Bright looked at the little mermaid before him—or rather, the giant mermaid—and asked in surprise, "Little Shirahoshi, your father said you awakened Observation Haki?"
The Little Princess nodded a little sheepishly. "Mm. Father said this is the power of Observation Haki. Mother has it too."
Bright clicked his tongue.
Neptune had said that Princess Shirahoshi had suddenly told him today that she could hear many voices.
After testing it a little, Neptune discovered that his daughter had awakened Observation Haki. Just like her mother, Otohime, she possessed the power to peer into people's hearts.
Naturally, Neptune had been delighted. Many students had already awakened Haki, but Shirahoshi was still among the youngest.
She was only nine years old this year.
And she had awakened Observation Haki, not even ordinary Observation Haki.
Yet Neptune had never expected Shirahoshi's awakening of Observation Haki to cause such a huge commotion.
"That's truly incredible."
Bright sighed sincerely as well.
It seemed this child had inherited her mother's talent for Observation Haki.
She had not been born awakened. She had genuinely learned it later through her own diligent training.
For a nine-year-old child to awaken Observation Haki was truly remarkable.
What was even more remarkable was that the awakening of her Observation Haki had also brought about the gradual awakening of Shirahoshi's power as Poseidon.
Bright had no doubts about that.
After all, it was only after his own Observation Haki awakened that he gained the ability to hear others' inner emotions and communicate with sea beasts and Sea Kings.
Observation Haki was, in essence, the power of listening, sensing, and communication.
So what was strange about Shirahoshi, who had originally only been able to communicate with Sea Kings at close range, gaining the power to call them from afar?
"You can sense it now,