Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 966 20. Long talk with Zi

"We're all doing pretty well."

In the illusion created by the heart-shaped grass, Eric took a step forward.

He pulled out the stool and sat in the third direction of the table.

He looked at Merlin, then at his silent father, and said:

"Charlie and I have a baby, a boy."

"really?"

Prince Eunjob, Eric's real father was full of surprise.

He stretched out his hand to hold his son's wrist, and said eagerly:

"You didn't lie to me, son."

"No, father, I haven't."

Eric also held his father's hand, and he said seriously and frankly:

"We call him Little Riley, and he's in Wakanda right now, where you and I come from."

"Uncle T'Chaka regards Little Riley as his grandson, and if it wasn't for our obstruction, he would even give him the title of prince in advance."

Eric smiled at his father and said:

"I renounce that title, Dad, and I renounce our power in Wakanda as you did."

"well."

Njob's phantom grinned innocently. This Wakanda man, who is 6 points similar to Eric, said:

"I have a grandson, which is great, the blood of the family has been carried on."

"What's more, my Eric, you have a life of your own, and you're not held back by hatred...that's great."

He looked at Merlin again, and he said very sincerely:

"Thank you, Mr. Merlin."

"Thank you for giving my son a full life after my death."

Merlin picked up the teacup, he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

He seemed to be still curious about the existence form of the scene in front of him.

It is not a dream.

But also not reality.

It was born based on an extension of Eric's thinking.

This seems like an illusory world, but it is extremely real.

The teacup in his hand was still warm, and everything in the room was reshaped according to Eric's memory, but this illusion was only limited to this room.

It is said that Wakanda worship Buster, the panther god.

Bast also appears as a goddess in Egyptian mythology, and is one of the legendary Egyptian nine honored gods. That is to say, this is a strange space extended from the divine power of the Egyptian pantheon.

Um...

Perhaps this is an extension of the world of Hades.

Who is the god of the underworld in Egypt?

Orisis?

"After you left, everyone missed you very much."

After Eric talked to his father, he turned his head and said to Merlin who was deep in thought:

"Aunt May and Uncle Ben went to Wisconsin and when they got home they put their grief away and they became heads of the family just like you."

"They took care of the sisters, they took care of Peter, they took care of Matt, they sent Daisy away, and they went to Raccoon City to see Ava."

Eric said to Merlin:

"You don't have to worry about us, we all have our own lives."

"Carol is now the guardian of the younger brothers and sisters, taking over your position. She will also protect their safety."

"Carol?"

Merlin took a sip of tea, blinked his eyes, and said:

"I thought she'd drop everything and go back to the stars."

"She didn't."

Eric says:

"For a while, she really didn't adapt to life on Earth, but later, she accepted Hill's invitation, and often went to Raccoon City, and occasionally stayed in the mysterious room."

"Oh, by the way, Carol goes to Josie's bar for a drink every day."

Eric blinked at Merlin, and he said maliciously:

"I've heard that a lot of men have tried to have a word with her."

"Let's go with her."

Merlin shook his head, with a smile on his face, he said openly:

"If you meet her again, tell her for me, don't get too immersed in the past, and don't miss it if you meet a man you're attracted to."

"Are you joking?"

Eric said in surprise:

"Do you think there are other men in this world who are better than you?"

"People like Carol won't settle for it. She has the best, so why go to the inferior ones?"

"Wow."

Merlin shrugged, he looked at Enjob across the table, and said:

"Look at your son, how good he is at talking."

Enjob smiled and said nothing, but watched with a kind of gratified eyes that he had grown up and turned into a responsible and courageous man.

As the prince of Wakanda, he knew very well under what circumstances he would meet his son in this way.

Eric is definitely excellent.

Otherwise, it is impossible for the stubborn T'Chaka to break the Wakanda tradition for him.

Being able to eat heart-shaped grass is the highest honor a Wakanda man can get in his life.

"boom"

The door behind Eric opened silently.

He glanced at the door behind him, and he heard T'Challa and those priests calling in the world in a trance.

