老人與照顧他的自動人偶。紅茶與紫衣侍僧。15Please respect copyright.PENANANlQD4bXKsF
※有R卡劇透+生前捏造+私設15Please respect copyright.PENANAwQm6aBDcBH
※有些疑似CP或者單戀就不標了,都有布勞的份15Please respect copyright.PENANAlnXOenKkBQ
※2021年的作品15Please respect copyright.PENANAVIRXjoU4ds
⇃以下正文⇂
大雨淅瀝淅瀝地下著,窗外的景色也蒙上一片灰。15Please respect copyright.PENANA8EX1QjE4qL
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「看來他們都不會來了。」老人嘆了一口氣,朝站在一旁少年招手。15Please respect copyright.PENANAFzAq0l6VBK
「布朗,過來陪我喝茶吧。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAA0cRxR4hAP
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少年外貌的傭人隨之走到餐桌前,替他自己及老人的杯子注下仍然溫熱的紅茶後,拉開老人對面的椅子坐下。15Please respect copyright.PENANAERw6Sdf4AA
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突如其來的滂沱大雨,使得原本仍在花園閒逛的流浪者跑到涼亭躲避,卻遇上了獨自品茗的紫衣侍僧。15Please respect copyright.PENANAmYcPRhcbuR
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渾身濕透甚至在髮梢及衣擺間滴著水的傑多脫下上身布料試圖抹乾自身之際,對上了布勞的金眸。15Please respect copyright.PENANA8VcBTEUPwM
侍者從衣袋抽出手帕,遞向少年:「需要手帕嗎?」15Please respect copyright.PENANAaTzdhhmBhC
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「謝謝,這種時候你還能這麼悠閒地喝紅茶啊。」15Please respect copyright.PENANADEFiK9C6gK
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布勞坐在涼亭長椅上,旁邊位置則放著盛載茶點的瓷碟、茶壺,以及注滿紅茶的茶杯。15Please respect copyright.PENANA4Qj32DqDDj
以手帕抹去身上水珠後,傑多眼角餘光瞄到布勞再次拿起茶杯品茗,便順手從瓷碟拈起一片餅乾,放進口中。15Please respect copyright.PENANAKPEI85q9yg
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「總覺得以前經常在這種天氣下和誰一起喝茶呢。」布勞看著仍然灰濛一片的天空,瞇起雙眼。15Please respect copyright.PENANA6iysEodh9M
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傑多一邊咀嚼著餅乾,一邊以雙手擰乾上衣直至擠不到任何水滴:15Please respect copyright.PENANA5QE3derXcm
「說不定你那個『覺得』是假的喔。即使你對那個『覺得』有著非常明確的印象,也可能只是借回來的記憶,不是你的。」15Please respect copyright.PENANA212eIoUvFj
紫髮少年勾起不自然的笑容,就像他憶起第二段關於死亡的生前記憶後一整個月都掛著的那個表情。15Please respect copyright.PENANAKTbd99TChk
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「即使是借回來的,只要我還能相信那份記憶,那這就是我的記憶。」布勞放下茶杯,朝傑多微笑。15Please respect copyright.PENANAtdvZeBkSN9
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大雨來得突然,也去得突然。見雨勢已停,已經把茶點吃光的傑多也不再多留。15Please respect copyright.PENANAmuxW5Fxdhj
「我先走了,餅乾謝啦。」少年穿上已經乾燥的衣服,站了起來,頭也不回的離去。15Please respect copyright.PENANAZHjxA2g8RC
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「傑多先生再見。」15Please respect copyright.PENANARPjUXuOH04
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傑多說的話,讓布勞想起了他記憶中那些模糊的部份。15Please respect copyright.PENANAS4xkvOhMRd
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炎之聖女……米亞應該不是自己原本的主人,那我原本的主人是誰呢?15Please respect copyright.PENANAAcrWaT3cUy
布勞對於自己的想法搖了搖頭,把茶壺僅餘的紅茶倒進杯中再一飲而盡。15Please respect copyright.PENANAGjqKKJCl91
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既然已經決定要一直把聖女大人奉為主人,就不應該再深究這個問題。15Please respect copyright.PENANApf0xDFrOvq
