Zeeta and the Wizarding World
The Zeeta Aurora XXI

Before starting this chapter, I would like to introduce the main character designs in this novel. Finally, huh? Hehe. This picture I can finally put here and I feel so happy! Shout out to my friend Kalista who drew this character! Thank you so much!)

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The blue of the cloudless sky that accompanies, the gusts of wind in the endless expanse of grass, as well as the foliage that comes dancing in the wind currents, fill a new sheet in the morning Zeeta. Currently, she wears a white lacy dress along her knees and covers her arms, the dress is covered by a thick, warm vest like the one her mother used. The vest has a dark blue studded button model, the dress is also accompanied by a blue scarf, she also wears a white stocking to the base of her thighs. He was enjoying the atmosphere on a hill while sleeping on his back and looking at the sky.

“Ending the world, yes..?” mumbling itself. “Little kids like me .. ending the world? Ahahaha..” Zeeta put her body aside. “But, as father said..Everyone has his own mana potential, if my potential ends to end the world, it feels ...I become the greatest villain in the history of the kingdom, huh? And in fact, this villain is the next Queen candidate? That's right..” Zeeta is constantly talking to herself, as if she wants to spill everything she thinks.

“Ramalannya Ratu Peri..” Zeeta recalled what they were talking about three nights ago.

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“The reason for the appearance of the giant root is .. you, Zeeta,” said the Queen of Elves with a serious mimicry.

“A-me?!” Zeeta was surprised not to play.

"Elf, Spirit, Giant, Fairy, and Man, indeed as Aria said, is a figure who keeps the balance of mana. But, do you not know that even without being guarded, nature will work?”

"A-I know, but what does that have to do with me?”

"Some of the Elves, Giants, Elves, and Humans, I have shown you the prophecy I saw three hundred years ago. I have not been able to get an answer as to why the prophecy could suddenly be seen, but at this time..”.

"A-You know the cause of Zeeta ending the world?!” Aria guesses, while Zeeta is surprised by Aria's words.

"Tu-wait—I end the world?! W-what else did I do until like that?” tears from Zeeta.

“Quiet, Son. I came to talk about it one by one, ja—“

“How can I calm down?! One incident after another always scared me. First, there's Rowing, if without Sylva's help, my family wouldn't have survived, then when I felt really angry with Rowing, I didn't know what I was doing, I didn't know what I was doing, but when I realized everyone was lying down, I thought they were dead because of me!

“But everything is safe, I'm happy, but I'm still scared! What if someone dies?! What if someone's precious life is called without me knowing?!

“Not stopping there, I don't understand, why do I miss my mother so much when I have never met her, but if I want to meet, I have to do something about that root?! But now, you're saying that root exists because of me?! Then suddenly Aria says the world ends because of me?!” tears rolled from his eyes.

“Jadi ... so...” the tears fell more and more to cause nasal water.

“So the reason I am in this world ... what? End the world like ... said Aria? Am I .. being a criminal just because I want to meet mom?

"I don't understand, I don't understand!

"Why is everything like this?! I just want to live with my family, but this is all happening!”

Zeeta's sobs are getting worse. There was nothing Aria and the Fairy Queen could say, both of them were silent a thousand languages.

“We all know that this is too soon for you," said the Fairy Queen, "i, who already knows some parts of your future, have tried my best to hinder my prediction from happening. Sylva, Falmus, Yuuvi, and Aria disguised as Elves are one of my ways to help you.

"But, it looks like what I did was just the opposite, huh? I'm making you hurt. I'm sorry, Nak.”

The Fairy Queen approached Zeeta's face and wiped away the teardrop that was about to fall towards her cheek with her left hand.

“Zeeta, I .. I feel ashamed of myself. You're just a kid but I'm playing you.

"Know? I also tried to help you not to enter Rowing's residence that night, but you ignored me. Well, this is also my fault. Even if you don't blame me, I'm still guilty, I should be able to do more than just warn you.”

Aria clasped Zeeta's right hand with her two hands.

“Son, I know you haven't been able to get this quickly, but we can meet your mother. The forecast ... has changed direction a little.”

“A-what do you mean?” ask Zeeta who is still sobbing.