"I have to go now."

Eric stood up, he leaned slightly to the two most important elders in his life, he said:

"I am honored to see you again."

"I will go on with my life and I will not let you down... you too can rest in peace."

"Merlin..."

Eric walked to the door, looked back at Merlin, and said:

"Everyone is doing well, and everyone is starting a new life."

"But everyone misses you..."

"Go ahead."

Merlin stretched out his hand to put on the hood, and said to Eric in a low tone:

"Maybe we will meet again in the future...hopefully waiting."

"Ah."

Eric nodded.

He looked at his father again, with a smile on his face, and he said:

"dad..."

"The last time we parted, we didn't have time to say goodbye..."

He waved his hand and shook his head at his red-eyed father, with tears streaming down his face.

他 说:

"Goodbye, Dad."

"Goodbye, son."

Enjob waved his hand and watched his son disappear by the door.

But the illusion based on Eric's spirit didn't disappear. On the contrary, after the door was closed, there were still two people who had left in the room.

Enjob wiped his eyes, and he looked back at Merlin.

He said in a bad tone:

"You, you stole my son...he also regards you as his father!"

"Wouldn't that be better?"

Merlin said in a gentle tone:

"Doesn't that mean Eric is luckier? He has two fathers who care so much about him in his life."

"Yes."

A relieved smile flashed across Enjob's cold face.

He held out his hand to Merlin, and he said:

"Thank you, Merlin."

"you are welcome."

The two held hands together.

The next moment, pieces of the illusion were shattered, and Enjob's figure disappeared before Merlin's eyes.

But Merlin didn't immediately return to the scorched earth of hell.

Instead, he appeared on an endless grassland.

On the edge of the quiet stars, the red sunset, which is stirring like a burning flame, is swaying like an aurora, beautiful, wild, and shocking.

In front of Merlin, there was a low tree, and on that branch lay a black cheetah.

The whole body is dark, without a trace of hair.

The panther's two green eyes just stared at him.

Profound, but with some kind of deep meaning.

Wearing a hood, the ghostly Merlin also tilted his head, looking at the black cheetah in front of him.

He was not afraid of the vision in front of him.

He had lost everything, he had nothing to fear.

A few seconds later, Merlin took a step back, and he leaned slightly towards the big black cat lying on the branch, wagging its tail boredly.

他 说:

"Hello, Goddess Buster."

"Hello, Merlin Riley."

The black panther folded its paws and put its head on them.

Like a real big cat, it yawned big. It lay there lazily, its mouth was moving, as if a person was talking.

Ethereal, like a woman's voice.

"I'll bring you a word for Osiris."

Panther Buster wagged his tail and said calmly:

"Orisis needs you to do him a favor. In exchange, you can ride his ghost chariot to leave hell, but you must first establish contact with Osiris..."

"It's a strange place you're in, and even Osiris couldn't do more for you."

"Um..."

Merlin raised his head abruptly. He looked at Buster the Panther, but didn't answer right away.

After a while, he said helplessly:

"If it was a few days ago, I would have been ecstatic to hear the news, but now...something happened to me, and the situation has changed again..."

"I can't leave hell, at least not yet."

"Oh, are you going to reject the request of the Nine Honors God?"

Buster's tone became weird:

"you sure?"

"No, I don't mean refuse."

Merlin shook his head, he said to the panther:

"Let's change to another reward."

"I'm willing to help, and I can guess what Osiris needs my help to do, to rescue his daughter who is trapped in this world, right?"

"I met her once."

"You are very wise."

The panther jumped down from the branch, and it sniffed the ghostly scent on Merlin.

it says:

"What do you want from Osiris?"

"What I want...is simple."

Merlin stretched out his hand and put it on the smooth fur of the black panther. He stroked Buster's head like he usually stroked Googoo. He said:

"Osiris can definitely give it to me."

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On the other side, Eric let out a howl.

He tore off the heavy red sand covering his body, and suddenly sat up from the big hole that buried him.

He was panting.

