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學習 V 服務之外，還有任性
Study V Willfulness, aside from servility
隔天上學時，日向夜依舊沒有等到伊薩特，但他並沒有難過，因爲他已經從安特契哪裏知道，這一切都是哥哥的安排，他派人通知了艾爾利安三人和伊薩特，不管如何，都不要理會日向夜。
The next day, when it was time for school, Daren still did not see Ezart waiting for him, but he wasn’t sad at all. He already knew from Avery that all this had been arranged by Gege. Gege had sent people to contact Elian’s trio and Ezart, telling them to ignore Daren no matter what happened.
而這一切都是爲了讓他生氣，好把‘阿夜’從玄日後頭逼出來。
And all of this was to make him angry in order to force “Dar” out from behind Dark Sun.
這讓日向夜今天即使沒有等到伊薩特，心情還是好得要飛起來了。
This caused Daren to be in such a good mood today that he felt like flying, even though Ezart hadn’t been waiting for him.
“好！今天就飛去學校吧！”日向夜精神奕奕地大叫。
“All right! Today I’m going to fly to school!” Daren exclaimed vivaciously.
日向也打定主意要飛去學校後，就回頭走進家裏，抱了下安特契，說聲：“爸爸，我去上學了。”
After Daren had made up his mind about flying to school, he turned around and walked into his home. Hugging Theodore Avery, he said, “Papa, I’m going to school now.”
“好。”安特七點了點頭，而又提醒他：“你哥哥今早還沒去上班，你要不要去叫他起床，然後順便跟他道別？”
“Okay.” Theodore nodded his head and then reminded Daren, “Your brother hasn’t gone to work yet this morning. Do you want to call him to get out bed and conveniently say goodbye to him too?”
日向夜的臉一繃，氣憤地說：“不要！叫小夜去。”
Daren’s face tensed, and he said angrily, “No way! Tell little Dar to.”
說完，他有點氣沖沖地走向客廳的暗門，從暗門離開了。
When he’d finished speaking, he walked towards the secret door in the living room in a huff and left through there.
安特契目送阿夜從暗門離開，他並沒有告訴日向夜，連日皇喜歡DSⅡ的事情都是假的，反正，日皇是真的曾經把DSⅡ當成阿夜的替代品，要說他喜歡DSⅡ，也不見得就是假的呀！
Theodore followed Dar’s departure through the secret door with his eyes. He really hadn’t told Daren that even the matter of the Solaris Emperor liking DS II was a lie. In any case, the Solaris Emperor really had treated DS II as Dar’s substitute before, so saying that the Solaris Emperor liked DS II wasn’t necessarily a lie!
報應，這是報應啊！安特契便喝咖啡邊在心中大歎，雖然臉上帶著笑容。
Revenge, this is revenge! As Theodore drank his coffee, he sighed in his heart, even though he wore a smile on his face.
“阿夜已經去上學了嗎？”
“Did Dar already leave for school?”
安特契合金嘴裏的那口咖啡差點噴出來，咳了好幾聲後，他連忙擡頭回答：“嗯，是呀！”
Theodore almost spat out the sip of coffee he’d drank in. After coughing many times, he hurriedly lifted his head and replied, “Mm, he did!”
日向炎好整以暇地半倚在樓中樓的欄杆上，正往下看著安特契。安特契也朝上看著日向炎，打算一如往常地目送他回書房，然後自己也回實驗室去，而一般來說，日向炎問完這句話，應該會直接轉身回書房，連鳥都不鳥他才對。
Devon calmly leaned on the banister of the middle floor, looking down at Theodore. Theodore, too, looked up at Devon, planning on following Devon back into his study with his eyes, as usual, and then returning to his laboratory himself. Generally speaking, after Devon asked this question, he would usually turn around immediately and return to his study without bothering Theodore at all.
但是今天，日皇的注意力似乎一直在可憐的小醫生身上。
But today, the Solaris Emperor’s attention seemed to be fixed on this poor little doctor.
他倚在欄杆上，目光始終在安特其身上，眼神雖然不至于讓人討厭，但是世界頂端的人物居然浪費他寶貴的時間，用來盯著自己……至少對安特起來說，除了暴風雨前的甯靜以外，他想不到別種解釋法。
He leaned against the banister, his eyes on Theodore the entire time. Devon’s expression wasn’t hateful, but having the most powerful person in the world unexpectedly wasting his precious time to stare at him… at least to Theodore, aside from the calm before a storm, he couldn’t think of any other explanation for Devon’s behavior.
“那個……今天不用工作嗎？”
“That is… you don’t have to work today?”
安特契被盯得頭皮發麻，背脊發涼，但堂堂的日皇正看著他，他可也不敢轉身回自己的實驗室去，說不定一轉過身，他的背後就會開個洞了。
Theodore was stared at so long that his head was numb and there were chills up his spine, but the majestic Solaris Emperor was currently looking at him, so he didn’t dare to turn around and return to his laboratory. Perhaps a hole would appear in his back as soon as he’d turned around.
“當然要，這陣子煩惱阿夜的事情，我工作的效率不太好，一堆事情堆得像山一樣高。”
“Of course I have to, but I’m worried about Dar at the moment, so I won’t be very efficient even if I do work. I have a pile of work to do as high as a mountain.”
日向炎雖然嘴上這麽說，但是他卻還是懶洋洋地倚在欄杆上，絲毫沒有去解決那堆山高事情的意願。
Even though Devon had said this, he continued to lean against the banister lazily, with no desire at all to go take care of that pile as high as a mountain.
聞言，安特契硬著頭皮說：“那麽，我先回實驗室了。”
Hearing this, Theodore gathered up his courage and said, “Then, I’ll go back to the laboratory first.”
“幹什麽這麽急？”日向炎微微一笑，說道：“先跟我吃頓早餐，再去實驗也不遲呀？”
“Why are you in such a hurry?” Devon had a faint smile on his face, saying, “If you have some breakfast with me first before you go to the laboratory, you won’t be delayed much, will you?”
