Shadow of the Beautiful World

You can be stern at me and blame me for letting your favorite Elsa go.

In the afternoon, at the dining table at home, Merlin put a pizza on the table. He looked at Lorna who was eating, and then at Ruiwen who was sitting on a chair with a blank expression like a wooden figure.

He said to Ruiwen with some headaches:

But you have to eat... You are not a child anymore, Ruiwen, you can tell me if you are dissatisfied.

snort.

Ruiwen turned her face away and ignored Merlin, while Lorna raised her head and wiped the jam from her mouth. She said to Merlin:

Riwen is just not hungry, she doesn't want to eat.

The little girl said:

At noon today, Ororo's fiancé came to see her, and then treated us to a big meal. There was a big lobster. Ruiwen ate several, and she was full.

Oh I see.

Merlin nodded knowingly, no wonder there were so many luxury cars parked in the parking lot of Xavier College when Liana was sent there this afternoon, it turned out that His Highness the Prince came to see his future queen.

how about you?

Merlin cut up the pizza with a smile and put a small half into Lorna's plate. He patted Lorna's head and said:

Aren't you full?

I also ate.

While rolling up the pizza, Lorna said to Merlin:

But the afternoon is the energy control practice class, and manipulating the magnetic force is also very tiring, so I need to add some more energy now.

Okay, then eat more.

Merlin pushed his fruit salad to Lorna's eyes. He sat on a chair, threw a bone to Frank at his feet, then looked at Lorna and Raven, and said:

Has anything happened at school lately?

Yes, I have.

Lorna took a bite of the pizza, and said enthusiastically:

A few days ago, a girl from Canada was sent to school by Logan. That girl's ability is very weird. She can temporarily absorb other people's abilities and make them weak for a short time. Everyone is afraid of her, and they give her an ugly nickname, they call her 'Rakshasa girl'. But Ruiwen and I are not afraid of her, and we even invite her to lunch.

Oh? Absorb abilities?

Merlin said in surprise:

This is a very rare ability. What's the girl's name?

Mary.

Ruiwen picked up the spoon and stirred her salad, and said coldly:

But Mary's abilities are gone, she's an ordinary person now.

Um?

Merlin looked at Ruiwen suspiciously, and he said:

What's going on? The abilities of mutants shouldn't disappear suddenly, right?

It didn't disappear suddenly!

Lorna waved the spoon and said to Merlin:

It was the night before yesterday. Ruiwen and I were woken up when we were sleeping. It was Mary screaming. She seemed to have encountered something terrible, but when we rushed over with Ororo and Jean, Mary had already In a coma, she seemed to be attacked by someone, but she was not injured.

When she woke up the next day, her abilities were gone!

Assaulted? Or at Xavier College?

Merlin frowned, and he asked:

Didn't the professor find the attacker?

No.

Ruiwen said without interest:

Ororo suspects that it was done by an insider. In recent days, the teachers of the school have been secretly investigating the suspicion of the students, but I think it is definitely not an insider. From the professor's perception, no one can hide from him and attack his students .I'm inclined that there may be some change in Mary's own body.

Her abilities are inherently unstable, and she can't even control them. It's not impossible for her to temporarily disappear due to some stimulation.

Lorna was not interested in these speculations. After Raven finished speaking, she said to Merlin:

But Mary herself is very happy. She didn't want that kind of ability in the first place. That kind of ability prevented her from getting in touch with other people. Now she can play with other people freely. But she is not a mutant anymore, so maybe After a while, she will be sent back home to Canada.

Well, it's a good thing for kids who just want to live an ordinary life.

Merlin cut the pizza, he inserted a piece into his mouth with a fork, and after a few seconds, he looked at Riven again, and he said:

Is Mary the only one being attacked?

So far it looks like that.

Raven glanced at Lorna, she lowered her voice and said to Merlin:

But I suspect that the little idiot Lorna is also being targeted.

Huh? How to say?

Merlin narrowed his eyes, and he asked:

Are there any signs?

We lived in the same dormitory, and a few times, after Lorna fell asleep, I could always feel that something in the dark was watching her.

Ruiwen hesitated and said:

But it's also possible that I feel wrong... After being sealed, my senses have declined too much, and I can't be sure if it's true.

Um.

Merlin nodded and said:

I'll take the time to talk to the professor about it, and if he can't keep you safe, maybe you should take a break from school.

Not that serious.

Raven shook her head and said:

As long as you agree with me to summon a demon to sign the contract, I'm sure I can protect Lorna well in school.

We've discussed this, Raven.

Merlin looked at his sister and said:

That's not a good idea.

snort

Ruiwen glared at Merlin, but did not refute.

Merlin was a little worried, he knew that Ruiwen was not actually asking for his permission, it was more like an advance notice before doing something big. This girl hasn't summoned the demon yet, probably because she feels that the time is not yet ripe. Once Ruiwen feels that the opportunity has come, her action speed will definitely exceed Merlin's imagination.

My younger sister is a perfectionist. Even if she chooses a contract demon, she probably has to pick a guy who satisfies her in terms of appearance, personality, and strength.

After eating, Ruiwen sat on the sofa with a magic book in her hand and started reading it. Lorna sat beside her, enjoying the time with her, watching cartoons, while Merlin was cleaning the dishes in the kitchen.

While washing the dishes, he said to the two girls:

Watch TV and do your homework, go to the mystery room, Lan will help me take care of you. I'm going out for a while, and I'll come back in the evening, and then we can go out for a late-night snack together, and buy two clothes for you two by the way.

What are you going to do?

Raven asked:

Going to work on those damn jobs that haunt you again?

No, not today.

Merlin put the washed bowls in the window, and he shook off the drops of water on his hands. He said:

I'm going to sit down with some 'friends' and ask them a few things.

