[The Silmarillion] Romimus

If Il Farin were to judge Romi Moss's acting skills, then he would say that Romi Moss really managed to keep her performance for decades-no improvement.

Naturally, Romemos would not care about his evaluation. When she first came to the Arlando Opera House more than 30 years ago, she still felt dissatisfied with being so belittled, but soon she figured out Ilfarin's performance methods and corresponding judging standards, and she laughed at these words from then on.

Ilfarin will completely immerse himself in the world where the character is in when acting, use the character's senses to perceive, use the character's concept to judge, and thus naturally understand the character's emotions, and then he will not so much express those emotions Acting out, it is better to say that the truth is revealed.Although Ilfarin himself is often called an emotionless puppet by many people behind his back, it is surprising that what he releases through other people's experiences is actually true emotion.

So it is no wonder that Ilfarin has such a low evaluation of Romemos, because compared with himself, Romemos is another extreme. She never uses her real emotions when acting, and her every move Emotions, anger, anger, and ignorance are all pure performances.Although her acting skills have been so perfect that they can almost be faked, Ilfarin believes that this can only be called technology at best, not art.

Romemos still didn't care.Not only now, since she came to Yiya, she has been pursuing technology, beauty, and possibility in her creation, but there is no connection and resonance between human beings, and she does not think these are indispensable in artistic creation. missing part.Besides, as long as one achieves the ultimate in some other aspect, naturally some people will be moved.

In a sense, Romemus may be right.Even if it is a performance without any emotion, there are still many people who are moved and admired by her, and there are many famous drama critics among them.

But Ilfarin has never been impressed by this, nor has he been coaxed by Romimoth's exquisite technique once, which is not difficult if the corner of your mouth curls up every time you rehearse with your partner. The arc and the timing of the tears flow are exactly the same, and you won't feel that she has real feelings.

So when he saw the panic-stricken look on Romimos's face and the hand stretched out to him suddenly, Ilfarin froze in the air.

Then he fell straight down from the stage, and fell into darkness after a moment of severe pain.

Romemos didn't care about continuing to perform, and jumped off the artificial cliff built on the stage.

This is not a well-arranged scene in the script. According to the original arrangement, she should just stand on the cliff and watch "Glorfindel" fall to his death. Complacent, she triumphantly returns, declaring that Gondolin has completely become history.

This sudden move caught the conductor, the band and others by surprise. Before they could react to what happened on the stage, some people subconsciously interrupted the performance, and some played the wrong note. The regiment couldn't cope with the noise, and the conductor couldn't save it even if he tried.

Until Vespa's scream sounded: "Come and help! The man really fell! It's not acting, the rope on his body is not tied!"

The whole theater instantly became a mess. The running and roaring sounds of various people were mixed together, and no one could hear what anyone was saying.

Romemos was the first to check on Ilfarin, but she didn't know anything about medicine or first aid, and rushing there was useless, and she was quickly pushed aside.Amidst the noise all around, she turned sideways and looked straight at the audience.

The adults and ladies who came to watch the show thought it was an accidental performance accident, and left the stage in disappointment.Among the crowd rushing towards the gate of the theater, only Sauron stood against the flow of people and looked back at Romemos, with condescending and inevitable contempt in his eyes.After only a moment of eye contact, he turned around and left without looking back.

Romemos knew very well that what happened today was by no means a coincidence, and it was not so much a warning from Sauron as a signal of a formal war between the two of them.

Romimos's first solo performance was a huge success.Although Ilfarin was noncommittal about her performance, not everyone was so critical after all. The critics said that this performance contributed both the most impressive opera aria and the most glamorous female singer in the history of Númenor. The protagonist, the latter is so beautiful that it makes people tremble.

Romemos doesn't care about the praise of the outside world, but just joked with Director Ocanom: "How is it? How much money for the theater is enough for you this time? Don't cry poorly in front of me in the future, complaining that I don't work hard. .”

"This is a big misunderstanding. Where did I say that? Who doesn't know that you are an important figure in our theater?" Okanomu said, "It's just that we all know that this is far from your upper limit. Woolen cloth."

"Is this considered flattery?" Romimos asked Nakuili with a smile.

