[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Romemos dragged Meglin away roughly by his hair and collar. He walked out of Morgoth's hall, supported him by his arms and waist, and walked forward. Romemos didn't say a word on the way, but Meglin was full of doubts, but he was so tired that he couldn't say anything, and it took all his strength to barely keep up with Romemos' pace.

The steps and corridors of Angband seemed to be endless. Meglin didn't know how long he had to hold on. Finally, Romemos stopped and led him through an iron gate. The door was dark. Moss threw a ball of light casually, and Meglin could see where he was now.

It was a cramped room, and Meglin guessed that it should be one of Angband's countless prison cells. On the walls, there were still dark red stains of old blood, and as the light shone into the room. In the room, swarms of reptiles and mice in the room scattered as if they were scalded by the light, making a tooth-piercing and terrifying sound.

Romemoss silently put Meglin on a bed in a corner of the room, which she said was a bed, but was in fact a simple table made of several narrow planks, not even covered with the worst cloth, and then she She left without a sound, disappeared like a ghost in this dark bunker, but her light remained.

The light of Romimus was hazy and soft, like the last twilight of the setting sun. It was not very bright, but it was just right enough not to be dazzling in this gloomy Angband.The light floated in the air, as if floating in the water, as if dancing rhythmically with the waves and air currents. Meglin lay on the wooden bed, staring at the dancing halo with eyes fixed in a daze.

His body, which had been tensed for several days and nights, was finally able to rest for a moment. As soon as the energy was released, he wished he could faint immediately, but he couldn't do it. Countless thoughts were spinning wildly in his brain like a storm. Meglin didn't know what would happen to him next, would Morgoth be so kind as to send him back to Gondolin?No, even if you send him back, according to what Romimos said, his memory will be erased first, and he will probably die in the end, but is what Romimos said true or false? !

Thinking of Romimos and Lan Wen, Meglin felt the hairs all over stand on end. He had been with a demon who could decide the life and death of Gondolin for hundreds of years like this day and night!

In the end, Meglin realized that he couldn't just sit and wait for death. No matter what purpose Romimos had in persuading Morgoth not to kill him for the time being, it finally gave him a chance to breathe. Find a way to take the initiative, but...

Meglin tried very hard to stay awake and think, but his body was finally overwhelmed, and he just fell asleep in a daze.

"Why?" Gosmog couldn't wait to yell loudly before Romimos had gone far, "That guy is a bastard! You don't really believe her words, do you? ! And Sauron, are you really stupid or are you just like her? You even speak for her?!"

But Morgoth naturally has his own thoughts, and it has to be said that Sauron can always think of one place with him.

It would be best if Romimoth was as faithful as she said, but not even Gothmog believed her, let alone Morgoth, who was always suspicious.

On the other hand, if Romimus really betrayed them, it would be a foolish decision to kill Maeglin, because once Maeglin died, Romimos could leave Angband at once without any worries, As far as the ability to escape is concerned, even Morgoth may have to bow down to her.

However, Morgoth believed that Romimos should not have completely betrayed him. Judging from Meglin's reaction just now, there should be few or no elves in Gondolin who knew the true identity of Romimos.From Morgoth's knowledge of Romimos' fickle nature, just as she is unlikely to be completely loyal to himself, so is the possibility that she will finally choose the elf's side; How loyal is Goth? In their eyes, Romimos is Morgoth's accomplice. Even if she wants to surrender, the elves may not accept her.

An unpredictable person like Romimus is the most loved and hated person. All her thoughts and actions have no rules to follow, and she dares to do anything with just a word "I am willing". She can be the most Lovely friends and support can also cheat you to death without any scruples at critical moments.

Compared with Romimos, the capricious double-edged sword, Meglin is obviously easier to control. Morgoth claims to be the embodiment of darkness, and often he can indeed see through the darkness in a person's heart, just like just now, just a few With just a few words, he understood that Meglin was not without flaws, and it might be more reliable to use that elf as a breakthrough than to count on Romimus to tell the truth.

Meglin's sleep was restless, and he dreamed of Morgoth sitting on the icy black iron throne, his face was cold and cruel, just looking at it made people feel chills from the bottom of his heart, curled up at his feet waiting for an opportunity As the wolves moved, Morgoth looked at Maeglin who was kneeling in front of him mockingly, tilted his head slightly, and the wolves got the signal and rushed towards him with their fangs sharper than daggers. Bite it up——

Meglin woke up in pain.

Romimos was back and was applying medicine to the wound on his left abdomen.

"Get up and take off your shirt." Seeing that Meglin woke up, she raised her eyes and said.

Meglin did so silently, and Romemos wrapped him in several layers of gauze: "Okay, lie down."