瘋了、瘋了！日向炎真的瘋了。
That’s insane, insane! Devon has truly gone insane.
一定因爲太久沒看見阿夜的笑容，所以他始終發瘋了，救命啊！我還沒吧白蓮月的實驗做完……不不！我還沒把白蓮月‘救活’，怎麽可以就這麽死掉呀！
It’s definitely because he’s gone too long without seeing Dar’s smile, so he’s been going insane the entire time. Save me! I still haven’t finished my experiments on Yue Baylian…… no, no! I still haven’t “brought Yue Baylian back to life,” so how could I just die like this!
安特契慌亂了好一陣，擡頭一看，日向炎還是倚在欄杆旁，正用神般美麗的笑容看著他。
Theodore fretted for a moment, then lifted his head. Devon was still leaning by the banister, watching him with a smile as beautiful as a god’s on his face.
唔！阿夜，爸爸對不起你……
Oh! Dar, Papa is so sorry…
他一五一十地對頭上那人從實招來：“阿夜已經複原了，伊薩特說得對，他真的只是在鬧別扭，所以縮在玄日後頭不肯出來而已，情感開關根本沒有什麽矛盾打不開的問題，我想，自從你一開始打開情感開關後，就再也無法徹底關起來了。”
He systematically confessed everything to that person above him, with full honesty: “Dar has already returned to normal. Ezart was right, he really was only throwing a tantrum, so he withdrew behind Dark Sun and refused to come out, that’s all. There was no problem at all with contradictions causing the emotion section to not turn on and whatnot. I think that, ever since you’d first switched on the emotion section, there’s no way to completely shut it off anymore.”
聞言，日向炎總算收起了那抹微笑，淡淡地回應：“嗯。”
Hearing this, Devon finally retracted his smile and replied indifferently, “Mm.”
“你……知道？”
“You… knew?”
安特契十分好奇，日皇的表現未免太平靜了點，他有多愛阿夜，安特契肯定是最清楚的人，如果日皇是第一次聽到這消息，說不准都會高興地從二樓跳下來呢！
Theodore was very curious. The Solaris Emperor’s expression was a bit too calm. Theodore definitely knew best exactly how much the Solaris Emperor loved Dar. If this was the first time he’d heard this information, maybe he would even jump down from the second floor out of happiness!
日向炎揚了揚眉，說道：“昨晚，比你還早一點，就知道了。”
Devon raised his eyebrows, saying, “Last night, I figured it out a bit before you.”
“原來是這樣。”安特契苦笑起來，阿夜啊阿夜，你到底是想瞞過誰呢？
“So that’s how it is.” Theodore laughed wryly. Dar, oh Dar, exactly who did you want to conceal this from again?
“阿夜突然恢複神智的事情，似乎和白蓮星有關系。”日向炎皺著眉頭說。他不知道到底是好是壞，而‘不知’這件事情本身就讓他很不安，尤其是當事情扯到阿夜的時候。
“The matter of Dar suddenly recovering his consciousness seems to be related to Shain Baylian,” Devon said, wrinkling his forehead. He didn’t know whether this was good or bad, and the matter of “not knowing” in itself made him very uneasy, especially when it was something related to Dar.
“白蓮星？”
“Shain Baylian?”
安特契響了好一會，才從這個名字跟自己的實驗品白蓮月的名字很像中，想出這人是白蓮月的兒子，阿夜的同學。
Theodore thought for a while before figuring out from how similar the name was to the Yue Baylian in his own laboratory that this person was Yue Baylian’s son, and Dar’s classmate.
雖然不知道白蓮星到底是怎麽把阿夜從玄日身邊拉出來，但是，安特契現在更好奇的卻是另外一件事情。
Even though he didn’t know exactly how Shain Baylian had pulled Dar out from within Dark Sun, Theodore was even more curious about something else now.
“你是怎麽知道的？”
“How did you know?”
“你以爲我是誰？”日向炎高傲地朝下一瞥，慢條斯理地宣告：“全世界沒有我想知道，但卻查不出來的事情。”
“Who do you think I am?” Devon haughtily glanced down at him and announced, deliberately slowly, “There is nothing in the world that I can’t find out, if I want to know.”
有呀！當初阿夜離家出走是，你不就找不到他？安特契可不敢把這話說出口，只是暗暗在心裏爽快，嘿嘿！玄日的高強身手可是他制造出來的。
Yes there is! When Dar ran away from home, you couldn’t find him, could you? Theodore didn’t dare to say this out loud but secretly enjoyed the moment. Haha! Dark Sun’s outstanding skill was in fact created by him.
“而你，居然沒主動告訴我，阿夜已經回來了。”日向炎的語氣十分危險。
“But you didn’t tell me yourself that Dar had already returned.” Devon’s tone of voice was very dangerous.
安特契連忙推卸責任：“這是阿夜要求的，他就不想把事情告訴你，我有什麽辦法！”
Theodore hurriedly shifted the blame: “It was Dar who’d requested this. He just didn’t want to tell you. What can I do!”
“爲什麽？”日向炎危險地眯起了眼睛，不可否認的，他有點受傷了，阿夜瞞著他，卻告訴了安特契。
“Why?” Devon’s eyes narrowed dangerously. He couldn’t deny that he felt a bit hurt. Dar wanted to keep him in the dark, yet he’d told Theodore.
“這……”
“That is…”
安特契有點心虛地說不出話來，畢竟，追根究底起來，絕大部分的原因還是他故意不告訴阿夜，他哥哥並不喜歡DSⅡ，所以才讓阿夜繼續誤會他哥哥。
Feeling slightly guilty, Theodore had a hard time finding something to say. After all, when he got down to the heart of the matter, the main reason was that he purposely hadn’t told Dar that his brother didn’t really like DS II, causing Dar to continue to misunderstand his brother.
日向炎陰沈著臉，冷冷地說：“看來他比較喜歡你這個爸爸……”
Devon’s face clouded over. He said coldly, “Looks like he likes you, his father, more….”
