[The Silmarillion] Romimus

After the Battle of Tears, Turgon finally realized that the power of Morgoth was much stronger than they had always thought. Maybe the opponent was really an enemy that could never be defeated by the power of elves and humans, so he Many people were sent to the continent of Aman to seek the help of Valar.

And this gave Romemos a reason to stay in Gondolin. Undoubtedly, Villa's attitude towards Middle-earth is very important information. Do they still care about this land?Do you have any plans to join the battle?If so, when will it be?Did the Valar forgive the Noldor?Or were they simply here to fight against Morgoth, and the Noldor were still not allowed to return to Valinor?

Of course she didn't go back to Angband to find out, or else?

However, none of the elves sent by Turgon came back for a long time. Romimos felt very complicated about this. Of course, Romimos did not want Vala to get too involved in the affairs of Middle-earth, otherwise Why did she and the Noldor abandon their homeland and come here?This makes all their determination and heroism, as well as the uneasiness and suffering they have experienced, seem to have become a joke - no matter how arrogant and unruly you were at the beginning, you made a lot of cruel words, and in the end you have to come back in despair and beg for mercy ?

But what if Villa doesn't make a move?Then the elves and humans may really be completely defeated by Morgoth, although it has nothing to do with Romimus, as long as Morgoth leaves her alone, Romimos did not stand up to resist his leisure.

Just when Romemos was about to come to the conclusion that Vera had completely given up on Middle-earth, Exilion brought back a man, which caused a sensation in the whole of Gondolin, because that man was the "Lord of the Waters" , The messenger sent by Vala Ulmo.

When Romimos first heard the news, his eyes widened like everyone else's. However, compared to the joy of those people, Romimos felt a little more fear and guilt in addition to surprise.Because Ulmo used his messenger to warn Turgon that Gondolin was no longer safe, which made Romimus uneasy: Did the Valar know that she had entered Gondolin in disguise as an elf?Do you know the ulterior conspiracy she planned?Does the messenger know all this?Or did Vera give him some hints?Since it is the person chosen by Ulmo, there must be something special about her. Will he see through her identity?

Because of the arrival of a human being, the situation has changed in a blink of an eye, which may be earth-shaking. Maybe the entire situation in Middle-earth will change because of this. Romimos took a deep breath, barely suppressing the anxiety in his heart to calm down Come on, random guessing here won't solve the problem, anyway, she must go to meet that man in person—Tur, the son of Hull.

Although Turgon rejected Ulmo's advice, he did not despise Tur, not only because he was the messenger chosen by the water god himself, but also because his father Hul had helped Gondolin at the end of the War of Tears. The elves withdrew from the battlefield until they died in battle.

To express Gondolin's welcome to Turgon, Turgon also held a grand welcome banquet for him. Turgon was quite flattered, because although he was also raised by elves since he was a child, to be honest, gray Compared with the light elves from the western continent, the wisdom and strength of the elves are indeed far behind, and the people of Gondolin are especially outstanding even among the Noldor. attracted.

The magnificent halls and halls, the mellow and rich wine and delicacies, the elegant manners and extraordinary conversations of the elves, all of these made Tur feel novel and fascinated by it, but in the end his attention had to be absorbed by the banquet. A strange elven woman of mine took it away.

In fact, it is really not easy to completely ignore that elf girl, because her beauty is so amazing, no matter how quietly she stands in the corner of the hall, as long as you accidentally glance at her from the corner of your eye With her figure, it's hard not to stop and stay in a daze for at least ten seconds, let alone now when she looks at you with a smile in her eyes.

...Wait, is she looking at him?

Tull looked around to make sure that there was no one else around him, but still not sure, pointed to himself cautiously.

The smile on the woman's face deepened, she nodded, and walked towards Tour without haste.

"You are the envoy chosen by Lord Ulmo?" Romimos asked.

Tull looked blank: "Sorry, I don't understand what you mean."

The smile on Romemos' face froze for a second.

