The Howlett family gathers at their old house in Edmond on certain days each year for a dinner like the most ordinary of extended families, a tradition that has continued for decades.

For more than a century, James has never forgotten the promise he made to old Mr. Howlett on his deathbed.

At night, with the black and red light door opened by Asazzo, they sent away the Steve and Eric's family one by one, and then teleported away with Raven and his son Kurt, and the old mansion, which had been lively all night, gradually returned to peace.

The study on the top of the building was the place where James spent the most time alone, except for his wife Emma and each housekeeper, who occasionally went in to tidy up and clean up, no one could enter without permission.

But when James walked up the stairs on the third floor, he already sensed the smell of someone else in the study.

A blood-red skirt dragged on the quaint and wide mahogany floor with the movement of slender heels.

After dinner, Jean Grey did not leave the mansion or return to her room to rest.

With her hands behind her back and her emerald green eyes blinking, she searched back and forth for something on the roof-high bookcases. Hearing the footsteps outside the study, he gradually walked not far behind him, but he still didn't turn back, still focusing on the thousands of books on the shelf.

"You said I could come in as I pleased." The tone of the piano is very natural.

"That's right, I said, you can do it anytime."

James put his hands in his coat pockets and calmly looked at Jean's back, the red hair and white shoulders that had fallen down had remained in the depths of his memory many, many years ago.

"Hmm~ I found it, how did you put it on the shelf."

Jean finally found a booklet with "Jamie" written on the spine of an old leather book, and she raised her eyebrows lightly, and slowly took out the album that had been placed in the top drawer of her desk.

James didn't say anything, just watched the photo album floating in mid-air flutter to the end, and a black-and-white photo jumped out of the gap on the title page.

"You know James, if it weren't for this picture. The spring thoughts that used to be just buried in the hearts of girls will not become the imprint that is deeply imprinted in the minds today. ”

Jean's eyebrows lowered and she bit her lip lightly, and flipped the photo in her hand to James, the light in her eyes flickering uncertainly.

At some point, Jean Grey stopped respectfully calling him "Mr. Howlett", but just called James by his name. After a long silence, she then asked softly:

"Who is she?"

In the photo, in addition to a giant man with promisled hair like an iron tower, there is also a young woman who looks at least eight points like Jean Grey and is close to James.

She wore a light dress that did not correspond to a lady's status in the nineteenth century, without a huge girdle and a hoop chest, her long hair was coiled up, and her long hair hung down at the sides, slightly curled, and her eyes were agile like fawns.

"She's a not very qualified maid, she grew up with me, and I also treat her like a little sister, so it's always neither big nor small"

James' eyes fixed on the photograph and slowly walked to Jean's side, and as he took the photo from her hand, the fingertips of the two touched lightly for a moment.

Her name is Rose O'Hara, and she is the one who has left me with her life. Well, if it weren't for this black-and-white photo, you can't see her long bright red hair and emerald green eyes, they would be almost identical. ”

James raised his eyes to shift his gaze from the shadow in the photo to Jean's face, and their eyes finally met, and a trace of golden light suddenly flickered behind Jean Grey, and the girl's cheeks became as red as drunken as she gasped.

"Phoenix" took a light step forward on her tiptoes, her cheeks raised closer to James.

"You know, I won't last long."

Rumble.

The crimson life energy and the orange flames of Hellfire intertwined and intertwined from James's eyes, escaping from every inch of his skin.

The unstable explosion of the first signs of running-in twisted and distorted, suppressing the slight energy leaked from the "Phoenix" little by little.

James patted Qin's head lightly and said softly:

"It's me who needs to hold on."

——

The source of the Rainbow Bridge, the Asgardian Domain.

Loki, the youngest son of God King Odin, strode through the dome corridor of the Golden Palace, wearing gold and green Protoss armor with his handsome and thin figure, and his gait was particularly chic and neat.

But when he passed by a barbaric palace made of golden boulders like knives and axes, he suddenly bowed down slightly, for fear of making a noise, and tiptoed forward.

"Loki!"

A loud and rough shout like a bell exploded, and Loki was still discovered.

He gritted his teeth with a depressed face and muttered softly, as if he had changed his mask, he quickly pretended to be idle and idle, and said with a bright smile:

"Oh! Huh, what can I do? My dear brother. ”

A pair of big feet stepped on the dark golden masonry naked, and only an off-white curtain-like cloth covered the crotch, and rested diagonally on the shoulders.

The man's overly burly and tall stature cast a large shadow over Loki, his long dirty blonde hair and a statue-like face covered with a hairy golden beard from cheeks to chin.

The exaggerated muscles on his body that were stacked like layers of rocks shimmered with oil, full of a strange metallic texture.

At this moment, the zenith dome of the Divine Domain was still shining brightly.

