"Friends..."

Strange's body trembled slightly as he muttered to himself.

……

As Strange stepped out of the Future Era headquarters, bathed in the bright sunlight, he could clearly feel the warmth of the light in his palms, giving him a feeling of complete rebirth!

Taking this step will usher in a brand new life for him!

Strange was taking a step forward when he saw a bald woman standing right in front of him.

A bald woman in a yellow robe walked up to him with her hands behind her back and spoke in a charlatan-like manner: "Stephen Strange, do you want your hands healed?"

"Who are you?"

Strange looked at the bald woman with a puzzled expression, then raised his hands to indicate, "My hands have just been healed."

The Ancient One looked down at Strange's perfectly repaired hands, now internally semi-metallic and mechanical, and fell into a brief, awkward silence.

She looked up at the Future Era Corporation building behind Strange and immediately understood.

That guy has changed the script for this timeline again!

……

in the afternoon.

New York City.

The sky was clear and blue, and the sunlight was not glaring; the angle and intensity of the light were both comfortable.

On modern city streets.

Two shadows, one large and one small, walking side by side, were slightly elongated on the street surface.

It was a black-haired boy, about 18 years old and dressed casually, and a girl, only thirteen or fourteen, with a petite figure and wearing a red dress.

It's just Xinian and Wanda, master and servant.

Both of them are probably three years older than they appear to be.

Because Xinian had been lying in a corpse for three years, his immortal body stopped growing.

Wanda's physical development also stopped, possibly due to the awakening of her abilities or other reasons...

The two, whose appearances were exactly the same as three years ago, strolled leisurely down the street.

However, they seem to be walking side by side.

In fact, there is a certain gap between Xinian and Wanda.

Wanda would also deliberately slow her pace by half a step, so that Shinian would always be half a step ahead, subtly revealing the dependence and hierarchy between master and servant.

Xinian deliberately slowed down his pace, and as a result, Wanda beside him also slowed down her pace in response.

"Wanda, aren't you the one leading me to our destination? You better walk in front properly," Xinian said, somewhat amused and exasperated.

"Yes, young master." Wanda quickened her pace by half a step, but only by half a step.

With an almost imperceptible distance between them, the two fell silent once again.

I walked across an intersection.

hope Nian looked at the girl's doll-like fair profile beside him, shrugged helplessly, and sighed, "Alright, I'll reflect on my mistakes first."

"I shouldn't have lied to you last night. I shouldn't have sent you away and... with Gwen..."

In this regard.

Wanda's face remained calm as she shook her head and said, "I don't think the young master has made any mistakes or needs to reflect on anything."

"In any case, I only need to follow your orders. As for the young master and Miss Gwen, it's perfectly normal for adult men and women to interact."

The girl's innocent and crisp words sounded calm and mature: "As for making the young master feel uncomfortable, or even making him need to lie to get rid of me, these are all things that I did not do well in my work."

"That's not true at all." hope Nian smiled helplessly and said sincerely, "You have always done an excellent job as a maid. There is no one more perfect than you."

"only……"

hope Nian hesitated for a moment, then slowly uttered, "I'm considering it. Those things... are still a bit too early for you, so it's better to avoid you."

"We already learned about physiology in elementary school."

Wanda puffed out her cheeks slightly and said calmly, "From now on, I will have to serve the young master and the mistress. If I can't even face these things calmly, how can I do my job as a maid?"

Before he could finish speaking...

Wanda's soft, smooth, crimson hair was roughly rubbed by a large hand, causing her to unconsciously let out a cute "ooh".

“Wanda, you don’t need to serve anyone, including me.”

Xi Nian said sternly, her face stern and her tone reprimanding, "Bringing you back with the promise of being a maid was just an excuse to keep you here. After working for so many years, you owe me and the Prince family nothing."

He always regarded Wanda as family, as a younger sister.

He was faced with a maid who was younger than him but mature enough, and who was usually an impeccably well-behaved and perfect maid.

Xinian often wondered if he had made a mistake, leading Wanda down a path from which it was difficult to transform.

hope Nian thought for a moment, his expression complicated, and said in a deep voice, "I once said that when you grow up, you can choose the life you want, and you don't need to revolve around me..."

