『涅澤爾大人,您真的希望我帶這個人類一起飛嗎?』554Please respect copyright.PENANAzJHdvPijRG
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在鍋盤逐漸被清空的同時,白龍的魔力波自窗外傳來,先前牠待在廚房,勇者到來後又從廚房的窗戶飛到院子裡,待在屋內人看不見的死角默默觀察塔裡的情況,涅澤爾知道這一點,也任由牠去。554Please respect copyright.PENANAd8RgVv8gEI
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『看你的意思,你覺得呢?』554Please respect copyright.PENANAq05LeqGyqx
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巫師在另兩人埋頭苦吃的空檔回道,坐在院子裡的白龍甩著尾巴,降雨過後的泥地被牠劃出漏斗狀的痕跡。554Please respect copyright.PENANAFD6hI6ty1H
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『我不想。我不想帶他們任何人飛,涅澤爾大人。』牠頓了一下,『我們可以把萵苣先生留下來呀,涅澤爾大人現在喜歡萵苣先生了吧?你們是朋友了,所以萵苣先生可以一直留在這裡。』554Please respect copyright.PENANAWguHGKoQQH
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『萵苣可不認為我們是朋友喔,小白。』巨龍的提議只換來涅澤爾的輕笑,這並不是龍樂見的反應,牠還想再說些什麼,巫師又道:『勇者你不想帶就算了,萵苣是一定要送回去的,能麻煩你抱著波可嗎?』554Please respect copyright.PENANACzH7D6GkVE
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『為什麼要趕走萵苣先生呢?』若白龍是個人,現在肯定眉頭緊皺,『涅澤爾大人不是喜歡人類嗎?我們可以把他留下來,讓他永遠住在這裡,波可可以一起待著。如果他想要狗,我還可以去抓很多狗。』554Please respect copyright.PENANAE9T68ien9C
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『你讓他待在這裡要做什麼?』554Please respect copyright.PENANAy86PypC69O
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『當作新的小王子呀。』554Please respect copyright.PENANAo170Q3aDdh
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『萵苣可是一直想回家的喔。』554Please respect copyright.PENANAXRKSbU70Y4
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『那又不重要。』554Please respect copyright.PENANAFOyPcG3i6p
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白龍看不見塔裡巫師的苦笑,但能從他傳遞的魔力波動感覺得出涅澤爾心底的無奈,『那很重要喔,如果我們真的是朋友的話。』554Please respect copyright.PENANANdNPmmgBn9
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『可是──』白龍絞盡腦汁想找出能說服對方的詞彙,『亨利先生不來了之後涅澤爾大人很難過,要是放走萵苣先生,這樣涅澤爾大人又會難過的。』554Please respect copyright.PENANAtpILkchSnc
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『不會。』涅澤爾的語調如緩緩下墜的羽毛,又輕又柔,『他只會讓我確信一切都過去了。』554Please respect copyright.PENANA1dQKt8McGw
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總算清空所有的盤子以後,霍金都覺得食物已經快從喉嚨漫出來了,而凱莉卻是一臉滿足。554Please respect copyright.PENANAOsR1Q2ljXl
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耀眼的陽光即將轉變成夕陽,吃飽喝足的兩人才休息不到十分鐘,他就聽見巫師對勇者問道:554Please respect copyright.PENANAeRQHIeHjwD
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「勇者小姐應該不怕高吧?」554Please respect copyright.PENANA48rr0tWWNI
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「身為勇者,理當無所畏懼。」554Please respect copyright.PENANAuKCaJ38jt5
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「那麼,妳是否要在啟程之前,去向妳的同伴道別?」554Please respect copyright.PENANALa0BXwRfFm
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聞言,凱莉表情一僵,霍金驀地想起波可腿上的槍傷,他無法肯定這人是不是攻擊波可的兇手、畢竟人每天都會換衣服,可是既然她說了母后派一群勇者進駐鴉之森,那先前傷害波可的人很可能也是勇者。554Please respect copyright.PENANAw3J230GJHx
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凱莉微微低頭,恭敬地回答:「不了,我們彼此之間並無交情,稱不上同伴。」554Please respect copyright.PENANAsfh9UVIc05
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「那妳的意思是說,妳不認識其他勇者囉?」554Please respect copyright.PENANAnn5Ow3IyL9
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「我們只是萍水相逢。」凱莉謹慎地回答,霍金兩眼眨也不眨地盯著她看,他知道假如她想說謊,那麼馬上就會被涅澤爾看穿。554Please respect copyright.PENANAOsrWBDh64i
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原先單手撐頭的巫師雙手離開桌面,整個人緩緩靠向椅背,「那麼,假如王子殿下同意的話,我們就回宮吧?」554Please respect copyright.PENANAlolyoBXX74
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霍金站了起來,他很想問巫師是不是刺探出了什麼,但現在並不是發問的好時機,他也不可能把勇者留在廚房去外面和涅澤爾單獨談話,於是只得先宣佈前往王宮。554Please respect copyright.PENANAT26TJ5wUSv
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三人一犬走向頂樓,霍金領在前頭,波可走在他與凱莉之間,涅澤爾殿後。554Please respect copyright.PENANAXyndljUYjK
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霍金想著那發子彈、想著森林裡的勇者、想著許久未見的王宮,直到看見塔頂的天空,風吹打著他的臉,霍金才恍然意識到、這或許是他最後一次走那道樓梯。假若真的返回宮中,他很可能再也不會見到這座塔,這座有器靈、有白龍、有巫師,與他的生活沒有任何交集的高塔。554Please respect copyright.PENANAJp5MTTEPk8
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波可走到頂樓中央,碩大的龍頭從女兒牆後方探了出來,白龍的上半身攀住牆垣,就在霍金走到天空下時,牠張開了嘴:554Please respect copyright.PENANA7MnugxkUc5
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「我有話要問萵苣先生,」554Please respect copyright.PENANAJIGzDXumNb
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「什麼事?」霍金在心底暗叫不妙,他可不能讓小白在勇者面前亂講話。554Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6ZCT9kSJy
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「你還會再回來這裡嗎?」554Please respect copyright.PENANAlKLYYU2X1F
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白龍一語中的,其實他也不曉得自己想不想與煩人的巫師永別,但他隱約知道父王八成欠了某人一堆人情……「如果涅澤爾希望的話,我是有可能再回來。」這麼說應該既貼合現況、又不會觸怒白龍、也不會在勇者面前顯得很奇怪。554Please respect copyright.PENANAaTu3ARTURT
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「你說的是可能,萵苣先生。」554Please respect copyright.PENANAnCP5XHjEO3
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還有外人在,他可不能隨便答話,而且他總覺得要是一個弄不好,小白說不定就不肯帶波可回家了,霍金想了想回道:554Please respect copyright.PENANA76pxrLfTm6
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「可能代表『突發狀況或既定事項之外的情形』,例如,他要是在有重臣會議的時候找我,我自然抽不開身,或者波可在我們約定的日子生病了,我當然得留下來照顧牠。」554Please respect copyright.PENANAaShR2xIIiw
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白龍似乎被他說服了,牠朝前攤開雙爪,伸到獵犬腳邊,「那麼,我希望之後還能看到你,萵苣先生。請讓波可上來吧,還有那位人類。」554Please respect copyright.PENANAZRh3lWFwPy