111 何去何从

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" What are you talking about, Zann?" Perda demanded

“你在说什么，赞恩？”佩尔达质问道。

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" How could Ello send you a Red Share?

“艾洛怎么可能给你发红色共享？

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He's not a Red — he's not even from Magica!"

他不是红色魔法师——他甚至不是魔法界的人！”

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Zann could hardly hear her over the noise of the rally

集会的嘈杂声让赞恩几乎听不清她的话。

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" Let's go back to my house!" he shouted. He grabbed his friends." Zap!"

“我们回我家去！”他喊道。他抓住朋友们。“闪！”

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Zann's house was a mess from the party

因为派对，赞恩的家一片狼藉。

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When the kids arrived, Zing was standing on a table eating some leftover snacks

孩子们到达时，龙仔正站在桌子上吃着剩零食。

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He zipped over to Zann, chattering angrily and shooting flames

他飞快地冲向赞恩，叽叽喳喳地发火，还喷着火焰。

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" Sorry, boy." Darb patted the dragon." We didn't mean to leave you behind."

“抱歉，伙计。”达布拍了拍小龙。“我们不是故意丢下你的。”

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Zann rubbed his fingers together and then pointed at some cups on the table. Poof! They disappeared

赞恩搓了搓手指，然后指向桌上的几个杯子。噗！它们消失了。

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Perda and Gliss magically cleaned crumbs off the floor as Zann removed the decorations from the walls. Soon the house was clean

珀达和格丽丝用魔法清理地板上的碎屑，赞恩则从墙上取下装饰物。房子很快就干净了。

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Remembering Ello's terrified face, Zann looked at his friends." We have to help Ello."

想起艾洛惊恐的表情，赞恩看着朋友们。“我们必须帮帮艾洛。”

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Gliss sat down." Tell us what you saw, Zann."

格丽丝坐了下来。“告诉我们你看到了什么，赞恩。”

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Zann described the mysterious Share as carefully as he could

赞恩尽可能仔细地描述了那个神秘的共享。

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By the time he was finished, his friends looked worried and confused

等他说完，朋友们看上去既担忧又困惑。

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" Why would Ello still be trapped on Skellia?" Gliss said

“艾洛怎么还会被困在斯凯利亚？”格丽丝说。

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" Wyssa promised to get the Skellian people to safety on another world."

“韦莎保证过要把斯凯利亚人民转移到另一个安全的世界。”

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" But she was going to get rid of Morb first," Perda said

“但她要先除掉莫布，”珀达说。

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" Maybe he did something to her before she could save the Skellian people."

“也许在她拯救斯凯利亚人民之前，莫布对她做了什么。”

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Zann shook his head." I doubt it. Wyssa is pretty strong, and Morb had no magic at all when they left."

赞恩摇了摇头。“我怀疑。韦莎非常强大，而且他们离开时莫布根本没有魔法。”

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" Yeah," Gliss said." But Wyssa was really angry and focused on Morb

“是啊，”格丽丝说，“但薇莎当时非常生气，一心只想着莫布。

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Do you think she forgot about Skellia?"

你觉得她是不是把斯凯利亚给忘了？”

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" Maybe we can contact her and ask," Darb suggested

“也许我们可以联系她问问，”达布建议道。

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He was sitting with Zing curled on his lap

他坐着，津蜷在他的腿上。

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Perda wrinkled her nose." Contact her? How? She could be anywhere in the known worlds."

佩达皱了皱鼻子。“联系她？怎么联系？她可能在已知世界的任何地方。”

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" Or the unknown ones," Gliss said." She seemed to know about worlds nobody else knew about."

“或者未知的世界，”格丽丝说，“她似乎知道一些别人都不知道的世界。”

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Zann felt impatient." I think Ello's in trouble

赞恩感到不耐烦了。“我觉得艾洛有麻烦了。

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We don't have time to try to track down Wyssa," he said

我们没有时间去追踪薇莎，”他说。

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" That will take too long — especially if she doesn't want to be found."

“那会花太长时间——特别是如果她不想被找到的话。”

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" Good point." Perda nodded." So what should we do?"

“有道理。”佩达点点头，“那我们该怎么办？”

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Zann paced back and forth across the room." I'm not sure."

赞恩在房间里来回踱步。"我不确定。"

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Darb looked thoughtful." I wonder how Ello got a mental message through to Zann

达布若有所思。"我在想艾洛是怎么把心灵信息传给赞恩的。

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I thought the Skellians had weak magic

我以为斯凯利亚人的魔法很弱。

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That's why they couldn't escape when the waters started rising, remember?"

所以水位上涨时他们才逃不掉，记得吗？"

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" It was because of the gulpers too," Perda said

"也是因为那些吞噬者的缘故。"佩尔达说。

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" But never mind how Ello sent the message

"但别管艾洛是怎么发出消息的了。

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The important thing is that he needs our help."

重要的是他需要我们的帮助。"

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Zann stopped pacing." Maybe we can ask my parents to — "

赞恩停下脚步。"也许我们可以请我父母——"

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A crackle of magic interrupted him. Boz, Saffa, Teplo, and Zann's parents appeared in the room

一阵魔法噼啪声打断了他。博兹、萨法、特普洛和赞恩的父母出现在房间里。

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They paid no attention to the kids

他们完全没理会孩子们。

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" What are we going to do?" Asta rubbed her head

“这下我们该怎么办？”阿斯塔揉着头说。

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" This is a disaster!" Teplo exclaimed

“这简直是一场灾难！”特普洛喊道。

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The other adults started talking too. Zann hurried over and tapped his dad's arm

其他大人也开始议论纷纷。赞恩急忙走过去，拍了拍爸爸的胳膊。

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" We have to tell you about something," Zann said

“我们有件事必须告诉你，”赞恩说。

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" Remember that weird Red Share I had?"

