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Chapter 209 If there was a piece of tofu in front of him, the turtle would have thrown away the axe and admitted defeat - his axe skills were far from being able to carve chrysanthemums with tofu.

Well, though, a piece of firewood can still be carved so-so.

Sawdust flew, Char's axe flashed in his hand, and the wooden wires were delicately peeled off by him, and soon, a piece of firewood in his hand turned into a blooming chrysanthemum, and even every thin chrysanthemum petal was clearly visible.

Char seemed to be very proud, and after carving, he raised it up and signaled to Merlin: "Look, that's it." ”

Merlin stood there, squinting at the chrysanthemum in Char's hand, and then gently took it and played with it in his hand for a while, at this time, Merlin's eyes narrowed into a line, and he couldn't see what kind of eyes she looked like, but after looking at it for a while, the terrible woman nodded and showed a weird smile: "Yes, it's indeed like this." ”

Char was relieved, and his face was obviously a little lighter: "So, Lord Merlin, can I ask what happened to the bet you made with that old guy back then?"

The turtle is obviously forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart!

This guy in front of you is Merlin! It's Merlin, who is known as the most terrible woman in the world! Bet with Merlin, what will happen in general?

Think of King Lantis! Think of the Magus of the Byzantine Magic Guild! and think of the mighty God Emperor Odin!

These guys all lost to Merlin.

And her adoptive father, the old guy, actually won her...... Don't know exactly what bet you won?

The gamble lost by the dignified Grand Magister Merlin must be extraordinary!!

"I can tell you. Merlin smiled, and it seemed that the woman's attitude was much kinder: "That old thing, who are you?"

"Uh......" Char was just about to blurt out the answer, when suddenly his heart moved, and when the words came to his mouth, he quickly suppressed the impulse, and said vaguely: "Count it as one of my elders, well, then, Lord Merlin, you and he are ......"

"Well, old friend. Merlin's tone was relaxed.

Char was relieved.

Since he and Merlin are friends...... A person like Merlin is embarrassed to be too vicious to his old friend's adopted son.

Generally speaking, according to the descriptions in various legendary stories, a person like Merlin rarely has any friends, and generally speaking, this kind of person will cherish and value his friends.

So ...... yourself Isn't it stepping on shit again?

Bad luck! I should say that I have lost my luck again!

"That's my adoptive father!" Char tried his best to make his expression look sincere and solemn, and even frowned vigorously, making a sad look: "He raised me since I was a child, but unfortunately, before the kindness of raising could be repaid, he had already died of illness......"

"Are you his son?" Merlin blinked.

"It's an adopted son. Char corrected it.

"Almost. Merlin didn't seem to care too much about this issue: "It doesn't make a difference whether an adopted son or a parent-child child." Can I consider you his heir, or rather, his heir?"

"Uh...... So to speak. Char began to look forward to it.

Merlin really became a little more serious, she took two steps back, and looked Char up and down for a while, her sparkling eyes looked at Char a little uncomfortable.

"Sir...... Like, something isn't quite right. Poor Dotaro stuck behind Char and whispered, "Lord Merlin's eyes don't seem to be ......."

"Shut up. Char frowned and whispered to Dodoro, and then looked at Merlin: "Then, Lord Merlin, the gambling contract back then ......"

Merlin finally smiled, her smile was clearly very kind, but in Char's eyes, she only felt that this woman's eyes clearly had a faint taste of banter.

"Cunning little fellow, are you thinking that the bet I lost to your adoptive father must have been very valuable?"

“...... Well, probably. Char hesitated for a moment, and simply said: "With your identity, betting with people will definitely not be an easy and simple condition. ”

"Oh, are you still thinking that a person like me, with such an identity, will not regret what he says and does? Otherwise, wouldn't he be sorry for his identity?"

"Of course. Char showed a sincere and honest expression on his face, and said seriously: "You are the Grand Magus, the witch king of the Landis Kingdom. ”

"Huh. Merlin smiled: "Yes, at least you guessed correctly, I did lose a very heavy bet to your adoptive father, and if you are interested, I can tell you what happened." Do you want to know?"

"Absolutely. Char's eyes lit up.

Damn! This kind of pie-in-the-sky thing really appeared on Lao Tzu's body! For the first time in his life, the turtle sincerely praised that old guy in his heart.

Alas, old fellow, although you are a bastard and an alcoholic, but ...... I didn't expect you to leave me such a valuable fortune!

