Shadow of the Beautiful World

Elsa came to Wayne Manor with all her blood.

When she got out of the taxi, Merlin was already waiting for her at the gate of the manor.

Why are you in such a mess?

Merlin frowned, looked at Miss Bloodstone who had several scratches on her face, and said:

Are you in trouble?

It's not too much trouble.

Elsa wiped the wound on her face, she grinned and said to Merlin:

I tracked down those Batmen, and their foothold is in Gotham, in the abandoned stadium, which is their lair, and some members of the League of Assassins guarded there, I came back first without disturbing them. I suspect that the Dr. Douglas who was taken away was also held there.

Okay, thank you for your hard work, go change your clothes first, and then have a meal.

Merlin stretched out his hand and threw a healing spell and a cleansing spell on Elsa, making Miss Bloodstone's windbreaker clean quickly. He said:

After dinner, let's go there together. This matter should be over.

This manor is nice.

The S.H.I.E.L.D advisor followed Merlin into the Wayne Manor. She walked in the well-rested garden dotted with fountains and tree-lined paths. She said to Merlin:

This place reminds me of my family's manor. I grew up there, and everything is familiar, but it's not as big as here.

It seems that you are also a rich girl.

Merlin shrugged and said:

I'm miserable. I don't have a manor in my family. I grew up on a farm.

Ha, actually being a farmer is not bad.

Elsa shook her hair, she said indifferently:

When I was young, I envied the sons of those farmers. I thought they were so free. They didn't have to practice swordsmanship every day, and they didn't have to be forced to learn that obscure alchemy.

I think they'd envy you too.

Merlin and Elsa walked side by side in the garden, he slowed down and said to Elsa:

After all, not everyone has the opportunity to come into contact with those mysterious knowledge. In the eyes of children, those things are very cool.

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As soon as Merlin finished speaking, he heard the sound of objects being broken from the castle-like house in front of him, and he stopped immediately. Elsa looked at him and said doubtfully:

What's wrong? It sounds like someone dropped something, why don't you go and have a look?

It was a quarrel between father and son.

With some headaches, Merlin turned around and sat on the edge of the small fountain next to him. He patted the place beside him and said to Elsa:

Let's not get involved in other people's family affairs. Sit down, Elsa, and we'll go there after they finish arguing.

Why didn't I know that Gotham's young master, Bruce Wayne, had a child? When he was in the car just now, the driver kept saying how much he envied Bruce Wayne, and told me a lot about Gotham's son. Gossip.

Elsa was sitting next to Merlin. She glanced at the mansion in front of her and asked with great interest:

But it seems that their father-son relationship is not good. Is it an illegitimate child? Or something else? Is this some kind of old family inside story? And how did you know Bruce Wayne, a playboy? I heard that Bruce Wayne Wayne is very handsome, he is every woman's dream girl. Tell me, I am very interested in these things.

I'm handsome too, okay?

Merlin glanced at his gossip subordinate, he shook his head, and said to Elsa:

Things are not as complicated as you think. Damian is not an illegitimate child. His mother had a relationship with Bruce a few years ago. That lady is also my friend, and she is from a big family. Anyway, because of various The reason is that they didn't come together in the end.

Merlin sighed, and he said briefly:

My friend's family has been in trouble for the past few years, so she asked me to send her and Bruce's son to Bruce. That kid has a weird temper, Bruce, and this guy has a weird temper. Anyway, I underestimated the relationship between father and son. I only sent him over in the afternoon, and we had already quarreled several times at night.

A boy in the rebellious period?

Elsa's eyes widened, and she said:

This is very similar to the plots in those soap operas. I guess Bruce Wayne and his son will definitely encounter some things and then reconcile with each other. When the relationship between the two is getting better and better, the mother of Young Master Damian will definitely They will appear suddenly and then want to take away their own son. Those stories are all played out like this.”

Stop watching soap operas.

Merlin glanced at Elsa, he checked the time on his watch and said:

Those things are going to burn your brain. By the way, have you read what I gave you last time?

Well, it's all over.

Elsa moved her fingers, and she looked at Merlin:

But I'm curious, where did you find the combat skills of those demon hunters? There are some unorthodox records of alchemy and magic seals, which have been lost in my family. How do you know?

I have my own channel.

Merlin waved his hand and said:

You don't need to know how they come from, you just need to learn them. And then organize the knowledge of tracking aliens, I mean, the knowledge that can be learned by ordinary agents, and compile it into a book.

You want me to train your agents?

Elsa was a very clever girl, and she understood Merlin's plan at once, and she said:

Doesn't that seem like more than my job responsibilities?

We don't pay you so much every month to watch soap operas in our store, Elsa.

Merlin says:

You have also seen the internal structure and personnel composition of sl.d. You should also understand the difficulties I am encountering now. I will never find another excellent assistant and fighter like you. Those who follow It is impossible for self-regulated demon hunters to enter our system, so I can only use the resources at hand to the maximum.

I don't need you to train them all to be as good witchers as you are.

