When Ms. Catherine returned to the backyard, she heard the sound of "ping-pong" and footsteps in one of the rooms.

It was Lulu making dinner in her room.

She glanced around, the door to Arnold's room was closed, and she was supposed to be resting. And the elder Cole stood under the eaves, smoking a cigarette alone.

Lady Catherine stepped forward and said, "What are you doing?"

Cole Sr. shook off the burnt soot and let it drift in the wind, and said with a smile, "This should be an obvious thing."

"Okay." Lady Catherine smiled as well, and then got down to business: "There's news of Brian's paper man, who appeared in the industrial area south of the city in the morning."

"So fast?" Old Cole was slightly surprised.

"Hmm." Lady Catherine nodded, "Brother Brian came here just now because of this matter, and I hope you can go." I just used the 'Parrot of Insight' and need to take a break. ”

"Okay, I'll go check it out." Cole Sr. agreed, and while smoking a cigarette, he walked outside.

He's in the best condition of the bunch right now, and it's okay to run more. As for whether there would be danger, it was not within his consideration, because the state of the paper figure must be chaotic and crazy now, as long as he found a trace, he could easily solve it, and Catherine knew this clearly.

"I'm in trouble." Lady Catherine watched the old man leave, and went back to her bedroom to rest with a tired face.

……

The sun was setting, the sky was dyed dusk, and Brian was running through the crowded streets with an ugly face.

This is the burden of energy brought about by entering the "spiritual world", and the second is the anxiety in the heart, which affects the external appearance.

It didn't take long for him to run into a street called "Carlin Street" and soon came to the door of a house.

"Hope it's okay......"

Brian prayed in his heart, his fingers bent and he knocked lightly on the wooden door a few times, making a crisp crashing sound.

This is where he houses Blake, Wendy, and Matt, and the rent is 6 soles and 15 pence a month, plus utilities.

After a few seconds, hurried footsteps were heard in the room, and the door opened.

A teenager with only Brian's belly height appeared in front of him, the other party had black hair and black eyes, and was wearing a white-gray linen long-sleeved shirt, which was none other than Blake.

He looked up, his face was complicated, and he asked with concern like an adult, "Are you okay?" I went to the troupe you mentioned earlier to look for you, but there was no one there. ”

Well?

Brian was puzzled when he heard it, there have always been people in the performance troupe, how could there be no one?

He thought about it, but he didn't understand it for a while, and he didn't think that Blake would lie to him about this kind of thing, so he simply didn't want to, but quickly asked, "I'm fine, what about you?"

"Luckily, we only had some difficulties in escaping, and Wendy was almost crushed by the crowd...... But luckily, there was a sister who let her guards protect us! Blake simply said what happened on the night of the earthquake.

Brian, who was standing next to him and listening attentively, was taken aback, and it was a terrible thing to fall in the crowd while fleeing.

At that time, being casually trampled on a few times was a serious injury that would take several months to fully recover, but fortunately, it was okay in the end......

Then Brian asked, "Who is that sister?"

He asked this sentence out of curiosity, not expecting any answer. After all, the "sister" has the protection of guards, and her status is naturally not too low, and she is already lucky to be able to save people, so how can she take care of three children?

"That's ...... day," Blake was about to speak, but was interrupted by a voice in the room.

"It's me, Mr. Magician." The voice is soft and melodious, and it is clearly a lady.

Brian looked into the room and saw a tall, good-looking dark-haired lady walking slowly.

Looking at the other party's appearance, Brian faintly had a familiar feeling, as if he had seen the other party somewhere, and his mind couldn't help but recall.

Seeing Brian's appearance, the beautiful lady stopped talking, but watched quietly, as if she was interested in whether Brian could remember her name.

Time passed little by little, and seeing that Brian couldn't remember, Blake couldn't help but speak: "You saw this sister when you were performing, and you changed a glass of wine for her!"

"Oh~" Hearing Blake's reminder, Brian suddenly realized. He was indeed at Miles Huntington's home, handing a glass of wine to the lady in front of him.

He didn't remember that his first meeting with the lady was at a casino table.

Brian stretched out his right hand and hid his embarrassment with a smile: "Thank you for taking care of them. To introduce myself, my name is Brian Morris and I'm a magician. ”

"Natalie Theodore." The lady held out her hand and responded, "Your magic show is the best I've ever seen."

The two released their palms at the same time, and Ms. Natalie continued, "Let's talk about it first."

"Hmm." Brian nodded and entered the room with Blake.

Then the beautiful lady strode to the corner of the room, where there was a chest with four wheels.

Brian knew the box, which was the prop he used to perform magic tricks before.

Natalie pulls the box to the side, and the first layer of the box is opened, revealing a row of arm-sized cups.

"So, Mr. Magician, as a token of your gratitude to me, can you tell me how you managed to get the drink in the crate into your hand?"

The corners of Brian's mouth twitched unconsciously, completely unexpectedly that such a thing would happen.

