25. The past is like smoke. Friends

"I was just talking to Miss Raven about you and her."

Merlin pushed the professor's wheelchair and walked in the quiet castle, Raven following him, still manipulated.

The Shapeshifter is dangerous, especially her camouflage abilities that are similar to or even better than those of the Skorls, and once she escapes, it will be difficult for Merlin to find her in the crowd again.

This time, he was able to catch Raven so easily, all because of the key to the mystery house.

"My story with Raven?"

The professor was still very weak, but he had a smile on his face, probably because Raven had come home, and he was in good spirits. He said to Merlin:

"There are a lot of stories between me and Raven, which one are you talking about?"

Merlin glanced at Raven, he waved his hand, once again closed Raven's ability to speak, and then he said to the professor in a serious manner:

"Miss Raven just told me that she thought about it for a long time to understand that what she likes is actually you, Professor, and this time she came back with me, as if to make up for the regrets of the past and tell you her inner feelings."

Raven had anger in her eyes, and she listened to Merlin's nonsense, but she couldn't refute it.

"Hehe, no kidding, Merlin. So much has happened between me and Raven, we have already crossed the line of pure love, our relationship... It's complicated. ”

The professor sighed, he didn't show too much excitement, he waved his hand, and the powerful spiritual power brushed through Raven's body, wiping out the invisible smoke that Merlin used to manipulate Raven.

The black smoke flew back into Merlin's palm, and the professor said:

"I can guarantee that Raven won't run away... She is in her own home, and she should have her freedom. ”

"Whatever you want, but I'm going to take a woman with me when I leave, whether she wants it or not."

Merlin frowned, glanced at the demon girl who was moving her hands and feet beside her, and said:

"Prison is where she belongs, and I will always keep an eye on her, and if she wants to do something dangerous, don't blame me for being vicious."

The Witch glared at Merlin as she snatched the place where Merlin was pushing the wheelchair, and Merlin let go of his hand and let the eccentric lady push the professor forward.

He followed and asked:

"I just said that you stole food at Professor Charles's house... And then what? ”

"My parents weren't the kind of stubborn parents."

The professor glanced at Raven, and he went on to tell the story between him and Raven, saying:

"Actually, at a very young age, I awakened to my abilities. My parents didn't dislike me because of this, even though it would cause a lot of embarrassing scenes when my abilities got out of control. But they still loved me, and they accepted Raven as they accepted me. ”

"Indeed."

Raven whispered:

"If it weren't for my adoptive parents, I would have died when I was still young. My adoptive parents are very nice and kind people, but unfortunately, there are too few people like them in this society. ”

"Raven and I lived at home, we went to school together, we took exams together, and we went to college together until our parents died in an accident."

The professor spoke of what had happened decades ago, his voice soothing and gentle:

"Since then, we've been taking care of each other, and of course, more often than not, Raven is taking care of me. When I was younger, I was a... Well, quite a showy person. ”

"yes."

Raven answered:

"I also like to use my biology knowledge to hook up with other girls."

"But every time you want to make progress with other girls, you're ruined, aren't you?"

The professor smiled and said:

"Every time, you still changed into me and quarreled with my girlfriend at the time, making me a person for the whole college years, and you are also a person, so many boys pursued you, but you rejected them."

"Do you dare to say you're not a couple?"

Merlin, who was listening from the sidelines, chimed in:

"Maybe you should have been together when you were young, if you had been braver then, there wouldn't have been all the behind."

"You know what?"

Raven said to Merlin fiercely:

"Don't judge our past, you're just a little hairy kid."

"But he's right, Raven."

The professor nodded, and with some regret he put his hand on Raven's hand, and said:

"At that time, I was indeed too cowardly... Missing out on the best times will also make you lose your life. ”

"That's not your fault, Charles."

Raven was silent for a moment, and then she said:

"That's fate. With such a fate, it is impossible for people like us to have a peaceful life. ”

"I guess the turning point in your beautiful story was after you met Magnit, right?"

Merlin looked back at the professor as he walked up the stairs, he had always wondered how the professor was in a wheelchair and how he went up and down the stairs.

As a result, Merlin looked back and saw that the professor's silver-white wheelchair, as if supported by an invisible hand, was suspended on the surface of the stairs little by little. It's not like a piano. Grey's mental power, this is pure mental power is too strong, enough to affect the performance of reality.

"Yes, after graduating from university, we traveled to Europe as biologists and philosophers... At that time, it was only ten years after the end of World War II, but the Cold War had already begun, and the situation in Europe as a whole was not very good. ”

Professor Charles said:

"Raven and I thought it was a normal trip, but there we met Eric, who was hunting down ***.hs all over the world. At that time, he was angry and hateful, but not as extreme as he is now... He also has a normal personality and temperament, which is difficult to approach, like a hedgehog, but also longs for real friends. ”

"He's never been the same as you, Charles."

Raven Says:

"I still don't understand how you became friends at the time... Perhaps, we should be grateful to Emma and Sebattisian, who has been dead for decades. Shaw, if it weren't for their pressure, you probably would have fallen out with Eric a long time ago. ”

"Emma? The White Queen? ”

Merlin asked:

"It's the woman who went with the X-Men to save the mutants, the one who can turn into diamonds?"

"Yes, that's her."

Raven Says:

"Once the villain, now a recluse, Emma was also a teacher at Charles's academy for a while, but her luck was bad, and after a mistake killed several students, Emma left."

"That's all in the past."

