This secret taught Matt that the old man was strong.

At least in terms of martial arts, he is no weaker than Merlin, and his pure swordsmanship may have surpassed Merlin.

He was able to block the sword dance completely, which also proved that his reaction speed and body strength were far beyond ordinary people, but unfortunately, in the face of Merlin, who did not play according to the routine and had the help of black mist, this old man was still defeated.

"Don't hurt him, Merlin."

Matt "listened" to the battle completely, and after the old man was bound by the black mist, Matt pleaded:

"He's been helping me."

"Help?"

Merlin put away his half-sword, and he said to Matt:

"If you want to learn these fighting techniques, you can come to me, you should know that I am also quite good at fighting. In my heart, you've always been a wise child, but why are you so reckless this time? ”

"Do you know who he is? Do you know his name? And most importantly, do you know what he is approaching you for? ”

Matt, who was speechless by Merlin's barrage of questions, reached out and rubbed the child's head, and said:

"You see, you don't really know anything, Matt."

Merlin Says:

"You're doing something dangerous, playing with a dangerous beast, and just because it's kind doesn't mean it won't reach out and tear you apart..."

He looked back at the old man who was bound by the black mist and could not move, and said:

"A weapon master, it's rare, let me ask you again, what are you doing in New York? What is the purpose of approaching Matt? ”

"I just don't want to see this kid's talent go to waste."

The old man, who was trapped in the air, finally spoke, and said in that hoarse and low voice:

"He has a treasure that he can't open, he has lost the light, but he has been given a more precious gift, and I'm just helping him open it."

"That's Matt's thing!"

Merlin Says:

"Whether to fight, whether to learn to fight, whether to unlock potential, that is up to this kid. When will you stubborn bastards understand that there are many ways to spend a person's life... Don't influence my children with your distorted outlook on life! ”

"He agreed to it himself."

The old man said:

"I asked him, and he confirmed."

"He's just a kid!"

Merlin Says:

"What does he know? Are you a kid too? Don't you know how dangerous the superhuman world can be? You bastard, you're trying to pull this kid into that world..."

Merlin stretched out his hand, and a cloud of mist danced into a sharp knife in his hand, and he said in a mysterious way:

"Perhaps, I should kill you here."

"Don't!"

Matt stretched out his arms in front of the old man, and he said:

"Merlin, don't... He saved me, you told me, people must learn to repay gratitude. ”

"How did he save you?"

Merlin Says:

"Tell me everything."

"A few months ago, on my way to church, I encountered a shootout between Russian gangsters and Irish gangsters, and when the police arrived, I was held hostage by those bastards, and it was the sticks that jumped in through the window and knocked out the gunmen that saved me."

Matt Says:

"Like me, he is blind with super hearing, and I was curious to see how he used this kind of hearing, so I asked him for advice. He didn't want to teach me, and I found him several times before he agreed. ”

"Is that so?"

Merlin glanced at Matt, and then at the old man who didn't say a word, and he was silent for a moment, then waved his hand to eliminate the Shadow Throwing Knife, and said to the old man in front of him:

"Then maybe I should thank you for saving my child."

"Huh"

The entangled black mist dissipated at this moment, and the mysterious stick rolled in a circle in the air and landed steadily on the ground.

He picked up his broken knife and "looked" at Merlin, saying:

"I'll leave... With a swordsman like you by his side, he can follow you if he wants to learn. ”

"You'd better leave."

Merlin said with a hint of warning:

"I don't want to see you next to Matt again, you're a troubled person, I can see at a glance, I don't want you to get Matt into your trouble, this kid's life is miserable enough."

Sticks nodded, he "looked" at Matt, and then quietly retreated into the darkness, quickly disappearing into the warehouse.

After confirming that Sticksuo had left, Merlin looked back at Matt, who sighed, crouched down, and said to Matt:

"Why are you learning this? Don't you want to be a lawyer? A lawyer can't use a knife... The lawyers' mouths are the sharpest knives in the world. ”

"I want to find the people who killed my father."

Matt calmly said to Merlin:

"I'm going to find them..."

"And then?"

Merlin asked:

"And then what are you going to do? Beat them to death with your stick? It's like they killed your father, and you kill them with your own hands? No, that's not right, Matt. ”

"It's easy to get blood on your hands, but it's hard to wash it off, revenge leads to new revenge, and over and over again, you're going to get everyone around you involved."

He said to the child in front of him earnestly:

"Listen to me, you have to believe that there are still rules and order in this world, you can become a lawyer, be a part of this rule, use the power of the rules to send the bad guys to prison, let them get the punishment they deserve, I believe you can do it, you can find a way to take revenge without getting your hands dirty."

"But what if you can't?"

Matt whispered:

"I've heard a lot of things in the past few months... Merlin, the boarding school is next to the courthouse, and I hear a lot... The darkness hidden under those laws, there are always some people who cannot be punished by the law, they can always find loopholes in the law, they are powerful, and they will not be punished. ”

"Then tell me."

Merlin patted Matt on the shoulder, and he said:

"Bad people are bad people, wrong things are wrong things, they may be able to find loopholes in the rules, but as long as they have evil secrets, they should be punished."

"I can punish them, I can send them to jail so that they don't want to come out for the rest of their lives... This is the game of hunters and prey, and if in the future you become a good enough lawyer, I believe that you will eventually be able to get all those criminals where they belong, I never doubt that. ”

Merlin stood up, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and he said:

"I want you to believe in your own future and your abilities, and you don't need to rely on violence to solve problems, that's the best way."

