Zeeta and the Wizarding World
Despair Threshold

The present-day Aurora Kingdom, the Western Region, the day had changed by night. Zeeta and Selen who are engrossed in hearing the story of Hellen's past are amazed by his story. Zeeta, who decided to stay at Hellen's residence, has been granted permission by Ashley. The reason she was allowed was that, for the time being, she had already completed her urgent interests as Princess, and her plans regarding the censorship protectors, would be continued by Ashley due to her current position as head of government.

Currently, Zeeta, Hellen, and Selen, are "partying in pajamas" in Hellen's private room. They were sitting on a queen-size white bed.

"I didn't expect my father to be that brave" said Zeeta, who recalled the story that Arthur hugged Hellen tightly.

"I also just found out, that Brother was once treated as romantic, even though his condition was very unsupportive. Ciyee," said Selen. He poked his brother's arm.

"Hehe...." Hellen scratched his non-itchy head while smiling disgustingly.

"When are you getting married?" ask Zeeta, who was very unexpected by Hellen.

"So-about that...." Hellen made a sudden down. "Oh yes, if I remember again, after that Arthur just cut me out.... Agh, really! I don't know what he's thinking!"

"That matter should be resolved by the two of them, how about we hear the story until it's over, Princess?" ask Selen. He gave advice, he could not see his brother's heart was made pierced again by a small child.

"A, uhm! I also want to know more about what Ashley's teacher and my mother did at such a crucial time...." Zeeta wanted to make that story a reference.

"All right." Hellen nodded. "When, I thought the evolution of Erigona after that was the end for all of us. Although it was Garren's fault at first, we still can't figure out what caused Erigona to evolve like that." Then, Hellen continued his story.

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"Sir Will, are you still conscious?" ask Ashley. He placed magic on his feet, to be on alert to evade when Erigona attacked him. "If you can hear me, quickly see the situation of Alicia, as well as your other students, then back off. I'll do something to fight him."

With a stuttering step, through his still-open Magic Book, Willmurd teleported while healing his right eye with magic.

"I wish her eyes could go back to normal.." murmured Ashley, "now .. How do I face you? I don't even have time to call the royal army."

Ashley then adjusted her breathing. After he calmed down, when he winked, the Erigona in front of him disappeared.

"Damn!" Ashley immediately locked herself inside a thick chunk of rock to minimize the impact of the attack. Shortly after, Erigona appeared behind Ashley and kicked him so hard that he bounced deep into the forest and crushed the back of the stone and hurt Ashley's back.

"What's that power?!" inner Ashley. He can stand again. Her Magic Book, whose front and back covers were drawn by maple trees, glowed an orange red. The books were flipped over to the page Ashley wanted by herself.

"I'll show you my strength!" exclaim Ashley. From the magic he had used through the Magic Book, he was currently wearing armor that covered only his vital parts, such as the shoulders, elbows, chest and abdomen, as well as the groin area.

Erigona smiled at Ashley. Then, the wind blew fiercely for a while. Ashley rode on her horse and clutched tightly onto her right fist, then came an orange-red aura centered on her fist. When the wind stopped blowing, Ashley inhaled a deep breath and held it in, then in a state of holding her breath, she quickly teleported in front of Erigona.

'BBWMMM!'

Ashley punches Erigona in the stomach, causing her body to curve like a "C" with her right fist, and ends with a clap far from Erigona that makes the impact of a large split ground.

"Fffuuuhhw...." Ashley took her breath. Not stopping there, he coated his entire body with an orange-red aura and followed where Erigona was, who was still lying on the ground.

When Ashley saw the effect of her punch, she was shocked, but was expecting it. The stomach that received his blow was fragile— turned into like ashes. In the middle there is a core— which was previously called Alicia— with a prism shape and contains a red magic grain.

Quickly, he transformed the entire aura that coated his body into a sword to stab at the core. However, aware of the danger, Erigona made a protective root over her entire body and she intended to suck the blade-shaped aura from Ashley's hand.

"Heh. It won't work!" squeal Ashley. He sounds confident. "It's not mana, you know." He smiled, then changed the shape of the blade into a bogem hammer and destroyed the protector. But unfortunately, Erigona was no longer behind that protector.

"Cih, don't you dare run away after daring to injure Alicia!" shout Ashley.

Without being felt by Ashley, Erigona raises her head under Ashley's feet. "Then, if not where...what?"

Responding to this shocking thing, he floated himself in the air. "Is this because he comes from a plant, so he can hide behind the ground? Shit, when I had a chance!"

"You tell me there won't be any meaning to you if you can't get your jerks!" shouts Ashley, then coats her body again with her aura.

"Then, I will defeat you head on!" Erigona rose from the ground. A pointed stem that grows on his back, extending to him to plug it into the ground. It's like he's going to do something.

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Meanwhile....

In the kingdom of Aurora, the Scarlet throne, the chiefs of the main noble families of— except Dormant, Willmurd, were kneeling to their Queen. Scarlet, who of course sensed which changes were constantly occurring around Erigona's location, showed her alarmed feeling with the movement of the four fingers of her left hand that were raised in turns.

