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巴托羅的一家之主沒有回來,但人依然需要用餐。99Please respect copyright.PENANAJQyYIDk1jN
看著大塊的碎培根與溫暖的肉湯,盛著蜜酒的小杯讓拔舍巴移不開目光,眼睛睜得好像比平常要大。99Please respect copyright.PENANASfLRNKMS1U
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把捏成球的水煮豆泥放進口中的姑方依稀覺得他吃飯時雙眼閃過微亮,試著找找話題吧。99Please respect copyright.PENANAYI3hHDYiA9
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「整隻羔羊做肉糜是不是太多了點,沉在鍋底燉湯的要怎麼換種方式吃啊?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAp2HouHjoFE
「吃不完可以拿出來做成肉丸子呀,我去做我去做,換換口味!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAEu0SwzI2S4
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拔舍巴的眼睛睜得更大了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAEqFllTdY72
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咕嘟咕嘟,放在火爐上的湯鍋暖暖地傳出肉香,碎得無比均勻的肉糜得到了蓓塔·巴托羅的大力稱讚。99Please respect copyright.PENANANh2YUF8nZr
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不靠菜刀與任何工具就能把整隻羔羊連骨帶肉一起粉碎的技術就連姑方也會驚訝了,屋主當然也在訝異之中,說著「菜刀有這麼利嗎?怎麼如此均勻?」的時候,連切蘋果都是借這家人廚具的姑方悄悄地點頭同意。99Please respect copyright.PENANA2VD2LTSFxW
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他必須減低自己使用正經術法的次數,乖巧地當個人……姑方以餘光瞥向拔舍巴。99Please respect copyright.PENANAFMRCyfEwds
做成肉糜更方便入口。他記得拔舍巴這麼說的當下仔細凝視手心的神情。99Please respect copyright.PENANAMsuNvmVteL
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不久前,他確實用一種摸不著精度的方式施了「魔法」,精準地讓等同他上半身那個大的羔羊連骨帶肉一起粉碎,溢出的羊血也成了高湯的一部份,看這情況,他還是少點話觀察拔舍巴與蓓塔的互動為妙。99Please respect copyright.PENANAWcw5HTViQc
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對了,法術、術式、魔法、巫術……稱呼這麼多,西方這兒是用哪種稱呼來著?如此細思之餘,他發現拔舍巴雖然會主動向他人搭話,但始終沒有透露自己使用了法術的事。99Please respect copyright.PENANAIBXXknWFvK
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吃飯要緊。99Please respect copyright.PENANAetwaILDbdR
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「……嗯哼哼~嗯哼哼~嗯哼哼……噢,神奇的甜菜根、蘿蔔、萵苣……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAbA86q1eLRw
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沙拉這點哪夠吃,加啊加、加啊加──為這種事情關上話匣子的姑方可不會把自言自語的機會放下。99Please respect copyright.PENANAhWiCfUYT4P
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「兩位客人,湯好了──先坐下等我吧,拔舍巴!」99Please respect copyright.PENANA7XtpG0UorI
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肉湯快好了,沉默下來的姑方若有所思,額外於蘋果盤裡也多切了點蔬菜的他暫且將自己比較想吃素的事置於一旁。反正他也沒有信教,這幾天在船上吃的乾糧、下船吃的豆湯與乾酪都略顯枯燥……要不要為了自己附身的軀體補充點蛋白質?一會兒看看食物吧。99Please respect copyright.PENANAoe3RZa6x3w
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手中拿著小刀的姑方於肉湯上桌前直接坐在餐桌邊。99Please respect copyright.PENANA3gW4pfzyKJ
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「蔬菜也好了──蓓塔!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAAzeqoCZ2R8
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「噢,谷芳(Gu Fang)!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAXdCAjaUJVe
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姑方不在乎自己的名字被叫錯,發音到就好了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAmJfCzcu6Bg
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起身與向蓓塔點頭的拔舍巴擦身而過,他要與屋主確認這蔬菜碗可不可行,低聲回應蓓塔「好,我自己走」的拔舍巴搖搖晃晃地坐去放有軟墊的位置上頭,那個軟墊是他從外面移過來的。99Please respect copyright.PENANAbnvBPNMNH6
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該吃晚餐了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAappTApCWlA
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「吃飯啦,吃飯啦!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAfIXLoGvLJ3
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「……蓓塔,坐。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAAY65fqWfmC
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姑方就坐了,他就坐在餐桌一側,靠浴室那邊,而名為蓓塔的老婦當然為方便上菜而順著廚房的方向前來,矩形的桌子、四張椅子,彷彿他跟拔舍巴直接隔了座飯菜山似地,拔舍巴的目光也不斷跟著蓓塔移動。99Please respect copyright.PENANAwewi3weo4a
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她去廚房他就往廚房看,她往房間去就往房間看,對話還在「我幫妳」跟「不用不用」之間來回,著實刻意。99Please respect copyright.PENANABXh2vqhJ2h
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「噢,你真體貼!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAviiIQ6Y17D
