柔和的陽光灑落大地。666Please respect copyright.PENANAdhCjSeXzff
回王都的路上,不知不覺的已經日出了。666Please respect copyright.PENANACbCWktS49b
清新的空氣連著草香,不自覺的,沉浸了在這寧靜的氛圍中。666Please respect copyright.PENANAbk4TQCxkr6
積雪尚未完全褪去,但新春的氣色已經提早到來。666Please respect copyright.PENANAooCKrIBbdO
666Please respect copyright.PENANApB5M9a0igg
「喂,說些什麼啊!」666Please respect copyright.PENANA86PcezPOxi
身後跟著的艾薇亞終於忍不住沉悶,大叫出聲。666Please respect copyright.PENANAxY4eqvhPMm
666Please respect copyright.PENANAj8uugN7h8Q
「呃,什麼?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAd828A7XKI2
「你是真的完全不在意嗎!報酬的事啊!」666Please respect copyright.PENANAo5DbaJgX7s
666Please respect copyright.PENANAPbQFMOVmUj
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怎麼她比我表現得還要在意。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhtnc0bWTNn
順口敷衍了事,免得她發脾氣。666Please respect copyright.PENANAfHVJkAXU81
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「哼,明明我也有出力,妳卻想一個人獨佔功勞,我怎敢妨礙妳呀?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAqdUYwTlvYV
裝出尖聲尖氣的聲音抱怨。666Please respect copyright.PENANAiHCr5Nz5UC
「我已經說了,只要你低聲下氣求我,我也可以考慮提提你的功勞啊!」666Please respect copyright.PENANAN8GGmEJxQ0
「我連妳要對誰稟報都不知道,妳空口無憑,說什麼都可以。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAOyslDyRC1w
刺探一下她將要稟報的人。666Please respect copyright.PENANAuF1DA36Y74
要是她哥哥我就得快跑,不然又要被刺一刀。666Please respect copyright.PENANADYFZQAOATZ
666Please respect copyright.PENANAF2nl5iVEYH
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「是卡羅琳老師。我跟她非常熟絡喔,這次任務也是她吩咐的。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAAr83WR4LEo
卡羅琳……閣下嗎?666Please respect copyright.PENANAyKbiuom31c
在王城裡,這個人的名字常常聽見。666Please respect copyright.PENANAuw15R0rCIA
她是王國的實質領導者,深受國王信任,把軍權以外的大部分實權都交給了她。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGpEBqnhddt
她在中下層民眾中頗多好評,但在貴族階級眼中卻毀譽參半。666Please respect copyright.PENANAEyRL4Bnx4F
實際是怎麼我也不清楚,總之地位很高。666Please respect copyright.PENANA7LDv3RiXED
666Please respect copyright.PENANA2OaKVVrEU3
「她嗎?妳是她的弟子?」666Please respect copyright.PENANArEmrSBuMX6
「哼哼,當然了。包括劍術和魔法的各種技能,都是她傳授的喔。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAIxwwkR2nW9
艾薇亞很自豪似的。666Please respect copyright.PENANAz3i7dOEmoq
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這女生三年前連武術也不會,現在在戰鬥上比苦練十多年的我還強,原來是她的功勞嗎。666Please respect copyright.PENANAkxQXjDdjkq
666Please respect copyright.PENANAGYj9xB74W2
「原來如此。是個很有本事的人吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAHn1kobHKHX
「嘻嘻,在意了吧?肯求本小姐了沒?」666Please respect copyright.PENANARIXxj6rosL
艾薇亞大概把我的讚賞視為重視的意思。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGk4MwErhH0
算了,隨口順著她就好。666Please respect copyright.PENANAX71VcPtJcB
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「既然這樣就要請妳多點提本座了啊。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAvlgnmAPodv
「雖然語氣好像還是不在乎,不過我就勉為其難順你意吧。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAf9YKqIxQYW
其實即使我不求她,她的個性也不會容許自己佔了別人的功勞。666Please respect copyright.PENANAmB970CzAtB
不過不給她下台階,她憋著一口氣可能會不高興。666Please respect copyright.PENANAiNoH7nptA6
666Please respect copyright.PENANASxyLIItnDf
忽然,看見了附近一個果園。666Please respect copyright.PENANASF35qOJupp
一晚上只吃了一個麵包,又經過劇烈勞動的我看著滿園果實累累的蘋果樹,不禁垂涎欲滴。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0xv57b0eF8
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「妳先走一步,我等下追上妳。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAy22opv70WK
「嗯,那我先走────等等,你不會逃掉吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAr8tlHe3wMw
少女剛踏出一步,馬上又轉過頭來拉住我。666Please respect copyright.PENANA9Z0ypnFbto
我的手掌被她緊緊握著,略微有點不好意思。666Please respect copyright.PENANA3c8LEs5bMj
666Please respect copyright.PENANAtHVQGDR5Lv
「呃……喂,放開本座的手掌,不然我大喊性騷擾。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAAW7Fijq3It
「不要。你叫啊,太陽剛出來,這路上哪兒有人?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAEVrhiWHMpw
她握得很緊,似乎很不想我走掉的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0453nR4TiB
是不是回想起很久之前,同樣有個少年在她面前消失的事呢。666Please respect copyright.PENANA2EAJNapXH1
666Please respect copyright.PENANAM8gFxeqDiQ
「好啦好啦。我還要領報酬,哪會就此走掉?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAjlU0dixHyv
「真的?」666Please respect copyright.PENANA8obmDpCgu9
「真的,妳不放心,就站在這等著好了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANATxqEloQ6FH
她輕輕鬆開了手,但倔強的眼神仍是片刻不移地盯著我。666Please respect copyright.PENANAg8LtqHBOwc
666Please respect copyright.PENANAGdvsHNNd1a
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走到遠方的果園附近,隱約看見主人房裡的人仍在沉沉睡著。666Please respect copyright.PENANA3PgGl7d9o1
我熟練地四肢攀在圍欄,輕力一躍,就擒住了樹幹。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0ir2xSVJUT
單腳試試樹枝是否穩固,然後縱身抱住樹枝,單腳回鈎,踢下了一個蘋果。666Please respect copyright.PENANAsrAZn3J6A0
666Please respect copyright.PENANAw2M1F6iKno
害怕偷竊的過程被看見,我轉頭去看遠方的女孩。666Please respect copyright.PENANAE0ZISmx9EC
她沒有走過來,所以應該看不見我在做什麼。666Please respect copyright.PENANABFj1zPN5G7
她坐著原地,似乎在哭的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANAzm47N8vpEW
