Are You Going to London?

"Where did you dig up a disciple like that?"

Ever since Evenson arrived, Melinda had been especially relaxed. She figured that unless the tide turned catastrophically today, victory was in the bag. So she moved over to Evenson, wanting to clear up the doubts in her heart.

"I took her in today." Evenson did not hide much and told the truth. "She's Klayya's Senior Disciple Sister. She insisted on becoming my disciple today, and I really couldn't refuse her, so I had no choice but to accept."

Listen to how he twisted the truth—what a load of shameless nonsense! The husband and wife had clearly set the whole thing up today, tempting her every way they could, dangling her lifelong wish before her, practically pressuring her into performing the disciple ceremony. Yet with a flip of Evenson's tongue, it became as though Li Lin had clung to his leg and begged him to take her in.

"So it's nepotism." Melinda curled her lip, her tone a little sour. "S.H.I.E.L.D. has treated you pretty well. Who knew you'd end up taking an outsider as your disciple?"

It had not been just a day or two since S.H.I.E.L.D. started hoping Evenson would help train a batch of Sorcerers. Nick Fury had personally selected many outstanding agents and sent them to Evenson for review, only for every last one to be rejected on vague grounds like insufficient talent or unstable temperament.

Then, in the blink of an eye, an outsider slipped into Evenson's ranks by going through his wife. How could that possibly sit well with them?

Evenson rolled his eyes at Melinda. Of everyone in S.H.I.E.L.D., she was the least qualified to say that! "She may have become my disciple, but she didn't come to learn Magic from me."

"If she's following