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。94Please respect copyright.PENANA0UqpVuPQ7E
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAB2xxw9oxP6
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAjkMCvjCsOm
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANA8D9AUxZVwa
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAWEiOiGwKp7
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――94Please respect copyright.PENANAxLIqDLDPBV
「辛苦你了,塔娜。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAWrBbUHZlBc
最終,我還是率先開口。94Please respect copyright.PENANAbKzml80W60
而塔娜只是略微點頭。94Please respect copyright.PENANASavpzwf8CC
望著她的反應,我忍不住嘆了口氣,隨即起身,走至她的面前。94Please respect copyright.PENANA2FvKMBawf7
――接著摘下了她的骷髏面具。94Please respect copyright.PENANAdhbfYJe7t3
面具底下,是一張標緻卻陰鬱的面龐。94Please respect copyright.PENANAmwn5OfJz50
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAkfBG0aIDyd
「歡迎回來。」94Please respect copyright.PENANATP0ySSrh2D
「……我回來了。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAFSLBgQdfEa
她有些不情願地別開視線,回應如同滴落靜水的點點露珠。94Please respect copyright.PENANAJie4snD2NK
※94Please respect copyright.PENANAs8ItVKYJK7
死神。94Please respect copyright.PENANAuxDf8NWq1i
多麼令人畏懼的名諱。94Please respect copyright.PENANAjdtyMe640a
不僅是對於人,同時也對於神。94Please respect copyright.PENANAxUANoumJXc
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANApLuPujOlf8
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」。94Please respect copyright.PENANAW3bXSLNkhs
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAfoBKxuTggD
她緊繃的神情似乎鬆懈了不少。94Please respect copyright.PENANAdq9vtIawmX
取而代之的,是纖細而柔弱的啜泣。94Please respect copyright.PENANAzV6lp95yL0
我默默站在她的身旁,讓音樂調劑她疲憊不堪的情緒。94Please respect copyright.PENANADuX7ySqxjk
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAS6g05SzJ7z
「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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANALOePEZxrUW
「……那你呢?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAlmiMxlps4m
塔娜怯生生地抬起頭,紅腫的雙眸似乎在盼望著些什麼。94Please respect copyright.PENANA12MR6akqzD
我莞爾一笑,彎下腰,親吻了她的額頭。94Please respect copyright.PENANAo7NEvtaiRq
「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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAkeosA6tOm6
聽完我的答覆,塔娜這才放下心來,臉上也浮現靦腆的笑靨。94Please respect copyright.PENANAKse2eHFn6z
――這樣老實的模樣不是挺可愛的嗎?94Please respect copyright.PENANAHMfd82sczJ
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAxiBmmuz1V3
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANADKchclhran
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAMZRXlPj8dW
「那麼,我先走了。」94Please respect copyright.PENANA0bnx41GCbi
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAZVrydm40iG
翠絲特愣愣地望著死神的消失,又看向我。94Please respect copyright.PENANAk74xS6YOjm
「我……打擾到你們了嗎?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAef6T36F706
看著翠絲特臉上難掩的擔憂,我溫柔地摸了摸她的頭。94Please respect copyright.PENANAgliqlryqLX
留聲機恰好嘎然而止。94Please respect copyright.PENANAYAWEjHEKDr
「沒事的,死神大人只是有點害羞罷了。」
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