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「你好了沒?」341Please respect copyright.PENANA8gRlCR2Iw1
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喝著第二杯蜂蜜牛奶,十條看著哭得稀哩嘩啦的朱櫻,好像一尊在溶化的蠟像,怪詭異的。341Please respect copyright.PENANAvuFzK35iRj
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「可以,我好了。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAufpO9uNQIw
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朱櫻歸還手帕。十條用「你確定?」的眼神看著他,確認朱櫻真的沒再哭,十條才開口:341Please respect copyright.PENANAoGqXNe9eZW
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「多虧那位悅兒,兩年後,我變得非常強,那些我曾經害怕的惡魔,每一個都慘死在我腳下;而且,我還激發了某種能力。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAa7BAtta24b
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說完,十條撥開瀏海,露出他的右眼。除了青草般的綠色,朱櫻發現,十條的右眼有類似羅盤的指針和刻度,他嚇了一跳。341Please respect copyright.PENANAqCersvNBG3
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「這是?」341Please respect copyright.PENANA75phPXm3Vg
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「空間魔法。」十條放下瀏海,「柰柰說是天賦,確實,他教我魔法時,空間魔法我學最快。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAdCy3DkL4Nd
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他記得那一天,柰一個人在房間看書,十條直接用空間魔法傳送到柰面前,給他一個驚喜。341Please respect copyright.PENANAK6DtseyzKy
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「柰柰!你看你看!」341Please respect copyright.PENANAA1bIks7oeB
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經過兩年,十條不像之前一樣怕生,不只和柰變成朋友,還稱呼他「柰柰」。341Please respect copyright.PENANADvgsfyzW1d
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「很厲害喔。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAOtsMiWMkPh
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柰沒嚇到,用哄小孩的口吻稱讚對方、摸摸十條的頭,十條看起來很高興。341Please respect copyright.PENANAFDhaq25FUC
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「但是,我的空間魔法只能在城堡裡使用,為什麼啊?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAwTok8wQ6J7
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「因為你的世界很小。」341Please respect copyright.PENANApvvmnJWePK
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柰給了很難懂的答案。十條一陣困惑,柰突然換話題。341Please respect copyright.PENANA724hqbkN9k
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「猶大說,你把那隻天使吃掉了。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAbGdGyksS1J
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「嗯!」341Please respect copyright.PENANAe6PPjRznAw
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「能讓我看看原身嗎?」341Please respect copyright.PENANA7RXxLrnjB6
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十條點頭,下一秒,一隻巨大、六公尺長的綠色大蛇出現在面前,綠色的鱗片閃著光澤,血紅的雙眼、細細的黑色瞳孔,一顆眼睛有一顆棒球大。十條光抬頭,就和柰一樣高了。341Please respect copyright.PENANAv13qp8wmQF
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蛇巨大的頭靠過來、在柰身上蹭了蹭。柰寵溺地摸著他,「知道這代表什麼嗎?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAKTRKA36JcJ
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「嗯。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAoOVyxIISuf
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語畢,十條變回人形。柰拍了拍沙發,示意十條坐到旁邊。341Please respect copyright.PENANAzBbQTb6gJP
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「進入正題前,我想先問你。」柰看向十條,「你不怕我要你做的事,會讓你死嗎?」341Please respect copyright.PENANA8nciD73Mh8
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「會呀。」十條不隱瞞,「我還是很膽小、很怕死,沒有變。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAX9N9TaHmSY
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「為什麼不逃跑?」柰動人一笑,「從我這裡吃飽了、吃夠了,你大可一走了之,怎麼願意留到現在?」341Please respect copyright.PENANA7NoEFeYPoJ
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「……。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAywHhBoOk4G
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十條沈默很久,柰饒有興致地看著他,期待他的答案。341Please respect copyright.PENANAYpN31JP7DY
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「柰柰,我這兩年從自己身上,意識到惡魔真的無藥可救。自私、殘忍、縱慾、弱肉強食、恃強凌弱……」341Please respect copyright.PENANAx7xJReBfh4
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十條列了一堆缺點,柰認真地聽。341Please respect copyright.PENANAXvkIFhhlhJ
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「但我也發現了惡魔的優點──不忘恩。對自己有恩的人,惡魔絕對不會忘記。」341Please respect copyright.PENANA2qS81uFM6T
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十條微笑。341Please respect copyright.PENANAvoaCnpBFji
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「你要我做的事一定危險,我也會怕,可是……假如我真的死了,我只會恨自己、恨把我殺死的人,絕對不會恨柰柰。」341Please respect copyright.PENANACLaYzS9rhC
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「……!」341Please respect copyright.PENANAiZ9lMp4yFJ
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「我很喜歡柰柰,不只因為你對我好;是你救了我,我才能活到現在。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAES1aDFzb0p
