"I won't take your car next time."
Merlin, who was bombarded by bad music, opened the car door and handed a few bills to the hippie Du Pengde, and he said in a stiff tone:
"You have lost a guest forever, Dupend, and I hope this will teach you a lesson."
"Stop making trouble, Mr. Merlin."
Du Pengde didn't count the money, so he took the money and put it in his pocket. He blinked at Merlin and said:
"We are friends, aren't we?"
"I believe that next time you will definitely sit in my car with a smile on your face. Speaking of which, I have something to ask you for help, Mr. Merlin."
As Merlin looked at him, the driver said quickly:
"My friend Chas has been weird these days. He always wanders around in some legendary haunted places. I heard that he had lived with a scammer before. I suspect he might have been cheated, or worse, joined some kind of terrible cult."
Du Pengde said to Merlin with some concern:
"Can you help him? Mr. Merlin."
"Why are you looking for me?"
While moving his fingers and manipulating Riven out of the taxi, Merlin said to Du Pengde:
"How do you make sure I can help? Look, I'm just an ordinary person who works in a government structure."
After the power seed was sublimated to the semi-demon stage, Merlin was more skillful in manipulating the black fog, and the use of puppet technique became very easy and skillful. For mutants like Riven who are not good at energy projection, Merlin could easily achieve forced manipulation.
"The first thought that came to my mind after I knew about Chas was that Mr. Merlin could help."
Du Pengde honestly said to Meilin:
"I have always felt right since I was a child. When I was a child, I relied on the feeling and found the lost wallet of my grandfather. Anyway, I believe in my feelings very much."
"You can definitely help."
The driver said confidently:
"And, I feel that you will definitely help Chas because you are a very decent and kind person, Mr. Merlin."
"Well, your praise is really simple."
Merlin rubbed his forehead and said to Du Pengde:
"Okay, I'll help, but I have a request."
"Next time, I'll not be allowed to play music when I'm in your car! If you promise me, I'll help. This request is not difficult, right?"
Merlin said to the frowning driver in a tempting tone:
"You just need to suppress your slightly perverted desire to share music can save your friend. Look, he is now in some very bad things. To be honest, don't you want to help him?"
"Du Pengde, ask yourself, are you really the kind of cold-blooded person? Will you let your friends fall into the abyss because you stubbornly keep your habits?"
"Agree, Du Pengde, promise me, it's very simple."
Before he knew it, Merlin had already used the spiritual induction of Axis Fresh.
Du Pengde frowned under the interference of will. In the end, he nodded reluctantly:
"Well, Mr. Merlin, I promise you."
"very nice."
Merlin bounced his fingers with joy, and he said to Du Pengde:
"You are also a kind person, Du Pengde."
"Don't worry, after I handle my own affairs, I will go and see Chas. He is also my friend. Let's go quickly, I won't disturb you from making money."
Watching Du Pengde drive away, Meilin looked back at the magic-shaped woman standing beside him like a puppet, and he said:
"Why are you so silent along the way? You've been so silent, uh, I forgot, sorry, you can't speak."
Merlin snapped her fingers a little apologized, and the invisible smoke that pressed on Riven's cheek dissipated.
Her expression became very vivid at this moment, she glared at Merlin, and she said:
"Evil witch! Let me go!"
"A woman who almost killed hundreds of people actually has the face to say that I am evil? You should be glad that I am not a real dark wizard. Otherwise, hehe, a woman who can change her appearance at will will be a great research material."
Merlin sneered and walked towards the college gate behind him. Raven followed him stiffly, saying:
"Charles has always emphasized to me that Riven is a neutral without threats. Obviously, he is trying to protect you. But for the things I saw, Riven, what you do has nothing to do with neutrality. In my opinion, you dare not be as tough as Magneto, nor as wise as Charles. You are just a coward without a stand."
"I didn't, I just made the right choice."
While trying hard to fight against the power of manipulating the body, Riven replied with a cold face:
"Those mutants were abused miserably by humans, and you also saw with your own eyes that they were mixed with hatred and repressed anger. They were not suitable to join Charles. They would only cause trouble to Charles. This person, Charles, is good at everything, but is too soft-hearted."
