莫拉瓦讓喬奇把店裡的東西收一收,關掉爐火,把店門鎖上後,和我一起到外頭去隨意找一間酒館坐坐。574Please respect copyright.PENANA2hIkgL7hTW
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開玩笑,我才不要在那間待久了肯定會窒息的店裡頭談事情,我和莫拉瓦說了一會後,他也決定到外頭去,雖然他老人家絕對不想出門,但是主導權在我手上,他才配合我行事。574Please respect copyright.PENANAHNaIgEL2Cg
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「爺爺,我們去這間吧?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAml4b2P4eJv
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稍微走了點路,喬奇跑到前面,指著市集裡頭一間看起來有些高檔的酒吧,名字叫『棕泉奔流』,看起來就是間以酒很多為名的酒吧,喬奇你才十五歲,可以喝酒嗎?574Please respect copyright.PENANANuZg1C1DDU
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莫拉瓦對喬奇的疑問只是點點頭不做聲,我也表示同意,喬奇看起來喜出望外,很快就跑到酒吧門前,我知道莫拉瓦為什麼沒意見,因為他的腳實在沒辦法走太多路,我配合著他的步伐在後頭慢慢走著,沒打算催促他。574Please respect copyright.PENANADwKUkpbXec
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其實看到他這樣子走路之後,我也開始有點不忍心,但是我打死都不要留在那間店裡,只好勉強老人家了。574Please respect copyright.PENANAw05FfOKAAb
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「歡迎光、臨……!裡面請坐!」574Please respect copyright.PENANA6DXJVxWqBh
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當喬奇把酒吧門打開,讓我們一同進入後,在吧台的服務生立刻大聲招呼,不過看到莫拉瓦後聲音卻有些頓住。574Please respect copyright.PENANA9JHsxrCsnx
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可想而知,莫拉瓦在這中央區應該算是頗有名氣,我猜他最有名的地方就是那古怪的脾氣和固執的個性吧,大概沒什麼人會想要面對他,我要是服務生,我也會嚇一跳的。574Please respect copyright.PENANANvMvtJMUGS
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喬奇看了下酒吧內的坐位,找了一處在角落,椅子做成類似隔牆的設計坐位,不錯,要談事情的話,這種位子比較方便。574Please respect copyright.PENANAidyB3fezyX
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莫拉瓦坐上坐位後,看起來明顯輕鬆了點,我有點過意不去,拿出一瓶眼藥水大小的瓶子放到他面前。574Please respect copyright.PENANA0enpZDosod
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「喝下。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAs6xcyHmOBg
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老人家沉默一會,看著藥水搖頭。
「不行,這太貴重了,我不能喝。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAGPq49rSlfr
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「這是我要求的,你必須保持體力,否則要怎麼和我談論事情?」574Please respect copyright.PENANA0WqtK5KfmE
574Please respect copyright.PENANAIe5RthBDiI
看得出來他是那種不示弱的老人,我沒辦用關心老人的態度來對他,只能用這種半強硬的語氣命令他。574Please respect copyright.PENANAUjRFW1lXcK
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幸好莫拉瓦人雖然老,但頭腦可清醒的很,他稍微想了一下之後,便二話不說把藥水瓶蓋打開,直接喝完裡頭不多的藥水。574Please respect copyright.PENANAxK3hDMfdqA
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「……真是不可思議的藥水,味道分明清淡得和水一樣,卻可以這麼快恢復我的體力,大人,一會要談什麼事,您直說就好,我會認真考慮的。」574Please respect copyright.PENANABIz0styv32
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「不急,孩子,你先點餐,點了什麼都算我的。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAdjh7LWJqTe
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喬奇沒想到我會請客,瞪大了眼看著我。574Please respect copyright.PENANA54gvYePrI4
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「真的嗎?不管我點什麼都可以嗎?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAGH6uilrUxZ
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我還沒回話,莫拉瓦就舉起手杖狠狠地敲了喬奇的頭,讓少年再度吃痛的閉嘴。574Please respect copyright.PENANAt2YsqZvmvQ
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「大人要你做事,你照做就對了,不要問東問西的!」574Please respect copyright.PENANAP34NFQWtv8
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好嚴厲的爺爺啊……574Please respect copyright.PENANAHPdJRfaCH2
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當服務生戰戰兢兢地過來向我們點餐,喬奇點了一大堆看起來是他早就想吃吃看的餐點,還點了兩大杯生啤酒,看得出來莫拉瓦忍住好幾次想敲他的衝動,不過我好幾次跟老人家示意沒關係,少年才躲過多次被打的命運。574Please respect copyright.PENANAVK8bLPNU8a
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等到服務生離開之後,我在我們的位置周圍布置了噪音干擾和視覺干擾的結界後,才準備正式開始交談。574Please respect copyright.PENANAKNe8Tl7uB3
