Vol2-Chapter9-Rest.....Wait what?
Sorry for not uploading a chapter, I've been having some issues and everything in due time, plus I was feeling lazy to write.
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the story is written in Spanish and translated by ChatGPT
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The capital was attacked by unknown enemies whose objective was to cause chaos and obtain a magical jewel that Captain Fuegoleon Vermillion possessed. Fortunately, the enemies did not achieve their objective, and the magical jewel is now safeguarded in the treasure hall of the Wizard King's castle.
There were several casualties, both children and adults. Unfortunately, there were 22 fatalities in total throughout the kingdom, with 439 people injured. Some suffered minor injuries while others had more severe wounds. Initially, there were expected to be more fatalities, but many people reported that a blue and red sphere appeared out of nowhere to dispose of the deceased. It also caused some property damage, but nobody cared about that.
Many are grateful to the Magic Knights who saved them from this disaster and are especially thankful to the person who used the blue and red spheres. The identity of the mage with that magic remains unknown, but everyone is thankful for their help.
End of report.
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Currently, all the captains and some of their members are in the Wizard King's castle, reviewing the report about the incident. Initially, they deduced that the attack was directed at Captain Fuegoleon and that he might have been injured. However, it seems that someone saved him. As the report continued, they observed that there were more injured people than fatalities, which is good news, although it doesn't diminish the tragedy of those who lost their lives.
With the latest report about the blue and red sphere, all the captains immediately turned to Satoru, who was in the center watching the report. He felt everyone's gaze and looked away while whistling. Satoru felt embarrassed that everyone was looking at him with surprise. They thought he was a lunatic, narcissistic, with a high level of pride, but they didn't know that he was someone trustworthy and quite strong to defeat the enemies and save the people of the kingdom.
But now they know why he is a vice-captain. They have some respect for him for being strong, but only that. The meeting continued, discussing the enemies, the gem, why they would attack the kingdom, and, above all, how they managed to enter. They could only speculate that there is a traitor in the kingdom. The Wizard King said he would look into this traitor issue, and everyone can now return to rest after this eventful day.
Everyone left the hall and went their separate ways. Satoru walked out but stopped suddenly and turned around. There, he could see an excited dwarf looking around, a tsundere princess who suddenly glanced at Asta, and a little girl with a happy face eating cupcakes.
"By the way, why are you following me?"
Satoru knew they were following him but didn't know why, so it's better to ask than to make assumptions.
"We're following you because you don't know where to go," Asta quickly answered Satoru's question while looking at him with admiration. He knew Satoru was the vice-captain of the squad and must be strong, but after seeing some of his power, he knew he was extremely strong.
"...."
Satoru didn't know how to respond because Asta's answer was obvious. They three had never been in the kingdom before, and because their squad is considered the most noisy, rowdy, and destructive.
"Well, let's go to the base already. Charmy, can you give me one?"
Satoru didn't pursue the questions and continued on his way while eating a cupcake that Charmy handed him. They walked at a moderate pace while chatting. Asta asked Satoru about his strength, what it's like to be a vice-captain, and similar things. Satoru answered honestly and with a playful attitude, occasionally tricking Asta or making a joke. Noelle also showed interest in knowing about Satoru, but despite her tsundere attitude, she was quite curious inside.
On their way, they ran into the Golden Dawn rookies. Yuno greeted Asta in his unique calm way and immediately attacked him with quite powerful magic. Asta reacted quickly and managed to cancel the magic, but he was angry because he was attacked. They chatted for a moment, and then they said goodbye.
They continued their walk and soon arrived at the Black Bulls' base, where they were greeted by Luck and Magma.
"Ah, Asta, you're back. It must have been tough, but from now on, my era begins."
"Hehehe, but as recognition for my fight in the capital, I was promoted, and now I am a class 3 knight of the lower-level mages."
"WHAT!!!!"
"But what is that class 3?"
"They're levels to gauge your strength, performance as a Magic Knight. Think of it as ranks; the higher, the more respect and fortune you have."
Satoru replied to Magma from the sofa in the room, where he was lying on his back, looking at Asta's grimoire.
"Hey Asta, was your grimoire always this dirty and old?"
"Yes, it's always been like this, but it's my grimoire, and I don't care how it looks. A grimoire is a grimoire."
Asta said proudly about his old and dirty grimoire. Satoru looked at the grimoire again and lifted his eyepatch a bit to reveal his left eye. He stared at the grimoire for a moment until he saw it tremble slightly, but it wasn't very noticeable. Satoru smiled at this and lowered his eyepatch again.
"Well, anyway, good job, guys. You did well. Keep it up, and you'll achieve your goal."
"Of course, Captain, I'll train harder than ever."
"No." "EHHHHHH!!! Why not?"
"You rest, muscle-brained dwarf."
Satoru hit Asta's head with his grimoire, and Asta grabbed his head in pain. He turned to look at Satoru, who had his hand extended to hand him his grimoire. Asta took it and put it away, then wondered what to do next, but Finral appeared.
"Have you earned a break, Asta-kun? Well, how about we go to a Goukon?"
"A Goukon????"
"What's that???"
Asta had no idea what his superior was talking about.
"It's a restaurant, I think. You just go and rest; enjoy your life because these things won't last long."
Asta looked at Satoru after hearing what was said, but he noticed that Satoru was serious about the last part. He wasn't sure what he meant, but he didn't refuse to go with Finral. When he heard that Asta agreed, Finral immediately left for Luck, and soon the three of them disappeared from the place.
