[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Chapter 18 Chapter 18

After being separated from the others, Arisil took Romimos to the domain of her cousins ​​Celegorm and Curufin, and fortunately they arrived there very smoothly.

But even if they really encountered half-orcs or other ferocious beasts, Yarisi would never be in any danger. Romimos would solve all the problems for her and prevent her from any harm, at least from Yarisi and set him before the entrance of Gondolin.

For Ya Ruishi, the greatest danger comes from the "weak and timid Lan Wen" beside her, but she didn't know about it until her death.

When the two arrived in the Himlad area, Celegorm and Curufin were not at home. Arisil was a little disappointed, but Romimos was pleasantly surprised. The goddess of luck always seemed to favor her—or it was Is the doom of the Noldor at work?

Yarisil lived in Himlad contentedly for a while, but she waited for a long time, but Celegorm and the others still did not come back, so Yarisil gradually became bored again, and the restless factor in her heart was ready to move again, and Romimos was worried that Turgon would send someone to find them, so he always encouraged Arisil to explore around seemingly unintentionally, and secretly planned what to do next.

In order to ensure that Yarisil's every move is under his control, Romemos usually asks to go with her when Yarisil goes out, and Yarisil is also willing to bring his best "friend" here But sometimes, as she often did in the past, Romimus would take off her elf-like coat or put on the invisibility cloak woven of cobwebs, and wander alone in the forest of Himlad.

Speaking of which, this is not the first time Romimos has set foot in the territory of Celegorm and Curufin. About five or sixty years ago, she took Io quietly across Himlad and went to the north to find Ore deposits, and thus coincidentally discovered the secret of Gondolin.

Ah, by the way, isn't South Elmos just south of Himlad?

For Nan Elmos, it is difficult to say what kind of feelings Romemos has. She spent the most unrestrained 50 years there since she was born. It is impossible not to miss the life at that time, but what she loves is only During that period of freedom, Romemos didn't have any deep feelings for Io and the wooded valley, but she never had a sense of belonging to any place, whether it was Aman Island, Ange Ban, or Gondolin.

But maybe it was a whim when he was bored, Romemus still went to Nan Elmos.At that time, she and Yarisil went out on horseback again, and this time they traveled farther, until they came to the southern border of Himlad, and as long as they crossed another river, they would be in Io's territory.

Yarisil was hesitant. She was eager to explore the dark forest that she had never set foot in, but she hadn't made up her mind yet. It was getting late at that time, so Yarisil decided to sleep here for a night first. Make a decision the next day.

After Yarisil fell into a deep sleep, Romemos opened his eyes and stood up, waded across the river with ease, and disappeared quietly in the forest valley of Nan Elmos in a blink of an eye.

Just 50 years have not brought much change to this forest with a history of thousands of years. The spell power of Melian and Romemos is still there, and the place is quiet and peaceful, as if time has stopped flowing. Feel bored after shopping for a while, ready to go home.

But she hadn't gone a few miles when she ran into a tall Sindarin head on.

The two stalemate for a while.

After a while, the elf spoke first: "Luo Mi?"

Damn it, Romemos cursed inwardly, how could she have forgotten that Io is a nocturnal owl?

After Romemos left, Sauron did not kill Io. He saw the craftsman's unusual feelings for Romemos at a glance, and thought that maybe he could use this to persuade the elf to work for Melkor (in There has never been an elf who took the initiative to seek refuge with Morgoth because of his interests before), and maybe it could be a tool to contain Romimos, but Sauron himself felt that this was unlikely.

"Look, she's going back with me." After Romimos left first, Sauron said to Io hypocritically, "You love her, so you should understand her too, right? You know Ilo She has an obsessive character, she shouldn't have compromised with me so easily, who do you think she is for?"

At that time, Io was already disheartened because of Romimos leaving so indifferently, but Sauron's words ignited hope that he shouldn't have.

That's right, Luo Mi is the one who dislikes being controlled by others the most. How could she obey her unwilling orders so obediently and docilely?Besides, although Luo Mi is not an extremely pure and kind person, he is definitely not a vicious and vicious person. How could he be Sauron's subordinate?She could have sneaked away just now, if it wasn't for saving herself...

Seeing Io's staring eyes, Sauron knew that his words had an effect, and couldn't help but secretly sneered.

"For the sake of Luo Mi, I won't kill you this time." He said arrogantly, "But I advise you to stop expecting anything from her, she won't come back."

Sauron knew: Sometimes, strong and direct suppression will stimulate people's rebellion even more.

In the end, Io was rescued by the servant who came to search for him in the forest. His injury was not fatal, but it was not light. It took half a year to recuperate before he recovered, but the inner torment was far more painful than the physical injury. pain.

Ioben is a paranoid person, his love for Romimos may not be so deep, but once he believes that Romimos belongs to him, he will not allow anyone to take her away from him, however Io also knew very well that he had no ability to save Romimus from Angband, and this impossible desire drove him almost mad.

After more than a year, Io slowly came out of the decadent and depressed mood. His servants were as silent and gloomy as he himself, and no one asked about Romimos, or where Io got so bad Seriously injured, as if no Maia had visited here from the very beginning, life has returned to the tranquility of the stagnant pool before. Io continued to work in his dark workshop during the day, and at night with stars, he occasionally Will be out and about.

Until another night 50 years later, he ran into a girl in the forest.

South Elmos is gloomy and lonely all the year round, and Io is obviously not a hospitable person. There are few people here all the year round, and occasionally one or two elves stray into it by mistake. Without Io's guidance, they would not be able to wear clothes. Maia's curse reached such a deep place, so when Io first saw the figure of the woman, he subconsciously thought that Romimus had returned.

