53. News from hell
You can keep a straight face at me and blame me for sitting back and watching your favorite Elsa leave. β
In the afternoon, at the table at home, Merlin placed a pizza on the table, and he looked at Lorna, who was feasting, and then at Raven, who was sitting in a chair with a blank face, like a wooden man.
He said to Raven with a little headache:
"But you can't skip a meal... You're not a kid anymore, Raven, you can tell me if you have any grievances. β
"Hmph."
Raven turned her face away from Merlin, and Lorna looked up, wiped the jam from her mouth, and said to Merlin:
"Raven just wasn't hungry, she wasn't afraid to eat."
The little girl said:
"At noon today, Auroro's fiancΓ© came to see her, and then invited us to a big dinner, there were big lobsters, and Raven ate several, and she was full."
"I see."
Merlin nodded knowingly, no wonder when he sent Liana over this afternoon, there were so many luxury cars parked in the parking lot of Xavier Academy, it turned out that His Royal Highness the Prince had come to see his future queen.
"What about you?"
Merlin smiled and slice the pizza and put a small part of it on Lona's plate, he patted Lona's head and said:
"Haven't you eaten enough?"
"I ate it too."
Lorna, rolling up the pizza, said to Merlin:
"But in the afternoon it was an energy control practice session, and it was tiring to manipulate the magnets, so I need to replenish some energy now."
"Okay, then eat more."
Merlin pushed his share of fruit salad in front of Lorna, who sat down in his chair and threw a bone at Frank's feet, then looked at Lorna and Raven, and said:
"Has anything happened at school lately?"
"Yes."
Lorna took a bite of the pizza and said with great interest:
"A few days ago, a girl from Canada was sent to school, it was sent by Logan, that girl's ability is very strange, she can temporarily absorb other people's abilities, so that they can become weak ordinary people in a short time, everyone is afraid of her, and they gave her a nasty nickname, they call her 'Rogue'. But Raven and I weren't afraid of her, and we invited her to lunch. β
"Oh? Absorb ability? β
Merlin was surprised and said:
"This is a very rare ability, what is the girl's name?"
"Mary."
Raven picked up the spoon and stirred her salad, and said coldly:
"But Mary's abilities are gone, and she's an ordinary person now."
"Huh?"
Merlin looked at Raven suspiciously, and he said:
"What's going on? Mutants' abilities shouldn't suddenly disappear, right? β
"It didn't disappear suddenly!"
Lorna, waving her spoon, said to Merlin:
"It was the night before yesterday that Raven and I were awakened while we were sleeping, it was Mary who screamed, she seemed to have encountered something terrible, but by the time we rushed over with Auroro and Jean, Mary was already unconscious, she seemed to have been attacked by someone, but she was not hurt."
"When she woke up the next day, her abilities were gone!"
"Attacked? Or in Xavier Academy? β
Merlin frowned, and he asked:
"Didn't the professor find the attacker?"
"Nope."
Raven said with a lack of interest:
"Auroro suspects that it was done by an insider, in recent days, the teachers of the school have been secretly investigating the suspicion of the students, but I think it is definitely not an insider, with the perception of the professor, no one can hide that he attacked his students. I suspect that there may have been some changes in Mary's own body. β
"Her abilities are inherently unstable, and she can't control them herself. It's not impossible to disappear temporarily because of some stimulus. β
Lorna had little interest in these speculations, and after Raven had finished speaking, she said to Merlin:
But Mary herself was happy, she didn't want that ability, that ability kept her out of contact with other people, and now she was free to play with other people. However, she is not a mutant anymore, so it may be that after a while, she will be sent back to her home in Canada. β
"Well, that's a good thing for kids who just want to live an ordinary life."
Merlin slice open the pizza, he put a piece in his mouth with a fork, and after a few seconds, he looked at Raven again, and said:
"Was Mary the only one attacked?"
"So far."
Raven glanced at Lorna, and she lowered her voice and said to Merlin:
"But I suspect that Lorna, the little fool, is also being targeted."
