be with her Onii-sama.<br/>Both of them took a deep breath at the same time, then Yuno glanced at Miyuki as he asked,<br/>"Ready?"<br/>"Hai!"<br/>Don't ask why, but Miyuki was also determined for some reason. It looks like the determination that oozes from the Gushiken siblings was contagious, especially Asta's. Then both entered the classroom to hear numerous gasps from their classmates,<br/>"Coming to the class at the same time? Verrry suspicious..."<br/>"Kyaaa! They look perfect for each other!"<br/>"Oh, my~ already a couple right on the first day of school?"<br/>"Damn it! They have everything! From looks, magical prowess, it's like they were made for each other."<br/>However, none of them realized how far off their guesses were. Miyuki had already fallen for her sis-con of a brother, and Yuno wouldn't even give a single damn about romancing when he had far more important matters at hand; like being accepted in an Order of Magic Knight squad for example.<br/>"Hehe... I guess there's no point in me trying to get close with him..." An aura of despair surrounded Honoka. It seems that her chances of her getting close to Yuno were pretty slim now.<br/>"Relax, Honoka. There's no way for them to be a couple on the first day, so don't jump the gun on making conclusions," Her best friend, Shizuku, reassured her once more. The latter sighed for her overdramatic best friend after that.<br/>The seemingly "perfect couple" went to seat in their respective seats. Yuno's seat was at the front of the classroom, right beside a boy with spikey brown hair with long eyebrows.<br/>And Miyuki's seat was right behind Shizuku's.<br/>Seeing the opportunity, Shizuku immediately got up and went behind Honoka to shove her toward them as she whispered,<br/>"Now's the chance to make friends with them, go,"<br/>"Whaaa?! I-i'm not ready yet!"<br/>Shizuku did not bother replying and pushed her with that still blank face of hers.<br/>It took a few moments for the clumsy girl to regain her balance, but after she did, she started walking toward both honor students with a giddy smile and a pink hue on her cheeks due to embarrassment while she thought,<br/>'I better not mess this up..!'<br/>But suddenly...<br/>TIC<br/>...she accidentally tripped and was about to fall to the floor face-first. Her face went pale, and had a dead smile on her face as she thought in her depressed state,<br/>'Hehe... My whole school life is over,'<br/>"Hmm?" Yuno looked to his side to notice a girl that seemed cute in his opinion was about to fall. He didn't want to see anybody hurt or humiliated on their first day of school, and how would be able to call himself the future Wizard King if he wasn't willing to save people when he had the power to do so? So he went to rescue her.<br/>Honoka closed her eyes, bracing herself for the fall. She was waiting to feel the pain at any moment, however, this clumsy girl did not feel it and instead, felt two, soft, delicate arms embracing her instead. It looks like she was saved by somebody, so she looked up to thank her savior, only to become a blushing mess instead.<br/>Her savior turned out to be none other than Yuno, with his cool, indifferent face and piercing emerald eyes staring right through her whole being. He then said with a gentle tone,<br/>"You better watch out for yourself more, miss. It would be a waste if a cute lady like you got dirtied,"<br/>"Uwawawawawa!" Her maiden heart couldn't handle it as her face became as red as a tomato while steam arose from it and started rambling incoherent things.<br/>'Amusing,' Yuno thought while smirking inwardly. She was just like a cute puppy waiting to be teased and he found this trait quite amusing.<br/>"Ara~ I see that Yuno-san is very smooth with women," Miyuki held her hand in front of her mouth while saying in an elegant manner.<br/>"What do you mean by that, Miyuki-san? I just helped this lady to not get hurt, that's all." Yuno tried acting oblivious to Miyuki's jab by maintaining his poker face. Though it seemed it didn't work on her as she was used to this, but affected the girl Yuno was holding instead when she pushed herself out of Yuno's embrace with her still flushed face and still-fast-beating heart.<br/>Honoka faked a cough and introduced herself to the two to save herself from further humiliation,<br/>"H-hello! My name is M-mitsui Honoka! I h-hope we can b-become great friends!"<br/>'Yup, my school life is officially over,' She despairingly thought. After all, she stuttered and made a fool of herself by this excuse of an introduction. Honoka could already hear some of her classmates chuckling at her shameful display; however, what she didn't expect was Yuno & Miyuki returning her gesture of goodwill,<br/>"Nice to meet you Mitsui-san, I'm Shiba Miyuki. But please call me by my first name as to not get confused with my Onii-sama."<br/>"Gushiken Yuno, call me Yuno for the same reason as Miyuki-san's,"<br/>'EHHH?!' Honoka screamed confusedly as she did not expect the two to introduce themselves back to her with kind, soft, smiles. She was about to reply to the two when her best friend interrupted them,<br/>"Sorry for my best friend's behavior, Miyuki-san, Yuno-san. She was very excited to meet both of you because she was a fan of you even before your introductions. I'm Kitayama Shizuku," Shizuku came in and poured fuel to the fire of Honoka's embarrassment. Looks like the poor girl couldn't even take a break from all of this.