18. Play it up(1/2)
"Dear Merlin:"
"To be honest, when I learned that Elsa existed, I really had the intention to leave everything behind and fly back to the earth to beat you up. (Smiling face)"
"But then I thought about it carefully, this is actually an inevitable thing. When I left the earth and entered the stars, I was already prepared. After calming down and thinking it through, I actually didn't feel that uncomfortable."
"We are no longer young, and we will no longer be as impulsive as young people when we treat each other, especially because we are in a special situation. In fact, we have never really fallen in love at all. What we contacted each other was just an accident after getting drunk."
"Taros once talked to me about this issue. He told me that if you can't judge a relationship, it's better to leave it to time to decide. Time will always make us recognize the truth about the entangled relationship. I think he is right."
"It's a pity that so many years have passed, but your image in my heart has not become blurred under the erosion of time... Maybe this has already shown some problems."
Seeing this, Merlin tightened his hand holding the letter paper.
On a certain level, Carol's statement is correct. She and Merlin have been together for a short time, but the two of them have experienced a lot of things together, plus the last passionate accident.
Their feelings are more of a hazy meaning, and they have never been pointed out before Carol left the earth.
"But do you really like me? Merlin. Was our union caused by feelings? Or was it because of hormone restlessness? Is it because the two people really have a good impression of each other? Or is it because our past is too similar, so we are just joining the group to keep warm?"
Carol asked a question, and just through the words on the letter paper, Merlin could feel some turbulent and uneasy in the heart of the lady far away from the stars.
He took a deep breath and continued reading the letter.
"Maybe the wisest person can't answer this question..."
"When I go back, we will have a good talk on this issue, but even though I am already home, I am still unable to go back now. The war between the Kree and the Skuru people has reached its final stage. At present, it is only a matter of time before the defeat of Queen Skuru."
"After the main fleet of the Skuru people failed, the Kerry warlords led by Ronan will definitely turn their targets and try to eliminate Taros' tribe. I can't give up my responsibilities until they are truly safe, so you have to wait for a while."
"In addition, I have cracked a part of the infinite formula you brought, but it is not only written in the ancient Kerry words, it also includes a complex system of text conversions. It takes me more time to crack it, and a year may not be enough."
"But my instinct tells me that this thing is very important! It is likely to be related to the re-evolution of the Kerry civilization."
"Merlin, protect the secrets of the infinite formula and don't be known by the Kerry people. If the news is leaked, they will inevitably launch an expedition with all their might. The scale of the war is definitely more terrifying than the war we experienced at the beginning..."
Merlin nodded, and Carol's reminder reiterated the importance of the slate that recorded the infinite formula of the Kerry.
That thing has now been included in the S.H.E.L.D., but this containment procedure is not omnipotent. In addition to official protection, Merlin felt that he also needed to pay some attention there.
"Oh, I want to write more, but I think I'll leave some words to wait for us to meet..."
"Merlin, if things go well, we might really need to have a relationship...I mean, that kind of emotional level of communication, not just physical level."
"But if things don't go well, I'll bless you and Elsa, after all, judging from your description, she's also a good girl."
"But I still hope that when I go back, there will be no child around you calling me Aunt Carol... If things really come to that point, then we will have nothing to talk about."
"In the end, the clothes you gave were very suitable, and I liked them very much. It seems that you know me as well as you once did, which made me feel a little relieved."
"——Carol Danfoss, outside the sea of stars."
After reading the letter, Merlin felt a little lost.
"This lady must love you very much before she accepts your emotional betrayal."
Icarus suddenly said:
"I have occasionally paid attention to some of your human literature recently. In those descriptions full of sensual thinking, I find that human loyalty to love seems to be a virtue... However, you do not seem to have such virtue, Mr. Merlin."
"Yes, I'm a scumbag."
Merlin leaned against the chair and took out a cigarette and lit it, as the smoke rose, he said:
"I'm not worthy of her waiting like this... After all, it's been so many years."
"But she still has confidence and expectations for you."
Icarus said:
"Perhaps, Ms. Carol, Ms. Elsa and you will build a complex emotional system in the future, because all kinds of thinking interactions that I cannot understand will eventually allow each other to coexist."
"This seems not uncommon in your human literature. Most human men seem to have this strong possessiveness, and in your emotional system, human women seem to be in a position of unwaiting."
"So, what kind of hell is you reading?"
Merlin complained a little annoyed:
"I'm not as unbearable as you said, I'm just...ah, they are all very good girls..."
“It’s hard to give up?”