“不、不！”安特契差點魂飛魄散，他再明白不過了，日皇最討厭的事情中，絕對包括有人和他搶阿夜最愛的人的位子。
“No, no!” Theodore was almost scared out of his mind. He realized once more that someone stealing the Solaris Emperor’s spot as the person Dar loved the most was definitely included among the things the Solaris Emperor hated most.
“我是自己發現他已經複原了，不是他主動告訴我的。而且他好像有點吃DSⅡ的醋，看來你‘之前’還是對DSⅡ太好了。”
“I discovered that he’d already returned to normal on my own. He didn’t tell me himself. And also, he seems a bit jealous of DS II. It looks like you were too good to DS II ‘before.’”
安特契特地強調之前，是‘之前’喔！絕對不是‘之後’日向炎特意裝出來的樣子喔！
Theodore specifically emphasized “before,” it really was before! It definitely wasn’t “after” Devon had specifically pretended that he liked DS II!
聞言，日向炎沈默了，對之前真正把DSⅡ當成阿夜替代品的事情，他本來就一直心存愧疚，現在被安特契提出來，他更是心中難過，所以完全沒發現安特契的心虛神色。
Hearing this, Devon became very quiet. He had already possessed a considerable amount of guilt in his heart because he’d really treated DS II as Dar’s substitute before. Now that Theodore had brought it up, he felt even more depressed, so he didn’t notice Theodore’s guilty expression at all.
安特契一邊看著日皇消沈的神色，一邊努力把自己的良心綁上大石頭，然後徹底沈入海灣。
As Theodore looked at the Solaris Emperor’s depressed expression, he tied his conscience to a big rock and then sank it deep into the sea, with great effort.
日向炎有些疲憊地說：“我知道了，既然阿夜不想告訴我，那就別說吧！”
Somewhat exhaustedly, Devon said, “I know. Seeing as Dar doesn’t want to tell me, then I’ll just not talk about it!”
“呃……你已經知道了，不是嗎？”安特契提醒他。
“Uh… you already know, isn’t that right?” Theodore reminded him.
日向炎低吼：“他不知道我已經知道他複原了，那也就是我還不知道他已經複原了，這不就好了嗎？”
Devon bellowed, “He doesn’t know that I already know that he’s returned to normal, so that’s the same as me not knowing that he’s already returned to normal. What’s the problem?”
什麽知道不知道的，你都不擔心，講這種嚼舌的話真會讓自己的舌頭打結嗎？這對別扭的兄弟啊……安特契無可奈何地搖了搖頭。
What’s all this about knowing and not knowing, I’m not worried about any of it. Will arguing like this really tie your tongue into knots? Really, this pair of awkward brothers… Theodore helplessly shook his head.
日向炎不耐地說：“總之，你別管就是了！不管阿夜想要什麽，我都會給他，就算是想要任性也沒關系！反正，弟弟總是要任性一下的。”
Devon said impatiently, “In short, just mind your own business! No matter what Dar wants, I’ll give it to him. It’s no problem even if he wants to be willful! Anyways, younger brothers always need to be willful for a bit.”
是這樣嗎？
Is it really like this?
安特契聳了聳肩，不用管也正好，反正他接下來也會忙著白蓮月的實驗，這時，他才突然想起這件重要的事情，他連忙說：“對了，有件事情要跟你說一下，我打算拿DSⅡ的芯片來救白蓮月。”
Theodore shrugged. Minding his own business was all right with him. In any case, he’d be busy with Yue Baylian’s experiments in the near future. At this time, he suddenly thought of this important matter and said hurriedly, “Right, there’s something I need to talk to you about. I want to use DS II’s microchip to save Yue Baylian.”
說這話時，他有點沒底，日向炎畢竟對DSⅡ好過，而且DSⅡ長得和阿夜一模一樣，聽到自己要毀滅DSⅡ，說不定日向炎會生氣……
He felt a bit unsure saying this. After all, Devon had treated DS II well before, and DS II looked exactly like Dar. Maybe Devon would be angry, hearing that Theodore was going to destroy DS II…
日向炎一瞥眼，隨意地說：“喔？那便做吧！正好，我缺一個秘書，萬能的那一種。”
Devon glanced at him and said carelessly, “Oh? Then get to work! Just in time, I need a secretary, the omnipotent kind.”
安特契沈默了下，還是忍不住好奇心地問：“DSⅡ長得和阿夜一模一樣，難道你都沒有一點不忍心的感覺？”
Theodore was quiet for a moment, but in the end he couldn’t resist asking curiously, “DS II looks exactly like Dar. Could it be that you don’t feel reluctant at all?”
“長得一樣又如何？”
“So what if they look alike?”
日向炎冷冷地說：“就算他是真的人，從外表到基因都和阿夜一樣，甚至連個性也和阿夜一樣好了。他曾經在小時候拿皮球丟過我的臉嗎？他曾經每天在小閣樓裏等著我去找他嗎？他曾經哭著抱住我的腰，求我不要走嗎？他曾經和我打勾勾，要我發誓會保護他，不然就要喝下一堆苦瓜汁嗎？”
Devon said coldly, “Even if he was a real human and the same as Dar from his appearance down to his genes, let’s say, even if his personality was the same as Dar’s, has he ever thrown a rubber ball at my face when he was little? Has he ever waited for me to find him every day in the attic? Has he ever hugged my waist, crying and begging me not to leave? Has he ever hooked his little finger with mine, wanting me to promise that I’d protect him, or else I’d have to drink a lot of bitter melon juice?”
安特契露出了恍然的表情。
Theodore revealed an expression as if he’d suddenly understood.
日向炎冷笑了聲，無表情地說：“DSⅡ只是DSⅡ，他沒有他和我之間的過去，他不是我的阿夜！既然不是我的阿夜，那是誰都一樣，對我比較有用的人留下。現在，我缺個萬能型秘書，而DSⅡ不是。”
Devon laughed coldly and said expressionlessly, “DS II is just DS II. He doesn’t have our shared past. He isn’t my Dar! Since he’s not my Dar, then it’s the same as with everyone else. Those who are more useful to me stay. I need an omnipotent secretary, and DS II is not one.”
