Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 227 The Outcome of a Wild Idea

Caroline glanced at Elena instinctively.

Elena also recalled Hawke, whom she had just seen at the manor.

Only Stefan, who hadn't been inside, listened to the two women's conversation, completely bewildered.

Who are you talking about?

"Hawk."

Caroline looked at Stefan, then seemed to remember something: "My cousin's fiancé, by the way, Stefan, can you sense him?"

Upon hearing this, Stefan looked in the direction of Fox Manor.

He sensed Sheriff Liz Fox who had just entered, and also sensed a woman with an unfamiliar aura, who should be the cousin Caroline had mentioned.

Stefan even sensed the servants in the manor, and William Fox as he was being helped out of bed by a maid.

besides……

Gone.

Stefan withdrew his gaze and looked at Caroline.

Caroline met Stefan's gaze, seemingly already knowing what he was about to say, and spoke first with a serious expression: "He's inside."

Stefan's eyes narrowed instantly.

This time, it was Elena's turn to be completely bewildered.

She listened to her boyfriend's conversation with her friend, completely bewildered: "Wait, what are you talking about? What do you mean he's in there?"

Stefan looked at his girlfriend with a serious expression and told her that he could not sense Hawke's presence.

Elena frowned upon hearing this.

"So what does this mean?"

“His level of existence is above ours.”

Stefan's voice was deep and his expression serious.

Moreover, this is not only above vampires, but more accurately, it transcends the entire supernatural species.

This is the most fundamental difference in terms of the level of life.

The only possibility that he couldn't sense Hawk's existence was that Hawk's level of life had already surpassed that of extraordinary beings.

Hawke is not extraordinary, but beyond extraordinary.

After listening to her boyfriend's explanation, Elena looked at her serious-looking girlfriend and recalled the image of Damon covered in blood. She subconsciously gasped and looked at Caroline: "What's the background of your cousin's fiancé?"

Caroline shook her head.

Stefan, standing nearby, said in a serious tone, "Regardless of his background, the most important thing now is why he attacked Damon. Damon said that if he hadn't run fast, he almost wouldn't have made it back."

Although Damon is bad.

Although Damon still has feelings for his current girlfriend.

But he is his own brother.

My older brother.

Simply put, despite Damon's many faults, Stefan would never allow an outsider to bully his brother if something were to happen.

Elena, who was standing nearby, remembered the look of realization Hawke had given her when she went in with Sheriff Liz Fox. She frowned and said, "He wouldn't be here for Catherine, would he?"

Upon hearing this, Stefan and Caroline instinctively looked at Elena.

Elena took a deep breath and looked at the two of them, recalling the look Hawke had given her when she entered: "His eyes seemed confused, then suddenly cleared up, as if he felt I shouldn't be here, and then he seemed to realize I wasn't the person he imagined."

Indeed, many people have mistaken themselves for others.

After all, there is indeed another person who looks very much like him.

Katherine Pierce.

A female vampire who looks exactly like her, who is over 500 years old, and who is also Stefan and Damon's ex-girlfriend.

Stefan, standing to the side, said with a serious expression: "It is indeed possible that Catherine has been wandering outside for hundreds of years."

Caroline looked surprised.

"Are you saying that my cousin's fiancé might also be Catherine's ex-boyfriend?"

"Bah!"

Hawke, who was sitting on the sofa in the manor with Gwen and catching up with her aunt Liz, couldn't help but chuckle as he listened to the wildly imaginative conversation between the three outside the manor.

Gwen and her aunt Liz, who were catching up, stopped talking and looked at Hawke, who chuckled.

Gwen glanced at Hawke and blinked.

Liz looked at Hawke with a smile.

Hawke's mind raced, and he looked at Liz: "Sorry, I just remembered that on my way here, Gwen scared me by saying there were vampires in town."

Liz, sitting on the opposite sofa, visibly paused her smile, but quickly recovered. She looked at Gwen with a serious expression and criticized her: "Gwen, Fallstown relies on tourism, and Fallstown is your home. How can you say that?"

Gwen opened her mouth, glanced at Hawke, and then looked at her aunt.

"Sorry, I was just trying to scare Hawke."

"Hawk, don't believe her."

Aunt Liz, maintaining a composed expression, looked at Hawke and said with a smile, "What vampire? We need to talk about science."

Hawke nodded: "Okay, Auntie."

at this time.

Caroline also came back in from outside. After a brief brainstorming session outside, the three of them came up with an answer that Hawke found quite mind-blowing.

