[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Lan Wen threw away the pen expressionlessly, crumpled up the paper that had just been filled with words and lit it with a candle until it burned out.

Forgive her, she doesn't know how to cheat marriages, why didn't she learn from Io at the beginning? !

Otherwise, forget it, the fact that she is neither good at nor willing to do this is too difficult for her.

Lan Wen had just retreated, when there was a blunt sound of being slammed on the window, which made Lan Wen tremble with fright, and turned her head to look in the direction of the window, where it was still covered by curtains Strictly speaking, after that noise, calmness was restored.

...was she too nervous, maybe a naughty child or a bird accidentally threw a pebble twig against the window?

Before Lan Min's heartbeat recovered, there was another violent knocking sound, which almost made her scream.

Lan Wen realized with horror: it was Romimos, she was still waiting outside, and was already trying to break in.

It stands to reason that smashing windows is too easy for Maia, but for some reason, just like Romemos can't open the door of Glorfindel's room with all his strength, the window glass here is too difficult for her. It seems to be stronger than iron plates.

But Romemos seems to be patiently ready to fight a protracted battle. Every time she hits her, she will stop and rest for a while. The time is uncertain, sometimes only two or three seconds apart, sometimes for several minutes. Lan Wen suspects that Romemos is She deliberately tortured herself like this, every minute and every second she was tormentingly guessing when Romimos would knock on it next time, and how much more could this window withstand?Sometimes Romemos didn't move for a long time, and she couldn't help but start to fantasize that maybe the other party gave up or even left. However, Romemos could always make up for a more violent blow than before when she was about to calm down, making Ran Wen's poor nerves tensed up again.

She can't stay here any longer, she's going to be driven crazy!Lan Wen bit her lip and turned to look at the door. What if she ran away quietly now?With curtains covering it, Romimos might not find out...

"Don't think about it, my bunny sweetheart." Romemos' mocking voice sounded at the right time by the window, outside the door, behind the cabinet, and under the bed. She seemed to exist in every corner, "Aren't you Forget where you were born? Think I can't know what you're thinking because I can't see? From your point of view, I advise you to stay in this damn room and never go out. Of course, even if you Hiding here can only delay a little time."

There was another loud bang, the window pane screamed, the whole room trembled, a little dust fell from the ceiling, the strong vibration raised air currents, and the curtain was opened a crack, an amber colored Through the slit, he stared at Lan Wen with a cold smile without blinking.

"Look," Romimos said cheerfully, "there is already a crack."

Lan Wen didn't dare to look, she couldn't help shivering all over her body, but in the warm season at the turn of spring and summer, she felt cold all over her body as if she had fallen into an ice cave. Her laughter kept ringing in her ears, and she had nowhere to escape.

At first, Lan Wen tried to cover her ears, but it didn't work at all. Those voices penetrated into her ears from the tiniest gap like a spell, as if they were coming from her own mouth. Finally, Lan Wen couldn't bear it anymore, like It was like a prey who was driven to a dead end, jumped onto the bed in a panic, wrapped his whole body including his head with a quilt, and finally found a moment of peace.

Even though this was just deception, Romimos might be able to break through the window and stab her in the next second, but she was really exhausted now, she would rather deceive herself than think about Romimos.

Lan Wen took a few deep breaths, and finally relaxed slowly. The breath in her nose made her feel at ease. Lan Wen couldn't describe what kind of smell it was, because this kind of smell could not be found anywhere else in the world. It's a bit like a certain floral scent, but it's not as sweet as a floral scent, but warmer.

The moment the thought of the smell of Glorfindel appeared in Lan Wen's mind, she felt that something scalded the tip of her ear.

But is Glorfindel's bed too hard?Lan Wen gritted her teeth, and put the quilt under her body again. If she escaped from Romemos this time, she might find time to sew a quilt for Glorfindel... But Maybe she's feeling sick because she's so skinny?Maybe Glorfindel likes this kind of hard plank bed, which is also a kind of, er, way for martial arts practitioners to exercise?

Oh, this is too bad, just now she thought that she and Glorfindel had lived under the same roof for hundreds of years, and that each other had completely adapted to each other's living habits, but now she had to cross this out Now, that's one less reason for her to convince Glorfindel to marry her.

But it's not without remedies, for example, she can change to a slightly plump body, Lan Wen thought about it carefully, Glorfindel probably didn't show any obvious preference for women of a certain figure.If it doesn't work, they can sleep in separate beds!This not only solves the problem of different sleeping habits, but also reserves a private space for the other party, which is really the best of both worlds.

Just when Lan Wen was thinking about these things in a mess, and was complacent about her "witness", suddenly there was a slight click sound from the door, which made the blood in her whole body freeze instantly.

Although everything was quiet after that sound, Lan Wen knew that someone had come in, the elves always walked quietly, and as for Romimos, she didn't even need to walk at all.

