「我想不行……」凱帝沒有低頭看向男孩,而是牽著他的手往廳堂出口步去。「奇怪,我記得是約十點半啊……」271Please respect copyright.PENANAa0xs94TmQs
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兩人離開了滿滿壁爐的大廳,正式來到克斯門斯村內──看見村景,漢賽爾不由得呆了一下,這裡到處都是糖果屋!每棟房子都是像糖果屋那樣用甜點構成的造型!連街燈都是棒棒糖做的!村裡是鋪天蓋地的白,天上明明飄著雪卻不覺得冷,漢賽爾隨手接了一粒雪花,頓覺觸感不對,舔了一口發覺這居然是糖!271Please respect copyright.PENANA1DrxknrJwR
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「欸,你們村子是冬天都會下糖嗎?」漢賽爾驚疑不定的說,凱帝笑著搖搖頭:271Please respect copyright.PENANAH67OmJJ5Pm
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「不只冬天,一年四季都在下,你現在看到這些像雪的東西,全部都是糖喔。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAOBYuMzNgeJ
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「什麼?!」難怪凱帝說過他的糖果製作成本不高──原來克斯門斯村會下糖!這麼多這麼多這麼多糖!滿地都是,隨便撈隨便接都有,根本用不完!砂糖的部份可說是零成本啊!糖山糖海……不曉得能不能裝幾袋回去賣?「你不是說你爸有那個什麼病,不吃甜的還是怎樣,這裡天天下糖根本逼死人吧?!」271Please respect copyright.PENANAC3RLmf9mlT
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「所以我爸說要晚一點回來呀。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAszlzFP3oq9
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「──凱帝!好久不見!抱歉來晚了!」271Please respect copyright.PENANAIYsY568Xx0
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一道呼喊自街道盡頭傳來,兩人回首望去,只見一名白鬍子長到胸口,慈眉善目的胖嘟嘟老人一面揮手一面朝他們走來,老人一身紅衣,頭戴聖誕帽,仔細一瞧,老人還牽著一名穿著與他相同的黑長髮男孩,男孩的面容極為俊秀,長大後肯定能迷死一票男女。271Please respect copyright.PENANAjlNTojvctr
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「好久不見,阿姨妳最近還好嗎?」271Please respect copyright.PENANALAjK8pc5P9
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凱帝跟漢賽爾走過去和老人與小孩會合,漢賽爾左右張望著「阿姨」在哪裡、是不是被有兩百公分高的大個兒老人擋住了,卻聽見回答的竟是聲音渾厚的老人,害他不由得嚇了一跳:271Please respect copyright.PENANAeoOwuyZNCZ
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「很好、很好,就是出門前有匹馴鹿搗亂,害得我來晚了。」老人注意到跟自己的體型比起來只能算是隻小倉鼠的漢賽爾,低下頭與其對視,漢賽爾在短暫的驚訝過後已經回過神來,以同樣審視的眼光上下打量老人,「是沒見過的小朋友呢,凱帝你帶來的嗎?」271Please respect copyright.PENANAKU3Blhm9pW
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「是的。」271Please respect copyright.PENANA81XBJeCesG
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凱帝將漢賽爾拉到自己身後,男孩感到莫名的望了青年一眼,不明白他為什麼要這麼做,但想想可能是覺得這樣跟長輩大眼瞪小眼沒什麼禮貌吧。271Please respect copyright.PENANA7j5AHqFZ6H
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「之前跟阿姨妳提過,想拜託妳在我不在的時候幫忙照顧他。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAUU6PkA3UOy
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「嗯,我記得這事兒,當然沒問題。只是你知道,阿姨我很忙的,所以這幾天陪你這位小朋友的任務,就交給奧圖倫格嘍。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAkW204IrLOV
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黑林阿姨拍拍她牽著的長髮男孩的背,名為奧圖倫格的孩子小聲地對漢賽爾說了句:「你好。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAX59BjkfjZH
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「沒關係,非常謝謝妳。」凱帝感激地說,又彎下腰來對表弟露出面對孩童專用的笑容,「也謝謝你喔,奧圖倫格,我一有空就會回來陪你們玩的。」他摸摸奧圖倫格與漢賽爾完全不同的柔順黑髮,「你比之前見面時長高了不少呢。」271Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZHrWyDQGP
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「凱帝呀,我現在也正好要去找長老們一趟,」黑林阿姨說,「不如我們就一道走吧。讓孩子們自個兒玩去。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAeH6HwlErZ2
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「嗯,不過請先等我一下。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAPENamBoxrQ
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說著,凱帝將漢賽爾拉到離親戚們較遠的地方,悄聲說道:「漢賽爾,在我阿姨家的時候,你不要跟她頂嘴喔。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAUEiKG3FkLZ
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「你阿姨是同性戀嗎?」271Please respect copyright.PENANAuDHSWFLLLQ
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「什麼?」聽這文不對題的問句,凱帝愣了一下才反應過來,無奈地回答:「不,她是貨真價實的女性。她的長相算是很典型的『聖誕老人』,是非常有能力的克斯門斯人才能長成那個樣子的,無論男女。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAL2bUeacOVs
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漢賽爾偷瞄黑林阿姨一眼,「你媽不會也長那樣吧?」271Please respect copyright.PENANAetwrEvapCo
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「我爸媽都沒那麼強悍啦。像我阿姨那樣子的村人,一隻手就能數完了。」關於親戚的閒話結束,凱帝又將漢賽爾拉得離自己近了點,耳提面命的再次重申:「請你絕對不要跟我阿姨頂嘴喔。剛剛說過她是很有能力的族人,所以在族裡的威望也是很高的。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAZgCxSCQ4LF
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「好啦好啦,我會當個乖寶寶的,可以唄?」271Please respect copyright.PENANAjU3DY8Jkmt
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漢賽爾不太耐煩地回,並後知後覺地注意到,凱帝從離開煙囪後就沒有放開他的手。271Please respect copyright.PENANAmyTkkiaSC9
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「嗯,對了,還有一件事,我表弟不太會魔法,是真的很不會的那種,所以滿沒自信的……你也不要說會害他心靈受創的話喔。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAd0hogAHbkw
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「我看起來像那種會欺負小鬼的人嗎?」271Please respect copyright.PENANAb1ikPh7XND
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超像。但凱帝沒把這句話說出口,接著他把漢賽爾牽回去,交託給奧圖倫格時也另外和表弟講了幾句悄悄話,才放心和黑林阿姨離開。271Please respect copyright.PENANADjAaixnB8h
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煙囪廳外頭──方才待著的大廳建築外觀同是煙囪造型,就叫煙囪廳──頓時只剩下兩個黑髮男孩,他們連眼睛都同樣是紫色,只不過一個黑紫一個紅紫,兩人面面相覷數秒,奧圖倫格才彎起溫和的笑容,打破沉默:271Please respect copyright.PENANAA61tzQuJlI
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「你叫漢賽爾,對嗎?你有什麼想去的地方嗎?我可以當導遊喔。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAdp7yNCILaj
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「你們一家是不是都長得很像?」一見那笑,漢賽爾就覺得和凱帝笑起來的氣質有些相似,但旋即又憶起一分鐘前才走掉的黑林阿姨,立刻補充:「除了你媽。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAHHDiVcdPCX
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奧圖倫格眨眨眼,不太懂漢賽爾為什麼會這麼問:「我不覺得。那漢賽爾你有想去哪裡玩嗎?」271Please respect copyright.PENANAEAz03BAyZk
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「都好啦,就散步吧?你可以邊走邊跟我講聖誕節到底在幹嘛。」271Please respect copyright.PENANAnGd6midlb6