Chapter 31 The ending of the tinderbox
Outside the city, among the crowd of onlookers, a hooded silver-haired boy looked at the hanged soldier from a distance.
"It seems that your tinderbox is damp and cannot be used."
The boy is naturally Rhine.
After controlling the activated rope to restrain the soldier, he took away the soldier's tinder box.
Later, when the soldier came to him to help get the tinder box, he just pretended to walk away for a while, then came back and returned the tinder box.
As a wish-granting magician, Lane does literally grant the soldier's wishes, but with a twist.
What he returned was a damp tinderbox that had been soaked in water!
——As early as when he first got the tinder box, Rhine conducted a divination on this well-known magic item and was convinced that the tinder box would be temporarily ineffective for a period of time after getting wet.
"Hey, why am I like the devil in the story, taking advantage of the loopholes in the human heart to realize my wishes literally, but twisting them at the same time."
The young man laughed at himself in a low voice.
"The tinder box that summoned the three dogs, I got it back!"
Rhine flipped his right hand.
There was a splash, a cloud of mist surged out, and the tinder box that had just been in the soldier's pocket appeared out of thin air in his palm.
"Retrieve items that have been touched."
This is the new magic Rhine learned after realizing the soldier's wish to "retrieve the tinder box."
This even includes items that Rhine touched before learning this magic.
It’s a powerful conceptual ability!
The young man thought. Many interesting uses suddenly popped into his mind.
"I don't know what to call it. I'm a sucker for naming! I can't call Dromji an instant summon, right? 'Return to the original owner'? That doesn't seem right, forget it..."
Rhine shrugged and forgot about naming.
After a while, when the damp tinder box dried again and regained its original magic power, Rhine took the tinder box and teleported to an uninhabited wilderness.
Rub, rub, rub... one! two! three!
Rhine wiped the tinder box several times, and after hearing a few swishing sounds, all three dogs appeared, their eyes bigger than the last.
Sure enough, all the injuries on the dog's body had healed, and its fur was shining in the sun, and it didn't look like it had been injured at all.
"It is indeed a magical creature, and its self-healing speed is astonishingly fast."
Unlike before, the dogs were crawling around Rhine, well-behaved and obedient. They seemed to have forgotten their old master and were ready to follow the orders of the new owner of the tinder box.
"This dog can actually discover that the princess is not in the palace, but in a small town outside the royal city. What a wonderful power!"
"Do dogs always smell where their owners are targeting them? Whether they are assigned to find money or something else?"
"This is a bit of a [dog] feature. You can give it a try when you have time to see how far they can detect targets..."
"This tinder box will definitely be useful in the future!"
"It's Aurora's 10th birthday soon. According to Grandma Rosa's idea, let's give the tinder box as her gift!"
The space around Rhine suddenly distorted, and the slightly thin figure became blurred again and disappeared into the wilderness.
……
Two days later, Rhine held a grand birthday celebration for Aurora.
All 12 witches came, and they were reunited just like they had been ten years ago when the girl was born.
They not only gathered to celebrate birthdays, but also quietly discussed when to tell Aurora about her princess status and the mission she carried - a mission that was too heavy for a 10-year-old girl, but It will be a matter of time after all.
Granny Rosa kissed Aurora on the cheek and handed the tinderbox to Aurora herself - just as she had imagined at the beginning.
The old witch also thanked Aurora for defeating the soldiers who nearly killed her.
"I heard that on the day the soldier was executed, almost everyone in the royal city ran out of the city to watch. It was you who gave the sinner the justice he deserved!"
All the witches knew how Aurora defeated the three big dogs, and praised her as an outstanding hero, just like the heroes in bard legends and mythology - Aurora and those heroes Generally brave, as skilled in martial arts as those heroes, and most importantly, as having a heart of gold like those heroes.
"Aurora, my dear child, you are already a hero in your own right."
"Just like in the story, each hero has his own mount. Now you can rub the tinder box to summon a magical dog to become your mount!"
Granny Rosa gave Aurora a big hug.
The Violet Fairy, the leader of the 12 witches, is also smiling:
"Yes, you should give it a try. It must be a very beautiful scenery!" Aurora nodded gently.
She and everyone came to a wilderness, where they started rubbing tinderboxes.
Rub, rub, rub, rub...
