# E157 - Five-Leaf Clover
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**[00:05] Nar**
*The Clover Kingdom.*
**[00:07] Nar**
*In this kingdom where magic is everything,*
**[00:09] Nar**
*there is one boy who can't use magic.*
**[00:13] Nar**
*His name is Asta.*
**[00:16] Nar**
* With guts and hard work,*
* he made it into the Magic Knights,*
**[00:18] Nar**
* and he never gave up,*
* despite how much he got hurt.*
**[00:21] Nar**
*He continues to diligently aim for the top!*
**[00:26] Nar**
*Even if you are a peasant,*
**[00:27] Nar**
*or even if you're poor...*
**[00:29] Nar**
*Anyone in this world can still shine!*
**[00:32] Nar**
*He's working hard to prove that,*
**[00:35] Nar**
*and to become the Wizard King!*
**[00:40] Nar**
* In preparation for the upcoming*
* battle with the Spade Kingdom,*
**[00:43] Nar**
* Asta and the others train*
* diligently in the Heart Kingdom.*
**[00:47] Nar**
*With their training period halfway over,*
**[00:49] Nar**
* Noelle and the others learned the*
* Mana Method and were growing steadily.*
**[00:56] Nar**
* Since Asta had no magic,*
* he fought with Gaja in order*
**[00:58] Nar**
*to obtain hints toward a new technique.*
**[01:02] Nar**
* Back in the Clover Kingdom, Yami finally*
* learned the trick to using Mana Zone.*
**[01:10] Nar**
*And now...*
**[01:12] Asta**
Gaja!
**[01:14] Asta**
I'm back!
**[01:16] Gaja**
It appears that you've grown yet
again in these past few days.
**[01:21] Asta**
Yup!
**[01:22] Asta**
Yesterday, I sparred with
the Wind Spirit Guardian
**[01:26] Asta**
and trained my ki to be able to
read ambiguous attacks better.
**[01:29] Asta**
Today, I fought with the Earth Spirit
Guardian who has keen senses
**[01:34] Asta**
to polish my own fighting instincts like "bam!"
**[01:37] Asta**
Aren't you training with Luck today?
**[01:40] Gaja**
He said he wanted to train with other
Spirit Guardians, so he is elsewhere.
**[01:44] Asta**
Perfect timing, then!
**[01:46] Asta**
I'd like to spar with you
right now, if that's okay!
**[01:49] Gaja**
Of course, that's perfectly fine.
**[01:52] Gaja**
But before we start, may I ask you something?
**[01:54] Gaja**
Since you have no magic at all,
your existence is quite abnormal,
**[01:58] Gaja**
even among those at the arcane stage.
**[02:00] Gaja**
I am constantly astounded by your growth.
**[02:04] Gaja**
In order to further increase your strength
in the future, may I ask you...
**[02:09] Gaja**
about your life up until this point,
**[02:13] Gaja**
and about the devil that resides
within your grimoire?
**[02:16] Asta**
About me... and the devil?
***SIGN*** Five-Leaf Clover
**[03:53] Asta**
According to Father,
**[03:56] Asta**
me and my childhood friend
Yuno were taken in
**[03:58] Asta**
on the same day at a church in Hage Village,
on the outskirts of the Clover Kingdom.
**[04:05] Asta**
Time passed, and...
**[04:07] (Flashback) Asta**
Sister Lily!
**[04:11] (Flashback) Asta**
Marry me!
**[04:14] Asta**
I was living with my
beloved Sister Lily, Yuno,
**[04:18] Asta**
and everyone else back at the church.
**[04:21] Asta**
But I couldn't use a lick of magic.
**[04:25] Asta**
Meanwhile, Yuno was a super-handsome genius.
**[04:29] (Flashback) Asta**
I'll get a grimoire that's more
amazing than anyone else's,
**[04:32] (Flashback) Asta**
get into the Magic Knights,
follow in your footsteps,
**[04:36] (Flashback) Asta**
and become the Wizard King!
**[04:40] Asta**
And in March, those turning fifteen
were gathered from all over the kingdom
**[04:45] Asta**
to receive their grimoires.
**[04:55] Asta**
But...
**[04:57] (Flashback) Asta**
Um...
**[05:01] (Flashback) Asta**
My grimoire's not coming.
**[05:05] (Flashback) Tower Master**
Er...
**[05:07] (Flashback) Tower Master**
Try again next year.
**[05:08] (Flashback) Asta**
What?!
**[05:11] (Flashback) Guy A**
What the heck?!
**[05:13] (Flashback) Guy B**
That's actually amazing!
