53. A message from hell
You can be honest with me and blame me for sitting down and watching your favorite Elsa leave.”
In the afternoon, at the dining table at home, Merlin placed a pizza on the table. He looked at Lorna who was feasting, and then looked at Riven, who was sitting in a chair with a blank expression on his face.
He said to Raven with some headache:
"But you can't stop eating... You're not a child again, Raven, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can tell me."
"snort."
Riven turned his face and ignored Merlin, while Lorna raised her head and wiped the jam from her mouth. She said to Merlin:
"Riwen is just not hungry, she doesn't want to eat."
The little girl said:
"At noon today, Ororo's fiancé came to see her and invited us to a big meal. There were big lobsters. Riven ate several times and she was full."
"So that's how it is."
Merlin nodded in a clear way. No wonder when she sent Riana over this afternoon, there were so many luxury cars parked in the parking lot of Xavier Academy. It turned out that His Highness the Prince was visiting his future queen.
"What about you?"
Merlin cut the pizza with a smile, split it into half and put it into Lorna's plate. He patted Lorna's head and said:
"Are you not full?"
“I ate too.”
Lorna rolled up the pizza and said to Merlin:
"But the afternoon is an energy control practice class, and it is also very tiring to manipulate magnetic forces, so I need to replenish some energy now."
"Okay, then eat more."
Merlin pushed his fruit salad in front of Lorna. He sat in a chair and threw a bone to Frank at his feet, then looked at Lorna and Riven, and he said:
“Has something happened in the school recently?”
"Yes, I have."
Lorna took a bite of the pizza and said excitedly:
"A few days ago, a girl from Canada was sent to the school. Logan sent it. The girl's ability is very strange. She can temporarily absorb the abilities of other people and make them become weak ordinary people in a short period of time. Everyone is afraid of her and even gave her an ugly nickname. They called her "Rakshasa Girl". But Riven and I were not afraid of her, so we invited her to have lunch."
"Oh? Absorbing power?"
Merlin said in surprise:
"This is a very rare ability. What's that girl's name?"
"Mary."
Riven said coldly while picking up the spoon and stirring her salad:
"But Mary's ability is gone, she is now an ordinary person."
"Um?"
Merlin looked at Riven in confusion and said:
"What's going on? The mutant's abilities shouldn't disappear suddenly, right?"
"It didn't disappear suddenly!"
Lorna waved her spoon and said to Merlin:
"It was the night before yesterday, Riven and I were awakened while sleeping. It was Mary's scream. She seemed to have encountered something terrible, but when we, Ororo and Qin rushed over, Mary was already unconscious. She seemed to have been attacked by someone, but she was not injured."
"When she woke up the next day, her ability disappeared!"
"Attacked? Or at Xavier Academy?"
Merlin frowned and asked:
"Didn't the professor find the attacker?"
"No."
Raven's lack of interest said:
"Ororo suspected that it was done by insiders. In recent days, the teachers in the school have been secretly checking the students' suspicion, but I think it is definitely not insiders. With the professor's perception, no one can hide it from him who attacked his students. I tend to be that some changes may have occurred in Mary's own body."
"Her abilities are unstable and she can't control them herself. It is not impossible for her to temporarily disappear because of some stimulation."
Lorna was not interested in these speculations. After Riven finished speaking, she said to Merlin:
"But Mary herself is very happy. She didn't want that ability, which made her unable to reach other people. Now she can play with others freely. But she is not a mutant anymore, so she may be sent back to her home in Canada in a while."
"Well, this is a good thing for kids who just want to live a normal life."
Merlin cut the pizza open, he inserted a piece into his mouth with a fork, and a few seconds later he looked at Riven again, he said:
"Is Mary the only one attacked?"
“It seems to be the case at the moment.”
Riven glanced at Lorna, and she lowered her voice and said to Merlin:
"But I suspect that Lorna is also targeted."
"Hmm? What do you say?"
