Zeeta and the Wizarding World
Yggdrasil Seeds

The night has occupied the horizon along with the month of the necropolis or is almost full. The wind was calm too. The people of Aurora have returned to their homes. Only one was different from the previous one, which was that while the Eastern Region would be repaired, its inhabitants would stay in the Cremlyn Labyrinth until the work of the entire new building was completed.

Azure, Gerda, and Danny are currently together standing on the side of a bridge. From there, they could see the palace being wrapped around by giant roots. The reflection of the moon's shadow in the river water under the bridge was shattered when the Azure threw a chunk of rock at it.

"Well, I've been upset with Zeeta for a long time" Azure said.

"Eh?" Danny and Gerda stare at the puzzled Azure.

"I know I've only spent a short time with him, but don't you feel what I feel?"

"Felt? Felt what?" ask Gerda.

"Zeeta is a strong ass."

Gerda and Danny looked away.

"You know what else, she's the Princess" Danny replied.

"He has his own reasons for acting that way" Gerda said.

Azure's head was lured out. "Huh...?"

"We don't want Zeeta to be like that either, but if that's what she wants, what's okay to do, right?!" danny Timpal.

Azure approaches Danny and pulls his collar. "You ... seriously say that? It's the same as letting Zeeta do what the Fairy Queen predicted!

"If you, as her closest friend, don't want to be next to Zeeta at times like this, it's no wonder that Zeeta wants to destroy the world!

"He always carries all the burdens alone! He always wanted everyone to smile when he was suffering! Did you really think that way to him?!"

Danny clutched Azure's hand and brushed it off. "What do you understand about Zeeta?! Even if we wanted to be with him, would that solve everything?!"

Azure was eager to slap the boy right then and there, but he assuaged her by asking Gerda. "Gerda, do you think that to Zeeta?"

"I'm not as shallow as my brother, but I understand what he means. Azure sister, the three of us always spend time together. Be it magic training or any other moment. But, among all of those things, one thing we cannot change as her friend is who she is today" Gerda replied.

"You mean?" ask Azure.

"I think she's still confused by her position as Princess. I, anyway, will still be friends with Zeeta no matter who she is. But, as long as she has not accepted who she is, before she fully accepts the fact that she is the Princess, we cannot be on par with her. Whatever we're gonna say will be ignored by him."

"Heehhh~, the Princess has such a boring friend, huh?" Mellynda came in behind Gerda and Danny.

"What did you say?" Danny was emotionally disturbed.

"Oh? There's nobility here. Do you want to get rid of us from the capital?" ask Azure. He did not want to deal with the nobles anymore.

"Hmm? Hahaha, of course not, troublesome at all."

"Then, what do you want to bother eavesdropping on our conversation, Miss Nobles?"

"Oh, greetings. My name is Mellynda von Ophenlis IX. I am the daughter of Count Porte Ophenlis VIII whose territory was destroyed by the Great's oppressors." Melly introduced herself to the royals.

"Then?"

"Well, I was just walking around because there was nothing I could do in the labyrinth, so I happened to hear the nonsense of two people claiming to be her friend the Princess."

Gerda was emotionally involved. "What do you want to say?!"

"I told you, I heard bullshit. I think the person who deserves to claim to be the Princess' friend is the older brother who's there." Melly pointed at Azure. "Tell me, have you ever thought of becoming a royal family? Surely you know a little about the obligations and responsibilities as a royal family, right?

"The lives of thousands of the souls of this kingdom are borne by the son whom you acknowledge as his friend.

"Hey....

"Tell me right now...!"

Mellynda clutched her hands very tightly. He also bit his own lips.

"Are you both CAPABLE of carrying that burden?!

"I hate hypocrites. Earlier I thought Zeeta was a terrifying Princess with great power. I'm afraid she's destroying everything with her great power, like the Fairy Queen's prophecy.

"But, it never stuck in my mind how she felt by carrying that power. Whether he is happy, scared, or hated. But finally, after seeing what he did twice for the sake of this kingdom I know very well what he feels.

"Remember, when the Giant sent down the meteor, he cried! I'm sure something's going on in his mind.

"Then the creature that almost wiped us all out this afternoon, he almost died if no one could help him. Now tell me! Can you be like Zeeta?!"

Gerda and Danny were silent. They also seem to shake.

