[The Silmarillion] Romimus

"You can't blame me for being too heavy." Romemos poured the milk into the boiled tea, "You didn't say hello in advance, and you rushed here with a large group of people, I was really scared Big jump. Do you want sugar? Or honey? Lemon?"

"No." Sauron's face was still very gloomy, and he frowned as he watched Romemus gently and skillfully threw two cubes of sugar into her tea cup, and said with a sneer, "Or, I can take your aggressive The reaction and the present pretending to be easy can be interpreted as a guilty conscience."

"Well, it's been so long, I thought we knew each other well enough, Myron." Romimos sighed softly and shook his head, "I really can't stand those Orcs, the only thing I can't stand is Two things, one is ugly and the other is ignorance. Unfortunately, those things are a seamless combination of the two. That's all. There is absolutely no disrespect to Lord Melkor. If the orcs are as smart and magnificent as dragons, how can I Hate them?"

"The orc's ferocious appearance can make elves and humans fear. They don't need any flexible minds. They can simply understand and obey instructions. I think Lord Melkor's creation is perfect and just right." Sauron retorted.

All right, just close your eyes and play, and I will be a quiet listener. Romemos lowered his head and took a sip of black tea, resisting the urge to roll his eyes.

"But all this time, I didn't force you to get used to them immediately, right, Luo Mi? You've been with Valar and elves for too long, and those bad habits that got used to in Valinor will fade away in a short while. I can't change it, I understand you, tolerate you, and give you time to adapt." Sauron narrowed his eyes, knowing that Romimos is a soft-tempered person, he managed to suppress the anger in his heart, and narrated as calmly as possible. , "But now it seems that my tolerance and kindness have not gotten what I want in return, don't you think you are a little bit over the top?"

"Oh, I really didn't know they came with you." Romemos looked innocent, "I thought they broke in without authorization, although they usually obey orders and rarely come Here I am, but you have to admit that they're not always very disciplined?"

Soran tapped his knuckles on the table impatiently: "Stop pretending, Romemus, you know what I mean. Let me ask you directly, what is the relationship between those humans and you?"

Romimos lowered his head and stirred the teacup with a spoon, "Well...you wouldn't believe me if I said they had nothing to do with me, would you?"

"Do you need to use such inferior means to buy time for your lies now?" Sauron mocked, "It's really disappointing, Luo Mi, before you could tell all kinds of nonsense without blinking your mouth .”

"Well, that's telling the truth to others, you and I most of the time." Romemos sighed, "Well, I admit, those are my people. Your people want You can't expect me to sit idly by when you attack my people, can you?"

"Are you still reasonable?!" Sauron stood up abruptly against the table, his hands against the black tabletop were pale and frightening, and Romimos had no doubt that those hands were brewing strength, maybe the next second would reach out and break her neck. "Are you blatantly and openly swearing that you will betray me? Do you really think that I will not deal with you, Romimos?"

"Oh, I was afraid that you would think so, that's why I didn't tell you." Romemos also stood up, "Aside from other things, how can you doubt that I will betray you? If I will This kind of thing, why did you run away with you at the risk of angering Vera after the battle of anger? Don't worry, I can explain."

Sauron stared at Romemos for a full ten seconds, as if he was considering whether to listen to what she had to say, or just to kill him directly, and would rather kill by mistake than let him go.

Romemos calmed down, she knew that she must not show cowardice now, Sauron may doubt her, but as long as he is not sure whether Romemos really betrayed him, he may not kill her.

This is not because Romemus has much confidence in Sauron's conscience, and he expects that the other party will still miss the pitiful little old relationship between the two of them. If Sauron wants to, he can naturally have a hundred ways to fix it. Romimos is dead, but Romimos is not very afraid of him. She has already seen that Sauron's heart is probably far less powerful than his fierce appearance.

It is true that among the many minions of Morgoth, Sauron is definitely the best among them. Romimos admits that she is not his opponent, and was very afraid of him at one time, but after Morgoth was defeated in the battle of wrath, she finally Surprised to find that Sauron's heart is much more fragile than she imagined.how to say?Romimos felt that he was too dependent on Morgoth.

