"I love the food at this restaurant, it tastes awesome and the wine is good."
At noon, the Coulson family walked out of the dining room after a successful dinner.James.
Coulson, Merlin's adoptive father, was also Merlin's high school physical education teacher.This middle-aged man, who was healthy and slightly blessed, was in high spirits, and he had met several acquaintances in the restaurant, so he drank a few more glasses, and now he was a little drunk.He walked with Merlin, with Mrs.
Coulson and her young son, Phil, who was in a bad mood, walking behind."
I said, Merlin, and Bill, what's wrong with you two?
You look sullen when you eat. ”James lowered his voice and asked with concern, Merlin didn't want his family to worry, and he didn't want to tell his inner secrets.So he shrugged his shoulders and said to his father in a pretended lighthearted manner, "It's just a young man's troubles, Dad, don't care."
I was thinking about one thing, when I left home in August, why don't you close the farm and move to the city with your mother?
Not only can you take better care of Phil, but you can also take better care of yourself. ”"That farm can't be closed, my Merlin."
James, who already had gray hair on his head, stubbornly shook his head, and said to Merlin, who he regarded as his own son: "The ancestral home left to you by your parents was demolished, and I couldn't keep it for you.Later I took the money back to this farm, the only property I could leave you, and my promise to Verton and May, they were my best friends, we grew up together, I watched you be born...
Alas. ”James remembered the past, he breathed a sigh of relief, patted his eldest son on the shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, Merlin, you should go to New York to study, your cousin May is already there and has a family, and she will take care of you in our place."
As for the Wisconsin side, you don't have to worry about it, I'll find someone to take care of the farm. ”"Dad, you know, I don't really care about that."
Merlin took James' arm, he looked back at his mother and brother, and he said to James, "I have hardly seen my parents since I was born, you and my mother raised me, I don't care much about inheritance and stuff, you know, I have the ability to support myself and you, I was thinking, maybe we should move out of Wisconsin, or you guys go to New York with me?"
”"New York?
No. ”James shook his head, and he said, "My grandfather's grandfather came to this land from Europe to the present, and every generation of the Coulson family has grown up and aged here.I'm not going to New York, the big city where the demons are dancing.I know you're a good boy, Merlin, and you've all been nice to us, but trust us, kid, we'll take care of ourselves after you're away. ”"Okay."
Merlin also knew that his proposal was just a hot brain, and maybe it had something to do with the mysterious vision he had seen this morning.The sudden appearance of that thing disrupted Merlin's 18 years of peaceful life, and also made him, who had always been calm, show a trace of panic that he shouldn't have.But at the end of the day, he's just a young man, and maybe he's been through some weird things more than other young people, but that doesn't mean he's strong."
I'll come back to see you often."
Merlin opened the car door, he was a little hesitant to drive himself, or to continue to let Phil drive, but he didn't hesitate for long, he sat in the driver's seat, he twisted the rearview mirror, and said to his parents: "I promise, once a week, I will be back as soon as I have a holiday, or you can go to New York to see me." ”"I'll move to your study when you're gone."
Phil sat on the other side, fastened his seatbelt, and said to his brother, "And the garage, you'll leave Lola to me, right?"
You won't drive it away!
Right?
”"Ah, I'm sorry, my Phil."
Merlin blinked, and he said to Phil, "I can leave everything to you, but only Lola, and Lola is mine." ”"No !!"
The young man's troubles came and went quickly, and in just one meal, Phil recovered from the disaster of emotional deception, and he let out a wail of pretended despair, causing the three people in the car to laugh.In this joyous atmosphere, Merlin deliberately looked to the left and right before starting the car, and this time, the figure did not appear again.Until he drove onto the road and drove all the way back to the farm, there was nothing wrong with him.Seem...
It seems that everything that happened before was just a trivial illusion.This also made Merlin breathe a sigh of relief.------------------------------------- however, in the midst of the Coulsons' fun, the mysterious man was standing on the high slope of a meadow a few kilometers away.He reached for the brim of his hat and looked in the direction of Coulson's Farm, a playful smile flashing in his eyes under the low brim."
Little Merlin, are you ready?"
He said to himself, his fingers with black gloves flipped over, and a golden pocket watch appeared in his hand, and with a crisp sound, the pocket watch was flipped open, revealing a precision mechanism that was more than ten times more complicated and cumbersome than a normal pocket watch.The mysterious man looked down at Time, his mouth moving, as if he were talking to someone he couldn't see."
Tonight, just tonight, the first 'turn' of the Destiny Dice will be projected on Merlin's fate, and I will watch the whole process and then report back to you."
The communicator on the other end seemed to ask a question, which made the smile on the mysterious man's face even worse.He looked up, glanced in the direction of Coulson's Farm, and replied, "Of course, I guess...
Little Merlin: He's ready.Even, he may be a little impatient, just like us who have been waiting for a long time.Although, in our opinion, 18 years is just a time for afternoon tea. ”The mysterious man seemed to have a strong conversation, and he wanted to continue chatting and express his literary and youthful temperament that had nowhere to put it, but after a few words, the mysterious man's eyes suddenly turned in another direction, and his eyes shrunk, as if he was observing the power that was slowly rising under the earth in the distance.After a few moments, he said to the communicator on the other end, "Let's not talk about it yet...