**[05:17] Asta**
Yuno ended up getting a four-leaf grimoire,
just like the first Wizard King.
**[05:23] (Flashback) Asta**
I thought that once I got my grimoire,
**[05:26] (Flashback) Asta**
I'd be able to use magic, but...
**[05:30] (Flashback) Asta**
I never thought I wouldn't even get one.
**[05:38] (Flashback) Asta**
But... like hell I'm gonna give up!
**[05:44] (Flashback) Asta**
Don't you dare underestimate me, fate!
**[05:46] (Flashback) Asta**
I'll show you!
**[05:48] (Flashback) Asta**
Even if it takes one, two,
ten, or a hundred years!
**[05:51] (Flashback) Asta**
I'll keep working hard
until I get my grimoire!
**[05:57] Asta**
But then this thieving jerk who wanted to
**[06:00] Asta**
sell the four-leaf grimoire
for money attacked Yuno.
**[06:05] (Flashback) Revchi**
Hey, that pendant looks like
it's worth something, too.
**[06:10] (Flashback) Revchi**
I guess I'll be taking that...
**[06:11] (Flashback) Asta**
Hold it!
**[06:16] ---**
I tried to get back Yuno's grimoire, but my
training just wasn't enough against the thief.
**[06:23] ---**
And of course, I was born with no magic.
**[06:26] ---**
I found out that no matter how hard
I tried, I still couldn't use magic.
**[06:32] (Flashback) Revchi**
You can't do a thing in this world.
Just give up on everything.
**[06:38] (Flashback) Revchi**
You were born a loser!
**[06:40] Asta**
*He's right.*
**[06:43] Asta**
* No matter how hard I try,*
* some things just can't be helped.*
**[06:50] Asta**
*I'm just going to give...*
**[06:52] (Flashback) Yuno**
Hey!
**[06:53] (Flashback) Yuno**
Who are you calling a loser?
**[06:55] (Flashback) Yuno**
Asta, it's true that you won't be
able to become the Wizard King,
**[06:59] (Flashback) Yuno**
no matter what.
**[07:00] (Flashback) Revchi**
You hear that? Even your little friend
is telling you it's impossible.
**[07:07] (Flashback) Yuno**
That's because I'm going
to become the Wizard King!
**[07:10] (Flashback) Revchi**
What?
**[07:12] (Flashback) Yuno**
He's no loser.
**[07:15] (Flashback) Yuno**
He's...
**[07:18] (Flashback) Yuno**
Asta's my rival!
**[07:21] (Flashback) Revchi**
Huh?
**[07:22] (Flashback) Revchi**
Him? Your rival?
**[07:24] (Flashback) Revchi**
This brat who has no
magical power whatsoever?
**[07:27] (Flashback) Asta**
Not... Not yet.
**[07:32] (Flashback) Asta**
Sorry you had to see me
looking that pathetic, Yuno.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Asta**
Just a sec...
**[07:39] (Flashback) Asta**
I'm gonna kick this guy's butt!
**[07:43] Asta**
And that was when
**[07:44] Asta**
the five-leaf grimoire, which was said
**[07:46] Asta**
to have a devil residing within it,
appeared before me.
**[07:50] Asta**
Back then, I didn't know anything about
the devil's powers or anti-magic.
**[07:56] Asta**
I just frantically brandished my sword.
**[08:13] Asta**
That's what happened when
I first got this grimoire.
**[08:20] Asta**
After that, Yuno and I went to
**[08:22] Asta**
the royal capital to take the
Magic Knights Entrance Exam.
**[08:25] Asta**
Yuno ended up joining the most popular
and powerful squad, the Golden Dawn.
**[08:30] Asta**
I was about to be disqualified
since I had no magic, but then,
**[08:33] Asta**
Captain Yami from the Black Bulls took me in.
**[08:37] Gaja**
If I remember correctly,
**[08:39] Gaja**
that captain is another Magic Knight
who uses a sword, just like yourself.
**[08:42] Asta**
Yeah! He takes forever to poop,
but he's super reliable when we need him!
**[08:47] Asta**
He's super strong and showed
me how to use my ki.
**[08:51] Asta**
Anyway, he's someone I super-duper respect!
**[08:55] Asta**
The rest of the Black Bulls also
acknowledged me as a part of the squad.
**[08:58] Asta**
Once I officially became a squad member,
I went on a mission to explore a dungeon
**[09:02] Asta**
and ended up getting my second sword,
the Demon-Dweller Sword.
