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比歐雷塔大陸長年充斥著濃厚瘴氣，無論野獸或植物皆含有劇毒，倘若沒有淨化清除毒素便無法食用──這點可說是比歐雷塔大陸住民的基本常識。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRsakNmM4Q
而比歐雷塔也存在著許多被稱為「神域」的絕對安全之地。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUfNYdkk14
魔獸不會踏入該範圍附近，在那還有著非常清澈的水源，甚至可以淨化任何劇毒，飲用後也能回復體力與解除所有負面狀態。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNfa5MPsQf
遺憾的是，神域位於何處僅能憑藉雙腳移動尋找，不同部落族群之間也經常為了爭奪神域產生激烈衝突。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaj9YKRjsQe
因此在比歐雷塔，除了死於饑餓或食物中毒外，喪命於魔獸嘴下和被他族所殺也不在少數。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPreC9KP0z
比歐雷塔人只為了活下去而活。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoEFdnHedX
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七草‧麥笛現在總算理解了某些事。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheNQxYvcEk
自她出生後從未離開過的、屬於麥笛一族的神域在前些日子被他族以武力奪取後，約莫五十多人被迫過著尋找神域的飄泊日子。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j07iLsJ1x
麥笛一族只有水屬性持有者，縱使不怕缺水但光靠飲水沒有進食實在難以在如此險惡的環境中存活。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPuaqmHwVE
即便向偶遇的族群乞求食糧可大家的難處是一樣的，眼看他們就要因為糧荒導致滅族。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsV6jYhhenM
也正是這時候開始，年幼的七草察覺到一件不可思議的事。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKld4HS8Aoh
每當鬧糧荒之際，族長總是可以弄到不少無毒的新鮮肉品。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT7xu0q33ZP
儘管每個人分到的份量十分稀少，至少可以勉強渡過難關。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JoSx4TH2K
同時七草也發現到了族人逐漸在減少，尤其是年紀不到13歲的孩童。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJoOt94Itb
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiY1Xjhlz3G
﹝啊啊……原來是這樣啊……﹞327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRw8nNcGc9
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTV83jGYAP
「七草才10歲啊…！」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSIo0YIiZS
「這次輪到咱家了也沒辦法啦，孩子以後再生就有了。要不妳來當『悼肉』？」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrW965sM6h
「你……！」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEy94tmVXi
「別煩啦！妳不也知情還吃了不少？再拖拖拉拉，族長就要拿咱倆動刀了！」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovitLPSec5
「……」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRZOm2oase
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2b4S0NsZb
「悼肉」，是對族人犧牲性命戰鬥獲取來的獸肉的稱呼，食用悼肉前族長會帶領全族人一起向犧牲者感謝並哀悼。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MFJ0V3Kak
而這個習慣是在被奪走神域之後才開始的。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK22nNB1DLI
哪怕弱小的麥笛一族根本沒有與兇猛野獸戰鬥的能力，卻也沒有人想去瞭解這些肉從何而來。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbdaxa0yUx
除了包括族長在內的幾個知情者，大多以為是如同往常般以魔法製造的乾淨水和偶遇的異族交換得到的食糧。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnZB7af97K
眼前雙親的爭執令七草徹底明白了，族裡正在發生什麼事。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwj5wCPtGz
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkqJllqNXK
「對不起啊，七草。放心吧，給妳喝的毒藥會麻痺神經，不論我如何切割妳也不會感到一絲疼痛的。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmYoBLsdwZ6
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxyJOt3wkZ
七草的父親非常慈祥地說著嚇人的話語，並從皮革袋中抽出已磨得鋒利的匕首。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsyDCZau46
七草的母親則是不忍心看，含淚將視線移轉他方。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjamHQXkkS
七草仍是動彈不得，體內每條神經全斷了聯繫般起不了任何作用，僅剩意識依舊清晰。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5OVQ4VDqi
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXyEAwBKFQ4
「──真是聽不下去了吶。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fxZBz5pqH
「誰！」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5gqlc37at
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkDu6J1seB
男人順著聲音方向望去，只見一臉冷漠的小女孩坐在樹上。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqQKqcTEPK
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1M7kyd2nd
「妳哪來的？少來插手我族的規矩！」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPpgWGwwyl
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaZMdMyDKW
小女孩沒有回答，身手俐落的自樹上躍下，漂亮落在男人面前。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIIDHjHX08
她的周遭颳起強風，腦後小小的辮子也隨風搖曳，表情很是惱火。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcA7Wr63em
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEXHJCELrE
「既然你們不要她了，那她從今天起就由俺接收。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpS2cDwP0h
「咳啊…！」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHS4TxXREJ
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jYu4Ytjra
男人的臉遭到風壓重擊，往後翻滾了好幾圈後失去意識。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfenAl0gWK
待一旁的女人回過神，她的女兒和陌生的辮子女孩早已失去蹤影。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf1cr3jaLB
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「……俺讓妳去獵頭魔獸當晚餐，妳倒是帶了個妻子回來見父母吶。」
