Zeeta and the Wizarding World
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"Holy Spear ... Rhongomyniad...?" Zeeta asked in her astonishment. "Does it have anything to do with the Rhongomyniad village?"

"Haha, duh, of course there is," replied the new Fairy Queen, Nadeja, "that's where you'll take and end everything—according to her prophecy."

Hearing the words "according to prophecy"— forces Zeeta to inevitably recall a future vision from one of her Rune powers. The rune shows that one day, in the village, he will be "betrayed" by many people, including his friends. They all cast their magic on him, despite everything he had accomplished.

However, it was just a memory fragment. Zeeta is no longer afraid. Because before coming here, he had gained a lot of strength even though it was just words, not an action. But .. That alone was enough for him. He also adjusts his breath so that he feels more free to express what is in his mind.

"Well, what am I supposed to do with the Rhongomyniad?"

"Destroying Drakaeim and Jotunnheim."

Zeeta frowned. "Destroying...? Mean ... kill them?"

"On that matter, it's not me who can answer it."

"Eh? Whatchu mean?"

"My role standing right now in front of you and talking is just to help you get it done."

"So .. say I've done it, after that, will the other Fairy Queen replace you?"

Nadeja smiles. "We'll see."

"Then...." Zeeta looked at which ball was behind Nadeja. "May I know what's behind you?"

"Ah, this?" Nadeja who spoke face-to-face, turning three hundred and sixty degrees like a dancer. "This is Feline's legacy for you Yggdrasil Seeds."

Zeeta frowning. He again made a misguided answer.

"You already know about Vanadust that requires a lot of mana from various races, right?" Nadeja.

Zeeta nodded.

"Then you should have understood what the use of where this is. That's why, even though Feline and his colleagues always make Man unlucky, he always finishes his role to Yggdrasil."

Zeeta looked again for a moment at which ball he was. He thought again, what exactly Nadeja meant .. until finally he smiled. "Hey, say Nadeja.... I'll tell you what I want to do after Yggdrasil grows back. After hearing that, I wonder if you still want to help me?"

Nadeja felt there would be serious talk from this one Man....

[A few tens of minutes later.].

"Hoaayammm...." Zeeta stretched her stiff body while walking out the Fairy Forest leisurely. The sky was over, the people from Lazuli village seemed to gather across the river.

"God...." Zeeta gave a small smile looking at her friends and the people who were waiting for her return. When Gerda, as one in the crowd saw him walking leisurely, she immediately shouted.

"Zee.. yaa...!" peek Gerda while wrapping her mouth with both palms to tighten her voice. "Are you okay, okay?" he then waved his hand.

"Yes, I'm good!" reply Zeeta who was both screaming. He then used his teleportation magic to immediately appear before Gerda. "Sorry to worry you" he continued, holding Gerda's shoulders.

"Are you really alright, Princess? his people are worried. "Did that new Fairy Queen do nothing to you?"

"Lho's? Who are you guys—ah from!

"Luna!"

"What can you do, right?" Luna defended herself, "the leaves were half destroyed, of course everyone was curious. You even left her magic in place."

"Oh! I see, yes. Take it easy, this Fairy Queen is not as strong as the previous Fairy Queen Feline—. We just build relationships with each other. I'll make sure there won't be anything like when I'm a kid again."

"Mr Princess...." His people are touched.

"By the way, I'm hungry! Is there someone willing to cook for me?"

"Yes! Sure thing!"

Gerda and the others, including Arthur, were silent when Zeeta went with his people to cook. They thought back to what Luna said when she told Nadeja.

"Zeeta is getting stronger" said Luna, "especially right after she met her other self.

"This arrow was shot seriously, also at full power. Although she was the newly born Fairy Queen, her strength was beyond reason, and she could still be stronger than Feline in no time."

Gerda clutched her hand. He wanted to say something and hesitated, but in the end he said it. "I ... saw it!" his voice provoked all eyes on him.

"He was the first to realize there was a weird—and I knew it might be from his rune, but....

"Zeeta stops this arrow with one hand and minimizes the destruction by creating a barrier field to protect us. Everything was so fast, but .. I don't know why .. but I can see it!"

Luna closed her eyes. "That's natural, son Gerda."

"Eh?"

"That means Vanadust does affect all the inhabitants of Galdurheim and is also an opportunity for you to become even stronger— to help Zeeta. Not only you, but everyone, is no exception."

"Jenner!" exclaim Arthur.

"Huh-yes?" Hellenia jerks.

"Please train me to be more clean!"

Hellenia looked at Arthur's face. He seems to have made his resolve.

"certainly so. But, are you sure you don't want to be with him? She's now—"

"It's okay. Zeeta is not a coward and a coward.

"Sheeta....

"My daughter is just overburdened and doesn't want to make those around her feel overwhelmed. It's been like that for a long time."

The full moon, everyone was already asleep in their respective places. There are those who roll out mats and share blankets, set up tents, and so forth. Sure, Zeeta has allowed his people to go home, but he cannot refuse the request of those who want to spend the night together. They were mostly villagers around Lazuli, the town around Rey Emeria's residence, and some from the capital.

Although the average people are already in a deep slumber, Zeeta is alone in the old building mossy— ruins of the house owned by Tellaura and Clarissa first. He stood bathed in moonlight, staring at her blankly. The strong wind seemed not to be his obstacle to stay that way, until a man approached him.

"Zeet."

Feeling called, the Princess turned her head. "Oh, hi Danny." Zeeta looked back at the moon. "Tonight I'm a normal human being. Sorry I couldn't notice your arrival."

"It's okay." He stood next to Zeeta.

"What's wrong?"

Danny seems hesitant to say it, but he always steals a look at Zeeta.

