A year passed after that incident, Maria merged with the black bull squad, she loved to be near her brother again, she was trying to prove herself with more missions and increase her strength, but she had almost the same problem as her brother, there was something limiting their magical power And it affects the nature of their magic, she wanted to unleash all the power of her wind magic, she tried with her brother many times but they didn't get past that obstacle, and there was no one who could help them, so they decided to develop the power they currently have.

This made Maria make her difficult decision , She knew her brother would not like that , and it meant  she would stay away from him again, but if she wanted to become stronger, she had to do so.

Akemi had told her before that yuno king of Spade is Asta childhood friend, so she went to talk to him and ask Yuno to train her.
She knew he might refuse but if she wanted to get stronger she had to try several times.
Asta smiled as she told him her request, and after seeing her insistence, he agreed and took Yuno approval and took permission from the wizard King to go to Spade.

Masaru refused to let Marya go there and tried to get her to change her mind, but she was adamant and she fight with him about it.

Masaru sat outside angry when gauche came and sat next to him, gauche was not usually the type to start a conversation with anyone.

"I heard you fight with Maria about her going to Spade, you don't want her to go" ,  gauche break the silent between them.
"Yeah, I don't want she to walk away from me again" , Masaru whispered.

"I know how you feel, when Marie was 15, Captain Yami refused her entry to the black bulls, and he went and asked Captain Charlotte to include her in the Blue Roses, and she was included there and she did not enter the magic knights exam so as she not to enter another squad , and maybe I cause trouble to the other squads when I go to see her , Captain Charlotte was very strict about her members and visits, she was terrifying to make her angry ,and pissed her off  it meant pissed off Captain yami, so I didn't dare to protest or do anything , at first I didn't like it, but with time I realized it was the right decision, because  She found herself in that squad and was able to unleash all her strength, if she stayed here I would still be afraid of she getting hurt and going on missions, sometimes you have to let them find their way on their own" , gauche was looking at the sky as he spoke.

Masaru looked at him and sighed, maybe gauche was right.

After that, Maria prepared to leave, Tetsuo was standing watching from afar, saying goodbye , Perhaps in the past year a lot of things had changed and changed his thinking , He went with Maria on many missions that made him discover how innocent and good she was , He loved her presence around him  And he wished Masaru had refused her going to a spade. Maria approaches him to say goodbye , He trie to avoid it, but it is not possible.
"you're leaving" he forced himself to say.
"I guess so, I won't see you until after a long time, sorry for the trouble I caused you" , Maria said and smiling at him.

Tetsuo scratched his neck and looked away feeling shyly , perhaps if someone had told him a year ago that he would be in this situation he wouldn't believe him.
Finral opened a gate and she left through it.

The months that followed slowly passed, filled with missions and exercises, but everything was calm and peaceful.
There was a captain meeting when Marx told the wizard king that there was a call from Yuno and he preferred to make the call in front of the rest of the captain .

“How are you, How are things going for you?” , fuegoleon said.
"It's all right, it's about Maria and her training, I wanted to talk about it and give you the results" ، Yuno replied.
“Is she okay, what’s going on?” Asta asked frightened.

"Don't worry idiot, she's fine, but I don't think there's any reason for her to keep training any longer , There's nothing else I have to give  to her" ,
“But the time she spent with you was short, did she cause you any problems?” , Yami asked curiously.
"No, but before I give you a report on her, I want to ask her who she is, is she from a royal or noble family?" Yuno asked.
"Not to my knowledge, Masaru told us before that his  father from the Marin family from the suburbs , which is not a noble, why you ask," fuegoleon answered.

"That's strange, I supervised her training, she responded to my magic and developed her magic power to an amazing degree, but I still felt that there was a problem with her magic that it was unstable and something was preventing her from using all her power, with this she had great magic power and increased  With training I have nothing else to give her, I can seriously say that her magical power now is equal to my strength when i first got Bell .” Yuno expression was stiff as he spoke through the magical tool.

"Like her brother, but differently Masaru has a strange thing that affected his magic and I don't know what it is, maybe you should train him, braid man he looks a lot like you, maybe he got better like his sister got better when Yuno trained her" , Yami said looking at Nozel.

Nozel raised his eyebrows in anger and did not respond to Yami, but it seems that someone else shares his doubts about these two brothers, and Yuno words only add to his doubts.
“Thank you for training her, We will not forget you this , we will arrange her return to Clover with you soon,” fuegoleon said before hanging up.
It seems that this call raised many thoughts about these two brothers.