Meglin lay down stiffly like a wooden man who spoke and moved, and Romemos half-kneeled beside the bed and began to treat the wound on his face again. After knowing that Lan Wen was Romemos, it seemed It was the first time Meglin saw her face. It felt weird and embarrassing. He didn't want to see Romemus at all. In fact, he could just close his eyes, but Meglin seemed to forget that he could do that. , just staring blankly at Romemos' face in a daze.

Romimos is indeed very beautiful. Although Meglin has never been attracted by her beauty (he himself is surprised by this), he must admit that Romimos can lurk in Gondolin for hundreds of years without being discovered. It's unreasonable, no one would doubt that such a face would be connected with Angband, for example, now, even though Romimos has personally admitted that she is Morgoth's subordinate, Meglin looked at her , still felt that there was a sense of disobedience, at first he thought it was because Romimos had the same face as Lan Wen.

Meglin thought of Lan Wen again, and thought of those seamless performances of Romimos. She had the same innocent and ignorant expression in front of everyone in Gondolin, and she was pure and innocent when drinking tea and embroidery with Princess Idril. Laughing, the blushing face when she was teased by the lords of Duilin and Agamose and was speechless, and the gleam in her eyes when she looked at Glorfindel.

These are all fake? !

Meglin hissed.

"Sorry, bear with it." Romimos paused, his face still expressionless, but his hand was a little lighter.

The sense of disobedience in Meglin's heart grew stronger, and he now understood where it came from.

If Romemus was Angband through and through, what the hell was she doing now?Give him medicine?wrap the wound?is this necessary?Can you imagine Sauron or Gothmog doing these things?

Meglin shuddered at the imaginary picture.

"You really want to betray Gondolin?" he blurted out.

"I am not from Gondolin, how can I be called a betrayal?" Romimos replied.

"Then you betrayed Morgoth, and you lied in front of him!" Meglin gritted his teeth, "You came in with me and Princess Yarisil, and you didn't find out about paying tribute during the Battle of Tears. Dorin's way."

Romemus did not answer.

"You hesitated, didn't you?" Meglin seemed to see a glimmer of hope, struggling to sit up, but Romemos pushed it back involuntarily, and the rough wooden board hurt his back, "Actually, you don't want to help the devil Goth destroys Gondolin—”

"I admit that Gondolin is very nice, stay there for a while." Romemos had had enough of his chatter, and finally interrupted him, "but this never means that I have changed my original intention. I just don't have Mir Kou is so desperate that he doesn't mind enjoying the city's prosperity for a few moments before it is destroyed."

"That means Gondolin really has something that you miss?" Meglin insisted, "If I hadn't been caught this time, you would have continued to stay there, wouldn't you?"

Romemus smacked his lips impatiently.

"You don't want to work for Morgoth, Lan Wen," Meglin racked his brains to persuade Romimus, "is there anything Gondolin can't compare with Angband? As long as we find a way to go back , I will not tell anyone your true identity, and I will never go out without listening to you again. As long as you don't tell, Morgoth can't find Gondolin. We can pretend that nothing happened, and we will be forever just like before--"

Romemos let out a short sneer, and Meglin choked back before she could say anything.

"Even if others think so, you should understand that it's impossible." Romimos didn't look at Maeglin, but her eyes and mouth had a mocking smile, "You are the son of Arisil and Io, The elves of Gondolin were unwilling to admit that the White Princess married Io voluntarily. They firmly believed that she was bewitched and deceived, but at least Io understood Arethel better than all the people of Gondolin. He knew She's an unstoppable bird—of course he wouldn't set her free even though he knew that, that's another thing. What I have to say is that I admire Arisil Alfinel, including She is willing to escape from any safe cage made of gold wire."

"But must your freedom come at the cost of the destruction of Gondolin?"

"This is the bargaining chip I negotiated with Sauron back then." Romemos tilted his head, "It's a pity, if I knew it would be like this a few hundred years earlier, I might have changed the terms, um...forget it , I take back what I just said, and I will still make the same decision. It is a pity that such a beautiful city of Gondolin is destroyed like this, but I promise that she will not perish and be worthless. After I leave Angband and gain freedom, I can create hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of works of art that are as beautiful as her or even surpass her!"

"But those are no longer Gondolin." Meglin said anxiously, "the beauty of some things cannot be copied, such as Princess Idril..."

Romemus gave him a strange look. "Nothing is everlasting but Eru," she said. "And if a greater new life can be gained at the price of their own sacrifice, the Elves of Gondolin should be honored."

"Even Glorfindel?" Meglin couldn't help asking.

Romemos stopped moving.

