在森林深處，有個可愛的金髮女孩。由於她總是披著大紅色的兜帽，所以大家都親暱的稱呼她為「小紅帽」。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xOFXbsGLo
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小紅帽最喜歡的人是居住在森林中的大哥哥：菲克斯。菲克斯除了對小紅帽寵溺有加，腦袋中還有著許多有趣的故事，令小紅帽深深著迷。過去，她甚至常因為滿腦子都是故事睡不著覺，被生氣的母親唸一頓。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAA5nuZ48j
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然而，好景不常，菲克斯一直以來累積的疲勞與壓力令他變得虛弱，直到小紅帽有意識時，菲克斯就已不再睜眼。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe1asNP8vL
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這一天，小紅帽一如以往準備好給菲克斯的餐點，便起身前往菲克斯的住處。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIlpsD9N0k
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菲克斯居住的小屋被大家稱作「獵人小屋」，是很久以前被稱為「獵人」的人們設立的據點。但如今這片森林裡已無猛獸，小屋也僅剩下遮風避雨的用途。自父親繼承了此處後，菲克斯便一直居住至今。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6NjKtrcdo
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但是，小紅帽今天卻遇到了一隻狼。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5b05reDSr
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那不是隻普通的狼，牠以雙腳站立，身高高過小紅帽三個頭不止。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8qbVyYhPK
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「妳好，小姐。」430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzny1H3naY
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「咦……？」430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWopMq0QMh
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小紅帽不禁發出疑惑的聲音，眼前有一隻狼在向她打招呼，可是心中卻有一種令呼吸窒礙的怪異感。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSP27DRG5c
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然後她聽到了一個聲音。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHIkB0cohCz
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那是細小到若不豎耳細聽就會忽略，像是把布帛給緩慢撕開的聲音。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡptcs13SJRk
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「我正在找『紅帽的魔女』，不知道小姐妳……知不知道她在哪裡呢？」430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lwSwEgc8E
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這是明知故問。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGduP1UGkZ
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眼前的狼搓著雙爪、咧齒冷笑，那是獵者眼看獵物就要到手的深沉笑意。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4sWkRjeAj
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小紅帽不由自主地顫慄。觀望四周，才發現風景已變得截然不同。自己竟在不知不覺中走到了邊緣。她赫然想起耳邊不祥的撕裂聲，正是結界邊緣的不穩定魔力所致。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAFrnr16GR
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必須快跑。否則唯有一死。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cW2QHbN6l
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然而大野狼早預料到如此。單論反應及體能，一個女孩怎麼樣也不可能敵過肌肉發達的狼。轉眼間小紅帽已被擒倒在地。大野狼咧開尖牙，重重咬下小紅帽的側腹。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjXy36VZ6S
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「——！」430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT20UKoDbgL
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竹籃中的流質食物翻倒在地。她甚至叫不出聲音，腦海頃刻墜入一片空白。她能夠感覺到嵌入內臟的冰冷，也能夠感覺到血液流出的溫熱。劇痛麻痺了生理，就連呼吸也無法辦到。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeL7457Wrn
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或許，死亡指的就是這種什麼也感受不到的感覺。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUpWo2X4f6M
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但她還不想死。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vbcf19OwL
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不對，是不能死。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghoKDybNve
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她不能就這樣死去。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zqNi4f6Np
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絕對。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDKSPB6pMu
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她有著必須完成的事。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmrYYnajnr
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還有人在等著她。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9PZBHscpO
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不能死。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2hNdMiZww
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就像那天他保護了妳那樣。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8wT2XHtOl
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必須戰鬥。否則唯有一死。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFzOQGzSAz
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「嘎啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊——！」430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRF5HF15An
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恍惚間，熱血噴濺。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmlXveyBBg
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粗毛滿佈的巨臂伴隨撕心裂肺的嚎啕掉落在地。接著，爪子主人的身軀瞬間纏滿了如紡絲般的細線。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxXwGnhWU7
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那些細線儼然像是流著鮮血，散發著猩紅的光。而絲線的源頭，全指向了倒地不起的小紅帽。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5et7IZG9qZ
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烏雲蔽日、鴉雀無聲的森林當中，那是一幅極其詭麗的光景。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VRSTQw4LZ
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「妳這、魔女——」430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdUFejc7Wp
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紅線急劇收縮，來不及喊出的大野狼眨眼間便如摔爛的蕃茄，化成一灘難以辨認原形的肉糜。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfYu5fIzNR
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然後，小紅帽站了起來——比起說是站起，那模樣更該說是被提起才對。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTBft5XVxW
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絞碎大野狼的紅線彷彿具有生命地回流，如繭般裹住了她腹部的缺口。而另一部分則纏上了纖弱的四肢，驅使著動作。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPeXH1ND3G
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還不能死、還不能死。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln22x8rFuy
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大哥哥還在等著她。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ciEpv3jU7
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迷離如夢間，血紅的提線人偶懷著如此執念，一味地、返回森林的更深處。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEmGe5tFOB
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如同傷口只要妥善的休息包紮便能止血般，安逸可以沖淡一切。因此，她才會大意地忘了結界的範圍、忘了外頭的世界如今是多麼險惡。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFU01d17aRB
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小紅帽靠著矮床、喘著粗息。纏繞四肢的細線已經收起，只留下腹部的紅繭阻擋著搖搖欲墜的臟器。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0VVmaz84nO
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紅帽的魔女。
她輕撫過側腹，回想著大野狼對她的稱呼。指尖可以感受到血液的脈動，或許是基於護主意志吧，她可以感受到紅線正擅自以自己無法使用的治療術修復傷口。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26WRiwxsU4
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明明傷成這樣卻還能活下來，的確已經不能再稱自己為人了吧。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1G03IDx0C
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另一方面，她卻也感到高興。自己終於脫離了「亞獸族」這個名號的束縛，這樣就好像是替大哥哥出了一口氣般。令她感到驕傲不已。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUAvDx6g3S
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數十年前——不對，又或許是數百年前，正確的時間她已經不記得了。亞獸不願再屈於獸族的統治。於是，革命就這麼爆發了。
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亞獸——他們不再稱自己為獸族的亞種，而改稱自己為「人」——和獸族的戰爭從各地引燃，如野火般一路從大陸南方延燒。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vk4vuSfPO
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和大哥哥相遇，正是在那風聲鶴唳的時代。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uO8WL2MTD
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即便無法操控魔力，卻精準地使用槍枝抵禦獸族的人們，在此地被稱為「獵人」。而保護了她和母親的那個身影，至今也依然深深地烙印在她的眼眸深處，從未褪色。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9v7j1PDhL0
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即使如今大哥哥不再拿起槍、也不再講那些她喜歡的故事、甚至不再起身、不再說話也是一樣。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLydiFiBiz7
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小紅帽撐起身，讓自己坐在床緣，而床的主人雙眼緊閉，壓根就沒發現小紅帽正躺在自己的胸口上。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXnv1QUHHe
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咚、咚、咚、咚。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1A6IQPIJA
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心跳取代了言語，那是小紅帽僅存能跟大哥哥溝通的方法。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFadUioEaH
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緊緊地縮成一團，像是著涼的孩子似地，小紅帽挪動粗壯的手臂擱在身旁，使她看起來就像被抱在懷中似地。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtL88tvTmg
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然後，她輕如點水地在蒼白的臉上落下一吻。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukKS3ANnfb
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當她意識到自己竟喜歡他到她無法克制這種行為時，這一切卻再也無法送達。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulKFxgMIMB
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唇間傳來的溫度比起昨天又低了許多。她知道，今天就是那個時刻。她必須再次與她鍾愛的人告別。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe03qvc9poB
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而在這花團錦簇的靈柩當中，將親手殺死所愛之人的人不會有別人，正是自己。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPjP7H2TeP
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雖然，她亦不允許自己以外的任何存在，再次從她身邊奪去摯愛。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSdlqmLMW3
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百花齊放，蝶與蜂在林與花間翩翩飛舞。在紅帽魔女的庇佑下，這裡無論何時都春意盎然。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhesB9TnWPv
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只是外頭四季仍依然流轉。眼前的自然一點不自然。她是知道這點的。可是當大哥哥從自己的身旁消失的那一刻起，她的時間也已與停止無異。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZ3TXVjHYT
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步行在被綠葉斬落的陽光間，掙脫紅帽束縛的一頭金髮熠熠生輝。說來也奇怪，明明身體的成長早已停止，卻唯有頭髮仍肆無忌憚地生長，害得她總會踩到自己的頭髮而踉蹌。然而，因為大哥哥說過他喜歡長頭髮的女生，所以她也從未想過要修剪。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe417KPIqD
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她半拖半背地帶著大哥哥行走。蹣跚間，一棟磚牆塌陷大半、門板腐朽、中庭甚至竄出巨木的廢墟現身於林木後方。她曾和母親一起居住在此地。但她沒能救回母親。如今這棟房子除了方便，早已沒有任何存在意義。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXAHGjCvav
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推開咿呀作響的門板，將大哥哥安放在客廳的長椅上後，她獨自登上被巨木給擠得彎曲的階梯。即便門廊早已扭曲變形，她也認得出自己房間的窄門。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJztzSJyHUX
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鮮血的氣味直撲而來。接著，映入眼簾的是一個巨大的圓形魔法陣。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZM0PL8LEj
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殷紅的咒文佔據了所有可供站立的位置。簡直像在渴望什麼似地，它們發出的光芒宛若擁有呼吸，在封印的背後粗聲低吼。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7I26UtbrE
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比起人，這樣噁心的怪物或許更像自己。畢竟說到底，它們也是她一次次咬破手指，親手以自己的一部分所創造出的產物。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH08y8awttG
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脫下掛在肩頭的紅色披肩，仔細地折好後，小紅帽將它放置在魔法陣空無一物的中央。而就在小紅帽踏出結界的瞬間，結界竟發出了宛如心臟跳動的聲音。隨後地面竄出無數血紅色的細絲，將披肩裹得密不透風。只是和大野狼不同，看不出原形的披肩沒有被絞碎，只是如蟲一般，吸取著繭的養分。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjbnWvPuRm
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每個人的體內皆蘊藏著魔力，差別只在於量的多寡。而小紅帽體內的魔力甚至不及常人的三分之一。縱使可以精巧地操縱魔力到髮絲般細膩，若耗盡魔力一切也都是枉然。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYztrlxTIK
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因此，為了繼續下去，她需要一些道具。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmCa9TOW2vN
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在等待魔力蓄滿披肩的同時，小紅帽走到窗邊。窗外是一片廣闊的草原。細心修剪及拔除雜草的原野欣欣向榮，風在矗立的墓碑之間穿梭，一路襲上窗口，撩亂那一頭金黃的長髮。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCTkBsHpuQi
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已經……是第一百六十八個了吧。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVblP8SVrK1
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儘管肉眼已無法一眼數清，但她仍然清楚地記著墓碑的數量，還有埋在那之下所有人的名字。
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乾脆地閉上雙眼，捎過墓碑獻花的香氣夾帶著青草與泥的氣味。而其中夾雜的另一個味道總能令她感到無比懷念。她甚至想就這樣聞著拂面的風，趴在窗上打個永不醒來的盹。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CseWRpTbI
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然而，現實的棘總是在最美好的時刻將夢戳破。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6kPvOBEFS
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身後的騷動平息，回過頭，血色的細絲已消失無蹤，只留下那宛如什麼事也沒發生的紅色披肩。而小紅帽戰戰兢兢地拿起它，將它披於肩上——430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoHYjvX5tQ
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「——！」430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxqIPq2CBt
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瞬間，像是成千上萬的蛇噬咬腦髓的劇痛流竄全身。小紅帽應聲倒地、腥紅的氣味登時充滿鼻腔，血絲緩緩從小巧的眼鼻當中爬出。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO48IBSxh3
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如果給一個小布囊硬是裝進酒桶般多的水，那麼會破幾個洞也是理所當然。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWAvrbLPdf
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這正是詛咒吧。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkBK93jT5S
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蠶食著宿主，將痛苦視若罔聞。更自私地憑藉著這份痛苦達成自己的目的。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2lAHkFrXj
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然而，她心甘情願。況且自己又有何資格去憎恨詛咒的惡意呢？
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擦乾血淚，打直這永不衰老的身軀，小紅帽頭也不回地轉身離去。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6iysho6Hr
