"Ahhh

Under the dim street lamp, a sudden wail alarmed the foraging birds, and the little ones flapped their wings and fled in panic.

In the flicker of the light, an illusory door suddenly opened in the air, and it lasted less than a second, and a messy creature fell from the flickering door.

"Bang"

Merlin fell to the grass in embarrassment, and the not-so-strong impact made Merlin get up quickly, he patted the grass clippings on his body, picked up his wallet from his feet, and counted the money in the wallet.

Then he struck his middle finger towards the empty sky.

He was thrown into the eerie air by Mephistopheles and fell for a full 15 minutes!

It felt like he had fallen from outer space to Earth, and for a moment, Merlin thought he was going to fall to pieces.

"Where is this?"

Merlin shook his head to calm himself down. He stood on the grass and looked around, it was a quiet place, there were no signs to give him more hints, it looked like a park in the city.

He walked along the road, and after a few minutes, he finally came to the side of the park, and in front of him, there was a bustling and busy traffic.

Merlin found a signpost as fast as he could, and the area marked on it made his eyes widen.

"New York? Brooklyn? ”

He looked back at the city behind him, and he suddenly felt like he was in a different world.

A few days ago, Vico took him from the northeastern state of the United States to the southeasternmost coast of Florida overnight, and he thought it would be fantastical enough.

But now, in just 15 minutes, he was thrown from Texas to New York City.

"It's... The power of magic? ”

Merlin took a deep breath, he looked left and right, then lowered his head, blending in with the surging crowd around him.

He hadn't forgotten Mephistopheles' reminder that the Great Devil must have had his own considerations for helping him, and perhaps this was part of the Devil's evil plan. But Mephistopheles said that there are many "sons" of the Three Palaces in the city, which makes Merlin feel like the most dangerous hunting ground in front of New York.

He did not intend to hunt down his "fellow citizens" as the devil suggested.

But he also didn't want to make himself the target of those half-demons. Over the past year or so, Merlin has learned a lot of skills to survive in unfamiliar places, and now, all he has to do is to hide in the city as fast as he can.

He didn't intend to hurt anyone, but it definitely didn't hurt to know more about the Three Palace Demons.

On top of that, he was also tired after a long journey, and it was time to find a place to rest.

"Just stop here for a while."

Merlin stopped in the New York night, in front of a street-side newsstand. He took out a piece of money and said to the boss, who was reading the newspaper:

"A bottle of water, a newspaper, thank you. Also, I would like to ask if I want to find a temporary place to live here, do you have any recommendations? ”

Merlin's question made the boss look up, and he glanced at Merlin, then threw out a newspaper, and turned back to fetch him water, muttering:

"If you have identification, and you have money, then Brooklyn is for you. If you don't have one and you have some gadgets that the cops don't like, then I'd suggest you head to Hell's Kitchen, where you're definitely welcome to wear sunglasses in the middle of the night. ”

"Oh, Hell's Kitchen?"

Merlin picked up the newspaper, twisted the water bottle in front of the boss, and drank a bottle of water with a grunt, and he snorted:

"Sounds like a good place, thanks."

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Merlin is trying to find a place in New York's most chaotic neighborhood, thousands of miles away in Maine, and another person is looking for any clues about Merlin.

And he's pretty close to Merlin's last secret.

"Aggressive"

At night, under the lighthouse of Port Ci'en, in the slightly chilly sea breeze, the lighthouse keeper Tom. Curry opened the door and saw a tall, aloof, leather trench coat black man standing in the cold wind outside the door.

Nick. Fury took his papers out of his bosom and put them in front of Tom's eyes, and said:

"Senior Agent of the Strategic Science Corps, Nick. Fury. Mr. Tom, I've come to you for some information. ”

Tom glanced at Fury's papers, he looked at the uneasy guy in front of him with a little vigilance, and said:

"Tell me outside the door, my son just fell asleep."

"Yes, you can."

Fury turned to the side, took off his glasses, and said to Tom:

"Don't worry, sir, it won't take you too long."