Icarus whispered:
"Give up any of them will make you feel pain because they all have an important position in your heart... I am bluntly, Mr. Merlin, this is more like a self-deception. You just simply don't want to see another male appearing beside them. This is your possessiveness."
"Damn it! You are an artificial intelligence...you..."
Merlin stood up, he wanted to refute, but in the end, he waved his hand and lowered weakly.
He looked at the night outside the window, and at the moment when the cigarette burned out, he said tiredly:
"Well, you're right, Icarus."
"I can't tolerate other men appearing around Carol or Elsa. I hope they can be around me. The lack of any of them will make me feel pain. I have doubted my life, whether the girls who appear in my life are arranged..."
"Now I understand that the appearance of the two of them may be due to their destined destiny, but my relationship with them is real, and there is no other factor involved."
Merlin tightened his fingers and let the floating black mist burn the cigarette butts in his hand into ashes, he said:
"Isn't such a relationship worth keeping? Is it wrong for me to try to keep something so beautiful?"
"It seems you've made a decision."
Icarus said quietly:
"You decided to go on this scumbag's path?"
"They're the only ones!"
Merlin moved his shoulders and said stubbornly:
"Whatever you say, this decision is quite difficult, but I've made it."
"Okay, Icarus, stop blaming me. The Fortress is just backing up. Can you restore the experience of the silly dog from the program backing up the Fortress database? I mean, the raccoon and the tree man, their appearance...is it really an accident?"
"Swish"
A three-dimensional projection appeared in front of Merlin, completely restoring the scene where Frank encountered the Rockets and Groot.
"From the information collected so far, the encounter between the two special living beings and Frank was not specially arranged, unless the Kerry had already known in advance that Frank was carrying an infinite formula, but the possibility was very small."
"According to the Kerry mindset, after learning that there is an infinite formula hidden on the earth, they should immediately send a fleet instead of conducting such spy operations with too many uncertainties."
Icarus made a judgment, Merlin nodded, and he said softly:
"Well, but this possibility cannot be ruled out. Can those two living organisms be monitored?"
"The Rocket Raccoon has alien technology, and mechanical monitoring is likely to be discovered, so I suggest you use magic to monitor it."
Icarus said:
"Use Victor, or other magical means that I cannot understand."
"Well, then use it..."
"boom"
Before Merlin could finish her words, a loud bang rang under the house, sounding like the sound of some kind of weapon firing, and was accompanied by the terrifying scream of rocket raccoons.
"Swish"
Merlin flashed and appeared in the room, but saw the Rocket holding an alien assault gun that was taller than the other person, trying to aim at Gugu, and Gugu also looked scattered.
Riven used magic to trap the irritable raccoon in the air, while Lorna hugged Gugu tightly, preventing it from rushing out to eat the Rocket and Groot.
Frank was confused, only the tree man Groot seemed to be happening,
The tree man was still sitting on the sofa, drinking beer with vines, while watching the ultimate confrontation between cats and mice on TV, his eyes full of joyful smiles.
"What's wrong?"
Merlin frowned and looked at the wall where a hole was punched and smoke was emitted. He looked back at the screaming Rocket Raccoon, and he said:
"Mr. Rocket, do you have any opinions on my cat?"
"Damn it! You are not a cat at all! That's the Yuan-Devouring Beast! Damn it, kill it!"
The rocket raccoon, held in the air by magic, struggled while dancing and shouting to Merlin in panic:
"It can easily eat your world! It can also produce hundreds of eggs at a time, terrible tentacles will be stretched out in its mouth, and a stomach bag that can be connected to different dimensions can swallow everything, and can spit them out again when you don't need it. It is not yet adult and may be killed, hurry up! Kill it!"
"Yes, my cat is the Yuan-Eating Beast."
Meilin stretched out her hand to Gugu, who glared at the rocket disdainfully, then jumped lightly into Meilin's arms, rubbed her head against Meilin's arm, and then stretched out her claws to cover her eyes.
He looked innocent.
"We all know what Gugu is, and you don't need to remind us, Mr. Rocket."
Merlin waved his hand, and Riven's magic of holding the rocket was eliminated. It fell to the ground. The raccoon looked at Gugu who was held in Merlin's arms. It subconsciously took a step back, and it said:
"Okay, okay, you lunatics. This world is really dangerous. Someone actually keeps the Yuan-Devouring Beast as a pet... Well, speaking of it, I actually have a small suggestion."
The Rockets grabbed their heads and said to Merlin:
To be continued...