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十條說著,整個人靠到柰身上,撒嬌的模樣非常可愛。341Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7xl56ss08
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「而且,說不定我不會死。等事情辦完,我、柰柰、猶大,我們三人可以繼續在一起!一直一直在一起!」341Please respect copyright.PENANAwTuWaUJxTn
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「……。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAPsOeNRaRC9
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柰沒有回答、陷入沈默。十條不知道自己這一番話,聽在活了千年之久的柰耳裡,是什麼樣的意義。341Please respect copyright.PENANAItFa1k6ndY
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──他會死,是因為你。341Please respect copyright.PENANA05Dz7dOeO9
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「……十條。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAEcmUuTVNPO
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柰叫了他,也是認識以來,柰第一次叫他的名字。341Please respect copyright.PENANAZOqfi1P1vn
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「我接下來說的事很重要,聽清楚了。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAbj6qZ5rE2v
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說完,柰拿起他剛剛在看的書,是一本黑色硬皮、封面畫了天秤的古書,封面寫著白色的惡魔文字:《觀星者》。341Please respect copyright.PENANAx9ufHDmzL8
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「你的世界很小,因為除了地獄,你沒有去過其它地方。這世界其實很大,大到你無法想像。」341Please respect copyright.PENANA2dMkRqYIIL
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柰一邊說,一邊翻開書的第一頁,指著上面的圖,「你看。」341Please respect copyright.PENANA4oJxn8c1e9
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十條探頭。那是一個很抽象、由幾條線構成的圖,它清楚告訴讀者:世界被一分為四,分別為光、暗、陽、陰,位於世界的上、下、左、右。341Please respect copyright.PENANAxS3iYHgusl
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「陰陽兩界先不管,和我們相關的是光與暗;光的代表是天國,暗的代表是地獄。」柰說。341Please respect copyright.PENANAtMp57Mw5zq
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「……原來還有這麼多地方。」十條眨眼,「因為不知道,所以我的世界很小?」341Please respect copyright.PENANArapELrbSml
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柰點頭,白皙、擦著紅色指甲油的手指放到圖的中央,是一個圓圈。341Please respect copyright.PENANAQxnNb9rLsm
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「世界的中心,我們叫它『中土』,也被稱作人間。這裡相當於世界的軸,也是最重要的一塊地。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAPFb3PvMprT
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柰仔細解釋,十條也仔細地聽。341Please respect copyright.PENANArH92eXrrnM
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「光、暗、陰、陽、中土,五個地方彼此獨立,也環環相扣。其中一方失衡,位於軸心的中土首當其衝;一旦軸心破壞,世界也會分崩離析,萬物死亡、消散、化為無,什麼都不會留下。」341Please respect copyright.PENANA1fOHLzoks5
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柰的手指放到圖的上方。十條的視線跟著移動,是封面畫的那個天秤。341Please respect copyright.PENANAdXJDwaygSh
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「所以,世界的最高原則是『平衡』。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAYq7bLitsQG
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柰解釋:「光暗要平衡,陰陽要平衡,四界不得插手人間事物、與中土劃清界線──所有國家、種族皆須遵守,這是世界的規矩。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAJoGXhsGbYI
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「如果違規呢?」十條好奇,「會怎麼樣?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAhN8AJvN3AR
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「『觀星者』會出現。」柰微笑,「他們會敲你的門、視情況懲處;嚴重的話,會被就地處死。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAHBG5rbYMB8
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「……!?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAjcYgfwUfw4
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聽起來好像FBI,「觀星者?」十條再問:「那是什麼?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAyVGZzurrJc
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「『天秤的守護者』。」柰回答:「打從世界成形,觀星者就存在,他們的使命是維持世界平衡,沒事不會現身,不會出手,是很客觀、被動,也很神秘的一群人。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAJcpGPAtGFn
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十條忍不住「哇」一聲。真如柰所說,他的視野一下被拓開好多,世界變得好大。341Please respect copyright.PENANAQjG18wT3tj
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「觀星者很強嗎?」十條又問。341Please respect copyright.PENANAprd3GyUW8Q
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「是的。」柰說:「無法用言語的強大。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAIN5eojDfO0
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「比柰柰還強?」341Please respect copyright.PENANANZ2zn0fBqA
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「當然。」柰覺得這問題很可愛,「他們背負沈重的使命,強大是必須的。」341Please respect copyright.PENANArB4JZc4WfB
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「……。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAzb3rdkRgBl
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十條看著書上的圖,直覺告訴他:柰要他去做的事,和那個天秤有關。341Please respect copyright.PENANAIGxdEPhtBU
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「我們此刻的世界正在失衡,原因出在天國,也就是天使。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAkVP49oTvYb
