At midnight, Carol. Danvers dragged his tired body and drove out of Queens alone.

The children, Jin Wan, stayed at Mei's house, and after the loss of an important person, the family always had to stay together.

Mei is sad and she also needs her children to support her.

Carol was also retained, but she couldn't stay there.

It's not that Carol isn't willing to share her grief with Merlin's relatives, it's just that she has more important things to do.

Horus's transformative black sedan silently moved forward in the night.

There is no need for Carol to drive, the car will take her to her destination.

In the dim light of the carriage, Carroll leaned back in the driver's seat, looking out the window at the quiet night, she was very new to the city.

Even when she was still living on Earth, she rarely came here.

She knew there was a bar, and that was where she and Merlin fell in love.

But she doesn't want to go there right now.

She felt empty in her heart, as if her thoughts had been emptied, and she couldn't lift her spirits even if she was slow to do anything.

As soon as she closed her eyes, the image of Merlin dying in her arms came to her mind, like a nightmare.

"You're finally honestly saying you love me..."

Carol reached out and touched the orange glowing block of ice hanging from her neck, a fleeting tenderness on her face.

She held the impermeable ice cube.

She whispered:

"It's just late..."

"You just walked so easily, and then left everything to me to clean up... Merlin, you really are..."

"Merlin has always cared about you, Ms. Carroll."

Horus, who had been moving forward in silence, suddenly spoke:

"I've seen him write to you, and he always has a smile on his face, and I'd be hard-pressed to see Merlin's smile on anything else."

"Say no more, robots."

Carol sighed, curled up in the driver's seat, as if asleep, and whispered:

"You say this, it only makes me more uncomfortable."

"Say something else, like the stories you remember about Merlin."

"I haven't seen him for more than ten years, it's like the most familiar stranger, alas, in my life, it is estimated that it will be difficult to meet someone like Merlin again."

"Tell me, robot, let me hear it."

"Okay."

Horus projected a blue projection in front of the bridge, and he whispered:

"If you're willing to listen... Mother of the House. ”

"Huh?"

Horus's change of title brought a smile to the corner of Carol's mouth, and she shook her head, and said:

"Say it."

Ten minutes later, Horus stopped smoothly in front of the mystery house, and the car door opened automatically.

Dressed in a long trench coat and wearing a baseball cap, Carol walks to the door of the mystery house with the box in her arms.

Before she could knock, the door opened.

Dressed in a black and white tuxedo and wearing a monocle, Xuanlan stood at the doorway, and a warm light came from the mysterious house, shining in a circle of light behind Xuanlan.

She looked at Carol in front of her, and Carol was looking at her.

The super-perception from Ms. Marvel makes Carol realize that what is standing in front of her is not a real life.

And I don't know if it's an illusion, Carol always felt that the cheeks of the woman in front of her were somewhat familiar, and besides, she seemed to have some unique relationship with Merlin.

The two women looked at each other, and there seemed to be an invisible aura unfolding, which made Horus, who was parked on the side of the road, a little surprised.

The car started silently and drove into the garage of the mystery house from the other side.

"Hello, Ms. Carroll."

After a few seconds, a smile appeared on Xuanlan's face, and she turned slightly to the side in a "please" gesture.

She whispered:

"Please come in."

Carol nodded, and stepped into the mysterious house in front of her.

She walked down the textured carpet and followed Xuanlan into the hall, where Carol sat on the couch by the burning fireplace.

Xuanlan shook her handbell, and soon ghost servants dressed in medieval clothes brought refreshments to the guests.

Carol looked at the décor of the mystery house, feeling as if she had stepped into a medieval castle, and she held up her teacup, which was just the right amount of tea.

After sipping a cup of tea, Carol looked at Xuanlan, who was sitting across from her.

She said:

"I... I'm here to deliver something. ”

"Merlin left something behind, I asked Lorna, and she told me that you are Merlin's most trusted person, and that you have been taking care of Merlin's private life."