Hawke is suspected to be Catherine's ex-boyfriend.

and so……

After discussing it, the three decided that Caroline, using her status as a relative, would try to find out Hawke's purpose in coming to Fallstown at this time, and also who Hawke really was.

This is not.

After Caroline walked in, she smiled and casually asked, "What are you talking about?" Then she naturally sat down next to her mother, Liz.

Liz glanced at her daughter, who had just sat down, and said in a joking tone, "Hawk just said that when your cousin came to town, she scared him by saying that there were vampires in our town."

Caroline's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly regained her composure.

"Haha, vampires? How could that be, cousin? How could you say that? What if people outside really think there are vampires in our town and they don't dare to come for tourism?"

"I was wrong."

Gwen, looking helpless, apologized once again.

Caroline quickly changed the subject: "By the way, cousin, Grandpa said you're planning to spend Christmas here?"

Gwen nodded: "Yes, we'll go back to New York after Christmas and spend the holiday with Grandpa."

Liz smiled and said, "You should definitely spend more time with your grandfather. After he found out about your engagement, he wanted to fly to New York to see you several times."

Gwen blinked.

"Mom didn't tell me."

"That is……"

Just as Liz was about to speak, she glanced at William, who had finished his afternoon nap and was coming down the stairs, and said with a smile, "Your grandfather is here. Ask him yourself."

After a nap, Grandpa William, looking even more energetic, walked over with a smile: "What did you ask me? Oh, right, Hawke, did you see the photos? What do you think?"

Hawke met his grandfather William's smiling face, his voice very serious: "My heart's desire."

William laughed heartily, pointed at Hawke, and said to Gwen, "I like him."

If William thought Hawke was quite good before Hawke said those words, then after Hawke said them, William was 100% satisfied with Hawke.

Because Hawke's values ​​align very well with his.

This is why he hasn't moved into the town all these years.

Without him.

Looking at the few black people who could walk freely in the town, he always wished he could take out his long-forgotten riding whip from the basement and whip them severely.

Of course.

This is why his aunt Liz didn't force him to move to the town.

Gwen listened to her fiancé and grandfather's undisguised views on values ​​and her lips twitched slightly.

Aunt Liz was also taken aback for a moment, then seemed to realize something and shook her head speechlessly.

Caroline, standing to the side, was once again somewhat bewildered, looking at her mother who was shaking her head.

"What picture?"

"Old photos of the Fox family."

Aunt Liz couldn't say it outright either, since as the town's sheriff, there were some things she could have, but couldn't say out loud.

After a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth, Gwen said to her laughing grandfather, "Grandpa, Hawke was initially afraid to come see you, but after I told him you kept a lot of photos, he immediately wasn't afraid anymore, and he even started counting the time on his fingers at home."

Upon hearing this, Grandpa laughed even more heartily and looked at Hawke: "Would you like to visit the treasure vaults of Fox Manor?"

Hawke's eyes lit up: "Of course."

He had heard Gwen mention that if the study contained the Fox family's glorious past, then the manor's treasury contained the Fox family's spoils of war from that glorious past.

These spoils of war were once displayed openly to deter slaves who attempted to rebel or escape.

Unfortunately, only William has the key to the manor's vault, and even Helen and Liz cannot enter without his permission.

And now, William has invited Hawke.

Hawke accepted the invitation without hesitation.

Gwen, who was standing nearby, heard her grandfather's invitation to her fiancé: "Grandpa, Caroline and I haven't been inside the vault yet. Why don't we go in and take a look?"

William shook his head: "No, Hawke it is. Come on, Hawke, I'll show you the rich heritage of the Fox family."

Hawke nodded, got up from the sofa, gave Gwen a helpless look, and then followed his grandfather William toward the annex of the manor.

soon.

After Hawke and his grandfather William disappeared from sight.

Aunt Liz withdrew her gaze, thought for a moment, and whispered to Gwen, "Gwen, New York is a metropolis. You should remind Hawke that times have changed. Some opinions are fine, but don't say them out loud."

Upon hearing this, Gwen looked at her aunt Liz, nodded, and smiled, saying, "Don't worry, Aunt, I know. I'll keep an eye on Hawke."

Caroline, who was standing nearby, finally realized what her grandfather and cousin's fiancé had been talking about.

The history of the Fox family.

In other words.

It's a history of blood and sweat for people with dark skin!

……

(End of this chapter)