BLACK CLOVER: Through the Looking Glass

A/N: Canon Divergence (Massive and permanent on one instance)

As soon as the beam of light collided with Licht, his body fell down on the ground like a kite that was cut off from his thread and fell on the ground with a thud in front of them.

"Huh, attacking the bean pole with his own attack. Nice one kid." Yami said as he patted the back of Gauche.

"Argh…I did what that idiot told me to." Gauch replied rubbing his shoulder in a grimace.

'Ho…so Mr. Creepy was actually doing something behind the shadows.' He thought sarcastically when he realized something did not add up. The attacks that Asta and he faced. Even though they indeed fought tooth and nail, there were times when attacks that were supposed to be devastating or life-threatening missed them by hair's length, or their enemies hesitated to attack when the opportunity was given.

Not to mention, they could have been way more deadly if Licht had shot his speedy projectile through unpredictable angles from the portals of Valtos but they did not do so.

Almost as if somebody…was influencing them.

'Well…it seems Mr. Creepy was doing something. As a reward, I will increase his monthly pay by whole 100 Yuls.'

Yami thought generously as he moved forward towards the fallen pair with Asta, Gauche, and Finral.

"So bean pole and scrawny-faced guy, what did you said?

Kill people in the Clover Kingdom.

Bring people to justice.

Kill me and take this muscle-headed freak" Yami said with a sh*t eating grin looking at them.

"Umm…Captain Yami…I don't think we should say anything before tying him up otherwise he would kill us all." Finral said at which Yami snapped his head to him that according to Finral's perspective looked to belong to a devil.

"Eeep!" He yelped in surprise.

"You are right." But Yami replied in a manner that took Finral completely by surprise.

Before Finral could mouth any words, Yami turned to the pair, and tendrils made of darkness wrapped the pair.

"I know you can't hear me, or maybe you can hear me and I don't know, but I will be taking both of you to the Magic Knight Headquarter-"

*ZOOM*

*THWACK*

Yami's words died in his throat as he felt the change in the mana in the air. Immediately with a characteristic sound, the portal opened over Licht, who suddenly opened his eyes.

Clearly, he was wide awake when all of this happened.

'How is it possible that he created a portal? That scrawny-looking guy's ki tells for sure that he is sleeping, unlike the beanpole's that looks like it all jumbled up.' Yami thought looking at Valtos who was knocked out cold lying in a corner all tied up and then shifted his attention to the people who appeared out of the portal.

'So much mana. It is more than 2 times what that light magic person has.' Finral thought with sweat drenching his forehead.

As for Asta, even if he could not feel mana, sensing the shift in atmosphere tensed up, keeping his eyes still on the people who appeared from the portal.

3 people.

3 people appeared.

2 male and 1 female.

The girl had pink hair and looked with wide-open eyes that could make any person feel a chill on their spine. She had a similar face marking that Licht had and a red salamander perched on her shoulder.

The curious thing about her was the grimoire that she had, which looked similar to what Mars had, just inverse in color scheme.

First among males was a person full of muscles that looked more animal than a human. He was covered in blonde fur all over his body and had long blonde hair. His nails looked like a claw, and teeth like a saw made to tear bones.

His eyes showed nothing but pure hatred and malice for the people in front of him.

The second and last male was a person who looked the most average person in the world. He had messy black hair on his bored face. He was covered in a robe from neck to toe. Like all of the others, he also had face markings.

"He…he *COUGH* *COUGH*" Licht tried to laugh only to break into a fit of cough which attracted the attention of everyone in the room, especially the three people whose emotions turned into even more hate.

"What are you laughing for Bean Pole?"

"I am *COUGH* not laughing…I am reli-*COUGH*-ved."

"Relieved of what? Your bladder pressure?

That is not something to laugh about you freak." Yami spoke at which Licht just gave him a meaningful smile that rubbed Yami the wrong way.

"These three. These three are stronger than me."

"What?!" Finral laughed at the absurdity of the statement.

While his mind…

'There is no way that it is possible. How can it be?'

…was desperately trying to not believe whatever Licht spoke.

"Eh! These three are stronger than you? Aren't we totally cooked!" Asta voiced their internal thoughts hearing which the grin of furry's face widened while.