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柰闔上書本,語重心長。341Please respect copyright.PENANAToTDsbvYbf
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「相較於有紀律的天國,地獄太弱,光與暗的天秤正在崩壞。我之所以救你,因為你有潛力屠殺大量天使,削弱光的勢力。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAmpgLJZ8xjG
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「……!?」十條感到震驚、疑惑,「我的潛力?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAE4bdwNsSWe
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「你的外表。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAnLDQDEFyUj
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柰的手指滑過十條的臉──可愛、稚嫩、精緻。天使喜歡小孩,毫無疑問,十條的臉符合天使的喜好,這是種族天性。341Please respect copyright.PENANA3uLvynqg38
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「妥善利用外表,你可以殺死非常多天使,而且是高階天使。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAa6ryv40NAi
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柰的語氣不容異議。341Please respect copyright.PENANAd0VJcojADD
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「地獄需要時間整頓,在那之前,需要一個人去天國大鬧一場、轉移天使的注意──這件事只有你辦得到,也是我帶你回來的原因。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAlYU0pS2b7u
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「……。」341Please respect copyright.PENANA3uitT6n0Io
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別說危險,柰給他的任務,說是送死也不誇張。惡魔連在地獄,都可能被路過的天使殺掉,何況是天國──沒有惡魔從天國活著回來,從來沒有。341Please respect copyright.PENANAmlhkmcCfML
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「柰柰,你是觀星者嗎?」十條問他:「為什麼你這麼在乎平衡?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAmEbgYvkqEp
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「我不是觀星者,我的出發點很單純:要是天國太強、惡魔數量銳減,我就沒有東西吃了。」柰聳肩,「我也是惡魔,我必須確保我的食物來源,就是這麼簡單。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAJmviKwVY1h
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「……。」341Please respect copyright.PENANADAg7FUH0Ks
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柰不是聖人,是自私的惡魔。若非自身利益,他不會在乎光與暗的天秤,兩年前也不會救十條,供他吃又供他住。341Please respect copyright.PENANAE2TXiAwplH
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「後悔了嗎?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAlLA6TrJ7hI
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柰看著十條呆掉的臉,「現在逃跑也沒用。不管你躲到哪,我都能把你抓回來。」341Please respect copyright.PENANALC9Olh7Wxy
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「……。」341Please respect copyright.PENANA6bbh2pNVw5
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十條低頭,面無表情。柰早有心理準備,十條可能會拒絕、反抗、試圖逃開,因為他很膽小,害怕死亡,腦子只有活下去、活下去、活下去……341Please respect copyright.PENANAv52xL56uTm
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「好。」341Please respect copyright.PENANA0zrojyJp0W
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但他沒有──柰瞪大眼睛──十條竟然抬頭,雙眼堅定,絲毫沒有猶豫。341Please respect copyright.PENANA7OU70M7tyC
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「柰柰,你放心,我絕對不會死!」341Please respect copyright.PENANAl8P61XhljX
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十條握住柰的手。341Please respect copyright.PENANA6eAOrik7Rx
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「我會努力殺天使!我會殺掉很多、很多,也會把他們全部吃掉!只要變強,我就不會死了!」341Please respect copyright.PENANARZaenBpy45
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用可愛的臉講殘酷的話。十條瞇起眼睛,燦爛一笑。341Please respect copyright.PENANANIUXpdKYPb
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「所以,等地獄整頓好,你一定要來接我喔!柰柰。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAN7MFY4HI7S
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十條勾起柰的小拇指,「朋友之間不能背叛,約定好了!」341Please respect copyright.PENANAgLrefgsEW2
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「……。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAndJSWYV7T6
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……好吧。柰看著自己的小拇指。沒想到事情會是這樣,但他感覺不壞──至少聽到「朋友」兩字時,他感覺不壞。341Please respect copyright.PENANAMv5HGVoxJS
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「現在就要去了嗎?」341Please respect copyright.PENANAyEXrpcY8Ql
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「嗯。」341Please respect copyright.PENANAOHngxWgS91
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突然就要道別,前往不熟悉的國度,十條此刻覺得不太真實,有些緊張。他當年的實力還沒「七大公」,也足以在地獄稱霸一方,不是那條什麼都怕的蛇。341Please respect copyright.PENANAVh7b0ja5Gr
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「可惜猶大出門了。」十條咕噥:「沒辦法說再見。」341Please respect copyright.PENANASr0qQkamEn
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「他就算了吧。」柰起身,「反正你會回來,不是嗎?」341Please respect copyright.PENANA15TPf30UXQ
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柰衝著自己笑。和兩年前一樣,十條依然覺得他很美,但那不是心動,是熟悉。他喜歡看柰笑,朋友笑起來最好看。341Please respect copyright.PENANAHxFX41ti0S
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「嗯!」341Please respect copyright.PENANAnZuxPD0eUH
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