Romimos hadn't thought of Glorfindel for a single moment since she found out that Meglin had been taken, as if she had deliberately forgotten him, but now Meglin forced her to think about it.

Romemos raised his head slowly, but his pupils were still fixed on Meglin without blinking, every muscle on his face remained motionless, which made her look like a doll even more. That should be beautiful His face even became a little scary because of this.

certainly.She wanted to say, so what about Glorfindel?How is it different from others?

But when he opened his mouth, no sound came out.

She stood up silently, stuffed the medicine and cotton cloth in her hand to Meglin, pointed to his leg, let him fix the rest of the injury by himself, and walked out without saying a word.

Without light, the tunnel in Angband was almost invisible, but in the darkness, she could feel someone watching her quietly from the corner.

After staring in that person's direction for a while, the person in the darkness finally let out a chuckle, and the shimmering light from his fingertips illuminated the person's face, revealing an appearance that could be called a celestial being, with a smile on his front look at her.

Who are you?She wanted to ask, but couldn't speak.

"Don't you know who I am?" But the man who looked exactly like her seemed to know what she was thinking, and answered her actively, "You can call me Romimos."

Who am I then?

This time Romimos did not answer, and stretched her waist charmingly: "It has been 300 years, I have finally waited for this day, you should have been looking forward to it for a long time, right?... What is that expression? Are you unhappy? We To be free at last, to leave Angband, and to create as much as we will to make Eya more beautiful—"

What about Gondolin?What about Glorfindel?

"No one can restrain us anymore, Mandos, Melkor, Turgon... Everyone has nothing to do with us, including Glorfindel of course, he must have been in the Temple of Mandos by then, right? Goodbye? Hahahaha, how is it possible to see you again? Do you want to return to Valinor and 'surrender'? Or are you hoping that those Noldor elves who managed to escape the curse by rebirth will set foot on the land of Middle Continent for the second time?...What? You won't be addicted to staying in Gondolin, will you? I said, Lan Wen, I have tolerated you enough, I let you stay there for hundreds of years, don't go too far."

But Glorfindel...

"Glorfindel, Glorfindel! What about Glorfindel?" Romimus became impatient, "There are thousands of elves in this world, what's so great about a Glorfindel? die! Will you remain in Gondolin forever for him?"

……

"...Don't tell me that you really have such thoughts?" Romimos opened his eyes wide as if he had heard the most bizarre thing in the world, and in an instant that face that was as beautiful as a fairy became extremely ferocious due to rage, " Don't be kidding! What did we come here from Aman Island after so much hard work and almost died?! We endured the stench of Angband, the unaesthetic scenery and buildings, and the group of disgusting orcs Why can’t there be even half a word of complaint?! Why did we spend so many years figuring out the information of Gondolin?! Now because of a Glorfindel, all those efforts are in vain? He is for you Is it a curse or a Gu?!"

But after a while, Romemos quickly calmed down again.

"I know you're just acting impulsively, just talking." She relaxed again, admonishing Lan Wen softly, "Actually, you also know very well that you can't stay in Gondolin and become the second beautiful woman." Ann, because you are a part of me, and the true desire in your heart is the same as mine, even if you can endure the day-to-day life of Gondolin now, how long can you bear it? Another 300 years? Or even 3000 years, In 3 years, you will get tired of it one day. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Be more ruthless now. We still have countless possibilities in the future. Why block all other roads for a single elf?"

Lan Wen was forced to retreat by Romemos, her forehead was covered with beads of sweat and tears.

But I can't kill Glorfindel...

"Tsk, it's only a matter of time." Romemos sneered, "You know you will regret it later."

Lan Wen was trembling all over, her expression was almost desperate, like a prey that had fled into a dead end in a hurry when being chased by a hunter, and finally she raised her face desperately.

I really don't know if I will regret my current decision in the future, she said, so I am willing to establish a contract, and our strength will coexist with him from now on. Even if I repent one day in the future, I will never kill him, otherwise our Power will die with his life.

"Stop talking nonsense, I've never heard of this kind of contract, you think I won't know if you talk nonsense—" Romimos's expression froze suddenly, even though Sauron and Gothmog announced that they were going to get married Now, Melkor is still their witness, and she will probably not be more horrified than now.

"You don't want to marry him, do you?" She almost squeezed out the words through her teeth, amazed at what was going on in her other self's mind? !

Lan Wen turned pale, but did not refute.

Romemos stared at Lan Wen for almost a century as if she knew what she looked like for the first time. Finally, she sighed and shook her head.

"I wanted to keep you as a souvenir." Romemos said with some regret, the light gathered in her hand and gradually turned into the shape of a dagger, "but it seems that I have to change my mind .Your mission is done, thank you, and now you can die."