這次就像是誤闖了童話故事裡的世界。454Please respect copyright.PENANAdjhc0v49vh
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兩旁皆是呈現動物形狀的樹木,天空上飄著棉花糖般蓬鬆的白雲。454Please respect copyright.PENANAR95059sNKy
地面隨處都可以見到盛開的花朵,形成一幅百花爭鳴的景象,空氣中還隱約聞得到茉莉花的香氣。454Please respect copyright.PENANA85ILwyaAus
原先是溫泉旅館座落的位置,如今變成了歐式風格的石造城堡,聳立在遙遠的前方。而我們就在這一直線通往城堡的大道上。454Please respect copyright.PENANAg9rEFuU2x2
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「這下可有趣了,居然連地形和建築物都能改變嗎。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAUBVL0ANgji
理查等到我靠近身邊時蹲了下來,用爪子摸了一遍舖於表面的石磚。454Please respect copyright.PENANAP4ObjqcCaL
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「還沒注意到嗎?普通的魔女之繭內頂多是依附著地勢成型,但這個可是把地形的法則給無視了啊。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAHo1vtqKYQl
「啊,說起來確實是這樣沒錯。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAkHehym6PDq
「不過這裡的概念本身還不夠強韌,稍加破壞一下就會瓦解,像這樣──」454Please respect copyright.PENANAjGDx5SPbzZ
唰地一聲,理查將長劍垂直插入石造的地面。454Please respect copyright.PENANA0qGIwO4hiM
拔起後意外地沒有留下坑洞,劍尖方才沒入的位置出現如同老舊電視般的雜訊。454Please respect copyright.PENANAb3IXDX6EVv
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「會發生這種情況,就表示蛹魔本身的魔力量異常地少,連這點破壞都無法立即修正的話,等級判定應該是在最弱的E等級左右。妳知道這代表什麼意思嗎?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAXcwIaNUMRp
我搖了搖頭。明明資料上寫的是等級A,現在理查卻說是最弱的等級E,這箇中的關聯性實在不是我能判讀的。454Please respect copyright.PENANA0t4xWemQdN
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「在比例上說不過去。既然情感衍生的概念強烈到能將人類捲入,理應有足以運轉這世界的魔力總量才對,但目前看來連維持都相當困難……相當矛盾啊。」454Please respect copyright.PENANA5elpiioOJM
理查重新站了起來,然後似乎非常在意似地,皺起眉頭望著城堡的方向。454Please respect copyright.PENANALmNld9Ovs3
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「所以現在的意思是……?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAGE2l1VK8rs
「我這麼說吧,明明裝設了超高速的引擎,然而所供給的燃料量卻不夠跑上半公里。這種力不從心的案例以少女來說十分罕見。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAoOzH1FQuP4
「唔,也就是本末倒置了對吧?」454Please respect copyright.PENANA2yD7frSIwQ
我總算明白理查的意思。原本就是因為魔力過多而造成感情的失控,如今卻反過來變成感情迫使魔力失控。454Please respect copyright.PENANAMWlobmzZ52
也就是說,這類型的魔女之繭根本就不應該存在才對。454Please respect copyright.PENANAIHxR6sl3Vy
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「那有要改變作戰計畫嗎,理查?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAmBUxJ08IKU
「還沒有必要,不論類型為何,再怎樣也只是蛹魔而已。就直接朝城堡突入吧,依我看來蛹魔和那兩人都在裡面,一樣以救援為最優先的任務。」454Please respect copyright.PENANALr6WN1FGPY
「真是的,既然這樣就早點說嘛。」454Please respect copyright.PENANANEhkyje2zv
我和理查在寬闊的大道上並肩跑了起來。454Please respect copyright.PENANA307F1mB27V
與先前那人魚的世界不同,盡收眼底的景物當中毫無任何會造成危險的存在,我暗自猜想防衛機制恐怕要到進入城堡後才會啟動。454Please respect copyright.PENANAQunpfprgHk
既然還有點時間,我決定趁現在將心中的疑惑一次問個清楚。454Please respect copyright.PENANASKEma1pCpX
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「……我說理查,為什麼我用手機查守護獸的資料,你的名字卻沒有登記在裡面?」454Please respect copyright.PENANA1OEfFzGZ7j
