清晨陽光穿過樹林間的細微葉縫,織就出明亮的光網,輕柔地籠罩著被落葉及綠草覆蓋的土地,拿堤爾和艾芙娜跟隨菲莉,呼吸著微涼濕潤的空氣,步行於村子邊境的蓊鬱森林中。76Please respect copyright.PENANAyrvmHWhhhm
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「菲莉,謝謝妳幫我們帶路。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAqxjV0O2OsE
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「嗯,謝謝妳。」艾芙娜很自然地附和拿堤爾,讓拿堤爾有些意外。76Please respect copyright.PENANAoLPqInuyBd
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「拿堤爾哥哥,艾芙娜姊姊,別客氣,我也想找魔法師大人一起玩呢。」走在最前頭的菲莉一邊開心地說,一邊從竹籃裡掏出一顆漿果,遞給窩在肩頭的米米吃掉。76Please respect copyright.PENANAU7Rg21JU0d
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在村子度過一晚後,隔天早晨,史萊恩建議拿堤爾和艾芙娜可以找住在村外的魔法師協助,菲莉也自告奮勇要幫忙帶路。於是兩人接受史萊恩的建議,跟著菲莉踏進村外的森林,前往魔法師的家。76Please respect copyright.PENANAgzsnC1aGdy
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據史萊恩所言,這名魔法師隱居於村莊外的森林,雖然村民都不知道這名魔法師的來歷,也有傳言她是從某地而來的大魔法師,蘊藏了強大的魔力,但她為人親切,時常運用魔法幫助村民,因此相當受到村民們的敬重愛戴。76Please respect copyright.PENANAeQNSLrigK5
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走了不算遠的一段路,一幢小木屋在濃密的綠蔭下悄悄現身。76Please respect copyright.PENANAtHoHM4lQL6
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這幢木屋的外牆有著樹木獨特的紋路,並被朝氣蓬勃的翠綠植物攀附著,使木屋與周圍的森林融為一體,顯得簡樸而雅致。76Please respect copyright.PENANAQn49lEgtvP
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「那就是魔法師大人的家,你們先在這等我一下。」76Please respect copyright.PENANA3LQg6MJ19X
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菲莉快步跑向木屋,她看到門外懸掛的黃色木牌,眉頭微皺,轉身向艾芙娜和拿堤爾說:「魔法師大人出門了,現在不在家呢。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAtKdgpa0v85
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「那她大概什麼時候會回來?」拿堤爾有些著急地問。76Please respect copyright.PENANAzwuo66xkII
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「這就不知道了,掛上黃色木牌的話,就表示魔法師大人不在家,有時可能好幾天都不會回來。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAFUm17igPcM
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「那樣的話,只能先回去了嗎?」能夠趕緊回去的盼望就這麼沒了,拿提爾有些氣餒,艾芙娜的臉上也浮現些許鬱色。76Please respect copyright.PENANA1fhtcpVXOm
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「不用擔心啦,拿堤爾哥哥和艾芙娜姐姐可以一直住在我家啊。」相較於情緒低落的兩人,菲莉則是天真單純地笑道。76Please respect copyright.PENANAhtN9wGYWoy
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「唉啊,你們是……」76Please respect copyright.PENANACkqyaQBTrM
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突然從身後傳來陌生的聲音,拿堤爾轉頭一看,一名身穿淺綠長裙的女子,就站在他們背後。76Please respect copyright.PENANAuGDnjach4p
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她的身型高挑纖瘦,流瀑般的銀灰長髮在林間陽光的撫照下閃爍微光,只是女子捧著一大束金黃色的花朵,讓人看不清她的面容。76Please respect copyright.PENANAOEDt4XaalV
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艾芙娜睜大深黑眼瞳,倒映出女子鮮明的身影,臉上的表情洩漏了她激動的心緒。76Please respect copyright.PENANAraKJRPqVTM
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「怎麼了,孩子?我在村子從沒看過妳呢。」女子把金黃花束放在一旁的地上,對艾芙娜露出如春風般和煦宜人的微笑。76Please respect copyright.PENANAx3X68txsdX
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女子的外表看起來只有二十來歲,她的銀灰秀眉彎成柔和弧度,微微瞇起的眼眸是宛若朝陽光輝的淺金色,淡紅雙唇勾起溫和笑意,再配上白裡透紅的無暇肌膚,任誰都無法否認女子宛若精靈般的高貴美麗。76Please respect copyright.PENANAVmbngiiAjN
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「沒什麼,不好意思。」艾芙娜已經收斂情緒,表情猶如不泛一絲漣漪的平靜水面,反而讓拿堤爾更加在意她剛才的反應。76Please respect copyright.PENANAkIjJLgTzeZ
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「魔法師大人~」菲莉興奮地朝女子飛奔過去,親暱地牽住她的手。76Please respect copyright.PENANAiCCm7XAdg1
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「小菲莉,這兩位客人是妳帶來的嗎?」76Please respect copyright.PENANAT5gXTfR5NN
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看見菲莉點頭回應,女子捧起金黃花束,對艾芙娜及拿堤爾說:「請兩位進來寒舍吧,裡面有些亂,要讓妳們見笑了。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAG7ZNzpvOOH
