Zeeta and the Wizarding World
The Sky Above the Sky
Every morning bright and dark since the departure of Zeeta to train since two months, in the Kingdom of Aurora, always begins with the noise of explosions, moans, shouts of enthusiasm, and shrieks of disappointment from inside the palace. Since then, the elimination for the members of the Crescent Void Force has been held. Of the hundreds of souls consisting of children, adolescents, to adults, have followed a series of stages given by three magical creatures who are willing to train them, namely Eclipse, Ozy, and Luna.
Of course, what the three of them gave to the people would certainly not be worth it, especially from Luna, with what Azure, Gerda, Danny, and Mellynda received a while ago.
The stage that the three of them gave was of some sort. One; for five days four days a night, being able to not eat and only survive with each mana.
Two; of those five days, if they do not see any sign of strengthening even though very little, will be given a harder training, which is against Ozy directly. This stage is not without reason. By getting used to meeting and fighting strong opponents, will increase their level of safety in the future, as well as add to the experience.
Three; for those who have shown signs of mana improvement from those five days and four nights, they will be trained to save the citizens from the Phantasmal attack, carried out by Eclipse and Albert. They made a simulation in such a way that was the same as the Hell Hydra incident and added a pseudo-magic creature made by Ashley— that will return to mana after a long time running.
Four; after the three stages were successfully passed, the last stage was against Luna, then continued to fight Alicia. Their previous plans, which wanted to bring together those who escaped with Zeeta and Azure, had to be hardened again, for the sake of their own future.
After sweat and blood were bet on by the hundreds of Auroras, only six survived and were judged worthy to stand at the very front, fight against Phantasmal, and protect the kingdom.
They are Danny, Gerda, Novalius, Mellynda, Marcus, and Colette. Marcus is one of the soldiers under Alexandrita's command. He helped Zeeta out of Rowing's dungeon and served a mission to the royal prison in the Northern Territory. Colette is a long-haired, blue-eyed brunette with a beautiful face. He dresses in black with a green cardigan. Of these six, the oldest is Marcus, followed by Colette, then Novalius, Danny, Mellynda and Gerda
The six men were now kneeling before Alicia, who was beside him seated the King, and their allies such as Lucy, Eclipse, and Ozy. Not to forget also present at the Queen's side, Grand Duchess Ashley, Commander of the Royal Albert Army, also accompanied by other major nobles. Not long after, Alicia spoke up.
“The six of you are very proud of me for being able to get through hard training during these two months. Whether you have talent or not, I still appreciate your ability. You are also able to assess, overcome, and be knowledgeable enough as a representative of the government that will be the front guard against the Phantasmal threat.
“I have also witnessed your abilities individually. My experience, as well as the experience of all the major nobles who are in this room with you, agree that your abilities are truly capable of overcoming Phantasmal.
“Although there will still be many people who do not believe in your abilities because there are only six of you, always remember in your heart and head that the Queen is on your side.
“Good. Mellynda von Ophenlis IX, Marcus McGroovey, Samantha Colette, Danny Bloomy, Gerda Bloomy, and Novalius de Dormant XVIII, I officially make you the Crescent Void Squad, along with this uniform as the symbol!”
Six pieces of light appeared before each soldier. Men received a long blue shirt with a white collar and sleeves, with a hoodie half-body vest. On his right front vest, there is a crescent-shaped emblem-not crescent—like crescent moon that broke with fragments. In front of the moon was a spear. The emblem was colored golden yellow. They also received long blue trousers—senada with his shirt and shoes, as well as black leather gloves.
For those who are girls, they receive a denim blue truss skirt with its extra fashion—brown waistband. They also got the same vest as men, and a pair of white short heels.
Without changing their kneeling position, the six chosen soldiers received their respective uniforms. Marcus looked at her with a proud look. He was smiling too. He had never thought before that he could reach this point. Then, they replied to the Queen at the same time.
“We, the Crescent Void Army, are ready to protect the kingdom of Aurora! We will fight to meet your expectations, Your Majesty!”
