Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony

Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony is an event where 15-year-olds from Hage and surrounding area receive their grimoire for the first time.

Prologue
One day, Asta tries to propose to the sister of the church in Hage and he is yet again being rejected by her. His constant approach towards the sister strikes a conversation between him and the other orphans of the church. One of them, Yuno, explains to him several reasons that implies Asta's constant approach is simply annoying.

The conversations then move towards the difference in talent between Asta and the more talented Yuno with the former is convinced that once he received the greatest grimoire during the ceremony, he could join the Magic Knights and becomes the Magic Emperor. One of the orphans, Nash, argues that only people with high social standings could achieve such dreams and completely denies Asta of any chance for a counterargument.

Asta then storms away while vowing to prove Nash otherwise. The sister was worried at one point but Yuno quickly calms her down.

Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony
Sometime later, around March, Asta and Yuno turn 15 years old and are eligible for receiving their grimoires. The two of them, along with the other tenants of the church, go to the tower where the acceptance ceremony is held. Once a crowd of 15-year-olds have gathered, the master of the grimoire tower begins his speech regarding his desire for at least one of the mage who is attending the ceremony to enter the ranks of the Magic Knights.

As soon as he finished, the ceremony begins with various grimoires from the library begin to glow and fly towards their respective users. While the attendees begin to compare their new grimoire with each other, Asta suddenly complains that none of the grimoires are coming towards him. Seeing this, the master of the tower simply asks him to try again in the following year. As the other attendees start laughing at him, a bring glow is emitting from Yuno's direction as he receives his grimoire. Everyone then realizes that Yuno has just received a grimoire with a four-leaf clover insignia. While all of the attendees are still astonished by it, Yuno declares his intention on becoming a Magic Emperor in which followed by a loud cheer from everyone.

Seeing Yuno's achievement, Asta quickly approaches him and declares a rivalry against him. Unfortunately, Yuno coldly brushes him off and leaves.

Epilogue
Asta is left in daze after the whole event, as he is hanging on a tree near the tower. While trying to comfort himself, he notices Yuno near the gate to the tower being ambushed by someone. The said person introduces himself as Lebuty, a former Magic Knight who would like to sell Yuno's grimoire in the black market for money. Seeing his friend in trouble, Asta quickly comes in to help him and starts a fight against the former Magic Knight. Unfortunately, Asta is not strong enough to fight him whom is armed with a grimoire.

Lebuty then tries to bring Asta's morale down by inducing him with a few negative thoughts. However, Yuno's interference by acknowledging that Asta is his rival manages to bring Asta's confident back as the latter is ready for another fight. At that moment, a grimoire suddenly comes out of the wall of the grimoire tower and summons a sword for Asta. Lebuty realizes that the grimoire has a five-leaf clover insignia on it and tries to stop it from giving him a disadvantage. However, Asta manages to use the sword to defeat Lebuty by sending him flying towards the wall.