[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Glorfindel suspected that she was from Angband.

Lan Wen suddenly felt a chill running down her neck.

This feeling is not the first time. A long time ago, Glorfindel also jokingly asked her, Lan Wen, do you have something to do with Angband?She didn't like the joke very much then, and Glorfindel would never tease her twice with a joke she didn't like, so there was only one reason, he was really suspicious of her this time.

Maybe even the last joke was just what she thought was a "joke"?Glorfindel had suspected her even then?

Lan Wen felt uncomfortable for a while.

"You have no right to complain about him." Romimos leaned behind Lan Wen, put his cold hand on her neck, spoke softly behind her ear, and exhaled like blue, "Why are you wronged? You Wronged? Am I not a spy of Angband?"

Lan Wen certainly understands that she has nothing to justify, she deserves anyone who suspects that she is an undercover agent of Angband, but she thought that at least Glorfindel would not, she naively imagined that Glorfindel would believe it until the last moment her.

"Then you treat him as a fool." Romimos said, her hands went all the way down Lan Wen's shoulders and waistline, swimming on her body like a snake, "Why doesn't he doubt you? Heh, do you really think he likes you? Like those elves who lose their minds when they fall in love? Ah, sorry, I’m not mocking you, but you’re not bad either.”

Lan Wen's face became paler, she didn't even have the strength to feel embarrassed and ashamed, the place where Romimos touched seemed to be covered with ice.

"I told you that he is no different from everyone else." Romemus sighed annoyedly, "In the end, it's all your fault, if you had listened to me, you would have left this ghost immediately after Io's death." Where, where is all this crap going on? But it's time to end it now."

Lan Wen instantly sensed Romimos's movement, but she was powerless to struggle. At the last moment, she looked at Glorfindel desperately: "Save——"

Before she could finish her sentence, a sharp knife pierced her back and directly cut open her heart. Lan Wen could clearly feel the blood gushing out from her chest in an instant, quickly staining Romemos red His hands and the entire sheet even trickled down to the floor.

"Death from a broken heart, this romantic way of death must be what fools like you who are obsessed with love desire, right?" Romimos twirled the handle of the knife a few more times, still laughing at Lan Wen.

"Lan Wen? Lan Wen?! Are you alright?" Glorfindel's voice brought Romimos back to his senses.

Romimos looked at Glorfindel interestingly, how interesting it was, a moment ago he suspected that she was a villain from Angband, but now he seemed to be worried about her.

"I'm fine." She smiled and raised her hand to pat Glorfindel's face, "I'm just a little tired, but I fell asleep here with you. I'm sorry, then I'll go back and rest first."

"Are you really okay, Lan Wen?" However, Glorfindel seemed even more worried, "Don't think too much about what I said just now, there is no evidence to prove that there is really a traitor among us..."

Romemos waved his hand and went straight out.

"Where did you go just now, Romimos? I searched everywhere but couldn't find you." As soon as Romimos returned to Angband, he ran into Sauron head-on, and the other party was still smiling like that. With an unfathomable expression, "The master is getting impatient."

Romemos looked at him vigilantly: "I can report the situation of Gondolin to the master at any time, but before that, do you remember what you promised me?"

"Of course." Sauron laughed, like a fox with bad ideas, Romimos got a headache when he saw it.

"My task is only to help you extract information about Gondolin. What happens after that has nothing to do with me. No matter whether you succeed in attacking Gondolin or not, you must fulfill your promise and let me go."

"Well, it depends on how accurate your information is." Sauron narrowed his eyes.

Romemos snorted coldly, and took out a roll of parchment from behind and handed it to him: "This is a map of some basic information of Gondolin. I have marked the specific routes and entrances and exits, but if you need it, I also know A little other secret."

Contrary to what Romemos expected, Sauron didn't snatch the thing he should have wished for with his eyes shining. Instead, he calmly opened the scroll and read it carefully. Only then did he show a satisfied smile: "You really didn't disappoint me, Luo Mi."

"Oh, I didn't expect you to trust me so much." Romeo Mospi smiled and said, "You know, maybe these are all false information drawn up by myself."

"I don't think it's possible, unless you can design such a city in such a short period of time that you can't pick out obvious irrationality." Sauron laughed, "But if that's the case, then I'm really going to be amazed for you Applause for your talent and wisdom."

Romemos' smirk slowly disappeared.

Sauron what does this mean?Why did he dare to be so sure that this map was real?It's true that she wasn't capable of concocting an entire city's layout and even its details in a few hours, but maybe it was something she had prepared long ago?

