Chapter 42 The Mermaid Princess's Wish

The mermaid princess Ariel led the big fish that Rhine and Aurora rode through the ocean currents. During this time, Rhine cast another Transfiguration spell on the big fish that the dog had transformed into, in order to prevent the spell from running out.

They passed through foaming whirlpools and bubbling mud wastes, and stepped into a hideous forest of coral polyps.

Those humans who sank to the bottom of the sea and drowned, and even one or two mermaids who died in accidents, hung in the coral forest in the form of white bones.

Whenever aquatic creatures pass through this forest, the coral polyps come alive, stretch out their "arms" and try to grab them, wanting to keep these creatures here forever.

"The scene here is truly horrible. Anyone who lives in a place like this would not be considered a good person," Rhine thought.

The mermaid princess Ariel also felt fear and her heart was pounding.

She kindly reminded her two human friends, "The sea witch has a strange temper. When you see her, you must speak nicely and politely, but don't offend her!

"She knows terrible black magic. Even my father, the monarch of this sea, is unwilling to anger such a dangerous sea witch!"

Ariel was worried that the two humans from land underestimated the horror of the sea hag.

The mermaid princess didn't quite understand the speed at which humans matured, but the two children looked younger than herself, so she developed a mentality of being an older sister.

She wanted to protect the two children and didn't want them to be eaten by the sea witch because of a slip of the tongue or other mistakes.

——Although Ariel was not sure whether the sea witch would do such a thing, since everyone said that this sea witch was so scary, it was not impossible.

"What's this? Who doesn't know magic? Who isn't a great figure that the monarch values ​​so much?"

Aurora couldn't help but want to refute after hearing what the mermaid princess said. But she looked at the silent teacher beside her and suppressed her competitive nature.

"Although I only know a few tricks myself, my teacher's magic must be more sophisticated than that of the sea hag!" Aurora thought.

From the previous conversations, Aurora felt that the mermaids' mastery of magic did not seem to be stronger than that of humans on land.

——This fact is quite different from the legend! The legend that "mermaids' singing can bring storms and destroy ships" and "mermaids seduce sailors to crash into reefs and die" seems to be just a misunderstanding.

Mermaids are far from being the evil creatures described in human books. Instead, they are just as kind and weak as most humans.

Is it possible for mermen and humans to understand each other better? Aurora couldn't help thinking.

"Ariel, why did you go to see the sea hag? You are a princess of the sea, so you must have encountered some great difficulties, right?"

Aurora asked the mermaid princess swimming ahead.

Ariel raised her chin slightly, her eyes showing infinite warmth, as if she was remembering a good memory.

“When I was 15, I was allowed to float to the surface of the sea. Since then, I have fallen in love with your world on earth and with you lovely humans.

"Your world is much bigger than ours. You can sail across the oceans, climb to the top of towering mountains, and have endless forests and fields."

At this point, Ariel revealed a bit of disappointment: "It's a pity that I can't really enter your world. You can ride on big fish to the sea, but I can't go to the land."

She continued, "Not long ago, I fell in love with a human. He was a noble prince, a handsome young man. Well, he was a little older than you.

"I saved him from a shipwreck caused by a storm, but had to leave him.

"I want to be with him forever! I want to share his soul.

"But my grandmother told me that this was absolutely impossible and asked me to give up this idea and this useless fantasy as soon as possible. How can the mermaids in the sea and the humans on the shore stay together for a long time?

"I thought, since conventional methods don't work, the sea hag's magic might be able to help me and turn me into a real human!"

After listening to Ariel's answer, Aurora roughly understood what happened.

I wonder if the teacher can help her? If so, wouldn't Sister Ariel need to ask the sea witch for help? The blonde girl thought.

Aurora thought carefully about the predicament the mermaid princess encountered. Suddenly, her eyes widened and she asked very seriously:

"Sister Ariel, why can't the mermaids in the sea and the humans on the shore stay together forever?"

That's a really strange question, Ariel thought.

She was about to answer when she choked and almost froze in the water.

That's right. She hadn't thought about it carefully before: [Why can't the mermaids in the sea and the humans on the shore be together]? "What is the core obstacle that prevents me from being with humans?"

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"It should be a fish tail, right? My grandmother said that humans think tails are extremely ugly, and only 'legs' are normal."

“Is this really the only reason?”

"Humans must not accept a mermaid's tail? Or, because I have no legs, I can only stay on the shore and cannot go deeper inland?"

"So, if I had fallen in love with a sailor who had been sailing on the sea for many years instead of a prince, would we have been able to be together?"

Ariel felt a little overwhelmed, but thankfully, they had reached their destination—a slimy clearing in the middle of a coral forest.

Here is a house made of bones.

"This is where the sea hag lives."

The mermaid princess introduced her two human friends.

——Even though it was actually her first time here, she still acted like an older sister.

"Later, you will tell the sea hag your wishes first. After that, it will be my turn." Ariel said, "You just want to ask her a question, I guess you don't have to pay too heavy a price."

Thinking of this, Ariel couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The wish she asked for was not simple. What price would the sea hag ask for?

"I never thought that there would be a day when I would find another magician to fulfill my wish." Rhine thought to himself, finding it a little funny.

(End of this chapter)