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比歐雷塔大陸長年充斥著濃厚瘴氣,無論野獸或植物皆含有劇毒,倘若沒有淨化清除毒素便無法食用──這點可說是比歐雷塔大陸住民的基本常識。359Please respect copyright.PENANAOWPi2ISlpz
而比歐雷塔也存在著許多被稱為「神域」的絕對安全之地。359Please respect copyright.PENANAFTVsABAZz7
魔獸不會踏入該範圍附近,在那還有著非常清澈的水源,甚至可以淨化任何劇毒,飲用後也能回復體力與解除所有負面狀態。359Please respect copyright.PENANAOQwx8sWr0c
遺憾的是,神域位於何處僅能憑藉雙腳移動尋找,不同部落族群之間也經常為了爭奪神域產生激烈衝突。359Please respect copyright.PENANAj3OLQaZojY
因此在比歐雷塔,除了死於饑餓或食物中毒外,喪命於魔獸嘴下和被他族所殺也不在少數。359Please respect copyright.PENANAgCPlObLLKV
比歐雷塔人只為了活下去而活。359Please respect copyright.PENANAtZE70aRh3L
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七草‧麥笛現在總算理解了某些事。359Please respect copyright.PENANAun3JNfNhwa
自她出生後從未離開過的、屬於麥笛一族的神域在前些日子被他族以武力奪取後,約莫五十多人被迫過著尋找神域的飄泊日子。359Please respect copyright.PENANAdAY5v0YgIS
麥笛一族只有水屬性持有者,縱使不怕缺水但光靠飲水沒有進食實在難以在如此險惡的環境中存活。359Please respect copyright.PENANAug5L7BCjBu
即便向偶遇的族群乞求食糧可大家的難處是一樣的,眼看他們就要因為糧荒導致滅族。359Please respect copyright.PENANAjCpug4JADl
也正是這時候開始,年幼的七草察覺到一件不可思議的事。359Please respect copyright.PENANAXVEGPpxA8q
每當鬧糧荒之際,族長總是可以弄到不少無毒的新鮮肉品。359Please respect copyright.PENANAIHPeH0LHIg
儘管每個人分到的份量十分稀少,至少可以勉強渡過難關。359Please respect copyright.PENANA2S32geqU53
同時七草也發現到了族人逐漸在減少,尤其是年紀不到13歲的孩童。359Please respect copyright.PENANAbmC5jxbYvv
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﹝啊啊……原來是這樣啊……﹞359Please respect copyright.PENANAdmuywBOuIV
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「七草才10歲啊…!」359Please respect copyright.PENANAbrG5zqy9xf
「這次輪到咱家了也沒辦法啦,孩子以後再生就有了。要不妳來當『悼肉』?」359Please respect copyright.PENANArmlNd4oq3z
「你……!」359Please respect copyright.PENANAV8h6iUPCk2
「別煩啦!妳不也知情還吃了不少?再拖拖拉拉,族長就要拿咱倆動刀了!」359Please respect copyright.PENANAPVSnD1D4AP
「……」359Please respect copyright.PENANALhguMOwI4R
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「悼肉」,是對族人犧牲性命戰鬥獲取來的獸肉的稱呼,食用悼肉前族長會帶領全族人一起向犧牲者感謝並哀悼。359Please respect copyright.PENANAlFpZrrIqvy
而這個習慣是在被奪走神域之後才開始的。359Please respect copyright.PENANAcwV9KY69qI
哪怕弱小的麥笛一族根本沒有與兇猛野獸戰鬥的能力,卻也沒有人想去瞭解這些肉從何而來。359Please respect copyright.PENANAY7wVr2mMB0
除了包括族長在內的幾個知情者,大多以為是如同往常般以魔法製造的乾淨水和偶遇的異族交換得到的食糧。359Please respect copyright.PENANAKGYC58RFYr
眼前雙親的爭執令七草徹底明白了,族裡正在發生什麼事。359Please respect copyright.PENANA6NoC7dfnpy
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「對不起啊,七草。放心吧,給妳喝的毒藥會麻痺神經,不論我如何切割妳也不會感到一絲疼痛的。」359Please respect copyright.PENANA2QwOgwKYpq
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七草的父親非常慈祥地說著嚇人的話語,並從皮革袋中抽出已磨得鋒利的匕首。359Please respect copyright.PENANA7EkHcZCX8l
