一隻海鳥張開豐滿的羽翼,如銀白箭矢迅速飛掠過波光粼粼的海面,拜爾德的目光追隨著那隻海鳥,直到牠飛向自己觸及不到的高遠天空。344Please respect copyright.PENANAAgLJKUjcAk
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「賽媞亞倫港,準備靠岸!」船員粗啞宏亮的呼喊,將拜爾德的目光拉回那漸漸靠近的海港城市-賽媞亞倫。344Please respect copyright.PENANAf9EO4SV1hS
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賽媞亞倫是獨立於國家勢力之外的自治城市,其港口是賽媞亞大陸上最繁盛的商業貿易據點之一,每天都有來自世界各地的船隻及貨物匯聚於此,再輸送到賽媞亞大陸各處。344Please respect copyright.PENANAIRyGhNsZCx
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海與天的交界處,數以千計的船隻宛如收斂起翅膀的海鳥,停棲於賽媞亞倫的港灣,懸掛於船桅上的各色旗幟充滿活力地飄揚著,宣示每艘船所屬的國籍或商團。344Please respect copyright.PENANAlCVDpMtPPs
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在港灣之後,則是櫛比鱗次的房屋,其屋牆是不染髒濁的潔白,圓拱狀的屋頂是沉穩的赭紅色,在海天一色的風景裡,描繪出特別鮮亮的紅白色彩。344Please respect copyright.PENANAuSB76ro5OB
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但是,最吸引拜爾德目光的,還是那座矗立於天際的銀白巨塔。344Please respect copyright.PENANA3GyRYlSsZn
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那座巨塔是孜爾頓學院的中心地標,其外觀是層層堆疊的螺旋狀,象徵魔力永無止盡的循環。巨塔頂端散發的銀色光芒,就像落入人界的明亮晨星,指引著渴求學識與自由的莘莘學子,而拜爾德便是其中的一位。344Please respect copyright.PENANAIHQ0NoAHjA
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佇立於船舷旁的拜爾德,感覺到海風與海浪,正在將他推向渴望已久的夢想之地,他的心為此澎湃不已,難以言喻的不安卻也在心底悄悄蔓延。344Please respect copyright.PENANAOaVdWs9Oam
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等到船抵達港口,一名半身赤裸的高大魚人來到拜爾德身旁,咧開扁平的魚嘴笑道:「小兄弟,我們到囉。」344Please respect copyright.PENANA23hcxmvDiQ
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「啊,謝、謝謝您,布魯波船長,謝謝您願意載我一程。」344Please respect copyright.PENANANnEvuspQrP
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拜爾德有些慌亂地鞠躬致謝,布魯波豪爽地說:「哈哈,你還是這麼拘謹啊,不用謝囉,只是順便載你一程,而且你也給我們船費囉。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAhtrkMPMkof
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布魯波看向孜爾頓學院的銀白巨塔,用帶有魚蹼的大掌拍了拍拜爾德的肩膀:「小兄弟,下船之後你就只能靠自己囉,祝你通過孜爾頓學院的入門考驗囉。」344Please respect copyright.PENANA3NtleVrFlT
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拜爾德的水藍眼眸,倒映出巨塔頂端的明亮光芒,他輕聲回應:「嗯,我會努力的。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAF0Yxe3YscA
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然而,拜爾德的這句話,卻隱沒於浪潮聲中,連他自己也聽不清楚。344Please respect copyright.PENANAtOuVgmokSJ
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下船之後,拜爾德立刻用魔法造出小型的風之力場,托起背著的沉重行囊。344Please respect copyright.PENANADboVJRhwuJ
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碼頭熙來攘往的人潮,與喧鬧紛雜的人聲,幾乎要把身形嬌小的拜爾德給淹沒。他一邊穿梭於洶湧人流中,一邊抬頭在人群的縫隙間四處張望,望見「賽媞亞倫關務所」的招牌時,他趕緊鑽過人潮走到關務所門口。344Please respect copyright.PENANABbr4Rw6Fjz
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「獸人小朋友,來這邊有什麼事啊?跟家人走散了嗎?」關務所前的人類守衛蹲低身子,對拜爾德露出親切和藹的微笑。344Please respect copyright.PENANAQkwmMffArY
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拜爾德不禁在心裡嘆了口氣,即使自己已經十七歲了,矮小的外表卻還是經常讓人把他誤認為小孩。344Please respect copyright.PENANAkKuB7QKcmP
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「我、我是來申請入境的,請問辦手續的地方在哪裡呢?」344Please respect copyright.PENANAwJzZupj0d5
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守衛露出驚訝的表情,指向關務所裡被排隊人龍包圍的櫃檯:「就在裡面喔,跟櫃檯的事務員登記就可以了。」344Please respect copyright.PENANA1vd6FHxqG6
