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藍髮青年往前走了一陣子,昏暗的通道很快地又重見光明。365Please respect copyright.PENANAnHr31sxnxx
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在廊道盡頭的是一個偌大的空間,上方的天花板有一半是透明的,剛拂曉的晨光射入,天空呈現美麗的紅紫色,透過玻璃照耀室內的一切,讓所有的事物看來都是那麼唯美又朦朧。365Please respect copyright.PENANA3EYFRh4dD6
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滯了一下,青年瞇起金瞳凝著眼前的光,而後踏出走廊往前邁步,在唯一能傾訴的對象前停下,溫潤的嗓音緩緩啟口。365Please respect copyright.PENANAyfOIYVYdi3
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──第八章.生日快樂……嗎?──365Please respect copyright.PENANAA0OIg06jj8
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十月,相較於忽冷忽熱不大穩定的九月,天氣已經慢慢轉涼,可仍是感到些許燥熱。365Please respect copyright.PENANAYe7DYmBs0h
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對羅坦赫拉勒通常在入夜後才會行動的國民來說,由於照不到熾熱的陽光,秋季的氣候變化對大多數人而言並不明顯。365Please respect copyright.PENANAVzijxmKvoH
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夕陽剛落入地平線的另一端,夜色尚未披覆蒼穹、雲層仍是透著些許紅暈,太陽遺漏大地的點點光芒灑入位於宮殿的書房中,司洛利一面翻找蘇菲亞交代要搜索的書籍──最近她和王后看了關於馴龍的戲劇之後似乎迷上教養魔獸的書,哪天去找一頭龍來玩都不奇怪──一面對身旁阿爾法的提案道出否定的回答:365Please respect copyright.PENANAe56VLKF2bs
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「在下從未想過要過生日,這只是殿下您拿來翹家的新藉口吧?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAfTcEUzCyA4
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阿爾法沒有迴避的打算,大方承認:「是藉口沒錯啊,只是慶祝一下也沒關係嘛?三百六十五天難得一次的生日耶。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAuP9OgIlTkB
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「對在下而言,生日這種東西沒有意義。」司洛利在一排排檜木書架上抽出一本暗色平裝書,貼了一張符紙上去,書本便傳送到指定的人手裡,任務完成,「況且,比起慶祝在下的生日,殿下您還是乖乖過完自己的生日要緊。既然明瞭生日是一年之中難得特別的日子,就老實接受前來祝賀的人們的祝福與禮品、不該每次都在當天逃之夭夭,甚至規劃一堆離譜的離家行程。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAvKWxU2wRVN
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藍髮青年說的的確是挺有道理,一個每次都在自己的慶生宴會上翹家的人,居然想著慶祝別人的生日?會不會太本末倒置了一點?365Please respect copyright.PENANAJfTFUHFaBf
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但金髮青年豈會是被這點言論打擊到、進而改變他扭曲想法的人,馬上就丁點也不介意地續道:365Please respect copyright.PENANAxk0XnlIKNH
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「所以你連生日禮物也不想要?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAmZCbfHt0eP
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「殿下您有準備?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAgjW79uLBAJ
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「沒有,你說了我再買啊,不然買到你討厭的東西怎麼辦。」365Please respect copyright.PENANALN0UcASyme
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司洛利對阿爾法的說詞感到一陣無言,順便暗罵自己怎麼會有一點小小的期待,沒有答話就逕自往出口走去,忖著這人八成是臨時起意才想幫他過什麼生日,絕對是半點東西都沒準備。365Please respect copyright.PENANAimfg1rpWRy
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再說,他真正想要的事物,對方無法給予,他也不奢求能夠拿到。365Please respect copyright.PENANAxuVObxRaVd
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阿爾法不死心地跟在步出書房的司洛利附近,「活了二十四年還沒過一次生日的人生很無趣耶。」365Please respect copyright.PENANADqZlmoCD0o
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「活了二十四年卻沒有『正常地』過一次生日的人,是殿下您才對吧?」司洛利面不改色地否定對方的話語,雖然阿爾法的二十四歲生日還要等一段時間,不過翹家絕對是慣例、這次也不例外,接著他又以非常質疑的語氣問道:「再說,殿下真的知道在下的生日是什麼時候?」365Please respect copyright.PENANA8cZCS5yvBG
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聞言,阿爾法一點遲疑也沒有地答出了正確的日期:「十月十五。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAK0XESe24kh
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司洛利點頭,「那麼,殿下記得今天是幾月幾號嗎?」365Please respect copyright.PENANA5iG0j29ICB
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「十月十四?」365Please respect copyright.PENANALS9iXkWxfG
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「……現在已經十五號了,請殿下不要滿腦子只想著逃家,連基本的生活常識都忘個精光。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAXaoglLc6wX
