Chapter 40

is the 40th Page of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover.

Marie has been kidnapped and Gauche will stop at nothing to bring her back. Will he able to save his little sister alone or Asta's assistance would be vital for the mission's success?

Summary
Rebecca comes to Asta and informs him about her siblings disappearance. Subsequently, the whole town's citizens start waking up and realize that their children are gone. Noelle Silva then comes along as she questions the sudden change of weather and reveals that she saw children left the town towards the mountain area. Afterwards, the Sisters from the church approach them and Sister Theresia who previously took Marie back to the church, informs them that a spell has been cast in which caused the weather to change and controlled the children.

The moment Gauche Adley learns that his sister was also kidnapped, the Black Bull Knight quits his attempt to kill his junior and confronts Sister Theresia whom supposed to take care of her. Fortunately, Asta managed to prevent his senior from harming an elderly woman before forcing Gauche to calm down by hitting him. Subsequently, after he threatened to kill Asta in a calm manner, Gauche remembers about the mirror, which he gave to Marie, that he could use to trace her location. After convincing Rebecca of her siblings' safety, Asta leaves with Gauche and the elderly Sister. Noelle tries to come with them, but Gauche orders her to stay.

Inside the enemy's hideout, within the mountain range, Neige tries to befriend the children whom he controlled with his spell. The mage then realizes that Marie is no longer under his control. He quickly slaps Marie when the latter argues about his view of friendship. At that moment, Niege's older brother immediately apprehend him for his behavior. The said man then uses his magic tool to measure the children's magical power and finds Marco, Rebecca's little brother, to have inadequate magical power and quickly throws him out. He then begins his preparation to extract the children's magical power as the Black Bull Knights and Sister Theresia are coming to rescue them.