Chapter Five

While I was learning about ettiquete I happened across the magic section. They say only nobles and royalty have the ability to learn magic, but what harm is there about understanding it right?

Between learning the ettiquete of this country I had begun to learn magic. When I finish the etiquette of this country I would begin our neighboring countries. I know I probably don't need to know this, but I've always been book worm and I've always wanted to know a lot of things but unfortunately never have the time. Now I had a brain that can memorize anything so what harm was there in learning as much as I can?

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Magic was a difficult art, at least according to the book. In all honesty the first section was all about sensing Magic. So listening to the book I decided it would be a great idea to try.

I focus my mind on the air all around me and I sensed the air. The book said that even for Nobles it's sometimes took a while to sense anything, so I sat patiently and sense.

almost an hour later it happened, it was like blue was swirling around me I could sense it! It was very rare for a commoner to have magic, and when they did it was very, very weak. even though it said that after you learn how to sense that you can move on I spent the entire day just sense and I slowly was able to sense more and more. Eventually one of the Librarians came over and shook my shoulder, apparently thinking I had fallen asleep. I didn't tell her what I've been doing, I thanked her for waking me up, and then acting like a tired child return to my room after borrowing book.

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"O' crystal waters come!" I was in the courtyard, after getting permission from the King to play there. The king always seem to check on me in the morning, like I was one of his own. today I asked if I could play in the courtyard, but naturally the real purpose was to assess my magic. People only had one attribute naturally and the only people who have multiple were royalty. There were sometimes people who could use two but that was incredibly rare.

When I said the chant a large ball of water appeared in front of me and soaked the grass in front of me. Dangerous! What if I had tried fire first! I shuddered mentally at the thought when someone yelled out to me.

"Rose! You can use magic!" I recognized the voice immediately, it was the king. I turned and curtsied lowly to him, minding the ettiquete I had been learning.

"I came to test it today, why are you here Your Majesty?" I stood straight after the amount of correct time had elapsed. The king stared down at me incredulously before speaking again.

"You aren't exhausted from that amount of magic! Your a normal child but your already on par with my son Arthur and he has had Two years of practice!" His eyes were dissecting me, scary! He really is a wolf in sheep's clothing! Ekk save me!

"I didn't put very much of my power in..." I muttered. What the heck! Did I get cheat magic too! Come on what's going on, aren't I enough of a cheat without this too! Am I being trolled by a god or something? I am not a toy to amuse yourself! I had my head bowed like a child who had done something bad as of now. It could have been very dangerous if I had been a fire user... It's a good thing I'm water though! There's no way I can do multiple after all, the gods won't screw with me that much right?

"It's fine to use your abilities I was just surprised! Anyways from now on do you mind practicing in my training room, instead of outside? I will teach you control, but you cannot tell a soul about your ability until your older!" He was making a strict expression, but I nodded eagerly. The king will teach me! He's the most powerful magic user in the world currently! Score! I grinned up at him, the grin was my trademark smile that highlighted all the childlike cuteness I had. He smiled down and patted my head before speaking again.

"I wanted to ask, how much have you learned since you started to goto the library?" Ahhh, I had been avoiding this. S-shut up it wasn't because I wanted to surprise them or anything... Ok maybe a little but in my defense the man that stood before me was more of a father to me, not a king. I would never admit that as he would probably kill me with a hug or by drowning me in tears of happiness... Yes must never tell him, cannot admit it. He is just my Godfather King. Yes, nothing more... S-shut up! I don't want to hear anything from you!

"Well, I have memorized all the history of this continent and it's many countries, as well as the individual monarchs we have information on in the library. I have also learned the ettiquete of our country that is detailed, along with the majority of the other countries as well. I am able to do all the math in the books of the library too!" I tried not to make the 'praise me! praise me!' face when I looked up, and I knew I was probably failing. Ugh I am learning how to hide emotions/feelings next! Acting here I come! No more showing how I feel soon!

The king wore a gobsmacked expression. I stared up at him for a long he finally started to chuckle and pat my head with a weary expression. Why does he look so tired? Did I do something?