“First, I will explain to you how my prophecy came about and what I saw in the prophecy.”

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"That day, three hundred years ago .. After Queen Clarissa Aurora IX had three children, I saw her prophecy. The world is burning with fire, hatred is everywhere. Elves, Elves, Humans, and other magical beings are at war.The reason for that war, is to knock you off the throne of Empress Aurora XXI, Zeeta.

“Three hundred years ago, I could only see a small part of the prophecy. Your ancestors, Clarissa and her husband, have tried everything to prevent that from happening. In fact, the first child who was supposed to be the next Queen candidate, broke away from the royal family and made a new noble family that specialized in teaching the future Queen and became the leader of the security forces, Alexandrita.”

“E-eh? Ja-so .. Her ancestor teacher Ashley is .. My ancestor is also?” Zeeta's surprised.

“Yes, that's right. This was done to avoid unwanted events from a Princess. Back then, all I can remember to this day was, Iris, the first child of Clarissa, had this kind of excuse.

"'If a child seems to be triggering a war instead, we should not overcome it with magic power, but with love. Something happened to the boy so it came to mind to end the world. From the beginning, the Aurora bloodline will always have great power, right? To teach the Princess next, I will be their personal teacher!'”

Zeeta's speechless. He started to calm down a little. He remembered what Arthur used to say to him, “ Even though you can't be good at using magic, you have a talent for cooking! You don't need to focus on one goal, if you want to be a chef like dad, dad will support you!”

“After that, progeny after offspring continued to anticipate that my prophecy would not occur, and little by little the continuation of my prophecy continued to appear. One of the steps given them is the appearance of Elf.”

“Ha... Huh?!” Aria who is now surprised is not playing.

“Elf, a new creature created upon the union of Man and Fairy. That was not wrong, but the main purpose of forming Elves at first was to bridge humans and Elves living together. In that way, it is expected that Zeeta does not think too much that only he can see the Elves.

“But it actually makes the nobles disagree, and in short, it even triggers a bloodbath between Elves, Humans and Elves. I've tried everything I can by giving the forest the Elves live in a magic so they can be hidden, but trouble just keeps coming.”.

Aria fell silent, unwilling to discuss the matter for now. "Don't joke with me, you son of a bitch!"

“Until finally get to this point. The three hundred year long journey has finally led me to the answer to why you decided to end the world. I saw it when you were dealing with a giant root in the palace, son.”

“As I said at the beginning, without being taken care of, nature will work out its role. Something I hadn't thought of since lamq, made me shake my head.

"Although Elves and some people of royal descent can use mana from nature, nature will still work on its own. Without the magic, the rain will come. Without magic, natural disasters will come. Without magic, a snowstorm will come. It's all nature that works, so what do I want to say...

“that giant root, is nature's way of anticipating that my forecast doesn't happen.”

“Hah...? What does it mean?” zeeta's whimper is gone.

“Since the beginning of meeting you, I was quite surprised by which flow is around your body. Although you vaguely remember it, but I've met you. When you were five years old, you fainted after panicking over the appearance of Falmus, Sylva, and Yuuvi, making them take you up to the tree. The tree protects you by lengthening its branches so you don't fall.

"That means, which stream I see is where nature is. In other words, you are loved by nature.” The Fairy Queen's final words make Zeeta finally remember the events of five years ago.

“Ah, I remember!” zeeta Jerrit.

“So, the roots in the palace appeared with the aim of protecting you.” The Fairy Queen showed her smile.

“But, Queen Peri .. I still don't understand, why did Zeeta decide to end the world?” asked Aria, who was trying to contain her anger. He knew some of the things the Fairy Queen said were out of sync with her knowledge along with other Elves.

“That reason is his hatred.”

“Already expected!” The sound of someone outside the door of the room was heard. Ashley eavesdropped.

“Teacher Ashley?! Since when...?” Zeeta is shocked at Ashley's sudden arrival.

“Since I sensed the strange mana that suddenly appeared in your room, you know! Duh, if it's important like this, tell me, son! You made me a hanger!” Ashley walked in. “Greetings, Aria the Elf, and Queen Peri ... um...” Ashley asked the name of the Fairy Queen.

