踱步於一望無際的紅土裡,淨土裡聳立之高樓逐漸沒落於地平線之下,卻仍未見兩個小身影的蹤跡。253Please respect copyright.PENANAUBB3ZsRJJ0
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「到底他們到哪裡了……」菈姆達眉頭深鎖,努力回想兩小孩消失一刻所遺下的蛛絲馬跡。253Please respect copyright.PENANAjVeioqbWO2
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「我們這樣找未免有點大海撈針了……」同行的埃美克戎放眼四周,嘗試從彷彿恆久不變的景色中尋找一絲異變。253Please respect copyright.PENANABnEFkoCZFi
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「這樣說,淨土以外的地方不應該有半個人影對吧?也就是說,要是看到有人的話,十八不離九就是那兩個孩子了!」靜思片刻過後,菈姆達又稍壓低聲線臆測道:「當然,我們也不能排除會遇到其他主神同伴……」253Please respect copyright.PENANAh5G9ArDyID
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對談間,埃美克戎腦裡忽然閃過一剎刺激,式格瑪低沉而嚴肅的聲線從中響過,單刀直入地對她說著:253Please respect copyright.PENANAoU4sxcLBeS
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「妳得隨時準備戰鬥了,不要掉以輕心。」253Please respect copyright.PENANAVavYBcbL6X
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「怎麼了式格瑪?那些怨靈又想打哪個淨土主意了?」同樣聽到式格瑪說話的菈姆達搶先磨拳擦掌問道。253Please respect copyright.PENANAZD2nxOOuE3
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「不是。這次是破壞樞密院聖火城總部的那個惡徒,他被帶出淨土了,我不知道他會不會衝著埃美克戎而來,所以妳們倆都得小心。」253Please respect copyright.PENANAJpaO4iekPq
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「卡帕……?」好不容易讓理性蓋過慾念的菈姆達,聽見式格瑪提起這個名字,情緒便再度如泉湧般盪漾起來。她知道卡帕不會輕易葬身火場之中,但她卻沒想像過他居然會逃出淨土,還打起埃美克戎主意。253Please respect copyright.PENANAW9haYA8nlo
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而一直待在淨土外的埃美克戎,則是對式格瑪這番話以至菈姆達突如意氣消沉的反應大感不解。只從片面之詞中,得悉這受自身詛咒摧殘的生命搖籃裡,似乎又迎來了什麼轟動全城的大事。253Please respect copyright.PENANAmaTRQvc54h
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「什麼惡徒?被帶出淨土又是什麼意思?」她托著腮問道。253Please respect copyright.PENANA3tghmGJAFS
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「是我管理不力……我的部下們為了傷害妳,把魔界的君王請來了。」望見埃美克戎與菈姆達不約而同地抖大兩眼,他又續道:「這位君王的存在不容忽視,他施法迷惑了那惡徒,打算利用他身上的神力剷除妳。」253Please respect copyright.PENANAZMpbSW9HBV
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縱使式格瑪沒有提及埃美克戎惹上殺機的因由,埃美克戎亦大概猜到箇中原因。埋藏心底那股悔恨之意又隨之冒現,想像到淨土眾生一個接一個因自身那莫名其妙的詛咒而失救,猶如一把利刀刺在心中,令她痛苦難耐。憶起當初自己明明為了守護眾生踏出淨土,如今淨土眾生卻因她的存在而逝去,更令她蒙上「疫病神」這個汚名,她便垂下頭,放縱這畏罪思緒開始胡思亂想,把破碎情報綴合起來。253Please respect copyright.PENANAjjAdBC1s0A
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「嗯,我明白。魔界的君主也是因為怕我會把身上的詛咒帶到魔界,才會想與教廷的人聯手置我於死地,不是嗎?」253Please respect copyright.PENANAhdiZ0wZ6T2
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話說至此,意氣驅使手裡光槍槍柄無意間垂直起來,尖刃刻意靠向脖頸的皮肉上,隨時要把理應存在的大動脈割斷。然而,這般莫名意氣,卻理所當然地被式格瑪、以至心裡命運神的身姿及時阻撓:253Please respect copyright.PENANA7SQRx4D5yS
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「妳要記住,妳是主神,沒那個必要為任何人而犧牲自己……」253Please respect copyright.PENANA55XffWi2ve
