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一開始，我本以為城堡花園只是需要清理什麼的，應該不太需要費大太的力氣去照顧。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PnjNYjg8Y
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沒想到才剛剛踏入這片花園，我就察覺到一絲不對勁。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUfcN0L0e6
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儘管時值冬季，更重要的是我看不見任何事物——我仍然能清楚感受到被稱作為花園的這片空間，正瀰漫著一股難以忽視的死寂之氣。這不單單是樹木或花草在冬天枯萎時所散發的氣味，而是這裡除了雜草外幾乎沒有其他植物還活著著的味道，令我微微皺起鼻子。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXd2hsrRYQd
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我赤裸的的雙腳踩在花園內的土地上，然而從腳底板傳來並非草地的柔軟，而是異常乾硬的土壤。就連沒有園藝經驗的人都知道，任何花草都無法在這種土壤中呼吸，很容易就會爛根死掉。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0FA7VGEyd
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「明明是城堡內最重要的花園，卻這麼疏於照顧。」我單手撫著臉頰，無奈地嘆了一口氣。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8TfNifPmK
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假如以前奧絲雅有辦法整頓這座城堡的話，她絕對不會容許這種事情發生。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8PSKuUOc2
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但是就我的理解，過去幾年她一直都是埃爾多迪家族的法謬拉，更白話點是依附於純正貴族底下的低階貴族。奧絲雅既然沒有發號施令的權力，自然無法擅自指示修繕〈白城〉。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsk1h6OtypT
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直到現在——303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qDHF2HeEb
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沙沙！303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevUjhRdpZO
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正當我沉浸於自己的思緒之際，我聽見枝葉搖擺的微弱聲響從不遠處傳來。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOme0bxzLwU
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我拄著用來導盲的手杖慢慢向前走了一小段路，然後將它舉起來晃了幾下，手杖的尾端碰到了十足堅硬的物體。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IvvpOiY9C
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那是一棵巨大的橡樹。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsRQyV5hhI
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「殿下，您正躲在樹上，對不對？」我抬起頭說道。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6m7kKQNKB
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「居然被發現了！」位於我的頭頂上，響起了一名小男孩的嗓音：「為什麼海倫娜找得到我？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacyo37VhGA
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「氣味……殿下身上的。殿下身上有一股非常獨特的味道。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0nvT6CAll
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「妳又不是犬類獸族，這怎麼可能嘛！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZrHnTaCPK
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「不只味道，還有聲音喔。您的爪子抓在樹皮上的細微聲音，我也聽得一清二楚。您待在上面做什麼？」我問。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ELTUU4n0W
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「奧絲雅叫我來幫妳認識新環境，所以我就爬到樹上等妳過來。而且我也挺喜歡待在樹上睡懶覺嘛。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaDQvuXNbsx
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「原來是這樣。」我點了點頭。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNjC3AiEu8
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「話說回來，海倫娜也知道獸族的手上有爪子嗎？妳明明看不見任何東西......啊，抱歉。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCLm3VInHu
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「沒關係，我對於動物還是有基本認知的。」我說，完全不會感到生氣：「雖然我沒親眼見過貓咪，但也聽別人講過獅子就是體型比較大的貓。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKFdRzqfOm
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「哪有一樣，獅子比貓強多了！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD7bRjTWsD
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「現在回想起來，我記得有次修道院內偷溜進來一隻小貓咪，牠自己爬到樹上後卻害怕得下不來，最後是由奧絲雅爬上樹將小貓抱下來的。當時她被姆姆念了一頓，說什麼修女不該爬樹。話又說回來，殿下您該不會也......」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoqX9J0Q4o
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「我才沒有自己爬到樹上卻又怕得下不來雖然小時候確實發生過一次！」他很快地說出這一長串句子，看來內心是真的有點害怕呢。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cwik4hsPq
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緊接著，我聽到一陣唏唏酥酥的摩擦聲響，殿下似乎正小心翼翼從樹幹上爬下來，而且速度極為緩慢。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfU4XNZ5II
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我耐心地等待他來到我面前。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSirE7NsCE
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「殿下，您的手臂是不是受傷了？」我問。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQfJdukLae
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「咦，真的耶！應該是剛剛爬樹時被樹枝劃傷的。妳是怎麼發現的？」他反問我。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQlI8nKOOC