"I'm Feline,” answered the Fairy Queen.

“Greetings, Queen Feline.” Ashley showed her bow respect to Feline.

“Ya.” Feline smiled gently.

“Back in the discussion, I recently thought of the reason why Zeeta, the kind and whiny person like him, could outsmart the world,” said Ashley sitting on a luxurious mattress.

“A-I'm not crybaby!” Zeeta puffed her cheeks.

“When he was walking around the capital, I met my son Albert. We are talking about the growth of Zeeta who must always be accompanied so as not to go to the end of the world. Well, actually my soldier Marcus was thinking about this reason, hell.”

“So, Son...” Ashley hugged Zeeta tightly. “We will definitely meet your mother. Be Mr. Putri—no, be a child who can boast of parents, yes.

"You don't want your mother to grieve if you see you're so hurt by all the hatreds you think, do you?” Ashley stroked Zeeta's hair gently.

The crying came back. “Uhm! I don't want to make anyone sad!” Zeeta returns Ashley's embrace.

After feeling quite a hug, Ashley wiped off Zeeta's tears. “Your first step is to show the country that Princess Zeeta is back. Take it easy, whatever happens we will be by your side!” Ashley smiled five fingers.

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Shortly after, someone came to pick up Zeeta. “Ah! Here you seem to be! Duh, I'm looking for you everywhere, lo!”

“Oh? Gerda, what's up?”

“Don't 'what's up?' to me, you fool! It's time you showed yourself!”

“Ah! I completely forgot! Wh-how this.... Oh yes... teleportation!”

“Te-teleportation?! W-will you take me too?!”

“Of course!” Zeeta immediately took Gerda by the hand and teleported to the Alexandrita residence without giving Gerda time to speak.

When they reached the Alexandrita residence....

“Zeeta! What kind of princess is late like this, huh?! Ten minutes have passed, the people have questioned the truth of the Princess has gone home or not! Where have you been?!” Ashley scolded Zeeta all out.

“Ma-sorry Master..a-I will listen to your advice later, so I will greet my people first.” Zeeta leaves an emotional Ashley.

“Hey, don't ignore your teacher!” Ashley follows.

“Yeah, this is a new sight for us, ‘kan, Mr Will?” porte said smilingly looking at their behavior.

“Hohoho, you're right. That woman has taken good care of our Princess!” Willmurd smiled as well.

“Stay, the emotions of small children are uncertain, so as adults we must always keep an eye on them. But, I came to think, what happened to her until her hatred was the reason for ending the world?” hellen.

“Are you stupid? Of course rotten people like you who are only selfish, do not give help to a child like him, plus he lost his family because of nobles like you, he said, of course the hatred will accumulate!” hardik Aria who suddenly appeared from behind them.

“This mana, ‘kan..” Hellen. “You're that female Fairy?!”

“Peri?! Don't equate me with them, I'm an Elf, you know! E-L-F!” Aria is emotionally disturbed.

“Elf? Hmm, our Princess is really something, yes!” Porte looked surprised but impressed.

"Hm. Worth it, I thought there was something strange with a body that resembled a human but with pointed ears. I didn't expect to actually meet an Elf...." Hellen didn't think it out.

"Here you are, your flattery will not work for me, Lowly Man!" Aria said it with a pretentious tone.

"What did you say?!" Hellen was emotionally stirred.

"Here you go, fight later! Zeeta's coronation as Princess is about to begin!" Porte commemorated them.

"Huh. If this wasn't for Zeeta, I wouldn't be disinclined by you, Lowly Man!" Aria is still in her pretentious tone.

"Ho? You can, come forward here!" Hellen did not want to lose to Aria. Before long, those who at least still have the sense, calm themselves and accompany Zeeta, do not forget also with Porte.

Meanwhile, Gerda who was dragged to the Ashley residence, could only stare silently at her forgotten self.

“Eh... Am I the only one left here? I also want to cheer welcoming Zeeta, you know..” Gerda lethargic. But...

“Saxandra's soldier, Marcus, has come to execute the orders of the Princess!” the man's voice shocked Gerda. Marcus came without his soldier uniform.