Well, if you haven't dealt with a mute before, it's not surprising that you don't know sign language. It took Glorfindel and the rest of Gondolin a few months to slowly understand what each of her gestures meant.

Hitting a wall at the beginning, Romimos was very upset, especially Tull's expression full of apology and sympathy after he suddenly understood what had happened, which made her want to punch that face very much.

Of course, this can only be a psychological activity. On the surface, Romimos pursed his lips and smiled shyly, but he resigned himself to Latour's hand while probing on the surface.

It doesn't make sense, has she returned to the most primitive handwritten head office?

It's just that Romimos just wrote less than a sentence on Tull's palm, and Idril walked over with a smile: "Seeing how happy you are talking, count me in?"

Romemus clicked his tongue inwardly.

In fact, she knew that Idril had good intentions, and she came here on purpose because she saw that she and Tull were not communicating well. She was actually helping Tull translate Lan Wen's meaning under the pretext of chatting together.

But Idril got involved, and Romemus had to be a lot more cautious when telling Turtle's words, otherwise, with Idril's carefulness, she might end up stealing chickens and losing money.

Under such circumstances, Romemos had a casual conversation with Tur, and after hastily confirming that he knew nothing about his true identity, he lost interest in continuing and found an excuse to leave. Drew and Tull seemed to share a common interest, and they chatted until the end of the banquet.

The first defeat did not make Romemos give up. She waited patiently for the next opportunity to communicate with the Vala's messenger alone, but she never succeeded.

For example, when she practiced swords with Princess Idril—

Since the Battle of Tears, Morgoth's minions have become more and more unscrupulous in Middle-earth, and they have become more and more domineering. Nargothrond and Doriath have fallen one after another. Although Gondolin is still safe for the time being, who can Guarantee that this calm will continue?Because of this, Idriel took the initiative to ask her father Turgon to learn swordsmanship. As a princess, if a war really breaks out, even if she can't fight the enemy, she must try her best to protect herself.

Glorfindel thought it made sense, so he asked Lan Wen if she wanted to learn from Princess Idril as well.

Romimos refuses in her heart. She loves to learn all knowledge and skills, except for dancing swords.

However, Lan Wen finally agreed.

If she insisted that she didn't want to learn, Glorfindel would definitely not force her. Perhaps no one hoped that Lan Wen would never have to learn these things more than him, but Lan Wen knew what he was worried about, even though Glorfindel said Never said it, but since the Battle of Tears, the shadow of war and death has been hanging over him and everyone's heart.

No sword in Middle-earth could really kill her, but if it made Glorfindel feel more at ease, learning would be no big deal.

……

But it's really boring!

"Left, right, left..." Glorfindel taught earnestly, and although Romimos could not be said to be not serious in learning, but compared to the passion she can burst out in what she really loves, she probably also I only spent seven minutes on it, but the lords of Gondolin except Maeglin all praised her for doing a good job-for a little girl who has always given the impression of being quiet and delicate, no one I really hope that she can become a master of swordsmanship, so everyone is very tolerant to Lan Wen, even if she really behaves in a normal way——

"That's all because of Glorfindel's poor skill," Agamose said.

"Excuse me, what did you say?" Glorfindel stopped and looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"Did I say that your level is not good enough? Sorry, I didn't express clearly." Agamos continued to speak meanly, "I mean, several of us here are better than you. Does anyone have a different opinion on this point? ?”

Of course, no one admitted that they were inferior to Glorfindel, and even Exilion and Galdo, who had always been in charge of smoothing things over, did not express their views this time. This was a matter of dignity!

"Since you say that, you must be ready to be defeated by me."

"Well, everyone knows that I am better at bow and arrow." Agamos said, "but of course, it is more than enough to deal with you."

"Are you looking for an excuse for your failure in advance? If you want to compare archery, I will accompany you." Glorfindel smiled, "Sorry, Lan Wen, wait for me, I think 10 minutes should be able to separate Win or lose."

Romemos didn't care, she didn't care if they spent the whole day childishly fighting, just to make time for her to do something really meaningful.