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An hour passed since their inauguration, the members of Crescent Void were spending their time in the village of Lazuli— - precisely shop A n’ Z— - while eating their orders without wearing their new uniforms. Even though they were together, none of them spoke. Feeling that he was the oldest, Marcus tried to melt the atmosphere.
“Greetings everyone,” greet Marcus, “my name is Marcus McGroovey! Previously I was—“
“Stop,” cut Novalius, “I know the atmosphere awkward, but we all agree if you are the one who should be our leader. We know who you are."
“Eh?” Marcus furrowed his brows, not understanding the flow of speech.
“Uhm. Since the second stage, you have always motivated us, the first who can understand the situation around, also make plans for us,” continued Mellynda, “among us all, it's not strange that you're the one with the most experience on the battlefield because you're a former Alexandrita soldier. Novalius and I are nobles, but our experience is the same as Gerda, Danny, and Colette. Yes, ‘kan, Colette?”
Colette smiled sweetly at Marcus. “Of course. I ‘kan come this far just to protect my fiancee.” He touched the back of Marcus' hand.
“He-hey!” Marcus immediately pulled his hand while blushing. “You promised to keep this a secret!”
“Oh,” Colette brings her face closer to Marcus. “Do you want to be alone with me because you don't want this secret to leak?”
Looking at these two people, Gerda made her cover her eyes with her hands.
“But, I can't believe you've made it this far, Ophenlis,” Novalius said.
“Hah? What do you mean?” Mellynda immediately sewot.
“I heard you hurt Princess once, what exactly made you change, even to the point of doing this?”
“Ah, the. You can refer to it as the return of the favor and the form of rivals. I just don't want to lose to someone who's that whiny, cowardly, and strong-witted.
“More ... I also want to save Azure immediately. She ... anyway she should we save.”
Colette who was joking with Marcus turned serious. “Hei. You three often spend time with the Princess, ‘kan?” tanyakanya.
“Ya, what's up?” ask Gerda.
“Do you believe that by protecting it, we can protect the world?”
Danny clutched his hand. “Who knows? We don't even know what Phantasmal is about to attack us.
“The seed of Yggdrasil from the Nebula kingdom did not even intend to reveal who Phantasmal was who attacked his kingdom. We all lack information. What we can do is just trust and wait for Zeeta, while protecting this kingdom.”
Gerda immediately cursed at her brother. “Cih, you say it like it's easy!”
“Lantas, based only on the prophecy of the Fairy Queen, we must protect the Princess and prevent her from doing what is in the prophecy?” colette asked, “honestly, I'm willing to be a Crescent Void Squad not to be a guard boy i—“
“Stop, you don't need to discuss that, Cole—“ Marcus who was about to stop Colette was ignored.
“But the attack that killed my grandfather undoubtedly came from the boy. If it is true that he can indeed use the legendary weapon, but in the end there are still casualties LIKE MY GRANDFATHER, why should I protect him? He must be just a spoiled kid who doesn't know anything. If she dies, just let her die, Queen Alicia can still exercise her power!”
'TWALLET!!'
Marcus slaps Colette. “Come out and chill your head, Colette. You've gone too far!”
Colette who was holding her cheek slammed the table while cursing. “You're not the Marcus I know. Substantial. Why are you being like this?!” he immediately left them with a deliberately stomped step.
The atmosphere soon became awkward. The other visitors also stared at the five people there. No one can say anything until Arthur arrives. “Basic. As a parent, I was sick and felt like exploding hearing the girl say,” she said, “I will protest to her. My sweet, beautiful, and powerful Zeeta kingdom, I will not let it be oppressed like that. Gerda, I'll leave the store to you.”
“Pa-Uncle Ar—“ Gerda who wants to stop it stops.
“Hmm? So, he is the host father of the Princess?” ask Novalius. Gerda, Danny, and Melly nodded. “Hahahaha!”
“Eh?!” they were surprised by his laughter.
“So, yes, so, yes! Marcus, I agree with him! You should also protest against her and prove that the Princess should live with us!”
“Eh? You know Arthur, Nova?” ask Melly.
