[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Chapter 105 Chapter 105

Of course, Romemos did not accept this bet because of Vespa's provocative method. She was never a brat who would become overwhelmed after being provoked by a few words, and Vespa's words were also obvious and clumsy. .

But Romimos agreed, because she really wanted to know how Evanius would react when he saw a "her" who had nothing in common with her except in appearance.Compared with the elves, humans are a group that Romimoth is neither familiar nor understandable, and as time goes by, they can become more and more complicated, and now the Numenoreans will become more and more complicated The human nature of the girl is vividly displayed, and Romemos can't control her curiosity about complicated things.

There was still some time before the sunset, and Ivanez couldn't wait to arrive at the Tower of Menildur early. The sound of the waves was rolling in his ears, but he didn't care about admiring the view of the sea at all, he just raised his head Looking forward to the arrival of beauty.

When the western sky had turned into a golden color, the person he was waiting for finally arrived late, and Ivanez heaved a sigh of relief. He was worried that Romimos would hide his true face again, but Fortunately, he didn't worry too much, the beauty's face was still charming, and under the reflection of the sunset, it seemed even more dazzling than last night.

Ivanez yelled excitedly, stood on the tower and waved desperately down. When the other party heard it, he looked up at him, smiled, and waved to him in the same way.

After a while, "Romimos" finally climbed to the top floor, gasped slightly and complained in a low voice: "Damn it, why do you have to make an appointment at such a place?"

A large black-feathered bird came and alighted on the top of the tower, at which point it uttered a cry of warning.

Fortunately, Ivanez didn't hear what she was muttering. He greeted her with a smile on his face, and stared at Romemus' face intently: "You are really here, Miss Romemus."

Fake Romimus covered his mouth with a pretentious smile and said, "Look at what you said, Your Highness, I am honored to be invited by you, how could I miss the appointment?"

Ivanez's movements really paused, a trace of surprise flashed across his face, he hesitated and said, "Is your throat uncomfortable?"

No wonder he had such doubts. Romimos's voice is so distinctive. Although Vesper's voice is also very pleasant, it is a very typical slender and sweet female voice. They can be easily distinguished.

"No, not at all." "Romimos" flapped his long eyelashes lightly, "Why do you ask that?"

"Your voice seems to be different from yesterday." Ivanez said uncertainly.

"Is there? Did you remember wrongly?" "Romimos" said in an unquestionable tone, "It may be that his voice was too tired after performing for several days, so his voice changed a bit before."

Nonsense, Romimos scoffed from the roof.Even if she stayed awake for three days and three nights, her voice would not change like this.

"And how is my voice the most important thing now?" "Romimos" said again, blinking his eyes, and slid his fingers on Ivanes' arm, "In such a romantic time, it's just you and me , but you want to hold on to my voice?"

Ivanez was flattered by her sudden change of sexual enthusiasm, and was confused in the past: "Yes, you are right..."

That's all he believed? !Romemus was shocked.

Vespa's smile became brighter, she took Ivanez's arm affectionately, and leaned her head gently on his shoulder: "Don't talk about that. Didn't you meet me here to watch the sunset? ?”

There was a moment of silence below, and Romemos also folded his wings, preparing to enjoy the beautiful scenery quietly.

But her good mood was quickly broken. Ivanez will probably never change his habit of showing off with a little ink in his stomach. Even if his face was swollen by Romimos yesterday, today he The scar is healed and the pain is forgotten.

Listening to Ivanez babbling endlessly on the bottom, 80.00% of which are debatable or even ridiculous, Romemos felt his temples twitch.

The most uncomfortable thing is that this time she can't directly interrupt him, and it's even more impossible to count on Vesper, who is more supportive than Romemos (of course, the more likely reason is that she really has nothing about it. From time to time, he let out exclamations full of admiration, and Romemos got goosebumps all over his body when he thought that those silly crying expressions were made out of his own face, and curled up his toes desperately to resist the urge to fly away immediately .

She was starting to regret the bet.

Romimos had never felt such a long sunset, but thanks to Yiru, the fellow Ariann finally disappeared, and Tirion, who had been chasing her so happily, rose from the east.

"Do you want to watch the starry sky again tonight?" Ivanes asked eagerly.

"I am honored, Your Highness," said Vespa, "but I am afraid I must go. You know, we will set off for Armenelos early tomorrow morning."

Ivanez sighed in disappointment, the appearance of "Romimos" gave him confidence today, and he boldly stretched out his hands and clasped her shoulders: "I really don't want you to leave me."

"We will have a chance to meet again next year."

"But that will have to wait another whole year!" Ivanes brows added a little anxiety, "My God, is there any way to keep you from leaving?"

"If I were an ordinary little actor in the Arlando Theater, it would be easy for you to take me away." Vespa showed her opera singing skills, and her voice was so eloquent that it was tear-jerking, "But I am a man of His Majesty Farathon , Your Highness, you shouldn't still have illusions about me."