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「只有周圍有誰受傷或生病，我多半可以感覺得出來。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PCISCE5sU
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「這種事情辦得到嗎？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIg5JgoBJC
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「我不只擁有非常敏銳的聽覺和嗅覺，甚至能夠感受到生命受到傷害時的生命流動。我猜想這能力或許也包含在天主賜予我的禮物在內吧？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevrupiY4nO
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「海倫娜好厲害喔，簡直比貓貓狗狗還要厲害！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1L5F503VL
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王子的稱讚雖然有些微妙，不過他發自內心的純真嗓音並沒有讓我感到冒犯。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEc9v4nXgX
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「請伸出手來，殿下。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qsiUb0HCz
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「海倫娜，妳該不會......」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuey4OveDQ
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我輕觸那一隻毛茸茸的手臂，緊接著一股溫暖的暖流從我的身體內部流向對方的身體，我彷彿還能看見難以形容、無法言喻的神祕光輝自「空無一物」的視野中閃現。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEy8yiXhxEn
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過了十幾秒後，這一切才平息下來。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfSDkZV5hS
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「哇喔，傷口消失不見了！」殿下驚嘆道。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwesdKQX7v
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「是的，我剛剛用了上帝的禮物治療了您的傷口......唔嗯。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBrWVG1giO
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我忍不住摸起自己右手臂一處，從那裡傳來陣陣痛如刀割般的刺痛感。那份劇痛促使我放開手中的拐杖，任由它掉在地面上。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73ORWPfEBm
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自從我小的時候，我便發現自己擁有治療他人傷口或病症的能力。我能夠在近乎轉瞬間將傷口復原(至少這是我的理解範圍)，然而副作用是這些傷勢的傷痛會回饋到我的身體上，甚至比原有的傷勢還要強烈許多。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhvztPvMDO
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「海倫娜妳做什麼啦！」王子殿下對我喊道：「那種傷口舔舔就會好了，妳幹嘛要不經同意幫我治療啦？妳看妳現在痛得連拐杖都拿不好！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT4aeG1Ttx
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「這種苦痛我忍受得了。」我回答。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEyP9w6fy6U
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「海倫娜是笨蛋，這跟受苦受難是兩回事！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjViQK62yhb
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「殿下，您以為修行刻苦不需要聰明是錯的。」我說：「小小的擦傷都可能引起其他嚴重的病症，我就曾在修道院中就見過這種案例。如今您避免小病成大病的風險，我又能讓自己承擔苦痛，豈不是兩全其美的作法？喔，請賜予我更多痛苦吧！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZbvx6qHt1
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「......我只覺得妳在講歪理耶。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuscj8a0zH
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正當我要蹲下身子撿起手杖的時候，毛茸茸的觸感溫柔地裹住了我的右手。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbhgqns3nv
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「殿下？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSfwSIp1Oa
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「為了安全起見，我牽著妳好了。」王子殿下說：「這座花園的地面到處都凹凸不平的，走起來很顛簸，我怕妳會摔倒。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUiMOzOXIZ
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我下意識想把手抽回來，王子殿下卻把我的手握得緊緊的，讓我不禁聯想起奧絲雅，不過那毛毛觸感又完全不一樣。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLCgJqsIIp
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「根據戒律所示，修女不該在大眾廣停下跟別人牽手。」我說。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDet6Xoaza
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「可是妳和奧絲雅晚上都陪我躺在床上睡覺了，牽個手沒什麼吧？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPOxiby7C6
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「那......那是......私底下這麼做的話，不會有其他人看到的。況且躺在床上跟您入睡，最初的目的便是暖床，還有為奧絲雅分擔一些責任。這些皆是極為正當的理由。但、但是.....在大眾廣下牽手的話，實在是不成體統......」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIQRizNJdf
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「我不要。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfiloMEz0D
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然而，殿下卻當場拒絕我。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5YRWtlfCs
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「海倫娜的安全才是最重要的。」他說。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhDAYGDZAk
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「萬物活在世上，都是由天主決定他必須去行的道路。若是我在花園裡跌倒了，那也肯定是天主的安排，也許這一次的摔跤有著我們都無法透析的含意。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCm7PDmLT0
