Chapter 47 Ariel's Request

Ariel took a deep breath of the cold sea water.

This was something that had been planned long ago, but when she actually faced the Sea Witch, her heart still pounded.

In order to realize their wish, the two human friends overcame all obstacles and answered three questions that seemed incredibly difficult to her as a reward.

What price will she pay?

Ariel swam to the sea hag, hesitated, wanted to tell her her wish, but felt a little shy.

"My silly princess, you don't have to say anything. I know what you are here to ask for." said the sea witch.

She has a powerful magic - when a sea creature sincerely wants her help and stands upright in front of her, the sea hag only needs to stare at the petitioner for a while to know what the other party wants.

That's some pretty handy magic for a sea witch who's always fulfilling other people's wishes.

But for some reason, this mind-reading technique is useless to humans.

Perhaps, the sea hag thought, the wishes of merpeople are only in their heads and hearts, while humans, with their immortal souls, hide their wishes deep within their immortal souls—where even she cannot see.

"My beautiful princess, hahahaha, your wish is so stupid! "You actually want to remove your fish tail, grow two human legs, change into a deformed human appearance, go to the shore, and go to human society! "You want a handsome prince to fall in love with you, pour his passionate thoughts and emotions into you, so that you can gain an immortal soul.

"I have never heard of such a thing. It is a ridiculous fantasy that a human being should fall in love with a sea creature."

When the sea witch saw the mermaid princess' wish, she laughed out loud.

After laughing, the sea witch felt a little regretful: it turned out that if she only needed to look at the mermaid princess' wish, she would naturally know how the mermaid could obtain an immortal soul.

There is no need to get answers from two humans! The sea witch said to the mermaid princess:

"Silly thing, even though this is a stupid wish, I will make it happen. Even though it may not have a good result.

"I can brew a potion for you. Take it with you, swim to the beach at night, and take it before the first light of dawn.

"Then your tail will split in two and twist into what humans call a pair of beautiful legs. It's like a sharp knife has brutally cut your fish tail in two. It must have hurt!

"Because those legs are made from your tail, you will also be able to keep your swimming steps, and your dancing will be more graceful than any other dancer!"

Ariel was overjoyed when she heard this.

Little did she know that her wish could be fulfilled with just one potion.

But the sea hag told her only about the benefits, which made her worried. She asked, "So, what price do I have to pay to get these legs?"

Sea Hag says:

"Where in this world can you get benefits without paying a price? "Your transformed legs are not natural human legs after all, but imitations cut by sharp medicinal properties. Therefore, every step you take will be like walking on sharp knives! "If you can endure these pains, I can help you."

Before the little mermaid princess could respond, Aurora stood up for her:

"Why is there such a side effect? ​​I have an elegant dance posture, but I can't dance naturally on the ground normally. It's just like playing a trick on me."

The mermaid princess treated them as friends, and Aurora responded in kind.

From the bottom of her heart, she didn't want Ariel to endure that unbearable pain.

Aurora glanced at Rhine, remembering her teacher's Transfiguration spell, and muttered, "But I've seen magicians transform one creature into another without any side effects. There must be something wrong with your potion!"

The sea hag retorted angrily:

"This is not some temporary transformation magic. Everything in the world always has its original appearance. The transformation magic only paints a layer of thick makeup on them, but does not change their essence.

“Magicians can change one thing into another, and it seems magical, but it’s just an illusion! It won’t be long before things return to their original appearance.

"But the medicine I make can bring about lasting changes!"

Rhine nodded slightly, knowing that what the sea witch said was absolutely true.

Just like in the story of Cinderella, when the clock strikes midnight, everything returns to the way it was before.

The magic of transformation will eventually end.

——It may be because the time has come, or it may be dispelled by some other magic-breaking gadget.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

According to previous tabletop games such as "Dungeons & Dragons", only effects with an "immediate" duration are irreversible.

Ariel was afraid that the sea witch would quarrel with her human friends, so she quickly said to the sea witch:

"No problem. I can live with that!"

Her voice was trembling, but quite firm.

Because she remembered the handsome prince and her ambition to obtain an immortal soul.

"This is not the end. A mermaid without an immortal soul turns into a human form, which violates the laws of nature and will be cursed by the world!" said the sea hag. "If you fail to win the love of the prince and gain an immortal soul, on the morning when he marries someone else, when the first rays of dawn shine on the land and the sea, your heart will break and you will turn into foam in the water."

Aurora could not accept it now, and defended her mermaid friend: "Why? This sounds too weird. You just gave her a potion to grow legs. Why should her life and death depend on the prince she loves? " "If, I mean if, the prince couldn't be with Ariel in the end, why must she die? Can't she change her goal and find someone who loves her again? " "Ariel is so beautiful. After she becomes a human, she will definitely attract a flood of admirers.

"There are so many handsome and beautiful people in this world. Ariel can also gain an immortal soul from another person who truly loves and cares about her!"

When Ariel heard Aurora's words, she felt half warm and cared for, and half surprised by the uniqueness of Aurora's thoughts.

She had never considered such a possibility.

Don't even think about it!

"From another human being, someone other than that handsome prince, I can also obtain an immortal soul?"

These two new human friends gave her some completely different insights and thinking directions than before, which always shocked Ariel.

(End of this chapter)