The Wizard of Asgard

Location: Alfred Orphanage, New York City.

Time: three o'clock in the morning.

It has been 30 years since the Alfred Orphanage was built. Things have changed and everyone has left. Only the elderly Sister Jessie and Dean Alfred are still guarding here stubbornly. They are still full of hope to receive The poor orphans all over the world try their best to build a warm home for them, and then pray to God every day that someone will take them away and give themselves a generous reward.

Alfred is a very ambitious man. He always hopes to receive a child from an unmarried pregnant girl or a single mother on the first day he opens the door. No matter whether the parents of the child are in front of him or not, once he hugs the child The child didn't let go, and rushed to the yard like a rush, and then the next day, the nuns announced all over the world whether the child was adopted, and finally received a generous reward from the joyful expression of the adopter.

But Lilith is an anomaly.

Rather than being an outlier, it is better to say that he is a mutant.

Lilith arrived at the Alfred Orphanage the day after Easter in the United States. She was wrapped in a golden blanket, but she had nothing on her body.

The moment Sister Jessie picked her up from the ground and took off the golden blanket, she was terrified!Her hands lost control, and Lilith fell down, but she was suspended in the air, as if announcing to this lady that this child will belong to the Alfred Orphanage from now on!

Sister Jessie's distraught cry aroused dean Alfred's scolding, and Alfred peeled the oranges and ran outside the door angrily pointing at Sister Jessie. Lilith in the sky.

Half of the golden blanket fell off, revealing Lilith's face.

That is exactly the face of an old man!A pair of big eyes had been sunken deeply, the teeth in the mouth were almost gone, a pair of rough hands were covered with blood vessels like earthworms, and the dim yellow sunlight was unrestrained in the vertical and horizontal ravines all over the face.

The child was very thin, with cheekbones sticking out like rocks at low tide in a sunken face.From her fingers to the center of her palm, to the heel of her palm, there are calluses everywhere, as if covered with a scaly carapace.The soles of the feet are thick and wide, like an open cattail fan, and the tops and soles of the feet are covered with wrinkles and calluses, like old chestnut bark that has fallen in the forest.

"What...what's going on?" Alfred yelled in panic, but Sister Jessie just shook her head and explained with a trembling voice, "I...I was watching...I saw her outside the door!"

Before Sister Jessie finished her sentence, she was so frightened that she almost fainted, but Alfred was so experienced, she hugged Lilith who was suspended in the air, and walked towards the trash can outside the house.

The child was frightened by Alfred's rude behavior, coughing and crying like an old man.

Alfred shuddered, and then threw it directly into the trash can. After closing the lid, he patted the dust on his palms, and walked back home quickly, but the moment he turned on the light at home, Lily wrapped in the golden blanket Si suddenly appeared at his dinner table.

He was startled at first, and then in despair, he hugged Lilith again and walked out the door, but this time the door couldn't be opened no matter what.

He began to panic, and then his scalp became numb. He looked at Lilith in his arms with palpitations. Lilith looked at him with wide eyes, her face full of vertical and horizontal looks weird under the dim light.

The doorknob began to drip blood, coquettish red, crawling towards his hand along the door frame like a snake, Alfred raised his bloody hand and screamed loudly, Lilith also heard his horrific cry Weeping in fright, the sound of coughing like an old man followed by his screams one after another woke up everyone in the orphanage.

After that night, Lilith stayed in the orphanage.

Because Dean Alfred found one thing, whenever he wanted to throw away Lilith or make a bad eye for the child, it seemed that there was a kind of curse in the dark, which made him experience all the weird things in the world, and he felt that If this continues, I will go crazy!

"Lilith, do you like the new toy?" After lunch, Sister Jessie hugged Lilith, let her sit on her lap, and peeled an apple for her.

Lilith fiddled with the toy train with her bony hands, pursed her lips, and threw the toy on the ground with a "snap".

"It's not fun!" She sounded like an old man's vicissitudes of life, and Sister Jessie immediately kicked off the toy train and gave her the apple she had peeled, "Then I won't play with the train, let's eat the apple first, and then my aunt will take you there. Can the supermarket buy better toys?"