Before night, Thor, the eldest son of the god king Odin, carried a small wooden barrel-like black-brown wine glass, and drank it dry like a cow, making people wonder if it was the thousand-year-old wine of Asgard.

"Hmm~ service? Dear brother? Hmph, Loki, you've got something to hide from me! ”

Thor and his brother Loki had little physical resemblance, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at his wandering brother for a moment, as if he had read his thoughts.

"What's the joke! Thor, I don't have anything to lie to you, do I? I'm not like the Vostagg guy who always likes to steal your good wine. ”

Loki grinned and thumped his brother's chest, popping like it had hit an elephant.

Saul Odinson's eyes flickered with his chin raised, as if he had half accepted the statement, he nodded, and suddenly asked in a loud voice:

"Where are you going?"

"Oh, a trip to Meade - ahem, ahem! Go to your mother and practice magic."

"Haha!" Thor laughed and grabbed his brother's skinny shoulder, shaking it casually but nearly shaking Loki's bones.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of his younger brother who accidentally said something, the rough laughter became more enjoyable.

"Mead, Midmidgard, right? Ha! You can't fool my Loki, in the eyes of your brother, your little bit of caution is as unconcealed as the legendary ice giant of Jotunheim! ”

"Oh, isn't it?"

Thor's fingers poked his brother's chest lightly, looking at Loki's dejected appearance full of pride, but then he asked with some doubts:

"Midgard, hmm. The kingdom of mortals, what are you going to do there? Going to do some tricks to make fun of people again? ”

Seeing that his purpose was recognized, Loki shrugged his shoulders and pouted helplessly after giving up resistance.

"My father asked me to invite a mortal who touched the 'Cosmic Rubik's Cube', oh no! Father said that he was not an ordinary human, but a true warrior with 'divine powers'! ”

As soon as the words fell, Thor's hearty and playful face suddenly sank, and his blue pupils flashed with a dangerous brilliance, like a beast that saw its prey.

"You say. Father called him, a true warrior? ”

Only the last two words in Loki's reply caught Thor's attention, and his temperament changed abruptly, even making Loki faintly feel the obvious stinging sensation of electricity and invisible oppression in the space around him.

"yes. His father seemed to have a lot of respect for him, and Heimdall once said that he had seen this human force fight the Hell Lord Mephisto, and tsk, it was amazing! No one in the Nine Realms has ever achieved such a feat except for his father. That's fine, I'll go first. ”

Tentatively stepping back, Loki seemed to be moving away from a roaring lion, and he had just moved away from Thor's temple when he was suddenly grabbed by the wrist and slipped back like a chicken.

"Take, I, go." Thor snarled almost word for word.

"That's not going to work!"

Loki shook his hand, but his wrist seemed to be clamped by the rune lock of the Divine Domain, and he looked at his brother with a look that could not be refused, and explained helplessly:

"Father said, let me go alone to invite this human, he was worried that you would have a conflict with the other party, and specially instructed me and Heimdall."

"Hey! My good brother, my only brother! Don't worry, I'm just going to see what that human warrior looks like, and I won't come here! ”

Thor's expression changed in an instant, and even Loki, who had always been clever and fickle, was startled, and he shook his head firmly as he looked at his brother's eyebrows and eyes.

"That's not going to work. I can't disobey my father's commands! And even if I'm willing, Heimdall at the helm of the Rainbow Bridge, you won't be able to get past it. ”

Thor threw his arms around his brother's shoulders and dragged him half-dragged into his palace full of barrels and stacks of runic boulders used to forge his body, and scattered Asgardian women's profane clothes strewn between the giant beds.

Thor coaxed for a long time, but seeing that Loki still didn't let go, he had to pluck up his cheeks and sacrifice a "killer feature".

"Loki, remember that little snake?"

"Oh no, don't be all that old again"

Loki looked at his brother with a wail in his voice, lowered his head and covered his cheeks, while Thor on the side continued to say:

"Hmph, you owe me that incident, I know that you must have a way to pass Heimdall, so let me accompany you on a trip, as long as we don't tell it, my father won't know!"

After a while, looking at his younger brother and finally nodding slightly, Thor Ga twisted his neck, not noticing that Loki's lowered head was full of strange smiles, looked at the stone platform in the center of Thor's palace, and muttered to himself:

"Let me see who is the strongest warrior in the Nine Kingdoms."

Airplanes!

A silver-gray quadrangular one-handed hammer flew from the stone platform to Saul Odinson's palm.

I'm sorry everyone, but I accompanied my dad to the hospital yesterday and didn't bother with the leave instructions.

The old man lost his hearing in one ear, but fortunately it was only a benign acoustic neuroma, and he needed to observe the growth rate before deciding whether to operate or not.

There is another chapter today, and there will be more to make up for yesterday's in the next two days.

(End of chapter)