A retired magician raises a bucket daily

Very boring.

Magdaniel did change a room for him. It was no longer the closed and dark room it used to be. There was an extra window with stained glass on the wall. When you opened the stained window, you could see the distant mountains and rolling hills. The mist is wrapped in the thick green of the mountains, and the tops of the pine trees are covered with silvery white frost when the cold winter wind blows.

This is on the sixth floor, right?Reed sat by the window and looked down, thinking.Looking down in this way, you can find that the ground is actually very far away from you.

The mansion of Tranbelio is located in a remote mountain forest. It is towering and gorgeous, like a big tiger with claws and claws, which looks down on everything around it. The road is hidden under the winding dense forest, and no human habitation can be seen. , like a no-man's land completely isolated from the world.

There are crystals placed in the four corners of the room, and the magic circle is running smoothly, forcing the magic power in Reed's body to be in a delicate balance, neither increasing nor decreasing, just controlled to the point where he can Among the thresholds for the Philosopher's Stone to function normally.

If you jump from here, your leg will break, right?Reed thought calmly, it would take about half an hour to wait for recovery.

Had this time long ago been caught again.He sighed, grabbed a pen from the table and randomly scribbled and drew on the notebook, and immediately gave up the plan that he didn't expect much at the beginning.

If I can't find it, I should be anxious again, right?

I wonder if Weber has contacted Jason?

Will Jason come to London?

Hey, I'm such a terrible grown-up.He finally made a conclusion for himself, if he hadn't met me...

When I came back to my senses, a familiar face had already appeared on the sketchbook, which was drawn with exceptional detail and smooth lines by a thin pen tip.He has studied fine arts for many years. At the beginning, he just painted casually when he had nothing to do. After all, he was in poor health at that time, so he tried all the skills that did not consume much energy, whether it was painting creation or playing musical instruments. What, he has been involved in it more or less.But the more advanced is to learn puppet magic. If you want to make a perfect puppet, the sculpture of the human body must also be very good. After all, it is the magic that gives life to the puppet. Seven points are the core of the inner core, and the remaining three points It depends on the appearance of the doll. The more elaborate the doll is, the more realistic it will be after injecting magic power.

So he said before that he could draw Jason with his eyes closed, wasn't he talking empty words, that face invaded everything about him silently at some point, was it the day he accepted the confession?It was still earlier... By the time he found out, it was too late, he was the one who was drawn, the sketchbook was filled with sketchbooks, and every page was Jason Todd with a different look.If we say that there will be a Jason fan exhibition someday (it should be impossible), he will probably be able to win the Molester Award No.1, right?

Today's weather is gray and gray, London is full of such weather, and it's not that different from Gotham, if you insist.Reed lifted the painting in his hand and placed it on the blurred boundary between the distant sky and the mist.

I really want to see him.

"Master Reed," Hadley knocked on the door symbolically a few times, opened the door and stood at the door and said to him, "Master Melvin will come over to check you in a while, please get ready."

"..." What a quick move, that old guy.Reed got up from the window, closed the album and put it on the table, "Got it."

He and Melvin haven't seen each other for a long time, since he left London, only occasionally exchanging greetings in text messages, neither of them is the kind of person who likes to use electronic devices, so this little Haven't had much contact in half a year.

It seems that they are living quite well, maybe they will live longer than me, obviously the two of them are medicine jars that drink medicine together.

Reed pulled the collar of his clothes. The closet in the room was filled with clothes of his size, but I don't know if it was because of his psychology that he always felt uncomfortable when wearing them.Ridella opened the cabinet door, picked out a loose coat and put it on, and followed Hardley out.

Everyone in this mansion seems to respect him very much, but he still has no freedom of movement, neither can he get his phone back nor go out of the room, and someone brings in three meals a day.It's no different from what he experienced when he was a child. After all these years, he is still a small animal that can be thrown away in the eyes of these people.

Walking down the stairs from the spiral staircase, the floor for receiving guests is the second floor. When Reed walked to the corner, he had already clearly seen Melvin's bright silver-white hair. The people next to him gestured at something.Magdaniel was called out by the Magic Association during the day, and she didn't know what happened. She seemed to be in a hurry, so all the people staying in the mansion today were his wife or daughters.

"It's lost. Maybe it's been too long, so I couldn't find it. It was very precious when I was a child. Oh, do you really want to come here often?" Melvin scratched his hair, although his tone sounded annoyed , but Reed guessed that his expression should still be smiling.

"I have one more here for you," the woman's soft voice came from the other side, "I like Mel very much. After all, I always stay in the house and want someone to chat with, right?"

It seemed to be one of Magdaniel's wives, Reed mused in his meager memories of the family, though he couldn't remember the name or shape.

