Chapter 115 Great Reform of the Kingdom!
"Sir, this pearl is for you! Look at it, it's big, full and shiny, it's definitely top quality."
The soldier who had bullied the old carpenter Geppetto before looked at the officer lazily lying on the wooden chair with a flattering look on his face, and respectfully handed over the big pearl he had snatched from the old carpenter Geppetto.
“You’re doing great.”
The pot-bellied officer took the pearl with a smile and examined it carefully.
"It is indeed a priceless treasure! How did you get it?"
The soldier answered truthfully: "I got it from a stinky old guy. Haha, that idiot thought that if he gave me this thing, I would let him in to see his child. I made up a random excuse and confiscated the pearl.
"God knows how such a lowly person could have such a big pearl! He must have found it or stolen it somewhere.
"But it doesn't matter. This treasure is yours, sir."
The fat officer smiled and wrapped the pearl in a handkerchief, then stood up and patted the soldier on the shoulder:
"From now on, you will be my deputy! From now on, your fate will be linked to mine, and we will prosper together. On this whole street, everyone, whether human or dog, will act according to your mood!"
The soldier was so excited that he almost suffocated by the joy of rising to fame in one step.
If he were as rich and powerful as his superior, his status would be greatly improved from now on!
Suddenly, the wooden door was knocked open.
Several heavily armed men broke in.
"Sergeant, you are under arrest! Her Majesty the Queen has evidence of your corruption, collusion with foreign spies, and instructing your subordinates to collect protection money from civilians!"
They grabbed the officer and walked away, leaving the soldiers dumbfounded.
The captured officer protested vigorously: "Let me go, let me go. My brother is a court jester and a favorite of Her Majesty the Queen! Have you forgotten?"
"You mean your brother? He was thrown into prison earlier today. He will probably be hanged in a few days." The visitor answered solemnly.
When the officer heard this, his face turned pale, his legs trembled, he could hardly walk, and had to be dragged forward.
"Your Majesty, please work hard to govern the country. The first step is to eradicate you parasites who prey on the people!"
"Repent now and confess all your crimes, and you can still live!"
The soldier who had just bribed the officer watched his always arrogant superior being arrested. He stood there at a loss, feeling as if the sky had fallen.
"Is the situation in the White Kingdom going to change?"
He knew that if the nest is overturned, no eggs will remain intact.
Now that his superior had been arrested, his dirty deeds would sooner or later be exposed. His good days of bullying others were over.
"Sir, I don't want to share your fate!"
…
"Hello, old man. Are you Mr. Geppetto, the carpenter?"
The old carpenter Geppetto was so frightened when he saw the soldiers coming to his door that he took several steps back.
"Don't be afraid, old man. This is your property, and now it has been returned to its rightful owner." The soldiers handed the round and translucent pearl to the old carpenter Geppetto.
Looking at the beautiful pearl returned to his hand, Geppetto was stunned and felt like he was dreaming.
"By the way, your adopted son Angus who was imprisoned did not commit any crime. He has been released. The corresponding compensation will be paid soon. Oh, look, there he is!"
Behind the group of soldiers, the hunter Angus was running hurriedly and waving to his adoptive father.
"Father, I'm here!"
"You're back? I thought I would never see you again! Everyone said you were going to be hanged." Geppetto was surprised and happy to see that his adopted son was safe and sound.
"Yes. When I was thrown into prison, I heard that I would be executed next week, and I thought I was doomed. The prison was dark and cold, and it made people feel hopeless!" Hunter Angus recalled the scene at that time, his face full of gloom, as if he was still frightened. "Not long after, I was suddenly released. The jailers said that it was the queen who personally ordered me to be released and to give me compensation."
The old carpenter Geppetto asked in disbelief:
"real?"
He had heard before that the evil queen was very mean-spirited, and that anyone who was thrown into prison because of her dislike would never come out alive! "Really, father, that's not all!"
Hunter Angus was so excited that he continued:
"I heard that the queen is determined to work hard to govern the country and is carrying out many major reforms in the country to bring justice to us, the bullied civilians."
Several soldiers nearby who came to report the news also said:
"That's right, Mr. Geppetto. The soldiers of the kingdom who maliciously beat you up before will all be punished!"
The old carpenter Geppetto could hardly believe what he heard. He stood there in a daze, like a stone statue.
In the past, the most beautiful fantasy he could think of was that the powerful magician would retrieve his precious pearl for him, uphold justice for him, help him rescue the hunter Angus from prison, and take revenge on all the guys who bullied him.
Isn’t this a story that many ordinary people like?
He never imagined that in just a day or two, the kingdom would undergo earth-shaking changes.
He and his son would immediately be able to obtain fair treatment through official channels, without having to seek the mercy of some powerful ranger.
"Just like the magician Rhine said, my son was really released. It must be something that the magician did!" said the old carpenter Geppetto excitedly.
"Old man, are you talking about the kingdom's sage and great magician, Lord Rhine?" When the soldier who came to the door heard Rhine's name, his eyes were immediately filled with awe.