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「如果要這說的話，那我現在牽起妳的手讓妳不跌倒，不至於受到不必要的苦痛，是否同樣屬於妳口中神明的安排？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKq7kqhRdi
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這時我從殿下那抽回手來，十指交握擺出祈禱的手勢。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QWCbSonXe
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「可是您試想看看，不停地在跌倒、起身、跌倒的人生中，弄得自己渾身是傷、疼痛不已。但您卻能從中體會到上帝的考驗。喔~至尊陛下呀，請多多賜予我痛苦的考驗吧！啊，我跟幾位女騎士聊過，大家都曾以為自己會遭到獸人『咕，殺了我！』的對待。聽說那是充滿著苦難的一條路，或許能夠請殿下在我身上施展看看......」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJUvI6l7rG
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「不妙、太不妙了！妳的臉頰不只微微泛紅，身體還輕輕顫抖起來。果然還是牽著妳的手好了，我都差點忘了海倫娜妳是個超級受虐狂！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUusXQE21F
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殿下再度抓住我的手，語氣中還有一種慌慌張張的口吻；他是在害怕什麼呢？303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjnujLRYAb
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「況且我是個獸族喔，獸族！人類宗教的價值觀不適用於我。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghdhFfuKMi
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在我得以反駁之前，這名獸人王子已經牽起我的手。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeM9zw135rm
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「過來吧，我帶妳認識這座花園。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxydYcSJe4
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看來這位王子殿下在某方面相當固執己見，這點跟奧絲雅幾乎是一模一樣呢！
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在接下來一段時間內，王子殿下一邊牽著我的手，一邊試著解釋花園內的空間有哪些障礙物，或是哪些可以種植花草的地方。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VwgnuJIFw
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「看來得先從最基本的翻土著手了......」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1oZ6fwJ8d
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藉由殿下的描述以及我親手觸摸的結果看來，這座花園的問題比我想像中的嚴重多了，看來只能從最基本的翻土開始做起。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6NKXlhHh5
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另一方面，殿下的手不只帶具有動物毛髮般的毛絨與溫暖，手掌內還有著......肉墊之類的東西？當他牽起我的手時，柔軟、細膩且具有彈性的奇異觸感立刻就包覆住我的手，一股奇妙的安心感油然而生。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFUP0zb5eX
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「這就是男孩子的手嗎？......不不不，這是野獸人的手。既然對方是野獸人，那就不包含在戒律內了。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojqS6pfmlz
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「海倫娜，妳在自言自語些什麼？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAwLvX7ARPo
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「對，我只是在握貓掌罷了！只是一隻貓、只是一隻貓.....」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwXx8gaqrC
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「啥？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gMKyUM3sm
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為了分散注意力，我向殿下談些自己熟悉的話題；內容當然多半跟奧絲雅有關。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQu13zuZ9WJ
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「剛才治療您傷口的時候，讓我回憶起小時候與奧絲雅相處的時刻。」我說。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYD3OQeidG
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「小時候？喔，對呀！妳之前曾說過她老是把自己弄得全身是傷，必須時常替她療傷。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5Jt0IH7mH
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「奧絲雅從以前就靜不下來。爬樹受傷、跑步跌倒受傷、為了保護我而打架受傷......」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruxpznMhiY
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想起孩童時期的事情，我不禁莞爾一笑。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZpYNSSMI0
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「如此一來，妳豈不是得常常承受治療她傷口的疼痛嗎？」這時殿下停下腳步問我。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00vML1Gf3o
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「奧絲雅跟您一樣不喜歡我使用『奇蹟』，即使我說沒關係了她仍然拒絕讓我治療。所以我除了偶爾替她治療一些衣服遮不住的傷外，不讓姆姆看見後總是發火。大多數時候我都只是簡單做些包紮。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41RzUOP18a
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「原來海倫娜也懂得醫術！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Xq4fn7Sow
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「我只是懂一點皮毛，而且還必須有人從旁協助才行。」我輕輕搖頭說：「姆姆才是真正能幹且博學多聞的人。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyU8ioMNF4d
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「那個可怕的老女人啊，她真的很可怕耶。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8wZ0lMAEV
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「姆姆確實嚴厲了點，但那都是為我們好。在他的教導之下我們每個人都學到了很多，這些都是無可取代的知識。當然，奧絲雅也教會我許多事情。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoRMfOeuz2
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不知不覺中，我又開始聊起當初與奧絲雅的生活趣事，以及在修道院中從姆姆身上學到的事情。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEawL5VLK2a