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除了多寡，人之間還有著能否操作魔力的區別。而擁有操魔天賦的人一個村中甚至找不到五人，菲克斯無非是屬於不懂得操作的那者。然而，就像擁有稀少魔力的小紅帽卻具有罕見的天賦那樣，菲克斯的身上蘊藏的魔力卻多得異常。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP7mEe5BPdu
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正因如此，他們才會是天生一對。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYS62OBtc4n
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就像是那些暗喻著黑色幽默的童話故事一樣。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Q7uTEQU9
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門後的怪物彷彿嗅到了久違的食物氣息，傳來飢腸轆轆的噁心脈動。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AschRMsJt
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而在她懷中酣睡著的大哥哥面無血色，體溫也已與常溫相去不遠。與之相反的紅潤手掌貼上那赤裸的胸口。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMMkSBt8XS
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儘管微弱，鼓動仍穿透了骨肉，告訴小紅帽他依然活著。但那就像是暴風中的火光，不知何時就會熄滅。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8E0vNx9vtF
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因此，她不被允許猶豫。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAP70wRTYT
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這一切都是為了救回大哥哥。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbGYIiJK34
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用身子頂開房門，她無視於腳下每個字母歡欣鼓舞的躁動，肩負著要比自己大上兩圈的身子，步履維艱地朝魔法陣的中央走去。
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魔力的儲存與釋放，只不過是這個魔法陣為了達成真正目的所必要的手段之一罷了。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgvVeek6JT
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將大哥哥安放在中央，接著緩步退向門口。
如果可以，她也不希望利用這種方式。病與傷雖同源，但利用魔力療傷充其量也只是挖肉補瘡，更何況是治病了。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOwIJhgGes
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而就在這個瞬間，地板上成千上萬的字母符號宛若被注入了生命，眼看就要拔地而起——430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ENNBl0fZk
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不對——他們是真的活了過來、並且站了起來。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcfojEHKWaS
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猶如飢渴的蟻群被蜜果所吸引，由符文具現而成的上百隻惡魔爬行於地，而他們的目標只有一個——便是安詳沉睡的菲克斯。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF0ufysbUli
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小紅帽只能觀看著事情的發生。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TjQtpSZ28
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率先抵達的惡魔雙鉗嵌入那曾擁抱她的健壯手臂，如同撕破麻布那樣，條狀的肌肉就這麼隨著血管和神經被硬生生扯出體外。緊接著第二批、第三批惡魔陸續抵達。它們各自用著不同的方法，或是截斷十指、或是撕裂皮肉、或是開腸剖肚，搶食著難得的魔力盛宴。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyioNKylSz6
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小紅帽依然在一旁目睹這瘋狂的宴會。鮮紅中混雜著濁白的粉色液體噴濺在腳邊，她看見了那有著一頭柔軟棕髮的腦袋被敲碎，宛如松鼠在享用松實那般，佈滿血絲的器官被拉出頭殼，惡魔們一擁而上，盡情地鯨吞魔力的泉源。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1nQqjIWZQ
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空氣中飄散著的並不是鮮血的氣味，而是宛如腐爛的老鼠死屍、和被太陽長期曝曬過的餿水氣味的混合。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvurEzkV3PQ
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淚水在蔓延至腳邊的粉濁液體上濺開。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyeCiwRBUz
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自己……自己到底在做些什麼？430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6lqUGs0Ta
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跌坐在地，捂著嘴，眼淚不可遏止地流下。然後，她吐了。那並不是因為瀰漫著的氣味有多麼令人作噁，而是因為她竟聞得出來，從被剖開的腸胃當中，有著自己替他燒過的菜餚氣味。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJ36hkmY0z
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小紅帽一味地吐出胃中的所有，直到嘔吐物與腳邊的液體完全混為一體也不曾停歇。她感覺喉嚨像是吞下了熔融的鐵那樣燒燙。頭痛欲裂，甚至更甚於詛咒。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgPj8prDqq
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雙手雙腳都在發麻、且不聽使喚地痙攣。她感覺到胸中的空氣好像被烤乾似地、被一隻巨手緊掐著要撕裂她的肺臟。即便試圖呼吸，得到的也只有越發劇烈的抽痛。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdd6NyZUyO
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良久，騷動與反胃感逐漸平息。小紅帽喘著氣擦拭嘴角，勉強撐起身子。一道碩大的黑影不知何時成形、且逐漸逼近。止步於小紅帽的身旁，它只是靜待著，貌似習以為常地等待著她情緒平復。她瞪向黑影，眼神當中明明飽含慍怒，卻空洞到像在自暴自棄。
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黑影毫不避諱地回應視線，身形陡然矮下半截。下跪，那是象徵臣服與允諾的姿態。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFXjnXn4EUZ
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雙眼緊闔，不讓黑影身後的碎沫納入視野。小紅帽緩緩牽起黑影狀似手的部分，聚精會神。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJBrtwJV5r
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為了救回大哥哥。她不被允許沉浸在癲狂與失意當中。
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無論灼傷多少次咽喉、無論流下多少血淚、。
