Zeeta and the Wizarding World
Desire Emerging from Opportunity

The light of the moon tonight looks mighty with its sickle shape. A village that is twenty minutes from the village of Lazuli, looks terrible after disappearing in the Red Jago. Even so, a silver limousine and a frog car of the same color were parked conspicuously without the black stain from the slightest smoke.

Some people return from a house whose life has been burned out—the same fate as the other houses. The men consisted of four adults wearing white suits with large pin-shaped roses in their suit pockets.

One of them was wearing a red tie, the other three were white. The four adults brought a daughter from the house they had just left.

The girl has short black hair, behind her back hair there is a dark blue color and blue eyes. His body was filled with black blisters and stains, be it from smoke or from the ground. They took him into the frog car. Soon, the two cars left the tragic village.

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Meanwhile, the next day in the village of Lazuli....

Farmers are gossiping over the fires raging in neighboring villages. They can still see the smoke.

“Si Rowing it.. I heard she's doing it again..!” said woman A.

“What does it have to do with last night's fire?” ask the woman B.

“Of course! Where is his....and Lapis village as his target...who else if not Rowing?!” reply man A with high intonation. He also tightly gripped his hand.

“Now he dares burn the village? Are there any casualties from Lapis village?” ask the B guy.

“Are you serious? We're talking about Rowing, lo!” hatch man A ride apitam.

“Do-not...” woman B guessed.

“Yes. There were my relatives who lived there.. when I caught up with her after feeling Rowing's mana...” The tears of A's man trickled down and she fell down. “He burned his village! Everything's up. No one survived! Except...”

Man A who remembers the incident last night tells that there was a daughter brought by a person named Rowing.

“Daughter, you say?! What the fuck is he this.. Even though he is noble, his deeds have been too late!” woman A commented.

“Ya... ever since Aurora's palace was hit by that huge root... The nobles of this country are getting crazy!” reply woman B.

“We better talk about this further with the Village Head.” Man B closes the conversation and they return to farming.

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The day that was not bright at all decorated the atmosphere of the meeting in the Village Chief's residence. The family representatives present there consisted of around five dozen people, there were middle-aged men and women, there were also young men and women. Arthur and Recko did not escape the presence of the meeting. They both want to talk about the incident that happened to Lapis village, their nearest neighboring village.

“Rowing is definitely planning something, Mr Village Chief!”

“What should we do?”

Various opinions were heard from participants.

The village chief raised his right hand, as a sign that he was about to speak. Everyone shut up. “Our time is running low. We can't keep Zeeta's whereabouts any longer. The nobles have already started to go after him."

“A-what do you mean, Village Chief?” ask Arthur.

“The girl Rowing brought last night is the kid who has the big mana.... They were children who had special potential from among the commoners.

"His name is Azure, I once told Lapis Village Chief a little about him.”

The village chief then closed his eyes.

“Then... what should we do when he comes here?” ask a man.

“Arthur.. is it true that Zeeta has not fully risen?” ask the Village Chief.

“Y-ya... it's true.” Arthur nodded.

“Differences where we are with Rowing too far. Even if Arthur is with us, if Rowing brings more people, it's suicide. That's why..” The Village Chief took his breath, then slammed into him. “As long as his strength has not risen, we must make him have precious memories for him before the time comes. It's natural that we do this as part of his family. You guys understand what I mean?”

Silence occurs in this room. They have sad faces, resigned to what awaits them.

“Of course! It's for Zeeta, our family!” sahut a man.

“Uhm. Zeeta is still a child.. If we just keep quiet, Zeeta will continue to grieve!” chirps a woman.

“You too, Arthur! As long as the time has not come, do what you can as his family!” Recko hooked his arm around Arthur's neck and showed his smile.

“Ya... thank you all.” Arthur showed her a smile that looked like it was forced.

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Later that night, Arthur invites Zeeta to speak warmly at his shop while drinking hot chocolate for Zeeta, and milk coffee for him.

“Zeeta, have you heard the rumors about the nobles that everyone in the village is talking about?” arthur began the conversation.

