
The news that Zeeta has returned from his long training for six more years, has reached the ears of Arthur who remains at the A n' Z tavern, in the village of Lazuli—the farthest village from the capital. In addition to the Evergreen festival as one of the factors, the crowds of visitors to allow Arthur to enlarge the store, also became another factor.
Nobles, wealthy merchant families, or people from neighboring villages were his customers. Various bird news about Arthur spread long ago. Among them are; "Mr Princess Zeeta learned to cook from her foster father, Arthur! Reportedly, he opened a food stall in the village of Lazuli!" then there; "i once ate Princess Zeeta's cooking on her impromptu visit with her cousins, Mr. Edward and Miss Ella! Ahh...how delicious is that roast meat! I didn't think there was such a great person in this kingdom who was able to teach the Princess such delicious cooking!!" or even to; "hey! I heard that the Hellenia Marchioness has found her heart! Guess what! He is the Cook Master, Arthur! No wonder, the cuisine can make anyone fall in love!", and there are many more rumors spread about it.
Currently, amid the crowds of the festival that has officially extended three days, since the start of one week ago, Arthur is struggling with his own battleground—kapur—where all kinds of ingredients are raw, cooked, and cooked, seasonings, and other ingredients are in one place and should be served immediately. As usual, Arthur cooks wily, aided by his magic.
If, if realistically discussed, Arthur would need an assistant of at least two or three people in the kitchen and two more people as a waitress. But at this time, he was only assisted by his neighbors and close associates, as well as a couple, namely Recko and Grilda. Grilda as a waitress and Recko helps Arthur.
Recko, who does not understand cooking at all, only helps Arthur to cut and prepare the raw ingredients. While Grilda, she grew accustomed to serving a much larger number of customers ten times the size of the first eight years Arthur opened the store.
The fire that gushed from the cauldron after Arthur poured the red wine, stunned many of his customers' eyes. They are not stunned by the fire, but how Arthur can still concentrate on cooking for so many customers. Every time sweat was about to drip from the forehead or temple, there was a towel that immediately wiped—which of course had been bewitched before.
"YESHOOAHH!" arthur's screams suddenly, which shocked his entire clientele. "My daughter is back! In order to keep our promise, I will finish all this cooking and enjoy! This time, everything is free!
"Once you're done eating, immediately lift your legs and make room for my Daughter—Your daughter's home!"
The grin faces were not shown only by Recko and Grilda, but the customers as well. "Yahoo!!" yell at them at the same time.
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Meanwhile, the person who is waiting for his arrival is still enjoying his time with his cousins. After greetings and a little pleasantries with her grandmother, aunt, and uncle, Zeeta is now in the backyard of the vast Levantine residence. As soon as Zeeta entered this page, Zeeta was gaping.
"Hey, I feel the mana on this page. Why?" ask Zeeta to two cousins.
"Uhm. It's Papa's magic. As severe as the damage here can be immediately recovered," Ella replied.
"Heeehh...." Zeeta grinning. "Hey, do you want to race with me?"
"Hmm? The race?" ask Edward.
"Yes! I told you, right, if I bring something for you from a far country!"
Both of his cousin's eyes immediately shone. "We'll win!" firmly both.
"All right! Tell me, have you guys been practicing all this time?"
"Of course!"
"You've seen what my powers are like, haven't you? The winner of this race is anyone who can destroy this page more devastatingly. But this time, give me a chance to see what your strength and training results are like!"
Edward and Ella looked at each other and grinned. "Who's afraid!"
Edward and Ella immediately put some distance between the two. Then, they rode. Standing upright, legs slightly widened, both hands bent backward, backs of hands clenched.
"Hwaaaahh...." Smoke emerged from the bodies of the two eleven-year-old children. The smoke slowly changed color to orange. Zeeta sensed the powerful mana of them suddenly swooping sharply. The heat is getting more pronounced. He felt "coat" the sunburn he saw was still working it was useless. Not long after, Zeeta recalls Hellenia's story of her father once doing this while fighting Erigona. He realized that the challenge was a very, very bad idea. "Aah!" yells late.