"Alright, go home, or Elsa will be worried. Also, don't hang out with people of unknown origin like Sticks... That's not a good thing. ”

"Hmm"

Matt nodded, and instead of retorting, he followed Merlin and left the warehouse.

After they went home, Merlin didn't tell anyone else about these things, he kept Matt's secrets, everyone has their own secrets, and secrets, should be well protected.

The next day, in the airport waiting room, Eric in a denim suit and sunglasses waited for his girlfriend, and he soon saw a beautiful figure in the crowd.

Compared with a few years ago, Charlie, a girl who is about to graduate, has become a real big girl.

She wore a very fashionable light blue dress, sunglasses, and a handbag, and walked like a model with full aura.

"Erik, you're not going..."

Charlie walked up to Eric, and she wanted to ask Eric about coming home, but before she could finish her sentence, she was hugged by Eric.

He hugged him very tightly, Charlie also felt the change in Eric's temperament, she didn't ask anything more, but patted Eric on the back, she said:

"What's wrong? Same with small children. ”

"Nothing."

Eric buried his head in Charlie's shoulder, and he whispered:

"I just, miss you... All of a sudden, I thought, Charlie, when you graduate... Let's get married, I want to have my own family, I want to have my own children, I want to have my own life. ”

"Okay."

Charlie brushed her curly hair, and she said:

"As long as Merlin agrees... He's theoretical, but we're the two of us as guardians. ”

"He'll agree."

Eric helped Charlie take the bag, and the two of them walked out of the airport and got into Merlin's car, Eric drove to Aunt May's house in Queens, and handed Charlie a ring, saying:

"Take this with you, it will protect you while I'm away."

"Yo, ring."

Charlie took the heavy ring, looked at it in her hand, and then complained to Eric:

"When you gave me the ring, didn't you have any rituals? That's too casual, right? ”

"It's not a wedding ring..."

Eric Says:

"Oh, by the way, I've got a new identity these days... It may not be needed here in North America, but in a few years, you will be the Prince and Lady of Wakanda. ”

"Huh?"

Charlie's eyes widened, and she asked a little dazedly:

"What Prince's Lady? What are you talking about? ”

"Me."

Eric pointed to himself and said:

"My brother promised me that when he succeeded to the throne, he would give me back my father's title... My father is the Prince of Wakanda, and there are several estates in Wakanda. Of course, it's just an honorary title, it doesn't have any real power, and besides, we won't live there forever. ”

"It was too sudden."

Charlie frowned and said:

"Wait, you're the Prince... Will I have a crown then? The prince also has a crown, right? ”

"Well, there's no crown on Wakanda."

Eric Says:

"But if you want, I can order one for you with the vibranium I have... T'Challa said that the vibranium was at my disposal. That's a lot more valuable than any diamond. ”

"Forget it."

Charlie snorted, she stretched out her five fingers, looked at the ring on her finger, and said:

"It's too heavy, I don't want it, it's good to live so easily."

"yes, it's good to live an easy life."

Eric chimed in, then concentrated on driving, and after more than 30 minutes, they returned to May's house, where a group of people were singing birthday songs to little Peter as Charlie pushed open the door.

Lorna and Raven wore clown's pointed hats, and Coo Coo's face was lazily lying on the couch, occupying the entire couch in a tiger posture, like the king of their own territory.

However, it was changed into a very festive red dress, which looked a little funny.

Merlin was holding little Peter, May was preparing cake and lunch with Elsa with round-rimmed glasses, Matt and Daisy were wiping the table, and the Johnsons, who had been invited, sat in their chairs and chatted with the increasingly blessed Ben, who watched the scene with smiles on their faces.

Ah, that's what home and family feels like.

Eric shrugged, and once again confirmed that this was the life he wanted.

To hell with the prince or something, and all the political struggles related to his father!

"That's good."

Charlie put down her bag, rolled up her sleeves, and prepared to join the birthday party in front of her.

Beside her, Eric snorted, and he said:

"yes, that's great."

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Once Eric's affair was over, Merlin was back to his daily routine, and with less than a few days to go before the start of the radical mutant cleanup, he had to make sure everything was ready at the last minute.

On the weekend of the following week after Little Peter's birthday party, Merlin was about to go to work when there was a knock on his door.

Merlin stepped forward and opened the door, and saw a black girl in a casual shirt and shorts, carrying a large bag, wearing sunglasses, and a few bags of salutes at her feet, standing in front of him.

"Su Rui?"

Merlin looked at the uninvited Wakanda princess in surprise, and he asked suspiciously:

"What are you doing here? And what's going on with these salutes? Are you on a runaway? What about your brother? ”

"Ah, Mr. Merlin."

Princess Su Rui opened her arms excitedly, and she said to Merlin:

"I'm an adult, I've traveled..."

"For the next five years, I'm going to do my PhD at Columbia University, and I have to find a place to live, and it can't be too conspicuous, I don't want to reveal my identity, it will be very troublesome."

"So after thinking about it, I decided to live with you, and my cousin is here, right?"

Her Royal Highness, the ghostly and clever princess, patted Merlin on the shoulder very skillfully, and said:

"Don't worry, I'll pay the rent... Also, can you help me bring in the salute? ”