另一方面,沙卡美不知為何回到過去,回到她十歲左右的時光。她綁著馬尾,穿著橙黃色舞裙在人來人往的宴會中穿梭。69Please respect copyright.PENANAzhMnVXlDbY
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宴會裏聚集了許多名門貴族,他們受國王邀請大吃大喝,心裏都怕酒裏下了毒。69Please respect copyright.PENANAVvmr07q3JL
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沙卡美提著裙子繞過賓客,卻撞到某位老人的屁股。69Please respect copyright.PENANASw3PorHFMD
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「啊!抱 - 抱歉!」沙卡美慌忙向老人鞠躬。69Please respect copyright.PENANARbTyUw8hAg
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圍著放滿佳餚圓桌,臉看不清的老人轉身看著沙卡美:「哎喲!這不是沙卡美公主嗎?公主殿下要去哪裏?」69Please respect copyright.PENANA46D0GL9oS7
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「我 - 我只是想找父王。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAn397NU7pgB
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正當沙卡美想問老人有沒有頭緒時,一隻粗糙的手放在她肩膀上。69Please respect copyright.PENANAIwj1MaC932
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「國、國王陛下!」老人和其他貴族向著她背後的人單膝下跪。69Please respect copyright.PENANAVST70M4RTB
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「吾女做了甚麼失禮之事嗎?」國王用一貫嚴肅的語氣問。69Please respect copyright.PENANAU56mpz8Fyg
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「沒、沒有!是小人 -」69Please respect copyright.PENANAOhiB4SJ4SF
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沙卡美向國王行禮:「參 - 參見父王!」她低著頭不敢直視他。69Please respect copyright.PENANA06ETC2uXIq
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國王撫摸她的頭:「我的女兒啊,第一次來這種場合太緊張嗎?」69Please respect copyright.PENANA5qlomhh88y
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「不 - 不是!我 - 我 -」69Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3sus0LCkh
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「不必多言。」國王抱起沙卡美:「各位,請盡情享受。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAvunMgeb5SS
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「謝國王陛下!」貴賓們待國王走遠後才鼓起勇氣繼續暢談。69Please respect copyright.PENANAWqPcmljbnN
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「父 - 父王,剛才的確是我 -」69Please respect copyright.PENANA2ilw0hg7Bc
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「不是叫妳不必多言嗎?」國王走出王宮陽台:「我的女兒啊,那裏的人都不是真心尊敬我和妳,他們只是怕得罪我而人頭落地。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAdTRy7EDntw
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陽台外的景色被一層白霧擋住,沙卡美也看不見父王的雙眼。69Please respect copyright.PENANAJW5IAHQCn0
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「但我真心愛妳,妳是我在世上唯一可以透露真心的人。」69Please respect copyright.PENANArSBuCz6bgV
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國王笑著輕輕搖晃沙卡美,沙卡美不知如何反應。69Please respect copyright.PENANAbcXyBQoiY4
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「父王......父王......」沙卡美說著夢話,不知黎明已到來。69Please respect copyright.PENANAa67rqrtRRb
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貝吏刻唐在床邊觀察她微苦的臉龐,有點於心不忍。
但為了不打擾沙卡美休息,他背靠牆邊靜候沙卡美醒來。69Please respect copyright.PENANAyJOs9goRsZ
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「父王......不要走......」她這句話苦得使人心碎。69Please respect copyright.PENANAUjAeyxhaZK
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沙卡美自己也覺得很矛盾,明明想人民生活美滿,卻一直包庇無惡不作的父王,父王駕崩後又困在陰霾當中。69Please respect copyright.PENANA7BucTnXJHI
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「父王!」她驚醒過來,方才察覺那是一場夢。69Please respect copyright.PENANAmHORKADiEG
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「女皇陛下,是時候享用早餐了。」貝吏刻唐在床邊彎腰。69Please respect copyright.PENANA5BopyA5ywo
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沙卡美揉揉眼睛:「貝弟弟,已經早上了嗎?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAxv6XRpBQfM
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「沒錯。」69Please respect copyright.PENANApS5f99GUS2
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「貝弟弟先出去,朕要更衣。」69Please respect copyright.PENANA10A6CJqd0q
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「遵命,女皇陛下。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAugABnJTqt2
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貝吏刻唐和小娜都不明白為何沙卡美會被「某種東西」佔據,仍然能正常運用魔力。黑色魔力明明會令人神智崩潰,但沙卡美除了行事作風改變外都很正常。69Please respect copyright.PENANAbQoAvr6iIA
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感覺女皇不再是公主的貝吏刻唐,待沙卡美梳洗後伴隨她到飯廳。69Please respect copyright.PENANA3rhDbvmNLN
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皇宮裏的官員、僕人等等昨天已知悉女皇被尋獲的消息,昨天在外冒雨拜訪人民的士兵和軍官們可能有私下跟平民們說。69Please respect copyright.PENANAIlrmDdrNcw
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「女皇陛下,這是今天的早膳。」女僕在沙卡美旁邊說。69Please respect copyright.PENANAmEawQzwi5r
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「雞胸肉、麵包、蘋果和牛奶,朕很久也沒有吃過如此豐富的早膳了。」沙卡美拿起刀叉。69Please respect copyright.PENANA1dfb08V2k5
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貝吏刻唐坐在她對面一起用膳,雖說食不言是基本禮儀,但貝吏刻唐有些話想問沙卡美。69Please respect copyright.PENANAeZZjPKMcup
他用刀卸下插在叉上的麵包後放下刀叉:「女皇陛下。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAW49MipMG3U
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剛要喝口牛奶的沙卡美聽見他發問,溫和地收手:「貝弟弟,早膳時間不應該說話。」69Please respect copyright.PENANA0VQLQsKxqe
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「但我有些事想在上朝前問女皇陛下。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAWlUOUzM28O
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「甚麼事?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAaJt1yXPIEk
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「女皇陛下之後有甚麼打算?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAdzJDDFCcMM
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沙卡美揮手示意女僕和守衛離開,待房間只剩他和貝吏刻唐後回應:「貝弟弟想問的是朕想暪著所有人做甚麼吧?」69Please respect copyright.PENANARv6sBJDQNU
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「女皇陛下英明。」69Please respect copyright.PENANA8DoX1s57UH
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「朕想找出潛伏在朕身邊的細作。」69Please respect copyright.PENANA6eiJvdTErH
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「細作?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAhXg7cEC86K
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「沒錯。約一年半前,朕去山多牧場時不是被伏擊了嗎?朕問過斯斯,她說那羣刺客的確是聯邦派遣的,但得知朕會在那個時候經過該處的情報來源不明。」69Please respect copyright.PENANA97MFP3HSqp
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「女皇陛下沒有跟我說過此事。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAvEBskegmlg
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「當時朕還在學如何當一個好皇帝,沒有時間處理,朕只告訴了利華特。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAGflDRwyrCb
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「細作不是應該首先處理的問題嗎?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAR6pVK3s1Bg
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沙卡美舉起杯喝了一口牛奶:「朕去山多牧場一事朕只有向數個人說過,他們都跟隨朕一段時間,甚麼時候處理都已經太遲。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAyxsuEXbFL5
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沙卡美接著說:「貝弟弟很清楚朕指哪幾個人吧?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAYHCvRc6fY8
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「塔瑪、歐法、迪斯普、哈芙、小娜、利華特、我。」具吏刻唐慎重地說出這七個名字。69Please respect copyright.PENANABHTGjAq2lM
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「貝弟弟果然很聰明。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAKH3211QjaC
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「女皇陛下該不會在懷疑我和小娜吧?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAT1XrQiq0V6
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「不是。雖然你們是當時唯二不在場的人,你們也不會蠢到背叛朕。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAIkuWg7h4mW
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「那麼女皇陛下懷疑的是......」69Please respect copyright.PENANArDhY1UgXoS
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「暗影守衛團的四人。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAQVtCI1Zc9L
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「利華特呢?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAPIEniUiaRT
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「利華特沒有背叛朕的理由。他是異世界人,當時的他怎會認為與帝國為敵是好選擇?」69Please respect copyright.PENANACcQjIjKnl7
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「明白。」69Please respect copyright.PENANA5InjX0kANa
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「因此,貝弟弟,朕希望你去找他們談談,政務朕會自行處理。找出細作後就地處決。」69Please respect copyright.PENANANFmcthIzTq
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貝吏刻唐瞪大眼睛:「就地處決?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAfwdA4uYgFn
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「欺騙朕的人,朕不想再看多一眼。處決後把屍體掉到河裏。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAjpX5DfzISo
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「不用審問嗎?」69Please respect copyright.PENANA5S56hImtuy
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「審問?貝弟弟的意思是給機會他逃走嗎?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAvKyiPGobVp
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「不是。我只是擔心如此強硬的手法會在那時候遭到另外三人強烈反對,他們現在都有魔力。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAVOwAJqR49p
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「他們現在也殺不了朕,所以朕現在才想找出叛國賊。貝弟弟,這個任務不要跟小娜說。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAMoxMJZE0Ro
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「為甚麼?她會樂意幫忙的。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAh9rqbdkAV9
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「朕怕她承受不了,然後又發生之前的事。」69Please respect copyright.PENANASIkuLVBNEn
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「遵命。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAVMsxP8VGtH
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「貝弟弟,上朝後陪朕回房間。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAGSMeewvl3I
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「為甚麼?」69Please respect copyright.PENANADEsKdKP0hd
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沙卡美沒有回答,兩人靜靜吃完早餐便到內殿上朝。69Please respect copyright.PENANArcosTOzdDG
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沙卡美坐在皇位上,貝吏刻唐站於其左。69Please respect copyright.PENANAfrlUJWxksc
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先前因曼賈襲擊造成的損害已經由小娜用魔法修補,大臣們都能站在兩旁等候上奏。69Please respect copyright.PENANAm3z1unVzGp
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大臣們都用恐懼的眼神看著沙卡美,他們總覺得她與「失蹤」之前是截然不同的人。69Please respect copyright.PENANAfUtAXnf6Jt
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「眾大臣有事項要稟報嗎?」沙卡美雙手放在皇椅兩側扶手。69Please respect copyright.PENANA3dbIadXlGh
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一位站在最前列,年邁的大臣走到台階前方彎腰:「女皇陛下,小人先抒發自己對女重陛下歸來的欣喜。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9dZoJUWzw
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「之後呢?」69Please respect copyright.PENANAP6Hh395hKr
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「稟女皇陛下,目前商業區一片死寂,帝都的收入激減。」69Please respect copyright.PENANAVP6PEZoiEv