Moments later, Tom and Agent Frey, dressed in a different suit, sat at a table and chair on the dock not far from the lighthouse, and by the light of the pier, Agent Frey placed several hand-drawn images of the characters in front of Tom's eyes.

Tom could tell at a glance that it was Merlin.

Although the drawing is not very clear, and some details are slightly wrong, the outline of that face is definitely Merlin.

"You know him, don't you?"

The change in Tom's expression could not hide from the experienced Fury, who had been observing Tom, and he said in a deep voice:

"This young man's name is Merlin, and he has been shown to be involved in at least three paranormal events, and our experts believe that Mr. Merlin is likely to be responsible for those three paranormal occurrences."

In other words, he's dangerous, maybe not instinctively, but there's no doubt something about him that has to be taken seriously. Allowing him to move freely would be dangerous for himself or for those around him. ”

"Therefore, Mr. Tom, if you have seen him, tell me where he is. Trust me, it's for his good. ”

Tom didn't answer right away, he looked at Fury.

This handsome lighthouse keeper can be favored by the queen of Atlantis, definitely not only because of his once outstanding sunny appearance, Tom is a wise man, but also a man of affection, he will never tell Merlin's whereabouts to the agent in front of him, not to mention, it also involves his precious son.

So, Tom put it another way, and he asked softly:

"Mr. Fury, do you mean, Merlin is a bad guy? What bad things did he do? ”

"I didn't say he's a bad guy, Mr. Tom."

Fury heard something else in Tom's words, so he explained:

"My expert believes that Lord Merlin is likely to have been the victim of a paranormal phenomenon as well. Believe me, such situations were not uncommon in the past, and we have dealt with a lot of such incidents from after World War II to the present. Ordinary people will always subconsciously ask for help after encountering supernatural events, and we are here to help them. ”

"We're going to look for them, we're going to take them in, and finally, we're going to protect them."

"As for Mr. Merlin, his situation is more complicated."

Fury took out several copies of the file from the box he was carrying with him and handed it to Tom, and as Tom flipped through the file, Fury said:

"We first noticed Merlin because of an explosion in Chicago where a bad crook fell victim to it."

"The second time, a year ago, in Central City, Mr. Merlin used his uncontrollable forces to break through the collapsed train tunnel and save more than 200 people."

"The third time, half a month ago, was outside the port of mercy, not far from here. Stark Industries' freighter is hit by a storm at night without warning, and several crew members are seriously injured, and Merlin and another young man are said to have rescued the wounded. But what surprised us the most was..."

"In recent times, there have been no storms at all."

Tom said what Fury didn't say, and as a lighthouse keeper, it was his responsibility to predict the storm.

But in recent times, he has not observed any signs of storms at all.

"So, I think you should understand our concerns, too."

Fury sighed and said to Tom:

"There is a long time between the three events, but there is no doubt that some of the strength in Mr. Merlin is also growing. If he is allowed to continue to walk alone, maybe the next time I receive a report of casualties from a meteorite attack on the city. Thousands of people will die as a result of that sudden disaster. ”

"Human life, this is a very serious matter."

"Tom, if you know something, then you should tell me!"

Fury accentuated his tone, and he could see that Tom was hesitant, but just as Fury was about to press again, the large cell phone he was carrying with him rang.

Fury smiled apologetically at Tom, then stepped aside and put the large brick-like thing to his ear.

"Yes, I'm here, following the trail of number 89084. What did you say? Dr. Pym hit Minister Carson? ”

Agent Free's expression turned serious, and he said to the other end of the line:

"Stop him! Don't let him go! Inform Chief Carter and Chief Pierce, and I'll be back at once! ”

Faced with another urgent matter, the agent turned around and walked over to Tom, took his business card out of his pocket, and placed it in front of Tom's eyes.

He put away the file and said to Tom:

"Mr. Tom, I hope you will think about what I have just said. You're a really good person, you're kind to people, the people here love you, and you don't want them to suffer bad luck, right? ”

"If you think of anything, please contact me through this number... Finally, I'm really here to help Mr. Merlin. Trust me! ”

With that, the resolute agent picked up the box and quickly left the port.