"Listen to your cruel words!" cried Ivanez. "It would have been easier if I hadn't spoken to you from the beginning. But now that I know we are connected, I am How can I let you go?"

Romemus rolled his eyes on the roof.

"I don't deserve you to violate the bottom line of the King of Númenor for me, Your Highness." Vespa said, "But if you really feel that you can't leave me, I am willing to go with you! We can find a ship, Let's escape this island together tonight! Even if we live and sleep in the wind and rain, we will always love each other."

Ivanez obviously didn't expect Romemos to say such words, and his expression froze obviously.

"I lost my head for a while." After a while, he said, seemingly calming down instantly, "It's not that I don't want to leave everything behind and leave with you, Miss Romemus, but if I do, His Majesty's anger It is bound to befall my father and family, and I cannot be so selfish as to make them suffer for me."

Although this statement is realistic, it is also reasonable.

Vespa showed a look of disappointment just right, but immediately pretended to cover it up: "I understand your decision, Your Highness. Since this is the case, we can only bid farewell."

"But it's not that I don't love you." Ivanez hurriedly argued, "Even if your commitment to Farathon is inevitable, only you and I are real soul mates."

"Please don't say these words anymore, Your Highness, it's just adding to the sadness."

"As you said just now, we will still meet every year in the future."

"Oh, I don't know." Vespa said deliberately hesitantly, "Maybe it won't be long before I will become His Majesty's mistress, and I will stay in the palace from now on, and I won't have to bump around anymore."

The line on Ivanez's jaw tightened. "Are you saying you're going to betray our feelings so easily?" he accused her.

"As I testify, I never thought of it that way! But if His Majesty orders it, how can I defy him?"

Ivanez was silent, and after a while, he said: "You are right. Since there is no result between us, there is no need to make any promises to each other."

Romemos breathed a sigh of relief, is this farce finally coming to an end?

"But at least we still have tonight," Evanez said again, leaning out abruptly to kiss "her."

Vespa was grabbed by the shoulder by him and had nowhere to dodge.At the critical moment, a crow-like black bird suddenly flew in from the window, flew between them like an arrow, and slammed Ivanez's face with its wings and claws.

"What the hell?!" Ivanez yelled in pain, reaching out to catch the bird.Of course it was impossible to catch, the bird easily avoided his fingers, and flew away from the window in the blink of an eye.

The cooked duck flew away from his hand, and one can imagine how ugly Ivanez's face was.He desperately wanted to hold Vespa to continue what he had just done, but this time Vespa laughed and avoided him.

"Oh, you can tidy yourself up before you think about other things, Your Highness." She joked, taking out the small mirror she carried with her from her pocket and throwing it to Ivanez.His face was covered with tiny bloodstains and gray marks, and there were a few tufts of fluff in his hair, making him look extremely distressed. "It's unfortunate, but it seems that this is God's will. We can only stop here today, haha."

It was completely dark, and although there were still lights on in some taverns or hotels, the street had ended the hustle and bustle of the day and became quiet, and the residents on the street were peacefully enjoying the cool and quiet autumn night, but A burst of clear and hearty laughter broke the silence.

But even if someone sticks their head out of the window in dissatisfaction, as long as they see the person who is laughing, the anger will disappear immediately, because the girl is really beautiful beyond the ordinary, she is bouncing around. Walking the empty streets like a happy elf that only exists in fairy tales, with a black-faced (literally) bird flying beside her.

"Ah, I'm so happy! Did you see how he looks like he's lost his soul?" Vespa beamed, "Being a beautiful woman is even more enjoyable than I originally imagined. What kind of prince's son, even a prince I, even His Majesty the King, I have the confidence to trample them under my feet now!"

"Have you had enough fun?" Romemos asked coldly, "I'm going to change back."

"Oh, you can still have such a beautiful face for 1000 or 1 years in the future, just tonight, let me have a longer dream, okay?" Vesper's voice was so sweet that it dripped honey. It was not at all the stinking face she used to put on Romimos.She threw herself in front of Romemus and hugged her with her arms, and regardless of whether Romemus was still a bird, she moved her lips towards her and kissed her all over, "Promise me, good sister, good sister! "

"Enough, enough! Let me go! Who is with your sister and sister?" Romemos was trembling all over from her kiss, and angrily broke away from her, and flew away from her, "Then it's settled." , only until midnight today, and I will change back when the time is up!"

Vespa giggled and nodded like a pounding garlic: "Okay! It's only midnight! Let's go, I'll treat you to a big meal."

Romemos flew with her all the way to the biggest tavern in the block, and couldn't help frowning in his heart: "Are you going to drink again?"

"I won't drink if you don't let me drink it." Vespa said in a brisk tone.

