第二十九章：一个意想不到的发展(11)
Unthinkable! Impossible! Valhallarama had put the Mark upon her own forehead! She had turned the laws of the Archipelago upside-down and put the Mark on her own forehead.
29. AN UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT Outside, the Dragon Rebellion roared, but inside, the courtyard was spellbound with quietness. The witch was, quite simply, flabbergasted. She staggered back on her throne. ‘What are you doing?’ stammered the witch, thoroughly confused. ‘You have turned yourself into a slave! What does this mean?’ ‘A Mark is just a symbol, witch,’ said Valhallarama. ‘And symbols can change. This is no longer the Slavemark, but the Dragonmark. I take this Mark as a sign of my love and my faith in my husband and my son.
AND I CALL UPON ALL THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE HICCUP AS THEIR KING TO TAKE THE DRAGONMARK WITH ME!’ ‘So you have the situation under control do you, Mother?’ spat Alvin, savagely. ‘Is this your idea of control?’ ‘It’s preposterous…’ spluttered the witch. ‘Ridiculous… The Slavemark is the Slavemark. It’s been like that for hundreds of years. What do you mean, the Dragonmark? You can’t just change things like that. THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A DRAGONMARK! Valhallarama just made it up!’
29. AN UNEXPECTED DEVELOPMENT Outside, the Dragon Rebellion roared, but inside, the courtyard was spellbound with quietness. The witch was, quite simply, flabbergasted. She staggered back on her throne. ‘What are you doing?’ stammered the witch, thoroughly confused. ‘You have turned yourself into a slave! What does this mean?’ ‘A Mark is just a symbol, witch,’ said Valhallarama. ‘And symbols can change. This is no longer the Slavemark, but the Dragonmark. I take this Mark as a sign of my love and my faith in my husband and my son.
AND I CALL UPON ALL THOSE WHO WOULD HAVE HICCUP AS THEIR KING TO TAKE THE DRAGONMARK WITH ME!’ ‘So you have the situation under control do you, Mother?’ spat Alvin, savagely. ‘Is this your idea of control?’ ‘It’s preposterous…’ spluttered the witch. ‘Ridiculous… The Slavemark is the Slavemark. It’s been like that for hundreds of years. What do you mean, the Dragonmark? You can’t just change things like that. THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A DRAGONMARK! Valhallarama just made it up!’
冰九囚笼二十六
