Zeeta and the Wizarding World
Treasure for the Future

[Merynda POV.]

"My life has always shimmered with the presence of my father's crystal. Not only houses, our most financial resources are obtained from selling crystals. Although not only nobles who buy it, but they are the ones who dominate.

"There is a special reason why they do not buy crystals from mining products. According to their reviews, father's crystal is useful not only as an accessory, but as a building material, magic tools, household furniture, even knick-knacks in the house such as cabinets can be created. They say, this makes their expenditure so much more efficient than the crystal of the mooring that must be carved in advance— which requires additional money.

"I myself have never seen how you created such a crystal, but you always taught me to clean it.

"My mother is a person with water magic attributes. The beauty of the magic results of both my parents is very pampering the eyes. My mother is not the type of person who wants to go straight to the field. He often taught me about the ethics of a nobleman, manners, and other things related to nobility.

"But I am not a noble like my friends who are good at talking, dress up pretty, and always try to smile at any time. Maybe, because of this I don't have many noble friends either. After all, if I had, they would be very troublesome. The one in their heads was the type that was like 'I am a noble, you have to follow what I said!'

"Rather than thinking about friends, I think more about how I can be as cool as Dad. My father was also a Count and he was very trusted by the people of the Eastern Region. I have great respect for my father!

"But .. the way my life's view of nobility has changed since I learned of Zeeta, Lord of the Twenty-First Daughters, who was taken hostage by one of the main nobles, Rowing. When I saw him clean up, to save us his people from the meteor attack from the Giant, I somehow feared him.

"In the beginning, I was afraid because of his immense strength. The meteor that could have wiped out the entire Aurora, he could have destroyed it with the blink of an eye. But over time, the fear slowly turned into hatred .. caused by one of the Elves, Morgan, who managed to extract my head.

"After that, I got to know more and learned a lot not only from Zeeta, but her friends as well. They are Azure's brother, Danny, and Gerda. While the four of us were trying to catch up with Zeeta's strength by training with Yggdrasil's Spirit, we tied the tight knot. I also felt a strong desire from the three of them to be able to stand on par with Zeeta and fight together.

"*Danny is so full of fire, Gerda has a storm of wind, and Azure's sister has a storm of darkness. Spending time with them made me realize, friendship is a good thing, which can make my days feel good even though there is a fight in it.

"I can also decide to make Zeeta my rival, because if it wasn't me who would be a fellow noble, she would definitely be the eighth and unable to do anything about it! I acknowledge his extraordinary powers and am determined to protect those who want to protect Zeeta*!

"Because .. I know....

"Zeeta's smile is painted, only if there are people around her smiling without burden....

"But why ... why did I fail before I could....?"

......................

'BLARR!'

Thunder shook the Earth, the rain faked a cry on the cheek of a blonde-haired girl, whose head was lowered. Slowly, he closed the eyes of his two friends who did not reflect any more light, or even exhaled. He did not believe what he was witnessing at the moment. He does not believe that his friend who is always ambitious wants to immediately pursue Zeeta and present with him jutsru killed first.

In fact, he had thought that this was all his fault. This was his fault for not being able to use teleportation magic or similar magic that did not force him to wait for someone to move them. He was a noble, so he had his responsibilities. For the first time ... Mellynda knows how heavy a Zeeta Aurora is.

"PEACEFULNESS!" the blond little girl's green eyes let out veins and reddened. The cry that was covered by the rain kept flashing down her cheeks.

"WHAT USE!

"What's the point if I train all this time without being able to protect the people close to me?!

"What good would it be if I became a member of the Crescent Void if I fail to protect the people of Aurora?! What good is it for me to be born a noble if it's useless like this...."

Mellynda did not move after that and just stared blankly at her two friends. His previously tremored hand, started to not show his strength.

"Melly.." - Marcus said. He then saw Colette walking over to Mellynda clenching her hands. "Co-colette?!"

