只不過瑞比特看到視訊魔法的畫面後,態度比她想像得平靜許多,在蘇菲亞的身旁坐下後,男子也勾起了和女人差不多的惡劣微笑,金瞳持續盯著畫面中的影像。524Please respect copyright.PENANA4xcI3iFivV
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「你不擔心?」蘇菲亞顯然是覺得無趣。524Please respect copyright.PENANA5LchrQKu0X
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「沒必要。」瑞比特的語氣有著十足十的自信,「吶,我們來打賭怎麼樣?」524Please respect copyright.PENANAMBTiT8UCim
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直覺有什麼好玩的事,蘇菲亞的興致再次被挑起,「賭那群小鬼誰輸誰贏?」524Please respect copyright.PENANAytPCFcnlcJ
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瑞比特點頭,「如果我家那小鬼輸掉的話,我就不計代價幫妳做一件事。」524Please respect copyright.PENANA8PDCIS35Gw
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「他贏的話呢?」蘇菲亞挑眉。524Please respect copyright.PENANAnIPODUBxkG
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「那是正常的,根本不算賭注。」瑞比特斷然道,嘴角愈加上揚。524Please respect copyright.PENANAvbrNmCNdib
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縱使蘇菲亞早就知道面前這人是自負到極限、倘若哪天不自大肯定是冒牌貨,不過好歹阿爾法也算是她一手教出來的,她也不認為會這麼輕易就輸給別人家的小孩,「他們是二對一、而且我家那兩個最少大了兩歲喔?」524Please respect copyright.PENANAE9k3Riq2E3
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「除非曼賽爾家的兩隻臭貓一起上,否則年齡相近的沒人能跟他搞到平手,不管比什麼都一樣。」貓指的是奧斯華德和葛雷弗斯。524Please respect copyright.PENANAJ56ycsci2e
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蘇菲亞再度將視線轉回法陣,「可能你家那個植物狂小鬼是很強沒錯,不過,我們家那小子在某些方面的腦筋可是動得特別快呢。」524Please respect copyright.PENANAfWDTOfSQRG
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「所以妳不覺得妳會賭輸了?」瑞比特繼續看著畫面,半晌後低聲自語:「不過那個白癡死小孩……居然給我用闇系魔法,找死啊。」524Please respect copyright.PENANAtubQugWyTT
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平時觸怒貴族也罷,誰教王子是一人之下萬人之上的存在,他們再怎麼不滿也只能忍氣吞聲,所以阿爾法可算是無法無天,此時非常糟糕的是,眼前連蘇菲亞都讓其三分的綠髮少年來歷不明,若真惹上他國的權貴就麻煩了。524Please respect copyright.PENANA4NhPeqishq
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重點是,他們兩個一起,居然還打不贏這名少年,且有愈趨下風的趨勢。524Please respect copyright.PENANAdukWuC7x9j
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阿爾法很顯然地也發覺了這一點,從五分鐘前就開始停止動作,把防禦統統交給司洛利、可惜對面那傢伙似乎是對僕人沒興趣,每一招都是對準吸血鬼王子。524Please respect copyright.PENANAHr1trkVY6f
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站在司洛利後頭的阿爾法則是若有所思,半晌,火焰又再一次燃燒,只是這回的襲擊的目標並非綠髮少年,而是一旁綻放著的花圃!524Please respect copyright.PENANAR8ccK1ubtp
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綠髮少年先是一怔,下一秒就毫不猶豫地往花海衝去,情急之下還來不及施法、只能隻身擋在它們前方。524Please respect copyright.PENANAYSusgOphWt
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司洛利見到這種情形也呆了,這必是在阿爾法意料之中,只是怎麼會有人為了幾朵花連命都不要?這一把火燒下去,不死也要半條命。524Please respect copyright.PENANA4dxn8fcCG5
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就在司洛利忖著要不要先離開、去稟報蘇菲亞接下來可能需要她幫忙的狀況時,熊熊烈火在千鈞一髮之際就瞬間灰飛煙滅、半點痕跡也不留。524Please respect copyright.PENANAoEZVEQ7GO3
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早先見過的淡金髮男子憑空出現在本該受到攻擊的地方,揪著剛才被他立即敲昏的綠髮少年的衣領,眼神冷冽地盯著彼端的吸血鬼主僕,臉上則是掛著和散發出的殺氣呈強烈反差的微笑。524Please respect copyright.PENANACJTMsU1yJQ
