Chapter 92: Alliance with the Sea Kingdom
Prince Eric also moved over, waving his mermaid tail, stroked the girl's golden hair, and expressed many words of thanks to her.
Seeing this, everyone remembered that Prince Eric had not yet changed back to his original appearance! Rhine took out another bottle of "merman-to-human potion" and gave it to Prince Eric, allowing him to grow human feet again, so that he would not have to explain himself when he met the king.
"Respected magician Rhine, I have a question." Ariel was a little confused and asked carefully, "Are these potions that can turn mermaids into humans and humans into mermaids... not too precious?"
How come Rhine can always take out this thing at will and doesn't look sorry at all?
"Yes, the materials are not expensive, and we can produce them in batches with a big pot. I can make hundreds of bottles a day." Rhine said.
After the old witch died, he took the opportunity to plunder the old witch's collection of medicinal materials and cleared them out. For a long time, he didn't have to worry about those strange and bizarre potion materials.
"Is that so?" Ariel was stunned.
In order to exchange this medicine from the sea witch, I almost lost my voice and became mute forever.
"For these two types of potions, the most difficult material to obtain is magical blood. This is why the sea witch charges a high price for it, because she must use her own blood." Rhine explained, "But I have three magical dogs that can heal themselves. I can just take their blood."
Poor dog…Ariel couldn’t help but think.
After growing legs again and putting on his pants, Prince Eric happily opened his arms and basked in the sunshine: "Now, all of us are safe. When I return to the Kingdom of West Asia, I will tell my father that I want to marry Ariel. He must not stop me again."
"How do you plan to explain Ariel's identity to your father?" Rhine asked.
"Uh..." Prince Eric was speechless for a moment.
"Then, great magician Rhine, what do you suggest?" The prince, who had been talking for a long time without any clue, could only turn to this little magician with superb magical powers who seemed to be omnipotent for help again.
"Just say it directly. Just say Ariel is a mermaid princess from the kingdom of the sea." Rhine shrugged.
"Just say it?" Prince Eric was stunned. Ariel also showed a surprised expression.
On the contrary, Aurora, who had been feeling uncomfortable after being praised just now, did not have any doubts when she heard Rhine's suggestion, and looked as if she had known it for a long time.
"This is a prophecy made for you by a prophet, a seer, and a wise man," Rhine said. "Just tell your father Ariel's origins and identity, and then your father will allow you to be together."
"Thank you!" Prince Eric bowed respectfully to Rhine, "The prophecy is so wonderful and miraculous."
"In fact, there is nothing magical about it. Prophecy can often only produce very vague fragments of fate. The truly effective prophecy is to first set the result you want, and then work hard to achieve it." Rhine muttered in his heart.
Rhine was thinking as he looked down at the surging sea. His eyes seemed to be able to penetrate the deep blue ocean and see the magnificent palace of the Sea King under the water.
…
Near the Sea King's Palace.
The king of the West Asian Kingdom witnessed too many miracles today.
Through the transparent belly of the big fish, he saw the underwater world with his own eyes, many strange plants, the palace walls made of corals, and the sea flowers blooming in the mermaid princess's garden.
"Is this the kingdom under the sea? It's so beautiful."
As the king sighed, he vaguely felt that he seemed to have seen these scenes before and had an inexplicable sense of familiarity.
He also saw with his own eyes the ability of the mermaids to control the fish and sea beasts in the sea, and marveled at the talent of these sea people. At the same time, he also knew that the mermaids were familiar with the temper of the sea and could sense the coming of a storm in advance.
An idea popped into the king's mind:
"It would be great if we could establish diplomatic relations with the kingdom of mermaids!"
"Mermaids can predict storms in advance and drive sea beasts and schools of fish. Our West Asian Kingdom's ships will always have smooth sailing and our fisheries will always be productive."
"There are also many clams, pearls, shells and corals in the sea. They are everywhere for mermaids. If our West Asian Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Sea engage in trade, we will surely be able to reap a lot."
"We can use the treasures in the sea to exchange for gold and silver from other countries and become the richest country in the entire Western continent. Just like those Middle Eastern countries that serve as the trade hub between the East and the West!"
"Isn't this a hundred times or a thousand times better than forming an alliance with Endeavour?"
The king of the West Asian Kingdom informed the Sea King of his thoughts and pleaded with great sincerity: "Please, Lord of the Sea, please form an alliance with our West Asian Kingdom!"
In fact, when Aquaman was communicating with Rhine, he had already anticipated this and was already very happy.
——This is the first time in the history of the Sea Kingdom that a human has taken the initiative to get close to them! In the past, the Sea King had thought of many ideas to establish a good relationship with the humans on land, but they all failed.
But at this time, facing the sincere expression of the king, the Sea King deliberately showed a lack of interest: "Is this trade you are talking about important to us mermaids?"
Aquaman remembered what Rhine said, that at this time he should let the other party take the initiative to propose an alliance, while he should remain aloof.
Anyway, there are so many countries on the land, and it is not necessary to form an alliance with the West Asian Kingdom first.
Supply and demand works like that!
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The king was very anxious when he saw that Neptune seemed to be losing interest in the alliance.
"That's right. The Sea Kingdom has never formed an alliance with any other country, so it has absolutely no interest in forming any new alliances."
"No. Becoming the first human country in human history to form an alliance and trade with the Kingdom of the Sea will definitely be a huge benefit to the Kingdom of West Asia!"
No matter how much it costs or how many unequal treaties we have to sign, we must never miss this golden opportunity that has fallen from the sky!
"Your Majesty," the king begged:
"As long as our two countries form an alliance, I will use all my power as a king to promote the beauty of mermaids and wash away the prejudice of humans against mermaids across the entire continent!"
There is such a good thing... Aquaman was just about to propose it himself, but he didn't expect that the human king had already said it first.
The Sea King tried his best not to look overjoyed and said calmly:
"Oh, that sounds good."
He just tried to persuade the king not to go back on his word when he heard the king of West Asia say again: "I know this is not enough to impress your Majesty the Sea King.
“We have a lot of materials on land that cannot be produced at sea, including developed handicrafts, beef and mutton, and a lot of silk clothing traded from other countries.
“Once the two countries start trading, you will be able to easily obtain these supplies.
“We can also customize items specifically for you for use in seawater.
"Oh, and if you, the Sea Kingdom, have any special requests, we will use all our national strength to help you achieve them. Because we are allies."
The Sea King, who had always dreamed of establishing friendship with humans, felt like he was dreaming when he heard this, but he remained calm and said calmly, "Okay, I'll think about it."
Big profit! The king was almost overwhelmed by joy, and thought to himself:
"Later, we must seize the opportunity to pursue our victory. Offer generous conditions that the Sea King cannot refuse, and make him agree to the alliance."
(End of this chapter)