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Of course he was just joking when he said they were breaking up. He was mainly trying to make things light. After all, it was normal for young lovers to break up and get back together. Fury hoped to make this matter less serious and give each other a step to step down.
However, things were not quite as he expected, and everyone fell into a confused silence. Artoria pursed her lips and looked like she wouldn't let go. Tony was also in a state of confusion, with "Where am I and who am I?" written in capital letters on his face. The weather is so nice today. In the end, only Natasha was the one who gave her the face. He smiled, and only Black Widow laughed in the circle of people in the ward. Everything seemed even more embarrassing now.
After a long pause, just when Fury was thinking about finding another topic, Tony spoke first.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, he did not lose his temper. He quickly calmed down his confusion and said leisurely as usual: "Huh? What's wrong, my dear Lily?" He simply leaned back and relaxed, but The vague tension was visible to everyone. "Cancel the contract? No problem! But this shouldn't cause any harm to you, right?"
Artoria thought that Tony would be angry, ignore her, and refuse to terminate the contract with her. She was even prepared that if Tony Stark could be saved, she would betray him if that didn't work... Although Artoria Liya felt that it was really difficult for her to do it, but it was said that the contract would be terminated if the Servant died... Artoria thought a lot. Even though Tony's surprised expression just now was expected, she didn't expect that Tony would agree so easily. , and even turned around to worry about whether it would cause harm to her.
"It's okay," Arturia said, thinking she wouldn't be discovered. "As long as I'm in this building, nothing will go wrong."
The focus is on the building.
Natasha and Hawkeye briefly looked at each other, and even Tony was startled.
"Why a building?" Natasha frowned. "What's in this building?"
Since she was treated so favorably, Artoria had no intention of hiding it. After all, sometimes being honest about what went wrong can help things get resolved faster. She sorted out her thoughts and said: "Magic power. There is very powerful magic power in this building. This is not the magic power generated by the building itself, but is contaminated by an unusually powerful magic source that stayed here for a period of time. That The magic source obviously has unmeasurable magic power, so much so that it can still bring so much magic power to this building after it disappears-" She lengthened her tone and glanced around. "——Even you, as ordinary people, have been infected with enough magic power."
Ordinary Steve: "..." He was a little happy for some reason.
"Saul didn't say it." Tony reacted quickly. In his opinion, Saul, who is quite sensitive to these things, would definitely bring it up if he realized it. If he didn't say it, then he either didn't feel it or he had this feeling. It's normal... He turned his head and looked at Neptune to confirm, but Neptune looked confused and obviously didn't feel anything.
"In fact, the whole of New York is covered by magic, so it may not be obvious." Artoria answered calmly, indicating that the second guess is correct because the whole of New York is covered by magic, so there is magic here. Although it is surprising, it is not particularly strange. Then she looked at Batman and pointed out something. "I haven't told you, about the contract between me and Mr. Stark... Actually, Mr. Stark does not have the right to dominate the contract between us."
If the control of the contract is not in the hands of Tony Stark, then it is in the hands of Artoria who signed the contract with Tony? Thinking this, everyone looked at Artoria at the same time. Only Batman reflexively lowered his head and glanced at the back of his hand. The words Artoria once said rang in his mind again.
【That is the command spell. 】
[Three absolute commands for me. 】
Noticing that everyone was turning their eyes to her, Artoria denied: "Not here either." She stared at the back of Batman's gloved hand. "The person who summoned me was Mr. Stark, yes. But because I didn't find anyone in the iron armor at that time, it was a contract signed with Mr. Wayne, who stood in front of me and responded to me. Mr. Wayne too. So...I'm sorry Mr. Stark, I never wanted to say it, but now..."
Arturia sighed and shook her head slightly, not knowing what she was feeling regretful about.
"The control of the contract lies with Mr. Wayne, and the evidence is the three command spells on the back of his hand." As she said this, she turned to face Tony worriedly. "And Mr. Stark—"
"Tony." Tony, whose focus was basically not online, interrupted directly. He opened his big eyes and winked at Artoria. "Just call me Tony."
"Yes, Tony." Artoria accepted this affectionate title graciously. After all, to her, just being affectionate didn't really make her think anything else. This is so normal. When I was doing diplomacy back then, I would try my best to change the title to a familiar one in a few sentences. But if it was Kai, after a few sentences, the title would no longer be a familiar one, and they would just go for a drink together. "And Tony, after you summoned me, you became the object of providing me with magic power."
