Asta/Biography

Asta has been an orphan ever since he, then an infant, was left at the doorstep of a church in Hage, alongside Yuno. Since then, he spent most of his childhood in the said church and growing up alongside Yuno. One day, during their trip home from buying groceries, Asta overheard a couple of villagers coveting the lifestyle of those who live at the Noble region. On this day, Asta learned the discrimination that the people of the Forsaken region received and revealed his intention to be the Magic Emperor for the first time. Sometime later, Asta saw a thug trying to take away Yuno's necklace and immediately stepped in to get his friend's item back. He succeeded on his endeavour but was left with injuries on all over his bodies. Fortunately, the sister of the church managed to help him with her magic.

One day, Asta and Yuno go into the forest of Hage and stand on top of a hill while facing towards the Noble region. Asta then starts talking about their good relationship as a family despite their lack of connection through blood. Yuno agrees to everything that Asta said and asks the reason he brings up the notion. It leads to Asta making another promise with Yuno that they will treat their future comrades as a family just like the way the treat each other. Asta and Yuno also practice their magic from time to time with Asta usually tries to breakthrough Yuno's wind magic attacks. Yuno tries to tell Asta to stop as the latter fails every time. Asta does not want to give up and continue rushing towards Yuno. Finally, at one point, Asta manages to breakthrough Yuno's magic and lands an attack. He then subsequently tells Yuno that his persistence is the source of his success.

Years later, Asta confesses to the Sister who saved his life but is quickly rejected. He keeps insisting even when the said sister forcefully silences him. He finally stops when Yuno interrupts him. After many failed attempts to show his skills while Yuno overshadows him, Asta storms away to train on his own.

A few days later, a grimoire acceptance ceremony is held in a tower near Hage. Asta fails to receive his grimoire and is consulted to try again next year. Later in the evening, Asta can be seen being left in daze after Yuno also brushed off his declaration of rivalry. In the distance, Asta sees that Yuno is in trouble and quickly steps in to save him. However, because of the lack of magical power, Asta is cornered by Lebuty, who is armed with a grimoire. Unable to retaliate, Asta submits as his spirit is shaven off by Lebuty. He manages to regain his will to fight, however, after Yuno reveals his respects of Asta during their time as children. Asta now preparing to fight back, a grimoire suddenly flies towards Asta and gives him a sword. Using his newfound power, Asta defeats Lebuty and reinforce his promise with Yuno.

Six months later, Asta attends the Magic Knights entrance exam, where he meets Yami Sukehiro, Finral Roulakes and Gordon Agrippa for the first time. During the exam, Asta cannot perform any of the tasks given to him, which resulted on his being followed around by a man named Sekke. At the end, during the combat test, Sekke asks that Asta be his partner, which Asta gladly accepts. Sekke then condescendingly reveals his reason behind his choosing Asta for his partner. Nevertheless, Asta quickly defeats him, revealing his intention to become the Magic Emperor.

Unfortunately, because of his use of unfamiliar magic, none of the captains will recruit him. The captain of the Black Bull then steps in to test Asta's determination. Asta manages to impress the said captain as he is offered a place in the squad. He then travels to the squad's headquarters via spatial magic and is introduced to the other members of the squad. One of the members, Magna Swing, decides to give Asta an initiation test to prove his worth for the squad. Asta impresses Magna when he deflects Magna's attack back towards him. Asta then receives his robe while Vanessa Enoteca brands his headband with the squad's insignia.

After the test, while being taken on a tour of the headquarters, Asta meets Noelle Silva, who he finds out is the other new member of the squad. Asta tries to be friendly with her but is quickly dismissed, as she is of royal blood. Later that night, Asta finds Noelle while she is training on her own, but he then witnesses her magic getting out of control. Yami orders Asta to stop her magic while throwing him toward it. Asta manages to save her, quickly shows his admiration over her immense magical power, and encourages her to grow stronger alongside their squadmates, to whom she consented.

During meal time, Asta asks about the duty of a Magic Knight, after which Magna chides him for his ignorance. Later on, Magna reveals to Asta and Noelle that their first mission will be a boar hunting in Sosshi. Asta rejects the mission at first but quickly accepts it, having been threatened by Yami. The three travel to the village on Magna's broom because Asta cannot ride one himself and because Finral is unable to transport them with his magic. Upon arriving, they discover that the village is covered in mist, after which Magna quickly asks Asta to cut a path for them. After reaching the center of the village, they find the villagers are being held hostage by a group of mages led by Heath. Once Magna saves the villagers, Heath launches a second attack, which Asta counters with his sword before confronting Heath for his actions.