Riven looked at Merlin in front of her to release the lock curse and opened the closed manor gate. She looked at Xavier Castle under the night with a little nostalgia, and said calmly:
"He and his academy will be dragged into the vortex by those hated mutants. I am protecting him, that's all. What's more, no ordinary person is injured because of this, right?"
"It's just that no one is injured for the time being! Besides, what about Lorna?"
Meilin walked into the manor, and he looked at the lawns with traces of attack, and the large pits filled with them were like ugly spots, spreading all over the beautiful manor, he asked:
"Little girl Lorna has no resentment. She is just a child, so you have to give her to the dangerous Magneto? Don't you know that Magnett's extreme thoughts will ruin her. How crazy will you be? That's how you treat a child like this?"
"Lorna is Eric's daughter!"
Raven said:
"Shouldn't my daughter be with her father? Eric promised me that he would not spread his thoughts to the child. In fact, Eric has a gentle side that you don't know. He protects all his children very well, especially after Anya's tragedy, who would rather keep his inner loneliness than destroy the peaceful life of his children."
The magic-shaped woman sneered, and she said to Merlin with a sarcasm:
"You don't know anything, Lord Merlin, you just rely on your own senses to define others. In my eyes, Eric is not a bad person. Everything he does is starting from his love for his fellow countrymen. You have not experienced what he has experienced, and you cannot understand that kind of sacrifice."
"I have no intention of discussing these good and evil with you."
Merlin said:
"I still understand the principle of the hero, my thief, but if you have a good reason to cover up, you go crazy and do bad things that hurt others. I don't think a good person will do this. Do you know, how many ordinary people and mutants have died because of McGonitt over the years?"
"In my opinion, he should have gone to hell!"
Merlin said in a cold voice:
"The extreme confrontational thought he represents is the source of turmoil in which you mutants cannot integrate into human society. But he has protected this world at least, so we will not kill him. We are different from you mutants who always rely on emotions to make decisions. We have systems and we can distinguish between good and bad things very clearly."
“Why should we integrate into your society?”
Raven retorted:
"Your desire for control is really disgusting, Mr. Merlin, but I can understand that you are a government agent and you always think about problems from an official perspective. But believe me, it is wiser to look at problems from a different perspective. When you learn to look at this problem from a mutant perspective, I think you may not be so stubborn."
"Well said! But I also have a question why should I consider the problem from the perspective of mutants?"
Merlin looked back at Riven, and there was an undisguised sarcasm on his face:
"After all, I'm not a mutant!"
"So, you ordinary people who say equality and freedom"
Ruiwen also smiled contemptuously:
“It’s so hypocritical!”
"No, no, no, Raven, you don't understand."
Merlin stood there, turning around and pointing at the city behind him. Under his control, Riven was forced to turn around and look at the city behind him.
Merlin said:
"Tell me, Riven, look there, what did you see?"
“A city.”
Ruiwen replied:
"A city full of hypocrisy and evil."
"You are so superficial!"
Merlin stood beside Riven, and he whispered in a cold tone:
"When I looked there, I saw order! I saw the rules which not everyone could see, but it was the basis for the city and the civilization, without it, there would be no such thing."
"This is a framework, a system, Riven."
Merlin reached out to hold Riven's slender waist, and he whispered in Riven's ear:
"You want freedom? You want equality? You want your power?"
"Can!"
"But you have to enter this framework first, instead of blindly rejecting it, or even destroying it. Do you think you can fight against the world by relying on you mutants? Don't be stupid"
"The professor is the wise among you. Like me, he saw the basic rules that constitute civilization. He tried hard to push you into the framework. Yes, this will make you bound, but what comes with the bondage is the freedom you want."
Merlin smiled, and he said meaningfully:
"In this world, there has never been absolute freedom, you won't understand this, right?"
"That's your rule."
Ruiwen said stubbornly:
“Not ours.”
"Then I'll find a way to create one for you."
Merlin let go of her hand and patted Riven on the shoulder, and he said:
"If you don't like this system, then make a prerequisite for you to like is that don't try to fight or destroy it, that will not do us any good."
"Riwen's rules can coexist, but I doubt whether a paranoid person like you will understand this."