"Don't get too excited, both of you," Naqueri said, as usual, the one who poured cold water on everyone, at least in words, "Although the response to this premiere sounds good now, the specifics How much help it can bring to our theater depends on Larsson's opinion on this performance."

"So, what did he say?"

"Your Majesty is very satisfied." A familiar voice came from the door, and Romemos and others turned their heads to see that it was indeed Sauron.

"National Master." Okanomu immediately bowed and bowed. Nakuili hesitated and raised her skirt to salute, "Why did you come here in person again? It's a great honor, even our little opera house can't take it." Congratulate you on your promotion with some eye-catching gift, and this drama can be regarded as a piece of our heart for you."

"The manager is polite." Sauron said indifferently, without raising his eyes to look at the two people, "Can I trouble you two to leave first? Regarding this drama, His Majesty still has some orders, which are specially for Romemos Miss."

Okanomu and Naquili hurried out, and Sauron closed the door smoothly.Romemos casually looked at the luxurious robe on his body, and congratulated him in a frivolous tone: "Congratulations, the second in command of the empire, the left and right arm of the Golden Emperor."

Sauron ignored her sarcasm and cut straight to the point: "Your Majesty ordered you to serve him at nine o'clock tonight."

Romemos paused: "Is that what I thought, or did I misunderstand, the so-called 'serving' is just its literal meaning?"

"You are a smart man, Luo Mi." Sauron said.

Disgust and impatience quickly flashed across Romemos' face: "He really can't die. You shouldn't have come so early last time. Even if you didn't kill Farazon, if I stabbed you a few times, It won't make him dare to touch me now."

"I won't stop you this time," Sauron said.

"Oh?" Romimos raised his eyebrows, "You just became a national teacher, not an emperor, so it doesn't matter if I kill Farazon or not?"

Or is it that Sauron has already found Farathon's successor and is planning to put him on the throne as a puppet emperor?But that's not right, once Farazon died, the throne would naturally return to his wife and cousin, Queen Miriel. The war between the Empire and Central Continent and even Aman Continent is really urgent. It is more likely to be killed or directly thrown into the sea; or is it that Miriel is pregnant?Not quite right?How likely are humans at this age to conceive? ...

"No." Sauron interrupted Romemos's wild thoughts, and said every word clearly, "I won't make a move, but you'd better not disobey Farathon's intention."

Romemos was taken aback for a moment, because it was too outrageous, and it took her a few seconds to realize the meaning of Sauron's words: "Do you really want me to sleep with Farathon?"

Sauron didn't speak, but his expression had already expressed his meaning clearly.

Romemos almost laughed angrily at him, but she didn't, because she smelled something bad from this seemingly absurd conversation.It is impossible for Sauron not to know that it is absolutely impossible for her to agree to this unreasonable request, so why would he dare to force her to do so?

"What if I say, I don't do it?" Romemos said coldly, "As long as Farathon dares to move a little bit, you have to be prepared for him to be stabbed right by me."

"If you do anything that you know I won't allow you to do," Sauron continued slowly but ruthlessly, "then I guarantee that none of the people in the Arlando Opera House will live, and I will use the most cruel I will kill them one by one by means, and what’s more, I will make them unable to live or die. You know my means, Luo Mi.”

Romemos thought for the second time today that something was wrong with her ears. She imagined many possibilities, but she never thought that Sauron would use this to threaten her.

"What has stimulated you recently?" she asked in amazement. "You scare me with the death of the Númenoreans? Do you think I care about this?"

"Really? Any Númenorean?" Sauron seemed to look at her with deep meaning, which made Romimus feel uncomfortable all over. "Then let's try it now? How about that woman?"

Sauron raised his hand and pointed out the window. He didn't know if it was really a random choice. The one standing there was the red-haired Vesper. Romimos felt that Sauron did it on purpose.

"Go and call that red-haired woman." Sauron opened the door and ordered the guard who came with him and was guarding outside.

"I seem to have asked this woman to do things for me twice before." Sauron looked away at Vespa and shook his head, "It's not very easy to use, it seems that my brain is not very good, but it's no wonder She gets closer to you, and a lot of times smart people don't become friends with another smart person, like you and me."

Romemos just stared at Vespa without answering.