In the sound of "whoosh, whoosh, sou", three dogs appeared one after another. The smallest of them has eyes as big as teacups.
Aurora rides on a dog with eyes as big as teacups and drives the dog to run in the wilderness. Two other large dogs followed the girl.
At the beginning, Aurora's movements were still a bit unfamiliar, but the blessing gave her an impressive body and amazing learning ability. After a while, she was as skilled as a skilled rider
What a dashing look!
The dogs were running happily, and their eyes were wider than ever before.
……
The birthday celebration is coming to an end.
Aurora put away her beloved tinderbox.
She seemed to like her birthday gift very much, but she obviously still had some worries and concerns. Even during the birthday ceremony, she still couldn't hide her worried look.
"What are you worried about? My little Aurora is gone." Granny Rosa asked with concern.
Aurora recounted everything the soldier said after she met him.
"If what the soldiers said about the Ender prisoner is true, Ender may soon reveal the truth about the curse. When everyone knows that our Rose Kingdom is cursed, the country will be in chaos, and this will be a mess. A disaster!
"Besides, even if the king and the royal family succeed in covering up the truth, everything will only get worse!
"If there really is such a curse - I have asked the teacher, and he said that this curse definitely exists - when disaster strikes, there will be no room for compensation."
At this time, Aurora didn't look like a little girl who was celebrating her 10th birthday at all. It was supposed to be the season of butterfly fluttering. Although her tone was still childish, she seemed to be concerned about the country and the people.
Rhine and the witches exchanged glances and frowned slightly.
Although the king has blocked the news, the people in the country do not know the complete process of the princess's new birth ceremony and the existence of the curse.
However, at that grand banquet 10 years ago, there were also a large number of foreign guests.
It is obviously impossible to expect them to keep secrets.
Speaking of this, Aurora's tone trembled slightly, her eyes were sharp and she stared at Rhine closely - until this moment, the blond girl realized that the teacher she had respected for many years and taught her precious knowledge was no longer much taller than her. Here:
"Teacher, why did the king and queen cover up the truth about the curse?
"A disaster will befall the Rose Kingdom on time in a few years. In this case, shouldn't everyone know about it?
"Let everyone who has the conditions to leave the kingdom, regardless of job, class and gender, stay as far away from this cursed land as possible!"
The more the girl spoke, the more excited she became, clenching her petite fists:
"Teacher, you once taught me how to be a human being. Since there is such a curse, we...should we...tell everyone the truth - before the enemy country reveals the truth.
"People in the Kingdom of Rose should have the right to know the truth and leave this cursed land early!"
When she said the last sentence, Aurora almost roared, which was a bit unquestionable.
The voice of the girl being blessed and empowered, that exciting voice, now seemed to be magical, and Rhine couldn't help but feel ups and downs.
With the blessing, Aurora is truly a natural speaker. Even me, who knows the complete truth, almost agreed with her statement in an instant... Lain sighed in his heart.
Seeing Aurora being so excited, the Violet Fairy hurriedly stepped forward to comfort and explain, telling her the fact that "even if you escape from the kingdom, the curse will not end, and you can only live for a few more years if you die."
Unexpectedly, Rhine made a gesture to stop the Violet Fairy who wanted to explain.
The silver-haired magician boy stood up and gently put his hand on Aurora's shoulder:
"Aurora, I want to ask you, if one day you were to be the king of this country - replacing the current king, would you do better than him?"
Aurora nodded vigorously without thinking.
"Tell me, what would you do?" Rhine asked.
"I can use a sword and a little bit of magic. I will find the whereabouts of the black witch Maleficent, summon as many warriors as possible, and then enlist the help of you, teachers, to gather the strength of the whole country to challenge this culprit. , defeat her and force her to tell the way to remove the curse - or, if the curse can be removed by killing the person who cast the curse, that would be great.”
The corners of Rhine's mouth raised slightly, showing a pleased smile.
"But there are no ifs in things in this world." Aurora lowered her head, "Only the king's children can become kings."
Then, the little princess whispered something that made the witches almost unable to control their facial expressions:
"At this point, even if you overthrow the royal family, it will not help. It will only make the situation worse."
Rhine raised his hand high and touched Aurora's small head covered with soft blond hair:
"You don't need to be a king to do what you said. I can take you abroad now to find out the whereabouts of the dark witch Maleficent, catch her, and defeat her!"
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