666Please respect copyright.PENANAhnXrJ58zFR
「……就算哭,也未必是因為我啊。」666Please respect copyright.PENANALTEKEFLuoG
嘴裡嘟嚷。666Please respect copyright.PENANAqtHnnVt4cn
心念一動,再次伸腳踹下了一個更大更肥美的蘋果,跳下地面。666Please respect copyright.PENANAdkDG8PrrAa
666Please respect copyright.PENANA6D9zU42FAc
在第一個蘋果上咬了一口,慢慢走回原地。666Please respect copyright.PENANAwdO9oJ92dV
「侍女接著!」666Please respect copyright.PENANA939SMZuZeX
把咬過的蘋果丟過去。666Please respect copyright.PENANAnV0rSTmj4U
666Please respect copyright.PENANAdHDzggmqhW
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抱膝坐著的艾薇亞頭垂得低低的,來不及接住蘋果,咚的一聲,被砸中頭頂。666Please respect copyright.PENANAindKhAbxLh
她沒等蘋果墜地,反手一抄,抓住了蘋果。666Please respect copyright.PENANAKkeD0aFJRd
「笨蛋!為什麼扔個吃剩的過來!」666Please respect copyright.PENANAcbi7rZ2kSH
然後她馬上丟了回來。666Please respect copyright.PENANAsZzVvhxDl4
她拿出手帕,擦拭經蘋果傳來的唾液。666Please respect copyright.PENANAADwxv7sz0z
666Please respect copyright.PENANAeSim9jIjGH
「嘿,不好意思,拋錯了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAXs8HqaBPYi
她有了防備,把手包在手帕裡才接下。666Please respect copyright.PENANAzk7VB0s6uo
她見沒有異狀,隨口把蘋果送進口裡,甜甜的果香讓她精神一爽。666Please respect copyright.PENANA6sUNnVKsnH
666Please respect copyright.PENANA4PG6TtcBcb
「哪來的蘋果?很甜很新鮮啊。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAvu6ZhOsuGm
她抬起頭來,似乎忘記了剛才哭過的痕跡還在臉上。666Please respect copyright.PENANAcagpzsJNcq
當然,我裝作看不見。666Please respect copyright.PENANA7d1zpZEgDl
666Please respect copyright.PENANAEC2KJxCEBS
「那邊的果園啊。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAkUCl5OndAq
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「果園?可是現在時間尚早,果園主人還沒開業啊。」666Please respect copyright.PENANALPcWRdrewn
「什麼沒開業?我就是果園主人,想拿多少就拿多少!」666Please respect copyright.PENANAQLdZSXTX2i
她點了點頭,像是恍然大悟。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGf8GYbqleN
至於一個衣衫襤褸的少年究竟如何擁有一座果園,她似乎並未考慮。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhr53sor2xZ
真呆笨。666Please respect copyright.PENANAl2bWLV8utW
666Please respect copyright.PENANAuWRp0svaQC
「……對了,小絮。為什麼你關心別人的時候,總是要先作弄一下呢。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAbEnLWfRdIX
少女臉露苦笑,再咬了一口蘋果。666Please respect copyright.PENANAPR0KSrBlqf
666Please respect copyright.PENANA1i7i8tIr2L
「誰在關心妳?」666Please respect copyright.PENANANYU11DeLe4
我反射式地否認。666Please respect copyright.PENANACSRlbSkds4
對了。為什麼我總是這樣,沒辦法直接表露自己的心思呢。666Please respect copyright.PENANAlV3attiPAZ
666Please respect copyright.PENANAXMIyeMfp2W
「這個明明是更好的蘋果。你吃過的那個比較小。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAJIPQQ7CYYB
艾薇亞托起蘋果笑道。666Please respect copyright.PENANAQOX14ZvAQd
把更好的讓給他人是常識。要我自己獨享好東西,我做不到。666Please respect copyright.PENANALu2rbMZpaA
可是,為什麼呢?明明十多年來我獨自過活的時間,比結伴同行要多。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0KGMQlTIw1
為什麼我會先考慮別人多於自己?666Please respect copyright.PENANAIxHkbKLxqk
666Please respect copyright.PENANALfiVZ8htqH
「是比較小,那是因為……因為……那果園是我開的,我都吃膩了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAyZ6n2M9nR4
「……說謊。為什麼你總是不願意坦白承認,自己在對別人好呢。這不是什麼丟臉的事吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAO5PDKsI8F9
確實,不是丟臉的事。666Please respect copyright.PENANA48ehSWPE8g
但我不想讓別人覺得自己抱著好意。666Please respect copyright.PENANAnvVBroKcMi
因為這樣就可能跟別人進一步來往。666Please respect copyright.PENANABMJ1TSIpCT
但為什麼要拒絕進一步的來往?666Please respect copyright.PENANA107MHRnciu
可能是因為曾經被背叛,心裡有陰影吧。666Please respect copyright.PENANAID2n3LjjX7
666Please respect copyright.PENANAe2uTcnBlpR
「什麼叫總是不願意。我們認識才多久?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAGYXtbV2gEr
「啊……抱歉。一時間,把你和某個舊識連在一起了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAlNOIve4aAJ
「什麼舊識?又是那個男生?妳還記著啊?」666Please respect copyright.PENANA0xQYDeLZgz
我明知故問,裝出粗聲粗氣的聲音。666Please respect copyright.PENANAwpCkLv2Qao
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「……嗯。應該,好久都不會忘記。嘿,小絮,你看看。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAtLjJEq4zU7
我沿著她指著的方向看去。666Please respect copyright.PENANAwEIfvIpGZD
666Please respect copyright.PENANAsOu1gyGr4B
太陽已完全升起,不遠處,群眾魚貫從城門裡步出。666Please respect copyright.PENANAXfZH8O1jzL
像是水中的魚兒一樣,忙亂而平和地走著。666Please respect copyright.PENANA7gMZz03Wbr
看了數年的日常光景。666Please respect copyright.PENANAOqBoH118qb
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「……沒什麼特別嘛。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAe8Avv7chYe
「是沒什麼特別。但如果昨晚我們失敗了,不久這片光景,就會化成一片火海。所以現在看來──特別,覺得珍貴。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAA1BiUVxPrG
「妳在多愁善感什麼。我們已經成功阻止了,不是嗎。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAuxTrXFQD5b
「是啊,可是仍有很多人在戰爭,在放火,在搶掠。這片戰亂的大陸上,有多少人像這兒的人一樣幸運,有人能保護他們?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAiZ9ffLBLYk
「……妳顧及眼前所看見的就夠了。有這樣的心,已經很了不起。可是人力始終是有限的。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAEiETiosEyb
666Please respect copyright.PENANALTGWjQEOOL
少女回過頭來。666Please respect copyright.PENANAwzNiI99lFK
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「你沒有取笑呢。吶,了不起這形容,真的不是諷刺?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAZdXAghHQlL
