2157年6月10日，晚上十二點，仙境大樓，七樓739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEpajSpS6Y
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回仙境大樓，尼可拉斯直奔七樓，同時，他也在七樓的走廊上，遇見意想不到的人。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjlja4lx6y
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「MIO？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebGDbqBmuR
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小女孩坐在走廊地板上，背靠著尼可拉斯的房門。看到尼可拉斯回來，MIO露出燦爛的笑容，朝他跑來。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMcixpxwpI
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「尼可！你看，你看！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQz6Cq5ggC
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按照慣例，由資歷最淺的成員作新人的嚮導，但李晴煬加入時，他的嚮導由哥哥李博洋擔任，不是當時資歷最淺的MIO。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAx5LT54jC
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輪到尼可拉斯，因為李晴煬也是新人，尼可拉斯的嚮導便由MIO代替。意外地，他和MIO處得很好──至少比那對兄弟好。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswKQNFCfuE
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「MIO今天在廚房，做了這些喲！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO46VFyw2R
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTXrtGUaUo
MIO手裡拿著便當盒，裡面裝著三顆飯糰，形狀很漂亮，全是MIO親手捏的。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOWkEXEcB3
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDpyFUY3C9
「真厲害。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaULWym9BE
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尼可拉斯收起剛才在夜店的苦瓜臉，伸手摸了摸MIO的頭，表情柔和地說：「看起來很好吃。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mBjTxqHyV
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQrUQGrreI
「嘻嘻！左邊是鮪魚，中間是梅子，右邊這個最厲害，是明太子口味的喔！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV09pd84dwK
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBehBnnBo6
MIO將便當盒遞到尼可拉斯面前，笑著說：「送你！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5hYqUYwgd
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1LihHCMfz
尼可拉斯微愣，「妳不自己吃嗎？或給李博洋？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMpvk75Fyj
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ21u4ZrzJ1
「我們剛剛吃過了！赫密士在睡覺，晴煬跑出去玩，不理他們！」MIO說：「所以全部留給尼可了，嘿嘿！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE34QJ2RU81
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5dEv3WhtB
尼可拉斯莞爾一笑，回了句「一起吃吧」，招待MIO來自己房間。他房間的色系是淺灰色，東西很少，比其他人的房間都要空。他大部分時間都在醫務室，房間不用多豪華，能洗澡睡覺就行。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6emmz5dbW
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmCdJZj8Ci
身上都是菸味，尼可拉斯先讓坐在MIO沙發，自己則去洗澡。出浴後，MIO不在原位，人跑到尼可拉斯的床頭櫃前，盯著相框裡的照片發呆。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwGdJrktdO
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhjWrZ08sYO
「怎麼了？」尼可拉斯走到MIO身後，他連居家服都是灰色的短袖T恤。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuCPo4EMri
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「這是尼可嗎？好可愛喔！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb9Z4DbWq7
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYSYTJJ2oE
MIO指著照片裡，一名有著銀白色頭髮、表情彆扭的小孩。尼可拉斯從小就不喜歡拍照。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYyh7IwfRp
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「後面這兩個人呢？」MIO再問。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGS0h857Tq
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHcwe5Qwn3
「我爸媽。」尼可拉斯有點意外，「妳不認得我媽？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrB4UMpWTBq
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRTGw6Q5LN
MIO搖頭，「只聽博洋提過。MIO來之前，葛蕾絲就不在了。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNONORvzXu
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4rFx9eORh
不只MIO，整個神與畜，只有最早的赫密士與里奧見過葛蕾絲。母親在大家心中，就像上個世紀的人名一樣陌生。尼可拉斯的心情很複雜，一時不知該說什麼。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHjMiXiFZB
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9mtfb8NiG
「尼可的媽媽，是什麼樣的人？」MIO突然抬頭，大大的黑色眼睛由下往上，看著尼可拉斯。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEvVSJlFAA
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HxDcW7Y6T
「我媽啊……很囉唆的人。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoa3wkX6FQ6
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0UOYCwTUAR
尼可拉斯和MIO回到沙發。尼可拉斯拿起便當盒中的飯糰，開始吃起來。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJ8xQjil9E
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8oyeotKwP
「很囉唆？」MIO歪頭。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKUjzmBTqU
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIxhhdKMmP
「她什麼都能唸。東西不歸位、天氣冷不穿外套、太晚洗澡、不吃小黃瓜、回到家不跟她打招呼……唉，太多了，數都數不清。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡab5FqmrmiD