So who is this person?Maybe it was Glorfindel himself, maybe some maid came to clean Glorfindel's room, or maybe worst case scenario, the door finally couldn't stop Romimus.With her bad personality, maybe she is sitting next to Lan Wen now, but she is not in a hurry to speak out, leaving enough time for Lan Wen to feel the taste of unknown fear. When Lan Wen finally can't help but suspect that maybe she heard it wrong, When cautiously poking her head out to check the situation, Romimos will not appear where Lan Wen can see. She will sit upright behind Lan Wen and wait patiently for Lan Wen to turn around, or wait for Lan Wen to turn around. When she thought it was all right, she leaned forward and blew lightly on the back of her neck, and as soon as Lan Wen turned around, she would see that face with a strange smile that looked exactly like her own, so close that it was almost close to her. on the tip of her nose.

Lan Wen shivered, and for the first time felt that too much imagination might not be a good thing.

Just when she was trembling and frightening herself, someone patted her lightly: "... Lan Wen?"

It's Glorfindel!

Lan Wen swished out of the quilt, the excitement on her face was beyond words, she almost wanted to plunge into Glorfindel's arms and cry.

Of course, Glorfindel didn't know why Lan Wen wrapped herself in the quilt, and was still teasing her: "If you want to hide and then suddenly appear to scare me, you have to hide better next time."

Lan Wen was a little aggrieved, she was not making trouble, Romimos really frightened her, but now is not the time to be hypocritical, she must hurry up and get down to business.

"Glorfindel," Lan Wen pushed all the quilts aside and sat up straight, "I have something to tell you."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Lan Wen opened her mouth, and then got stuck.

What should she say?Please marry me because I'm beautiful?I am very smart?Or am I virtuous?Oh, why did she burn the cheat sheet just now?

"I..." Under Glorfindel's gaze, Lan Wen's face flushed red, and now her body was burned beyond the tip of her ears.She lowered her head in a bit of embarrassment, no, those blue eyes made her too nervous, and she couldn't say a word that she had prepared, but she couldn't still have evasive eyes when she proposed, right?

"What's the matter?" Glorfindel also suppressed his smile when he saw this, "Are you alright, Lan Wen?"

Lan Wen stared blankly at her toes, nodded, then shook her head immediately.

No, she had to say!

Lan Wen mustered up all her courage and raised her head. The moment she saw Glorfindel's eyes, she wanted to run away again. This time she gritted her teeth and pinched her leg, almost crying herself, before staring at Glorfindel. Fendel's jaw opened.

"I……"

"What happened?" Glorfindel frowned.

"I like you."

As soon as the words came out, Lan Min was stunned.

hell!That's not what she meant to say!

"You hesitated for a long time, and you just wanted to say this?" Sure enough, Glorfindel couldn't laugh or cry, "Of course, I like you too, Lan Wen."

……Huh?What did she hear?

Lan Wen raised her head at once: "Then let's get married!"

"Cough cough cough cough!" Glorfindel was choked and coughed violently, "I'm sorry, cough cough cough, I didn't see your mouth shape just now, what did you just say?"

"I like you, and you also like me, so we can get married!" Lan Wen said again quickly, her eyes sparkling.

Glorfindel's expression was a little stiff: "Stop making trouble, Lan Wen, I admit that your prank scared me."

"I'm serious." Lan Wen was really wronged this time, "And you said it yourself, you like me too."

Glorfindel stared at Lan Wen with a strange look for a long time, until he confirmed that she was really not making fun of him, his expression immediately became tangled.

"I probably misunderstood something." After a while, he said, "I'm sorry, Lan Wen, but the kind of liking I like about you is not the kind of liking you thought."

Lan Wen's heart suddenly seemed to stop beating, and she jumped straight into her stomach. .

"I like you like I like Princess Idril." Glorfindel was still explaining, "You are my friend, even a relative, but a relative like a sister...you understand what I mean?"

Lan Wen stood there silently, without any response.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't expect to misunderstand you." Glorfindel looked at her apologetically, and after hesitating for a moment, "Sorry, this is my room, I want to change clothes now, can you Can't you avoid it for a while?"

Lan Wen lowered her eyes, turned and walked towards the door.

"Also, Lan Wen, you are a big girl now." Glorfindel's voice sounded behind her, "It's really inconvenient to live with me all the time, do you want to consider moving out?"

card!

This is absolutely not possible, she knew that playing the emotional card would not work.

Or to put it another way, this time you have to break the boat, confess everything, and directly point out that if you do not agree to marry me, Gondolin will face a major crisis.

"Glorfindel," Lan Wen pushed all the quilts aside, sat up straight with a serious expression, "I have something to tell you."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Lan Wen hesitated for a while, and finally made up her mind, looked into Glorfindel's eyes and said, "Glorfindel, actually I..."

Glorfindel took a sharp step back, staring at her with round eyes as if he had seen a ghost.

"You can talk?!" After a while, he asked in disbelief. Although it was difficult to see with the naked eye, Lan Wen knew that every muscle in him was tense vigilantly.

"I can."

"Then you used to...?"

"Fake it." Lan Wen explained concisely, "Sorry, I kept it from you."

