" Jeez....... " a silver haired male sighed, as he exhaled, which his breath was able to be seen as if he were in a frozen tundra. " I leave the Capital once and the whole place just so happens to get over run" he said as he sat inside a frozen bar with a glass in his hand: he wore a black suit vest , a white under shirt with no sleeves with a blue tie, alongside black dress pants and black dress shoes. " K-Kiji" a female beside sneezed which he sighed once more " I gave you permission to use my actual name: Strider please " he told her as she nodded softly. This female had a rather delicate body and mystical long white hair with a teal accent reminiscent of the night sky, truly any man would be captivated by her appearance alone, within any clothing she would still be a stunning beauty: although on the topic of clothing, the only ' clothes ' around her body was a brown fur coat.

"Forgive me for my rudeness....Strider..." She spoke slowly as she looked at Strider " Hm? " Strider replied " C-Could you at least warn me before you start to freeze your surroundings you know my body can't handle the cold for too long " She said and Strider sighed " Sorry, but these thugs in here would've tried to kill you " Strider said as he suddenly swopped her out her chair and carried her bridal style out of the bar " It's about time we head back to the Capital anyways " Strider replied as he walked out the bar carrying the woman with him " Aello, its time you get to meet my family " Strider told her as she; Aello simply starred at him as she laid in his arms and nodded softly.

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It was a rough two days after the assault upon the capital, the reconstruction of the town had just begun, Fuegoleon had been given a room in the medical ward until he woke from his incapacitation, Leopold recovered and was training non-stop in Crimson Lions base, had been saved by the Wizard King himself, while everyone else went to strengthen their skills.

Asta had been walking through the Capital with Noelle, both just leaving a small confrontation with Yuno, Mimosa,and Klaus. Now heading to leave, they bumped into someone rather familiar

" Oi, Bosa-Senpai! " Asta had smiled and looked up at Robert, the Crimson Lion's tactician had been standing by a food stand for some reason buying churros. " Oh, Basta what brings you along?" Robert replied as he held his began of goodies " Oh just heading back to the Bulls base " Asta grinned " Basta? " Noelle questioned Robert " He is apart of the Black Bulls, so I call him Basta " Robert explained and Noelle just blinked " How about you Silva? I heard your siblings are treating a bit more fair, yes?" Robert looked down towards Noelle " Actually yes, though it'll take some getting used to...and we have to build a new relationship, but I think we'll manage " Noelle smiled to which Robert nodded before looking behind him " Huh, Bosa-Senpai?" Asta blinked and Noelle starred curious " Ah, mi amigo has come back from his trip " Robert smiled as he saw Strider walking up the road, his fur coat draped over his shoulders " Yo " Strider saluted as he walked over to the group " Basta, Silva, meet the chef of the Crimson Lion: Aokiji. Or you may call him Strider Wolf, if he lets you that is" Robert chuckled before Strider just waved him off " They can call me whatever they'd like; more important where is our cap?" Strider asked as Robert had placed a churros in his mouth similar to holding a cigar in one's mouth and answered " He's in the medical ward waiting for King Captain to wake up. " He replied " Waitwaitwaitwait! You have two captains?!" Noelle had to pause them while Strider looked at Robert who chuckled and nudged him to explain " Well you already know about our squads members magic rankings, but since our squad has become rather larger I had proposed an idea to King Captain: there are the basic members then the vice captain, but there are three ' advisors ' that take the vice captains place in handing out missions and taking small groups on said missions, I and Robert are one of them, Kagura is the other but he is OUR captain, so we take orders from him as do the others while he takes orders from the vice-captain who takes orders from king Cap Fuegoleon " Strider looked at the two " Just how big have the Crimson Lions gotten?" Noelle blinked " Very Very much larger " Strider emphasized the ' very '. He then began to walk past Robert " I'll catch you later then Rob " he said giving off a small salute as he did, placing a hand in his left pocket shortly afterwards. " Well Kiddos, I'll be leaving you two, have a safe journey home, and don't try to cause too much trouble " Robert grinned as he walked away heading off back to his own base where the Crimson Lions were stationed.

" You always were so caring and worried..." Nebra whispered as she placed a blanket over Kagura's shoulders. They were within the medical ward, specifically in Fuegoleon's room. Kagura was seated in a chair, with his head laying on Fuegoleon's bed resting by his older brother's hand. Nebra had sighed softly out of her other two siblings she knew Kagura better than the others, she knew just how much he cared for his family and how he try his best just to protect him. " Am I interrupting something? " Nebra quickly turned head to the door seeing Strider leaning against the door frame " Ever heard of knocking?" She glared, and Strider blinked twice in a rather deadpanned expression before knocking twice on the opened door " Knock Knock " He replied just to annoy the Silva causing her just narrow her eyes, glaring more towards him" Relax I only came to check on those two" he pointed towards Fuegoleon and Kagura " They're both fine..." Nebra's glare sharpened " What's with the hostility? " Strider sighed which Nebra began listing several things " Lets start from the beginning; You've been gone for a whole month even though you weren't permitted to leave the capital, your such a lazy bastard, you never show up when your need, speaking of which where were you when the capital was attacked?!" Nebra gritted her teeth a added " Probably sleeping with another ra-" Her eyes widened feeling a cold wind graze her cheek " Watch your tongue......" Strider starred at her " She wasn't a rat.....she had life issues she couldn't resolve..." he told her before both heard something fall and shatter followed by a light squeak. When Nebra looked back she saw Aello by the door trying to clean up the broken shards of vase " Who is she.....and why is she....naked?.......don't answer that actually, I can figure you wouldn't want anyone to know anyways with how secret you are with YOUR women" Nebra scoffed and Aello flinched as she looked down " D-Did I do something wrong?" She asked rather quietly which Strider looked back at her " No you haven't, she's just judging due to my past mistakes she can't get past...." Strider reverted his eyes back at Nebra " Her name is Aello, and she is a naga, that's why she's naked. Transitioning between snake and human appearances doesn't really allow clothing to come with, nonetheless I was actually coming to ask for your help with finding suitable clothing for her " Strider placed his hands into his pockets " And What makes you think I'd listen to you?" Nebra crossed her arms " Don't forget that we're related: cousins in fact, besides you owe me the favor remember " Strider has smirked just a tad bit which Nebra gritted her teeth and looked to the side " fine " Strider turned around " See you two around then " Strider have a slight salute as Aello blinked " W-Wai-" " Ahahahahahahah" Strider put a finger on Aello's lips as he spoke " You need a woman to help you with womanly things, now go enjoy yourselves, I'm going to go take a nap " Strider yawned as he suddenly turned to a pull of water " Curses......I hate him so much...." Nebra gritted her teeth as she starred at Aello who was starring at the floor ' Well......I guess I'm gonna have to baby sit.......great '

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" We have some disturbing matters to attend to Robert...."

" Indeed, I highly doubt we'd be able to capture such a threat alone, hm what about some extra help from the Bulls? ...Strider "

" Seems the best course of action for where we're headed....."

" Baron Nova....hehe, I'm hoping this proves to be an interesting encounter "