Lilith didn't speak. She stared at a group of friends who were lying outside the window and watching her. These friends, like her, were from the Alfred Orphanage, but the only difference was that none of them played with her.

Lilith is a different kind. From the first day she was adopted in the orphanage, all the children in the orphanage avoided her.

When Lilith came to the orphanage, it can be inferred that she was only one year old, but after staying in the orphanage for half a month, her metabolism is extremely fast every day, and she is now 8 years old!Her face also changed very quickly, almost growing into a middle-aged face.

Sister Jessie and Alfred observed her daily changes and gasped, a mutant who grew backwards.

After Lilith came to the orphanage, as long as she asked what she wanted, Alfred had to give it as much as he could, and as long as he refused, he would experience strange things, including often seeing the siege in front of the bed and unable to drive away the ghost.

From this, Alfred concluded one thing, as long as someone is willing to adopt Lilith, and Lilith just asks, then he can completely escape from this curse!But half a month has passed, and no one is willing to adopt Lilith, and people think she is an outlier!

"Jessie, let's just stay here for a few more months!" Alfred comforted Sister Jessie. In just a few more months, Lilith would grow back into a baby. With the face and body of a baby, if the time comes to lie to the adopter and say that it is an abandoned baby to gain trust, then he will be able to send her away!

Alfred looked at the calendar diligently every day, looking forward to that day.

But this day passed too slowly. If Lilith could be sent away in advance, Alfred would also be willing to walk away from the edge.

Alfred has nothing to do every day, except for running errands for the government to do some public relations reports and courier documents. Apart from this part-time job, the rest is to rely on the adopter's salary to survive and maintain the orphanage.

On this day, he unexpectedly received a notice from the government. In order to thank him for his hard work, he was invited to attend a lecture and help a member of the government write a report on the lecture.

Alfred happily agreed. He came to the stadium early and heard that the lecture was held inside the stadium. Before he entered the stadium, he saw banners about the legalization of mutants hanging all over the stadium.

After the Avengers went through the civil war, Captain America Steve Rogers withdrew from the Avengers and left New York. No one knows where he went.The new leader is Iron Man Tony Stark. This person seems to have left because of the US team, and it happened to be moved to a remote area because of the government's arrangement. He doesn't have much motivation and enthusiasm for the reunion. To the people of these alliances.Even if terrorists appear suddenly, it is always the FBI federal agents who attack, and the Avengers seem to have existed in name only, seemingly disbanded.

And at this sensitive time, who knows who started to advocate the legalization of mutants, so that the mutants who have always been in danger are on a string of the government.

Most people in the government can't accept mutants very much. They are always afraid that mutants will bring trouble and pressure to their lives. After all, New York can no longer command the Avengers who are in a period of fatigue.

When Alfred walked into the gymnasium, it was already full of people. On the podium, a bald old man with a book in his arms smiled and looked at the crowd. He was sitting in a wheelchair. Although his legs were disabled, he couldn't hide his weakness. Rejoiced in his heart, he looked excitedly and happily at the packed crowd.

"So, this Mr. Charles Francis Xavier, oh, I'm sorry that your name is a bit confusing." Another man stood on the podium and rubbed his temples pretending to have a headache, which caused everyone to laugh. He opened his finger and pointed at Charles and said, "Do you think our society should accept all mutants without vigilance? Sorry, I don't think everyone here can accept it calmly?"

Charles smiled instead of anger, with the corners of his mouth curled up, and said with a slight smile: "I think many mutants should have friends, relatives, and even parents around them. Why can't we treat them as friendly as ordinary people? Human nature is good, we should Guide them in the right direction, they are not inherently bad! They just have superpowers that ordinary people can't understand."

"Sorry to interrupt." The man stopped Charles, "We're not talking about superheroes, OK?"

Charles didn't speak, he just kept looking at the man on the chief stage without saying a word.

The man continued to face the crowd and said: "Friends, can you accept a mutant who can enter through the wall at any time? Peeping into your life, and even robbing your personal belongings, can you accept it?"

