威廉見狀後，大吃一驚。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdcDyKD7Rz
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCt9hit5dx
——為什麼？570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHx9uAzg7Bn
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4o2geUAPv
事實上，這不只是因為威廉看到妹妹的身上出現奇怪鱗片的關係，所以他才擺出吃驚模樣。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjtFxMPf7ql
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpY4ZkfvMs
「為什麼我手上的鱗片會……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakxNTOsIFw
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4e9MrVwhdu
慢慢消失呢？這五個字，威廉沒機會說出口。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1Z7PbIUZ2
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZJcMpOgkw
這是因為，在威廉要說出口的那一瞬間，頭部就遭到重擊。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXOyE7tLMp
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlimgBKVRMO
「幹什麼東西？」一名士兵說話了。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLWw9M0aOi
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfyODBKg3h
「……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5huDNWHw4d
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKuHU0Q1li
威廉一直到左臉頰貼地的這一刻，才回過神，察覺自己大概是被士兵打了。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2dsqRS0c2
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXveV8Yz5l
然後，現在威廉感覺右臉頰被踩。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOUkmq7PMy
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rqFovbSiw
「你站起來啦，哈？想幹麻？再拍你那翅膀嚇人嗎？」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbKNMpRVny
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZVWEfnEIb
「可、可惡……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfGm59wd10
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU09BiLzRcj
「哈？說什麼東西？」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEWT1ATTtw
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rDqYHPRSE
——難道我就要這樣死了嗎？570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpB2xdmf9kz
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zOTsdxDaW
趴在地上、宛如一頭被強迫馴化的生物，威廉已經看不見母親了，然而這並不是因為其他兩名士兵已經享用完畢，也不是因為威廉現在的視線角度看不到母親。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOCQudiqxo
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQwxTbmSiw
威廉心想——就跟媽媽一樣，要被這些人……570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQHMEAl0zYy
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5meroMj5W
而是因為威廉流眼淚的關係，視線模糊到看不清楚眼前的景況。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9Fr14ZAlR
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzNeoWN6OC
士兵抬起腳，準備用力再往下踩的瞬間，威廉緊閉雙眼。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68Z2L1Zsr0
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYg48ZgT7d
就在此刻——570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gXYfl1xKo
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBY2tT31EJz
「怎、怎麼回事？喔……喔啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊！」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg2Zdrzmxb
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TNvilY0e7
那名想要再踩威廉臉頰的士兵，突然間跌倒。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5q4TrwbPYp
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvLv1Ga3yT
威廉見狀後，先是皺眉，畢竟不曉得發生了什麼，但他感覺到自己身後有一股熱能，於是轉頭查看，然後瞪大雙眼。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgl2u9NJb7D
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMuvn3BnkL
威廉看見了！他看見妹妹全身發出紅光，而這紅光內部，好像有一顆光球，位於妹妹的心臟附近，接下來該光球散出一束光芒，打向那名跌倒的士兵。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEzpKpdRll
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3whkjMvqSs
「不！啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoUrOrE48v
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfH4AXB8bD
威廉看見光束打向那名士兵後，該士兵大聲喊叫，接著就化成火焰變成灰燼。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MZUadlxA5
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkhkhBFl0j
——怎麼回事？570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhWRccJ4jq
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjfhnMdF3s
——不、不對。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfaT69pZhR
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSLmpId4gX
威廉趁這空檔，其他兩名士兵都看傻眼、沒來制止的空檔，抱起妹妹、緩緩嘗試站起身子。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqpmAsxS7m
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8syITbK1Iq
身體上的疼痛，和無法拯救母親的傷痛，如同腐蝕性液體淋在身上一般，令威廉差點站不起來、身子重心不穩搖搖晃晃。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoeTT2VFy1
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GaEoKJFiW
——不管到底是怎樣，是那個藥水也好、妹妹本來的力量也罷，那都不重要。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWe2jCuEmEh
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1O58LDefr
——重要的是，一個月大的小女孩都沒有放棄了……570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacwqREH2FP
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AIvwkK6FZ
然而，威廉依舊起身。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcN63OiX0Vq
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5LWH1BC70
他懷中的妹妹，好像是在對他笑的樣子，威廉用眼角餘光發現此事，這讓他心情變得好一些。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5Jr3SlMCs
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbw0hmPKEMB
他張開翅膀，閉上眼，接著他身子開始慢慢發出藍光。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi7YoTMvJy
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jGfLt8y0N
