Ellie’s meeting with Blu, a bundle of highly condensed magic, caused her own magic to awaken. Sophia, who noticed this, immediately tested out the princess's new skill and made her use magic without knowing it. From the looks of it, the little tiger seemed to be quite apt at it, as well.

“What do you mean?!” The little tiger was still in shock. “Ellie used magic?!”

“You sure did~.” Sophia smiled at her.

“No!” She didn’t believe it.

“Yes~.” The blonde kept smiling. “I created the ball of water, but you’re the one that made it bigger and kept it floating for a little once I took away my hand.”

“Nu-uh!” The princess shook her head. “Ellie can’t use magic yet!”

“You can.” Sophia also shook her head in the same manner. “You became able to earlier when you met Blu.” The parakeet, who had landed on the blonde’s shoulder again, nodded a few times in confirmation.

“Is So…phia really not lying?”

“I would never lie to you!” The blonde raised her voice.

“So, Ellie really did water magic?”

“Yup!” She nodded. “At first, you just supported my magic, but it was fully your own doing near the end.”

“Waoh!” The princess got excited again. “Ellie needs to learn all the magic! RIGHT NOW!”

“I’m glad you’re so enthusiastic, but I’m afraid that it might have to wait until tomorrow.”

“WHY?!” The princess didn’t like that. “So…phia said that when Ellie’s magic is ready that she will spend all her time to teach!”

“And I will absolutely do that!” The blonde had no intention to break her promise. “Still, you just unlocked your magic! That’s pretty big, isn’t it?”

“The biggest!” She felt the same about the matter.

“Don’t you think your parents deserve to know first? Before I then turned you into the bestest four-year-old magic user?”

“Guess so…” While it seemed like she understood, the little tiger still looked disappointed and hung her head. "Let's do it quickly so we can more magic!"

“Sure~.” Sophia let out another chuckle. “It seems like Kira already went home, so let’s head directly to the castle.”

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Once the princess stopped being reluctant about it, the blonde opened one of her portals, and the two stepped through it.

"I honestly wasn't expecting the two of you to be back so early." The duo immediately ran into Kira in one of the hallways in the castle. "Ah, let me guess. You came to get permission for a sleepover?”

“Yes!” Ellie reacted with a big nod. The plan was news for her, but she was an immediate fan.

“I won’t say no to that, either, but that’s not what we came here for.” The blonde shook her head. "A little something happened that we need to tell you.”

“I don’t like the sound of that.” The queen raised an eyebrow. “Did you get hurt, Ellie?!” She immediately focused on her daughter. “I told you what’s going to happen if she gets even a scratch!”

“Ellie’s perfectly fine!” The blonde and the little tiger synced up.

“Then, what happened?” Kira looked confused. “Wait a moment!” She then noticed something when she took a better look at her daughter.

“Yep.” Sophia nodded. “That’s why I brought her back.”

“Your magic unlocked, Ellie?!” The queen got incredibly loud.

“IT DID!” The little tiger gave her a thumbs up. “Ellie already used it, too! Funny floating water balls!”

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“N-No way!” She looked quite shocked. “So much, too! We have to go to Menzor immediately!”

“Sure thing~.” The blonde just kept nodding, and the trio made their way to where the king was.

“Dear, we need your full attention right now!” Kira flew into his office.

“How can I be of service?” He lifted his head from a couple of papers he was focusing on and looked at his wife.

“Here!” Saying so, the queen grabbed Ellie under her arms and lifted her on the massive wooden table that was separating the couple.

“Hello, beloved daughter of mine.” Looking rather confused, he smiled at her.

“Hey~!” She happily waved at him.

“What am I missing?” He then looked at Kira again.

“Take a good look at your daughter, and you tell me."

“Hmm.” Doing as told, Menzor scanned the little tiger from head to toe. “Wait a moment!”

“Yup.” Just like before, Sophia simply nodded. “Her magic did indeed awaken when we were playing together.”

“No way!” The king jumped off his chair. “It’s so much I can’t even really put it in numbers!”

"Ellie's the strongest, after all!" The princess, who was still standing on the desk, showed her father a V-sign with her fingers.

“Ahaha~.” Liking her reply, the blonde got closer to her and lifted the little tiger off the table before facing Menzor. "It's about half of Maya's power or twice that of Anna's current magic, depending on how you want to look at it.”