"What's going on here? Why I feel mana—
"Hnggh?!"
Karim breaks down the courtyard door with Agatha, Lowen, and Claudia. They saw Zeeta grinning while scratching her head. Shortly thereafter....
'LWUUUMMM!!'
A terrible explosion occurred, which instantly destroyed the protective field, razed the island, and nearly destroyed the Levant.
If Zeeta had not acted with her Rune, it would have been the royal family because of the Princess's own carelessness. The explosion could even be seen from the village of Lazuli, and the A n' Z tavern stopped their impromptu free-range meal. It also caused an emergency alarm for the evacuation to light up and panic the entire populace.
Fortunately, the two guards below, Ebenezer and Gilles, were still on Karim's mission. Although the ruins of the island completely fell, they survived. As Edward and Ella said, his page—including the ruins that slid down, rose again up and became one. The evacuation alarm was immediately turned off by Agatha, a call from the Grand Duchess was immediately broadcast.
"Awa.. awawawawa...." Zeeta panics as events she doesn't count happen one after another.
Karim's veil appeared and the size of the vein showed how upset the Grandfather was. "THE STUPID GRANDCHILDREN!!"
"Yeah! I'm sorry, Cake! I didn't think their strength was so great! I miscalculated! I'll take the punishment!" Zeeta.
"Stupid! They are the Levant! Of course they are strong!
"Edward! Ella! How many times has Grandpa told you to control your crazy power?! This is the kingdom! What if people are the victims?!"
Edward and Ella shed tears. "Huwaaaaahhhh forgive us, Cake!"
"After all, what are you doing this for?!"
Edward and Ella without speaking pointed at Zeeta.
"Hehehe...."
Karim's head grew bigger.
"Darling! Take control of your emotions, or your illness recurs again!" snapped Agatha. "Sit down and calm your emotions. Take it easy, the Grand Duchess I told you about, but she said she'll be here soon." With ease, Agatha made a chair. Karim followed his wife. "Zee, say. What do you want to do?"
Zeeta trembled when she heard Ashley was coming here. She recalled how horrible Ashley was when angry, perhaps even more frightening than her own grandfather. "I-I'll tell him, but-but please keep this a secret from the other nobles, huh...." With trembling hands, Zeeta conjures up a new Magic Book that everyone nearby has seen for the first time. The book is white and blue. It opens a specific page. "I can't tell you where it came from, but I want to give them this." Zeeta pulled out a leather coat and a ring.
"W-what are you doing here, Zeeta?!" ask Lowen, "this...." Not only Lowen, but Agatha and Karim were also surprised.
Claudia, who was astonished with her two children, asked, "What's wrong with these two things?"
Lowen immediately explained. "It's.... It's the skin of a magical beast named Grimmur. It looks like a deer-horned bear. This animal is known for its resistance to all sorts of magic. He was also able to endure all sorts of seasons without food even for fifty years!"
"Ehhh?!" Claudia surprised. "But where did this animal come from? Why do you know that too?"
"Levant once caught him," Karim replied, "our ancestors hundreds of years ago, to be more precise. As of now, the animal's skin, along with our ancestral records, is still well preserved. Unfortunately, the record only says the Grimmur comes from 'The Forest of Direction Blinders', a forest that will always mislead anyone who enters into it."
"Know? The Levant blood in my body sometimes troubles me!"
"Me-troubles you?!" Karim felt struck by lightning.
"Uhm! You know I'm moon-powered, right? The power of the sun within my body sometimes troubles me to control .. uhh .. something very secret!
"So I think my cute cousin deserves it. As Uncle Lowen said, this coat has immunity to magic. Depending on the enemy, the magic can even be dispensed with. This coat I want to give to Edward.
"This ring is a ring made from its horn. This ring is able to thicken the body from curse attacks or attacks from sharp weapons. I was planning on giving it to Ella."