"Do you know him?" asked the old carpenter Geppetto in surprise.
The soldiers gestured excitedly:
"Soon the whole country will know the name of Lord Rhine! " The great magician Rhine traveled from the Kingdom of Rose to the Kingdom of White, showing extraordinary ability and wisdom. He was invited by His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen to become the sage of the Kingdom of White.
“It is said that he will assist Her Majesty the Queen and His Majesty the King to carry out a thorough reform of the kingdom!
“By then, he will be the person with the highest status in the entire White Kingdom, except for Her Majesty the Queen and Her Majesty the King.
"Even the most powerful minister has less power than a finger of his. What's more, he is an extremely powerful magician."
What? The old carpenter Geppetto opened his mouth in astonishment.
Rhine has only been away for a day or two.
Does this mean he has become the sage of the White Kingdom?
What on earth did the little magician do in just one or two days? Geppetto felt more and more that this was a dream.
An absurd yet extremely beautiful dream that immersed him in it.
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He hoped that this dream would last as long as possible, until the end of everything, and it would be best if he never woke up.
The old carpenter Geppetto listened to the soldiers praising the wisdom of the new sage of the kingdom, praising the reforms being carried out by the queen, and expressing their dissatisfaction with corrupt officials and bullying superiors. He looked at his adopted son, the hunter Angus, smiling happily, with a smile that he had not seen for a long time and a vision of the future on his face, and touched the priceless and heavy pearls in his hand...
The elderly carpenter suddenly felt his nose sore and everything in front of him was covered with a thin layer of mist, making the world even more blurred and unreal, just like a real dream.
On the tower standing in the distance.
Rhine and Aurora watched this scene from a distance.
The wind blew, lifting the kingdom's wise man's cloak and the girl's golden hair.
They watched the old carpenter Geppetto tremblingly put away the beautiful pearls, saw his extremely shocked expression, saw his eyes filled with hot tears, and saw those two lines of hot tears flowing down his cheeks.
"Teacher, seeing the changes in the situations of the old carpenter Geppetto and the hunter Angus, I suddenly felt something." Aurora said softly.
"What do you feel?" Rhine asked.
Aurora expressed her own feelings: "Teacher, I initially thought that you would teleport to the prison to rescue Hunter Angus. I thought that you would use the magic that can recall objects you have touched to retrieve the pearl and give it back to Carpenter Geppetto and Hunter Angus's family. Just like the protagonists in storybooks who suddenly gain supernatural powers, or the chivalrous rangers who do good deeds."
"But I didn't choose to do that in the end." Rhine said calmly.
"Yes. If Prince Eric, who likes to read fantasy novels, were here, he would definitely say that this is completely different from the stories of chivalrous rangers in storybooks," said Aurora.
"Unlike those stories, we didn't kill the villain in the end. Instead, we immediately dealt with the queen who was the culprit after entering the White Kingdom. But our mission has just begun."
Speaking of this, Aurora was on the tallest tower in the city, looking down at the dilapidated streets and the people coming and going, looking down at the layout of the entire White Kingdom's capital, and looking down at the tens of thousands of people in the city, and she felt something:
"A righteous knight can only save a few people, and can only eliminate an injustice that is happening before their eyes. They can kill an official who oppresses the people or a soldier who bullies the people, and save a few families.
"But in places they can't see, there are 10 million similar families still in dire straits.
"In contrast, a king can change more and save tens of millions of times more people.
"I guess that's why I have to be a good king!"
At this point, Aurora thought of Prince Eric, who suddenly changed his rebellious appearance, became serious, and worked hard to be a good heir.
Rhine smiled but said nothing.
Another gentle breeze blew by, caressing the cheeks of the boy and the girl.
"By the way, teacher, I have another question."
Aurora seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Rhine:
"Teacher, what do I look like in your eyes after I apply the perfume? The perfume [Wrong Love] will make me appear different to different people as my beloved. Teacher, you probably don't have a beloved, so I still look the same in your eyes?"
"Yes." Rhine smiled and answered truthfully, "You are still the same in my eyes."
…
Time flies.
With the joint efforts of Rhine, Aurora, the Magic Mirror and the King, the great reform of the White Kingdom is progressing in full swing.
In the blink of an eye, two months passed.
During another routine chat discussion at the Witch Club, Maleficent took the initiative to mention recent events: "Have you heard? The Queen has recently made a big move in the White Kingdom. The surrounding countries all know about it."
The Eastern Witch recalled that she had gone to look for the Queen to no avail two months ago, and asked curiously:
"What big move?"
Maleficent replied, "I heard in the Kingdom of Mado that guy is actually using a magic mirror to govern the country! And he does it in a very formal way."
"What? Is there such a thing?" The Eastern Witch was extremely surprised.
In her impression, the Queen has always been a fool who is particularly easy to deceive, and has nothing to do with words like "smart" or "hardworking".
"This is not a good thing." The Eastern Witch emphasized, "If the Queen becomes smart, it will be terrible! We need to meet the Queen with our own eyes and confirm what happened!"
(End of this chapter)