If there was a piece of tofu in front of him, the turtle would have thrown away the axe long ago and admit defeat—his axe skills are far from being able to carve chrysanthemums with tofu.
However, a piece of firewood can still be carved in a so-so way.
The sawdust was flying, and the light of the axe in Xia Ya's hand flickered, and the strands of wood were stripped off by him. The fine chrysanthemum petals are clearly visible. Although it can't be said to be supernatural, the evaluation of "exquisite" is not an exaggeration.
Xiaya seemed to be very proud. After carving, he raised it and gestured to Merlin, "Look, that's it."
Merlin stood there, squinting at the woody chrysanthemum in Xia's hand, then took it gently, and played with it for a while, at this time, Merlin's eyes narrowed into a line, and he couldn't see her in the end. What kind of eyes did she look like, only after looking at it for a while, the terrifying woman nodded and showed a weird smile: "Yes, that's what it looks like."
Xia Ya was relieved, and his face was obviously relaxed: "Then, Mr. Merlin, can I ask, what happened to the bet you made with that old guy?"
The turtle is obviously forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart!
The guy in front of me is Merlin! It's Merlin, who is known as the most terrifying woman in the world! ! Bet with Merlin, what will happen in general
Think of King Landis! Think about the magisters in the Byzantine Magical Guild! Think again of the mighty God-Emperor Odin!
These guys all lost to Merlin.
And her adoptive father, that old guy, actually won against her... I don't know what bet he won
The bet lost by the dignified great wizard Merlin must be extraordinary! !
"I can tell you." Merlin smiled, it seemed that the woman's attitude was much more kind: "That old man, who are you?"
"Uh..." Just as Xia Ya was about to blurt out the answer, her heart suddenly moved, and when the words came to her lips, she quickly suppressed the impulse, and said vaguely, "It's one of my elders, um, then, Mr. Merlin, you and he are..."
"Well, old friend." Merlin's tone was very relaxed.
Xia was relieved.
Since he and Merlin are friends... Someone like Merlin would be too embarrassed to be too vicious to the adopted son of his old friend.
Generally speaking, according to the descriptions in various legends, people like Merlin rarely have any friends, and generally speaking, such people will cherish and value friends very much.
Then I... didn't I step on the shit again
Bah Bah Bah! Bad luck! It should be said that he had good luck again!
"That's my adoptive father!" Xia Ya tried her best to make her expression look more sincere and dignified, even frowning her brows hard, making a sad look: "His old man raised me from a young age, but it's a pity, the kindness of raising Before he could repay, he had already passed away..."
"Are you his son?" Merlin blinked.
"It's an adopted son." Xia Ya corrected it.
"Almost." Merlin didn't seem to care much about this question: "Adopted son or parent-child, there is no difference. Can I think that you are his heir? Or, his heir?"
"Uh... you can say that." Xia began to look forward to it.
Merlin's expression became more serious as expected. She took two steps back and looked at Xia Ya up and down for a while. Those bright eyes looked at Xia Ya a little uncomfortable.
"Master... It seems that something is not quite right." The poor Duoduo reminded in a low voice, sticking to Xiaya's back: "Lord Merlin's eyes don't seem to be..."
"Shut up." Xia frowned and whispered to stop Dodo Luo, then looked at Merlin: "Then, Mr. Merlin, the bet from that year..."
Merlin finally smiled, her smile was clearly very kind, but in Xiaya's eyes, she only felt that the woman's eyes had a faint sense of playfulness.
"Cunning little guy, are you thinking that the bet I lost to your adoptive father back then must be very valuable?"
"… Uh, maybe." Xia Ya hesitated for a while, then simply said, "As you are, betting with someone will definitely not be an easy condition."
"Oh, are you still thinking that people like me, with such an identity, will not regret what they say and do? Otherwise, wouldn't they be sorry for their identity?"
"Of course." Xia Ya showed a sincere and honest expression on his face, and said seriously: "You are the great wizard, the king of witches of the Landis Kingdom."
"Ha." Merlin smiled: "Yes, at least you guessed right, I did lose a very heavy bet to your adoptive father. If you are interested, I can tell you what happened. You Want to know?"
"Of course." Xia Ya's eyes lit up.
Depend on! This kind of pie in the sky actually happened to Lao Tzu! ! For the first time in his life, the turtle sincerely praised the old guy.
Alas, old guy, although you are a bastard and an alcoholic, but... I didn't expect you to leave me such a precious treasure! A big magician's bet!
