Wu Ming felt strange in his heart and couldn't help but fell silent for a while.
If Dave is considered the protagonist, Balthazar is at least the second male lead, so he shouldn't have died so early.
After thinking for a while, Wu Ming suddenly thought of the role of Balthazar in the movie.
In The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Balthazar, the second male lead, is mainly used to set off the protagonist and lead him on the road to magic.
But now, the emergence of Wu Ming has, in a sense, completely replaced Balthazar.
If this was a change to the script, Wu Ming would have interacted a lot with the protagonist, and would have already surpassed people like Balthazar. Perhaps, from another perspective, Wu Ming is the real second male lead, and Balthazar has become the box lunch deliverer.
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"If this is the case, it is not impossible for Balthazar to directly receive the lunch box. Hehe, it is really interesting. Is this a change in the script? What role do I play in this new script?"
Wu Ming touched his chin, as if he thought of something interesting.
After all, Wu Ming is an out-and-out outsider to this world.
If it is true as he thinks, it means that the world itself does not reject him, which is excellent news for Wu Ming.
"Teacher Wu Ming, how about we make a deal?"
Dave didn't know when he had stood up, still holding an old iron box in his hand.
"What deal?"
Wu Ming looked at the iron box in Dave's hand, where he felt the fluctuation of magic power, indicating that the things inside were not simple.
Under Wu Ming's attention, Dave did not speak, but opened the dusty box.
The moment the box was opened, colorful magic lights flashed through, and inside was a red magic book.
"Teacher Balthazar, you are very defensive about others. But I think you are trustworthy. Now, I will use this magic book to make a transaction with you."
As Dave spoke, he handed the box and the magic book inside to Wu Ming.
Wu Ming looked at Dave quietly. He did not choose to take it, but smiled and said: "As expected of Merlin's successor, Balthazar is very guarded against me. He even wrote a letter asking me to take care of you before he was sealed.
Now I understand, what he wants is not for me to take care of you, but to stay as far away from you as possible!"
At this moment, Wu Ming restored Balthazar's true thoughts bit by bit through the real images.
Originally, he thought that Balthazar wrote to him because he wanted to take care of Dave and prevent Dave from being wasted in the past ten years.
But now, Dave said personally that before Balthazar was sealed, he was asked to leave directly, so the meaning changed.
While writing a letter to himself, Dave kept his name anonymous.
This is not that Balthazar has water in his head, but his real intention, which was never to entrust Dave to him. On the contrary, Balthazar is very wary in his heart, and even does not hesitate to use the magic book in the antique shop.
He wanted to contain Wu Ming. From the beginning to the end, he had no intention of entrusting Dave to his job. He wrote the letter just to get Wu Ming into the game and to take Dave out of the game.
"Starting with the help letter, using the magic book as a lead, I jumped into the game from the outside. I also told Dave sternly that he should hide from me incognito, and use the elemental magic book as a trump card to save his life."
Wu Ming sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Balthazar, I am really convinced! You must not trust me so much that you actually set up this chess game and let me have no doubts for ten years. If you hadn't sought death yourself, I'm afraid
I really want to be kept in the dark by you. It’s a pity that God is not as good as God. You underestimated Dave’s gambling nature and underestimated his destiny!”
With a sigh, Wu Ming took out the elemental magic book from the iron box.
With the elemental magic book in hand that he had been searching for for many years, Wu Ming did not feel any complacency and said: "Ten years ago, when I received Balthazar's letter asking for help, I thought I had seen through Balthazar's thoughts. Hehe,
Ten years, exactly ten years. Only today did I realize that I was actually smart but I was fooled by my cleverness! And you, who are also a good actor, were able to bury this matter deep in your heart, so that I didn’t notice it at all!
"
The further he went on, the colder Wu Ming's voice became, and the surrounding temperature actually dropped.
"Teacher, do you think I deceived you?"
Dave shook his head slightly and said, "No, actually, the one who really has no choice here is me."
"What should I say?" Wu Ming frowned slightly and looked at Dave in front of him.
"Teacher, some people are born for magic, like you, and like me. On that day, if I had listened to Balthazar instead of following my intuition, I might have missed the chance of magic. So,
I have hidden this secret for ten years, because it took me ten years to teach you this secret!"
Dave's words were somewhat hesitant at first, but later he became impassioned.
Wu Ming watched this scene quietly, running his fingers across the cover of the Book of Elements.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to say that Dave was right.
The reason why Wu Ming was willing to wait ten years and teach Dave ten years in this world was not simply a matter of falling in love at first sight, nor was it because he wanted to be a grandfather.
Interest, everything is interest.
Dave has interests that make Wu Ming excited. If Dave had taken out this Book of Elements when they first met, he would 100% not waste his time on Dave.
"Teacher, you love magic so much and long to be powerful. If you were me, what would you choose? Hand over the magic book and never have anything to do with magic. Or hide the magic book and become another mage's apprentice?"
Dave's tone was low and he whispered: "Teacher, I have no choice. I don't want to say goodbye to magic, so I hid this magic book, because only in this way can I learn from you."
"Actually, you can give it to me and I will still..."
Wu Ming was only halfway through his words when he couldn't say any more.
In the past ten years, he has taught Dave for an hour every day, which can be regarded as semi-teaching and entertainment. If this profound book of elements fell into the hands of Wu Ming, how could he have time to teach Dave magic? He would have gone into seclusion long ago.
Gone to practice penance.
Unable to deceive himself, Wu Ming could only change the topic and said: "Dave, now that you have taken out this book, are you not afraid that I will kill many people?"
Speaking of this, Wu Ming carefully observed Dave's eyes.
To be honest, it is impossible for Wu Ming to kill many people. This is not because of his ten-year friendship with Dave, but because he knows that Dave is not simple.
In the movie The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dave at the last moment has been beaten into a dog by Morgana who escaped from the seal.
But in this situation, Dave awakened to the legacy from Merlin and suppressed it in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Wu Ming is not willing to break up, otherwise if Dave awakens directly, his end will not be much better than Morgana.
Of course, Dave doesn't know this, so this is also a test.
"Afraid, why not?"
Dave didn't know what Wu Ming was thinking, so he could only admit: "I'm scared, but I'm willing to give it a try. Otherwise, if Balthazar is dead and you choose to leave, mentor, I won't be able to do it now."
To avoid Horvath’s pursuit.”
"When you grow up, being able to have this awareness means that you have grown up!"
Wu Ming nodded noncommittally, saying that he helped Dave before because of Balthazar, the magic master.
Then after Balthazar died, Dave would have no previous value.
Dave was not confused by these ten years of getting along, and chose to directly take out the Book of Elements that had been hidden for ten years. This shows that Dave has learned how to choose.
Life is a multiple-choice question. No matter whether it is right or wrong, you must write the answer.
Wu Ming was very pleased at this moment. He didn't think that Dave was deceiving himself by hiding the magic book. Because if the two parties were switched, he would do the same thing. The only blame he could blame was that he didn't notice it.
"Three months. This book is of high value. I can keep you worry-free for three months. During this period, if Horvath comes to your door, I will help you stop him."
"Half a year, the Book of Merlin was originally given to you, half a year."
"The Book of Merlin!"
After hearing Dave take out all the books of Merlin and trade them with him, Wu Ming also thought for a moment.