"It doesn't look cheap here." Romimos looked at the resplendent decoration, and now she has a better understanding of the approximate prices of the Numenor Empire, "Can you afford it?"

"Look, Romi, you're a fool again," said Vespa. "I've grown up like this, and I have to pay for it? Any man will be honored to pay for me tonight."

She walked in with her head held high and her chest held high. The tavern was already full and there was no empty table.

"There are no seats," said Romemus. "Let's move."

"What's the rush?" Vespa said, still standing calmly by the door. Sure enough, it didn't take a few minutes. The probe here even stood up directly, occasionally mixed with small whispers and surprised gasps.After another tens of seconds, three or four men got up and came over at the same time, inviting Vespa to sit at their table.

"Ah, gentlemen, this really confuses me," Vespa whispered in feigned surprise.She seemed to want to imitate the ignorant expression that Romemos would show when faced with such a situation, but it was obviously the same look, and when she made this expression, it looked weird and funny, but even if she was a stupid and vulgar The great beauty, and it is still a great beauty.

"Which table do you think we should sit at, dear?" The big beauty even asked the opinion of the bird on her shoulder in a silly and cute way, but of course she didn't get an answer, "Okay, then I will trouble you, Sir." She chose one at random, and let the man hold her hand and walked to a table with a look on his face.

The tavern owner immediately approached enthusiastically: "What do you want to drink, honorable lady? We have good malt whiskey here, which has been stored for more than 15 years."

"Whiskey should be too strong for this lady," the man said in a tone that thought he was full of consideration, "I think red wine or cocktails are more suitable for you, and also more suitable for your beauty and elegance."

Vespa didn't listen to their conversation at all, glanced at the menu casually and threw it aside: "Just give me a glass of juice."

"No problem, what juice?"

"Hmm." Vespa pretended to think for a while and smiled sweetly at the boss, "I heard that pomegranates are good for the skin. Let's have a glass of pomegranate juice, oh, don't forget to remove the seeds when squeezing the juice, thank you. "

Romemos saw that the boss's hand visibly trembled.

"We can sift the residue for you a few more times..." the boss struggled.

"But I just don't like the taste of pomegranate seeds." Vespa said willfully.

A little too much, right?Romemos gestured with his eyes.

what is the relationship?With the way we are now, it would be much cheaper to drink what everyone drinks.Vespa brushed his hair triumphantly.

The tavern owner swallowed, unable to refuse the beauty's request: "But then you will have to wait a little longer, and...you will have to increase the price."

"Huh? How much will it cost?"

"You also know that removing seeds from pomegranates is a troublesome job, not to mention peeling enough pomegranate seeds to squeeze out a whole glass of juice. The guys in our back kitchen may not be able to do other work for an hour or two." The boss said cautiously, "So you have to give at least this amount?"

The boss pointed out a few fingers. For a glass of juice, the price is really prohibitive.

"Ah!" Vespa's eyes widened as if he really didn't expect it, "Is it so expensive?"

"And this is already a preferential price for your face." The boss said.But this is not the case, the boss has long seen that this beauty will definitely not be the one who pays the bill in the end, so he simply slaughtered the one who took the big money.

Vespa wrung his fingers and looked around in bewilderment.

"It's okay, everything this lady ordered will be charged to my account." The man who invited Vespa to sit with him really spoke.Back then, the man who dared to stand up and strike up a conversation with such an extraordinary beauty was probably already mentally prepared to bleed a little to win face, but if he didn't have enough confidence in the money in his pocket, You will not be involved in this competition in the first place.

This continued until almost midnight when Vespa reluctantly left the tavern, which was finally able to close.She took two sips of the pomegranate juice that was finally brought to her before she took two sips and put it aside—"After being touched by so many dirty hands for a long time, how can I drink it?"

A gleam of light flashed across her shoulders, and Romimos, who had changed back into a human form, stood in front of her expressionlessly. Vespa knew that he had also changed back to his original form, and couldn't help but feel lost for a while, even if he knew all this. It is an illusory dream, but the feeling of falling from the clouds back to the ground is not so good after all.

"Hurry up and go back, otherwise Director Ocanom will definitely be nagging again and again." Romemos said, she did not express any opinion on what happened today, she turned around and walked forward.

But when the two quietly tried not to disturb anyone and returned to the temporary residence of the Arlando Troupe in Forosta, they were blocked by Ocanom at the gate.

The steward's face was almost as black as coal. "The two of you are only coming back now?! Especially you, Vesper! You haven't been seen since last night! Miss Luo Mi must have looked for you out of kindness."

Vespa knew he was in the wrong, and quickly put on a smile: "Oh, sir, let us be ignorant, why don't you pay attention to your body when you are old? You are still waiting for us here. You have to get up early tomorrow, you Go and rest, I will take the initiative to find you tomorrow to review your mistakes."