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「啊,謝謝你。」拜爾德縮起身子,快步走進關務所,排在隊伍的最末端。344Please respect copyright.PENANA5EKlSVpSOv
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「下一位。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAT1CIyY7dbs
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過了許久,總算輪到了拜爾德,他稍微顛起腳尖靠在櫃檯邊,在他面前的事務員,是一位戴著細框眼鏡的貓人女子,她慵懶地晃動黑色的貓耳,烏黑短髮包攏著她面無表情的臉龐,平板的語氣就像是魔具撥放的制式化語音:「請拿出通行證。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAnyYrMM9fjq
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「請問,這個可以嗎?」拜爾德從貼身腰包拿出一張透明卡片,有些緊張地遞給事務員。344Please respect copyright.PENANAlSvUzisGPO
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事務員仔細觀察透明卡片,上頭浮現的銀白魔紋,令她冷淡的面容有了一絲情緒起伏:「這是孜爾頓學院的入學邀請證啊。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAW9TsY3bCUZ
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孜爾頓學院是賽媞亞大陸歷史最為悠久的學院,坐落於塔貝爾湖的湖心島上,在學院建立的千年以來,培育了無數名留青史的傑出人才,包括大賢者克洛萊、醫神緹娜、蒼之學者貝加爾以及賢王菲絲妲雅,在他們光輝燦爛的傳說中,一定會有孜爾頓學院的存在。344Please respect copyright.PENANAcRtbj4fN6P
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而且孜爾頓學院招收學生,不分性別年齡及種族貴賤,任何人只要能夠通過入學考驗,跨越主門踏進學院,便能在孜爾頓學院就讀。因此孜爾頓學院被視為賽媞亞大陸上最自由崇高的學術殿堂,來自各地的人們慕名前來,就是為了進入孜爾頓學院接受最頂尖的學術教育。344Please respect copyright.PENANA8s9WKgFzFu
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「最近的確有很多孜爾頓學院的準新生來到這裡,沒想到連你這種年紀的小孩子也想入學啊。」344Please respect copyright.PENANANFYUnc5HdM
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再次被誤認為小孩,拜爾德不禁出聲反駁:「那個……其實我已經成年了,十七歲的年紀也不算小孩子了吧。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAPK8iFT6k5x
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「噗哧。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAN8sTjChdJv
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突然響起的一聲輕笑,讓拜爾德立刻看向事務員,雖然事務員仍保持不苟言笑的冷漠表情,但拜爾德相信剛剛的笑聲絕對不是錯覺,他本就脆弱的自尊心又再次受到打擊。344Please respect copyright.PENANAxDh92YshNT
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「孜爾頓學院的入學邀請證,等同於賽媞亞倫的通行證,我已經確認過了,接下來請在表格填寫名字、性別及種族等基本資料。」事務員淡淡地說。344Please respect copyright.PENANAH1ehiz0idG
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「啊,好的。」拜爾德有點沮喪地拿回邀請證,填寫完表格後,事務員便收起拜爾德的資料。344Please respect copyright.PENANAglHEh0OFgK
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「歡迎來到賽媞亞倫,接下來,請您務必『保管』好您的入學邀請證。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAJbK7M3roum
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「嗯?謝謝。」雖然查覺到事務員的話似乎別有深意,但當下拜爾德不便繼續深究,辦完入境手續便離開了關務所。344Please respect copyright.PENANAgpIdUnzjSM
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等到拜爾德明白事務員話語的含意時,卻也是之後的事情了。344Please respect copyright.PENANAcbjBOCFHZY
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真正踏入賽媞亞倫這座城市,拜爾德才深刻體會到賽媞亞倫被稱為「多彩之城」的理由。344Please respect copyright.PENANAsDYiD7LZni
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他走過市街與巷弄,看見膚色各別的人們在露天餐館把酒暢談,獸人和人類的孩子在小巷裡追逐嬉戲、市集廣場裡則迴盪著安塔利人的歌聲及眾人的歡笑聲。344Please respect copyright.PENANAlrFnaITsJu