Standing on the dock and watching Fury's figure disappear into the night, Tom shook his head and turned back to his own lighthouse.

The father, who had been through a lot, lay down in front of his son's bed, and he looked at the sleeping little Arthur, he reached out, took the silver trident pendant from his pocket, and carefully placed it next to little Arthur's bed.

Just before Agent Frey arrived, Vico the Undersea had just come to visit him.

The indifferent undersea man didn't say much, except that he came at the request of Atlanta, and that in the future he would teach Arthur to use his abilities, and that he would protect Arthur until adulthood, protecting Atlanta's son from other forces.

This made Tom let go of his long-standing worries.

It also shows that Merlin did what he promised, and Tom believed Merlin more than the agent.

As for where Merlin has gone now?

Vico didn't say it, Tom didn't ask, but he was definitely alive.

I wish that kind-hearted young man who has suffered bad luck a smooth journey.

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On the other side, on the distant ocean side, in an upscale apartment on Baker Street in London.

Eleven-year-old Hermione is playing a game with her cat in her room.

Dressed in a small denim suit, with sunglasses and a children's cowboy hat on her head, she knelt on the ground like a frail patient, and said to the kitten behind her with a bewildered face:

"I've opened the tunnel... I saved you, let's go. ”

"Don't tell anyone else you've seen me, lovely Miss Hermione, please help me keep my name, my secret."

But the cat looked at its little master with a confused expression, and it couldn't understand what the little master was doing.

Obviously, this quirky little girl is imitating the scene when Merlin turned into a black mist and blasted open the tunnel that day.

She was the only two of all the people rescued who knew Merlin's true identity, and she was the only one who saw Merlin save everyone.

Although she hadn't seen Merlin since then, as an unsung hero who saved more than 200 people and quietly left in the sun, Merlin's status in Hermione's heart seemed to be high to a certain level, and she was simply the true embodiment of a hero in the minds of all children.

"Oh, it's boring!"

No matter how many fun games are played, children will get bored, not to mention, for Hermione, in 2 months, she will enter middle school.

That was definitely not a day worth looking forward to for Hermione, who had been arranged for her life trajectory since she was a child.

She had already seen the existence of the other side of the world, those fascinating stories in the darkness, and she even participated in them herself, so how could Hermione be willing to continue to be an ordinary person?

"Perhaps, I should go to the United States to find Merlin! Maybe he'll teach me how to use magic. ”

A thought crossed Hermione's mind, and it became more and more irrepressible.

"Bang"

Just as the little girl was about to pack her clothes to leave home, a knock startled her.

Hermione turned her head and saw a gray owl flapping its wings, hovering outside the window of her house, and in the owl's talons, holding a letter.

"Wow!"

Hermione exclaimed, but she was not afraid, she climbed into bed, opened the window for the owl, and then carefully removed the letter from its paws, and took a small bag of jerky from her own snack and fed it to the meek and clever owl.

Hermione opened the envelope, which had been sealed in red wax, and inside was a strange letter of admission. It is written in the most beautiful font. Just the head of the envelope had already attracted little Hermione's attention.

"Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry"

"Headmaster: Albus. Dumbledore (President of the International Confederation of Magic, President of the British Association of Wizards, First Class Wizard of the Order of Merlin)"

"Wow!"

Hermione let out another scream of surprise and anticipation, and she hurriedly looked down.

"Dear Hermione. Simple. Miss Granger: "

"We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Enclosed is a list of required books and magical materials. Your semester is scheduled to start on September 1. We will be waiting for your owl to hear back by July 31. ”

"Vice-Principal: Minerva. Sincerely, McGonagall. ”

Hermione read the letter almost word for word, her voice getting louder and louder, and by the end she was almost cheering to finish.

This child is already in extreme excitement, she has known since she was a child that she will never become a doctor like her father and mother in this life... Her life will definitely be wonderful! Now, it seems, she guessed right.

"Ah, it's all good luck from Mr. Merlin!"

"From today onwards, I'm also a wizard!"