"We're all doing well."
In the illusion created by the heart-shaped grass, Eric took a step forward.
He pulled the stool away and sat in the third direction of the table.
He looked at Merlin, then at his silent father, and he said:
"Charlie and I have a child, a boy."
"Really?"
Prince Njob, Eric's real father was full of surprise.
He reached out and held his son's wrist, and he said anxiously:
"You didn't lie to me, son."
"No, father, I don't."
Eric also held his father's hand, and he said seriously and frankly:
"We call him Little Riley, who is now in Wakanda, in your hometown and me."
"Uncle Techaka regards Little Riley as his grandson. If it weren't for our stop, he would even give him the title of the prince in advance."
Eric smiled at his father and said:
"I gave up that title, Dad, I gave up our power in Wakanda like you."
"well."
Njob's phantom smiled innocently, this Wakanda, who is 6 points similar to Eric, said:
"I have a grandson, it's great, the blood of the family has been inherited."
"More importantly, my Eric, you have your own life, you are not stuck with hatred... That's great."
He looked at Merlin again, and he said very sincerely:
"Thank you, Mr. Merlin."
"Thank you for giving my son a perfect life after I died."
Meilin picked up the teacup, but he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.
He seemed to be still curious about the existence of the scene in front of him.
It's not a dream.
But it is not realistic.
It was born based on the extension of Eric's thinking.
This seems like an illusory world, but it is extremely real.
The teacup in his hand still had a warmth, everything in the room was reshaped according to Eric's memory, but this illusion was limited to this room.
It is said that the Wakanda believe in Buster, the god of Black Panther.
Baster also appears as a goddess in Egyptian mythology. He is one of the legendary nine glorious gods of Egypt, that is, this is a strange space extending from the divine power of the Egyptian divine system.
Um...
Perhaps this is an extension of the underworld.
Who is the God of the Underworld in Egypt?
Orissis?
"After you leave, everyone misses you very much."
After saying something to his father, Eric turned his head to Merlin, who was deeply in deep thought, and said:
"Aunt May and Uncle Ben went to Wisconsin, and after they got home, they put away their sorrows. They became the head of the family like you."
"They took care of the sisters, Peter, Matt, they took away Daisy and went to Raccoon City to see Ava."
Eric said to Merlin:
"You don't have to worry about us, everyone has their own lives."
"Carol is now the guardian of his younger brothers and sisters, and he has taken over your position. She will also protect their safety."
"Carol?"
Merlin took a sip of tea, and he blinked, and said:
"I thought she would leave everything behind and return to the stars."
"She didn't."
Eric said:
"For a while, she was really not very comfortable with life on Earth, but later, she accepted Hill's invitation and often went to Raccoon City and occasionally stayed in the mysterious house."
"Oh, by the way, Carol goes to Josie's bar every day for a drink."
Eric blinked at Merlin, and he said maliciously:
"I heard that there are a lot of men trying to talk to her."
"Let her go."
Merlin shook his head, there was a smile on his face, and he said openly:
"If you meet her again, tell her for me, don't be too immersed in the past, and don't miss it if you meet a man you are moved."
"Are you kidding?"
Eric said in surprise:
"Do you think there are other men in this world that are better than you?"
"A person like Carol will not be able to settle down. She has the best, so why do you still have to look for those secondary ones?"
“Wow.”
Merlin shrugged, and he looked at Njob opposite the table, saying:
"Look at your son, how good you can speak."
Njob smiled without saying a word, just looking at the man who had grown up and became a responsible and courageous man with a look of relief.
As the prince of Wakanda, he knew very well what circumstances would he meet with his son in this form.
Eric must be excellent.
Otherwise, the stubborn Techaka would not have broken Wakanda tradition for him.
Being able to take heart-shaped grass is the highest honor a Wakanda man can get in his life.
"Bang"
The door behind Eric opened quietly.
He glanced at the door behind him, and in a trance he heard the call of Techara and the priests in the present world.
"I have to go now."
