"Boom! Boom! Boom! Knock ......"

The next day, the sun rises to its highest point and shines a warm glow that illuminates the whole world.

The church bells rang and spread rhythmically into the distance.

Brian, who heard the bell, opened his eyes in a daze, still not waking up.

He reached out and fumbled in the lining, quickly pulling out an old silver pocket watch from inside.

When the regulator is pressed, the metal cover pops open, revealing the hour, minute and second hands that turn on a pocket watch.

12:00 noon.

Brian, who was not awake yet, was stunned, he didn't expect that he had slept for so long.

He reflected on the events of last night, then stretched and got up slowly......

After washing up in the bathroom for a while, Brian took out his dry clothes from the closet and changed into them.

This time it was brownish-gray trousers with a white lining and a black over-the-waist jacket.

He opened the door, stood in the hallway and looked to the first floor, and saw a familiar person also looking at him.

"Miss Bertha?"

Bertha, who was wearing an apron, smiled: "Noel invited me to live here for a long time, you won't mind, right?"

Brian showed his first smile of the day: "How come, I can't even be happy!"

At this time, Noel Morris appeared in Brian's sight: "Why did you get up so late today?" Come down and eat! ”

"It's coming!"

The three of them gathered around the table, on which bread and milk were placed, and some beef.

Mostly it didn't work last night.

Knoll spread the sauce on the bread and asked by the way, "Brian, aren't you going to the academy today?" I remember it was Wednesday. ”

Brian smiled and asked, "Didn't my brother go to work too?"

"Ahem...... Noll had a strange expression and a little anger: "Eat!"

After thinking about it, he said, "I discussed it with Bertha in the morning, and I wanted to quit my job to help her make a bakery."

Brian froze, thinking carefully about the connection.

He knew that his brother had a good relationship with Bertha, and he had fantasized that the two would go together, but he should just tell him about it, but he heard something else.

Unable to understand for a moment, he no longer thought about it, but replied normally: "Very good, Miss Bertha's craftsmanship is the best in these streets." Every time I go out and pass by, I smell the aroma before I even get there!"

Seeing that his younger brother's expression remained unchanged, Noel immediately recovered his expression and laughed again: "That's good......"

Then the three of them ate and chatted, and the hall was full of joy......

Suddenly, Bertha mentioned the magic that Brian performed last night: "Brian, can you tell me how you did that magic trick?" ”

Knoll also chimed in: "Yes! Tell me about it, I was very curious yesterday and thought about it when I went to bed at night! ”

"Well...... Bryant wanted to refuse, because there was no explanation for this matter, but it was difficult to refuse, and he hesitated for a while.

It didn't take long for Brian to come up with a solution.

His right hand turned out of thin air, and the "king" in a playing card appeared in his hand.

Noel and Bertha exclaimed one after another.

Brian's wrist flipped, and the cards disappeared into thin air.

"Do you think it's magical?"

Knoll said in an affirmative tone: "Of course it's magical, I have no idea how you did it!" ”

Bertha nodded in agreement.

But Brian shook his head slowly: "I don't think it's amazing at all. ”

Finally, he slowly shook his wrist to show the two of them.

Knorr and Bertha saw that Brian had a playing card in his right hand, and the card followed the rotation of his wrist and secretly moved out of view, creating the illusion of vanishing.

To put it simply, the playing cards have never disappeared from beginning to end, they have always been in the hand, but they have been quickly hidden.

A man and a woman tilted their heads at the same time, both looking very puzzled.

"How so?"

"That's the reality." Brian withdrew his cards and continued, "Magic is essentially deception, and all performances are just illusions. ”

"People who watch magic should also enjoy this process of being deceived."

"And once you know the secret of magic, you lose the fun you deserve, so do you want to know?"

As the words fell, Brian's mood suddenly improved and became more relaxed.

"Well, you have a point." Knoll thought it carefully and felt that it was indeed not good to know too much.

Bertha lowered her head, a little embarrassed, and whispered, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that......"

Brian stood up suddenly, a little anxious: "Miss Bertha, don't be like this, the question you asked is normal, and it also shows that my performance is very good, isn't it?" ”

"Brian, don't get excited, I'm fine." Knowing that she had no intention of scaring Brian, Bertha immediately looked up and smiled, indicating that she was okay.

Seeing that there was no problem, Knoll directly changed the subject: "Then Brian, have you ever thought about becoming a magician after graduating this year?" ”

The reason for this is because Brian studied languages and worked as a translator in the acting troupe.

But Brian's performance was really shocking to Knoll, and it meant that his younger brother had the talent to become a magician.

In this way, Brian has two paths to follow in the future.

But the specific one is still to be known.

"Well, that's the plan." Brian didn't hide it.

After all, "magicians" need to perform, and those who know themselves will inevitably know it.

"But it still depends on the situation, everything will be determined after graduation!"

"You're right." Knoll nodded: "You are so good at learning the language, you can take some time to learn magic." ”

"Of course, this has to be mastered to a degree."

"I see." Brian smiled and agreed.

……

After the three of them had lunch, Brian stood in the doorway, took out his black top hat from the coat rack next to him, put it on, and prepared to leave.

"I'm out, brother, Miss Bertha!"

Noel packed up his affairs and nodded, indicating that he understood: "You go, I'll go to the 'Church of the Goddess of Nature' with Bertha later!" ”

"Okay brother." Brian doesn't make sense.

Although my brother rarely went to churches, churches were absolutely safe, just because there were "professionals" in every church.

Walking to the door, Brian thought for a moment and felt that he hadn't been to the academy for a long time and should go and check it out.

Well...... Let's go to the performance troupe to report first, and then go back to the academy, and by the way, you can also see how things are going with the "paper man......

If you have time, you can also visit the Starry Sky Tavern on Carno Street to determine what kind of person that Sherlock Evans is......