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數百年來,哪怕是熟知世界法則的式格瑪,都沒有親眼見證過任何一位主神的逝去。在眾多理論交集之中,唯獨他沒法理解、甚至想像當貴為主神之存在「死去」之後,會對這終界大地造成怎麼樣的禍害。253Please respect copyright.PENANAQ19Lodt5zm
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「菈姆達,抱歉,要讓妳這樣為不同事情而奔波勞碌。但是,也許現在只有妳可以幫助埃美克戎了。」至此式格瑪又輕嘆一聲,自知自己短時間內沒法把桌上堆疊的批文看完,便再續道:「在心音恢復清醒之前,我都不可以輕易離開這樞密院深宮裡,所以拜託妳了。」253Please respect copyright.PENANAXvMeKhev2W
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未待菈姆達作出反應,思緒又再度靜默下來,空洞裡再沒有感覺到式格瑪嘮叨的氣息。253Please respect copyright.PENANAmFiVXr3WLg
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「唉……樞密院的政務真的有那麼繁重嗎?怎麼我就感覺那個心音好像沒把它們當成一回事那般。」253Please respect copyright.PENANAYitaXQtYN0
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不知不覺間,夕陽沒落地平線之下,滿天星光逐漸顯現夜空中,照亮這片無際荒原。了無方向的步伐把少女們帶至浩瀚大地某處,讓她們一如既往地流浪在這無人之境裡。253Please respect copyright.PENANAAJQeflRhGv
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「要是妲羽在的話,她應該可以從天上星星的方位告訴我們現在的位置與方向吧。」253Please respect copyright.PENANALJGE3JyubN
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埃美克戎無意間提起妲羽一名,旋即挑起菈姆達注意。想起當時那任性的啡髮小少爺、以至帽子女孩自身,兩者對話間不時響起的稱呼。253Please respect copyright.PENANAztAHmdqasz
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「妲羽……?!妳認識這個妲羽嗎?」253Please respect copyright.PENANAy8lDeVuygX
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「嗯。這個女孩子之前與我在薄暮城同住,是我在淨土裡唯一的『親人』。」253Please respect copyright.PENANA7X80oKAX7b
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此般回話,更是讓菈姆達大吃一驚。她不禁掩起嘴巴,壓低聲量逐字把當時情景吐出:253Please respect copyright.PENANA2uJ2tANe2k
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「這下不妙了……可能是我聽錯吧,但我聽到那個男孩的確是喊出了『妲羽』這個名字。」即使幾乎確定自己遭遇正是埃美克戎認識的妲羽,她仍然追問著:「妳最後一次見妲羽時,她是不是也戴著一頂深藍色的大帽子?」253Please respect copyright.PENANAeHZMbSO23i
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埃美克戎並沒有作聲,只再次默默低下頭來,消化這幾乎準確無誤的猜測。253Please respect copyright.PENANA3L9wV8hDCb
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一切彷彿像連串巧合,把菈姆達與埃美克戎兩者各自所見所聞串連起來,不約而同指向這唯一的結論:式格瑪這道任務要找的其中一位女孩,正正就是以往朝夕相對的那「親人」。253Please respect copyright.PENANAbfHIUTWrHu
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摸索出孩子的身份後,伴隨而來亦是連串疑問,充斥於埃美克戎心底。除了似乎明確的動機以外,更令她憂心的是,像妲羽這般手無寸鐵的小女孩,要是在淨土外碰上那些獰猛的怨靈,後果定必不堪設想。253Please respect copyright.PENANADrhonOUPCB
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「妲羽……她是為了找我才走出淨土的嗎?」想到這裡,更讓埃美克戎費解的是,外觀舉止跟一般人類小孩無異的妲羽,如今卻突然與身懷異能的自己相提並論。「還有,這樣的話不就意味著妲羽跟我一樣也是主神嗎?」253Please respect copyright.PENANALSLDPGQKR6
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事已至此,哪怕再沒有時間讓埃美克戎磨蹭。無論當下猜測是否真實之全部,當下首要是儘快在這片深紅大地上,爭分奪秒找出兩個小孩的蹤影。