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不過,不知道那位失蹤的丈夫究竟是坐在餐桌邊吃飯,還是坐在二樓那間上鎖的豪華個人房裡吃飯呢?肉湯與三盤麵包菜盤一同上桌,蓓塔的歡欣已足夠證明她平時的孤獨了。這屋裡甚至沒有她跟丈夫的合照、孩子的合照……取而代之的是寢室邊羅西那一家的照片?99Please respect copyright.PENANAQsen6WGwAA
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嘴角始終上揚,眨動的眼眸一來映照溫暖的餐桌,二來映起蓓塔對他倆這來路不明的「流亡者」給出所有信任的笑容。99Please respect copyright.PENANA8W73AZovjS
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質樸的生活與純粹的信任並不是原罪。99Please respect copyright.PENANAAJxQ8HJF1b
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姑方多少知道拔舍巴關照蓓塔的原因,一個無辜的生命是這麼友善,他們這些陌生人又怎捨得出言傷害來日無多的老婦呢?99Please respect copyright.PENANABb3ONoA6Vp
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好好吃晚餐吧。99Please respect copyright.PENANAEiEofIepSo
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「真是,真是,我這把老骨頭了,沒想到還能有跟這麼漂亮的仙女吃飯的一天……兩位都是好人,好人。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAuiQkXJ6S4F
「鷹嘴豆泥是我做的,這水果可新鮮,來來來,妳之前的做法太粗糙了,要加點牛奶──快,試試看,相信我。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAZEsVguxR7O
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晚餐菜色裡,關於蔬菜的部分全都是姑方親手挑選的,主動揀選品質的姑方還不等蓓塔說出「等等,那是要做乳酪的牛奶!」就把豆泥強餵給這位頭髮斑白的老婦──反正在他眼裡都是小孩──再轉頭看向拔舍巴的用餐狀態。99Please respect copyright.PENANAGwrPIgpsZY
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他優雅地確認了羊肉湯的溫度,捧起自己那份湯碗小抿一口,鮮美的羊湯馬上讓拔舍巴迅速眨了眨眼。這眨眼與動搖短到只有姑方才能看見。99Please respect copyright.PENANACeHdDma5OC
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「這這這……沒想到竟然有這種做法……糟糕,不知道這樣乳酪會不會做不起來……」99Please respect copyright.PENANANw5KkwBx0D
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「加了一點點而已,還比那麵包小呢,沒關係……而且簡單地做過處理,嘿,不捨得用牛奶可不會有這種美味,這東西加一點蜂蜜油炸或許能成為不錯的甜品。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAs8UlDhEQA0
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「甜甜……甜品,天啊,我一直都埋頭在針線上!!!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAkWLOp3uW0Q
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拔舍巴吃飯很安靜。99Please respect copyright.PENANA0f1Qcd41bi
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用餐習慣不會騙人,所謂的忍耐在喜好與飢餓前也難以得勝,忍耐本就不是一種聰明的進攻方式,反而是那些擊垮理智高牆的美味肉類才是拔舍巴最該接納的敵人。在「啟示九夜」吃齋吃習慣的拔舍巴垂著眼眸,放下湯碗,掌心在唇前虛掩,似是在體會這份動搖的意義。99Please respect copyright.PENANA6hd7JwSt3W
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「您沒做過甜品嗎,起碼……做給丈夫享用之類的?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAh3LoiWS1im
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「沒有,沒有那種類型的精緻甜品,畢竟他就是需要我的針線活……噢,我連油炸食品也都沒怎麼做過,他比較喜歡簡單飲食。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAqJjf6w8iJY
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「還有沒有豆泥,油可以用嗎?炸好沾蜂蜜。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAem2n217dwV
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「等等,辜凡大人,有培根!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAo4yp0HT1EV
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他開始吃肉。99Please respect copyright.PENANAHJhx1a3Gqe
一口一個、一口一個……都是裡頭的羊肉肉糜。99Please respect copyright.PENANAF1CFmMqr2t
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更因那羔羊鮮嫩,姑方甚至看見湯匙上肉糜滿盈的樣子,加了蔬果的肉湯安安穩穩地與肉糜一起被送進拔舍巴的肚裡──關於拔舍巴吃相的謎題解開了,他喜歡吃肉。99Please respect copyright.PENANAiFAtggr10l
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至於為什麼信教者願意在無禱告的前提下把羊肉放進嘴裡,姑方多少能從拔舍巴被當作「啟示之子」這點看出些端倪,他想必是跟著教會的餐食在走的。99Please respect copyright.PENANApFVJkLCbIo
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「喂,拔舍巴,還有培根,你吃慢點。」99Please respect copyright.PENANA1NKdsKuvsI
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「!」99Please respect copyright.PENANADg9Be3iQNf
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忽然被姑方搭話的拔舍巴還沉浸在羊肉湯裡頭,什麼也聽不見──偏偏就聽見厚切培根放上平底鍋的悅耳響聲。99Please respect copyright.PENANAv4ysaz3jnA
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飢餓、飢渴、一股有別於性慾的吸引力從培根而來。99Please respect copyright.PENANAPePCTPDVf2
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「還是省點油用煎的好了──甜豆餅,這很適合齋戒時吃。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAUqfwIXhOyY
「噢,雖然我不知道齋戒是什麼,但您用的甜點長得非常漂亮……等成為金黃色就翻面對吧?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAr2eI57X5Hj