Merlin stretched out his hand, grabbed a strand of Elsa's hair, and played with it in his hand. He said:

I just need you to teach them the necessary knowledge that can turn the tide of battle at a critical moment, so that they can have a little more self-protection when they face aliens.

Hi!

Elsa opened Merlin's hand, and she said angrily:

I haven't gotten to know you that well yet.

Uh, then I apologize.

Merlin raised his hands and said to Elsa seriously:

I was wrong.

Hey.

Elsa looked at Merlin's serious look, she suddenly laughed, she stretched out her hand, put it on Merlin's shoulder, and said:

I guess you don't hang out with girls often, right? You are such a smart person, but you are still so slow to girls' minds. Let's not talk about it. If you want me to help you train your agents, it's not impossible, but this Don’t be too busy to help me in vain.”

Well, demon hunters, are they all philistines like you?

Merlin says:

You see, I asked the blade to help me. I never had these extra things.

That's because neither he nor Whistler are orthodox witchers.

Elsa yawned, and said solemnly:

We demon hunters have our own set of rules and ways of doing things. The work of eliminating evil or helping others cannot be done in vain. Even the legendary demon hunter Master White Wolf followed these rules. Hundreds of years ago, we Use your own method to make money, hundreds of years later, we just changed the way. Even if we know each other again, if I help you, you will pay me.

It's tradition!

All right.

Merlin looked at Elsa's face, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Elsa:

But I won't give you money, I'll give you something else. Recently, I'm entrusting some of my friends to use biological experiments to study the mutation process of demon hunters. If everything goes well, maybe after a while, They'll come up with a plan.

What I mean is, that will greatly increase the success rate of demon hunters when they accept the grass trial. If you want, you can become the first experimental subject.

Hey, why are you suddenly interested in this matter?

Elsa looked at Merlin in surprise, she said:

Did you do this for me so that I could help you?

No, I have my own plan.

Merlin looked at Elsa's bright blue eyes, he shrugged:

Of course, there is nothing wrong with your understanding. After all, you are the only demon hunter facing the trial of green grass that I can find.

You didn't lie to me, did you?

Elsa looked at Merlin suspiciously, and she said:

My mother told me that many men would deceive girls like me with sweet words.

I can show you the lab.

Merlin says:

I don't need to lie to you about this kind of thing.

Well, let me think about it.

Elsa didn't answer Merlin immediately, as it was about the most important trial of grass for a demon hunter, she had to be cautious.

The two sat by the small fountain. In the mansion, the quarrel between Damian and Bruce continued, and the father and son seemed to have entered a stalemate. A few minutes later, Elsa touched her stomach, and she said weakly:

It's so boring, can't we go straight to dinner?

Let's wait.

Merlin also felt a little bored, he said:

Leave the time alone to Bruce and Damian. I believe they will reconcile. After all, they are connected by blood. Well, speaking of it, you are also a witcher, so you want to play Gwent?

Merlin took out the silver and gold-edged Gwent card that the white wolf left him from his pocket. Elsa glanced at the card, and she said to Merlin:

You have even learned this. It seems that you are really interested in demon hunters.

While talking, Miss Bloodstone took out a set of Gwent with a green card back from her magic pocket in high spirits, waved it in front of Merlin's eyes, and said triumphantly:

What you have in your hand is a Northern Territory, a novice deck. Let me tell you, in the French Gwent card circle, no one can beat the Scoia'tael in my hand.

I'm actually not very good at playing.

Merlin says:

Maybe you can teach me, we don't have much to do right now anyway.

OK.

While laying out her own cards on the stone platform by the fountain, Elsa stretched out her hand to coil up her dangling hair, just like a female warrior about to go to the battlefield. With a sly smile, she said to Merlin:

Abusing food is the most interesting thing. Also, you have to wager when playing Gwent. This is a tradition.

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Merlin fumbled around in his pocket, and finally found a jewelry box, which contained all the things he got from Vlad III's collection a few months ago. He put the jewelry box between the two of them. , opened it, pointed to several gemstone pendants inside and said:

This is my bet, what about yours?

I use this!

Elsa took out a crystal bottle full of potions from her pocket, and she said:

This is the Hekna decoction I made a few days ago. It is a standard combat potion for demon hunters. It is worth a hundred Galleons in the black market in Dumper Alley.

Merlin uncorked the crystal bottle and sniffed it. The decoction smelled very good, with a scent of flowers and herbs.

OK.

Merlin took out a card and said to Elsa who was smiling like a little fox who stole a chicken:

If I win, you have to give me the recipe of this decoction.

You win first and then talk.

Elsa grabbed a hand of cards, and she said to Merlin proudly:

As a beginner, your tone is really loud.

I have a hunch that I'm really going to win.

Merlin showed a mysterious smile. On the branch behind Elsa, in a place that Miss Bloodstone hadn't noticed, the spirit raven Victor was quietly standing there. From its position, he could clearly see See the cards in Elsa's hand.

And Victor's vision is shared with Merlin.

Uh, sure, it's not cheating.

How can it be called cheating if you are not caught on the spot?