The muscles in his chest were more exaggerated than before, and between breaths, there was still a blue light shining in his blood vessels, which was the strength given to him by the heart-shaped grass.

"Eric, Eric!"

T'Challa quickly pulled his cousin out of the pit, and he patted Eric on the shoulder to wake him up.

He took a glass of water from his hand and handed it to Eric.

The latter took it in his hand, gulped down the icy cold water, and when the water moistened his thirsty throat, his chaotic thoughts calmed down.

He happily said to Techara:

"They're there! They're all there!"

"them?"

T'Challa asked in surprise:

"Besides your father, who else have you met?"

"Merlin."

Eric says:

"I saw Merlin, he was there."

"No way."

T'Challa's eyes widened.

The Black Panther Prince put a coat on his younger brother, and he said with some regret:

"This is the first time I've heard that after taking the heart-shaped grass, I will meet other people besides the ancestors of Wakanda."

"You must miss him so much that he will appear in your spirit."

Eric shook his head silently, he did not answer this sentence.

He was thinking about what Merlin had said when he left.

He said we will meet in the future...

That doesn't seem like much relief.

"Let's go, Su Rui has adjusted the armor for you."

T'Challa patted Eric on the shoulder, and he said:

"She also added a cool trigger for us so we don't have to carry a case everywhere."

3 days later, in an apartment in Queens, New York.

The Riley family was reunited, and even Colson and Ava, who were far away in Raccoon City, and Daisy, who was far away in the Himalayas, rushed back.

Today is a big day.

Today is Peter Parker's birthday.

Today represents little Peter crossing the 11-year-old years and entering a 12-year-old new life.

He is another year older.

The house is full of presents.

Sent by a few wizards from the European Ministry of Magic.

There were also those brought by Coulson, and gifts from other friends who had a close relationship with Merlin.

And a gift from a farmer in Kansas.

Even Rocket Raccoon and Groot, who are far away among the stars, sent carefully wrapped gifts.

There are so many that there is no room in the house, and there are even a few presents in the trash can outside the apartment.

That's from Asgard.

And gifts from the White House and the World Security Council.

Of course, a large part of this was not sent for Peter.

They were just looking at Merlin's face, but this did not prevent the reunion of the Riley family today.

Mei's small house couldn't fit these people, so she had to ask Xuanlan to open the mysterious room and connect it to the living room of the house, so that everyone could have a place to sit.

Little Peter was very happy.

His birthday has never been so lively.

"I met Merlin a few days ago, in Wakanda during a ritual to communicate with the dead."

On the sofa in the mystery room, Eric held a glass of wine and hugged his wife Charlie. He said to Carol who was sitting on the other side, holding little Riley in his arms and shaking his shoulders:

"Merlin asked me to tell you that if you meet a good man, don't miss it..."

"Did he say so?"

Carol raised her head and tossed her hair. She snorted and said:

"He's really itchy."

"That ritual allows you to meet Merlin?"

Beside Carol, Lorna, who reached out to tease little Riley, raised her head in surprise, and the green-haired girl said to Eric:

"Can I join? I want to talk to Merlin too."

"Uh... no."

Eric shrugged embarrassingly, and said:

"Only Wakanda can, and only the royal family can."

"Tch, you guys are really closed."

Lorna curled her lips, she didn't say anything more.

But Rui Wen, who was standing behind the sofa with a cup of tea, pushed up her glasses and took a sip of tea thoughtfully.

She looked back, and saw that little Peter was sitting cross-legged on the ground, unwrapping presents, making surprise cries from time to time.

But no matter how fun and expensive those gifts were, the pair of heavy vibrating gold glasses in little Peter's breast pocket had never been taken off.

That is the child's most precious treasure.

This made Ruiwen feel a little relieved, she turned around and went to help Aunt Mei prepare tonight's dinner.

But Raven didn't notice.

The moment she turned around, a faint blue current flickered on the frame of the vibranium glasses that Peter had put in his pocket.

Having been dormant for over 6 months, the Icarus was declared badly damaged beyond repair...

to wake up.

(End of this chapter)