Chapter 172: Emperor Ende's New Clothes

When the Emperor Ende heard this, he immediately became alert and summoned soldiers to raid the eldest prince's palace overnight.

Sure enough, that night, the emperor found evidence of the eldest prince's rebellion.

"My son, you are obviously the crown prince of the empire. But you are unwilling to wait a little longer and insist on planning a rebellion. You are so stupid." The emperor scolded.

In fact, the emperor knew that he had long ago made a wish to the magic lamp for immortality and had already achieved eternal life, so his prince had no chance of inheriting the throne.

"My father, you have long been old and blind, stupid and dull. You hold a dirty oil lamp all day long and do all kinds of stupid things! Someone should have replaced you long ago!" the eldest prince argued.

Emperor Ende was furious. He knew that he was now in a clear mind and the prince's accusations were nonsense.

Soon, the prince was sent to the guillotine and executed in public.

Afterwards, the emperor sighed:

“It’s really a magic lamp. Even if I don’t make a wish, it will remind me.

"This treasure must not fall into the hands of others!"

From then on, the emperor never left the magic lamp and valued it more than his life.

The other ministers didn't know why the emperor was holding a shabby oil lamp, but no matter how they tried to persuade him, the emperor insisted on doing as he pleased.

Such days passed for a long time.

One day, the emperor felt that as the master of the world, he should use some great and magnificent gesture to show his authority and power in front of the whole world.

He rubbed the magic lamp again and summoned the genie.

"My Lord, you are already the king of the world, do you have any wishes?"

The emperor made a wish: "I want a majestic and magical dress.

“It must be invulnerable. As long as I wear it, even the most heroic and powerful warrior with the sharpest legendary sword will not be able to hurt me.

"It must be resistant to harmful spells. Even the most terrible spells cast by the most skilled magicians cannot harm me.

“This dress has special magical power. As long as I think about it, I can go anywhere in the world and show my authority to anyone in the world.

"Of course, the most important thing is that the clothes must be gorgeous enough so that anyone who sees me wearing them will immediately recognize that this is what the king of the world should look like!"

The magic lamp nodded and said, "My master, I will fulfill your wish now."

The lamp spirit stretched out his hands and shook them in the air, and a piece of extremely beautiful and majestic clothes appeared. It had beautiful patterns and beautiful colors, and it looked dazzling and was simply the most luxurious clothes in the world.

"My Lord, put on this garment."

The emperor then took off the clothes he had been holding and walked to the dressing mirror. He turned around and twisted his waist in front of the mirror.

"That's great! This is exactly the dress I wanted! I want everyone to see my new dress."

He then summoned all his ministers and paraded them through the streets. The attendants held up a magnificent canopy for the emperor and held up the back of his clothes - the long piece of cloth behind the feudal monarch's clothes.

The emperor walked through the streets of the imperial city, showing his new manners to everyone.

People on the street and in the windows all praised:

"What a gorgeous dress! This is the new dress that the king of the world should wear!"

After hearing these words, the emperor was extremely pleased and immersed in the praises of the crowd.

He used the magic of new clothes and planned to travel to various countries in the world, holding a grand parade in the royal capital of each kingdom.

…

Let’s talk about Aladdin.

As mentioned last time, Aladdin always remembered the emperor who took the fake magic lamp, but he didn't know which empire the emperor came from or what spell was on the fake magic lamp.

That day, Aladdin was having dinner with his friends and he asked in passing whether there were any major events happening in the empires on the continent recently.

Nowadays, Aladdin's friends are no longer those dishonest, cunning, drunkards and gluttons, but people of noble status and capable businessmen with broad knowledge.

A friend told me a rumor about a country in the far west: "That's something I have to talk about. The emperor of Ende Country in the western continent is probably old and has lost his mind. He has done a lot of stupid things in the past six months."

Aladdin became interested and asked his friend for details: "Tell me, what stupid thing did the emperor do?"

The friend drank and said with a smile: "The Emperor of Ende, after returning from a trip, suddenly believed that he had become the king of the world. No matter what the ministers and princes said, he seemed to be deaf to it.