I warn you!

While looking at the magic book, Rui Wen said without turning her head:

Don't bring strange women back.

In your eyes, is your brother's character so bad?

Merlin shook his head and said:

Don't worry, it won't happen again.

A few minutes later, Merlin came to the castle on the edge of hell through any door of the mysterious house.

Compared with the previous miserable scene of Limbo, after being controlled by Liana, this dimension seems to have become milder, and the big pale light ball in the sky has some color, but the sky is always rusty red , also became a little brighter.

But hell is hell, no matter how you decorate it, it can't cover up its barren nature. If you have to use an analogy, the world in front of you has changed from a boundless desert to a Gobi Desert overgrown with weeds.

Well, thinking about it this way, it's actually the same ghost place as before.

However, Liana can't immediately change the bad environment of Limbo. She can easily reshape the castle that was once used as a stronghold by Bellacos. It probably has been redecorated after living in the demon world for a long time. In the castle, those stone decorations are also full of a touch of devil style.

In the wide and huge hall, there is a black and red carpet. Around this hall, there are stone sculptures similar to gargoyles. They maintain the state of stone statues, but they are all alive and made by black magic. Many wizards like this kind of thing very much, which will add a touch of mysticism to their home.

Merlin stepped into the hall, his trench coat was changing.

Beowulf, a symbiote, can theoretically adapt to any environment, but it has just escaped from the ice, and it is still in the adaptation period. It is far from the ever-changing degree that a symbiote should be. Even if it touches the air of hell, it will Make it feel uncomfortable.

Accompanied by the sound of gurgling, the black windbreaker on Merlin's body also quickly changed its shape, the back hem became longer, and there were staggered sawtooth under the windbreaker, which looked like Bruce Wayne's bat cloak Same, like bat wings draped over Merlin's shoulders.

The shape is a bit exaggerated, but it doesn't affect the action.

Yo, look who's here.

A hoarse and lazy voice sounded in front of Merlin. Satana, who was holding a skull in her hand, stood up from the chair, with one hand on her hip, and looked at Merlin who was walking towards her. says:

I heard that your girlfriend is gone? It's so miserable...Single brother, do you want your sister to accompany you tonight? Soothe your wounded heart?

OK.

Merlin looked at Satanna blankly, his fingers moved, and the dark blade whip looming in the shadows appeared in his hand. He said to Satana:

What are you going to do tonight?

Uh, forget it.

Satana glanced at the blade whip in Merlin's hand. She shrugged and winked at Merlin. She said frivolously:

Your taste is too strong, sister, I can't bear it.

Then don't say such bad things.

Merlin put away the Shadow Whip expressionlessly, and he showed a gentle smile full of hypocrisy to Satana, and he said:

When I'm in a bad mood, Miss Satana, you'd better not mess with me.

Hahaha.

Behind the two, Damon Hellstorm, who was sitting on a chair, let out a strange laugh, and the gloomy half-demon said:

My dear sister, you've finally met your match... why don't you try kissing our friend Merlin and see if you can suck the life out of him like you did to those bastards who are obsessed with you ? Isn't that your favorite thing to do?

cut.

Satana threw away the skull in her hand, then brushed her long white hair, put her hands on her shoulders, and leaned against the stone sculpture on one side, she said:

He's not my type...I'm not giving him my kisses.

What a coincidence.

Merlin sat on the chair, glanced at Satana, then looked at her figure and face, Merlin showed a regretful expression:

The figure is not as good as my girlfriend, the strength is not as good as my ex-girlfriend, and the appearance is not as good as my rumored girlfriend, and you have weird characters. It's a pity, Miss Satana, you are not the kind I like.

After finishing speaking, he ignored the fiery eyes and maddened Satana. He turned his head and looked at Damon sitting opposite him. He breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously:

Mr. Damon, about what happened last time...

That's my fault.

Dimon spread his hands to Merlin calmly, and said:

I apologize to you and your sister, and I brought you a gift... Please accept this item.

Damon picked up a silver, quaint, rusty one from his hand, like a plate, but with a large hollowed-out decorative wheel in the middle, and handed it to Merlin.

The half-devil watched Merlin take over the silver wheel, shrugged his shoulders, and said seriously:

The silver wheel of Nayuras, one of the devil's artifacts, I think you should know the legend of the red jar, green bell and silver wheel, and you should also know the name and power of this set of devil's artifacts, this thing is my most precious collection, I think it should be able to represent my apology.

The grievances between us will be written off, okay?

Silver wheel...

Merlin felt the power of this demonic artifact in his hand, and he lamented the impermanence of fate. After collecting Youstu's green bell and Cletus' red pot in the early years, Merlin has been looking for the last of the three magical artifacts for a while. One piece, but there is no trace of the silver wheel, and even the most basic legend is missing, which makes Merlin have to give up his plan to find it.

But today, this thing came into his hands in such an unexpected way.

Merlin caressed the silver wheel. He glanced at Damon. He guessed with confidence that the half-demon in front of him probably didn't know that the other two magic weapons were in Merlin's hands, which gave Merlin a chance to bargain.

Merlin was silent for a moment, he said:

If I remember correctly, this thing is a set. Only by gathering all three things can we obtain the power of the ancient three demons. Using them alone will not bring any benefits except for disasters, even for us For half-demons.

So, I mean, Damon man, if you want to apologize and want me and my sister to forgive you, just this...

Merlin put the silver wheel on the table and threw it back towards Damon. He said:

not enough!

You are really greedy.

Damon seemed to have expected Merlin's reaction a long time ago. He reached out and pressed the dancing silver wheel on the table. He looked at Merlin and asked:

So, what do you want? Say it.

I don't want much.

Merlin pushed his glasses, he said:

A few messages will suffice.

I need some... news from hell.