“That much?!” He got even louder. “Wouldn’t that mean she can learn and use chantless magic?!”

“She already did~.” Sophia smiled at him. “I taught her a little water magic earlier. Chantless, of course, because that’s the only way I can use and teach magic.”

“Floaty water ball!” Ellie cheerfully nodded.

“N-NO WAY!” Kira and Menzor synced up.

“You shouldn’t belittle your daughter like that.” The blonde shook her head. “She’s a very talented girl!”

“Yes!” Ellie thought so, too. “Not nice!”

“That’s not what we meant!” Both glared at Sophia.

“Sure sounded like it, though.”

“Yes!” The princess nodded. “Sounded like it!” To bring the point across, she started pouting, as well.

“No, it’s just not plausible that anyone learns magic mere hours after they unlock it!”

“It was minutes, okay?”

“Minutes!” Ellie put extra emphasis on the most important part of the blonde’s statement.

"That's even less plausible!" Kira sided with the king. “It takes months before you can use your first spells. Activation words are a whole story entirely!”

“Well, it might sound weird, but chantless magic is by far the easiest way to use magic. Yeah, it’s hard to obtain because it’s literally based on your power, but it’s ridiculously easy to use. For chants, you actually have to come up with something and put work into stuff I don’t even understand. Activations stuff is similar, too. For chantless, your imagination is the limit. You literally just have to think about what you want. If your imagination is great, you’ve already won.”

“Ellie’s imaginanation is the bestest!” The little tiger was a natural when it came to that.

"We need to work a little on your concentration, though.” Sophia smiled at the princess. “We don’t want to get wet again because you lost your focus, right?”

“Yes!” She was highly motivated.

“Our baby actually used chantless magic…?” Kira still had a hard time believing it.

“Well, to be perfectly fair, I did some magic where I included her. She influenced my magic and then later took it over. I still have to teach her how to create something from scratch.”

“Ellie can’t wait!” She was bouncing all over the room in anticipation.

“Ohh, I see!” The king nodded along. "So you made sure she actually unlocked it, and you noticed how promising and talented she is?”

“Pretty much!” Sophia smiled at him. “She did use actual magic, though.”

“If this gets public, that our nation’s princess has this level of magic reserves, on top of being able to use chantless magic, things will get hectic again.” Menzor was holding his head.

“Anna also can use chantless magic, though?” The blonde tilted her head. “Since back when I boosted hers and Ari’s magic around their birthday.”

"And that also caused quite the stir."

“So, it probably won’t be a good idea to tell you that I plan to boost Anna’s magic again in the future? To my current level, at the very least. The same with Ari and the others."

“Why do you hate me so much?!” Menzor got loud while he was rubbing his temples. "You're back for five minutes, and my migraine is back already."

“You know that it’s a good thing, right? Me gifting your daughter more magic to use?”

“Ellie also wants more magic!” She had no idea what was going on, but the little princess still wanted to get in on the fun.

“Let’s think about that possibility once you’re able to control your current power.” Even Sophia thought it was too early for her.

“Okay!”

“I mean, that is indeed true, and I’m very grateful that you’re supporting our daughter to this extent, but it’s a lot to take in.” Menzor faced the blonde again. “Be it as the king or father.”

“Exactly.” Kira just nodded.

“Fair enough, I guess.” Sophia couldn’t blame them. “Anyway, I promised Ellie I would teach her some more magic tomorrow, but I brought her back for now because I thought you needed to know first. How about I give you some time to let it sink in, and if there's anything I need to know, you can tell me tomorrow. Assuming that we continue with the plan of me teaching her because my way of using magic is… well, it’s just better than any other teacher in existence.”

“Yes.” Kira nodded. “Your way of doing things is a little eccentric, but the results speak for itself. It will be for the best if Ellie learns from you.”

“I think so, too.” The king nodded.

“Perfect!” The blonde decided to not comment on the eccentric part and just smiled. “I’ll come and get her tomorrow around noon. If there’s anything you want me to know, you can tell me then.”

“Okay.”

“Ellie can’t wait!”

Once the outline of the plan was set in stone, Sophia decided to head home for the time being, as it had been a long day for everyone involved. She still needed to tell the others of Ellie's awakening, as well.