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「對──起鍋才要加蜂蜜啊!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAjeHoS6A1mj
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在拔舍巴眼前,一盤又大塊又肥潤流油的厚切培根佐甜菜根上桌了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAYoEuqt4yMB
不是兔肉、魚肉,更不是一整盤煮豌豆,而是塊現切現煎的豬肉培根。99Please respect copyright.PENANAtlYch5jejB
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「姑──」方要開口呼喚,拔舍巴的話語一如既往地被打斷。99Please respect copyright.PENANARY0GHAV7ya
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「不是吃肉吃得正開心嗎。」剛分享一個酥脆甜點給蓓塔的姑方自己也用手俐落地拿起一顆來吃,剛起鍋的熱燙與他粗魯的手勢與那標緻的粉色外貌形成反差,「吃一點,難吃的話大不了吐出來就好,看你吃羊肉樂成個什麼樣。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAMZpyYYkVJ7
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「來,這個配肉也會不錯吃,解膩。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAnN1syjXGG4
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「……嗯……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAEYXSO7sB9P
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拔舍巴,低頭看著超出盤子外的厚切大培根。99Please respect copyright.PENANA3u3yrIf7i6
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……這太多了。 99Please respect copyright.PENANAb0eld6WuBq
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口嫌體正直,香煎皆多汁,不聞吧嘰聲,回頭盤已淨。99Please respect copyright.PENANAruqybWyduJ
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沒看錯下頷的活動的話,拔舍巴可能還趁他在背後沒看見時,盡他所能的張大了嘴巴(或許是在感受那充盈滿嘴的肉味也說不定)。99Please respect copyright.PENANA1oK52TGlaf
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飯局上,姑方甚至覺得自己見到了拔舍巴被「啟示九夜」隱瞞起來的真貌──他們才沒認識多久就能這樣斷言嗎?這事關姑方私下見過的各種信仰──一個睜大眼睛,開始拿起餐刀勉強把大塊培根整理回盤子的吃相讓他發笑。99Please respect copyright.PENANAClXF9y8xLJ
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真的該請畫家把拔舍巴對摺培根的樣子畫下來,說不定還能被那些教會信仰到分不清前後左右的傢伙們拿來掛在教堂頂上當宗教畫來拜,其實根本就對自己的吃相被看見這點感到羞恥吧?99Please respect copyright.PENANAJSgjImH7oU
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「明明就吃得很爽。」99Please respect copyright.PENANA4kbBqYzair
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「……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAawkXZODcmC
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拔舍巴報以不大自在的沉默。99Please respect copyright.PENANA7exbqBcmVn
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啊哈,笑死人了,他都看見留在指尖的油痕了,看拔舍巴饕足的樣子坐在原地呆滯多時,洗碗這種工作自然也成了雙腳健在的人來負責的事,整夜沒睡好的不悅也都煙消雲散了,他斷了一條「大臂」的不悅與灼燒感自始至終都在那裡。99Please respect copyright.PENANAFvyplJuEpG
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說了一聲「我來洗碗」以後,姑方就在無盡的洗碗中陷入思考。99Please respect copyright.PENANAHLm00HK90M
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逼明顯不適應的拔舍巴找自己說話也不好,那種孩子,先放著他自己適應這裡(樂園)吧,他也需要時間觀察這裡的環境。99Please respect copyright.PENANA0pv0iz7QE2
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拔舍巴獻上了右眼,而他則獻上了「其中一條主臂」。99Please respect copyright.PENANAW27lDPUFyG
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主跟副又有什麼差別?當然「主」比較大,「副」則像那些零星開著小花兒小新葉的枝枒,按理來說,他這人是有十足的理由在其他種族面前作弊的──就多虧他靈活,懂得彈性思考,何況他根本不是「預知(預先知道)」鯤島的歷史,而是直接被刻在身上了──這作弊機會卻在神祕的樂園真相前乾脆地泡湯去了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAgzMwl8tOAV
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這樂園居然知道他的真身在哪兒。99Please respect copyright.PENANA84xtDSqM6F
……而且,以為這個「避世樂園」的空間是完全隔絕的,結果一日過去,他居然能感覺到自己與真身之間的聯繫,為什麼?99Please respect copyright.PENANAGz50yfc9FC
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不是樂園的阻隔沒起作用,就是這樂園本身與魔法空間之類的用詞毫無關聯……抑或是同時存在多種難以靠一人管理的構成?好吧,預設人家比他強也好、預設這兒可能沒什麼創造者是徒勞無功的事,他都還沒去違背那什麼守則呢。不過若換個角度來說,樂園的成因可能是跟他(祂)類似,憑著願望與傳聞構築而成的空間也好……一切都太早了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAn80aM7vtmi
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現在的「祂」沒辦法直接去分析這片樂園之地的情形,只能從甜菜根上攔截一些曾經流過的訊息,像是大地的圖書館,任何植物都能依稀追溯出些許「流亡者」的情報。99Please respect copyright.PENANAwQs7lrOS97
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「……」姑方垂眸,已經被人類加工過的木質相框讀不出什麼事物,反而能讀出被加工者記載的感情。99Please respect copyright.PENANACvbJVN7UO5
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看拔舍巴的反應,他不像是「覺得這應該改變」,而是覺得「這很正常,反應不需要那麼激烈」。99Please respect copyright.PENANABOnqkR2V6L