<br/>"Ehhh?! Shizuku!"<br/>"Ho? Care to elaborate it in more detail?<br/>"I want to hear about it as well if you don't mind,"<br/>Both Yuno & Miyuki were eager to hear it, which caused Honoka to further want a dig a hole for herself and dive straight into it.<br/>She couldn't take this any longer!<br/>Lunchtime, Cafeteria...<br/>"Say, Asta, how much do you train?" Leo asked Asta as he put down his tray on the table while glancing at Asta's obvious bulging muscles from the uniform. He was pretty interested to try out his routine and maybe he could gain the same result as Asta as well.<br/>"One thousand one-handed push-ups, one thousand air squats with weights, one thousand Russian twists, and one hundred kilometers run every day!"<br/>"SAY WHAT?!" Everyone's jaws dropped the moment Asta bombed them with this reveal, even Tatsuya was surprised to some extent because he couldn't comprehend why someone like Asta would go through this training (read; torture) all willingly.<br/>"How in the hell did you survive that?!" Erika nearly shouted with disbelief. Even though she also had to train from her childhood days, but not to this hellish degree!<br/>"That's easy..! *munch... I started training when I was five *munch... then each time I surpassed my previous limits *munch... so now this is my current limit *munch... and I'm going to surpass it once again..!" Asta answered while mowing down on his lunch in-between it.<br/>"B-but how could maintain that drive for all these years..?" Mizuki asked with a hint of astonishment.<br/>Asta stopped eating, then looked at his new group of friends as a toothy grin crept up on his face. He said with a burning passion in his voice,<br/>"Because Never Giving Up is my magic!"<br/>'Never giving up, huh?' Tatsuya pondered that if he hadn't given up on the fate that his family bound to him, and at least, tried to break from the shackles, how many things would've changed? But that did not matter anymore, as he's no longer connected with them after he met "that man", and he couldn't turn back time to change his actions because what's done, is done.<br/>"Asta, wanna have a bout of arm wrestling?" Leo challenged Asta before the latter could've continued eating. The former was pretty confident himself that he would win this match, even though he didn't have the muscles to boast about it like Asta, he's still stronger than most humans.<br/>"All right! You're on!" Asta grinned as he and Leo bent their elbows and placed them on the table while firmly gripping each other's hands. Seeing the contest of strength is about to start, Erika got up and announced herself as the referee with enthusiasm,<br/>"I'll be the referee, you two! On my mark..." Leo and Asta locked their eyes on each other as each took hold of the table.<br/>"-get set..!" Their grip on their hands tightened even further as their veins bulged out. Both competitors were ready to start this match<br/>"-GO!"<br/>"AHHH!/AHHH!"<br/>Their shouting was the call for the start of the duel. Each tried to pin the other's hand with all their might while shouting at the top of their lungs. Both were equally matched as even though Asta was more muscular than Leo, the latter surprisingly managed to hold his own against Asta; which caused Tatsuya to raise an eyebrow while thinking, 'Leo's not using magic to stand up against him, neither he is as muscular as Asta, so he's genetically modified? probably something along those lines,'<br/>Fortunately or unfortunately, their cry also caused the onlookers to turn their attention toward them, and Yuno's group was one of them.<br/>"Ho? I didn't know somebody could even hold a candle to Asta's strength," Yuno was amused as he said while having a barely noticeable smirk. He was pretty interested to see someone being on equal grounds with Asta in the physical department.<br/>"Why do you say that, Yuno-sama? They're just good for nothing Weeds that can't use magic," The boy who was sitting right next to Yuno said with a cock<br/>Yuno's eyebrow twitched a little due to irritation without letting anyone notice. He didn't like this kiss asser and wanted to humble him, but he did not allow himself to cloud his judgment just because of this, so he instead, asked back,<br/>"Morisaki-san, what would happen if an average Magician and a martial artist were to fight at a mid-to-close distance?"<br/>"Hah! easy, the Magician would take down the martial artist with only one spell." Morisaki Shun seemed pretty confident with his answer.<br/>"Wrong,"<br/>"What?!"<br/>"Setting up Activation Sequences for constructing Magic Sequences takes time, so unless if it's someone as talented as me & Miyuki-san, or somebody who managed to find a way around it, then the martial artist would beat the Magician to a pulp without even letting that person cast a spell."<br/>"That... that's a very sound logic," He didn't want to admit it, but Yuno's reasoning was very logical and it hurt his pride a little to agree with it.