"Creak."
The heavy palace doors slowly opened, and six figures hurried toward Blue Meow Meow.
"Happy, why did you come back so quickly?"
"Aunt Shakart, Uncle had something to give you, so we came back!"
"And this is...?" Elder A asked.
"Oh... she's my friend, Sherry!"
"Hehe... don't tell me she's your girlfriend?" Elder One asked with a motherly grin.
"Grandma Elder, don't talk nonsense. We're really just ordinary friends!"
"We understand... we all understand!" the elder group said, maintaining their motherly smiles.
After a moment of embarrassment, Blue Meow Meow regained his wits and immediately recalled the other reason they had returned to Exceedalia.
"Oh, right, Aunt Shakart. Like me, Sherry can't use magic after returning to Edolas. Even the pills Uncle prepared didn't work. So..."
"Hehe... that's simple. Grand Elder!"
"Your Majesty!"
"I'll leave this matter to you!"
"Yes!"
"Restoring magic power isn't something that can be done in a short time. Let's first take a look at what Sordil left behind!"
Compared to Sordil and Faust, Shakart might not have been a qualified emperor, but her accumulated experience over the years still let her see what Sherry was thinking.
"This little one is really wary," Elder A remarked.
"It can't be helped. After all, she inherited that ability," Elder One said.
"More importantly, shouldn't we look at the intelligence His Majesty the King sent?"
"Yes... yes!"
Carefully filing away the whispers around her, Shakart began pouring magic power into the Magic Crystal in her hand.
"Buzz!"
Blue radiance flashed, and that punchable silver-haired youth's face appeared before everyone once again.
"Phew... I can finally come out and get some air. Looks like Happy has reached Exceedalia."
"His Majesty the King is as lively as ever," Elder A said.
"Shouldn't this be called fooling around?" Happy asked.
"Happy,