25. The past is like smoke. Friends(1/2)
"I was just discussing your story with Miss Riven."
Merlin pushed the professor's wheelchair and walked in the quiet castle. Riven followed him, still being manipulated.
The Demon-shaped Woman is very dangerous, especially her disguise ability that is similar to the Scolu, or even better, is simply unpredictable. Once she sneaks away, even Merlin will find her again in the crowd.
This time he was able to catch Riven so easily because of the keys of the mysterious house.
"My story and Riven?"
The professor was still weak, but he had a smile on his face, probably because Riven went home, which made him in a good spirit. He said to Merlin:
"Riwen and I have a lot of stories. Which one are you talking about?"
Merlin glanced at Riven, waved his hand, and closed Riven's ability to speak again, and then he said to the professor seriously:
"Miss Ruiwen just told me that she thought about it for a long time before she realized that what she liked was you, professor. This time she came back with me, it was like making up for the regrets of the past and telling you her inner feelings."
Riven had anger in her eyes. She listened to Merlin's nonsense, but she could not refute.
"Haha, stop kidding, Merlin. I have experienced too many things between Riven and I. We have long crossed the boundaries of pure love, and our relationship is very complicated."
The professor sighed, he did not show too excited expression. He waved his hand, and his powerful mental power brushed across Riven's body, erasing the invisible smoke that Merlin used to manipulate Riven.
The black smoke-like mist quickly returned to Meilin's palm, and the professor said:
"I can guarantee that Riven will not escape, and she should have her own freedom in her home."
"You can do whatever you want, but I will definitely take a woman away when I leave, regardless of whether she wants it or not..."
Merlin frowned and glanced at the magic-shaped woman who was moving her hands and feet around him. He said:
"Prison is her destination, and I will always pay attention to her. Once she wants to do something dangerous, don't blame me for being vicious."
The magic-shaped woman glared at Meilin, and she snatched Meilin's position in the wheelchair. Meilin let go of her hand and let the strange-tempered lady push the professor to walk forward.
He followed and asked:
"Just mentioned that you were stealing something and eating at Professor Charles' house?"
"My parents are not those stubborn parents."
The professor glanced at Riven, and then told the story between him and Riven, and he said:
"Actually, I woke up my abilities when I was very young. My parents did not hate me because of this. Although my abilities were out of control, it would cause many embarrassing scenes. But they still loved me very much, and they accepted Riven, just as they accepted me."
"really."
Ruiwen whispered:
"If I hadn't been taken care of by my adoptive parents, I might have died long ago when I was still young. My adoptive parents are all very good and kind people, but unfortunately, there are too few people like them in this society."
"Riwen and I lived at home. We went to school together, took exams together, and went to college outside the country until our parents died of an accident."
The professor said something decades ago, his voice was soothing and gentle:
"Since then, we started taking care of each other, of course, Raven was taking care of me more often. When I was young, I was a well, I like to show off."
"yes."
Ruiwen responded:
"I also like to use biology to hook up with other girls."
"But every time you make progress with other girls, you're ruined, right?"
The professor said with a smile:
"Every time, you still became me and quarreled with my girlfriend at that time, which made me alone in college. You were also alone. So many boys pursued you, but you rejected them."
"You dare to say that you are not a couple?"
Merlin, who was listening on the side, interrupted:
"Maybe you should have been together when you were young. If you were braver then, there would be no more ruinous things in the future."
"What do you know?"
Ruiwen said to Merlin in a fierce manner:
"Don't just evaluate our past, you're just a little kid."
"But he was right, Riven."
The professor nodded, and he reached out and placed his hand on Riven's hand with some regret, and he said:
"At that time, I was really too cowardly and missed those best times, which also made you wander all your life."
"That's not your fault, Charles."
Riven was silent for a moment, she said:
"That is fate. A person like us cannot have a peaceful life."
"I guess, the turning point of your beautiful story is after you meet Magnit, right?"
While walking up the stairs, Merlin looked back at the professor. He was always curious about how the professor went up and down the stairs in a wheelchair.
As a result, Merlin turned around and saw that the professor's silver-white wheelchair was like being held by an invisible hand, floating little by little on the surface of the stairs. This was not the motivation for thinking like Qin Grey. This was purely too strong mental power, which was enough to affect reality.
"Yes, after we graduated from university, we traveled to Europe as biologists and philosophers. At that time, World War II was over ten years, but the Cold War had begun and the situation in Europe was not very good."
Professor Charles said:
"Riwen and I regarded that as an ordinary trip, but there, we met Eric, who was chasing the devils all over the world. At that time, he was angry and hatred, but not as extreme as he is now. He still has a normal personality and temper, and it is difficult to get close to him. He is like a hedgehog, but he also longs for real friends."
"He's never the same as you, Charles."
Raven said:
"I still haven't figured out how you became friends at that time. Maybe we should thank Emma and Sebatis Ann Shaw, who has been dead for decades. If it weren't for their pressure, you would have had a long time ago."
"Emma? White Queen?"
Merlin asked:
"It's just the one who went with the X-Men to save the mutant, the woman who can turn into a diamond?"
"Yes, it's her."
Raven said:
"The former villain, now the seclusion, Emma was a teacher at Charles' academy for a while, but she was very lucky. After a mistake caused several students to die, Emma left here."
"That's all in the past."
The professor waved his hand, and there was a hint of regret on his face, he said:
"Emma is a powerful and wise mutant. People like her are destined to be smooth sailing. In short, at that time, Emma was still very young and was tempted to join an organization that I don't know how to evaluate, a mysterious organization, Hellfire Club. She assisted a powerful and evil mutant and Sebastian Shaw, trying to turn the Cold War into a dangerous hot war."
"Eric and I, and many like-minded companions, stopped them."
The professor said:
"It was a brilliant victory, we united and stopped a world war that could break out at any time."
"Let me guess."
Merlin narrowed his eyes and said:
"The Cuban missile crisis, right?"
"It seems you know a lot, Merlin."
The professor glanced at Meilin and said:
"Yes, it's the Cuban missile crisis. Eric used his ability to control the magnetic field to forcibly prevent the US and Soviet fleets from attacking each other. You may not know, Merlin, at that time, both sides had already fired substantially and even the dangerous nuclear bombs were ready."
"Eric saved the world, Merlin, against aliens in 1994, was just one of many good things he had done. He really couldn't call a purely good man, but he wouldn't die."
The professor said to Merlin:
"I hope you don't torture him too much. He has failed. For people like him, failure is a blow."
“We are not a group of sadists, professors.”
Merlin said frankly:
"At least in an island prison, there will be no serious abuse. We also welcome you to visit your old friends occasionally. Of course, the premise is that you and your students have to join us. If Fury discusses with you, I will not get involved."
Merlin asked:
"What I'm even more curious about is what's going on with the break between you and Magneto?"
"The seeds of their breaking were planted as early as they met."
Ruiwen opened the door for the professor, and the three of them walked into the professor's office. The magic-shaped woman stood beside the professor, and she said to Merlin:
"Eric's life trajectory is completely different from ours. When he was a child, he was not as lucky as me to meet Eric and my adoptive parents. He was a Jew and was captured in a prisoner of war camp before World War II. He witnessed his parents tragically killing Sebastian Shaw in front of him. The madman killed his mother in front of Eric just to inspire Eric's stronger abilities to study him."
Ruiwen sighed:
"Not only ordinary people, there are villains among mutants, and their level of evil is much more dangerous than that of ordinary people."
"I probably understand."
To be continued...