This made the nursemaid deeply relieved. But the moment the girl picked up the toys, she sensed something was off. These didn't seem like ordinary blocks, but magic stones. In her previous life, such things could only be obtained by killing monsters. She never expected them to be so common here.
Seeing her quickly put all the blocks back where they belonged, the maid sisters excitedly praised her as a genius, and her adorable little appearance made people want to take a playful sniff of her. Their over-the-top reaction made the girl feel very embarrassed.
Still, if her mother were here, she would probably like these magic stones too. Thinking of this, her mood instantly sank again. Seeing this, one of the maid sisters immediately picked her up.
"Princess, let's go visit the prince together."
The maid sisters took her to the training grounds, and they happened to witness the scene of her brother being bullied. Several ministers' children had surrounded him. They mocked him as a useless piece of trash with no mother and no magic. They ordered him to kneel to the Grand Duke's son, and said that the Grand Duke's son would become the future king.
Hearing this, the girl flew into a rage. That Bean Sprout Head actually dared treat her brother like this. And the attendants were just standing by, watching coldly from the side. She was so furious that she shouted at the group of boys.
"Get lost, Bean Sprout Head. Looking for a beating, are you?"
As soon as she said this, she quickly drew the attention of the three boys. Seeing that the newcomer was her, the blond boy tapped his own head and jeered.
"Oh, so it's you, the idiot little princess. Have you gone crazy now? But a useless prince and a shut-in princess really are a perfect match."
Hearing this, the girl was so angry that she just pointed at him, unable to get any words out for a long while. She was furious. She absolutely had to teach this little brat how to behave. But someone moved even faster than she did. Her brother grabbed the blond boy by the collar.
"You're not allowed to talk about my little sister like that."
This action from her brother seemed to finally flip the attendants' switches. They rushed over in a panic, but not to protect her brother. Instead, they knelt to the blond boy and begged for mercy.
"Young Master Grand Duke, please forgive His Highness the prince. He's still young and just got confused for a moment."
With that, they even shoved her brother around, trying to make him apologize to the blond boy. Seeing this, the blond boy immediately puffed up with pride.
"As long as you're willing to kneel and admit you were wrong, I'll reluctantly forgive you. I'll even allow you to keep living in this palace until you come of age."
Hearing this, her brother suddenly bent his knees slightly, which made the girl frantic. How could her brother be so spineless? But in the next second, her brother rammed his head into the blond boy's chin, sending him flying and landing flat on his back, limbs splayed.
"You want me to apologize to a bastard like you? In your dreams. Get out of my house right now."
The reason her brother had become so humble was that, as the empire's only prince, he had failed to make the sunstone shine on the day of his naming ceremony. And if the sunstone didn't shine, it meant he had no magic. In an empire that worshipped strength, a person without magic was not worthy of becoming king, not even a noble prince.
From then on, her brother was labeled the useless prince. No one cared about his feelings. Even when he proactively requested to study the arts of rulership, he was met with merciless ridicule from his teachers. Yet even so, her brother never gave up on improving himself, because he wanted to become the strongest support for his sister. So if anyone dared bully his little sister, he would definitely strike back without mercy.
Looking at the Grand Duke's son lying on the ground half dead, her brother's gaze gradually turned icy, while the blond boy's lackeys were scared out of their wits by what he'd done today, as if they had glimpsed the shadow of a cold, ruthless king in him. It was terrifying.
Only the girl unabashedly gave her brother her full approval, which instantly softened her brother's heart. As expected, his little sister was still the best.
To give her brother a bit of encouragement, the girl reached out her little hand, wanting to pat his head, but she awkwardly realized that she couldn't reach him at all. The nursemaid immediately held out her arms, indicating that she could pick the girl up, but the girl stubbornly insisted that she could definitely do it herself, so her brother let her try again.
Even though she strained on tiptoe with all her might, she still couldn't reach his head. She even accidentally fell over. At that point, she finally accepted defeat. She just hadn't expected that at only seven years old, her brother was already this tall.
Suddenly, her brother's head dipped down sharply. Then he gently lifted the girl's small hand and placed it on top of his head.
"How about now? Can you reach?"
Although she was a bit annoyed by her brother showing off like this, the girl still sweetly cheered him on and encouraged him.
Just then, the unconscious blond boy suddenly woke up. He first viciously berated her brother, that useless trash, for daring to make him get hurt. Then he turned and started punching and kicking his little lackeys. Finally, he still didn't forget to once again force her brother to kneel and beg him for mercy. But this time they ignored the blond boy, which made the blond boy completely furious.
He actually tried to use magic on the siblings. But the girl would not allow him to run wild here. She immediately cast a protective barrier around the nursemaid and the others. Then she also unleashed her own magic.
Frightened, the blond boy ignored everyone's attempts to stop him and directly hurled the fireball in his hand. Seeing that the girl was in danger, her brother without hesitation stepped in front of her, just like in their previous life. But this time the girl refused to lose him again. So she immediately cast advanced magic, summoning a fire phoenix that swooped straight toward the blond boy.
The blond boy was so terrified by the fire phoenix that he fell to the ground on his backside. Then, the next second, the fire phoenix began furiously pecking his head. In unbearable pain, he could only flee in panic. And while running, he discovered to his horror that he had actually wet his pants. His spotless reputation was now completely ruined. And there were so many witnesses.
All of this was thanks to that brother and sister pair. So he immediately pointed at her brother and cursed.
"I'm warning you, don't get too full of yourself. Even if you beat me, it doesn't change the fact that you're still trash."
Her brother, however, remained unconcerned. "Losing to my little sister somehow makes you different?"
As soon as he said this, the blond boy was, sure enough, rendered speechless.
Seeing her brother finally acting strong, the girl was deeply gratified. So she decided to give her brother a little help. She quietly moved around behind him and used the Bum Bum Smack skill. The moment the skill activated, a strange light radiated from her brother's whole body, and he instantly unlocked A-rank magic power.
As long as her brother performed steadily, he would soon be able to rise to S-rank, just like in their previous life. And her brother, who had just awakened his magic, also displayed formidable power in front of everyone. He scared the blond boy so badly that he collapsed to the ground again. Now it was hard to say who the real piece of trash was.
And on that very day, the sunstone lit up twice, and each time its light was extraordinarily dazzling. This was a once-in-a-millennium spectacle. Although few people awakened magic after the age of five, the sunstone's brilliant radiance was unmistakably telling everyone that her brother's magic power was extremely strong.
When her father heard that her brother had awakened magic, he was deeply relieved.