Tull was concentrating on observing and studying the sparring among other Noldor elves, when suddenly he felt someone tugging on his clothes, and when he turned his head, he saw Lan Wen, who was holding a dagger and smiling.

"Is there anything you want from me?" Tull didn't know why.

"Tour looks so amazing!" Lan Wen's eyes were full of curiosity and admiration, "Can you teach me?"

Tur was stunned for a moment, and looked up at the lords of Gondolin, and found that no matter what they were doing, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him.

Tull felt a little stressed: "Hey, you're awesome. When it comes to swordsmanship, my ability is still not comparable to that of the lords present here. Lord Jinhua must be much better than me. I think he can teach You must have given me much more than I did."

"Glorfindel is not free." Lan Wen insisted without looking back.

"Nothing, Lan Wen, if you want to learn, I have time anytime." Glorfindel immediately expressed his opinion.

Tsk, can't Glorfindel wink and cooperate with her?Romemos wanted to roll his eyes.

"But I want to learn from Tour." She said directly without tact.

Glorfindel was devastated.

"If it's just the simplest kind of basic skills, then Tull taught me and Glorfindel is not too far behind, right?" She looked at Tull innocently, "Or is it that Tull wants to teach me such a beginner? It's too boring, don't you want to?"

"No, no, I definitely don't think so." Tull said quickly, "If you really think highly of me, then I can indeed guide you a little bit, but His Royal Highness Lord Jinhua will definitely do better than me."

Lan Wen completely ignored the second half of his sentence, and immediately smiled: "Great! There are few people over there, shall we go there to practice?"

Tour felt bitter. He thought that he had offended the Lord of the Golden Flower completely. If the other party's eyes could be turned into reality, it would probably be able to poke two holes in him.

Idril looked at Glorfindel, and sighed inwardly.

"What Lan Wen said makes sense, and I am indeed very interested in swordsmanship and martial arts other than Gondolin." Idril said suddenly, "Tur, since you have agreed to teach Lan Wen, do you mind giving me some guidance? I?"

The smile on Romimos' face almost didn't hold back.

This happens every time, since she is about to successfully abduct Tur, Idril can always show up in time to disrupt her plan!

Romemus felt targeted.

Or is it that Idril has already begun to doubt her?Romemos touched his nose guiltily.

"Hands up, don't move!" Tull criticized her severely.

"..." Romimos regretted it, and she wanted to go back to Glorfindel.

On the other side, Glorfindel was in a very melancholy mood, and after two casual moves with Agamose, he gave up fighting, and didn't bother to flirt with him, just blow it if you want to, you really have the ability Go single out Morgoth too.

Agamose teased Glorfindel for a few words and saw that he didn't respond, and felt bored, so he shrugged and went to continue wrangling with Duilin and Pengrod.

In the end, everyone else left in twos and threes. Only Exilion and Glorfindel, who were in charge of teaching Idril, were idle. The two stood on the sidelines and watched Tur as he taught Idril and Lanwen about swordsmanship.

Glorfindel watched for a long time, and couldn't help asking Exilion: "Am I teaching poorly?"

"How could it be?" Exilion disagreed.

"Then why Lan Wen would rather let Tur teach her than me?" Glorfindel spread his hands.

"You can't think like that." Exilion comforted him, "Even if Lan Wen didn't want you to teach her, she could have asked Meglin, Galdo, and Pengrod to teach her, no one would refuse her, But she chose Tull in the end, which means that she just wanted Tull to teach her swordsmanship."

"Are you trying to comfort me?" Glorfindel couldn't believe that his best friend stabbed him in the heart again without mercy.

"Of course, this shows that Lan Wen's criterion for choosing a teacher is not based on the opponent's technical level." Exilion said solemnly, "If you really fight with Agamous, I will definitely bet on you to win."

"That's not the point." Glorfindel stroked his forehead.

"Then what's the point?" Exilion asked.

"..."

"You're jealous." Exilion asked himself and answered calmly.