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「看來您真的是高等舊人類,我活了這麼久,從沒見過不做任何動作就能夠布下結界的亞人種,而且還可以布置得如此隱密。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAzQz1htYA0k
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見到結界的痕跡出現,莫拉瓦終於肯定了自己的猜測,確定我就是高等舊人類。574Please respect copyright.PENANAwkjvQRuDPY
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「欸?什麼?」
聽到莫拉瓦的話之後,喬奇才後知後覺的看向地板,不過他現在當然什麼都看不到。574Please respect copyright.PENANAqaF5REw1eP
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「就像你在店裡問我的,你和那間店,有什麼是我想要的。」574Please respect copyright.PENANATk1LDJxtM2
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我一開始說話,莫拉瓦立刻仔細地聽著,喬奇看見老人認真起來,這才趕緊做出認真的模樣,不了,你的合作等以後再說,現在用不到你,不用緊張。574Please respect copyright.PENANAsOBS9oHKAI
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「我想要的,就是你和你這間店。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAtn3krFAIHM
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莫拉瓦點點頭。
「你想要一個窗口,替你接收各種通知是吧?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAEXSswR23WR
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他真的好厲害,我自己都不一定聽到第一句話就可以知道對方要做什麼,這個老人家馬上就可以理解我的用意,如果可以,還真想長期雇用他。574Please respect copyright.PENANAODfQSOZMNQ
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「為一個高等舊人類做窗口是沒什麼問題,但我相信只要大人宣傳出去,到處都會有人爭先恐後的撲過來,為什麼您卻是找到我這種什麼都沒有的老頭子?」574Please respect copyright.PENANACNxzL3YcFB
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「心血來潮。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAzI6CX2h0PR
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我淡淡地說著,莫拉瓦皺起眉頭來,看起來有點不滿。574Please respect copyright.PENANAHkvpXmxLJA
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「別誤會,選擇你可是有經過考慮的,我不需要外面那些滿是野心的年輕小伙子,我要的是足夠穩定,除了一份簡單的利益外就不再考慮其他事情的人,那樣合作起來,我才比較安心。」574Please respect copyright.PENANALya6jr7F3O
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一邊說,我一邊看向喬奇。
「正好遇見你帶我到店裡頭轉轉,這才真正讓我決定這件事。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAQAPJNRO6WA
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莫拉瓦這時笑了笑,露出了精算的表情。574Please respect copyright.PENANAhuu4ZIusOD
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「要替您做這件事,我可是一點也不輕鬆,您想要做的事情我懂了,但是大人您能夠給什麼東西給我這個『野心不大』的老頭子呢?」574Please respect copyright.PENANA8LcA9lF6Hx
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想要獅子大開口嗎?我怕你不成?574Please respect copyright.PENANAzWAcA58Fca
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「不,這可不是我要思考的問題。」574Please respect copyright.PENANASCdzkfBxbb
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老人家又一次皺起眉。574Please respect copyright.PENANApOkXs1KfTY
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「問題是,你想要什麼?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAsrB5NLtWVf
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莫拉瓦微微睜大雙眼,大概已經懂我說出這句話的意思,他的雙手開始發抖,應該有點難以相信我真的什麼都可以給他。574Please respect copyright.PENANAEV0H2VfwIk
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這時候,服務生送來喬奇點的餐,老人家暫時不再開口,等著餐點都放上、服務生走遠之後,才又看向我。574Please respect copyright.PENANAR2nd5qMlf2
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喬奇看著滿桌的食物,很想開動,但見到我和莫拉瓦都沒有動作,於是他也忍著不動手,而莫拉瓦在這時又手杖敲了地板一下。574Please respect copyright.PENANA3eH4dFRQJJ
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「菜來了就快吃,愣著幹什麼!」574Please respect copyright.PENANAUB1uz0bjSG
574Please respect copyright.PENANAMvT5PdqXGu
「欸?可、可是……」574Please respect copyright.PENANAWfqfURT9kn
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「叫你吃就是了!」574Please respect copyright.PENANANU0sCDIzWU
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大概不想讓喬奇聽到什麼,我不動聲色的補上第二層結界。574Please respect copyright.PENANAsFXYERsTT1
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「他聽不到的,想說什麼就說吧。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAOqkzvtAwJX
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莫拉瓦愣了一下,臉色有些鬆動。
「大人,我只是一個生命快到達盡頭的老人,以我的歷練,我只能大概看出您真的沒有要欺騙我的意思,但是……這是真的嗎?我能做的事情也就只有這些,您……還讓我可以開口要求所需?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAZiZIbaSxQc
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欸?574Please respect copyright.PENANAUPmf1TqRpi
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怎麼變成這樣?574Please respect copyright.PENANAhNSx059a7y
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他看起來好像終於可以放下身上所有重擔的感覺是怎麼回事?574Please respect copyright.PENANAWDXVAECEux
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這事情好像完全超出我所想的樣子耶?574Please respect copyright.PENANAl8Mr5SrVj8
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「不,我要麻煩你做的事情,絕對不是『只有』這些,我認為你的閱歷對我而言非常重要,所以,一定要給足你所需要的,才能符合我心中所認定的交易。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAWnxpHoo833
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莫拉瓦深呼吸幾口氣,把自己的情緒收歛好。574Please respect copyright.PENANAybQfh4yxEU
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「你同意和我交易嗎?」574Please respect copyright.PENANA3NNHaDSNJn
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雖然我是滿頭問號,但是老人家看起來好像已經準備好接受我的指示,為了確定,我用一個做總結的方式問他。574Please respect copyright.PENANA4YDw3EPzvD
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「哼……既然給了我這麼重要的工作,你最好有所心理準備,這要價絕對很貴的!」574Please respect copyright.PENANAdunYMZMuq6
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「我期望看到物超所質的成果。」574Please respect copyright.PENANA0fmVCJePdi
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莫拉瓦望了一眼開心吃飯的喬奇。
「我希望那孩子可以幫忙我。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAy28tie9jLO
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「那是一定的,我不會把他給排除在外。」
說完,我把二重結界解開。574Please respect copyright.PENANAL3xxji2g1P
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「爺爺,大人,你們不吃嗎?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAVQeJr7xjms
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在魔法的影響下,喬奇完全沒發現我們已經私下交談了一次,只是轉過頭這麼問道。574Please respect copyright.PENANA0N9uJJk7aL
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莫拉瓦點點頭,拿起其中一道餐點吃了起來,我則是沒有任何動作。574Please respect copyright.PENANAqaN07SCNeh
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為什麼?我戴著全臉的面具啊,有這個面具在我是要怎麼吃東西?574Please respect copyright.PENANAKA8w6dLeis
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只能說失策,下次去做個半臉面具還是遮單眼的面具好了,不然完全沒辦法吃東西真是有夠痛苦。574Please respect copyright.PENANAczActOUoHt
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「那麼我現在做一次自我介紹,我是高等舊人類,名叫艾利法。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAxVP2fHOOnV
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「我是莫拉瓦,如你所知,經營著迷幻泡沬。這孩子叫喬奇,是我的孫子兼學徒,目前當然一點也不成氣候。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAnZkbtbkxNp
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被莫拉瓦這麼說著,喬奇雖然臉上有點不服氣,但是沒打算辯駁什麼,應該也是怕又被手杖敲頭吧。574Please respect copyright.PENANACrzRFyBnug
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「我希望你可以為我做窗口,但你們那間店不適合,我給你們一筆錢,這段時間內你們整理一下,去另外找一間適合的地方開店,想要任何器材或是道具就和我說。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAXmVzQ1gDDS
574Please respect copyright.PENANA7Ht5PoVe3h
我拿出四枚戒指放在桌上,戒指上沒有任何裝飾,全都是一公分寬的金屬粗戒,差別只在於兩個是鐵製的,兩個是銅製的。574Please respect copyright.PENANABYIXvKMnqD
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「這個你們拿去戴著,我擔心有人會對和我接觸過的你們做出什麼事,鐵戒指是可以保護你們的護身戒,銅戒是可以喚出信使的召喚戒,想聯繫我的時候隨時可以用。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAuj4xJvzaZk
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莫拉瓦二話不說就把戒指戴上,喬奇遲疑了一下後才收下。574Please respect copyright.PENANANfakIA3IvT
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「我居然會把這麼貴重的東西戴在身上……」574Please respect copyright.PENANAxMJ7SVLGSv
