"These two humans are friends of my granddaughter, Ariel, and naturally, friends of the Sea Country as well." Old Grandmother solemnly introduced them to the nobles. Then, pointing at Rhine with pride, she said, "And this human boy is a formidable magician!"
"A magician? A magician from the human world!" The nobles and ministers were even more astonished.
Rhine proceeded to demonstrate several spells on the spot.
First, he brought the court statues to life, then transformed the belly of the great fish into the shapes of various land animals.
"This is a bird. This is a horse. This is a deer. This is a cow. This is a sheep. This is a rabbit..."
The strange and peculiar land creatures left the nobles, ministers, and Ariel's sisters utterly bewildered.
The merfolk court painters hurriedly seized the opportunity to paint the appearances of all kinds of land animals.
"Esteemed magician, learned sage, everyone has countless questions about the land that they wish to ask you!" Sea King said.
Thus, Rhine and Aurora began answering the nobles' strange questions about the world above.
They told many stories of the land: of the countless hundreds and thousands of kingdoms across the Western Continent, and of legends Rhine had heard from the distant east. From the cruel Sultan to the emperor of the Far Eastern Empire.
Rhine also took out a mirror and displayed many images through it.
As the sage of the Rose Kingdom, Rhine knew far more than most people in the world! Only today did many nobles realize that the world above was even richer and more diverse than the world beneath the sea.
There were mountains, forests, deserts, and grasslands on land, as well as snow-covered ice fields and the barren Great Desert where not a blade of grass grew!