2157年6月10日，晚上十二點，仙境大樓，七樓689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoHFQBQwM9
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回仙境大樓，尼可拉斯直奔七樓，同時，他也在七樓的走廊上，遇見意想不到的人。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAlmTvia6Y
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「MIO？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6ufo5xnuG
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dToCQ0iLC
小女孩坐在走廊地板上，背靠著尼可拉斯的房門。看到尼可拉斯回來，MIO露出燦爛的笑容，朝他跑來。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJpJifCYxR
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「尼可！你看，你看！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3Y9lINjyl
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjnAScUS0v
按照慣例，由資歷最淺的成員作新人的嚮導，但李晴煬加入時，他的嚮導由哥哥李博洋擔任，不是當時資歷最淺的MIO。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aZnfFxOUs
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輪到尼可拉斯，因為李晴煬也是新人，尼可拉斯的嚮導便由MIO代替。意外地，他和MIO處得很好──至少比那對兄弟好。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBy38BSMp5F
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「MIO今天在廚房，做了這些喲！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oyMNzepGI
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkNzeQw2tO
MIO手裡拿著便當盒，裡面裝著三顆飯糰，形狀很漂亮，全是MIO親手捏的。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Oy0sz97Bm
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutIhcHBZaG
「真厲害。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUX1icDX7l
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvs9HXdtPmf
尼可拉斯收起剛才在夜店的苦瓜臉，伸手摸了摸MIO的頭，表情柔和地說：「看起來很好吃。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicl382Xpss
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrF5lNVyqUa
「嘻嘻！左邊是鮪魚，中間是梅子，右邊這個最厲害，是明太子口味的喔！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPrIAk7BH9h
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDj1iBmSha
MIO將便當盒遞到尼可拉斯面前，笑著說：「送你！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCcyWbnIie
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiwwoCd6Jf
尼可拉斯微愣，「妳不自己吃嗎？或給李博洋？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8Caqqj1U6
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU30VJMEE48
「我們剛剛吃過了！赫密士在睡覺，晴煬跑出去玩，不理他們！」MIO說：「所以全部留給尼可了，嘿嘿！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlH7DUKKEvJ
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOOCJwhPmV
尼可拉斯莞爾一笑，回了句「一起吃吧」，招待MIO來自己房間。他房間的色系是淺灰色，東西很少，比其他人的房間都要空。他大部分時間都在醫務室，房間不用多豪華，能洗澡睡覺就行。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0KN8gtJHc
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Re5vzflon
身上都是菸味，尼可拉斯先讓坐在MIO沙發，自己則去洗澡。出浴後，MIO不在原位，人跑到尼可拉斯的床頭櫃前，盯著相框裡的照片發呆。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrS7GRYcdK
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbdS6CNqmu
「怎麼了？」尼可拉斯走到MIO身後，他連居家服都是灰色的短袖T恤。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ruP3YnAsr
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8P2Vs3DMVQ
「這是尼可嗎？好可愛喔！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiPucsH7ye
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKp9WG6Pxx
MIO指著照片裡，一名有著銀白色頭髮、表情彆扭的小孩。尼可拉斯從小就不喜歡拍照。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW3b5wJguz
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「後面這兩個人呢？」MIO再問。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lEDDHOZAv
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqJf69CB0G
「我爸媽。」尼可拉斯有點意外，「妳不認得我媽？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerbYkPAHD6
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOSKlkR58l
MIO搖頭，「只聽博洋提過。MIO來之前，葛蕾絲就不在了。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnI4Of0WhZ
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3I0uOugBf6
不只MIO，整個神與畜，只有最早的赫密士與里奧見過葛蕾絲。母親在大家心中，就像上個世紀的人名一樣陌生。尼可拉斯的心情很複雜，一時不知該說什麼。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aEaFBf8II
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAjpFJt541
「尼可的媽媽，是什麼樣的人？」MIO突然抬頭，大大的黑色眼睛由下往上，看著尼可拉斯。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3dTfMchG9
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「我媽啊……很囉唆的人。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLw56hLnd3Q
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4hGqnTxtk
尼可拉斯和MIO回到沙發。尼可拉斯拿起便當盒中的飯糰，開始吃起來。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUdEAvqVFZ
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr63BdmbKL
「很囉唆？」MIO歪頭。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVvxv8pNiI
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZLjGTDitS
「她什麼都能唸。東西不歸位、天氣冷不穿外套、太晚洗澡、不吃小黃瓜、回到家不跟她打招呼……唉，太多了，數都數不清。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0wdjnMyDZ
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkiCgfbD4v
尼可拉斯咬到了鮪魚內陷，「嗯，好吃。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPDQUVhpCH
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9kcrrbppMW