「身為哥哥的我又怎麼可以？」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡit9VvuKbPD
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHWbJ7Gnaj
「你要幹什麼？」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0q5Fd2VXrS
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7G8YBSpTFr
「喂！」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GkCEBCm4f
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjl6m3orzZe
士兵好像到剛剛才注意到威廉的模樣，但已經來不及。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9KjW9X7xF
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAbaEHlKWk
喊完聲後，威廉拍打翅膀飛起，砰一聲撞破自家屋頂，來到天空中。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtNSqcliZ7
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XToX2jwuo
——雖然長老跟爸爸有說過，不要隨便用這招不然會傷到人，但現在也顧不了這麼多了。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdbhtNpf52
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTgptIPcFqe
飛到空中的威廉，深呼吸一口氣，開始自言自語：570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMvTftYfHc
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzJ2axy9ze
「偉大又崇高的天龍始祖啊，請給予您的子民真正的力量……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHev0kWIqPz
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9CQ3m7RbI
因為母親被殺害又被羞辱，自己還差點掛掉，這份滿滿的傷感、憎恨與不甘心，威廉打算將其全部發洩出來。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaUBzce41f
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yAUvJFopw
威廉這時身上的藍色光芒，已經耀眼到連他自己都必須閉上眼睛。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡserosQPu0p
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcKxtm4b90
「當山崩地裂、海枯石爛，地面寸草不生、萬物回歸虛有……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUmEQ0XDoL
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmO9ZZlXjfd
「期許光亮挺身而出，照亮黑暗、為世間帶來和平與美。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwR9FMc11P
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe2fMCcTmTp
威廉選擇衝破屋頂、來到自由的天空，發洩情緒，是兩個原因中的其中之一。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvQfC6prMK
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqNNPIA93I
「那些從地獄來的，必將回歸天堂受審判。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYP7nM4f2T0
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfqR9ft9W3
「舊的不去、新的不來……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbgJWDagHj
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrAvS2rQIR
威廉唸咒到此之時，將肚子吸得飽飽的。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT11F70cUtt
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjZsNHMFRr
「斷罪之火、滅世之燄，始祖的力量在此，為我燃盡無數邪惡百鬼。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2bM9ZVRFH
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2bCv4y7So
「龍舌吐息——！」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡil0p1imrst
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudKh30aKmI
咒語結束後，威廉吐出巨大火焰，將自己與母親住的房子給燒毀。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAF8t7jyb2w
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuAVKMujC2
火焰吐出的那一刻，威廉的肚子消下去，彷彿所有傷感、憎恨與不甘心都慢慢消除似的。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkmf3XagHm
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2cxjmX1jAw
不只如此，他還在天空中俯視，發現這一地段的房子都殘破不堪，好像都被搶劫了一樣。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfx3GLVHviS
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYqMgDqx1o
威廉把他的火焰轉向那些房子，一口氣，就使這一帶都化為一座火海。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQjPkXBkNS
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DjP0B8z7g
然而，究竟威廉為什麼要這麼做？士兵們大概是不清楚的。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aGuZYmSEr
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAFhSU9BOe
對他們來說，威廉這麼做的目的不明。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNQXyB98ki
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDd0mReRps5
畢竟所有龍族都是不怕火的，無論龍還是邪龍。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzVXqTS1Ak
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckDnxUloPF
「喂！正統龍族小弟弟，你瘋了嗎？」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvQzJcWbRw
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8w9ZalNKJ
「就算只剩你們家我們還沒搜刮完，也不用這樣子吧！」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7ypImzdt7
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOw16uYvxff
底下的士兵抬頭喊聲。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEKX89utkV
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpt14TsgkXu
也許他們可以想得到的，想到威廉大概是情緒不穩才如此。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtSHlWTyOe
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfi2MzZJoZ
他們沒有直接說出口，也許是因為沒有從威廉此刻的模樣馬上聯想到。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttCEFaqZ5G
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDnaWuUQ1c
威廉此刻的模樣，已經不是正統龍族的樣子，而是有著邪龍的鱗片、龍族的鱗片，以及人類的皮膚。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LNmeq1tUX
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyGPOoBIsGo
「你……喂！醉鬼，就跟你說不要亂用那個藥水。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wXcpUWEv9
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv06CwlAUU
「不是，不可能。那個藥水的效力才不會……」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzxk1OWqba
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLGY30Eivo
「你們聽好了，可惡的邪龍士兵們。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOIB2FUkZk
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nRs9wSPRf