"Hmm?" Zeeta tilts her head. "See what's on my face?"

"A-ah, no.... I just ... thought about a lot of things...." Danny scratched his cheek that wasn't itchy.

"Hehe, we're the same." Despite laughing, Zeeta looked back at the moon.

Danny was confused and looked back and forth at the moon and Zeeta's face. He doesn't understand.

"Just relax, Dan, I just think the world is beautiful. Look how beautiful the moon is today."

Danny is stunned by Zeeta's sparkling eyes, plus the wind blowing his silver hair. He really is an angel from heaven.

"I think you're the prettier one, Zee."

"Eh?!" Zeeta gasps, glares at Danny in surprise, and blushes red.

"A-ah, yeah.I mean...." Danny was also made to blush, not realizing he said it out loud. "Uhm. That's it." He decided to be brave.

"Be...." Zeeta suddenly felt awkward. "Thank you for the compliment."

"Y-yeah...."

Danny couldn't stand being quiet between them. He's setting his breath. "Zeez... Zeta!"

"D-yeah?!"

"I-I know you're thinking about a lot of things, but tonight....only tonight, will you listen to me?!"

Danny's blushing face bewitches Zeeta to sculpt and thwarts his brain to think clearly. "Bo-can. Wh-what is it?"

"I-i.... I....!"

The heart sounds of the two of them being completely unkillful, made the atmosphere suddenly strange just like that.

"I've always been determined to be strong so I can always protect and help you!

"But.... No matter how much I practice my magic, I can only always be behind you and in the end hesitate to keep chasing.

"However, you always break my doubts with your unyielding figure no matter the situation!

"After your meeting with Ozy. after your first battle with Hollow.

"As a man, if I look weaker, it's a shame. I always wanted to look cool in your eyes...."

Zeeta gasped with her final sentence.

Danny broke his heart. He held Zeeta's hands. "E-eeeeh....?" Zeeta is confused as to what to do.

"I-i....

"I know I'm much weaker in the clean, but I know from everyone, you're the one who always fights! Every time I hear you're hiding something so we don't worry, it just has the opposite effect!

"In the world you'll crave.... If everything is done....

"Zeeta .. a-a.. I want to....!"

"Cu-cu-cu-enough, Dan! Yee!" Zeeta swinging her hand—trying to break away.

"E-eh...? You're menola—"

"Bu-not so! Let me talk too, duh! You're always that!"

"O-oh.... Wh-well. Sorry...."

Danny lets go of his grasp, until Zeeta can finally catch his breath.

"Ehem...." Zeeta. "First of all, since when...?" Zeeta can't look at Danny.

"I've been aware of it since you became the Princess. At first, I just thought of you as the little sister I had to protect, but as you got further and further away, my heart couldn't afford."

"Hu-humm.... Su-have been a while too, yeah.... But, Danny...."

Danny is shocked to see Zeeta suddenly teary-eyed.

"City ... Zeta?!"

"I'm really happy.... From the bottom of my heart, I was happy.

"You and Gerda, since before becoming the Princess, have always been by my side.

"Kinky....

"I. .. honestly want to feel more freedom in my life. Choosing my favorite clothes with Azure sister, vacationing with my cousin, dueling with Mellynda, spending my time with you, cooking, and even falling in love too.

"Thank you, one of my wishes was realized. I was actually just thinking one thing.

"'Before Ragnarok happened, at least I wanted to know what it was like to be loved— what it was like to be a woman like Miss Hellenia who had been in love with Arthur's father since they were in school.'

"But Danny....

"The world won't let me."

Danny was struck by lightning at the time. "Huh...? A... What do you mean...?"

"Can you keep this a secret from the others? It's quite troublesome."

"Depends on the language."

"Then I won't tell you."

"THE ZETA!"

"But I'm telling you one thing, oh my best friend Danny. Whenever and wherever, I'll always be there—"

Danny hugged Zeeta tightly. He doesn't care about the heartbeat or anything else. He was not able to see the face that was holding the pain even though he was still crying.

"Share your burden on us, you fool! Are you ...." Danny tightened his embrace. "Do you not want to be with us...? Do you want to separate from us?"

Zeeta bluffing teeth. "Of course you don't want to, you son of a bitch! I love all of you!

"But....

"Only I in this world can do that, Danny. About Ragnarok .. about everything."

"That doesn't mean you have to do it alone either! Say whatever we have to do, we must be—"

"Then, smile. For my sake."

Danny shakes. He shed his tears. He did not expect the precious moment—momen expressed his feelings to Zeeta—it ended like this.

"That's what I've always hated about you, Zeeta!"

The pair of Humans turned to the source of the voice. "Gerda...?" they both saw her cheeks fared the same. It has been near them all this time.

"You are a crybaby, a coward, never willing to trust your own friends, and always deaf to what they have said!" Gerda pulls Zeeta out of Danny's arms.

"Look at this, you stupid girl!" Gerda forcibly opened the pendant she was wearing. Zeeta is immediately overwhelmed by the photos inside.

"We all always struggle to maintain a smile like this, right?!" He then pulled his brother's hand. "Let's fight together!" Gerda hugged the two tightly. He cried the most intense of the three. "From the beginning, whatever our status, we were a family that grew up in the same village! Even if the ultimate path is nothing, at least we can be together! That's what's important!

"If we can protect a smile as innocent, happy, and peaceful as we were at that moment, all is enough in return, right...?"

Zeeta breathes the water of her nose strongly. "THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUEIII!"

"Ragnarok or whatever, go here, damn it!!!" yanny exclaimed in flames.

"Paul... Bwhahahaha!" they could finally laugh together. Nothing hindered the laughter, everything just let go of the laughter, as if the three had just laughed for the first time....