翌日，少婦不畏山路辛勞地再次跋涉而下，卻沒有攜帶她重要而必要的藥箱，她只是為了看到──480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGL3YLZuMP
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為了親眼確認，那憑空消失的魔物到底是不是真實存在。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGvPVRyQvH
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穗作收割後所留下的田陌空地，似乎有什麼物體搖搖晃晃地伸展而出，將空氣攪成一團爛糊，定神一看，卻只是一陣風颺起。一片片的陰影在地面嬉鬧竄流，然而抬頭所見卻是秋高氣爽的天空……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS32FzyQPbm
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有許多聲音在低笑說著她聽不懂的語言，也聽不見，只覺得震耳欲聾。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub6lTe2sXQ
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小末所發現的『卵』再也沒有看見過，而她本人也無任何異常，只是偶爾會大呼小叫地瘋狂歡跳。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPyUPIBtOQ
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這裡有許多東西，少婦強烈地感受到，卻也同等強烈地自認為是錯覺。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekjw7S4AYT
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不該再想了……要當作沒見過那種生物……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzMiIi0q8v
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自己已不再是過去的那個人了，所以，不應該再看到那種東西的。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyDMduuRpB
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少婦強迫自己鎮定，終於，很快地這片山谷又恢復平日所熟悉的景象。她鬆了口氣，上前向村人問道：「小末呢？」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyY3OzGzJ5
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村人愣了一下，「小末？是誰啊？」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbesAVyN4c
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「……就…大作家的么子…」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mLytWE17x
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「大作啊…他不是只有三個兒子……而且他妻子已經……」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1Zp9mNSMy
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村人的回答碎裂了支撐她思緒的細微意志，就這樣薄弱地摔落地面，把一切不屬於塵事的叫囂與陰影從地底喚醒，它們鑽入天際，歡樂地歌舞著。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhijWj28rvq
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小末狂笑著從田埂的另一方跑了過來，繞了少婦一圈，又叫嘯著奔到另一頭去。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNk2m7ql2Vq
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「那不就是小末嗎？」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPGRTs8AUu
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「是啊，是小末啊。」村人毫無猶疑地回答。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8I3cxxSKg
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他們對於異象完全無所覺，順其自然地成了異象的一部份，只有自己……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnubSUUB4bS
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她潰敗地逃回山林。秋葉紛落、草木枯黃，山林內依舊祥靜如夢醒，即使回頭俯望底下的山谷，也只是普通的村落聚居，沒有任何不安。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1cUijqsWju
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方才的事也不像是親身所經歷。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2YBjz0BjI
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回到自家小屋中，也就早已遺忘了所有的夢魘。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYRov95Gtg
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現今的生活還是如同她所冀求的一般，心中也十分平靜。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rZsaOuIw8
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然後，熟稔地開始檢選藥材，有些烹煮、有些磨成膏粉，她還得治療一隻受傷的大白貓呢。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MNMu4hjxh
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大白貓的男人在白天絕不出門，一到晚上便會鑽入暗林裡獵補山禽野獸。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qgtPSRLto
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他中毒極深，除非是真正對藥與毒有專精如己的人，否則任是得到了如何珍貴的藥材也將束手無策。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrVxwSxfwx1
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僅管那隻大白貓一雙血瞳是如何兇暴孤僻，最後還是得乖乖地在自己面前把一整帖苦藥給乖乖全數吞下，抱怨不得半聲。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkk6WHgX1hg
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少婦獨自沉靜地坐在幽暗的小屋內，耐心地等待爐燄慢慢將藥湯熬煮得濃燙，以及狩獵完回來得喝下這壺湯藥的大白貓。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡupkqsX00hV
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隔了兩日之後，少婦再次背起藥箱走下山頭，然後，一如過往為村民治病與傾聽他們的交談。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRkbq5bfUN
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沒有什麼異樣，也不再有魔物出現。甚至原本該注意小末的事都不復記憶。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ASljpNwY4
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入秋了，晚風開始吹得冰涼，而西落的日光也更是紅得耀眼，農收的男人皮膚被染出一層通紅。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUJIHD0tpq6
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穀子被堆在空地上曝塞，入夜前又得忙著收拾在穀缸內。女人們紛紛拿出禦寒的衣物來縫補，小孩子被吩咐要在臨近的林地收集好可以添火的枯枝。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FU4RkzMw9
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少婦則拿出一些藥材分贈村人，加入烹煮的食物裡食用能抵禦冬冷的寒氣。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYJAFJ1yUb
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為了明日的存活與生計又再不停地忙錄著，這是身為人類在大地上極其自然的行為。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeMu7hFNAo
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再自然不過，就這樣一直活下去……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfJGUMa458