Unless...Unless Sauron already knew what the real map of Gondolin looked like, he didn't care whether the news Romimos gave her was true or not, he was just testing her, if what she gave was a fake map... …

Romemos shuddered, not daring to think about it any further.

But how could Sauron have known the secret of Gondolin?Had Angband sent other spies besides her?Then she couldn't have been unaware!What's more, if Morgoth knew the location of Gondolin, how could he be so patient and never send troops to attack the city?

Sauron must have received the information of Gondolin not long ago, and it must have been in the hours when she had just slipped out of Angband!The only person who can tell them these things during this period is...

"What did you do to Meglin?" Romimos' face darkened.

"You're so smart, Luo Mi. Don't look at me like that, we didn't torture him." Sauron's expression was still very awkward, "He told us all these things voluntarily. Didn't he, Maeglin?"

Under Romimos' unbelievable gaze, Meglin slowly walked out of the shadows. He only glanced at Romimos before looking away.

"I think I should leave some space for the two of you to have a good chat?" Sauron said "considerately", suddenly seemed to remember something, "Oh, by the way, Luo Mi, since we already have other reliable informers , your little secrets are not that valuable, right?"

Romemos picked up the stone on the ground and threw it at him, but Sauron avoided it effortlessly.

After Sauron finally rolled away, Meglin stood in front of Romimos, no matter how much the other party stared at him with almost murderous eyes, he just didn't say a word.

The more he behaved like this, the angrier Romimos became, and after holding back for a long time without success, he slapped him with a slap.

This time Romimos used all his strength, but Meglin didn't hide, the nosebleed flowed out instantly, Meglin wiped it casually, but still didn't say a word.

Romimos was puzzled and wanted to hit him a second time, but Meglin stopped him this time by grabbing his wrist.

"Why are you angry?" whispered Maeglin. "Because I spoiled your plans? Or because I betrayed Gondolin?"

Without hesitation, Romemos raised his other hand and slapped him firmly: "I hit you because you deserve it!"

Meglin's eyes flickered for a moment, she pushed Romemos away, and said coldly: "Compared with you, what I have done is nothing but nothing."

"You're just comparing this to me?" Romimos suppressed his anger, his voice trembling, "If there was a second choice, do you think I would betray Valinor? Do you think betrayal is very simple or even very simple? Cool thing? Am I going out of my way to trick people just for the fun of it?"

"But you still chose this path in the end." Meglin said, "If that's the case, what right do you have to teach me?"

Romemus choked.

"There is always a price for everything," she said. "I came to Middle-earth because I thought Melkor could give me what the Valar could not. But what did you betray Gondolin for?! To live? If I wasn't here, they would indeed use all kinds of tricks to pry your mouth open, but now they can know everything they want to know from me, and you are not worth their trouble; Melkor also agreed to let you go back It's already safe and sound, so why do you have to do this?"

"Stop being hypocritical!" Meglin, who had been tolerant, suddenly broke out, "Do you really care about my life?! What kind of thing am I to you? Let me live temporarily only to prevent Gondo Lin Qi suspected that you just let your wishful plan continue to be carried out! If I really hindered your plan, you would be the first person to kill me! Am I not worthy of even the minimum sympathy for you? Not to mention Glorfindel being so important that you even consider wiping out all your plans!"

Romemos looked astonished at Meglin's hysteria.

"Why do you mention Glorfindel?" she asked. "How could I give up something that I have been planning for hundreds of years for him?"

"You're still pretending." Meglin sneered, "I tried every possible reason to persuade you not to betray Gondolin, but you were indifferent until I mentioned Glorfindel, and you instantly wavered and disappeared. without a trace. I thought you went to find him, I thought you finally repented, I thought you were going to confess to him, I... I thought you would never come back to control me, then I can only betray Gondo What else can Lin do other than exchange for a sliver of life?"

Romemos looked at Maeglin with strange eyes, and she finally realized that she could no longer understand the gloomy and taciturn boy back then.

"If you really want to live so much, you can tell me, and I will take you away." Romemos shook his head, a little sadly.

Although she never regretted what she did, Romemos admitted that she owed Arisil too much, and occasionally she did feel guilty for it. Although this sounds very hypocritical, but anyway, Romemos In normal times, she really used her own way to take care of Meglin intentionally or unintentionally, but now it seems that this is really not her strong point.

Romimus sighed: "But I thought you would never betray Gondolin."