Satoru let them go because he knew they were going to the restaurant where a blind date would take place. He walked to the dining room, where he saw Charmy happily eating pastries, but he also saw a beautiful lady sitting with a bottle of wine, looking quite cheerful. He walked over to her.
Vanessa saw Satoru approaching, so she straightened up a bit and grabbed a glass to pour some wine, knowing that Satoru didn't like wine but would drink some for her. Satoru sat down beside her, took the glass of wine, looked at it, and then glanced at Vanessa, who had a smile on her face. Satoru couldn't refuse and started drinking it.
Vanessa smiled because she saw Satoru's disgusted and hateful expression while drinking, which made her a little happy.
"Are you happy?"
"Hahaha, quite. Seeing your disgusted face makes me happy."
Sigh
"Well, what can I do?"
"Well, you're not going to tell me?"
"Tell you what?"
"Why you didn't come back earlier and left me waiting."
"..."
Satoru remained silent for a moment, thinking about what to say. Vanessa saw that Satoru was struggling with his thoughts, so she was about to say something, but Satoru spoke first.
"I can only tell you that I can't tell you everything because there are delicate matters involved. Besides, the less you know, the better because what I know might be a bit dangerous to say. So, I hope you understand."
Vanessa didn't say anything and listened to Satoru's story. It began where they said goodbye to where he went, the things he did to the enemies he encountered, although they were nothing compared to him, the pranks he pulled, visiting certain hidden places to discover something about his grimoire. Satoru didn't hide any details from her up to this point, but as he approached the end, he began to think about how to say his words and omit certain parts. Some people wouldn't notice this, but Vanessa quickly realized it because when Satoru wants to hide something, he clenches his left fist and starts cracking his fingers slowly. You could say it's a tic he has from his past life.
So she didn't press any further and just listened to Satoru. They talked like this for a while, and gradually, the tense atmosphere that was there before disappeared, and now there was only joy, happiness for a reunion of separated loves. But this atmosphere was interrupted because Yami arrived.
"Sorry to interrupt your couple's reconciliation, but crazy brat, the Wizard King is calling you."
"Why?? At this hour, it's night; why is he calling me?"
"I don't know, he just asked for you to come immediately."
"Tch, and I was reconciling; I'll give him a slap for interrupting the atmosphere."
"Already, Satoru, calm down, go, and then come back, it's that simple. I'll be here either drinking or sleeping if you take too long."
"Well, I won't be long."
He immediately went to the Wizard King's castle, and he didn't care if he was busy or not; he simply teleported in front of him, appearing in the hall where the Wizard King works. When Satoru appeared, Julius looked up and set aside the papers he had.
"Thanks for coming, Satoru."
"Yeah, yeah, speak quickly; I was doing something important."
"Haha well, here you go."
Julius handed him a sheet he had on the desk; Satoru immediately grabbed it and started reading. At the beginning, it listed his missions, his achievements, the actions he took for the kingdom, his contribution to the people, and other things.
"If you're going to give me a medal, just give it to me."
"No, no, it's not that, keep reading."
He almost did and continued. Gradually, it detailed everything he did on his missions, how he helped, defeated criminals, and so on, but reaching the last thing, Satoru was surprised and turned to look at Julius.
"Why??"
"Well, you have enough achievements, and you have enough strength, so why not?"
"But it's a lot of work."
"I know, but it's the best thing for you. I, Julius Novachrono, the current Wizard King of the Clover Kingdom, recommend that Satoru Gojo, vice-captain of the Black Bulls, be a candidate for captain and form a new magic squad to protect and care for the Clover Kingdom."
"..."
"This news will be announced tomorrow at a conference for the entire kingdom, so I hope you continue to work hard to protect the kingdom. That's all, Satoru; you can now return to rest or whatever you were doing."
"..."
Satoru turned around and disappeared from the place; Julius saw that Satoru had left and returned to his desk to continue working with the paperwork, but a somewhat curious smile appeared on his face and then disappeared.
Satoru appeared again at the Black Bulls' base, but instead of going straight to Vanessa, he went to one of the armchairs and lay face down. Everyone saw Satoru lying on the armchair with a sheet, but they didn't know what was going on.
Yami, who had just come out of the bathroom and was about to go outside to smoke, saw Satoru lying on the armchair.
"What's bugging you?"
Satoru didn't say anything and simply raised his arm where the paper Julius gave him was. Yami took the sheets and started reading; he didn't care at first, but when he got to the end, he wasn't surprised either.
"It was sooner or later, and you know it."
"Yeah, I know, but read the last part."
"Let's see what it says."
[By this notice, if Satoru refuses to become captain of a new order, he will be considered a traitor, and the illegal acts he committed before becoming vice-captain will be judged and brought before the court to determine the sentence.]
"Hahahaha, all you can do is accept it, hahaha!"
"Ouch, ouch, hahaha, you're condemned; you can't reject it."
"Tch."
Satoru was annoyed because what Yami said is true; he's cornered. It's not because he's afraid; he's extremely strong and can defeat anyone, but the reason he's cornered is that he committed several crimes before becoming vice-captain, although Satoru sees them as pranks, but in society's eyes, it's different. Plus, he's afraid his family will be affected by the mischief he caused.
"But life is so ugly."
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<Author: Sorry for the wait, but here's a new chapter. I might take while to release more chapters because feel lazy write, well, it's time work.>
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