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尼可拉斯咬到了鮪魚內陷，「嗯，好吃。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB20J8KHq0A
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdbOY4lSzL
「嘿嘿，尼可喜歡就好！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9wxNSAkdiJ
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOmjEADnOm
MIO兩手放在大腿、端正地坐在另一邊的沙發。她穿著一件黃底、上面有白色花朵的浴衣，看起來十分乖巧。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlIQfEsFAe
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83njUvBKGd
「我媽跟我一樣，頭髮是銀白色的。她常跟我抱怨，說這種顏色的頭髮很難搭衣服，但她是家庭主婦，沒多少時候需要打扮……她食量很大，明明是易胖體質，卻喜歡吃雞腿，開口閉口說要減肥，往往一天就放棄……現在想起來，確實是很麻煩的人。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFEsTgVzFF
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xqVY5lnnG
雖然是囉嗦、少根筋的母親，但提到她，尼可拉斯的臉部肌肉都放鬆下來，忍不住和MIO越說越多。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsruoiQHB5
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmibxX5FLh
那是他這輩子最愛的女人。對他而言，母親代表快樂，葛蕾絲也帶給他好多回憶。尼可拉斯說著說著，眼淚不自覺掉下來。他用手背拭去眼淚，倔強地假裝自己沒有哭。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUyASww52u
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「聽起來是很溫柔的人！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXOs9xCfuN
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiRFNUWxu2
MIO很貼心，沒有把尼可拉斯哭的事情說出來，這讓尼可拉斯非常感激。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiitJ9XXgn8
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9w5dhCjwA5
「嗯，溫柔過頭了。」尼可拉斯回應。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIbm5afOVe
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsSZz0lTLn
「也許媽媽都是那樣子吧。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsPkAE28qZ
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MIO因為微笑，眼睛瞇成了兩條線。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6GaFJVwlC
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Udr2qnDHV
「MIO的媽媽，也是很溫柔的人喲。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE34jtyxNNr
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「……？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4NBhCLca7
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神與畜的大家都不愛聊過往，其中，MIO的過往最為神秘。雖然很失禮，但尼可拉斯一直覺得，MIO的存在很「不正常」；像媽媽這樣「正常」的概念，竟然套在MIO身上，尼可拉斯很訝異。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7DnCU2AwNv
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「MIO，」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLseFWenep
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這是了解MIO的最佳良機，尼可拉斯坐直身子，試探性地問：「妳媽媽……還健在嗎？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67MFOqlZs7
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「沒有喔，她死很久了。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9Zdt3wHlD
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKktMwwBNp
MIO試著回想，但她的表情很苦惱，似乎想不太起來。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFTgAM17BF
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6yaWxcsYh
「MIO只記得，媽媽很溫柔，總是穿著黑色的上衣、黑色的裙子，胸前綁一條可愛的帶子，常常和MIO一起吃咖哩飯。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGy89MJaut
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意識到MIO的母親是學生，尼可拉斯問：「爸爸呢？妳對爸爸有印象嗎？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FQ2YCkz1f
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvlRhEAuUi
「沒有，不知道是誰。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXXOytEDWC
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MIO一副無所謂。看來，MIO的母親除了未成年，還是未婚懷孕，恐怕……連小孩都不是自願生下的。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNXP3d98z3
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxQD5qGBvm
「雖然想不起來，但媽媽很愛MIO！」MIO炫耀自己的和服，「MIO一直想讓媽媽看，看博洋送MIO的衣服！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBoO1Bxtkk
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbgadylPvX
「說到衣服。」尼可拉斯突然問：「MIO，妳是E區來的吧？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51rsYhwoGU
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBOk0Evqic
「E區？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECLWsYMM6Q
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「大眾媒體E區，東北亞。」尼可拉斯說：「二十一世紀，有個國家叫日本，妳的衣服是日本的傳統服飾。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwGA3V8pt0
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXO7RbrYf6
「哇，好久沒聽到『日本』了，真懷念。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGXFWklDvV
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLd3QSEpNnz
MIO感嘆地說：「一轉眼，日本就不見了，只剩下E區；大家都不會說自己的話，只會講中文和英文；大家都忘記了以前，只認得十大家族……一轉眼就這樣了，到底為什麼呢？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapXlAFFiIQ
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「……。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbu3tQNHan
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MIO不可能只有五歲，但萬萬沒想到，她竟然是上個世紀的人。尼可拉斯好奇，為什麼MIO都不會老、不會死？她到底是「什麼」？739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx76CxLPHo
