「二王子殿下和亨利,似乎都把涅澤爾先生當作什麼秘密呢。」蜜拉的左手食指輕輕按住下唇,黑瞳沒有看向試圖圓場的少年,反倒一瞬不瞬地瞅著巫師,「夏日祭的時候,明明就讓你坐在主桌,可是完全沒有把你介紹給別人的意思……難道,是二王子殿下的新歡嗎?」472Please respect copyright.PENANA4rkKG4Yoga
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這個人、根本是在挑釁他吧──眼神變得銳利的巫師忽略慌亂澄清「沒有這回事啦」的小王子,一陣強風颳過,枝葉摩擦聲瞬時不絕於耳。472Please respect copyright.PENANAwSHG9BshsH
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「會覺得那位二王子能做為對象,看來妳的眼光實在差勁啊。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAfzNwSTrKkL
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「不,我的眼光跟你一樣好哦,只是二王子殿下就不敢說了。」蜜拉抬手攏了攏被風吹亂的頭髮,她掃了手足無措的少年一眼,臉上笑意不減,「再說下去好像會讓亨利困擾呢……那這個話題就到此結束吧。涅澤爾先生有什麼想問我的嗎?」472Please respect copyright.PENANAMKq8s84V3n
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「我對探人隱私沒興趣。」472Please respect copyright.PENANASCqm9f1Ym3
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「真的不問?我什麼都可以回答哦,因為我不需要躲躲藏藏。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAggFWVD98GI
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「要是我想知道什麼的話,還怕亨利不告訴我嗎?」涅澤爾嘴角一勾,做出反擊,蜜拉抿起弧度仍維持上揚的唇,在她再次啟口前,一直無法加入話題的亨利總算找到了插嘴的時機:472Please respect copyright.PENANAg0u9ytHqFp
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「啊、橘子凍被端出來了。」少年拉住少女的手,試圖中止這場令他汗顏的對談,「蜜拉妳不是很喜歡那個嗎?我們去拿一碗吧。」蜜拉點頭答應後,他歉疚地看著巫師,請人稍待一會兒便拉著少女往剛放上甜點的餐桌走去,「抱歉、涅澤爾,你在這裡等我們一下喔。」472Please respect copyright.PENANA4lAeb0GNS9
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「嗯。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAMZYG2FGDc0
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望著少年少女相偕離去的背影,此時此刻,涅澤爾已經完全確定那種異常煩悶的感覺是什麼了,他無法忍受亨利因為其他人而流露出那樣的喜悅,看著蜜拉的亨利、與看著他的亨利,給人的感覺幾乎一樣,這種事情、他怎麼可能接受!472Please respect copyright.PENANAZehh61ehjd
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抑鬱的情緒在涅澤爾心中翻攪,周遭人的情感無論是喜是悲幾乎都無法影響到現在的他,但即使處於這種狀態,他對周邊環境的警戒心也沒有降低,涅澤爾轉頭瞪了悄悄站到他身後的二王子一眼,金髮青年不禁露出苦笑、停在安全距離外不再靠近。472Please respect copyright.PENANAzgva2CUzdP
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「先生如果有什麼困擾,可以找我商量。」沃雷特意有所指地瞄向蜜拉,露出如狐狸般狡黠的笑容,「這點小事,我身為二王子還是有辦法替您解決的。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAyt8S85dt2V
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「二王子殿下的興趣是多管閒事嗎?」472Please respect copyright.PENANA9MkNtnTojv
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晚風一陣又一陣,巫師的黑袍隨之飄揚,涅澤爾別過頭去不再正視沃雷特,而後者一如既往地不會如此簡單便放棄攀談。472Please respect copyright.PENANABJN9WborKc
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「先生的事怎麼能算是閒事。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAyifLwG8FNB
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「否則難道是國事嗎?」遠處的亨利與蜜拉正準備往回走,涅澤爾再瞪沃雷特一眼,留下最後一句話便朝那兩人步去:「以殿下的身份,該關心的是國家大事而非我這連國民都稱不上的外人吧。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAg0OVgw7gJx
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晚宴過後,亨利沒再在涅澤爾面前提過蜜拉的事,就涅澤爾感覺到的,亨利再笨也曉得他們兩人不對盤,可是似乎還是搞不清楚狀況、沒弄懂原因為何。472Please respect copyright.PENANAKs5bEkZAjp
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……畢竟,人類本來就是能接受複數配偶的生物,反倒是蜜拉那女人才跟他一樣奇怪吧。472Please respect copyright.PENANAq4UJZUag4c
