Snowy Pursuit 「雪上の追跡 Setsujō no Tsuigeki」 is the 40th Page of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover.
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 one of them 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 the sister 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 sibling's safety, Asta leaves with Gauche and the 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 the sister are coming to rescue them.
Magic and Spells used
| Magic | Spells |
References
| Arc 3 | Arc 4 | Arc 5 |
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| 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 Volumes: 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
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| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 Chapters: III | IV | ||