Chapter 46 Reward: The Sea Witch's Alchemy
Aurora immediately understood Rhine's hint——
Long before the sea hag asked the last question, she had actually already given the answer once! That answer was...
"Love," Aurora said. "The answer is love, isn't it? Uh, the love of humans for mermen!"
This was the answer to the first question she had just answered a few minutes ago!
Of course, the answer to the first question is "immortal soul", so this is a wrong response.
Rhine smiled:
"Exactly.
"As fate would have it, the wrong answer to the first question is the right answer to the last question.
"My erudite sea witch, my friend has already given the correct answer long before you asked the question! "Isn't this also the instruction of fate?"
Rhine knew that in such a fantasy magical world, fate was not an illusory thing, but a real thing.
He had personally blessed Aurora, allowing the girl to bear the prophecy of "defeating the black witch".
Although this prophecy cannot be fulfilled automatically, fate will always create bizarre coincidences and try to bring about this ending!
During the Q&A time for the first question, they actually answered two questions at the same time!
Ariel was also there to help her new friend: "Yes, yes. My grandmother just told me not long ago that although mermaids don't have an immortal soul, as long as humans love you, they can give you an immortal soul. At the same time, the human's own soul remains immortal."
She said these words with a smile.
The sea witch was stunned.
After a moment, she burst into laughter:
"I see. For a non-human creature to obtain an immortal soul, the method is so simple, yet so difficult as to be almost impossible!"
When the sea witch mentioned "difficult to the point of being impossible", Ariel's expression fluctuated slightly.
At this moment, Rhine felt that the fiery energy was rapidly surging into his soul, increasing his magic power a little bit.
The wish came true! Although it was Aurora who gave the answer in name, it was actually him, the magician, who actually answered the question and solved the problem that troubled the sea hag.
"The wish of another child of destiny has been fulfilled. I wonder what I will get this time." Rhine was looking forward to the new power.
Vast knowledge like the ocean poured into my mind and was directly imprinted in my memory and soul.
That was the knowledge of alchemy, about how to make potions with different materials. The memory of the sea hag mixing potions with strange materials flashed through his mind.
"Sea Hag's Alchemy"! The reward for fulfilling the wish this time was not a new magic.
Instead, she perfectly copied the alchemy skills of the sea hag and gave them to Rhine! Rhine would never forget that in the original work, the way the sea hag fulfilled the little mermaid's wish was to make a potion that transformed the fish tail into human legs.
Making potions was clearly the forte of this sea witch.
Now, he has also acquired her expertise in alchemy! Compared to the alchemy skills that Rhine had when he first crossed over to become a magician, the sea witch's knowledge of alchemy is undoubtedly much more advanced.
However, the two kinds of potion knowledge not only do not conflict, but can complement each other's shortcomings and complement each other! Rhine realized that after integrating the two, he had become a potion master who surpassed the sea hag.
"How strange! This time the reward is not a new magic that manifests from a wish."
Rhine was a little surprised, but he immediately understood the reason.
Before, the people for whom he had fulfilled his wishes were many ordinary people, the king and queen of the Kingdom of Rose, the magician Oz, and the soldier who obtained the tinderbox.
None of them have any special expertise that would amaze the world, nor do they have any other special features.
Therefore, the power of wish obtained manifests itself in its purest form, that is, manifesting the "content of the wish itself".
If the child of destiny who made the wish is special enough, the reward for fulfilling the wish will be related to the characteristics of the wisher, such as directly copying the other party's expertise and talents! "This is too amazing."
Rhine couldn't help but marvel at the magical nature of his "Wish Magician" physique.
He was increasingly looking forward to fulfilling the wishes of the next fairy tale protagonist.
“Well, two humans, I don’t know whether I should boast about your intelligence or luck.” The sea hag sighed, “You answered my three questions. According to the agreement, I must tell you everything I know about Maleficent.”
She pulled out a seaweed-like hair from her head and scraped some slime from her pet toad with a dagger, crushed it in a mortar, and chanted an inaudible spell.
After a while, a bubble rose from the mortar. Strange pictures appeared on the surface of the bubble - they were patterns of memory.
"These are my memories of Maleficent. Just place the bubble on your brow to read them," the sea hag said.
The bubble floated towards the big fish that Rhine and Aurora were riding on.
The big fish bit the bubble and swallowed it into its stomach.
The two children in the big fish's belly picked up the bubbles rolling over like picking up a ball on the ground.
Rhine tossed up a gold coin and performed a simple divination. After confirming that this was the answer they wanted, he put the bubble away and did not rush to read this memory.
“Thank you, Sea Witch, for keeping your promise.
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“According to our original agreement, the three questions are only the first payment in exchange for the secrets about the black witch Maleficent.
"Now, tell me, what is the second reward we have to pay? This reward will be used in exchange for information about your witch coven."
Rhine believed that the second reward would not be as simple as "answering questions" which could be completed on the spot.
It may take a long time to achieve.
"Help me gain recognition from the Kingdom of the Sea, His Majesty the Sea King, and other sea creatures!"
The sea witch showed a self-deprecating expression:
“As you know, in this sea kingdom, everyone regards me as a nightmare, avoids me, and tells terrible legends with me as the protagonist.
“However, I just did what every businessman would do – collect payment for the goods.
"I just studied some dark arts - even though I never killed any innocent people with them, I was regarded as a monster to scare children.
"If you can help me gain the recognition of the entire Sea Kingdom and make the mermaids in this sea no longer fear and despise me, I will tell you everything about the witch coven!"
Rhine sighed softly and once again felt the burning power of desire from the sea witch.
In the original "The Daughter of the Sea", this sea witch has all the elements of a traditional "evil witch" - ugly, weird, keeps scary pets, and lives in a nightmarish house of bones.
But she is an honest businessman, not an evil villain.
In this beautiful and poetic story, there is not even one real "bad guy". Every character has his or her own kind side.
Of course, perhaps this image is too suitable to play the villain, and the story needs an enemy. In Disney's adapted version of the animated film "The Little Mermaid", this sea witch directly became the evil villain.
Aurora's eyes also showed pity.
She recalled the fear and disgust that the mermaids had shown when they mentioned the sea witch, and she felt a little sympathy for the sea witch.
"Sea Witch, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. If one day my companions and I fulfill your wish, I will come back to exchange for this answer."
The deal has been made, the wish has taken over.
When it will be achieved depends on the future.
After Rhine finished speaking, he pointed in Ariel's direction:
"Next, it's the turn of our friend, the mermaid princess Ariel, to come and fulfill your wish."
(End of this chapter)