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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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAd1VOzPbQqV
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANACag3Bt8FW8
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAHgWB3ZWujf
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAmvAAQyWlns
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAPs2RIbuACq
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――73Please respect copyright.PENANAmOoUCjpbxq
「辛苦你了,塔娜。」73Please respect copyright.PENANA9QcBnx4ZrL
最終,我還是率先開口。73Please respect copyright.PENANAm27uwRJss2
而塔娜只是略微點頭。73Please respect copyright.PENANAVwpsmgAzBo
望著她的反應,我忍不住嘆了口氣,隨即起身,走至她的面前。73Please respect copyright.PENANAvn1jtJhyD9
――接著摘下了她的骷髏面具。73Please respect copyright.PENANAB3ExF5e7yv
面具底下,是一張標緻卻陰鬱的面龐。73Please respect copyright.PENANA5YGNWAcHGd
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAlMlnFPX3co
「歡迎回來。」73Please respect copyright.PENANA1qC3kimHaI
「……我回來了。」73Please respect copyright.PENANAdOPTdeI8GY
她有些不情願地別開視線,回應如同滴落靜水的點點露珠。73Please respect copyright.PENANA7WMqiz6c0X
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死神。73Please respect copyright.PENANAEEBdx7dNon
多麼令人畏懼的名諱。73Please respect copyright.PENANAjBS3H32hXh
不僅是對於人,同時也對於神。73Please respect copyright.PENANAIYsFGF49tK
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANA2GkVxciGeb
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」。73Please respect copyright.PENANAsk0GO5amzA
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAy5VWjPYOz0
她緊繃的神情似乎鬆懈了不少。73Please respect copyright.PENANAY441kn1X1G
取而代之的,是纖細而柔弱的啜泣。73Please respect copyright.PENANAkLvPOHErXb
我默默站在她的身旁,讓音樂調劑她疲憊不堪的情緒。73Please respect copyright.PENANAxjteYWpogc
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANA2GkGsM8GBO
「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。」73Please respect copyright.PENANAq0PcZB5JaF
「……那你呢?」73Please respect copyright.PENANAUcKebyAEWz
塔娜怯生生地抬起頭,紅腫的雙眸似乎在盼望著些什麼。73Please respect copyright.PENANA2bhpspZsuN
我莞爾一笑,彎下腰,親吻了她的額頭。73Please respect copyright.PENANAiQjhuV07sK
「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。」73Please respect copyright.PENANADMCxl3yT7I
聽完我的答覆,塔娜這才放下心來,臉上也浮現靦腆的笑靨。73Please respect copyright.PENANAF3o9oQq3XD
――這樣老實的模樣不是挺可愛的嗎?73Please respect copyright.PENANArrEyaeePUT
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAXEL2g47atE
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAaOZKpYZmSL
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANAc7MlufWPtI
「那麼,我先走了。」73Please respect copyright.PENANAyA95xGDNRS
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。73Please respect copyright.PENANACspCHY3J6S
翠絲特愣愣地望著死神的消失,又看向我。73Please respect copyright.PENANAOnsa2hSRIK
「我……打擾到你們了嗎?」73Please respect copyright.PENANAlrX9gEtnQ9
看著翠絲特臉上難掩的擔憂,我溫柔地摸了摸她的頭。73Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZYWaRyOOc
留聲機恰好嘎然而止。73Please respect copyright.PENANADIuSsLqxJ2
「沒事的,死神大人只是有點害羞罷了。」
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