“E-eh? What is this?” asked Gerda who was a little worried.

“Mr Princess gave me orders through her telepathic magic to escort you to the crowd where your family is!”

“Telepathy?! Since when is the child... ugh... are we not going to flashy?” hearing that Zeeta could use telepathy, he felt not shocked but annoyed, also feeling happy.

“Send it to me!”

Marcus takes Gerda to the crowd.

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“Hey, what do you think our Princess is like, huh?”

“Surely she is similar to Queen Alicia!”

“I hope he's not like Rowing..”.

“Agh, I can't wait to see it!”

Various responses were heard from the crowd while waiting for Zeeta's arrival in front of Ashley's residence. Before long, Ashley appeared on the porch. The loudspeaker magic was activated in front of his mouth.

“Sorry to have you waiting. Given that Emergency Warning One has been confirmed to be over after seven days, along with the end of it, our Princess, Zeeta Aurora XXI has fully recovered and is ready to assume her role as Princess!” said Ashley giving a welcome with a tone of spirit.

“Zeeta, huh? Nice name, yes!”

“Uuuuh, from her name alone let me know that she is a good Princess!”

“Zeeta!”

"Zeeta!”

“Zeeta!!”

Cheers for cheers await the arrival of their Princess.

The approaching footsteps, made the cheers stop. His beautiful figure with short violet hair combined with the special clothes of his Master Daughter, looks very suitable for him. What they saw first was a sweet smile that the Princess sincerely gave her.

“Looking at your spirit, I thank you for wishing me. As you know, I am Zeeta Aurora, the son of Alicia Aurora. For the past eight years, I have lived my life in a village in the Southern Region called Lazuli. They are family to me and I grew up with them. I may not be able to answer your expectations, but I want you to know....

“that I grew up in the village, made me learn about many things I would not have known if I had grown up among the nobility. Whether being a villager or becoming the Princess, those two things, are very important to me.

“my foster father from the village once said this. 'It is not wrong for me, a child who grew up from the village, to be the Princess who has a great responsibility.' Therefore, maybe I will not be the same as other nobles, and I'm still learning how to be a good Princess to you, and all that time....

“I hope this kingdom can walk with a smile!” Zeeta threw her smile back.

“WOOOOGGHH ZEETA! MY DAUGHTER ZEETA! I'M PROUD OF YOU! CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING THE PRINCESS!!” arthur's so echoing cry made everyone shocked. Zeeta is giggling at the promise her father has fulfilled.

Following the great cheers of Arthur, the people thought the same thing as Arthur. They were happy with the presence of their Princess like this. Cheers are heard from them.

“Good work, Son!” Ashley patted Zeeta's head.

In this way, Zeeta, an eight-year-old girl from the village, officially becomes the Princess who bears a great responsibility on her shoulders. It should be like that, but....

‘DDUUMM’

‘DDUUMM’

'DDUUUMM’

Banging after bang shook around them.

“A-what happened?!” people are starting to panic. Seeing their panic, Zeeta immediately does something.

“Everyone, don't panic and follow my orders! Trust me, and you'll be fine!” Zeeta took out her magic. He made a translucent layer upon all who gathered.

“Stay where you stand. If something is going to fall on you guys, my magic will protect!” Zeeta is back to doing something with her magic. Cool wind continues to blow throughout the crowd to prevent dehydration.

“Is there anyone who can see what a bang is?” ask Zeeta.

“A-I've seen it, Princess..” Porte spoke while holding her crystal binoculars.

“What do you see?” ask Zeeta back.

“I-it... Giant!”

“Eh?! Giant?!”

Hearing Porte, the people came back anxious. At the same time, the bang was getting closer and closer, a giant that had a stone body appeared. Because of the size of the body, it still allows several stone pillars to rise high on the shoulder. The giant stone body also has a blue luminous line that is the same color as its eyes that are also glowing. Mosses and grasses that grow in some parts of his body, it seems that the giant has lived for a very long time.

“Teacher, has my mother ever interacted with creatures like them?!” Zeeta's panic.

“Ju-honest... Even I have never seen a Giant, no... I did not even know there is a Giant in our kingdom!” Ashley was panicking too.