Shadow of the Beautiful World

At midnight that night, Merlin returned to his home.

The process of chatting with Dumbledore's phantom was not pleasant. The old wizard followed the tradition of wizards, and used a riddle-like language to explain things that could be clearly explained in one sentence.

Merlin felt like he was getting the point, but he felt like he was getting nothing.

He knew that there was a powerful force in this world that could help him, but until Dumbledore's phantom disappeared, he didn't know where to find it.

The old wizard said to him in a very mysterious tone before disappearing:

When the time comes, you will naturally know.

Damn it! When the hell is that?

Merlin took off his coat, hung the windbreaker on the hanger, turned on the light in the living room, and began to tidy up his house.

Eric has gone back to the St. Agnes Orphanage. He has to take an exam recently, and it is estimated that he will have little time to come back. The kid got good grades, and Merlin wished he could go to a better school, like Imperial High School in Queens.

If Eric could go to study there, he would live in his cousin's house, and he would spend less time at home.

But that's actually fine too.

Merlin is not a person who likes to be lively in nature. Whether it is the secrets of the agents or continuing to study magic skills, a fairly quiet environment is needed.

Meow!

When Merlin finished tidying up the living room, the orange cat Gugu suddenly jumped down from the second floor and landed precisely on Merlin's shoulder.

The cat stretched out its head and touched Merlin's hair docilely. It kept whining in Merlin's ear, as if it was conveying some information.

Merlin understood.

He sat on the sofa, put Goo Goo on the table in front of him, looked into Goo Goo's eyes, and said:

You said, you're going away for a while?

Meow!

Cuckoo raised his head, and nodded in an anthropomorphic way. It stuck out its tongue with some nostalgia, and licked the back of Merlin's hand. It barked a few more times.

Maybe it will be a few years before you come back?

Merlin's eyes widened, he stretched out his hand to caress Gu Gu Gu's smooth fur, he looked at Gu Gu Gu, and said:

So what's the matter?

Facing Merlin's question, the orange cat Gu Gu turned over on the table, exposing his slightly fat belly. It was only then that Merlin noticed that Gugu seems to have gained too much weight recently.

There is even a bloated feeling.

He stretched out his hand and touched Gu Gu's belly. In the dark perception, he could vaguely feel that there was another breath of life conceived in Gu Gu's stomach.

ah!

Merlin exclaimed:

Are you going to give birth to a kitten? When did you have a child? Why didn't I know? Aren't you underage?

Meow!

Gu Gu turned over, squatted on the table, and lazily called out to Merlin.

All right.

Merlin rubbed his forehead, he probably understood the meaning of the cooing.

When Gu Gu Gu was adopted by Crema Will, he already had a baby.

However, the physiological structure of the Primordial Beast is different from other lives. Its gestation period is very long. After several years, Gugu finally felt that the first batch of babies in the cat's life was about to be born, so it needed to find a place to give birth. next generation.

From the current point of view, Cuckoo seems to have found a place for himself.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Merlin always feels that this incident should have something to do with that Professor McGonagall who can transform into a kitten.

I have a question, Gu Gu, you have to answer me honestly.

Merlin looked at Cuckoo, and he asked seriously:

The Devouring Beast is very edible, right? Then after your babies are born, will they eat the whole earth?

Meow!

Cuckoo raised his head and called out to Merlin. He looked up at the sky and barked again. Now, Merlin completely understood what Cuckoo meant.

You mean, after they're born, you throw them into the stars?

Merlin whispered:

Isn't this too cruel?

Meow!

Gu Gu glared at Merlin with some dissatisfaction, then quickly rushed to the stairs, and quickly rushed back to his cat's nest.

Although this breeding habit is cruel, it is the inheritance habit of the Yuan Devouring Beast race. This is one of the rules for the operation of the stars, and it is not what Merlin should evaluate.

All right.

