
After the laser fired by Colette vanished, causing the ground to be swept away and leaving white electric shocks due to the strength of the magic, he fell down. He was also out of breath. "Aaaahhh, I never thought I would be this happy to exert all my strength!" yells. Engraved a satisfied smile amidst her sweat-drenched self. As if welcoming the completion of the battle between the kingdom of Aurora and Phantasmal, the previous thunderous downpours began to fade. The afternoon light of the sun was shining from the crevice of the clouds, warming the cold of the earth, as well as the Crescent Void, and Klutzie and Siren.
"You can even be friendly with your fiance, of course you are satisfied!" the voice of the woman Colette knew. He's approaching Colette.
"Sssssh... make me envi—not—you really inspire me!" Colette knows this voice too.
"These voices...?!" Colette looked back as soon as possible, where the source of her voice came from, after that…. "HAAAAAHHH?!" his cry invited all who were there to turn to him. They were gawking, too. The two voices showed their five-fingered smiles.
“Ka-kalian ... why...? How can..?” Marcus was as surprised as Colette.
Klutzie frowned, while Mellynda, who had seen them so much, shed tears and immediately ran as fast as possible to hold one of the owners of the voice ... Gerda.
“Sgratitude ... grumylaaahh...” Together with the arrival of a hug, Mellynda clenched tightly Gerda while dropping her tear points profusely. I don't know what happened, he wants to be grateful for what he saw and can capture at this time, the presence of Gerda and Danny who looked so healthy and fine without leaving a wound.
Gerda didn't expect that Mellynda would be like this. He looked at Danny for a moment and then smiled. “I'm sorry, yes..” he said as he patted Mellynda on the head, “it has made you worry.”
“It's not a worry level anymore, you know! I really thought you guys were dead!” peekit Mellynda's. He hit Gerda's back. Klutzie and Siren came close to the trio, along with Marcus and Colette.
“What happened?” klutzie asked, "where do you guys feel really gone, we all know that.”
Mellynda took off her arms while wiping away the tears even though she was still as excited. He was waiting for answers from both.
“Yah... actually we also do not know in detail what happened..” replied Gerda. He saw Danny, asked for his voice.
“Uhm." Danny nodded. "We knew we were dead because of Suzy, but ..it's kind of unbelievable, but after that we saw the same view. Yes, ‘kan?” he also asked for his sister's voice.
“Yes. I wasn't quite sure seeing it because everything was all white and dazzling, but ..my desire to heal us after remembering the story from Zeeta, seemed to have materialized."
“Eh? Zeeta's story? Which one?” danny asked, “I didn't know this had anything to do with him.”
“You remember? As soon as he defeated Hell Hydra, he was taken away by Aria?”
Marcus and Colette, who do not know it, do not catch what is being said, but they keep listening.
“Zeeta told me before Vivid Party was held. Well, rather than considered telling a story, it might be more appropriate for me to ask. I wonder, what after that battle with the Hollow, he wasn't exhausted? For about seven hours he was lost with Aria, what did he do?
“Then the answer, even though he didn't want to tell me everything, he wanted me to know and trust him. He's somewhere very different from the land we're stepping on right now. The presence of the grass alone made the wounds of the creature lying on it completely healed, and even filled his stamina.”
“A-what did you say? The clump of—“ Not only Marcus, all the members of Crescent Void were dumbfounded. While Siren, he furrowed his brows.
“So .. when I realized that my sister and I were going to die soon.. While I was holding this stick, I wanted help like what happened to Zeeta.
“Siren, you know something about this, right?” ask Klutzie. He realized that Siren knew something from his expression.
“I know,” replied Siren, who invited all eyes to her. “But, I have no right to say.”
“What do you mean?”
“And that's something you don't need to know either. Well, to put it simply, you don't have to think too much about what happened. Danny and Gerda just have to think about not wasting this once more chance of life and act more vigilant.
“Valued by the length of the fight, I won't blame anyone for this as well as your first fight with Hollow or Phantasmal. In fact, the army Suzy brought was only keroco. Out there, there are still those who are much stronger than them, yet you are uprooted by those who are much weaker.
“Let's go home and plan your next move.”
“I didn't expect...,” said Danny. It was like seeing something unnatural.