Merlin narrowed his eyes and asked:
"Are there any signs?"
"We lived in the same dormitory. There were several times when Lorna fell asleep, I could always feel something in the darkness watching her."
Ruiwen said hesitantly:
"But it is also possible that I felt wrong... After being sealed, my senses fell too much, and I couldn't determine if that was true."
"Um."
Merlin nodded and said:
"I'll take time to talk to the professor about this. If he can't ensure you're safe, maybe you should take a break from school for a while."
“Not that serious.”
Ruiwen shook her head and said:
"As long as you agree to me summon a demon to sign the contract, I will be sure to protect Lorna in school."
"We've already discussed this issue, Riven."
Merlin looked at his sister and said:
"This is not a good idea."
"snort"
Ruiwen glared at Merlin, but did not refute again.
Merlin was a little worried. He knew that Riven was not asking for his consent. This was more like an advance notice before doing a big thing. This girl had not summoned the demon yet, probably because she felt that the time was not yet ripe. Once Riven felt that the opportunity had come, her movement speed would definitely exceed Merlin's imagination.
My sister is a perfectionist. Even if she is choosing a contract demon, she must choose someone who is very satisfied with her appearance, personality and strength.
After dinner, Riven sat on the sofa holding a magic book and started reading it. Lorna sat next to her, with her, watching the cartoon, while Merlin cleaned up the tableware in the kitchen.
While washing dishes, he said to the two girls:
"If you can watch TV, go to do your homework. When you go to the mysterious house, Lan will help me take care of you. I want to go out and come back in the evening. Then we can go out for a midnight snack together and buy two clothes for you guys."
"What are you going to do?"
Ruiwen asked:
"Are you going to deal with the hell-hearted jobs that have tangled you?"
"No, not today."
Merlin put the washed dishes in the window, and shook the water droplets on his hand, saying:
"I'm going to sit with some 'friends' and ask them something."
"I warn you!"
Riven looked at the magic book while saying without looking back:
"Don't bring strange women back."
"In your eyes, is your brother's character so bad?"
Merlin shook his head and said:
"Don't worry, no more."
A few minutes later, Merlin arrived at the castle on the border of Hell by taking advantage of any door of the mysterious house.
Compared with the miserable scene at the border of Hell before, after being controlled by Riana, this dimension seemed to have become milder. The pale ball of light in the sky also had some colors, and the always rust-red sky became brighter.
However, hell is hell. No matter how you decorate it, it cannot cover up its desolate nature. For example, the world in front of you has now turned from a vast desert to a weed-covered Gobi Desert.
Well, when you think about it this way, it is actually the original ghost place.
However, Riana could not immediately change the bad environment on the border of hell. She could easily reshape the castle that was once regarded as a stronghold by Bellakos. Perhaps she had lived in the Demon World for a long time. In the castle that was "redecorated" by the "redecorated" of the stone decorations were also full of a trace of demonic style.
In the vast and huge hall, there are black and red carpets. Around this hall, there are stone sculptures similar to gargoyles. They maintain the state of stone statues, but they are all living and guardians made with black magic. Many wizards like this kind of thing, which will make their homes look a little more mysterious.
Merlin stepped into the hall, his windbreaker changing.
The symbiont Beowulf can theoretically adapt to any environment, but it has just left the ice and is still in the adaptation period, far from reaching the ever-changing level that the symbiont should have. Even when exposed to the air of hell, it will make it feel uncomfortable.
Accompanied by the sound of gurgling, Merlin's black windbreaker quickly changed its appearance, and the back swing became longer. There were interlaced serrations under the windbreaker, which looked like Bruce Wayne's bat cloak, like a bat wing scattered on Merlin's shoulders.
The shape is a bit exaggerated, but it does not affect the action.
"Yo, look at who is here."