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當然,姑方也不是傻子,要說這種視一切都稀鬆平常的感受如何他當然也懂,在鯤島甦醒時就已蒙受這般洗禮的他比起同理那些目光,更覺得他們莫名其妙,說真的,改一改不好嗎?都不覺得討厭嗎?他找不到共鳴對象──用人類的話來說就是「沒朋友」了。99Please respect copyright.PENANApcfmrUb2FT
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他轉過頭,看見拔舍巴從蓓塔那兒接過擦嘴巾。99Please respect copyright.PENANA2w3e37ngDH
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樂園的「參加者」竟被稱為「流亡者」這點也很讓人狐疑,可能跟「羅西娜」這位頭戴包巾的紡織家族後代有關……她的生活方式太不自然了,自己髒了一身不稀奇,稀奇的反而是她特別對一些地方保持乾淨的習慣,她太懂得「為貴族保持乾淨」了,更絲毫沒有說過最重要的事──99Please respect copyright.PENANAF6Uo4NZQSn
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她這個年紀了,都沒有小孩嗎?99Please respect copyright.PENANAxuyPIFZRnk
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「……真是……我不知道這裡的病理觀念如何……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAGRowM5wTLV
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「『辜荒』,您需要幫忙嗎?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAVwGjVc5uZ0
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「噢,我洗好了!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAu4b6E86vEK
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對孩子隻字未提,甚至在家都不擺些「門面」(夫妻合照或者全家福照片)這點著實讓人起疑。99Please respect copyright.PENANALleM79JChj
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他很確定,就在拔舍巴跟蓓塔聊了整晚的那天早晨,他已經迅速在這房子上下搜了個遍,能搜得他都搜過了。可見她在如今這片土地的女性之間所受的待遇算好,能在小小年紀就被大戶人家看上,有這般衣食無虞的生活……但為什麼非得是年紀那麼小的時候被看上?謎底就在那個失蹤的丈夫上頭。99Please respect copyright.PENANAeV2Jbcpnoo
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馬上轉頭放下最後一個乾淨的器皿,特別為這些碗盤打了一大桶淨水的姑方旋即從臭臉變成溫柔的微笑。99Please respect copyright.PENANALOh5vmrsh7
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咖噠、咖噠。夕暮橙紅。99Please respect copyright.PENANAzLJWWUzk2k
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「所以您是商人,從『奧地利』來的商人……而您是從……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAkUa1b56eoj
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「……從教會來的……『傳教士』。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAFSCKYXocK4
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因為厚切培根與羊肉湯而冷靜下來的拔舍巴對姑方忽然湊過來,偷偷說:「有談話時別說你是什麼教會的祭品什麼的,先撒個謊,說是『傳教士』。」99Please respect copyright.PENANACvllMSXaiW
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我不是傳教士,是「聖處子」──這麼說的拔舍巴沒想到連這個遲來的「職稱」都被姑方以一句帶過:「我管你,這種稱呼會刺激對方直接把你當聖人仙女什麼的,你想要他冷靜就別把自己擺高。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAFIdiRZ8dWs
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「……『奧地利』是什麼地方?『教會』是什麼,跟咱這裡的古堡類似嗎?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAPtnNyC0Sgo
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「……?」「……哈,什麼?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAslzGB8hEU8
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沒想到誠懇的老婦所給的答案竟是這麼古怪,兩人皆是一愣。99Please respect copyright.PENANAk4BlAX8faD
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終於能冷靜坐下來彼此暢談的室內,膝上還有蕾絲布的蓓塔·巴托羅是個身材圓潤但面目和善,白髮藍眼的婦人,虹膜漂亮的淡色依稀可見她過去那頭金髮的明亮與年輕時的清麗,現在則是只要一笑,她擠起來的皺紋便討喜而有效地減輕他人的不安。99Please respect copyright.PENANARPDZw3KV0C
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她的形象很好,就像東方那兒每個出嫁的好姑娘一樣,差在這裡「看起來」似乎不用裹小腳跟硬性地遵從婦德爾爾。姑方暗自碎念,他也不是本地姑娘,又沒有嫁過誰,不知道這些很正常──但嘴上問這些問題就奇怪了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAFEzeKCFfpA
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沒有一個合乎「詢問」的身分,欲知曉問題答案的行為本身就會被當作單純的「好奇」了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAGp0VMVEAib
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這種時候怎麼著?一定機率會被說「多管閒事」。99Please respect copyright.PENANA8SbTx8Fnpg
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簡直是姑方生氣,但姑方不說……有些人又是那種警戒心強的,除非你跟他/她相處老久,磨合老久才肯正常跟你說話的類型,唉呀,人類怎麼非要這麼脆弱啊?發現蓓塔對宗教信仰、「傳教士」與地名之類的字眼一概不知,姑方認為再怎麼文盲,其實多少都知道外頭正在打仗的事實才是。99Please respect copyright.PENANACsFW1RDdQg
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他在塞維亞港碰到的流浪漢都知道最近動盪不安了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAUodus8PUO3
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這就是「樂園」的意思?望向拔舍巴,姑方得到的是一個「不知該怎樣繼續接話」的眼神(當然這只是他的個人解釋)。99Please respect copyright.PENANA6stdIh6AIL