"I haven't been back to Earth in years, and I don't know much about Merlin's friends and social circle."

"So I think maybe it's best to leave these things to you to deal with."

Carol pushed the box in front of her forward, pushing it in front of Xuanlan's eyes.

The latter opened the box with her lace white-gloved fingers, and she saw the things in the box, and Carol had been observing Xuanlan's expression.

After a few seconds, she couldn't help but ask:

"I can tell from what the kids tell me that you and Merlin should have a close relationship..."

"Merlin is the master of the Mystic House and my master, he theoretically owns all of me, and the sole purpose of my existence is to serve him, take care of him, and fulfill all his requests."

Xuanlan's tone was calm, and she stroked the things in the box without raising her head:

"Does my relationship with Master Merlin bother you? Ms. Carroll. ”

"Nope."

Carol shook her head, sipping her tea.

She said:

"I don't care, I just think you're a little too calm when you see Merlin's relics."

"You're sad just because you call them relics."

Xuanlan picked up the broken wand Lola, she looked at the wand damaged by the huge energy with regret, and she whispered:

"I wouldn't call it that..."

"It's just that Master Merlin has deposited something with me."

Xuanlan took out the broken bone remains from the box, and the blood-bone cane known as the "Power of Saint Van Gonza" shattered into several pieces during the battle.

But fortunately, the most important black skull cane head is still intact.

"I'll fix them."

Xuanlan Says:

"Store them in this house and wait for Merlin's master to take them again."

"He's dead..."

Carol closed her eyes and said:

"Dead in my arms, I can feel the passage of my soul and the collapse of my body, he will not come back, Xuanlan."

"That's just your opinion."

The spirit lady continued to collect the contents of the box unconcernedly, and there was no stubbornness in her tone.

But that calm expression represented her indestructible cognition at this time.

She didn't think Merlin was dead.

Xuanlan stood up and shook her handbell, and soon a ghost servant sent a special containment box.

She placed the broken wand Lola in the box.

Then he picked up a few broken blades with his fingers, and the cold light shone on the blades, which were fragments of the silver sword Vlad that Merlin had carried with him.

There was also a silvery-white, scorched metal inside the chest, which shone with a peculiar light in the light of the mystery house.

Ulukin.

Originating from Asgard, the Divine Domain, it is a fragment of the Halberd of Wrath.

Xuanlan put the fragments of these weapons in different categories, and said to Carol, who was sitting in front of her:

"I've heard about you from Master Merlin, you were a soldier before you became a transhuman, you never touched the mysterious world, you don't understand what those powers can do."

Xuanlan chuckled as she reached out to open Merlin's magic pocket.

With a soft groan, Buster, the only vibranium longsword still intact, was taken out and placed in another box.

Xuanlan continued:

"But I know that I was born in a world you can't imagine, and I've seen too many incredible things in my life."

"Master Merlin told me before he left that he would definitely return."

Xuanlan reached out and brushed her hand on the surface of the wriggling weak symbiote Beowulf, and she looked up at Carol thoughtfully.

She said:

"He will definitely come back, if you really love him, then wait with hope, you can live a long time..."

"You'll always have plenty of time."

The housekeeper stopped talking, and she didn't pay any more attention to Carol.

She sorted out what's left in the box.

The orange seed of power originating from the Three Palaces Demon was placed in a special crystal bottle.

There is also the demon knife Muramasa that Merlin used to deal with Wolverine Logan during the Great War, a weapon that should theoretically be returned to the X-Men, but Genlan does not intend to do so.

She was to keep the blade that could kill the healer.

Laura, the kid might need it in the future.

"Jingle Bell"

When Xuanlan lifted the box, something fell on the table.

It was a quaint, bronze-colored ring embellished with a gemstone.

"Kabai..."

Carol held out her finger and picked up the ring and placed it in front of her eyes.

She looked at the ring, which she had given to Merlin in the first place, the ring she had received from the Cree to absorb energy, store it, and fight back.

