After listening to Matthew's words, the expression on Merlin's face became a little weird. He looked like he was... dumbfounded?
"There are some things I really can't say to you, Mashu. After all, with the fate between Ritsuka and him, I guess I might meet him again sometime. It would be extremely bad if he hears my comments.
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"After all, I don't really want to comment on that man, whether it's good or bad."
Merlin lay on the table, his voice a little weak.
"Well, what my grandfather said..."
Matthew scratched his face, looking slightly embarrassed.
If you think about it carefully, the relationship between grandfather and Mr. Merlin is indeed very complicated...
"If he really needs any evaluation, then the words I engraved on his tombstone are enough." Merlin regained his energy, climbed up from the table, and looked at Fujimaru Tate teasingly.
Xiang, "The center of the conversation now should be about Li Xiang, right?"
"ah......"
Fujimaru Ritsuka pointed at herself, a little confused.
What are the words on Mr. Anno's tombstone... I'm a little curious.
Wait and ask Ma if it has been fixed.
"The reason why I care about Ritsuka is because you are actually the same people as me." Merlin shook his finger and said with a smile.
"You are traveling among many stories. You are travelers among books like me, but you are different from me."
"Unlike me watching, you always use various forms of expression that are beyond my expectations to create and save a story, and weave one ending after another that is better than the original one."
"You've been doing this from Orleans, all the way to Mesopotamia."
Merlin overlapped his hands and put them under his chin, looking at Fujimaru Ritsuka with a smile. This look made Fujimaru Ritsuka a little panicked.
"Your determination and activity, apart from you, only I can know."
Merlin closed his eyes, lay on the back of the chair, and sighed.
"This way of living, which is similar to me but completely different from me, has given me a little...teaching."
"It is precisely because of this mentality that I want to help you even if it's just once. That's pretty much it."
"How is it?" Merlin asked Fujimaru Ritsuka, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"I just think you are a bit too extreme as a fan." Roman's voice rang out without warning. When Merlin came back to his senses, Roman's dead-eyed image had already appeared in front of the three of them.
Should I say...an illusion? Why do you feel like Dr. Roman and Mr. Merlin are very familiar?
"Well, Ritsuka, congratulations on once again successfully completing the mission. The spirit transfer channel is already being prepared. It is estimated that you will be able to transfer back at dawn tomorrow." Roman first comforted Ritsuka in a gentle tone, and then
The conversation changed and he pointed the finger at Merlin, "Now let's talk about a certain extreme fan."
"Although I am indeed grateful for your help to Ritsuka, this kind of star-chasing behavior still feels a bit scary...I can even imagine you jumping off the Tower of Paradise with your blood boiling.
Not only did you break into the stage as a bystander, but you also fought with the characters in the story. Merlin, you are..."
Bo.
A word "well" appeared on Merlin's head.
"I mean, Roman, it's almost time to say goodbye, can't you say something nice and sincerely say goodbye to me..."
"...as the most congenial of friends."
While saying this, Merlin winked at Roman, as if he was being cute.
Roman almost vomited.
"You guy..."
He looked a little like he wanted to curse, but after coughing twice, he calmed down his emotions and looked at Merlin seriously.
"However, you did help a lot this time."
"If you hadn't come here, I don't know what would have happened...Thank you, Merlin."
"Romani Aqiman, the interim director of Chaldea, on behalf of all members of Chaldea, would like to express his gratitude to you."
Roman lowered his head.
"Well, thank you, Merlin!"
"Thank you so much!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu also said to Merlin seriously.
Facing such gratitude, Merlin looked a little stunned.
He did not smile, but accepted these thanks with a very calm expression.
"It seems...I have become a little more human."
He sighed.
"Even if I heard such sincere words in the past, I probably wouldn't have any feelings at all."
"so......"
He stretched out a hand in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka and slowly opened it.
A flower appeared in Merlin's hand.
"This is..." Fujimaru Ritsuka took it with a blank expression.
"Just think of it as a souvenir and do whatever you want with it." Merlin waved his hand, "By the way, I remember that you already have a souvenir?"
He pointed at Fujimaru Ritsuka's chest.
"Ah, in this case, it's..."
Fujimaru Ritsuka took out the necklace that had been hanging on her chest.
That was during the North American Singularity. She was attacked by a sneak attack and had one of her ears cut off. She was only one centimeter away from death.
After that, Fujimaru Ritsuka asked Lawrence to preserve the severed ear with gems as a souvenir and a warning.
Merlin just smiled, not paying much attention to what it was.
He stood up: "Okay, it's almost time, I should go back."
"Fujimaru Ritsuka, you are the stargazer of Chaldea, a pioneer who will not remain in anyone's memory."
"I... pay tribute to your fight."
Merlin looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu with serious eyes, with a gentle smile on his lips.
"As a magician, I sincerely wish... that your journey this time will have a happy ending."
"I will... keep praying for you."
Merlin just smiled and turned into a pile of petals, floating in the morning breeze.
Fujimaru Ritsuka looked up at the plum forest, watching the petals being carried away into the distance by the wind, and sighed slightly.
"Senior, what are you thinking about?" Mashu also looked at the petals, but Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes looked a little dull, so she asked.
"I'm thinking......"
Fujimaru Ritsuka withdrew her gaze and looked at Mashu seriously.