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「既然我們合作了,你們的性命就是非常重要的,這些戒指絕對不可以離身,才能全天候的保護你們。」
停頓了下來,我思考一會。
「考慮到你們只有兩個人,會不好整理你們的店面,等會回去之後,我給你們兩個魔像幫助你們整理,下達指示給它們就可以了,如果沒地方住,就用我給你的錢去住旅店。」574Please respect copyright.PENANATv3SjlpHn4
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「等、艾利法大人,我、我有事情想確認。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAW36EnhiGmF
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喬奇突然間舉手打斷我,我只好停下來看著他。
「什麼事?」574Please respect copyright.PENANARXqpslqGjp
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「魔像……魔像是那個吧?冒險者們在地下城裡會遇到的石頭魔像,巨大、粗壯,有很強的攻擊力……嗎?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAmTMM4jz9h2
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我點點頭。
「你的理解沒有錯誤。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAqj3k0hS5Jq
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少年立刻緊張起來。
「大人、不是我要說,但是……您也看過我們的店了,那麼大的魔像,您認為能夠進去我們的店面嗎?」574Please respect copyright.PENANAJenecYoDGd
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「我的魔像很輕巧,足夠你們的店面支撐。」574Please respect copyright.PENANA6v4lFxsKhI
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說完之後,我看向莫拉瓦。
「你接下來要做的事情會非常多,我不希望累壞你,所以這瓶藥水去,一定要喝,確保你不會在中途累倒,這藥只要早上起床的時候喝這個杯子的量就足夠。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAS8hFrqeSUu
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我拿出一瓶很像營養藥劑的瓶子給莫拉瓦,另外多給他一個寶特瓶蓋子大小的杯子,然後又拿出一包裝著錢的袋子。574Please respect copyright.PENANAbqw9VRV2ip
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「明眼人肯定現在就知道我和你們接觸了,所以只要你感覺有任何問題,請務必要聯繫我,這筆錢你收著,不論是錢還是藥水不夠了,也都要通知我。」574Please respect copyright.PENANASyGP6AxRIG
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莫拉瓦拿過錢袋,看了裡頭一眼,接著深呼吸一口氣。574Please respect copyright.PENANAwG1X4L3rNm
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「另外開一間店可沒那麼快的時間,大人您大約一週後再和我們連絡吧,我會說明進度的。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAgIxYjvA60o
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我點頭。
「喬奇,這段時間也會需要你做很多事,你有任何問題,也可以直接連絡我,別忘記了。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAqhK8lAxs9M
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「知、知道了!」574Please respect copyright.PENANAtxSE5XOD7k
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少年嚇了一大跳之後說道,莫拉瓦拿起他的手杖。574Please respect copyright.PENANA7fm2DjQmHH
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「既然事情談好了,那我們就回去吧!今天開始立刻整理店面!」574Please respect copyright.PENANATGolzVQvMA
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「欸?可是、爺爺!我們還沒吃完……噢!」574Please respect copyright.PENANAo8kp9fT8zX
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在喬奇又挨了一杖之後,我撤銷了原本設下的結界,起身走向吧台。574Please respect copyright.PENANAsCf2AK96m7
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「客人,您要買單了嗎?」574Please respect copyright.PENANA0hfTCJXn1G
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我取出三枚金幣放到吧台上,讓服務生嚇了一跳。574Please respect copyright.PENANAI5coo0rIuZ
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「客人!這、這太多了,我們沒法找您……」574Please respect copyright.PENANApyTey9XIth
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「我們來這裡用餐的事,希望你們別四處張揚。」574Please respect copyright.PENANAc21GBc7BQA
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這句話說出來之後,在那裡的服務生們立刻就懂了我的意思,於是全員安靜下來,默默地目送我們離開。574Please respect copyright.PENANApFtb2CbmLC
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回到迷幻泡沬之後,我因為不想再進去那間店裡,所以在門口給他們三台魔像,吩咐魔像們完全聽從莫拉瓦的命令之後,我就借口有事往中央的市集區前進了。574Please respect copyright.PENANAz5GWRdcu3E
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好啦!574Please respect copyright.PENANAx5VZZSXORH
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幸好剛才也沒有花上多少時間,現在還只過了午後的時間,我可以慢悠悠的閒逛囉!574Please respect copyright.PENANAZx733Vk0Hs
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