According to the fairy tale, after Jim left the palace, he used his ability to understand animal language to help the goldfish, the king of ants, and the three crows.

Then he came to a kingdom and met the princess of the kingdom who was recruiting a son-in-law.

But if you want to marry the princess, you must fulfill one of the princess's requirements, and if you can't do it, you will be executed.

Several people had been executed before, but Jim was fascinated by the princess's beauty and chose to challenge the princess's request.

The first request was for Jim to retrieve the ring that had been thrown into the sea.

After Jim completes the first request with the help of the goldfish, the princess repents and asks Jim to complete one more thing, the princess will sprinkle ten bags of rice in the park and ask Jim to pick it all up in one night.

In order to win the princess, Jim can only agree, but with the help of the king of ants, he once again fulfills the almost impossible request.

But even so, the princess still did not agree to marry Jim, but asked Jim to find the golden apple.

Jim can only run out to look for it, and at this time he happened to meet three crows, and after knowing Jim's affairs, the three crows found the golden apple for Jim, and finally let Jim marry the princess.

Locke would never have let the golden apple slip away from his eyes, but without the golden apple, Jim would not have been able to marry the princess, which means that Locke would not have been able to complete the task.

After thinking for a moment, Locke quickly made a choice: "Forget it, isn't it just two hundred potential points, there will always be a chance in the future." ”

Locke and Jim then travel together, and as in a fairy tale, they meet the goldfish, the king of ants, and then in a bird's nest in a tree in a forest, he sees the three most important crows.

The reason why it was confirmed that it was these three crows was because Locke felt the existence of magic in these three crows.

At this time, the two old crows were standing on the edge of the nest, and because they could not feed the three crows, they chose to drive the three crows out of the nest.

Relying on his ability to understand animal language, Jim was about to choose to help the three crows, when Locke killed his own horse and gave it to the three crows before Jim.

Jim was puzzled by Locke's behavior, and tentatively said, "Lord Locke, why did you kill the horse?" ”

"I saw that the three little crows were driven out of the nest by the old crow, and suddenly they wanted to help them, and as for whether they can grow up and learn to fly on their own, it depends on their luck."

Locke said quietly.

These three crows will help Jim find the golden apple in order to repay the favor, and since they can help Jim, they can also help Locke.

And Locke is unwilling to pin his hopes on others, so such an opportunity must naturally be grasped by himself.

Jim wanted to test whether Locke could understand animals, but Locke's answer did not miss anything, and he could only choose to believe Locke's explanation.

After helping the three crows, the two men move on and make their way to a new country.

There is only one city in this country, and in the world of fairy tales, such countries are not uncommon at all.

As soon as he entered the city, he heard someone standing on the bulletin board and shouting, "The princess wants to choose a husband, but the suitor must complete a difficult task, and if he can't do it, he will have to give his life." ”

Intrigued, Jim leaned in, and then listened to the surrounding citizens talking about the princess's choice of a husband.

People around me say that although the princess is very beautiful, many people have lost their lives because they can't complete the task.

At first, Jim only listened to this incident as an anecdote, until he saw the appearance of the princess, and began to lose his soul, and muttered:

"What a beautiful princess, she is the moon in the sky, and the stars in the sky can't stop her light......"

Locke knew that Jim had seen the lust, and there was no shortage of people in this world who lost their lives because of beauty.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Jim to decide to go to the princess's test, even if many people had already died.

The two men went to the palace together and met the king and princess, and after seeing Jim, the king began to inquire about Jim's origins.

After Jim says that he was just a squire, Locke notices the princess with a look of obvious contempt.

At this time, Locke's heart suddenly moved, and he spoke: "Jim, in fact, you don't need to hide your identity, after all, our enemy has been executed, and the kingdom has understood that your family has been wronged. ”

Jim was stunned by Locke's words, but the king asked with some curiosity, "What's going on?" ”

In fact, Jim was the eldest son of a great nobleman in Lawrence, but because his father was framed by a vicious enemy, the king misunderstood his father and wanted to rebel, and ordered his entire family to be put to death.

Jim escaped by luck and hid incognito in a neighboring country, but he didn't know that the ruling queen already knew that his father had been wronged, and had executed the enemy who framed his father.

Before coming, Jim also said that if he could marry the princess, he would take out the treasure hidden from the family and buy the surrounding land, so that the princess could live a rich life. ”

"Really?" At this time, the princess finally became interested, and asked Jim with a smile: "You were originally a nobleman?" ”

Jim opened his mouth and was about to retort, but was interrupted by Locke patting him on the shoulder, and listened to Locke continue:

"Of course it's true, although he lost his title, the treasure hidden by his family is enough to buy ten manors, and now he is willing to risk his life for the princess to complete the princess's task."

"Good." The princess nodded happily and took out a golden ring:

"I'll drop this ring into the sea, you must salvage it, and if you can't, we'll push you into the sea until the waves swallow you!"

Next, the guard took Jim to the beach, threw the ring into the sea in front of Jim, and watched the water swallow the ring.

Looking at the vast sea, Jim was at a loss, and the crowd of onlookers around him felt sorry and ridiculed, but after a while, they all left one after another.

Locke watched from a distance, he wasn't worried that Jim wouldn't be able to find the ring, even if the goldfish didn't appear, Locke had already marked the ring, ready to be found with magic.

At this moment, what he was thinking about was how much money he would prepare for Jim to marry the princess, and he needed to write a letter to the queen, asking her to cooperate and give Jim an identity.

Originally, Locke thought that without the golden apple, Jim would not be able to win the princess, and his mission would not be completed.

But when he met the king and princess just now, Locke noticed that the princess was very dissatisfied with Jim's origin, and only then did he remember a key point.

The reason why the princess regretted Jim after completing the first task and continued with the second and even the third test was precisely because she looked down on Jim's origins.

According to the story, after Jim finally got the golden apple, he and the princess ate it separately, and the two became affectionate.

Locke guesses that this is the effect of the magic of the golden apple, which makes the princess, who originally disliked Jim's background, fall in love with Jim.

It was impossible for him to give the golden apple to Jim, so he made up a noble origin for Jim just now, and said that Jim had a large amount of money, and sure enough, the princess was much kinder when she saw Jim's expression just now.

As long as Jim is really rich, Locke will send a message to Queen Lawrence, and he will naturally be able to 'rehabilitate' Jim, and then give Jim a noble status.

In this way, the princess will naturally not dislike Jim because of her background, as long as she completes the first task, the princess will not regret it, and continue to let Jim complete more tasks.

Locke will also be able to complete the task of helping Jim marry the princess and get the reward, as for the money spent, it is not worth mentioning to Locke.

Anyway, in Locke's view, in the original story, Jim got the love of the princess because of the magic of the golden apple, and now he gets love because of the money funded by Locke, and there is no essential difference between the two.

(End of chapter)