Chapter 168 Aladdin's "Uncle"?
The news of Maleficent's death and the lifting of the curse quickly spread throughout the Kingdom of Rose.
In the streets and alleys, people were cheering and lights were hung everywhere.
The old king held a grand banquet in the royal city, and all the famous people in the kingdom came to attend.
Commoners were also allowed to participate in this grand celebration, because for everyone in the kingdom, this was the most worthy day of celebration.
At the celebration, in the center of the square, the old king introduced Princess Aurora to all the people: "Today, all the gentlemen and ladies in the kingdom, almost all the people in the capital are here, and I want to introduce a hero to everyone in front of them.
"She is my daughter—Princess Aurora!"
People opened their eyes wide and stretched their necks, and indeed they saw the beautiful princess on the stage.
"Oh, it's the beautiful princess in the legend."
"She is so charming. Just as beautiful as the legend says."
"I have heard about Her Royal Highness. She has been in the Brass Palace deep inside the palace, and no one is allowed to see her."
"I've heard of this legend, too. I think everyone in the royal city has heard of it to some extent."
“…”
Unlike what everyone imagined, Princess Aurora was not wearing a gorgeous big skirt or expensive and fancy silk clothes. Instead, she wore casual clothes that were easy to move in. She had a pretty face and a sword on her waist. She was extremely graceful and heroic.
The old king paused and continued, while Rhine used magic to amplify the king's voice so that the entire royal city could hear it: "What I want to tell you today is that the legend is false! "It was just a trick devised by the wise sage Lord Rhine to deceive the black witch Maleficent!
"My daughter has never lived in seclusion in the depths of the palace. The brass palace deep in the palace is still empty.
"You may remember that more than a year ago, the army of Ende invaded our kingdom. A god-like warrior led the army and defeated the invaders! That god-like warrior was my daughter!"
The people in the audience were extremely surprised and cried out in disbelief.
It was difficult for them to connect the once invincible hero with the weak little princess who lived in seclusion deep in the palace according to the legend.
The old king's tone was full of pride: "My daughter is a super warrior who has been blessed by the witches.
“Over the years, it was also my daughter who teamed up with the great magician and sage of the kingdom, Lord Rhine, to travel to a foreign land, kill the black witch Maleficent, and lift the curse on the kingdom!
“They are the heroes who saved the kingdom!
"Please allow me to pay the highest tribute to these two heroes on behalf of the kingdom!"
Under the expectant gaze of the crowd, the old king told them the whole story - it was the legendary story of the sage and the king.
He started from the baptism ceremony more than ten years ago and went all the way to the Green Fields in Oz, where Aurora killed the black witch Maleficent.
Compared to the original experience told to the old king by Rhine and Aurora, the old king added more details, dramatic elements and epic colors to the story because of his own imagination.
Bards, historians and writers recorded this story and compiled it into a book.
This story is still circulating on the mainland to this day.
In order to make it easier for children to read, some people simplified the story, drew beautiful illustrations, and compiled it into a fairy tale book. Later, in many kingdoms on the continent, children would put such a fairy tale book about the two people's journey next to their pillows.
After the story, the old king announced:
"Now, to celebrate the return of the two heroes and the lifting of the curse on the Kingdom of Rose, I declare that this celebration officially begins!"
Thus, in the royal city of the Kingdom of Rose, this grand banquet lasted for eight days and eight nights.
People drank, sang and danced all day and all night, from dawn to dusk and then to dawn of the next day.
The lights in this city stay on all night, making the night as bright as day.
…
Compared to the Kingdom of Rose which was immersed in joy and happiness, the king of the Kingdom of Alamad in the Middle East encountered some trouble.
The promising young king has been looking sad in recent days.
His queen, his cousin who was lovingly married to him, suddenly disappeared overnight!
"Where has my beloved wife gone? She is a weak woman, and if she goes missing, I'm afraid she is in great danger."
Seeing the king so sad, a brave maid believed that the queen would never come back and told the king about his wife's infidelity.
"What? You said my wife would mix anesthetics into my drinks every night to make me sleepy, and then she would sneak out?"
"What nonsense!"
The king was furious and did not believe what the maid said at all. He even wanted to execute her.
But as a virtuous king, he immediately changed his mind and felt that he should not be so arbitrary.
He took out the golden cup he usually drank from and asked the pharmacist to examine it carefully.