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居住在此地的人們,種族及膚色皆不盡相同,卻和睦地共同生活,這座城市的景色,還是拜爾德記憶中的那個模樣,是調合了各式各樣的鮮亮色彩,卻不互相排斥的美麗和諧。344Please respect copyright.PENANAuALkk7n0w8
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拜爾德拉下遮掩頭部的兜帽,在他髮間的一對純白羽耳,就像鳥類張開的羽翼。和煦溫暖的微風,吹拂過懸掛在白牆紅磚間的繽紛彩旗,輕撫過他的臉龐及羽耳,拜爾德的心情是前所未有的明亮舒暢。344Please respect copyright.PENANAjllFmDlkOX
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拜爾德決定先找旅店投宿,歷經海上的長途旅行,現在的他只想洗個熱水澡,躺在柔軟的床鋪好好休息,之後的憂慮煩惱,就丟給未來的自己吧。344Please respect copyright.PENANAV5SYTlIhfn
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然而,拜爾德在街道徘徊許久,卻遲遲找不到可以投宿的旅店,他不禁後悔沒有事先問事務員旅店的位置。344Please respect copyright.PENANApuryxI0ysb
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「糟了,這裡是哪裡啊。」不知不覺,拜爾德走到陰暗偏僻的巷弄,他著急地尋找回到大街的出路,卻漸漸喪失方向感。344Please respect copyright.PENANAV5taz9BZxG
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就在拜爾德不知道拐過第幾條巷子的時候,一名年約十歲,面帶雀斑的棕髮男孩,正蹲在不遠處的牆角下,而一隻小黑貓在他面前勤奮地舔食牛奶。344Please respect copyright.PENANAq0zTXCzzAc
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男孩捧弄著小黑貓斷了一半的短小前肢,自言自語:「如果也能幫你裝個新腳就好了,可惜我只能餵你牛奶。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAkZhin8uZe2
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已過正午的襖熱陽光,從屋簷的縫隙間照射下來,男孩帶著微笑的側臉,被這道陽光烘托得燦爛明亮。344Please respect copyright.PENANAjz8qx56SKt
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拜爾德不想打擾男孩,但眼下沒其他人可以問路,他只好向男孩輕聲喊道:「不好意思,請問一下。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAHMpP0inJGC
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男孩立刻站起來看向拜爾德,他身旁的小黑貓,也在一瞬間逃竄到巷弄的陰影裡。344Please respect copyright.PENANAvmKRQlAk5y
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「你是誰?我在這裡從來沒看過你。」男孩謹慎戒備的神情,明顯是把拜爾德當作不懷好意的陌生人,拜爾德當下心裡有點受傷。344Please respect copyright.PENANAszkfrpx5c4
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「我是剛來到此地的旅人,只是想要問你,離這裡最近的旅店怎麼走?」344Please respect copyright.PENANAnXzKJbu6Qq
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男孩的表情稍微放鬆了些,他簡潔俐落地回答:「從這邊走到第二個巷口,再向左轉,往前直走一段路,右手邊就可以看到『芬多克旅店』的招牌。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAp1xY8VX8Rd
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「喔,謝謝……」拜爾德話還沒說完,男孩就馬上跑進小巷深處,不見蹤影。拜爾德愕然望向男孩離去的方向,但他馬上調整好心情,照著男孩指引的方向前進。344Please respect copyright.PENANA71W1sDfbRd
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很快地,「芬多克旅店」的招牌就近在眼前。344Please respect copyright.PENANA2FU5VNqiIY
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拜爾德鬆了一口氣,他推開旅店的大門,旅店內是仿前古世紀的典雅裝潢,在橘黃燈光籠罩下呈現安穩舒適的氛圍。344Please respect copyright.PENANAG6EBO3T3O7
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「歡迎光臨,我是店主芬多克,小朋友是跟家人一起過來的嗎?」站在櫃檯裡的中年男子,一看見拜爾德便熱切地上前招呼。344Please respect copyright.PENANAUvraYLcEUJ
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「不、不是,只有我自己一個人,請問這裡還有房間嗎?」拜爾德已經放棄解釋自己的真實年齡,疲累得只想趕快進房休息。344Please respect copyright.PENANAmVot7VTtAq
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聽見他回答的芬多克,瞇起雙眼細細觀察,拜爾德身形矮小,外表像是十一、二歲左右的小孩子,他蓬鬆捲曲的水藍短髮、圓潤明亮的海藍眼瞳,以及小巧的鼻子及嘴巴,都讓他的容貌顯得稚氣清秀。344Please respect copyright.PENANApIU8v5LCX3
