frightfiction Chapter 127 Chapter 127
Chapter 127 Chapter 127
The good news is that no one was killed.
According to Vespa, Naquili stayed in the piano room alone until midnight. She has been like this for several months. She is in a trance every day and doesn’t think about food and drink. She finally managed to make up a few notes to form a complete melody. If she can't make it through the next day, she will kill herself.
And tonight, after another day of sitting fruitlessly, Naquili planned to blow the night breeze to clear her head, but when she went out, she stumbled over the threshold and fell down the stairs, breaking her head. lost a leg.
Originally, although this was not a small injury like a broken skin, it was not life-threatening. I don't know if it was because of the cold from the wind blowing for half a night or because Nakuili's physical condition is really bad recently. In the early hours of the morning, it was initiated again. High fever, and it didn't get better for three or four days.
Of course the doctor searched a lot, but those medical methods made Romemus’ eyebrows almost stick into his hair, such as bloodletting, eating some disgusting things, soaking silver coins on his head in a wooden bucket full of small fish For seven days and seven nights, there was a man who claimed to be a doctor who solemnly suggested that they should pray to the true god Melkor and perform some incredible sacrifices. Of course, that man was shooed away by Romimos before he finished speaking.
"Can't you think of a way, Romi?" Vespa asked bewildered.
Romemos was helpless, although she also collected some folk remedies for human beings from all over the world in the land of twilight, but that was just to keep a record to prevent them from being lost. As for whether those ancient remedies were really effective, Romemos never bothered Studied it, because medicine was a completely useless subject to her.
In the end, Okanomu found various relationships, and finally invited a court doctor from the palace, and prescribed some herbal medicine prescriptions, and Naquili's body temperature barely dropped, but she still had a burst of hair from time to time. low fever.
"It hurts, it hurts..." Okanomu persuaded other people in the theater to take time to take care of Naquili in turn. Today it was Romimos' turn. As soon as she went in to take over, she saw Nakuili's eyes closed , sleeping very restlessly, "Father, I'm in so much pain...Mom, Dad..."
Romemos touched his forehead, and sure enough, it burned again.
"How's it going?"
Vespa sighed and shook his head, "My legs hurt, my head hurts, my whole body hurts when I touch it, I can't eat or sleep because of the pain. Here, I just fell asleep after a lot of trouble, so please speak softly."
"Or ask a better doctor to look at it," said Romemos.
"The manager has invited him several times, but you also know that nine and a half out of ten doctors who have some real skills work full-time in the homes of those rich people, so it's not easy to invite them." Vespalio After a pause, "The doctor from last time was specially invited by Director Ocanom from Lord Isildur's house."
Romemos thought for a while: "Actually, I've heard of a prescription..."
"What? You have a solution? Why don't you say it earlier!"
"This prescription is not for reducing fever or helping wounds heal," Romemus said. "It's mainly for pain relief."
"That's okay." Vesper sighed again, and tucked Naquili's quilt lovingly, "Even if it can only relieve some pain and let Miss Naquili rest better, it will also help her recovery. .”
"But this prescription has side effects," said Romemus, "at least for humans."
"Is it serious?"
"If the dosage is strictly controlled, it should be okay?" Romimos said unsurely, "I also heard from those Dongyi people and southerners, they said that the main ingredient in this medicine - a Substances extracted from poppies—although they have very good narcotic and analgesic effects, long-term use can cause hallucinations and may be addictive.”
Vespa hesitated for a while: "When Miss Naquili wakes up, let her decide for herself."
Naquili didn't spend too much time worrying about it. She only has one thing on her mind now, which is to write a work that can make her pride not be ashamed. As long as Romimus' medicine can make her sit Get up and pick up a pen, even if she wants to die immediately after the wish is fulfilled, I am afraid she will agree.
The only person who was really hesitant was Ocanom, but what worried him the most was not the side effects that Romimos said, but because poppies did not grow in the island country of Númenor, and could only be imported from Middle-earth, so The price is high.Okanomu certainly didn't want Naquili to suffer from illness, but he couldn't let the rest of the hundred and ten people in the theater have no food for just one person.
