Merlin cautiously hid behind the counter, secretly listening to the conversation between the old man and Sheldon, not daring to make a sound.

"So, you're selling stone carvings? ......"If I had ...... two or three years ago"

The two chatted casually, but Merlin couldn't hear anything. They must have met by chance, and they happened to hide in this small shop and listen to the two of them. At the end, the old man took a stone egg from the cupboard and said that he would let Sheldon give it to him.

Hey, your son is here! You can give me this stone egg in your hand now......

Of course, Merlin certainly can't say these things to him now, and all the effort and risk he has made is pointless as soon as it is exposed. But hearing these words, a warm feeling surged in his heart inexplicably.

He speaks to everyone the same, and he is a person who is the same as he is on the outside. Even though he is the experimental subject of the Merlin Sect and the so-called [Perfect Vessel], he still cares for himself as much as he does for his own son. At least, he believed that the relationship between the two of them was not completely false and bloody.

"Why did he give me stone eggs...... Márquez didn't ask Merlin for a response, "weird." ”

"If you attach rune magic to your eyes, you'll find that everything in this shop has some kind of strange magic attached to it." Nightmare Merlin said, "According to my guess, it must be some kind of protective technique, and if the bearer is in any danger, this stone egg can be turned into a solid shield." ”

"Well...... "Márquez," said Márquez, "but this old man is really good, and he carves so realistically!" ”

"After all, you should have seen it before to be able to eat here by skill...... The stone carvings all came out with the old man to encircle the gloved man, although he was gone before he could strike twice. Merlin reminded, "This guy has two brushes too." ”

When Sheldon was gone, the little boy slowly looked up from behind the counter, and when he saw the old man winking at him, he paced out in small steps.

"Ask your father for the gift I gave you."

As for the rest, the old man didn't ask much, but said that before Paradise Lost opened, he would be provided with a day's food and lodging, and the corresponding reward was just to chat with him. This old man's chatterbox seems to be inexhaustible, and the topics are one after another, and the styles are strange.

During the conversation, Merlin learns that the old man had come to settle in Paradise Lost twenty years ago, and that Paradise Lost at that time was not as large as it is now, at best a few small houses were built on the banks of the Tata River. Anthony was clearly ambitious, and from the very beginning he set the rule of "no name, no matter what". This is one of the reasons why Paradise Lost has gradually become famous, and these shopkeepers were not only the suppliers in Paradise Lost, but also acted as a substitute for Anthony, after all, they were all not bad.

And the thing that made Paradise Lost famous overnight was the completion of the casino, to be precise, the rising "legendary gambling star" in the casino, when countless gamblers wanted to challenge him, but in the final gamble without exception lost. And the old man also went to play in order to have a good time, but he lost a stone sculpture that he cherished at that time. When talking about this incident, the old man's face suddenly drooped, and it seemed that until now, he was quite impressed by this matter.

Anthony gave everything for Paradise Lost, racking his brains to make his kingdom perfect. This time the opening of Paradise Lost, the old man actually showed a pessimistic attitude, rather than a good expectation for the career he was about to restart. Because he felt that this fat man was so tired that if he put so much pressure on himself, he would definitely die. Watching what he had worked so hard to build down over and over again was like someone tying him to a pillar and having to watch them smash his proud work to pieces......

The old man also said that he insisted on sending his carvings to his grandson every month. Because of some unexplained illness, his grandson was blind in both eyes and could only observe everything in the world by touch. And as a sculptor and a grandfather, he naturally wants to make his works more vivid. Paradise Lost is the heart of the Land of Desire, a mixture of emotions in the human heart, and the people who observe it are able to carve extraordinary works, so he stays and never plans to return.

But......

Merlin quietly looked at the warehouse behind the counter, which was filled with sculptures, large and small, plastered with large and small pieces of paper, with the words "made on such and such a year, month, and day". Merlin couldn't help but wonder if one of the old man's carvings really had been sent to his grandson. And more than 20 years later, what has become of his grandson?

He didn't dig any further, and the immediate priority was to find Laurent as soon as possible. After three days, the men with gloves with terrifying powers will descend, and if there is no way to do so with the right means, they will surely finish all the games. The dissolving power unleashed by the man can even break the time line, and he must take advantage of his lack of reaction, or knock down the key chess pieces in the moment of chaos. The battlefield was changing rapidly, and as long as he was held back for a few seconds, he believed that so many people must have enough means to deal with him.

The old man brought a set of bedding from the depths of the warehouse, and with a smile on his face, let him sleep in the only bed in the store, and he slept on the floor. Merlin was called up early the next morning, and it was the first day of Paradise Lost, and after breakfast, he was going to part ways with the kind old man.

The number of pedestrians outside the door has gradually increased, and it is time for Merlin to leave.

"I know you can do some spells, keep a little low-key, and nothing should happen." The old man watched Merlin walk to the door of the store, and finally couldn't help but admonish, "Pay attention to your own safety." ”

"Well, I see—" Merlin was tapped on the shoulder before he could finish answering the old man's words.

"—Hello, Marin. I didn't expect us to meet again. ”

Merlin turned his head and was surprised to see the living "toy merchant" waving at him. I saw that the other party seemed to look at his surprised face very interestingly, and the old man in the depths of the stone carving shop also smiled and shrugged his shoulders, looking at him as if he was releasing a white dove with full wings.

"Yes, yes...... My father was here as a substitute for punishment, so he let me go out and hang out alone. Merlin stammered, because the encounter had come so suddenly, and he hadn't had time to say anything.

"Sure enough, children don't lie, haha!" Laurent didn't mind Merlin's lame remarks, "However, judging by the way you look, there shouldn't be any way to stay with your father." ”

Merlin nodded hurriedly and scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Come on, come on, one more is not more, one less is not less!" Laurent smacked his lips, the cane in his hand had disappeared by this time, and he still carried a huge cloth bag on his back, "I haven't prepared much to eat, and when the time comes, I may be able to pretend to be a little cheaper." ”

This guy ...... It's really characteristic. Remember when he was going to make a time machine?

He didn't know what Laurent had done in three days, the casino was so closed that he didn't have time to check what he had done before he returned......

Forget it, one step at a time is one step.