“Uhm. I know why you say nobles are evil. But I don't understand ... Why did Rowing do such a cruel thing?” answer Zeeta. He has a grim face.

“That's the reason why I invited you to talk here. I'll show you a condition in our royal capital, Aurora.” Arthur took out a grain of red mana in a handful of hands and threw it into the air. From these details, slowly began to appear the image of the condition of the palace that was talked about by garden farmers this morning.

“What is this..?” tanya Zeeta doesn't understand the picture.

“This is the royal palace. His majestic and sturdy figure had been swallowed up by the gigantic roots wrapped around the entire palace.”

Arthur pointed out from the various directions of the palace that had become a giant root winding. There was not a single remnant of the palace in sight. That's the root.

“This incident happened five years ago. Suddenly the capital was thrown with giant roots that quickly locked the palace. Although the residents there had tried various things with his magic, including the nobles who were nearby, the roots were not scratched at all Arthur replaced his image with one relating to what he described.

“Because no one knows how the condition of Queen Aurora—Alicia Aurora XX, then the nobles took emergency action to regulate this country.

In this country, there were six main nobles who were given the right to govern every existing territory. One of them was Rowing, she ruled over the Southern Region of Aurora

"The Southern region has about one thousand and two hundred inhabitants, which are divided into dozens of villages, including Lapis village and Lazuli village. Since Rowing has an important status as the government of the Southern Region, we commoners cannot do much when she does something bad to us. Besides, he has mana which is much bigger than us.”

“Daddy is also losing big?”

“So you can say that. Therefore Zee, when you grow up and if you ever meet Rowing, always remember this. He is a cunning man, whatever he will do for his purpose to be achieved. Because of his cunning it is also a lot of our neighboring villages that are tormented, even destroyed because of his actions... be careful, okay?” at the end of his sentence, Arthur clasped Zeeta's shoulder.

“Uhm. I understand...” Zeeta still looks grim.

“Until that time comes, live your life as usual. Play with your friends, practice magic, whatever you want to do, do it while you can. Honestly, I also do not know when Rowing came to this village and what she will do...”.

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Meanwhile, at the same time, in a dungeon....

“I can't forgive... I'LL NEVER FORGIVE!

"I'll do what you did, Garren Rowing! I'll knock you to feel what we've been feeling!”

Azure, the girl from Lapis village gathered her large amount of dark purple mana. In order to complete what he wants to do, he needs a short time.

At the same time, above the prison, there was a residence that was so magnificent, luxurious, and spacious. The courtyard of the residence has a fountain pond carved with rose stems full of thorns. The water there are grains where bright red that each water rises to the top, where the grains change the shape of the water into roses and color the water red due to the grains.

There are three magnificent buildings in this spacious courtyard. One of them is Garren Rowing's residence. He was the eleventh descendant of Rowing. He was talking to his son on the balcony.

Garren Rowing XI has straight red-eyed blonde hair with a face that has been infested with a mustache and a tapered beard. He was one of the people who took Azure and burned the entire Lapis village.

While his son, Bastanil Rowing XII, is a small eight-year-old man with the same hair, but short, with bright yellow eyes.

“See the view tonight, Bastanil...." Garren smiled, enjoying the atmosphere tonight. "Isn't it beautiful if you look at it from this height?”

“Yes, yes, this is beautiful, I know. Then, how important is it to ask me to listen to Dad?” ask Bastanil. He was not interested in what his father would say.

“Haha, that's my new Son, who doesn't want to mince words and immediately wants to get straight to the talking point....

"All right.”

Garren then looked seriously at Bastanil.

“Do you remember the events at the palace five years ago?” ask Garren.

“Yes. Sure oes. Everyone was in an uproar then.” Bastanil who was still not interested just looked at the night sky.

“It appears, there are survivors from the palace...”.

Bastanil changed his gaze into his father's eyes. “Hoo ... then?” he smiles.

“When we find that person, we can use him to carry out our plan to seize the throne of the kingdom..” Garren also smiled as he pointed towards the palace.

“Hmmm Bastanil did not remove his smile, but he seemed to remember something. “But there's still a Grand Duchess that could potentially get in our way. Utilizing those survivors won't be a guarantee our plan will work!”

