[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

Pepper was actually a little surprised when he was called to the basement as the emergency contact who did his part. All the way, he was thinking about what kind of tricks this Mr. Alchemist used to make such a stubborn boss go to rest honestly. .

After all, she has been a secretary for many years, and she knows better than anyone else how difficult it is for Tony Stark to change his mind once he decides on something.

So, when Pepper walked into the underground laboratory and saw the unconscious Tony Stark, he subconsciously sighed: "Oh God!"

Then I remembered that this jeweler should have no religious beliefs.

Her boss probably wanted to attack Alphonse and was knocked unconscious by the other party's legitimate defense. I hope the other party will not send a lawyer's letter to Stark Industries because of this. She thinks it is entirely possible that Tony did it while drunk. This kind of thing happened, after all, the life experience of being a party animal came first.

Pepper asked cautiously: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Mr. Alphonse, did Tony say something impolite to you... Does he pass out now?"

"He fell asleep, and I used hypnotism. This simple magic doesn't require much magic power from me."

The heavy weight hit him with the smell of alcohol, but to his surprise, Alphonse didn't feel offended: "This is my problem. Generally speaking, our strategy tends not to let the Magic People other than the teacher know too much mystic knowledge, and they have also considered the reasons for this kind of mental anxiety."

"—I'm sorry for causing too much trouble."

Pepper blinked: "I don't think Tony wants to hear this kind of apology. He has always believed that Iron Man is omnipotent."

The communication skills of these two guys are really not very good, Pepper thought, and they didn't get the specific content that the other party wanted to express at all.And Mr. Al is really very active. Starting from getting drunk and anesthetizing Saul, everything that should have been peaceful has been solved simply and rudely. Thinking about it, hypnotism is really gentle enough.

It would not be possible for a person in a wheelchair to be responsible for carrying Tony. Pepper stepped forward to help, but the two were a little speechless to find that Tony was still clutching the corner of Alphonse's robe when he fell asleep.

Pepper: "..."

She observed Alphonse's thoughtful expression, and was very worried about her boss's personal safety - as far as she knew about Alphonse, the other party could do this operation painlessly dislocating, pulling the other's hand away, and then repairing the bone of.

And Alphonse just looked at it, sighed, stretched out his fingers and tapped the eyebrows of someone who had been sleeping for a while.

"Supernate"

The magic power flowed to the fingertips, and with this chant, Tony Stark floated up gently, pulling the small piece of clothes, like an astronaut floating in a space station.

The golden portal slowly unfolded from the underground laboratory. Opposite the door was the room where Alphonse lived for several days. The lavender bouquet bloomed vigorously on the window sill, obviously well maintained.

Pepper Potts glanced at the portal carefully, and curled the corner of his mouth: "Then I'll leave it to you, Mr. Alphonse."

Opening his eyes, Tony felt alertly that something was wrong in the room around him.

It is not the light of incandescent lamps, but the natural light outside the window. The setting sun coats the whole room with warm colors of sunset.

Although the hospital bed is spacious, it is a single bed after all. Two adults squeezed together is extremely crowded. Alphonse sits on the bed with his back pillows and closes his eyes to rest his mind. The small half of his body is slumped outside, and he still holds it with one hand Wearing a piece of the other party's clothes.

Tony: "..."

He belatedly realized that he didn't have the slightest hangover headache.

But the current scene is already embarrassing enough-the venting when he was drunk is not unimpressed, he still remembers grabbing the other party's collar and talking nonsense, and now seeing the alchemist leaning by his side with a calm expression, it is rare for Tony Feel a little guilty.

He took out his mobile phone and typed on the screen: The drunken chaos in my impression is not a hallucination, right?

"Sir, do you need to call up the video of the laboratory?"

The smart butler replied.

Tony:  …

No, no need.

The emotional outbursts caused by alcoholism were clearly a certainty, and he must have been healed by magic - the stomach pain was significantly relieved, and according to Strange, Alphonse should avoid using any magic now.

Realizing that fact made him a little crestfallen.

— was helped again.In the past, Alphonse had almost no dead ends in his impression, and he even complained that this guy had no weaknesses that could be helped, but now that he knew that the other party was not so invulnerable, new problems followed one after another.

He couldn't solve those problems, and these dangers were eating away at the other party's life and soul little by little.

While thinking urgently in his heart, Alphonse's eyelashes moved slightly, he opened his eyes and turned his head: "Are you awake?"

Tony: "..."

The two looked at each other awkwardly for a second, and said almost at the same time: "Sorry."

"The magician's world itself is more... beyond common sense."

