[The Silmarillion] Romimus

At the end of the night, Io returned to his residence. Because of what happened that night, his mind was extremely disturbed. He tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, and finally gradually became sleepy due to the exhaustion of the day, but he did not sleep well. , his consciousness didn't seem to be completely plunged into darkness, but his body was completely out of his control, and he couldn't move at all.

While half asleep and half awake, Io felt a cool breeze blowing gently on his face with the smell of vegetation in the forest. He half opened his eyes and glanced, only to see the thin air blown by the window by the window. White curtains and the last rays of moonlight slanting in.

Did he leave the windows open before going to bed?Io was in a daze, but his chaotic brain could neither remember these things, nor could his tired body get up and close the window.

In such a haze, Io seemed to see someone quietly appearing in his room. He couldn't see the person's face clearly, but he could only tell from the long hair that was dancing in the wind that it was a woman.

Io's heart was seized by an invisible hand in an instant, and the other hand covered his mouth and nose, making it difficult for him to breathe, even though he had mistook a strange girl for Luo just a few hours ago. He was so lost because of Mimos, and now those unrealistic expectations jumped into his mind uncontrollably, he tried hard to open his eyes to see the woman's face clearly, but the picture in front of him was still annoyingly blurry.

The woman approached him slowly, and Io's heartbeat followed her steps, until she came to his bedside, snuggled up to Io's side, and looked at him silently for a while, Suddenly he opened his mouth and called out Io's name, the voice was so beautiful that Io couldn't help but regret why his name was only such a short one syllable.

He opened his mouth, exhausted all his strength, and the dry and slightly broken words finally gushed out of his throat.

"Is this a dream?" he asked her.

Luo Mimo paused for a moment, then chuckled a few times, her face gradually became clear in the hazy night mist, it was the appearance he had never forgotten in tens of thousands of days and nights.

"Sleep." Romemos said to him, his voice was soft as a whisper, but Io stubbornly refused to close his eyes, as if when he closed and opened them again, Romemos would disappear same.

They cuddled quietly like this for a long time, until the moon had set very low and the eastern sky was faintly bright, and Romimos moved his body.

"I have to go," she said.

"Go? Where are you going?" Io asked in amazement.

"Back to Angband." Romimos answered him, her face seemed mournful, "It's not easy to leave there forever, Io, it's not easy for me to sneak out to meet you this time. gone."

Io was almost furious for a moment, and he wanted to reprimand Romemus, saying that in this case, he would rather not see her this night than regain what he thought was lost; he wanted to hold Romemus firmly, unless Sauron and even Morgoth himself came here again to take his heart, otherwise he would never allow Romimos to leave again, but his body was still unable to move, as if what he saw now was just a scene of his death. Uncontrollable dreams.

In the end, the only thing Io could do was to close his eyes in anger. If this was really just a dream, he would like to wake up quickly now.

Romemos seemed to let out an inaudible sigh, and she stood up a little bit, so Io knew that she was really going to leave, and couldn't help clenching her teeth slightly.

However, Romimos did not disappear as Io thought, not only that, she approached him again, this time the breath from her nose was transferred from Io's chest to his ear, and Hesitantly stopped there, Io could clearly hear her subtle breathing, and his auricles were also slightly stained with moisture.After a while, with some tentative and shy feeling, Romimos lightly pecked Io's ear.

"What should I do to help you get out of there?" Io finally surrendered completely, and asked Romimos in such a low voice as if pleading.

"It's not impossible for me to leave there forever, Io." In her heart, Romimos's smile was almost overflowing, but on the surface she remained calm, "But I need you to do me a favor."

"After dawn, two women will enter South Elmos from the north. One of them you have seen, here, the young girl you saw in the forest last night, and the other is older than her , black-haired and white-clothed, are also rare and beautiful women, you can recognize them as soon as you see them. What I need you to do for me is to keep them here, and don't let them deal with the Noldor Elves. The longer the better. No honey, please don't ask me why I do these things, I can't tell you now, but if you still miss the good times we had together, if you want me to come back to you forever , just do as I tell you."

Io wrote down every word Romemos said, and at about noon the next day, he went to the northern border of South Elmos, and he saw Arisil just as Romemos said and Lan Wen.Io used Maya's spell in the forest to gradually lure the two to his residence. When they finally lost their way, Io came out and invited them to his house. Er did not refuse him.

At this point, Romimos' conspiracy has been mostly successful, and the destruction of Gondolin seems to be a foregone conclusion.

"Why does Miss Antonia use the word 'seems' so gently?" Glorfindel said coldly, his voice still managed to maintain a superficial calmness, but the anger in his eyes was daunting.

However, Antonia's expression didn't change a bit: "I think it's more rigorous to say this, after all, if you look at it from the perspective of that era, nothing is completely predestined, so it would be too hasty to draw a conclusion like this. "

"However, in my opinion, some things start from a certain moment, and its ending has been irreversible."

"Perhaps, but I don't think Gondolin's demise is in the 'something' category, at least not then."

"Oh? Wasn't Gondolin's demise determined the moment Romimos decided to destroy her?" Glorfindel sarcastically said, "With her style, once she wants to do something, she will not hesitate to pay Her goal must be achieved at any cost, is there anyone or anything that can change her mind?"

Antonia's shoulders trembled, and for a moment, Glorfindel almost thought she was going to blurt out something, but she remained silent in the end, and Glorfindel couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, and he vaguely understood that this loss came from Where did he come from, so the anger in his heart grew stronger——this anger was directed at himself.