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「布朗啊。可以幫我坐起來嗎?」15Please respect copyright.PENANASSSF3mNzd7
床上的老人輕輕叫喚著身旁的照料者。15Please respect copyright.PENANAgwcI2NPo9Y
因為多次被老人叫錯名字而自動作出調整,實際名為布勞的自動人偶立刻替老人調整床頭的高度,並扶正老人使得他能坐得比較舒適。15Please respect copyright.PENANA9Dwjb72NEL
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「還有,我想喝茶,麻煩你了。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAufZ4zaF7cm
於是布勞立刻往廚房拿出櫃子裡的紅茶茶葉,仿照昔日老人沖沏茶的動作,沖了一壺茶,與茶杯一起拿到床邊的櫃子後再倒茶給老人。15Please respect copyright.PENANAahX6wXRnTV
老人接過了布勞遞上的茶杯,吮飲了一口:「抱歉呢,可以動的時候都沒有好好教你沖茶。還好你能單靠之前看著我沖茶學會了,還是說你本身會沖茶來著⋯⋯兒子都和我說過你的功能,但我都不太記得呢。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAXHSKI1cuTd
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老人放下茶杯,示意布勞坐在床沿,並雙手包著布勞的手:「哪天我不在的時候,你就要回去你主人身邊陪他巡迴各地了吧。到時要好好聽他話,幫我照顧他。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAfaO7Dlxq50
自動人偶點了點頭,老人回以笑容輕撫人偶的頭顱。15Please respect copyright.PENANAc5NHyHFtUH
「謝謝你一直陪著我,布朗。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAzFZso4bJIh
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「這是可以使人放鬆的洋甘菊茶。」隨著彎腰的動作,一束銀色髮絲往前傾擋住了路德的視線。愛花侍者把頭髮往耳後撥:「但我不知道這對我們人偶會不會有一樣的功效,但對我來說滿有效的。」15Please respect copyright.PENANA0XHmrk6wnl
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「我看起來這麼需要放鬆嗎?」坐在茶几旁的布勞從路德手中接過盛著金黃茶湯的透明壺子,替二人面前的杯子注入茶飲。與此同時路德拉開布勞對面的椅子坐下。15Please respect copyright.PENANABEcSZg9Iax
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「有。」路德撐起一邊臉頰,瞇眼看著面前開始品嘗茶飲的布勞:「好喝嗎?」15Please respect copyright.PENANAGhm2QIwYyu
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「我還是比較喜歡紅茶呢。」察覺到路德投以的目光,布勞放下茶杯微笑回應:「不過謝謝。」15Please respect copyright.PENANA3BlUT8TfSy
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「那我下次把洋甘菊加進紅茶,你到時再來試茶吧。」飲下杯中花茶的路德起身,摸了摸布勞的頭顱:「餘下的都給你,替我喝完。」15Please respect copyright.PENANARzreHiobFf
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布勞被摸頭的一瞬臉上表情瞬間凝結,之後化為他也沒有察覺的燦爛笑容。15Please respect copyright.PENANA7ijnN0OkuR
把一切收進眼底的路德勾起嘴角。15Please respect copyright.PENANAEZFcLr0Om4
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「早安,早餐已經準備好了,現在端來可以嗎?」15Please respect copyright.PENANAW9dmcbpSzm
察覺床上的老人已經醒來,布勞立刻走到床旁,依照設定好的問候語向老人請求指示。15Please respect copyright.PENANAGNFK9PK2Rz
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老人倒是搖了搖頭,「布勞,我好久沒喝茶了,替我買一些茶葉回來吧。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAz6cqVbvdTV
老人身體狀況每況愈下,由於與現時服用的藥物相沖,被醫生及包含布勞主人在內的家人禁止用茶。故此,屋內已沒有任何茶葉。15Please respect copyright.PENANA4bzcKOmKlU
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「可是醫生及主人指示不能讓你喝茶。」布勞依照近日主人透過電子通訊下達的指示,轉達了禁止老人用茶的訊息。15Please respect copyright.PENANAmkQDTIuZUw
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「我不喝,只是想看你喝茶,去買吧。我請你喝。」15Please respect copyright.PENANApruCKz6Wbj
