「嗯,」亨利點頭,沒想到父王竟願意讓朋友來探訪他,讓他的心情莫名地好了一點,「妳這次怎麼沒有帶侍女?」482Please respect copyright.PENANASsWfuJ7ouM
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蜜拉輕笑起來,「呵,你被禁足我還帶一堆人過來,不就擺明了昭告天下我要來找你嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANANCuuT0dEsr
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「咦……那就是說……」482Please respect copyright.PENANAtLEKwycc4T
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「門口那些人,我給點好處就打發了。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAMXZlDNJnrD
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亨利「欸──」了一聲,瞪大眼看著蜜拉,「這樣、這樣不好吧?要是父王知道妳……」482Please respect copyright.PENANAILnQcaD6Cl
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「怕他啊?」蜜拉的臉上仍是從容不迫的微笑,少女的捲髮在秋陽照耀下顯現出如蜂蜜般誘人的色澤,每每見到她這種輕鬆的態度,亨利總會不自覺地聯想起涅澤爾,「你可是下一任國王,有什麼好怕的,他除了要你道歉,還能拿你怎樣。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAoksErVQgLU
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「啊?」這回亨利真的呆住了,少女則繼續說道:482Please respect copyright.PENANAfjUuGycVlY
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「二王子逝世、大公主昏迷不醒──那麼,最有可能繼承王位的不就只剩下你嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAGbaLUYEu1x
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「咦……咦咦咦!」482Please respect copyright.PENANA7pGHvtv9jG
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「啊、我就是喜歡你這種遲鈍的樣子呢,真可愛。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAdYxe265JPM
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蜜拉眨了眨黑眼,對徹底僵住的亨利笑道,後者傻愣半晌才恢復過來,汗顏著提問:「那、那蜜拉妳來找我有什麼事嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAyamrLwkqvN
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「我想見你還需要理由嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA1baBsTmayT
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「嗯、啊,說得也是。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA2jmydXdd6h
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少年傻笑著,少女又道:482Please respect copyright.PENANADBbjUXUYMR
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「你怎麼會被禁足的?雖然我大概猜得到,不過還是聽聽你的說法吧。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAF4g750guEm
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「我、父王不相信我說的話。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA8VwtStcQJ0
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「哦?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAorngzFJEY2
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「我和父王說二哥不是被巫師弄傷的,可是他不相信。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAbD0CdmrSub
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三王子斂起笑容,換上愁眉苦臉的神情,貴族小姐挑起眉來,直勾勾地盯著他,雙方靜默好一陣子,屋外一朵雲飄來,遮去大半光線。482Please respect copyright.PENANAyHPq7YoKJV
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「你差不多也該告訴我了吧?」蜜拉的左手食指輕輕按住下唇,陰影下的黑瞳沒了平日的光采,「關於涅澤爾的事。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAAVq4Eqvgfn
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亨利的雙手不自覺地捏緊衣襬,「什麼?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAxTylinm2o9
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「我的侍女之中,有人和參與狩獵祭的衛兵是親戚。」蜜拉的音調不輕不重,亨利眼神閃爍,「我問了那名士兵當時的情形,主要是問了你的事,因為我擔心你嘛。」橙色的腦袋微微往右偏斜,少女抿唇淺笑,「他說,你和一隻紅臉的怪物一起從地底出來,你們剛現身,那隻怪物立刻就被龍撈走飛上天了。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA5bDxr6XVlA
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上空徘徊的積雲愈捲愈多,方才燦爛的陽光消失得無影無蹤,第一滴雨珠落下,打在院子裡山茶花的綠葉上,在上頭流連數秒便因葉片承受不住突如其來的重量而墜地。482Please respect copyright.PENANALE03mn9K8B
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雨水輕柔地飄落,不是轟然巨響的傾盆大雨,而是幾乎無聲無息的綿綿細雨。482Please respect copyright.PENANAZ62adbqAvL