日向炎用眼尾看著安特契，眼中一點感情都沒有。
Devon looked at Theodore out of the corner of his eye. There was no expression at all in those eyes of Devon’s.
“了解。”安特契點了點頭。
“Understood.” Theodore nodded his head.
得到回答後，日向炎轉身走向自己的書房，背後卻傳來了安特契的聲音：“不過我還是順便告訴你一下，阿夜似乎很高興白蓮月沒死，也很期待他能被救活。”
After receiving a reply, Devon turned around and walked towards his study, but the sound of Theodore’s voice drifted to him from behind his back: “But still, I might as well tell you this: Dar seems very happy that Yue Baylian didn’t die, and he is also looking forwards to Yue Baylian’s revival.”
日向炎離開的腳步一滯，轉身，趴在欄杆上大吼：“那你死都要給我救活白蓮月！不然我就一槍斃了你，聽到沒有！”
Devon’s steps slowed. He turned around and yelled, leaning against the banister, “Then you’ll revive Yue Baylian for me, even if it kills you! Or else I’ll kill you with one shot, you hear?!”
“……是。”
“… Yes.”
＊＊＊
日向夜氣沖沖地沖出暗門，出口在一個暗巷裏頭，他確定暗巷裏頭沒有人，否則在他打開暗門前，門會先發出警訊。
Daren furiously rushed out of the secret door. The exit was in a hidden alley. He was certain that there were no people in the hidden alley, or else the secret door would send a warning signal before he opened it.
“鋼鐵翅膀，發動！”
“Steel wings, activate!”
流質金屬瞬間在他背後架構好了鋼鐵片組成的翅膀，爲了發泄剛才的怒氣，他瞬間拔高，一口氣就沖上了高空。
The molten steel quickly constructed wings made of steel plates on his back. In order to vent some of his anger from earlier, he overdid it and rushed high up into the sky in an instant.
他沖的速度實在太快了，途中，竟然撞上了一群鳥兒，整群鳥兒都被他沖散了，鳥兒們還不知道發生什麽事情，只是繞著把他們沖散的那只‘特別巨大的’鳥飛行，好似在打量他到底是什麽東西。
The speed at which he’d rushed into the sky really was too fast. En route, he unexpectedly crashed into a flock of birds, scattering the entire flock. The birds didn’t know what had happened; they just flew circles around the “especially large” bird that had scattered their flock, seeming to be trying to determine exactly what kind of creature he was.
日向夜停在空中，一邊扇動翅膀，一邊看著周圍的鳥群，也不知是因爲他也有翅膀，或者是野生的鳥兒們特別膽大，有幾只竟然飛在日向夜的臉旁，似乎想要碰碰他。
Daren halted in the air, flapping his wings as he looked at the flock of birds all around him. He didn’t know if it was because he had wings or if wild birds were especially bold, but several actually flew near his face, seeming to want to touch him.
日向夜好奇地伸出手去碰鳥兒，鳥兒先是躲避，也不知真是膽大還是如何，有幾只真被他碰著了，到後來，有一只幹脆停到他手上去了。
Daren curiously stretched out his hand to touch the birds. At first they dodged, but he really did get to touch several of them – he didn’t know if they really were bold or something. Later, one bird simply landed on his hand.
見狀，他笑了起來，逗著手上的鳥兒玩了一會後，芯片提醒他，快要遲到了。
Seeing this, he started laughing. After playing with the bird on his hand for a while, the microchip reminded him that he was going to be late.
要遲到了！
He was going to be late!
他急急地朝學校的方向飛去，幾只鳥兒居然也跟著他飛，然後，整群鳥兒都跟了上去，以日向夜爲尖端，鳥群飛成了一個三角形，全跟在他的後頭，仿佛日向夜是他們的向導鳥。
He hurriedly flew in the direction of the school. Unexpectedly, several birds flew with him, and then the entire flock began following him. With Daren at the tip, the flock of birds flew in the shape of a triangle, all following behind him, as if Daren was their guide bird.
見狀，日向夜停下來驅趕他們，鳥兒卻一點也不怕他，又開始在他身邊盤旋，這讓他又無奈又覺得好玩。
Seeing this, Daren stopped to shoo them away, but the birds weren’t afraid at all and began to circle him again. This made him feel both helpless and amused.
要遲到了！
He was going to be late!
日向夜感受到腦中愈來愈急的催促，他轉身就沖刺飛行，卻聽到背後一片翅膀急速拍動的聲音……他轉頭一看，鳥兒們還是跟著他。
Daren felt the impulse become more and more urgent. He turned around and accelerated, but he heard the sound of hurriedly flapping wings behind him… he turned his head to look. The birds were still following him.
他猛然停住了飛行。
He suddenly halted his flight.
鳥兒沖過他的身邊，飛了一小段後，才發現不對勁，又調頭飛回來，在日向夜身邊盤旋飛行。
The birds rushed past him. After flying a bit more, they realized that something wasn’t right, so they made a U-turn and flew back, making circles around Dar.
“好笨喔，哈哈哈哈，你們笨死了！”
“So stupid, hahahaha, you’re such idiots!”
日向夜忍不住抱著肚子大笑特笑起來。
Daren couldn’t help hugging his stomach and laughing hard.
這時，一只鳥兒停到日向夜的肩膀上，還用鳥嘴啄了啄他，就好象在催促他快些前進似的。
At this time, one bird landed on Daren’s shoulder and used its beak to peck him, as if it was urging him to quickly continue onward.
日向夜看了看學校的方向，喃喃：“你們應該是要去南方過冬的吧？”
Daren looked in the direction of the school and mumbled, “You probably want to go south to spend the winter, right?”
但，學校在西方。
The school, however, was in the west.
鳥又啄了啄他。
The bird pecked him again.
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“玄日呢？”
“Where’s Dark Sun?”
