Zeeta and the Wizarding World
Zeeta's Seriousness
"I didn't think the words I thought were nonsense, they proved to be. Although in Galdurheim, there was probably only me and him as the Giant left after Yggdrasil broke up. His death was not something that had to be grilled."
Ozy's words made Aria think of something. So, he immediately asked. "When this Jeanne dies, do you realize it? Have you never met?"
Ozy glanced at Aria, then nodded. "We chose a different path, until I met Clarissa and you."
"If you remember again." Aria's mind, "I don't know much about Ozy. I think I know everything about him.
"About how much he cares about his surroundings, even to the point of letting himself hurt.
"I also just realized .. that our meeting was probably just a coincidence. Because, if I hadn't gone to that place back then...."
"So" said Mintia, who broke Aria's daydream, "which made it so special that it could engage with the Dark Lord, do you know what the possibility is?"
"If it's sorted, I can probably guess it." Ozy replied.
"Empire?"
"Seiryuu had killed him. However, as far as I can tell, Jeanne is not that easy to beat, let alone in a short time—as short as Zeeta uses her Catastrophe Seal.
"Jeanne is a Giant who has unthinkable rune control.
"Remember when the Great Spirit of Luna told of Zeeta who used more than one rune to fight Marianna?
"At practice, I forbade him to do that. In our custom, using more than one rune, is referred to as the Bind Rune.
"Each rune has a different meaning and magic ability. For example with a rune mounted on his eyes, Rune Kaunaz. This rune allowed him to see a handful of futures.
"When he could only wear it, in other words three years ago, this rune always came—ia could not control it so he was almost always disturbed by the scenery that he should not have seen.
"We used this rune to see what the natural conditions of— look like about disasters and other things related to nature. But of course there are other giants who use it for their own sake.
"Then, within six years of training with me, with the record, this doesn't count how long we train using the power of my Dagaz Rune that can slow down the flow of time where we train. Out of our entire practice time, Zeeta could only wear twelve out of a total of twenty-four runes.
"On him using Bind Rune against Marianna, it should have forced him to pay the price but beyond my expectations, he has been practicing Bind Rune in his spare time.
"Bind Rune itself, for us, is also a difficult thing to do. Because we have to adjust the capacity of which is poured in each rune written, as well as the balance between one letter and another so as not to fail.
"Jeanne's been able to bind Rune since we were kids. I have also always kept this a secret, but the reason why the Chronos tree has a similar ability to the Kaunaz Rune, is because Jeanne has tampered with it. Similarly to how this system of the Great Magic Forest worked. All that he did when this forest was still known as Tir na Nog."
Even for Hugo as an Elder of Elves, there was no thought about this.
"Surely, you can hear for yourself from the Dryads who were with him and the other magical creatures of the era who created the forest."
"Is that so great, this Giant named Jeanne...?" Reina mutters.
"Then, as long as Jeanne does as you say, I don't care if it's rude, what are you doing?" ask Mintia.
Ozy fell silent, making everyone even more curious about her answer. The answer he had to say—about the thing he had been doing all this time also flashed in his head. But....
"sorry. I can't say it now."
Aria suddenly brushed her teeth. "So then?!"
All eyes were on him. "After all this time, you've kept a lot of things from me?! From all of us?!
"We can't be trusted by you until you keep it a secret about yourself like this?!
"I can't stand being constantly ignorant of you, Ozy!
"Since I found you, you were like a newborn baby! You don't understand language, you don't know any other living things, you even suddenly leave me, and suddenly come back to me!"
Aria's there crying. Mintia, Reina, and Hugo looked at each other with their awkward gazes.
"I told you too, Aria, I'll say it when the time comes."
Aria could no longer hold back her feelings when she saw what Ozy's smile was like when she answered him. In a hurry, he lifted up from Hugo's residence.
Meanwhile, Ozy responds to Aria's departure quite casually. He gulped down Reina's tea, then woke up.
"No." Ozy shakes.
"Huh?"
"The elf was too kind to know everything. For now, that's all I can say.
"I'm going to go see Jeanne's son and try to calm her down. He might have inherited his mother's genius about runes."
There was nothing blocking Ozy's departure, but before he actually left, Mintia advised. "My sister Serina seems to have a relationship with him. Maybe he's involved."
Ozy nodded. "I understand."
......................
[Right now.].
Ozy was standing side by side with Serina, in front of Titania who was sleeping in the form of her little child.
"So that's how it is." Serina reveals the flashback to her story could relate to Titania. This Dark Elf looked at Ozy who seemed to think of something while looking at Titania with a very deep gaze.
"Where is the Great Spirit of Luna now?" ask Ozy.
"Of course." Serina shrugged both of her shoulders lazily. "Maybe he went with Gerda to talk about something."
"Yep and 'something' it's the doer we want to go after Zeeta."
Serina frowning. "Don't-don't...?"
"I have an urgent interest with Titania. I'm going to the Elf Forest for a while. Tell me this if anyone asks."
"What is that interest?"
"You'll find out later."
Shortly thereafter, Ozy uses his rune to bring Titania to teleport. Then Gerda and Luna came from a portal, followed by Zeeta who was walking.
They then exchanged information with what had happened during these thirty minutes. Then they saw something in the sky. It was Jourgan and Danny.
"Thank God I found you here, Zeeta!" shouted Jourgan, who did a front roll and landed in front of Zeeta, and immediately patted both shoulders.
"U-uhm, nice to meet you too, Brother Jourgan. Why suddenly?" ask Zeeta.
"I don't know if you already know about this or not, but .. We should go to Seiryuu immediately."
"Uhm, I know, but we have to meet Aurora first. I can't move on my own without—"
"No, you need to get there!" luna hatch.
"Luna...?" Zeeta's confused.
"If we do not stop the Dark Lord immediately, then—"
'BWHAAMM!!'
Not finished talking, there was a huge explosion somewhere. The explosion could be seen by the naked eye by all who were with Zeeta. The explosion scattered a bluish-white sparkle.
"It's...." Zeeta touched the sparkle. "Snow...? No, ice...?"
"This is the magic of Undine, the Water Ancient Spirit." Ifrit's voice suddenly buzzed at Zeeta's head.
What Ifrit had just said suddenly caused Zeeta to see something. Something to do with her turmoil—about her being appointed by everyone, they seemed to want to get rid of Zeeta—a clairvoyant she saw while in the village of Rhongomyniad.
Zeeta's face immediately turned serious. It was seen by others. "Tell Aurora, to protect the Ancient Spirits of Water and Wind. Not only Aurora, but anyone you can call and make a partner." He then rode on his horse, preparing to wear the Catastrophe Seal. No one understands why he did it.
"I don't know what kind of relationship I've just seen with this sparkly, but I'm going to follow you, Brother Jourgan. Take a few steps back, so you don't get involved!"