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「MIO，」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hkL8CAjc2
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhDXmOBNZ1
尼可拉斯想起今天和李博洋的對話，「聽說上個月，李晴煬不是長這個樣子。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nMXPrdluN
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「嗯。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbabqZvFE1
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6J1Vbo6Cmv
MIO瞇著眼睛笑，「他原本很小，跟豆芽菜一樣！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkAVRZP57R
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4pmMa2l8G
「那，為什麼豆芽突然長大了？」尼可拉斯說：「醫學上，這是絕對不可能的。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6egy2DhUwP
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3lXsVxIbs
「那不是醫學呀！」MIO澄清：「是MIO和晴煬的『交換』！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQM3ivqP5K
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmYfMH0hmr
「『交換』？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUJmmvaCvd
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoyIScRsrV
「晴煬自己說的。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs84nKxm2am
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbDWodXjjj
記性不好的MIO，竟一字不漏地重複一遍：「『又高又帥、身材好、頭腦靈光、喜歡使壞……不管做什麼，都能因為長得帥被原諒』。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnb4vUy74FC
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LiXwVcjFI
尼可拉斯不知道，因為那是歡迎會時，MIO問李晴煬想成為什麼樣的神與畜，李晴煬的回答。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTO2kW9muJB
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxust6WogH
「所以，MIO實現了晴煬的願望！」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bcmEYGSJq
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYb2X03iAz
MIO笑著說。尼可拉斯聽到這，忍不住問：「MIO，妳的天賦是什麼？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuYsIQSLTo
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「不知道。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzqBWRaqt3
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「不知道？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUGie4ICLB
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尼可拉斯沒料到這個答案，但MIO的表情不像說謊。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtczVlwPzp
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LyiQkvzTu
「MIO只有聽宇維少爺說過。」MIO表示：「他說我是『假海龜』，很厲害，但MIO試來試去，只用得出『交換』──MIO可以幫大家實現願望，相對地，他們必須付出對等的代價。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsf0mkB1JjQ
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就像和朋友介紹玩具，MIO用平常的口氣說，絲毫沒發現自己的話，在尼可拉斯聽來有多震驚。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVyn8t8vR3
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZ4PSzUJyh
「就像她們，希望MIO幫她們復仇，以『自由』為代價，靈魂被鎖在MIO的娃娃，從此都要聽MIO的話；晴煬想改變外表，以『暫時沉睡』為代價，變成現在的模樣。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVH00xJmh4
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「李博洋呢？」尼可拉斯問：「聽說他以前，無法獨自生活。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTGobDwjIGe
739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTqJBnDZnt
「所以他付出了代價。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaflOX8oar
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「是什麼？」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2ZpCtydQd
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「『忘記爸爸』。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡta96Z46DZi
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尼可拉斯瞪大眼睛。在監獄時，李博洋曾經提過父親。當時尼可拉斯覺得奇怪，明明是很重要的人，為什麼李博洋可以這麼冷靜，彷彿在說別人的故事，原來是因為MIO。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY8cK4v9X4
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「博洋不是失憶喔！他還是記得他的爸爸，只是，他把『對爸爸的情感』當成代價，實現『擺脫過去、獨當一面』的願望。只是，沒想到不只爸爸，博洋也變得不在乎其他家人，叫他回李門都不要。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1umxmaQz7
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或許，這也能解釋李博洋對身邊的人，都只有表面友善，對方死了也不在乎。他把自己簡化成「only高宇維」的新型人種，多餘的情感全被割捨掉。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Shc2zeGcZ
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這樣好嗎？739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqzuFURqLU
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在尼可拉斯看來，這不是解決，而是逃避。739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtDLA69ADG
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不過，李博洋也好，李晴煬也好。MIO的「交換」，明明能用在更用意義的地方。一個念頭閃過尼可拉斯腦中，他壓低聲音：「MIO。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeFO81kLfZ
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「如果，我也有想實現的願望。」739Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XcdcW9yK6
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