A brilliant flash of light filled the air followed by the sound of a crackling boom. A storm of fire set off into the air as the concussive force of the explosion sent two young men flying into the air. One of them being the other recruit Asta... and the other being you of course.

???: That's for my pudding!!

The Black Bull's headquarters was in absolute utter chaos and as you came crashing onto the ground from the second explosion of your brief time here, you were wondering what the record was for regrets in a single moment. It seemed that the rumors were right about them being the worse group of knights though the fact Captain Yami also said it was rather concerning. 

Yami: Would you people... QUIT BREAKING STUFF?!

Captain Yami finally managed to get control back by... breaking stuff. But his booming voice caught the attention of the other bulls and managed to rally them to something other than chaos. Though calling Yami the pinnacle of order was... The Black Bulls just seemed... it was dumbfounding how many thoughts were racing through your mind. Asta to your right at least seemed excited but you were in a state of growing dread. It wasn't a concern for your safety or health that drove you but rather Alienor's. She couldn't possibly want this, right? Anything was better than the Silver Eagles but... maybe you should have chosen- 

Yami: This here is shrimp and golden boy, the other new members. Don't haze them so hard they die.

(Y/n): Err... die?

Asta: I'm Asta from Hage village! It's great to meetcha!

You had to physically recoil as it felt like your eardrum popped just from being near Asta. As you looked out at the other members now kneeling before your small group the same feeling of dread filled you. Asta stared at you expectantly while Yami simply took a drag on his cigarette. The other members either looked somewhat interested or didn't care at all. 

(Y/n): Ah... I'm (Y/n) from the village of Zito.

Yami: We've got other members, but the rest are out on missions, on breaks, or slacking off. You two try to get along with 'em.

Asta: We will! We'll set records for getting along

Yami: What you lack in height, you make up for in volume.

???: Hmm... I get shrimp by why are you called golden boy?

(Y/n): Well-

All of a sudden your shoulders were wrapped up tightly by a muscular arm, the smell of sweat and smoke filling your nose as you were crunched against Yami.

Yami: Golden boy is called a golden boy because he was recruited by the Golden Dawn but picked us instead hahaha! 

Yami turned to you with a deadly serious smile, his lips peeled back to reveal a strained smile as he nearly bit clean through his cigarette. His eyes pierced straight through you as your nervous (E/c) eyes met Yami's dark ones

Yami: Not having second thoughts are ya?

(Y/n): A-Ah of course not! Oh c-captain my captain!

???: Hahaha!

???: For real?! You must be super tough then! Let's fight!

???: Hah, why do we always get the dumb recruits...?

Asta/(Y/n): OI!

???: A recruit for the Golden Dawn, hmm~? 

As Yami's arm finally released you from his side, you were instead introduced to the curvaceous figure of a woman. Her mid-back length pink hair was messy and she smelled strongly of alcohol. And it certainly didn't help that all she had on was her knight cloak and her... underwear. She approached you with a sultry grin and lifted a finger, twisting her hand to let the finger hook under your chin and lift it ever so softly so your eyes would meet her vibrant purple ones. It was no surprise that your cheeks were dyed a bright pink of embarrassment.

???: A kid like you got scouted for the Golden Dawn and denied them? Mmm, I can appreciate someone with confidence and the ability to back it up~ Do You think you're confident enough to handle a special reward from me~?

(Y/n): I-I-I-I well you know it's a super tempting offer but I don't know if I'm ready for that kind of commitment! A-And then there's my uh friend and fam-

Thankfully you didn't have to ramble on for long as the woman moved onto Asta.

???: And what about you~? A kid from the boonies like you made it into the magic knights... You must have worked hard~ How about I reward you with a special treat too~?

Asta: I would love that, but!! My heart's already set on my goddess, the nun from my village!

???: Urp. Blaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Asta/(Y/n): Dwaaaaaaaah!

The pink-haired temptress was now barfing up her guts right at the feet of the two recruits. You should have been surprised but it felt like the atmosphere of the Black Bulls headquarters was starting to rub off on you as this seemed... not normal but not as weird as you would have thought if it was another group of knights.

???: Hey, hey, hey, hey! 

A male with a lean figure approached the two of your with a meaning aura, glaring down at you and Asta behind a pair of blue shades. His two-tone black and light grey hair pulled into a mowhawk being illuminatedby the lighting of the room making him even more intimidating. 

