Shadow of the Beautiful World

Not to mention the two-way communication that Asgard and human officials are opening.

On the same day that little Hella, who disliked the noisy renovation of Hades, moved into Jane and Thor's house, in the evening, a lively birthday party had just begun at Merlin's house in Hell's Kitchen.

Since Merlin's disappearance in the New York War and even his rebirth, the children have moved to Aunt May's side in Queens. Without Merlin, the house in Hell's Kitchen lacks a sense of home.

Of course, the house of Aunt May and Uncle Ben is definitely not enough for so many children to live together, so under Ruiwen's suggestion and operation, the entire four houses on the first floor of that apartment were bought.

Under Ruiwen's magical magic, it was opened up again, and a low-rise villa in the downtown area was artificially created, which finally solved the accommodation problem of the Riley family.

Although the house in Hell's Kitchen has not been lived in for a long time, both the exterior repair and interior cleaning have been done well.

Even without orders from the Riley family, Tucker, the biggest snake in Hell's Kitchen, has already arranged cleaning services twice a week.

Speaking of this, I have to mention this guy Tucker...

When Merlin moved to Hell's Kitchen all by himself, Tucker was just a low-level bastard who did some minor violations to support his family, but he had a poisonous eye.

Knowing that Merlin has potential, he has been hugging Merlin's thigh with all his strength.

Moreover, although Tucker was born at the bottom and did not have much culture, he is extremely talented in this area. He never took the initiative to appear in front of the boss Merlin, and he never took the initiative to inquire about things related to Merlin. He just did it in private. Everything is ready.

Once Merlin has a need, he will immediately make it 200% to the end.

After coming and going, although there was not much contact, Tucker did leave a good impression on Merlin in a few events.

This person, on the one hand, one's struggle must rely on one's own efforts, on the other hand, one must also consider factors such as support from nobles and the fate of the times.

During the period when Merlin was the deputy director of S.H.I.E.L.D., even though he never took the initiative to support Tucker, as a boss he was still familiar with, Tucker could be regarded as the kind of chicken and dog ascending to heaven.

Relying on the negligible kindness of the big brother, he not only avoided the S.H.I.E.L.D.'s cleanup of local forces several times, but also seized the opportunity to take the initiative to post to the official, and with acquiescence, he continued to expand his territory.

After Merlin died in the battle in New York and SHIELD collapsed, Tucker was already the boss of Hell's Kitchen, and he had become the largest cleaning company in the area in time.

And because the relationship with Merlin is not close on the surface, he also avoided a series of troubles later.

But the most commendable thing is that this guy didn't forget his origins like those guys who suddenly got into a high position and got carried away...

That's right, here we are talking about the rebellious guy at midnight.

In short, during the time when Merlin disappeared, Tucker, the leader of Hell's Kitchen, still responded to the Riley family's requests.

And as before, once the Riley family members are useful, they will definitely strive to achieve 200%.

Tucker's cleaning company has a booming business, and a few days ago, it received a large amount of financing from Black Light Investment Company. If it continues to operate like this, Tucker will soon live a life of a real rich man.

Today's Riley family's birthday party is an internal party, and no outsiders are invited to attend.

Tucker, a very winking guy, also prepared everything for the big shots in advance, and after the owner arrived, he talked to Mr. Merlin for a few words, drank a glass of wine, and then left the venue politely with his own people. .

Tucker would also wonder why Mr. Merlin, who was officially declared dead, came back to life, but he would never ask such a question, it would be too stupid.

The secrets of the bosses, the less a person like him knows, the better.

And what would a birthday party be like with a lord of hell in attendance?

A group of demons dancing wildly, or is it a gloomy wind?

Or is it full of magical style, full of mysterious things that ordinary people can't understand?

Or summon a group of coquettish succubus ladies from hell to dance for fun?

No, it is not.

At least on Merlin's side, this birthday party was no different from other families' birthday parties.

Although Lord Raven can easily do everything described above, he is not willing to do so. All the people attending the birthday party were from their own family members. Except for Aunt Mei and Uncle Ben, they were all superhuman.

