Excited Mermaid Old Grandmother

"Ariel, are you planning to go ashore now and drink the Magic Potion?" Aurora asked the Mermaid Princess swimming ahead.

"It's still several hours before sunrise, let's wait a little longer," Ariel's tone was slightly sad. "I want to take one last look at my father's palace and my sisters' gardens."

The Mermaid Princess knew that once she grew legs, she probably wouldn't have another chance to return to her father, Old Grandmother, and sisters.

Next, she would face a severe challenge alone—if she didn't win the Prince's love, the Curse would still tear her heart apart, causing her to dissolve into sea foam.

"Alright, farewells are always sad, take another look at the palace and gardens," Rhine agreed. "We'll follow behind you, watching you from afar, and Blessing you."

Ariel and her two friends continued to swim on the large Lantern Fish for a while.

The Sea King's Palace appeared before them.

When the Mermaid Princess left, the palace was still holding a grand celebration, brightly lit.

But when she returned, the lights of the ball had already been extinguished.

The Sea King's Palace lay quietly in the deep blue sea like a sleeping giant beast. Magnificent, solemn, and silent.

"Father and my sisters, they've probably already gone to sleep."

Mermaid Princess Ariel didn't dare disturb them, and quietly swam into her sisters' gardens.

She wanted to pick a few flowers from the blooming flowerbeds, and then quietly leave.

"My little princess, I've finally found you!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice came from behind.

Ariel turned around, and it was Old Grandmother, adorned with countless pearls and shells.

She led a large group of Mermaid maids, looking extremely flustered, and was overjoyed when she saw Ariel.

"Oh my goodness! My beautiful princess. I heard that you went to the terrifying Coral Forest to find that ugly old Sea Hag! How could you do such a foolish thing?"

Old Grandmother was terrified. She came to her granddaughter's side, her eyes moving from the Mermaid Princess's beautiful tail all the way to her beautiful long hair, confirming that nothing was missing from her granddaughter, and then she felt relieved.

The elderly Mermaid was too excited and didn't even notice that there was a large Lantern Fish with a transparent belly above her head, inside which were two humans.

"How could you go looking for the Sea Hag? In the Sea Kingdom, all Mermaid children grow up listening to the evil stories of this old witch, knowing how terrible she is. Seeking her to fulfill wishes never ends well!"

Old Grandmother held the Mermaid Princess's hand, holding it so tightly, as if afraid that her granddaughter would run away: "You must have seen that Sea Hag, right? But never make a deal with that witch! It will definitely come at an extremely heavy price."

"Don't worry, my grandmother," the Mermaid Princess also held her grandmother's hand. "I'm fine."

Old Grandmother patted her chest, and the heart that had been hanging in her throat finally settled down.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, nothing happened to you, my little princess.

"It seems, you shouldn't have found that old witch, right. She always appears and disappears unpredictably, and may not be at home. And in the labyrinthine Coral Forest, finding her White Bone House isn't easy.

"Fortunately, you didn't find her, what a blessing, what a blessing!"

Old Grandmother guessed that just passing through the turbulent whirlpool, seeing the bizarre and deformed Coral Forest and the grim White Bones hanging on the coral trees, this delicate little princess would have been frightened, scared to run home on the spot, and thus didn't encounter that old witch!

"Don't ever go there again, my little princess. In this sea, what wish is there that I and your father can't help you fulfill?"

Old Grandmother stroked Ariel's hair, the Mermaid Princess's hair was as smooth as seawater.

"No, Grandmother. I found that Sea Hag. And I said a lot of things to her," Ariel said. "She's not as scary as the legends say."

The Mermaid Princess's words terrified Old Grandmother, almost shaking off the Oyster decorations on her tail:

"No way? My little princess. Did that old witch make you pay any price, did she hurt you?"

Ariel smiled: "Originally, there should have been. But in the end, I didn't trade with the Sea Hag, a kind human friend helped me. He is a kind-hearted Magician, willing to fulfill my wish without asking for a price."

Ariel didn't explain the specific content of the wish in detail.

That should be a challenge she faces alone.

"Human friend?" Old Grandmother was stunned.

How could a Mermaid become friends with a human? In the history of the Sea Kingdom, such a thing had never been heard of! "Look, they're over there!"

The Mermaid Princess pointed behind Old Grandmother.

The big fish swayed as it swam over, the transparent belly inside was two human children. It was a silver-haired boy and a golden-haired girl.

"You... you are, the two humans who came to the Sea Kingdom in the legends. It is said to be a human scholar and his attendant."

Old Grandmother immediately recalled the rumors she had just heard, stunned:

"You are Ariel's human friends?"

Rhine nodded slightly, greeting the Queen Mother of the Sea Kingdom.

"In any case, since you have helped Ariel, then you are my friends, and honored guests of the Deep Sea Palace! From now on, as long as you step into this sea, the Sea Kingdom will welcome you!" Old Grandmother announced, "This is what I say in the name of the Queen Mother, and it will always be valid."

Several maids who followed Old Grandmother to find the Mermaid Princess whispered when they heard this: "Didn't the Queen Mother always believe that the world of mermaids and humans should be forever separated and should not intersect?"

"Yes, just now in the palace, she was still against Sea King Your Majesty summoning these two humans!"

"That's normally the case. But don't you know? The Queen Mother has always doted on the Mermaid Princesses the most, especially Ariel, who is the apple of her eye!"

"Yes. The Old Grandmother always has a stern face and is so serious, but when Ariel is mentioned, she changes her appearance."

"..."

Old Grandmother invited Rhine and Aurora with a smile: "Two friends, isn't this a coincidence? I heard that my son—the King of this sea—is wanting to invite you to his palace as guests.

"It's late now. Wait until the Sun rises tomorrow, and the warm sunlight shines into the seawater, illuminating this magnificent palace, then you can come back here.

"I will personally lead you to be guests!"