「嘿嘿，尼可喜歡就好！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyd8uBAz7u7
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdw6jM8JCV
MIO兩手放在大腿、端正地坐在另一邊的沙發。她穿著一件黃底、上面有白色花朵的浴衣，看起來十分乖巧。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyxLXgKoxm
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzylRv7bqy2
「我媽跟我一樣，頭髮是銀白色的。她常跟我抱怨，說這種顏色的頭髮很難搭衣服，但她是家庭主婦，沒多少時候需要打扮……她食量很大，明明是易胖體質，卻喜歡吃雞腿，開口閉口說要減肥，往往一天就放棄……現在想起來，確實是很麻煩的人。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN52fY71cXC
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7ABCPMzda
雖然是囉嗦、少根筋的母親，但提到她，尼可拉斯的臉部肌肉都放鬆下來，忍不住和MIO越說越多。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MJLYBe858
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ257Q7AvoL
那是他這輩子最愛的女人。對他而言，母親代表快樂，葛蕾絲也帶給他好多回憶。尼可拉斯說著說著，眼淚不自覺掉下來。他用手背拭去眼淚，倔強地假裝自己沒有哭。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4YkWhn4Xf
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RkeIVcZh4
「聽起來是很溫柔的人！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7wfYZRQDe
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyw0xgLtiR
MIO很貼心，沒有把尼可拉斯哭的事情說出來，這讓尼可拉斯非常感激。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSK9XO0CED
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK06I8yTf4X
「嗯，溫柔過頭了。」尼可拉斯回應。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAYDDTB24v
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPKa50CKjW
「也許媽媽都是那樣子吧。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKo5Teqpp4
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkhRg3oa2c
MIO因為微笑，眼睛瞇成了兩條線。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LR9TuamUC
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQt2U3XomlU
「MIO的媽媽，也是很溫柔的人喲。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S8hNg3cfi
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiqIh3aMq0
「……？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkAHohA3o3
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神與畜的大家都不愛聊過往，其中，MIO的過往最為神秘。雖然很失禮，但尼可拉斯一直覺得，MIO的存在很「不正常」；像媽媽這樣「正常」的概念，竟然套在MIO身上，尼可拉斯很訝異。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4koWVwyaSj
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuwi6wxiyU
「MIO，」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjpe6AbTjG
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DzJfHwQgi
這是了解MIO的最佳良機，尼可拉斯坐直身子，試探性地問：「妳媽媽……還健在嗎？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFn9qdF1jTp
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJ9TNiB5oW
「沒有喔，她死很久了。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6goI5Lthxn
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmSvR1eH7x
MIO試著回想，但她的表情很苦惱，似乎想不太起來。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKg2QXfUVcM
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnKbp746lb
「MIO只記得，媽媽很溫柔，總是穿著黑色的上衣、黑色的裙子，胸前綁一條可愛的帶子，常常和MIO一起吃咖哩飯。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yac08Q43r
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3qyRezJRH
意識到MIO的母親是學生，尼可拉斯問：「爸爸呢？妳對爸爸有印象嗎？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Fp5001SNL
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjmfCueq5R
「沒有，不知道是誰。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOhZe5Swho
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZJ41hWezZ
MIO一副無所謂。看來，MIO的母親除了未成年，還是未婚懷孕，恐怕……連小孩都不是自願生下的。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfovk4TeglC
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmaPWBn5Rx
「雖然想不起來，但媽媽很愛MIO！」MIO炫耀自己的和服，「MIO一直想讓媽媽看，看博洋送MIO的衣服！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSv1XXYfQO
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kTByaBEla
「說到衣服。」尼可拉斯突然問：「MIO，妳是E區來的吧？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdMG9MZfFw
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUthbi5xUX6
「E區？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4paqemr8a
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokntgAXyto
「大眾媒體E區，東北亞。」尼可拉斯說：「二十一世紀，有個國家叫日本，妳的衣服是日本的傳統服飾。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIlTLzph1Vj
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9zZ3xGHNV
「哇，好久沒聽到『日本』了，真懷念。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4nQBqzvrm
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonlyeyWocN
MIO感嘆地說：「一轉眼，日本就不見了，只剩下E區；大家都不會說自己的話，只會講中文和英文；大家都忘記了以前，只認得十大家族……一轉眼就這樣了，到底為什麼呢？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWiRCIFsME
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzI1tcVRZHH
「……。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf52mtxSz2I
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MIO不可能只有五歲，但萬萬沒想到，她竟然是上個世紀的人。尼可拉斯好奇，為什麼MIO都不會老、不會死？她到底是「什麼」？689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBaVlptxsV
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAUblOXhTG
「MIO，」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSM4cEWIJf