"I admit, as a noble, I did not dare to fight the creature alone. They just turned my people into skulls. What was on his mind until it dared to be like that?" Mellynda looked at the moon with a smile. "I have decided! If he's back, I'll challenge him as my rival...!

"Well, I was just pissed off with your bullshit. Excuse me first." After greeting the noble style again, the Eastern Region noble left the three.

Azure looked at the river, then he spoke again. "Gerda, Danny, is Zeeta valuable to you?"

Tears seemed to be dripping from the brothers. "Of course!" they say it together.

"If so, when he comes home later, we should scold him so as not to be strong-witted. After that, we should also tell her that we will always be there for her and will continue to help her as much as we can! Because we are...." Azure cut out his words.

"Friends near Zeeta!" reply Danny and Gerda.

"Well, that's great!" Azure patted the heads of the two children.

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Zeeta was sitting folding her legs to the side on the scattering of blue grass. When he touched it, the grass made itself glow blue. Now, he was facing Aria who was on his waist.

"Stay sitting there. Although it looked like grass, but it was a healing plant. Your body feels sore and limp, doesn't it?" ask Aria.

"Uhm. I also feel like my body is starting to improve" Zeeta replied. Then, he asked, "but, why are you here? You surprised me when you suddenly touched my shoulder from behind."

"Oh, this is the forest I told you about. This is my residence, the Great Magic Forest."

"Great Magic Forest? So ... where are they?" Zeeta pointed at the colorful glowing dots.

"No. They are not mana, but the Spirit of Yggdrasil."

"Eh? Yggdrasil's spirit? What ... is that also a magic creature?"

"Hmmm.... How to say, yes.... Ah, that matter let the elder alone explain it."

"Chairman...?"

"Yes. I brought you here because the Elder wants to see you. Sorry to bother you, Zee."

"N-no no! I'm sorry too! I should have been able to avoid Ozy's death if I was serious about it in the first place...."

Aria fell silent and looked at the gloomy Zeeta.

"Zee, what did you forget what I said when I first met you?" ask Aria.

"Ehmm. remember, anyway, but it's there's a lot, hehehe...." Zeeta scratched her non-itchy cheek.

"I say, even if you are the Princess, don't think that the fate of all life is in your hands. Who are you? The goddess? Wasn't it! You're just a human being, and you're just a kid! Don't be so responsible!" Aria hit Zeeta's head slowly. "I'm sad, but I know you're sad too. Instead of regretting what happened, we better try better not to repeat it!"

Zeeta was silent for a moment and started talking. "Know? Today I've had a lot of scolding about my thoughts, ehehe.... It seems, I still have a lot to learn again in order to become a worthy Princess."

"Omelan? But ... All this time you've been with us, when did you get that scolding?"

"Hmmm...." Zeeta seems hesitant to say it. "W-would you believe me if I told you I met my ancestor, Clarissa Aurora IX?"

Aria. "You ... seriously?" tanyakanya.

"We should meet the elder soon, can you stand up now?" Aria offers her right hand to help Zeeta stand up.

"Uhm. I'm bi—"

"no need. Stay there until your stamina is completely restored." A pointed-eared man just like Aria, came out from a tree. It was like coming from that tree. The taper-eared man wore a thick white long T-shirt covered in simple armor made from animal skin. The pants are long black which is also equally coated with leather armor. He had dark skin, long black hair straight neck and purple eyes.

"Elder!" sahut Aria, "why did you bother coming here?" Aria immediately knelt before the Elder.

"Hahahah, don't joke, Aria. There's no way I'll let Zeeta come to see me when she receives Catastrophe Seal's side effects." The elder stood right beside Aria who was still kneeling.

"Greetings, Princess Aurora Twenty-First, my name is Hugo. As Aria revealed, I am an Elder in the Great Magic Forest, and I am a Dark Elf."

"A-a-ah! Sa-salam get to know you again!" Zeeta stood up in a hurry. "My name is Zeeta. The Zeeta Aurora XXI. It's nice to meet you!"

"Shanofu." Hugo chuckled. "There's no need to be so polite like that, Princess. Talk like you're talking to Aria."

"Ba-good!"

"Well, since we've met, I want to talk to you a lot. Can your kingdom be left?"