Merlin seemed to feel impatient with the topic, and waved his hand and continued to walk towards the castle in front of him, he said:
"Mutants have no culture, no inheritance, no system, no rules, this is your most deadly weakness. The professor has been trying to make a rule for you, but Magnit has been destroying it. Who is right? Who is wrong?"
Merlin had a sarcastic smile on his face, and he said:
"You think about this question yourself. After all, this is your own problem with you mutants and it has nothing to do with me. Let's change the topic, Ms. Riven, I heard that this was your home once. You spent the best decade of your life in this castle, right?"
"Um."
Riven followed Merlin, she had given up fighting against the energy attached to her body.
As a knowledgeable mutant, Riven knew that this was an effect similar to magic. Only magic can fight against magic, and only energy can destroy energy. Her melee skills are very good, and melee combat is not necessarily weaker than Merlin, but she is not good at magic.
"Tell me."
Merlin took Raven across the lawn under the night, and he said:
"I'm a little curious about the stories between you and the professor, and McGnitt. I heard that you are still in a weird love triangle relationship? The separation between the professor and McGnitt is said to have something to do with you, too?"
"Who did you hear the rumor?"
A hint of discomfort flashed across Ruiwen's face, and she said:
"All of them are nonsense."
"The break between Charles and Eric is purely a disagreement of ideas and has nothing to do with me. As for the relationship between me and Charles, it is indeed very complicated."
Raven sighed and said:
"To be honest, I don't know what kind of relationship it is. Maybe, there may be love."
"Tell me."
Merlin slowed down, he said:
"It's about 5-10 minutes away from entering the castle, which is enough to tell a story, right?"
"Why should I tell you?"
Raven said:
"Will you be excited to spy on other people's privacy? You are so perverted!"
"I just want to hear the story."
Merlin said calmly:
"Don't look at my smirk now, that doesn't mean I won't force my memory, nor does it mean I won't turn you into a fool. To be honest, I'm in a bad mood now, you'd better not mess with me, Ms. Riven."
"If your story is exciting enough, maybe I will consider reducing your sentence. After all, you didn't hurt anyone, you just stole something you shouldn't have stolen."
"Tell me, don't make trouble for yourself."
Ruiwen felt the impatientness in Merlin's words, and she breathed a sigh of relief and said softly:
"I came to Charles' house when I was 10 years old. It was one night. I was cold and hungry. I was left by my parents on the roadside. It was natural. After all, no one would like a freak with blue skin and horny skin."
Her tone was calm, as if she was telling someone else's story.
"I ran into the Charles House manor. I had never seen such a beautiful house before. When I first came in, I felt ashamed that this was not the place where people like me should come. Anyway, I sneaked into the Charles House kitchen, and I found a few pieces of hard bread, and I hid in the corner to eat."
Riven looked at the castle in front of her and said:
"I was about the same age as Lorna at that time. I was afraid that others would evaluate my appearance. I was like many mutants at that time, and I hated my ability. But Charles was not the one who would hate me."
"I finished my bread and wanted to leave the warm castle, but when I turned around, I saw Charles, who was about the same age as me, wearing pajamas and holding a baseball bat taller than him."
Speaking of this, Riven seemed to remember the past, she smiled, and she said:
"He was cute, with blond hair, like a doll. He just held the bat and looked at me. We were all frightened. I wanted to run away, but I was stopped by Charles."
"He took me to the restaurant and asked the servant to make me a warm dinner."
Raven closed her eyes and she whispered:
"That's what I've eaten in my life, and the most delicious food is also the beginning of the story of Charles and I for a lifetime."
"Bang"
Just after Riven finished saying this, the castle door was pushed open in front of her and Merlin.
Sitting in a wheelchair, the professor in his pajamas stopped at the door. Under the slightly dim light, his old face was filled with a warm smile, exactly the same as the smile of the child who accepted her decades ago in Riven's memory.
The professor looked at Riven in the distance, and his voice rang in Riven's mind the next moment.
Very gentle and very warm.
“Welcome home”
"Riwen."
Meilin felt the mood of the demon-shaped woman beside him change for a moment. He turned around and saw unstoppable tears flowing from Riven's eyes, like a wanderer who had been away from home for too long, finally returning to the warm home.
oh
Merlin nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!