It's watching this side, it's coming, I'm going to hang up, I don't want your big guy breath to scare it away. ”"That's it, wait for my good news."
The mysterious man stretched out his black-gloved finger and tapped it on the air in front of him, and the light around his body danced like a closed curtain, and in an instant, the strangely dressed mysterious man was enveloped in it.A gust of wind blew, erasing all traces of him left on the earth, as if he had never existed.And the mystery man himself is actually standing still, but he seems to be standing in another dimension.Letting the blue cloak behind him blow in the ethereal pale wind, he looked at Coulson's Farm, and watched as the dark red aura beneath the earth rose like a mist in the invisible horizon of mortals, like a mist in search of prey.It was irritable, greedy, arrogant, and angry, hungry as if it longed for the caresses of its lover, and it had a gluttonous desire to devour the whole earth, and it was jealous of all this, all that was under the sun, this world favored by the Creator, it looked out of its own hell all the time, and the whispers of darkness echoed like an indescribable abyss.It is clearly an evil force that does not belong to the human realm."
Sannomiya..."
The mysterious man shook his head, he stared at the unusually precise pocket watch in his hand, and whispered, "It's been so many years, and you still haven't grown."
But anyway, you're still welcome to join the game. ”"May you...
Have fun. ”——————————————————— Merlin didn't notice anything unusual.He didn't know what was going on behind him, just as he didn't know that after tonight, his fate would turn the other way.After dinner with his family, everything was normal for the whole afternoon, and there were no spooky episodes from the nonsensical superhero comics that Phil liked to read.The earth didn't crack, the water didn't turn upside down, the livestock didn't die, everything was so good, so normal.Until the night came, Merlin, with the help of Phil, replaced the last fire plug for his soon-to-be-own car, Lola, and now only needs to fill up the gas, and this classic 1962 red convertible sports car can once again gallop on the land.Merlin couldn't help but feel happy when he thought of that scene.His adoptive father James is very fond of cars, although limited by financial ability, there is no way to collect those really good cars, but Lola is definitely James's best collection, and now, this real "lady" will belong to Merlin."
Phil, help me get the pipe wrench, Phil?"
Merlin, who was busy under the car for a final check, called out his brother's name, but received no response, and the whole garage was very quiet, which made Merlin's heart jump, and he hurriedly got out of the car, only to find that Phil was lying on a shelf in the corner of the garage.The young man had fallen asleep at some point.Judging by his expression, it seemed like he was having a sweet dream."
Okay."
Merlin didn't disturb his brother's good dreams, he took the pipe pliers himself, cleaned up the bottom of the car thoroughly, washed the oil from his fingers, and then sat in Lola's driver's seat for the first time as the owner of the car.His fingers rubbed over the clean, wiped car as if touching the perfect skin of a beautiful woman, and his fingers ended up on the steering wheel, Merlin smiled, his smile full of satisfaction and pride.What man doesn't love a car?
Especially when it's still yours."
AhhThe beautiful sunset is shining down the gap in the garage into the dimly lit garage interior.It's all so quiet, so quiet that you want to sleep here.So, he closed his eyes...There was a soft "bang" that suddenly woke Merlin from his rest, and he opened his eyes, he was still sitting in Lola's driver's seat, and Phil was still lying on the shelf and falling asleep.But in front of Lola, a man in an old black dress with long white hair was tapping his fingers on Lola's car cover, making a crisp tapping sound.Merlin looked at the uninvited guy, he had never seen this man in the vicinity, and he noticed that there were some dark red lines on the man's cheeks that resembled scars, which didn't look very normal, and there was a strange feeling."
Don't touch Lola!"
Merlin opened the car door, and he instinctively scolded.Behind him, his left hand quietly grabbed the pipe wrench at hand, and once the heavy thing was wielded, it could easily burst a man's skull.In a strange environment, the feeling of being steady, holding a weapon in your hand, always puts people at ease.Merlin stood a few meters away from the man, and under his scolding, the strange man stopped tapping on the car cover, and he looked back at Merlin as if he were looking at a rare object.And only then did Merlin notice that the man's eyes were dark red, and apart from these eyes, if he looked away, the man's face would immediately be forgotten in his mind...
This is obviously not normal!
His fingers tightened the wrench again."
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Is there anything I can do to help you?
Mr. ”Merlin tried to make his voice sound as calm as he could, as if he had really ignored the strange marks on the man's face, and his hair-raising eyes, and his gloomy temperament that was out of step with everything around him."
Yes."
The man replied, his voice low, like swinging a war hammer, and the sound of the hammer falling down was not sharp, but it pierced the eardrums.He looked at Merlin, and he said, "I'm here for you, mortal. ”The man stretched out his finger, a dark red flame danced on his fingertips, he tilted his head, looked at Merlin in front of him, and said expressionlessly, "Sign a contract with me...""
Then take all the glory imaginable in your barren mind and become my "son". ”Merlin's expression, at this moment...
Solidify thoroughly.()