"You should eat well and not be picky."

Merlin looked at Raven on the other end of the table, the little girl was picking out the dishes she didn't like to eat from her soup, although she still maintained that cold appearance, but watching her eat with a spoon was really not much different from ordinary children.

In the face of Merlin's reminder, Raven didn't even raise her head, as if she didn't hear it at all.

She had been living in Merlin's house for several days, and the relationship between the siblings had become somewhat familiar, but only to a limited extent.

This is actually understandable, it is difficult for a child like Raven to easily accept a stranger into her life. If it weren't for the things Merlin had experienced with her, I'm afraid she wouldn't have lived here in peace.

"I'm going to use your alchemy lab."

After a few minutes, when Raven had finished her soup, she picked up the cloth, wiped her mouth, and then, in a voiceless tone, said to Merlin:

"It's the one in the basement, it's a little shabby, but it's barely usable. Also, I need you to help me collect some alchemy materials, and I need to make some potions that will allow me to recover quickly. ”

"Yes."

Merlin, eating the fruit on his plate, said:

"But you have to go and wash your dishes first, and clean up your house and do your own laundry."

"These things were all done by servants before."

Raven frowned, and she said:

"You're a wizard too, your time is precious, why waste it on these things?"

"First, I don't have a servant, so you'll have to do it yourself."

Merlin said slowly:

"Second, it's my business whether my time is precious or not, little Raven, you live here now, so you have to live according to the rules we agreed."

Raven didn't refute.

She did agree with Merlin the other day to make some rules in her life, and Raven had learned to follow them while living in the world of Azaras.

She jumped out of her chair, took the bowl and spoon, walked to the sink, turned on the faucet, and with a wave of her finger, the water began to swirl and wash the dishes. Most of her magic was sealed, but the rest of it was still fine to brush a bowl.

"I'm going to go out and do something in a minute."

When Merlin had finished eating the fruit, he looked at Raven, who was standing there manipulating the water, and he took the plate and cutlery, and walked up to her, and while washing the dishes, he said to Raven, who ignored him:

"Maybe I'll be back in the afternoon, do you have anything you want to eat?"

"I want to eat the brisket jerky of the running duck, and I want to eat the taylor nut snack."

Raven said expressionlessly:

"But you can't find it, can you? So make do with it, and on the way back, bring me some ice cream, a chocolate and vanilla flavored mix. ”

"Eat less ice cream."

Merlin Says:

"That thing isn't good for your health."

Raven didn't answer, but judging by the look on her face, it was clear that she didn't agree with Merlin's statement.

"This is the key to the alchemy room."

Merlin put the washed dishes away, then wiped his hands, and handed Raven an enchanted key, and he instructed:

"Don't drink the potions in the drawer, they are all poisonous, and don't touch some dangerous things in the alchemy room. You're not in a good state right now, so I left you a phone on the table and called if you had any problems. ”

"You're really annoying."

Raven took the key, she looked at Merlin, and she said:

"Were you like that before? No wonder you don't even have a girlfriend by now. ”

"Smack"

Merlin curled up his fingers expressionlessly, and tapped Raven on the forehead, and said:

"Children don't care about the adults, stay at home obediently, and prepare to go to school in a few days."

“？？？”

Raven's eyes widened, she looked at Merlin, her tone with a rare hint of emotion, she said:

"Me? School? ”

"Yes. You, go to school. ”

Merlin crouched down, and he helped Raven straighten her long, slightly fluffy black hair, and said:

"You're just an 11-year-old kid, you don't go to school, do you stay at home and watch cartoons every day? It's always good to learn a little more, and I've heard that Daisy is going to school soon, so you two can go together. Isn't Daisy your friend? ”

"I'm not going!"

Raven snorted, crossed her arms, glanced her head to the other side, and said to Merlin:

"The knowledge I learned in Aizalas is far more complete than the knowledge of the earthlings, and I don't need to accept the knowledge of this world! I also don't want to be around those kids, they're too noisy. ”

"You asked me to help you find alchemy materials, right?"

Merlin stood up, he looked down at the stubborn Raven, he crossed his waist, and said seriously:

"You go to school, I'll help you find it."

