Black Clover (ブラッククローバー)

It appeared as though humanity would be destroyed by the demons.

But a single mage saved them all.

He was called the Wizard King, and he became a legend.

The leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun...

And that sword...

Licht had just awakened from a slumber of several hundred years.

Asta and Yuno were no match for his tremendous magical powers and strength.

Yuno is my...

Asta is my...

...rival!

Even their perfectly matched combo attack had no effect on Licht.

Well, let's go...

To get our other friends, and to destroy the humans.

Somehow, Asta and Yuno were able to escape from the hideout

and rush back to the royal capital with their comrades,

to save the Clover Kingdom

and the Magic Knights who had reincarnated as elves.

But...

Poison Plant Magic: Zhovniir's Garden of Lingering Burns.

That's...

...Hage Village!

Asta and Yuno saw that Hage Village was under attack.

Don't you dare touch her!

Nash! No!

Asta... Yuno?

Good job fighting...

...Nash!

Leave the rest to us!

Two Miracles

How impressive of you to block my attack.

I believe the same goes for this body's human as well,

but are you Magic Knights?

How about this, then?

Poison Plant Magic: Zhovniir's Breath...

and Zhovniir's Fingers.

Like the other humans, you can die from poison

or get skewered.

Choose.

We refuse!

They're both amazing.

It's a miracle...

You were both abandoned in front of the church on the same day,

and grew up in this village.

Then you ventured off, dreaming of becoming the Wizard King someday.

To think that Asta and Yuno...

have grown so much, and now... they've come to save this village.

Asta said...

Your dreams can come true as long as you don't give up.

That you can make everyone happy.

Yes.

Even though we haven't seen them for so long,

we know...

how hard those two have worked for their dream to become the Wizard King.

Oh?

Well done, Yuno!

He made it into the Magic Knights! He's truly our pride!

Yuno's so cool!

So cool!

I have to let the whole village know!

So, Sister, what does the letter from Asta say?

Man, his handwriting sucks. When's he coming home?

We'll have to cheer him up when he comes back.

I'm sure even Asta would be depressed about that.

We'll have a super tato party.

He says he passed.

Huh?

Asta passed, too.

What?!

Seriously?!

Wow... He really passed.

Th-Then I guess he won't be coming home.

I see... So they both passed.

All right, I'm going to tell the whole village!

This is the first bit of good news we've gotten since Hage Village was founded!

Yeah!

I see. So Asta passed, too... I see.

Ever since then,

all the letters we'd receive from Asta and Yuno

became something we looked forward to.

Dear Sister Lily...

Nash, Rekka, Arlu, Horo... How are you guys doing?

My first mission after joining the Black Bulls was boar hunting!

I even encountered a super strong enemy.

You have no chance of winning. Why won't you give up?

If I give up, who's going to protect them?

I've realized something.

It's not just because of our promise.

I'm going to become the Wizard King

so I can protect everyone!

Here we go, Asta!

Take this! My last remaining bit of magic!

Soul Ball!

Flame Magic: Prison Death Scattershot!

So this is your final spell?

How wasteful.

It's time.

It's not a waste!

They drew us in with a decoy, then used our blind spot...

Magic reflection!

Not yet!

I can still move!

W-Wait...

Like hell I will!

We somehow won, but we weren't able to stop

the enemies from taking their own lives,

or save all of the villagers.

At this rate,

it'll be a long time before I become the Wizard King.

But still, I'm still never going to give up!

If anything, he's better at not giving up than anyone else.

You can do this, Asta!

Do this!

"P.S. Marry me, Sister Lily! From Asta."

Asta's the same as ever.

At least give that part up already.

Read Yuno's letter next!

Read it! Read it!

Yuno!

Wait, wait. I'll read that letter myself.

Let's see...

"To everyone back at the church.

When I went to the Magic Knight Headquarters the other day,

I met the Wizard King. Yuno."

That's so cool!

What else does it say?

That's it, actually.

Yuno's letters are always so short.

Asta actually wrote a lot more about that.

Let's see...

"Yuno and I went to the headquarters to give a report about a mission."

Y-Your Majesty!

I never expected you to welcome us yourself.

Who's that flashy old guy?

You fool! That's the current Wizard King, Julius Novachrono!

What?!

This guy is the current...

...Wizard King?!

Well, anyway, you all did splendidly. Good work.

U-U-Um, d-d-do you have a moment?

What is it?

H-How...

...do you become the Wizard King?

I see. So you both want to become the Wizard King.

Any Magic Knight should have that aspiration.

You two! It's rude to ask the Wizard King that directly.

Listen. The Wizard King must be proud and have the trust of the people—

No.

It's merit.

You can't protect others with pride, and the trust of others comes with merit.

There is only one thing people want from the Wizard King...

Merit that proves they are the best.