"Your Majesty, there is indeed some anesthetic drug left in this cup."
"Are you telling the truth?" the young king was shocked.
"It is absolutely true, Your Majesty."
The king rewarded the maid who told the truth, but he was worried: "Where does my wife go every night after she knocks me out?"
That night the young king had a dream.
In the dream, he learned many things he didn't know before -
He learned that his wife was a powerful witch who could turn his kingdom into ruins in an instant; he saw his wife helping another witch from the Witch Society to cast a spell on a distant kingdom, turning all the citizens into fish; he saw the magician Rhine disguised as a black slave, deceiving the witch to lift the spell, leaving the disgusting Kingdom of Alamed and going far away, thus avoiding a catastrophe for the kingdom...
When the light of dawn shone on the gorgeous silk bed, the young king woke up from his dream.
He was sweating profusely, his clothes were soaked inside and out, and he patted his chest and gasped for breath.
“It turns out that without my knowledge, the Kingdom of Alamed had escaped a disaster!”
"It's okay, fortunately the witch left."
The king trembled with fear at the thought of his wife's terrifying magic in his dream.
"Fortunately, that silver-haired magician tricked my wife away. Otherwise, I don't know when she would have cast a spell on my kingdom and turned all the citizens into fish."
"Thank God for letting me know the whole truth in my dream!"
The young king was extremely grateful.
He opened the window and saw the bright sunshine shining on the land of the kingdom.
Fortunately, there are no ifs in the world. In this world line, the disaster did not befall his land.
What he didn't see was that in the distant clouds, a majestic silhouette of a god or monster was looking at him.
It was none other than the ring spirit driven by Rhine, who had just been responsible for sending a message to the young king in his dream.
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All good things must come to an end.
In the capital of the Kingdom of Rose, the grand celebration finally came to an end.
People dispersed.
The aroma of wine and delicious food filled the air, and the cheerful singing seemed to linger in my ears.
"The story of Rose Kingdom ends."
Rhine looked at the leftovers from the grand banquet in front of him, feeling half relieved and half confused.
Aurora and the Kingdom of Rose finally fulfilled their wishes, and Rhine felt the power of desire as strong as the sea water surging into his soul.
Now, his magic is no longer limited to a specific field. He himself is like a wishing genie, with thousands of different spells echoing in his mind.
"Teacher, let's go." Aurora had no regrets, only determination in her eyes.
"Teacher, you have fulfilled my wish. Now it's my turn to fulfill your wish."
Finding the magic lamp and returning to earth is the wish of the wish wizard himself.
Rhine smiled in relief and grabbed Aurora, bumping his heels lightly.
The silver wind swept the two people away, and their figures disappeared.
The world was spinning and the scene was changing.
The two appeared in the palace of the White Kingdom and met the former vicious queen and her magic mirror.
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"I heard about the grand banquet in the Kingdom of Rose and learned the good news of your success!" The queen congratulated Rhine and Aurora.
"Has the Witch Society come to trouble you recently?" Rhine asked with concern.
"No." The queen shook her head.
Then, she said in an extremely shocked tone: "Strangely enough, I just received a message a few days ago from the president of the Witch Association who hardly speaks. Guess what she said?"
"She said the witches will disband from now on?" Rhine asked.
"Ah?" The queen was even more surprised. "Your Excellency the Wise, you know it now!"
The founder of the Witch Society actually disbanded the organization. It was as easy as disbanding a group chat... Lai Yin muttered in his heart, and felt that Ye Ruge, who founded the Witch Society, had a weird personality.
He stated the purpose of his visit: "Your Majesty, I have something that I need the help of your magic mirror. I want to find someone."
"Looking for someone? Of course." The queen agreed immediately. "Who are you looking for?"
Rhine smiled and said, "The person I'm looking for is probably a child who should live in a country further east.
"His name is Aladdin, and his father's name is Mustafa..."
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In the far east, in the western region of the Far Eastern Empire, in the eastern part of the Middle Eastern country, there is a small town called Kassala.
On this day, a silver-haired boy and a blonde girl came to the town.
It was obvious that they were not locals, and they had handsome and delicate looks, like children walking out of a painting. Anyone who saw them would fall in love with them.
"Is there a tailor named Mustafa in this city?" the silver-haired boy asked several passers-by.
