"Asta, let's go to a mixer together!" Finral patted Asta on the shoulder, only for Asta to fall straight to the ground.
"What did you do?" Gauche asked, puzzled.
"I didn't do anything!" Finral helped Asta up in alarm, only to see that Asta had already fallen asleep. He was too tired; he just had to sleep!
"Since the enemies have retreated, let's head back too!" Yami waved his hand, then looked at Charlotte. "See you around.~"
"Who... who wants to see you!" Charlotte was incredibly conflicted. She clearly wanted to say she was looking forward to seeing him again, but the words came out like this. The point was that she really missed Yami and couldn't help but think about him every day, yet every meeting was just such a brief encounter—how could she—?
"After this battle, the Wizard King should be calling a meeting soon. At that time, we'll have to meet whether we want to or not." Yami slung Asta over his shoulder, and under Charlotte's gaze, his figure disappeared into the Spatial Magic.
"Go then. We'll see each other again soon anyway!" Charlotte thought to herself, no longer feeling disappointed.
"Asta..." Nozel's eyes, sharp as a hawk's, watched Asta's figure. This young man seemed very protective of his sister!
"Tch, just taking your squad members and slipping away like that? I haven't even asked for my reward yet!" Jack the Ripper stuck out his long, snake-like tongue and complained.
"Let's go too." After Nozel spoke, the cave fell into silence once more.
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Nean Town, Church.
Finral's teleportation magic sent everyone directly here, since many squad members were still present.
"Don't crowd, everyone! Please take your children away in an orderly manner!" Noelle was currently busy with Vanessa and the others, directing everyone to claim their children. Since there were so many children, they needed to confirm the parents' identities. Although the chance of encountering bad guys again was slim, wrongly claiming even one child would be a fatal blow to a family.
"Thank you so much! Thank you to everyone from the Black Bulls!" A pair of parents claimed their lost-and-found child from Noelle and bowed gratefully.
"Ah... it's only right!" Noelle was somewhat taken aback by the gratitude. Although she was secretly delighted, she tried hard to maintain a humble expression on the surface; she was being so tsundere.
"Little Noelle, you should accept everyone's support frankly. That's how you encourage more people to join the side of justice!" Vanessa smiled gently, then saw Yami and the others being teleported back and immediately smiled, "The Captain and the others are back!"
"Asta!" Noelle's first instinct was to look for Asta, but she saw him being carried by Yami!
"Captain, what's wrong with Asta?" Noelle asked anxiously. After all, the enemies were so powerful; could it be...
"Oh, it's nothing major. He's just too tired. Since you're so concerned, you can carry him yourself; he's quite heavy!" Yami said with a look of disdain as he tossed Asta onto Noelle.
"Ahhh!" Noelle watched as the massive Asta crashed toward her. Her beautiful silver ahoge stood on end, and then she was flattened by him.
"Hiss..." Asta felt like he had pressed against something soft. He opened his eyes and saw that it was Noelle!
Shock!
Asta's eyes widened, and then he closed them again!
As for those hands, just let them stay where they are!!!
Asta was very fast during this interval, so fast that the moment between opening and closing his eyes was gone in a flash, making it impossible for Noelle to tell if he had opened them at all.
"You idiot Asta, you're crushing me so hard I can't breathe!" Noelle pushed Asta in annoyance. Most importantly, with so many people watching, did she, a Princess, not care about her image?
To be pinned down like this so ungracefully!
"Are you alright, Noelle? The Captain is truly willful!" Vanessa hurried over to hoist Asta up, then helped Noelle to her feet.
"I'm okay!" Noelle sat up from the ground with a red face, only then discovering why she didn't feel any pain. It turned out that at the moment she fell, a small bed had been woven using Thread Magic. No wonder she didn't feel any pain!
"Thank you, Big Sister Vanessa!" Noelle said gratefully. Otherwise, falling onto the hard floor with the back of her head would have surely hurt!
"You're welcome. As for Asta, I'll return him to you!" Vanessa's way of treating Asta was much more gentle; with just a light push while supporting him, Asta ended up in Noelle's arms.
"Ah?!" Noelle didn't expect that in the brief moment she was dazed, Asta would be back in her arms. But whatever, since this was the task everyone had pushed onto her, she would reluctantly accept it. Besides, no one should be gossiping about it afterward anyway!
"Alright, everyone quiet down. I am the Captain of the Black Bulls. All the missing children in the town have been recovered, right?" Yami said, standing on the steps outside the church.
"They're back, they're all back!"
"Thank you so much!"
"Before, we all complained about why the bottom-ranked Black Bulls were the ones near us, but who knew it would be the very Black Bulls we looked down upon who saved us!"
"Yeah, I feel sorry for my previous thoughts!" the townspeople said with tears in their eyes.
...
"So you guys hated us all this time?" Yami scratched his head as the realization hit him, then said, "Well, if you're grateful, then give us something practical!"
"Captain Yami, in the future when you come to our town to gamble, we'll definitely give you the most favorable loans!" the Casino owner said.
"Why not for free?" Yami grumbled slightly.
"We have to eat too!" the Casino owner said weakly.
"Vanessa, if you come to our town to drink, it'll be twenty percent off for everything!" the Restaurant owner said.
"And Gauche, when you buy things for your sister, I'll definitely give you the biggest discount!" the Toy shop owner said.
"Angel Marie!" Reminded by everyone, Gauche immediately ran toward the inside of the church. "Marie, big brother is back! Big brother defeated the most powerful leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun, come into big brother's arms!"
"You sister-con pervert, it's too late. No visiting allowed!" Theresa blocked Gauche's path.
"Get out of the way, old woman! Don't forget who saved the town!" Gauche said angrily.
"Fine, for the sake of what happened, I'll allow you to visit Marie for half an hour. Only half an hour, and I must accompany you the whole time!" Theresa sighed and relented.
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