Magna: So you're the new black bulls, eh?! A wussy runt from the back end of nowhere and some overconfident showoff? You may have managed to suck up to mister Yami... but if you two want to wear our robes... You gotta earn some respect from mister Yami's top underling, man among men, Magna Swing!

Asta: Gimmie please!

(Y/n): That quick?!

Magna: I see. I get it. You two want it bad, huh? In that case... You joined the Black Bulls so... come get baptized!

Asta: Huh?

(Y/n): W-Wait hold on I didn't even-

The contained chaos moved outside before you even managed to ask a question as you and Asta were now standing side by side outside under the darkning sky. Magna stood before you with a confident grin on his face while the other present bulls were standing or sitting on the sidelines.

Magna: Alright! I'm about to launch an attack at the two of you. Block it or avoid it, any way you want! Do that and you two are Black Bulls, free and clear. And I'll give you two these robes.

Manga lifted a fingerless gloved hand to show off two robes he was holding, each one marked with Bull's skull, the symbol of the Black Bulls. Asta was always ready to go with a bright grin on his face. You were busy trying to build up even a fraction of that gung-ho confidence. You were the overconfident showoff so why couldn't you act like it? You had made this big speech in front of your family and William Vangeance and turned down your ticket to the Golden Dawn for this and yet you were... anxious. Why were you anxious? Maybe it was you were worried abouthow Alienor would react? Even if she did make it back to full health this would be quite a drag on her considering the amount of explosions you've already seen. Or maybe you were anxiousbecause you were actually doing something that seemed... fun almost. The Bulls were a crazy bunch of rejects but they didn't seem like bad people. Ah who are you kidding? You're no magic knight. You're just putting your foot in the door until Alienor is well. Then you can leave or be a scholar or whatnot-

Magna: Oi showoff!

(Y/n): Huh?

Magna: Stop daydreaming and get ready! I'm gonna baptize you first so you can show off that magic of yours!

Asta: Haaaaaah! I've been wanting to see your magic again, (Y/n)!

Magna: Get you grimoire ready punk!

A huff left your lips as you pulled your grimoire free of it's holster, letting it hover just above your left hand while Magna's right hand became engulfed in flame. He pulled his hand back and fired off his attack, a fist-sized fireball came barreling at you with a battle cry from the male.

Magna: DIEEEEEE!

As the attack approached you, it was then you came to the realization that you had no idea what to do here. You could use a bullet or bomb, but it would make the explosion bigger. You could just increase the gravity but it wouldn't change the impact... How about... You let a breath escape through your nose as your right hand pulled back and you began to condense a semi-clear ball of gravity. As the heat of the fireball began to tickle you outstretched left hand, you pulled your right hand back and took a similar stance that Magna had, pulling your arm back but instead spinning your arm back to throw and underhanded pitch with an upward trajectory. Your fist stayed pointing at the fireball until it was within a breath of your ball of gravity. Then your fist suddenly unfurled and so did the ball, the side closest to Magna's spell opening up just in time to swallow the attack before rising further up into the air fully sealed as your fingers curled back into a fist. You summized that if you had increased the gravity it might make the explosion bigger so instead you made the gravitational force inside your own spell null. The fireball sat in zero gravity and began to glow a bright purple, taking on a bell-shape as your ball of gravity reached further into he air. You couldn't actually stop the explosion from happening, but if they wanted a showoff well... it would be rude not to indulge.

As the edges of the gravity ball began crackling from the intense heat of the fireball, you hastily unfurled your fingers to let it pop open. The sudden rush of air plus the distabilation of your spell allowed for the attack to finally spark into an explosion. The flames of it rushed out in a grand purple plume accompanied by a crackling boom, lighting up the area with a sparkingling display of light. Light a firework the firey plume spread out in a grand fashion before finally coming to a close with a whisp. As the display came to an end you simply waited for some response from anyone around you but found only stunned silence. Everyone looked... strange. They all simply stared at you as if you had said something terrible or crazy. Even Asta was in a stunned silence which somewhat scared you considering his usual demnor since you met him.

Magna: Huh... Alright. Runt you're up next.

