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李晴煬在書房,與此同時,謝綠、江云格、賴梓綾三人,在客廳與艾莉絲一起,詢問有關羅琳娜的事。376Please respect copyright.PENANAlfSGMhcgrT
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「你們想知道哪一方面?」376Please respect copyright.PENANA1mySRujsnw
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艾莉絲問他們。謝綠貪心地回答:「全部,我受夠一知半解了。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAaMyqnWnPsC
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「我要知道全部,還有──」謝綠表示:「宇維少爺和獅鷲,這兩方究竟想做什麼、該怎麼阻止,我也必須知道。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAQKYC0iMD29
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艾莉絲突然不說話,漆黑的眼珠凝視著謝綠的臉,尤其是她的草綠色眼睛。376Please respect copyright.PENANAo6EVypWDWk
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「怎麼了?」謝綠覺得她的視線很奇怪。376Please respect copyright.PENANApu1d9Y9h9u
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「不,沒什麼。」艾莉絲小聲地說:「原來妳的眼睛是這樣。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAYARXwgHUDW
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艾莉絲講得很小聲,還是被聽力極好的江云格聽見。他不知道艾莉絲在說什麼,艾莉絲也立刻轉移話題,江云格沒辦法問。376Please respect copyright.PENANAE2N6SwqgPg
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「羅琳娜就是水果塔。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAAO58uUOUfE
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艾莉絲兩手交疊,放在腿上,心平氣和地說:「她擁有每一種水果塔,也能使用每一種水果塔──照理說是這樣。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAlkcFWp2dyW
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「照理說?」江云格聽到關鍵字。376Please respect copyright.PENANAhxj1YLPSwN
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「白絃正在衰弱。」376Please respect copyright.PENANA64bZPQvidJ
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艾莉絲用別的稱呼,以此區分白絃的多重身份。376Please respect copyright.PENANAC05GwcN7qt
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「白絃體內,屬於『羅琳娜』的力量在不斷流失,正退化成第一代水果塔『獅鷲』──這對艾莉絲體系十分不利,我們將失去對抗蜘蛛的最大戰力,但白絃的衰弱,是瘋帽的一大機會。」376Please respect copyright.PENANANsNHF10QRo
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「什麼機會?」謝綠問。376Please respect copyright.PENANAaFJheF7rwq
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「讓李仲翔回來。」艾莉絲回答:「李仲翔當年會死,因為他面對的不只是『獅鷲』,而是『羅琳娜』;一旦李仲翔透過李晴煬的身體歸來,衰弱的白絃無法對抗完整的紅心傑克,然後……」376Please respect copyright.PENANAm93VRcfc5N
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艾莉絲突然打住,冰冷的表情難得,出現類似困惑的情緒。376Please respect copyright.PENANAmXBAMi6CUj
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「李仲翔會找到我、利用共鳴,喚醒當年的夏悠。『夏悠透過現在的艾莉絲歸來,與所有水果塔共鳴、重振艾莉絲體系』──以此撕毀《羅琳娜條約》,是瘋帽的最終目的。」376Please respect copyright.PENANABloaXEjt0p
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聽到這,謝綠和江云格理解,為什麼艾莉絲會感到困惑。言下之意,高宇維計畫的關鍵,除了李晴煬,另一個就是艾莉絲。376Please respect copyright.PENANARv9oU6inTg
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「『只要李仲翔回來,妳就會變成夏悠』──為什麼宇維少爺如此篤定?這件事的成功機率,是百分之百嗎?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAiFHNfXw9C5
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謝綠看著艾莉絲,「妳有夏悠的外表、身份、記憶,但妳不是她,妳根本不認識李仲翔,怎麼會被他影響?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAa2wiqXLKNf
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「白絃也是這麼說。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAk3HsswkTb6
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艾莉絲抬頭,盯著天花板的一個點。376Please respect copyright.PENANAPWMxu9VgFo
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「對我而言,夏悠的記憶像電影,我只是看電影的觀眾,不是主角。我好奇白絃和李仲翔、也會感到熟悉,但我沒有夏悠的感情;之於『我』,他們只是艾莉絲體系的兩個人,我和他們沒有感情基礎,所以我不明白。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAgQRSi2t8H0
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高宇維和白絃,兩人都認為對方會失敗,因為他們掌握的關鍵截然相反──高宇維相信夏悠會回來,白絃不是。376Please respect copyright.PENANAvZ2IU3k0Gw
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「宇維少爺,一定還有沒打出來的牌,只是我們不知道。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAw4zfaPvzsG
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江云格思索。高宇維這些年的重心,都放在李晴煬、神與畜、十大家族,很少提到艾莉絲;可見在他的認定,艾莉絲的事情非但不急,還不擔心白絃從中做艮。按高宇維的個性,把一件重要的事放著不管,他肯定很有把握。376Please respect copyright.PENANAPEe2K2tzV6
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「作為艾莉絲,妳不會想做什麼嗎?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAUW02hw2Idp