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在拜爾德頭部兩側的羽耳,明顯是鳥人的特徵,賽媞亞倫沒有鳥人族群居,拜爾德的旅袍與皮鞋也有著明顯的磨損,芬多克馬上斷定拜爾德並非本地人,是經過長途跋涉來此的旅客。344Please respect copyright.PENANA5XQ6TMWQSo
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至少看起來不是附近離家出走的小孩子,讓芬多克鬆了口氣,他可不想因此惹上麻煩。344Please respect copyright.PENANAx7Iip5m5Ky
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芬多克隨即露出職業性的豐潤笑容,湊到拜爾德身旁殷勤地說:「您是一個人啊,不過賽媞亞倫是個大城市,而我們旅店也是有口皆碑,這時候我們的房間已經都有人了。」344Please respect copyright.PENANApW8qyrvwCd
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看見拜爾德一瞬間露出失望的表情,芬多克馬上接著說:「但是您運氣不錯,我們還有間雙人房,目前只有一位客人入住,如果您不介意跟別人同住的話,我可以安排您到那個房間,還有加碼提供早餐服務喔。」344Please respect copyright.PENANA2mDy7zDUDD
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即使旅店幾乎都客滿了,芬多克還是不想放過任何一個賺錢的機會,而倦意纏身的拜爾德也沒有想太多:「好的,只要能讓我梳洗睡覺,要跟別人住是無所謂。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAimcFEHOJTr
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「太好了,我馬上拿房鑰給您,請您稍等一下。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAzZVumshVtX
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芬多克愉悅地哼著曲調,他拿出房鑰交給拜爾德,不禁好奇地隨口問道:「如果我太過冒昧的話,還請客人見諒,我看客人不是本地人,為什麼會來到賽媞亞倫呢?是來觀光?還是來拜訪朋友嗎?」344Please respect copyright.PENANAH5M1loGo8Q
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拜爾德收下房鑰,答道:「其實,我是孜爾頓學院的準新生,打算在這待到啟門之日。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAlo6sZvuS0g
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「喔喔,這麼說的話,您就是未來的大魔法師或大學者了呢,可惜我自己沒有魔法或唸書的天賦,不然我也想在你這樣年輕的時候入學呢。」344Please respect copyright.PENANA21ig03ibQF
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察覺到芬多克看著自己的神情,多了幾分欣羨及敬意,拜爾德臉頰微微泛紅,搖頭說道:「也、也沒那麼簡單啦,而且我還沒通過啟門之日的入學考驗,能不能入學也不知道呢……」344Please respect copyright.PENANACdfr9rsLRG
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脫口而出的「考驗」這兩個字,馬上讓拜爾德的心情更加沉重。344Please respect copyright.PENANA5zRGTax8PX
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「啟門之日」,為孜爾頓學院每年一次開啟學院主門的日子,每個收到入學邀請證的準新生,都會在這一日接受入學考驗,只要能通過考驗,跨越孜爾頓學院的主門,便能成為學院的新生。344Please respect copyright.PENANA7091NdfikU
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雖然這條件看似簡單,每年卻有不少準新生無法通過考驗,被學院拒之門外,考驗的詳細內容也鮮有人知。344Please respect copyright.PENANA5VvZ2Z0gHr
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離夢想只有一步之遙的時候,被夢想本身所拒絕,這巨大的打擊任誰都難以承受,拜爾德光是想像,心情就陷入谷底。344Please respect copyright.PENANA9jPhgm91db
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「真的很巧呢,跟您同住的房客,剛好也是孜爾頓學院的準新生,我相信您們兩位一定能通過考驗,接待您們的敝店也倍感光榮呢。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAlE8tNp187g
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「真的嗎,原來他也是……」拜爾德有些陰鬱的情緒,頓時變得明朗起來,他對那位素未謀面的房客有了幾分親切感。344Please respect copyright.PENANAH44A2CZwzE
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「是啊,我想您們兩位一定可以相處融洽,我這就派人帶您去房間。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAWUtRiWDDcS
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芬多克說完,馬上轉頭大喊:「史萊,休息時間結束了!快帶客人去203號房!」344Please respect copyright.PENANArp17hYrbIP
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「好的!」一名穿著侍者服的棕髮男孩,立刻從櫃檯後的房間走出來。344Please respect copyright.PENANAp2dZAdMcSv