That's it? Nothing? You hadn't expected a grand ovation but there was just nothing. You couldn't describe what this felt like as you simply stepped out of the way to watch Asta make his attempt. Magna once more pulled out a fireball while Asta produced a strange sword. You wanted to focus more but the lack of response to your display was rattling. Did they not like it? Did they actually consider you a disrespectful showoff? Your (E/c) gaze lifted in time to see Asta reflect the fireball away from him but instead of away from the group, he accidentally smacked it right at Magna who took the full brunt of the explosion much to Asta's and your horror.

Magna: You little runt... I was this close to getting offed by my own magic... Yooooooouu... Completely rocked!

Asta: Huh?

Magna approached Asta with a big grin on his face and smacked him on the back. For you this moment seemed totally devoid of life. What... What did you do to be brushed aside? Sure Asta's display was impressive but he nearly killed Magna. The other bull's surrounded Asta and began congratulating him further as you felt like the sidelines had move to engulf you entirely by yourself. Maybe instead of being a showoff... they thought you weren't impressive? At least not enough to warrant being invited by the Golden Dawn. As your somber gaze watched Asta, you took the time to flip through the pages of your grimoire. Maybe you can write down that move for future use? Like maybe as a shield to swat away incoming spells? That could be useful! As you began to absent-mindely walk away, you felt a sudden grip on your shoulder.

Magna: Where do you think you're going, punk? You think you can do a display like that and walk away?

Your fingers pressed your grimoire closed to slip it back into the holster hanging at your hip before you turned to Magna and an expectant group of bulls swarming closer to you. Asta took a step toward you and drew a slow breath before looking up at you

Asta: THAT WAS SO COOOOOL!

(Y/n): E-Eh?!

Magna: I thought you'd try to dodge out to the way but that deflection was super cool! 

Asta: Your magic is so cool! What kind is it?! Is it like air magic?! You cause it goes wom and voom!

(Y/n): It's uh... gravity magic-

Asta: WAAAAAAAAH!

???: Gravity magic?! I haven't fought someone with that yet! Let's see how strong it is by fighting to the death!

???: Don't do anything flashy like that in front of my sister.

You were being flooded in compliments now and you couldn't help but feel a bit prideful. You were being complimented about your magic... You were use to people looking down on your for having a strange ability or being a commoner but you were being complimented.

(Y/n): This is... I thought you guys were upset with me, hahah.

Magna: Of course not! We wanted to wait until Shortsta here did his baptism so it would be fair.

Asta: It's Asta!

A chuckle escaped from your lips as your sleeve was tugged on on. Turning you noticed that there was nobody there until you lowered your gaze. A petite girl with shoulder length black hair pulled back in an upside down bun was giving you a closed-eyed smile. She looked much younger than anybody here so it kind of caught you offguard as she lifted up a cupcake at you.

???: You should try this, it's super yummy, okay~?

You barely took the cupcake into your hands when you nearly dropped in it in surprise as a pair of feminine arms wrapped around you from behind, a chin resting on your left shoulder as you froze up at the feeling of something soft on your back.

???: That was so amazing, golden boy! Your explosion was the same color as my eyes, was that little display just for me~?

(Y/n): W-Well... I mean if you liked it...

The woman chuckled into your ear before releasing you from her clutches in time for Magna to step up to you and Asta with a grin, holding out two robes in his outstretched hand.

Magna: Here. These are yours! You both earned them!

???: Mmhmhm! While we're at it...

The pink-haired knight pulled out a wand from... somewhere and hummed as she cast a spell, the two robes shrinking in size as they landed on your's and Asta's shoulders, the Black Bull symbol shrinking and moving to rest on the left side of your chest. As well as the leath holster which housed your grimoire also got a little Black Bull skull on it as well.

???: Mow you're members... Of the Black Bulls Magic Knight!!

Asta: YEEAAAHH!!!

Those words sent chills down your spine as you heard them. You had never wanted to do anything in life. You were even vague in when you started thinking about being a scholar. Alienor may hate the idea but the only reason yu went to the exams was to ensure she had a place to keep up with her own dreams. But this... being a magic knight with these people...

(Y/n): Allie... I think we're going to be just fine~

As you and Asta smiled at each other with dumb grins, you were not aware of another set of eyes watching the two of you. The figure had already figured out which of the two would be the annoying insect, but you were another factor. A factor that never should have happened.

???: So they're the new members... That insect... but why are you here, (L/n)?