我搖了搖頭。666Please respect copyright.PENANA1F9q5ESCDd
我自己也背負著某些責任。666Please respect copyright.PENANAt0fYz4rE8Z
三年前的屠殺,作為唯一生環者的我,沒有公開真相。666Please respect copyright.PENANA9LMhMIUmWk
這樣的我沒有權利諷刺其他人。666Please respect copyright.PENANAXEQGk7xSGQ
就像是什麼都不做的人,取笑正在努力的人一樣荒唐。666Please respect copyright.PENANA77nmLxVxuE
666Please respect copyright.PENANAw6dpEh8Esf
「沒有諷刺。真的很了不起。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAlCFQ4v5iEF
「噗。妹妹每次一聽見我說這些話,就忙不趺的取笑我。爸爸雖然不說話,但臉色總是黑黑的。大哥聽完毫不理會,二哥聽完就忘。會認真聽的人,大概只有老師和你。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAejJW3iKpKD
「是嗎?就我和她?」666Please respect copyright.PENANA4FvNViKM1L
「……還有一個,不過不提也罷。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAyg2LItwUGm
666Please respect copyright.PENANATxdrDIvbPw
那個卡羅琳老師,難道也能理解她嗎。666Please respect copyright.PENANAZkKHBKDUsR
不論個性如何,她始終是個執政者。666Please respect copyright.PENANAgmyGF5gMOV
作為執政者聽見她這樣天真的想法,就算不取笑,也應該是置之不理。666Please respect copyright.PENANAmEshGojIys
像艾薇亞的父兄一樣。666Please respect copyright.PENANAzY9RLIpSZW
但是即使如此,她依舊把艾薇亞收入門。666Please respect copyright.PENANANIh2WPjaof
難道真有如此理想化的執政者?666Please respect copyright.PENANAduXWspLvIq
666Please respect copyright.PENANAsQnknHQ1s5
「小絮,到王宮了。最好一起進去吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAsjmyn6BWgr
「呃……不怕嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAOjnWKZPQVJ
雖然有點慌張,但我也想見見她口中的老師。666Please respect copyright.PENANATGDg7e5lPK
666Please respect copyright.PENANAM5rVIOo3kk
「你怕就別進去了,報酬也就一筆勾銷了喔?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAeMAJ8jxzYZ
艾薇亞拋下一句威脅,舉步前行。666Please respect copyright.PENANANmF0gqAt4u
我硬著頭皮跟在她身後。666Please respect copyright.PENANAAhmLccJm9L
666Please respect copyright.PENANAe4OmYu9eIJ
少女忽然停步,我急忙退後免得撞倒。666Please respect copyright.PENANACKBtyETeqy
「白痴妹,這樣很危險……」666Please respect copyright.PENANAuLDUgN9nCk
「小絮,先別作聲……」666Please respect copyright.PENANA1qUfUGXgSi
艾薇亞雙眼直盯著前方的綠髮少女。666Please respect copyright.PENANAzU4QdQCpPG
「怎麼了,認識的嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAr2D5vXFziT
「是……是伊琳諾。早前跟你提過的女孩子。繞道,繞道。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAlYIJE1fRKC
「還繞什麼,她都看見我們了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA85iNNAFWbc
「哎哎?!混蛋,我都叫你別作聲,現在被人發現了啊!」666Please respect copyright.PENANAGDLfDRckG3
艾薇亞的手伸到我後腦重重一拍。666Please respect copyright.PENANAUvXdMXipSR
其實被發現跟我們的談話完全無關,只是這女生在遷怒而已。666Please respect copyright.PENANAf8uYnOd6rM
666Please respect copyright.PENANAqKvZjVz3Wd
綠髮少女──應該就是伊琳諾,氣鼓鼓的射來一道視線。666Please respect copyright.PENANAOPzxyaFb62
她頭上的黑色闊邊帽展示了魔法師的身份,帽子下的青綠長髮光采照人。666Please respect copyright.PENANAUHk0YyCQ7R
她的眼睛有一股幽遠深邃的氣質,處處透露出魔法的神秘感。666Please respect copyright.PENANAg7zVTdojBx
明明感覺在生氣,臉上的酒窩卻給人一種微笑著的感覺。666Please respect copyright.PENANAuPMzEjgrIu
666Please respect copyright.PENANAfcmYeRJE9b
「妳是不是惹怒了人家?怎麼她一副要把妳吃掉的神情。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAhvdBAOFEmu
「……別提了,都怪你。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAiBe7tcTFEL
這次事先有準備,側頭避過揮向後腦的一掌。666Please respect copyright.PENANAeNsSgptJhM
不料她順勢向下抓住了我的肩膀。666Please respect copyright.PENANAlX7X7oSqDm
「本來她想跟我一起執行任務的,只是位置被妳佔了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAXlHgE05N9i
「據說,好像,大概,也許,可能,我是無辜地被妳拉來的。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAFl3vktbHjA
「才沒有發生過這事。」666Please respect copyright.PENANACaa1f1HxIp
我被扯住肩胛前行。666Please respect copyright.PENANArtBkZtQlo6
666Please respect copyright.PENANAlEKiuPerFy
看見我們的玩鬧,伊琳諾笑了笑然後走到一旁。666Please respect copyright.PENANAZcUuNPRApr
艾薇亞硬著頭皮走到她身邊,生硬地打了個招呼。666Please respect copyright.PENANAtUe6Bt2soA
綠髮少女一言不發,只是微笑。666Please respect copyright.PENANASNa4Zev4Zl
艾薇亞冷汗直流,連忙把我扯到附近的書房。666Please respect copyright.PENANA2m3AEnWslH
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「老師,我可以進來嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAP26M1gsROR
艾薇亞叩門說道。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGWiCKqvkqc
聽見裡面傳出「嗯」的一聲,少女推門進房。666Please respect copyright.PENANArX5wd3Tjla
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書房性是個留著鮮紅披肩長髮的女性。666Please respect copyright.PENANAuuiJq2Ldbn
外觀上大致是二十多歲,可是,讓人感覺有種超越實際年齡的滄桑。666Please respect copyright.PENANACprRVKp2ee
她穿著典雅的無袖連衣裙,感覺就像是個貴族的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANAi97NGJtMlD
比旁邊那個沒格調女生有品味多了。666Please respect copyright.PENANAfheGkC1eEm
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她雖然長著一雙富侵略性的鮮紅眸子,可是整體的感覺卻像個端莊淑女。666Please respect copyright.PENANAT4jwKEGQUU
這個女性,就是艾薇亞的老師卡羅琳了吧。666Please respect copyright.PENANAEH864nJZUv
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「這位是在行動中幫了大忙的民間協力者。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAbdkUAF60Aj
「喔,專姓大名?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAzh2rchu14O
「……米利恩‧賽林,暱稱是小絮。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAST5Npz3GuQ
我尚未回答,艾薇亞已經替我說了。666Please respect copyright.PENANAELBRFJcFdT