「什麼?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAdCKOJ1Ggch
理查像是感到意外地望著我。454Please respect copyright.PENANAOHk2iJJ6fm
我知道時機點並不是很洽當,但不弄清楚的話我就沒辦法放手去戰鬥。454Please respect copyright.PENANAIqPYizTHrq
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「嘿,什麼時候開始對我有產生興趣了,我就說妳們這些小女生整天腦子裡只想戀愛可不行啊。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAWFz8N4kLEy
「不要給我裝傻,正面回答我的問題。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAloFVvOi4zw
「哼,那種事情妳覺得我會知道嗎?我可是有好好按照規定遞交表格的啊。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAXRBiQ6WRJr
「但我看到的是截至上周更新的資料,沒道理會沒有你的名字啊。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAoY0CVuUpmR
「哦,是那個吧,公務員偶爾會出現的職業疏忽。所以別跟他們計較了,過幾個星期我的名字自然就會出現。」454Please respect copyright.PENANA3RTD0alAsK
理查自顧自地說著。然而,我注意到了一件事情。454Please respect copyright.PENANAhYJPKewWrN
究竟是從什麼時候就隱約察覺到了呢。454Please respect copyright.PENANAun0qfWh1EL
理查有個習慣,那就是當他在說謊的時候,總是會習慣性地避開我的視線。454Please respect copyright.PENANAwiBfwsYcjn
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「算了算了,你要用那種說法的話就隨便你!」454Please respect copyright.PENANA9uDNjxEuCY
說真的,感覺差到不行。454Please respect copyright.PENANAcfYmzCXRFv
明明應該是要向我好好解釋的情況,理查這傢伙居然不惜說謊都想要隱瞞。454Please respect copyright.PENANAsnry2Circr
……開什麼玩笑。454Please respect copyright.PENANAiiWWyr5BDv
如果守護獸是要處決繭化的魔法少女的存在,像這樣的傢伙我一點都沒辦法信賴!454Please respect copyright.PENANA1vdUSaHNTN
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「喂喂喂,慢著!妳衝這麼快是想要做什麼!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAlXpLtGDO0A
「反正是E級不是嗎,這種蛹魔我自己一個人去解決就夠了!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAxFGZNpoDMp
「現在不是鬧脾氣的時候,這個魔女之繭還有很多未知──」454Please respect copyright.PENANAFEgx7sMCf7
我一舉將增幅性能提升至最大,不顧理查的叫喚,將他遠遠地甩在後方。454Please respect copyright.PENANA5C0ZE9r84I
既然他不想說的話沒關係,那我也沒必要在意他的看法,這個蛹魔就照我自己的方式來處理……!454Please respect copyright.PENANAD7lPJxAYsG
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衝刺了好一段時間。454Please respect copyright.PENANAvXLPjq88Cy
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來到牢固的城門前時,立刻就察覺到從內側流出的異樣感。454Please respect copyright.PENANAtsJ0IkESUb
遠遠高過外界的魔力從縫隙滲漏出來。454Please respect copyright.PENANAI0XrEIEzdb
城門上面塗抹著詭異的顏色,就像是兒時不慎在水彩畫盤所混出骯髒顏料,夾雜著幾絲藍色與紅色,如同污泥般令人不悅的色澤。454Please respect copyright.PENANAvLnyClEK2m
但沒有停下來的必要,就這樣一股作氣突破──454Please respect copyright.PENANAlglzS0ZNN2
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「───喝啊啊啊!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAyaH4tzJxJm
我借助衝刺的力道,用迴旋踢一腳踹開厚重的城門,闖進城堡的大廳裡面。454Please respect copyright.PENANA8LQz093eg1
遠比想像中還要昏暗許多的大廳,讓剛從外界踏入的我花上好幾秒才能逐漸適應。454Please respect copyright.PENANAYw6KGm0nXv
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將近有四層樓高度的天花板。454Please respect copyright.PENANAsv0VP8fSgg
透過鑲嵌其上的馬賽克玻璃,被切割成五顏六色的光線投射下來。454Please respect copyright.PENANAtgB8uPD0pC