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拔舍巴什麼都沒想,拔舍巴呆滯一望,專心捕捉著所有字句。99Please respect copyright.PENANAeBYGPUevIp
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「居然不知道奧地利,老天,是一個很遠又很大的地方!然後會有信仰,信仰神,『神』……你知道的,就是一個全知全能,得天獨厚的存在!人們聚集起來雕刻祂們的雕像,放在一棟大房子的中央,那就叫『教堂』。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAS0MdEnIlQX
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「唉呀?『神』?『雕像』?……『神像』的話,我記得是森林裡有廢棄的,古堡裡也只有裝飾用的……教堂不是那些有流亡者聚集的地方嗎?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAqULZj8Xc9U
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「噢?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAj7ImoZi410
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外頭的教堂也時常收留孤兒什麼的,蓓塔要這麼說好像也不奇怪。姑方誇張地睜大眼睛。99Please respect copyright.PENANA0MUWuq9OPq
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他沒有漏聽那個「廢棄的三尊王八」這條情報,慶幸神像不會因為他心裡忍不住憤怒的羞辱而站起來打人吧。同理,梅花也不會因為有個小屁孩拿祂的樹幹抓癢而突然用樹枝揍人。99Please respect copyright.PENANAhxSasNmwTL
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時不時看著專心聽講的拔舍巴有沒有要接話。99Please respect copyright.PENANAPdAafNEOpt
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該死的,當然沒有,這小鬼聽得可專注了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAEl1qmm7hLp
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姑方轉頭看著蓓塔。99Please respect copyright.PENANAFWYiqMsVLM
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「……這裡很平靜,可能其他居民有信仰吧!但是我的家族沒有,據我所知,我丈夫的家族也沒有……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAMxPclmLmvA
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蓓塔順著成為接話人,給他們這兩位「流亡者」上來就剝了家族皮的蓓塔也沒再掩飾自己的家族身分,不過,對這些陌生事與其說表現新鮮,不如說是滿臉的不適應。99Please respect copyright.PENANAVfa1DUTLBn
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她沒有要歧視兩位體貼,長得又好看,還會幫她分擔家務,誇她手藝很好的仙女──對,所以她只是「不適應」而已,不適應到一個程度,臉上還清晰表現了「他們說的話好奇怪」的樣子。99Please respect copyright.PENANAMIbQGqarCB
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是多狹隘的生活才會讓一個出身不錯的女士長過五十年還不知道,她對姑方與拔舍巴的信賴關係已經太過完美。99Please respect copyright.PENANA37LCeIS1Vc
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「──這真神奇,所以兩位結婚時是在哪裡舉辦的?在咱們那都是教會啊!」99Please respect copyright.PENANAzkVJD03Rz4
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姑方開始順著附和。99Please respect copyright.PENANA299zDur6NM
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來到樂園的第二個夜晚,坐在窗邊的姑方看著依舊用臀部枕起羊毛軟墊椅的拔舍巴,這還是他們一開始待的那間寢室,也是蓓塔·巴托羅這個本應得到好待遇的女主人的臥房,至於這裡到底是臥房還是客房?從破舊程度與陳列在這兒的四張單人床來看,答案明顯是後者。 99Please respect copyright.PENANAH08l2tU1nY
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說自己睡客房睡習慣了,從結婚到現在都是這樣,果不其然,不明白教堂、信仰與地名之類字眼的她連結婚都是男方直接找上門來,挑著就帶走的類型,她被帶走的那年連十歲都不到,很久才能見一次家人,之後更是連家都不用回了──畢竟那一家女兒全都被嫁出去了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAPmppncNP1k
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他們還額外知道一件事,就是:「按傳統而論,她們那樣被詛咒的家庭是沒辦法離開宅邸的,除非男方越過重重難關進來求親,才可能有徹底離開宅邸的希望。」即使她們家族說代代的針線活都做得爐火純青,可以賣好價錢吧,姑方合理懷疑這其中有買賣女性的嫌疑。99Please respect copyright.PENANAo2eRof7SJA
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畢竟那張映著十三個女孩的全家福裡,姑娘的面孔各個都挺精緻的。99Please respect copyright.PENANA3F3693920D
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「你可真沒睏意?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAcKyijeZZR8
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「……我,在等蓓塔的毯子。」99Please respect copyright.PENANA7tJdgmo8Na
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同樣是一夜沒闔眼,拔舍巴看上去比他冷靜許多,姑方除了第一夜是痛昏以外,隨時打個盹都要被這大地帶來的詭譎感侵襲,看著這坐姿端正,雙手疊在大腿上的拔舍巴,姑方揚眉。99Please respect copyright.PENANAkPqtqwmjcf
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毯子?99Please respect copyright.PENANAIvmMu6gHiB
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「什麼毯子?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAou5xD4Knc9
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這大概是他難得有發言機會的時候了──興許是有些被這簡短的回問惹得一愣,靜靜地凝視地板的拔舍巴向姑方抬眸,襯著月光與外頭拂來的微風,淡粉色的短髮散開的模樣讓拔舍巴思考迷濛。99Please respect copyright.PENANAtdHV4lXbk7
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「……蓓塔要拿新羊毛做毯子,也有你的份。」99Please respect copyright.PENANArOf4eONjcp
