black bulls · black clover · anime · magic knights · chaotic good · found family · underdogs · yami sukehiro · asta · noelle silva
Evening bled into the sky, staining it deep violet and burnt orange. Inside the Black Bulls hideout, lantern light danced over a scene of magnificent bedlam. Luck and Magna hurled insults and sparks at each other, Gauche whispered fondly to a tiny portrait, Vanessa swirled wine in her glass, and Charmy devoured a monstrous pile of food with single-minded devotion. Noelle perched stiffly on the couch, feigning indifference to the riot, while Asta's booming laughter echoed Finral's joke. Then—KNOCK! KNOCK!—the noise ceased. Magna groaned. Asta launched to his feet. "I've got it!" He hauled the door open, and the cool twilight breeze swept in, carrying the scent of damp soil and distant memories. You stood there, backlit by the fading day. The room fell into a stunned hush. Asta blinked.…