“Hah? What do you mean?” tanya Gerda who is still ‘jutek’.
“Yeah, because Siren I didn't expect to be this wise..”.
Head mass directly embossed on the head of Siren. “WHAT DID YOU SAY, Boy?! Don't tell me you forgot I'm the Great Spirit, who gave you all my strength for—”
“Oh? Turns out you were thinking what I was thinking, Danny?” Klutzie embraces Danny. He smiled wryly. “It feels like you and I can understand each other,” while walking, they chat, “do I get to see how you hunt? I think I can learn a lot from you.”
“He-hey, Lutz...?! You even want to leave me? How cruel!” Siren chasing Klutzie with gontai.
Following his second step, the other Crescent Void returned to the Aurora kingdom.
......................
Zeeta, who is continuing her training with Ozy, is now dealing with three dark purple shadow creatures. All three had no faces, as the name suggests, they were like shadows.
“What creature is this, Ozy?” ask Zeeta, “what else do you want me to do?”
“They have no name, just a wisp of magic from which nature and my own man, which I formed like this,” Ozy replied, interspersed with her who was looking for a stick of wood. “Quiet, if they don't order, they won't move,”.
“Hmm? What are you doing?” Zeeta is interested in Ozy.
“You will start the practice of writing runes remotely. To make it possible, you need an intermediary.”
“Why should I do it?
“Because not all enemies can be defeated from a short distance, or only with your magic. When you're dealing with Lucy later, trust me you'll need her.”
“Once, yes.”
“Ya.”
Zeeta moody. He still did not want to accept if in the next few years he had to face his own ancestors. Ozy, who was feeling the gloom from his facial expression and silenced, immediately took the log he had found and sat down beside Zeeta.
“In this world, there are times when you are forced to choose. That choice is often of only two types. For this matter, I believe the choice is to 'save Lucy by ending her life', or 'kill Lucy without saving her'.”
The statement immediately made Zeeta frown. “Hah? What difference?”
“You must be aware too. Every desire for revenge exists, there is always a reason behind it. It also happened to your friend and brother, ‘kan?”
“O-oh.... Yep. Thatvs right.... Azure sister wants revenge because her village is crushed by Rowing's cruelty....
"But, Ozy! It involves my own bloodline and I don't know what to do!
“What do you mean by killing him will save him?
“What do you mean I have to dirty my hands with my own ancestral blood...? I... I'm afraid...”
Ozy stared at Zeeta for a moment. Just as he had done before, he felt a real fear from himself. “You've accepted yourself for who you are. That is one example that you have turned into someone who dares to take decisions and risks, not only as a Princess, but also as yourself.
“I mean, you've decided to continue training with me, and entrust the fight out there to your comrades. With your current strength, Phantasmal and the Hollow that attacked it are nothing to you.
“But, with you entrusting that to your colleagues, a new bond between them is knotted.
“I can't give you the answers you're looking for about what you should do with Lucy, because that will be answered by you alone. You've learned of his past, you've also captured the reason he wants revenge. The rest is what you want to do. You are Humans with the special power of the moon, and I believe when that time comes, you will know it.
“To prepare yourself for the day, this exercise is done.”
Zeeta turned her eyes down. “I'm glad you did all this, but... I was curious.. why ... do you trust me so much, Ozy? Why do you believe I can do it?”
Ozy smile. “Because my heart has decided it. Even if you can't realize my feelings of disobedience, I won't hate you, nor be disappointed in you. You've done what you can as hard as you can, as long as you realize that, until whenever I'm your friend and ally!”
Tears flooded Zeeta's cheeks. “Ih~! Why can you say something Arthur's father would say, anyway? In this case, I have no choice but to look straight ahead and fight as hard as you say!”
“Hahaha, I think this can not only be said by me or Arthur, but everyone who has bonded with you is too. Your family, nobles, friends, or even the villagers of Lazuli—no, even the Elves must have said the same thing.
“Always remember that you are not alone in this world. There are times when you are swayed by the waves of uncertain destiny, but those waves will surely lead you to a new tomorrow. There are times when you see the world around you dark, but there must be someone who will light a fire in your heart and take you out of the darkness!”
Zeeta has regained her confidence. He smiled and was ready to train again.