夜幕低垂,街道上忙碌的踢躂聲逐漸依稀,只剩下三兩隻飛蛾在路燈下蠶食著寂寞。79Please respect copyright.PENANAoWQVIJ1rBQ
我獨自坐在椅子上翻閱著手中的書本。留聲機的唱針輕刮著黑色圓盤,略帶沙啞與混濁的演奏從古銅色的喇叭中輕巧躍出,在我周圍跳著華爾滋。79Please respect copyright.PENANA8sDX5U1BOl
忽然間,兩瓣抑鬱的深紅不疾不徐地停在我的書上,短暫駐足,之後又拍翅而去。79Please respect copyright.PENANAd472OTBF5f
血蝶呀、血蝶,我目光追尋著它,見其縹緲的身姿緩緩擴散,宛如旋風捲起落花般,一度遮蔽了視野。待騷動平息,一道純黑的身影已然傾靠在牆邊。79Please respect copyright.PENANAWfq6icj8B8
身穿一襲黑色長袍,在兜帽的陰影深處,骷髏的面容慘白得可怖。尤其肩上那一把象徵性的長柄大鐮,森然逼人。79Please respect copyright.PENANAISiZANi6eG
黑影就這麼靜靜地佇立著,我也是靜靜地凝望。留聲機的音樂仍舊悠揚,徘徊在彼此之間――79Please respect copyright.PENANAGucLsd6nvS
「辛苦你了,塔娜。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAuV1QcXzMud
最終,我還是率先開口。79Please respect copyright.PENANAwtCv2gXqvM
而塔娜只是略微點頭。79Please respect copyright.PENANApD0Y3Gob2z
望著她的反應,我忍不住嘆了口氣,隨即起身,走至她的面前。79Please respect copyright.PENANAiha8RGkkWG
――接著摘下了她的骷髏面具。79Please respect copyright.PENANAtbdaWCAqOX
面具底下,是一張標緻卻陰鬱的面龐。79Please respect copyright.PENANA9qN94f5Ylq
我又欲為她脫下兜帽,但被塔娜的手撥開。她始終未看向我,因此我只好伸出手,輕輕抬起了她的下巴。在彼此相視的那一刻,塔娜的臉頰倏然浮現一抹淡紅。79Please respect copyright.PENANAaraMGc6U3d
「歡迎回來。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAbPkwypxMyQ
「……我回來了。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAANLr8Rquqm
她有些不情願地別開視線,回應如同滴落靜水的點點露珠。79Please respect copyright.PENANAALZ6Ecq7im
※79Please respect copyright.PENANAjaE82lh85E
死神。79Please respect copyright.PENANA0GJv1lQ4wg
多麼令人畏懼的名諱。79Please respect copyright.PENANAFsJuxTzA6Y
不僅是對於人,同時也對於神。79Please respect copyright.PENANAA32GAvhROa
只要頂著這個稱號,她就得忍受來自眾人的憎惡以及眾神的拒絕。79Please respect copyright.PENANAS91V2nBbAr
為了工作,她甚至必須換上「通俗」的死神形象,以滿足那群人類的潛意識,使他們相信自己的「存在」。79Please respect copyright.PENANATfVBWAnq4I
而此時,塔娜早已褪去了長袍,露出她淡金色的捲髮和無袖白洋裝,抱腿坐在沙發上,淺嚐著我沖泡的香草茶。79Please respect copyright.PENANAApg9XdZHTS
她緊繃的神情似乎鬆懈了不少。79Please respect copyright.PENANAypYGWg5yOD
取而代之的,是纖細而柔弱的啜泣。79Please respect copyright.PENANAKMe3k7tBuv
我默默站在她的身旁,讓音樂調劑她疲憊不堪的情緒。79Please respect copyright.PENANAfuB2TyJodQ
許久,待她平復了呼吸,我便上前一步,遞上紙巾,並將她的茶杯再次斟滿。79Please respect copyright.PENANAIMX5g7MwkA
「就算不受眾人與眾神的待見,別忘了你還有一個妹妹。有空就回家一趟吧,希普很想你呢。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAhtigL1TXWQ
「……那你呢?」79Please respect copyright.PENANAmDO8tygiu6
塔娜怯生生地抬起頭,紅腫的雙眸似乎在盼望著些什麼。79Please respect copyright.PENANAoI4teF47Ia
我莞爾一笑,彎下腰,親吻了她的額頭。79Please respect copyright.PENANA1rcsWd1WuN
「當然。只要你肯乖乖的回家,並且好好休息,屆時我一定會去造訪的。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAdnttE7Qq0D
聽完我的答覆,塔娜這才放下心來,臉上也浮現靦腆的笑靨。79Please respect copyright.PENANAMRWgCY9YCF
――這樣老實的模樣不是挺可愛的嗎?79Please respect copyright.PENANAiqfqxgSwca
這時,背後突然響起鈴鐺清脆的聲音。轉頭一看,只見翠絲特正推開大門。看來引路人工作的時間已經到了。79Please respect copyright.PENANABA2N98iIEI
而當我轉回來時,塔娜業已換上了面具與長袍。一隻血蝶輕巧地停駐在她鐮刀的刀尖。79Please respect copyright.PENANAIsIP1ZbtjU
見狀,翠絲特連忙彎腰致意。塔娜也輕輕點了點頭,然後轉向我這邊。79Please respect copyright.PENANAB0OLO2gxkB
「那麼,我先走了。」79Please respect copyright.PENANANpMieWfRiq
冷冷丟下一句告別後,未等我回應,她的身影便隱沒在血蝶的洶湧竄動之中。79Please respect copyright.PENANAkTbcK9T48w
翠絲特愣愣地望著死神的消失,又看向我。79Please respect copyright.PENANAusisGNm02X
「我……打擾到你們了嗎?」79Please respect copyright.PENANAVSwfjJzUay
看著翠絲特臉上難掩的擔憂,我溫柔地摸了摸她的頭。79Please respect copyright.PENANAYRiF81BWsd
留聲機恰好嘎然而止。79Please respect copyright.PENANAzWUaeYZlTk
「沒事的,死神大人只是有點害羞罷了。」
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