After discovering that Maeglin might be captured by Angband, Romimos imagined many possibilities, but he did not expect that Maeglin would betray Gondolin.

She thought that Maeglin would never submit; not to mention that she rushed to Angband to save his life, even if Angband really used eighteen tortures on him, Maeglin would not tell about Gondolin's half a word, she really thought so; she even persuaded Morgoth to erase Maeglin's memory and send him back to Gondolin. Greening sacrificed himself to protect the country and his people, and he is not ashamed to be a traitor who has lived in the world and tightened his curse.

Maybe she was being self righteous again, not everyone was as noble as Glorfindel.

But it would be fine if it was Sargante who was arrested. Luo Mimoswan did not expect that Meglin would be such a greedy person, and even now she still finds it hard to believe this.

Or there's another possibility that Meglin's betrayal wasn't entirely out of fear of those tortures.Romimos had been in Angband for quite a while, and he was not only very familiar with the tricks of Melkor and Sauron, but also understood a lot. Although those tortures were their favorite methods, how If necessary, Melkor never hesitated to lure others to use him with generous rewards.

"Did they promise you any benefits?" Romemos asked Meglin abruptly, seeing his expression froze as expected.Romemos frowned: "What did they promise you?"

Meglin remained silent, as if she would not let go of her mouth.

If he didn't tell, Romemos could only guess.

Among the things that Meglin spared no effort to pursue, the first is undoubtedly the art of blacksmithing.Whether it is Melkor or Sauron, of course they are undoubted masters in forging, and they are not a bit more professional than half-baked people like Romimos.

But after thinking about it, Romimos felt that this might not be the case. Firstly, he specialized in art. Meglin learned the forging skills from his father Io, especially in metal smelting. On the other hand, even Melkor, who is almost omniscient and powerful, may not be stronger than him in this regard. From this point, the weapons and equipment of Gondolin's army against Angband in the Battle of Tears are almost the same. You can get a glimpse of the crushing style; secondly, although Meglin loves forging, he hasn't put all his heart on it and is almost crazy. When he was in Gondolin, he seemed to be addicted to it without sleep. Time was for something else he craved—power.

Romemos actually doesn't understand Meglin's desire for power, because she is not very interested in it, but in her opinion, being ambitious is not a bad thing, so most of the time she doesn't interfere with Maglin's decisions, And because of his identity and hard work, Meglin has gained more and more power. At least in Gondolin, his status is second only to Turgon. If something happens to Turgon in the future, then Meglin Green will of course succeed as king.

However, now that Erendil, the son of Tur and Idril, is born, it is a self-evident question which most people prefer between the younger sister's son and their own daughter's son. Who the King of Gondolin will be is difficult to say.

Romemos thought he had found the key to the problem.

"Erendil?" she asked. "You never liked that child very much."

Meglin's expression instantly turned ugly. He suppressed it for a few seconds, but his voice was still full of resentment: "He shouldn't have been born!"

Sure enough, he guessed right, and Romimos nodded for his wit: "Anyway, he is also the son of Princess Idril, so I thought you would be gentle with him because of this."

"Yeah, so the real damn guy is Tour! If he hadn't taken over the princess—"

Romemos felt that he couldn't keep up with Meglin's brain circuit: "Wait a minute, I thought Idril and Tull were married by mutual consent? What do you mean by occupation?"

"He is a low-level second child, what qualifications does he have to marry the princess?" Meglin was very excited, the expression on his face was crazy and terrifying, but there was a trace of sadness hidden, "I have waited for her for so long! I will not escape all the burdens, Not afraid of any drudgery, just to be closer to her! Let me do anything as long as it makes her look at me more! I think the princess will understand me in time! But just because Tur appeared That stupid and ugly human took her away! Now the princess doesn't even talk to me!"

...Wait, is this what she meant?The amount of information was too large, and Romemos didn't even know what expression to make for a while.

"If I remember correctly, the elves seem to be unmarried." After a long time, she said dryly.This was less reliable than the relationship between Melian and Elu Thingol.

"I know, you don't need to tell me again and again!" Meglin roared.

Romemos opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

The mistake has been made, even if she scolds Meglin now, even if Meglin has lost her way now, there is no room for redemption, let alone love is involved, no matter how much she beats and scolds It's useless, but to take a step back, as Meglin said, the one who is least qualified to teach him is Romemos.

But Romimos's heart was still extremely heavy, and she vaguely felt that she had one more sin.