“还记得我收到的那条奇怪的红色共享吗？”

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" Not now, son," Nax said before Zann could continue

“现在不行，儿子，”赞恩还没来得及继续说，纳克斯就说道。

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" We need to figure out how to deal with what the king and queen just did."

“我们得想办法应对国王和王后刚才做的事。”

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Zann had almost forgotten about the king and queen's announcement

赞恩几乎忘了国王和王后刚刚宣布的事。

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" Their resignation is effective immediately," Boz told the kids, shaking his head so hard that his long nose swayed back and forth

“他们辞职即刻生效，”波兹告诉孩子们，脑袋摇得太猛，长长的鼻子都跟着左右晃动。

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" And they've already gone into hiding."

“而且他们已经躲起来了。”

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Saffa nodded." They refuse to communicate with anyone."

萨法点了点头。“他们拒绝和任何人交流。”

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" That's weird," Perda said

“这很奇怪。”佩尔达说。

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" Yes." Teplo rubbed his chin." Worse yet, there's been no final decision on how to handle the relics."

“是啊。”特普洛摸了摸下巴。“更糟糕的是，关于如何处理这些遗物，还没有最终决定。”

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" That's what the meeting was about earlier today," Asta told the kids

“今天早些时候的会议就是讨论这个。”阿斯塔对孩子们说。

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" The king and queen wanted us to stop cataloging the relics until a new vote takes place."

“国王和王后想让我们停止给遗物编目录，直到进行新的投票。”

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" They didn't explain why," Saffa said." Do you think they already knew then that they were going to resign tonight?"

“他们没有解释原因。”萨法说，“你们觉得他们那时是不是已经知道今晚要辞职了？”

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" Listen," Zann said." You have to hear what I — "

“听我说，”赞恩说，“你们必须听听我——”

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" Laddno isn't giving us much time to figure things out," Nax said to the other adults

“拉德诺没给我们多少时间把事情弄清楚。”纳克斯对其他大人说。

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" Laddno?" Perda chimed in." How is he involved?"

“拉德诺？”佩尔达插话道，“这事和他有什么关系？”

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" He's already calling for an election to replace the king and queen," Teplo explained

“他已经要求举行选举，来接替国王和王后。”特普洛解释道。

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" Lots of people seem to agree that it should happen as soon as possible," Asta added

“许多人似乎都同意，这事应该越快越好，”阿斯塔补充道。

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" Many believe that the Red Council shouldn't be in charge of the election this time."

“很多人认为，这次选举不该由红议会来负责。”

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" What?" Gliss blurted out." But the Red Council always runs elections!"

“什么？”格丽丝脱口而出。“但选举一向是由红议会主持的！”

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Zann was surprised." Venna isn't going to like this," he said

赞恩很惊讶。“薇娜不会喜欢这样的，”他说。

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" Venna has already announced her candidacy," Saffa told him

“薇娜已经宣布参选了，”萨法告诉他。

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" She'll win easily, especially if nobody runs against her."

“她会轻松获胜，尤其如果没人跟她竞争的话。”

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" That's fine," Boz said." We should start preparing to help her."

“那挺好，”博兹说。“我们该开始准备帮她助选了。”

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Zann traded a look with his friends. This was all big news

赞恩和朋友们交换了一下眼神。这些确实是重大消息。

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But they could worry about it later. Right now they needed to help Ello

但这些可以容后再操心。眼下他们需要帮助艾洛。

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" Okay," he said to the adults." But I was about to tell you — "

“好吧，”他对大人们说。“可我刚才正要告诉你们——”

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Once again the room crackled with magic

房间再次噼啪作响，魔法闪现。

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This time Venna appeared, her face nearly as red as her hair

这次出现的是薇娜，她的脸几乎和她的头发一样红。

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" You'll never believe who just announced he's running against me," she said." Laddno!"

“你们绝对想不到谁刚刚宣布要跟我竞选，”她说。“是拉德诺！”

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All the adults gasped

所有大人都倒吸一口气。

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" What?" Asta cried." He's not the least bit qualified to lead Magica

“什么？”阿斯塔喊道。“他根本没资格领导马吉卡。

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He's never been involved in the government before

他以前从不参与政府事务。

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The only thing he's done is run a business."

他唯一做过的就是经营一门生意。”

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" I know," Venna said grimly." I've already called an emergency meeting of the Council."

“我知道，”薇娜沉着脸说。“我已经召集了议会的紧急会议。”

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" What are we waiting for?" Boz rubbed his fingers together." Let's go!"

“还等什么呢？”博兹搓捻着手指。“我们走吧！”

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Zap!

唰！

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" Now what are we going to do?" Zann said after the adults had all zapped away." Ello needs our help!"

“现在咱们怎么办？”大人们都传送消失后，赞恩说道。“艾洛需要我们帮忙！”

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Perda shrugged." It's simple. If the adults can't help us rescue him, we'll just have to do it ourselves."

珀达耸耸肩。“很简单。如果大人们帮不了我们救他，那我们就只能靠自己了。”