「尊敬的客人們,我帶來一個好消息,我手頭上的事情快要完成了。結束以後,我會親自去招待你們,感謝你們的耐心。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAh8IHeLeowQ
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伯爵的聲音又一次從周遭傳來,驚醒了埋首在膝間的沈肆。79Please respect copyright.PENANAxXCXVHSX1c
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他坐在牆邊,身上披著一件外套,同伴們坐在他的身邊。暖意在幾人周遭流淌,驅散了城堡裡的冷冽。79Please respect copyright.PENANAcOXJQdz7SB
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他們是什麼時候睡著的呢?是為了自己才沒有繼續前進嗎?79Please respect copyright.PENANAJIK8dF2Atn
沈肆眨著剛哭過而乾澀的眼,看向房間裡的落地鐘,指針停在了六點三十分。79Please respect copyright.PENANADLs3XxGpUl
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「我們也是你的家人。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAoS7ALskHQM
「我們會陪你,直到你不再害怕。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAbittKG0x2E
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他們的話在耳邊迴盪,模糊了腦中尖嘯的責備。一直以來,不眠不休折磨著他的那些話語,似乎都融在了他們真心的笑容之中。79Please respect copyright.PENANAnVMexhOM2L
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沈肆看著同伴們的面容,緊了緊身上的外套,站起身,走向了畫架。79Please respect copyright.PENANAi3xmxHXWwO
沈肆回頭望著他的『家人』們,揚起嘴角,深呼吸幾下之後,他拿起了畫筆。79Please respect copyright.PENANAQsX2w6qOLS
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久違的觸感讓他下意識的顫抖,他用左手包覆住握筆的右手,低著頭小口小口的喘著氣。79Please respect copyright.PENANAF5L3DVUYvy
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心臟在胸腔中劇烈的跳動,身體裡每個細胞都在叫囂著要逃離現場,如扎根在地的雙腳打著顫,與半年前的反應如出一轍。79Please respect copyright.PENANAw6H7sEnRgh
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「勇敢是很難的一件事,假裝勇敢也是。但有人支持你的時候,其實步伐也不是那麼難以邁開的。」79Please respect copyright.PENANARQkfIZADpf
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可嵐慎重的話語在腦中響起。這個向來跟他一樣藏著重重心事的女孩,已經找到了讓她咬牙前進的動力。79Please respect copyright.PENANAsRUEml39Le
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接下來,輪到他跟自己抗爭了。79Please respect copyright.PENANAzCdAWD38Qn
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為了穩定心神,他咬了一下舌頭,在舌尖的鈍痛中,讓模糊的視線重新聚焦在畫布上。79Please respect copyright.PENANAkXumMMLDj4
指尖使勁地捏著畫筆,他抬起手,笔尖點在了未完成的輪廓線上。79Please respect copyright.PENANAEuMgkuQqX1
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額頭、眉、耳、眼睛、鼻、口、下顎、脖頸、肩膀。79Please respect copyright.PENANAqWyTtZkk3a
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學了十幾年的比例在眼前浮現,他早已把人像背得滾瓜爛熟。即使線條微微的扭曲,亦不影響這幅人像的形成。79Please respect copyright.PENANAEi0vnjAJjX
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在其他人悠悠轉醒之前,他幾乎要完成了那幅畫,在畫完衣物皺摺之後,畫筆回到了刻意留空的瞳孔。79Please respect copyright.PENANAzJLiwCaf0k
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畫像在他眼前扭曲、重構。79Please respect copyright.PENANAdRHgHlxSSW
一如無數個夜晚中,裱框在他房裡的那張巨大的肖像照。79Please respect copyright.PENANAtdaGRf0YK7
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面容扭曲的人臉從純白的畫布裡浮現,附上他的耳邊,叫著他的名字,佈滿尖牙利齒的嘴裂開一道弧度,漆黑的雙瞳中,風暴將他撕裂的體無完膚。79Please respect copyright.PENANA2deEwvqJhG
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他眨著眼,濕氣在眼中凝結;他抿著唇,哽咽在喉間翻轉。79Please respect copyright.PENANAyQwOPnurfL
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以往的他會丟下畫筆,逃離那個地方,讓她再也找不到自己。79Please respect copyright.PENANAfjXbswjgYb
這次,他不會再逃了。79Please respect copyright.PENANACY1sXGrZ1O
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他直視著那道如墨的幻影。79Please respect copyright.PENANAGOsqxvCMRs
