The magician of the fairy tale world.

Chapter 70 Are you going to elope?
The next morning.

The Endeavour envoys were unexpectedly calm - or so it seemed.

They did not make any public announcement about the old witch being attacked and killed.

They were simply meeting with the king normally, doing all the things a diplomatic mission should do, and announcing that the wise court witch was unwell and was recuperating in her rooms.

"The envoys from the bandit country must be very anxious. They know that the old witch was killed instead of trying to kill someone, but they can only blame themselves for their bad luck! Otherwise, they are not strong enough and are in the wrong."

Aurora couldn't help but laugh after learning about the Ender Delegation's situation.

There is no doubt that fighting back against the old witch last night gave her great joy, just like any other 10-year-old girl finding her favorite doll.

For some reason, Aurora had a vague feeling that the old witch had some similarities with Maleficent, the black witch who she had never actually met and who had cursed her.

Because they all know insidious and cruel magic?

At this time, Rhine had already contacted the Sea King of the Sea Kingdom and asked him and his soldiers to prepare for the next important task.

At this moment, he was studying the wand on the table that had been broken into two pieces - this was the wand left by the old witch last night, which had turned into an emerald green poisonous snake.

Now that the magic wand has died with the poisonous snake, it has been damaged and temporarily lost its magic power.

However, with a simple divination, Rhine was able to determine the original function of the magic wand.

"It can transform into a deadly venomous snake, ignoring most spells. It is definitely a very useful item when dealing with powerful spellcasters. I wonder if it is possible to repair it?"

Rhine thought.

In fairy tales, myths, epic stories and classical novels about gods and demons in the East and the West, powerful props and magic weapons often possess power that exceeds that of their makers.

This is not surprising: if a magic item cannot do something that the creator himself cannot do, why create it?
There is no doubt that in this fantasy continent, for a truly excellent magician, practical magic props are necessary: ​​the tinderbox dog has played a wonderful role several times! The only magic item he and Aurora have now is a tinderbox, which is still a little less.

After confirming that the Ende German delegation would not cause them any more trouble for the time being, Aurora urged:
"Teacher, take a look at the situation with Ariel or Prince Eric! The king doesn't seem to want Prince Eric and Ariel to get married. This is really bad."

Rhine placed the crystal ball on the table and placed a button belonging to Prince Eric in front of the crystal ball as a medium.

——He had deliberately touched the prince's button before so that he could summon the button at any time.

Just as the boy began to chant the spell, he heard a polite knock on the guest bedroom door.

The little magician snapped his fingers.

The door handle twisted by itself and the door opened automatically.

The people who walked in from outside were Prince Eric and Ariel.

They both looked very lost.

"What's wrong, Your Highness Prince Eric?" Rhine asked, "His Majesty did not agree to your marriage with Ariel?"

"That's right. My father told me that a marriage based on love is a luxury for the royal family. The person I marry must be the little princess of Ende."

Prince Eric looked as pale as a dead man.

The only time Ariel saw the handsome boy so pale was on the stormy night when she rescued him.

"Why would this happen? I have nothing against the alliance between our two countries, but why should a sacred marriage be tied to dirty politics? Why should I make a vow of eternal life to a person I don't know? I cannot accept Ariel's heart breaking apart and turning into sea foam!"

Prince Eric said a lot in one breath, as if he couldn't express all the emotions accumulated in his heart unless he said everything.

"Have you told your father about Ariel's life story as I described it? This is probably why your father recruited a fortune teller in the first place," Rhine asked.

——Last night, he had received his own divination reward, which was quite a lot of gold and silver coins.

"Now that the Ende delegation has arrived, my father is anxious to contact them and is not concerned about this matter for the time being. I vaguely hinted that Ariel is also a princess from a foreign country. But my father thought I was joking."

Prince Eric sighed in defeat.

Ariel also sighed beside her.

She was complaining about her impulsiveness and rashness. "I think it's time for me to give up. I really can't be with the prince! Why did I fall in love with a young prince?" she thought.

"So, after much consideration, I had no choice but to make a decision," said Prince Eric.

Ariel waited for the prince to reveal his cruel decision.

"Let us elope, Ariel!" said the prince.

"What?" Ariel was shocked. "You must be joking. You are the crown prince of the Kingdom of West Asia."

"I have a younger brother who is traveling abroad now. He can replace me as the future king of the kingdom!" Prince Eric said firmly, "I am not a politician at all. Even if I ascend the throne, I will not be able to become a good king."

When Prince Eric said this, Aurora, who was listening quietly beside him, felt something in her heart.

She is also the future king of a kingdom.

"What is a politician?" Aurora asked.

It's not that she didn't know the definition, she just wanted to see what Prince Eric would say.

"They are the ones who know how to ruthlessly sacrifice a group of people for a greater goal. They sacrifice the minority for the benefit of the majority; they sacrifice the unimportant for the important, and they don't have any emotional fluctuations because of it." Prince Eric said, "I respect them and know that the world cannot be without them, but I don't want to be like them."

Aurora lowered her head, fell into deep thought, and said nothing more.

At this time, Ariel held the prince's hand and stared into his black eyes:
"No, my Eric, my prince. I cannot elope with you like this. Just for my own selfish desires, I kidnapped a young man who could have become a king and enjoyed the service of the entire kingdom, ran to an unknown temple, and swore an oath of eternal love.

"What would your father think? If you suddenly disappeared one morning, he would definitely be worried about you!"

At this point, Ariel was suddenly stunned.

She thought of her family, the palace in the sea and her sisters' gardens, her five sisters singing hand in hand on the sea, the Sea King sitting on the crown holding a trident, and her grandmother standing on the palace in the deep sea with a silver crown on her head.

She might never be able to return to them again!

Even if she succeeds in marrying the prince in the end, they can only stay in the human kingdom on earth forever.

Before she came ashore, Ariel had longed for human life. But now, she knows how to cherish what she has lost. Both the world on the ground and the world in the sea have their own beautiful places. Why can't she have them all? Ariel thought greedily.

Prince Eric smiled. Just by looking into Ariel's blue eyes, he knew what she was thinking:

"It doesn't matter, my Ariel. Isn't that what you did for me?

"You left everything in the sea and came to this land. You had to leave your sisters and your father, and leave the beautiful palace under the deep blue sea.

"And what's the difference between what I'm going to do next and what you've done before?"

Ariel retorted:

“We are different, my prince!

"I am a mermaid in the sea, born without an immortal soul. In the end, I will only turn into unknown foam on the sea. And you are a noble human being.

"You don't need me to be whole, but I need you."

At this point, Ariel condemned her own selfishness in her heart: "Just for the sake of gaining an immortal soul, I might cause Eric to give up everything for me. This is absolutely not possible!"

She then said to the prince:

"Besides, where can we elope to? His Majesty the King will find us within a day of leaving the palace!"

At the same time, Aurora was very moved when she saw Ariel and Prince Eric talking to each other, but she was also a little surprised:
"Since you have decided to elope, why did Prince Eric come to see the teacher? Just to tell the magician he just met that you are planning to elope?
"There is absolutely no need for him to say this in front of us! Does Prince Eric have any other ideas that he needs to seek the teacher's help?"

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