Chapter 76 Cheating fate
The port of Ende Imperial City.
The figures of two children had appeared on the street at some point. One of them was a silver-haired boy and the other was a blond girl.
"I have a question, teacher."
Aurora asked, raising her head.
"Since you don't want Prince Eric and Ariel to really elope into the sea, why do you need to refine a potion that can turn humans into mermaids?"
During this journey, Aurora also gradually discovered:
Although theoretically he is very talented due to blessings, he is still young, too young, and has too little social experience. Even if he learns a lot of knowledge from textbooks, it is just dead knowledge and cannot be applied in practice. And that blessing only improves memory ability, and does not seem to have the function of directly improving IQ.
It seems that I still have a lot to learn... Aurora thought.
"The medicinal wine didn't really allow them to elope into the sea, but it had other uses." Rhine replied.
"Ah? What does this mean?" Aurora asked.
"It won't work if you talk about it too much." Rhine smiled, "In a far away country, there is an old saying that secrets cannot be revealed."
He told the truth. Divination predictions are extremely limited. Not only do they require a medium, only vague fragments can be obtained, but also some predictions involving the future may affect the accuracy of the results if revealed to others.
"Speaking of which, fate is really a wonderful thing." Rhine looked at the clouds in the sky.
He still remembered that when he proposed that the king of Rose Kingdom invite the black witch, he thought it would lead to a change in the fate of "the black witch bursting in angrily because she was not invited."
But the dark witch Maleficent was furious because of other things and still issued a curse.
Similarly, when Granny Rosa was looking for a tinder box, she did not inform the person in advance at all, causing him to miss the opportunity to remind her. Let the soldier successfully obtain the tinderbox.
Everything seems to be determined somehow.
These two incidents made Rhine, who thought he could easily change his destiny, feel a strong sense of frustration.
Having recently obtained this crystal ball, his ability to predict has been strengthened, and Rhine finally vaguely felt——
For me, a visitor from outside the world, fate has a powerful ability to correct itself.
Certain important and key scenes in the original work - those fateful nodes that once changed, the entire story will almost cease to exist. Even if you try to prevent the change, the world may force it to happen!
"But this definitely doesn't mean that fate cannot be changed." Rhine thought.
With the experience of previous failures, he has mastered a better way to deal with it:
There is no need to forcibly prevent the corresponding destiny nodes and corresponding scenes from happening. That will only be counterproductive and allow the destined future to be achieved by mistake.
The key is to make the corresponding scene "appear" to have happened, but in fact it is completely different from the original version!
For example, changing the content of the blessing given to Aurora is a suitable idea.
"Fate can also be deceived!"
Rhine suddenly felt emotional.
"I guess it won't be long before we get news that Prince Eric and Princess Ender are getting married," Rhine said.
"What?" Aurora was stunned, "But this is impossible! Prince Eric will never agree to the wedding. Ender has no reason to force him, right?" "Why is there no reason?"
Rhine turned his hand, and a little bit of fine powder appeared in his palm.
"Just now I turned into a bird and quietly touched the cosmetics of the princess of Ender, and found something wrong.
"I tested it with divination. These spices are ground from magical herbs and have a powerful spell attached to them. This magic is only effective for men: if Prince Eric smells their fragrance for a long time, it will become a spell. ”
Aurora's expression suddenly became serious.
"It turns out that there is such a big conspiracy behind Ender's marriage. We must tell the king of the West Asian Kingdom quickly!"
Rhine shook his head:
"Others, including magicians with ordinary divination abilities, are unable to discover the hidden magic in this fragrance. Even I, without the assistance of a crystal ball for divination, cannot discover the danger hidden in it.
"Only such a piece of criminal evidence is not enough. Ender can accuse, but this is just a one-sided statement by a magician. Deny that there is a problem with these spices. The alliance between the two countries will still continue."
Aurora looked worried and lost in thought: "What should I do?"
"If you think about it, Prince Eric will definitely refuse the marriage. But that old German witch will definitely not sit back and watch all this happen." Rhine said with a smile, "They will soon reveal more tricks and actively provide us with New evidence.”
"If our next plan succeeds, we will not only destroy the alliance between the Kingdom of West Asia and Ender, but also the prejudice between humans and mermaids will be washed away!"
……
The old witch found the sad princess hiding in her room and crying.
"My little princess, there is no need to be sad. I have long heard that Prince Eric of the Kingdom of West Asia is a rebellious teenager.
"Maybe he is deceiving you? Maybe he just made up a non-existent lover at random to refuse his father's arrangement."
The princess stopped crying and raised her head. Her crystal blue eyes stared at the palace witch with doubts:
"Really?"
"You can give it a try." The old witch handed a bottle of wine to the princess. "People often say that only when you are drunk will you tell the truth. You let the prince drink the strong wine I have collected while you are drunk. When he is drunk, ask him again if such a lover really exists."
"My little princess, I guess you are the one he loves most!"
The princess of Ender took the drink.
"Well, I can definitely give it a try."
She then left the small room and went to find Prince Eric.
Looking at the princess's leaving figure, the old witch grinned.
She added amnesia potion to the wine, which can make people forget something forever.
As long as the prince drinks that wine, Ariel will be completely forgotten!
(End of chapter)