Asta's Adventure

Looking at Solid, Noelle quickly rushed to him, checking his pulse. After feeling it, she sighed in relief, but then she was covered in a cold sweat again.

"What should I do when Solid wakes up? Words won't be enough, and it'll go much further. I can't rely on anyone from the Nebra family. They'll be on Solid's side and join him. Nozel could say even worse things to me than before and get even angrier," she said to herself, and tears started gathering in the corners of her eyes. She didn't know what to do and began panicking when suddenly, Asta's offer came to mind.

"Do you want to join us?"

She quickly weighed the pros and cons, and all she saw was despair. Her family didn't accept her, and they might even be glad if she left. After considering everything, she quickly went to her room, gathered what she needed, especially money, and hurried to find Asta.

On her way, her anxiety grew stronger. She became more and more worried about what would happen if she didn't escape and increased her pace. Even though she wasn't particularly fit, fear drove her to run faster. After a while and searching through the city, she found the hotel Asta had mentioned. Opening the door, she saw the receptionist, to whom she quickly approached.

Seeing a girl from the Silva family in noble attire coming toward her, the receptionist froze, afraid to make any mistake. At that moment, Noelle asked:

"Hello, do you have a room reserved under the names Asta and David?"

Hearing the question, the receptionist quickly replied:

"Y-yes, they are currently in their rooms. Did they do something to offend you, Miss?"

"What? No, I want to meet them. Which room are they in?"

"Asta is in room 214, and Mr. David..." the receptionist began, but Noelle had already rushed off, calling out,

"Thank you very much!"

She ran up the stairs and down the corridor, and eventually found the desired room. Breathing heavily from exhaustion, she knocked on the door.

After a few seconds, the door opened, and Asta stood there, looking at Noelle in surprise.

"Noelle, what happened? Why are you here, and why do you look so tired?"

"About that..." she said, still panting. "I'm ready to go with you and want to join you. I just came from home. So, shall we go?"

Her voice was hurried.

"Umm... We were planning to leave tomorrow," Asta replied.

Hearing this, Noelle shakily said,

"C-can we go today?"

Looking at her, Asta understood something wasn't right, but he still nodded:

"We can, but we need to tell David first."

Approaching David's door and knocking, they heard footsteps, and soon the door opened. David stepped out.

"What's going on, Asta?" he asked. Noticing Noelle, he also greeted her. "Hi, Noelle!"

"Anyway, David, let's go to that city by the beach you mentioned," Asta said.

Hearing this, David looked at Asta in confusion.

"Why so suddenly?"

"Noelle joined us, and she asked if we could leave now."

Looking at Noelle as if analyzing her, David nodded.

"Alright, we were already prepared, so we can leave anytime."

Upon hearing this, Noelle's face lit up with happiness, and she said,

"Mm-hmm."