"Since then, the emperor has been talking nonsense every day. Today he said that he toured the eastern territories and the people were in awe of him - in fact, that land was not part of his empire at all; tomorrow he said that he killed some opponent with his own hands - in fact, the opponent was still alive and well.

"The funniest thing is that one time, he was walking naked on the street, claiming that he was patrolling the country!"

At this point, Aladdin's friend laughed happily, and everyone laughed too, treating the foreign things as a joke at the banquet.

"It's strange to say, although Emperor Ende is usually demented, he immediately wakes up once a prince wants to seize power and usurp the throne!" Another friend who also knew about this said with emotion.

"The emperor was a warrior far superior to ordinary people, and his physical fitness is extraordinary. He is in good health, and if he is lucky, he can sit on the throne for decades!"

"Haha. Having such an idiotic and confused emperor in power for decades is really unfortunate for the people of Ende Country."

Another guest at the banquet retorted:

“You don’t know that the Emperor of Ende was an ambitious man in the past. He not only started wars everywhere and invaded many neighboring countries, but also allowed the royal pirates to plunder ships of other countries and forced the countries at sea to form an alliance with him.

"Now that he is demented, it is actually a good thing for both the country and the world if he does not start a war for many years!"

When everyone talked about this, they all laughed again.

At the table, everyone thought that the emperor was idiotic, but Aladdin, who knew all the inside story, was shocked.

He knew that Emperor Ende was under the spell of the fake magic lamp, which made him become stupid, foolish and self-righteous.

"What a terrible curse."

"If I abuse that ring, I will probably suffer the same tragedy!"

Aladdin recalled Rhine's handsome yet peaceful face, glanced at the ring on his index finger, and thought back to the past, feeling filled with emotion.

"Fortunately, I always remembered the teachings and did not abuse the magic of this ring to harm others."

Aladdin looked at the reflection of his own face in the golden cup of wine. His eyes became more determined and he drank the wine in the golden cup in one gulp.

"By the way, Aladdin, I recently heard a rumor: His Majesty has betrothed the princess to you, and you will be married next month. Is this true?"

"What? There is such a thing. Aladdin, you are so rich, but you didn't tell your buddies!"

Listening to his friends' words, Aladdin smiled.

He raised his glass and admitted:

"It is absolutely true!"

…

Let’s talk about Rhine and Aurora.

After sending Aladdin home, Rhine took Aurora and returned to the palace of the Kingdom of Rose in the blink of an eye.

The young man flipped his hand, and the real magic lamp appeared in his hand.

The magic lamp, which was originally full of stains, has become as bright and clean as new after being cleaned by magic.

"Next, I have to see if the magic lamp can really send me to another world."

Rhine took a deep breath and gently rubbed the surface of the magic lamp.

A stream of air gushed out, and in an instant it transformed into a majestic and huge monster.

The upper body of the monster was in human form, covered with white cloth, and the lower body was a rotating turbulent air flow. As long as you get close to him, you can hear the whistling sound of the wind.

When the monster saw Rhine, he immediately showed awe and bowed to Rhine:

"My Lord, is there anything you would like me to do?"

Rhine asked:

"Besides our current world, do you know of the existence of other worlds? Can you send me to other worlds?"

Unexpectedly, the lamp spirit looked confused: "Master, I don't know what you are talking about. I don't know what other worlds are."

The lamp spirit said to Rhine with a respectful look on his face:

"Although my magic power is strong, it is limited after all. I can feel that the master's magic power is like an endless ocean, which is stronger than mine.

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“I think there is nothing in this world that I can do that the master can’t do.

"If there is a wish that even the master cannot fulfill, I am afraid I cannot help the master to fulfill it."

Hearing this, Rhine's expression darkened.

Is that really the case?

He was not too surprised by this. From the beginning, he did not believe that the magic lamp could really take him home.

"The founder of the Witch Society really deceived us. Teacher, this magic lamp can't take you home at all!" Aurora said angrily.

"I'll ask her." Rhine took out Maleficent's small mirror.

In the darkness of the mirror, circles of water-like ripples spread out, and the black-haired girl emerged.

