Chapter 62 I love you, whether you are human or mermaid
Inside the palace, Ariel's room.
The mermaid princess Ariel anxiously awaits the arrival of the winning fortuneteller, the sage of the Kingdom of Rose who will reveal her life story.
Her slender little hands were stroking, her heart was pounding, and her new feet kept rubbing the ground, as if she was about to go to the execution ground.
"Ariel!" The prince pushed open the door and hugged her in his arms.
He hugged her so tightly that he didn't dare to let go for a moment, as if the other person would disappear if he relaxed a little - because the prince knew that she had hugged him just as tightly on that stormy nightmare night.
"My girl, I know it, I know it all, I know everything I should know - and my God, I didn't know it until today!"
The prince was so excited that he was incoherent. He wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.
Ariel was so confused that she didn't understand what the prince said. She felt her face was a little wet and found that it was stained with the prince's hot tears.
"My highness, what did you say? What did you know?" Ariel was excited and panicked.
The next moment, she suddenly realized that the prince called out her name "Ariel" when he entered the door, her real name when she was the princess of the Sea Kingdom.
——This was the first time she heard the prince call out her name since they met.
"Ariel, that foreign magician told me everything about you. I know your life story, that you are a mermaid from the sea, and also a princess! Hahahaha, when I first saw you, I said you looked like a princess from a foreign country, and I was right."
"I saw the mermaid kingdom under the sea, your father and sisters, and the magnificent palace under the sea. Your kingdom under the sea is much more beautiful than the kingdom on land. An ordinary pearl decorating the palace is more round and beautiful than the gem on my mother's crown."
"I know it was you who saved me on that stormy night. You are the girl I have been thinking about day and night, the one who saved me!"
"I also know what kind of risks you took in order to step onto this land and grow this ugly, deformed pillar of flesh!"
“…”
The prince spoke incoherently, wishing he could tell the girl everything he knew to prove that he finally understood her and was qualified to be with her.
"So, you knew everything? You knew it so thoroughly. Your Highness Eric, my Highness!" Ariel was so surprised that she was speechless.
She felt her cheeks were wetter than before, but this time, they were wet from her own tears.
Ariel couldn't help but wonder, "Who exactly is that foreign sage? What a great magician he is, he can reveal my entire past. He can even peek into the ocean kingdom beneath the waves!"
"That magician hasn't even seen me yet?"
She hugged Prince Eric's neck, and stroked the handsome boy's face with her slender white hands. She stared into the prince's dark and shiny eyes, and said word by word:
"My Lord, after knowing that I am a mermaid, don't you discriminate against me? Aren't you afraid of me? I am not even a human, but a monster from the deep sea. In your world, mermaids are regarded as the embodiment of shipwrecks."
"Of course not," the prince said tremblingly, "I knew long ago that those were all rumors slandering you and your people!"
He didn't say he just found out about it today.
"What's the difference between humans on earth and mermaids in the palace? The only thing that distinguishes races is the physiological structure, but what determines whether we can be together is the resonance of the heart!" The prince hugged Ariel tighter, "Everyone in this palace is my kind, but no one is more similar to me than you. From my father to the princes and ministers who flatter me with their mouths but their hearts, they are all concerned about things that I am not interested in. But you are different from them. You will discuss romantic stories in novels with me and talk to me about my hunting experiences in the forest. Because we are all romantic children, not those adults."
Before the choking Ariel could reply, the prince kissed her lips:
“I love you, my girl, my princess, my Ariel!
"Whether you are a human or a mermaid, whether you have a fish tail or legs, I love you! Let us be together, forever and ever.
"I will walk into the marriage hall with you, and under the witness of the priest, I will put my hands on your chest and pour all my affection and love into you. In this way, you will gain an immortal soul.
"Giving an immortal soul as a gift to your lover, even if I exhaust all the stories, epics and fairy tales I have read, there is nothing more romantic than this!"
He kissed the girl's long and beautiful eyelashes again, and the girl kissed him back.
"I will find a suitable time to see my father and ask him to allow us to be together," said Prince Eric.
"But how are you going to describe my life story to your father?" Ariel asked worriedly, "Even if you can accept me, will your father allow you to marry a deep-sea mermaid?"
"I will try my best to convince him!" The prince said firmly, "I don't want to marry the princess of Endeavour and make a vow of eternal love with someone I have never met! I will not fall in love with her. I only love you, my princess."
Just at this moment, the prince looked behind Ariel and saw the figure of a young man at the open door.
"You are here, respected magician!" said the prince excitedly.
