Chapter 382: Encore! Marilette and Requiem

After chatting about a lot of random things, Lainie didn't know what to say in the end, so she simply took out the dusty magic harp [Magic Sage-Marirete] from the warehouse.

Lainie skillfully plucked the strings with her fingers, and a pleasant sound was transmitted to everyone's ears. Obviously, every string of this magic harp was still in tune.

"Now, it's getting late, and we should go back soon. I'll come to see you next time when I have time, and play you another song before I leave."

Realizing Lainie's plan, Coulson on the side raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but recall the fantastic scene he saw at the beginning.

Thump~ thump~

Accompanied by Lainie's hand movements, a melodious piano sound slowly came out, and the music called "Requiem" was played again on this land, as if pulling everyone back to the time and space once again.

Mester looked at the magic harp in Lainie's hand, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Isn't that...Marillette? How could this girl have Marillette in her hand? Could it be..."

Meister's face looked a little ugly. Now she couldn't see through Lainie anymore.

The melodious sound of the piano continued. Lainie felt a response from the magic piano. She closed her eyes slowly and let the magic piano pour magic into her body.

As if he had sensed the changes in Lainie, Coulson on the side immediately widened his eyes, not daring to miss anything that happened next.

Lainie's body began to linger with faint golden light. At first, it was only a faint little point, but as the music progressed, the golden light began to gradually become solid.

As the graceful music of "Requiem" gradually reached its climax, the magic light gathered on Lainie was finally completely released to the surroundings.

Just like the ripples on the calm lake, it turned into waves and began to spread around with the continuous movements of Lainie's fingers.

The people who witnessed all this couldn't help but widen their eyes. Skye and Simmons subconsciously covered their mouths, fearing that their exclamations would disturb Lainie at the moment.

The golden magic light continued, and finally formed a light curtain within a range of more than ten meters around Lainie, completely covering the people in the investigation team.

"Thank you, Miss Lainie, thank you for coming to see us!"

Suddenly, a male voice came out of the melodious music, followed by many echoing voices.

"Yes, Miss Lainie, you don't have to worry about us, let alone blame yourself, because it is our responsibility."

"Miss Lainie, this watermelon is really big! This time I can eat it to my heart's content."

"Miss Lainie..."

Everyone looked up at the sky following the sound, and saw that in the golden magic light, one by one, figures composed of light particles appeared in front of everyone.

"They... they are..."

Simmons covered her mouth in surprise. The scene at this moment can be said to have completely overturned her understanding of biology.

"It's them, they're back... or rather, they've always been there."

Melinda's eyes were a little wet, because she seemed to have vaguely seen a familiar little figure.

"Aunt Melinda, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have caused you trouble..."

Looking at that little figure, Melinda finally couldn't hold back her inner grief anymore, and tears kept sliding down her cheeks to the ground.

"No, it's Auntie's fault, Auntie failed to protect you, Auntie shouldn't..."

For a moment, everyone's eyes were filled with familiar figures, either their deceased relatives, or partners who had once stood side by side but were now separated by heaven and earth.

Even Skye was the same. In her sight, there was a figure that looked very vague, also wearing a SHIELD uniform, smiling at the tearful girl below.

"You've grown up, kid."

Skye was a little unbelievable for a moment, she was not sure of the identity of the female agent in front of her.

Although she had guessed the answer, she still plucked up the courage to ask:

"Are you my mother?"

The agent smiled and shook his head, reached out and gently stroked Skye's hair and said:

"I'm sorry, child, I'm not your mother, my name is Avery."

Just as she guessed, Skye lowered her head in disappointment. In fact, she had already found a little information about Agent Avery from the SHIELD data, and she knew that the other party was not her biological mother.

But even so, she still had a little fantasy about her, so she asked knowingly.

"I'm very happy to see what you look like when you grow up. I didn't expect that the little girl who only cried in my arms at the beginning would be so beautiful now."

Agent Avery gently wanted to reach out and wipe Skye's tears, but she was just an illusion after all. Things that seemed very easy in the past were now out of reach.

Seeing this, Skye quickly reached out and wiped the tears from her face, forcing a smile.

"Then can you tell me who my biological parents are? You must have seen them, right?"

Agent Avery did not reply, but remained silent and continued to look at Skye with his gentle eyes.

The tune of "Requiem" began to slow down gradually, and it was obviously coming to an end.

Noticing this, Skye quickly asked the question again. She believed that Agent Avery must know her life experience.

However, Agent Avery seemed to feel some kind of call, and looked in a certain direction along with the other phantoms.

Skye followed their gazes, but did not see anyone or anything, only the vast Gobi desert and yellow sand.

"Please, please tell me, this is important to me!"

Realizing that Agent Avery's time was running out, Skye anxiously took two steps forward, wanting to ask the other party for clarification.

After hearing Skye's plea, Agent Avery turned around, looked at the girl in front of him who was about the same height as him, and finally let out a long sigh.

"...Johnson."

"What?"

Agent Avery's voice was very soft, and Skye couldn't hear it completely. Just as he was thinking about confirming it again, he heard Leni's piano playing pause, and "Quiem" came to an end.

"No, no! Say it again, please!"

Seeing that Agent Avery's figure gradually began to blur, Skye could no longer suppress her inner emotions and involuntarily took two steps forward to retain Agent Avery's figure.

However, the phantom that lost its supply of magic power could no longer maintain its form, and finally completely turned into particles of light, dissipating into the air with Agent Avery's smile.

"No! Don't go! I beg you, don't go!"

Sitting weakly on the ground, tears bursting out again. Skye's newly ignited hope was extinguished again at this moment.

Seeing this, Mester wiped the corners of his eyes and came over just to comfort Skye.

But before Meister could touch Skye, the girl suddenly stood up from the ground, staggered and ran towards Leni and the two.

"Leni, yes, Leni! Leni must have a way!"

Sensing Skye's movements, Leni slowly opened her eyes.

"No, Requiem has already been played, and I have lost contact with Mariette. I'm afraid I can't help you bring back Agent Avery."

Skye's footsteps paused and she stood there in disappointment.

"What? How come?"

In this regard, Leni could only shake her head and express that she was powerless. The fantasy she just had was not controlled by her, but the phantom created by the magic piano in her hand.

It is not subject to Leni's subjective influence, and the picture everyone sees is not something Leni can control.

In other words, even if Leni can really control the magic piano to create an image again, who exactly will be in the image is not 100% certain.

"Is there really nothing you can do?"

Skye still refused to give up. She finally saw the hope of finding her life experience again, and she really didn't want to give up.

However, Leni still shook her head and said she was helpless.

There is no way, as a heavenly being, I have long lost the ability to control magic power.

If Mariette hadn't taken the initiative to respond to him, I'm afraid this time would be like the previous times, without any extra magical reaction.

Seeing Skye's disappointed figure crumbling, Coulson quickly stepped forward and helped her up.

"I'll send them back to the plane to rest first. You can come back after you finish cleaning up."

It could be seen that Leni still had something to deal with. After Coulson left these words, he and Mester helped Skye and Melinda return to the airbus, leaving Leni alone to continue the work alone. Last rites.