A hoarse and lazy voice sounded in front of Merlin. Satanna, who was playing with a skull in her hand, stood up from the chair, put her hands on her waist, and looked at Merlin who was walking towards her. The daughter of Satan said teasingly:
"I heard that your girlfriend is gone? It's so miserable... Single guy, do you want your sister to accompany you tonight? To soothe your hurt heart?"
"OK."
Merlin looked at Satana expressionlessly, his fingers moved, and the black blade whip that appeared in his hand that was faintly visible in the shadows appeared. He said to Satana:
"What are you going to play tonight?"
"Uh, forget it."
Satana glanced at the blade whip in Merlin's hand, she shrugged and threw a charming look at Merlin. She said frivolously:
"Your taste is too heavy, I can't stand it."
"Then don't say these bad things."
Merlin put away the shadow whip expressionlessly, and he showed a mild smile full of hypocrisy to Satana, and he said:
"When I'm in a bad mood, Miss Satana, you'd better not mess with me."
"Hahaha."
Behind the two, Damon, who was sitting on the chair, made a strange laugh, and the haze half-demon said:
"My dear sister, you finally meet an opponent... Why don't you try to kiss our friend Merlin and see if you can suck his life like you do with the bastards who are obsessed with you? Don't you like to do this the most?"
"cut."
Satana threw away the skull in her hand, then plucked her long white hair, held her shoulders with both hands, and leaned against the stone sculpture on the side, she said:
"He's not the type I like...I won't give him my kiss."
"What a coincidence."
Melin sat on the chair, glanced at Satana, then looked at her figure and face, and Melin showed a regretful expression:
"I'm not as good as my girlfriend, my ex-girlfriend, and even my rumored girlfriend who looks less than my rumored girlfriend, and my weird horns. What a pity, Miss Satana, you're not the kind I like."
After saying that, he ignored the fire-breathing eyes and was a little crazy Satana turned his head and looked at Damon sitting opposite him. He breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously:
"Mr. Damon, about the last time..."
"That's my fault."
Damon spread his hands to Merlin calmly, and he said:
"I apologize to you and your sister, and I also brought you a gift... Please accept this item."
Damon picked up a silver, quaint, and a little rusty from his hand, like a plate, but with a large hollowed-out ornament wheel in the middle and handed it to Merlin.
Half Demon watched Merlin take the Silver Wheel, and he shrugged and said seriously:
"Nayuras's Silver Wheel is one of the demonic artifacts. I think you should know the legend of the Red Can, Green Bell and Silver Wheel. You should also know the name and power of this set of demonic artifacts. This thing is my most precious collection. I think it should represent my apology."
"Will the grudge between us be written off in this way?"
"Silver wheel..."
Merlin felt the power of the demonic artifact in his hand. He sighed a little about the impermanence of fate. After collecting Yustu's green bells and Claytus' red cans in the early years, Merlin had been looking for the last of the three magic weapons for a while, but the silver wheel was vague and even the most basic legend was missing, which forced Merlin to give up the plan to find it.
But today, this thing came to him in such an unexpected way.
Meilin stroked Yinlun, and he glanced at Daimon. He was confident that the half-demon in front of him should not know that the other two magic weapons were in Meilin's hands, which gave Meilin the opportunity to bargain.
Merlin was silent for a moment, he said:
"If I remember correctly, this thing is a set. Only by collecting three things can you gain the power of the ancient three demons. If you use it alone, it will not be of any benefit except that it will cause disasters, even for half-demons like us."
"So, I mean, dude Damon, if you want to apologize, want my sister and I to forgive you, just this..."
Merlin put the silver wheel on the table and threw it back at Damon, saying:
“Not enough!”
"You are really greedy."
Damon seemed to have expected Merlin's reaction long ago. He reached out and held the silver wheel that was jumping on the table. He looked at Merlin and asked:
"So, what do you want? Say it."
“I don’t want much.”
Merlin pushed his glasses and said:
"Some news is enough."
Chapter completed!