Chapter 71 The prince wants to become a mermaid?
Prince Eric smiled, he raised the mermaid princess's hand high in front of him:
"So, let's elope to the sea.
"Wouldn't it be just in time for you to return to your sister and father?
"Your family will see that their princess has returned, bringing with her a handsome prince!"
What? Ariel was stunned:
"But, as a human being, you cannot go into the sea! For humans, only the dead who sink to the bottom of the sea can go to the kingdom of the father."
The prince smiled and replied: "Normally speaking, mermaids can't grow legs and come to this shore. But didn't you stand in front of me?"
"..." Ariel was stunned.
"This is the reason why I came to see Mr. Magician!"
Prince Eric bowed deeply to the silver-haired young magician who had been silent:
"Dear Magician, since you have a magic potion that makes Ariel lose her fish tail and grow legs, can you make a medicine with the opposite effect? A medicine that makes human ugly legs merge into a fish tail. Let Let me become a mermaid too!”
Ariel was stunned.
The next moment, she reacted: "Wait, no, how do you know that Rhine is..."
"Yes. I am the magician who gave Ariel the potion in the deep sea." Rhine admitted generously.
When he first met with His Highness the Prince, he needed to maintain an objective and neutral image, so he did not reveal the fact that he had known the mermaid princess Ariel.
——It is as if he is really an extremely objective soothsayer, obeying the king's order to reveal Ariel's life experience.
But now, this disguise is no longer needed.
"As expected." Prince Eric sighed softly, showing a bit of pride as a young man who had "guessed it right".
"While watching the divination screen provided by you, I discovered that the magician who gave Ariel the free potion, although his face was blurry, looked very much like you.
"Last night, Ariel and I talked a lot and mentioned you many times. She is really bad at lying, because in addition to her beautiful little mouth, her eyes can also speak.
"Thank you, my dear magician. If you hadn't given Ariel a free bottle of potion, I wouldn't have been able to hear her beautiful voice."
Rhine nodded slightly:
"Your Highness, as you said, I can indeed refine the magic potion that turns humans into mermaids. Because my alchemy skills are more advanced than the witches in the sea.
"Just like my magic potion can make fish grow human legs, by using several herbs from the forest and inverting the potion, I can fuse human legs into beautiful fish tails and give them the ability to breathe in the sea. .
"This potion only changes the body, not the soul.
"Just like Ariel cannot automatically obtain an immortal soul after becoming a human, Your Highness, after you become a mermaid, you still retain your original immortal soul, and you can also share this immortal soul with Ariel!
"However, even if you use the magic potion to turn Ariel back into a mermaid, the curse that was already on Ariel will not be lifted. It will be much more troublesome to lift the curse."
Prince Eric listened carefully to Rhine's story.
Then, the human prince took the mermaid princess's hand and said, "This is great, Ariel, do you hear it? Let's drink the magic potion together and become two mermaids in the sea. Let's jump into the sea together. , travel freely
"Last night, you told me a lot about your time in the sea, about your father's palace and the gardens of your sisters, about the pearls and shells used as decorations on Neptune's palace, and about you looking at the stars from the sea. When compared to the sun, they look dimmer but larger; when you look up in the sea, if you see a large dark cloud-like shadow, there is a ship or a giant whale swimming by.
"This is so beautiful, I can't even imagine it! I can't wait to see this scenery.
"When we turn into mermaids and return to the palace in the deep sea, your sister and father will be extremely happy to see their little princess back!
"We will hold a wedding in the deep blue sea, and all the mermaids will bless us at that time. You can be with your family again."
Ariel covered her mouth and was speechless, her eyes filled with mist.
"My Ariel, there is no better ending than this - not even the most accomplished novelist could write a more perfect ending!
"Just imagine, even if I have never been engaged, our holy marriage will not be hindered in any way, even if tomorrow a herald rides across the kingdom to announce the good news of our engagement, even if we finally get married in the presence of a priest. As husband and wife, holding hands and accepting the blessing of the bishop, making eternal vows, is that really the perfect ending for you?
"No, it's not!
"My Ariel, in this hypothesis, you may gain love and an eternal soul, but you will never lose your family and the homeland you once loved. You will always stay in the country on the earth and cannot return. Go to the blue sea!
"Thank you to my father. I am also grateful to the Ender princess who I never knew and who was arranged to marry me. They gave me a reason to escape from the palace on the ground.
"I can follow you to the palace in the sea. I can go see your family and say hello to them. We will dance together in the palace of the sea, sing together, and finally turn into foam on the waves together!"
Ariel's voice trembled.
She wanted to refuse loudly, but the images of her grandmother, father and sisters emerged in her mind one after another.
"But, Eric, you will lose a lot in this way. You will lose your beautiful legs as a human being, become an inhuman monster, lose your noble status as a prince, and leave your father and the Kingdom of West Asia forever, just for ...with me?”
Prince Eric smiled again:
"Isn't this what you once did for me?"
Ariel was speechless for a moment.
Just as the two looked at each other lovingly, Rhine handed over two cans of brown medicinal wine in a puzzled manner:
"The medicine that can turn human legs into fish tails is ready."
"So fast?" Ariel was shocked.
"It's always faster when you're skilled." Rhine shrugged, stroking the big dog that had just finished taking blood.
"The medicine that turns human legs into fish tails is different from the previous potions. It is not like clear water, but like bitter and fragrant wine. Mermaids only need a simple reason to come ashore, and humans want To become a mermaid, you must have a complex story that is as bitter but full of charm as this medicinal wine." Rhine introduced.
"Does this magical medicinal wine that can turn into a mermaid look like have a nice name?" Prince Eric took the medicinal wine and asked curiously while thanking him.
"I added mermaid tears as material, so it's called... uh, Lament of Tears?" Rhine recalled some things from his previous life and couldn't help but smile, "I'm just kidding, there's no need for a name."
"Rhine, my human friend, respected magician, you have helped us again! I really don't know how to repay you." Ariel said excitedly.
"When I think about what I want, I will tell you." Rhine said.
After getting another favor, Rhine couldn't help but sigh: As a wish magician, it is indeed easy for him to accumulate favors. I'll have to think about how to spend these favors later.
The two of them held a bottle of brown medicinal wine in each hand, looked at each other, and asked with some anxiety:
"Dear magician and prophet Rhine, you can see the future that we cannot see. When do you suggest that we go to the coast, grow fish tails and jump into the sea together?"
(End of chapter)