In the end, it was Romimus who returned to the Land of Dusk.The originally quiet and peaceful village was gone now, replaced by a large number of Numenor lumberjacks, engineers and troops stationed here. Romimos only squinted his eyes in the air and looked down, unwilling to look any more.She flew straight back to the ruins of Minasvio, and now the Tower of Twilight is nothing but an empty shell, and only when the Numenorians need marble, will anyone think of visiting her, and then digging out what is left of her a certain part.
In the moonless night, Romimos landed lightly on the top of the tower like a big bird, and she stood there quietly for a long time.
The Númenoreans thought they had taken all that was of value to them in it, and burned the rest in the fire; but the Tower of Twilight held more secrets than they thought, when Celebrimbor I have lived here for five years, but I still haven't found all the secret rooms and secret compartments here.
In those hidden corners, there are collected all kinds of things invented and created by Romimos himself or the humans in the Twilight Land for thousands of years, including the medicine that Romimos specially came to pick up this time, but The difference between this medicine and other items is that it is left in the Tower of Twilight not as a sample to prevent loss or as a souvenir, but because only the Twilight Lord has the right to keep this medicine. Poppies grow in Romemus' field.
Of course, this rule was not set by Romimos on her own initiative, and she was too lazy to meddle in human affairs.Strictly speaking, this law was formulated by a priest of Dongyi tribe and its leader, and Romimos only helped to implement it.
Far away.
Romemos turned over and jumped into the tower from a hole in the tower wall. After looking around, he walked to the north, put his hand on a wall brick and pressed it twice, and a The semi-circular drawer, after turning 120 degrees clockwise and then turning back [-] degrees counterclockwise, clicked, and a package of things tightly wrapped with oiled paper and string fell into the drawer from above, Romeo Si took it out, sniffed it carefully, and yes, it was still here.
The item was easily obtained, but Romemos did not return immediately to rescue Naquili from the pain. She stood quietly in the same place again, with an unpredictable expression, and the dim moonlight reflected from outside the tower. Her body made her into a gray-blue sculpture.
A few hours ago, she didn't think so much, and she really came to get the medicine with good intentions, but when she flew over the past twilight land and now a barren field, those decades in her heart had already changed. The pacified hatred flared up again in an instant.
It is true that 90.00% of the people in the Arlando Opera House have nothing to do with the fall of the Twilight Land. Most of them are just ordinary people. If they are not Numenorese, at least Romimos does not hate them. But they are all of them.
So should she really put aside her grievances and save a Numenoran?Although it is absolutely impossible for Naquili herself to participate, and she may not necessarily approve of the Númenoreans' war against Central Continent, what about her father?What about her younger brother?Forosta, as the most radical royalist, is definitely involved in the matter of the Twilight Land. Taking a step back, even if Naquili is completely innocent, it would be fine if Romimos didn't take the initiative to kill her. Why bother? help her?
Or...she could use the drug to save Naquili, but in a slightly heavier dose?
Romemos weighed the package of medicine twice, pursed his lips, spread his wings, and flew out of the tower, first all the way west, but when he approached the coast, Romemos turned a corner, turned And went north.
At the time when night and dawn turned, Romemos crossed the border of Linton. At this time, the sky was not fully lit, the forest and grassland were still shrouded in faint shadow and mist, and most of the elves were still alive. In deep sleep, there is silence all around.Nevertheless, out of caution, Romimos still temporarily gave up the human form, and took the form of a bird.
Romimos first flew to the palace of Gilgalad, which is the one with the highest spire among all the buildings in Linton, and then circled around it for a few times, and found it nearby without much effort. Glorfindel's abode.
Romemos lightly landed on the railing of the balcony on the second floor.Through the gauze curtain that is gently undulating by the morning breeze, one can vaguely see the general situation in the room.
