[The Silmarillion] Romimus

Romimos put one hand on the table, leaning slightly, picking raspberries and mulberries pickily in the fruit plate, his two fingertips were stained purple by the fruit juice, while teasing Celebrity in a cool tone : "It never occurred to me that the dignified Lord Irejan also has the habit of getting up in the middle of the night to steal food."

I'm not, I don't.Celebrimorn wanted to retort, but he couldn't open his mouth with a mouthful of cereal, so he could only stare.

"Slow down, it looks like you haven't eaten for a week." Romemos thought he was choking, and his face was full of disgust.

"More than a week," muttered Celebrimbor, chewing and swallowing.

"What?" But Romemos heard it and raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You haven't eaten for more than a week?"

"It's not that you don't want to let me..." Celebrimbor stopped talking, and he realized from Romimos's expression that she really didn't know about it. It wasn't her order, that is to say, it was the priest their own revenge on him. "nothing."

But Romimos had guessed it.

"They abused you?" Romemos stood up in shock and anger, "I can't believe it, I haven't asked about you for half a month—"

"No, it's not as serious as you think." Celebrity stretched out his hand to grab her, "How could it be possible to really not eat anything for more than a week, then I would have starved to death."

"It's enough just not to die of hunger? Even if you don't eat and drink for nothing every day with me, you don't have to save me food so consciously?" Romimos hated iron and steel, "Why are you laughing? You Are you not angry?"

"Fortunately, because I know why they did this." Celebrity said, "In fact, they have always been nice to me before, although they may just regard it as their duty, so this time it should not be because of pure viciousness or Hostility, they are fighting for you."

"It's called presumptuousness, even if I understand their feelings..." Romimos frowned, finally sighed, and sat down again, "It's shameless. Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I thought that was what you meant..." Celebrimbor said weakly.

Sure enough, Romemos sneered: "So in your eyes, I'm just a small-minded person who wants to starve people to death if a little thing doesn't go my way."

Don't tell me, Celebrimbor did think so at first.

"I thought you were really angry. I didn't know if what you said was true or angry. I almost thought you would never pay attention to my business again. Because you haven't played since that day. upstairs."

"I would really like to do it," Romemus complained, "but I can't, since you're dead and it doesn't do me any good, so I deserve it. Although I think of you wholeheartedly, What can I do if you don't accept this favor?"

"So you are really angry with me," said Celebrimbor.

"I didn't, well maybe there was a little bit at the time, but it was only a few minutes at most. The possibility of you not wanting to believe me or refusing to cooperate was in my expectation. It would be wiser to find other ways to solve the problem." Romemos tapped the thick stack of draft paper on the table, "So I've been busy with PlanB for the past two weeks."

Celebrimbor opened his mouth, and after a while he said, "Have you thought of a new way?"

"If you just think about it, don't you have as many solutions as you want?" Romemos picked up the pencil, staring at the drawing on the paper, and his subordinates quickly began to calculate, "Since you don't want to make new ones, I will There actually happens to be a Lord of the Rings here, which I made for fun in the past, and it’s definitely not as delicate as your Three Elven Rings, but it should be more than enough to carry enough magic power to hide a person’s figure.”

"May I see it?" asked Celebrimbor.

"Please, it's in the jewelry box on my bedside cabinet. It's made of silver and inlaid with sapphires." Romimos looked up, watching Celebrimbor take out the one according to her instructions Ring, and reminded, "But don't wear it on your hand."

"I can't wear it, can I?" said Celebrimbor, but then he retracted his words when he looked down at the ring. "Does this also adjust to the size of the wearer's finger?"

"No, I made it in the masculine form from the start. This ring was given to Glorfindel by me to keep an eye on him."

Celebrimbor said "Oh," and shut up.No way, he can't say you did a great job, can he?

"Maia's power is originally one, although we can use various external forces to forcibly separate part of it and attach it to other people or objects - Morgoth is an old hand at doing this, Melian and Elu Thingol is strictly speaking this kind of relationship, although they gave it a more romantic-sounding name called 'love', I have done this kind of thing, and now Sauron is doing the same, he gave almost all of his Power is infused into the Lordship Ring, as you already know."

"But even if we separate the power, it doesn't mean that the power no longer belongs to us. On the contrary, the relationship between the powers of the same source is still very close." Luo Mimo paused, "You should Do you have a deep understanding? The Three Rings of the Elves were completed by you alone, but just because you have received Sauron’s guidance, your creation has been mixed with his will, even if there is only a negligible trace, so you have nothing to do with the Supreme Demon. The ring has a connection, and the difference from other rings is that this connection is much weaker."

