Catherine walked on stage ten minutes ago.
The three Sean sneaked into the background quietly.
It was now approaching the last big play in the palace, and all the actors had made up and dressed up and were ready to go on stage.
When he walked into the backstage, what shocked Yueguang's soul was that he found that all the waiting actors were standing in the dark backstage like puppets.
"They..." Sean and Yueguang looked at the actors with thick makeup on their faces and smelled a strong smell of corpse.
"they are……"
Catherine was obviously a little nervous, but she shook her head and signaled Yueguang not to say it.
Led by the actress, the three of them walked among the actors who stood numbly.
Their bodies were stiff, they smelled like the dead, and their faces painted with white and red paint showed no expression.
Sean entered that state again at this time, the state that blocked his senses and emotions.
I just grit my teeth, bite the bullet and move forward.
It felt like walking through a dark, dead, putrid wax museum.
The eyes of those wax figures suddenly widened, and their cloudy eyes stared at the uninvited guests!
Can't look at them, can't look at each other...
Sean muttered silently.
Walking like this, the three of them finally came to the costume rack.
Catherine hurriedly found two sets of costumes on the hangers. I wear one set myself and give the other set to Sean: "I will play the role of a duchess, and you will be my knight..."
"There is no one who tells the truth in the story, so we will play the role!"
Moonlight asked from the side: "What about me?"
"You are responsible for the accompaniment - their orchestra will not adjust the soundtrack because we modify the plot without authorization."
"Okay..." Yueguang suddenly realized that there was no need to squeeze through the pile of dead people together, and sighed helplessly.
While putting on the costume with obvious smell, Sean asked: "Is this okay?
"We modify the script without authorization. Will these actors cooperate with us?"
"They can only cooperate." Catherine had already put on a luxurious purple dance dress. "No matter what happens on the stage, the nature of an actor is to let the performance flow smoothly.
“They can’t destroy the drama itself, they can’t destroy the audience’s experience.
“So, even if the story is changed, as long as it ends satisfactorily, they can only cooperate!
“That’s the nature of the show.”
Sean immediately understood an idea that only Catherine, as an actor, could think of: the most important thing in a drama is completeness and an uninterrupted experience.
And all the elements in the drama itself, including the actors, will be helplessly hijacked in order to maintain this integrity and smoothness.
Unless there is a more independent actor on the stage who forcibly reverses Catherine's improvisational performance.
But... Sean looked around at the actors with pale faces.
He knew that it was impossible for these "puppets" to exert autonomy.
Therefore, although Catherine’s plan is bold, it is feasible!
"However, we may anger the owner of this theater." Catherine said, "Unexpected things may happen. But at least we can keep the souls of this audience safe with a normal story.
"As for what kind of conflict we will have with 'that one', that will all happen after the curtain falls."
On the stage, George is breaking through the first level.
The curtain was opened little by little, and the lights illuminated the "puppets" originally located in the background.
The originally quiet puppet suddenly began to move vividly...
Indescribably weird.
In a hurry, Catherine handed over a mask.
Sean put the iron mask on his face, covering his face without makeup.
Catherine herself wore her "Violet Nightingale" - which surprisingly matched her character and costume.
At the last moment before the light of the stage illuminated them, Catherine said with her lips: Don't panic, just follow me...
play? How to act? What to play?
A burst of white light made the confused Sean feel dizzy.
At this moment, he was helpless: Why should he go on stage to perform on a mission? ! ——I'm just a reporter!
…
"It's you!"
Seeing George, whose armor was stained with blood, raise his sword towards a guest, Catherine shouted in a tone that echoed throughout the hall.
It's like a thunderclap sound, combined with the moonlight just right, overpowering the piano sound of the original soundtrack...
Jean George stopped and looked in the direction of the sound in confusion.
Catherine, wearing the "Violet Nightingale" mask, walked out of the crowd dignifiedly, followed by Sean wearing an iron mask.
The focus of the performance on the stage was obviously biased towards this woman in a gorgeous purple dress, and the spotlight naturally slid to her body.
Catherine observed George and said loudly: "I think your posture and movements are just like that heroic knight who is better than my squire...
"Are you the knight who won the championship?"
Catherine looked at the nobleman Martin and sighed in confusion: "Then who is he?"
The script was temporarily changed, and groom George didn't know how to react, so he just stopped moving.
The king, who was sitting high on his throne, leaned down and seemed to be interested in what was happening.
Princess Lopeti looked around in surprise, not knowing what was going on.
Martin, who had already assumed the role, squeezed through the crowd with his mouth twitching, and came between Catherine and the groom George.
He knew that it was George who came to the meeting - but he had to cover up everything, so he tried to control the situation: "Madam, I don't know who you are, but you seem to have made a mistake..."
Catherine overpowered Martin's weak voice of defense and said: "I'm afraid there is some ulterior secret hidden in this...
"Mihawk, my knight, no one in this world can defeat you, except the masked knight...
"Go and try the two of them to see who is the real hero."
The spotlight shone on Sean. He had never performed before. He was not very interested in acting. He nodded and made a gesture: "OK."
Catherine looked at Sean with some dissatisfaction and tilted her head toward the audience.
The knight "Mihawk" looked at the audience, and his heart suddenly trembled.
He saw more than three hundred pairs of eyes, illuminated by the light on the stage, staring brightly at the stage——
The audience is fully immersed at this moment.
Perhaps, the next scene will be remembered by them for a lifetime.
Can I be treated frivolously?
Sean suddenly felt a pressure that made him feel like he had truly transformed into an ancient warrior.
He gracefully bowed his sword towards the Grand Duchess to whom he was loyal: "I obey your orders, my lady!"
The purple-robed Grand Duchess nodded with satisfaction.
The moonlight in the background began to play impassioned music.
In order not to appear confused, the entire orchestra had no choice but to play along with the sound of the piano.
Sean pressed his sword and approached the panicked Martin step by step...
