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隨後的幾天，我幾乎都待在〈白城〉城堡花園摸熟四周的環境。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxCVt40CMN
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等到我對這座花園的地形瞭若指掌後，我向王子殿下的貼身女侍——吉莎小姐——借了鏟子和其他工具，並且向她表示我想重整花園的意願。她一言不發就同意我的請求，甚至還派了幾名侍女協助我進行翻土作業。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1oRjg9y3ut
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雖然吉莎小姐講話的口吻總是冷冰冰的，還時常對身旁的人或事物做出尖酸刻薄的評論，但我卻能在許多小地方感覺得到她的細心，就像她替我們準備餐點時所展現出的專注和洞察力一樣。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUrVsUCdPw
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某天早上，殿下起床後正好去外頭做野獸人宗教的晨間禮拜，而我則一個人待在房間內對至尊陛下做晨禱。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuOsFCboo7
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過了一會後，房門被打開的聲音傳入我耳中。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKzg9kF2iz
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框啷！423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqrlji4gf6
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清脆的撞擊聲隨之響起。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhANZCbvcf1
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框啷！423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0tlzOl7HnB
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我光用聽的就曉得來者的身分。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0uznEjGKj
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「早安，吉莎小姐。」我抬起頭朝聲音來源的方向打招呼。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPi3FAYAm5A
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據說吉莎的腰上系著一條皮製腰帶，腰上還掛著兩只小陶杯以及一個銅製壺器，裡頭總是裝著殿下愛喝的飲料。每當她走動一步，掛在腰間上的陶杯就隨之震動，發出叮叮噹噹的清脆聲響。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRSEK816yP
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「請用早點，海倫娜閣下。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9NnCy4dU2
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吉莎缺乏抑揚頓挫的嗓音自我面前響起，隨即傳來的則是陶碗與陶盤擺在地面時發出的清脆聲響。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfgdq897OB
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「不好意思，吉莎小姐。」我對她說：「我就不享用餐點了。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BSLugqc5S
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「喔，這又跟人類的宗教有關了？聽說叫做暴食罪啥的......除了病人或勞動階級之外，普通人不應該吃早餐。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt50MafqLJ
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「妳言重了。我們修女在隱修院內時常得做體力活，所以起床晨禱後會吃點東西果腹。出於宗教因素而禁用早餐一事其實是誤傳，最近也越來越多人習慣在早上吃東西了。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQW4FGRh8N
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「可是奧絲雅閣下一開始很反對吃早餐，當初是我和殿下好說歹說她才接受的。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4m9bKat0eT
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「她原本就是一名貴族，而且還是來自非常傳統保守的貴族家庭，因此不吃早餐相當符合她的身分地位。」我向吉莎解釋：「但您這裡提供的恐怕皆是宮廷料理，我身為至修女不該食用那麼精緻奢華的食物。我吃我自己帶來的麵包就好。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwKQWHtlX3
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「請放心，我特別為海倫娜閣下準備了符合您原本『身分地位』的食物。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZyK6cypXr
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「咦？這話的意思是——」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxs6gqkVHc9
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「您品嚐一口便知，直接用手取食即可。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgZ9OO8CmI
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我伸出手，摸到一種薄如聖體餅的扁形麵包，放進嘴裡咀嚼時平淡無味，適度軟嫩的餅皮卻不會乾硬得難以下嚥。吉莎還同時準備了添加奶酪和酸奶飲料，替這道菜增添一點風味。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRMe36jIdv
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「請問還合您的胃口嗎，海倫娜閣下？」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvADsvrUIwt
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「非常美味。」我誠實以對，「這餅的味道樸素得宛如黑麥麵包，卻又帶有一股異國風情。我從未吃過這種東西。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxhxignScc
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「這是獸族常吃的一種家常餅，通常他們會佐以肉湯汁、鷹嘴豆泥或芝麻醬等配料搭配著吃。獨自食用的話它的口感稍嫌單調，不過正好符合您的需求。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70SUDH78qB
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「是的，我想這種食物應該不會......違背赤足修院的教義。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyNpK7hmTD
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「我當然也會準備您過去在修道院吃的麵包或蔬果，午餐或晚餐則提供清淡的白米粥或肉粥配青菜沙拉。但我勸您最好開始習慣獸族的飲食習慣，畢竟您現在有一半的身分是殿下的母獅。請您別忘記這一點。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBycrnlPnlw
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「我知道了，謝謝妳這麼費心。」我深深地點頭致意，說：「想必王子殿下待人時展現出來的細心之舉，鐵定是從吉莎小姐那耳濡目染學來的。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9bvLFLULp
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「哼，如果您這麼當面稱讚王子殿下，那孩子會得意忘形起來，尾巴啪噠啪噠地甩來甩去。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZIF2FT0PsN
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嗯？我記得奧絲雅也說過同樣的話。我暗暗心想著，獅子尾巴有那麼惹人注目嗎？真讓人好奇。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKc2hdk5na
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「總之，我就不打擾您用餐。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YqFA4HCdD
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語畢，陶杯之間的撞擊聲再度響起。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvldM9cPEO
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這次它是逐漸離我遠去，代表吉莎正要離開房間。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyV7z23xqg
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「對了，吉莎小姐。」我出聲叫住她。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6cd2eYOKy
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「請問有什麼吩咐嗎？」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClcEgJksVk
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「這麼問或許有些唐突——」我猶豫了幾秒，接著才開口問道：「您有什麼希望得到或期望的事物嗎？」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72cNuPKrSk
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「假如殿下順利成為獸族帝國的皇帝，我就感到謝天謝地了。」她立刻回答我。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vCGj34Fi5
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「有沒有更加私人一點的東西呢？」我再問。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoMX2soyhR
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「假如殿下的行為更可靠一點，我就不會這麼累了。」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZJD2M6Nfh
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吉莎的期望之物感覺跟殿下有所關聯，看來她真的很在乎對方！423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMUoZD29jo
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「真要說的話......孩子......吧？」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A4jGerXkR
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沉默了一會兒，吉莎才以淡淡的口吻低語。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbWi93zo49
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聽見這個回答，我不由地露出微笑。看來她就跟其他普通女孩子一樣，渴望著美滿的家庭人生。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9WLdbs3IY
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緊接著，兩只陶杯輕碰彼此的聲音重新迴盪起來，吉莎卻仍在喃喃自語著，不過我幾乎快聽不見她模糊的聲音了。423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT1jnpQktR
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所以——423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhpa9IyYYyV
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「假如妳和奧絲雅能懷上王子殿下的孩子，也許能讓他更成熟一點。呵呵呵......」423Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXJBAA1z8k
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所以，這句意義不明話我大概是聽錯了吧？
然後按「加至主畫面」