Merlin leaned back on the sofa a little tiredly, closed his eyes, and said in a low voice:

Cuckoo is leaving too, I'm really alone.

A wave of cowardly parting sorrow flooded Merlin like a tide, making him a little listless, and this state lasted until the next morning.

Merlin stood at the door of the house with Gu Gu in his arms.

He stroked Cuckoo's head and said to the orange cat:

Take good care of yourself outside, don't eat indiscriminately, and run quickly when you encounter danger. You are just a cub, although you can fight well, but the water in this world is too deep, don't put yourself in some dangerous situations, okay?

Meow

Cuckoo raised his head and glanced at the nagging Merlin. It let out a soft cry, then stretched out its paws, and patted on the palm of Merlin's hand, as if saying goodbye.

The next moment, the fat orange cat jumped up from Merlin's arms, and a tiny energy tunnel appeared in mid-air, allowing Gu Gu to jump into it, and disappeared without a trace.

Merlin's eyes widened.

He has raised Cuckoo for so long, and this is the first time he knows that that big lazy cat is not only good at eating, but also has the ability of space teleportation, which is very advanced at first glance.

The mysterious Yuan Devouring Beast is really not simple.

So now it seems that Cuckoo doesn't need Merlin to worry about it. With this kind of magic escape skill, there are probably not many people in this world who can catch it.

Merlin in pajamas stood blankly at the door for a moment, then shook his head, turned around and returned to his empty room.

He made himself a simple breakfast, and after eating, he came to his basement, which he had transformed into a small magic room.

In the corner of the basement, there are some bottles and jars for making potions. On another table, there are some quills, special inks and other things, which are some materials for learning enchanting.

Finally a red pad that sits in the center of the basement.

That's where Merlin used to meditate.

He stretched his body and sat cross-legged on the cushion. He pulled out the dark red magic wand Lola, and placed it in front of his eyes. With a light hook of his finger, Lola made a buzzing sound and floated in front of Merlin's eyes. .

He breathed a sigh of relief, pointed his finger on his wand, and then recalled the spell Harry had given him. He mustered his magic power and whispered:

Expetopatronum!

It's the Invoke Guardian spell, so simple it doesn't even require a fixed mana model to cast.

But after the spell was uttered, the magic power Merlin injected into the wand didn't respond at all, just like a spell that couldn't be used at all.

Sure enough, it still doesn't work.

Merlin sighed, this result was within his expectation, any high-level spell is not so simple.

In other words, the simpler it looks, the more troublesome it is in practice.

Do happy things mean emotion and will?

Merlin recalled Harry's instructions. He asked Dumbledore about this question last night, and the latter told him that it's hard to say that the summoning guard is actually magic. Its formation is the same as that of creatures like dementors. It is like an energy body manifested by positive spiritual power relying on magic power.

The mantra of calling God to guard is just to make the process of forming this positive energy smoother, it is not the most important factor in fact.

The mystery of magic is really amazing.

Merlin stood up, holding his wand, and standing in the basement, he closed his eyes and tried to empty his mind.

happy things

He recited this sentence silently, and began to look through his memory.

Pact at Three Houses, Bombing in Chicago, Disaster in Central City, Storm in Port Grace, Attack in Oakland

No! Not these these are too dark.

Merlin frowned. He suddenly realized that there were so many things in his memory, but so little happiness.

Go on, go on!

Merlin's memory returned to his life on the Colson Farm before he was 18 years old.

james, anna, phil

They are not real relatives, without the fetters of blood, but they are no different from real relatives. Those days and nights spent together are the most precious treasure in Merlin's memory.

For as long as they could remember as children, James and Ana considered themselves their true sons.

They love him, they protect him.

After rumors of Merlin's doom began to spread in Buffalo County, James and Anna moved Merlin out of their hometown and into Madison, where the family lived on a farm far from the city, all to protect him.

Merlin's heart was filled with the care and love from James and Anna. The long-lost thoughts and expectations were like the sun shining on him.

