[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Chapter 128 Chapter 128

What she was most worried about finally happened.

The worst part about Romimus was that if Glorfindel did decide to cut all ties between the two of them, she wouldn't even be in a position to convince him to drop the idea.

Although in the end this is all her own fault, she should have thought of this result when she decided to betray Gondolin, and she did think of it, she just wrongly underestimated Glorfindel's respect for her Influence.If anyone of them would get bored and give up the relationship first, Romemos thought it would be herself, because she was a person who always resisted being entangled in any superfluous feelings.

But the current situation caught Romimus by surprise, and there was no point in deceiving herself. The fact is, she thought that her feelings for Glorfindel were just a temporary novelty and fascination, but she was wrong.

So will this be love?

When this thought came out of nowhere, Romimos was startled, but he didn't feel greatly shocked.

But even assuming it was love, a certain kind of love, what did that mean for her?

Romemos thought for a while, and now there are three choices in front of her.

One, she should go and confess her feelings to Glorfindel, and maybe start trying to court him.If you put this idea thousands of years ago, but now, she will probably get nothing but rejection and ridicule; even guessing the best situation, Glorfindel agreed to give her another chance, but with Toes also knows that the first condition he put forward is to ask her to return to Aman Island and surrender to Vera, and then, she can squat in Mandos until the end of time.

Second, she simply didn't do anything and kept going until the big ticket came.Calm down and think about it, it's not that Glorfindel doesn't hate her anymore, how could he not hate her at all?It's just that he had sworn to Romimos under the circumstances that he would not avenge Gondolin on her, but if Romimos did other outrageous things, Glorfindel also said However, he would still come and kill her.In the end, whether his feelings for her are love or hate is not important, what is important is that a new connection is established between them again.

Third, maybe she should be comfortable with the outcome.The so-called love is a good thing for many people, but not necessarily for Romimus.Maybe this is just a chance for her to break free from all unnecessary ties and return to the state of mind that she once was completely free.It might not have been easy to do at first, but she did it when she thought she would never see Glorfindel again for 1000 years at the beginning of the Second Age, and now she just wants to As a dead person again.

The first option was the most thankless, the second the least retreating, and the third the least within her control.But after a few trade-offs, it really is...

Romemos was contemplating, but a burst of knocking sound interrupted her thinking from far and near.

Romemos understood.

She went to open the door, and it turned out that Naquili was not far away, limping towards her on crutches.

"Naquili? Why did you come here by yourself?" Romemos pretended to be surprised, and hurried over to support her, "If there is anything you need to tell someone, wouldn't it be more convenient for me to find you in the past?"

But in fact, Romimos knows why Naquili came to her. Vesper just came to ask for Nakuli yesterday, wanting to ask for more of the herbal medicine that Romimos brought back from Middle Continent, but Rejected by Romimos.

Naquili hesitated for a while, and she also knew that Romemos knew her intentions, so the reason why she played a fool with her was just to show her attitude: the other party was unwilling to agree to her request.

But even though she knew it in her heart, Naquili still asked, "Do you have any left of that medicine?"

"Yes, there are still a lot left." Romemos said, not waiting for Naquili to say anything, and then said, "Speaking of medicine, I told you that this medicine is not good, your legs It’s been a month, so it shouldn’t hurt as much as it did at the beginning, right? I’m just about to discuss with you that the medicine can be stopped slowly.”

Nakuili turned pale, and subconsciously said, "This is not possible."

Romemos's smile gradually disappeared. "That's what I was afraid of in the morning," she said. "I can't believe the willpower of human beings. I thought the Númenorans were stronger than other humans, but you have only taken this medicine for two weeks, and you feel Can't live without it?"

"No, of course not." Naquili quickly defended, she collected herself and said, "As you said, my leg is indeed not as unbearably painful as it used to be, but the pain is barely bearable. , but it keeps me distracted and I can't concentrate on writing. We didn't come up with new dramas during the New Year this year, and those old ladies have already complained about it. If you are not happy, if the funding you give is cut off, all of us will be in trouble."

Romemus was noncommittal.There may be some truth to what Naquili said, but there is no excuse in it?She doesn't believe it.

"I really need this right now." Naquili pleaded in a low voice. She has always been proud, and now she may be the most pleasing appearance since she was born. "I promise you, Luo Mi, as long as I As soon as I finish writing the new play, I won’t touch this thing again even if both my legs are broken at the same time!”

Romemos finally gave the medicine to Naquili, not because she was persuaded, but because the other party insisted on it.