**[09:06] Asta**
During that mission,
**[09:07] Asta**
we faced off with one of the Diamond
Kingdom's Eight Shining Generals, Mars,
**[09:11] Asta**
an insanely strong guy who
used two magical attributes.
**[09:15] Asta**
And that was when we
coincidentally found out...
**[09:18] (Flashback) Asta**
I don't have any magic,
**[09:20] (Flashback) Asta**
but I've got...
**[09:22] (Flashback) Asta**
my friends!
**[09:26] ---**
I borrowed mana from Noelle and released
it using the Demon-Dweller Sword,
**[09:30] ---**
and was able to break
through Mars's tough armor.
**[09:34] ---**
After that, when we reported
back about the mission,
**[09:37] ---**
we met the Wizard King.
**[09:40] ---**
"Gain merit. You can't
protect anyone with pride,
**[09:44] ---**
and trust will come after merit."
**[09:47] ---**
With the Wizard King's words in my heart,
**[09:50] ---**
I kept fighting to protect everyone!
**[09:53] ---**
But then we ran into him...
**[09:57] (Flashback) Licht**
I guess I haven't introduced myself yet.
**[10:00] (Flashback) Licht**
I am the leader of the Eye
of the Midnight Sun...
**[10:03] (Flashback) Licht**
Licht.
**[10:15] ---**
His light magic was way too fast.
**[10:17] ---**
I couldn't react or even track it with my eyes.
**[10:22] ---**
But then Captain Yami arrived,
**[10:25] ---**
and he faced him head-on.
The lightning-fast light magic
**[10:27] ---**
didn't bother him at all.
**[10:29] ---**
Of course, I already knew
he was super strong,
**[10:32] ---**
but I got to see how powerful
he was again firsthand.
**[10:35] (Flashback) Yami**
Hey, brat. Were you watching that?
**[10:37] (Flashback) Asta**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[10:39] (Flashback) Yami**
Good. Now try the same thing.
**[10:41] (Flashback) Asta**
Yes, sir!
**[10:43] (Flashback) Asta**
Wait... Like I could actually do that!
**[10:45] (Flashback) Asta**
Of course I can't!
**[10:46] (Flashback) Yami**
Oh? Who do you think you're talking to?
**[10:49] (Flashback) Asta**
Huh?
**[10:50] (Flashback) Yami**
I told you to do it, so do it.
**[10:52] (Flashback) Asta**
Ow, ow, ow, that really hurts! Ow, ow, ow!
**[10:53] (Flashback) Yami**
That'll make you a bigger man.
**[10:57] ---**
Captain Yami said he could react to the attacks
because he could sense something called "ki."
**[11:03] Yami**
People looking at you,
the sound of their breathing,
***SIGN*** Ki
**[11:06] Yami**
their smell, the motions of their muscles,
**[11:08] Yami**
the vague sense that they're there...
**[11:09] Yami**
Ki is the blanket term for all of
the different types of life energy
**[11:13] Yami**
the human body emits.
**[11:15] (Flashback) Yami**
I read that ki and predicted
his next move, then made mine.
**[11:20] (Flashback) Yami**
You've done that before, haven't you?
**[11:23] (Flashback) Asta**
Come to think of it...
**[11:26] ---**
The lesson was so intense that
I could've died doing it,
**[11:30] ---**
but because of that, I learned to sense ki!
**[11:34] Gaja**
I see.
**[11:36] Gaja**
This "ki" is the best fighting technique
you could use, since you cannot use magic.
**[11:42] Gaja**
Perhaps he anticipated that it could
be useful to you as you continue
**[11:46] Gaja**
to use your anti-magic.
**[11:48] ---**
Actually, now that you mention it...
**[11:50] ---**
Holy crap! That's super
likely with Captain Yami!
**[11:54] Gaja**
Though I may simply be
overthinking the matter.
**[11:54] ---**
Way to go, Captain Yami!
**[11:57] Gaja**
By the way, I would like
to ask another question.
**[12:00] Gaja**
How are you able to put yourself in the
state in which you bring out the power
**[12:05] Gaja**
of the devil that is possessing you?
**[12:07] ---**
Oh, that...
**[12:11] ---**
The first time I took on that form was
**[12:13] ---**
when we went to visit the Queen
of Witches in the Witches' Forest.
**[12:17] ---**
I fought that Diamond Kingdom
guy with the annoying smirk
**[12:19] ---**
when he attacked the forest.
**[12:30] (Flashback) Asta**
Never giving up...
**[12:33] (Flashback) Asta**
is my magic!
**[12:47] (Flashback) Ladros**
Damn it!
**[12:48] (Flashback) Ladros**
Why?!