艾爾利安蒼白著一張臉，現在差不多是要上第三節課的時候了，但是玄日卻還不見人影，爲此，他已經被校長炮轟了整整一小時，但校長的怒火卻還不夠讓他害怕，他現在真正害怕的，其實根本不是校長的炮轟。
Elian’s face was pale. It was around the time of the start of third period, but Dark Sun was still nowhere in sight. Because of this, Elian had already been verbally bombarded by the principal for an entire hour, but the principal’s fury wasn’t enough to make him afraid. What he was really afraid of now was actually something other than the principal’s bombardments.
這時，校長室的門突然‘砰’的一聲被人撞開，室內兩人轉頭一看，首先看見的，就是愛羅伊用來踢門的腳底板。
At this time, the door of the principal’s office was thrown open with a bang. The two people inside the office turned their heads to look. The first thing they saw was the foot Eloise had used to kick open the door.
她一踹開門，就風風火火地沖進來，在她身後，伊萊一如往常慢悠悠地走進來，前者立刻大喊大叫：“找不到阿……玄日！”她被伊萊狠狠捏了一把，總算是來得及趕口。
She rushed in forcefully as soon as she’d done that. Behind her, Eli walked in unhurriedly, like usual. The former immediately began yelling, “I can’t find Dar… Dark Sun!” She was pinched hard by Eli and managed to correct herself in time.
伊萊慢悠悠地補充說明：“打電話去他家時，他父親說，一早就出門來學校了。”
Eli unhurriedly provided additional details: “When we called his home phone, his father said that he’d left early in the morning to go to school.”
“氣死我啦！”
“To hell with this!”
阿納伊突然大叫一聲，嚇傻三名學生後，他怒氣沖沖地對著最近的學生大噴口水，吼道：“要不是那個唱歌的家夥也遲到，現在叫我去哪生一個保镖給他？你說啊？你到底給我說啊？艾爾利安，玄日到底在哪裏？”
Antonias suddenly yelled loudly. After terrifying the three students, he shouted furiously at the nearest student, spewing lots of saliva: “If that singer guy hadn’t also been late, how the hell would I pull another bodyguard out of my ass for him? What do you say? What exactly is there to say? Elian, where the hell is Dark Sun?”
艾爾利安苦著張臉，他怎麽會知道呢？
Elian made a pained face. How would he know?
這下子可慘了，他原本還期待，阿夜之所以會沒來，說不定是在家裏檢查身體，或者是檢查腦袋之類的事情，但是現在，伊萊的話狠狠地打碎了他的美夢。
This was a disaster. He’d originally been looking forward to knowing the reason why Dar hadn’t come. Perhaps he was at home having a full-body checkup, or having a checkup on his head, something related to that, but now, Eli’s words cruelly shattered his imaginings.
阿夜真的不見了。
Dar really was missing.
這讓艾爾利安又驚又憂又怕，驚訝的是，阿夜居然不見了，然後擔憂著他到底去哪了，會不會出事之類的，怕的……當然是日皇會有什麽反應。
This made Elian alarmed and worried and afraid all at once. What was alarming was that Dar had unexpectedly disappeared, and Elian was worried about exactly where Dar went, whether he’d had an accident, etc. What Elian was afraid of… of course it was what kind of reaction the Solaris Emperor would have.
和日皇的冰河臉相比之下，校長的口水簡直跟天降甘霖沒什麽兩樣。
Compared to the Solaris Emperor’s glacial expression, the principal spewing saliva really wasn’t too different from rain coming down from the heavens.
“現在、馬上、立刻，把玄日給我找出來～～”
“Right now, at once, immediately, find Dark Sun for me~~”
不過，再加上鬼哭神號，威力就倍增了，三名學生不約而同地捂起耳朵。
However, after adding in the demonic scream, the principal’s attack power had doubled. The three students simultaneously covered their ears.
這時，門口傳來了敲門聲，但是，門早被愛羅伊一腳踢挂在一邊了，那人也只是禮貌性地敲了敲門板。
At this time, there was the sound of a knock on the door, but the door had been kicked down to one side by Eloise long ago. That person had just respectfully knocked on the door frame.
衆人一齊轉頭看向門口。
The audience simultaneously turned their heads to look towards the doorway.
“阿……玄日！”三名學生異口同聲地‘啊’到一半，閉上嘴，然後改叫玄日。
“Dar… Dark Sun!” Speaking in unison, the three students began to say “Dar,” then closed their mouths and called him “Dark Sun” instead.
阿納伊一看到他，立刻就發飙地大吼：“你到底去哪裏啦？難道不知道今天是你第一天上工嗎？”
As soon as Antonias saw him, the former immediately flew into a rage, shouting, “Where the hell were you? Don’t tell me you didn’t know today was your first day of work?”
玄日只是語調平坦地回答：“去送小鳥。”
Dark Sun simply replied evenly, “Sending off little birds.”
聞言，阿納伊面無表情地看了看艾爾利安，大有要他翻譯的意思在，艾爾利安反射性地看向伊萊，讀心是他的專門。
Hearing this, Antonias glanced expressionlessly at Elian, most likely wanting the latter to translate. Elian automatically looked toward Eli, as reading minds was Eli’s specialty.
伊萊沈默了一下，有點冷淡地看著他說：“我讀不到玄日的內心，你該知道。”
Eli was quiet for a bit. He looked at Elian somewhat indifferently, saying, “I can’t read Dark Sun’s mind. You should have known that.”
艾爾利安沈默了下，勉強跟校長翻譯：“也許他養了一只寵物鳥，那只鳥不幸在今天早上……”
Elian quieted for a bit before translating for the principal, with difficulty: “Maybe he has a pet bird, and this morning, unfortunately that bird…”
“喔，這樣啊？！”校長阿納伊皺了皺眉，這也算情有可原，說不定這冷冰冰的外星學生是個愛鳥人，鳥死了，他肯來上工就不錯了，總也不太好爲難人家。
“Oh, so that’s how it was?!” Principal Antonias wrinkled his forehead. This seemed like a good reason. Perhaps this cold as ice alien student was a bird lover, and his bird had died. If he was willing to come to work, that was great. Of course it was never too good to make trouble for others.