於那兩位士兵講悄悄話之時，威廉說話了。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCp9GeDSwJC
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6Jf2Jv0SD
「以我現在的力量，還沒有辦法打倒你們，但是總有一天我會回來找你們。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Qg9jPuzNi
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlF6v0Zxngs
在那之前，給我洗乾淨脖子等著——威廉沒有把這句話完整說出來。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPosymCurq1
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1RF2pffs7
那是因為，士兵在他說到「在那之前」這個詞的時候，就打斷威廉說話。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKdtK4aQtW
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRI4RZggsAA
「滾下來啦，可惡！」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1OTB444hc
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ7cz8CemV
咻——570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdevHrd7Dqq
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhl0jXWoJ45
一根長矛飛向威廉，然而威廉輕鬆閃開。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWPFXaEDdI
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxSwcbIQAV
然後威廉繼續說：570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetcglByzZC
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YX0BIHMFX
「你們邪龍族殺害我的母親，我是絕對不會忘記的，這裡不會再有人類受到你們羞辱，因為都已經沒有了。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUKh5pMrwG
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqpnZsHAhd
「……原來如此，這就是你的目的嗎？可惡！」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGL3B7VpyB
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCbrHN4Gjs
「所以你是哪裡有毛病？該死！你到底是誰？」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocKiPr8iU2
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYE2wKzmn2
咻——570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEbDeq2li7
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXzgJZNPEa
這次是箭飛向威廉，然而威廉還是輕鬆閃開。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU2LmY8X9i
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwjfzwaIop
「我是誰？」威廉聽到士兵的言語後，冷笑。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqu6Wo2l1w
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dFptkhzlP
「正統龍族不可能有這種力量的。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijBiqZTqS4
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4AWRU07UBl
「好、好，我們認輸好嗎？你好像很強的樣子，乾脆就加入我們邪龍怎麼樣？」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7bwt4KuO0
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdt7Q5Aaxm
「別笑掉別人大牙了！」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlXRKSey1l
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3wVGVDv1Z
威廉此語，令士兵愣住。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqN4JSSMOV
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTddPCqiScv
不到兩秒，威廉再度說話：570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPSPozyQ3Qk
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOiEdDmyaa
「我是誰？我不是以天空為傲的龍族，也不是以地面自居的邪龍，當然也不可能是人類。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpAKarN6Pv
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9l96yjXIKg
「「……」」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WE6M7DcEs
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpEjVELgLj
我就是半龍族——這是威廉最後對士兵說的六個字。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83B1DYRNkE
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcf4STzMOB7
在威廉說出口的那瞬間，他感覺到體內突然有一股刺痛感，但不像是肌肉損傷，可能是內臟出問題。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjsXWbxPxS
570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8Jszlerf8
因為這樣，威廉判斷不宜久留，所以就飛離此地。

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離開該處後，威廉在深山中的某座洞窟睡了一夜，等到他醒過來已經是可以看得見日出之時。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA34Dgpa4cg
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威廉昨晚本想吐出藍色的火，但後來卻不知為何，吐出的卻是偏橘黃色的烈焰——這個想法是在威廉瞥見陽光的時候回憶起來的。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBApYS0C5tA
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他低下頭來，全身肌肉繃緊、身體因此再度作痛。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5K9ue2Pkjg
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襁褓看上去像是白色的雲，緊緊環抱裡頭的嬰孩。可能是因為如此，威廉才鬆了口氣。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfNJ6DiCdr
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——還好昨天晚上的魔法沒有傷到妹妹。

雖然如此，但威廉知道妹妹跟自己身上的鱗片其實沒有那麼容易消除這個事實，已經是他們長大之後了。

多年後，當威廉.康斯坦丁再度面臨家人臨死危機之時，他腦海中都會浮現這段小時候的回憶，然而其實他最想要忘掉的，也是這段記憶。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzFTphl36D
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不過，還是有些事情忘不了，也不能忘掉。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQqK57O6Fx
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威廉依然遵循多年前的自己，於那座洞窟面向朝陽的那一刻，與妹妹定下的承諾。無論過了多久、無論遭遇什麼天大挫折，他都相信著自己能夠辦到，只要和妹妹一起。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxcUaFuP3t
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宛如嘲笑臉孔的月亮，已經下降到地平線以下，上來的是溫暖的陽光，與一旁襯托的白色雲朵。570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1dbR0wdG0
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「為了讓妳變回原來的樣子，我要變強，找到讓妳變回來的方法。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6vddHCBbM
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「在那之前，我會保護妳——妮莫。」570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdiZ4wiZM6
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《第一章 結束》570Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuou2FRFicX