After several days, Masaru and Tetsuo were fighting one of the thieves in the city, they were trying not to use too much force so as not to hurt the people, so they forced him to move the fight to an almost empty yard, but before they attacked ، a strong whirlwind from under that thief came  that threw him high and then threw him to the ground after causing him a lot of wounds, they looked at each other in surprise .

"Looks like you need a lot of training to get stronger" , They looked up at the owner of the voice, Maria was standing on one of the buildings with Asta,
"Maria, you didn't say you'd come back I missed you so much,"  Masaru said , walking toward her and hugging her.
"Brother stop it, it's embarrassing" , Maria tried to push her brother away, and smiled at Tetsuo who was standing behind Masaru.

"Welcome back" , Tetsuo whispered to her.
"Come on, there's no time for this, catch this thief and send him to the castle, Masaru when you're done go see Captain Nozel, he wants you" Asta commanded them.
“Captain Silver Eagle want me” , Masaru thought, trying to figure out why.

Maria returned with Asta to the headquarters of the black bulls, After they handed over the thief, Masaru went to the royal area and went to Silva palace to meet Nozel ، He sighed as he stood at the door and waited for permission to enter, this is the first time he entered this area.

He entered Silva palace as he walked inside and caught his attention a picture of a silver-haired lady hanging on the wall, he felt a warm and familiar feeling for that lady he didn't know what it was, it was the first time he had felt it like that.

"You're late," Nozel voice was heard from behind him.
"Sorry, I was on a mission and didn't meet Captain Asta until a while ago" , Masaru muttered.
“I heard that my sister nominated you to be the vice-captain of black bulls in her stead, you have bypassed too many people to get this position”.
Nozel tone was sharp with him.
Masaru tried to keep his cool, "It wasn't easy and I proved my worth to get this position".
"You'd better keep going like this, this site will keep you busy, now let's get into the important things, about your magic, you have become stronger and more able to control your magic, but there are still problems with your magic and you seem unable to overcome them, and since your magic is a little like  my magic , I was asked to train you, you should be prepared for a lot of hard training” , Nozel was facing his mother picture as he spoke.
Masaru smiled having a captain from a royal family train him personally was more than he could hope for .
"Of course I'll be prepared for this" .

A few weeks later, fuegoleon called an emergency meeting, and Julius was also present, which aroused everyone's curiosity
Yami and mereoleona were standing next to fuegoleon, and the rest were seated around the table.

"After the state of peace that lasted for a long time, Clover relations with many countries improved, especially the countries that lie behind the ocean , Several months ago there was contact between our kingdom and the Kingdom of Cedars , and we started to establish friendship and trade relations between each other, and as a result, the king and his grandson are with some of the dignitaries of that country will visit us  , so we have to prepare well to receive them and show a good face to our country”  , fuegoleon said.

"Where is this country located? It's the first time I've heard of the name of that country" Rill asked.
“in the north of my country, the Land of the Sun , We used to be at war , but it was reconciled several years ago” , Yami replied.

"It's strange why a faraway country would want to have a relationship with ours," Nozel muttered.
"It is not important that we need to have a good relationship with all countries, and there is no need to lose such an opportunity," fuegoleon replied , The meeting ended with some plans for receiving visitors.

Yami and Charlotte came home after the meeting ,Yami was silent all the way until when they entered their house, Yami lay on the sofa and pulled out a cigarette to smoke.

"You seem distracted, what are you thinking?" Charlotte was standing in front of him, crossing her hand over her chest, and looking at him with an angry look at his cigarette.
"Can you excuse me today and let me smoke here, I'm not in the mood to go out on the balcony" ,  Yami said while sitting on the sofa, looking at her, and pulling her by her wrist and sitting her in his lap.

Charlotte sighed and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"What's going on here, sweetheart?"
“Nothing, but all of this brought back old memories to me , I may have left my country at the age of 13, but I remember the state of war we were in with that country and there was Always hatred between us, it is strange that that country suddenly changed and returned to a state of peace” he muttered.  Yami hands were firmly encircling Charlotte waist as he spoke.

“Everyone changes, maybe they are tired and want peace” , Charlotte smiled at him as she takes a cigarette from his mouth and put it out on the ashtray on the table and kissed him, Yami returned the kiss and put her in his arms and brought her close to him .
“What does that mean?” He said as he looked at her, He knows her well, she must mean something else.

"I don't know, but I'm also thinking it's time to rest, maybe I'll retire and leave my place for someone else" ، Charlotte whispered, passing her finger on his arm.
Yami raised an eyebrow and looked at her, "Are you serious?"
She nodded to him as she approached him and wrapped her arms around him and buried her head in his chest, "Yeah, I think we deserve some rest together after those years of work".

Yami smiled and took her in his arms, maybe she was right and it was time for some rest.

To be continued......