The Very Best Of The Very Worst

Page 14. Light Magic Vs. Dark Magic

Asta looked down at Theresa, who was bleeding out.

Asta:"Come on, Sister... Stay with us!"

Neige was on the floor writhing in pain while Gauche began to crawl forward.

Gauche:"Old hag, wake up! You can't die on me! If you keeled over now, Marie would be sad! And I... wouldn't be too happy about it either."

Theresa:"Take... take care of them... the children... It's always the same. No matter who wins on the battlefield, it's the weak who pay the greatest price. Children are innocent, untouched by sin. They were the ones I wanted to protect. And so I left the battlefield behind and devoted myself to the church."

She coughed up blood as Asta called out to her.

Licht:"What kind of nonsense is that?"

The blades of light lodged in Sister Theresa dissipated as Licht literally looked down on us.

Licht:"No one is pure. You're all tainted by sin from the moment of your birth."

Asta:"You're insane!"

I growled at him as Asta pulled out both of his swords from his grimoire. I got in a fighting stance as Licht began crying. He held onto Sally and looked down at her.

Licht:"Just look at you, Sally. Poor thing. They've hurt you so badly."

Sally:"I tried, Master."

Licht:"You did well, but now it's time for you to rest. Valtos."

Valtos:"Yes, sir."

The spatial magic user created a portal, and Licht gently held her over it as the portal began to gently pull her in.

Sally:"Bye Asta, catch ya later."

She then turned her attention towards me.

Sally:"Bye-bye (Y/n)! Don't forget, precious, you belong to me."

Please just leave me alone!

Valtos:"I'm to blame for this. I shouldn't have sent her here by herself. This outcome was... unexpected."

Licht:"You needn't feel responsible for what happened. We all know how they act. No doubt they resorted to underhanded tactics."

"You're saying that about US?! After what that psycho did to those kids?!"

Licht:"You know, the sister was wrong before. It isn't the weak who pay. Not at all. It is the strong who have been victimized. Envied. Feared. Discriminated against. Persecuted. And stolen from."

Asta: What's he talking about? That's crazy!

Licht:"For its crimes, the Clover Kingdom cannot be forgiven! Instead, we will destroy you as you so richly deserve! And build a nation of our own!"

Above us, there were dozens upon dozens of light blades.

Asta:"Where do you get off acting like we're the bad guys here?! You and your group of psychos started all this! You jerk!"

In an instant, one of the many blades was lodged into Asta's right thigh.

"Asta!"

Licht:"I refuse to listen to that kind of filth!"

Asta was gritting his teeth in pain as I flipped through my grimoire to find a spell that could help me.

Licht:"It's painful, really. Seeing someone as disgusting as you with that grimoire."

Asta: My grimoire? Never mind! I need to stay focused on his attacks! They come so fast I can't even see them! What do I do? The only thing I can do is use my sword to block any fatal blows.