Zeeta thought hard and recalled the situation before he was here. "Anu, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure, what is it?"

"Are you.. uh, um.. I mean, you know Maisie?"

"Oh? Sure oes. What's up?"

"Can I trust him? I feel like he's about to heal my magic teacher Ashley, just like he healed my wounds." Zeeta held her stomach.

Hugo smiled. "Yes. You can."

"Huuuh...." Zeeta breathed a sigh of relief. "If Ashley's teacher is fine, I can calm down. All right, Uncle Hugo, I'll talk to you a lot!"

"Then, let's change this place to make it more comfortable. Aria?"

"Yes, Elder?" ask Aria. He is still in his kneeling position.

"Give Zeeta cold orange juice. Oh, don't forget to give him a renjie. After using the Catastrophe Seal, he must be starving."

"Ready!" Aria immediately raised her legs with a flap of her wings.

Zeeta is shocked when she hears orange juice and renjie fruit. Upon Zeeta's confused gaze, Hugo noticed. "Hahaha, don't look like that. This is the Great Magic Forest. See, the tree behind you?" ask Hugo. Zeeta then looked. The tree he found was a large tall tree like a giant that numbers a lot of—various rain forest.

"Uh." Zeeta nodded.

"See the fruit?"

To see the fruit, Zeeta had to actually raise her head. "Ti-not seen...."

"Well, that fruit will bring out whatever the inhabitants want here. We just need to imagine it, just like you're imagining it when you're bewitching."

"Whoaah..great!"

"Is this great too?"

Zeeta turned his head back to Hugo and now he was sitting on a chair made of wood along with a table set.

"Since when are there tables and chairs here?!" zeeta's eyes looked sparkling.

"Haha... Zeeta, this is magic, you know, magic. Humans can do this too!"

"Well, I didn't expect.... Since when did I not feel happy like this?! Her innocent, joyful-looking face was extremely precious!" inner Hugo.

Shortly after, Aria comes back with what Hugo asked for.

"Aria, we'll talk important. You go meet someone at the waterfall, he needs a lot of you to be upset about" Hugo ordered.

"Alright...." Aria has confirmed Hugo's orders. "someone? Who's that?" inner Aria.

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"Alright, Zeeta. Before speaking of the matter of importance, there are three reasons I would like to meet you personally in this Great Magic Forest," Hugo said.

"Yes?" ask Zeeta.

"First, Dark Elves are Elves who fall from the truth. We can't just show up to the outside world, because they hate us so much."

"Fall from the truth?"

"To put it simply, we are Elves who behave evil. Murder, hate, vengeance, all that we do."

"Oh, so, yeah.... That means it's just like humans, right?"

Hugo was a little surprised by the answer. "Yes?"

"Yes, what I know is that humans do those things. Oh, so.. What is a human who behaves like that called 'Dark Human', huh?"

"Zeez... The zeeta? You serious?"

"A. ahaha. Of course it's kidding. Hehe, sorry. Please continue."

"This child.." inner Hugo smiled wryly. I didn't think he was even joking. "The second reason, after you use Catastrophe Seal, we know what side effects you'll get. Therefore, I order Aria to bring you here."

"Is this pain and weakness incurable with ordinary magic?"

"Well, that answer has to do with my third reason, which is... Zeeta, you've met the spirit of Yggdrasil, haven't you?"

"Meet the Spirit of Yggdrasil? These people you mean? Uhm, I'm meeting you right now...?" Zeeta looked at the colorful glowing dot near them.

"Please, seriously!"

"Ehehe, even though you're a Dark Elf, you don't feel threatening at all, do you?" Zeeta is very relaxed. "Hmmm, if the shining ball I met in my dream is true is the Spirit of Yggdrasil, maybe it is!"

"Can you explain to me how and how you met him?"

Zeeta then explains when he had a dream before Maisie healed him and when before he woke up in the Great Magic Forest.

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"Then, this makes your situation clear. Zeeta, the reason why your mana is stronger than any other Human around you. is because you are the Yggdrasil Seed" Hugo said.

"Uhm, I know." Zeeta did not look surprised.

"...."

"What-what?!" So surprised, Hugo to slam the table.

"My ninth ancestor told me. About the Fairy Queen and the giant roots in the palace as well."

"Le-your ancestor?"

"Uhm. Clarissa Aurora IX."