大雨來得快去得也快,在司洛利踏出殿外時便停了,僅留下地上為數不多的水窪,以及漫於空氣的潮濕氣味。444Please respect copyright.PENANAn3WR3k0qtY
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「殿下,血祭的時候做出這種行為,比生日時更要不得。」444Please respect copyright.PENANA7PpVdMVeIH
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藍髮少年對倚在牆垣的金髮少年說道,後者僅是挑眉。444Please respect copyright.PENANA8C1uIBJd2s
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「有規定明言血祭當天一定要待在王宮內嗎?」444Please respect copyright.PENANADbL8MVKMQz
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「沒有,但照理來說王族應是如此。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAYLttoDNYut
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「那就對了嘛,所以我才不是翹家,只是出來玩而已。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAGPLpCwGL4o
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阿爾法完全不覺得自己有任何錯誤,對此早已習慣的司洛利除了無奈也沒有任何表示。444Please respect copyright.PENANAsOc9oifsAW
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他們所在的地方離王宮已有一段距離,房屋格局不一的住宅區因為民眾全往宮殿湧去而變得杳無人煙,空蕩蕩的大街上竟只有兩名少年,除了雙方的嗓音及偶爾拂過的風聲什麼也聽不見、靜得離譜。444Please respect copyright.PENANAt3rvbUisoB
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十一月蕭瑟的秋風帶點涼意但稱不上冷,走在主子後頭的司洛利在心中忖著這次八成又是沒有計劃的亂逛,誰知阿爾法轉過頭扔了一句話:「司洛利,你會想回家嗎?」444Please respect copyright.PENANASkfrIUW8Nm
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司洛利先是呆了呆,才會意過來對方說的是在混血者那裡的「家」,而不是王宮。444Please respect copyright.PENANA6sJ4BwUpF9
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藍髮少年沒多想就搖了搖頭,對他而言,那地方早已成泛黃記憶裡不再翻動的一頁,他對那裡沒有丁點掛念、也鮮少憶起學齡前所發生的事情,當時的日子平淡得可以,沒有起伏亦沒有特別值得注意的人事物。444Please respect copyright.PENANAfKU5hZo98H
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司洛利的生活,是在遇到阿爾法之後才鮮明了起來,就像原本只暈染淡淡底色的圖畫紙,顏料逐筆加重,刻上細節及清楚的輪廓。444Please respect copyright.PENANAY8BRSOeroR
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「不過我也想不到要去哪,現在隨便亂晃搞不好會被認出來,還是去混血那邊比較保險,你認得路吧?」444Please respect copyright.PENANAlMGADqDUyL
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血祭過後,眾人多多少少都記得王子的容貌,而混血者通常是連這等盛大的慶典也不允許在純血眼皮底下活動,這三天他們同樣享有暢飲人血的權力,可要進王宮就免談,縱然沒有明文規定,但進宮之前必須表明身份,血一流出馬上就會被週遭人群嫌惡的眼神環繞,搞不好還會被看他們不順眼的人民攻擊,沒人想因為貪圖口福而揹負各種風險。444Please respect copyright.PENANAUHOuxWNokM
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司洛利理所當然地點頭,即便從他進王宮工作後就沒有回去過,深埋在記憶深處的路線也由熟悉轉為陌生,可他對首都的地理仍是有一定的了解,託某人時常翹家的福,事前事後反覆看地圖的次數多到整張紙的內容全都被他深印在腦海,想忘也忘不掉。444Please respect copyright.PENANAVGaGWEfrUf
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「先提醒殿下,混血的地盤會比較安全,完全是錯誤的觀念。」阿爾法到底記不記得,七歲時他是因為被綁架才和司洛利相遇的?444Please respect copyright.PENANACikDlRQfYR
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而當事者只是頗不在乎地回應:「隨便啦,總比被一堆純血抓回王宮好。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAXS5kX8tpiF