這名字恐怕從今天開始就會跟著我。666Please respect copyright.PENANAJLsNllklW8
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「沒經父兄同意就把人帶進家族了?」666Please respect copyright.PENANA95fUwvUDSG
「呃,老師,妳怎麼知道……」666Please respect copyright.PENANAX9xkS8uO7q
卡羅琳小姐摘下了眼鏡,抬頭望向艾薇亞。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0cqjVR9NYN
「第一,冠以賽林姓氏的只有妳一家,而這孩子明顯沒有你們家族的血統特徵。因此只能是妳們家的部屬。666Please respect copyright.PENANAYMYZ0UN399
第二,如果是妳父兄收錄的部屬,名字不會起得那麼隨便,缺漏了代表身份的中姓,也會給他一件體面些的衣服。666Please respect copyright.PENANAehavwAN7oK
第三,從昨天交下任務開始只有一天,妳沒有時間回家向父親稟報,所以那是妳獨斷的舉動。666Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ7RBT4afF
我說得沒錯吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAMUIf6vRH7W
艾薇亞聽得連連點頭。666Please respect copyright.PENANATSKM0xH2VJ
「全對呢。老師真厲害,僅僅看一眼就猜出來了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAJqK4JTDcDM
其實是妳太笨。心裡如此想著,跟卡羅琳小姐四目相對。666Please respect copyright.PENANA8A7lgoVL5G
她也跟我想著同樣的事吧,我倆一起竊笑起來。666Please respect copyright.PENANACmUaYjuCv1
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隨後艾薇亞詳細稟報了任務的過程和結果。666Please respect copyright.PENANAd4QvFX31P2
說到以火藥炸毀重地時,艾薇亞手舞足蹈,憤慨異常;卡羅琳臉上表情卻絲毫未變。666Please respect copyright.PENANAgmOhlLve7O
最後,艾薇亞強調這次任務成功是蕾蒂雅和我的功勞,表示自己只是執行了自己的職責,希望把功勞歸到她和我身上。666Please respect copyright.PENANAS5cke44dhW
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「妳看來還不太明白啊。這次行動是完全沒有功勞可言的。我們當時的身份是盜賊不是嗎?難道我們要在廣場上宣揚,"盜賊團劫掠商隊有功,封賞若干?"」666Please respect copyright.PENANAlqWNfNBBZ0
艾薇亞呆了呆。666Please respect copyright.PENANAPifhTHdYCX
「呃……可是,蕾蒂雅和他出了那麼大的力氣,難道結果是一場空?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAr8fZzVsWzV
「妳不明白蕾蒂雅是什麼人。她一直都是負責隱密行動,極少曝光,在這個國家裡基本上是寂寂無聞,也從來沒有登記任何官職,甚至沒有出現在任何文件裡。所以,無論做過什麼事,都不會存下紀錄,更別提受賞了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANABDIpBeuLZp
難怪那個女孩心理變態。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhjqLhRVZI9
不過,這也不是討厭我的理由啊?666Please respect copyright.PENANAYGLogZ9toc
「至於這男孩嘛……嗯,由你來說吧,你想要什麼獎賞啊,小盜賊?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAXgNfQR59Ij
卡羅琳小姐微笑著對我說道。666Please respect copyright.PENANAbHq4hk87sh
「……這是掩口費嗎。嗯,老實說,我不需要什麼物質上的獎賞。如果可以,希望能借用一位魔法系的導師。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA1whXsnHBgx
「你想學習魔法?嗯,那也不用向我要求,你不知道王室政府鼓勵新生投入魔學院嗎?只要成功通過任何認可魔學院的面試,就能向國家申請鉅額資助啊。就像伊琳諾一樣,她孤兒出身,算上獎學金,不但學費全免,連宿舍錢都省了呢。」666Please respect copyright.PENANADYpoI34NUp
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「哎?老師,妳認識伊琳諾?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAeYgM0eS8Uf
我尚未答話,艾薇亞已經搶著說。666Please respect copyright.PENANAZZDFtKdyT4
「認識啊,剛才就跟她見過面。妳沒看到她?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAxcYxoXBcJ4
我和艾薇亞相視苦笑。666Please respect copyright.PENANAuA3Qy3lWuB
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「談回魔法的事……對我來說,魔法只是達成目標的工具。我不打算從理論開始鑽研魔道,只需要實用的部分就夠了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAtii4vOdWRK
我拉回話題。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGYxDzuEj87
卡羅琳小姐紅瞳張大,像是看見趣事般的看著我。666Please respect copyright.PENANA2pDAS17zzi
「不太健康的學習態度呢。不過,跟我一樣。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAi5SqGUNvI3
原來是遇見了同路人嗎。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGmJiO1qQwf
「不過可惜,我的心力現在得放在培養艾薇亞,和處理政務之上。大概是沒有時間親自教導你了。說不定,蕾蒂雅可以……」666Please respect copyright.PENANApo6qAt2bYl
「……老師,蕾蒂雅和小絮完全相處不來。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAVrLmaViI1s
艾薇亞又一次搶著說道。666Please respect copyright.PENANAptNU4MQCeY
「……處不來?真奇怪。我從來沒聽說蕾蒂雅會跟別人處不來……666Please respect copyright.PENANAhrKnlddIYK
算了。艾薇亞,妳先出去找伊琳諾聊天吧?我跟這孩子有點事想談。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAQOQ81vvOJR
艾薇亞臉露苦笑,道別了老師,走出書房。666Please respect copyright.PENANApnlLp8PFfY
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「魔法的事等下再談。小絮……可以這樣稱呼你嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAatwWAdPjq6
我點了點頭。666Please respect copyright.PENANAarODFDMjP9
「艾薇亞這女生,有著獨特的魅力。這種魅力,大概是源自她自身的理想和自信吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANARVbSjf2f4A
她忽然提起已經不在場的少女。666Please respect copyright.PENANA8JLCISqhr7
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「確實是。有著宏大的理想,每天努力逐夢的她非常吸引。666Please respect copyright.PENANAL3P9RvUMV8
像是黑夜中劃過的流星。光芒雖然微弱,但是頑強地照耀著夜空。666Please respect copyright.PENANAomWcTHqQSQ
那份純真的魅力,吸引著別人與她建立互助的關係。666Please respect copyright.PENANAmQvTw9ocqr
……雖然以女性而言,沒有什麼魅力就是了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAYDUJbLVpy1
從心底吐出對那女孩的感想。666Please respect copyright.PENANA5auMZi5o6L
當然,最後一句是違心之論。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGEzWkxvTm6
想著她日漸成熟的容顏,感覺自己作為男性也開始成長著。666Please respect copyright.PENANAoICk65JOGr
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「是嗎?即使是以女性的角度看,也是個出眾的美女喔。666Please respect copyright.PENANAQWl5SqbyzJ
而且還是個懷春少女。一點都沒有心動嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAw6NUdowNdn
卡羅琳小姐似乎不在意前面的言論,只回應了最後一句。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhlDJSlTUF6