阿夜有養鳥嗎？去過阿夜家無數次的愛羅伊和伊萊努力克制著自己，千萬不要露出懷疑的眼神。
Did Dar have a pet bird? Eloise and Eli, who had been to Dar’s house countless times, struggled very hard to control themselves, trying not to reveal doubtful expressions by all means.
艾爾利安用力地點頭，是真是假都無所謂，最重要的是阿夜回來了，校長相信了，日皇也不會結冰了！
Elian forcefully nodded his head. It didn’t matter whether it was true or not; what was most important was that Dar had come back, the principal believed them, and the Solaris Emperor wouldn’t ice over either!
“好啦，不管如何，幸好雷因斯那家夥也遲到了，總算沒釀出什麽大禍。”
“All right then, anyhow, fortunately that guy Lance was also late, so overall nothing disastrous occurred.”
這也是阿納伊寬容地原諒玄日的主因，但他還是心有余悸地補充：“你就在這裏等雷因斯來，然後跟他一起去A班上課。”
This was the main reason Antonias leniently forgave Dark Sun, but, still feeling a bit worried, he added, “Just wait here for Lance to arrive, then go with him to Class A.”
聞言，艾爾利安懷疑地說：“以雷因斯的實力……”
Hearing this, Elian said doubtfully, “According to Lance’s strength…”
“當然上不了A班。”
“Of course he can’t handle the Class A curriculum.”
阿納伊半點也沒打算掩飾地回答：“那家夥的打鬥能力是中看不中用，要是正常來考試，連要進C班，我都得好好考慮一下。”
Antonias replied, with no intention of hiding it at all, “That guy’s combat ability seems impressive but is utterly useless. If he’d taken the normal entrance exam, I’d need to carefully consider whether I’d even admit him to Class C.”
聽到校長的回答，艾爾利安略一思考，便明白了。
Hearing the principal’s reply, Elian thought for a bit, then understood.
“A班的學生可以幫忙保護雷因斯？”
“Class A students can help protect Lance?”
阿納伊一個擊掌，肯定地說：“沒錯，就是那樣，要不是特戰班從來沒上過課，而臨時編排的課程肯定會露餡的話，我還真想讓他進特戰班上課，這樣就有三十幾個強到像外星人的保镖了。”
Antonias clapped once, then said approvingly, “That’s right, it’s exactly like that. If not for the fact that those in the Elite Combat Section have never attended class and the spontaneous curriculum will definitely be exposed, I thought it would be a good idea to allow him to enter the Elite Combat Section. This way, he has 30 bodyguards who are so strong they might as well be aliens.”
校、校長，不要當著學生的面說他們像外星人好嗎……艾爾利安苦笑，至少他自認自己還是土生土長的地球人。
P, principal, don’t tell students to their faces that they’re like aliens, all right… Elian laughed wryly. At least he knew himself to be a born-and-bred Earthling.
“對了，艾爾利安，我已經安排好你和死要埋伏的地點了，就在A班隔壁。”
“Right, Elian, I already made arrangements about the location you and Sin will be hiding out in. It’s right next door to Class A.”
“我……和死？”艾爾利安有點艱難地反問。
“Me… and Sin?” Elian replied with some difficulty.
“A班隔壁不是B班嗎？”愛羅伊插嘴問道，她最近爲了找阿夜，可沒少跑到普通班級上課的教室，所以熟得很。
“Isn’t Class B right next to Class A?” Eloise butted into the conversation. Recently, in order to look for Dar, she had gone to the classrooms of the ordinary classes quite a few times, so she was very familiar with them.
阿納伊面無表情地說：“你的消息落伍了，現在開始，A班旁邊是艾爾利安和死的甜蜜兩人教室。”
Antonias said expressionlessly, “Your information is outdated. From now on, the room next to Class A is Elian and Sin’s happy two-person classroom.”
“喔！”愛羅伊的雙眼閃閃發亮，期待地問：“我可以去偷看嗎？”
“Oh!” Eloise’s eyes sparkled. She asked expectantly, “Can I go peek?”
“你和伊萊就是愛去當第三者和第四者都行。”阿納伊肯定地回答：“只要當雷因斯有危險的時候，你們要記得出手幫忙就好。”
“You and Eli should feel free to be the third and fourth wheels,” Antonias replied affirmatively. “But when Lance is in danger, as long as you remember to help out, it’s all good.”
愛羅伊異常興奮地回答：“放心吧，我們只會偷偷在旁邊看，不會去當第三者和第四者的，我們沒那麽不解風情，對吧？伊萊。”
Eloise replied, exceptionally excited, “Don’t worry, we’ll just sneakily watch from the side. We won’t be the third and fourth wheels. We’re not that unromantic, isn’t that right? Eli.”
愛羅伊用手肘撞了撞自己的夥伴，而伊萊則是對艾爾利安露出了同情的眼神。
Eloise bumped her partner with her elbow. In contrast, Eli gazed at Elian with a sympathetic expression.
艾爾利安雙手高舉，仰望著天……花板。
Elian stretched out his arms, gazing at the sk… ceiling.
天啊！要和一個危險性超高的男人一起工作，這還不是最慘的事情，最慘的，旁邊還有女孩子在偷看，而且還是用興奮的眼神在偷看……
For heaven’s sake! Having to work with an extremely dangerous guy wasn’t even what was most tragic yet. The most tragic thing was that there was a girl peeking at them, and she’s even wearing an excited expression while peeking…
“真抱歉，我遲到了……喔！這扇可憐的門到底是怎麽回事呢？”
“So sorry, I’m late… oh! Exactly what happened to this poor door?”