"Haha…you are right." Licht replied with the same amused smile on his face.

"Licht don't move. I will heal you first." The crazy girl said as she moved her grimoire in front of the Licht and whispered.

"Flame Recovery Magic: Phoenix Robe"

Immediately the figure of Licht was set ablaze and his injuries were healed in front of the eyes as if they were never there.

Seeing this display, Yami thought.

'This flame recovery magic seems the same as Mr. Creepy's, and he got it from that Diamond Kingdom man. From that sh*t-flower's confession, they conducted experiments on kids.

Is she also from Diamond Kingdom?

Her grimoire fits the description.

Are these rest from Diamond Kingdom too?

It will make sense for it to be. Instead of a frontal assault, they tried to attack us from the inside this time. But why does that Licht person feel familiar, as if I had met him before? Fought him before.' With the suspicion in his mind, Yami steeled himself

"Licht, which one of them hurt you?" The bored person asked.

"It might be that foreigner insect. The rest of them are just pathetic insects." Furry replied.

"You hurt Licht. I will kill you." The crazy woman said with her eyes that seemingly tried to bore through the thick skin of Yami.

"Well, it is not very nice of you to say that. This is the reason no one will love you." Yami being himself did not take the jab lying down.

This only served to ruffle the feathers of the crazy woman.

"Captain Yami, you should not say things like this. She will become angry." Finral said shivering at her eyes to which Asta nodded as well.

"He is right. She is nothing in front of my Marie." Gauche ever the weird brother said in affirmation to Yami.

"We will see if you are able to joke when we are done with you. But before that, introductions are in order." Licht said stopping them from continuing their conversation.

Then he continued speaking.

"Just as the name suggests, your kingdom takes the clover as its symbol.

Within the clover's leaves are pleasant words that do not suit you.

Namely: faith, hope, and love.

I've given them names that mean the opposite of those.

With a name meaning the opposite of faith, Rhya the Disloyal."

He said introducing the average-looking man who waved his hand with minimal movement and said, "Hello. I am Rhya the Disloyal."

"With a name meaning the opposite of hope, Vetto the Despair."

"I will remove your limbs like wings from an insect and rip your flesh from bones." The furry man named Vetto spoke.

"And with a name meaning the opposite of love, Fana the Hateful."

"I will kill those who have hurt Licht. I will kill you." The crazy girl said as the salamander by her shoulder blew a small puff of fire.

'She also has Fire Spirit by her side. Like when we didn't have enough problems.' Yami thought as he felt the unfairness of the situation.

Seeing himself outnumbered and probably outmatched, he turned to Asta and others said, "Kid ta-"

"Halt!"

But he was stopped from speaking by a voice that resounded all over the cave. This caused not only the Black Bulls but also the members of Eye of Midnight Sun to turn their heads at the figure that had just appeared.

A man who looked to be in his 40s. He had brown hair that was slicked back with hints of grey on it. He also had a perfectly groomed bear that was all white. The body looked fit with hints of muscles underneath the cloth. He had piercing green eyes.

As for the rest of his clothes, they looked like something a noble would wear.

The curious thing about him was a robe that was pitch black color with hints of grey on it. On the back of the robe was a giant symbol of a three-leaf clover. On his waist was a satchel that was actually his grimoire.

It was made of wood that appeared to be a grimoire and had a small straw doll stitched on it. Almost like a voodoo doll on a wooden coffin.

"Who are you to order us, you pest?!" Vetto sneered when the man only smirked and said back with a straw doll floating in front of him.

"Someone who has the life of your dear friend in control."

As he uttered this, the Third Eye turned to Licht who was floating in the air with an expression of panic on his face while his body remained absolutely still. As if he was strapped to a table in mid-air.

Seeing this expression, his friend's emotion turned more to hate which they directed to the new person. Vetto himself was just about to lunge and rip the new person when the stranger spoke.

"His life is bound to me."

As this sound fell, Rhya stepped forward and stopped Vetto and Fana from doing anything and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"Exactly as I said. I am Lufelt Forest, from the Order of Phoenix, and a user of Voodoo Magic.

I have used my Voodoo Magic to link your friend's life with mine.

Pull my hair, you pull his too."