"What move?" Ocanom snorted, "I'm waiting here to inform you two that we won't be returning to Armenelos tomorrow."

"Huh? Why?"

"It's what Prince Forosta said." Okanomu said, he also looked a little confused, "Tonight he sent someone over suddenly, saying that our tour was very successful, and he hoped to extend the tour time and perform more Three or four games."

"You promise?" asked Romemus.

"What reason should I refuse?" Okanomu asked back, "Prince Frosta's hospitality to our troupe is obvious to all, and our schedule at the end of the year is relatively easy, unless His Majesty the King specifically orders, it is not a big deal to go back a few days later event."

Romemos and Vespa looked at each other, knowing why Prince Forosta made such a request.

Vespa shrugged: "Then act as he said."

"Prince Frosta also made a special request this time, which is for you, Miss Luo Mi." Okanomo said, "He hopes that you can perform in your original form."

"The original look? Then mortals probably won't be able to see it." Romemos said a cold joke that no one present could understand.

Vespa sneered: "Don't think about it, this must be a good thing Ivanez did under the banner of his father."

"You don't mind, Vespa?" Okanomo asked.

"What's the use of my mind?" Vespa rolled his eyes, "It's just a reenactment of the past scene. Alas, there is no way, the world is too unfair, everyone has two eyes and one mouth, but some people It’s just so beautiful that you can’t get angry even if you want to.”

While talking, she suddenly seemed to think of something, she shuddered suddenly, and pulled Romemos past her.

"What are you doing?" Romimos frowned, and now Vesper didn't flirt with her anymore, but this 180-degree change of intimacy made her a little uncomfortable.

"It's okay, sir, we will remember to come on time tomorrow." Vesper shouted to Ocanom, and pulled Romemos into her room, and carefully closed the door.Her eyes were wide open, either in horror or excitement.

"It's something bad," she said in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" Romemus asked.

"Oh, why are you so stupid? If we perform on the stage as usual tomorrow, Ivanez should know that the person who went to see him today is not you but me pretending to be you!"

"Then you know." Romemus said coldly, "What can he do to me?"

"Of course he can't do anything to you, but isn't it more than enough to deal with a humble servant like me who has no status and no support?"

"If he troubles you, just say it was my idea and I asked you to do it."

"Then I did it too. Those big men, their minds are really smaller than the tip of a needle." Vespa alarmed, "Can you still watch me by your side all the time? You can always let them catch the opportunity kill me!"

Romemos stared at Vesper silently for a moment, and asked: "What do you think?".

"As it is now, we can only make mistakes." Vespa lowered his head slightly with guilt, "During the performance, I'm afraid you have to lend me your face again."

"You used my face, so what should I do?"

"You can use mine!" Vespa hurriedly said, "If you don't like my face, it's not difficult for you to change to a better one, right? Anyway, the appearance of your gods is acquired Come and dispensable, isn't it?"

"You're right. In fact, if it wasn't for this face being given to me by someone else, I wouldn't have to give it to you directly." Romimos said, she suddenly approached Vespa and looked directly at her The eyes of the two people are almost touching, "But after this exchange, will you be satisfied? After the experience of the first attempt, you seem to be addicted to this feeling, how can I believe you Won’t you try to make the same request in the future?”

Vespa trembled involuntarily under Maiya's scrutiny, but the desire for Romemos's beauty overwhelmed all the fear in her heart at this moment, and she even dared to push back: "I can't ask You promise, but what's wrong with me wanting to be more beautiful?"

"That's right," said Romemus. "I can lend you my face, not only this time, but also in the future. But this beauty is false, it's just a mask on your face, you really The look hasn't changed in any way."

"If I can wear it all the time, what's the difference between a mask and a real face?"

"You may not be able to control it." Romemos said, "Beauty is of course good, but it brings not only benefits, but also may cause many unnecessary troubles. The more difficult it is, I dare say I can solve these troubles, but what about you?"

"How do you know that I can't?" Vespa was indignant, "You are like a rich man who holds tens of thousands of wealth but only accumulates them in the treasury for ashes. Stretch yourself to death. Your beauty may really mean nothing to you, but if I can have such a face, I will be willing to pay any price."

Romemos still hesitated.

"By the way, there is also the bet during the day." Vespa suddenly had an idea, "That should be considered my win, right? Ivanez didn't recognize the two of us at all."

Or he guessed a little bit, but as Vespa expected, he didn't care who the soul under the beautiful skin belonged to. Even with the same appearance, he knew better than the cold and mean Romimos. How well the Vespa complimented him might be more to his heart.

"Yes, you win." Romimos admitted.

"At that time we hadn't agreed on a bet, but now I've decided." Vespa raised his chin, "Shouldn't the gods still blame mortals?"

Romemos was silent. After a while, she lowered her shoulders and let out a long sigh: "Then as you wish."