Everyone is well-informed, and it is meaningless to play that kind of fancy work.

Besides, things like showing off your power should not be done to your family members, and things like summoning a succubus to dance, Merlin couldn't even imagine...

What a joke!

Carol, Elsa, Zatana, Icarus, Hill, Xuanlan, and even Lingdie, who never shows up very much, are all here, and they are still playing tricks like that, aren't they courting death?

Happy birthday, Matt.

After the children sang birthday songs and Matt blew out the candles in a rowdy crowd, Merlin, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his hand as usual, the haughty and silent waiter among the seven deadly sins Appeared next to the boss and handed him a glass of wine.

Merlin picked up the wine glass and said to his younger brother, Matt, his adopted son in name:

I believe that if your father can see today's scene, he will be very, very satisfied and very, very happy.

Speaking of this, Merlin looked at Matt who had grown up and had his own life and career. It was really difficult to compare this handsome and energetic young man with the image of Jack the boxer who was always drunk back then. combine together.

Lord Raven was a little emotional.

He took a sip of his drink and said to Matt:

Even though Jack and I are not friends, but... 12 has passed in the blink of an eye, but I finally lived up to that man's original request.

Matt was holding the wine glass, feeling a little sad for a while.

When his father died, he was already a sensible child. Although he seldom mentioned it in these years, what happened that night is always something Matt will never forget in his life.

Standing beside him, Ava, who was wearing a beautiful long white dress, gave her brother a hard look. She was blaming Merlin for talking about this matter on this day.

Merlin couldn't help grinning at this fierce look.

Sure enough, it was the water thrown by the married daughter... Tsk tsk, now I started to defend my boyfriend.

Thinking of this, Merlin couldn't help but look back at the other sisters who were sitting on the other side talking. Ruiwen and Lorna probably won't be like this in the future, right?

Well, Laura sure doesn't.

According to the situation of the little girl who is still reticent now, whether she will have a boyfriend in the future will not matter.

From this point of view, the little wolf girl's withdrawnness is still a good thing.

I went to church a few days ago.

Matt patted Ava's hand and signaled Ava not to worry. He sat beside Merlin, holding a wine glass, and said softly to his brother, or adoptive father:

I went to see my mother, Sister Maggie, and talked to her a lot about how she abandoned me and my father, about the years of indifference, about the relationship between me and her.

The well-known charity lawyer in Hell's Kitchen sighed softly.

He stretched out his hand and pushed the stylish red round-frame sunglasses on his eyes, and said:

I reconciled with her.

oh?

Lord Raven said with great interest:

You just forgive her for being indifferent all these years? If it were me, I might not be so open-minded...

Rather than forgiving her, it might be better to say that it untied my knot.

Matt smiled, he raised his glass to Merlin quite calmly, and said:

Not everyone has to be strong in the face of responsibility. Maybe the combination of my father and mother was a mistake, but this mistake at least brought about a positive result, which is me.

My mother spent her whole life atoning for that mistake, maybe she was expressing her concern and concern for me in this way, and she hoped that God would not extend her sin to me.

Matt took a sip of his drink and said:

Anyway, I forgave her, fate was kind to me, I lost my father, I lost my mother, but it gave me a best...replacement.

Thank you, Merlin, thank you for everything you have done for me these years, I am sorry, I have not been very good at expressing, and I have misunderstood you.

I don't like hearing you say that.

Lord Raven pretended to be angry and said to Matt:

It sounds like a polite thank you from outsiders. I don't like it. We are family, Matt. Family doesn't talk about this...I have a question for you.

Merlin looked around, lowered his voice, and said to Matt:

About the murderer who killed your father, I know you haven't let go of it all these years. Do you need help from me or other people in the family?

He raised his voice, and said:

Think carefully, I will only ask you this time.

Without hesitation, Matt said:

No, no, I'll take care of it. You all have your own things to attend to, and seriously, I'm the most normal guy in the family when it comes to power, so let me use normal End my question in a human way.

Besides, Ava will definitely intervene. Even if I don't need her help, she will never stand by, so... I don't think I need other assistance.

All right.