"Oh, honorable Lord Merlin. Thinking of the upcoming good luck, Char's tone was also much more polite and respectful: "Let me guess, I think that with a peerless master like you, you must have had a competition between masters and my adoptive father...... Two peerless masters of the same generation, about to fight on the night of the full moon, the mountains and peaks! The pride of looking at the world, coupled with loneliness, makes you cherish each other, and then after the first battle, they become friends...... Ah, it must be like that, right?"

When Char said this, the smile on Merlin's face became stronger and stronger, she stared at the turtle for a while, and slowly shook her head: "Dear little guy, I think you have read too many legendary stories." ”

Her tone was a little funny: "Duel with me? Oh, I don't mean to belittle him, it's just that your adoptive father, although his martial arts skills are so-so and good, are still a lot worse than Hannigan, and his little bit of goods is not qualified to be my opponent. I'll admit it, though, that your adoptive father is a jerk, but he's at least a funny jerk. ”

The lonely turtle didn't know that the "Hannigan" Merlin was talking about was the contemporary Emperor Odin, and he was stunned for a moment: "Uh? It's not a duel?

Merlin's face gradually showed a complicated expression, as if there was some itchy teeth: "Well, what is the general situation...... I once passed through a small town where an evil magician lived who practiced black magic and killed the living to make undead creatures. When I was passing by, I found out about it, and I happened to be in a bad mood at the time, so I wanted to kill that guy to vent. ”

Char listened to her understatement, but couldn't help but make eye contact with Tadoro.

If you're in a bad mood, kill a magician to vent your feelings...... Oh my God, what kind of woman is this!

“...... Coincidentally, several local nobles secretly offered bounties to bring in bounty hunters to deal with the black mage...... Well, that's right, it's a coincidence that it's your adoptive father who covets that bounty. ”

Hearing this, Char nodded.

When the old guy wasn't dead, Char once heard the old guy boast about himself when he was drunk, saying that he had been a bounty hunter for a while, and thought he was just bragging.

"However, I went to look for the bad luck of that black mage that day, and met your adoptive father, the person I Merlin wanted to kill, and someone dared to rob me, so I wanted to teach that guy a good lesson. But your adoptive father told me that those nobles didn't ask him to kill the magician when they offered a bounty, after all, killing a magician would have too many consequences. The local nobles just asked your adoptive father to find a way to banish the magician.

I met your adoptive father in the woods, oh, let me think about it, it was pretty much the same as it is now, your adoptive father had a campfire and was having lunch, and I went into the woods hungry, and then I thought he would ask for some food, and I talked to him for a while. I didn't hide my intentions from him, he tried to stop me, the guy, he just didn't want to give up the bounty.

Unfortunately, he is a little worse than me, and we tried a little bit, but he is no match for me, and he can't stop me or drive me away. In the end, he made a condition, and we made a bet.

At that time, he made a bet that if whoever wins, then the winner can make a request to the loser to do anything.

I refused this ridiculous request at the time, huh...... I think I've won, but I still think it's ridiculous. Any request? Could it be that if I lose, he asked me to kill the Odin God Emperor, and I will do it?

Finally we discussed it, and made some changes to the bet, and the revised decision was that the winner could ask the loser to do one thing, but only if there was no third person involved, and it had to be a formal and serious request, and at the same time it would not require the other party to hurt his own body - well, if he won, let me cut off one of my arms, and I would have agreed!

Other than that, I don't think I have anything to worry about, I don't think there are very many things in this world that I can't do, and if that guy asks for money, it's nothing if I give him a mountain of gold.

Of course, at the time, I didn't think he was going to win on the terms of our bet. ”

Char's heart pounded.

Ask the other party to ...... Do anything!

Oh my God, this is Merlin! It's the Grand Magister, Merlin! Apparently the old guy won later!!

"Hehe, poor boy, look at the way you look and I know what you're up to. Hum. Merlin sneered: "However, don't be too complacent, the final outcome of the bet is not this one." After all, the winner can ask the loser to do anything, and I was still a little apprehensive about this kind of request, I thought the guy was quite cunning, and I was worried about what tricks he was playing, so I put forward an additional condition. ”

"On what terms?"