"Huh? How so? β
Merlin's eyes narrowed, and he asked:
"Are there any signs?"
"The two of us lived in the same dormitory, and there were times when Lorna fell asleep and I could always feel something watching her in the dark."
Raven said with some hesitation:
"But it's also possible that I'm feeling wrong... After being sealed, my senses dropped so much that I couldn't be sure if it was real. β
"Hmm."
Merlin nodded, and he said:
"I'll take the time to talk to the professor about this, and if he can't keep you safe, maybe you should take a break from school."
"It's not that serious."
Raven shook her head, and she said:
"As long as you agree to me summoning a demon to sign a contract, I'm sure I'll be able to protect Lorna at school."
"We've talked about it, Raven."
Merlin looked at his sister and said:
"It's not a good idea."
"Hmph"
Raven glared at Merlin, but didn't retort.
Merlin was a little worried, he knew that Raven wasn't actually asking for his permission, it was more like an advance notice before doing something big. This girl hasn't summoned the demon yet, probably because she feels that the time is not ripe, once Raven feels that the opportunity has come, then her speed of action will definitely exceed Merlin's imagination.
This sister of mine is a perfectionist.,Even if it's a contract demon.,It's estimated that you have to pick out a guy who is very satisfied with her in terms of appearance.,Personality and strength.γ
After eating, Raven sat on the couch with a magic book in her hand and read it, Lorna sat next to her, tired of spending time with her, watching cartoons, and Merlin was in the kitchen cleaning up the dishes.
While washing the dishes, he said to the two girls:
"If you can watch TV, go to your homework, go to the mystery house, and Lan will take care of you for me. I'm going to go out and come back in the evening, and then we can go out for a supper and buy two clothes for you two by the way. β
"What are you going to do?"
Raven asked:
"Do you want to deal with all the hellish work that pesters you to death?"
"No, not today."
Merlin put the washed bowl in the window, he shook the drops of water from his hands, and said:
"I'm going to sit with some 'friends' and ask them something."
"I warn you!"
Raven looked at the magic book and said without looking back:
"Don't bring back any more strange women."
"In your eyes, is your brother's character so bad?"
Merlin shook his head, and he said:
"Don't worry, never again."
A few minutes later, Merlin made his way to the castle on the border of hell through any door in the mystery house.
Compared to the previous miserable scene on the border of hell, after being controlled by Liana, this dimension seems to have become a little milder, the big white ball of light in the sky has also taken on some color, and the sky, which is always rusty red, has become a little brighter.
However, hell is hell, no matter how much it is decorated, it cannot hide its barren nature, if you have to use an analogy, the world in front of you, from a vast desert, has now become an overgrown Gobi desert.
Well, when you think about it, it's actually the same ghost place it used to be.
However, Liana can't immediately change the bad environment of the hell border, she can easily rebuild this castle that was once used as a stronghold by Belakos, probably living in the demon world for a long time, in the castle that has been "renovated", those stone decorations are also full of a hint of demonic style.
In the large hall, there is a black and red carpet, and around this hall, there are stone sculptures that resemble gargoyles, they maintain the state of stone statues, but they are all alive, they are all guardians made of black magic, many wizards are very fond of such things, which will give their homes a touch of mysticism.
Merlin stepped into the hall, his trench coat changing.
Beowulf, a symbiote, could theoretically adapt to any environment, but it had just come out of the ice, and it was still in the adaptation period, far from reaching the level of kaleidoscope that a symbiote should have, and even contact with the air of hell would make it feel uncomfortable.
With the gurgling sound, Merlin's black trench coat quickly changed shape, the back hem became longer, and there were staggered serrations under the trench coat, which looked like blues. Wayne's bat cape was like a bat wing draped over Merlin's shoulders.
The styling is exaggerated, but it doesn't affect the action.
"Yo, look who's here."