正前方中央,那直直延伸而上的王座前,坐著一名穿著寶藍色公主華服的長髮少女。454Please respect copyright.PENANAgLJ5AGyKMP
似乎完全沒有發現我的存在。454Please respect copyright.PENANAd4WhalJARy
低頭摀著臉啜泣的少女,她那如同瀑布般的長髮幾乎遮住了整張臉,所以從我這裡也沒辦法難以知曉她的身份。454Please respect copyright.PENANAB2qKz1Sc8F
然而,現在比起少女更需要警戒的,是在她身邊護衛的那兩隻巨大的龍類。454Please respect copyright.PENANAwWKqKmkgcZ
纖細的身軀,全身上下每一吋肌膚都被污泥色澤的騎士鎧甲所覆蓋,如同騎兵般站在王座兩側的生物,在第一時間就像是猛禽般轉頭瞪視過來。454Please respect copyright.PENANAilhbGRhFtP
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「嘰嘰嘰嘰嘰──!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAzqGrBvFRg4
伴隨讓人聯想到拖動桌椅的激烈撕啞聲,龍騎兵雙雙揚起那蛇類般的長頸衝了過來。454Please respect copyright.PENANA1JpuppFqDj
手中的武器皆是雙手大劍,從連接在那細身上如同竹竿的四肢估算,斬擊的範圍恐怕有三公尺以上吧,而且被夾擊的話對我也相當不利。454Please respect copyright.PENANAzVZjvQuMTq
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「既然如此……」454Please respect copyright.PENANAwBVRwrS1jF
我的左右兩側是通往環繞整座大廳二樓的階梯。454Please respect copyright.PENANAfLegj4LfNg
毫不猶豫就往上跑,算好距離後縱身一躍而下,藉由地勢之便從高處發動快攻。454Please respect copyright.PENANAuSXvrktTCM
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「嘰嘰嘰嘰嘰嘰嘰!!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAs2swgD6WjZ
果不其然,離我較近的龍騎兵將大劍向後一甩,準備直接將我從空中攔腰斬斷。454Please respect copyright.PENANAp6k9M2JcxZ
太過於單調的動作,分秒不差地沿著我預測的路徑畫出軌跡。454Please respect copyright.PENANAA3YeNPikVK
就在劍身即將觸碰我的腰身之際,我收起大動作的佯攻,宛如體操選手般抱起腿旋轉一圈,然後不偏不倚地站到他的長劍上。454Please respect copyright.PENANAyvBzGnee9v
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「那我就──」454Please respect copyright.PENANAeUdAOY9bR7
向前兩步。454Please respect copyright.PENANAWKnlXotEvI
我抓住試圖擺脫而不斷擺動的蛇頸,接著高高舉起拳頭朝後頸揮出──454Please respect copyright.PENANAy3aoI8wu2O
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「──先解決你這隻!!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAMxbov38m7w
金屬鎧甲的碎片爆裂。454Please respect copyright.PENANAjPPUsEQcT9
重重落下的一拳將整隻龍騎兵擊飛了出去,撞碎牆壁的同時,從後頸處散開了如同浦公英般的金色龍鬚。454Please respect copyright.PENANAEmPsomRz5A
相較之下,我這邊絲毫感受不到任何反作用力,穿著的緊身衣似乎將衝擊力完全吸收,只在拳頭上殘留下命中的實感。454Please respect copyright.PENANAiGYXdcRP0R
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「好,接下來輪到你了。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAmpSFpBcfyI
轉頭看向另一隻龍騎兵,而他手中的武器不知道什麼時候轉換成了長槍。454Please respect copyright.PENANAsy7exKUpMs
是打算採取保持距離的作戰方式吧,不過這種迂迴的作戰方式對我沒用,行為模式單調也就算了,單看速度的話上次的企鵝說不定都還比這東西還快上許多。454Please respect copyright.PENANArsGQiwjHnj
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「───」454Please respect copyright.PENANAPmHkCBlvIf
壓低重心,以貼近地面的姿勢朝著龍騎兵的方向衝刺。454Please respect copyright.PENANAdOLnnjiTzH
一切都要速戰速決。454Please respect copyright.PENANAmbe6oixyB9
王座上的蛹魔還沒反應過來之前,對我來說是絕佳的機會。454Please respect copyright.PENANAxX2FL5yInL
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「──呼!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAg1yJwPA4pH
