The magician of the fairy tale world.

Chapter 40: A chance encounter with the mermaid princess!

The mermaids changed their previous cheerful appearance and frantically persuaded their two lovely human friends not to go see the sea hag.

Aurora was very surprised by the mermaids' behavior and asked:
"Why do you look so scared all of a sudden? Is there anything special about that sea hag?"

The mermaids started talking one after another:
"The sea hag is a witch who is proficient in dark magic. She is ugly and terrifying."

"She lives behind a whirlpool, in a sea forest made of corals. Everything there is terrifying. One look at it for a second will give you nightmares for days!"

"No matter what you do with the sea hag, even if it's just asking a small question, you must pay. And it must be a huge reward that you can't afford!"

"I heard that few people who got her help had a good ending in the end - because she knew some dark magic, which was better at bringing disasters than bringing happiness; and was better at making people pay a price and sacrifice than fulfilling wishes."

"Yes, only the most desperate mermaids and other intelligent creatures in the sea, when they are at their wits' end, would they ever want to seek her help!"

That sounds okay. At most, he is a profiteer who asks for too much, but not a villain without any bottom line, Rhine thought.

He remembered the deal between the heroine "The Little Mermaid" and the sea witch in the original work.

After rescuing the prince, the little mermaid fell in love with this handsome human. In order to be with the prince for a long time and gain an immortal soul, the little mermaid prayed to the sea witch to turn her fish tail into human legs.

The sea hag asked for the little mermaid's voice as payment - that was the most beautiful song in the sea, so it was definitely expensive.

Granted, it’s a terrible deal.

But throughout the entire transaction, the Sea Ghost informed everyone of the risks in advance, and there was no concealment or fraud.

After listening to the mermaids' advice, he said firmly:
"It's alright. We just want to ask her a question, a simple one. We want to see what the sea hag will ask us to pay.

"Even if the sea hag does offer something too high a price for us to bear, we will weigh the pros and cons and reject the deal. No one loses.

"In our place, in the human world, some unscrupulous businessmen always boast about the benefits of their products but don't tell people the price they need to pay." Seeing that they could not convince the two humans, the mermaids stopped trying to dissuade them.

Just then, Aurora noticed that one of the mermaids - who seemed to be the most beautiful and most gorgeous of the little mermaids, almost like a princess - suddenly fell silent and turned her head away after mentioning the sea hag.

Aurora was puzzled: this little mermaid was obviously the most curious, and she had just asked Rhine several questions. Why did she become silent when the sea hag was mentioned?
"What's wrong with you? Did something about the sea hag trigger you?"

Aurora asked the mermaid who was dressed most gorgeously - she didn't look much older than her, and she had been very polite when she asked Rhine before, which made Aurora feel quite familiar.

“I…” The little mermaid hesitated, but finally gave the answer, “I…I’ve been thinking about going to see the sea witch recently.”

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the mermaids watching all exploded:
"Why? Your Highness, the noble Sixth Princess! How could you have such an idea?"

"Your Highness Ariel, you are the princess of this sea kingdom, the most beloved daughter of the Sea King, and you have the most beautiful singing voice in the sea! Is there something in this mermaid kingdom that Your Highness wants but cannot get?"

The mermaids were all terrified and began to dissuade their princess from going to the coral forest where the sea witch lived!

The force of their dissuasion was much greater than when they had just dissuaded the two humans.

Humans may not know how terrible the sea witch is, but how can the mermaid princess, as the daughter of the sea, not know? Besides, if a noble princess wants to fulfill her wish, why would she need to look for witches and magic?
"The Sixth Princess? The youngest daughter of the Sea King?"

"is her?"

Rhine's heart moved and he felt a little surprised.

"I actually met a mermaid princess here? The protagonist of The Little Mermaid."

Judging from the timeline, now should be the time when the mermaid princess rescued the prince shortly after she learned the secret of the immortal soul from her grandmother and was about to seek help from the sea witch!
(End of this chapter)