"Oh, respected Lord Merlin." Thinking of the upcoming good luck, Xia Ya's tone was also polite and respectful: "Let me guess, I think, with a peerless master like you, it must be with my adoptive father. There is a competition between experts... Two peerless and peerless experts, the battle is on the night of the full moon, at the peak of the mountain! The pride of the world, coupled with the loneliness, makes you cherish each other, and then after the battle , and became friends... ah, it must be like this, right?"
When Xiaya said this, the smile on Merlin's face became stronger and stronger, she stared at the turtle for a while, then slowly shook her head: "Dear little guy, I think you are the kind of legend that you read too much. "
Her tone was a little funny: "Duel with me? Him? Stop joking. Oh, I don't mean to belittle him, but, your adoptive father, although his martial arts are so-so, he's still better than Hannigan. It's a lot worse. He's not qualified to be my opponent yet. But I admit that, although your adoptive father is a bastard, he is at least a very interesting bastard. "
The ignorant local turtle didn't know that the "Hannigan" that Merlin was talking about was the contemporary Emperor Odin. He was stunned for a moment: "Eh? It's not a duel? So what kind of bet is that?"
A complex expression gradually appeared on Merlin's face, as if his teeth were itchy: "Well, what's the matter... I passed by a small town, where there lived an evil magician, who practiced black magic, and also Killing a living person and refining it into an undead creature. When I was passing there, I learned about it, and I happened to be in a bad mood at the time, so I wanted to kill that guy to vent."
She said in an understated tone, Xia heard it, but couldn't help but look at Dodoro.
I'm in a bad mood, just kill a magician to vent my mood... God, what kind of woman is this!
"... Coincidentally, a few local nobles secretly offered a bounty to invite a bounty hunter to deal with the black magician... Well, that's right, it just so happens that the one who coveted that bounty was your adoptive father. "
When Xiaya heard this, she nodded.
Before the old guy was dead, Xiaya once heard the old guy brag about himself when he was drunk, saying that he had worked as a bounty hunter for a while, but at the time he thought he was just bragging.
"However, I went to find the bad luck of the black magician that day, and I met your adoptive father, the person Merlin wanted to kill, but someone dared to rob me, so I wanted to teach that guy a good lesson. But your adoptive father Tell me, those nobles gave the bounty, but they didn't ask him to kill the magician. After all, killing a magician would bring too many consequences. The local nobles just asked your adoptive father to find a way to kill the magician. The teacher expelled and drove away.
I met your adoptive father in the woods, oh, let me think about it, the scene was similar to now, your adoptive father had a bonfire and was having lunch, and I went into the woods hungry , and then I thought he asked for some food and talked with him for a while. I didn't hide my intentions from him, he tried to stop me - that guy, he just didn't want to give up the bounty.
Unfortunately, his ability is a little worse than mine. We tried a little bit. He is not my opponent. He can't stop me or drive me away. In the end he made a condition and we made a bet.
The wager he made at the time was that if whoever won, the winner could ask the loser to do anything.
At the time, I turned down such a ridiculous request, hum... Although I thought I was going to win, I still thought it was too ridiculous. Any request? Could it be that, in case I lose, he asks me to kill God Emperor Odin, should I do the same? snort!
Finally, we discussed it and made some changes to this bet. The revised decision is: the winner can ask the loser to do one thing, but the premise is: no third person is involved, and it must be a formal and serious request, and at the same time more I won't ask the opponent to hurt my own body—hmph, if he wins, let me cut off one of his arms, I promise! That's what I thought at the time.
Other than that I don't think I have anything to worry about, I think there are very few things in this world that I can't do, and if the guy asks for money, it doesn't matter if I give him a mountain of gold .
Of course, at the time, I didn't think he could win under the terms of our bet. "
Xia Ya's heart was beating wildly.
Ask the other person to… do anything!
God! This is Merlin! It's the Great Magister Merlin! Apparently the old guy won later! !
"Hehe, poor boy, just looking at your eyes, I know what you're thinking about. Humph." Merlin sneered: "However, don't be too complacent, the final result of the bet is not this one. After all , the winner can ask the loser to do anything, this kind of request, I still had some concerns at the time, I thought that guy was very cunning, I was worried that he was playing tricks, so I put forward an additional additional condition."
"What conditions?"
"That is... When the question is finally asked, don't be too outrageous! As for whether the standard is outrageous, it depends on what both parties must be able to do! That is to say, if I win, I ask him to do one thing, this thing I must be able to do it myself! Otherwise, in case he asks me to pick the stars in the sky, I don't have the ability! Therefore, what I ask of the other party must be done by myself! This is true Additional additional conditions.
