Latovigna, somewhere.

Victor von Dum stood by a pot full of lava, chanting a string of ancient spells in a low voice.

"I call, the dark, the cold...come to face von Dum, and face the people you persecuted..."

He sprinkled blue crystals into the lava, closed his palms and shouted in a low voice: "Show me! Mephisto!"

Magic surged, energy burst out, lava in the can run wildly, flames rushed out of the can, sweeping the entire room with a transparent impact.

But nothing happened, just like every attempt he had before.

"No...no! Why!?"

Dum overturned the fire pot in annoyance, and the red and hot liquid spilled all over the floor, corroding the floor and making a hissing sound, and white smoke rose.

A lama behind him carefully reminded: "Maybe the material is wrong, or the mantra may be wrong in the inheritance..."

"No, there is no problem with the spell. There must be something we ignore." Dum said anxiously. He shook his cloak and walked out, "Clean me up and prepare again. We will try again in twenty minutes."

"Yes, Lord." The Lama bowed and bowed.

Dum walked out of the palace in annoyance. He was in a bad mood and in poor condition, so he didn't notice any difference between this experiment and before.

A pair of eyes stared at him silently from the darkness, his eyes flashing. Its owner was hiding in the shadow like a sculpture, and had no movement for a long time.

***

Private matter?

Wanda was stunned for a moment and blinked.

Michael Paso will take the initiative to talk about "private affairs", which seems to be an unprecedented first time.

"What's the matter?" For some reason, she found herself a little nervous inexplicably.

Michael sat down, silent for a while, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After a moment, he looked at Wanda with a slightly strange look compared to the past, which made her face somehow a little fevered.

"When you were on the ship of Conqueror Kang, you asked who that person was, but I didn't tell you any of you." He suddenly spoke softly.

Wanda nodded. Of course she remembered that the guy wearing armor that looked like a black knight and wearing a cloak suddenly rushed out of nowhere. Kang's fleet was easily destroyed by him like toys, and Kang's bunch of future technologies acted like toys in front of him.

It's hard for such a guy to forget.

"In fact, that person...is me."

Wanda was stunned and a little confused: "What does that mean?"

"I mean that person is me, but not now." Michael said lightly, "He comes from a certain future. Maybe it is the future of our time and space, or maybe it is another timeline... I'm not sure, and even he is not sure."

Wanda was a little confused when she heard it.

"The point is that he is me, from the future, and he has achieved the goals I have been working on. He said that what we built ended up being the most solid umbrella on the planet, we have overcome all the crises and ushered in this long-lost era of peace in this world."

"Don't that sounds good?" said Wanda.

"Maybe." He seemed to be in thought, "but he also reminded me of another thing. At that time, I had the greatest power and the strongest power, but it seemed that that was all. Even if I was at the top, I was just a person."

Wanda: "..."

In fact, she had already felt this way. In her impression, Michael seemed to be able to defeat any enemy and solve any problems, but at the same time he was always alone. He seemed to be used to taking on everything alone, and liked to keep all his thoughts and emotions in his heart and never communicate with anyone.

Maybe he was too outstanding, maybe no one could keep up with his pace. Wanda had hoped to be the one who could share his burden for him more than once, but she always felt that what she could do was too limited.

She is just not strong enough and not outstanding enough.

Michael suddenly smiled at her.

Wanda was surprised to find that this seemed to be the first time she had seen the boss smiling—no matter what the situation was.

"Thank you, Wanda. And... I'm sorry." He said softly, "Actually, you hinted before... I hope it can help me more. Actually, I have always known what you want."

Wanda opened her eyes wide and said with some uncertainty: "You... know?"

"I've always known. But I've never responded to your feelings until now. To some extent, I've been ignoring you... so sorry." He said softly, "because I always imply that there are more important things to do. There are still many things waiting for me to complete. I have to seize the time to strengthen again and again, and make complete plans to deal with aliens or anything else that may come at any time. Because I know everyone is counting on me, and many times if I fail others, the world will suffer huge - maybe irreparable - losses."

Over the past year, Wanda's expression to him has actually been obvious enough, and Daisy always deliberately adds to the fire... If Michael doesn't notice the little witch's feelings at all, he must be lying to himself.

And does he have feelings for this little witch?

He wanted to say that there was no...but he himself could hardly believe it.

Otherwise, why should I spend time with her frequently? Just because she is my most capable confidant? Because there are too many unknown parts of the power of her chaos magic that need to be observed closely?

He could tell himself these reasons, but deep down he actually knew that it was not just that.

"After seeing myself and seeing with my own eyes what the future will be, I began to think...Is that the future I want? Is it really worth it since I fought?

And now, I feel like I have an answer.”

Wanda looked at him blankly, vaguely as if she realized something, and she felt her heartbeat was accelerating for no reason.

Michael looked at her ruby-like eyes seriously.

"You are right. I have had the idea of ​​"if I'm not alone" more than once when facing complex and difficult situations. So, if you are willing to forgive my rudeness so far, if your heart has not changed yet... Then I do hope you can stay with me and become the one who is standing by me. But there is one thing I think you should know. That is, no matter how you answer..."

He paused and smiled.

"... Actually, to me, you are already the only one."
Chapter completed!