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羅蔓沃居國的夏天總是會有颱風肆虐,那晚過後沒多久,馬上就出現了需要涅澤爾調整元素平衡的災區,涅澤爾忙了三天才回到巫師塔,一踏進臥房,蛙鳴聲不絕於耳。472Please respect copyright.PENANAknvq9DJxJ6
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精緻的青蛙雕塑蹲坐在窗台上,蛙叫便是由此傳出。從前他給過亨利一顆金球,那顆球與高塔裡的青蛙金雕對應,如果壓下球頂的開關,塔裡的青蛙雕像就會發出叫聲,他們以此做為見面的信號。472Please respect copyright.PENANA9kjLyCaBgw
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涅澤爾拿起巴掌大的青蛙,調整機關讓它安靜,這個動作同時也會令亨利那邊的金球開關彈回原位。472Please respect copyright.PENANAvuTyF9vHqi
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「涅澤爾大人?」白龍從半開的門板後方探出頭,顯然牠也聽見了響遍整棟塔樓的蛙鳴,「您明天又要出去嗎?」472Please respect copyright.PENANAVJ1onhpwX7
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「嗯。」涅澤爾放下青蛙,白龍飛入房裡,巫師動作輕柔地撫摸纏上他頸項的小龍,「怎麼了嗎?」472Please respect copyright.PENANAcw264yqNXh
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白龍蹭了蹭他的手,眼神擔憂:「我只是在想,涅澤爾大人從上個月跟那孩子去吃飯之後,心情好像就不太好。」472Please respect copyright.PENANARsX4FiBaQU
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「有這麼明顯啊?」472Please respect copyright.PENANAvWEyYjVHs7
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「現在那孩子來的時候,您好像都在想些什麼的樣子,您以前不是看到他就很開心嗎?」涅澤爾往後靠到窗邊,白龍甩了甩尾巴,「還是說,那孩子終於也欺負了涅澤爾大人──」472Please respect copyright.PENANAYABSixuIyy
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「沒有這回事。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAlFsUmRMQ2N
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涅澤爾輕輕拎住白龍的尾尖,小龍輕嘆一聲,「涅澤爾大人總是偏袒人類。」472Please respect copyright.PENANACohYCpa7Kx
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「我對你們不好嗎?小白。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAjiUBwWfIw8
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滑溜的龍尾從巫師掌心抽離,反繞上對方的手指,白龍又一次重述牠一直以來的論點:472Please respect copyright.PENANAaMwdNgXw1m
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「可是我們對涅澤爾大人很好,人類對涅澤爾大人很壞。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAzzQMTPlW3l
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無論白龍怎麼說,涅澤爾還是去赴亨利的約了。472Please respect copyright.PENANARmgaWK9LQG
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隔天下午,他坐著掃帚飛往離首都最近的蜂之森,這支掃帚是塔裡唯一自願載人、又難得是風屬性的器靈,只要與涅澤爾的肢體接觸,它在塔外也飛得起來──或者,以魔法的運作原理而論,算是涅澤爾帶著它飛的。472Please respect copyright.PENANAG9fRB7bRF9
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當他降落時,亨利已經如以往般坐在某棵枯樹幹上等著了。472Please respect copyright.PENANAC1f53MFnDO
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雀鳥紛紛飛往兩人頂端的樹梢,亨利站了起來,幾隻斑蝶停在坐著掃帚懸於半空的涅澤爾肩上,巫師偏頭微笑。472Please respect copyright.PENANA9koaQLKS8V
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「今天也要去塔裡嗎?」472Please respect copyright.PENANAccTrOBeoya
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亨利搖了搖頭,將手搭到掃帚柄上,「我想去赤龍山……你可以陪我去嗎?涅澤爾。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAgDrDLdSrmt
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「好啊。」472Please respect copyright.PENANAGQInG03tvd
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王子就座後,巫師帶著他再次升空,掃帚平穩的在藍天中前行,大地與雲朵都被他們拋在後頭。涅澤爾恍然間想起剛和亨利一起飛的時候,那時的三王子比現在更嬌小,如今這個孩子已經從男孩長成少年,也終於有了自己以外的「朋友」。472Please respect copyright.PENANAs7sOhkGW0N
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