<br/>"Good. Now, let's watch the match,"<br/>'I WON'T LOSE! NOT HERE! NOT NOW!' Asta screamed in his mind as he put more force to pin down Leo's hand. Although it wasn't that effective, he did manage to bring the latter's hand closer to the table.<br/>"Damn! Those muscles don't lie, huh?! Let's how you'll take this!' Leo also shouted inwardly before he pushed back Asta to the starting point.<br/>They're in a stalemate, and it looked like this would be the case for a minute or two.<br/>"Those two brutes are hyping up a simple game to this absurd level," Shizuku said with her still blank face. She couldn't believe such a thing was possible in a magic high school of all places.<br/>"But it looks like both of them are having the time of their lives," Honoka replied while glancing at the competitors who were grinning and shouting at the same time.<br/>"Yes, although I'm more surprised Onii-sama found some very lively friends." Miyuki added as she was happier for her Oniii-sama that finally found some people that he could call "friends".<br/>On the other side, Erika was enjoying her time as the referee a lot while Mizuki was confused as she didn't know who to cheer on. Tatsuya still had his near-blank face but was still interested in the match nonetheless.<br/>Now back to the game.<br/>Arm wrestling is a game of half strength & half technique; but for this match, our participants decided to go with only strength as the factor. This was the case for the match, right until...<br/>'That's it! If I want to become the Wizard King, then I shouldn't even lose once! Not even now!' Asta shouted inwardly as he did a technique he learned a while ago as he then shouted outwardly,<br/>"AHHH!"<br/>Asta suddenly dropped his hips and nearly fell to the ground which caused all the spectators to get shocked while Leo was caught off guard as his hand was halfway from hitting the table. He did not expect Asta to pull a technique like that out of the blue.<br/>"To become the Wizard King, I wouldn't even lose here!"<br/>Shouting once more, Asta then did his finishing move. He pronated his hand as he exerted all of his remaining strength into the said hand to push Leo to the table.<br/>WOOSSHH!<br/>BAAAMM!<br/>A shockwave erupted as soon as Leo's hand was slammed right onto the table which caused the trays to shake violently. Had this table been a normal one, it would've been broken the moment it was hit.<br/>"Wow..! That was totally unexpected of you, Asta. Where did you learn that?" Leo asked with a grin still on his face; it seems that he wasn't even fazed by this at all.<br/>"Hehe... just learned it from the internet, although Leo-san, aren't you even hurt at all?" Asta replied sheepishly, but then asked back with a confused face. He at least expected a moan from him due to being hurt a little.<br/>"Nope, I'm quite sturdy!" Leo answered while flexing his muscle.<br/>"Congratulations Asta, and thank you for giving my brother quite a challenge," Yuno said when he and his entourage came to Asta & co's table.<br/>"No problem, you are supposed to be Gushiken Yuno then. Nice to meet you Yuno-san, I'm Saijou Leonhard by the way,"<br/>"Nice to meet you too, Leonhard-san,"<br/>"Leo is fine."<br/>Before they could've talked any further though, they were interrupted by Morisaki with a cocky smile although with a distasteful tone,<br/>"Why are you hanging out with them Yuno-sama? You're a Course 1 student, you shouldn't hang out with those Weeds,"<br/>And other students, both female & male, besides the three girls he was familiar with started joining in,<br/>"Yeah, Yuno-san, you don't belong there neither do they deserve your grace."<br/>"What she said, Yuno-sama! They shouldn't be near you anywhere on the campus."<br/>"Let's take this table from them!"<br/>The moment that student uttered this, the three loud students from Asta's group exclaimed angrily,<br/>"What did you say?!" After all, they weren't happy when this chump told them straight into their face to grab their meal and go eat somewhere else.<br/>Asta & Yuno's female friends, except Erika, weren't in any better position either. They were really uncomfortable as this situation was unfamiliar to them and they didn't what to do now. Tatsuya was also about to sneak out with Miyuki, but...<br/>Wooosshh~<br/>The air around them started shaking with a chilling vibe to them. That's it, he had enough of this bullshit; time to show these lowlifes what they asked for when they put his and Asta's friends in a not-so-comfortable position. His face went dead-serious as he spoke with a such coldness that would even put Miyuki's Niflheim into shame,<br/>"Why? Do I need permission from you lowlifes to seat with my brother and his friends? All I'm seeing right now, are some pompous kiss-assers wanting to get close to me, but they even failed to get one step close when they start discriminating against them. So I order you all...<br/>...get the fuck out of my sight."<br/>Many were scared that they were about to shit their pants. They didn't know the boy's freshmen representative had this side to him! Morisaki and the rest of the 1-A who were throwing insults ran away immediately while screaming like babies; leaving only Yuno, Miyuki, Honoka, and Shizuku from Course 1 here.<br/>"Sigh... I'm sorry you had to see this,"<br/>...<br/></p>