Aragorn was no stranger to the strange way of getting along between the two.His two teachers are the best people, Glorfindel is gentle and cheerful, Antonia is elegant and smart, but when they meet each other, they seem to be different people-Glorfindel becomes agitated and irritable Angry, the words spoken are also a bit harsher than usual.Aragorn didn't think it was a big deal at first, because they were discussing Romemos. As long as you know a little about Glorfindel and Romemus, it is not difficult to understand why Glorfindel has Such a big resentment.

But getting along with and getting to know Glorfindel deepened, and Aragorn felt that something was wrong: with Glorfindel's personality, no matter how much he hated Romimos, he shouldn't let such emotions out. As for Antonia, who is only the narrator, even though Glorfindel is only making sarcasm about Romimos, he always becomes uncontrollably aggressive when facing Antonia.

As for Antonia, for Glorfindel's inexplicable anger, she chose tolerance and patience inexplicably. This is definitely not because the other party is a well-known elf lord. Arrogant, even to Arazon, she never had the slightest flattery.

But this does not mean that Antonia did not make any counterattacks, but the way she chose also confused Aragorn: As a person who is familiar with the past of Glorfindel and Romimos, Antonia not only did not fight back against those who clearly made Glorfindel Glorfindel's displeasure was blatantly revealed, and Aragorn even had a faint feeling that she was deliberately provoking the other party, as if Glorfindel's anger actually pleased her.

Aragorn shivered, instinctively stopped and continued to think deeply about the relationship between Antonia and Glorfindel, these two people were too terrifying.

If Gilleen hadn't spoken out, this weird silence would have lasted for an unknown amount of time.

"For us, Romimos is a story so old that it can be called a legend. Whether she hesitated when she destroyed Gondolin, probably only she knows it in her heart. Why are you so embarrassing, my lord? Where is our Antonia?" Gilleen turned to Antonia again, "There is one thing I don't quite understand, Antonia, if I remember correctly, Io finally became the husband of Princess Arisil, right?"

"...Yes, Your Highness." Antonia seemed to be distracted for a while, and then answered Gillean after a pause.

"But from what I know so far, this kind of thing is impossible. Even Io, I believe he should be like all elves for lovers or at least people he has desires—that is, Romimos—is loyal and dedicated, so how could he possibly marry Princess Arisil?"

"I also think that from the perspective of a princess, she shouldn't have taken a fancy to someone like Io." Glorfindel said, "Maybe Antonia can you answer me? In order to complete her plan, Romimos is among them." What trick did you play again?"

"It's because you think highly of her, Lord Glorfindel." Antonia said sarcastically, "Even Maia doesn't have the ability to manipulate her own or other people's emotions at will. For a while, Ya Ruishi And Io do love or think they love each other...Of course, I admit that Romimus is involved in this."

Glorfindel snorted, his expression darkened.

In this way, because of Romemos' request, Io lured Arisil to stay at the bottom of South Elmos Valley. Although he didn't have any special feelings for them, during the initial period, all of his His words, deeds, and actions are all gentlemanly and friendly, which made Lan Wen have a great impression of him, and also made Ya Ruixier relax his vigilance towards this stranger, but after staying in Nan Elmos for a long time Half a year later, she still thought it was time for them to leave, even though Lan Wen was quite reluctant to part with this place.

Io tried to ask them to stay for a while, but as I said before, he was never a hospitable person, and his words to persuade them to stay were a bit dry. Yarisil smiled, and still insisted on leaving, so he also Say no more, acquiesce.

Of course, Ya Ruixier still failed to make it in the end. She had already packed her little luggage and prepared the polite words to say goodbye to the master in her mind. Be careful to fall down and sprain your foot, the time to leave can only be delayed.

Romemos sat quietly and dutifully in Io's workshop, resting his chin and watching Io beating inside, busily busy, those uncut gems gradually bloomed their unique beauty through his hands. As a result of his smelting, steel turned into sharp and hard weapons. This process fascinated Romimos.

While watching Io forge, Romimos sighed inwardly.

As expected, she couldn't expect too much from this man. If she hadn't made a quick decision, she would have almost failed.

But after all, this is not a long-term solution. How long will it take for her sprain to heal?two months?Or three months?Three months later, what should she do to continue with her plan?

Io glanced at the frail and well-behaved little girl next to him, wondering why she would stay in such a hot and noisy place, but as long as Lan Wen didn't bother him, he wouldn't bother to care so much—he was a little younger Where did you put the forging hammer at [-]:[-]?

Lan Wen watched Io start to look around, froze for a moment, and quickly realized what he was looking for. It happened that the small hammer was not far from her, so Lan Wen took it because she couldn't speak , then limped and limped towards Io, waving his hands vigorously at him.

Io was already a little irritable, and even more impatient when he noticed Lan Wen's inexplicable behavior.

"This is not a place for you to play, if you have nothing to do, just go out—"

Iao's words stuck in his throat when he saw Lan Wen holding the forging hammer that he just needed right now.

"...Thank you." He stretched out his hand to take the hammer, and was amazed in his heart.

He had always disdained the Noldor, though they were said to be notoriously wise and inventive.But now it seems that even a little girl who has just grown up in their place knows a lot about forging (of course he later found out that Lan Wen is from the Teleri family, which made him feel a little better)?

Alas, if Romemus were here, she would surely guess what was in his mind at once, and assist him in creating their perfect works.

After such a small incident, Io's attitude towards Lan Wen was indeed different from before. Although it was only a slight difference, Romimos felt it immediately, which made her dumbfounded.

Io, Io, should I say he is simple or dull?He was not moved by the fairy-like girl in front of him, but if someone could understand his creation a little bit, he would immediately look at that person differently.

A despicable idea suddenly emerged from Romemos' mind.

What if the person who can give him inspiration is not Romimus, but Arisil?

If there is another woman who appreciates you, supports you, and helps you, will you still be loyal to me?