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兩人先是拐幾個彎出了住宅區,來到人煙稀少的馬路上。行人寥寥可數,多半是上了年紀懶得再去王宮人擠人的老嫗,少部份是待在自家店面準備明日販售物品的店員,多數人各自忙著自己的事,也不會多看他人一眼。444Please respect copyright.PENANAaq7Ju0bwTI
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司洛利對照腦中的資訊,經過主要幹道後,以抄捷徑的方式朝小巷走去。444Please respect copyright.PENANA1556ylSKOX
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他們沒有選擇能輕易到達目的地的公用傳送陣,因為有可能會被管理人員認出來、強迫遣返回宮。444Please respect copyright.PENANAI1NwlRUHQt
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其實以司洛利的立場而論,應該將阿爾法押回王宮才對,可是卻沒有付諸實行,大概是早已習慣主子種種令人無言的行徑,明白反抗他還不如當幫兇來得聰明點的道理。444Please respect copyright.PENANA5xGWnzzi9Y
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在出了暗巷後,最先映入眼簾的是對街一條明顯被焚燒過的巷子,色彩剝落的巷口與週遭景物相較之下突兀地格外惹眼,斑駁的牆面佈滿焦黑的痕跡,十之八九就是金髮少年小時候燒過的那條。444Please respect copyright.PENANA76ketRUGnH
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「結果還是走回你家了嘛。」444Please respect copyright.PENANApMCTrDY9kQ
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「只是因為離這裡最近,沒有別的意思。」司洛利走到巷口前說道,多年前還能兩人一同通過的寬度,如今重訪卻狹窄得若是走入其中、連轉身都略嫌困難,「何況對在下而言,住了十年的王宮還比較像家。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAPHsHLEq6tI
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阿爾法對此不予置評,僅是提問:「反正這裡就是混血待的地方了吧?」444Please respect copyright.PENANAGaKnoNFZ8H
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「是的,請殿下還是小心為上。」444Please respect copyright.PENANAmhNAZDSSxA
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既然司洛利沒有回家的念頭,那也不用走那條一發生危險難以逃脫的小巷。444Please respect copyright.PENANAsYZ6EpoGJS
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兩人漫無目的地往前進,此處和一般的民宅其實沒什麼不同,也不如純血謠傳中的多破爛多落後,只不過從些許陳舊到只能養蚊子的空屋沒有拆除、和方才燒毀的巷弄看來,這兒的確是較少受到官方關注的地方,荒廢許久或需要整修的建築都沒有動工,連首都的混血居住處都這樣了,其他地域肯定更糟糕。444Please respect copyright.PENANAVuukorr3ef
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或許是因為混血者無法參與祭典,加上現時為夜行者主要的活動時段,整條街人來人往,模樣與平時無異,好似他們所待的國家根本沒什麼國慶日、外頭熱鬧的祭典與他們一點關係都沒有──儼然是被隔絕出來、遺世獨立的場所。444Please respect copyright.PENANAyc3PfHRKCz
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阿爾法對這裡僅有年幼時那一天留下的短暫印象,當時倉促得不得了完全沒注意身邊的景色,故此這回就像是初次造訪一樣。444Please respect copyright.PENANAsO4XFRxR9Y
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司洛利則是覺得這兒和久遠的童年回憶沒有什麼不同,除了房屋外觀更為老舊、一切都與過往相符,走在此處,恰似將已褪色的照片一步步重新填色,把一度遺失的陳年事物抓回手心、再一次咀嚼它的點點滴滴,感受那看似清晰實則模糊的一切。444Please respect copyright.PENANAD2vDRN2SAH
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有人說五、六歲之前發生的事都不會記得,就像前世的記憶一樣,隱約存在又無法肯定,縱使司洛利在這地方住到七歲,對他而言街坊巷弄大多都有個印象,彷彿來過、知道這裡是哪裡,卻又不記得當初在這裡做了什麼,畢竟都是十年前的事了。444Please respect copyright.PENANAjv5qiS0SNd
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假設他沒有被阿爾法帶走,那麼就會在這裡長大。444Please respect copyright.PENANA5rvNnq3DzY
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章四(中上)乖乖待在家裡就不叫祭典
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