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那副駭人的面孔,隨著他的淚從眼眶離去、 消散。79Please respect copyright.PENANAK6M7f7bZkv
溫婉的女性在黑暗中對他微笑,叫著他的名字,沈肆。79Please respect copyright.PENANAeijV9QK144
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沈肆的肆,是自由。79Please respect copyright.PENANArWIVfooQx0
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是她對於自己見不到面的孩子,最深、 最真的期盼。79Please respect copyright.PENANALVoDLGoZEq
以自己的雙腳,走在大地上,遇到一生的羈絆。在風霜的洗禮中,開出傲骨的寒梅。79Please respect copyright.PENANAePHolo7tvZ
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她笑著,手覆在他執筆的手上,於是他也笑了,淚穿過消散的幻影,他低聲的叫著:「媽媽。」79Please respect copyright.PENANA569dBKe0sQ
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桎梏在這兩個字上的所有沉重,此刻皆煙消雲散,猶如詛咒般的詞頃刻間被淨化。79Please respect copyright.PENANAORWBdnYcEG
他想,他終於能沒有任何負擔的,叫出這個詞了。79Please respect copyright.PENANAf0XiKKcE9z
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牆面上的所有裝飾品,都隨著沈肆的最後一筆落下而倒轉,巨大的聲響讓甦醒的眾人一陣驚訝,所幸他們很快釐清了情況,走到畫架後新蹦出來的門邊。79Please respect copyright.PENANAiB8buP1AqD
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子毅一把勾住了沈肆,搓著他柔軟的頭髮。79Please respect copyright.PENANAFgFDRxD7WH
凌葳對他豎起了大拇指,嘿嘿一笑。79Please respect copyright.PENANAjt6gLeeenu
雅芙挽住他另一邊的手。79Please respect copyright.PENANAbfhTeS5Hvt
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「不怕了?」可嵐走在前頭,回過頭瞇著眼對他笑。79Please respect copyright.PENANA1xZqFksJnO
「假裝勇敢罷了。」沈肆對她眨眨眼,同樣笑了一下。79Please respect copyright.PENANAXv5OyUqh44
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門上是一個數字鎖,門旁用紅色的墨水寫著一道英文謎題,最前頭的可嵐順勢把謎題念了出來,還貼心的翻譯了一下。79Please respect copyright.PENANAIew3HalImI
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『1 earl saw 9 servants while going to the river. Every servant saw 3 wizards going to the river. Each wizard had 1 roses in each hand.79Please respect copyright.PENANAYU06w500IL
How many things are going to the river?』79Please respect copyright.PENANA5AlNqD95Td
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「這題目倒是很常在社群媒體上看到。」子毅摸著後頸,笑了出來。79Please respect copyright.PENANAIUEwEY1CnY
可嵐點點頭同意了他的話,「我那段時間是挺常看到這種題目的。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAchLzxk28ir
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「咦?我沒有看過這個題目耶……?」雅芙抱著她的凌葳姐姐,露出一顆毛茸茸的麻花辮頭,晃了晃腦袋,「是九十一嗎?」79Please respect copyright.PENANAbsL15OzIyo
「錯啦,小芙再想想?」虛抓著她的手的凌葳帶著她走了幾步。79Please respect copyright.PENANAvXjAeBc8yL
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雅芙放開了抱著凌葳的手,改抓著髮辮迷迷糊糊地左搖右擺,可嵐見她百思不得其解的模樣忍不住失笑,出聲提醒她注意文字陷阱。79Please respect copyright.PENANAJT6yZtoJsx
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「文字陷阱…陷阱…唔……啊,我知道了!是十個!」雅芙原地跳了起來,在可嵐點點頭之後蹦噠到門前輸入密碼,鎖開了之後,她眉眼彎彎的拉起可嵐的手,把他們往裡拉。79Please respect copyright.PENANAyQFMmkVjNK
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「哇……滿屋子的寶物啊……」凌葳湊近了展覽櫃一看,一對精緻的手鐲放在天鵝絨的枕墊座上,翠綠色的不規則寶石嵌了一圈,定睛一看,似乎還有極光在其中流轉。79Please respect copyright.PENANAPaemW9Ypdj
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可嵐跟著她蹲到玻璃櫃子前,撩起垂落胸前的一縷髮絲,微抿著唇,眼裡是狡黠的光點,「這些,不知道能不能拿?」79Please respect copyright.PENANAe4kD8daEpO
「我們來逛一趟,還帶點伴手禮走,怕不是到時候被伯爵追著打。」凌葳軟骨頭似的靠在她的肩上哈哈大笑,拈起她的長髮繞著指尖。79Please respect copyright.PENANAtA5L240Lwf
