The Power of Blessings

"Honored guests, let us begin our meal! Let us celebrate this wonderful night together!"

Following the King's command, the nobles, foreign dignitaries, and the thirteen witches began to enjoy the sumptuous feast.

After speaking, the King glanced at Rhine beside him, wanting to see if the Kingdom Sage had any opinions.

He saw that the knowledgeable young magician was silent, burying his head in the food on his plate.

As expected of Rhine, he is quite composed. Perhaps I am the one who is too nervous... The Old King breathed a sigh of relief.

Rhine skillfully cut off a piece of roasted steak, popped the delicious, juicy beef into his mouth, and enjoyed the resilience of the juices bouncing in his oral cavity.

So delicious!

It truly is a celebration; it tastes much better than the food on ordinary days! Rhine stuffed the delicacies into his mouth one after another.

While maintaining the "reserved, elegant, and scholarly image" of the Kingdom Sage, he was devouring the food to the maximum extent possible!

This was also the reason for Rhine's silence.

The food is so good, how could I have time to talk? Chatting during a meal is truly a bad habit.

Food is meant to be eaten! Mmm... this roasted Tu Dou is also delicious...

Of course, while enjoying the food, Rhine did not forget his identity and kept an eye on the Black Witch's position at all times.

The Black Witch seemed to have a mediocre appetite; she only took a few bites before staring at the remaining food on her plate, saying nothing.

Her expression was as cold as ice, but she did not show any malice.

The dinner ended.

"Next, I invite the thirteen witches and the Court Magician, Rhine, to offer their blessings for the birth of the Princess at the end of this celebration!"

One by one, the witches walked to the front, gazed at the Little Princess in the luxurious cradle, and began their blessings.

"Princess Aurora, I bestow upon you the world's most peerless beauty."

"Your face shall be unmatched, your charm unparalleled, and everyone who sees you will fall into it, unable to extricate themselves. Your every smile and frown will move the masses, and all people in the world shall be captivated by you!"

The first witch offered her blessing.

Just like the original story, a very cliché blessing... Rhine complained inwardly.

Brilliant light erupted from the cradle, illuminating the entire hall as if dyeing the night into dawn.

The radiance enveloping the Little Princess in the cradle gradually faded.

The infant's features in the swaddling clothes slowly shifted, her skin becoming increasingly delicate; a future beauty was slowly being born.

Logically speaking, a newborn infant is unlikely to be very beautiful.

But supernatural blessings subverted the laws of nature.

Even while still in the cradle, the Little Princess seemed to radiate an extraordinary temperament that made people intoxicated.

It was easy to imagine what kind of peerless beauty she would possess once she grew into a graceful young girl!

Seeing this, the King and Queen beamed with joy, their mouths unable to close from surprise.

The blessing of only the first witch had brought about such a great change.

Once all the witches and Rhine had finished their blessings, wouldn't their daughter gather all the virtues and beautiful expectations of the human world?

"Is this the power of a witch's blessing? To think it could reach such a level!"

The Queen could not help but exclaim.

Rhine's voice came from beside her:

"Your Majesties, the King and Queen, you must be wondering: since the witch who bestowed the blessing is herself merely a woman of peaceful appearance without peerless beauty, why could she bestow such a legendary face upon Aurora?"

The King and Queen were stunned at the same time.

What? We never thought about that question at all! If it weren't for Rhine's reminder, they would never have thought of such a strange question as "why a witch who can bestow peerless beauty does not have it herself."

They had naturally accepted the bizarre premise that "witches can bestow things they do not possess themselves"! Seeing the King and Queen's eyes filled with great confusion, Rhine smiled.

"Blessings."

This might be the most powerful and transcendent ability of magicians, gods, and fairies in various fairy tales, myths, and folklore.

Blessings can be unreasonable, violate the laws of nature, and achieve self-fulfillment at the level of causality.

However, the most absurd part is—

After a hero receives a blessing, the things they can achieve...

The caster who offered the blessing is, in all likelihood, unable to do so themselves!

The most typical example is Indian mythology.

Obtaining a blessing, beating up the Heavenly Emperor, and then having the blessing exploited and broken!

Similarly, the dragon-slaying hero Siegfried of Norse mythology could be considered to have received a certain blessing because he bathed in dragon blood and became invulnerable to blades.

But it is obvious that the dragon that provided the blood and was killed did not have the ability to be "invulnerable to blades."

Otherwise, brother dragon, how were you killed?

Over the past half year of studying the Spellbook, not only had Rhine mastered more magic, but he had also become an expert in the fields of mysticism and the supernatural, gaining a clear understanding of such bizarre questions.

Facing the confused King and Queen, Rhine explained slowly:

"Blessings may be the most extraordinary power in this world, and their strength comes not only from the blesser but more from the world itself."

"The more important the destiny a hero carries, and the more legendary the figure, the more powerful the blessings they can receive!"

"Therefore, the power of a blessing can even achieve things that the blesser themselves cannot."

"What's more, the subject of this blessing is the Little Princess Aurora..."

After speaking, Rhine returned to silence and sighed meaningfully.

The Queen was silent for half a second.

In a flash, she seemed to understand Rhine's words.

Does Rhine mean that Princess Aurora will become a legendary figure? That's right, when he first met Rhine, he said that the future Little Princess would have a legendary destiny.

Did Rhine see such a distant future from the very beginning?

I wonder what kind of blessing Rhine will offer the Little Princess in the end?