For Romimos, Morgoth's defeat had little effect on her, and she even wished that Morgoth would be captured by Vera.But Sauron, he was really depressed for a while after being captured by Morgoth. At first, Romimos thought he was depressed because of Angband's failure, and comforted him to keep the green hill. There is no firewood to burn, and it has been almost 200 years since the War of Wrath. Romemos found that Sauron still had no memory of Morgoth. The flag of Sri Lanka's 'brilliant' career.

Romimoth is puzzled by this. You said that it would be fine if Morgoth escaped from the world. This girl has been imprisoned in the Void. I don’t know when I will see you again. You treat him like that. What are you doing faithfully?They fled Valinor again and again, risking the disapproval of the world, isn't it just to find their freedom in Middle-earth?As a result, no one can control them now, why do you insist on identifying yourself as a master who does not exist at all?

After thinking about it, Romemos finally realized that Sauron was really afraid, and he didn't think he could fight Vera on his own.

Of course, even though he was full of doubts, Sauron chose to continue to be the "Dark Lord". From this point of view, his spirit is really commendable, but the insecurity brought about by the fiasco of the Battle of Wrath has never disappeared. Without the support of Morgoth, he might collapse in the next second.

So what does Romimus mean to Sauron?The two of them are the few people in Angband who have survived to this day, and they are also the only two who have not betrayed Morgoth (at least Romimos seems to be still loyal to Morgoth on the surface), yes To Sauron, Romimus was more symbolic than she could actually do for him.

Although even if he was left alone in the end, Sauron would probably not change his mind and admit his mistake to Vera, but when he was not so firm in his heart, who would reject multiple accomplices?Although Romemos often feels very unreliable, and Sauron did not trust her very much in the past, but the final facts have proved that although Romemos is used to shirking responsibility, as long as it is something she promised, it is still possible. Almost never screwed up, Gondolin's map was also set out for you, and the winged dragon was also built for you. Even when he was defeated and caught together in the end, Romimos was the first to firmly express his desire to escape. .

So Sauron didn't really believe that Romimus would go over to the side of elves and humans.

Finally, Sauron sat down again and leaned on the back of the chair with folded arms: "You'd better convince me, Romimos."

"Ah, this will start after the Battle of Wrath." Romimos lowered his head and poured tea again, and let out a soft breath without attracting attention, "After we were carelessly defeated that time, just like you, I And we are always thinking about how we can make a comeback and regain the glory of Angband's past. But now that Lord Melkor is away, the Balrog and Fire Dragon are dead and running. If we don't think of other ways, even if there are more There were twice as many Orcs as there used to be, and if the Valar return to Middle-earth, it will still be a trick to them."

This was not pleasant to say, but Sauron could not refute it.

"If there are stronger troops, extreme violent suppression is of course the fastest way, but you know, when it comes to cultivating orcs, forging weapons, and training the army, I really have more than I can do. So I I can only think from my point of view, besides powerful suppression by force, is there any other way to conquer the elves and humans?" Romimos earnestly said, "Finally I thought, if elves and humans are willing to submit to We, then even Villa, can't do anything about it."

"Of course I thought about what you said before." Sauron said, "But it's not that simple. Elves are all soft and hard bones."

"That's because you don't have the patience. If something doesn't follow your heart, you try to solve the problem directly with violence." Romimos disagreed.

"I chose to use violence because violence is enough to deal with them." Sauron retorted, "If Vera hadn't intervened in the end, how could Middle-earth have the turn of those elves to be arrogant now?"

"But today is different, we have to change our strategy." Romimos was too lazy to be serious with him, "Compared with elves, human beings are often weaker in will. This is not something that can eat a fat man with one bite, we have to Be patient, and start with the most common humans—well, the group around me, then the Númenorans and dwarves, and finally the elves.”

"If this is your true thought, then I really misunderstand your painstaking efforts." Sauron narrowed his eyes, "But how do you prove that you did all this for Lord Melkor, Romimos?"

"Otherwise? Why do you think I help those humans? Is it because I am a kind and kind person, or do I get any benefits from it?" Romimos sneered, "If you want to get something, you must give it first." You don’t understand the truth, Mai Rong? It’s too easy to control these people, as long as they can live a peaceful life, they don’t care who the people in the tower are, and they can respect me like Vera. I want them to live and they die is just a matter of words. Just like just now, didn't they even almost fight you because of me?"

