Astelle

Astelle is the het ship between Asta and Noelle Silva from the Black Clover fandom.

Canon
Noelle first sees Asta when he passes his initiation test, watching him from atop the Black Bull hideout. She first encounters him while Magna is showing him around. She initially despises him because of his low social status and brash personality. However, Asta is able to save her from losing control of her spell and proceeds to compliment how incredible her powers are, this coming after years of abuse from her siblings for not being able to control her abilities, and decides to befriend him. She still retains a sense of superiority over Asta because of her status as royalty, but nonetheless comes to enjoy his company.

As the story progresses she develops strong romantic feelings for Asta, but is reluctant to express them. These feelings first manifested after she sees Asta fighting for the first time on their first mission together at Sosshi village where he defeats Heath Grice. Her feelings develop to a point where she goes as far as to tail Asta in the shadows when he goes to a mixer with both Luck and Finral. And has shown signs of extreme jealousy when other women, such as Mimosa, Rebecca, and Kahono also show an interest in him. Her desire for Asta leads her to believe that she is the special person in Asta's life when Rebecca asks him if he had anyone special and he is unable to say who it is and is only able to answer yes, not knowing he was thinking of Sister Lily.

She cares for Asta deeply and becomes extremely worried when he has been seriously injured in a fight and was notably in great distress when he was kidnapped by the Eye of the Midnight Sun, but will often pretend that she is not concerned when she discovers he is fine. Her care for Asta is such that she is willing to travel to the Witches' Forest to negotiate with the Witch Queen in order to fix Asta's arms after Vetto had put a hex on them. She tends to give Asta a drink whenever he struggles to swallow his food and offers to feed him when he cannot use his arms, becoming annoyed when Asta obliviously opts to use his feet instead. She tries to comfort Asta when he is upset about the results of the Royal Knights Selection Exam, whilst also stopping Luck from his usual insistence on a fight.

Asta's aid in getting her to control her powers means a lot to Noelle, and she often thinks of him when she wants to focus her power. He has been by her side to help her train, and motivates her to become stronger. Although she often might deny his significance to her, in reality, she finds him irreplaceable. Because she is in denial about her true feelings for Asta, she has the habit of blasting water at him and sending him flying away whenever a situation with him gets her flustered or nervous; however, she often feels regret after doing so and will try to find him afterwards. At one point she tells Asta that he is the only peasant that she has ever acknowledged. She has become a close friend of Asta and enjoys spending time with him and has somewhat become his main partner on missions.

On the other hand, Asta values Noelle greatly and sees her as a close friend and an incredible person. Although he is completely oblivious to her feelings for him, as he is with most women. He once said that he likes Noelle a lot after he sees her care for a lost child and proclaims that the Star Awards Festival should be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of social standing, causing Noelle to blush and attack him. His care for Noelle is such that he will not stand for insults levied against her, even from the higher nobility or her own family, getting into a fight with Solid for what he said, demanding he apologize to her. His belief in Noelle is absolute and he has never doubted her capabilities in battle, putting his faith in her numerous times.

When Asta came to her aide in saving Lolopechka in her final showdown against Megicula, Noelle finally admits to herself that she likes Asta.

Fanon
Astelle is one of the most popular Black Clover ships. It is mainly rivaled by Mimosta and YunoAsu, as well as some smaller ships. Currently Astelle has 130+ fanfictions on Ao3.

People began shipping Astelle from their very first interactions. Later on in the series, Noelle develops romantic feelings for Asta, which further fueled the ship.

Fandom
FAN FICTION