The Ender Princess and Prince Eric understood everything the moment they saw the tightly sealed door.
This wedding was indeed nothing but a conspiracy from beginning to end.
Prince Eric recalled the curse Ariel bore, and looking at the festive wedding decorations, he instantly understood the enemy's plan.
He was furious, wishing he could cut down the mastermind behind it all with a single sword.
"The girl I love bore a terrible curse to come ashore.
When the first dawn of my marriage to someone else arrives, her heart will shatter, and she will turn into sea foam.
I must leave here as soon as possible!
Who came up with such an evil idea!"
The Ender Princess supported Prince Eric, and as if summoning all her courage, she identified the culprit:
"Eric! The one who orchestrated all of this is our Ender court witch, that Old Witch who went with the delegation to the Rose Kingdom.
You saw her in the palace hall."
She wasn't sure if more people were involved in the planning—such as her father, the Emperor of Ender, who never knew what mercy was.
The beautiful bride, cloaked in a wedding dress, lowered her head again, her entire body slumping powerlessly.
The precious wedding dress, woven from light gauze, hung in disarray.
"Indeed, I am merely a tool without free will.
When all these absurdities happened, I was both ignorant and powerless to do anything.
The only thing I could do was be a bride, a pawn in a dark conspiracy."
The Ender Princess thought.
At this moment, she recalled her first meeting with Prince Eric—at that time, his face was pale, and he lay on the shore like a corpse.
She didn't know that the handsome, dying young man before her was a foreign Prince.
When she first discovered that the Prince of the Rose Kingdom, to whom she was betrothed, was actually the young man she had saved, she was so excited that she felt it was a dream.
The most wonderful thing she had never dared to imagine had actually happened!
She was filled with happiness, seeing it as a beautiful encounter.
However, looking at the chaotic wedding scene, hearing the panicked shouts of the people around her, and learning the unknown truth and the existence of a terrible conspiracy from Prince Eric, she couldn't help but wonder: Was this so-called beautiful encounter also deliberately arranged?
Wasn't it that Old Witch who had instructed her to go to the temple in the forest to learn royal etiquette?
So, even her happiest dream was merely arranged and woven by others, just a part of a grand conspiracy?
A tremendous sense of powerlessness almost crushed the beautiful bride.
Through her misty, tear-filled eyes, and the white veil over her head, the Ender Princess suddenly saw an unforgettable sight:
Prince Eric, with a fishtail, kept thrashing his tail behind him, using his hands to pull himself along the ground, inching towards the temple door.
He managed to prop himself up and tried hard to open the door.
Afterward, he and the others successively tried the windows and other exits, but even places that appeared unobstructed seemed to have an invisible barrier preventing their departure.
How could the panicked crowd trying to leave this building know that what was blocking them was not a physical wall, but this space duplicated in the mirror, which was only this large?
"Prince Eric, it seems we can't get out of this building by normal means."
The Ender Princess thought, and then a flash of inspiration struck her, "Besides that potion, do you have any other magical tools?"
"Other magical tools?"
Prince Eric was startled, and then suddenly remembered something.
"My bag, there's a silver mirror inside!
Get it out."
The Ender Princess found the mirror as Prince Eric instructed and handed it to him.
It was the communication tool that Magician Rhine had given Ariel in the sea, and Ariel had given it to him!
With it, he could contact Magician Rhine!
"It's almost like fate, everything is just right."
Prince Eric exclaimed with immense joy.
He held up the mirror, and following Ariel's instructions, he fully reflected his handsome face in the mirror, and facing the mirror, he spoke of the predicament he was in.
...
In the real world.
Inside the crystal ball held by Rhine, a deep blue light burst forth, brighter than ever before.
The young man showed no surprise, not even too much joy, just intently gazed at the crystal ball, which showed Prince Eric's face, for a moment.
"That direction."
Rhine pointed to an inconspicuous building in the distance that looked like a civilian house.
The next second, the Little Magician put away the crystal ball and placed his hands on Ariel's and Aurora's shoulders.
The three figures rapidly blurred and vanished from their original spot.
A location that was close enough and directly visible, even if unfamiliar, could be directly teleported to!
Bang!
In a burst of mist, the three figures reappeared.
This was an empty warehouse.
In the corner was a full-length mirror, which reflected not the outside world it should have, but the chaotic scene of the wedding.
"Break that mirror, and Prince Eric and the others will be able to come out," Rhine said.
Just as the three were about to step forward to smash the mirror, they heard a violent explosion.
A mass of black flames erupted in front, with sparks flying.
The ugly Old Witch, draped in a black cloak, appeared in the flames, accompanied by a strong warrior in full plate armor, wielding a greatsword.
Scattered black sparks fell around the two like stars.
"You actually found your way here?"
The Old Witch was horrified to see the three figures appear before her.
How could this be?
Had something gone wrong with her secret plan?
"Mermaid, I didn't expect you to get help from the Rose Kingdom's Magician."
The Old Witch's face grew even more distorted.
"However, even if you can find this place, it's meaningless!"
The Old Witch ordered the fully armored warrior:
"Go, kill them!"
The warrior took a step across, blocking the mirror and the Old Witch.
"He is a famous Super Warrior of Ender, a warrior who once slayed giant sea monsters, invincible on the battlefield, and can rival an entire army by himself!"
The warrior roared, charging towards the three, his roar making the entire building tremble.
The greatsword was raised high, stirring up a fierce wind, and cut down towards Rhine with a terrifying momentum that seemed capable of splitting everything apart.
Clang!
Crimson sparks flew.
The greatsword bounced off as if it had struck solid metal.
The warrior stumbled back several steps due to the powerful recoil, almost falling backward to the ground.
But what truly astonished him was that what blocked the greatsword was not a weapon or shield, but a small blonde girl.
The girl directly stood in front of the other two, taking the greatsword's attack with her own head!