Eric stood up, leaning over to the two most important elders in his life, he said:
"I'm honored to see you again."
"I will continue my life, I will not let you down...you can rest in peace, too."
“Merlin…”
Eric walked to the door and looked back at Merlin, saying:
"Everyone is living a good life, everyone is starting a new life."
"But everyone misses you very much..."
"Stay moving forward."
Merlin reached out to put on his hood, and he said to Eric in a low tone:
"Maybe we will meet again in the future...waiting full of hope."
"Um."
Eric nodded.
He looked at his father again, and a smile appeared on his face, and he said:
"dad..."
"The last time we parted, we didn't have time to say goodbye..."
He waved his hand and shook his head at his father, whose eyes were red, and tears also flowed down his face.
He said:
"Goodbye, dad."
"Goodbye, son."
Njob waved his hand and watched his son disappear by the door.
But this illusion born based on Eric's spirit did not disappear. On the contrary, after the door was closed, there were still two people who had left in the room.
Njob wiped his eyes and looked back at Merlin.
He said in a bad tone:
"You, you snatched my son... He also treats you as his father!"
“Isn’t that better?”
Merlin said in a gentle tone:
"Don't that mean Eric is more lucky? There are two fathers in his life who care so much about him."
"yes."
A relief smile flashed on Njob's cold face.
He reached out toward Merlin, and he said:
"Thank you, Merlin."
"You're welcome."
The two of them held each other.
The next moment, the illusion was broken, and Njob's figure dissipated in front of Merlin's eyes.
But Merlin did not immediately return to the scorched earth of hell.
Instead, he appeared on an endless grassland.
On the edge of the quiet stars, the red sunset that stirs up like burning flames, sways like an aurora, beautiful, wild, and shocking.
In front of the plum forest, there was a low tree, and on the branch, a black cheetah was lying on it.
His whole body was dark without any miscellaneous hair.
The black panther's two green eyes were staring at him.
Deep, yet with a certain meaning.
With a hood and a ghost-like ghost, Merlin also tilted his head and looked at the black cheetah in front of him.
He was not afraid of the strange phenomenon in front of him.
He has lost everything and he has nothing to be afraid of.
A few seconds later, Merlin took a step back and leaned over slightly to the big black cat lying on the branch and shaking his tail boredly.
He said:
"Hello, Goddess Buster."
"Hello, Merlin Riley."
The black panther folded his claws and placed his head on his claws.
It yawned like a real big cat, and it lay lazily there, its mouth moving, as if a person was talking.
Ethereal, woman-like voice.
"I'll bring you a word for Orissis."
Black Panther Buster shook his tail and said calmly:
"Orissis needs you to do him a favor, in exchange, you can leave Hell in his Ghost Chariot, but you have to make contact with Orissis first..."
"The place you are in is strange, and even Orises can't do more for you."
"Um..."
Merlin raised his head suddenly, and he looked at Black Panther Buster, but did not answer immediately.
After a moment, he said helplessly:
"If it were a few days ago, I would be ecstatic when I heard this news, but now... something happened to me and the situation has changed again..."
"I can't leave hell yet, at least I can't."
"Oh, are you going to reject the request of the Nine Eternal God?"
Buster's tone became weird:
"Are you sure?"
"No, I don't mean to refuse."
Merlin shook his head and said to Black Panther:
"Switch to another reward."
"I'm willing to help, and I can guess what God Orissus needs to do to save his daughter who is trapped in this world, right?"
"I've seen her once."
"You are wise."
The black panther jumped down from the branch, and it sniffed the smell of ghosts on the plum forest.
It says:
"What do you want from Orissis?"
"What I want...is very simple."
Merlin stretched out his hand and placed it on the smooth fur of the black panther. He stroked Buster's head as he used to caress Gugu, and he said:
"Orisses can definitely give it to me."
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On the other side, Eric howled.
He tore open the heavy red sand covered with his body and suddenly sat up from the big pit that buried him.
He was panting.