“Yes. My late grandfather often prided him. He has also come to my residence and once showed me his abilities. If she raised the Princess, she would have been taught the mind and heart of an Arthur!”
Danny sumringah's. “Damn it, Uncle Arthur turned out to be much better than my father. I thought he was just an ordinary chef— whose abilities were no greater than that of a hunter. How dare he hide this fact from us. Doesn't this make you fiery, Gerda?”
“Don't ask me, you stupid brother, of course I'm fiery! Let's make his mouth gap because of our ability!” Gerda took her left palm, she was also equally sumringah.
Marcus who had only listened earlier finally smiled—ia was inexhaustiblethat all around him, there were many people involved with Zeeta, but were completely unaffected about his crazy strength, he said, and was challenged to protect him.
“Don't leave me alone, let me come with you!” exclaim Marcus, “though, my only purpose is to protect the kingdom. Protecting the Princess does not change my purpose.”
“Interesting. I'm coming with you guys,” timpal Novalius, “ I still don't know how great this Princess power is, but seeing your reaction, she must be very valuable to you. Just knowing that, even if I die in my mission, I can die with pride!”
“Hey, how rude, you are! Don't step over me because I'm already his rival!” timpal Mellynda, “yah .. but .. if you protect Zeeta, of course I follow.”
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Since coming out of the A n’ Z store, Colette could clearly feel that someone was following her from behind. He smiled, "It's so stupid. I'll make him sorry for following me.” He then leads Arthur to an open field that allows no one to hide.
“So why have you followed me so far, Old Man?” The confident Colette crossed her arms.
“Yah, look.... I actually wanted to protest you, but you just kept going. I can indeed call and stop you, but I also want to explain something to you.” Arthur relaxed his body. From the neck, fingers, to the body.
Seeing her body language, Colette smiled. “While I si—“ instantly the smile turns gaping.
“You're too big-headed, Nak.” With a hostile look at all, Arthur was behind Colette and was about to injure her neck by placing a magic blade on her palm.
“You speak as if you are the one with the most grudges, and you are the one with the most right to avenge your grandfather, and unilaterally blame my daughter. But, deep down, you know, that the world of magic is the cause.
“This magical world is full of mysterious entities that are not able to understand Human reason, so you feel afraid. You fear for their existence and easily generalize my daughter to the same mysterious entity, and think that dying is not strange
The words that Arthur spoke nonstop made Colette tremble. It's really scuttled. Moving a little would have made her neck break.
“What do you know, if those mysterious creatures were born from your kind of Man, son?”
Colette was wide open to hear it. “A-what do you mean?”
“Look. You have a chance to understand them but you close the opportunity tightly because of something called fear.
“Have this, son. My daughter is so much better than you. As a parent I don't mind if you die after you've been bad at it, but I also appreciate the value of a life.
“My daughter is always surrounded by an unstoppable fear. He was afraid that if he failed, then the lives of innocent people, for example like YOU, would be lost, so he trained with all his might.
“He was also afraid, if his great strength even made people fear— for example like YOU, who did not even try to understand the difficulty.
“But, look at the situation now. Did my daughter lose to her fear and vilify people like you did, hmm?”
Colette can't take it anymore. He cried like a waterfall. “I'm sorry! Sorry for vilifying the Princess! Yes, I was scared but I didn't know what to do either! Everything is as you say! Yes, I'm scared!”
Arthur releases Colette. “Good. When you make a mistake, always apologize. You're sorry.” Arthur then leaves from there, leaving Colette who fell down and limp. “You still have that chance with the Crescent Void Army. Don't waste it, kid!” he also waved his hand.
“Moh.... Who is that guy...? I didn't see him move at all and neither did he cast any magic behind me.... I'm ‘kan Crescent Void, you know!” inner Colette. Instantly, Colette remembered Alicia's remark, that on the battlefield, no one could guarantee what would happen.
“Ahhh! So this is what it means! Goddamnit! Why didn't Marcus stop—ah, he did….
“But .. the man was terrifying…. Marcus, help me...”.
This army still has room to develop better in terms of humane, as well as strength. They have the potential to bloom gracefully.
