[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Romimos felt that Arisil's longing and nostalgia for Gondolin became stronger day by day, but she did not immediately persuade Arisil to leave immediately. In any case, Io was still Arisil's husband , and they also have a son.

In addition, Arithel's persistence in keeping the secret of Gondolin's entrance far exceeded Romimos' expectations. She thought that as Arithil's only close friend in the past hundred years, she should be able to get the other party's complete I didn't expect to talk about her, Ya Ruixier even refused to tell her own son Maeglin about the specific location of Gondolin and how to enter it.

However, Romimos did not become impatient. She was always patient and forbearing. After the plan to extract Gondolin's position from Arisil's mouth failed, she immediately made other plans.

Although he failed to get the news he wanted through Maeglin's mouth, after this incident, Romimos noticed that Maeglin had an extraordinary enthusiasm for the Noldor elves.

At the same time, Romimos also knew Io very well. To put it bluntly, she knew Io better than Arisil and Maeglin.Romimus was well aware of how much Io loathed the Noldor, and this was not changed by the fact that his wife was a Noldor princess, and he would never allow Arisil to go back to Gondolin, let alone Meglin, this contradiction is impossible to reconcile.

Taking advantage of this, Romemos easily provoked the discord between Io and Meglin.

One day at dinner time, Lan Wen looked at Io after finishing his meal, hesitating to speak.

Io noticed Lan Wen's eyes, he was in a good mood, so he asked her kindly: "What's wrong?"

Then Lan Wen's next sentence ruined all his good mood for the day.

"I want to go to Himlad tomorrow to visit my friends there," Lan Wen gestured for her meaning, "I haven't visited them for decades, can you—"

"No!" Io interrupted her without waiting for her to finish. The coldness of her voice made Lan Wen startled, and a look of grievance appeared on her pretty face.

Meglin put down the spoon in her hand and looked at Lan Wen and her father inexplicably.

"Why not?" he said, "Shimlad is not far from South Elmos. If you are worried that Lan Wen is not safe to go alone, I can escort her."

In fact, Meglin himself wanted to visit the son of Feanor for a long time, but his words aroused Io's anger even more: "That area is now occupied by the Noldor!"

"I know, so what?" asked Meglin. "They are my mother's people, aren't they?"

Ya Ruishi's lips trembled uneasily, she looked at her husband and son, not knowing how to explain it.

"Those outsiders from the west," said Io, "have murdered our kindred, and invaded the lands that belonged to our Teleri! As long as I have breath, I will never deal with those murderers! I You are not allowed to go, you are my son, Meglin! You must obey me in this matter!"

"But they are my mother's relatives and my uncle. What's more, where did the invaders start? Without them, how could Middle-earth be so peaceful now? If it weren't for the siege of Angband—" Meglin wanted to reason strove, but Io was much more enraged because of his defense of the Noldor.

"You actually regard those robbers as heroes?! Who said these words to you? Is it you?" He gave Yarisil a hard look, and then turned to Lan Wen, "Or you?!"

Lan Wen cried in fear.

Ya Ruishi stood up and stood in front of Lan Wen: "I told Meglin about this. What? Can't I let my son know the heroic deeds of his mother's people?"

"Heroic deeds? Murder, arson, and invasion of the land are things that need to be written as praises? But it's no wonder that such shameless things are really done by the barbaric Noldor."

"Enough!" Ya Ruishi couldn't bear it anymore, "I won't allow you to insult my people again and again!"

Yarisil and Io had a big fight, the long-term depression and grievances made Yarisil almost cry, but in front of Meglin and Lanwen, she could only hold back her tears, but Io did not show A trace of pity.

Ya Ruixie's heart became colder and colder. In the past, she only thought that Io did not like to associate with Noldor. After all, it was their fault for killing relatives. Therefore, she always followed Io as much as possible in this respect, and even obeyed Io. His request has never been in touch with Celegorm and the others for a hundred years, but now she finally discovered that in Io's eyes, her people were so unbearable, with no redeeming qualities.

Yarisil couldn't help wondering why Io married him in the first place, and how much genuine affection did he have for him?