側身閃避迎面而來的三連突刺。454Please respect copyright.PENANAemLrfRnQUo
龍騎兵不斷退後,是想保持住長槍在距離上的優勢吧。454Please respect copyright.PENANAM0OrgMpIr0
只不過,在嘗試第四次突刺的同時,已經順利掌握槍身長度的我避開槍尖,一把抓住槍桿的前端將他龐大的身軀扯了過來。454Please respect copyright.PENANAwZoYoV1db1
毫無防備的胸口就出現在眼前,在我從低位揮出上鉤重拳的瞬間──454Please respect copyright.PENANA4SbxgpB0PK
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「──!?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAk9siqo0fKO
一道金色的閃光忽然出現。454Please respect copyright.PENANAbbWBhXiS4E
僅僅用單手就接住了我的拳頭,與此同時還將龍騎兵給一腳踢飛到二樓的高度。454Please respect copyright.PENANAv91JSj5odB
不用說,出現的人當然是住在我家的那隻蜥蜴。454Please respect copyright.PENANAZXl6Jk7EVo
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「好危險啊,幸好同樣的招式對聖騎士不管用。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAhpGf04zLgM
不但妨礙別人辦事,還刻意扭著身子擺出一副帥氣的姿勢站著。454Please respect copyright.PENANAxjyZlXcrZM
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「理查!?你到底在搞什麼……!?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAPgisqVZ6WO
「哼,花了點時間,可我總算解開這個魔女之繭的謎題出在哪了。」454Please respect copyright.PENANACgxiFmybLj
「我才不管那些,我不是都說我一個人就夠了!讓開,我要先把你後面那隻給解決掉!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAd5a2RktVEv
「那可不行,而且我要將這句話如實奉還給妳。是妳說的吧,坐在那裡的蛹魔是那個叫什麼田中和枝來著的陰沉女人。我相當清楚妳無法對朋友下手,所以剩下的交給我就好。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAQUZk7ABpRZ
「你是說你要一個人應付嗎?別開玩笑了,你不是沒有任何戰鬥能力嗎?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAwgVki7znEC
在我和理查起爭執的這時候,先前臥倒在瓦礫之間的龍騎兵搖搖晃晃地站起,從歪斜的牆垣後以極不協調的步伐朝我們走來。454Please respect copyright.PENANAsVbBA16TSu
一道道裂痕從後頸處延伸到頭盔上,隨著他跨出的每一步,上頭的裂痕也逐漸加深。454Please respect copyright.PENANAD6TeHKwKy2
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「嘖,沒時間跟妳解釋這麼多了,妳立刻離開就是了!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAEyoDIOzK3N
注意到身後的動靜,理查轉過頭看向後方的同時對我如此說著。454Please respect copyright.PENANAFL5aXknwii
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「我不要!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAh0EAefXaPo
「給我聽話!現在離開的話還來得及!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAzvF9ctKtDu
「我就說不要啊!!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAoZckY7L916
被認為是賭氣也罷,現在的我就是不想遵照理查的方式去做。454Please respect copyright.PENANAQCbssyiheM
然而,這時候就連我也注意到,他身後那名龍騎兵的行為異常之處──454Please respect copyright.PENANAyZNIuxeSx9
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「救……救、救救……救……」454Please respect copyright.PENANApkMahTJYW5
發出與先前不同的乾枯聲音,對我們伸起了顫抖的爪子。454Please respect copyright.PENANAyUH1w2tquE
喀、維持結構到了極限的頭盔應聲碎裂,隱藏的樣貌從中曝露了出來。454Please respect copyright.PENANAXu6G6uY5Hi
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「別看──!!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAnr9BIVGk6U
等我意識到理查的話語時已經太遲了。454Please respect copyright.PENANAJtuxoJeOMv
在頭盔底下存在的是,佐伯美悠那被迫拉長而顯得變得像是蛇類的細長面孔。454Please respect copyright.PENANARKjVXZohHT