Glorfindel was reclining on the bed, with his head slightly tilted in the direction of Romemos, his eyes closed, wearing only a long shirt and a pair of loose pajama pants, with bare feet and loose hair, he seemed to be still alive rest.
That being the case, Romimos wasn't going to disturb him, rather, it was in line with her wishes, otherwise, if she really met Glorfindel face to face, she wouldn't know what to say.Yes, she is now a little troubled about how to deal with her relationship with some (seemingly innocent) Numenoreans, but she doesn't need Glorfindel to tell her the answer to this question again—— She knew exactly what he would answer, she just needed a safe place to clear her mind, sober and rational enough to sort out logic, weigh the pros and cons, and finally make up her mind.
Romimos stared at Glorfindel for a while, then turned his head to look at the already white sky, intending to wait until Arian showed up and leave, unless Glorfindel woke up before then got up.
She turned around again, wanting to see if Glorfindel was still immersed in the dream, but it was okay not to look, she was startled when she saw it, the bed and the room were all empty, and there was no one in sight film.
Romemos subconsciously felt something was wrong, and was about to fly away immediately, but with a crash, Glorfindel had already opened the curtain, and walked straight towards her from the shadow cast by the dim morning light, looking down at her with a blank expression. : "Romi... Moss?"
Romimos seriously thought about the possibility of acting stupid, but felt wrong, why was she so cowardly, could Glorfindel still eat her?Then Romimos changed back into human form, and sat on the railing, with his legs dangling in mid-air, dangling from side to side.
"When did you wake up?" she asked.
"Since you first came," said Glorfindel, "I have not slept."
"Then how do you know that this bird is me?" Romemos pondered for a while, "You didn't mean to deceive me, did you?"
Glorfindel didn't answer, he looked into Romimus' eyes and asked her, "What are you doing here?"
"Come to assassinate Gilgalad." Romimos said nonsense, "Why did Xu Linton send someone to assassinate me and not allow me to come back?"
"Gil-galad lives over there." Glorfindel pointed for her, then turned to leave without hesitation.
"Wait." Romemos stopped him, "You just left?"
Glorfindel turned around: "What else?"
"Won't you stop me?"
"I don't think it's necessary."
"...well, I didn't come to kill Gilgalad," said Romemos, "but I did wonder whether I should kill another man, and perhaps more."
"As you please," said Glorfindel.
"I may not be able to kill Gilgalad easily - but if I really want to kill him, I may not be able to kill him, let alone those ordinary humans, I really have the ability to kill him."
"I know," said Glorfindel.
"So, the life and death of the Númenorans doesn't matter to you?" Romimos asked confused.
"No," said Glorfindel, "I just understand that if you really want to kill someone, I can't stop you."
"But I haven't made up my mind yet whether I should really kill them," said Romemus. "Perhaps you can change my mind."
Glorfindel actually laughed.
"Are you sure?" he asked, "You'll change your mind because of what I said?"
"If your reasons convince me, why not?"
"Really, then I would like to thank you for giving me a good look." Glorfindel suppressed his smile, and he changed back to that cold face, "But I'm afraid I'm not as idle as you thought , I don't have so much time and tongue to spend on changing your stubborn and hard heart like a stone."
Romemos froze on the spot for a moment, then lowered his voice: "Okay, I don't want to kill him, and you don't have to lose your temper and say such harsh words."
"It's really hard to make such a big concession for you." Glorfindel sneered, turned and walked back into the house, and drew the thick curtain behind him.
Romemos stood for a moment in a daze.
I shouldn't have come here so early in the morning, she thought gloomily, as he woke up even worse than before.
Even so, Romemos was a little wronged.Even if she was a little tongue-tied when she came up to mention Gilgalad, but it was just hilarious when she heard it, why did the well-behaved Glorfindel suddenly become so narrow-minded.
At least not, he hasn't recovered from his temper ten years ago... But didn't he say that it had nothing to do with her?
Romemos thought about it carefully again, and felt that it was impossible to go on like this. It just so happened that she came to Linton once in a while, and she had to figure it out no matter what.
