5 The troll queen

Chapter 5 The troll queen Asta woke from her sleep to find herself covered in frost.

第5章巨魔女王阿斯塔从睡梦中醒来，发现自己浑身是霜。

With stiff limbs, she climbed the crags to the castle door. From behind a rock, she watched the trolls lumbering in and out. They carried buckets and mops, rolls of red carpet and yards of white silk.

她四肢僵硬地爬上峭壁，来到城堡门口。 她躲在一块石头后面，看着巨魔们笨重地进进出出。 他们提着水桶和拖把，卷成卷的红地毯和一码的白丝绸。

"They're preparing for the wedding!" Asta gasped, and she slipped inside the castle to search for her prince. The castle was filled with trolls... but her prince was nowhere to be seen.

“他们在为婚礼做准备！”阿斯塔倒吸了一口气，她溜进城堡去寻找她的王子。 城堡里到处都是巨怪…… 但是她的王子却不见了。

Finally, she came to a grand room lit by candlelight. There, on a great stone throne, sat the troll queen herself. She had string-like hair which she combed with long, yellow nails, and a nose that drooped down to her lap.

最后，她来到一间点着烛光的大房间。 在那里，巨魔女王本人坐在一个巨大的石头宝座上。 她的头发像绳子一样，用黄色的长指甲梳理着，鼻子耷拉到膝盖上。

"What do you want?" she asked, in a voice like grinding stones. "I've come to see the prince," Asta replied. The troll queen beckoned Asta closer. "First you must give me something in return," she said.

“你想要什么？”她问，声音像磨石。 “我是来看王子的。”阿斯塔回答。 巨魔女王示意阿斯塔靠近一点。 “首先你必须给我一些东西作为回报，”她说。

Asta looked down at her tattered clothes, then remembered the old woman's gifts. "I could give you this golden comb?" she said. The troll queen grabbed it from her with a claw-like hand. "You may see the prince tonight," she snapped. "He's in the room at the top of the tallest tower."

阿斯塔低头看着自己破烂的衣服，想起了老妇人的礼物。 “我可以给你这把金梳子吗？”她说。 巨魔女王用爪子般的手从她手中夺过它。 “今晚你可以见到王子了。”她厉声说。 “他在最高的塔顶的房间里。”