Sensing Scarlet's concern, the head of the Cloxzar family, the Marchioness Brandia, asked Scarlet what she had in mind to summon all the chief nobles.

"Ah, yes. I'm sorry to keep you waiting" said Scarlet, who surprised all the major nobles. Speech that is very rarely heard by Scarlet, the Blazing Ruby who is famous for her cruelty, actually apologized while putting on a worried face.

"The reason I'm calling you guys is. I want you to dig up more information about the Elves' whereabouts" Scarlet said.

"Elf, Your Majesty?" tanya Elze, Count of Ophenlis, who shares the same posture as present-day Porte, but has a fair amount of blonde hair.

"Yes. I've been feeling awkward for a long time with the information stored in the palace archives. No matter how small the information is, tell me immediately."

"Is this related to the prophecy of Queen Feline, Your Majesty?" asked Orima, Count Rowing, who was a short brunette with an uphill mustache and glasses.

"Yes, you're right. If I want to let go of all the possibilities of his prophecy, I must exert everything that was not included in his previous clairvoyance, and make him an ally of man."

"W-is that possible, Your Majesty?" ask Brandia.

"So-soal, the palace archives...." Brandia was not sure to continue.

"Ah, the intermarriage of the royal family and the Elves?"

"Th-that's right."

"Hey! How many centuries after that? Stupid time with the royal family taboo, our future is at stake!"

"Well, Your Majesty!" Brandia flutters over Scarlet's thunderous voice.

"Elze, I expect a lot with your crystal magic," said Scarlet, who looked straight at the seventh Count Ophenlis.

"Ready, Your Majesty!" Elze answered him while straightening his body.

"Then, roll on to the next problem." Scarlet was still unfinished with this main noble. The four Scarlet subordinates gulped down her saliva.

"Immediately execute Emergency Order One, right now." The words from him made all the old men stare.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" answer them simultaneously.

"Use all the magic tools we have to protect the people. After you're done, meet me in front of the South Region's wall gate."

"Good." They answered him again simultaneously, then dispersed by teleportation.

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At the same time as the Scarlet encounter and Ashley fight, Willmurd immediately checked the condition of Alicia who was in the dirt hole—whether she was injured or not.

"Mr Princess!" shout Willmurd. He immediately descended into the hole, ignoring his right eye which did not stop bleeding. He immediately smacked Alicia's cheek to wake her up. "Daughter! Princess Alicia!" yells.

"Hnggh...? Where is this...? What ...." Alicia opened her eyes. "Russia!" He remembered what happened, apparently nothing bad from Alicia.

"Are you okay, Princess Alicia?" ask Willmurd.

Alicia then sat down, then replied, "Uhm. How about another—Master Will, your right eye?!"

"I-this is because of her Erigona...."

"Shut up for a second. In the meantime, tell me what's going on." Alicia closed her eyes, then the semicircular moon earrings in her right ear lit up. It makes green light balls—sebhah healing magic.

After understanding what had happened, he opened his eyes. At the same time, the light from his moon earrings disappeared, and his magic was finished. "Oh, yeah." Then, Alicia split the green ball into five balls. The first to be given was Willmurd. The rest were for Hellenia, Arthur, Porte, and Garren.

"I'm guessing.Your magic is great, Princess Alicia!" exclaim Willmurd.

"Thank you, but we have another problem." Alicia immediately stood up and opened her Magic Book.

"E-eriona?! Since when...?" Willmurd who did not feel the air of mana, followed Alicia's steps.

"It's free to try to sense his mana, Mr. Will. He's already fused with almost most of the forest here."

"W-what?! How could? Don't-don't, the Grand Duchess has—"

"No. Teacher is still fine. Erigona's ... dividing her body...."

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Some time before....

After Erigona stuck a black pointed rod on her back, she smiled, then said in a carefree tone, "Maybe I won't be able to defeat you one on one? Ah, it's gonna be exciting!"

"What did you say?!" Ashley jerks.

The pointy stems he planted, then grew in a place near Garren, Porte, Alicia, Arthur, Hellen, and other students were simultaneously.

"I'm starting, yeah!" The three hemispheres near Erigona quickly attacked Ashley simultaneously. He started a strong reflection off their legs, then tried to stab Ashley in the chest.

Responding to the attack, just as quickly as Erigona did, Ashley broke their pointed fingers with an aura centered on her knees and elbows. Erigona was surprised, but one of them immediately attacked Ashley with his left foot and managed to make Ashley fall.

Before touching the ground, Ashley made cotton pads, and bounced them back to Erigona and countered them by making tornado-like turns. He straightened his body and hands and put an aura formed by a sword blade in both hands that were straightened.

Two of them were almost completely destroyed, but their regeneration had become faster than before.

"What's—"

'BWAMMH!'

Ashley's head was slammed by the real one and made a hole in the ground and removed Ashley's consciousness.