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走在山路上，少婦忽然有些依依不捨地回頭，並不怎麼稀奇的天空與雲、與山、與谷、與溪、以及那不起眼的普通村落，都讓人產生矇矓的眷戀。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUz6RvfM1S
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或許是有生之年，心中第一次有盈滿的感覺。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xcXo9n9pm
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別過頭，滿山的秋肅氣氳雖然冰涼，卻溫柔地輕拂過萬物。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1MlfxclWa
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心中的陰影也彷彿要漸漸被帶走般……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoHsvyouEr
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「怎麼了？妳要忘了我嗎？」快要被遺忘的臉孔，拖著綿長的身體乘風而來，她模仿著輕風的溫柔，用眾多手臂裡最前端的一雙取下了少婦的帽紗，「妳正在呼喚著黑闇喔……」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBhO9y3DPV
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少婦看著那微笑的雙瞳與嘴角，呆愣地像是置身夢境之中。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEzbmsIPvF
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一直藏匿的臉孔被揭了開來，她的面容一如多年以前姣好而年輕，即使歲月與人事在眼神裡添加了風霜，也只被深藏於黑瞳深處……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOXO6xaHNa
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那個曾經是被小末所發現的『卵』、被少婦所喚作『神』的魔物，像是滿意少婦的臉孔而吃吃地天真笑起，「小末的靈魂應該很鮮美吧，對不對？…不過那個沒有辦法拿走，所以…妳的給我……」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7bo4PONB8
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秋風掃起了滿山紅黃枯葉，也捲起了塵埃，優雅得如同日常一般。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvRXLhMoNG
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被捉走的，只有她自己而已……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxDhXnbDvh
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「…櫻姬…」480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt6wyBggGH
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當神魔喚出自己的真名時，陳封的記憶也將被打散，如同落葉般地漫天紛飛……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GyGUyNJa9
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不知在何處的小末，帶著滿足的笑容蜷曲身體，無數隻蟲蛆忙碌地在她身旁蠕動吐絲、用繭做成了與世隔絕的球殼，於是小末就在殼裡逐漸回溯到她還是小嬰兒的年紀，從腳尖開始一點一滴地退化縮小，成了吐絲造繭的蟲蛆形態，當她完全消失時，薄殼破裂開來，腐土伸出一雙死槁但充滿母愛的手指，把它帶回地底。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSGTzXZVON
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……自己也化成了一縷輕煙，灑脫地在晴空裡飛散成虛無……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSz0O4y8BE4
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無數蟲蛆辛勤地鑽入山道鬆軟土壤，沿路栽植出比花瓣斑斕的彩蛹，它們像是葉片一樣舒捲開來，從中伸出了數支芽臂，頂端密集的頭顱們齊聲地唱著似曾相似的歌謠。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBbRvVZgGj
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拖曳著贅長羽毛、與葉片同樣嬌小的鳥兒在芽臂與葉片間輕靈地鑽竄，長在鳥腹上以翼作手的小人用爪子抓起唱歌的頭顱飛翔，於是每一顆頭顱都開始尋求自己的軀體，在落到地面時都具有各自喜歡的模樣，骨肉血脈尋求自由地掙脫既定的形體拘束，像是飛禽也像走獸、同時是飛禽走獸都不會有的形態。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNggm6CLwj8
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祂們的形體就是祂們的意志。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTlfRRmzlj
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整座樹林也是有著自由意志的活物，正愉快地向上伸展枝椏，佔據了整片蒼穹。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WidJKoD0l
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數不清的赤紅眼睛在黑暗密林裡燿燿燃起……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZxSsq2GO1
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片刻的瞬間，魔物們就驅走了時光的存在。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoP1WdhJZP
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……好靜謐啊……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18FKUh4Gq6
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這裡是溫暖又靜謐的黑暗世界，是永遠沉睡之處……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bXKyDHLOh
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就在這裡沉睡吧，陷入深深的睡眠，連夢境都無法叨擾。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQslrxmvKmS
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……永不清醒……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RfF8sTGMU
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只要在自己的小屋內，靜靜地等著爐火熬藥，心裡就會安心。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Du2TFd5ki
480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEJ7yv9VjR
苦蘿根、芍香等易生常見的藥用植物，由毒蛇糞土裡生長的劍藤才真正具有解毒功能，而難以栽種的七葉蘭在此地從六葉甚至九葉都有，麻雀花是人畜皆懼的毒物，卻也是治療絕症的極效品……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRenofdPDmb
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一個又一個地細數著所有的藥材，終於連自己心底的喧噪聲音也不再聽聞。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiScG1ihsCD
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其餘事物都毫無義意。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdbWblh778t
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但是受傷的大白貓卻撬開門扉，他中毒極深，除非是真正對藥與毒有專精如己的人，否則任是得到了如何珍貴的藥材也將束手無策……480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL2pLeosS7p
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──死白的粗壯手臂硬是扯破了美好的沉靜墨色──480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRaxB07aW2
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大白貓敏捷而有力的爪子撕裂魔物們攀上櫻姬的觸手，魔物們不怒反笑地顫動著，他只得用比任何魔物更加血腥的赤瞳來斥退祂們。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23QsWisMwM
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野獸般的哮吼刺耳刮骨，黑暗世界變得既破碎又褪色，魔物們大笑，像是妥協地讓出光影與時間，而後鼠竄地一哄而散。480Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvCXriG7f9
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