[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Glorfindel just left without turning his head once, knowing what he would see if he did.

It wasn't until the entire view of the Tower of Twilight was completely hidden by the lush forest behind it that Glorfindel finally stopped, scooped up a handful of water by the stream and drank a few sips. It was formed by the melting and confluence of snow on the peaks of the mountains that had never been visited by people all year round. It was clear and sweet. Glorfindel wet his face with water and sighed uncontrollably.

Romemos said he could leave, but Elrond and the others were still trapped here, where could he go?Romimos is clearly aware of this point. As she said, she is far more hypocritical and despicable than the elite of Glorfindel.

But the problem is that sincerity and kindness do not always prevail in the face of hypocrisy and meanness. Glorfindel has to admit that he has nothing to do with Romimos now.

Romimos is even stronger now, even better than when Glorfindel saw her last time, if she could have knocked down ten of them in one fell swoop without much effort like today, even though she was seriously injured. With an elf, you don't have to work so hard to deal with two Balrogs.

Except for the fourteen most powerful Veras, the power of Maier is not completely equal. Of course, it can also be said that this is because their talents and specialties are different, but there are always some people who are particularly outstanding among them, such as Eonwe, and Sauron, at least before he turned to Morgoth, was one of Auri's most proud disciples.

And Romemos has always been a little awkward in Maiya, she is not so transparent that she can be forgotten, but unless there are special moments, she is rarely remembered specifically; Fantastic eccentric, they tease without malice that Romemus should go to work in Lorien's garden, and weave her wild dreams there, till she does something like fleeing with Morgoth that shocks their jaws , no one thought that Romimos could really set off any big storms.

By the way, Romimos once really considered whether to go to Lord Irmo to study for a while, although she chose to follow Varda without hesitation when she first entered Asia, but all the Valars except Orome She was fascinated by the idea of ​​grand music, and dreams were undoubtedly one of the most wonderful and wonderful things.But in the end, Romimos gave up this idea without much entanglement.

Compared with weaving those beautiful dreams, she is still more interested in doing something for the real Yiya, although it is really too difficult to achieve everything she wants in reality.

And she is not very happy to meet the goddess Esther... The other party always persuades her to take a vacation and enjoy the relaxing time when she rests. Romemos thinks it is a waste of time, she still has so much to think about. What to do, how can you bear to spend several hours or even longer lying on the soft grass of Lorien doing nothing in a daze?

Far away, in short, Romimos was originally such a Maia who was equal to each other. In the eyes of ordinary humans, she was indeed very powerful and unattainable, but to some high elves in Valinor whose power was close to that of Maia. For him, Romemos was not that great either.

However, that is already a thing of the past. Obviously, Romemus is not the same as it was 500 years ago. Glorfindel even suspects that her power now may not be inferior to Sauron. It was something that bothered him.

Generally speaking, the power of the Maiers will not fluctuate too much. Of course, as time goes by, their understanding of Yiya will become deeper and deeper, and thus gain more wisdom, but generally speaking, their Talent and upper limit are basically determined at the moment of birth. No matter how hard a Maier cultivates, it is unlikely to be stronger than Vera, not to mention that it will take a long time for Maier, like Luo Mi It is really incredible that Moss has been completely reborn after only more than 1000 years.

Although there are always some exceptions in everything, it is not unheard of that the power of the Maiers has been greatly improved in a short period of time, such as Melian.In the combination with the elves, Melian's form was bound by Arda's substance, but she also gained new power, and Doriath was full of vitality because of Melian, until Elu Tingol was killed Not even Morgoth could easily break her Girdle before.

But it is impossible for Romimos to gain power through this method. From the current point of view, it is still easy for her to change her body.But if not, where did she get the power from?Or Romimos learned some evil sorcery from Morgoth and Sauron, from which she may indeed become "mightier," and no doubt more evil.

However, Glorfindel does not really believe in this conjecture. Of course, Romimos is by no means a good person, but she is actually so bad that everyone shouts and beats her. The residents of Twilight Land love her It's not like a fake at all, even if their lord admits that he treats them like nothing, but under her wings, this land is really quiet and peaceful, and Mordor is the difference between heaven and hell , but does this mean that Romemus was actually a benevolent ruler?Maybe she is just not good at using force to decisively suppress these people like Sauron. Compared with pure violence, mental control is even more dangerous.

Glorfindel sighed, dealing with an unpredictable person like Romimos is really more tiring than fighting on the battlefield.What's more, he knew almost nothing about the real Romimos, but the other party knew everything about the elves.

Glorfindel wandered in the forest surrounding the Tower of Twilight for a day and two nights, but still couldn't think of a good solution to the situation. Since the last incident, the number of guards next to the Tower of Twilight has increased from the original two When nearly 30 people arrived, it was not known whether it was Romemos' order or the people in Twilight who arranged it spontaneously.Glorfindel did not find the place where Elrond and the others were held, but he saw that someone delivered a lot of food and water to the Tower of Twilight, so he guessed that Elrond and others were imprisoned in the tower. The door of Minasvio cannot be pushed open from the outside, and the lowest window on the tower is dozens of feet above the ground. There are only two ways to enter the tower: please The people inside opened the door, or flew in through the window like Romemus did.

But on the third day, Glorfindel noticed an anomaly—someone seemed to be following him.

Glorfindel didn't show his face, and under the cover of the woods and bushes, he circled around a few times before getting rid of the people behind him, and jumped onto the branches without a sound, waiting there silently, the breath of the elves and the forest perfectly The earth and the earth are fused together, not to mention humans, even birds will not be disturbed.