七草的母親則是不忍心看,含淚將視線移轉他方。359Please respect copyright.PENANAk3ohKa28Op
七草仍是動彈不得,體內每條神經全斷了聯繫般起不了任何作用,僅剩意識依舊清晰。359Please respect copyright.PENANAi8TrItTfbY
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「──真是聽不下去了吶。」359Please respect copyright.PENANA2afsQN6f38
「誰!」359Please respect copyright.PENANAm0OnCNPNAI
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男人順著聲音方向望去,只見一臉冷漠的小女孩坐在樹上。359Please respect copyright.PENANAkHUYdLBoIa
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「妳哪來的?少來插手我族的規矩!」359Please respect copyright.PENANA0miaIiyJOV
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小女孩沒有回答,身手俐落的自樹上躍下,漂亮落在男人面前。359Please respect copyright.PENANAnKfW5ysHol
她的周遭颳起強風,腦後小小的辮子也隨風搖曳,表情很是惱火。359Please respect copyright.PENANA91vJUm2wHu
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「既然你們不要她了,那她從今天起就由俺接收。」359Please respect copyright.PENANAolGtQE8Do8
「咳啊…!」359Please respect copyright.PENANAOj45sGZ4qE
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男人的臉遭到風壓重擊,往後翻滾了好幾圈後失去意識。359Please respect copyright.PENANAuI6XmNQSzJ
待一旁的女人回過神,她的女兒和陌生的辮子女孩早已失去蹤影。359Please respect copyright.PENANAdtaVCu7FGY
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「……俺讓妳去獵頭魔獸當晚餐,妳倒是帶了個妻子回來見父母吶。」
百狩的雙親之一,卡薩多爾族的族長‧億刀有些哭笑不得。359Please respect copyright.PENANAZu30EHM1v6
億刀有著卡薩多爾族特有的淺金亞麻色長髮,臉上有道曾將數十支部落滅族的凶暴魔獸留下的可怕爪痕,但那反為她的颯爽英氣增添不少分數,風屬性持有者的她其戰力之強與慓悍外貌在比歐雷塔上千支族群中是出了名的。359Please respect copyright.PENANA6SSKgHauY2
綜上所述,其妻子與女兒的數量之多也是比歐雷塔大陸住民望塵莫及的一點。359Please respect copyright.PENANAKjC2CZK2a0
百狩則是億刀最小的女兒,也是唯一繼承了她的風屬性能力,宛如同一個模子刻出來的孩子。
「不過百狩未到獨立之年,現在娶妻會不會太早了?再說這孩子的性子還需要再磨練磨練,倒是她的姊姊們有人仍未嫁娶,不如詢問一下她們的想法?」359Please respect copyright.PENANAbeodEFgHKs
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百狩的母親布麗薩看著百狩扛在肩上的七草,顯得苦惱。359Please respect copyright.PENANAex6EtH5lch
她認為莽撞的百狩尚未成熟到可以組建家庭。359Please respect copyright.PENANAk9Tk4lQbJs
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「妳們想太多了啦!雖然這傢伙確實差點就成了族人的晚餐。」359Please respect copyright.PENANAm1ZrnY2hFw
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百狩沒好氣的將七草緩緩置放在地,億刀和布麗薩這才發覺七草的狀況不對勁,立刻讓族裡的藥師過來診斷。359Please respect copyright.PENANAMvur6wOScB
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「……把詳細說給俺聽聽?」359Please respect copyright.PENANAfWulGtYqgP
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對寵愛小孩的卡薩多爾族而言,百狩帶來的消息可不是什麼聽過就能算的事。359Please respect copyright.PENANArU4U9ULVht
日後,比歐雷塔大陸再也沒人知曉麥笛一族的去向。359Please respect copyright.PENANAVTxbvA8Qyf