The emotions of the two became more and more out of control. During the quarrel, Io couldn't restrain his anger, so he raised his hand and wanted to hit Ya Ruishi.

Yarisil was shocked, never expecting that Io would really do something to him, and when he dodged backwards, his foot caught on the stool, and he fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Finally, Meglin couldn't bear it and rushed forward, pushed Io away, then turned to help Yarisil: "Are you okay?"

Ya Ruishi shook his head, the tears finally broke down uncontrollably, and he burst into tears.

Io was panting heavily, with a gloomy and scary face, without even looking at his wife and children and the stunned Lan Wen beside him, he turned around and walked out of the restaurant quickly, slamming the door hard.

Since then, Meglin and Io have been estranged. Meglin never went out with Io again. Feelings finally ceased to exist completely.

Romimus knew it was time to instigate Arisil to leave.

Time passed quickly, and every year at midsummer the dwarves invited Io to their feast, the only time of the year when Arisil and Maeglin were completely free, and their only chance to escape.

As expected by Romimos, Meglin proposed to Yarisil to leave Nan Elmos, and Yarisil did not hesitate this time, and quickly made up his mind.

However, just when they had made all the preparations and were ready to go at any time, they couldn't find Lan Wen no matter what.

Ya Ruixiel searched every place at the bottom of South Elmos Valley, and asked all the servants in the family, but no one knew Lan Wen's whereabouts.

Seeing that the day of Io's return was getting closer, Meglin was anxious. Finally, he couldn't help but said to Ya Ruishi: "Let's not wait for Lan Wen any longer, princess, if we don't leave, it will be too late."

"How can this be done? How can we leave her here alone? Io will kill her!" Ya Ruishi said.

"But if we don't leave here, we will have to wait another whole year before we have the chance to leave here. Do you want to be tortured by that man for another year?" Meglin urged, "As long as we return to Gondolin as soon as possible , persuade His Majesty Turgon to send someone here to pick up Lan Wen, and she will be fine."

Ya Ruishi couldn't help being shaken, she really couldn't bear to live with Io any longer, as long as she thought of the way the other party got angry during the quarrel that day, she felt a burst of fear and nausea.

"Well," she said, "then let's go, and may the gods keep her safe until we come to her."

So Yarisil and Meglin rode away from the dark prison-like forest bottom while Io was not at home, until the sharpest-eyed elves could not see their departure, and it was fully confirmed that they would not return. , Romimos, who hadn't seen anyone for a few days, slowly took off the hood of the spiderweb invisibility cloak, and couldn't help showing a smile on his floating face.

finally!Finally, she is only one step away from her final goal!

As long as she can get the exact location of Gondolin, she will be able to negotiate with Sauron (in hindsight, Romimos admits that she still thought too easily), so as to escape from Angband's control and get the dream she has always dreamed of. freedom of.

So at this critical moment, Romimos became more and more careful, and never allowed her plan to go wrong. Because of this, she hid herself and did not show up when Arisil and Meglin were looking for her these days , because Romemos is not sure whether Arisil will fully trust Gondolin's information to himself, maybe she will follow the example of Exilion and blindfold her when entering!

O wicked Exilion!

In the end, in order to avoid what he was worried about, Romimos simply decided not to go with Arisil and the others, but to follow them secretly into Gondolin. Anyway, under the cover of the spiderweb cloak, no one could find her of.

Romimos' plan is perfect, but the most terrifying part of fate is that even the gods are powerless to resist him.

Someone opened the door and walked in. Romemos was startled, and turned around to look, and the person in front of her was one of the people she least wanted to see right now——Io.

History is always strikingly similar.

The two stalemate in silence, and the atmosphere was once very awkward.

Io looked at the person in front of him like a ghost, closed and opened his eyes several times, and finally confirmed that the scene he saw was not a hallucination. He was shocked and angry: "Romimos?!"

Romimos sighed in his heart, knowing that it was impossible to deceive Io, after all, he boasted to him back then that this invisibility cloak was unique in the world, even in Valinor, he couldn't find another one.