Everyone condemned looking at Batman. Batman sat still and his hood was too tight to see anything.
Batman recalled carefully and found that he just hummed reflexively... Was this considered a response? !
But everything about the command spell is clear.
Tony Stark, who summoned Artoria, would provide her with magical power, but the real right to use it would be in the hands of Bruce Wayne.
Tony suddenly remembered that Arturia actually told him about this when they first met, but he couldn't save face and was too embarrassed to ask Batman for it, so he blurred the situation and didn't care about it anymore. At this moment, a sudden memory made him think of a way. He used a trick to ask Artoria: "But Lily, this is transferable, isn't it?" He glanced at it with a half-smile, his expression basically unchanged. A changed Batman. "I believe that our little prince of Gotham must also be troubled by this command spell that cannot be concealed."
Although Tony believed that high technology would be able to solve his troubles, it would not be a bad idea to steal the Command Seals at this time.
However, Artoria shook her head: "No, no, Tony."
"It's too late." Guilt filled her eyes again, and she finally told the truth that she must terminate the contract. "Tony, you can no longer provide me with magic."
Tony's expression froze for a moment. He was a little panicked and wanted to say something, but in the end he just asked dryly: "...What do you mean?"
"You can no longer provide me with magic power." Artoria tilted her head, and the guilt in her eyes made Tony feel that it was more empty than guilty. "Tony, every second of my existence requires magic power, and the magic power in you is almost gone. If the contract continues, I will absorb your life force... Unless you stay in this building for the rest of your life and never leave - but we all You know, that’s impossible.”
The King of Knights softened his expression and looked at the vibrant scene outside the window: "You are Iron Man."
"It's not that there is no way. I thought about asking you to open the magic circuit, or find another way to find the source of magic, but there is no way." Artoria remembered that when she was exploring Ultron, she felt that it was not very far away. That powerful source of magic power and those words that come from unknown sources but go straight to the bottom of my heart: "Who are you?" ], silently swallowing what he originally wanted to say, "There are two other people who may be able to provide me with magic power."
Tony's face was dark, or it should be said that the faces of the entire Avengers were not very good-looking. Aquaman, who was not an Avenger, was already thinking about whether to go out.
[Every second of my existence requires magic. 〕
This means that once the contract with Tony, who provided her with magic power, is terminated, Artoria will most likely disappear.
No, maybe not very likely, but definitely.
Then the reason why Artoria hurriedly brought Tony back to Avengers Tower is obvious. Tony's magic power is not enough, so he can only supplement it with the magic power left in Avengers Tower.
"Will you disappear?" Tony licked his lips. "I mean, if the contract is terminated, you can definitely stay, right?"
"You are King Arthur!" He said in admiration. "You are the Eternal King." He deliberately ignored King Arthur, the Eternal King, who had actually emphasized that King Arthur was dead so many times.
Artoria only felt as if she had gone back in time, and was about to have a decisive battle with King Bei ahead. Gawain smiled reluctantly at her, not knowing whether to comfort himself or to comfort her and said: "You are okay, you are King Arthur! You But the red dragon of Britain!”
"I won't die." Artoria touched Tony's head like a child, which obviously surprised the group of people around. The most surprised was Batman, who had not thought about it. The screen is still being refreshed in my mind.
Is she King Arthur? !
Well, it looks very similar now...but I will never forget how she looked when I first saw her! That's a woman!
People in Britain, you are blind - forget it, there is no way to tell, after all, she looks just like a man, it is too normal to not recognize her.
Batman's loveless thoughts flew to nowhere, but he still said: "I believe that he can stay safely in Avengers Tower for at least a short time. I can help you find Wonder Woman." Come here, you know, she knows a lot about this stuff.”
He reminded a group of sad Avengers: "Why don't you find someone who is good at magic? If I remember correctly, the Thor from Asgard in the Avengers should know this very well, and maybe he can help. What."
Avengers: "..." But there is no way to contact him! I can't find him! I really can’t find it!
But Batman's ideas seemed to have given Tony a lot of help. The expression on his face suddenly lit up, he snapped his fingers and nodded to Batman: "Yes! Why didn't I think of it earlier! Well done Dark Knight!"
He shouted happily: "Jarvis, contact our old friend!"
"No matter where he is, no matter what he is doing, find him and call him over!"
"Stephen Strange! He must have a way to solve this problem!"