Asta begins his assault while trying to find out on Heath's reasoning for his actions. Heath's answers quickly infuriate him, causing Asta to proclaim that he will protect the villagers from him. Heath and his group launch a combination spell that keeps Asta and Magna occupied and unable to protect the villagers. Fortunately, Noelle casts a protection spell that shields all of them from their attacks. Asta quickly dashes towards Heath as soon as he sees an opening, but he fails to give an effective damage because of Heath's having dampened Asta's momentum by freezing his standing ground. He then begins to receive a lot of damage from Heath but still manages to keep standing up. Magna steps out of Noelle's spell and asks Asta to redo their initiation ceremony. Their strategy succeeds, and Asta quickly delivers the final attack and defeats Heath.

Asta faints as soon as Heath is defeated, but he immediately is awoken by an anti-bird that has been following him since the Magic Knights entrance exam. Seeing the anti-bird is carrying a stone that belongs to the village's chief, he tries to have it returned but the villagers decides to give it to him. After that, Asta witnesses as Heath commits suicide to protect his retainer's information, which deeply shocked him. Asta later runs around, the anti-bird constantly attacking him while being followed by Noelle. He then has a chance meeting with Nick, the chief's grandson, to whom he gives words of encouragement.

Having returned to the headquarters, the three report back to Yami, who praises them for their work. Yami then gives them their salary, which quickly excites Asta. Vanessa subsequently offers Asta and Noelle to go on a shopping trip to Kikka. As they arrive, Asta becomes excited with the new experience and wished he could take the Hage villagers with him. After they finish their errands, Vanessa takes both of them to the castle town's black market, where Asta spots Magna at the casino. Additionally, Asta encounters Sekke, who tries to flirt with Vanessa and Noelle. At the same time, a thief snatches an old lady's bag, so Asta quickly chases him and immobilizes him before Sekke delivers the final strike. Unfortunately, Sekke finds himself paralyzed and gives his final words, but Asta quickly stops him and motivates him before Sekke finds out from Vanessa that he is actually fine. Asta returns the bag to the old lady and leaves with his squadmates.

Sometime later, Yami informs Asta and the other Black Bull members about the appearance of a new dungeon, and the Magic Emperor has requested Asta to explore it, Asta quickly being filled with excitement, even though he knows nothing about dungeons. He goes to the dungeon, which is located at the edge of the Kingdom, along with Noelle and Rack Boltia. As they enter, Asta argues with Noelle about the name of the anti-bird. The arguments settles immediately after Rack suggests the name for it. But, because Asta dropped their source of light, they have to walk in the dark before reaching the inside of the dungeon. Asta accidentally activates a trap when whining about his inability to sense mana within the dungeon, but he is able to easily handle it. Asta and Noelle, however, face against numerous other traps, as Rack playfully activates all of them before leaving by himself. Another trap quickly emerges and immobilizes Asta. However, Yuno arrives at the scene and effortlessly saves him.

Asta and Yuno's reunion is quickly being set aside when Yuno's senior, Klaus Lunette, begins a conversation with the Black Bull members where he believes that saving them is unnecessary. Asta and Klaus start a series of arguments with Noelle and her cousin, Mimosa Vermilion, joining them. At the end, Asta is unable to give an answer when Klaus is asking them the whereabout of Rack Boltia and the arguments begins to move towards the reputation of their captains. As the Golden Dawn members leave to conquer the dungeon, Asta and Noelle also begins their search for the center of the dungeon. Noelle starts to question on the methods that they are using as none of them possess a magic that could give them directions. Moments later, Asta sees Nero took off and points them to a tunnel.

They decide to follow Nero's guidance but left stranded in an area with a gravity anomaly where Asta finds a treasure chest with living organs inside it. They continue in their search for the center of the dungeon when Asta suddenly stops after hearing a peculiar noise. Noelle infers that it might be the sound from Rack's fight. Asta quickly suggests that they assist him but Noelle argues by saying that conquering the dungeon is their current priority. However, Asta decides to help Rack and manages to negate a spell that is about to kill the latter. When Lotus asks for Asta's identity, the latter simply says that he is Rack's comrade.

In contrast, Rack refuses Asta's help as he charges towards the opponent. When Lotus is about to counterattack, Asta interferes as he ignores Rack's request because he is his squadmate. Rack finally agrees to fight him together, but the opponent immediately traps them within a shroud of thick smokes. Asta tries to cut the smoke multiple times but quickly grows anxious due to its unlimited amount. As soon as Rack notices something after remarking their opponent's sensory ability, he launches a barrage of lightning-based spell to guide their opponent at certain direction while Noelle is preparing to launch Asta towards him with her spell. Asta then delivers a wide swing at Lotus and the latter remarks that he had never encounter an opponent without magical power.

