The magician of the fairy tale world.

Chapter 71 The prince wants to become a mermaid?

Prince Eric smiled. He raised the mermaid's hand high in front of him.

“So, let’s elope to the sea.

"Wouldn't it be a good opportunity for you to return to your sister and father?
"Your family will see that their princess has returned with a handsome prince!"

What? Ariel was stunned:

"But you are a human being, you cannot go into the sea! For humans, only the dead who sink to the bottom of the sea can reach the kingdom of the Father."

The prince smiled and replied, "Normally, mermaids can't grow legs and come to the shore. But you are standing in front of me, aren't you?"

“…” Ariel was stunned.

"This is why I came to see Mr. Magician!"

Prince Eric bowed deeply to the silver-haired young wizard who had remained silent.

"Dear magician, since you have a potion that can make Ariel lose her fish tail and grow legs, can you brew a medicine with the opposite effect? ​​A medicine that can make the ugly legs of humans merge into a fish tail. Let me become a mermaid too!"

Ariel was stunned.

The next moment, she reacted: "Wait, that's not right, 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 the Prince, he needed to maintain an objective and neutral image, so he did not reveal the fact that he once knew the mermaid princess Ariel.

——It was as if he was really an extremely objective fortune teller who revealed Ariel's life story according to the king's order.

But now, this disguise is no longer needed.

"It is as expected." Prince Eric sighed lightly, revealing a bit of youthful pride as if he had "guessed it right".

“When I watched the divination screen you provided, I found that the magician who gave Ariel the free potion looked very similar to you, although his face was blurry.

"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 mouth, her eyes can also speak.

"Thank you, respected magician. If you hadn't given Ariel a bottle of free potion, I wouldn't have been able to hear her beautiful voice."

Rhine nodded slightly:

"Your Highness, as you said, I can indeed make a potion that can turn humans into mermaids. Because my potion-making skills are more advanced than those of the witch in the sea.

“Just like my magic potion can make fish grow human legs, by using a few herbs from the forest and reversing the properties of the potion, I can fuse human legs into a beautiful fish tail, giving them the ability to breathe in the sea.

"This potion only changes the body, not the soul.

"Just like Ariel could not automatically obtain an immortal soul after becoming a human, Your Highness, after you become a mermaid, you still retain your original immortal soul and can share it with Ariel!

"However, even if we use the 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 remove the curse."

Prince Eric listened carefully to Rhine's story.

Then, the human prince held the mermaid princess's hand and said, "This is great, Ariel, did you hear that? Let's drink the magic potion together and become two mermaids in the sea. Let's jump into the sea together and swim freely!"
"Last night you told me a lot about your time in the sea, about your father's palace and your sisters' gardens, about the pearls and shells that decorated the sea king's palace, about how when you looked at the stars and the sun from the sea they looked dimmer and larger, and about how when you looked up from the sea you saw a large, dark shadow, which meant a ship or a whale was passing by.

"This is so magnificent, I can't even imagine it! I can't wait to see this kind of scenery.

"When we become mermaids and return to the palace in the deep sea, your sister and father will be very 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, unable to speak, and mist appeared in her eyes.

"My Ariel, there is no better ending than this - not even the most superb novelist could write a more perfect ending than this!
"Just imagine, even if I have never been engaged, our holy marriage will not be hindered by anything, even if tomorrow the herald will ride on horseback to announce the good news of our engagement throughout the kingdom, even if we finally become husband and wife under the witness of the priest, hand in hand with the blessing of the bishop, and swear to live forever. Is that really a perfect ending for you?
“No, it’s not!
"My Ariel, in this scenario, you may gain love and an immortal soul, but you will lose your family and the country you once loved forever. You will stay in the country on earth forever and can never go back to the blue sea!

"Thanks to my father. And thanks to the princess Ende who I never knew and was arranged to marry me. They gave me a reason, a reason to escape from the palace above ground.

"I can follow you to the palace in the sea, I can meet your family and say hello to them. We will dance and sing together in the palace of the sea, and finally turn into foam on the waves!"

Ariel's voice trembled.

She wanted to refuse loudly, but the images of her grandmother, her father, and her sisters appeared in her mind one after another.

"But, Eric, you will lose a lot. You will lose your beautiful human legs and become an inhuman monster. You will lose your noble status as a prince and leave your father and the Kingdom of West Asia forever, just to be with me?"

Prince Eric laughed again:

"Isn't that what you once did for me?"

Ariel was speechless for a moment.

As the two looked at each other lovingly, Rhine handed over two cans of brown medicinal wine without understanding the situation:

"The medicine that can turn human legs into fish tails has been refined."

"So fast?" Ariel was stunned.

"It's always faster when you're skilled at it." Rhine shrugged and stroked the big dog whose blood had just been drawn.

"The potion that turns human legs into fish tails is different from the previous potions. It is not like clear water, but more like bitter and fragrant wine. Mermaids only need a simple reason to come ashore, but if humans want to become mermaids, they must have a complicated story that is as bitter but full of charm as this medicinal wine." Rhine introduced.

"Does this magical medicinal wine that can transform you into a mermaid have a nice name?" Prince Eric took the wine and asked curiously while expressing his gratitude.

"I added mermaid tears as an ingredient, so it's called... uh, Elegy of Pearly Tears?" Rhine recalled some things from his past life and couldn't help laughing. "I'm just kidding. It doesn't need 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.

"I'll tell you when I figure out what I want," Rhine said.

With yet another favor, Rhine couldn't help but sigh: As a wish wizard, it's really easy for me to accumulate favors. I have to think about how to spend these favors in the future.

The two of them each held a bottle of brown medicinal wine in their hands, looked at each other, and asked nervously:
"Respected 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 together, and jump into the sea?"

(End of this chapter)