This time, the black-haired girl in the mirror was no longer a blurry image. Her facial features were clearly and completely displayed in the mirror.

——The unprecedentedly powerful Rhine activated the magic of prophecy and revealed the appearance of the black-haired girl!

The restrictions that had previously prevented him and the magic mirror from detecting the president of the Witch Society were now ineffective in front of Rhine, who was almost a god.

Rhine finally saw Ye Ruge, the founder of the Witch Society.

She had distinct oriental features, with long black hair that flowed down like a waterfall. She was not a stunning beauty, but she was pretty. She squinted her eyes as if she was still asleep, with a playful smile on her lips and a cunning look between her brows.

"You came to see me after all, Rhine." She stretched, as if she had expected this.

Rhine said in a tone that was neither fast nor slow: "Ye Ruge, the magic lamp does not have the function you said. The lamp god does not know the existence of other worlds, and cannot send me to other worlds."

"Yes. I lied to you." Ye Ruge did not hide it and admitted it directly.

"I just wanted to see if Rhine, the greatest magician in the world, could easily get the magic lamp. Sure enough, it's easy for you!"

Before Aurora could curse, Ye Ruge suddenly opened her slightly narrowed eyes, stared at Lai Rhine outside the mirror, and questioned word by word:

"Tell me, Rhine. Why were you able to obtain the magic lamp so quickly? "I did a fortune-telling on Aladdin's mother and knew that you had gone to see her.

"Why did you know to find the child named Aladdin? Knowing that only he could remove the seal of the treasure house?"

Before Lai Yin could answer, Ye Ruge continued to question: "[The seal of the treasure house can only be lifted by a child named Aladdin in the future.] The method to break this seal spell is only recorded in an ancient book.

“And the only people in the world who have read that ancient book and are still alive are probably the magician brothers Khalid and Magredo.

"I calculated that none of them would take the initiative to reveal this secret to anyone other than Emperor Ende...

"So..."

Ye Ruge paused and said meaningfully, "Lain, you knew this secret from the beginning, right?"

Rhine heard the hidden meaning in Ye Ruge's words, and actually smiled at Aurora's confused look.

Is that so?

Ye Ruge continued, "Lain, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

“I grew tired of this continent many years ago.

"I traveled to the West and founded the Witch Society on the way. But I didn't find much fun. My boring life continued.

"It took me many more years to finally find a way to leave here. But I couldn't do it alone.

"Until today, you showed up."

In the image in the mirror, the founder of the Witch Society stood up from the rattan chair, put away his original cynical smile, raised his chin slightly, and his eyes were more serious and yearning: "Come find me.

"You should have successfully located me and know that I am in the capital of the Far East Empire you mentioned.

"I will teach you how to open the door between worlds."

Ye Ruge paused for half a second and said solemnly, "After that, we will go back to our hometown together."

"Okay." Rhine agreed neatly.

The image in the mirror returned to darkness.

"Teacher..." Aurora looked at Rhine and seemed to understand something.

She hesitated for a long time before asking:

"You will soon leave this world and go home?"

She knew this day would come, but she still felt a little reluctant.

A strange thought suddenly popped up in Aurora's mind:

She felt that the loss of Rhine was a huge loss for the continent!

"The teacher has fulfilled my wish and helped many people. He will one day realize his own wish and go home." She comforted herself in her heart.

Rhine stroked Aurora's blonde hair, "Yes. But not right away."

"Not right away?" Aurora asked in surprise.

Rhine said, "Let's go find the founder of the Witch Society first and make sure her method is reliable enough.

"Then, if her method is alright, I have one last thing to do before I leave this world.

"This is my final gift to this continent. Well, part of it is for you."

The last gift? A gift for me?

Aurora was suddenly confused, not knowing what Rhine was going to say.

“Haha, I’ll keep you in suspense for now.” Rhine suddenly showed a sly smile, “Let’s go to the capital of the Far East Empire first and look for Ye Ruge…”

Rhine grabbed Aurora's shoulders, and the two of them disappeared in the silver whirlwind, turning into a stream of light shooting towards the distant east.

(End of this chapter)