At the same time, we have also made a supplementary condition, which is how to solve the request if the other party cannot fulfill the request. "
Xia shook his head and sighed, but it was quite reasonable—because according to Xia's understanding of the old guy, that old bastard was not a fuel-efficient lamp! As for this Merlin, judging from her stories, she is also a smart guy.
"In short, we discussed it for a long time, and finally negotiated a final plan. If the loser cannot fulfill that condition, he must compensate the winner in another form. I have to say, your adoptive father is me. The most cunning and hateful of all the bastards I have ever met in my life!" Merlin gritted his teeth hard.
"Okay, I know the bet... So what exactly are you betting on?"
Merlin's face was a little ugly: "The content of the bet? I was really careless at the time! Damn it... Your adoptive father's condition is that he can make the black magician by saying a word directly to the magician without doing anything. Surrender yourself and leave the area obediently. If he can't do it, I have the right to kill the black magician."
Don't do it? Just saying a word can make the other party surrender obediently
Xia Ya was also a little puzzled.
"As a result, we entered the depths of the woods and found the residence of the black magician. Hmph, the strength of the black magician is very poor. I easily cracked the few magical defense barriers he set up outside. Your adoptive father and I soon entered his house, and when we appeared in front of the magician, the poor bastard was obviously surprised... Unfortunately, because of that bet, I couldn't make a move, so I had to let your adoptive father go first. Go and surrender. The result... the result..."
"What was the result? He did it?" Xia Ya couldn't figure it out.
"Yes! He did it! That damn bastard!" Merlin's face was ashen.
"How... how... did he..."
Merlin took a deep breath, his voice almost squeezed out of his teeth: "That bastard, he just swaggered in front of the black magician, he really didn't do anything, he really only said one sentence, he What it said was 'Hey! We're here to trouble you, see? The woman behind me is the famous Great Magister Merlin. If you don't want to die, just surrender and leave.' Damn!"
"..." Xia Ya opened her mouth wide, and after a while, she finally couldn't bear it any longer, and laughed wildly.
Merlin's face was ashen, and he snorted heavily.
"The result? That black magician really surrendered and ran away?"
"Of course." Merlin gritted his teeth: "The black magician was naturally scared to death when he heard my name... Humph! Not to mention that guy, among the Byzantine magicians, there are a few Byzantine magicians who can see that I am not afraid!"
evil! So evil!
Xia Ya complimented the old guy fiercely in his heart, this old bastard is too good at this trick!
"It's not the most hateful thing about him." Merlin's face became even more ugly: "The most hateful thing about this bastard is that when we cashed out the bet, he asked me to do one thing, but I couldn't do it! …”
"You can't do it?" Xia Ya's eyes widened: "Wait a minute! You said just now that you have an additional condition, that is, you must be able to do the same thing before you can ask the other party? I don't understand... Your strength is much stronger than that old guy, so what is it that he can do but you can't?!"
Merlin's face flushed with anger, she took a deep breath, and vaguely flashed back to that scene in her mind...
Right in that grove, that hateful man, with a smile on his face. At that time, I was very confident in my heart. With my own ability, there are not many things in the world that can stumped me, not to mention... This guy's strength is so much worse than himself, what can he do? Yes, but I can't do it? snort!
As soon as he brought it up, I cashed in, and then... I killed the damn bastard who made me lose face.
No... he should have turned him into a frog!
But, that nasty man, with that weird smile on his face, his chin full of beard stubble almost crooked - what tricks does he have
Even though she is the greatest magician of the contemporary era, the Great Magister Merlin, one of the top powerhouses in the contemporary era, she may have encountered countless powerful enemies in her life and experienced many thrilling adventures.
But in her whole life, she could never forget that afternoon, in the woods, the request made by that hateful man to her! And the scene where the other party made a request.
The man, looking at himself, smiled, and spoke slowly.
"Dear Ms. Merlin, in view of our betting contract, we must not ask the other party to hurt his own body. The content of the request must be serious and serious. At the same time, the request I make of you must be something I can do myself! Then , my request to you is... "
Having said that, the man suddenly plucked a piece of green grass from the grass next to him and slowly circled it. Finally, facing Merlin, he slowly knelt down on one knee.
"Ms. Merlin... My request is, please marry me."
At that time, Merlin's expression was extremely wonderful.