"I can find it myself!"

Raven retorted fiercely:

"Light the fireplace and go to the wizarding bazaar of this world, where I can find the materials I need."

"Well, that's a good point!"

Merlin nodded approvingly, and said:

"But do you have the money? Can you protect yourself? With your current magic, it's enough to fight a vampire, and you know, the old men of the Magic Congress don't have a good sense of demonic power users, and don't forget, there's a big guy in New York who can seal your original sin form. Are you sure you want to venture out alone? ”

Raven didn't speak with a cold face, while Merlin looked at his watch and said:

"Be nice, you'll soon find out that it's not a bad thing, you can play with friends, you can find new friends, you can pass the time, anyway, try it first, and if you really can't get used to it, then go home."

"Alright, I'm leaving, remember to pack up your house."

With that, Merlin took his trench coat off the hanger, picked up his glasses from the table next to him, and disappeared into the house in the glow of the Transfiguration Charm.

After Merlin disappeared, Raven waved her fist into the air in some annoyance, she held the key, intending to go to Merlin's alchemy laboratory to have a look, but the moment she walked out of the living room, she turned around again and walked into her room.

Well, let's clean up the house first, for the comfort of your own life.

Well, definitely not because of Merlin's request.

Merlin hates it the most!

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On the other side, at the Pagasus base in the Nevada desert, Agent Dhamman had just finished his early morning routine, which was a little too intense for an old man in his 90s.

But after completing enough training for 2 strong men in standard time, Lord Dhampo, who was wearing a tank top and shorts, came to the restaurant without blushing and out of breath, and had a nutritious, but terrible breakfast.

He returned to his room, and at 10:30 a.m., Agent Duggan pulled open a drawer and pulled out a silver box.

Inside was a syringe, as well as a vial of liquid similar to a potion.

He skillfully picked up the syringe, pulled out a fifth of the drug from the bottle, and injected it into the blood vessel of his left arm. He moved his fingers, then put the box back in the drawer, and the next second, he quickly picked up the gun in the drawer, and pointed the gun at the bedroom behind him as the chair rotated.

There, a figure was leaning silently against the window.

"Is that SSS serum?"

Merlin, who was pointed at gunpoint, was not panicked, he looked at Agent Dugan with a calm face, and he asked curiously:

"Is that the thing that keeps you in the same youthful condition as you were all the time?"

"Nope."

Agent Dugan withdrew his pistol, and he replied in a deep voice:

"It's a stabilizer that has to be injected every day to keep the SSS serum in my body in a stable state. As for the serum itself, that thing is injected every 20 days"

"I've heard that this stuff has to be injected continuously."

Merlin Says:

"Once it stops halfway through, the person receiving the injection will age quickly?"

"Yes."

Agent Dugan calmly replied:

"That's true. Although Agent Natasha brought us samples of the Soviet Union's Superhuman Elixir, the formula of the SSS serum has not been completed, you can think of it as a simplified version of the 'Super Soldier Serum', but it does bring serious dependence while maintaining my youthful physique and strengthening my physical fitness. ”

"But that's how it is."

The old agent said with some regret:

"There's never going to be a perfect solution."

"You say Natasha brought us the elixir of the former Soviet Union?"

Merlin asked:

"So, Natasha actually relied on injections of this medicine to maintain her youthful state?"

"She injected another, the former Soviet version."

Agent Duggan said:

"But the effect is almost the same, I actually suspect that the SSS serum in our hands is the same as the source of the superhuman serum in the former Soviet Union, but a different formula has been developed, and even the sequelae are similar. But now that the former Soviet Union has disappeared for almost 10 years, it is difficult to find the mystery of these secrets. ”

The old agent glanced at the clock time on the table, and said to Merlin:

"In 30 minutes, I'm going to train those new agents at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy training grounds, and if I'm late, I might be suspicious. So, Agent Merlin, whatever you want to ask, hurry up and ask. ”

"I have seen some records in some of the materials left by Ms. Carter, and it is said that during World War II and after the war, you have been her comrade-in-arms, and Ms. Carter has been exterminating the remaining power of Hydra."