Celebrimbor was silent.

"And based on this, I amplified this connection several times and created a pair of rings. Well, one of them is in your hand, and the other one, unfortunately..." Romimos was irritated He crossed out all the calculations he had just written on the paper and overturned them, "In the hands of someone you absolutely don't want her to find out. You can take my ring, I don't care, anyway, that thing is useless to me now, But you don’t want to live under the eyes of others in the future, do you? Besides, that person has no kindness towards elves.”

"Then you want to..." Celebrimbor hesitated.

"Since you don't want to be traced, you should find a way to cut off this kind of connection." Romemos still said lightly, as if she was not the one who just emphasized how inseparable this kind of connection is.

"Is it possible?"

"I don't want to say it's absolutely impossible, but I really haven't thought of a way to sever this connection." Romimos sighed, but then pulled himself together again, "But it doesn't mean that this relationship must be broken." Completely eliminate, since I can amplify it, I can definitely weaken it, as long as this relationship is so weak that it is almost impossible to be perceived; or, if I can discover or research that can greatly insulate this Also, for another example, maybe I can change the energy form of my magic power, so as to disturb the judgment of the other end... Oh, let’s not talk to you, if you are fine, go to rest .”

Seeing that the other party's eyes were shining brightly, Celebrimbor looked at the moon in the sky: "Aren't you going to sleep?"

"Huh? I'll go to bed after I finish my calculations." Romemos replied obviously perfunctorily.

Celebrimbor didn't say anything right away, Romemus lowered her head and devoted herself to the matter in front of her. It didn't take her a second, but in a few minutes, she wrote more than half of the paper, reaching the surrounding area. Suddenly there was a shadow on the table, and she raised her eyes in surprise.

"Why don't you go?" Not only did you not go, but you sat down?

"If you don't mind, maybe I can be of help?" said Celebrimbor, "and if this research works, I think maybe I can try to block the link between the Three Rings and the One Ring later on." contact."

"How can you help?" Romemus asked back, and then asked and answered himself, "You are smart, you are a master in mathematics, engineering, and metal smelting, and you are familiar with the principles and functions of the Lord of the Rings. Well, but If you really want to help me, why don't you forge a new Ring of Power? Then all problems will be solved."

"...even if I wanted to, I couldn't make it." Celebrimbor finally said after a long silence this time, "As my grandfather said, some things, even if their creator , and can only be created once in a lifetime."

"You made three, seven, and nine rings, a total of nineteen rings! Now I only need you to make one more ring, so you can't make it?" Romimos gritted his teeth.

"I wish I never created them," said Celebrimbor.

"Don't be stupid, even if Sauron has never been to Erejan, do you think the elves can stop him from attacking there? Anyway, you can't fight anyway, and now you have learned how to make the Lord of the Rings." Luo Mimo S said, "Why, did I say something wrong? Why are you staring at me like that?"

"Do you know?" Celebrimbor asked, holding back his anger, "What did Sauron build those rings for? If I hadn't happened to discover his plot in advance, he wanted to use those rings to control everyone in Middle-earth." Yes! I almost made a big mistake, no, I already made it!"

"That's Sauron's problem. The ring that controls people's hearts is the Supreme Lord of Rings created by him, not the ring made by you." Romimos said.

"But it is because I made those rings that Sauron can use the One Ring to control those who wear those rings." Celebrimbor shook his head sadly, "Although I did it unintentionally, I did it unexpectedly. Became Sauron's accomplice. Am I going to make the same mistakes now?"

"What you say is strange," said Romemos. "Do you mean to say that it was your fault that you did not take care to guard against Sauron? Or that your desire to create greater works was wrong?"

"I think it's both, but the latter is more profound, because if I hadn't been blinded by my arrogant desire, I wouldn't have been deceived by Sauron."

"This is even more strange." Romemos said, resting his cheek with one hand, and tapping the pencil on the table with the other hand, "Why do you call seeking knowledge and creation arrogance? I think it is Humility is immense, and arrogance is to stop exploring the unknown."

"Of course I'm not opposed to seeking knowledge, but when Erinian warned me repeatedly, I should have realized the risks after this. If I didn't insist on going my own way..."

"Great adventures before great beauty are the way to go. Who knows what the end result will be if you don't risk everything? I did not wish such words to come out of your mouth, Celebrimbor," said Romimus. , "There are already too many people in this world who are greedy for ease."

