Arifureta Fairy Tales: Aladdin
Long ago, there lived a poor boy named Aladdin. His parents had wasted all their money buying anime merchandise and had fallen into poverty. But Aladdin himself was an otaku, so he couldn’t really complain.
However, one day, a magician claiming to be a distant relative of his appeared before Aladdin. The magician was covered from head to toe in a long robe, even their face was hidden under a large hood. Though they claimed to be a relative, they seemed quite suspicious to Aladdin. In fact, he had never seen anyone more suspicious in his life. He was certain the magician was a swindler of some sort. And thinking back, he remembered there had been plenty of scammers recently who’d been going around telling people about how there were amazing jobs where they could make thousands of dollars a day doing relatively little work, when in truth they were running around looking for people to kidnap and bring back to brothels and the like.
Believing the magician to be one such scammer, Aladdin drew the pistol he carried for self-defense and pointed it at the magician. Surprised, the magician jumped back and lowered their hood. They looked Aladdin over more carefully, then said in a surprised voice, “Sorry... I lied. I’m not related to you. I’m your wife.”
The magician’s statement just made her seem even more suspicious. Naturally, Aladdin replied, “I see. That makes sense. When are we holding the wedding?”
It appeared he’d taken the magician’s words at face value. Unfortunately, her beauty had captivated him, preventing him from thinking straight. It was her fault for being so damn pretty. Even if this was some kind of marriage fraud, Aladdin would happily let this beautiful magician defraud him.
“This afternoon...”
The magician’s eyes sparkled. She wasn’t even thinking of defrauding Aladdin anymore. Initially, she’d approached him with the intent to scam him, but now all she cared about was becoming his bride. And thus, the pair were married just hours after their first meeting. But before they could hold their wedding ceremony, the magician asked one request of Aladdin.
“Before we get married... can you help me get a magic lamp from a cave?”
“What kind of magic lamp?”
“Mmm... Supposedly, a genie who can grant any wish lives within the lamp. If we have that...”
“If we have that, then what?”
“We’ll... be able to hold the greatest wedding ever.”
“Magician girl... are you a genius!?”
There was no one around to stop them. Aladdin and the magician headed to the cave for their first date, flirting all the while. They entered the cave together, and explored its depths, while talking about what other wishes they’d ask the genie for once they’d finished their wedding. They were tired of the desert, so they were thinking of asking the genie to build them a nice, white house on the coast. A house with a king-sized bed, of course. They neither tumbled into the abyss, nor had to worry about any seals, nor fight any dangerous guardians of the cave to reach the lamp. In fact, they found it quite easily. Believing they’d already succeeded, they grabbed the lamp and turned to leave. Unfortunately for them, trials often appear when one least expects them.
“Wait right there, Aladdin-kun! Don’t let that witch trick you!”
The princess of the country suddenly appeared at the entrance of the cave with a retinue of soldiers.
“How dare you trick Aladdin-kun into following you into this cave, you witch! What kind of obscene things were you planning to... I mean, what kind of naughty... I mean, what kind of horrible things were you planning to do to him!?”
“I’m worried about this country with you in charge!”
The magician glared at the princess, wondering how this country managed to run when its leaders were like this. She was, of course, unaware of the irony that she’d been acting basically the same way moments ago.
“Now come, Aladdin-kun! Marry me instead!”
Smiling, the princess proposed to Aladdin. The soldiers standing behind her all gave her disappointed looks. It was obvious they were worried for the future of this country as well.
Upon hearing the princess’ proposal, Aladdin said, “Uhhh, who the heck are you?”
He eyed the princess suspiciously. In truth, the princess had had her eye on Aladdin for quite some time now. One could even say she’d been stalking him. However, they’d never actually met before. But when the princess had seen a witch suddenly appear before him, she’d rushed out without considering how strange it was for her to chase after a man she’d never actually talked to. It was little wonder that the soldiers seemed so disappointed.
“Hmph, you seem to be misunderstanding something, Princess. Aladdin’s already my husband. Now, get out of here.”
The witch clung to Aladdin and grinned at the princess. Aladdin hugged the witch back, and the princess’ soldiers started urging her to return to the palace. However, the word retreat didn’t exist in this love-struck princess’ dictionary.
“Fine, now that it’s come to this, there’s no turning back! Come, genie of the ring!”
The princess rubbed the ring on her hand and chanted an incantation. A second later, a person appeared in midair.
“What is it, Princess? I have told you time and time again that I shall not recognize you as my master. You lack the sadistic temperament for it.”
Apparently the princess’ ring was a magical object that summoned a perverted, wish-granting genie.
“Pervert of the ring! Seal that witch in this cave! Then teleport me and Aladdin-kun to the castle!”
“As I said before, I have no intention of listening to... Oho!? Do mine eyes deceive me!? That young man over there seems to have the makings of a wonderful sadist! His sadist power levels are... over 9000!?”
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