A retired magician raises a bucket daily

The car home was driven by Jason, who finally got rid of Damian, retreated amidst the angry yelling of the devil cub, and drove back with Reed with the cat in his hand.

There is still snow on the side of the road. The snow plow drove back and forth several times, leaving long white snow marks on both sides of the road. On the blue-black road, the snow was pressed into water stains and dirty by the wheels Snow cake, from a distance, you can almost see the reflection of the city in it.

The cat blew in front of the car's heating and air conditioner for a long time, blowing its white fur fluffy and soft, and then started acting like a demon again, jumping from Jason's lap, stepping on the handbrake, landing in Reed's arms, and turning around She turned her head and looked at the distance she had crossed. She had a lot of fun until the car at the red light started to drive again, and she retracted into Reed's lap. It seemed that this could carry her forward The behemoth is a little scary.

Reed changed a few radio stations, none of which sounded interesting, and finally switched to pure music and lowered the sound.

He looked outside, everything around him was going backwards, it was the first day of the new year after the snowstorm, the sky was so blue that it didn't look like Gotham, a plane flew straight above, Reed squinted at it, passed After a while, I looked down at my phone.

He clicked on the message, and at the top of the dialog box was the text message he received in the early morning.

- have you played enough?

The sender was unknown, and so was the number, but Reed just knew who it was.

Even Reed himself didn't realize that his hand holding the frame of the phone was already turning white, as if he had used a lot of force, almost crushing the phone.

Already known to him...

A ban was placed on that stone.

It was only two days before Reed suddenly thought of this matter. Twenty years ago, he was taken away from Gotham by his mother and returned to London, but because of his father, how could anyone be willing to help his mother?

Everyone who lives and studies in the Clock Tower, who has not heard of the name of Tranbellio, the Lord of the Basic Sciences, and who does not know what the Tranbellio family represents?And how could they who defected from this family be helped by those people?

After all, the fake Philosopher's Stone above his heart was actually given to him by the Tranbelio family.In order to obtain the magic imprint left by his mother, they did not hesitate to tarnish their own reputation and keep him as an 'alien' at home, like the kind of piglets raised in captivity who can be killed and eaten when they reach a certain age Lose.

Ha, in the end he was still calculated, and he still couldn't escape that man's palm after going around.That Philosopher’s Stone must have been restricted by Magdaniel Tranberio Elrod, his titular father. Once it is damaged by external force or completely shattered, Magdaniel will They must be aware of this matter. In that case, no matter what Reed wants to do or where he is going to die, they will know in the end, and they will come to recover the magic seal on him immediately.

Not long ago, after Fergus cut the Philosopher's Stone, Magdaniel must have known where he was. With their means, it was not difficult to find out where he went.

For a moment, Reed felt that everything in front of him was shaking, and the white light of the mobile phone screen rushed towards his face like a swarm of moths.

"What's the matter? What are you watching so fascinated by?" Jason's voice sounded in his ears, like a thunderbolt, which made Reed feel relieved.

He slammed the screen of the phone off, met Jason's suspicious gaze, then shook his head slowly, and explained carefully, "It seems... I was a little dizzy after drinking red wine just now."

"You just took a sip," Jason said.

"You'll get dizzy with one bite," Reed said, and then he paused for a few seconds, as if he didn't know what to say for a while, "Jay, I...recently—"

"Huh? What?" Jason glanced at him and asked strangely, "What happened recently?"

"...I haven't slept well lately."

"Have a nightmare?"

"That's it."

Jason used to have nightmares too, but it's gone lately, since the Joker died, he's been pretty much happy most of the time, "So let's get you less horror flicks... ah, Is it because the conception of the new book is a bit difficult, so I will be very tired recently, eating some desserts may relieve the pressure, in that case, let’s go to the dessert shop? It should be open today.”

"Actually, you want to eat it yourself?"

Jason smiled, did not speak, turned the steering wheel and changed lanes.

The car stopped at the next intersection, a countdown number was displayed above the red light, pedestrians walked past in twos and threes on the road ahead, Jason leaned on the steering wheel, turned his head to look at Reed, his dark green eyes looked straight at him , with a bright smile: "I will beat you away."

He said softly: "I can fight away the nightmares you are afraid of. When you feel scared, you can call my name. Whether you call it in your heart or write it in your hand, I will know it."

The cat in his arms has already squinted his eyes, snoring comfortably to sleep.Reed's icy fingertips also warmed up in the carriage, and the heat burned from the fingertips, spreading up little by little, as if it could rise all the way to the heart in this way, replacing the broken stone.

He blinked his eyes slowly, the light and shadow in his eyes seemed to be particularly slow at this moment, after a while, maybe only a few seconds, his throat moved, and asked: "...in the dream Can it work, too?"