The muscles in the chest were more exaggerated than before. Between breathing, there was also a blue light shining in his blood vessels, which was the power given to him by the heart-shaped grass.
"Eric, Eric!"
Techara quickly pulled his cousin out of the pit, patting Eric's shoulder, awakening his mind.
He had gone through his hand with a glass of water and handed it to Eric.
The latter took it into his hand and drank the cold water in big mouthfuls. As the water moistened the thirsty throat, his chaotic thoughts also calmed down.
He said to Techara happily:
"They are there! They are all!"
"them?"
Techara asked in surprise:
"Who else have you met besides your father?"
“Merlin.”
Eric said:
"I saw Merlin, and he was there too."
"No way."
Techara's eyes widened.
The Black Panther Prince draped a coat on his younger brother, and he said with some regret:
"This is the first time I have heard that after taking the heart-shaped grass, I will meet other people besides the ancestors of Wakanda."
"You must miss him very much, so he will appear in your spirit."
Eric shook his head silently, he did not answer this sentence.
He was thinking about what Merlin said as he left.
He said he would meet in the future...
This doesn't seem like comfort.
"Let's go, Su Rui has adjusted the armor for you."
Techara patted Eric on the shoulder and said:
"She also added a cool trigger to us and never had to carry a box anywhere."
3 days later, in the apartment in New York, Queens.
The Riley family members were reunited, and even Colson, Ava, who was far away in Raccoon City, and Daisy, who was far away in the Himalayas, rushed back.
Today is a big day.
Today is Peter Parker's birthday.
Today represents Peter Little has passed the age of 11 and entered his new life at the age of 12.
He grew up one year older.
The house was filled with gifts.
There were sent by several wizards from the Ministry of Magic of Europe.
There are also gifts from Colson, and from other friends who have a close relationship with Merlin.
There is also a farmer from Kansas.
Even the Rocket Raccoon and Groot who were far away from the stars brought carefully packaged gifts.
There are many, many things that can’t be put in the house, and there are even a few gifts in the trash can outside the apartment.
That's from Asgard.
and gifts from the White House and the World Security Council.
Of course, a large part of this was not sent for Peter.
They were just for Merlin's sake, but this did not prevent the reunion of the Riley family today.
These people could not sit in Mei's small house, so she had to ask Xuanlan to open the mysterious house and connect it to the living room of the house, which allowed everyone to have a place to sit.
Peter Little is very happy.
His birthday has never been so lively.
"I met Merlin a few days ago in a ceremony to communicate with the dead in Wakanda."
On the sofa in the mysterious house, Eric held a glass of wine and held his wife Charlie. He said to Carol, who was sitting on the other side, holding Little Riley and constantly shaking his shoulders:
"Merlin asked me to tell you that if you meet a good man, don't miss it..."
"That's what he said?"
Carol raised his head, plucked his hair, and she snorted, saying:
"He's really itchy."
"Will that ceremony allow you to see Merlin?"
Next to Carol, Lorna, who reached out to tease Little Riley, raised her head in surprise, and the green-haired girl said to Eric:
"Can I participate? I want to talk to Merlin, too."
"Uh...no."
Eric shrugged awkwardly, and said:
"Only the Wakanda people can do it, and only the royal family can do it."
"You are so closed."
Lorna curled her lips, she stopped saying anything.
Standing behind the sofa and holding a cup of tea, Raven pushed her glasses and took a sip of tea thoughtfully.
She looked back and saw that little Peter was sitting cross-legged on the ground, dismantling the gift, and screaming in surprise from time to time.
But no matter how fun or expensive the gifts were, the heavy vibrating glasses in the pocket of Little Peter's chest were never taken off.
That is the most precious treasure of the child.
This made Ruiwen feel a little relieved. She turned around and went to help Aunt Mei prepare tonight's dinner.
But Raven didn't notice it.
The moment she turned around, a faint blue current flashed away on the frame of the vibrating glasses that Peter put in his pocket.
Icarus, who has been sleeping for more than 6 months and has been declared severely damaged and cannot be repaired...
Chapter completed!