During this period, Rhine would occasionally hear whispers of wishes from afar.
Every day, he would pick out the strongest wishes, listen carefully, and make them come true.
Rhine didn't need to physically travel to the location of the wish-makers; instead, he summoned tiny nature spirits and birds, or directly gave orders to local officials, indirectly providing assistance.
Suddenly, he heard another prayer from afar.
"What an astonishing power of wishes!"
Rhine trembled all over.
This time, the one praying was a "Child of Destiny," or rather, a "Protagonist of Destiny"!
Rhine had suspected before that the so-called "Children of Destiny" were probably those significant characters who had appeared in fairy tales, but he never had a chance to verify it.
The young man quickly closed his eyes and listened to Oz's prayer.
"A magician and balloonist named Oz? Works in a circus. Worried about being implicated in a counterfeit gold coin incident..."
After reading the content of the wish, Rhine couldn't help but smile wryly.
"What the heck? So, he's afraid of this..."
"However, since you prayed to me in your dream, I must fulfill your wish." The young man smiled secretly.
"The content of the wish is: escape the kingdom and go to a safe place."
As thoughts raced through his mind, Rhine had many associations with Oz's identity.
His name is Oz.
And he's a Child of Destiny...
A rather timid personality...
Skilled in magic and ballooning...
"Could it be that Oz?"
"Oz, the trickster king from 'The Emerald City' or 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'?!"
In this fairy tale, the protagonist Dorothy was swept away by a tornado to a fantastical realm far from the mundane world—the Land of Oz—and embarked on a magical journey, befriending a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodman, and a Lion.
The Land of Oz had powerful witches in the East, West, North, and South, while Oz, who lived in the Emerald City at the center of the Land of Oz, was an even more formidable great magician.
Of course, as the story unfolds, and from the perspective of the protagonist Dorothy, readers will discover that the so-called Great Magician Oz is actually a big fraud, and all his "magic" are just parlor tricks.
"It's actually that Oz."
"Oz before he went to the Land of Oz!"
"Uh, it's definitely not called the Land of Oz yet, after all, Oz hasn't even gone there yet!"
"It will probably be a few more years before the Emerald City is built!"
"Many more years later, the protagonist Dorothy will set foot in the Land of Oz!"
"I actually arrived in such an early era and met the future 'Great Magician' Oz in advance."
This discovery was somewhat beyond Rhine's expectations.
After all, according to the original 'The Emerald City', Oz's hometown was Omaha, USA.
Of course, as Rhine knew, there was no country named "United States of America" in this mixed fairy tale world. It was also reasonable for Oz's birthplace and part of his background to change.
So, Rhine began to consider how to fulfill Oz's wish.
"According to the original work, Oz went to the green fields because his hot air balloon lost control. Then I'll help him facilitate this prophecy!"
...
Today, the circus where Oz worked was holding its usual performance.
Before the performance began, he sat in a rising hot air balloon to attract the audience to come and watch, gathering them together, so that everyone would buy more tickets.
At this moment, Oz heard someone in the audience shout:
"Wow, it's His Majesty the King's soldiers! Are they here to see the circus too?"
Oz craned his neck to look, and sure enough, he saw a small squad of soldiers walking towards them.
"Oh no, oh no!"
"My nightmare has come true. His Majesty the King must have sent soldiers to arrest me!"
This brilliant magician's face turned deathly pale, and he trembled in the hot air balloon basket.
Snap!
Just as Oz was at a loss, the rope broke on its own.
"Oh no, what's happening? Why did the rope break?!"
The uncontrolled hot air balloon drifted with the wind, rising high into the sky.
The hot air balloon kept floating and floating, flying farther and farther away.
The audience below cried out in alarm:
"Ah, the magician Oz is still on the hot air balloon! Who's going to save him?!"