A few hours later, in the evening, outside the palace, Merlin saw Eric walking out with a bag on his back.

Techara, Ororo, and Princess Su Rui were with him. They chatted and talked, but there was no gap at all.

The black Ark of Royal docked in the square behind Merlin. The spacecraft was ready for takeoff and it would send Merlin and Eric directly back to New York.

The speed of this spacecraft is much faster than that of an aircraft, and it has very advanced instruments that can perfectly avoid radar monitoring and send guests home.

"Did you really make a decision?"

As Eric walked to him, Merlin asked:

"You have to know, Eric, if you choose to stay here, you have the potential to be king."

"Let's go, Merlin."

Eric did not answer the question directly, he held the bag behind him in his hand, and he said:

"I've got what I've been pursuing, and there's nothing to miss here."

Merlin glanced at the backpack in Eric's hand and joked:

"Don't tell me, you put a pack of vibrators and ran out."

"No, no."

Eric took pictures of his bag and said:

"This is something my father left in the palace, and I brought them all out."

He turned around and waved at Techara and Ororo, and he said:

"I won't come back again, uh, maybe at Techara's wedding and crowning, I'll come back to attend the ceremony, he's my brother after all."

"Let's go, it's time to go home, Merlin."

Eric turned around without any nostalgia and walked into the elevator of the Royal Ark. Merlin shrugged and followed him into it.

A moment later, in a faint humming, the black spacecraft flew into the air like a light saucer. As the people below waved goodbye, the spacecraft flew into the sky in a flash and quickly disappeared into the clouds.

A few hours later, Merlin and Eric returned to their home in Hell's Kitchen. Merlin opened the door and saw Elsa, Riven and Lorna eating, and the dining table was filled with food.

This pleased Merlin, who walked into the kitchen, took out two sets of cutlery, returned to the table, and joined Eric to dinner.

"What's going on with this dress?"

Elsa glanced at the black robe that Merlin and Eric were wearing, and she said:

"Also, have you been to the King's house as a guest? Didn't the King keep you for dinner? Are you so stingy?"

"What do you think of the food over there?"

Meilin picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. While chewing, she said vaguely:

"It's rich, but not very much to my appetite."

"I went to see the sunset."

Eric on the other side put a piece of meat on Lorna's plate, then drank the soup and said to Elsa:

"I missed dinner but the sunset was beautiful. In the canyon behind the palace, watching the sunset and sunset echoed the most beautiful scenery in the world."

"You guys are really weird."

Elsa snorted, she said:

"I had known you were back so soon, so I would have cooked more food. Oh, by the way, Meilin, Mei called me just now and told us to go to her house for lunch tomorrow and celebrate Peter's 5th birthday."

"Oh, I forgot about this."

Merlin patted her forehead and said:

"The gift hasn't been prepared yet."

"I have!"

Eric grabbed his backpack from his hand, took out a silver ring, which was as many as 6 or 7. He gave the rings to everyone on the dining table like a souvenir, and said:

"This is made by Techara for me before leaving. Vibration Gold is made with Wakanda technology inside. It can activate a miniature energy shield and can also be used to connect with each other. It can be recharged as long as it is sunbathing."

"Swish"

Before Eric finished speaking, Riven had found a way to activate the ring. The little girl shook her hand and injected a ball of magic into the ring. The next moment, a light blue, hexagonal ridge-shaped shield appeared beside Riven, and it also jumped in the air with the movement of her fingers, like a projection.

“Nothing useful.”

Ruiwen commented calmly:

"In addition to the interesting communication function, the strength of this energy shield can block up to 20 bullets, or it will dissipate in a medium-sized explosion, and it is not a full-coverage type, and can only block the frontal attack. However, it is still good for ordinary people to use."

"This is a gift, Riven."

Merlin chose a ring carved with an eagle's head from the ring, put it on her little finger, and then said to Raven:

"After taking the gift, shouldn't you express your gratitude to Eric?"

"Thank you for the gift, Eric."

Lorna beside Riven thanked Eric very well, while Riven reluctantly whispered thanks to Eric.

"Nothing, nothing."

Eric laughed, he wiped Molona's head and said to Merlin:

"I'll call Charlie later and ask her to come back tomorrow and we'll go to Aunt Mei's house for dinner together at noon. I haven't seen Peter Little Peter for a long time."

“By the way.”

Merlin looked around and said to Elsa:

"Where is Matt? Shouldn't he have already gone home? Why didn't he see him?"

"Matt is out!"

Lorna said to Merlin while gnawing on the ribs:

"He said he was going to church, and Elsa just sent him over and left him with food."

"At this time, go to church?"

Merlin stroked the ring on his little finger, and he said in confusion:

"Why didn't I know that Matt still has the habit of going to church at night?"

"Because you're too busy."

Elsa said while eating:

"He had been out at night when he came back the last few times. To be honest, Merlin, compared to Riven, Lorna, and even Charlie and Eric, you paid too little attention to Matt. Sometimes I even think that he is just using the help of his home, not your adopted son, but, in fact, the ones that really have something to do with you in this family are Eric and Matt. You are the official guardians of both of them."

"It's not my fault, Elsa."

Merlin retorted:

"The child is a little introverted, and you have seen it. He can take good care of himself. He is a little too independent, so independent that I don't know what to say to him."

He glanced at Riven and Lorna, and he said:

"Which 14-year-old has you seen who has fully planned his life for the next 20 years? Matt did it. Last time I secretly saw his plan. He planned to go to Columbia University to study law and then go back to Hell's Kitchen to work as a lawyer. He even started to learn some law books by himself now. I have a headache when I see those books."

"But you should care about him at least."

Elsa said:

"This is how you go find him after dinner and take him back. You can talk and cultivate feelings on the way."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Merlin put down her chopsticks, picked up her napkin and wiped her mouth, then went back to the room to change into a gray casual suit. He quickly walked out of the door. In the sky under the night, Raven Victor was flying spreading his wings to determine the location of Matt for Merlin.

But what puzzled Merlin was that Victor was in high altitude investigation but did not see Matt at St. Matt's Church.

“Expand scope.”

Merlin gave instructions to Victor in his mind. The raven made an unpleasant hiss, then slapped his wings and rushed into the street outside Hell's Kitchen.

A few minutes later, Victor sent back the picture that was synchronized with its horizon.

In the dock warehouse on the edge of Hell's Kitchen, there is a suspected life form of Matt moving, and there is another person next to him.

Merlin frowned, and he flashed and disappeared.

On the other side, in the dim and light-free warehouse, Matt, wearing a clothes similar to a practice suit, held his blind guide stick very seriously with both hands, just like practicing some fighting skills. He waved the cane in his hand and moved flexibly. In the howling sound of the wind, the cane was like a poisonous snake foraging, running around in the air.

Judging from Matt's skillful movements, this is definitely not because he has just started practicing this blind fighting technique.

And beside Matt, in the quiet darkness, an old man wearing a green jacket, sunglasses, and also holding a blind guide stick and a canvas hat on his head stood there like a sculpture.

He should be blind, just like Matt.

He turned his face and listened to Matt's pace and the rhythm of waving the cane with his ears. At the moment when Matt's body was about to be unbalanced due to rapid rotation, the old man quickly threw out the cane in his hand and hit Matt's waist, maintaining his unbalanced body in a balanced state.

"Control your inner anger!"

The old man reached out to pick up the cane on the ground, and he said in a deep voice:
To be continued...