Colette stopped next to Mellynda. "Hey," he called out without a tone of sympathy. Mellynda did not respond, making him grit his teeth, then immediately slapped the little girl's left cheek to make him fall down.

"W-what are you doing?!" exclaimed Mellynda, who was annoyed at her making.

Colette pulled Mellynda's collar with her right hand. "If you have time to grieve, or regret your worthless self, use that time to protect Aurora, and do not waste their deaths doing nothing!

"We are the Crescent Void, which has been chosen by many magical beings, has even been acknowledged and trained by the Spirit of Yggdrasil! It is true that we have different statuses, but I know that you also have noble goals for the sake of this princess and her two friends!

Colette's straight look in Mellynda's eyes made the noble feel solemnity in his sentence. Mellynda then grinned. He realized that he still had some business to do and finished this battle and returned to Aurora safely.

Marcus walked up to the two, then asked with a smile, "It seems like you're feeling better, don't you, Dik Melly?"

"Of course," Mellynda replied, "we can't let the two continue like this." He made a floating concave crystal to shade the bodies of his two friends. "Let's get this over with! Whatever your orders, I'll answer, Captain!"

Marcus nodded. "As planned, we let Prince Klutzie take care of Suzy. If the information he provided was indeed used by Suzy in this battle, then not only she should be wary of.

"There is a Hollow still trapped by Gerda's magic, but its mana is weak. It was as if he was almost dead. There was also an Eclipse buried in the ground. If my judgment is correct, what could make Gerda and Danny like this is another Phantasmal that we feel comes later.

"The phantasmal likely had the ability to weaken the mana around her, thus forcing Eclipse, the Hollow, as well as Grand Duchess Ashley to be in her current condition.

"The weapon we're holding right now has been protecting Danny and Gerda for some time. They are great at being able to withstand such conditions. The trace of Danny's magic that still feels when we just got here, means he's the one who managed to defeat Phantasmal.

"Alright, this is his order. Colette, save Eclipse and drop him in the palace!"

"Ready!" reply Colette.

"Mellynda, free the Hollow and find the core. There is a chance that he will recover soon, so beware. I'll go see Prince Klutzie's situation!"

"Hollow, yes..all right!"

The three then split up to each location. As soon as they left, the green ground behind Gerda and Danny's bodies shone. But no one noticed it.

......................

When Crescent Void and Klutzie were about to finish the battle, Zeeta had already spent six and a half days training with Ozy. Right now, they were warming themselves in the cold starry "night" near the campfire.

"I don't think so..," said Ozy, "if you can completely undo your intention to pause the training and save Gerda and Danny."

Zeeta smile. "I didn't even think. I have a feeling they'll be fine!"

Ozy scrunched his eyebrows. "Even though they're dead?"

"Uhm. After all, this is a magical world. Anything could happen."

"Then ... What are you going to do with your hair? You know that in the future...."

Zeeta pulls the hair near the left ear to see it. "Well, I don't know why this happened either. Maybe this has something to do with my training...?" he then hooked his hair to his ears. "But, I've not nailed myself to remain afraid of my future. If I told you I'd completely dispel that fear, it would be a lie .. But right now, I accept who I am. I am very different from the people around me.

"I'm a child of reason, I can clean up anything I want, even right now, I'm studying runes. There is no man like me in this world. But at the same time, I am the same as ordinary people.

"I have friends, family, and something to protect. I also have various magical fellow beings who do not mind alliance with me— with the kingdom of Aurora.

"If I get hung up on that future, I neglect what is around me. What is around me is a treasure for my future.

"That's what I realized after coming this far!"

Zeeta ended her speech with a smile filled with pride. Ozypun responded to that smile with a faint smile. "Oh, yes," he said.

"Clarissa. I still don't know if my dream of this world becoming a beautiful place will come true, but I do ... Hugo also must have known .. Although there are some parts that keep running towards that future, there are also parts that stop and form Zeeta which is currently in front of me.

"If .. if I end up having to force him to do that, I don't think I mind. If it's for the sake of making a more beautiful world possible, I don't mind at all!"