「你在搞什麼啊?竟然把自己的身體弄斷了!」419Please respect copyright.PENANA2E7W6jdC5V
「完了!這下該怎麼辦?」419Please respect copyright.PENANAXBjkMj0drG
東罌匆匆在地上找到另外半截魔杖,隨即卻搖搖頭,將魔杖收了起來。419Please respect copyright.PENANAgvh6cOHwnQ
「不行了,它已經是普通的爛木頭,就算你想把自己變回魔杖,也很可能無法維持意識。」419Please respect copyright.PENANABKtvzsOJiO
「爛木頭……我才不是爛木頭!我可是活了千年的優良神木啊!」419Please respect copyright.PENANAIGiIq3qKqs
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「麻櫟,魔杖一旦斷掉就無法修復了,畢竟裡頭引導魔力的結構相當複雜,不是隨便黏黏就好。為了更順利地把你送回去,看來只能重新替你找棵樹或魔杖才行了。」她不悅地皺眉,像是要我理解這件事情的嚴重性。419Please respect copyright.PENANAbiZ9KqMk2N
「也就是說,我暫時只能從人類身分生活了嗎?」419Please respect copyright.PENANA37synYuabP
「沒錯。衷心地建議你,還是快點習慣這個肉體吧。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAvH0C3uAoyL
沒想到我的神木人生因為自己的愚蠢,就這麼一去不復返了。419Please respect copyright.PENANAj3fceXMkj6
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「那……我該怎麼適應人類生活?」419Please respect copyright.PENANASXmopnzLOH
「我已經想好了,明天一早我們就上街,把你丟到圖書館裡就行了。在這之前,你先去好好睡個覺,畢竟身為人就是要睡覺嘛……沒錯,讓我帶你去你的臥房吧。」419Please respect copyright.PENANA5JeJ9olYXB
「可是我還不想睡啊!」419Please respect copyright.PENANAj1PPFcejud
「──去 睡 覺。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAQhfRX2a1KP
少女用魔杖抵著我的頭。419Please respect copyright.PENANAMKa8pmLKp3
「是……」419Please respect copyright.PENANAhAndvXzlHi
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被東罌充滿威脅感的口吻嚇到,我聽話地站起來,跟著她走到臥房。419Please respect copyright.PENANAWx6ceT5HsH
看來她雖然聰明,但只要一提到魔法以外的話題,馬上就沒什麼耐性了。419Please respect copyright.PENANAcb3NxzKqgL
明明說好要教我學習人類生活的,變成這樣真的沒問題嗎?419Please respect copyright.PENANAC7pZnKoJbv
「關於睡覺就簡單多了,你只要躺在床上,眼睛一閉,就會慢慢進入夢鄉囉。」419Please respect copyright.PENANASzyOwE9B2I
「是。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAEjG1LQmLJD
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為了避免再被她用魔杖抵著頭,我決定乖乖爬上床。419Please respect copyright.PENANANswQ7Y7l7L
這間臥房寬闊且乾淨,傢俱很少,東西擺放得相當整齊,看不到一絲垃圾與殘骸……大概是這個身體原本使用的房間吧?419Please respect copyright.PENANAnAhKQ45Jgc
「很好,就是這樣,只要閉上眼睛維持八個小時就行了,很簡單的。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAQXk9pwhzaY
為什麼有種被敷衍的感覺?她一定是想省麻煩才會叫我睡覺的,一定是。419Please respect copyright.PENANAuPPZ9pwlxB
不過話又說回來,曾經身為魔杖的我,要發呆個半天一天並非難事。419Please respect copyright.PENANApR6G0qqsCS
比起睡覺、吃飯與洗澡,倒是有件不曉得該不該問的事,數度哽在我的喉嚨,隨著時間流逝又吞了回去,遲遲開不了口。或許現在是個好時機?419Please respect copyright.PENANAMZixqjrLnN
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「東罌,我有問題。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAIaLwfuS8e7
「嗯?」419Please respect copyright.PENANAirW3z74eY3
「這具屍體跟妳的關係是什麼?」419Please respect copyright.PENANAnjzxaSC72x
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時間一分一秒地過去,少女沒有回答。419Please respect copyright.PENANAMkDPyoxmG0
燈關了。419Please respect copyright.PENANAFS8xZJ9pHf
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東罌坐在床旁的椅子上蹺著腳。由於光線昏暗,我的眼角餘光無法捕捉她臉上的表情,只能聽見她淺淺的呼吸,以及在開口的瞬間,彷彿要窒息一般的吸氣聲──419Please respect copyright.PENANA9sr1eWbEfi
「看來你果然不是我認識的人的靈魂呢……」419Please respect copyright.PENANActKWMB6N1q
「我早就說過了吧,我是樹。」419Please respect copyright.PENANADwjchUDU0k
「我知道,但我不相信你──直到現在你問了我這個問題。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAoCYqEjnYhX
我這才回想起,今天一整天她的魔杖都沒有放下,像是在警戒似的一直對著我。419Please respect copyright.PENANAzGrhC8nT3J
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「……所以這具屍體是?」419Please respect copyright.PENANAwDZPXILi5x
「他原本是我父親。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAFgftARXRbx
「父親?」419Please respect copyright.PENANA23EatOIz5b
「想像一下大果樹的果實落到地上後,在大果樹旁長出小果樹……就是那樣的關係。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAYtW27V48Ir
「那肯定是很重要的關係吧?」419Please respect copyright.PENANAFKCSmtJo60
「不,我只是領養來的,就像大果樹旁突然長了株茶樹那樣突兀。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAnnN7qdgilF
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「所以妳父親的死不重要嗎?」419Please respect copyright.PENANAdRrBFwMpLa
「我不在乎,你看我想把屍體做成魔偶就知道了。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAj3drMLs2zn
她的口氣相當平淡,甚至有種奇怪的透明感。419Please respect copyright.PENANAmDj4wV2uYz
「不是不重要,而是不在乎?」419Please respect copyright.PENANAfcryIhQiSF
「這跟魔法的話題沒有關係,你要是再追問下去的話,我是不會回應的。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAZORzYlyM6K
「那我想──」419Please respect copyright.PENANA5Jyhrd6sek
「晚安,麻櫟。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAICYl6Dpo4K
「……是。」419Please respect copyright.PENANAtz6ybBcoQR
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命令般的語氣逼我閉上雙眼。我反覆回味東罌剛剛說那些話時的語氣,腦中浮現出果實落地、長出小樹的畫面,也試著想像坐在我身旁的她……419Please respect copyright.PENANAbPGAtCSBiy
夜色籠罩著小小的身影,瞳孔映著點點星光,但我仍然無法想像她此刻的表情。419Please respect copyright.PENANANZxmL2v4dp
她在哭嗎?我好像聽見她啜泣的聲音。419Please respect copyright.PENANAsnhxR67SPm
我很想出聲確認,卻又害怕被她責罵,只好默默地聽著。419Please respect copyright.PENANAOtHkmHVN0O
我閉上雙眼,假裝熟睡,直到倦意確實襲來,讓我陷入深沉的黑暗為止。419Please respect copyright.PENANAygSdvoLCZi
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東罌說得沒錯,睡覺確實是很簡單的事情……419Please respect copyright.PENANACtwFvF4HPh
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是入睡前的清醒太難熬了。