"This is really... I am so grateful to Madam, it is my honor to come to accompany Madam often, and to chat with Madam." A playboy said so brazenly.

"Ah Reed! Long time no see!" Melvin quickly spotted him, and his friend in white jumped over from his seat, "Did you, uh, uh, uh, do you miss me, ugh—"

Reed supported Melvin's arm, and the other party was coughing up blood while covering his mouth with a silk cloth, the blood on his face was even less, and it seemed that he might faint at any time, "You don't seem to need it very much." My concern."

"Wow... It hurts me to say that," Melvin took out the blood tonic from his pocket and drank it. After a few seconds, it took effect quickly and he was able to stand up straight. "Melvin kissed blood resurrection."

"......"

"Since Mel is already waiting for someone, I won't bother you." The woman in a gorgeous long dress stood up from the sofa, smiled at them, and walked away from here at a leisurely pace. .

"See you next time, ma'am." Melvin waved his hand happily. His personality has always been like this. Although he is always in poor health, he has a lot of sweet words and always pleases women.

"Little Reed, you are getting fat." Melvin spun around Reed, looking around with his fingers resting on his chin. "Did you eat a lot of fried food in the United States? It's rounder than last year." ah."

"It's better to eat than here." Reed smiled, his tone was light, and he didn't care about Hadley who was still behind him, "At least something for people to eat."

Melvin also raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "It's not too late, let's start the inspection right away?"

Reed nodded.

There are several unoccupied rooms next to the reception hall. They randomly found an empty room and prepared to adjust the rate. Hadley turned on the light and stood by the door with his arms folded and looked at them.

Melvin raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you going to avoid it?"

Hardley said calmly, "Master let me stay by Master Reed's side, and never go away."

"Wow," Melvin said to Reed in a low voice while taking out the magic dress for adjustment from his luggage, "It's disgusting, the Lord's taste is really too strange, to let such a person Become a housekeeper?"

"It's okay." Reed glanced at him coldly, and took off his shirt on his own. He used to be very dependent on Melvin's adjustment for a while. After returning, he was finally saved with the help of Melvin, so he is very familiar with the adjustment process.

"Wow, has it gotten serious again?" Melvin bent down and looked at the scar on his chest. Because his skin was really white, the wound was also very conspicuous.

Reed didn't speak, so Melvin picked up the violin, put it against his neck and began to play.

As the melodious sound sounded, the magic circuit on Reed's body and the engraving on his back gradually lit up, and the recurring light-colored circuit constructed a complex route, almost occupying Reed's upper body.

This is genius.If you don't become a vampire.Melvin thought again that he would be shocked every time he saw the magic circuit that was difficult for others to reach.He has never seen anyone with so many magic circuits before, and Reed is the only one, but he also knows that almost all of the illuminated circuits have been destroyed, they cannot reach the cycle, and the magic power is blocked in them , can only become a dull pain to stay in the body.

"This is too bad..." Melvin's expression was not as good as it was at the beginning, and his voice raised a little, "What did you do?"

It feels good to be relieved of the stagnant magic power. Reed felt the relief of the pain in his body for a long time. He shook his head, "I didn't do anything, just...lived normally."

"You know now—" It's really not a good few months.Melvin swallowed the last part of the sentence, put down his violin, and said to Hadley by the door, "Not today."

"Why not?" the man asked back.

"Wow, this man is still asking why?" Melvin had already put the violin back into the bag, "Did you see this thing on his back? Just peel off such a huge magic seal, with his current Judging from his physical condition, he will die directly."

Melvin smiled cruelly, "I don't have the habit of killing my friends yet, you can call me over after he recovers."

"but......"

"Ah, otherwise, it might be okay for the Lord to tell me in person." Melvin walked over and took the clothes from the back of the chair and put them on Reed, "That's it, I'll go first gone."

After saying this, the white-haired man walked out with his luggage without any hesitation.

Reed sat there in a daze for a few seconds, and then recovered, holding a small hard object that Melvin gave him just now, he put on his clothes, and squeezed it tightly in his pocket. that thing.

Is he trying to save me?Planned by Melvin and Webb?

Reed thought as he sat in the room, playing with the golden round emblem between his fingers, and the metallic luster flashed across it.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a slight sound from the window, as if his fingers had tapped on it a few times.

He raised his head, and suddenly a strong wind blew in from the outside, and the windows and doors were blown open.

"Hey." His boy sat straddling the edge of the window, raised his hand and waved it, a little silly, a round of full moon hung behind him like that, casting a long shadow on his figure, casting a shadow on his body. Plated with a bright glow, he stretched out his hand and said softly, "I'm here to pick you up."

"Ready to go with me?"