Chapter 31: Prelude to Departure
"What do you mean you're not from this world?" asked Doctor Strange in surprise.
"Literally, I'm from another world, and I'm going to come back to my own world eventually. Charles held his chin with both hands, looked at Doctor Strange in front of him, and spoke.
"Leave here, are you going to give up here?" Doctor Strange was even more surprised, Charles actually said that he was leaving, which made Doctor Strange, who was only worried about his heavy responsibility, immediately stop worrying about this matter, and now he has a bigger thing to worry about.
Before he came here, he had planned for Charles to take over as his Supreme Mage, but now something even more serious had happened, and Charles was leaving!
What can I do, in the past six months, Doctor Strange has been treating Charles as a savior, and learned from Rogers and others that Charles is the last protective force on the earth, although he seems to be very casual, but when disaster comes, he will make his due contribution.
Could it be that this situation occurred because he wanted the other party to be the supreme mage, and Doctor Strange, who thought of this possibility, began to be disappointed in himself again.
"Give up here, no, no, no, if you really know me, you'll find that I've never accepted here!" Charles said, looking out the window at the sky.
"What do you mean?" Doctor Strange really didn't know much about Charles, or rather, he had never chatted directly with Charles, he had all learned about Charles's past from other people, and this was the first time he had a formal in-depth chat with Charles.
"There's no reason I have to stay. Charles looked at Doctor Strange again, and said in an affirmative tone.
"How is it possible, you have lived here for so long, how can you not have a trace of nostalgia?" Doctor Strange didn't understand Charles's words at all, how could people still have no nostalgia for the people around them after going through so many things.
"Quite simply, I never told them about my past, I never told them about my future, I just helped them, but I never gave affection, because I knew from the beginning that I was going to leave here, there was no affection between me and them. ”
Charles looked at Doctor Strange with a cold look in his eyes, but Doctor Strange still felt a trace of sadness in Charles' eyes.
"Captain, they always thought they were friends with you. Doctor Strange tries to convince Charles to give up on leaving this world.
"That's just what they thought. Charles's eyes began to soften, and he lowered his head and spoke.
Charles's bowing of his head made Doctor Strange understand that Charles's departure was not really so ruthless, but as an "outsider", he could no longer comment on the matter.
"I see, when are you going to leave. Doctor Strange asked when Charles would finally leave.
"When I'm done, I'll get out of here. Charles suddenly felt that now was indeed a good time to leave, the affairs of the Inhumans had been almost arranged, the Avengers had also been strengthened a lot by themselves, the superheroes in this world were much stronger than in the movie, if the people in the movie could solve the unknown threat, then the current superheroes would definitely be able to solve it.
"You don't have to think it's because of yourself, the reason why I told you in advance about my departure is that I am worried that you will rely on me for your hope of protecting the earth, and you are more important than Rogers in protecting the earth, because you have the Time Stone, which is the Eye of Agomoto, and the Ancient One relied on it to protect the earth. Charles pointed to the Eye of Agamotto around Doctor Strange's neck and began to point out his importance.
"Time Stone?" Doctor Strange expressed his curiosity a little when he heard Charles say the new term.
"Yes, there are six Infinity Stones in this world, and the Eye of Agomoto is inlaid with the Time Gem, and I have the Reality Gem in my hand, plus the Mind Gem that Sokoviali was sealed by me, and the Space Gem that was taken to Asgard by Thor's after the Great War in New York, these are all gems that appeared in this universe when this universe was born, and they have infinite power. Charles explained slowly.
"Six, where are the other two?" Doctor Strange asked again, looking down for a moment.
"As far as I know, the Strength Gem is kept in the Thunder Empire, and the Soul Gem, I don't know and don't want to know. Charles again spoke of the other gems.
"Why are you telling me this, just because I have the Time Stone?" asked Doctor Strange, and he had to ask, for he sensed that Charles was telling himself that he was not just explaining, but teaching.
"That's because once these six gems are collected together, it will cause great damage to this universe, so as the only mage who can use the Time Stone, you need to know the danger you are about to face. Charles said.
"Aren't you afraid to tell me this, and I'll just choose to abdicate that responsibility?" said Doctor Strange.
"You won't, because you didn't give up in the face of an enemy as powerful as Dormammu, how could you give up an unknown danger. Charles smiled and said to Doctor Strange.
"I think you see through me?" Doctor Strange said, his eyes sharpening.
"I never look at anyone, I just choose to believe in you, of course you can give up, but that's a disaster for the planet, not mine. In the face of Doctor Strange's hostility, Charles only gave him one answer, and that was that it was none of his business whether Doctor Strange gave up or not.
"You're really ...... Irresponsible people!" Doctor Strange said with a look at Charles's indifference, the hostility vanished, and he said in disappointment.
"Thanks for the compliment, if nothing else, you can leave. Charles said one last word, and then began to chase people.
Doctor Strange was driven away by Charles like this, and he didn't even persuade Charles to stay, because Charles had already told Doctor Strange with his attitude that the world had nothing to do with him.
And Charles, after driving away Doctor Strange, slowly looked at everything around him, and finally made up his mind, walked outside the house, and shouted to the sky.
"Heimdall, I want to see Odin!"
A ray of light appeared over Charles, and the rainbow bridge in Asgard opened, and by the time Laura and the others returned to Ravenhold Manor, there was only one scorched ground left on the ground.