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「沒關係,謝謝您。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAmgxZVIIgtP
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拿堤爾禮貌性地應答,並和艾芙娜一起跟著女子進入木屋,只見屋內井然有序地堆放像是鐵鍋、玩偶或是雕像等各式各樣的雜物,幾乎占據絕大部分的空間,還有許多長得鮮豔茂盛的花草盆栽夾雜其中,但整個空間卻不顯得雜亂擁擠,反而還有一種生機盎然的蓬勃朝氣。76Please respect copyright.PENANAIdRnKnGSpX
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「啊!拿堤爾哥哥你看,這是我送給魔法師大人的木偶,是我親自作的喔,跟米米很像吧!」菲莉拿起櫃子上的一個木偶,高舉起來湊到拿堤爾面前。76Please respect copyright.PENANAZYjk3SJigB
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拿堤爾將木偶和在菲莉肩上的米米對照,圓滾滾的木偶大致雕塑出米米的蓬鬆尾巴和小小的頭,模樣相當簡樸可愛。76Please respect copyright.PENANAubuVPvpQyG
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「嗯,很可愛喔。」拿堤爾對菲莉遞出微笑,菲莉的純真活潑,總能放鬆他緊繃的心弦。76Please respect copyright.PENANABEHsvZdNmH
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看見這般情景的女子莞爾一笑,她拉開圓桌旁的木椅,對三人說道:「別站在那裡,快過來坐吧。」76Please respect copyright.PENANA7ZR5O98Gw0
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三人依言入坐的同時,女子將手裡捧著的金黃花束掛在牆上,並取出其中幾朵插進圓桌的白陶花瓶裡。76Please respect copyright.PENANAwyrfkNxU9x
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花朵纖長的金色花瓣圍攏著細小花蕊,散發的清淡花香,輕拂過艾芙娜和拿堤爾的鼻尖。76Please respect copyright.PENANAkNDRx92I0M
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「黎金花的香味可以安撫心神,是我很喜歡的花喔,我這邊還有用黎金花泡的花茶,請你們喝喝看吧。」女子將注入淺金茶水的茶杯,俐落地擺到三人面前。76Please respect copyright.PENANAaPrgd9m4ls
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「啊,謝謝妳。」76Please respect copyright.PENANACHSmVyNJAs
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女子的殷勤招待讓拿堤爾有些受寵若驚,花茶的氤氳香氣滲入心脾,拿堤爾忍不住輕啜一口,溫潤淡雅的口感立刻在喉舌間舒展開來,並餘留一絲甘甜。76Please respect copyright.PENANA2EK7lXmXES
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「魔法師大人泡的茶還是這麼好喝呢。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAqRoJOU2t93
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轉眼間,菲莉已經喝完花茶,但艾芙娜面前的花茶卻還是絲毫未動,杯中茶水倒映出她陷入深思的神情。76Please respect copyright.PENANAjb79EwnNKN
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「呵呵,你們喜歡的話就好了。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAhRBOZHiKLl
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女子坐在拿堤爾和艾芙娜面前,淡淡地笑道:「先自我介紹,我叫做露妲,雖然村裡的人都不常叫我的這個名字。」。76Please respect copyright.PENANAA1yfNyKOsa
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「因為魔法師大人很厲害啊!大家都說不能直呼魔法師大的人的名諱。」菲莉突然插話,毫不掩飾對露妲的崇拜。76Please respect copyright.PENANACjZ9ytvlCN
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「大家都太誇張了,我只是會一些魔法,還沒有到達真正大魔法師的境界呢。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAehs6OJdu1N
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露妲摸了摸菲莉的小腦袋,對拿堤爾說:「你叫做拿堤爾吧?剛才聽見小菲莉叫出你的名字了。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAwIX0bjsNJg
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「是的,在我身旁的這位是……」76Please respect copyright.PENANARqabwZaW42
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「我叫艾芙娜,露妲小姐。」艾芙娜平時靜默少言,就連目光也很少與他人接觸,但她現在的積極主動,著實嚇了拿堤爾一跳。76Please respect copyright.PENANAXTk5KyhL3F
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「『艾芙娜』在古語中意為受精靈祝福之人,真是個好名字呢……」露妲的語氣蘊含格外的一分溫柔,艾芙娜聽著露妲的話語,眼眸中隱含一絲情緒激盪的光采。76Please respect copyright.PENANA2RWkrYRszx
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「那麼,艾芙娜,拿堤爾,你們希望我做什麼呢?」露妲已經猜明兩人的來意,拿堤爾有些驚訝,趕緊將事情的來龍去脈悉數告訴露妲。76Please respect copyright.PENANAi6xagrv8Pb
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「原來如此,你們是被魔具傳送到這裡的嗎?跟我的情況有些不一樣呢。」76Please respect copyright.PENANA94jJrmXxKH