**[12:50] (Flashback) Ladros**
My magic's supposed to be invincible now!
**[12:53] ---**
Back then, I wasn't even
sure what happened myself.
**[12:59] (Flashback) Ladros**
Shit!
**[13:00] (Flashback) Laros**
Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, shit! *Shit*!
**[13:03] (Flashback) Ladros**
Why?!
**[13:05] (Flashback) Ladros**
I got this far by kicking everyone else down!
**[13:08] (Flashback) Ladros**
Why are you...
**[13:11] (Flashback) Asta**
You might've kicked people down,
**[13:14] (Flashback) Asta**
but everyone that helped boost me up
**[13:17] (Flashback) Asta**
makes me strong!
**[13:22] (Flashback) Asta**
Black Meteorite!
**[13:36] ---**
The first time I was able to
willfully take that form was
**[13:39] ---**
when we went to the Yultim Volcano in
a strong magic region for a training camp.
**[13:43] ---**
Since I couldn't use Mana Skin,
a technique to envelop
**[13:46] ---**
your body with mana to protect yourself,
**[13:48] ---**
I couldn't move a step further
due to the intense heat.
**[13:52] ---**
But then I realized that
**[13:54] ---**
if I used the ki technique
I learned from Captain Yami,
**[13:57] ---**
I could amplify the anti-magic within me
**[14:01] ---**
and possibly pull off an
effect like Mana Skin.
**[14:04] ---**
And that was also a way for me
to get into that state at will.
**[14:12] ---**
Thank you so much, Captain Yami!
**[14:14] ---**
I don't know what I would've done if
you'd never taught me how to use ki!
**[14:20] ---**
My third sword, the Demon-Destroyer Sword,
is a bit of a wild one,
**[14:23] ---**
but the reason I was able to use it
immediately is because of my ki!
**[14:26] Gaja**
I hear that sword can nullify
not only magic itself,
**[14:33] Gaja**
but the effects of a spell, as well.
**[14:35] ---**
Yup!
**[14:38] ---**
I got my hands on the Demon-Destroyer Sword
**[14:39] ---**
around the time we infiltrated
**[14:41] ---**
the Eye of the Midnight Sun's base
before our final battle with them!
**[14:47] ---**
But suddenly, that Disloyal guy
as well as some of our friends
**[14:51] ---**
reincarnated as elves and attacked us.
**[14:55] ---**
And then we ended up fighting
**[14:57] ---**
the leader of the elves in
the center of their base.
**[15:02] Asta**
*This ki...*
**[15:03] Yuno**
* There's incredible magic*
* coming from that sword.*
**[15:06] Asta**
* Oh, crap... My black form*
* is reaching its limit.*
**[15:10] Asta**
*Please... Just last a little longer.*
**[15:12] (Flashback) Yuno**
Asta, be careful.
**[15:14] (Flashback) Asta**
Yeah, I know!
**[15:28] (Flashback) Yuno**
Asta!
**[15:31] ---**
The leader of the elves was the
original owner of my swords,
**[15:35] ---**
so he was able to use them
to their full capacity.
**[15:37] ---**
And above all, he was insanely strong. But...
**[15:40] (Flashback) Asta**
Not yet!
**[15:43] (Flashback) Asta**
Yuno is my...
**[15:45] (Flashback) Yuno**
Asta is my...
**[15:48] (Flashback) Both**
...rival!
**[15:55] ---**
We couldn't win,
**[15:57] ---**
but next thing I knew, the Demon-Destroyer
Sword I took was inside my grimoire.
**[16:04] ---**
Because of this, I was able
**[16:06] ---**
to nullify the poison magic that was
used on the people of Hage Village
**[16:10] ---**
and return everyone who had reincarnated
into elves back to normal.
**[16:15] ---**
After that, in the Shadow Palace,
**[16:17] ---**
the memories that the Demon-Destroyer
had absorbed flooded into me.
**[16:21] ---**
That's when I learned
**[16:23] ---**
why the elves and humans started
hating each other so long ago.
**[16:27] ---**
And the one who had reincarnated the
elves and caused all this fighting was...
**[16:33] ---**
that devil.
**[16:35] (Flashback) Devil**
Word Soul Magic...
**[16:37] (Flashback) Devil**
"Voizuiinemidoren..."
**[16:40] ---**
His goal was to leave the other world
where all the other devils were
**[16:43] ---**
and appear in this world
in his complete form.
**[16:46] ---**
I couldn't let that bastard have his way.
**[16:51] ---**
If Yuno could evolve, then so could I!
**[16:55] (Flashback) Asta**
Anti-Magic Demon-Slayer Sword:
Black Divider!