至於七草,麻痺狀態在藥師給她喝下神域的水後便解除了。359Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0KgDYsV3F
然而接下來的日子裡卻再也無法接受任何人遞來的水或食物。359Please respect copyright.PENANAC2JEheYYuA
就算帶七草到神域的水池讓她自行飲用水她也辦不到。359Please respect copyright.PENANAVSO8kEIt0F
把水或食物送進口的動作都會令七草心生恐懼而立刻吐出來,更別說吞下肚了。359Please respect copyright.PENANArHLRP4IA9V
就這樣又過了幾天,七草變得虛弱。359Please respect copyright.PENANAVGP5GAr8Vq
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「這樣下去可不行吶。」359Please respect copyright.PENANAAaQreBem8n
「要不讓百狩去試試?年紀相近的孩子比較有親近感,由她去勸說也許可行。」359Please respect copyright.PENANA0qeCvvQtLD
「百狩嗎……」359Please respect copyright.PENANAxMa9xcIMCL
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億刀苦笑了一下,可以想像百狩不情願的臉。359Please respect copyright.PENANALr7lc0JFHk
實在無技可施,億刀便採納了布麗薩的建議,以「妳帶回來的就該負起責任照顧」命令百狩必須讓七草吃下東西。359Please respect copyright.PENANAi2A4oRjoZC
覺得麻煩的百狩也無法違抗族長之意,正因為是族長的孩子所以更加不能做出會毀壞族長威信的事,乖乖攜帶神域取來的水和乾糧來到七草的臥榻前。359Please respect copyright.PENANA4dyF3zSbBx
今日七草也是背倚木牆,將身體縮成一團,原本就骨瘦如柴的身子顯得更嬌小了。359Please respect copyright.PENANAnXbmjx8Wd8
她那天生的灰色長髮搭上面無血色的慘白臉孔,遠看或許會誤以為是一具乾屍。359Please respect copyright.PENANAp8DqoC1bto
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「喂,多少喝點神域的水回復體力吧?俺明白發生在妳身上的事,可俺們要真想殺妳哪用搞什麼毒藥。」359Please respect copyright.PENANAi5iTA92Hew
「這我明白……」359Please respect copyright.PENANAAVni6AOJjr
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是的,七草相當明白卡薩多爾族是真心為自己好。359Please respect copyright.PENANAbQMu743n9M
可能否入口又是另一回事。359Please respect copyright.PENANAOIynlkWSWo
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「那就快喝。」359Please respect copyright.PENANAmIwfwGIeoV
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毫無耐心的百狩掐住七草臉頰,粗魯的將水壺塞進七草口中意圖強制讓她飲下。359Please respect copyright.PENANAqTTD3ah4HW
想當然受到驚嚇的七草奮力推開對方,由於被水嗆到而不停咳嗽。359Please respect copyright.PENANAPedr4KMJzO
好不容易止咳,臉色也因為攝入了幾滴神域的水而恢復些許紅潤,下一刻七草感覺有什麼環住了腰。359Please respect copyright.PENANAP9cfhJdLEk
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「……嗯?」359Please respect copyright.PENANAszGdB2la7f
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緊接著她的雙手被緊箍在牆上,嘴唇也被柔軟的東西覆蓋住。359Please respect copyright.PENANAmv4eMHTpXe
確認七草將水全數飲下,百狩這才鬆開對七草的牽制。
「下次再不肯進食,俺就用這種方法餵妳。」359Please respect copyright.PENANALwx6gawPmd
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經過這次事件,七草總算有辦法將食糧嚥入口,讓大家安心不少。359Please respect copyright.PENANA6LdgzsBvlP
即使七草僅能接受來自百狩遞送的水和她親自獲取的食物,但總比活活餓死好多了。359Please respect copyright.PENANALQqol8kLls
而百狩臉上清晰的巴掌印也令族人笑了足足2天之久才消散。359Please respect copyright.PENANANmSGNLDcYV