"Io." Romimos squinted her eyes, her voice was already low among women, and she spoke again after decades of silence, her voice was still a bit hoarse, "Come back It's a little earlier than I expected..."

Io said nothing, standing there like a volcano on the verge of eruption.He used to expect Romemos to keep his promise and return to him day and night, but now that she finally appeared in front of him, it was difficult for Io to show any emotion close to joy, only endless anger filled his chest .

"Lan Wen has always been you?!"

"To be precise, Lan Wen is not all of me." Romemos admitted bluntly, "But I understand what you mean. That's right, I am Lan Wen."

"Why did you lie to me?!" Io stepped forward excitedly, his eyes tearing open.

"Cheat? This word is really interesting. When did I tell you half a lie? I just didn't tell you Lan Wen's real identity, but why should I tell you?"

"No deceit? You really said that, Romemus! You told me back then that you would find a way to leave Angband and come back to me, but what happened? 100 years have passed, but you There is no news at all! I thought you would never come back, but in fact, you are very close to me, and you have been playing me like a fool! If it wasn't for your entrustment back then, how could I Keep Ya Ruishi? Now you mean that all of this has nothing to do with me?"

"It's only been less than 100 years, and you are too restless, Io." Romimos sneered, "How can it be so easy to completely break away from Morgoth's control? I tried my best to trap Gondo Lin's intelligence was used as a bargaining chip to leave Angband, but you married Princess Noldor in a blink of an eye and lived happily. If so, what relationship do I have with you? Now that you have accused me, you are so shameless The walls of Geban are still thick!"

"This... you should have told me clearly about your plan, I don't know..." Io's face turned pale, anyway, (he thought) it was indeed he who was unfaithful to Romimos first, "I married Arisil because sometimes she looks like you to me, not—" he suddenly realized something was wrong, and asked Romimos, "Where are Arisil and Maeglin now?"

"They have left South Elmoth for Gondolin," Romemus answered him coldly. "Now I will follow them to find out the way there. Farewell, Eo."

Io hadn't recovered from the series of events, and subconsciously asked Romimos, "Will you come back?"

Romemos stopped and looked back at Io with a mocking look on her face.

"Come back?" She asked Io back, "Whether you really loved Arisil or not, it is an unchangeable fact that she is your wife, not to mention that you have a son, Maeglin, how can you still count on me?" Back to you? Did I say to you just now, ''See you again by fate'? I'm sorry, I made a slip of the tongue, and this time is probably the last time we meet."

She casually nodded to Io, who was stunned and stunned, and stopped looking at him, and was about to leave.

But before Romemos walked out of the door of this room, Io quickly made up his mind, turned around and rushed over to grab Romemos.

Romemos frowned impatiently: "What do you want?"

"I was obsessed with what happened before." Io apologized to Romemus bluntly, "but after you leave Angband, you must come back to me."

"Impossible." Romimos refused him straight away, "Why should I listen to you?"

"It was you who brought Yarisil to me, and now you let them go, making me lose my wife and son. Do you think you have no responsibility at all?"

"It's so ridiculous! You decided to marry Arithel and lost her love. Is it because of me?"

"Oh, who knows how much of your contribution is in this?" Io said with sarcasm, his eyes were extremely dangerous, "Even if you really didn't intervene in these things, my misfortune is exactly what you originally intended , so you must make it up to me."

"What if I say no?" Romemos scowled.

"Then I will tell them who you really are, and you will never leave Angband to be free!" Io threatened viciously.

"You!" Romimos really wanted to bite Io to death immediately. Why did she save him when he fell off the cliff?This man deserves to fall to his death!

Romemos knew how difficult Io was, and she was worried that if she continued to entangle with him, she would not be able to catch up with Arisil and Maeglin, so she could only swallow her breath back, and agreed to him first: " ...Okay, I promise you."

Io is also well aware of how cunning Romimos is.

"Think no tricks," he warned Romimus, "and I will go with you to Gondolin, lest you should escape by chance."

"It's up to you." Romimos sneered again and again, but he quickly thought of a way to get rid of Io.