Chapter 72: Has the king "changed his mind"?
Rhine shook his head:
"I don't recommend that you drink this potion now and elope into the sea immediately.
"I predicted last night that you may soon encounter a turning point in fate.
"You can wait a few more days to see what the fate of this turning point is before making a decision..."
Prince Eric and Ariel nodded and once again thanked the magician who had helped them many times.
Afterwards, Ariel chatted with Aurora for a while and talked a lot about her experiences after arriving ashore.
The two princesses with special experiences talked a lot.
After that, the prince and Ariel, the passionate couple, said goodbye and left.
After seeing off Prince Eric and the mermaid princess Ariel, Aurora recalled the conversation between the two:
"Prince Eric said there is no better ending than this. There is no better ending than the two of them turning into mermaids together, jumping into the sea, and living in the deep blue ocean forever.
"This way Ariel can return to her relatives, and Prince Eric no longer needs to be bound by his father."
Rhine smiled and responded with his strange sense of humor:
"That's because their imagination is not good enough."
……
Prince Eric and Ariel followed the magician's instructions and did not immediately drink the potion that turned their legs into fish tails, but waited patiently for a few days.
Over the next few days, Prince Eric had a man's suit made for Ariel so that she could accompany him on his horse. They rode through the woods, green branches tapping their shoulders and birds singing in the sunshine.
They cherish this time very much because it may be their last days on land.
Ariel accompanied the prince up the mountain and looked at the clouds and birds below - this reminded her of the time in the sea, when she was high up in the sea and watched the little fish swimming below.
A few days later, on the day the Ender delegation returned to China by boat, a turn of fortune indeed occurred.
The king found the prince.
"My child, I have some ideas about your engagement.
"Well, you take your entourage and take a boat to meet the little princess of Ender. Maybe you will fall hopelessly in love with her as soon as you see her? No one can say about love. Clear.
"When you come back, if you really have no interest in that little princess at all, I will reconsider your marriage and maybe give you freedom."
Prince Eric was stunned.
He didn't expect that his father would make such a proposal!
Doesn't this imply that if he is really not interested in the little princess, his father will not force her? "Thank you for your tolerance, my father!"
The prince thanked his father.
"What this magician said is true, and his destiny has really turned around. He looks like just a child, but he is a genius prophet!" The prince sighed in his heart, "Of course this does not mean that My father has really changed his mind, but I still have to consider the possibility of drinking medicinal wine and running away to the sea with Ariel.”
Looking at the back of the prince leaving excitedly, the king sighed softly and recalled what Ender's envoys told him before they left.
Ende's envoys said there was no need to worry about the prince's rebellion.
They assured that the prince fell in love with someone else only because he had not yet seen their beautiful princess.
The messengers also said that the witches in their kingdom prophesied:
"When the prince really sees the beautiful princess, he will fall hopelessly in love with her, and today's dispute will be meaningless!"
"Because the prince of the West Asian Kingdom and the princess of Ender are destined to be together, and no one can stop them!"
If that's really the case, then I don't have to worry about it... The king sighed.
"But speaking of prophecy..."
The king suddenly remembered: the fortune teller he recruited a few days ago, the great magician of the Rose Kingdom, was still temporarily living in his palace!
"Hey, I recruited the fortune teller earlier because I wanted him to help find out the life experience of the girl named Ariel. I have been busy contacting the Ender Mission during this period and have no time to pay attention to this matter."
"According to what Eric said, the magician from the Kingdom of Rose seems to have really divined something useful. At least he said that the girl's name is Ariel. I wonder if there are any other details?"
"Hey, isn't Eric responsible for this matter? If the divination really yielded any useful information, why has he always avoided talking about it?"
"Could it be that Ariel's background is so sensitive? That Eric, who fell in love with her, didn't even want to mention it."
The king's thoughts were wandering, and he directly asked his subordinates to call Rhine over.
……
The silver-haired little magician came to the king.
"The great magician of Rose Kingdom, the sage who came from afar, I would like to ask, has your Excellency divined the life experience of the girl named Ariel?" the king asked curiously.
The king still respected a somewhat famous exotic magician.
He knew that those kingdoms that offended powerful magicians would rarely end well.
"Of course, my lord." Rhine replied.
"Where did she come from? Why does she have such a beautiful singing voice and such a light dancing posture?" the king asked again.
(Note: "The potion that turns human legs into mermaid tails" is very important and will definitely be used later. To be honest, "the prince and the little mermaid turned into mermaids and fell into the sea together" is indeed what I have thought about, a quite A romantic ending. But the final ending is obviously not like this. The tone of this book is still based on a happy ending)
(End of chapter)