布勞看著老人勉強勾起的笑容,電子頭腦運算下得出老人的指示與醫生及主人的命令沒有衝突,於是接受老人的指令。15Please respect copyright.PENANAMcCPff0nsS
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「知道了。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAgZHrGOCGXx
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夜色已深,隨著休息時間到來,宅邸的燈火都已經熄滅。15Please respect copyright.PENANAoGrdbkRVU2
布勞提著燈,走到暗房門前。15Please respect copyright.PENANAvctE70P55N
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因為祭典,目前暗房的職務都由梅倫暫代,使得布勞在日間得以在外獨自或與他人一起品茶。15Please respect copyright.PENANA3iUodXC9Gl
然而這段日子也接近尾聲,明天就是梅倫在暗房的最後一天。15Please respect copyright.PENANA5DpH4V4PLO
為方便交接,布勞決定在這晚獨自前往暗房視察。15Please respect copyright.PENANACgaXBormxz
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鎖匙插進暗房門鎖的一瞬,門後傳來異常的聲響。15Please respect copyright.PENANAVj2k9U5fpq
發現暗房根本沒鎖的布勞立刻打開房門,看到了一個陌生的嬌小身影。15Please respect copyright.PENANAVyDzWMyOCi
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「記得這裡有『暗房』這個沖曬底片的地方,便再過來看一看。沒想到這裡也被你們自動人偶佔據了呢?而且……」15Please respect copyright.PENANA60yhqXFTzs
波蕾特轉身往後看,瞇眼盯著布勞。雖然布勞比她高,但卻有種被她仰視著的錯覺。15Please respect copyright.PENANAIpP4cuXqvP
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布勞看著眼前雙眸閃著紅光的少女,想起了近日大小姐一邊用著懺悔似的口吻向他報告近日召喚回來的戰士,以及警告。15Please respect copyright.PENANApgdQLAoI4E
——千萬不要接近那對新來的卡爾杜斯綠髮姊妹,遇上就跑。15Please respect copyright.PENANAibcK6s5Xxo
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還來不及作出反應,頭顱已被少女舉槍射出的子彈所貫穿。15Please respect copyright.PENANABkykafzeVT
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「主人,我可以進來嗎?」15Please respect copyright.PENANAJNmrEIQmZ7
布勞依照設定,一早待在團長所在的帳篷外面等待指示,但久未得到回應。等待的時間超過了設定的時限,布勞的電子頭腦立刻啟動緊急模式,立刻進入帳幕尋找團長內以防主人有所不測。15Please respect copyright.PENANAfyM6eAsAse
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掀起布簾走進帳篷往前走了幾步,布勞就看到躺在床上渾身是血的團長,還有身上沾上血跡的正試圖觸碰團長傷口的諾姆。15Please respect copyright.PENANAJAu4DmHdv7
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「請立刻離開主人!」布勞看到眼前的景像,判定諾姆要傷害團長,向諾姆提出警告。15Please respect copyright.PENANAE3FjEUIwKO
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「對呢,還沒修理這個侍從。」稱為諾姆的少年瞇起雙眼,朝面前的自動人偶丟出什麼,布勞頓時眼前一黑。15Please respect copyright.PENANAQbjJRLphcs
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「已經替你調整了程式,現在你就可以自由行動了,布勞。」15Please respect copyright.PENANA5UiyiNVpDL
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和諾姆昔日修理的自動人偶不一樣,獲得行動自由的布勞臉上完全沒有興奮之情,也沒有向諾姆道謝,就立刻離開工作台前往團長的房間。15Please respect copyright.PENANAFiuwF4CD4X
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房間內團長失去血色的臉龐,讓布勞想起了他買茶葉回到那間狹小的小屋時,坐在輪椅上雙眼緊閉,已經失去脈搏和呼吸的老人。15Please respect copyright.PENANAjbxbfedVO5
「團長是不是…已經……」布勞的電子頭腦比對著團長現在的姿態以及那個老人的當時的模樣,得出團長已經接近死亡的結論,頓時失去重心似的跌坐在床旁。15Please respect copyright.PENANA4xH7wTIXZO
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緊隨布勞身後把一切看在眼裡的諾姆,收起笑容,看向仍在床上不省人事的中年男性,「團長目前受了重傷,我把他會治療好的。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAkthz2R1heK