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「也有我的啊?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAs7fGWdMkKH
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他想起了在教堂時看見的火海。99Please respect copyright.PENANAVufzoLthGY
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直覺告訴他這個人就是他看見的身影……可這個人明顯跟他的白晝夢又有差異,他看不出他臉上的悲傷,也不覺得這個人是與自己相近的同伴。不久前,把注意力從姑方身上移開的他聽聞蓓塔要給他們都做毯子時,姑方還堅持用姑方自己提的水在廚房裡洗碗。99Please respect copyright.PENANALUKbeOm498
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「啊──是因為這裡床髒嗎,也是,乾淨的水本來就少了,比起洗東西他們當然會先選擇做新的……怎麼,幹嘛這樣看我,你要我付她錢啊?」99Please respect copyright.PENANABBo4tBq1oH
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他沒有聽到毯子的事情也是自然。99Please respect copyright.PENANAl7xQIe3nOV
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「……說是工作的禮物,財務不全是她主管的,她只有有限的生活費。」憶起對方在餐桌前毫不留情面地道破他的喜好,從沒想過要說出「喜歡」的拔舍巴只覺得那些詞彙冗贅至極,「有……會比較好。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAi8eDCuhamM
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──他又憶起姑方那聽來無心的談話內容。99Please respect copyright.PENANAsgel77NHs7
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他是被欺負的,被當作祭品的,被欺凌至此也不懂反抗的孩子。99Please respect copyright.PENANA6ImufcsJTt
「祭品」總是與死亡相伴。在他僅存的「記憶」裡,他不知那處被人稱作幽冥,更不知那些亡魂眼窩裡的恭敬與他吐露的安寧被稱作「安息」。99Please respect copyright.PENANAch0MT7EjHh
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他記得的同時也並不記得,因他並不完整,也從未與其他同伴相知相惜──或許某個屬於人的千年過去,他會因此消逝?他(拔舍巴)對自己未來的命運沒有頭緒,只覺模糊不清。99Please respect copyright.PENANAoBKE9wYWLa
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可是,「主教」說的話是真實的。99Please respect copyright.PENANAQvXcUkcCkJ
那是他在「啟示九夜」第一個對上眼的人,也是頭一回會靠近他,關心他,叮嚀他要懂得照顧自己的人,他沒有說錯,拔舍巴確實感覺到自己的身驅正在這短暫的年頭裡化為粉碎。99Please respect copyright.PENANA3FlVIe7GDM
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「啟示九夜」沒有虧欠於他,沒有欺凌他,反而是維繫他生命的──砰!99Please respect copyright.PENANAu32Gv79Sbw
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「等等,拔舍巴,這方向是不是莊園中心?」99Please respect copyright.PENANApTiUznstsR
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……同、伴?99Please respect copyright.PENANAS47tBNJvkS
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拔舍巴的思考被撞擊聲打斷了,那聲撞擊的源頭來自姑方,忽然從窗台向室內跳下來的他突然往外伸長了脖子,右手搥打起牆壁,他出口的語調明顯有異,噴水池?是,這方向確實是噴水池,早上蓓塔也是從這個方向去買羊毛回來的。99Please respect copyright.PENANAK0fgRkuqoZ
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「……是。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAALWMUxczXJ
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開口回應的拔舍巴聽見了異樣。99Please respect copyright.PENANAn7azrg7AdU
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──不要,不要過來,不要過來啊啊啊啊啊啊!!!!99Please respect copyright.PENANAKBGJDST4V3
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女性的尖叫聲離這裡有一定距離,從聲音聽起來並不是還在織毯子的蓓塔。99Please respect copyright.PENANAROWBgg0FFd
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「……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAFGppRrhEeZ
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有人被殺了。在這入夜的樂園,存在「守則」的樂園。99Please respect copyright.PENANArPI5yvtED4
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一陣粉亮的微光從眼前掠過,注意到那是緊繃專注的姑方在朝尖叫源頭凝視而順帶溢出的魔力,這是人類無法聽見的距離,雖然反應比姑方遲了一些,拔舍巴也能清楚聽見明顯帶高低起伏的尖叫與呻吟。99Please respect copyright.PENANAQUEZK0aHAV
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「不能輕舉妄動。」姑方倏然開口,一副認為拔舍巴要出去查看狀況的樣子, 「你都聽到了,顯然耳朵還很清楚,不介意我問你個問題吧?拔舍巴。」99Please respect copyright.PENANA1z5oVH16W0
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「……什麼?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAiWXLZcgvba
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「……在你住的地方到底有多少人因為是『女巫』就被殺害,你聽那些傢伙的命令殺了多少人,你記得你都殺了哪些人嗎?你可否記得他們的名字、身世、種族?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAXwoIpcRCy7
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「其中又有多少人被當成祭品?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAVprqwbCUdK
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他的聲音很沉,卻又有幾分假音的清脆與亮麗,依稀感覺到他身周流淌的魔力,是「聲調」……聲調透出的力量讓姑方周圍裹著一層吸睛的粉白。99Please respect copyright.PENANANgzqNTBy2P
