"Just call me Merlin."
The look in his eyes remained unchanged, his face calm as he looked at him, unaffected by his rhetoric. Merlin naturally extended his right hand and shook his.
At this moment.
If he wanted to,
Merlin was confident he could kill him instantly.
Devil Fruit abilities, sometimes, were just this unreasonable.
Surprise flashed in Fulvio's eyes, surprised by Merlin's calmness, but soon, surprise turned into a strange expression:
"Aren't you worried at all?"
"Worried about what? Worried that you would sacrifice righteousness for a mere 1 million Berries? Or that you hate evil so much you can't tolerate a grain of sand in your eyes?
"Or are you Marines?"
"Heh!" A mocking look appeared in Merlin's eyes: "The Marines don't have the leisure to care about a small character like me who isn't even a pirate, just wanted by a few allied nations."
"Pfft! Hahaha, Fulvio, stop scaring Junior Brother Merlin."
Teresa on the side heard Merlin's words and couldn't help laughing out loud.
Fulvio's eyelid twitched, but a smile also appeared on his lips. He couldn't help but be amused by Merlin's answer.
Whether from the amount of Berries, or the fact that he said he and himself were a group of people taught by the same teacher, not to mention that he was mocking himself as just a small character.
These were enough to see that this Junior Brother Merlin was an interesting person.
However, at this moment, Fulvio also became interested. He immediately put on a stern face and said:
"Then do you know that we are bounty hunters, a kind of people who pursue wealth on the sea and disown even their relatives?
"1 million Berries is not a small amount!
"It's enough for me and my sister to go out and live it up once or twice?"
Merlin's gaze still looked at him calmly. through the conversation just now, he had a partial understanding of them at this moment. He was just like a sand sculpture (goofball).
However, at this time, Teresa retorted with speechless eyes:
"Get lost! Who wants to go out and live it up with you?
"Believe it or not, I'll go tell Dad on you? Believe it or not, if Dad knew you wanted to take me out to live it up, see if he wouldn't break your dog legs?"
Fulvio's face darkened, and he rolled his eyes at her helplessly, "Is it fun to tear down my stage? Don't you know to save me some face in front of my junior brother?"
Teresa sneered "Heh!" and then said sharply:
"Do you still have face to save?
"The famous Wandering Sword Fulvio, relying on his slightly decent face, went to the red-light district to play with ladies without money? Finally used a Den Den Mushi to call his own sister to redeem him?"
Fulvio's eyelid twitched violently at this moment, glaring at her grumpily:
"Hasn't that matter already been turned over? I agreed to many unequal conditions of yours, and you promised to keep it secret?"
Teresa was stunned suddenly, then turned her face away awkwardly, but also muttered in a low voice:
"Sorry, I forgot."
Fulvio immediately clutched his chest, looking like he had lost the will to live, then sighed at Merlin and pleaded pitifully:
"You will help me keep the secret, right? We are all people with secrets. I don't want my legs broken by Dad, Junior Brother Merlin..."
At this time, before Merlin spoke, Yol on the side narrowed her eyes:
"It's not impossible for us to help you keep the secret, but you have to agree to one condition?"
Hearing this, Fulvio looked at Yol and couldn't help blinking. This was a 91 out of 100 beauty, completely on par with his sister. He immediately puffed out his chest and raised his head, revealing a sunny smile:
"Junior Sister Yol, right! Say it, as long as it's not too excessive, Senior Brother will agree to you."
Merlin remained silent, while Yol revealed a gentle smile on her face at this moment. She said to him, word by word:
"I hope Senior Brother Fulvio will definitely not disturb us in the future, because I'm afraid you will lead Merlin and Lami astray."
Fulvio's eyes became glazed. A few seconds later, he laughed dryly with stiff lips:
"I shouldn't be some dirty thing, right? Is it necessary to look at me with eyes like looking at some disgusting bug?"
Disappointment appeared in Yol's eyes: "So you are unwilling? Then I can't help it! I have no choice but to find the teacher!"
"Agree, agree! Can't I agree? I will definitely keep a distance of three meters from you in the future. As long as you don't want to talk to me, I absolutely won't say an extra word."
Fulvio hurriedly spoke with somewhat broken eyes, "Is this okay?"
Hearing this, apology appeared in Yol's eyes. At this moment, she apologized to him:
"Sorry, Senior Brother! Merlin and Lami will find decent people to start families with in the future. I can't watch them learn bad things from you."
Fulvio felt like vomiting blood.
This woman speaking such poisonous words with a polite and gentle appearance was simply more dangerous than his sister. He immediately had the thought of staying far away from her in the future.
A trace of sympathy instantly flashed in his eyes as he looked at Merlin, as if saying, "Brother, your mom controls you really strictly."
Merlin's gaze became subtle. Somehow understanding his look, he turned his head to look at Yol, pointed at him, and said lightly:
"Yol, he's cursing you in his heart."
Pfft!
"Yahahaha, you two are so interesting! I like you guys so much!"
Teresa burst out laughing instantly, tears coming out of her eyes. She walked to Merlin's side, patted Merlin's shoulder lightly with her right hand, and said with a beaming smile:
"Merlin, Yol, right! I think we will definitely get along well, so we must interact more in the future!"
