Inside the water sphere, Noelle closed her eyes in pain. She could feel the air in her chest becoming less and less. An unprecedented sense of suffocation made her unable to help but panic. In the face of death, those faces that had once ridiculed her were fading away little by little; after all, in the face of life and death, what could she not let go of?
"50 seconds... 51 seconds..." Asta's amber eyes had already turned blood-red, and those beautiful Sharingan were staring intently at the petite and frail figure inside the water sphere.
"Am I going to die?" At this moment, Noelle's consciousness had already begun to blur, and quite a bit of water had rushed into her nasal cavity. A stinging pain traveled from her brain to her limbs and bones. At this moment, her painful brain was blank, but just as her consciousness was about to dissipate, she suddenly heard a voice by her ear that made her heart flutter!
"Remember this feeling of being held in my arms. Whenever you encounter danger, ridicule, helplessness, or even despair in the future, you can hold on to me tightly, and then you can leave everything that follows to me to handle!"
"Asta, where are you!"
At this life-and-death moment, what Noelle thought of was Asta, who had rudely pulled her into his arms. For some reason, when she thought of these words, a strong will to survive suddenly surged within her body. She couldn't die here yet, especially not in her own magic! Otherwise, wouldn't she be subject to others' ridicule from birth to death?
"I want to survive!"
Noelle suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze firm at this moment. She began to slowly manipulate the magic she had accumulated out of control. Originally, in a situation where magic power was out of control, the caster would only become more and more panicked, but at this moment, as long as she calmed down, she would find that this rampaging magic was not scary at all!
"Captain, a long time has passed, should we take extreme measures?" Magna couldn't help but say.
"Wait a little longer. Haven't you noticed that the water sphere has begun to stabilize?" Yami looked at the water sphere with a deep gaze. At this moment, the water sphere was maintaining a stable state and was no longer expanding. It seemed that Noelle had gradually gained control of the magic.
"55 seconds... 56 seconds..." As Asta counted to this point, his Five-Leaf Clover grimoire had already risen. He had also noticed that Noelle was gradually gaining control of the magic, but it was impossible to completely dispel it in just a few seconds. As long as Noelle could learn how to calm down in a state of magic power surge, that would be enough!
"Next, leave it to me!"
Asta suddenly exerted force with his feet, flying through the air. From afar, Yami and the others watched as Asta, his whole body glowing with green light and dragging a greatsword shining with red light, struck Noelle's out-of-control water sphere fiercely, as if splitting the heavens and the earth!
"Whoosh!" The water sphere was fiercely cleaved open by Asta's sword like a balloon blown to its limit. Countless streams of water fell like a rainstorm. Inside the water sphere, Noelle, who had already opened her eyes, stared blankly with her bright pink eyes. This Asta, who had acted like a little pervert the moment they met, really hadn't lied to her. At her most critical moment, he really had descended by her side like a guardian deity!
"Did you think of what I said?" Asta held Noelle in the air and landed steadily, then smiled and teased Noelle, who seemed to have been frightened.
"I, I did not!" Noelle blushed on her fair face, and for a moment, she even forgot to break free from Asta's arms.
"Noelle, have you ever thought about casting magic in a different way?" Asta suddenly said with a serious expression. "Some soldiers, if you ask them to throw darts, might never get it right in their whole life, but if you give them a crossbow with a sight, they might soon become sharpshooters."
"A different way?" Noelle's eyes lit up. She had always used her hands, and in fact, most Mages did the same, but that didn't rule out casting magic with a wand. One had to know that the main purpose of a wand was precision!
"Are you two planning to surpass your limits while hugging each other here?" Yami abruptly broke into Asta's world of two. Noelle immediately broke free from Asta's arms in a panic, then looked away with a blushing face.
"Although you're both soaked, it's good that Little Noelle is alright." Vanessa smiled warmly at Noelle.
"What the hell, you just can't control your magic power freely, what kind of big deal is that? We are the group called trash by others, the Black Bulls. Who doesn't have any flaws? Either lecherous or a sister-complex, in short, this little flaw of yours is not worth mentioning at all. In the future, if you have any problems, just say it out. We are a collective, you know!"
After Magna finished speaking, all the members of the Black Bulls showed harmonious smiles toward Noelle, even Yami, who always had a wooden face, was no exception. This made Noelle feel the feeling of home for the first time, a home that had no blood ties but was warmer than a real home...
"I know a noodle shop that is super delicious. You can tell Asta to take you to eat there!" Finral offered a divine assist. Originally, he wouldn't have let such a cute little girl go, but Asta had obviously made his move early, so he could only add to the beauty.
"What are you saying!" Noelle blushed. Wouldn't going to eat alone together be a date?
"I can tell you what kind of angel my sister Marie is." The sister-complex gentleman, Gauche, also showed a kind smile. Charmy even took out her dessert and came over. But what made Noelle the most helpless was Vanessa.
"What I am best at is controlling magic power, and not only can I teach you techniques to control magic power, but I can also teach you techniques on how to become a mature woman." Vanessa made a heart gesture to Noelle.
"What on earth are the techniques of a mature woman? Am I not pretty enough?"
Noelle tilted her little head slightly; she was extremely confident in her looks!
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