Despite it being "magic" some of the explanation for it are pretty "scientific", to a certain extent.
Twintails for the rescue.
That king sent those two little shits to die, that is cold-blooded... but sincerely, I am having difficulty feeling any sympathy for them, they clearly are the type that doesn't stop even when their adversary is down.
If you notice, most fantasy stories nowadays treat magic as a science with "explanations". There are always energy sources, proven methodologies and, when the author has a brain, combinations of the magic field of study with chemistry, biology and physics fields.
It's rare to find a magic system that feels in fact magical. Like, in Lord of the Rings, old races like elves have special powers. For the elves it's a sort of art, science and religion, but since we never get the elven point of view, it ends up looking like an unnatural unknown power wielded by those ancient creatures with millennium wisdom. Thus, looks like magic.