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這間寶物室約莫三坪大小,內牆是暗紅色的木牆,地上鋪著一層地毯。牆上掛著各種流派的畫像,精心的裱框住排的整齊,下面一排展示櫃,放著具有異國色彩的珠寶、器物,上至黃金面具,下至銅錢,應有盡有,琳瑯滿目。79Please respect copyright.PENANAk8h86oUJfs
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「開這間寶物室給我們要做什麼呢……」沿著陳列方向信步,子毅摩挲著下巴,瞇起眼。79Please respect copyright.PENANAkHZ4p3AMW0
走在他旁邊的雅芙眨巴著眼,左右觀望著生平難見得之寶,接近牆壁之前,她咦了一聲,拉住子毅的衣角。79Please respect copyright.PENANAaAm9ySIou3
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「怎麼了小芙?」子毅側過頭,雅芙指了指牆角,「子毅哥哥你看,那邊有一小塊牆壁掉下來了。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAJDJu2z7pMe
「嗯?在這種高大上的地方,牆居然會裂掉?」子毅停下腳步,叫來正在觀察房間的其他人,自己上去摳下了那塊虛虛放在牆上的木塊,在木洞裡摸索著。79Please respect copyright.PENANAnmMCuuYpi4
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「有發現嗎?」可嵐遠遠的出了聲,正想過來幫他,沈肆比她先一步半跪在子毅身邊,點了點他的手,在他意會過來抽回手之後,伸手進去沿著裂縫探查。79Please respect copyright.PENANALh3ROhS3u0
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約莫一兩分鐘過去,靈機一動的凌葳從門外拿來了房裡的幾隻畫筆,用筆冠在牆上敲了幾下。79Please respect copyright.PENANAlR0b6SFnR0
子毅從她手中接過另一隻筆,學著她的方法在牆上裂縫處敲擊。79Please respect copyright.PENANAqwZsPGMokP
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在他們的努力下,牆面的裂痕越來越大,啪嚓一聲,又掉了一小塊木板下來,與此同時,沈肆從牆縫中拉出一小木盒,抖了抖灰塵,遞給凌葳他們。79Please respect copyright.PENANAbFYBZx0gCk
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「木盒要鑰匙。」凌葳翻著盒體,站了起身,「說不定其他的角落也有這種木盒?」79Please respect copyright.PENANAgyWZgCpepg
「不無可能。」沈肆點了點頭,待可嵐從凌葳手中接過木盒之後,合作無間的三人一同前往其他的角落審視著。79Please respect copyright.PENANAzyQBWY8gIJ
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果不其然,在對角線的牆體裡,又給他們挖出一個木盒,凌葳粗略一打量,嘆了口氣,「一模一樣的小盒子啊,還是得找鑰匙。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAr7Mjw8EuOi
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「鑰匙找到了喔。」可嵐跟雅芙位置離他們稍遠,聽到凌葳的話,不假思索的回覆道。79Please respect copyright.PENANAGcDMs0nAqy
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三人一回頭,看到可嵐一手撐著展示櫃,踮起腳尖傾身靠近牆上的畫作,手在畫框上摸索,而雅芙拿著木盒,手上已經抓著一把鑰匙。79Please respect copyright.PENANAdyJGo5z1VE
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凌葳帶著盒子走過去,雅芙乖巧地把鑰匙遞給她,插入盒上的孔洞一轉,木盒應聲而開,她拿出裡頭幾張羊皮紙,下頭還放了一顆玫瑰形狀的紅寶石。79Please respect copyright.PENANAeMZCPHPwxU
「另一把鑰匙拿到了,小芙拿去吧。」可嵐扶著櫃子重新站直,身後的子毅一手虛放在她腰間,確認她站好之後收回了手。她回頭正好瞥到收手的一瞬間,對子毅彎著眉眼笑笑。79Please respect copyright.PENANA7DIochRM8L
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「一樣的寶石……還有把大鑰匙,大概是會客室的大門?」凌葳拿起那把鑰匙,把手上的紙張拿給可嵐,可嵐展開圖紙,城堡的平面圖躍然紙上,四張紙分別紀錄了地下一層與地上三層樓的配置。79Please respect copyright.PENANAu1kvDIwxzN
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可嵐指著一樓的會客室位置,「我們在這,二樓的樓梯打了個叉,我猜測二樓可能不是我們能進的。」79Please respect copyright.PENANADf9gc2kQ42
「所以我們接著應該要去三樓?」凌葳靠在她肩上,順著她的動作記著圖,伸手指到三樓的閣樓,「這個閣樓單獨在這裡,肯定有東西。」79Please respect copyright.PENANAKA9clPte2e
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「你們還記得剛剛過來的時候看到的嗎?」子毅皺著眉頭,凝視著地圖。79Please respect copyright.PENANA81xdZHrerH
「你是指?」可嵐抬頭看他。79Please respect copyright.PENANAsk6x4512en
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「長廊上的侍衛。」子毅看了會客室門外一眼,低聲地說著。79Please respect copyright.PENANAgg27hdNOWV
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他的話像是一個開關,啟動了門外的侍衛,達達達的腳步聲由遠而近,沉重的踏在心頭。79Please respect copyright.PENANAVeRV6xHS9q
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落地鐘的指針重在上方重合,響亮的鐘聲與腳步共鳴,咚、咚、咚、咚、咚、咚……79Please respect copyright.PENANAI9wKgQv3fu