Why did Vespa suddenly call her confused when Sauron and Romemus were talking, and she couldn’t get a decent answer when she asked the guards. She instinctively realized that there was no good thing waiting for her, and she hesitated. Looking over there, only the blurred silhouette of Romemos can be seen through the rough glass window, and the guard has already coughed impatiently. Master, or Sauron's order?

But it shouldn't be a big deal, right?After all, Luo Mi is also here.

"Not only are you not smart, you are also timid, and you are afraid of death and pain, so you can't achieve great things." Sauron was still chattering, "What do you think we should do after she walks in? Do you remember Gamil? Oh, sorry, I forgot that you had gone to Gondolin then. Perhaps we should have pulled out her tongue first, lest her screams cause unnecessary commotion. It is a pity that she has a fine voice..."

Romimos looked at Sauron stiffly, and then turned his head away. Her face rarely showed many subtle emotions that were rarely felt in her body: confusion, bewilderment, panic, and even a trace of fear—— Sauron couldn't enjoy these anymore, he was fed up with the irritability and powerlessness brought about by Romemus' uncontrollable, what could be better than holding the unreachable bird soaring in the sky and being trapped in a cage Better feeling?

Romemos moved his lips again: "...Are you sure you really want to do this, Myron? It doesn't make sense."

"There's nothing to lose, right?"

Naturally, to Sauron, a human being is still a small person like Vespa who has neither power nor authority. Even if he can't threaten Romimos in this way, he will kill him if he kills him. It's just a matter of raising his finger .But the deeper impact of this matter is that once Sauron really does something, the harmony between him and Romimos will not even be able to maintain the superficial harmony.

This is also what Romimos didn't understand the most at first. She never expected that Sauron would really trust her. It can even be said that the break between them is only a matter of time, but why now?What good would it do Sauron to push her against him now?Because, it wasn't that Romimos thought highly of himself, even Sauron would not want to become an enemy with her.

First of all, Romimos is an Enu, which is already annoying enough. The most troublesome thing about Enu is that it doesn’t make much sense to kill them directly. I don't know what kind of appearance and when the opponent will make a comeback next time.As the saying goes, only a thousand days can be a thief, there is no one who can guard against a thief for a thousand days, and it is also said that a dike of a thousand miles can collapse in an ant's nest, but Romimos is not very useful in the frontal battlefield, but he is the most stumbling block in the dark. on the go.It was impossible for Sauron to want to bet on the possibility that all the plans were going perfectly, but because Romimos suddenly appeared and intervened, it would completely collapse.

But after Sauron got Vespa and the others involved, things became clear. The reason why he dared to do this was because he thought that he finally had the handle to hold Romimos.

In the final analysis, the reason why Romemos is such a headache is that she is too lonely, besides she is a Maier.Maya itself is immortal, but as long as they have desires and obsessions for things outside of them, those things will also become their weaknesses.Love, power, honor, morality, mission... Romimos doesn't care about all these.It's not that these things don't appeal to her at all, but once she feels that these things may become her shackles, she would rather abandon them.

Sauron has always used unscrupulous means to achieve his goals, using all kinds of coercion and lure, but facing such a hard bone with no weakness, he can only gnash his teeth and make false claims for thousands of years.

But the intercepted letter changed everything.

Of course, the initial feeling was that a wave of anger rushed straight to the forehead. It was one thing to know that Romemos was not a peaceful person, but it was another thing to have evidence that the other party was in secret contact with Zhongzhou, let alone that The identity of the writer is very suspicious.

But after calming down and reading the letter several times, Sauron realized that this might be an opportunity instead.

Who Romimos is communicating with may not be the most important thing. The other party may be a surviving human in the Twilight Land, or a wandering elf. In the worst case, this also represents Linton's attitude, but even It's not necessarily a bad thing that Romimos really made an alliance with Gilgalad.The most difficult thing about Romemos is that she has no worries, so she has no scruples in doing things, but if she has allies, even... Ha, what about the so-called friends?

In fact, Sauron is not sure whether Romemos really values ​​​​the person who wrote the letter, or if this is just the person's own wishful thinking, but this letter at least reveals a little information, that is, Romemos did start to love her. Curious about interpersonal issues that I never cared about before.