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「露妲小姐怎麼來到這裡的?」艾芙娜格外關切的問。76Please respect copyright.PENANAURooD0nVEr
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「該怎麼說呢?應該算是被邀請的吧。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAqmuqQMqdad
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以帶著些許懷念的柔和口吻,露妲娓娓說道:「幾年前,我還是一位居無定所的流浪者,某天我行經這村子附近的森林,因為太過虛弱而昏倒。幸虧這村子的村民發現了我,讓我到村裡休養。我的身體恢復後,為了報答村民,我便一些施展魔法幫助他們,後來村民邀請我在這村子住下來,剛好我對四處漂泊的流浪生活也感到累了,便決定在這村子定居下來。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAtHCeZ4AbLG
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「所以我覺得,你們住在這村子也是不錯的選擇,這裡沒有人禍及天災,與世無爭且安詳寧靜,人們也溫和善良,不會發生任何痛苦的事,是個適合生活的地方。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAhYLvkDqj3f
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露妲專注地凝視艾芙娜及拿堤爾,她的美麗眼眸和柔和話語,彷彿蘊含一股難以抗拒的魔力。76Please respect copyright.PENANAszns8ZeR4E
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「謝謝您的好意,露妲小姐,但我和艾芙娜小姐有個必須實現的說定,所以我們還是要離開這個村子。」艾芙娜點頭附和拿堤爾,她明白拿堤爾說的是昨晚的約定。76Please respect copyright.PENANAUFijg8co0j
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「是嗎,還真可惜呢。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAb1Yu6yaCQ0
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露妲半垂眼簾下的纖長睫毛,稍稍遮掩了她眼眸的光采,但她馬上收起遺憾的表情,微笑說道:「這樣的話,我可以弄一個新的傳送魔陣,讓你們回去原本的地方,但是這魔法有些複雜,可能要給我久一點的時間準備。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAkIhyzImzih
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「好的,我們可以等,謝謝妳,露妲小姐。」雖然暫時無法離開村子,但有了一絲確切的盼望,讓拿堤爾的精神為之一振。76Please respect copyright.PENANAtUyh42SI3y
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「不過,我現在也能幫你們一些忙。」76Please respect copyright.PENANARXRyxyPdSa
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露妲走到艾芙娜面前,臉上綻開淡雅笑容,然後輕輕將手放在艾芙娜的額頭。76Please respect copyright.PENANAtmNcesEtrz
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此時,在艾芙娜心底隱然流動的情感,翻騰起激烈波濤,使她原本平靜淡然的表情,被驚訝及慌張所取代。76Please respect copyright.PENANAfX9tzNUuF9
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「孩子,不用緊張,不會有事的。」露妲的溫柔就像強力的魔法,安撫了艾芙娜激動不已的內心。76Please respect copyright.PENANAWGHT9Xdvzk
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「埃雷福恩,提莉亞。」露妲吟誦的咒文引導一股柔緩的暖流,從露妲的手心注入艾芙娜的體內,艾芙娜頓時感到胸中鬱積已久的沉悶感被暖流沖淡,心情變得清爽明亮起來。76Please respect copyright.PENANATD1P2DHloT
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「這是幫助安眠的小魔法,這樣妳暫時就不會被噩夢所擾了。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAq5jCzI59kg
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艾芙娜愣愣看向露妲,露妲以柔軟如花瓣的雙手包覆住艾芙娜的小手,柔聲說道:「從妳的臉色我就能看出來,妳最近因為惡夢嚴重失眠,導致精神不濟及情緒低落,所以我想要多少幫妳一點忙。」76Please respect copyright.PENANA5o2avJeIeJ
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「不知道為什麼,妳給我一種特別親近的感覺,所以有我能幫妳的地方,就儘管說吧,妳不是孤身一人喔。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAbBXvmEsAWm
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縈繞於鼻尖的黎金花香,伴隨露妲的溫柔話語,滲入艾芙娜的心房,現在她眼中的露妲,籠罩在灑落進屋內的暖金陽光中,但那身影竟是如此的朦朧而遙遠,令她的眼前變得一片濕潤而溫熱。76Please respect copyright.PENANAO7VU6mu2bS
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「怎麼了?艾芙娜小姐?」拿堤爾看見近乎透明的淚水,從艾芙娜的臉龐悄悄滑落。76Please respect copyright.PENANAs7tNvVECeF
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「還好嗎?是我的魔法讓你感到不舒服嗎?」露妲關心地問。76Please respect copyright.PENANAd0TtOnnaoV
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艾芙娜趕緊抹去眼淚,擺擺手對兩人說道:「沒事的,只是眼睛有點癢而已。」76Please respect copyright.PENANAX3mTfCio1q
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然而,淡淡淚痕仍殘留在艾芙娜白皙的臉頰上,拿堤爾多少查覺到那道淚痕的由來,就是在在她面前如精靈般高雅的魔法師。76Please respect copyright.PENANAQjWYXZLZpG