衆人回頭一看，雷因斯正站在門口打量著歪斜斜的門，身上穿著燙得筆直的學生制服，手上還提著同樣嶄新的書包，看來果真是一副學生樣，但……
Everyone turned around to look. Lance was currently standing in the doorway, examining the crooked door. He was wearing a freshly ironed school uniform and carrying a backpack that was just as new, looking exactly like a student should, but…
他的制服卻是雪白的，但，葉蘭學院的制服向來是藍黑色。
His uniform was snow white; however, Yelan Academy’s uniform was navy blue.
阿納伊面無表情的看著那身雪白的衣服，格鬥？Model還差不多。
Antonias looked at that snow white uniform expressionlessly. This was a combat uniform? More like something a model would wear1.
這種白得會發光的衣服不管是去約會，舞台走秀，甚至是參加上流舞會都不會失禮……就是不適合格鬥。
This kind of clothing that was so white it radiated light wouldn’t be considered disrespectful if worn to a date, a fashion show, or even an upper-class ball… it just wasn’t suitable for combat.
阿納伊扯了下臉皮，想露出谄媚的笑臉，但發現這真是太高難度了，只好改露出校長的威嚴，酷酷地說：“你來了，很好，就讓艾爾利安帶你們兩個過去教室吧。”
Antonias pulled up the corners of his mouth, wanting to display a flattering smile, but he realized that the difficulty was too high, so he had no choice but to display the dignity of a principal instead. He said coolly, “You’ve arrived. Very good. Let Elian bring the two of you to your classroom.”
聞言，雷因斯只是點了點頭，然後就把全部的興趣都放到玄日的身上去了，他微笑著對玄日說：“讓你久等了，真是抱歉呀！”
Hearing this, Lance simply nodded his head, then transferred all of his attention onto Dark Sun’s body. Smiling at Dark Sun, he said, “I’m so sorry for making you wait so long!”
玄日只是點了點頭，沒回話。
Dark Sun just nodded wordlessly.
“那麽，就讓我們一起好好地學習吧？”雷因斯非常友好地伸出手。
“Then, let’s learn properly together, all right?” Lance held out his hand in a very friendly manner.
玄日卻沒有伸手。
Dark Sun, however, did not hold out his hand.
氣氛頓時有些尴尬，艾爾利安連忙打圓場，提醒：“我帶了你們去教室吧！否則等等就下課了！”
The atmosphere was suddenly a bit awkward. Elian hurriedly smoothed things over, reminding them, “I’ll bring you guys over to your classroom! Or else class will be over soon!”
聞言，雷因斯微笑著收回手，神色很自然，仿佛是已經握完了手，所以縮回去一樣。
Hearing this, Lance smiled and withdrew his hand. He looked very natural, as if they’d already shaken hands, and that was why he was pulling his hand back.
“那我們先走了，校長。”
“Then we’ll be leaving first, principal.”
艾爾利安連忙轉頭跟校長道別，然後領著兩人出校長室。
Elian hurriedly turned around to say goodbye to the principal and then led the two of them out of the principal’s office.
他們離開時，隱隱約約還傳來雷因斯熱情地詢問：“玄日，你今年多大了呢？”
As they left, the barely audible sound of Lance’s enthusiastic question drifted into the office: “Dark Sun, how old are you this year?”
安靜了一會，反而是艾爾利安的聲音傳來：“玄日十六歲了。”
After a moment of silence, it was actually Elian’s voice that was heard: “Dark Sun is sixteen.”
“哇喔，你好年輕呀！比我想象得還要小呢……”
“Wow, you’re so young! Younger than I expected….”
這時，校長室內，阿納伊突然回頭問剩下的兩名學生：“玄日十六歲？”
At this time, inside the office, Antonias suddenly turned toward the two students left: “Dark Sun is sixteen?”
愛羅伊和伊萊都點了點頭。
Eloise and Eli both nodded.
阿納伊面無表情地說：“那他打從受精卵時期就開始練武術，整整練了十七年嗎？”
Antonias said expressionlessly, “Then he’s been practicing martial arts ever since he was a fertilized egg, so in total he’s been training for 17 years?”
“七歲才開始練的。”伊萊記得很清楚，日向夜說過他開始被改造大約是七歲左右的事情。
“He started training when he was 7.” Eli remembered very clearly. Daren had said before that he’d started to have operations around 7 years old.
“七歲才開始練？只練了快十年，就強得不像人類了？”阿納伊的臉扭曲了一下，高喊：“外星人，果然通通都是外星人！你們兩個，跟著一起回火星去吧！”
“He started when he was 7? He’s only trained for 10 years to become this inhumanly strong?” Antonias’s face twisted a bit. He yelled loudly, “Aliens, so all of you really are aliens! The two of you, go back to Mars with them!”
聞言，伊萊默默地走向門口，愛羅伊連忙跟了上去。
Hearing this, Eli silently walked towards the doorway. Eloise hurriedly caught up to him.
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日向夜繃緊了臉，裝作玄日的無情模樣，雖然覺得一直努力說話打圓場的艾爾有點可憐，可是他還不是願意恢複到阿夜的狀態。
Daren’s face was tense, imitating Dark Sun’s cold behavior. Even though he felt sorry for Elian, who kept working hard to smooth over awkward moments, he was still reluctant to go back to behaving like Dar.
一方面是，日向夜真的很不喜歡雷因斯，連他自己都不明白爲什麽，雷因斯總是一副人很好的樣子，但他每次說話，卻都讓日向夜有種……被刺傷的感覺。
One reason for his reluctance was that Daren really disliked Lance, though he wasn’t too sure why himself. Lance had always acted like a nice person, but every time he spoke, Daren had a feeling similar to… being stabbed.
另一方面，卻是因爲艾爾利安三人和伊薩特的行爲，讓誰他們要聽哥哥的話，故意不理他呢！
Another reason was none other than the behavior of Elian’s trio and Ezart. Who told them they had to follow Gege’s orders and purposely ignore him!