Just like Vespa wanted to change faces with Romemos, and Romemos did not support her, but she fulfilled her wish. At most, Romemos would verbally warn them that such behavior might incur their responsibility. She never made decisions for them under the guise of being considerate, even though she sometimes knew how muddled and even terrible those decisions were.

Many people don't understand Romemos. In their opinion, even if Romemos doesn't stop those people, at least he shouldn't push them from behind. Therefore, if those people really end up miserable, Romemus should also responsible.

Whenever this happens, Romimos will laugh at it, human beings are really a race that can't afford "freedom".

More than a month later, Naquili announced in high spirits that she had completed the first draft of her new play, so the opera house could get busy and prepare for rehearsals.

Romemos had to admit that she was a little bit surprised, because not long ago, Naquili was still looking exhausted and exhausted. How could she have created something capable in the past few months? Comparable to the operas by Maglor?

Romemos wondered, either Naquili had a serious illness and finally figured it out and stopped being so demanding on herself; or she was really a peerless genius, and her potential was finally developed after being stimulated by such a stimulus; Otherwise, Naquili finally went crazy...

"This new script is not entirely written by me alone." Naquili said while distributing the script to the first-line actors in opera houses such as Romemos, Ilfarin, and Vespa, "Accurate For me, I adapted the script that Luo Mi gave me before."

Romemos felt her eyelids twitch, and the ominous premonition in her heart became more and more serious. How much courage and self-confidence did she have to dare to make changes to Maglor's original score?

"Don't worry, I'm not willing to touch most parts of the music." Naquili understood Romemos's face and explained, "Except for the last solo, the atmosphere of that song is too depressing, and the lyrics are too depressing." It's not suitable as the final ending, I can only write a song myself to replace that song, I hope it doesn't look like a dog's tail."

That being said, it can be seen from Naquili's expression that she is very satisfied with her creation.

Romemos flipped through the script quickly.Naquili is right. She said that she did not change the melody part. The fact is that except for the main theme of the opera, the other things such as polyphony, chords, libretto, and plot are almost beyond recognition.

Romemos therefore feels deeply ashamed of Maglor. Although Naquili’s changes this time are a bit standard, it still cannot be said to be better than the original. To be honest, because Naquili’s adapted version is similar to Maglor’s The style of the original version is so different that it is difficult for Romimoth to compare the two versions together.But there is no doubt that this entire opera, including the last Naquili's completely original piece, is indeed the most wonderful work that Romemos has produced since she knew Naquili.

In general, the tone of Naquili's version is brighter, more exciting, more dramatic and story-telling than the original.Unlike Maglor's heroine, who is always questioning and answering herself and thus appears somewhat indecisive, Naquili's version of "Romimus" is more determined, confident, arrogant, crazy, and ambitious.

But it is not to say that Naquili has deleted all the painful self-reflection and questioning that is similar to whipping. In fact, that is the essence that Maglor really wants to express in the original work, but this kind of thinking is in the Númenor was seen as useless and weak, so Naquiri stripped them away from "Romimus" and turned him into a character opposite to "Romimus".

The background of the story, of course, began to open its eyes and tell lies from the very beginning of the creation of the world. In the beginning, there were fifteen powerful beings, fourteen of whom created elves, and the one named Melkor created humans alone. When Vera When they saw Melkor's work, they were all astonished and envious, because what Melkor had created alone was stronger and more perfect than what all of them had created together, so they expelled Melkor from Aman, and He cursed his creations to never escape their mortal end.

Although Melkor was stronger than any of them, but because he was outnumbered, he could only retreat temporarily and came to Middle Continent.Even so, the Valar were still afraid that Melkor and his humans would come back to take revenge on them one day, and the elves they created were also worried that one day the rise of humans would replace their superior racial status. Finally, a group of elves stepped The lands of Upper Middle-earth declared war on Melkor.

The most cunning of these elves was the one led by Turgon, the son of Fingolfin. They knew that they would not be Angband's opponents in a direct confrontation, so they built a hidden city to hide themselves and wait for an opportunity.At this moment, Melkor's loyal servant, Romimos, took the initiative to stand up and volunteered to help her master Melkor solve this serious problem, and was willing to do his best to help human beings get back what they deserved.

Romimos chose the most beautiful woman under her command, named Lan Wen, and instructed her to dress up as a helpless female elf and appear near Gondolin. Sure enough, some elves found her and brought her back. , and the spirit body of Romimos attached to Lan Wen, and successfully entered Gondolin.