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司洛利跟阿爾法都沒看到這人是怎麼出現的,可是也同時感覺到現在的狀況實在很不妙。524Please respect copyright.PENANAjIgU4AtOuJ
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「喂、願賭服輸哦?」524Please respect copyright.PENANAmh4Mqvcn3Q
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蘇菲亞通過瑞比特還沒關起的傳送陣來到現場,暗示某人不准對羅坦赫拉勒的兩名少年出手。524Please respect copyright.PENANAagaRsT3BvZ
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瑞比特睨了阿爾法一眼,隨後把綠髮少年塞給蘇菲亞就迅速閃人。524Please respect copyright.PENANAsBrEQwbE6Z
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「好啦,現在來找你們這兩個小鬼算帳。」蘇菲亞轉往阿爾法的方向,所有人都心知肚明會打起來是誰的錯,「我有教過你可以找人打架嗎?…不對、好像真的有。算了,你這小鬼知道打狗也要看主人吧?」524Please respect copyright.PENANAWuhLIyNQwg
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阿爾法宣稱,先前那場架他自己才是受害者──不過蘇菲亞理所當然不信這一套。524Please respect copyright.PENANAC4UTbdsMHQ
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事情的始末是,在奧斯華德跟葛雷弗斯自個兒關進屬於他們的客房後,空間魔法天賦高強的黑貓少年就將整個房間給封住,外人無論用什麼方法都進不去,被擋在門外的阿爾法只得放棄。524Please respect copyright.PENANA4FuZEm9ijJ
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無所事事的吸血鬼王子便來到花園,抱著好玩的心態於這兒找到先前大臣贈予的愛情花──這是一種飽含魔力的植物,也是熱戀中的情侶極其喜愛的花朵,它們可以用來占卜戀情順利與否,且準確度高達百分之九十以上,也能測驗自己和喜歡的對象是否能修成正果。524Please respect copyright.PENANARjbyLQxp0J
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而阿爾法無論問了幾株,得到的回答統統都是一樣的答案──想和奧斯華德在一起,先把自己打回娘胎再出生吧。524Please respect copyright.PENANAfaK6BwHAuh
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於是不甘心的王子就問一朵燒一朵、就算用威脅的也要讓它們說出自己滿意的答案為止,燒到最後居然在短短十五分鐘內就燒了三片花海,所幸宮廷大臣種得夠多,否則花園早已是光禿禿一片。524Please respect copyright.PENANAfrC50biMMh
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面對阿爾法這種令人無言的白目行徑,看不下去的綠髮少年就出聲制止,無奈當事人屢勸不聽、完全不覺得燒掉自己的生日禮物有什麼大不了的,於是對方就忍無可忍地和他打起來了。524Please respect copyright.PENANAgQT3yvBZ7a
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金髮少年的理由是「那傢伙說花會哭根本是胡扯,我明明就什麼聲音都沒聽到」。524Please respect copyright.PENANAyztXGxlm9I
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在這件事之後,司洛利也得知了淡金髮男子的身份──名叫瑞比特,聽蘇菲亞說是薩拉克的高官、跟國王感情好到不能再好,也和蘇菲亞是朋友,而且在其餘各個國家也有其勢力,包括羅坦赫拉勒,簡單說就是能輕易呼風喚雨的人物,但一般民眾基本上不會認識他。524Please respect copyright.PENANAHtkv7kIPRl
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而綠髮少年則是瑞比特養大的小孩,還是在薩拉克一國有了兩位王子後,蘇菲亞用「這樣就能跟曼賽爾有更多共通話題」為由、慫恿之下才不知道在哪抓回來養的。524Please respect copyright.PENANAvfHS5MM6Ih
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綠髮少年的名字是辛勒特,據說聽得懂植物說話、是重度植物狂一個,要把他關到沒植物的地方還不如叫他去死。524Please respect copyright.PENANAJJjRkGl2sQ
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而在日後,時常參與照料宮內花草──通常是王子的禮物這一部份──的司洛利,也時常在花園看到少年的身影。524Please respect copyright.PENANAbEzpAC6cGO
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同時也發現了辛勒特雖然幾乎不與人交談,但是會和植物們進行長時間的對話,只不過不知情的人看來僅是詭異的自言自語。524Please respect copyright.PENANAHqs7epOIw6