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「雖然他的情況十分嚴重,但我會治好他的。」看著跪坐在團長躺著的床旁,哭成淚人的布勞,諾姆再三說道,「我會治好他的。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAt2zon6UZKp
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縱使諾姆深知她做不到,也無法放著眼前這個為人類哭泣的自動人偶不管。15Please respect copyright.PENANA9Vp7ZCgpKN
至少,現在沒辦法。15Please respect copyright.PENANAO5YchsMDKv
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布勞睜開雙眼,看到的是一片純白的天花板。15Please respect copyright.PENANA2jkRxTDR5r
四周瀰漫著機油和消毒藥劑的氣味,布勞漸漸想起了那位說著抱歉卻爽朗地笑著朝自己射出子彈的少女,以及自己被射殺的經過。15Please respect copyright.PENANAijrnPxD01F
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也許剛才實在過於突然使自己被嚇哭了吧。布勞這樣想著,抹去了在眼眶打轉的淚水。15Please respect copyright.PENANAMOq5aREhMh
但抹去淚水的時候,布勞又覺得他並不是因為這個哭的。15Please respect copyright.PENANA1mQTi2834H
可是為了什麼而哭,布勞卻想不起來,只好繼續相信他是被那綠髮少女突然的謀殺嚇得哭了。15Please respect copyright.PENANAvzG24vYwSZ
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為了確認殘留的傷勢,布勞試圖活動四肢,發現有個重量輕輕壓著大腿。15Please respect copyright.PENANAtln5aTLGQy
看到那是上半身趴在腿上陷入昏睡的聖女之子,布勞輕輕一笑,剛才隨著回想而湧出的恐懼一掃而空。15Please respect copyright.PENANAuATg0pS0fd
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「原來是這樣啊。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAeWBGHWR3MZ
小小的球體關節人偶懷中,抱著了一個空瓶子。15Please respect copyright.PENANAOHDdWbsc1s
在星幽界,無論受到多重的傷害,只要被注入不死靈藥,身體就會立刻回復到受傷前的狀態。15Please respect copyright.PENANA5ipSpAs5VZ
看到聖女之子抱著那無疑是盛載不死靈藥容器的空瓶子,布勞確定了他是因為藥水而已經得到完全的復原。15Please respect copyright.PENANA6qVxAFBwQ4
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「剛才大小姐發了好大脾氣,以後宅邸應該沒有人敢對你動手吧。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAp7rfbujiSA
梅倫跟著音音夢進到醫療室,發現布勞已經醒來,便把趴在布勞身上的球體關節人偶抱起,放到椅子上並讓她看來坐姿端正。15Please respect copyright.PENANAB0Fgl4EYTS
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「沃肯說只要你醒過來就可以隨時離開,只是安全起見暫時不要出任務或者陷入任何戰鬥喔。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAw3SyugLKg6
音音夢替布勞做了簡單的檢查後,留下這句話就離開了,留下了梅倫和布勞。15Please respect copyright.PENANAJrzbFMw6Yk
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梅倫坐在床邊,看著布勞露出憂傷的神情,「我那時應該跟你過去的,抱歉。」15Please respect copyright.PENANAtDDXLEeKK0
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「已經沒事了,請不要自責。」布勞搖了搖頭,雙手包著梅倫放在床沿的手回以笑容。15Please respect copyright.PENANAkZjCoqkLwJ
這時,布勞想到他曾經遇上類似的情景,被躺在床上的誰以雙手包著自己的手,「……想不起來。」15Please respect copyright.PENANANLhdRm8Jbq
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「嗯?」梅倫不解地看著布勞。15Please respect copyright.PENANAOEDDL29LwD
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好想喝紅茶,如果那時來得及回去見他就好了。15Please respect copyright.PENANAAOxIe5KQbE
雖然想不起那個他是誰了。15Please respect copyright.PENANAOLN3RNG7zL
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「等下一起喝茶吧。」