「我想了很久,還是不知道有什麼能做的,你直接告訴我你想要什麼吧。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA438nt6MZR4
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在波可復原後的隔天,霍金天一亮就堵在涅澤爾房門口,後者在開門時看到他好似一點也不意外,而霍金則直接表明自己的來意。279Please respect copyright.PENANAAkXZg9Ye5M
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巫師會需要什麼?想要什麼?279Please respect copyright.PENANAnrpolvY9dY
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在與白龍交談過後,霍金滿腦子都是這個問題。279Please respect copyright.PENANAQHXhTDpyRw
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王族能贈予平民百姓做夢也想不到的金銀財寶;只要王一聲令下,一名農夫的階級就能在一夕之間變為一方城主;而王宮也能串聯全國的編劇導演,要求他們歌頌領獎者的豐功偉業將之傳播。無論金錢、地位、名聲,王室都能給予。279Please respect copyright.PENANACnvxasEnDa
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但巫師塔裡的金製品數也數不清,霍金不覺得那人有可能缺錢,至於名聲或地位搞不好可以討論一下,畢竟巫師惡名昭彰,若是能洗刷汙名也算是好事一樁──但是,霍金不曉得涅澤爾究竟在不在乎這種東西。279Please respect copyright.PENANANHvGRuUHuB
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昨日涅澤爾睡了一整天,霍金趁此機會進入書房讀了不少神話傳說,「巫師」這個角色大多被當作經典反派來描寫,無人提及巫師是如何誕生、高塔是何時建立,他也不曉得這個世界上最早讓「巫師」登場的是哪一篇童話,只知道這一切的傳說從很久很久以前、早在他或他父母出生前就存在了。279Please respect copyright.PENANAeChkMeKyOk
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霍金曾經問過小白,國內有沒有其他巫師,牠的回答是沒有。279Please respect copyright.PENANA2RTm39q2Ex
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他還順便問了那傢伙今年幾歲,結果連小白也不曉得。279Please respect copyright.PENANAiuT5CIWWQg
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霍金合理懷疑書中所述的巫師全是指涅澤爾一人,只是他認識的巫師不殺人也不放火、他認識的龍不吃人肉只吃花……究竟是從前有過會燒殺擄掠的其他巫師?還是這個人以前真的做過許多十惡不赦的事?或是各種謠言以訛傳訛才塑造了如今故事中的巫師形象?也或許一切都是書寫者的幻想?279Please respect copyright.PENANAjiR91BbYiC
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他不曉得,而且他很清楚的知道,涅澤爾不會告訴他答案。279Please respect copyright.PENANA65StVTwnJ2
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此時此刻,聽了少年的問話,褐髮青年僅是笑著回應:279Please respect copyright.PENANAytHtSxGZHS
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「我只聽過貓咪報恩的故事,還沒聽過狗派人來報恩的呢,萵苣你是不當王子改當童話裡報恩的小精靈了嗎?看起來不像呀,先去長對翅膀再來吧。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ak63jekGH
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「你的興趣是雕刻吧?」霍金無視涅澤爾的發言,逕自說道,「除此之外還有喜歡什麼嗎?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAObqvC0c5lb
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「這個嘛,」涅澤爾將頭微微傾向一邊,用思考的語氣說道,「我喜歡放火燒民房趁亂搶劫財物、製造暴風雨掀翻船隻、施法把良田變成寸草不生的荒地讓人類活活餓死、綁架國內外所有的王子跟公主……我還有沒有漏掉什麼?喔對了,我還會割掉勇者的頭拿去餵龍呢。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAghb5aIeVOO
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少拿書裡寫的東西敷衍我──本想這麼回嘴的霍金張了嘴後,突然想通什麼似的改口:「所以你平常都在幫忙滅火、阻止船隻沉沒、種田,然後三不五時被不知哪來的勇者跟王子公主騷擾?」279Please respect copyright.PENANA6dBO30ubhA
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「……並沒有。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA0AX6V40umi
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「總之,」霍金試圖使自己的聲音聽起來有誠意一點,但不清楚效果如何,「你有沒有什麼想要的東西?或是需要我做什麼事情……」279Please respect copyright.PENANAhn6Uo9jegE
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「呵,這是王子殿下要給我封賞的意思嗎?」涅澤爾往旁一靠,斜斜地倚在門框上,臉上仍掛著嘲諷的笑,「你還真以為王族什麼都給得起啊?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAYug0lCOcfr
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「我沒有那麼覺得,但我會盡力辦到。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAeQx7gIz72K
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「可惜,」巫師往前跨步,王子在他經過身側時聽見如風般輕盈的囈語,「我想要的,你永遠也給不了。」279Please respect copyright.PENANA5WTK6596XB
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春轉夏、秋轉冬時通常是大部份動物的換毛期,狗也不例外,排梳一刷,大量白毛便從狗背上被拖了下來。幫狗梳完毛的霍金望著一團數量可觀的毛球,忖著該收到哪裡才好,以往他都會把波可換毛期梳下的毛收集起來做紀念,但如今在巫師塔裡,他也不知上哪找裝毛的容器──應該說,能裝的東西是有,可是他還得去跟涅澤爾借,一直找那傢伙他不就越欠越多了嗎。279Please respect copyright.PENANA2Um9089WKA
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霍金輕輕搓著被他堆在床上的毛球,腦中突然冒出一個想法,就在在他思索這計畫是否可行的時候,白龍的嗓音在門外響起:279Please respect copyright.PENANA25zRsZLiPL
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「萵苣先生,你在裡面嗎?」279Please respect copyright.PENANASiYhKHZMI3
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「做什麼?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAmJjmUmIw2M
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霍金回答的同時打開房門,小龍晃著尾巴走了進來,波可湊上前嗅聞白龍當作招呼。279Please respect copyright.PENANALoMWMC1tX3
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「烏鴉跟我說……喔,天啊,那是波可的毛嗎?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAHn80I2Hifq
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話講到一半,睜圓的龍眼便呆呆地瞪著床鋪的毛球,牠看看狗毛又看看獵犬,不解地將視線轉回王子身上:「波可生病了嗎?還是之前的傷還沒有好,才會有這麼多毛?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAtsPmansRlk
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「不是啦,現在是換毛季啊,很多動物在這個季節都會掉毛吧。」霍金略為無奈地解釋,他看著全身上下沒有半根毛的白龍,心忖牠無法理解換毛這回事也無可厚非。279Please respect copyright.PENANA1kZUtOqHGe
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白龍似懂非懂地點頭,「原來如此……跟蛻皮一樣嗎?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAYzD1iytuqE
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「蛻皮?」279Please respect copyright.PENANAcqJfvTttqi
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「像我這樣的龍,每隔一段時間就會蛻一次皮喔,每條龍蛻皮的時間都不一定,我上次蛻皮好像是十幾年前還是幾十年前的事了……唔,還是一百年前?」白龍甩了甩腦袋、不知是不是想喚醒關於這方面的記憶,但什麼也沒想起來,牠蹲坐下來,尾巴輕輕地盤到身前,「不過波可換完毛之後,看起來也沒有長大呢。」279Please respect copyright.PENANAXWV5zsJ7aY
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高塔上的巫師與王子
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