"That's it...... In the end, when the question is asked, it must not be too outrageous! As for the criterion of whether it is outrageous, it must be that both parties must be able to do it! That is to say, if I win, I ask him to do something, and this thing must be something that I can do myself! Otherwise, if he asks me to pick the stars in the sky, I don't have that kind of ability! Therefore, what I ask the other party to do must be something that I can do! This is an additional condition.

At the same time, we have also made a supplementary condition, that is, how to solve the situation in case of the request made by the other party. ”

Char shook her head and sighed, but it made sense - because according to Char's knowledge of the old guy, that old bastard wasn't a fuel-efficient lamp! As for this Merlin, judging from her stories, she was also a smart fellow.

"Anyway, we discussed it for a long time, and finally came up with a final plan, and if the loser couldn't fulfill that condition, the winner had to be compensated in another form. I have to say that your adoptive father is the most cunning and hateful of all the bastards I've ever met in my life!" Merlin gritted his teeth hard.

"Okay, I know the bet...... So what exactly are you betting on?"

Merlin's face was a little ugly: "What was the bet? I was really careless at the time! damn it...... Your adoptive father's condition is that he can say a word to the magician without using his hands, and he can make the black magician surrender on his own initiative and then obediently leave the area. If he can't, I have the right to kill the black mage. ”

Don't do it? Just say a word to make the other party surrender obediently?

Char was also a little puzzled.

"As a result, we went into the depths of the woods and found the black mage's residence, hmph, the black mage's strength is very poor, and I easily broke the several magical defense enchantments he arranged outside, and your adoptive father and I quickly entered his house, and when we appeared in front of the mage, the poor creature was obviously surprised...... It's a pity, because of that bet, I can't make a move, so I can only let your adoptive father submit to the other party first. Outcome...... Results ......"

"What happened? he did?" Char couldn't figure it out.

"Yes, he did! that damn bastard!"

He ...... How...... ...... done"

Merlin took a deep breath, his voice almost squeezing out between his teeth:

"That bastard, he just swaggered up in front of the black magician, he really didn't make a move, he really just said one sentence, he said, 'Hey, we're here to trouble you, see no, the woman behind me is the famous Great Magister Merlin, if you don't want to die, just surrender and leave." 'Damn it!'

"............" Char opened her mouth wide, and after a long while, she finally couldn't bear it anymore and laughed wildly.

Merlin's face turned blue and he snorted heavily.

"And the result, did the black mage really surrender and run away?"

"Of course. Merlin gritted his teeth: "When the black mage heard my name, he was naturally scared to death...... Hmph, don't say it's that guy, there are a few Byzantine magicians who can see me and not be afraid!"

Evil!

Char praised the old guy fiercely in his heart, this old bastard played too badly!

"That's not the most hateful thing about him. Merlin's face became even more ugly: "The most hateful thing about this bastard is that when we cashed in on our bet later, he asked me to do something, and I couldn't do it......"

"You can't do it?" Char's eyes widened: "Wait a minute! You just said that you have an additional condition, that is, the same thing must be done by yourself before you can ask the other party?" I don't understand...... Your strength is much stronger than that old guy, so what is there that he can do but you can't?!"

Merlin's face flushed a little with anger, and she took a deep breath, her mind vaguely recalling that scene from that year............ It was in that grove that hateful man, he had a hippie smile on his face. At that time, I was very confident in my heart, and with my own ability, there were not many things in the world that could stump me, let alone ...... This guy's strength is so much worse than his own, what is there that he can do, but I can't do it?

As soon as he brought it up, I cashed it out, and then ...... I'm going to kill this abominable bastard who has lost my face.

No...... I should have turned him into a frog!

But the abominable man, with a strange smile on his face, and a stubble on his beard, was crooked in his chin - what trick did he have?

Even though she is the greatest magician of our time, one of the top powerhouses of our time, Grand Magister Merlin, she may have encountered countless powerful enemies in her life, and experienced many thrilling adventures.

But for the rest of her life, she will never forget that afternoon, in the woods, the hateful man's request to herself!

The man, looking at himself, smiled, and spoke slowly.

"Dear Lady Merlin, in view of our bet, we must not ask the other party to harm their own body, the content of the request must be serious and serious, and at the same time, the request I make to you must be something that I can do myself......!

At this point, the man suddenly plucked a piece of grass from the grass next to him, slowly twisted it in a circle, and finally, facing Merlin, he slowly knelt down on one knee.

"Ms. Merlin...... My request is, please marry me. ”

At that time, Merlin's expression was extremely colorful.