"Sorry? Can this be explained clearly with a single 'sorry'?" Glorfindel was excited, "What else are you hiding?"

"My real name—you know, it's definitely not Lan Wen—actually, my name is..." This is really hard to say, Lan Wen's voice seems to be squeezed out from between the teeth, "Romimos... "

With a sound of swiping, Glorfindel pulled out the decorative sword hanging on the wall, and pointed it straight at the tip of Lan Wen's nose. Lan Wen's left cheek was cut open by the sword wind, and the blood slowly seeped out. out.

"Are you a spy of Angband?!" Glorfindel was startled and angry.

"...Yes, but I..."

"What do you want to do when you enter Gondolin disguised as Lanwen? You revealed Gondolin's secrets to Morgoth, right? Is the death of Princess Arisil related to you?" Glorfindel kept going. Asked a lot of questions, Lan Wen didn't have time to answer, and Glorfindel didn't care what she answered, "God, I actually believed you..."

"I can explain that I did not betray Gondolin, and—"

"You haven't betrayed Gondolin, have you?" Glorfindel sarcastically said, "And don't put it so nicely, you were never from Gondolin."

"If I have told Melkor of Gondolin, why should I come back to tell you now?"

"Who knows? Do you have the truth in your mouth? Even if you repent now, it is an indisputable fact that you helped Morgoth destroy the Two Sacred Trees. Only Valar can judge you." Glorfindel He grabbed Lan Wen's shoulder indifferently, and made Lan Wen frown with great force, "You'd better follow me honestly to His Majesty Turgon, don't try to play any tricks."

The following things are easy to imagine. She was taken by Glorfindel to see Turgon. Turgon invited the giant eagle Thorondo, and Thorondo took her back to Aman Island to accept Vera's verdict.Ah, it's perfect, she doesn't even need to say the word "marriage", and it would be nice if Glorfindel didn't just strangle her to death.

Lan Wen woke up from a series of nightmares, her head was still confused, she found that she was pulled out of the quilt by someone, and now she was lying on the pillow, and the quilt was evenly covering her body, she opened her eyes slightly. He opened his eyelids, and closed them again after being stung by the light of the candle.

Well, there seems to be someone standing on the bedside, I don't know who it is, but it doesn't matter, if it's Romemus, please hurry up when she is so sleepy that she can fall back to sleep at any time.

The man took the candle away, and the surroundings fell into darkness again.

"It's okay, go to sleep." She heard Glorfindel's voice, is this reality?Or another dream?

Lan Wen stretched out her hand in a daze, and within a second, Glorfindel held her hand and sat down next to her on the bed.

"I'm not going," Glorfindel whispered back to her.

However, Lan Wen felt that this was not enough. Like a newborn kitten who couldn't open her eyes, she leaned towards Glorfindel with her feeling until her face and the tip of her nose were completely in contact with Glorfindel. The familiar smell of Lofindel's thigh filled her nose again, and Lan Wen stopped in satisfaction.

"Where have you been?" she wrote stroke by stroke in Glorfindel's palm.

"Eck asked me to go to his house." Glorfindel said, if Lanwen is awake enough now, or if she opens her eyes now, she will find that Glorfindel's mood is not right, "I heard When you came back, you were in a bad mood, and you couldn't find you everywhere, but you fell asleep in my room, are you feeling unwell?"

Lan Wen let out a long breath: "It's all right now."

"Where did you go this afternoon?"

"You also know that something happened to Meglin, and I went to help."

Glorfindel paused: "Your relationship with Maeglin is still as good as usual."

"Well, he is Princess Yarisil's son, and I have the responsibility to take good care of him."

Glorfindel hesitated. "But don't you think Maeglin is a little weird sometimes?"

"It's a little bit, that guy is like a sister, and sometimes even eats the flying vinegar of Tur and Erendil for no reason." Lan Wen laughed silently, rubbing the tip of her nose against Glorfindel's thigh, "Maybe it's The reason why both his parents died young? He actually respects Princess Idriel very much, but he is not good at expressing his feelings, and he always messes up in the end."

Glorfindel was noncommittal about this: "Speaking of which, it seems like I haven't seen anyone for more than a week."

"Well... He has encountered a bottleneck recently and has been staying at home for a long time. I am going to help him solve this problem this afternoon."

Glorfindel fell silent suddenly.

Lan Wen waited for a while but did not get the next sentence: "What does Exilion want from you?"

Glorfindel didn't answer immediately, Lan Wen was still immersed in his warm temperature and refused to open his eyes, nor could he see the expression on his face.

"Exilion warned me that Gondolin may not be as safe as we imagined, and that there may be traitors among us." No doubt after a long struggle in his heart, Glorfindel finally said.

"Oh……"

"So at this time," Glorfindel whispered, "Lan Wen, don't lie."

As if a ladle of cold water had been poured on her head, the little heat left behind Lan Wen's ears instantly dissipated.

Outside the window, the sound of glass shattering and Romimos' crazy laughter sounded at the right time.