Devil Knight of the Makai Order

Chapter 5: First Day part 1

  (Liebe's p.o.v.)

  It's been 5 days since I was freed from the Five Leaf grimoire and the Headmaster approved mine and Asta's enrollment into the Makai Arts Academy. It was officially our first day attending the school to learn all we can about the Makai Order's hidden world, and Asta would be start his journey towards becoming a Makai Knight. During the 5 days we've spent getting familiar with the city, I've noticed something had been on my partner's mind, and I had an idea on what it was. When we were getting our food at the Academy's dining hall, noticed that Asta bumped into someone, I turn to see that it was a blonde elf girl the same age as Asta. He apologized and the girl walked off, but Asta had kept his eyes on her until she looked over her shoulder to see that he was staring at her. He quickly faxed forward with his cheeks red, and that's when I realized that the former Magic Knight had a crush on the elf. With this in mind, I found a new pass time, teasing my partner on his feelings for the elf. It would be even more enjoyable if those two actually get to together.

  We were heading to our classroom to start our education and to see if Asta can actually become smarter than a pile of horse excrement, which is a pretty big if. When made it to the door and knocked to hear a man inside say, "Come in." Asta opened the door to reveal a young man with dark brown hair and brown eyes wearing a white overcoat.

 

  "Ah, you two must be the new students?" He asked. We nodded and he turned to say to the class, "Alright everyone, these are two new students who will be joining the Knight course. Introduce yourselves, you two." He said the last part to us and we did as he asked. Asta started, "My name is Asta. I'm from Clover Kingdom and I hope we get along." I followed up, "Name's Liebe, and I hope we get along too." The man we assumed was the teacher said to us, "Now, in case you two didn't know yet, I'm Akari Hizamaru. I'm a Makai Knight and your instructor while you're here at the academy. Now, go take your seats up at the front row, and we'll start the lesson." We nodded and went to the two empty seats at the front row. After that, Akari began the lesson.

  Timeskip - 3 hours

  After a couple classes, we were lead to the training grounds where another instructor was there to teach us the use of a Makai Weapons. The instructor was a brawny, middle age man with black hair.

 

  He looked at all of us and said, "Good day students. For those of you who don't know me, I am Rafael Banderas, also known as Gaia, the Stronghold Knight. I'm also the combat instructor here at the Makai Arts Academy. Today we'll be going over the use of Makai Weaponry. Many of you have been training to use this since childhood, but there are those of you here who were not born into this hidden world so I'll be teaching them how to master our weapons. Asta and Liebe will you both step forward?" We did as we were told and stepped up. Rafael reached into his coat and pulled out two daggers. He held out one to each of us and said, "The weapons and armor used by the Makai Order are made of a special alloy known as Soul Metal. It is far stronger than ordinary steel and can restore itself quickly, so there isn't any need to maintain weapons forged from this metal. However, they are much more difficult to use than ordinary weapons. Each of you take one and see why that is."

We each grabbed a hold of the hilt of one of the daggers. When Rafael let go, and we discovered that the daggers were freakishly heavy for their size as they quickly hit the ground. If I were to compare our Anti-magic swords weight to these daggers, the daggers weighed several times heavier than our swords. Our instructor bent down to pick up the daggers, and he did so with no effort at all. He explained, "Soul Metal responds to the strength and thoughts of the user. A trained body and strong will are required to effectively wield anything made for this alloy. The trick is to lift with your soul. Once you master this, the weapon can become as light as a feather. Watch." He held one of the daggers in his hand and used his other hand to brush over it. Then, the dagger started floating in the air.

  We were shocked to see the dagger we couldn't lift earlier was floating in thin air like it was a feather in the wind. Asta asked, "May I try it again sir?" He was surprised by this and also amused by my partner's determination and gave the dagger back to him. This time, once Rafael let go, Asta was able to lift it easily. This shocked not only the instructor, but the rest of the class as well. Me, I smirked and followed suit by grabbing the dagger that was still floating in the air. Doing what Rafael said earlier I used my soul to lift the small blade with ease, further shocking everyone present. Rafael responded by saying, "I'm honestly amazed to see someone learn this teaching so quickly, this usually takes a decade at most to master. You two are definitely something special. When school is over for today, I want you two to report to the forge and retrieve your Hagane armor. Understood?" We replied, "Yes sir!" After that, we began combat class with me using Demon Dweller and Asta using Demon Slayer.

  (????? P.o.v.)

  I just couldn't believe it, the same human boy I bumped into 5 days prior had actually learned the first step to mastering Soul Metal immediately after being taught. It took me a year to learn how to do that myself, and the fact that he was able to make it look easy made me jealous yet also impressed. I couldn't help but want to get to know him for some reason. Though for the moment, I wanted to spar with the boy, seeing as he was able to wield that massive sword so easily I assumed stronger than he looked.

  I walked over to the human that Mr. Banderas called Asta, who had been sparring with the other new student, Liebe and asked him, "Excuse me? Mind if I spar with you?" He looked at me and I noticed that his cheeks turned red like before, which still had me confused. But I brushed that off and I introduced myself, "My name is Leafa, Mr. Banderas called you two Asta and Liebe, right?" They nodded and Liebe asked, "You're the girl that Asta bumped into 5 days ago, right?" I was surprised he knew me. "You know me?" I asked. He replied, "Yeah, I was next to Asta when he bumped into you. Also, I noticed him staring at you when you walked away." He said the last part slyly and Asta's face turned red as he shouted at Liebe, "What the hell are you talking about?!! I wasn't staring!!" "Yeah? Well I could've sworn that I saw your eyes following her." Liebe said mischievously.

  The two kept bickering for a minute and I watched them. As I did, I couldn't help but find the embarrassed expression on Asta's face adorably amusing and I giggled. The two looked at me and I said, "Sorry, your face right now is just too funny, Asta. Hahaha, I can't help it." I kept laughing and Asta's face turned a darker shade of red. He stuttered as he said, "A-anyway, to-to answer your question earlier, yes I would love to spar with you." I giggled again at his cute answer, and I replied, "Thank you. I'm honestly curious about how well you fight, considering that you quickly learned to pick up Soul Metal earlier. You must be pretty good if you to do that, right?" Asta answered after he calmed down, "I was only taught the basics of swordsmanship, but I still beat some pretty powerful warriors." I was even more interested in seeing what he can do after hearing that. I drew my sword and entered my stance ready to fight.

  (Asta's p.o.v.)

  I was about to spar against the elf girl I bumped into days prior when I noticed her sword. It looked like a katana, like Yami used. Seeing this, I had an idea about her fighting style, so I knew what to expect. I raised Demon Slayer and readied myself for the fight about to commence.