[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Now that everything is ready, it is only due to the east wind, as long as the entrance and exit of Gondolin can be found out, then how to break through the city is not a problem that Romimos needs to worry about.

She needed someone to take her out, but Gondolin was almost entirely isolated from the outside world, and now and then one or two were allowed to go out by Turgon's permission, and they moved so stealthily and swiftly, that when Romimoth perceived them they They've all come back from outside.

One plan failed, Romimos thought for a moment, and another plan came to his mind.If it's not possible to sneak away, it's fine for her to go out openly.

Slowly and patiently Romimus began to sift through Gondolin for her helper—one who yearned for the freedom of the outer world, who could be persuaded by her, and who would make Turgon let go.

The No.1 choice that Romemos considered was Idril, but after much thought, she gave up on this idea.

If you ask who is the person in Gondolin that Romimos fears the most, the answer is neither Turgon, nor Exilion, nor is it Glorfindel, but it is the one who seems to be gentle and gentle. Idril.

Romimos always has an inexplicable intuition: Idril, like her, hides an extremely inconsistent heart under their weak and quiet appearance.It’s just that the real Romimos is sinister and vicious, with gold and jade on the outside. Idril is just the opposite. Just icing on the cake.

"Don't you think that's too subjective, Antonia?" Glorfindel said suddenly.

"History is inherently subjective, my lord." Antonia looked at him expressionlessly, "but where is my statement biased? Princess Idril Celebrindo's beauty and vision are well-known in the world. I know, your feelings about this should not be any deeper, right?"

"The princess's intelligence and dignity are naturally recognized throughout the world." Glorfindel replied, "But you know I'm not referring to what you said about her, I'm talking about Romimos, do you think it's a little bit 'malicious' to describe her? Exaggerated? Let me say, she is not worthy of these two words."

Antonia's expression was subtle and complicated.

"Your words contain too many subjective emotions, right?" she said, "But after the end of the Battle of the Alliance, you didn't make the journey back to Valinor, so it's no wonder you didn't know."

"I don't know what?" Glorfindel frowned.

"At the end of the War of the Last Alliance, Romimus' form was reduced to ashes, but she was Maia, and her soul was immortal, so she returned to the halls of Mandos to be judged. Before all the Eldar, the Mandos Doss stated a total of 110 nine crimes of Romemos, big and small, and Romemus confessed to them all. There are some extremely bad behaviors in these 110 nine crimes, even if he has never studied Romemus Even so, you still think she is not full of evil?" Antonia looked at him with a pitiful expression, "My lord, I think you'd better accept the fact, Romimos and Lan Wen are two completely different people."

There was a quiet silence where the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.

"I think, I kind of understand what Lord Glorfindel means." After a while, Aragorn hesitated and said, "We are not trying to defend her, Miss Antonia, Romimos has indeed done a lot of bad things, but If she is vicious...well, I mean, she is fundamentally different from Morgoth and Sauron, isn't she?"

Antonia didn't seem to expect that Aragorn would choke with her, she froze for a moment, then she raised her eyebrows angrily, and opened her mouth, but maybe because of Gilleen, she didn't blame Aragorn in the end, just said : "In that case, tell me your reason."

But Aragorn still fully received the dissatisfaction conveyed to him by Antonia.

"How can you not tell right from wrong?" Her eyes spoke.

Aragorn seemed to notice for the first time that his female teacher had a pair of extremely lovely eyes.

Those gray eyes are not so delicate and beautiful, but they are very powerful. Their owner doesn't even need to speak, just a look, but you can immediately feel what she wants to say to you.

"Romimos gives me the impression that she is naive and selfish rather than vicious and vicious." Aragorn said with deliberation, "What she has been pursuing is the so-called 'absolute freedom', if there is such a thing in the world. , then I think Romimos may have been the closest person to it."

Neither Antonia nor Glorfindel interrupted aloud.

"Freedom without any constraints is not something everyone can afford. In fact, everyone can have absolute freedom and do whatever you want, but not everyone can afford the consequences of that freedom." Aragorn said, "From this point of view, Romimos can be called a warrior. Look at the things she has done. In order to pursue freedom, she can fight against the Valar, and she can fight against the Valar in the knowledge of Morgoth. If she is not a good person, she will go with him to the completely unfamiliar middle-earth without hesitation, and she can sneak into Gondolin to spy on information without hesitation. I am not saying that she is right to do these things, but she always knows what she wants, And willing to pay any price for it.”

"Yes, this is the difference between Romimos and Morgoth and Sauron." Glorfindel agreed, "The desire of Morgoth and Sauron is to control others, while Romimos is the opposite. She She wants to get rid of others. From the beginning to the end, she did not do anything with the ultimate goal of harming others, did she? She...she is a pure and terrible person, who does not distinguish between right and wrong, and is not bound by ethics and morality , to achieve her goals by whatever means, but she herself is not evil."

Antonia was silent for a long time, showing a helpless smile, "You can say those words because you don't know exactly what Romimus has done. It doesn't matter, let's continue the lecture."

After giving up the risk of getting close to Idril, Romimos continued to look for the most suitable candidate by Turgon's side. Fortunately—or unfortunately, she found that person without much effort—

Turgon's sister, Arethil the White Princess of Gondolin.

Arisil loves horseback riding and hunting. When she was still in Valinor, she often galloped on the vast land or walked in the forest with her brother and friends. The closed and guarded life of Gondolin gradually made her feel bored.

Romimos quickly noticed the change in Yarisil's mood, and she became more cautious when she was pleasantly surprised.Every ten days and a half months, she will follow Glorfindel to the royal family led by Turgon, and then Glorfindel and other lords will go to Turgon to report on their duties and have a meeting, and Romimus will go to Talk to Yarisil and Idril for "girly talk".