A hoarse and lazy voice sounded in front of Merlin, and Satana, who was playing with a skull in her hand, got up from her chair, crossed her waist with one hand, and looked at Merlin who was walking towards her, and the Daughter of Satan said in a mocking tone:
"I heard, your girlfriend is gone? It's miserable... Single brother, do you want my sister to accompany you tonight? Calm your wounded heart? β
"Okay."
Merlin looked at Satana with a blank face, his fingers moved, and the black, looming blade whip appeared in his hand, and he said to Satana:
"How are you going to play tonight?"
"Well, forget it."
Satana glanced at Merlin's whip, she shrugged her shoulders, and threw a wink at Merlin, and she said very flirtatiously:
"Your taste is too heavy, sister, I can't stand it."
"Then don't say these things that make people feel bad."
Merlin put away the Shadow Whip with a blank face, and he gave Satana a gentle smile full of hypocrisy, and said:
"When I'm in a bad mood, Miss Satana, you'd better not mess with me."
"Hahaha."
Behind the two, Dimon sat in a chair. Hellstorm let out a strange laugh, and the gloomy half-demon said:
"My dear sister, you've finally met an opponent... Why not try kissing our friend Merlin and see if you can drain him of life like you do with those bastards who are obsessed with you? Aren't you the most popular way to do that? β
"Cut."
Satana threw away the skull in her hand, then brushed her long white hair, put her hands on her shoulders, and leaned against the stone carving on the side, and said:
"He's not my type... I'm not going to give him my kiss. β
"What a coincidence."
Merlin sat in his chair, glanced at Satana, and then looked at her figure and face, Merlin showed a regretful expression:
"The figure is not as good as my girlfriend, the strength is not as good as my ex-girlfriend, even the gossip girlfriend who is not as good as me, and the weird horns, it's a pity, Miss Satana, you are not the kind I like."
After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the fire-breathing and somewhat frantic Satana, he turned his head to look at Damon, who was sitting opposite him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said seriously:
"Mr. Damon, about the last time..."
"That's my fault."
Dimon calmly spread his hands to Merlin, and said:
"I apologize to you and your sister, and I also brought you gifts... Please accept this thing. β
Dimon picked up a silver, quaint, and slightly rusty wheel, like a plate, but with a large openwork ornament wheel in the middle, and handed it to Merlin.
The half-demon watched Merlin take the silver wheel, he shrugged his shoulders, and said seriously:
"The Silver Wheel of Nayolas, one of the demonic artifacts, I think you should know the legend of the Red Jar, the Green Bell and the Silver Wheel, and you should also know the name and power of this set of demonic artifacts, this thing is my most precious collection, I think it should be able to represent my apologies."
"The grudge between us, let's write it off, okay?"
"Silver Wheel..."
Merlin felt the power of this demonic artifact in his hand, he sighed a little at the impermanence of fate, after collecting the green bell of Yustu and the red jar of Cletus in the early years, Merlin had been looking for the last of the three magic weapons for a while, but the silver wheel was ethereal, and even the most basic legends were missing, which made Merlin have to give up his plan to find it.
But today, this thing came to him in such an unexpected way.
Merlin stroked the silver wheel, he glanced at Damon, he guessed with confidence, the half-demon in front of him should not know that the other two magic weapons were in Merlin's hands, which gave Merlin a chance to bargain.
Merlin was silent for a moment, and then he said:
"If I'm not mistaken, this thing is a set, only by collecting all three things, can you obtain the power of the ancient three demons, and using them alone will not have any benefits except for causing calamity, even for half-demons like us."
"So, I mean, dude Damon, if you want to apologize and want me and my sister to forgive you, just this..."
Merlin put the silver wheel on the table and threw it back at Damon, saying:
"It's not enough!"
"You're really greedy."
Dimon seemed to have anticipated Merlin's reaction, and he reached out to press the beating silver wheel on the table, he looked at Merlin, and asked:
"So, what do you want? Go ahead. β
"I don't want much."
Merlin pushed his glasses and said:
"A few messages will suffice."
"I need some... News from hell. β