The professor waved his hand, and there was a hint of regret on his face, and he said:

"Emma is a powerful and wise mutant, and for people like her, fate is not destined to be smooth sailing. In short, back then, Emma was still very young and was tempted to join a... I don't know what to say about the organization, a mysterious organization, the Hellfire Club. She assists a powerful and evil mutant in her quest for Sebastian. Shaw, trying to turn the Cold War into a dangerous hot war. ”

"Eric, I and I, and a lot of like-minded companions stopped them."

The professor said:

"It was a glorious victory, and we joined together to prevent a world war that could break out at any moment."

"Let me guess."

Merlin narrowed his eyes, and he said:

"Cuban Missile Crisis, right?"

"Looks like you know a lot, Merlin."

The professor glanced at Merlin, and he said:

"Yes, it's the Cuban Missile Crisis. Eric, with his ability to control the magnetic field, forcibly prevented the fleets of the United States and the USSR from attacking each other... You may not know, Merlin, that the two sides were already firing on the ground... Even a dangerous nuclear bomb is ready. ”

"Eric saved the world, Merlin, and fought the aliens in 1994, but that's just one of the many good things he's done. It is true that he is not a purely good man, but he is not guilty of death either. ”

The professor said to Merlin:

"I hope you don't torture him too much, he has failed, and for someone like him, failure is a painful blow."

"We're not a bunch of sadists, professor."

Merlin said calmly:

"At least in isolated prisons, there are no egregious abuses. You're also welcome to visit your old friends once in a while, provided you and your students join us, of course... Fury will discuss this matter with you, so I won't get involved. ”

Merlin asked:

"I'm more curious, what's going on with the break between you and Magneto?"

"The seeds of their rupture were planted long before they met."

Raven opened the door for the Professor, and the three of them walked into the Professor's office, where the Witch stood beside the Professor, and she said to Merlin:

"Eric's life trajectory is very different from ours, he was not as lucky as I was when he was a child to meet Eric and my adoptive parents, he was a Jew, he was taken into a prisoner of war camp before World War II, he witnessed his parents die tragically in front of his eyes... Sebastian. Shaw, the madman, killed his mother in front of Eric in order to inspire Eric to be more powerful and to study him. ”

Raven sighed:

"It's not just ordinary people, there are villains among mutants... And their evil degree is much more dangerous than ordinary people. ”

"I guess I understand."

Merlin sat on the couch and nodded:

"Witnessing tragic events since childhood, growing up in malice, learning cruelty from the enemy and taking it as his life creed, soothing his inner anger with revenge, refusing to change, and thus giving birth to his own set of distorted worldviews and values, a sociopath standard growth process."

"I had the opportunity to get Eric back on track."

The professor said regretfully:

"But it's a pity that when he faced the enemy, he finally chose to return an eye for an eye."

"He also hurt Charles."

Raven crouched down and stroked Professor Charles's leg, and she said:

"Charles helped him get revenge, but he hurt him... These legs were lost because of Eric. That's why I ended up parting ways with him... Eric is too persistent, his eyes are always far away, which makes him always ignore the people around him who help him, he will always choose the most direct way to achieve his goals, and this will hurt the people around him. ”

"Don't you hate him? Professor. ”

Merlin looked at Professor Charles, and he asked:

"You suffered because of him, you lost your health because of him, do you really have no hatred at all?"

"Yes."

The professor calmly said to Merlin:

"I'm also a human being, Merlin, and my first reaction when I was hurt was hatred. I've fought against Eric for this, he's ashamed of me, he's had countless chances to kill me, but he's never really done it... He's a complicated man, and now, decades later, I don't hate him anymore. ”

"I, Raven, Eric, we've all been through so much, too much."

The professor closed his eyes, and he said with some tiredness:

"We are no longer the same as we used to be, we are no longer friends, but enemies with conflicting ideas, we have chosen different paths, but for the same purpose."

"We are still who we were. The things we've been through together have shaped our intricate relationships, and we've tried to understand each other in addition to confrontation, and we've got followers for each other, and we're no longer pure, and we can't sit down and talk about it like we used to. ”

The professor looked out the window at the night and said:

"I've heard Auroro say that you've expressed your displeasure with our affections, and I know that things between us seem like a joke to you, but... Some things are really complicated, and it's not something that can be easily distinguished from right and wrong. ”

"I'm sorry to get you involved in our complicated affairs, Mr. Merlin."

"Nothing."

Merlin Says:

"It's my job to deal with trouble. Okay, now that we're done with the story, we have to get down to business. ”

Merlin said to the professor and the Shapeshifter in front of him:

"After Magneto was imprisoned, S. L.D. is about to begin a thorough clean-up of the dangerous uncontrollable element of the Brotherhood of Mutants. The most extreme, hopelessly dangerous thugs, are put in a prison built specifically for them. ”

"It's going to be under the direct management of S.H.I.E.L.D., and we're going to need support from the X-Men for this."

Merlin looked at the professor, and a twinkle flashed in his eyes, and he said:

"Actually, we don't need you to do this, it's just a waste of time. But Professor, I think, you can understand why I'm here in person to talk to you about this..."

"I understand."

The professor's expression was a little downcast, and he said:

"If we want to live in peace with this society, if we want to take the first step towards integration..."

"We're going to have to show our sincerity, and what you're going to do for us may be different from what we're used to, but it's necessary and necessary."

"Yes, you're wise."

Merlin nodded, and he said:

"Just put this on a copy from a moderate mutant..."

"Vote for it."

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