Ten o'clock at night, inside El's room.
"System! Please, be a decent system! Wake up already!"
El lay on the bed, looking at the 99% progress bar in his mind, helplessly sighing.
He had no choice.
The magic he was first given was low-level magic, but he had practiced his Ice Control so well that there was nothing left to improve.
Recently, he had also felt that he had reached a threshold in his magical training. That's why he started focusing on swordsmanship to strengthen his body.
'Sigh, I just hope the system wakes up soon.'
After praying, El closed his eyes.
The night was so quiet.
There were ships coming and going at the port, loading and unloading goods.
The guards at the castle gate were still standing watch, protecting the safety of the king, queen, princess, and prince inside the castle.
This was Arendelle, the place diligently governed by King Agnarr.
...
After half an hour, the night finally began.
In Elsa's room, Elsa seemed to be fast asleep. A small figure sneaked into her room, then quietly crawled from under Elsa's bed to the top of it.
The figure then whispered, "Elsa! Pfft~"
After that, the little figure quickly sat on Elsa's blanket, facing her ear, and shouted, "Elsa!"
"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"
Of course, it was Anna. She was so excited after seeing El's magic today. She had been thrilled at the dinner table and couldn't contain her excitement.
After returning to her room, Anna didn't go to sleep but quietly waited for time to pass, making sure her parents had gone to bed.
Afterward, she sneaked out of her room. Anna originally planned to go straight to El but remembered that her sister also wanted to see his magic.
So, she decided to sneak into Elsa's room first.
"Anna, go back to sleep. And father doesn't let me use magic."
Elsa immediately recognized Anna's voice and knew what she was up to.
Ever since Anna first discovered Elsa's magic, she has often visited Elsa's room just to see her magic.
However, Elsa had been a bit down during dinner today and didn't want to show her magic. She could only ask Anna to go back to bed.
"I can't sleep, I'm too excited! The sky is still awake, so I'm still awake. We need to play!"
Anna said, turning excitedly back and forth in her blankets.
"You go play by yourself. I can't use magic... but..."
Looking at the lively and cute Anna, Elsa quickly forgot about what had happened at the dinner table. She threw off the blanket, and Anna sat up on the floor.
Elsa smiled and was about to agree.
After all, it wasn't the first or second time they had secretly played like this. As long as they were careful, their parents wouldn't notice.
But before she could finish, Anna interrupted her by jumping onto the bed and said, "Do you want to build a snowman? El is here too!"
Hearing this, Elsa smiled and opened her eyes. She had already been a little tempted to go, and now that she heard El was there too, she really wanted to go.
By the way, El had never seen her magic.
Elsa started to feel a bit excited too with curiosity about how El would react when he saw her magic.
However, Elsa was still puzzled as to why Anna wanted to find El, and she asked, "Anna, why did you bring El along? Didn't father forbid him from using magic?"
Elsa didn't even realize her tone sounded stiff when she asked.
They were still young, and Elsa didn't understand why she felt this way. Anna noticed but didn't mind, thinking Elsa was just upset because she kept it a secret from her.
"No, El told me. Father did say he wasn't allowed to use magic, but he can use it as long as he passes father's test."
Anna said excitedly.
"Really? So, father said El has already passed... that means..."
Elsa suddenly understood.
No wonder El and Anna were exchanging glances at the dinner table earlier.
"Yes, El can use magic now!"
Anna excitedly added.
"That doesn't mean he'll actually use it."
Elsa pouted, thinking Anna was still too naïve. She grew up with El, and she knew how low-key he was.
"Hehe! Of course, I have a way. Just follow me, Elsa."
Anna said with a mysterious smile, not explaining anything.
Elsa, putting on her shoes, furrowed her brows, 'Hmm, that's strange. Why does it feel a little... off?'
At that moment, Anna couldn't wait any longer. She grabbed Elsa's hand, which she had just finished putting on her shoes, and started running towards El's room.
Fortunately, their rooms weren't far from each other.
As they quickly arrived at Elijah's room, Anna was about to open the door and barge in.
"Anna, this isn't right. We should knock first."
Elsa stopped Anna, feeling that it would be inappropriate to just go in without asking.
"It's fine, Elsa. I've snuck in here before; nothing happened. El won't be mad, and if we call out like this, Father and the others will hear us."
Anna smiled at Elsa, then pushed the door open and walked inside.
Elsa couldn't shake the feeling that the discomfort in her heart was growing stronger.
"Meow! Meow! Meow!"
As soon as Anna opened the door, El's cat, which had been placed in a cat bed near the entrance of the room to avoid being disturbed, was startled awake.
This cat had been bought for him by Queen Iduna, as El had always loved cats in his previous life.
Then, Elijah began to keep one, but only his parents and himself knew about it, except for Anna, who had snuck into his room to see his magic and found out about the cat.
"Shh! Ellie, don't meow, it's me, Anna. I'm here to see El."
Anna seemed to anticipate this. As soon as she entered, she began soothing the little white cat, Ellie.
"Meow!"
As soon as Ellie saw it was Anna, she relaxed again. The cat knew Anna had a good relationship with her owner.
After all, Anna had visited several times before and even brought her treats, so Ellie was happy whenever Anna came by.
"Here, this is for you. Eat up!"
Anna noticed that Ellie had calmed down and quickly gave her some delicious cat food as a reward.
Then, she walked over toward El's bed.
As for Ellie... she was happily munching on the delicious midnight snack.