The musical continues.
After the bard's introduction, there were gradually more characters on the stage.
This is essentially a love story, but the bard placed it in a background full of family and country feelings at the beginning, so it has a somewhat grand narrative color.
The story has a beautiful heroine Volva, a handsome hero Wei Chuyun, a conspirator who deliberately incites Arslan to go south, a northern barbarian leader who was bewitched by the conspirators, and a man who never really appeared. , but the new king of the Zhou Dynasty had a significant impact on the situation through various decrees.
The men have different personalities and are extremely tense, but they all have one common characteristic: they are all attracted to the beautiful Hesta princess to some degree or another.
At that time, the entire Hesta tribe was enslaved by the Arslan tribe. The princess, who used to be taken care of everywhere, and her tribe became prisoners of the northern barbarian leader.
On a desperate night, the princess was unwilling to endure the pain and decided to dress up and die.
She walked to the snowfield alone, but picked up a sharp dagger on this cold moonlit night. Holding the dagger, the princess felt the inspiration of some kind of destiny. She sang her pain to the moon, slowly chewing the pain into hatred. She Determined to help her father, brother and tribe overthrow the oppression of Arslan, she hid her dagger and returned to the northern barbarian camp.
It turns out that the dagger was accidentally lost by the male protagonist Wei Chuyun. He was a young man from an aristocratic family in Pingjing with extraordinary skills. Under the secret order of the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty, he went north to investigate the whereabouts of the conspirators.
In this way, the two wandered around the northern border with their own goals. In a cruel battle, Wei Chuyun recognized the dagger in Volva's hand, and a marriage that had been foreshadowed for a long time began.
The subsequent story is similar to all love stories. When the story comes to an end, Volva is faced with a choice: should he follow his father, brother and tribe to find a new home, or should he quietly leave and follow Wei Chuyun all the way south, returning to Pingjing to study in the big city? Emperor Zhou returned to life.
…
Valenti's eyes were already moist.
She had known that the two singers Judith and Francois had unparalleled expressiveness on the stage, but she did not know that listening to them live would further amplify their appeal.
In the dark box, she couldn't help but shed tears for this heavenly singing voice. She heard Hesta next to her breathing a little heavy. Presumably, Hesta was also moved.
But Valenti didn't turn to look. When a person is immersed in something and sheds tears for it, it is extremely disgraceful to approach that person and say, "Eh? Are you crying?" She would not do that.
Valenti waited quietly.
The last aria is the most famous part of "The Dagger and the Sheath", and even many people who have never seen the musical in its entirety can hum it.
It was Wei Chuyun standing outside Volva's tent, pouring out his heart to her, hoping that she would fly away with him:
"I know you are the sharpest dagger in the world."
"Just let me be your scabbard."
"Let me calm the fire of all suffering."
"Just go with me"
"Volva, my free flowing river——"
It is said that in the language of the Hesta people, "Volva" means "free flowing river". This is the most affectionate part of the whole play. When the lyrics reach "river", the melody also reaches its highest point.
Valenti's hands clenched and she stared at the stage, waiting expectantly for this part.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of a mobile phone vibrating from Hesta's coat pocket, but Hesta did not move.
The vibration rang four or five times and then stopped.
Immediately afterwards, Valenti's own cell phone vibrated. She frowned and glanced at it, then suddenly froze - the caller was Chiba Masaki.
Chiba rarely called people unless something extremely important happened.
Valenti quickly wiped her tears and adjusted her breathing. She stood up and walked to the corner of the box. She picked up the phone in a low voice, "Hey, Masaki——"
"Is Jane with you now?" Chiba's voice sounded anxious.
"Yes, she is sitting next to me..."
"Have you encountered any danger - what are you doing over there, why is it so noisy?"
"Danger?" Valenti frowned, "There is no danger, we are watching a musical at the Central Grand Theater..."
"Ask Jane to answer my call, something is wrong with her."
Something's wrong?
Valenti didn't understand the meaning of Chiba's words, but when she walked towards Hestad with her mobile phone, and when she saw Hestad's face sinking in the darkness with the dim light on the stage, Valenti again I couldn't help but shudder once.
Hestad was literally in tears.
Not only that, her eyes were bloodshot and red, and her whole body was trembling slightly.
Valenti has never seen Hesta show such a ferocious expression - she is gritting her teeth hard, the veins on one temple are bulging, and the skin between the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose is like deep and shallow ground. Folded, wrinkled.
Her entire face was flushed with intense emotions at this moment.
Angry...she is angry,
But, why...
"...Jane?" Valenti called out tremblingly.
Like an electric shock, Hesta's eyes moved from the stage to Valenti beside him.
The moment their eyes met, Valenti truly felt the weight of the anger in Hesta's eyes - this might no longer be called anger.
It's closer...
Hatred.
At this moment, Hesta saw the shock and concern in Valenti's eyes, and she finally realized her gaffe.
Hesta quickly lowered her head to avoid Valenti's gaze and wiped the tears from her face.
Valenti was still hesitating about what to say, but Hesta had already stood up in a panic and ran out of the box without saying a word.
Valenti chased after her. While she was comforting Chiba on the other end of the phone, she kept a dozen steps away from Hesta and observed her whereabouts.
Hesta quickly ran to the bathroom on the second floor of the theater.
Sitting still for a long time and getting up quickly made her dizzy, and the intense emotions undoubtedly further contributed to this feeling. Hesta's stomach was churning. As soon as she entered the bathroom, she hugged the sink and vomited.
Hesta couldn't stop the twitching in her stomach now, just as she couldn't stop her tears and hatred tonight. In less than half a minute, Hesta had vomited all the dinner she had eaten in the evening.
Valenti outside the door looked at this scene worriedly.
"Don't worry, Chiba," Valenti said into the phone with complicated emotions, "I won't tell you anymore, okay? But I promise this time it won't be like what happened in Wulian before... Yes, yes, I promise not, you don’t need to come here specially, I will stay with her until she recovers."