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「海倫娜，妳說來說去都是再說其他人的事情，我感覺你的身上總有一種都在為別人著想的感覺耶？妳就沒有自己想要的東西嗎？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbvMnfrJTiE
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王子殿下忽然問了個奇怪的問題。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOyL8r0KCLf
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「我想要的東西？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV3ZcEdLc9
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「對呀！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHApsiNyg3H
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我想了一下後很快地回答：「我希望周遭的人們都能健健康康，平平安安的生活。尤其奧絲雅能獲得幸福，而殿下也能夠順利地統治領地......」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbWjh8h7f0
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「不不不，這些都還是跟別人有關啦！」不知為何，王子殿下的語氣聽起來不大滿意。他又問了我一次：「我問的是妳自己想要的，和其他人沒關係呀！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlW4G9e4ovR
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「我希望至尊陛下賜與我更多痛苦和磨難，讓我更加——」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4skOJWLbv
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「齁喲，我不是這個意思啦！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzsZptnZb9
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王子殿下當場打斷我，我還聽見他原地跺了跺腳的聲響；獸人腳掌踩在地面的聲音果然跟人類不同呢。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGKEYGHfNdh
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「也不對嗎？那您是期望聽到什麼樣的答案，殿下？」我反問對方。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIP1sj265ZE
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「總之不能與他人有關連，也不可以是受苦受害之類的鬼東西。這必須是妳私自希望得到，而且會讓海倫娜你自己開心的事物。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO19dyJ44fO
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只讓自己感到開心的......事物......？303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MhhTzxKlU
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「很抱歉吶，殿下。我一時間想不出來。」我一隻手撫在臉頰上，想必正露出極為困惑的神情。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWo8tIIrcv
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「妳不需要感到抱歉啦，我也只是隨口問問......啊，我想到了！妳乾脆趁著這個機會尋找自己真心想要的事物吧！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw4hSSYqSq
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我聽見一條物體在空氣間『呼咻、呼咻』地甩來甩氣的聲響，難不成那就是奧絲雅口中說的獅子尾巴嗎？303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jen5e5Xv9
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「反正妳都加入我的獅群，成為我的母獅了。只要是妳想要而且我又負擔得起的，我都可以給妳喲！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JBxXWaUre
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王子殿下現在的情緒非常高昂，我也不好拒絕他的好意。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskOdF9WtWC
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「我知道了。」因此我回答：「如果我想到什麼的話，我會向殿下報告的。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIOj53kSgG
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「好耶！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAzYZsAy1o
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「殿下似乎很高興的模樣。」我問他：「這是為什麼？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9lRU1TrMq
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「在古代獅群之中，母獅想要做啥就做啥、雄獅根本管不著。由於雙方分工明確，導致他們平時少有交集，就連現代雄獅都不會積極贈與母獅禮物。不過奧絲雅和妳我的第一個與第二個母獅，所以我希望主動做些什麼。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZUR1mbHFzD
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「就跟您執意牽著我的手一樣嗎？」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFCB6iWnGe
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「當然囉，我不想要妳受傷呀！」殿下想都沒想就回答我：「吉莎曾告訴過我，那種口口聲聲將溫柔掛在嘴上的傢伙，就跟那些說溫柔沒用的一樣糟糕，這兩種人其實都刻薄到極點。因此身為一頭領導獅群的雄獅，我要藉由實際行動來保護母獅；無論多微小的事情都好。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgBfBjVmtc
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「殿下真是一個心地善良的孩子。」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnl07kAfe3
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「我不小了啦齁！」303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXXDKUXuc7
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王子殿下馬上出聲抗議，使得我輕聲笑了出來。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1R1F3RQu99
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話說回來，這是除了奧絲雅之外第一次有其他人想給我些什麼，而且還是一名男性——啊，殿下是隻野獸人才對！303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDiTf8NogZ2
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身為一名修女，我真該好好反省一番。303Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg4MUfuyHC
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