百狩的雙親之一，卡薩多爾族的族長‧億刀有些哭笑不得。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucVaV0j5AS
億刀有著卡薩多爾族特有的淺金亞麻色長髮，臉上有道曾將數十支部落滅族的凶暴魔獸留下的可怕爪痕，但那反為她的颯爽英氣增添不少分數，風屬性持有者的她其戰力之強與慓悍外貌在比歐雷塔上千支族群中是出了名的。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBLIavomHm
綜上所述，其妻子與女兒的數量之多也是比歐雷塔大陸住民望塵莫及的一點。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82ALH9ShpX
百狩則是億刀最小的女兒，也是唯一繼承了她的風屬性能力，宛如同一個模子刻出來的孩子。
「不過百狩未到獨立之年，現在娶妻會不會太早了？再說這孩子的性子還需要再磨練磨練，倒是她的姊姊們有人仍未嫁娶，不如詢問一下她們的想法？」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeOBWdfec9
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIakAgoYn51
百狩的母親布麗薩看著百狩扛在肩上的七草，顯得苦惱。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWSqquAcLb
她認為莽撞的百狩尚未成熟到可以組建家庭。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFFbC6whHV
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SYi8xzMDI
「妳們想太多了啦！雖然這傢伙確實差點就成了族人的晚餐。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw6J5yaBrG
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4tOyA2C5h
百狩沒好氣的將七草緩緩置放在地，億刀和布麗薩這才發覺七草的狀況不對勁，立刻讓族裡的藥師過來診斷。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94P4usdmCH
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8pQ6NbgbM
「……把詳細說給俺聽聽？」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0nSKt5SxH
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFc7LmgpOus
對寵愛小孩的卡薩多爾族而言，百狩帶來的消息可不是什麼聽過就能算的事。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8LDLhcYVC
日後，比歐雷塔大陸再也沒人知曉麥笛一族的去向。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDWwV2NX0f
至於七草，麻痺狀態在藥師給她喝下神域的水後便解除了。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSAER9xxK7
然而接下來的日子裡卻再也無法接受任何人遞來的水或食物。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT8V4icCbj
就算帶七草到神域的水池讓她自行飲用水她也辦不到。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXRrxV54C6
把水或食物送進口的動作都會令七草心生恐懼而立刻吐出來，更別說吞下肚了。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzStjloNpwl
就這樣又過了幾天，七草變得虛弱。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ojT9Kxe0H
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「這樣下去可不行吶。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg17H3j9Bpw
「要不讓百狩去試試？年紀相近的孩子比較有親近感，由她去勸說也許可行。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyHB6xuRJX
「百狩嗎……」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLQUs1qhAm
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3anKGsZM6
億刀苦笑了一下，可以想像百狩不情願的臉。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5LrbEpyp7w
實在無技可施，億刀便採納了布麗薩的建議，以「妳帶回來的就該負起責任照顧」命令百狩必須讓七草吃下東西。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegJKINNCMY
覺得麻煩的百狩也無法違抗族長之意，正因為是族長的孩子所以更加不能做出會毀壞族長威信的事，乖乖攜帶神域取來的水和乾糧來到七草的臥榻前。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ApCOVClPm
今日七草也是背倚木牆，將身體縮成一團，原本就骨瘦如柴的身子顯得更嬌小了。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG3c0qlpnl
她那天生的灰色長髮搭上面無血色的慘白臉孔，遠看或許會誤以為是一具乾屍。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrkcAzBE6n
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyq74YyN1y
「喂，多少喝點神域的水回復體力吧？俺明白發生在妳身上的事，可俺們要真想殺妳哪用搞什麼毒藥。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6h8md2HKg
「這我明白……」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡys86gpcyhz
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是的，七草相當明白卡薩多爾族是真心為自己好。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHzE9CeW3E
可能否入口又是另一回事。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcZPF8WnEA
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「那就快喝。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PIHgJlXZP
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毫無耐心的百狩掐住七草臉頰，粗魯的將水壺塞進七草口中意圖強制讓她飲下。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7TWLUAclC
想當然受到驚嚇的七草奮力推開對方，由於被水嗆到而不停咳嗽。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvkiH7dZsL
好不容易止咳，臉色也因為攝入了幾滴神域的水而恢復些許紅潤，下一刻七草感覺有什麼環住了腰。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LKeoDoGdN
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「……嗯？」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNV6pkH6h0
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbbTUgZ8jX
緊接著她的雙手被緊箍在牆上，嘴唇也被柔軟的東西覆蓋住。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKh6DoTDJc
確認七草將水全數飲下，百狩這才鬆開對七草的牽制。
「下次再不肯進食，俺就用這種方法餵妳。」327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR52ZyBPvdI
327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbM9YcWIAKR
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經過這次事件，七草總算有辦法將食糧嚥入口，讓大家安心不少。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsI2CWoOqKP
即使七草僅能接受來自百狩遞送的水和她親自獲取的食物，但總比活活餓死好多了。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyscIjtjX6L
而百狩臉上清晰的巴掌印也令族人笑了足足2天之久才消散。327Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmO2OZBziV
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