Yol nodded with a smile. Her impression of Teresa was also very good, a slightly poisonous-tongued but consistent girl.
At this time, Fulvio looked at his sister with narrowed eyes, pointing at her hand and saying:
"Sister! I know you and I are both damn face-judgers. Although this kid is somewhat handsome, no matter how thirsty you are, you can't make a move on a guy who is obviously still a teenager, right?"
Fulvio thought secretly in his heart, Since you are unkind, Sister, don't blame your brother for being unjust.
Let's hurt each other!
Who's afraid of whom!
Is it wrong to like enthusiastic beautiful older sisters? No, absolutely not wrong.
Just like you also like handsome guys.
Teresa's smile froze, Yol's eyelid also twitched, and Merlin calmly moved his shoulder away from under her hand.
After all, they weren't familiar.
And at this moment, Teresa's beautiful face began to turn blood red inch by inch.
A few seconds later, Teresa screamed "Ah!", shouting with maxed-out shame and anger:
"Damn Ful, see if this old lady doesn't kill you big idiot today."
Clang! With a sound, a cross-guard greatsword at her waist was unsheathed. Holding the sword, with whoosh, whoosh sounds of breaking wind, a cold light slashed straight at Fulvio's head.
Fulvio turned pale with fright, stomped fiercely cracking the floor to retreat backward, and at the same time, an exquisite rapier at his waist was unsheathed.
Hurriedly blocking his sister who was charging again wielding the greatsword like a tyrannosaurus in shame and anger.
Clang! Clang, clang, bang, clang, clang!!!
Dull yet crisp sword strikes appeared in the empty indoor training ground.
The siblings moved agilely, the blades in their hands colliding violently back and forth.
One had a steady figure, yet the rapier in his hand was continuous like sea waves.
One had a nimble figure, running like a petrel, wielding the greatsword with wide openings and closings, yet carrying a sense of heaviness.
Their swordsmanship came from the same source, but each had developed their own style.
Watching their battle, gleams of light flashed in Merlin's eyes. Relying on dynamic vision far exceeding ordinary people, under the specialization of "Lightning Reflexes" he now possessed, he grasped the essence of their swordsmanship incredibly accurately.
He couldn't help but watch their battle somewhat entranced.
Yol on the side also looked at Teresa with surprise in her eyes. As a fellow greatsword user, there was a wondrous beauty of heaviness and agility in Teresa's sword.
A direction for advancing swordsmanship appeared before her eyes. Yol couldn't help whispering:
"Such a beautiful sword, worth learning from."
In Merlin's eyes, as the two fought heatedly, one's swordsmanship was like surging sea waves, continuous and unending, and the other was like a rock petrel, heavy yet nimble.
Thinking of Fiore mentioning that his eldest son visualized sea waves integrating into the sword theory.
Then, Teresa should be like a swallow? Swallow? Merlin's heart moved suddenly. The Petrel Mountain of Petrel Island?
That Petrel Mountain behind this manor that seemed to be lying quietly, yet also seemed ready to spread its wings and fly high at any time?
Fiore's Rock Heart Theory.
Fulvio's Wave Heart Theory.
And Teresa's Rock Petrel Theory?
While his thoughts drifted, he watched the battle of the two intently.
Half an hour later, Teresa, who had been bursting with full power, was finally defeated due to physical exhaustion.
At this moment, Fulvio's rapier rested on her slender, swan-like neck, with a painful expression as if he had a stomachache:
"I was wrong, okay? I apologize. Brother begs you to spare Brother!"
Teresa sheathed her sword with a dark face.
"I'll spare you this time. Dare to do it again, and I'll never be finished with you in this life.
"I'll make sure you never think about picking up women again."
Saying this, she made a scissor gesture.
Fulvio's back instantly felt cold. He laughed dryly and said fawningly:
"I really was wrong this time! Sister, be magnanimous and don't hold a grudge against a petty person!"
Teresa snorted coldly, tilted her head to glance at him, then said grumpily:
"Hope you can keep your word."
At this time, Fulvio sighed and nodded, wanting to cry but having no tears.
But soon.
He walked towards Merlin with a narcissistic face again. But seeing Yol's gentle smile, the corner of his mouth twitched, and he stopped three meters away from the three:
"Cough, cough! Just now, Senior Brother and my sister demonstrated the real skills of our dojo for you live. You saw it.
"What do you think?"
Saying this, as if thinking of something, he looked at Merlin with a brilliant face:
"So now? Do you still think I can't answer your doubts?"
At this time, Teresa walked in front of the three, first glanced at her brother grumpily, then smiled refreshingly and said to Merlin:
"Although my brother is somewhat unreliable in character, in swordsmanship, saying 'blue comes from indigo' (the student surpasses the master) is not nonsense.
"If you have things you don't understand in cultivation, you can tell us. Even if we really don't know, we can discuss it together."
She didn't speak in absolutes, leaving some room for themselves.
A smile appeared at the corner of Merlin's mouth. Although these two siblings seemed to like bickering and tearing down each other's stages, it could be seen that their relationship was really good.
So,
Merlin thought for a moment and said it:
"Teacher Fiore taught us the visualization method regarding Rock Heart.
"However,
"I found that after successful visualization, the visualized object seems to bring certain adverse effects to one's own mental aspects."