Alphonse considered his tone: "Just like what Aziraphale was worried about, you don't need to worry about these crises in the magic world. Human beings have been facing various problems for thousands of years, and the world is still It is still moving forward smoothly, which shows that the strategy of the magicians is still easy to use."

Tony frowned: Listen, is this in human language?

"After that, Strange will take over the job of the Supreme Sorcerer until he finds his next successor. If you are still uneasy about this, I can help you block all memories about the dark dimension."

Alphonse said slowly: "Although you have been involved too deeply with the mysterious world, I can still make you ignore those key parts."

No, even if you don't drink, you will get angry when you hear this guy talk.

Tony suppressed his temper, and silently said "This is a patient, this is a patient" several times in his heart: "You just never want others to help you, do you?"

He said word by word, earnestly and slowly: "After learning about this incident, everyone is very worried about your safety, and Cap even tried to get Fury to put him in the special force where your clerk is... If we If anyone among them is suitable for learning magic, I would like to take another PhD in occult science, maybe you are not used to asking for help?"

"I'm worried about you, Al, I know you need to make money urgently, but where did the money go, what kind of dangerous research is Animsfia doing, and when you think about what more dangerous things you might be doing Things, I will feel... there is no way to stop with peace of mind."

Facing those eyes, Alphonse could only remain silent.The attitude of the other party can be described as sincere, this kind of pure worry is almost a new experience for him, Alphonse's lips moved, and he was unable to utter a word of rejection for a long time.

"...he wants to build an observatory among the Antarctic icebergs."

In the end, Alphonse picked out the less important parts and said: "And the supporting magic facilities cost a lot of money. Maris Billy Animsfia is the monarch of the astronomy department, and that observatory will eventually be used to observe future."

"Wow."

Tony Stark sighed blankly: "That sounds really powerful."

Observing the future or something sounds magical.Generally speaking, a question often leads to countless questions, such as "what method is used to observe the future", or "why should such an institution be built", but Tony wisely kept silent and decided to wait until a possible date. Pry out these reasons little by little in the future.

After all, if it was really just an observatory, then Alphonse shouldn't have been so strict about these contents in the first place, keeping it secret.

Ask questions little by little, and get to the bottom of it when the time is right. At some point, he feels that he has figured out the tricks of dealing with this mysterious gem dealer.

More importantly... Tony Stark couldn't help but want to cover his face, and took a deep breath when the alchemist left the room in his wheelchair.It was really embarrassing, he thought, he never imagined that he would be drunk in front of that person, and he would hold on to his clothes all afternoon, he remembered that when Alphonse came to the lab, he had just had a hard time. All night, but now it is already evening outside the window.

Half of the bed still carried the temperature before the other party left.Fury once warned with a serious expression that the values ​​​​of magicians are different from ordinary people. They are a group of dangerous elements who are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. Edelfelt is a balance of measurement. When a magician reaches his level, it is It is absolutely impossible to change one's will for trivial matters, but now it seems that the other party obviously doesn't even care about his own life.

—but he cared.

In Greek mythology, the giant god Atlas was punished by carrying the entire sky on his back at the border of the world because of his rebellion against Zeus, without breathing for a moment.Hercules, the son of Zeus, once supported the sky for a moment instead of him when he was looking for the golden apple, but he quickly put the responsibility back on the other party.

At the end of his life, the giant god whispered a prayer to Perseus who had beheaded Medusa.

"I'm tired, please turn Medusa's head to me and turn me into stone."

... Perseus granted his request.

—Come on, wait a little longer.Don't let the sky crush you so quickly, don't make an irreversible decision, at least not until he figured out another way, or before he can support the world as well.

Please hold on until that moment.

At dinner, Tony Stark joined the crowd uncharacteristically, probably because if he was still in the laboratory, he would always remind himself of the shameful scene when he was drunk, and Lao Jia would repeatedly tell him Play the video at that time.

This is simply too embarrassing!Why is there a video!Tony finally ordered his smart housekeeper to delete all related video data including the backup, but before executing it, he changed his mind again: he made a backup of the video and put it in the same encryption level as the core data of the Ark reactor. folder.

Alphonse sat in a wheelchair and naturally appeared next to Stark. He was eating and playing with his mobile phone with a calm expression. He was obviously spoiled by the habit of the shop assistant.

The latest urban legend is circulating on Internet forums: Many people claim that they had a strange dream, in which there was a strange-looking canyon and an old man with a white beard holding a staff.

"That's right! I dreamed about this scene too! It's a pity that I don't remember much after waking up..."

"+1, the dream itself is unpredictable, how should this situation be explained... mass hallucinations?"