Before he could finish speaking...

"Right now, I'm not grown up yet, am I?"

Wanda moved with light steps, her shapely legs, encased in white socks, leaping into the air. Her slender, delicate body spun halfway through the air, her crimson hair fluttering in the wind: "Young Master, we've arrived."

Xinian was slightly taken aback. He looked at the girl who was smiling at him, and then looked behind Wanda and saw a small house.

This two-story house in the city looks very familiar.

It was exactly the same as the two-story house he had seen in the illusions of the Cauldron of All Things in the New York Temple!

This is--

More than three years ago, Wanda's family of four was destroyed in the Battle of New York!

Chapter 334, Wanda's Feelings, Spider and Quicksilver

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar two-story house in front of him, hope Nian was surprised. It was exactly the same as the one he had seen in his past hallucinations.

The house number, style, green plants in the yard, every brick, tile and piece of wood, and even the age of the house are all exactly the same.

But this house should have been destroyed in the First Battle of New York three years ago.

Wanda was dug out by Xinian himself from under the ruins of the current house.

“This is…” Xinian looked around and realized that this street was the old site of Wanda’s former home.

Three years have passed.

The alien remnants from the Battle of New York have been cleared, the blockade has been lifted, and many new houses are now built on the former ruins.

"Young master, this is my former home."

“A year ago, after the lockdown on this area was lifted, Pietro and I rebuilt it on the ruins based on our memories.”

Wanda spoke softly, her beautiful, pale red eyes fixed on the houses in front of her.

hope Nian looked at the young girl standing in front of the house and felt a strange pang in his heart.

Xinian realized that he seemed to pay very little attention to Wanda's affairs.

It was like this three years ago, and it will be like this three years from now.

Wanda, as his maid, sees him as her whole world, and everything revolves around her.

Wanda turned around, a hint of anticipation in her eyes, and asked, "Young Master, would you like to come in and sit for a while?"

“Of course, since we’re already here,” Xinian nodded.

……

"Young master, please come in."

Wanda took out her key to open the door, looking very happy. She took out the new slippers that she had prepared beforehand from the shoe cabinet next to the door and put them on Xinian.

hope Nian put on slippers that fit perfectly and stepped inside. The room was filled with ordinary old-fashioned appliances, furniture, decorations, and everything else that he had seen in his illusion.

The house retains traces of the family's life, exuding a gentle and warm feeling of peaceful times.

However, Xinian knew that only the two children from that time remained here now.

"Does anyone live here now?"

hope Nian glanced around the living room. His coat was casually hanging on the sofa armrest, and there was a game console, a ping-pong paddle, and yesterday's newspaper on the table.

Because Wanda was always around, his home was always clean and tidy, and he felt a moment of discomfort seeing the slightly messy place now.

Wanda, now wearing pink slippers, moved with light steps as she prepared drinks, replying, "Pietro has always lived here, and he's currently attending a local high school in New York."

"That kid, he's in high school now?" hope Nian couldn't help but chuckle, then suddenly paused, stunned.

He remembered Gwen's cousin, Peter Parker, who was now in high school... Could it be the same high school?

It can't be that much of a coincidence.

Xinian dismissed the ridiculous thought and said softly, "Wanda, if you want to live here again in the future, that's fine too."

Wanda's hand holding the coffee cup trembled. The smile on her small face turned into fear, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Young master, don't you want me anymore?"

"I did not mean that."

Xinian hadn't expected Wanda's reaction to be so extreme, and quickly explained, "What I mean is—you have a magical portal that allows you to travel back and forth to my house at any time. So, if you want to move back here, that's fine too."

“I don’t want to.” Wanda shook her head sharply, decisively rejecting the suggestion.

She whispered in a voice only she could hear, "This is no longer my home..."

……

In the afternoon, the setting sun painted the city red.

The light and shadow inside the second-floor house were hazy and dreamlike.

Wanda slowly walked out of the kitchen on the first floor, holding a plate of fresh handmade cakes in her hands, only to see Xinian sitting on a single sofa, his eyes closed and breathing evenly.

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