"I will do what I say," Jason said, "I will appear even if it is a nightmare, and I will find you."

Ah, no way.Reed heard his own heartbeat, warm, throbbing, and joyful.It was like jumping out of the wound in my heart.

If this goes on, I really can't live without him.

On the commercial street very close to their apartment, the dessert shop was still open as expected, because he hadn't bought cakes or anything not long ago, and Jason hadn't had dessert for about half a month, so he must have spent a lot of money today Bought a bunch of them.

"Have you finished eating?" Reed asked him. Looking at the pile of small cakes, he felt that the not-so-big refrigerator in the room might not be able to fit them all.

Had the dream of opening a restaurant, or would it have turned into a dessert shop?Reed thought at this moment.

"The two of us will finish eating soon." Jason said naturally.

"..." There will be tooth decay. This person doesn't care about tooth decay because he is young and healthy. When he gets older, he will definitely have toothaches and look miserable every day.

After buying the cake, I went to a nearby bookstore to buy a few new books before driving back.

The apartment was extremely quiet today, and the few tenants with children on the first floor did not make any movement. Reid guessed that the weather might be fine today, and everyone went out to play.So he held the cat in one hand and didn't care much when he opened the door with the key in the other.

The room was as clean as it was before he went out in the morning, and the magic circle he had left by the door frame was untouched.

"Today is a good day for a date," Jason said after entering the door behind him, "Family gatherings are so boring, why don't we go on a trip?"

All the things in the bag in Reed's hand were stuffed into the refrigerator. The cat consciously sniffed the room, found her favorite place before, and occupied it majestically.

Jason carried a lot of things, and he opened the door to lift them up from the trunk of the car downstairs.

"Travel...you can also, as long as you have nothing to do, we can go anytime." Reed calculated the time, he is indeed very free recently, the new book has been published in the bookstore, don't worry for now For other things, just wait for the money to be collected.

However, after his words fell, the people behind him didn't make any sound for a long time. Reed felt strange and turned around to take a look, and the temperature of his blood suddenly dropped to ice.

"Hey," the magic circuit lit up at that moment, and a sharp dagger appeared in his palm, Reid's tone suddenly became gloomy, he looked at the person in front of him, and frowned, "Let him go! "

Standing at the door was a strange male, who looked to be in his thirties or forties. He was wearing a gray tailored suit. A thin golden chain stretched out from the chest pocket and connected to the second button. On his hand, there was a gun in his hand, he said it was a gun, but the style of the gun was very old, it looked like a revolver with only five or six rounds in the last century.And the place where his gun was close to was Jason's temple.

There was a wave of magic in the air, and Jason fell into an unknown coma.Looking at it this way, although this person is a bit thin, he is actually a little over 1.9 meters tall, a bit taller than Jason.

"I said, let you let him go, he is not from that world, don't involve him." Reed squeezed the dagger tightly, and said to the person in front of him.

The man was wearing a pair of rimless glasses, and the eyes under the transparent lenses were also light gray. When he glanced over, he seemed to be stared at by some kind of wild animal, but when he spoke, his tone was very strange. Politely, with an old-fashioned British aristocratic tone: "The master has been waiting for you for a long time, shouldn't it be time to go back too? Master?"

Saying such polite words, but still not putting down the muzzle of the gun pointed at the other person's head, it seems that if you dare to say no, I will shoot him down.The man looked over indifferently, and Reid suddenly remembered that he had seen this man before.He was under Magdaniel Tramberio.

Reed stood where he was, his body froze for a few seconds, and then the dagger dissipated in his hand, and he nodded, "Yes, I will go back, don't touch him."

The corner of the man's mouth twitched. It was a half-smile expression. He smiled slightly at Reed, and moved aside with the gun in his hand, aiming the gun at the ceiling, "As long as you don't resist, I won't It would break the rules."

"Let's go now?"

"Immediately." The man grabbed Jason's neck and moved a step aside, giving way to the front door.

Reed pursed his lips, his jaw line was tense, and he raised his hands to show that he was not holding a weapon, and walked out the door.When he reached the threshold, the man pushed behind him, so he watched the door slam shut, Jason, who was unconscious, was let go and fell to the ground, and the cat who noticed something wrong ran over from the sofa, At the last moment, he heard the scream of the milk cat, and then stopped abruptly, blocked behind by the thick door.

The man put his hand on the door, tilted his head and smiled at him and said, "Then, we should go, Master Reed."

The wobbling dust eventually fell to the ground, and the orbits of the stars were forever determined by the gravitational pull of the surrounding planets.

From the moment he chose to step out of the clock tower, he had already foreseen what would happen to him in the end.

but......

Reed quietly hung up the connected phone before getting into the car and demanding that the phone be handed over.

But someone will find me.Reed thought.