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GhjYWU0db
尼可拉斯想起今天和李博洋的對話，「聽說上個月，李晴煬不是長這個樣子。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEflsFyoc3K
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFU8VDJSKR
「嗯。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcMRU1NYCb
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCSKqV4y6l
MIO瞇著眼睛笑，「他原本很小，跟豆芽菜一樣！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSO1wQKAWLd
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX42lgbfzjK
「那，為什麼豆芽突然長大了？」尼可拉斯說：「醫學上，這是絕對不可能的。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNn6WHgTBx
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vNIPL31jn
「那不是醫學呀！」MIO澄清：「是MIO和晴煬的『交換』！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94bKaATPa7
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「『交換』？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm92Zp8JVr
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDSY2NlkvJ
「晴煬自己說的。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflsfAZZT5Y
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6yD8faTBY
記性不好的MIO，竟一字不漏地重複一遍：「『又高又帥、身材好、頭腦靈光、喜歡使壞……不管做什麼，都能因為長得帥被原諒』。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KHeRTyVJ2
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX44IkOfQS
尼可拉斯不知道，因為那是歡迎會時，MIO問李晴煬想成為什麼樣的神與畜，李晴煬的回答。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgckyTbvvHz
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpbaKmxs1k
「所以，MIO實現了晴煬的願望！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA8s82wde1
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikia1KOeNv
MIO笑著說。尼可拉斯聽到這，忍不住問：「MIO，妳的天賦是什麼？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUXSKLXIKS
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZng9kexLd
「不知道。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzma6MZFRa
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCRKJmx9IE
「不知道？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyRYfDkVlG
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMek1KoXaxc
尼可拉斯沒料到這個答案，但MIO的表情不像說謊。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9tbMWEf3u
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3o7sxNWJC
「MIO只有聽宇維少爺說過。」MIO表示：「他說我是『假海龜』，很厲害，但MIO試來試去，只用得出『交換』──MIO可以幫大家實現願望，相對地，他們必須付出對等的代價。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCulW8IdJ8d
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXw5unvSVw
就像和朋友介紹玩具，MIO用平常的口氣說，絲毫沒發現自己的話，在尼可拉斯聽來有多震驚。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTuslni7SR
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjbX9iYYYr
「就像她們，希望MIO幫她們復仇，以『自由』為代價，靈魂被鎖在MIO的娃娃，從此都要聽MIO的話；晴煬想改變外表，以『暫時沉睡』為代價，變成現在的模樣。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTkWrAHx4t
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaQUoqS8N4E
「李博洋呢？」尼可拉斯問：「聽說他以前，無法獨自生活。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mzCUeL7Y4
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fD9nAFQmX
「所以他付出了代價。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWFzN8uXU8
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvL78K0JlWR
「是什麼？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrFlfsPMES
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「『忘記爸爸』。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11gr3l5XUF
689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyqNP5hmeC
「……！」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNRkItpjLH
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尼可拉斯瞪大眼睛。在監獄時，李博洋曾經提過父親。當時尼可拉斯覺得奇怪，明明是很重要的人，為什麼李博洋可以這麼冷靜，彷彿在說別人的故事，原來是因為MIO。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpdlJgQwXP
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「博洋不是失憶喔！他還是記得他的爸爸，只是，他把『對爸爸的情感』當成代價，實現『擺脫過去、獨當一面』的願望。只是，沒想到不只爸爸，博洋也變得不在乎其他家人，叫他回李門都不要。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn9ZdbGULR
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或許，這也能解釋李博洋對身邊的人，都只有表面友善，對方死了也不在乎。他把自己簡化成「only高宇維」的新型人種，多餘的情感全被割捨掉。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0g8VaHxok7
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這樣好嗎？689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAsYvCKgwk
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在尼可拉斯看來，這不是解決，而是逃避。689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7YPk9ZNLi
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不過，李博洋也好，李晴煬也好。MIO的「交換」，明明能用在更用意義的地方。一個念頭閃過尼可拉斯腦中，他壓低聲音：「MIO。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy23VXUrl8s
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「……？」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY9C1DOj1P
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「如果，我也有想實現的願望。」689Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCwDBilzbT
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尼可拉斯吞口水，「妳會，幫我保密嗎？」
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