"I see what you mean." Celebrimbor sighed. "You are a brave and fearless madman, but I am not your companion, Luo Mi. Creation is very important to me, but besides being Kurofenwe Besides being a skillful craftsman, I am still the lord of Holly County, if my people long for peace, then it is my responsibility to let them fall into war and danger."

"That's why I hate the word responsibility." Romemus muttered, "It is because of these mediocre people who can't make a name for themselves that they are slowing down, and great geniuses have to accommodate them and slow down. But they don't They don't understand, they can't imagine what the world can be like, only when the genius really makes something innovative, they will be amazed that it can be like this, but they can't see the struggles before the genius succeeds, and they think of the genius All possible risks should be anticipated early on and avoided.”

"Isn't this too much? According to you, except for geniuses, other people in this world are completely dispensable."

"Isn't it? Ah, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that people other than geniuses are useless. The large base of mediocrity is the necessary guarantee for producing a few sporadic geniuses. But, yes, compared with truly valuable people In general, most individuals are relatively insignificant at all."

"So, the reason why you decided to save me from Sauron is not because you think Sauron did something wrong, or because you sympathized with what happened to Irejan..." Celebrimbor raised his eyebrows, "It's because , Am I a valuable person in your eyes?"

"Yes." Romimos nodded.

Sometimes it seemed to Celebrimbor that Romimos was indeed a man of Angband.

At this time, it is necessary to move out the killer's trump card.

"So to you," he said slowly, "what kind of genius is Glorfindel?"

"...You're not done yet, are you?"

"Because every time the Lord of the Golden Flower is mentioned, Luo Mini's eyes are different, which is very interesting." Celebrity laughed.

"Glorfindel...he's probably a likable genius." Romimos threw away the pen in his hand, and leaned back on the table again, with his face buried in his arms, hidden in the shadow of the moonlight Next, "I told Sauron I have seen a better man, and it is true, in Gondolin, Idril is wiser than him, Maeglin is more dexterous than him, and Agamox shoots farther than him, Duilin is more accurate at archery than him, Pengrod is taller than him, Galdo is stronger than him, not to mention Exilion, he is more handsome than him, has a better voice than him, is more stable than him, and is smarter than him, but Glo Fendel is still the most popular man in Gondolin, it's strange - no, it should be said that it is reasonable, I can't say what attracts me to him, but ... yes, I do like him above all ... ...so little."

"That is to say, you admit," said Celebrity cheerfully, "that if you insist on measuring the value of a person as an object, feelings should also be part of the value, and they are the most difficult to quantify." part."

"Then you're saying that if a person is completely useless and still loved by many people, he's worth more than someone with a brilliant mind who's unpopular?"

"A person's ability to be loved by others shows that he is not useless," Celebrimbor said.

"But there are some loves for no reason, just because of fate, such as a mother who gave birth to an ugly and stupid child. If she hadn't been the mother of this child, she would never love him, but don't. No choice. Under such circumstances, is this person still valuable?"

"It's sad, but yes, even that doesn't mean the kid is worthless, because someone hasn't given up on him, and his mother will still feel sorry for him if something bad happens to him." Celebrity Said, "It is much easier to imagine a man who is wise and has no one to love him, because there is one among us. Yes, Sauron, I admit that he is extremely powerful, and I am even willing to admit that he has some wisdom, but in In my opinion, his value to this world is almost zero, no, it should be said to be negative. Ordinary people may not be able to make this world better, but people like Sauron will only make Arda worse .”

"Then this is my disagreement with you again. You think it is better to stay the same than to get worse, but I think it is just the opposite. I think it is unrealistic to blindly seek progress. I don't agree with Sauron. Don’t think what he did is worthless, how can progress be made without trial and error? It’s the most terrifying thing to remain the same, this world is lazy, if there is no darkness, she will not have the motivation to chase light.”

"We have both strengthened our beliefs for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, and it is obviously impossible to convince each other overnight," Celebrimbor took the lead in ending the debate as the moon in the sky had already set to the west. , "Let's stop here first."

"Time will tell which of you and I is right, or whether we are both wrong," said Romemos.

"It's okay," Celebrimbor smiled. "As a student who never stops exploring the world, I believe we can all be open to our mistakes. Then I'll go first, you... not me If you want to meddle in your own business, even if you are Maiya, you should rest if you should."

"In that case, then Lord Celebrimbor must be willing to help me relieve my burden." Romimos tilted his head, and pulled out a stack of documents and ancient scrolls half a person's height from nowhere, "If If you are willing to study with me in the future, reading these is the most basic."

Celebrimbor froze for a moment, then raised the corners of his mouth: "Happy to oblige, Lord Romimos."