Lotus then escapes along with his injured subordinates and Asta fails to pursue him. Rack then suggests that they return to the main objective and head to the center of the dungeon. Upon arriving, Asta quickly activates his magic and saves Yuno from an attack. He then starts arguing with Yuno about the latter's circumstances but decides to stop and joins the fight.

The fight begins with Mars creating multiple clone puppets with his magic. While Asta is able to easily destroy the puppet, the rest of the Black Bull and Golden Dawn members are stuck fighting against them. Mars tries to launch another attack after he recreates the sword that was destroyed by Asta, but the latter easily cuts it apart yet again. Asta then quickly dashes towards him and manages to break his armor and blow him away into the surrounding pool. However, Mars quickly prepares his another attack by covering himself with an even larger armor. Mars' attack, through the said armor, is able to give Asta a significant damages but the latter is still able to hold it together while sharing his ambition to protect. Mars tries to ignore him and launches another attack, but Asta manages to break through it and render him unconscious.

After Klaus restrains Mars with his magic, the Clover Kingdom's Magic Knights are finally entering the center of the dungeon with Asta cutting down the door to the treasury. They are immediately in awe with the sight of treasures stored behind the said door. Asta quickly dashes in and starts tinkering with various magic tools within. Until Nero forcefully lead him to a wall with a similar locking mechanism as the treasury door, albeit smaller, attached on it. Nero then starts pecking on his head when Asta expresses his lack of understanding of Nero's hints. Suddenly, Mars barges into the treasury and manages to land a critical damage on Noelle.

As soon as Asta sees it, he immediately charges towards the Diamond Kingdom's mage but is easily overpowered by Mars' new fighting strategy. The latter also manages to send Asta flying through the wall that Nero was showing him. Feeling helpless and unable to find any solutions to counter Mars, Asta sees Nero flying pass him and further into the hidden room behind the wall. When Asta turns his head, he sees Nero landing on top of a sword covered in dirt. Asta quickly grabs the sword and manage to save both Mimosa and Noelle just in time from Mars' incoming attacks.

He then rushes towards Mars and is able to land an attack but Mars' healing spell is preventing Asta from giving him a significant damage. Suddenly, Noelle finally regains her consciousness after Mars attacked her and immediately orders Asta to end the fight. Asta accepts her request and throws a slash to defend himself against Mars' incoming attacks. However, to his surprise, a stream of water is coming out of his sword as he neutralizes Mars' attacks. The stream of water manages to hit Mars but Asta, unfortunately, is unable to completely stops Mars' previous attack as a blade is piercing his stomach. Asta then falls to the ground as he losses his consciousness. After Yuno defeats Mars in an instant afterwards, Asta's newfound sword is suddenly entering his grimoire with unknown writings are appearing on its place.

Subsequently, the dungeon begins to collapse and the fainted Asta is immediately taken by Rack as Yuno prepares a vessel for the to escape. Before he completely losses his consciousness, Asta tries to reason with Klaus on taking Mars with them. Unfortunately, they fail to fulfil Asta's wish and head towards the exit. As soon as they are outside, Asta is taken to a safer place for Mimosa to continue her healing process. The moment Asta awakes, Klaus quickly hugs him alongside Yuno as he acknowledges the two orphans.

After the mission, Asta falls asleep for quite sometime until he awakes and given an order to give his report regarding his report to the Magic Knights headquarters. When he arrives with Noelle, the couple meet with Klaus, Mimosa and Yuno where all of them head to the designated venue together. As they arrive, the five of them are welcomed by the Magic Emperor, Julius Nova Chrono, himself as the latter then examines the magics that Asta and Yuno manage to take from the dungeon. Asta shows the Emperor the writings that appear on his grimoire while also presenting the sword that could be summoned from it. Subsequently, he asks the Emperor about the method they should use to become the Magic Emperor in which the latter gives them an interesting answer.

Asta, along with the others, are then invited by Julius to attend an awarding ceremony that honors Magic Knights with the most results. As soon as the ceremony ends, Asta then attends a banquet in which he quickly enjoys the fine dishes served while ignoring the scrutiny by the honorary Magic Knights. However, once those Knights start insulting Klaus, Yuno and Mimosa, Asta begins to lose his composure. The latter reaches boiling point when Noelle is humiliated by her own siblings in which he then declares that he will silence all of them by becoming the Magic Emperor.