我別過臉,不讓微微泛紅的臉色被她看見。666Please respect copyright.PENANAUqx21YaWOb
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「好了,不作弄你。666Please respect copyright.PENANAxSStHUe8y8
你對艾薇亞的事好像十分了解啊。她的夢想可不是隨便對別人說的,你跟她,是舊識嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANArCYrfjB5fJ
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「並不是十分熟絡……昨天偶遇了她,然後就被拉去領路了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAibNr8hatwD
我模糊用詞。666Please respect copyright.PENANAszgGqRtaDg
這句話說是初遇也可以,重逢也可以。666Please respect copyright.PENANAi6TKC6jP8A
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「昨天她說與某個男孩子打了起來。是不是就是你啊?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAA5Aasse8HY
重逢時打的那場架,她向老師匯報了吧。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0xHrK6C4Q9
我點點頭。666Please respect copyright.PENANAfgiacyExFM
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「是嗎,很奇怪呢。明明她不認識你,還跟你打了一場架。你卻想也不想就去協助她,還不住口的讚賞她的夢想。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA8q6IbmbIvT
意識到她可能在套我的話。666Please respect copyright.PENANACN3q7ROQAY
我沒有回答,也不敢直面她看著我的眼神。666Please respect copyright.PENANAYvm9LrLiJZ
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「嗯,為什麼呢?我很期待你的答案喔。」666Please respect copyright.PENANASY7ukzHf0l
卡羅琳小姐依然露著微笑。666Please respect copyright.PENANAAE0YFfLyQ7
「……我是被強行抓去的。中途雖然想逃,但她盯得很緊。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAZu53dQFhWQ
知道不回答不行,我把事實的一部分說了出來。666Please respect copyright.PENANAE5ibkPvpNl
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「是嗎?照她的描述,她只是勝過你一點點啊。你要從她手上脫身她應該攔不住。甚至轉身拔腿就跑,她有任務在身,也不會花心力追趕你吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANA2XRPoo1IFK
又是無言以對。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhlSaiQPhG9
她的眼神彷似已經洞察了我的內心。666Please respect copyright.PENANAqFGuZeYeT4
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「直說吧,小絮……你跟她,認識了多久?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAlpaG4MTiS2
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「……大約幾年吧,忘得差不多了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANABGkLSD6TkL
「嗯,我來猜猜,是三年嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAEGCKaVfPTy
她說是猜猜,但她的表情明顯是掌握一切的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANARd1Z3yviTL
難道,她清楚三年前發生的一切嗎?666Please respect copyright.PENANAby4FkSaYPy
不行,不能光是被她套話,我也來套她。666Please respect copyright.PENANAZzLvuMRRh8
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「啊,妳猜得真準,好像真的是三年的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANAwPMJHAI9dY
當年我在教堂看見過她,妳提一提,我就想起了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAt9I0eyqMKN
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「嗯,看見她被抓走,竟然反應那麼平淡啊。666Please respect copyright.PENANAbrHsRyLjVT
賽林家的長女十三歲時才在平安夜到王都教堂受洗。在此之前,並沒有到教堂的習慣。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAVthT7wwRPC
她先一步地道出了推測的論據。666Please respect copyright.PENANAMabfpmtth7
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「不對,是平安夜嗎?沒多少印象啊。三年間她到過很多次教堂吧,我也忘了是哪一次。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAzcT707TAMN
我繼續裝傻。666Please respect copyright.PENANAppGCQGVo13
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「我跟艾薇亞幾乎就是親人般的關係啊。她認識過什麼人,我大概也會知道。她沒什麼事隱瞞我,只有一件事──我問她作夢時常夢見的是什麼,她總是笑笑不答。666Please respect copyright.PENANALLwPeXaQ66
我在暴民綁票事件之後才跟她第一次見面。之前發生的事我可不知情。曾經問過她的妹妹,她說姊姊被綁獲釋之後,就常常作惡夢,可能是受驚過度有陰影。666Please respect copyright.PENANAkgehMfFdrV
不過,我很清楚,她不是會被區區綁匪嚇倒的膽小鬼。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAr2RVHsLNTx
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她知道的事情很多。666Please respect copyright.PENANA1jA7u2LOIj
而,三年前的事情中,最關鍵的鎮民屠殺事件,不知道她知不知情?666Please respect copyright.PENANA0cGNNU6rFn
艾薇亞應該尚未察覺這事。她是知道了但瞞著她,還是不清楚?666Please respect copyright.PENANAv6uZ757EQN
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「唉,那家教堂在這之後發生了一場大火,燒死了附近很多的居民。雖然現在重建後一切如舊,可是想起當年的慘況,我心裡總是不舒服。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAJPvsjuZDnE
這是實情。666Please respect copyright.PENANAxd6y4vKhlV
教堂確實是被人縱火,而我想起三年前的事,心頭也確實不舒服。666Please respect copyright.PENANAixP3wAbIWM
可是當中原因,可就不是那回事了。666Please respect copyright.PENANA5ZaH1K7x3i
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「……為什麼故意繞開話題。你究竟知道什麼?我希望你能解釋一下。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAs8FB59FoxI
卡羅琳小姐的語氣轉急。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0kxpR7u17B
應該是不知情吧,她開始不耐煩我在繞圈子說話。666Please respect copyright.PENANAmS935YLUr1
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「三年前我認識了她,但她現在忘了我,見了面也不認識。就那麼多。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAoNy0laOvqD
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「……你對她的關心不像是淺薄得能被忘掉。雖然艾薇亞確實沒認出你,可是依據她一向脫線的表現,恐怕只是一時失憶。再不就是,你當時,或者現在的外表,是刻意化裝的。」666Please respect copyright.PENANADlKz2ZUJnT
這次她倒猜錯了,不論何時,我也沒刻意化裝過。666Please respect copyright.PENANAV7e6MdGuk9
不過三年前我是個塵垢滿臉的鄉下少年,現在好歹有打理過儀容。666Please respect copyright.PENANA5yxaDlDfwT