Merlin asked in a serious tone:

"Now that Ms. Carter is hidden, I can only try to get some information about Hydra's organization from you. I'm ashamed to say that although Fury and I have eliminated a Hydra faction and cut off one of their heads, our understanding of Hydra is still limited, especially Fury, you should know him, he always likes to hide some secrets when he does things. ”

Merlin sighed, and he said:

"I can understand Fury's behavior, the hidden hydra is really difficult to deal with, and the slightest mistake will startle the snake, but I also hope to get more clues about the enemy."

"Well, I can understand."

Agent Dugan leaned back in his swivel chair, stroking his odd beard and said to Merlin:

"While you hunted down those Hydra leaders, Fury also commissioned me to exterminate some of their forces elsewhere, like cutting off the tentacles of an octopus. But you're obviously taking more risk than the miscellaneous soldiers we're dealing with. And you've done a very good job for a while, and the remnants of the Red Skull have vanished under your ferocious blows. ”

"It's a good start."

The old agent smiled and said:

"You remind me of my former friend, who was the same as when he caught the enemy by the tail and pursued them until they were completely destroyed. But he's more of a warrior than you, and you, you, more of an assassin. ”

"You're talking about Steve Rogers?"

Merlin Says:

"Well, it's true that someone said that I was quite like him, but I think that I am a completely different kind of person from him. Let's get down to business, Agent Dugan. ”

"Okay."

The old agent took two cigars from his hand and threw one to Merlin, who lit them, and in the rising smoke he said to Merlin:

"Hydra is an organization with a very old heritage, don't underestimate it because it's always in the shadows. When the Roaring Commandos stormed the Eagle's Nest, we found some very old documents, you know, at the end of World War II, Hitler seemed to go crazy, looking for all kinds of antiquities all over the world, and people said that he was looking for mysterious power to help turn the tide of the war. ”

"Although there is indeed an element of this in his madness, it is more that he is actually looking for the origin of Hydra Hitler, who is also a member of Hydra, and once served as the leader of Hydra for a while, only to be usurped by the mad Red Skull."

The old agent spat out a smoke ring, and he said:

"In those documents, there are some sensational stories."

"According to those documents, the origin of the Hydra was in ancient Egypt, and its birth was born from some supernatural forces that have been annihilated in history, and the most orthodox Hydra conservatives have inherited the last wishes of the original Hydra generations, who are said to have longed to welcome back the terrifying king from the stars."

"However, during World War II, the power of the conservatives was hit, and after the Red Skull came to power, he squeezed out the conservatives within the nine-headed color and turned his faction into orthodoxy, but after the end of World War II, the Red Skull faction also split."

Dugan said to Merlin:

"Whitehall who was killed by you is a disciple of the Red Skull, he led the Red Skull faction that has declined, it is said that after the end of the war, some scientists who served the Red Skull fled to South America, where they established another faction, they are now codenamed AI, in addition, there are some merchants who chase wealth and have joined Hydra in the new century, in order to seek greater benefits, you should already know this."

"Well, what else?"

Merlin asked, and Agent Dugan thought about it, saying:

"Also, there are some young radicals, most of them are the children of Hydra members, and they have been intensively cultivated since childhood, like evil seeds taking root and sprouting, in addition, I have also met some mercenaries of Hydra, who are quite good and also have suspected bio-enhanced characteristics."

"Finally, there is a grapevine that it is said that during the former Soviet Union, some suspected members of Hydra also had a base in Siberia."

"Hmm."

Merlin nodded, a little disappointed, Agent Duggan didn't have much of the direct clues he was hoping for, but some information was useful to him.

"Tell me about Steve Rogers, Lord Dugan."

Merlin looked at the time, and there was still some room left for 30 minutes, so he changed the subject, and said:

"You have fought alongside him, you are his comrade-in-arms, and I believe that I can get a lot of information about him from you."

"Why?"

The old agent asked suspiciously:

"Why do you want to know about Steve?"

"Because"

Merlin pushed his glasses, and with a playful twinkle in his eyes, he said:

"I'm a fan of him, and I have a hunch that I might meet him again."