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這一切，她都會全然領受。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaosQFPRRX
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只為了再與他一同歡笑。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77DmAmPEk7
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心一沉，握緊手中那份朦朧的觸感。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMKjoic2rc
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意識，就這麼沉入深海。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpPZh1tyOr
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目可觸及的一切盡被廣闊的光流淹沒。鋪天蓋地，就連五感與實體都在奔竄的洪流當中被沖散。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJ22RjuYKr
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透過潛意識中的操控、咒文、以及吞噬了大哥哥的惡魔魔力，她才得以觀望時間的奔流。
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一旦迷失神識，便會被浩瀚的洪流徹底溶解消弭。然而，在此處不存在肉身與感官，就連自身究竟存在與否都無法確認。那麼，一直以來究竟是靠著什麼在尋找的呢？她不知道。那或許已成為她靈魂最深處的本能，亦或者都是誤打誤撞罷了。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eyiQZ1JAG
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霎然，她發現光流的方向逆轉、又或者是自己正逆流而上。無論如何能夠確定的是，時間正在回溯。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjrRZxcBj1
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一束束的模糊光流隨著倒溯而逐漸變得密集、最終匯聚於一點。正是那個時候，她想替病倒的大哥哥送上親手做的餐點時，大哥哥就這麼消失的時候。至今經歷過了什麼都不重要，唯有那一刻她無論如何都無法忘記。
漫天奔騰的世界中唯有那個光點清晰可見，好像伸手便能將其掌握一般。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDZoc6NqjD
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而她也真的將其緊握住了。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R6pIQ4oMz
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手中的觸感變得牢實的瞬間，視野頓時豁然開朗。取回了五感及實體，小紅帽就這麼從意識的深處抽離。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oyXyQ4OMU
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同時，她感覺到一股重量忽地往身上壓下。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEwvinv4PD
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纏繞黑影的烏煙遭到蒸散、被風帶去。而後留下的，是那道熟悉的身影。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcBiIlJJXA
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熾熱的體溫和確切的沉重彷彿要將小紅帽壓倒，但她並沒有認輸，只是頑強地支撐著沉眠的菲克斯。那拼命的模樣顯得如此嬌小。是的，唯有在菲克斯的面前，她才是楚楚可人的小紅帽。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ0pE2yeF5
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一旦大哥哥消失，她就會化身為駭人聽聞的紅帽魔女。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPiQxM4jBo
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其實，她一點也不喜歡這個稱號。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Vejbqdk3E
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什麼紅帽魔女、什麼長生不老、什麼操魔能力，她一點也不想要。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxiyOPzcHN
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她只是想要大哥哥再次醒來、再繼續把沒說完的故事給說下去，當個能夠依偎在溫暖懷中的小紅帽而已。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9p3qhbrbQ
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緊抱著這份確實的暖意。這一次，她必定會救回那時沒能挽留的事物。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShRq5L3XZ6
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就算將迎來的是第一百七十次、甚至是往後數不清的失敗，她也會義無反顧。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIE3kNRWJ3
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直到你我能夠再次綻放笑容的那天來臨。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNJs0ch5XEJ
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——為此，無論將親手殺死你多少次，我都會救回你。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaHoPanLHQ
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將殘骨與碎沫裝進甕中、著手埋葬時，小紅帽忽然想到了一點。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp25yA9AUr
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在這裡死去的每一個菲克斯都是來自過去。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60xmAN4tDb
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那麼，她為什麼會覺得只有「現在」的她在尋找菲克斯醒來的可能呢？430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmiri9q0WD9
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在「過去」，難道就沒有「未來」的她在尋找嗎？430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZ6FwH8ZXY
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想到這點，小紅帽笑了。是近乎於癲狂的笑了。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DnIlGdMKU
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事到如今才發現又有何用。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJkCZ0Hp0O
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無所謂、那些都已經無所謂了啊。430Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCWa9PkvvaA
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