Zeeta and the Wizarding World
The Identity of the Deadly Mysterious Man, L'arc Darnmite
"Good night, Miss Azure. It's nice to meet you. Although I can't tell you who my master is, I'm just a servant. My name is Asteria."
The classic maid-set woman named Asteria tightened her glasses on her left handle. He then patted the ground with his parasol once more, then L'arc floated in the air.
Azure who saw everything could only fall into a gaping silence. "Eeehh...? 'Only a servant', he said?" her inner self, "again, that man had something to do with this woman...? Who are they really?"
"Calm down" continued Asteria, "My master doesn't want all of you— instead he wants all of you to live. Use this golden opportunity to look thoroughly, Miss Azure...."
Azure scrunched his forehead. "What does that mean?"
"And it is but the speech of a servant ruled by his Master. All right, then till jum—"
"Wait a minute!"
Asteria.
"I'm very curious to know who you really are, but more important than that. .. can you tell me why that guy was after Zeeta? Why would Lucy let him hurt Zeeta? Isn't she...."
Asteria closed her eyes. It's like communicating with a girl—sang Employer. "It's okay, Xenna. Kuizinkan."
Gaining the green light, Asteria opened her eyes. He also spoke up. "This man, L'arc Darnmite, was a former Yggdrasil Seed from five hundred years ago."
"Li-five hundred years...?!"
"L'arc has been a container many times, but he always fails to revive what is very important for him, namely the Tree of Life, in other words Yggdrasil."
"Tu-wait first! This doesn't make any sense! If he was a person from five hundred years ago, wouldn't Yggdrasil—" Azure be bothered by the fire-light tornado that was about to hit him.
Asteria The Servant raised the parasol and directed it at the tornado. From the tip of his parasol, a black magic circle appeared, then it fired a kind of bullet at his tornado. Like no disaster, those fire-light tornadoes just vanished.
Dumbfounded, Azure repeatedly looks at the former tornado and Asteria.
"I'm sorry, this waiter can't stay idle to see his guests threatened with danger. Will you come with me to a safer place?"
Sweat falls from the Azure temple. "No, I can't trust someone who just saved the man who just killed Zeeta. You should be the one who's coming with me."
Asteria shuts down her parasol. "Nonsense," he said, "but my employer only gave me ten minutes. Depending on the context of the question I'm going to answer, it all depends on him."
"Yes, that's enough."
"Spirit, you hear me, right? Keep that body in shape."
Finding him, Azure once again scrunched his eyes. Even so, he still prioritized his main goal. He brought up the Magic Book, bringing forth a purplish black portal. He entered it, followed by Asteria.
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Azure and Asteria move into the artificial dimension of Azure. A dusty ruin with orange sky.
"Alright Miss Azure, I will answer your pending question," Asteria said without further ado. Azure took it very carefully.
"Just like Miss Zeeta and Mr. Klutzie, the Spirit of Yggdrasil is looking for his container to revive the Tree of Life. However, for what exactly it needs to be done, only those Yggdrasil Seeds are able to know it.
"In diverse times, the Yggdrasil Seed will see the sights of the past. The past when the legend that mentions Yggdrasil split his body into a Spirit to prevent the continued war between Humans and magic creatures.
"And that sight, L'arc has seen it. I don't know what he saw, but my Master said it wasn't something nice for many people to know.
"However, during his journey, L'arc learned of an exception that neither his Spirit had told nor seen in the scenes of the past. The owners of the moon power chosen by Spirit who are always in each of the moon shards that become their earrings, or so-called Seele, can see the sights of the past WHENEVER they want.
"In other words, the owners of the moon power had a relationship with Yggdrasil and a war thousands of years ago.
"In addition, according to L'arc, Yggdrasil will bring peace to this magical world and of course to the entire race. Even so, during these 500 years he never— at all—found another Yggdrasil Seed besides himself.
"His current strength, was only the mercy of the Spirit Yggdrasil that had made him suffer with that heartbreaking and lonely struggle."
"About the owner of the moon's powers having that connection, I expected it from Lucy's body, but... how many new things I know from a mystery figure like you to make me more curious about who you really are....
"Then, I'm sure of all your explanations time is up, so this is the last question...is L'arc the third Yggdrasil Seed?"
"No.
"As I have revealed, Miss Azure, she is just an ex. However, it must be admitted, even though he is only an ex, his strength cannot be underestimated. In any case, he managed to punch a hole in Miss Zeeta who should have been able to fight him with a draw, no, even defeat him.
"'One thing you can see from her is that her five hundred years of despair must have driven her crazy and vented all those feelings on that girl with crazy strength named Zeeta....'
"And that, is the speech of my Master. All right, my mission is done, time to return."
After opening the portal to return, Azure muttered "Damn it. Every time I want to protect it, things get more complicated! I don't get a clue about Luna and Zeeta...."
When Asteria Henda stepped foot into the portal, she came to a halt, then turned her body.
"Miss Azure, a message from my Master" he said.
"Eh?"
Asteria opened her mouth. "The world is founded by Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil lives the whole world. Mana, magic creatures, artificial beings, mixed races, animals, plants, everything is connected with Yggdrasil. If you were to be a lion on the verge of death, where would you choose to be where you die?
"Is that home? The family? A fella? Or will you surrender and die where you stand? Will you fight not to die?
"Again, a lion...."
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"He is the king of the forest...." The girl who became Asteria's master, whom she called Xenna, smirked. He then ate a wine that was placed in a bowl.
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After saying her master's message, Asteria left. Azure was left with a very confused face. He processed all those sentences with all his intelligence. "What does that mean? The lion? Yggdrasil...? The woods...?
"Urgh....
"Yggdrasil....
"Where....
"Lion .. king of the forest....
"Aah!" Before long, he too. "Ja-don't-don't...?!" Azure rushed out from his artificial dimension. "Su-have expected!" his screams.
Azure looked up at the sky. The firestorm no longer raged. Instead, the star-studded night with the full moon seemed to calm anyone who had been hit by the "nature" disaster.
"Zey! Madame Ashley!" with its flying magic, Azure caught up with the two people to the overpass island. On his way he saw L'arc hovering in the air with his feet and hands down. Asteria who was behind him flew with his parasol.
"Whoever the Servant Woman's employer is, she knows quite well our situation. In fact, he knew more about the truth of this magical world, which was tightly sealed by the magic creatures that existed in the kingdom.
"The guy even knows where Zeeta trains.... Yes, he knew the Great Magic Forest, which was only a small part, no, not even just a few Human souls in this world knew about it. Then above. they come too!
"Zeeta.. I hope you're okay!"