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「我要他描述怪物的長相,那名士兵雖是第一個跑到你身邊的,但也沒有看得很清楚。」三王子的額際流下一滴冷汗,少女溫潤的嗓音伴隨著幾不可聞的雨聲,迴盪於少年心中,「他說怪物披著黑色的袍子,頭上有棕褐色的毛髮,長著角,遠遠看去甚至像個人。他說,所有人都推論,那隻怪物一定就是傳說中的巫師。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAgUEPkBf1pA
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「那……妳剛剛說……」亨利從乾啞的喉嚨擠出聲音,他突然覺得講話好困難,光是鎮定地坐在這裡就好難,「……涅澤爾?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA15JTjXIPvg
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「如果你不認識巫師,你怎麼會維護巫師到了被國王禁足的地步?」蜜拉輕聲說,「要是涅澤爾是巫師,也能解釋為什麼二王子殿下對他那麼感興趣,這樣就合理了。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAE7iIEzEwBQ
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雨珠打在玻璃牆上,扭曲的水痕一點一滴地侵佔窗面,外頭的世界逐漸朦朧起來。482Please respect copyright.PENANAjJPx0J8EQC
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亨利低垂著頭,兩手握住膝蓋。482Please respect copyright.PENANAYtmUFyrwRm
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「妳也……覺得涅澤爾是怪物嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANATzsnYarJtH
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「我不知道哦。」這句話令亨利猛地抬起頭來,蜜拉從容不迫地回答:「我跟他又不熟,也沒親眼看到當時的情形,根本無從判斷,不是嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAXnmVCIu1Vz
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「是、是這樣啊……」482Please respect copyright.PENANA4y5xJccpKA
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「是這樣哦。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAoK5cDGCNY1
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少年再次低頭,他駝起背,體型看來比平時更加瘦弱,彷彿正試圖降低自己的存在感,不知過了多久,他才終於發出細若蚊蠅的聲音:482Please respect copyright.PENANAWRhTq7Aben
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「那時候……我……我真的很害怕。」亨利嚥下一口唾沫,他的樣子看起來就像是想把自己藏起來,卻無處可躲,「我不知道為什麼要怕他,明明涅澤爾對我最好了,可是、可是我卻只是因為他的樣子變了,就害怕起來。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAhk1R9M732Q
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「熟悉的人容貌大變,不管是誰都會嚇到吧。」482Please respect copyright.PENANA2Tzm0OdFnc
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「真的嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAQdwwWfD9KS
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蜜拉與昂首的亨利對上視線,臉上微笑依舊,「你也可以當作我只是在安慰你。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAFfPaYNAlfx
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亨利沒有再低下頭去,但仍是別開目光,他瞄到窗外被雨水變得泥濘的地面,自言自語般地喃喃道:「我覺得我很過份,」在蜜拉的注視下,亨利轉頭面向窗牆,「涅澤爾什麼都沒做,我卻覺得害怕,太過份了。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAW03XRjapg9
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「什麼都沒做嗎?」482Please respect copyright.PENANApQSkv0B2gH
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亨利點頭,蜜拉又問:「那麼,你們是怎麼被埋在地底下的?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAY8QfGJX3KU
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「那時候──涅澤爾來跟王兄說話,結果就發生了地震……我跟王兄和涅澤爾掉到土裡,地底有一頭石頭做的牛,涅澤爾好像有和牛說話,用我聽不到的聲音說話,那頭牛一直笑,然後涅澤爾就帶我和王兄上去了。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAv6hmAC6SiT
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「聽起來,連你也搞不懂為什麼會發生這種事囉?」482Please respect copyright.PENANAE6fQ2Y1qpp
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蜜拉偏著頭,亨利依舊沒有看向她。482Please respect copyright.PENANAwp9NsoelCw
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「嗯,我是不懂。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAEAYAhenAna
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「你什麼都不明白,可是還是覺得他什麼都沒做?」482Please respect copyright.PENANA5yAnK3oAPf
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「對。」小王子毫不遲疑地回答,雨勢漸停,烏雲往兩旁撥開,「因為我相信涅澤爾。」482Please respect copyright.PENANACXDuqlH3C9
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「那不就夠了嗎?」少年扭過頭來,望著少女,窗子仍是一片模糊,但陽光已然灑落,「雖然你怕他,可是還是相信他啊。」482Please respect copyright.PENANAinSl0VXx9A
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