Sure enough, after a while, someone followed the trail left by Glorfindel "accidentally", but he lost all clues under the tree where Glorfindel was hiding, so he could only look around blankly .

It was that young man, the son of the patriarch of the Hares family, who was held hostage by Glorfindel that day. Of course, Glorfindel was not able to kill him cruelly in the end. His name should be Hrudir... He came here What are you doing?

Hrudir scratched his head, sighed in frustration, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "I know you are near here, please come out. I have no malice, and no one else came with me. "

In order to show his sincerity, he lifted his cloak to the air and opened his arms, indicating that he did not have any weapons on his body.

He stood stupidly for a long time, surrounded by silence, not even the sound of a tree leaf falling.

Hrudir sighed in disappointment, and was about to turn around and leave, but there was a sudden chill on his neck, and a long sword—the back of the blade stuck to it.

"Should I praise you for your courage, or for your forgetfulness?" said Glorfindel.

"If you will kill me, you can do it in public that day." Hrudir turned around without fear.

Glorfindel put away his sword and didn't answer his words: "What do you want from me?"

"I brought bread and sausage." Hrudir also took out a bag of things without answering the question, "You probably haven't been able to eat a good meal in the past two days."

"Thank you, but I don't eat meat."

"You elves are like this?" Hrudir looked at him in surprise, shook his head, and muttered something like "I don't know how you can grow so tall", "What about baked potatoes? Wait, I don't seem to Take the salt..."

"I'm not very hungry," said Glorfindel. "If you need anything, just tell me."

Hrudir didn't force it anymore. He secretly came out to find the elves behind his mother's back. If he didn't go back before dark, he would die. There wasn't enough time.

"It's actually not a big deal." Hrudir said, "I just want to know, what are you guys doing in the Twilight Land? If I don't figure this out, I will have trouble sleeping and eating."

"What do you think?" Glorfindel asked him back, "Can we really come here as guests?"

"So," said Hrudir, who looked very shocked and sad, "the purpose of your trip is indeed to assassinate Lord Romimos?"

Actually not entirely, unless there is no other better way, Glorfindel does not really want to kill Romemus, he only hopes that Romemus can return to Valinor to confess his guilt and accept the trial he deserves , preferably voluntarily, maybe one day she can atone for her sins and be forgiven, although it seems hopeless now.

But Glorfindel had no intention of explaining so much to Hrudir, and simply admitted, "Yes."

"Why are you doing this?!" Hrudir asked, "If the elves are such unreasonable and cold-blooded creatures, then that's all. But you didn't kill me at the most critical moment, you are obviously kind Why are people so cruel to Lord Romimos?"

Glorfindel was dumbfounded.

"I was cruel to her?" he asked in disbelief. "Your loyalty to your lord is beyond reproach. But if you are blind enough to think that Romimos is the most holy and innocent person in the world, I have nothing to do with you." It's easy to talk about. And by her own admission not long ago, she doesn't care whether you live or die."

"My lord, she... just had to say that under the circumstances at that time. Besides, even if we want to die for her immediately, who can refuse? She gave us everything." Hrudir said, "But if Regardless of my identity, objectively speaking, I also know that the elves have always regarded us as allies of Mordor, and it is not surprising that they have prejudice against Lord Romimos. Who else in Middle-earth makes enemies, we just remain neutral, don't the elves notice?"

Glorfindel raised his eyebrows: "You really think so? Romimos is just staying neutral, instead of collaborating with Sauron?"

"Sometimes in order to maintain the peace of the Twilight Land, we have to make some concessions to Mordor, such as agreeing to the Orc army to temporarily station on the outskirts of the Twilight Land, which will inevitably cause losses to the elves." Hrudir said, slightly He frowned, and didn't seem to fully agree with this approach, "But the Land of Dusk definitely does not regard Linton as our enemy. I believe that if you are willing to have a sincere talk with Lord Romemos, everything will be fine. It's not that there is room for negotiation, but why did you come up and put people to death without saying a word?"

Glorfindel looked at him delicately.After a long time, he said: "I guess you have never heard of Gondolin?"

"Why do you say that? Although I dare not say how knowledgeable I am, how could I not have heard of Gondolin, the greatest elf kingdom in the First Era?" Hrudir said, "Many of the Twilight Lands The buildings are modeled after it. They are beautiful!"

"Then, I would like to know, how do you think Gondolin fell?"

"Because the king's nephew, Meglin, betrayed his uncle and gave information about Gondolin to Morgoth, that's why..." Herudil couldn't continue, his face gradually turned pale, "Could it be that , is the fall of Gondolin related to Lord Romimos?"

Glorfindel sneered: "It's not just related to her, or it's almost all thanks to her. You think that people who can survive in a place like Angband may be innocent. Bloody? Or, have you not even heard that Romimus was one of Morgoth's most powerful men in the First Age?"

"Then...there must be a reason for that, Lord Romemos, she would never do those things on purpose..." Herudil was in a state of confusion, his face turned from white to red, and then from red to white again.Suddenly, as if awakened from a start, he took a step back and glared at Glorfindel angrily, "You deliberately made up these words to deceive me, didn't you?! If Lord Romimos and you elves are really like this A sworn enemy, why didn't you just kill her? You should be guilty! I really didn't expect the elves to be full of lies, I, I shouldn't have come to you!"

He dropped a few harsh words, turned and ran away, as if Glorfindel were some terrible beast.

Glorfindel didn't catch up, he looked at the young man who seemed as if the whole world collapsed in an instant, and then he raised his head and sighed softly.

He just accidentally ejaculated crookedly in haste...