When the time was right, Romemos just mentioned the things before she came to Gondolin: the beautiful family, the loving parents, the carefree childhood - of course it was all made up, but she was confident that she did not reveal it. It was a bit of a lie, because Idril's eyes were red when she heard it, and although Yarisil also sympathized with Lan Wen's experience, there was still one thing in Romimos's narration that firmly grasped her heart.

In the fabricated story of Romimos, she is a little Silvan elf who grew up in a dense forest. Although she had no special background or experience before, she was simple and natural, unrestrained, and she was in the world every day. Roaming freely in the big forest, the birds in the forest sang for her, and the flowers on the grass bloomed for her.

Arithel heard both nostalgia and envy, and she couldn't help but recall the days before Gondolin was built, when she and the Fenorians galloped in the endless fields and forests every day, when Romimos came again When she praised how beautiful her past life was, she couldn't help echoing, and also began to talk about her previous travel experiences, and the more she talked, the more excited she became.

"I think I'll come here first today. The matter with Lord Glorfindel should be over. You should go to him, Lan Wen." Feeling bad, he smiled apologetically at Romemos and ended today's party.

Ya Ruishi still had some thoughts, but Romimos had achieved his goal, and he no longer missed it. He nodded sweetly to Idril, and then got up and left.

After that, Romimos never took the initiative to bring up the affairs outside Gondolin. When Arisil said those things, she simply nodded and agreed, but this was enough, and Arisil became excited. Even Idril couldn't stop her.

soon, soon...

Arisil did not keep Romimus waiting long, and after about 40 years, Arisil's desire for the outside world finally reached its peak, so she went to Turgon and asked him to allow her to leave. Turned her down, but after many pleas from Yarisil, he finally agreed.

Turgon appointed three people to accompany Princess Arisil out of the city and protect her. These three people were Glorfindel, the Lord of the Golden Flower, Exilion, the Lord of the Fountain, and Agamos, the Lord of the Rainbow.

Romimoss didn't expect Turgon to be so generous, and sent three lords at once, but it was reasonable after thinking about it. Turgon had always loved his little sister, and since Glorfindel wanted to accompany her Things are easier when Yarisil is out.

After learning that Glorfindel was leaving Gondolin, Lan Wen became depressed. That day she hardly had anything for dinner and went back to her bedroom early.

Glorfindel was so worried about her that he went to see her at night.

"Are you unwell?" he asked.

"..." Lan Wen sat on the edge of the bed sleepily, frowned slightly, and shook her head slightly.

"What's the matter? You're in a bad mood? What happened?"

Lan Wen looked up at him, her eyes were full of waves, as if there was water flowing in them, which made people's hearts swayed and fascinated.

"When will you be back?" she asked.

Glorfindel sighed: "It's up to Princess Yarisil to decide. Of course I hope to come back as soon as possible, but I'm afraid Her Royal Highness Princess Bai will not listen to our advice, so I don't know when I will be able to come back." .”

Lan Wen pouted and ignored him.

Glorfindel couldn't laugh or cry, but also had a little joy.

"I will try my best to persuade Princess Yarisil to come back quickly." He comforted Lan Wen in a friendly voice like a child, "What do you want? I will bring it to you from outside."

Lan Wen didn't answer his question, she thought for a while, and asked him with gestures: "Is there something important for Princess Yarisil to go out this time?"

"No, it's just that the princess is lively by nature, and she might feel bored staying in Gondolin all the time, and wants to go out for a breath of air." Glorfindel smiled wryly.

"Since this is the case, can you take me out together?" Lan Wen asked hurriedly with her eyes brightened.

Glorfindel froze for a moment, hesitated: "This..."

"If you're just going out to play, you can take me with you, right? If you're afraid His Majesty Turgon will disagree, then I'll go talk to Princess Yarisil myself!"

Lan Wen did what she said, and the next day, she went to Ya Ruishi and Turgon to talk about it.

Turgon and Exilion were reluctant about this, and they thought it would be better if as few people left Gondolin as possible, but Arisil didn't care, and she was very happy to have a female friend to accompany her when she went out to play.

"What does it matter?" she said to Turgon, "now that the power of Morgoth is surrounded by us, and every move is under the watchful eyes of the Noldor, you are too alarmist. Even if you really meet something Things, the three lords under your hand can't even protect two women? Besides, it's not like I can't fight half-orcs. If you are afraid that Lan Wen will reveal the secret of Gondolin, it is even more unnecessary, because She came in blindfolded, and knew nothing of the way to and from Gondolin."

So Turgon agreed to Lan Wen's request, but from then on, a strong uneasiness and anxiety came to his heart, and at the same time he had a premonition that Arisil's journey would bring her and Gondolin. Infinite disaster.

"Your little girl really doesn't want to leave you for a moment, Glorfindel." Agamose teased him when he was getting ready to go.

"How about it? If you have the ability, you can also bring one back from outside this time." Glorfindel raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"I'm not as lucky as you and Exilion." Agamos sighed pretentiously.

"All ready? Lan Wen, come here." Exilion came over and called her.

"What are you doing?" Glorfindel asked subconsciously.

Exilion gave him a disgusted look: "Don't worry, the beauties of BMW are all yours, I'm not interested in snatching them from you."

Glorfindel touched his nose embarrassingly: "I didn't mean that..."

Exilion ignored him, walked up to Romimos, and took out one of the things she hated the most—a long strip of cloth.

"Although Lan Wen is now a member of our Gondolin, just to be on the safe side, you'd better not know the way in and out. This will benefit all of us." Exilion said.

"..." Romimos stared at the cloth and cursed in his heart.

Exilion, I [beep——] [beep——] [beep——]!