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如先前所述,克斯門斯族裡最有能力的幾個人通常都會長得一副聖誕老人臉,長老們當然也有好幾位是那種體態,就算不是個個都完全符合聖誕老人的外貌,但基本上全是蓄了滿臉鬍子的高大老人──當然也是有男有女,本屆的女性還比男性多。249Please respect copyright.PENANAu1CdKZrIHw
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每次跟那群身高超過兩百公分以上的威嚴老人團對談,凱帝都莫名地感到壓力,畢竟他們的體型真的讓人很有壓迫感,特別是講到帶外人進村這種話題的時候……249Please respect copyright.PENANAapIuD1CstD
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走進個人專屬廚房的凱帝在心底嘆了口氣,幸好報備完就直接到這裡來了,旁邊沒半個人也不會被問話。249Please respect copyright.PENANARVYqHg32rI
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克斯門斯族大致上分成送禮部門、甜點部門、玩具部門和煙囪維護部門,凱帝理所當然地被分派到甜點部門。村子裡專門做甜點用的建築造型就像個大烤爐,內部是堪比體育館的超大廚房,擅長用魔法做料理的人能擁有單獨隔間,畢竟每個人的習慣都不同、不一樣的法術若不慎混在一起也不曉得會不會發生意外。而沒有全程都將魔法應用在烹飪上、只使用少數常見法術或者根本不會用魔法做菜的人,則是在大廚房內多人作業。249Please respect copyright.PENANANgVVP2spRo
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不曉得漢賽爾現在在做什麼?奧圖倫格是個好孩子,應該不會起什麼衝突吧……249Please respect copyright.PENANAgeoykz7HaB
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就算奧圖倫格那慘淡的神情絕對能激起任何心智正常者的同情心,讓人有答應他所有要求的衝動,漢賽爾還是無法馬上應允──他可沒忘記凱帝對打小孩的人根本恨之入骨,到時候被誤會自己在揍人家表弟的話,會發生什麼事漢賽爾想都不敢想。249Please respect copyright.PENANANgkhCD3geh
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「打架那種事不用教啦,多打幾次就會了。」漢賽爾揮揮手敷衍奧圖倫格,他所言倒也算是實話,畢竟對他來說就是如此,何況漢賽爾自認不是當老師的料。249Please respect copyright.PENANAOUT73z5Zu1
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奧圖倫格依然不死心,「那請漢賽爾陪我打架吧。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAQ81XLuLwea
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「什麼?不可以,絕對不行!要是我弄傷你,你媽不打死我你表哥也會跟我翻臉啊!」249Please respect copyright.PENANAvAt3GMvGfe
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「這樣嗎……」奧圖倫格再次垂下頭,瀏海遮蓋住失落的眼神,很快地他又再度昂首,歪著腦袋提問:「那我應該找誰陪我打架好呢?」249Please respect copyright.PENANApa3GyTpxGv
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「當然是你討厭的人……不對,當我沒說,你還是不要學這種東西啦,沒事找人幹架做什麼?」249Please respect copyright.PENANAIksaIBM97Y
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漢賽爾煩躁地撓撓腦袋,也不管這種台詞對方才得意洋洋地說出一挑三的自己來講根本是自打臉,但奧圖倫格顯然比一般的小鬼頭頑固得多,長髮男孩反問:249Please respect copyright.PENANA7mNWPngCOW
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「那漢賽爾你又是為什麼會跟人打架呢?」249Please respect copyright.PENANAqogJGNjbqM
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「當然是因為有人先來打我,我就打回去呀。」漢賽爾將杯子放回提供的平台,讓它自行清潔,「呃,也會有我先動手的時候啦,我先動手跟別人先動手的次數大概一半一半吧。為什麼會打起來喔……像是從吵架變打架啦、互相看不順眼啦、要搶東西啦之類的,很多原因啦。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAgK1h2VKxgY
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放完杯子的漢賽爾準備坐回噴水池邊,孰料一個拳頭在眼前瞬間放大,反應能力極強的漢賽爾立刻避開,他瞪了揮拳的奧圖倫格一眼,就見男孩依舊揚著禮貌的笑,語氣亦同樣溫和:249Please respect copyright.PENANAIseNVur0V7
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「我先打你了,所以我們可以打起來了?」249Please respect copyright.PENANAI30KE8DMbv
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這小子……漢賽爾皺起眉頭,「你這小鬼膽子很大嘛?算你有種。不然你去找個空曠的地方,看你什麼時候能打中我。」雖然他被那一拳弄得不太爽,但無論如何他都不可能真的跟很可能小自己十歲的孩子打起來,只好折衷。249Please respect copyright.PENANALFWGoNTg1p