雖然隱隱知道艾爾利安他們並沒有錯，但是，日向夜卻還是莫名地感到生氣，誰讓他們要聽哥哥的話！而哥哥、哥哥……
Even though he knew deep down that Elian and the rest of them truly hadn’t done anything wrong, Daren still felt angry for some inexplicable reason. Who told them they had to follow Gege’s orders! And Gege, Gege…
“哥哥說，以後我就叫小夜，不叫DSⅡ了，玄日你要記起來喔，不要叫錯了呢。”
“Gege says that in the future I’ll be called little Dar, not DS II anymore. Dark Sun, you need to remember this so you don’t call me the wrong name.”
日向夜不自覺地握緊了拳頭。哥哥最討厭了！
Daren subconsciously balled his hands into fists. He hated Gege the most!
這時，艾爾利安停下了腳步，回頭對兩人說：“到了，這裏就是A班。”
At this time, Elian’s steps halted. He turned around and said to the other two, “We’re here. This is Class A.”
“真是謝謝你了，這位心腸美麗的同學。”雷因斯對他微微笑。
“I would like to give my thanks to this student who has such a beautiful heart.” Lance smiled at him.
心腸美麗……艾爾利安暗暗在心中苦笑。他一邊敲了敲教室的門，然後打開門，一邊跟雷因斯客氣地回答：“不用客氣，我想校長應該已經跟A班打過招呼了，你們直接進去就可以了。”
Beautiful heart… Internally Elian laughed wryly. He knocked on the door of the classroom and then opened the door while replying politely, “No need to be polite. I think the principal has already greeted Class A, so it’s all right if you just go in.”
雷因斯一個優雅地點頭，然後率先走進教室。他一踏進去，全班教室一片死寂，連老師都忘了講課。
Lance nodded gracefully and then walked into the classroom first. As soon as he’d stepped inside, the entire classroom descended into a deathly stillness. Even the teacher forgot to continue lecturing.
但，當玄日也跟著進去時，整間教室爆炸了，吼叫聲、尖叫聲，從椅子上摔下來的聲音，裏頭傳出了各式各樣能夠想到的驚訝聲。
However, when Dark Sun followed Lance inside, the entire classroom exploded. Shouting sounds, screaming sounds, sounds of people falling off their chairs, all the various sounds of surprise that one can think of drifted out from inside the classroom.
外頭，艾爾利安苦笑了笑，的確是該驚訝的，同時見到世界上最知名的歌手以及葉蘭學院最神秘的高手，簡直沒什麽事情可以更嚇人的了……除了被世界最頂端的日皇拿槍指在頭上以外。
Outside, Elian laughed wryly. This really was something to be surprised about, seeing the world’s most famous singer as well as Yelan Academy’s most mysterious ace at the same time. There simply wasn’t much else that was more frightening… besides having the Solaris Emperor, the most powerful person in the world, aim a gun at your head.
想到這，艾爾利安無奈地歎口氣，再次誠心地希望，日皇不會發現自己的心肝寶貝居然變成別人的保镖。
Thinking of this, Elian sighed helplessly and sincerely wished once more that the Solaris Emperor wouldn’t discover that his own precious darling had actually become someone else’s bodyguard.
艾爾利安一直聽到教室內的騷動平息後才離開，他走到隔壁教室去，一打開B班的門，只見椅子都被推到最旁邊，亂七八糟地堆成了一座山，書桌則是被並排在正中央，上頭亂丟了一大堆零食餅幹的包裝，死就躺在這一片混亂中，用報紙蓋著頭臉，睡得呼聲大作。
Elian continued listening until the uproar inside the classroom had quieted down before leaving. He walked to the classroom next door. As soon as he’d opened the door to Class B, he saw that all the chairs had been pushed to the very side and messily stacked into a mountain. The desks, however, had been arranged side by side in the very middle. A huge pile of snack cracker wrappers were scattered on top, and Sin was lying down in the midst of this mess with newspapers covering his head and face, snoring up a storm.
艾爾利安有點無奈地看著這一團混亂，歎了口氣，踏進了教室……
Elian looked at the mess somewhat helplessly, sighed, and stepped into the classroom…
“誰！別以爲可以偷襲我。”
“Who is it! Don’t think you can ambush me.”
死大吼一聲，跳了起來，身上的報紙滿天飛散。
Sin yelled and leapt up. The newspapers covering him fluttered everywhere.
“艾爾利安。”艾爾利安報出了自己的名字。
“Elian.” Elian reported his own name.
聞言，死一楞，定睛一看，果然是艾爾利安，他立刻懶洋洋地躺了下來，一邊把報紙蓋回去，一邊咕哝：“喔，是艾爾利安啊！我給你排了位置啦，就在黑板旁邊那張椅子，你就坐那裏，順便用校長那家夥鑽的監視孔去監視情況，就這樣……我睡了。”
Hearing this, Sin froze and stared at him. Discovering that it really was Elian, he immediately lay back down lazily, covering himself with the newspapers again while muttering, “Oh, it’s Elian! I set up a seat for you, it’s that chair next to the blackboard. Just sit there and, in the meantime, use the peephole that guy, the principal, drilled to monitor the situation. That’s it…. I’m going to sleep.”
看著死說完話後，果真躺著就一動也不動了，艾爾利安有點無言，但還是走到黑板邊，拉過椅子就坐下，一坐下，一個監視孔不偏不倚就在他的正前方。
Watching as Sin really lay down and stopped moving after he’d finished speaking, Elian was a bit speechless, but he still walked to the blackboard and pulled over a chair to sit in. As soon as he’d sat down, he discovered that there was a peephole exactly in front of him.
他看著那個監視孔，無奈地歎了口氣，有點苦哈哈地自我解嘲：“怎麽看都覺得自己就是偷窺女子的變態狂。”
He looked at that peephole and sighed helplessly. With slight difficulty, he said self-deprecatingly, “No matter how I look at it, it feels like I’m a pervert peeping at girls.”
幸好，玄日是男的……話又說回來了，偷窺男人好象更變態啊？艾爾利安哭笑不得地想。
Fortunately, Dark Sun is male… then again, it seems like peeping at a guy is even more perverted? Elian thought, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
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