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謝綠突然問,艾莉絲難得眨眼,似乎不明白她在問什麼。376Please respect copyright.PENANAoCRroG12BP
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「雖然被《羅琳娜條約》削弱權力,但之前做錯事的是夏悠,不是妳;夏悠犯下的罪,其實不用妳承擔。」謝綠表示:「什麼也不做,任憑宇維少爺和白絃左右自己。身為艾莉絲,妳不會不甘心嗎?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAzWz362VNhG
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艾莉絲低頭。她沉默很久,才緩緩開口:「我隨時都會被取代。」376Please respect copyright.PENANA3krwU3wsB3
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「什麼?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAJ5tNKKP7d6
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「說故事的人是羅琳娜,不是我。」376Please respect copyright.PENANA4L3XjXmKtq
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艾莉絲喝了一口拿鐵,今天的第五杯。376Please respect copyright.PENANAAcsk0FTFCh
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「夏悠死了,羅琳娜沒有讓一切結束,而是創造新的艾莉絲、建立十大家族,確保水果塔被一代代傳承;沒有繼承人的水果塔,就用人造人去彌補。」376Please respect copyright.PENANA8J78XNjw2c
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艾莉絲閉上眼睛。376Please respect copyright.PENANAQmsoQJTuL5
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「我們,都是白絃保存回憶的一部分。她希望艾莉絲體系繼續存在,這樣,第一代水果塔的故事就不會結束。夏悠不能回來,但她和夏悠的回憶,白絃不想讓它消失,所以羅琳娜讓我們在這──在沒有夏悠的艾莉絲體系──延續水果塔的故事,保存她的回憶。」376Please respect copyright.PENANA8Agx2R0DIU
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艾莉絲看著他們,尤其是謝綠。江云格發現,艾莉絲看謝綠的眼神一直很怪。雖然不明顯,但那雙漆黑的眼珠,蘊藏很多情緒。376Please respect copyright.PENANA698MnDH9b5
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「瘋帽也不希望故事結束,這點,他和羅琳娜有相同的共識,所以他們給我這棟大樓,既是保護我,也是監視我;如果我做出不符合『艾莉絲』的舉動,羅琳娜會將我破壞。既然隨時會被取代,『我』的存在有什麼意義?既然沒有意義,『我』維持現狀或變成夏悠,又有什麼區別?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAxEyNTdjDeM
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她不是「什麼都沒做」,而是「什麼都做不了」。身居高位,虛位元首;身而為王,君權神授。她無法對抗高宇維,也無法違抗羅琳娜。被命運囚禁的,除了水果塔後代,還有「偉大的」艾莉絲。376Please respect copyright.PENANAPKBCPyQSP0
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「沙利葉。」376Please respect copyright.PENANABb87fNo7E0
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突然,沒聽過的聲音加入談話。艾莉絲、謝綠、江云格轉頭,看向一直坐在旁邊,默默聽他們對話的賴梓綾。376Please respect copyright.PENANA6X4HfvpBc1
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「羅琳娜,死於,沙利葉。」376Please respect copyright.PENANA3sxrnX8Hz6
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這是賴梓綾講過最完整的句子。江云格和謝綠這才想起,筆記本最後一章的內容,就是這一句。376Please respect copyright.PENANAckaaQxXy5x
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「沙利葉……」376Please respect copyright.PENANA6SU99sNZes
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艾莉絲覆誦。她有夏悠的記憶,知道筆記本的內容,但太久沒聽到這個詞,一時覺得陌生。376Please respect copyright.PENANAKlYYIxGcmD
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「我記得,沙利葉是薩拉凱爾教的核心,被稱作『月之天使』。」江云格問艾莉絲:「為什麼薩拉凱爾教的傳說,會和艾莉絲體系扯上關係?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAXIIPX8viPx
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謝綠也問:「沙利葉到底是誰,羅琳娜為什麼會死於沙利葉?」376Please respect copyright.PENANApncwMn3T6F
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艾莉絲陷入沉思。這時,賴梓綾又開口:「利維坦。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAw3VgSidlsA
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「沙利葉,回來。」賴梓綾斷斷續續地說:「和,利維坦,一起回來。」376Please respect copyright.PENANA1d0eZi39vP
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大家都不知道她在說什麼,但賴梓綾的話,似乎讓艾莉絲想到什麼。376Please respect copyright.PENANAWESt3ES1JD
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「我想,小約翰所說的『沙利葉』,就是蜘蛛。」376Please respect copyright.PENANAZHa5eYobYu
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艾莉絲說出她認為的答案,但這答案,讓謝綠和江云格感到十分震驚。謝綠問艾莉絲:「紅鶴就是沙利葉,他能殺死羅琳娜?」376Please respect copyright.PENANAjZY9EtgYEA
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聽到謝綠的問題,艾莉絲難得出現表情。她用介於困惑和驚訝之間的眼神,看著謝綠和江云格。376Please respect copyright.PENANA2rrtPsEtOa
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「瘋帽,沒有跟你們說嗎?」376Please respect copyright.PENANA47TJPv1vik
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艾莉絲停頓,一字一句,說出令人震驚的事實──376Please respect copyright.PENANApss5bpNZWU
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「蜘蛛不只一個。」376Please respect copyright.PENANALZBGGtjbJx