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「救、救我……救我、救救我……救救救我……」454Please respect copyright.PENANAXID5Vko1Gw
原先露出的那根本就不是什麼金色的龍鬚,而是佐伯那經過挑染的捲髮。454Please respect copyright.PENANAzxdWMWFkNU
就好像將螢幕上的圖片過度拉開進而造成的扁平狀態,佐伯從脖子到四肢都被延長到脫離人類的範疇。454Please respect copyright.PENANALRMb6LnLKN
理解到在那盔甲底下,有著被改造成像是肉色的妖龍一樣體態,我的胃袋就急劇地翻攪起來。454Please respect copyright.PENANA8xa2ezoUkN
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「嘔噁──咳、咳咳……!」454Please respect copyright.PENANAxeV1nGg0gS
一股噁心的感覺侵襲。454Please respect copyright.PENANAbIFcUxCx2z
我將頭盔上蓋掀起,就這樣跪在地上吐了出來,但是胃袋空空如也,只乾嘔出少許胃酸和唾液混合的穢物。454Please respect copyright.PENANATBCvJiLswC
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「所以我才要妳先回去,要接受這些對妳而言還太早了。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAuJUbgKZ7pd
在一旁的理查走過來輕拍了我的背部後,遞了一條折成方型的手帕給我。454Please respect copyright.PENANAS2Z7bCTlAU
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「先把嘴巴擦一擦。看到自己朝夕相處的同學變這副模樣,就算是有經驗的魔法少女也難以承受。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAleNS5vAcNO
「咳,難道說……另一隻龍騎兵是……」454Please respect copyright.PENANAvWW0tTE6bl
「另一條母狗吧。這次蛹魔的能力多半是和『延展』有關,不論是地形還是建築物,甚至是人類也好,都隨她的喜好而被任意延展了。而她控制人類的手段就如妳所見,利用不斷延展收縮包覆在外側的金屬,進而達到迫使其服從的目的。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAYbEZu05yaS
「為什麼……田中同學要做到這種地步……」454Please respect copyright.PENANA5qAI4qh1dY
那到底是怎樣的恨意才會造就這樣的世界。454Please respect copyright.PENANAtoVi8pCFIj
雖然我確實是不能明白她被欺負的痛苦,但她的身邊也是有關心她的人不是嗎。454Please respect copyright.PENANAoHmNZCqU0d
不管是小希或是靜美,只要她願意尋求協助,哪怕是一次也好,就絕對不會演變成今天的情況。454Please respect copyright.PENANAp3xKkSrDKJ
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「───」454Please respect copyright.PENANAwAAJHcYUeo
理查只是靜靜聽著,並沒有再多說些什麼。454Please respect copyright.PENANAdZzP81PCIm
然後,他緩緩地抬起頭,拔出長劍面對著那位於高處的王座。454Please respect copyright.PENANAKDuUFvAONW
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「啊啊,看樣子來不及了,蛹魔已經發現我們的存在,做好面對一切的心理準備吧。」454Please respect copyright.PENANAHpYw9Z0VIy
「用不著你說,我還沒有脆弱到只有這點程度……」454Please respect copyright.PENANAOn2QmogTMi
然而,彷彿在等待時機給我最後一擊般。454Please respect copyright.PENANAe82D3wob0B
就在我撐著膝蓋站起來的時候,王座上的那個先一步說話了──454Please respect copyright.PENANALjTl0WpawU
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「……由加?」454Please respect copyright.PENANA9w2yR51bSV
瞬間,脊椎就像是被硬生生替換成冰涼的鐵棒一樣。454Please respect copyright.PENANABRW2PSTiq9
那個細微的聲音,穿越了廣闊的大廳,貫穿了我的耳膜以及全身上下所連結的神經。454Please respect copyright.PENANARrfu9XPxNb
思考停止了。454Please respect copyright.PENANANGVq5K5xwd
我就這樣驚訝地抬起頭,望著已經從王座上站起來的公主───454Please respect copyright.PENANAblleEHdPtZ
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「……小、希?」454Please respect copyright.PENANAoL6991BUlf
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魔法少女由加
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