The "Magic Cup" magic trick performed before was designed by Arnold based on the extraordinary ability of "exchange". This ability has an effective range of 800 meters, and once it exceeds 800 meters, even if there is a possibility of a successful exchange, it will not be affected.

And in order to ensure that there are drinks in the audience, a box with many drinks is born......

Although this magic trick uses props, the essence is still an extraordinary ability, so it is naturally impossible to go out.

In order to perfunctory the past, Brian reacted quickly and picked up the tone: "Ms. Natalie, magicians don't easily debunk magic, it's the rule."

As soon as the words fell, he suddenly felt much more relaxed, without the fatigue of the previous strong support, and his mood became active.

"Okay......" Seeing the magician's solemn expression, Lady Natalie pouted and gave up, and asked instead, "Then can you perform at will?"

"It's a pleasure, but I still have some things to attend to, and it may take a while......" Taking advantage of the gap in the chat, Brian was glad that the beautiful lady was no longer delving, and looked inside the room, and saw Wendy and Matt at a glance.

They sat on the old, clean, soft couch, without a single scar on their bodies, and looked at Brian like two real dolls.

Brian knew that the other two were not affected by any otherworldly realm, but they were simply afraid of life, unable to adapt to the new environment for the time being, and even kept vigilant against him, after all, few people would take in three orphans without intention.

But it also proves that the two are alert.

As for Blake, he was approached with the idea of trying to get along with Brian.

"Okay......" Ms. Natalie no longer asked.

She sat on the box with a soft body, the corners of her eyes and mouth were downward at the same time, showing her loss: "I thought that I would have an unexpected harvest after helping you so much." As a result, he refused to satisfy me even this little request.'"

"Alas~"

At the end, she sighed wistfully.

"This ......" the corners of Brian's mouth twitched, no matter how he looked at the other party, it was all deliberate, but he was still a little embarrassed.

In desperation, he had no choice but to say, "Okay then...... Ms. Natalie, I invite you to come to my house tonight, would you like to? ”

"Huh?" Natalie was stunned: "You magicians are all deceiving girls like this?"

Brian felt a little pain in his head, and he couldn't explain it, he couldn't say that his brother was at home.

This seems to be no problem, but it shows that he is cheating.

And directly denying it, or admitting it with a joking mentality, is too ambiguous to prove one's innocence.

Soon, Brian thought of the words. He looked at the three Blake and said, "You are all together."

This was what he wanted to add, but now that he said it at this time, it had a little more subtle meaning......

The five of them closed the door and went to the market under Brian's lead, where they soon met Knoll and Bertha, who were shopping together.

Brian recounted what had happened, and Knoll readily agreed, and the group of people went together and bought large bags in the bazaar.

……

The sky turned from dusk to dark, and the street lamps on the side of the street flickered at the same time, illuminating the pedestrians coming and going, looking lively and bustling, not at all like an earthquake had just been experienced.

The main reason for this is that the earthquake was very strange and affected a wide area, but only a few streets were seriously affected.

When the things were almost finished, Brian's group of people were tired of walking, so they each carried their things and walked towards Rose Street.

Along the way, Ms. Natalie was very talkative, and had a very happy chat with Knoll and Bertha, and those who didn't know would think that they were friends who had known each other for many years.

Of course, there are Natalie who can integrate quickly, and naturally there are those who can't, that is, Blake's three children, among which Wendy and Matt are the most serious, and they have always walked at the back of the team, whispering to each other.

In order to take care of the safety and feelings of the three, Brian silently followed aside.

"It's not an option to go on like this, you have to try to improve the relationship." Thinking so in his heart, he is self-aware.

He is not a good person to talk to, more often than not, he is passively receptive.

Well, not only that, but they should find something to do, although I was talking about helping me, but I didn't need it at all.

But they're only about twelve or thirteen years old, so what can they do?

After thinking about it, Brian had an idea. He deliberately slowed down, leaned against the three of Blake, and whispered, "I want to send you to study at the academy, are you willing?"

Each looked at the three people walking on tiptoe, and raised their heads full of doubts, but they all tacitly did not speak.

Thinking that he hadn't heard clearly, Brian whispered a repetition of what he had just said.

Seeing that this brother, who was a few years older than them, was serious, the three of them had different expressions.

Blake was the first to refuse: "I don't want to go."

Wendy wasn't sure, and asked weakly, "Really...... Are you sure? ”

"Of course, I never lie." Brian nodded sincerely.

"That'...... I want to go ......" Wendy lowered her head after speaking, still not daring to communicate with Brian.

Her parents are both factory workers, and even now that education is widespread and fees are reduced, the only salary she has can barely make ends meet, and she can't afford to go to school at all.

However, school is not the only way to acquire knowledge, and the church's choir takes in some homeless orphans and children of the underprivileged people every year.

Unfortunately, Wendy has not been selected until now. This left regret in her heart, and at the same time, she was more eager to enter the academy.

Matt, who spoke the least, followed up and said, "I want to go to ...... too"