“Take it easy. This survivor is no ordinary person..” Garren whispered something to his son. Upon hearing his whisper, Bastanil smiled wickedly.

“Then, what are you waiting for? We just finish off all the villages and lure the guy out, ‘kan?” ask Bastanil.

“It's not that easy, my son. If we do, the other four nobles will be suspicious and in the end the Grand Duchess will finish us off. No need to rush, because in the end he himself will visit us..”.

Shortly after Garren said that, he suddenly turned upside down. “Aghk?! Wh-what is...?! My body...!”

Garren's body suddenly stiffened after he was wide-eyed. Shortly thereafter, he fell down in front of Bastanil.

“A-Dad? What's up?!” Bastanil panicked to see his father fall suddenly.

Moments later, a female servant came in a hurry to tell Bastanil something. “Tu-Master Bastanil! Nyo-mrs Rowing...!” he cried with sweat, “nyonya Rowing suddenly fell! Something strange about her body!”

“What did you say?! Call the butler immediately, have him take Father and Mother to his bed, then call the doctor!”

“B-good Sir!” the waiter immediately left his place.

“A-what-what the fuck?!” when Bastanil saw his father's body, he was surprised to remember what the servant had just said to his mother.

"W-what's that...?!" the shocking events for Bastanil did not stop there. His father's sizable body was slowly shrinking along with the dark purple smoke coming out from his body. This shrinkage is so drastic that only the skin and bones are visible, the color of the hair also fades. It seems that this also happened to Bastanil's mother.

“Don't... This is a commoner you brought this morning?!” Bastanil immediately ran towards the dungeon to meet the Azure.

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When Bastanil arrived in front of the Azure cell room, he saw the dirty girl in his eyes was panting. He could also see the remnants of the dark purple mana grains in both of his hands.

“So you're right...! I command you to release the magic immediately!” shout Bastanil.

“I can't believe...." Azure grinned. "I don't think there are any survivors from Rowing....

"Huhahah! Free, motherfucker! Even if I could take it off .. I wouldn't want to! Ahahaha!”

“What did you say...?! Dare to dare ka—“ Bastanil intends to nag Azure, but cut by his interlocutor.

“HOW DARE YOU FINISH OFF THE VILLAGERS OF LAPIS! What is our fault with you?! Not only did it leave us tormented with high taxes, now you're after our lives? What do you want to do?!”

Slightly shaken at the unexpected scream, Bastanil poured out a drop of sweat. “Heh." This boy smiled wryly. "There's no point in me telling you who's a commoner. More importantly, since you've committed crimes against the nobility, don't think you'll survive..” Bastanil.

“Hahaha. Go ahead! Please execute me! Not even now

trouble, but let me tell you. If I die, those two fucking people who have been cursed will also die!” Azure seemed to be a completely different person. He was not even afraid of dying at that moment. Something that a child of his age would not think of under normal conditions.

“What did you say?!”

“I can't undo it, but I can speed it up. All decisions are in your hands.but whatever your decision, everything will still go according to my plan..”.

“You are only a child of my age, but you have dared to do this kind of thing.. Indeed, commoners are filthy creatures!”.

Bastanil's words made Azure rise, he slammed the prison iron with his hands to make Bastanil fall surprised. He saw Azure not caring about the blood coming out of his hands.

“Listen, yes! If you speak a word with me again, I will not hesitate to take you to hell with your parents!” Azure opened his eyes wide to reveal veins in his eyeballs. His emotions and hatred can no longer be suppressed.

Azure managed to make Bastanil ciut and raised his feet from the prison while shouting, “Damn kaaauu!”

“True. Love your parents' lives while you can! And never ... NEVER approach me again!” Before long, Azure fell limp, clutching her bloody hand. He held back his tears.

“While my magic has cursed them, still this is not absolute. I was even just bluffing I could hasten his curse. I also do not know my magic can be directly released by them or not. but at least, I avenge their vile deeds.”.

"Dad ... mother... everything...." Azure still endured her cries while enduring the pain in her hands. After this, Azure lost consciousness.