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司洛利忍不住在心底輕嘆,這也是他剛才一直採拒絕態度的原因──明明自己從沒特意提過,可是阿爾法卻記得那個日子,他多多少少是有點高興沒錯,只不過對於日常生活,這位王子除了十一月準備血祭、十二月生日前會倒數離家出走時間、特意看日曆之外,他很懷疑平常的日子這人糜爛成性,會不會連今朝何夕都不曉得?365Please respect copyright.PENANAJ1TZDcueKg
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而事實證明,他的懷疑沒錯。365Please respect copyright.PENANAMqJBUedGvV
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於是司洛利開始猜測,他記得沒錯的話奧斯華德的生日是十月二十一號,自己八成是日期太近了才被連帶記住。365Please respect copyright.PENANAiZNpQCaEhQ
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在知曉今天就是對方的生日後,阿爾法不免啞然,現在要找藉口也不是、乾脆承認自己沒發現也不是,最後索性什麼都不解釋,直接抓了對方的手就拋出傳送符。365Please respect copyright.PENANAczPYPsRth8
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「既然是今天的話,那就直接出門啦,想要什麼禮物到時候再送你。」365Please respect copyright.PENANA1lUmSuWVAu
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語畢就不顧對方意願,強行將人拉入傳送陣。365Please respect copyright.PENANA0DR5ecrHsO
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傳送陣抵達的地點剛好在市集中央,由於天未全黑的緣故,大多數攤販都還在準備開業,沒幾家是真的可以招呼客人的,而這條街並非商業氣息濃厚的商城,而是蔬果魚肉應有盡有的果菜市場。365Please respect copyright.PENANATjuTrsCPLw
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看清眼前的情景,司洛利又是忍不住一嘆,從地點就可以判斷,阿爾法這回還是連位置都沒挑就直接衝出王宮的,不然十指不沾陽春水的王子,搞不好連主婦買菜的市集在哪裡都不曉得。365Please respect copyright.PENANA2XPze5XFHF
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生日過得這麼亂七八糟,還不如不過來得好。365Please respect copyright.PENANAFLvKznseiv
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「除了回家,你想要什麼都可以。」365Please respect copyright.PENANA2yB3Od5rRB
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王子顯然沒察覺下僕心中的想法、如此說道,後者無奈,他很清楚現在要這人打消念頭是不可能的,要是阿爾法有可能被他人的想法左右、進而升起回宮的念頭,那這幾年被阿爾法翹掉的各大宴會都形同不存在。365Please respect copyright.PENANAUuTFYUcqEL
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忽然,一道聽來陌生又好似在哪裡碰過的嗓音插入兩人之間:365Please respect copyright.PENANApFMBZt9Av2
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「哎?謹慎的小孩和狡猾的小孩,才一段時間沒見,你們就長這麼大了啊。」365Please respect copyright.PENANACswOdJUMCW
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阿爾法和司洛利一回頭,就見一名戴著詭異年獸頭套的男子站在他們附近,剛開始兩人愣了一下、一時間還想不起來是誰,幾秒後阿爾法馬上就道:「你是十一歲的時候,把我送回宮內的那個混帳小提琴家?都是你才害我回去又被蘇菲亞罵了一頓!」365Please respect copyright.PENANAoPb7mHGWuP
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經阿爾法這麼一提,司洛利也憶起了的確是有這麼一回事,只不過這人到底幾歲了?十幾年的光陰對他來說居然只是「一段時間」?365Please respect copyright.PENANAkuy955ftuP
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「狡猾的小孩,隨隨便便就把過錯統統推給別人可不太好。」久違的小提琴家面不改色地駁回阿爾法的指控,以宛如天經地義的口吻說道:「你逃家所受到的懲處可不是我的責任,我只不過是幫一位迷失到我的這裡的孩子開啟回家的大門罷了,怎麼就被你說得一副我是滔天罪人的模樣呢?居然如此汙衊高尚的我,還真是令人難過。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAX6Ab1ToqXM
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「隨便啦,你在這裡幹嘛?」365Please respect copyright.PENANA9HPUwDS17h
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「看我還戴著頭套就知道,當然是來羅坦赫拉勒表演的。狡猾的小孩不要明知故問。」小提琴家單手扶著自己始終如一的巨型頭套,敲了下硬質的外殼,「為了怕頭套拿下來時,我完美的外貌讓太多人失神,所以我不習慣在有演出的地區取下頭套,可是我又怕我家親愛的不吃主辦單位準備的東西,只好頂著這個來買菜了。」頓了頓,小提琴家又望著眼前的兩位青年說道:「狡猾的小孩又帶謹慎的小孩出來翹家兼約會囉?」365Please respect copyright.PENANAFWN6Qk65Tj
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「嗄?算是吧。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAKUm6gG3Rwo
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不,到底哪裡算是了?司洛利對這兩人的對談感到一陣無言,假如真的是約會,那他還會比較開心。365Please respect copyright.PENANA0qtN2JXsoh
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「兩位現在是不是不曉得要去什麼地方好呢?看你們的樣子,十之八九是臨時從家裡溜出來的吧?」小提琴家語帶笑意地說,在對方尚未答話前續道:「幫助迷途的人們對我這種心地善良的人而言,不過是舉手之勞,這份優待券我用不到就送你們了,我明白你們的心裡必定對我感激不已,可惜忙碌的我沒時間接受你們的道謝。」365Please respect copyright.PENANAbydzRg1IgE
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語畢,小提琴家就不顧他人意願地將紙條塞入司洛利手中。365Please respect copyright.PENANA1n2MdpFYy1
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