He lowered his head, and at the top of Lola, a ray of dark red magic power was rapidly twisting and changing, as if some kind of creature was being conceived.

It worked.

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief.

But this is obviously not enough. These positive emotions are not enough for Merlin to call out the guardian spirit in his heart.

He closed his eyes again and recalled the memory.

In fact, in those dark pasts, there are also some hidden happy moments.

In the disaster in Central City, he met Stan, the old Stan told him to do good deeds, he opened the tunnel and saved more than 200 people, the morning sun that radiated on the body when he was weak.

The Henry couple met in Central City, they rescued him, they helped him, they blessed him. They were a pair of really good people, they let Merlin learn to be kind to others again in the dark journey.

In the drifting in the sea, he and Bruce met for a short time. He not only helped Bruce get rid of his powerlessness and regret, but Bruce's firm will also made him full of hope for the future life again.

There is also Port of Grace, Little Arthur's search for his mother, Tom's protection of his son, and Vico's promise to his friends.

In Texas, the unknown young man, like him, sold his soul to the devil in order to save his father's life.

In New York, the Howards' concerns and worries about their son before his death.

At the moment of life and death in Oakland, he met the unexpected help of Lingdie.

And a reunion with Cousin May.

Rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D.'s persistence with Fury.

When I met Hermione in London, my bleak life was filled with hope again.

Mr Arthur's help.

besides

And Carol.

The name hidden deep in Merlin's heart, they fought against powerful enemies among the stars and reshaped a new life together. Carol is like an alter ego, she's already on her own path.

Among the vast stars, in an unknown corner, Merlin knew that there was always someone walking on the same road as himself.

The disaster brought him not only pain, but also hope mixed with pain.

It is those hopes that support him to come this far.

He lowered his head, and without driving his magic power, the dark red halo at the top of the wand Lola had expanded into a halo-shrouded sphere, like a new life being conceived.

Merlin could feel that the energy body that was about to be born was a symbol of positive power in his life trajectory.

it's just one step away

Only one step away!

Not just happy.

Merlin whispered:

Happiness is just a concept. It is the gathering of all positive emotions, the gathering of all positive forces, not just pure happiness.

He breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes for the last time, and recalled all the memories again.

This time, it's not just about being happy.

The moment when he injected the super serum in Oakland, that kind of unyielding resistance to fate, the desire to end the disaster with his own hands, and the persistence of not letting innocent people die because of him.

The anger that filled his heart when facing the half-demon Morris, the resistance to the darkness brought by Sangong, the unyielding resistance.

Facing the menacing Kree, he absorbs power shards and aspires to be a true hero for the first time.

And Harry, and the little wizards.

He led them to fight against dementors and death eaters. He personally took Harry on a path that would not yield to fate, and he guided Harry to take the initiative to save things.

He walks on the dark road

But that doesn't mean he can't be a savior.

This is Merlin's belief.

This is his persistence, this is his war, a never-ending war between the flow of life.

hum

The dark red light at the top of Merlin's wand became more and more intense. He raised the wand high, like holding a small dark red sun. Every corner is lit up.

At the top of the wand, wisps of fine dark red lightning flashed in the air. At the moment when the positive emotions surging in his heart reached their peak, Merlin shouted in a hoarse voice:

Expetopatronum!

hum

This time, the magic of disorder answered him.

The magic power in his body began to be absorbed rapidly. At the top of the wand he held high, the dark red ball of light quickly changed its shape, and those fine dark red lightnings also danced more and more violently in the air, and the vibration of the magic power became chaotic and disorderly. , Let all the surrounding bottles and jars be broken.

Amidst the sound of those broken glass objects, under Merlin's hopeful gaze, a pair of wide wings suddenly opened in the dark red light.

Woohoo

The guardian spirit, who was born in obedience to Merlin's will, uttered its first cry after its birth amidst the radiance.

Sharp and hopeful power

All right

It's pretty ugly.