A passerby replied with a hint of regret: "In the past, there was indeed such a good tailor in the city. I asked him to sew clothes for me. Unfortunately, the poor tailor passed away a few years ago."
"Does that poor tailor have a son named Aladdin?" the silver-haired boy asked again.
When the passerby heard the name, he immediately said angrily:
"Yes, he does have such a son. Aladdin is very naughty!"
The silver-haired boy asked a lot more questions about Aladdin's family.
Then, everyone started talking one after another.
It turned out that the tailor Mustafa's family was poor and he worked all day to support his wife and children.
But it was also because of this that he neglected to discipline Aladdin, allowing the child to hang out with bad friends outside all day. Aladdin developed bad habits at a young age, such as being playful, lazy and idle.
Mustafa also wanted to send Aladdin to school, but he was of low status and lacked money, so it was impossible for him to send his son to school. He wanted to teach Aladdin a craft, but Aladdin was unwilling to learn.
A few years ago, after Mustafa passed away, Aladdin was left unattended and spent his days hanging out with a bunch of bad friends.
When talking about Aladdin and his dead father, everyone felt a little regretful: "What a pity! Mustafa was a good tailor, and his craftsmanship was well-known in this street! Although he was not rich, he would help his poor friends. When he was still alive, he had a good relationship with everyone in the neighborhood."
"Now that Mustafa has passed away, his son Aladdin and his mother are left alone together, an orphan and a widow. They can only sell the shop and live a hard life with this little money."
"Oh, Aladdin, it would have been great if he had learned a craft from his father!"
"Yes. How long can they survive with the money from selling the tailor shop?"
"That little money is definitely not enough for them to live on. I heard that Aladdin's mother still spins all day long and sells the spun thread at the market for a little money. Together with the money she earned from selling the shop, she can barely support them and their son until now."
"Ah, how much money can a woman make from spinning? How can she even afford to eat? I think their family must be living beyond their means and just relying on that little bit of savings to get by."
"Hey, if Aladdin had learned his father's craft and inherited the tailor shop, he wouldn't have ended up like this today."
When talking about Aladdin and his mother, the neighbors couldn't help but sigh and shake their heads, expressing their regret.
In their opinion, the little money saved from selling their father's tailor shop would be exhausted sooner or later. Aladdin's mother was too old to spin yarn for long, and sooner or later the mother and son would become destitute and end up on the streets.
"It's indeed this Aladdin. He's the person we were looking for!"
Rhine recalled the story of "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp" that he had read in his previous life, and was sure that the neighbors' descriptions of Aladdin and his son were consistent with the original, but from a different perspective.
"Thank you." Rhine took out a few gold coins and gave one to each passerby who provided him with information.
Some of them had never seen gold coins in their lives, and when they saw that the gold coins given by Rhine were big and shiny, and the quality was obviously excellent, their eyes lit up.
One of the kind passers-by said to Rhine:
"Child, it looks like you must be from a wealthy family. Why don't you help Aladdin's family? We are all neighbors. Aladdin's father helped me a lot in the past. I can't just watch them starve to death."
Rhine nodded and agreed.
He came to ask Aladdin for help, so of course he would not treat them badly! After a while, Rhine and Aurora came to Aladdin's house and knocked on the door gently.
The person who opened the door was a tired-looking woman, who was none other than Aladdin's mother.
"Hello, ma'am. We are Sage Rhine and Princess Aurora from the Western Kingdom of Rose."
After saying that, Rhine handed a few gold coins to Aladdin's mother.
When Aladdin's mother saw the gold coins, she was surprised and delighted.
The gold coins given by Rhine were of excellent quality and sparkled brightly in the sun. They were almost as much as the money they earned from selling the tailor shop!
She took the gold coin and suddenly felt like she was dreaming. She couldn't believe it.
"Oh my God! You are big shots from a foreign country. Why would you come to me, an ordinary poor person?"
"We are here to look for your son Aladdin. Where is he?" Aurora looked inside the door and found that Aladdin was not at home, so she asked immediately.
"Aladdin?" Aladdin's mother was quite surprised. She obviously didn't expect that the two would come to find her good-for-nothing son.
Aladdin's mother recalled and said:
"Aladdin was taken away by his uncle. His uncle said that he wanted to show him the world. He said it would be helpful for him to become a businessman in the future."
Hearing this answer, Rhine's eyes narrowed and he was a little surprised.
(End of this chapter)