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「算了。我再問你一個問題,艾薇亞時常作的惡夢,掛念著的某個人,跟你有沒有關係?或者,根本就是你?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAcCgtSS420w
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「……她作什麼夢只有她自己知道,我又怎麼……」666Please respect copyright.PENANAgUByftkmLV
「小鬼!馬上跟我說實話!你究竟在隱瞞什麼?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAJHTgqcpEI4
卡羅琳小姐瞳孔發出鮮紅的光芒。666Please respect copyright.PENANAlZ41V3yxLJ
我沒有說下去,只是轉過了側臉。666Please respect copyright.PENANAFuZJJ35S5y
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「……失態了。可是,你應該能理解我的心情。那個女孩任何情況都很自信,每天也過得很快樂。但是只有那件事上……會採取封閉自己的態度,不願意跟旁人多談,一直,為了過去發生的事而嘆息。666Please respect copyright.PENANAi9br5wKlfy
所以,如果你有解決問題的方法,請快點說出來。我覺得你,也是被那女孩吸引住的人之一,如果你也和我們一樣關心她,應該是不願意坐看她這樣才對。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA7A8G2iExvz
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「……這是兩難的抉擇。我,不,我們能期望的,就只有她主動選擇忘掉。666Please respect copyright.PENANAMpiiitHwQ6
我──對她的關心,不會比任何人少。所以請相信我。我確信自己在做著正確……不,對她最好的選擇。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA7cDhYW5VgV
說到正確二字時,我不自禁的改口。666Please respect copyright.PENANA9KKWy78TwQ
三年前的怨魂,一定不認為這是正確的選擇。666Please respect copyright.PENANAmXqlUhC6Iv
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「我不認為。一個人把事情悶在心裡只會愈來愈難以忘懷。人應該從直面真相的勇氣中成長。小絮,也許你愛獨自承擔問題,也愛逃避應該要做的事──但你不應該以自己的方式,去讓別人跟你一起逃避。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA2azuLexwlA
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我搖搖頭。666Please respect copyright.PENANAz5GJZCxhmF
不是因為覺得她說的話是錯的,而是我在逃避這個問題。666Please respect copyright.PENANAlEKJ84mtU4
臉上滑下了淚滴。666Please respect copyright.PENANAFinNwRhvzA
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「…喂。怎麼哭啦。算了,要是現在不是合適的時機,你可以自己決定什麼時候停止隱瞞。666Please respect copyright.PENANAYBomVFcasS
但是,始終我要忠告你,艾薇亞並不是安於逃避問題的人。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAnFifIxnPTW
我點頭表示感謝。666Please respect copyright.PENANA4NjydbnpJc
這個女性非常溫柔,至少在處理艾薇亞的問題上很溫柔。666Please respect copyright.PENANAb8CSHL7crZ
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「好了。先擱下艾薇亞的事不談──昨晚的任務,相信你不會笨到泄露出去吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANASVHXK2tEcv
忽然她話鋒一轉,由關心艾薇亞的溫柔女性變成面無表情的執政者。666Please respect copyright.PENANACt6xOKYr7J
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「可是我不能保證你會不會在日後泄露口風。現在有兩條路放在你面前,第一,從現在起軟禁直至這件事不會再引起任何關注為止;第二,成為我們這邊的一員。」666Please respect copyright.PENANANRbSxQ36Ho
她語氣冰冷,跟先前的溫柔神色徹底相反。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhljT42TFgN
先前還感動於她的溫柔,不料瞬間就變了臉。666Please respect copyright.PENANA0XhPUbxFeh
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「……所以其實只有一條路。可是,我不認識自己能勝任騎士團。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAK7nUTbViA5
「誰叫你去當騎士了?根據艾薇亞先前的描述,你應該接受過隱密行動的訓練,也有不錯的魔法基礎。666Please respect copyright.PENANAwIXkafjelh
所以適合你的工作,是蕾蒂雅那種隱藏在黑影之下,沒有榮譽,沒有報酬,沒有自我的特務人員。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA2UXuRF4OR1
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「聽起來還真不怎麼樣。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAucZNgQUb7j
「那麼你是想被軟禁了?小鬼?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAReJqPvy79Q
卡羅琳小姐笑著調侃。666Please respect copyright.PENANATXiDVRFcrQ
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其實我並不反對。666Please respect copyright.PENANAlLb5IQ3z9g
我本來就勝任這樣的工作。666Please respect copyright.PENANAVzdwjx6aH3
不僅在能力方面,榮譽和報酬,本來我就不怎麼考慮。666Please respect copyright.PENANAzazK7l4atM
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可是,有一件事要先確認清楚,不然我寧願被軟禁。666Please respect copyright.PENANAkrAndpNu6Y
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「只有一個疑問。我不期待執政者有良知,但我仍希望妳們至少擁有底線。例如,不會把施政失敗的過錯推到無罪的人身上,然後濫殺無辜。這樣的工作,我可不幹。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAIR12nf0iBV
大概是受了騎士少女的影響,我心底也擁有了一絲光芒。666Please respect copyright.PENANA18GDDraGPp
卡羅琳小姐笑了笑,像是在調侃我。666Please respect copyright.PENANAVVHOQNBDmS
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「我盡量考慮。」666Please respect copyright.PENANASKHfgU8nWJ
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「不是"盡量"的問題。妳想想,艾薇亞看見自己親密的人做了這種事,她會怎麼想?她怎麼還能堅持自己的夢想?」666Please respect copyright.PENANANLoMz1faxe
我語氣漸轉激動。666Please respect copyright.PENANAJeASB5dGtB
我模糊地透露了不能向艾薇亞坦白的理由。666Please respect copyright.PENANATQ049pybfg
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「哼……小鬼你放心,我這人,始終到不了為求目的不擇手段的地步。說不定跟艾薇亞影響了你一樣,她也影響了我。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAU745FxqRXK
卡羅琳小姐吐出輕柔的嘆息,裡面似乎包藏著遙遠的往事。666Please respect copyright.PENANAPVHqMzUZjH
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「既然妳能理解她,就請妳至少不要在她面前,幹一些讓她對妳失望的事。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAdlJxCmwaf2
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「……還是那句,我盡量考慮。這不是能向你們保證的事……王國建立以來,我曾經希望自己能夠只採用合理的途徑解決問題,可是,我做不到。666Please respect copyright.PENANANoqlD7Dq9b
有太多形勢所逼的事。要是我不放棄一定的良知和原則,就代表我們多年的努力轉瞬白費。666Please respect copyright.PENANAljRpVkSQG7
我並未灑脫到能夠堅持自己的信念,拋棄過往一切的心血。於是在選擇來臨時,我決定妥協。666Please respect copyright.PENANAOX7R8TZoox