After that, how Romimoth found out all the information of Gondolin bit by bit, and the story of how he deceived almost all the eyes of the elves is omitted. In short, it is almost the same set that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Let’s talk about this “original” character Lan Wen who exists and does not exist.She was originally a human woman, and it stands to reason that she could not escape the bad luck of death, but Melkor saved her. In return, she should assist Romimos to capture Gondolin together. She did have this goal in the beginning But after that, she was deceived by the lies woven by Vera and the elves, and she believed that the elves and humans were created by the same supreme god, and they should be brothers and sisters, and the death of human beings is the supreme god. It is a terrible thing to try to escape death against the will of God as a special gift to them.

As a result, Lan Wen was shaken in her purpose of coming to Gondolin, and even because she fell in love with an elf, she finally made such a heinous act of betraying Melkor and humans.

Of course, at the end of the story, Lan Wen was executed by Romimos on the spot, and the forces of Melkor still won a complete victory, oh yeah.

According to Naquili, she wants Vespa to play Lan Wen, and Romimos to play herself, but Vespa is very resistant to this arrangement, and would rather play a role that does not have two lines in total. Idril, so Naquili said to Romemos, otherwise you will work hard and play two roles for each person.

Romimos refused at first, not that she was dissatisfied with the setting of the script like Vespa. She had expected that the day when black and white would be reversed would come sooner or later. The reason why she was unwilling to act in "Lan Wen", because Lan Wen is a mute, and this means that Lan Wen does not have a single line of lyrics, and has to rely on body movements and dances to complete the entire performance.

Naquili opened her mouth wide in surprise: "You can't dance?"

"No." Romimos said confidently, "Why, can't I have something I don't know?"

So far, her dancing skills have been limited to a small ballroom dance that Glorfindel once taught her, and she has used it to successfully mix up all occasions that require dancing.

"Then it's very difficult." Naquili seems to be in a dilemma, but in fact she is not, "Even if you don't play 'Lan Wen', 'Romimos' still needs to dance at the end", anyway, you have to Learning is a matter of learning more and learning less. "

"Can I change roles? For example, Princess Bai..."

Romemos's request was dismissed outright, because there is no such thing as Princess White in this script, and Romemos just said it casually, and she really felt sorry for letting her play Arithel, and she even made Meglin I'm not bothered to act.In the end, after a round of selection, I still can only choose "acting in my true colors".

"Romimos."

After the meeting was over, Romemos sullenly planned to go out for a walk, but was stopped by someone. When she turned around, it turned out to be Ilfarin.

"What?" Romemus asked.

"I came to learn from you." Ilfarin said bluntly, "Although I know that most of the stories written in the script should be fictional, but you did meet the Lord of the Golden Flower with your own eyes, right?"

"Seeing it with your own eyes? That's too polite to say." Romimus said, "Although you are right, this story is 90.00% nonsense, but in Gondolin, Glorfindel and I were indeed One of the most familiar elves."

"That's great." Ilfarin said, although there was no trace of emotion in his exclamation, as if this sentence was just a fixed usage that should appear at this time, "what is he really like? Can you tell me what happened to you when you were in Gondolin?"

"If you know the real Glorfindel from me, you may not be able to play him in the play." Romimos understood his reason for coming, and laughed, "Of course I also understand, the current trend That's the way it is, and Farathon won't tolerate anyone saying a good word about an elf, but Glorfindel deserves all the praise."

"Aren't you and the elves enemies?" Ilfarin asked in confusion, "But I hear what you mean, it seems that you appreciate him."

"I believe my ultimate ideal is the same as his, but we chose different means to achieve it." Romemos tilted his head, "I didn't walk the same path as him, it doesn't mean I think his The choice is wrong, on the contrary, from his point of view, he may be right. But the right choice does not necessarily lead to good results, such as him taking me back to Gondolin out of mercy - no Naquili must have confused Glorfindel with the other fair-haired Noldor for lust."

"Oh." Ilfarin carefully jotted down a few strokes on the script, "No, just for sex, for a reason... You mean he and Lan Wen really fell in love with each other later?"

"How could it be—" Romimos wondered that Ilfarin's understanding of her words was so off, but suddenly she reacted.

No matter how pure the relationship between Lan Wen (that is, herself) and Glorfindel is in the real history, but in Naquili's whole nonsense script, something is destined to happen between them.That is to say, for Ilfarin, he can only choose how to express the love between the two people—either Glorfindel is not a fool with a love brain, or he is not a pervert who judges people by appearance, as for Don't even think about the image of a gentleman.

"Yes." Romimos flicked his hair, "He likes me very much."