"Mmm!!"

"Stab me in hand, you stab him too."

"Mrrr!!"

"And kill me-"

"STOP!!!"

Rhya shouted for the first time seeing that the dagger in Lufelt's hand was soaked in blood that he had stabbed in his hand, the same hand where Licht was bleeding from too.

It did not need a whole lot more convincing for him to believe Lufelt.

"Licht!"

Fana immediately cried as he used her magic on Licht's hand that was bleeding unnaturally. But then, the wound on Lufelt's hand healed as well.

"Thanks, darlin' for the healing." Lufelt said with a smirk on his face as he moved his now-healed hand in front of their face for them to see.

"You coward human! Fight me like a man and stop using these cheap tricks!" Vetto bellowed in an enraged tone, but Lufelt was not affected by this as he kept looking at Rhya.

"What do you want?" Rhya asked in his boring tone.

"A fine cup of tea, vanilla & chocolate cookies, and a small helping of dessert prepared and served to me by Mereoleona Vermillion with a smile on her face.

But for now, I will settle for seeing you and your friends behind bars. Preferably alive. Not necessarily." Lufelt said as he moved his arms in an uncomfortable position which seemed to cause pain to Licht if his expression was anything to go by.

"Sorry, but we can't do that." Rhya replied glancing between everyone present in his group seeing he was the only one capable of moving and had rationality.

"That is such a shame because you will have to do just that unless you want fantastic four to turn into a terrible threesome. You don't want that, do you?" Lufelt said as he walked forward causing Rhya and Vetto to tense and Fana kept her attention on her group to heal in case of the smallest of injuries.

"Who ar-mmph" Asta was about to ask but was muffled by the hand of Yami clasped over his mouth, who turned to him and shook his head, his eyes settled on Lufelt who kept on walking towards the enemies like he was on a nightly stroll.

"You do know you will eventually run out of magic and then we will kill you, right?" Vetto asked baring his teeth at Lufelt who remained unfazed by it.

"When I run out of magic, I will automatically die before it and your friend will too.

You can enlist the help of your friend with lines on his face, but he is out cold to use any magic. So, unless you yourself can somehow use teleportation magic to go more than 20km away from her, I think you are going to do exactly as I said."

"Actually…" Rhya said with a bored look as Vetto smiled triumphantly when…

…all of them teleported.

*ROAR*

*BOOM*

A faint sound of an explosion that seemed to be coming from miles away was heard in the room.

"Awwman! We almost had that bean pole." Asta

"We did not, you fool." Gauche said with a pissed-off face.

"Tone it down here." Yami said in an annoyed tone before looking at Lufelt and asked bringing an unlit cigarette to his mouth, "Did you get them Mr. Creepy?"

At this, Lufelt smiled and…

*SHATTER*

…Wilhelm appeared in place of him.

"Wilhelm?!" Trio of Finral, Gauche, and Asta said in unison with surprise.

Ignoring their surprise, Wilhelm showed Yami his grimoire which had a portion depicting Fire and Mineral more defined. There was another portion on the cover that appeared to be a page that claw had been torn by the claw of a rabid beast. There was also a b

"Killed the beauty and the beast, but the beast managed to tank a good part of the explosion, but the rest two did get injured pretty badly. They will survive, or they won't.

Only time will tell."

"Wait, how did you…" Finral's voice trailed off, which Wilhelm picked up.

"I created an illusion and helped you all between the fight, and using this here…" Wilhelm patted the musket on his back as others glanced at it too.

"…I dealt with Valtos. Then I created an illusion of a person named Lufelt who used "Voodoo Magic" which was essentially me using my Illusion stare to entrap Licht and cover his body with a layer of illusion to show pain on his face, while I acted to hurt myself.

I then suggested them the way to escape was to teleport. Rhya did create a portal, but I created a portal over his and sent him to a closed-off bunker with the 'Lion of Lightning' spell fully formed there. As soon as the portal closed, I blasted them with it. Vetto realized something was wrong due to his animalistic instincts. Rhya did too but a bit later as he created the portal.

And this is the story of 'How a great handsome mage who should be paid a whole lot more than he actually is managed to save you all'."

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Volume 1 ends with canon divergence.

See you at the beginning of March.

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