但那不是我唯一一次的妥協。類似的事接踵而來,我依舊一次次地退讓自己的原則,最後──我今天坐在這兒,身擁舉國無人可及的功績,萬人之上的權力,以及,沉重的罪孽,和良知的譴責。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhOCaRcuIca
即使目標聽起來多麼崇高,即使形勢看起來多麼急切,以至我理所當然地選擇了不該做的事──罪孽也不會稍微減少一分。666Please respect copyright.PENANA163E4INj4e
我知道我的一生已經毀了。果報必在某天到來,我死後也一定會被拋進地獄裡懺悔。可是,我希望在審判日之前,鋪好路讓艾薇亞完成她想要完成,而我無法完成的事。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAXlqcg1eUn0
卡羅琳小姐像是在聖堂面前懺悔一樣。666Please respect copyright.PENANAZt9200c1gl
但她沒有祈求寬恕,只是任由自身的責任心鞭撻自己。666Please respect copyright.PENANAjFit2PuK1y
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說實話,我並不相信上帝存在,也不認為人死後會接受某種人以上的存在的審判。666Please respect copyright.PENANAPvEMEmW7F7
她的痛苦,是因為她不容許自己合理化自己的行為。666Please respect copyright.PENANAivV7Cw1TPD
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就像我無法為了讓艾薇亞快樂,而隱瞞三年前的屠殺的事原諒自己。666Please respect copyright.PENANA610ZwpioCG
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「……所以我無法對你保證,今後我還會不會再度妥協。666Please respect copyright.PENANApiJ3vCR0aJ
改變這個世界的過程中,經常要使用你所不屑為之的行徑。666Please respect copyright.PENANAB7nACjVBvu
我不在意你,甚至艾薇亞的不屑。因為我也不屑自己的作為,但我不會停止,直到世界改變成她所希望的樣子為止。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGqJFGL2xuI
到時候我會退場,躲到某處靜靜等候世界給我的終結。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAldXFQ3IbJb
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她有一瞬間像是一個垂暮的老人。666Please respect copyright.PENANAnKj9ViRGCI
對她二十來歲的外觀來說,實在與終結兩字不相襯。666Please respect copyright.PENANAribWN1jfeP
可是,她的心目中,似乎已經斷正那是必然的結局。666Please respect copyright.PENANAWLyCRBashq
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「……不,無論如何,都請妳繼續留在艾薇亞身邊。666Please respect copyright.PENANAtWRES1Z0Gn
她以妳為榮。她知道妳的溫柔和妳必需這樣做的理由。她也──渴求著妳的溫暖,那不能在她的家庭裡找到的溫暖。」666Please respect copyright.PENANARNHD3vLhvU
那就是所謂的母親了吧。666Please respect copyright.PENANAYolgfn36KR
可是她實在不像是艾薇亞的母親,更像是姊姊一輩的角色。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhB3mXj5FOD
正好,我也有一個姊姊。666Please respect copyright.PENANAhrlBCsL0ri
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「哼……假如真的像你所說的那樣,我……盡量考慮。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAcOjOkuUXHx
她第三次道出這句話。666Please respect copyright.PENANAlJ6ny66m3q
她無法做出不負責任的承諾。666Please respect copyright.PENANAYQBfSzycYD
她也無法把心托付給別人取暖。666Please respect copyright.PENANAnmYR8icXkK
所以一直以來,她都是獨自承擔著一切。666Please respect copyright.PENANAfxuBrX28GR
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雖然程度不一樣,但我感到她跟我本質上是一樣的人。666Please respect copyright.PENANAtqPhIsxR9P
666Please respect copyright.PENANADhbFY1CpPI
「……小鬼,讓我一個人靜一下。你出去找艾薇亞談談,如果剛才的話泄露了出去,我就殺了你。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAUtFEgZvGKn
「是的。我明白妳的苦衷,請妳也"盡量"放鬆自己,不要繃太緊。」666Please respect copyright.PENANApoYgqC2Wxe
「哼,你毛長齊了沒有?說什麼明白我?不過……還是謝謝你了,現在給我滾出去。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAfbdt1P2DDp
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跟一開始的禮貌語氣不同,她最後顯得十分粗暴。666Please respect copyright.PENANALRNUNNeq1F
可是我寧願相信,這是她放鬆心情的象徵。666Please respect copyright.PENANAp8qkaGnZ4u
我輕聲關上了門,偷瞄了一眼她漠然的神色。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGHwHX7dshJ
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* * *666Please respect copyright.PENANAmxSznkYnbZ
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遠處,艾薇亞和綠髮少女伊琳諾正在交談。666Please respect copyright.PENANAk9kD8MTMiq
我不願打擾她們,悄悄走近兩人,然後藏身於附近的牆邊。666Please respect copyright.PENANAJYBMpS84oo
666Please respect copyright.PENANASEmyvXSOYZ
「抱歉啦伊琳諾,我只是因為時間緊逼,才沒能通知妳一起去……」666Please respect copyright.PENANAHPUs8nLqBD
艾薇亞撒著三流的謊。666Please respect copyright.PENANAurWGkMsE4O
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「唉,算了,妳都道歉那麼多次了,就原諒妳吧。666Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hsot8k4uw
我也不是不知道妳的苦衷……在妳印象中,我一直是柔弱溫軟的小女孩。666Please respect copyright.PENANA2jfzrPwxpn
可是妳就不能相信我一次,我已經擁有能夠保護別人的力量了嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAIyjybeWPSI
伊琳諾無奈地說著。666Please respect copyright.PENANAJROm2ck361
她倆似乎非常要好的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANAXrDjVGSJza
只是那個少女外觀上確實是單薄綿軟的樣子,這也怪不得艾薇亞不放心帶她執行任務。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGhXGsLqGAb
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「我……唉,怎麼說呢,我的戰鬥方式,即使是同齡的強壯騎士也不一定跟得上。妳也知道,我這人又性急又喜歡猛攻,帶著魔法使在背後,總感覺不太適合……」666Please respect copyright.PENANA1wXohflvEI
「哼,那麼這次跟妳一起去那個笨蛋就適合了?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAL3zJUTyr4g
666Please respect copyright.PENANABpSwgkEcvU
伊琳諾的語氣像是在使性子。666Please respect copyright.PENANAgUJmF6cJi2
她不點名地提到了我,還用上了某種不太妥當的形容。666Please respect copyright.PENANAZT7EGrzcXY
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忽然,艾薇亞退後了幾步。666Please respect copyright.PENANAfsTCVQK8RQ
我正想探頭看看發生了什麼事,不料艾薇亞一個轉身,右手已經搭上了我的後頸。666Please respect copyright.PENANAnsy22OiHhi
我縮身甩開她的手,但卻被早已料到這步的她按住手臂,壓在牆上。666Please respect copyright.PENANAF8O2D8rqDS
666Please respect copyright.PENANAGFVMmK47lG