After sending Sauron away, Romemos finally breathed a sigh of relief, only then did she realize that her ten fingertips were cold.

She rubbed her fingers, lowered her head and walked back in deep thought. When she reached the front of the tower, she realized that Minasvio was surrounded by people, from all human tribes.

"What are you all doing here?" Romimos was puzzled, "It's all right now, let's all go back, next time you just hide yourself and be done, I don't need you to help me out."

Everyone looked at each other, and finally, a representative of the Harris family stood up: "Are you that Romimos?"

Well, Sauron came here to make a fuss, and now these people all know that the goddess they have been enshrining to Baba is actually a female devil.

"Yes." Romimos admitted coldly, "If you want to go, you can do whatever you want, and you don't need to inform me."

Everyone had different expressions, but no one stood up to speak for a while, and Romemos ignored them and flew back to the tower.

Romemos thought that after knowing her identity, at least more than half of the people would avoid her and move away in a hurry, but to her surprise, very few people did so, and even in the second year, And many people brought her flowers and sweets—all Twilight later learned that Romimos liked that.

"It has been almost 1000 years since the destruction of Gondolin, and it was only said by the elves themselves. Maybe there is something wrong or exaggerated?"

"Even if the matter between Lord Romimos and the elf is true, it is true that he has been kind to us."

"Lord Romemos is protecting us, the blind can't see it."

Those people said so.

"Luo Mi's comment on this is: 'a group of fools who deceive themselves and others'." Ling Ding giggled, "That's true, we all know that Luo Mi has made a big mistake, but they all pretended to be deaf and dumb. It seems to have happened. But there is no way, the elves can scold her, the Numenoreans can scold her, even Mordor scolds her, but we can’t help her.”

"What about you? How did you meet Romimos?"

"Me?" Ling Dang was stunned. "Ah, that was a long time ago. At least two or three hundred years..."

Bell isn't actually a water demon, and she's distantly related to Tom Bombardier's wife, Goldberry, anyway, so maybe she's a water god, maybe a water spirit, who knows?Just as no one can accurately define the identity of Tom Bombardier and his wife, Bell's actual identity is also a mystery, and she may not even have thought about this issue herself, and her pure mind rarely thinks such as "I am Who, where am I from, where am I going" is such a profound philosophical question.

But since Lingdang had her consciousness, she has been in Swan Lake, which is the source of her strength. When the water and grass here are lush and full of vitality, Lingdang will also feel energetic; on the contrary, when it is polluted here, She will weaken.

Bell used to live alone in the swan lake without any worries, singing with the swans and playing with the teals. She rarely showed her face in front of humans, but sometimes she hid under the water and knocked on the water mischievously. Hit the bottom of a passing boat, make a splash, and pretend you're a big fish.

Until not long ago (this is not long ago for elves and other immortals), the Orcs of Mordor passed here on their way to Eriador. Ze was messed up by them.They set fire to a large piece of reed, and waterfowl and fish naturally could not escape their poisonous hands. Some were used for food, and more were because of their cruel nature, and they refused to let go of all living things they saw.

At first Bell hid in the depths of Swan Pool because she was afraid, but as the situation got worse, she became weaker and weaker, and the last orc was in a reed beside a deep pool When he found her in the bushes, he was like a hound that found a deer while hunting. Bloodthirsty red light flashed in its eyes, and it rushed over with a grinning grin, baring its fangs——

Then it walked around her as if it couldn't see the bell, and stepped straight into the nearby pool. Because the armor on its body was too heavy, it sank and drowned after only a few thumps.

When Bell blinked and came back to her senses, she turned her head and saw a slender black-haired woman with a hood on, like a huge bird, about to spread her wings and fly away.

Romimos was just returning from the outside, and happened to bump into this scene. Based on his biological prejudice against Orcs, he couldn't help but wanted to leave silently. eyes.

Romimos didn't know the identity of the other party, neither human nor elf, but she didn't care about it, she nodded coldly, and asked politely: "Are you okay?"

Of course she doesn't care about things...

This sentence was finally retracted after Bell cried for two full hours holding Romimos' wings.