There was ecstasy in his heart, and his hands were almost trembling. After gathering his mind, Io couldn't wait to run towards the girl, until he saw her face clearly, and his feet froze in place.

The woman stood motionless in place, looking at her quietly, the twilight of the stars shone through layers of branches and leaves on her face, her beauty was shocking, it seemed that the next moment she would turn into a phantom, telling you that what you saw was just a dream field dream.

So what?After all, she wasn't the one he wanted to see.

Io's expression turned cold, he didn't want to know who this girl was, and he didn't care how she came here alone.

"This is not where you should be." He said to the woman, "Go away."

Ah, he didn't recognize her, Romemus raised his eyebrows inwardly.But even so, this reaction is too flat, right?

Romimos is well aware of how beautiful the skin he is using now named "Lan Wen" is in the eyes of most people, and people always take care of beautiful things subconsciously. After Duolin, everyone treated Romimos with kindness and caring, and couldn't help but lower their voice a little bit when they spoke. Io was the first one to turn a blind eye to her beauty.

I haven't seen him for decades, and his uninteresting look really hasn't changed at all.

Romemos had no intention of having any further entanglements with Io, and turned around to leave, but when she passed by Io, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the ring on Io's hand.

Ah, look what she found?

It was a silver ring with extremely exquisite workmanship. The person who built it poured all his skills and efforts into it without reservation, and the quality of the ruby ​​inlaid on the ring was even more top-notch.But there should have been a pair of these rings, and Io used the other to propose to Romimos 50 years ago.

At that moment, a somewhat daring plan suddenly took shape in Romemos' mind.

If Io is still obsessed with Romimos now, maybe he can be easily used by her, maybe this is the opportunity to completely isolate Arisil from the Noldor!

Romimos suppressed the excitement in his heart caused by this thought, took a deep look at Io, turned and walked away in silence.

Walking to a clearing with relatively few trees, Romemos stopped. Looking from a distance, she was almost melted in the pouring starlight, and those lights seemed palpable to her. Touched, Romimos controlled them with familiar movements, as if pulling silk threads and guiding the flowing water, as the light and shadow changed, her appearance seemed to have changed into another person.

After seeing the woman leave, Io also continued to walk towards his own residence, his expression was still gloomy and indifferent, as if what he saw just now was not a peerless beauty once in a thousand years, but something ordinary.

However, Io's heart is not as calm as his appearance. In fact, his originally peaceful mood has become extremely bad because of the appearance of the strange girl just now.

If the girl had not appeared suddenly, he would not have thought of Romimos.

Io knew very well that he might never see Romimos again—unless he surrendered to Morgoth, but Io couldn't do that. Memoth's love wasn't enough for Io to give up his hard-earned freedom.

"In this way, the two of them seem to be a natural pair." Aragorn couldn't help but sighed, and then found that the room suddenly became quiet, and everyone was looking at him, "Uh, what's wrong?"

"Sorry, Estelle, I don't seem to hear you very clearly." Glorfindel smiled at him gently, "You said just now, who and whom are a natural match?"

"Romimos and Io, aren't they the kind of love that is so precious, the price of freedom..." Aragorn suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, his voice became weaker and weaker, and finally he stopped talking.

Glorfindel's smile remained unchanged, and he looked at Antonia again: "Then what do you think about this, Antonia?"

There was no smile on Antonia's face.

"I don't think there is any love between these two people at all." She said in a deep voice, "Romimos is to Io needless to say; and Io is to Romimos...you may still think that he is to Io She's passionate, but I personally don't see it that way."

She paused for a few seconds.

"About the legend of Romimos, there are not many people who know the whole truth, and those who know a little bit, most of them have the impression that she is romantic, and her biggest hobby is to make men fall in love with her."

"But that's not true, is it?"

"That's not really her interest." Antonia replied to Glorfindel, but her eyes were looking elsewhere, "But there are indeed many men who have extraordinary feelings for her, and some even pretend to be true. Mimoth herself mistook it to the point of love, but I don't think she had anything that could be called love between her and anyone or elves."

"Then Antonia, what kind of emotion do you think can be called love?" Glorfindel asked.

Antonia's expression was blank for a rare moment.

"Frankly, I don't know," she finally replied awkwardly.

"You are still very young, Antonia." Gilleen chuckled a few times, then looked at Glorfindel with some hesitation, "Lord Glorfindel, may I take the liberty of asking you a question? "

"Your Highness, if you have anything you want to ask me, just tell me, you don't have to be so polite."

"Ah, then I'll ask." Gillian clenched her fists a little nervously, "Before you knew Romimos' true identity, did you ever love her?"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Glorfindel did not answer Gilraine for a long time, looking at Antonia as if Antonia could answer the question for him.

"If you don't want to answer, just pretend that I never said that." Gillian said anxiously, "Please forgive my offense."

Glorfindel still didn't respond, Antonia and him looked at each other silently, as if they were also waiting for his answer.

"Miss Antonia said it just now, didn't she?" After a long time, Glorfindel looked away, "There was no love between Romimos and any elf."

Gilleen didn't express any further opinions on this, and Aragorn was a little nervous and didn't dare to speak, so the room became quiet again, the wind outside the window came in, and the leaves of the potted plants by the window shook and made a rustling sound.

"This is really great." After a while, Antonia broke the silence, her face showed no emotion, but Aragorn felt that she was angry, "If you and Romimos really had such a relationship , then I still hesitate to continue talking about what I’m going to say next.”

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