"We have to make things clear," Romimos pulled open the curtain and strode into the room, "Glorfin—!"
Glorfindel tugged at the half-put on trousers, and frowned at her.
"Yes, I'm sorry." Romimos covered his eyes, ran back and scrambled, and shouted loudly, "You can't blame me, this kind of curtain can't make me knock on the door!"
"If there is a second person who chooses to enter from the balcony on the second floor instead of the door like you, I will set the doorbell here immediately." Glorfindel's voice came from inside.
Romemos waited on the balcony while looking down, to see if Glorfindel would simply ignore her and go out, but fortunately, only 3 minutes later, the other party came back, fully dressed except for the braid. .
"What else do you want to say?" Glorfindel asked.
Romemos hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Has the matter that bothered you ten years ago been resolved?"
"solved."
"Oh, that's great," said Romemus. "Then what happened?"
"Like what?"
"I still want to ask you." Romemos said, "You have been acting weird since the last time we met, and you didn't come to Pelakir this year. I thought you were stuck by something. "
"No," said Glorfindel, "but I have nothing to do in Pelagir."
Romemos was choked: "Could it be that you went to Pelakire for business the last two times?"
"Not exactly," said Glorfindel, "but also to see how you are."
"Then...then why didn't you come this time?" Romimos said, "Even if you don't have to do anything, you can still come to me."
"That's right." Glorfindel nodded, he fell silent, and looked up at the forest shrouded in morning mist and the elf palace dyed pale gold by the morning glow.When Romemos thought he was not going to talk anymore, he finally said, "But whatever you plan to do in the future, it has nothing to do with me."
Romemos' heart sank.
She actually felt vaguely just now that Glorfindel was deliberately alienating her.
This is actually not the first time this happened. When Glorfindel met for the first time after returning to Middle-earth from Valinor, Romimus forced Glorfindel to make a promise that she would not be forced to return to Aman. The oath of confession, and Glorfindel returned to her the ring that Romimos had given him, threatening that they would be completely clean from now on.
But the facts finally proved that no matter how hard Glorfindel said, his heart was still soft to her. When the Twilight Land was completely fallen under the trampling of the Númenorean army, he still came back to look for her.
So what about this time?
"Even if I kill a hundred, a thousand, or 1 people, don't you care?" She narrowed her eyes and asked.
"If you do that, I'll have to kill you later," said Glorfindel, "what else do you expect me to do? Do you want me to kneel before you and beg you to reveal your ignorant existence?" Mercy that doesn't exist?"
"No, of course you don't need to do that." Romemos said in shock, "You just need to tell me that you don't want me to kill those people."
"If you would have listened to me, the matter of Gondolin might not have happened." Glorfindel said coldly, "Is it the first day you know me? Do you need me to tell you to know Do I agree with you that you treat other people's lives like nothing? No, you know what I approve of, what I support, what I believe in, but you never really care about what I value. You want me to think that you are because I didn't let you kill those people, so you didn't kill them and made me feel grateful to you? But if you really didn't kill them in the end, it can only mean that you didn't want to kill them from the beginning; and once you made up your mind to destroy Even if you know how important it is to me, you didn't hesitate to take it because you took my feelings into consideration."
The hesitation was actually a hesitation, but it was Romimos' fault, so she didn't dare to say a word at this time.
"I see the reality." Glorfindel sighed softly. "There is probably nothing that can restrain you, Romimos, except yourself. I admit that sometimes it makes you very charming, but I have already Tired of wrapping a fire in paper over and over in vain."
Romemos returned to the Arlando Opera House with a blank face, ignoring anyone who greeted her along the way, just returned to her lounge without saying a word, closed the door with a bang, and put herself on the bed Throwing it away, he stared straight at the ceiling.
"What's the matter?" Vespa opened the door recklessly and came in, leaning on the door frame, picking his teeth with one hand, and looked up and down Romimos several times, "No way? Could it be broken love? Jin Master Hua finally thought about it and dumped you?!"
"Go away," said Romemus.