Merlin reached out and patted Matt on the shoulder, and he said:

Then go ahead and do it, be bold.

You'll never go to hell, but your enemies won't necessarily.

Hearing this, Matt's expression was somewhat helpless.

Merlin said he couldn't help, but this was considered a little help from Lord Raven to Matt, and not only him, everyone in the Riley family enjoyed this super treatment.

Whether you want it or not, as long as Merlin stays in the position of Lord of Hell for a day, this is a buff-like thing that can never be dispelled.

Merlin took the wine glass and walked up to the second floor. In his original study, a large round table was set up, and the mistresses were playing bridge. It seemed that the atmosphere was subtle.

Icarus, who was holding cuckoo, was not allowed to sit on the table, and the calculation ability of the glasses lady was not allowed.

For the same reason, Zatana could only sit and watch, Xuanlan was standing beside Hill with a cup of coffee, and beside Mistress Carol, Frank, the real dog-headed military strategist, was constantly giving random advice.

Elsa is the calmest.

Well, that's right, she was so calm that chills surged all over her body.

Among the women in the room, Miss Lingdie, who was wearing a black evening dress, was the most out of place person. She was holding a wine glass and standing by the window bored. After seeing Merlin walk into the room, Lingdie's eyes lit up.

A few seconds later, under the weird eyes of all the women, Lingdie reached out and took off the cumbersome decorations on her hair, and dragged Merlin out of the room.

But no one complained about it.

Lingdie is free by nature, and the relationship with Meilin is the purest, that of pao friends, and they can't see each other a few times a year, so please be more tolerant.

Just pretend not to see...

Well, bridge is so much fun.

boom

A few hours later, when the family was enjoying the peaceful time happily, Lord Raven and Miss Lingdie were arranging their clothes and leaving the bedroom when the door was pushed open.

Amidst Ava's joyful welcome, Daisy in a long black dress finally arrived at the end of the birthday party.

She's not alone yet.

The last member of the Riley family, Phil Coulson, followed behind her. He still held a birthday present in his hand, and he kept apologizing to Matt, saying that he was late and other kind words.

Alas, it's exhausting to chat with the old men of the World Security Council.

While complaining, Daisy impatiently took off the necklace from her neck. She was the same as before, laughing and mingling with a group of girls, and she complained loudly.

I've already told them all the news, but they're still asking all the time, it's so annoying! I finally know why the cunning Crystal shirks this errand in every possible way.

We just got back from Washington.

Coulson saw Merlin walking down the stairs accompanied by Psylocke, and he explained to Merlin:

Girl Daisy is the special envoy of the Yiren Dynasty, and she is here to explain to the World Security Council about the recent SS-level incident, 'Star Wars'.

I'm a representative of the s.d.o.l.d. organization, and Hill is here too, right? It just so happens that I have something to say to her.

She's playing cards, you can wait.

Merlin beckoned to his younger brother, and the two sat on the sofa. Lord Raven looked at Coulson. This guy was busy with work on weekdays, and he was one of the top managers that Hill relied on most at the Raccoon City base.

After the S.H.I.E.L.D. collapse, Phil not only didn't relax, but looked more tired.

Of course, as a witcher, he has plenty of energy.

But the hairline that has finally changed has become more and more weird like it was at the beginning...

Uh, bald.

Coulson looked into Merlin's eyes, he didn't need to guess, he knew what Merlin was thinking.

He is also used to this kind of staring, and he feels a little resigned to his fate. He said:

I also tried magic, but it didn't work much, so that's it.

Don't talk about that.

Merlin looked away very politely. He looked at his younger brother, and when he opened his mouth, he looked like a parent.

He said:

You and that cellist, Audrey, right? You've been living together for almost 10 years, when will you get married?

Can we not talk about this?

Coulson said embarrassingly:

Audrey...she is an unmarriageist, how should I put it, I am almost 40 years old, brother, don't worry about my affairs, let's talk about other things.

good.

Lord Raven was kind, he picked up a cup of tea and said:

Then let's talk about Star Wars. It's the Kree running across the stars to deliver their heads, right?