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「……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAVboZ9Abyzi
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拔舍巴沉默了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAxDGI3XIn63
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姑方的問題,他似是知道具體該如何回答……畢竟他真的把許多「女巫」送上了火刑架,也在戰場上沐浴著旁人恐懼的目光,於高頌哈布斯堡王朝的聲浪裡敞開雙臂。99Please respect copyright.PENANAUFl9ohvgNc
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旋即在一聲鼓掌下,千軍萬馬隨風消亡。99Please respect copyright.PENANA1Mk3mF5o4q
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彼時的腥風不為「魔具」計數,如今的他卻在此處(樂園)遭遇難題。99Please respect copyright.PENANAQwWb4fZx40
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他記不清。99Please respect copyright.PENANATJr4KGQj6M
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明明每個命令都清楚記得,去軍營協助消滅敵軍、去宮殿處決罪人……諸多命令下,最多則是「女巫」的肅清,但是,在目標地總是會出現死者之外的聲音。連那些聲音是袒護女巫還是憎惡女巫都不曉得,記憶裡一片泥濘。99Please respect copyright.PENANAeHoSiATuZU
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他也知道確實有死者被當作祭品,可是,是什麼儀式,又需要多少人命?拔舍巴不曉得。99Please respect copyright.PENANARmunjMTE0C
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──那啟示九夜的「魔具」能抵多少人命?沉寂的記憶倏然閃爍。99Please respect copyright.PENANAdx5eGYtChw
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拔舍巴眨動雙眸。99Please respect copyright.PENANAWfdtDU3NJG
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「……我不知道。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAOcJJtASqyl
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「啊?」99Please respect copyright.PENANAFVi8Yra5Kx
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拔舍巴直視那雙被月光襯得粉亮的眼眸,恍惚地提醒他「莊園正在發生什麼」的違和感仍在那裡,他其實沒辦法外出了──不只丟了一隻眼睛,傷口疼痛,失去視覺的影響比他想像中要大,即使姑方表現得像是要他出去調查,拔舍巴也毫無辦法。99Please respect copyright.PENANAqwhWQVVroF
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如同那個生死問題──在「啟示九夜」丈量生死的人從來不是他。99Please respect copyright.PENANAtOeuDJuzJW
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但他比誰都清楚「祭品」的意義。99Please respect copyright.PENANA8yODabhmjv
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「……我不知道他們(女巫)的生命能完成什麼,他們(啟示九夜)並未同我說過這件事,大量的生靈逝去……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAJcrKS8FOcQ
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「我……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAeRJgXIdgF3
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拔舍巴的低語模糊地閃過一瞬失落。99Please respect copyright.PENANA7ztHbtGYft
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「沒辦法記清他們。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAaVSwCBJsdV
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──讓姑方眉頭深鎖。99Please respect copyright.PENANAOOdJ86IV2f
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看著他的表情變化、觀察拔舍巴身上閉鎖的循環,再這樣下去這軀殼還能支撐多久?對於拔舍巴,姑方僅僅知道拔舍巴是教團的中心人物,他的軀殼十之八九是被做壞的「次級品」。99Please respect copyright.PENANAt5zcL1lPsC
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但姑方看得出拔舍巴的反應並非無知。99Please respect copyright.PENANAAvOklR4FMy
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或許拔舍巴依稀記得他自己該是什麼樣子。99Please respect copyright.PENANAmqqcTqDMhz
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他的能力、他的種族、他的心願、他的過去、職責、希望與悲慟……這些無疑都被人類給奪走,只留下義務性的疼痛。99Please respect copyright.PENANAlfvoPWHxpd
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拔舍巴有意識到嗎?99Please respect copyright.PENANAkIL51wx0Q0
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意識到他在回答這問題時,眼神中的呆滯、錯愕與寂寞,好像他失去了最重要的某一部分,無助地望著那處空洞悵然若失的表情。99Please respect copyright.PENANATUuDErAels
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凝視著拔舍巴的姑方擁有見證者的能力。99Please respect copyright.PENANAvnAMBQXB0W
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「我不知道,他們要藉此完成什麼──」99Please respect copyright.PENANAAuNS4UiR6q
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他知道拔舍巴別無選擇。 99Please respect copyright.PENANAJfxgsTntQs
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燭光依然在房裡搖曳,迎接他們的卻是樂園的晚風。99Please respect copyright.PENANA5mvbvsdmdf