This is great news, so why not give it a try?

Vespa was sandwiched between two guards, and walked towards this side step by step, his face still had that stupid look full of confusion.

The most sensible thing to do at this time is to keep calm and let Sauron do whatever he wants.Although Vespa would probably die here, if he stopped now, it would only make Sauron understand that this trick was useful to Romimos, and everyone in the opera house might be threatened by him in the future.Besides, she has no reason to stop Sauron from killing Vespa, does she?The life and death of Vesper will not have any impact on Romemos, she is just an ordinary woman, and has no help to Romemos, and Romemos never thinks Vespa is his friend , the only common topic for the two of them is to talk about the current fashion and makeup styles of Númenor, and besides this, Romimus studies the movement of stars, the flow of the atmosphere, the composition of matter and logic, Axioms, philosophy, etc., and Vespa usually spends his spare time on gossip, banquets, and girls’ thoughts. Now under the influence of Isildur, he has at least learned to speak Elvish, and he has a little understanding of the history of Central Continent. I can also read a few books, but compared with Romemos, I can only say that I am not illiterate at best, and it is basically impossible to communicate in depth.

Vespa is now only a dozen meters away from the gate, and Sauron gracefully took off his robe and put it on a chair beside him: "On the first day I put on this dress, I should be careful not to get any stains on it. Blood is better."

Vespa was indeed innocent in this misfortune, but for the benefit of more people and a longer-term plan, it is worthwhile to sacrifice one person. No matter what Vespa is worth more than Gondolin, she The time spent with Romimos is no longer than that of Glorfindel and Arisil. Since the latter can be discarded after weighing, Romimos has no reason but let Vespa hold hands and feet.Besides, Vespa is still a mortal, and she is still a Numenorean who has a grudge against her. Human beings are mortal, and the Numenoreans deserve to die.

Sauron's men knocked on the door: "My lord, they brought it."

"Let her in," Sauron said, raising his arms to roll up his sleeves—

"Wait a minute." Romimos lowered his head and reached out to hold him down, "Let me... think about it."

Sauron looked at her steadily, his eyes turned a magma-like golden red from excitement.

The door was opened from the outside, and Vespa came in timidly, not daring to look up at Sauron: "Do you have anything to do with me, my lord?"

"It's nothing serious." Sauron said, and casually said a few official phrases in praise of her performance, then put on his coat again and prepared to leave.

"However, Luo Mi," Sauron turned around again when he reached the door, and said, "don't delay indefinitely. I'm afraid His Majesty doesn't have that much patience."

Sauron left, leaving Romimos with a gloomy face and Vespa with a confused face.

"What do you mean? You called me here just to say this?" The point is that she didn't make a few appearances this time, so is it worth calling her here to praise her?Even Vespa, who was so dazed and staring, guessed that this was probably not Sauron's intention to find her in the first place. She looked at Romimos, "What were you talking about just now? Does it have anything to do with me?"

"It's nothing to you, don't think about it." Romemos said coldly, and left without looking back.

Leaving Vespa, who felt pissed off inexplicably, stunned for a while, and then muttered angrily: "Cut, what!"

He said he had to think about it, but for Romemos, there was actually nothing to think about, and it was impossible.Of course, Sauron also knew that Romemos would not really compromise and dedicate himself to Farathon, and he himself had no interest in pimping. He just used this incident to try Romemos's love for Vespa and other people in the opera house. It’s all about the attitude, the more things that Romemos couldn’t agree to, the more it makes Romemos hesitate, the more it shows how useful these hostages are. As for how Romemos plans to solve this matter, hey , then it is not his concern, as long as he is sure that Romimos will not dare to hinder him again.

But on the premise of not hurting Farathon, Romemos really couldn't think of a good way to let him get rid of this idea, because in Farathon's eyes, all the attraction of Romemos to him, or At least the major premise for other attractiveness to exist is the thing on the bed.

It dragged on for a few days like this, and maybe there was some luck - since Sauron had achieved his goal and grasped her weakness, he might not really let her serve Farathon.

So at the second performance three days later, Ilfarin fell straight down from the high platform less than a few feet in front of Romemos, clearly declaring Sauron's attitude: he never intended to do this Romimos was easily let go.