**[17:09] (Flashback) Yami**
Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash ~ Equinox!
**[17:18] ---**
Nero used her Sealing Magic
to seal the damage I took.
**[17:22] (Flashback) Secré**
Asta...
**[17:23] (Flashback) Secré**
You're going to be...
**[17:26] (Flashback) Secré**
You're going to be the Wizard King, right?
**[17:31] (Flashback) Asta**
Yeah!
**[17:37] (Flashback) Asta**
Right here, right now...
**[17:40] (Flashback) Asta**
I'll surpass my limits!
**[17:53] ---**
And, well, you know the rest.
**[17:55] ---**
I was put on trial for being devil-possessed,
**[17:58] ---**
and since I was released without indictment,
**[18:00] ---**
I came to the Heart Kingdom
**[18:03] ---**
to find clues to prove that I'm innocent.
**[18:06] ---**
And that's where I found out
that Queen Loropechika
**[18:08] ---**
had also been cursed by a devil.
**[18:11] ---**
I'm going to get even stronger!
**[18:15] ---**
So that I can protect everyone
in the Clover Kingdom,
**[18:17] ---**
and everyone in the Heart Kingdom, too!
**[18:21] Gaja**
I am glad I was able to hear your tale.
**[18:23] Gaja**
I think I may understand why you
were able to become so powerful,
**[18:28] Gaja**
even though you have no mana.
**[18:32] Gaja**
Now, let us begin.
**[18:35] Gaja**
The sun will go down soon,
**[18:37] Gaja**
but I will train with you
until you are satisfied today.
**[18:43] ---**
Right!
**[19:14] Loropechika**
Wow, that was amazing, Noelle!
**[19:17] Undine**
Not bad. You've definitely
improved since you first arrived.
**[19:22] Noelle**
Hmph. O-Of course I have.
**[19:24] Noelle**
I'm royalty, you know.
**[19:26] Noelle**
*Squee! Yay! I got praised!*
**[19:30] Noelle**
But you're truly amazing,
Water Spirit Undine.
**[19:34] Noelle**
You just keep drawing out more
and more of my water magic.
**[19:39] Undine**
You're not the only one growing, you know.
**[19:42] Loropechika**
Please take a look at this.
**[19:46] Loropechika**
It's not just you or Nero.
**[19:49] Loropechika**
Asta and the others are also
**[19:51] Loropechika**
growing every day much faster
than we ever could've imagined.
**[19:56] ---**
But still, this is nowhere near enough
**[19:59] ---**
to defeat the devil from the Spade Kingdom.
**[20:03] ---**
Right?
**[20:04] ---**
Yes. You are exactly right.
**[20:06] ---**
But I believe in all of you.
**[20:09] ---**
All of you who are training
so diligently here,
**[20:12] ---**
and everyone back at the Clover
Kingdom getting ready for battle...
**[20:17] ---**
If we all work together,
**[20:19] ---**
I'm sure we will see a ray of hope
in our fight against the devil
**[20:22] ---**
within the Spade Kingdom.
**[20:24] ---**
No, I'm sure we'll win!
**[20:30] Noelle**
*And I'll avenge my mother, too!*
**[20:43] Gaja**
The same trick will not work again.
**[20:55] Gaja**
That technique is only good enough to land
a surprise attack on the enemy right now.
**[21:03] Gaja**
I believe our session has come to an end.
**[21:05] Gaja**
Lightning Magic: Tenjiolia.
**[21:09] ---**
Not yet!
**[21:12] Nar**
* The three leaves of the clover*
* represent faith, hope, and love.*
**[21:18] Nar**
*Within a fourth leaf dwells good luck.*
**[21:22] Nar**
*Within a fifth leaf...*
**[21:25] Nar**
*resides a devil.*
**[21:34] ---**
*But my swords...*
**[21:36] ---**
*What's going...*
**[21:39] Gaja**
You continue to surprise me.
**[21:42] Gaja**
In order to see the extent
of your hidden powers,
**[21:47] Gaja**
I will attack you with everything I have.
**[21:51] ---**
Bring it on!
**[22:01] ---**
Well, things are getting interesting now.
**[23:40] ---**
Our training's finished, and it's finally
time to fight the Spade Kingdom.
**[23:44] Some**
Next time on *Black Clover*, Page 158:
"The Beginning of Hope and Despair."
***SIGN*** Page 158
The Beginning of Hope and Despair
**[23:48] ---**
I'm going to protect everyone
in the Clover Kingdom,
**[23:51] ---**
and everyone in the Heart Kingdom, too!