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史萊大約是十歲左右的人類男孩,他穿著整齊的制服,帶有雀斑的臉龐雖略顯稚氣,卻有著超乎年齡的沉穩幹練。344Please respect copyright.PENANA1UQ5EHEAqE
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「你、你是?」拜爾德忍不住驚呼出聲,因為史萊就是不久前為他指路的那個男孩。344Please respect copyright.PENANAo7Y9D2sJ3S
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然而,史萊對拜爾德沒有特別的反應,他向拜爾德鞠躬行禮,恭敬地說:「客人,請將行李交給我。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAcXPytIQ3uY
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「喔,這、這樣啊。」拜爾德雖然驚訝,卻不便多說什麼。344Please respect copyright.PENANAq2udntcOb3
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「不過這行李有點重喔,我自己揹也可以。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAuX0DnowADs
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「沒關係的,這是我的工作。」史萊接過拜爾德的行李,毫不費力地背在肩上,拜爾德不禁訝異這小小年紀的男孩,竟有如此大的力氣。344Please respect copyright.PENANAe3kXgIbahO
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拜爾德跟著史萊,走過雕琢得有些浮誇的樓梯與走廊,很快來到了203號房門前,金色的門牌在燈光下閃著燦亮光澤。344Please respect copyright.PENANAxwFTh0JusI
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史萊放下拜爾德的行李,鞠躬道:「這裡是您的房間,請好好休息。」344Please respect copyright.PENANAzJf3QEVjr0
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「好、好的,謝謝你。」待史萊離開,拜爾德才鬆了口氣。344Please respect copyright.PENANA7nYgzkVI2W
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這家旅店華麗高檔的裝潢,以及周到有禮的服務,反而讓他有點喘不過氣,他想自己還是不適合這種地方。344Please respect copyright.PENANA3fag0j4H4M
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拜爾德作了個深呼吸,正當他想敲門問候裡面的房客時,房門就突然從裡面被撞開。344Please respect copyright.PENANApwahmlLTmL
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「啪!」迎面而來的撞擊,讓拜爾德一陣措手不及,他撫著隱隱生疼的腦袋,隱約看見某個東西緩緩滾落到腳邊。344Please respect copyright.PENANAIUGtjBhm0J
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「這是什麼……?」拜爾德撿起那個東西,發現是一個橢圓狀的木球,光滑的表面畫有紅色的條狀圖騰,並嵌上一對用木架及薄膜組成的翅膀,看起來就像小孩子的木製玩具。344Please respect copyright.PENANAsE2tg2gsnw
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「對不起!我剛剛測試拿提爾號的飛行路徑,沒想到不小心把門撞開了,你沒受傷吧?」344Please respect copyright.PENANAFwftmRInql
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「咦……」呆站在房間裡的拜爾德,愣愣地看著朝他走來的人。344Please respect copyright.PENANAeBGb5WTf3T
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對方的年紀看來大約十四、五歲左右,長度及肩的銀髮泛著柔順光澤,身上貼身的黑色裡衣,顯現出健康優美的身體線條,米白色的外套及短褲,襯著裸露大半的深褐色肌膚,腰間的布還繡有深紅色的山羊圖騰。344Please respect copyright.PENANAoFsy2doMSA
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而對方最明顯的特徵,就是頭上一對彎曲的羊角,對方和拜爾德一樣並非人類,是獸人中的羊人,但是……344Please respect copyright.PENANAtkgcb3WUTf
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「怎麼你一臉呆呆的,啊!該不會我把你撞成腦震盪了吧!」對方慌慌張張地握住拜爾德的手,意外柔軟的觸感,讓拜爾德反射性的將手抽出。344Please respect copyright.PENANAXEVzGDfR4k
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兩人對上目光的那瞬間,拜爾德看見那圓潤明亮的淺金眼瞳,流露的緊張與困惑。344Please respect copyright.PENANArcptEs9atY
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「我,我沒有腦震盪也沒有受傷,只是……」344Please respect copyright.PENANAx2eIuPfdsZ
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拜爾德吞吞吐吐地說:「妳……妳是女孩子嗎?」