「小絮,當作沒聽見!不然就扭斷你的手!」666Please respect copyright.PENANAuwGJsf2mWw
「當作沒聽見什麼?」666Please respect copyright.PENANABpsMm7SoXu
「她說你是笨蛋……咳,總之,你敢對她動怒我就宰了你!」666Please respect copyright.PENANAGDCv8LwASN
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原來縮在牆邊時已經被發現了嗎。666Please respect copyright.PENANA3FQWRWdORN
艾薇亞鬆開了我的手,我放鬆了一下被捏緊的手腕。666Please respect copyright.PENANAe0Xz0rTDxb
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「唔……抱,抱歉…」666Please respect copyright.PENANAcQIaRNvxWu
伊琳諾卻一臉不知所措的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANAIjavkVQoWe
大概是比較怕生的女生吧,她不擅長應對陌生的男性。666Please respect copyright.PENANAGV2npyvoWH
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「……我沒聽見。只是那個白癡妹自己說了出來,不關妳事。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAlxhvMfDq6H
伊琳諾掩嘴笑了笑。666Please respect copyright.PENANAfl5WM9XmFc
不知道她有沒有察覺到我早在牆後?666Please respect copyright.PENANAj4RD9vwnUu
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「咳,這是小絮。總是說人白癡的白癡,不用放在心上。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAAG1dyvaFRT
「是妳的朋友嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANA2WyPA5L55B
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「不,是單方面被欺負和虐待的可憐僕從。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAjvQD3NmGdP
「在當事人面前也可以這樣說,那就是很好的朋友了吧。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAtP3FmZLKDI
綠髮少女微笑著道出怪異的歪論。666Please respect copyright.PENANAKdN97I28Su
不,正因為有著微妙的準確性,才被叫作歪論吧。666Please respect copyright.PENANAD62opkzq8E
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「話說你是從什麼時候開始成為了我的僕從啊?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAr88U9QQbRa
「……妳已經忘了嗎?要借用妳的姓氏的話,就得屈就一下,這不是妳說的嗎。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAil9LvN1CRU
「好像有吧,忘了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAMM19e47jpk
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伊琳諾在旁看著我們的談話,像是饒有興味的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANAJV5Kli6VEq
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「天色也晚了,小絮,你先回家去?我還想跟她聊聊天。666Please respect copyright.PENANALu9taP3saO
無故消失了一天,你的親人在擔心吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAN4zMoHAVFz
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「……世上早沒有會替我擔心的親人了。我也沒有可以回去的家。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAGAWCEtDy2s
兩個少女吃了一驚。666Please respect copyright.PENANA3vIkQhp6yo
「小絮,你沒有親人…?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAkQMQ6rdGao
「…連住處也沒有嗎?」666Please respect copyright.PENANA62ejEDC9YL
艾薇亞把我的話解讀成沒有親人。666Please respect copyright.PENANA77eAyiacaa
老實說,親人理論上是有的,而且還是個大家族。666Please respect copyright.PENANAVuHXqcSYRJ
只是除了姊姊之外,相信沒有一人會擔心我。666Please respect copyright.PENANAVkXpFtXvRE
666Please respect copyright.PENANAwni7PJ6xlK
「孤兒自然沒有親人。住處也是走到哪兒睡到哪兒,能不被趕走就好。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAoEi2pJkGF9
我不願多談。666Please respect copyright.PENANATUCgaoYsX4
但是艾薇亞卻抓住了我的肩膀,不讓我轉身離開。666Please respect copyright.PENANAZx6qgool9M
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「喂,那你今晚睡在哪兒啊?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAIjDHmo9J89
「……回到妳昨天第一次看見我的地方睡吧,現在再不走,天色黑了就不太方便了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA3IEUk6YRG6
「這,這樣不行啊……那兒連遮蔽風雨的地方也沒一個,實在……666Please respect copyright.PENANA1eLcvI7UN3
對了!你不是說要當我的僕從嗎?我帶你到我家城堡裡去,給你安排一間客房…」666Please respect copyright.PENANAFG6Pac3V7M
我背上閃過一陣惡寒。666Please respect copyright.PENANASJ4YCqIsYq
打死我都不要跟妳的哥哥住在同一屋簷下。666Please respect copyright.PENANAT5JDb0WTK4
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「……那是權宜之計,誰叫妳用僕從的方式給我起名,又四處宣揚。666Please respect copyright.PENANASTzteSNYLX
本座怎麼可能當別人的僕從。免談。」666Please respect copyright.PENANAvRx6FTUOVQ
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艾薇亞神色慌張,看向旁邊的伊琳諾。666Please respect copyright.PENANAScM0SaBZma
伊琳諾向她做了個OK手勢,然後走到我面前。666Please respect copyright.PENANAKE7oHoP16N
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「艾薇亞沒惡意的。小絮君,假如不介意的話,我的宿舍裡有空置的地方。室友剛搬出去了。」666Please respect copyright.PENANA0sFti559Af
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我呆了一呆。666Please respect copyright.PENANAxFYSCuc7L4
她的意思是,由我來當她的室友?666Please respect copyright.PENANAVBcJdaBwOw
這女生在幾分鐘前還一副害羞的樣子。666Please respect copyright.PENANALCAMdHtvn2
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「呃……喂,伊琳諾妳沒弄錯吧?他雖然長得沒什麼男子氣概,但仍然是個男生啊……」666Please respect copyright.PENANAFkHYcDwqQL
「妳不是說過,他肯跟妳執行任務的原因是為了找個魔法教授嗎?由我來負責,有什麼問題呢?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAzVRBKxdLVv
「可,可是……妳們學院的規矩……」666Please respect copyright.PENANAHyb0CK1z1A
「那就要看小絮君躲藏的本事如何了。總比露宿街頭好吧?」666Please respect copyright.PENANAdEYU2Ot66l
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艾薇亞無言而對。不過,她的表情仍然是反對的。666Please respect copyright.PENANAE4tA64cucu
我自己也不覺得跟一個不太熟的女生住同一房間是件好事。666Please respect copyright.PENANAg8ltVxGydI
至少,對健康不利。666Please respect copyright.PENANAPVqvtrQSzK
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