Rhine's Own Wish

"Teacher, I often feel that your personality is too bland, like a saint without desires or requests. You always help others, but you don't express any strong personal desires or pursuits," Aurora said.

Rhine remained silent.

He had never thought about this question carefully before, but after listening to Aurora's words, he realized that after coming to this world, he had indeed gradually become like this.

He knew that he was not like this in his previous life, and he was not like this in his first year in this world.

"When did I become such a dull and desireless person?"

The bird Aurora transformed into landed on the boy's shoulder and told him her impressions, recalling their experiences along the way:

"Teacher, you are a kind, wise, and righteous person. Everywhere you go, you help the people there and fulfill their wishes."

"In the Kingdom of Rose, you and the 12 witches fought against the black witch Maleficent and gave me a blessing that no one else could have imagined."

"In the Kingdom of West Asia and the Kingdom of the Sea, you facilitated the reconciliation between humans and mermaids, allowing Ariel and Prince Eric to walk down the aisle and Ariel to gain an immortal soul."

In the White Kingdom, you came up with the brilliant idea of ​​'ruling the country with a magic mirror', which promoted great reforms, changed the kingdom, and the evil queen. Whether it was the hunter Jacks, the old carpenter Geppetto or the queen herself, they all found a good home."

"Teacher, you have fulfilled the wishes of so many people..."

At this point, the bird Aurora turned into paused and stared at Rhine:

"But teacher, what do you wish for yourself?"

What is my wish?

Rhine opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly found that he couldn't answer.

I never thought about this question...

At this moment, Rhine suddenly understood why he had gradually become indifferent.

He doesn't feel like he belongs in this world.

He always felt like he was playing a game, experiencing everything as a spectator and passerby, helping as much as he could, but without any passion or emotion from the bottom of his heart.

How did I become like the gender-changed Furina? Rhine muttered to himself.

"My wish?"

Rhine thought about it seriously.

With nearly eternal life, powerful magic, and a respected status, what else would he truly want and pursue even at the risk of everything?

Become the world's number one magician?

Rhine is well aware that his current magic is far from invincible. In terms of accumulated knowledge and magical attainments, he is not even as good as the other five members of the Witch Club except the Sea Hag and the Queen.

However, this wish doesn't seem to be strong enough...

After thinking for a long time, Rhine answered:

"I want to go home."

"If I have a wish that I want to fulfill from the bottom of my heart, it's to go home."

"Go home?" Aurora was a little confused. "Indeed, the teacher should not be a native of Rose Kingdom, right?"

Rhine shook his head:

"I don't belong to this world."

Not from this world? The bird Aurora turned into looked blank.

Rhine looked at the confused Aurora and explained in words that she could understand:

"You should remember that the sea hag once said that we humans all have an immortal soul."

"The immortal soul may travel to another world, or it may be reincarnated and come back to the world again as a newborn baby."

"When an old person passes away, a new baby is born. Death and rebirth are like twin sisters, inseparable."

"You can imagine that since every baby was once an old man, among the millions of people in this world, perhaps there are only one or two people who, at some stage in their lives, will suddenly see through the mystery of their womb and remember their past lives."

Aurora nodded, recalling what the sea witch had said. She completely understood what Rhine said, but still wondered:

"Is there such a person?"

Rhine smiled, and suddenly felt relieved after telling a secret: "That's just who I am."

"What! So the teacher remembers his past life?" Aurora was quite surprised.

This was something the teacher had never told her!

It turns out that Dimensional Travel is actually so simple to explain, and it is also easy to understand according to the theory of this world... Rhine thought.

"Yes. I'm telling you this secret only."

Rhine continued:

"It's just that the past life I remember was a world completely different from this continent."

"Another world?" The bird Aurora turned into widened its eyes, half curious and half surprised. She said thoughtfully:

"Indeed, the Sea Witch once said that immortal souls may travel to another world..."

Rhine turned his head and looked out the window, watching the bright sunshine shining through the treetops and green leaves, turning into mottled light on the ground; watching the wind blowing, making the clouds in the sky roll, sometimes dispersing and sometimes gathering, forming different shapes.

He said calmly:

"That world is my home."

"Over the past decade, night after night, memories of my past life have surfaced in my dreams again and again."

"In my dreams, I often thought that I had returned to my hometown; or that I had never left, and my experience in this fantastic continent was just a dream."

"It was not until I woke up from the dream that I realized I had been away from home for many years."

"In my previous life, I also had parents who loved me and a happy family."

"However, in my previous life, I didn't know any magic, and my health was very poor, so I spent most of my time in the hospital."

"Finally, when I was lying on the hospital bed, I wondered if I would ever grow up. Would I never grow up to be an adult?"

At this point, Rhine suddenly laughed:

"My premonitions were always right. In the end, I didn't grow up.

"I closed my eyes and opened them again, and I was here. And in this world, my body really can't grow any bigger."

After hearing what Rhine said, Aurora's nose suddenly felt sore.

Rhine didn't look at Aurora, but continued to look out the window, slowly telling his own story - calmly as if he was telling someone else's story:

"What a pity. My parents must be very sad after I left. I just wondered if it would be possible for me to go back to the past world with all the magic I have now, hug my parents, and tell them in person:

"Your child is not dead, he has gone to another world, where he is living well and has gained incredible magical powers!"

"Now, I am a great magician respected by many kingdoms. After returning to the past world, I can use magic to make them live a good life."

Aurora could no longer control herself and transformed back into her original form in a cloud of mist.

The girl's eyes were already filled with crystal liquid, overflowing.

She glanced across the room, where the Queen was still holding Snow White.

"Before coming into this world, was the teacher as small as Snow White? Or was she older?" Aurora couldn't help thinking, "The teacher makes other people's families happy, why don't you deserve such happiness?"

Rhine touched Aurora's head covered with golden hair and comforted the girl:

"It's strange to say, I've been in this world for so long. The things about my past life have become quite vague.

I can't tell whether many of my memories are the original reality or have been beautified through repeated recall.

"But even so, my sense of belonging to my previous life is still far greater than this world. Even now, I still fantasize about returning home with magical powers. It's strange...

"I don't know how much time has passed since I returned to my original world."

"Perhaps, the time of the two worlds is synchronized, and more than ten years have passed in my original world.

"Of course, the best thing is that time has stopped at the day I left.

"When I opened my eyes, I was still lying on the hospital bed. It was the next morning, and the sun was streaming into the room through the window screens. The more than ten years I had spent on this continent seemed like a dream.

"It's just that I have magical powers after returning.

"My parents will be amazed at what happened overnight. I can tell them about my interesting experiences in this world and show them and my friends the magic."

Aurora's voice was already choked with sobs:

"Teacher, I will remember this. This is your wish. I will do my best to help you return home!"

My wish...

Suddenly, Rhine felt a burning sensation and couldn't help but lower his head.

This was the heat that he was all too familiar with, coming from the power of the child of destiny's wish.

But it was different from any previous time. This time, Rhine could feel that this burning desire came from his soul.

"So, I also have such a burning power of desire?"

Rhine was shocked.

But then I felt infinite emotion again.

This was the first and most special wish he had ever received since he came to this world.

"Wish Magician" own wish.

At this moment, Aurora suddenly thought of something and suggested:

"By the way, teacher, aren't you a prophet and a seer? Why don't you try to divine how to return to the world you came from?"