"Didn't any experts come out to refute the rumors? That time when the coastline was full of rubbish, everyone thought it was because of the sea god's anger or because of the ocean currents."

After simply flipping through a few pages, Alphonse turned off the phone screen. He really didn't want to take this kind of thankless and unprofitable trouble, and waited for the results of the SHIELD pre-investigation.Recently, Natasha directly provided him with paid leave within S.H.I.E.L.D., and even applied for a work-related injury incidentally. Nick Fury's eyebrows jumped again and again, and finally approved the subsidy.

"If necessary, you can actually apply for a cross-border subsidy for overseas personnel. After all, Al, you are now a British citizen."

Clint chewed on the fried chicken, adding to Alphonse's rua S.H.I.E.L.D. wool business: "But I heard you're actually Finnish, right?"

"Edelfelt is from a family of Finnish magicians, but I haven't stayed at home for a few years."

Alphonse nodded: "It's better to spend more time in England."

The atmosphere of the dinner was exceptionally harmonious. It was rare that there were quite a few people today. Except for Thor, all the members of the Avengers had arrived to take care of the alchemist who didn't drink, and everyone else didn't even open a bottle of beer.

Dr. Banner opened a bottle of orange soda with a "boom" and raised his glass to Alphonse.It is also rare for the American team to attend in casual clothes. In the days when there is no mission, he has finally adapted to the modern society and he also enjoys this relaxing moment.

Just when the atmosphere was just right, Tony Stark stood up and decided to leave early. Bruce Banner looked at him with some surprise: "Your research progress is so intense?"

Tony nodded, without a clear reply, his eyes swept across the crowd and turned to leave.However, instead of going to the laboratory, he only found a secluded corner, covered his heart and sat down with a painful expression.

Poor breathing.

Heart palpitations, cold sweats, and an uneasy feeling like the whole world is spinning.This isn't the first time it's happened, and it certainly won't be the last.At the very beginning, he had the smart housekeeper scan his heart and brain, but only came to the conclusion that everything was normal. Now, after being treated by Alphonse once, this body has completely disappeared even some of the old ailments, but...

He is obviously a superb pilot who can withstand flight overload in a steel suit.

Tony curled up in the corner, every beat of the heart seemed to be able to affect the trembling of the whole body.From the fingers to the tips of the hair, from the heart to the limbs, the whole world seems to be smashing with malicious intent.

"—Tony?"

A familiar and gentle voice sounded beside him.

Tony Stark opened his eyes and saw Alphonse's wheelchair appearing in front of him, followed by his hands protruding from the wide sleeves.

"are you sick?"

His jewel magic can repair the wounds of limbs, but if it is to get rid of the pain, it needs other different operations.

"Uh, no, I just need a break..."

Tony subconsciously denied the other party's statement, and then supported his body: "It's just a little nervous... Ha, don't look like that, you know I'm fine, even the hangover has been cured by you pass."

Alphonse turned a deaf ear to these explanations, he stretched out a hand to cover the other's eyes, and Tony Stark quickly pulled it off: "Whatever you plan to do, stop now, Strange ordered But let's not let you use magic anymore. Although I don't know how long your blue bar is, it must have used up a lot of magic power when it was teleported into my laboratory and helped to cure stomach pain? Obviously you should When you have a good rest...By the way, don't even think about erasing your memory. I have asked Lao Jia to back up my audio-visual information countless times. Even if you want to tamper with my head, it is impossible. Just hacked the Stark Industries database."

"Sorry, I tried my best."

A long series of extremely fast explanations were exchanged for an apology from the other party. Tony Stark was taken aback, and saw the blond jeweler with a troubled expression.

"I have read "Parity Non-Conservation in Weak Interactions" and "Principles of Cold Fusion", but it is difficult to understand even popular science books."

Tony: "...?"

He maintained a slumped posture with question marks all over his head.

Alphonse said: "Dr. Banner said that human beings are creatures that need to understand each other. I grew up with goblins in the early years, and I don't quite understand the extent of this 'understanding', but I don't seem to be able to do it." Understand' you. I tried . . . but couldn't see anything."

Alphonse's expression could be described as aggrieved. It seemed that Lord Gem, who was omnipotent in the mysterious world, had finally encountered a difficult problem. Seeing the other party's serious face, Tony Stark suddenly burst out laughing.

The feeling of suffocation that seemed to choke his throat suddenly disappeared under the gaze of those lake green eyes.

The author has something to say: Al: Wronged_(:з」∠)_

Tony: So I'm not the only one who did this stupid thing, balance