"No no no no!" lowen snapped, "FROM. WHERE IS. YOU'RE. GET THE. THIS....
"Zee... t...?"
"Hmmm....
"The Direction-Blinding Forest?
"Hehe."
"Why are you keeping it a secret?"
"Well, because we're human." The short answer from him made Lowen stifled.
"Then, surely you can happily explain to me, why can a Princess like you be this stupid, hmm? Zeeta Aurora XXI?" Ashley came with a deadly aura.
"GOD?! Teacher Ashley?!"
'Geh' of Zeeta raising Ashley's head vein. "What is your reaction to your own teacher, you selfless brat?!" Zeeta quickly escapes Ashley's grasp by jumping off the island.
"Ed, Ella! Sorry, yes, I have to go!!"
Claudia, Lowen, Agatha, Karim, Ashley, including Edward and Ella did not have time to react or stop the action of Zeeta who could with his youth jump and plunge from the sky island that reached about thirty-five meters high.
"Honey..," call Claudia. It's still gaping.
"Yes, Chloe?" ask Lowen who is equally gaping.
"He... really Zeeta...?"
"Cz... Fufuhahahahaha!" ashley's laughter broke the mood. "Basic! Three generations are no different! Fufuhaha!
"Well, I'm grateful to be the Grand Duchess. Because if I didn't, I wouldn't know what the child's development was like, but...." Ashley smiled. "We must protect the cheerful child with all that we can afford."
The entire Levant nodded. "You're right!" they smile too.
"But I don't feel where it is from him.... What kind of training had he been through, and why did he want to hide it....?" inner Ashley,
"others.... The explosive magic of the Levant, its destructive power is immense, even if the two children are told to actually exert all their power, a mountain can be simply obliterated?" Ashley looked around. The Levant's fifteen-story building is still solid.
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Zeeta sees the growing population of Lazuli village as it flies away. He came down to the front of the village name bar and was greeted by a voice that surprised him so much. "Basic sloppy! I know you're strong, but take control of that power and don't panic us!"
"Dunno, Gerda! Don't surprise me! I came here half-dead from escaping from teacher Ashley and my grandfather, now you also want emotions on me?
"Again, it wasn't me! That's cousin!
"Hmph! Though I intend well, but instead scolded everyone...."
"Here you go, this hot weather is better cooled with your favorite cold chocolate!" the voice behind Zeeta surprised him again.
"Dad Arthur?!" Zeeta looked back. It immediately sparkles. "Yeahhhh!" without further ado, he hugged his father.
"Mr Princess—no—Zeeta, welcome back!" The village chief welcomed.
"Welcome, Zeeta! You're a big boy, yeah!" he also saw other people welcoming him.
"Zeeta, Honey! You're getting cantiiikk!" the voice of the mother group.
"Welcome back, Zeeta!" Recko and Grilda threw out her smile.
A cry immediately drenched his cheeks without listening to the feeling of pleasure that Zeeta was feeling. "Everything...."
"Finally you came too!" Danny was the last person to greet him. "Welcome to the village of Lazuli, Zeeta!"
His cheeks were getting wet from the overflow of an unstoppable feeling again. "Uhm! Uhm! I'm home! I'm finally home, everyone!"
Meanwhile, behind all the villagers of Lazuli who were welcoming Zeeta, there was Klutzie and Siren.
"The timing is not right, Siren. What are you thinking?" ask Klutzie who has grown up to be a handsome teenager.
"Oh, come. You know I can't read any more of what's hidden! I can read the flow of mana nature, but he can already master it, so it blends into the flow of mana ordinary nature!" Siren defending himself.
"Currently, I am the Seed of Yggdrasil.... Regret, know! Can you understand how I feel?!"
"It's been, even though you said so, the reason you trained hard with me is also because of him, right? Don't lie to your own feelings, Lutz!"
Klutzie. "You better shut that mouth when he talks to me later, or I'll cut you off!"
"Hahaha, I know, I know! Let's just wait, what she knows about Nebula other than the hidden facts of Suzy...."