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「所以你願意教我囉?謝謝。我剛好知道一個很適合的地方呢。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAaIt8iTZ4f9
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似乎沒看出對方的心思,奧圖倫格開心得笑彎了眼。249Please respect copyright.PENANAGBpzFTdwIW
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兩名男孩來到了克斯門斯村郊外的鹿群寄養區,奧圖倫格表示他母親的工作正是訓練各種鹿,他也常常到這兒來,能自由進出。249Please respect copyright.PENANAKqH77jLzaG
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一處寬敞的空地用簡陋的巧克力棒柵欄圍了起來,鹿群在裡頭悠哉的吃糖、睡覺、嬉戲──但漢賽爾怎麼看都覺得那些鹿有點怪怪的,不是牠們吃的是糖而不是草這點,而是鹿的長相,有好幾隻都長得很詭異。249Please respect copyright.PENANAe1ouVTcOZg
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鹿群由馴鹿、麋鹿、梅花鹿等各種不同的鹿構成,其中相貌正常的鹿佔了大多數,但那十幾隻特殊的實在是太過吸睛,教人忍不住多看好幾眼:有的身體是鹿頭部卻是馬;有的毛髮澎得像顆毛線球,只有頭頂的鹿角勉強能辨認出牠是什麼玩意兒;長著馬頭鹿身鹿角的有些還長了無法使用的小翅膀;更甚者竟有前半身是獅子後半身是牛頭頂有鹿茸的怪鹿存在。249Please respect copyright.PENANASbnzaJGGYd
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「這裡面的全都是鹿嗎?」249Please respect copyright.PENANA3reB2SYEcT
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漢賽爾趴在柵欄上問,奧圖倫格點頭。249Please respect copyright.PENANAcyBjuxLgZ1
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「嗯。十二月二十三號,也就是聖誕夜前一天的時候,村子裡會舉辦鹿拉雪橇大賽,有些人為了取勝,就會對自己家的鹿施法或是餵魔藥、或乾脆在前一年就試著讓鹿跟其他的魔物繁殖,就變成現在這個樣子了。249Please respect copyright.PENANACNIgeHtAHB
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「平常的時候寄養區裡的鹿沒這麼多,但聖誕節期間大家都很忙,所以最近的白天鹿群都在這裡。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAVp1WcVpZ6q
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漢賽爾頷首以示理解,隨後奧圖倫格帶他走到了有哨兵站崗的出入口,打聲招呼後便準備進入。身為麋鹿訓練師的獨子,奧圖倫格理所當然被放行,哨兵對與他同行的漢賽爾也沒有警戒,僅是隨口問道:249Please respect copyright.PENANAGJgP2vFV2L
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「奧圖倫格,這孩子是你哪個搬去村外的阿姨還是叔叔的小孩嗎?沒見過他呢。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAYxYiieQFEM
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「不是,漢賽爾是表哥帶回來的。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAZjyL5j3gD7
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「你表哥?……你是說凱帝?等等,那孩子什麼時候結婚的?兒子還長這麼大了?我怎麼麼沒聽說?」249Please respect copyright.PENANAYytRWm9l4c
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「我才不是凱帝的兒子咧,我們又不是父子關係。」漢賽爾插嘴,白了哨兵一眼就徑直走入放養區內,不知道為什麼,他總覺得自己回話之後,哨兵的眼神隨即變得微妙起來,還瞅著他打量了好一陣子。249Please respect copyright.PENANASV9xnlWJaY
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又想起早前黑林阿姨似乎也是用差不多的眼光打量他,讓漢賽爾不禁揣測,莫非克斯門斯族人超級重禮數,小孩子無論盯著大人看或是對大人翻白眼都是大不敬的行為?怎麼這麼麻煩啊。249Please respect copyright.PENANAbxDZDB0hW9
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但對方沒罵人,漢賽爾也沒多想,跟著奧圖倫格繼續走,很快地來到了只有兩三頭麋鹿的空曠處。放養區的範圍很大,這兒跟出入口離得老遠,也不怕哨兵以為兩人在起爭執來把他們分開。249Please respect copyright.PENANAubQEbkfd5C
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「這裡可以嗎?」奧圖倫格眨眨紅紫色的眼詢問。249Please respect copyright.PENANAkOi6wZ6f8y
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「行啊,」漢賽爾環視四周,「你媽跟你表哥什麼時候下班?」249Please respect copyright.PENANAqolvP4Q8qb
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「天黑就下班了。」249Please respect copyright.PENANAg9JQvlx58U
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「那我就陪你耗到那時候為止唄。」