Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 347 Hawke Rushing from One Event to Another on Christmas Eve (First Update!)

Well known.

Christmas Eve is a time for family reunions. On this day, people return home to gather with their families, enjoy a hearty dinner, and spend quality time together.

As night fell, heavy snow began to fall.

House number 123 in Xijing Town was filled with endless laughter and cheers.

Ilya Maksimov has two grandsons, Billy and Tommy, on either side of his lap.

Marina Maksimov holds her granddaughter Qin.

Wanda's eyes were a little red.

Pietro then opened the oven with a whoosh and placed the freshly baked turkey, which, although not very tasty, was a necessity, on the table.

"The turkey is here!"

At Chloe's house, located diagonally across the street, Amy carried a turkey, and Anya followed closely behind, coming out of the kitchen and placing the beautifully garnished roasted turkey on the dining table.

After Anya returned in the afternoon, she hugged Amy tightly and wouldn't let go. Amy, who had already cried her eyes out, sat there, looked at the two empty seats opposite her, and then looked towards the backyard.

into the eye.

Hawke and Gwen were standing in the backyard.

Gwen turned her head to look at the group of people who were already seated in the restaurant, waiting for them, and then looked at Hawke, who had a calm expression on his face.

“Christmas Eve is a day for family reunion. You should be proud. If it weren’t for you, we and the people across the street wouldn’t have this opportunity to reunite. And isn’t that what has motivated you to keep striving to become stronger?”

"I know."

Upon hearing this, Hawke withdrew his gaze, glanced at Gwen, and said with eyes that seemed to sparkle with endless stars: "Darling, you don't need to tell me that."

Gwen smiled brightly.

"Then why are you staying here? Aren't you adjusting to this change?"

"what."

Hawke laughed.

"No, how could that be? It's impossible."

"you are lying."

Gwen looked tenderly into Hawke's eyes with her expressive emerald eyes: "No one knows you better than me, darling. Don't forget, I was able to find you all by myself in the primeval forest."

Hawke recalled the scene in his mind after he came out of the Quantico base, when he was training hard in the depths of the forest, and then he heard Gwen call out "Hawk".

"From that day on, I could never escape your grasp."

"escape?"

Upon hearing this, Gwen raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly.

Why are you running away? Do you want to betray me?

“What? How could that be? It’s just a metaphor, darling. I will never betray you in this lifetime, you know that.”

"I don't like this metaphor."

"Okay I'm sorry."

Hawke, who would never apologize to anyone as long as he was in the right, would only apologize to Gwen, no matter how right he was.

Gwen smiled brightly upon hearing Hawke's apology and glanced back into the room once more.

"Come on, enjoy this reunion, you deserve it."

"……it is good."

Hawke nodded, then let his fiancée take his hand and led him back into the house, where he sat down on a chair in the dining room.

And then--

Let's celebrate this sumptuous dinner.

Celebrate tonight's family reunion.

From 1995 to 2015, after a full twenty years, Chloe's family finally had their first official reunion.

But this is not the end.

This is the beginning.

Whether it was Andrew, Amy, Anna, or even Gwen, they were all very happy.

As for Hawke...

Hawke couldn't express how happy he was.

However, if he had to say, he felt a little tired.

after all--

He had to rush from one event to another.

Fortunately, another venue was right across the street.

He hadn't originally planned to go, but Gwen's persuasion made a lot of sense.

The Maksimov family across the street was also able to reunite today, also because of him.

This is his achievement.

So Hawke should go over there and enjoy the fruits of his labor.

If there is no reward for your efforts, then the meaning of your hard work will be lost.

The most important thing.

There's not just Maksimov diagonally opposite, there are also three Phoenixes.

and so……

Hawke went.

"Daddy!"

When her daughter Jean saw Hawke appear after the door opened, a smile bloomed on her face. With a whoosh, she took off and, the moment Wanda stepped aside, she had already jumped into Hawke's arms.

Hawke caught his daughter Jean, then looked at Wanda, who was staring at him as he opened the door.

"Merry Christmas Eve."

"Thank you."

Wanda smiled slightly: "Merry Christmas Eve."

Hawke, carrying his violin, followed Wanda to the restaurant. He then smiled slightly at the seat that Mr. Elijah Maximoff had specially reserved, said nothing, and sat down at the head of the table.

Wanda pulled out the first seat on the left and sat down.

Ilya sat in the first seat on the right.

Although the East is known for its left-hand rule, the opposite is true in the Western-dominated international order.

Ilya spoke first.

"Want a drink, Hawke?"

"dad……"

Wanda raised an eyebrow and looked at her father.