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「跑得可真快。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAdlwmQgyTIh
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「……」99Please respect copyright.PENANA35bivAHXl6
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「你在教會都吃素嗎,長得一副吃葷樣,看到肉跟個餓死鬼似的。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAp5BvG4mutr
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「……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAHe9GdcMKRt
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「你倒是回答一下,省得我把你強拖出來還有從隔壁老奶奶那拐賣兒童的罪惡感。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAMhFVmv4mjP
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拔舍巴其實聽不大懂「餓死鬼」的意思,只能從語調聽出他那副輕佻聒噪的樣子。99Please respect copyright.PENANAzdJ9Pq69LT
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「……什麼拐賣兒童?但是,確實在吃齋。」99Please respect copyright.PENANA1nYExnZrbH
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拔舍巴又想起那塊培根。99Please respect copyright.PENANAW7KoRKbuWV
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一夜難眠的姑方不指望這夜也能好睡,這細皮嫩肉的傢伙(拔舍巴)大概也在等一條乾淨的毯子,樂園入夜又實施宵禁,黃昏的閒話家常裡,蓓塔也有透露她嚴守宵禁,百般勸他們不要在晚上出門的當下,在房裡直接用一輪治療叫拔舍巴「陪自己出門」(也是因為這樣他才說自己是誘拐兒童)的姑方轉頭確認他的情況。99Please respect copyright.PENANAwWTMKvV5UG
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飽餐一頓後就有體力探索樂園了。99Please respect copyright.PENANAUZlPOk2Vyv
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他們現在是「同伴」。99Please respect copyright.PENANAqyLNFuXOkD
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經過姑方幫助,光是「稍微比平常不痛些許」就讓拔舍巴有股健步如飛的感受,就算被姑方念了一句「我沒辦法完全治好你,你走那麼快幹甚」,拔舍巴也補了一句「我沒問題」。99Please respect copyright.PENANAzmecxrTRVx
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他習慣了──所以稍稍有些變化,感覺更是神奇。99Please respect copyright.PENANAoNvgksgpX8
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對拔舍巴來說特別神奇的部分則是與人正常地並肩走路,即使還是需要一點攙扶,這攙扶也不是因雙腿的問題,而是因為他的眼睛。99Please respect copyright.PENANAWP3xOlf7pU
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「之後多吃點肉,說不定你這副軀殼真能胖個幾磅。」99Please respect copyright.PENANAgyByDrs2uM
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變胖──一個陌生的詞彙讓他揚眉,又是一個滿頭問號。99Please respect copyright.PENANA84ofCZrzIN
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「嗯……」99Please respect copyright.PENANA9VuaEchhot
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甚至不用回頭看就能感應到拔舍巴眼神的姑方輕笑一聲,用其他話題來轉移他自個兒對小祭壇的注意力這點也差不多是極限了,死絕的嚎叫把這裡惹得烏煙瘴氣,跟那個引渡人划船的小河有得一拚。99Please respect copyright.PENANAebQrw6GqzW
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「……哈啊……等等我來放結界,這種地方根本不知道有多少人會跟你一樣的魔法──當然我也一樣──樂園守則記得,保命要緊,還有……」99Please respect copyright.PENANAcZRcXCTTfW
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即使他們並肩,姑方也始終看著前方,即使拔舍巴這時沒有仔細聽他說話他也無妨,畢竟連他自己也在緊繃。99Please respect copyright.PENANAr4YLSCBKKo
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反之,一直藉由凝視姑方──他畢竟是拔舍巴視野裡最亮的那人──來感知周圍的拔舍巴其實比姑方想像中專注,看上去姑方也是用手勢施法的。兩指豎於唇前,粉亮柔軟的髮絲與眼眸竟顯得多出幾分戾氣,施咒附加結界的他語氣沉重,那聲聲話語還是誇張地彷彿要把他的字句都刻進人耳膜一般──99Please respect copyright.PENANAWYfAvmnKPB
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「『別靠近所有看起來像祭壇的地方,我怕這樂園會把咱們這種族類吸過去吃了』。」99Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ls9MJaYLe
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從莊園邊界來到莊園內部,月亮高掛,逐漸密集的住宅間,相傳的「許願池」就在那裡。99Please respect copyright.PENANAG0Ms3NFIqI
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啦啦~啦啦~你在哪兒呀?99Please respect copyright.PENANAX34uJZKSke
我可愛柔美的的寶貝呀,你的眼睛變成這池裡的金幣了?99Please respect copyright.PENANAemRz9alQlK
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啦啦~啦啦~我要怎樣才能找到你?99Please respect copyright.PENANAETRzr4wixq
我英俊瀟灑的王子呀,你的血液是不是這些染藍的泉水哪?99Please respect copyright.PENANAYSmNFPVeoJ
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你在叩拜我的人群裡嗎?你在渴望我垂青的眼窩裡嗎?99Please respect copyright.PENANAYpE75ESV5n
親愛的,告訴我你去了哪……親愛的──99Please respect copyright.PENANANudA76EmKg
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遠方傳來歌聲。99Please respect copyright.PENANAGXewmly94u