It's been so long since Merlin didn't need it.

But he still carried the ring with him.

"You're right."

Carol looked at the ring in her hand, a smile tugging at the corner of her mouth.

She took the ring back to her finger, then spread it out and looked at it in front of her eyes.

She whispered:

"What I see creates nightmares in my mind and prevents me from looking at things from another angle."

"I should probably be hopeful, as firm as you are... After all, who made me have to fall in love with a man who could magic? ”

Carol smiled and ruffled her long hair.

She stood up, put on her baseball cap again, and said to Xuanlan:

"I won't bother you, I'm going to go back and see those kids... Merlin is gone, they're going to need me. ”

Xuanlan nodded.

She didn't get up to deliver Carol, she searched for something of value in Merlin's magic pocket, but there were only a few daily necessities left in it, except for the coo's cat food.

"Wait."

Just as Carol was about to walk out the door, Xuanlan called out to her.

Carol turned around and saw that Xuanlan was holding a special thing in her hand, and the housekeeper said to Carol:

"There's one more thing that looks like a coordinate."

"Huh?"

Carol turned around and took the gadget in Xuanlan's hand, she picked it up and looked at it over and over again, Carol's expression became strange.

She said to Xuanlan:

"It's the Skrull's spaceship's communicator, and there's an activated coordinate on it, and it looks like a ship is leaving the solar system... How could Merlin have this in his hands? ”

"Because Nick. . . Fury was replaced by the Skruls. ”

Xuanlan suddenly realized and said to Carol:

"Merlin mentioned this to me, perhaps, to be replaced by Nick. Fury, just locked up in that spaceship. ”

"Is that so?"

Carol frowned, she put away the communicator, and said:

"Well, it looks like I'm going to be on a trip to the stars recently."

She raised her head and smiled at Xuanlan, she stretched out her hand towards Xuanlan, and she said:

"In my absence, the children will ask you."

"I raised them."

Xuanlan looked at Carol's hand, and did not die and reached out to shake it.

She whispered:

"You're just a stranger to them."

"Carol, you're just their brother's ex-girlfriend, and if you want their approval, you really have a lot of work to do... Also, Miss Elsa..."

"Something happened to Elsa."

Carol withdrew her hand, and she said ominously:

"I'll take care of it, don't worry, and thank you for your hospitality."

With that, Carol walked out of the mystery house, where Horus was already waiting for her.

Xuanlan stood in the doorway, watching the black car disappear at the end of the street, she turned around, closed the door, and then picked up the items on the table and walked into Merlin's storeroom.

The housekeeper placed the items on the shelves in the pantry and wiped them clean.

After a few minutes, she turned and prepared to leave.

But just as she opened the door, Xuanlan suddenly saw the three magic weapons that were placed in the corner.

Green bells, silver wheels, and red cans.

The appearance of these three magic weapons is no different from before, but after being used by Merlin, the power of the seal has been drained, and only the seal is left here.

If nothing else, after 200 years, the three ancient demons who have gone crazy enough will be sealed back here.

But for 200 years, these three things are no different from ordinary collectibles.

However, Xuanlan stared at the three magic weapons, and a trace of doubt flashed in her eyes.

She stepped forward, crouched there, and reached out to touch the three things.

She could feel some of the reflux of magic echoing through the three magic weapons, outlining an eerie howl.

Moreover, in the contact of her fingers, Xuanlan could still hear the screams of the Ancient Three Demons, as if she was experiencing something painful.

"No, they're not owner..."

A hint of doubt flashed in Xuanlan's eyes.

But the next moment, that light turned into a surprise.

After a few seconds, Xuanlan stood up, patted the dust that didn't exist on her body, and pushed open the door and walked out of the storage room.

She seemed to be quite happy, and her steps were brisk.

He even hummed a ballad with a strange tone.

With Xuanlan swaying her body into the deeper part of the mystery house, in the fluttering of the song, the entire mystery house disappeared silently in the night.

It's as if it never existed.