Her relationship with Gwen wasn't exactly that of best friends, but she knew that Hawke maintained his habit of not drinking until he was under twenty-one.

Before she could say anything, Hawke responded, then looked at Wanda and smiled slightly: "Today is an exception."

Wanda met Hawke's gaze, and upon hearing this, smiled. Soon.

After Hawke's whiskey clinked with Elijah's glass, Hawke's glass also clinked with Wanda's red wine glass.

Eyes facing each other.

one more time.

"Merry Christmas Eve."

"Merry Christmas Eve."

As the crisp clinking sound rang out, everyone raised their glasses, even the daughter Qin, who raised her glass of coconut juice, genuinely celebrating Christmas Eve with joy.

but.

The cheers will eventually fade, but everything that happened tonight will never end; it will become the most unforgettable part of our memories.

Still in the backyard.

It was still Hawke, but this time, Wanda was by Hawke's side.

Wanda looked up at the snowflakes falling from the sky, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Hawke, who was holding his daughter Qin and also enjoying the snowy moonlight.

"Thank you."

"You've already said that."

Hawke looked away, then whispered a few words to his daughter Jean before watching her go back into the house. He then looked at Wanda beside him and said, "Just take good care of Jean, Billy, and Tommy."

Upon hearing this, Wanda looked at Hawke.

"They are my son and daughter."

"I know."

Hawke smiled.

after awhile.

Hawke was the first to look away.

"I'm leaving, I still have another event to attend."

"it is good."

Hawke's figure slowly disappeared from the spot.

He wasn't lying.

He does indeed have another event to attend, but the third event is not in the real universe.

Rather, it is in his underworld.

Hawke returned to the guest room in the house diagonally opposite, sat cross-legged, and lowered his mind, entering the pure land of the underworld.

After Anya's resurrection, the Pure Land seemed to have become somewhat deserted.

Led by Kayla, the female blood elves all returned to the temple in the underworld to guard the black phoenix underworld robe within.

Near the River Styx, a wind chime hanging in a flower shop made a crisp, tinkling sound as the winds of the underworld blew through it.

Anna, sitting in the chair, opened her eyes upon hearing the sound, looked at Hawke who appeared before her, and smiled slightly.

"Good morning."

"good evening."

Hawke's greeting to Anna was always unique: "It's Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas Eve, Anna."

Anna rose from her seat: "I am already very happy to be here, carefree, after my death."

Hawke shook his head.

"That's not enough. This year's Christmas Eve has a theme."

"Oh."

"Reunion and Harvest".

“I resurrected my sister Anya and reunited the Phoenix family.”

“I resurrected the Maximovs and reunited the Maximov family.”

"I even promised that SHIELD agents who helped me and their families would not go to hell after death, but would go straight to the Pure Land of the Underworld."

"But you were the friend who first helped me."

"so……"

“I hereby pardon Alexander Pierce.”

As Hawke recounted his story, Anna's smile gradually froze.

Then--

Hawke opened his right hand and moved Alexander Pierce, who had suffered countless torments in the underworld, to the Pure Land.

Anna's eyes flickered as she looked at Alexander Pierce, who stood on the grass of the pristine land, bewildered and seemingly dazed as he looked around.

As S.H.I.E.L.D. agents gradually arrived, Hawke knew that Anna didn't really want to deal with them, so he set a rule.

Anna's flower shop is a place that only Anna and the souls she wants to see can see and reach.

one more time.

The first one is always the most special.

It wasn't because Anna happened to be there, but because Anna deserved it. Even though he promised Anna flowers to pardon any soul, Anna never pardoned Alexander Pierce.

This year's Christmas Eve theme is reunion.

and so!
“I pardon any crime committed by Alexander Pierce.”

"From this day forward, Alexander Pierce will be living in the Pure Land."

"Anna."

Hawke said this, meeting Anna's gaze with a slight smile: "Merry Christmas Eve."

Anna's expression froze, then, under Hawke's gaze, she broke into a radiant smile.

It was brilliant.

It was so beautiful it brought tears to my eyes.

There was a bang.

Anna hugged Hawke, her voice slightly trembling.

"Thank you, Hawke."

"You're welcome."

Hawke did not refuse Anna's hug: "Go ahead, this year's Christmas Eve theme is reunion."

After saying that, Hawke left the Pure Land of the Underworld.

He remained hidden in the air, looking down. Alexander Pierce, who was blankly looking around, suddenly fixed his gaze on Anna as she smiled and showed off her flower shop. After looking at Alexander Pierce, he looked away and left.

one more time.

He can bring joy to people's lives, but he is not good at creating such reunions.

……

(End of this chapter)