"Ariel, turn around and look at him. It's him who made me understand you so well, and it's him who told me everything I should know. Let's thank him!"
Ariel was a little nervous and uneasy, and turned her head slowly.
"What would the final winner of the fortune teller test, the sage of the Kingdom of Rose, the powerful magician who could reveal my identity, be like?"
"Will it be an old man with white hair and a beard?"
The mermaid princess's head turned completely around.
Reflected in her pupils was a boy wearing a light-colored cloak, who looked like he had walked out of a fairy tale. She saw his short, bright silver hair and delicate features under his hood, his pale, almost crystal-clear skin, and his eyes that glowed with a cold light.
Ariel's mouth opened wide and she almost screamed.
That foreign sage and great magician turned out to be him!
The human friend she had just met not long ago, the kind-hearted magician who allowed her to grow human legs and come to land!
No wonder, no wonder he knew so much... Ariel understood everything in an instant.
Rhine waved to his mermaid friend and put a finger to his lips, making a "hush" gesture.
The mermaid princess immediately shut her mouth and pretended that she had never seen Rhine.
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Seeing the prince on the ground and the princess in the sea hugging each other tightly, Rhine smiled.
This warm scene seems to last forever.
Of course, after a while, this beautiful silence was interrupted by the voice of a message outside: "Your Highness, the envoys from Ende have arrived. His Majesty the King asked you to go to the palace as soon as possible, saying that he wants to discuss your marriage with Princess Ende.
"Also, His Majesty reminds you to bring along the amnesiac girl with a beautiful singing voice. She will be responsible for singing a song for the Endeavour delegation!"
"Germany!" Hearing about this enemy country that had once invaded the Kingdom of Rose, both Rhine and Aurora, who had just walked in from the door, raised their eyebrows.
As far as Rhine knew, Ender Germany was one of the most militarily powerful countries on the Western continent.
And their mighty ships on the sea were more famous than their cavalry and chariots on land.
The empire plundered its neighbors like a bandit, plundering supplies and land. Their royal pirates, armed with letters of marque issued by the royal family, dominated the seas and plundered merchant ships of all countries except their allies.
Aurora has always held a grudge against Ender for deliberately spreading the truth about the curse, causing civil strife in the Kingdom of Rose, and taking advantage of the situation to rob.
Although Aurora, as the commander, eventually defeated the invaders, she only defeated one of the troops, which made Ende realize that the war was unprofitable and naturally withdrew. This does not mean that the Kingdom of Rose is capable of fighting against such a powerful military empire.
Moreover, in that war, not only did Aurora, who led the charge and stabilized the morale of the army, and the three big dogs summoned by the tinderbox participated in the battle, but the kingdom's sage Rhine and the 12 good witches also provided help to a greater or lesser extent, overtly or covertly.
In such a fantasy magic world with supernatural powers, Ende could become a powerful empire that dominated and was feared by other countries. It must have its own super warriors and magicians. But in that small-scale war, they did not appear on the scene.
"I'm sorry, dear magician, Ariel and I have to go to receive the delegation from Endeavour first, so we can't entertain you for the time being."
The prince arranged for his subordinates to prepare a luxurious guest room in the palace for Rhine and Aurora, and then hurriedly took Ariel away.
Just by seeing the worried look on the prince's face when he and Ariel left, Rhine knew that if he wanted to successfully arrange a marriage between the two, it was far from enough for the prince to just be in love.
A member of the royal family cannot choose her marriage partner at will.
Aurora sighed, "It is said that the King of West Asia arranged a marriage for Prince Eric with Princess Ender. How could this happen? Why is Ariel so unlucky?"
She looked at Rhine again:
"Teacher. Since Prince Eric's father, the King of West Asia, is particularly interested in Ariel's singing, is it possible that he would agree to her marriage to the prince?"
Rhine shook his head:
"The king doesn't need to use marriage as a bondage to keep Ariel in the palace and serve him - at least that's what he thinks. If he wants His Majesty to agree to this marriage, Ariel must prove that she has greater political value than the princess of Ende."
"Sure enough, it's not enough for Prince Eric to know that Ariel is a mermaid, understand her and accept her." Aurora said with a hint of sadness.
She didn't know when it started, but she has become more and more concerned about Ariel's future. She didn't want her mermaid friend's heart to be broken and turn into foam in the sea.
Aurora seemed to have thought of something and asked again:
"Teacher, do we need to avoid the Endeavour delegation? Will they come to cause trouble for us?"
(End of this chapter)