Everyone shook their heads unanimously, even Alfred, and said in unison: "I can't accept it!"

Charles interrupted the man: "Sorry, Mr. Stephen, I want to say that mutants are just genetically mutated human beings, evolutions of human beings. You can't treat them as thieves and robbers. They are human beings like us, Mr. Stephen!"

Stephen shook his head and said with a smile, "No, I'm not alone. Everyone doesn't like mutants!" The man lowered his head, stared at the letter in his hand and said, "Today I received a letter from Congressman Kelly. letter, he strongly told me that the registration you requested to make fun of mutants is invalid!"

After speaking, he tore off the letter paper in his hand, and the scattered scraps of paper flew into the sky. Everyone stood up and applauded!

Once mutants appear, they will cause panic, hostility and even violence among many people. In order to avoid hostility to mutants, there have been many anonymous letters appealing to cancel the registration of mutants in recent days, so that mutants can go to school, study, work, marry.But this statement was strongly opposed by members of the White House.

That's why we have today's lecture.

But the end is the same, failure.

Charles closed the book. The cover of the book was "The Life of a Gentleman".He smiled slightly, but there was indescribable helplessness in his smile. Charles operated the wheelchair and walked out of the gymnasium. He saw a man standing under the cherry tree, bowing to him very gracefully.

"I know you, Professor Charles, you have applied more than once to attend several lectures and conferences in order to fight for the legalization of mutants." Alfred said very gentlemanly, polite.

Charles nodded and said with a sigh: "It's a pity that things backfired. Today may be my last lecture."

He couldn't tell whether he was disappointed by the government or lamented by humans. He was already very tired. Alfred was very surprised by Charles's reaction. He hurriedly said, "Don't tell me you won't fight for the interests of mutants in the future."

"This is not a benefit, this is the law of survival they deserve!" Charles tapped his knuckles heavily on the wheelchair seat, and he was sensitive to the fact that this man was looking for something to do with him, so he asked bluntly, "What do you want to do with me?" ?"

Alfred lowered his head and said, "Yes, I haven't introduced myself after talking for so long. My name is Alfred, the director of the orphanage."

Charles nodded with a smile. He has always had a good impression of this kind of welfare orphanage for homeless children.

"Can I ask you something, Professor Charles." Alfred's voice was suddenly lowered. He seemed to be afraid that others would know what he was going to say, so he quickly looked around, and after making sure there was no one there, he said urgently , "There is a reverse growth mutant in our orphanage. I would like to ask the professor if you are willing to adopt it."

Yes, ordinary people will definitely not adopt Lilith, but this professor is an exception. He treats the mutants so wholeheartedly, and he will definitely be able to adopt Lilith, the troubled Lilith in his orphanage.

Charles frowned and thought for a while, Alfred felt that he disagreed, and hurriedly asked: "Aren't you rejecting mutants at all? Haven't you been applying for the legalization of mutants all this time? Don't tell me what you said Is it a lie?"

Charles raised his head and severely rebuked his rebuttal: "Please pay attention to your tone, Mr. Alfred, have you ever thought that the reverse growth is not a mutant, she may just look different than ordinary people point?"

"No!" Alfred blushed anxiously, "She is a mutant! On the first day of entering the orphanage, many weird things happened. I really don't want to take her in anymore. I'm going crazy!"

Perhaps Alfred's volume was too high-pitched, attracting the attention of the people around him. They all looked at Alfred, whispered for a while, and avoided him like a plague god.

Alfred gave them a hard look, and when he turned his head and wanted to say something to Charles, Professor Charles walked away in a wheelchair.

Alfred took a step to catch up with Charles, but when he was about to touch his shoulder, he was stopped by a red-haired woman. Charles slowly turned his head and said softly, "It's okay, Jean."

Alfred moved Qin's vigilant gaze away, and called to Charles: "My orphanage's full name is Alfred Orphanage, you will definitely come, won't you?"

Charles waved his hand and walked farther and farther in the wheelchair, and his voice also reached Alfred's ears from the distant sky.

"Goodbye!"