Long song fortress, theater performance hall.

As the audience whistled and cheered, the curtain fell.May wiped the sweat on her forehead, looked at Irene, who cast excited and expectant eyes, and nodded slightly.

This must have made Irene cheer, and when the curtain fell on the floor, she could not help but jump forward and hold out Mayi.

“Haha, can I really play?”

Worried, May rolled her eyes and pushed her away, "It's still some progress, you can stand on stage independently."

“Miss Maye, what about me?”Another witch, Rosie, asked cautiously.

“You’re still far off,” she said without hesitation, “the expression is stiff, the movement is slow, the lines are not infused with emotion, the second act makes two mistakes, and the fourth act is one place, which is typical of a script without memorization.”

"Haha, Miss Maye is very strict," said Gate, touching the back of her head, "but the response from the audience seems to be very good, you listen, the applause has not yet subsided."

“Most of these people are civilians who have never been to the theatre, and the play is a novelty for them,” May said bluntly. “If it is an ordinary performance, a few mistakes are enough to make the aristocracy boo.”She paused, "If you want to go down the road of actors, don't be satisfied with a momentary success, only to constantly improve yourself, in order to gain a foothold on the stage."

“Yes, thank you for your guidance!”The people bowed their heads together.

May sighed, and came again, obviously he could not be regarded as the drama teacher of these people.But she didn’t bother to think about such a small thing, “Okay, keep trying.”The Witch's Diary is scheduled for September, and we have several rounds to play.This is a rare opportunity, don't miss it."

“Yes!”

Mey was notified by the Ministry of Education a month ago to allow all members of the crew to perform in the long song fortress.The so-called members of the so-called are the few clutter actors who followed her to the border, plus Irene Hilt.

Perhaps the Prince and his agent Pero reached an agreement, and the theater specially cleaned up a series of gaps for the crew to perform the "Witches' Diary" trilogy.Therefore, these actors are unfamiliar and even new people are not a miscellaneous actor, so they have entered the big stage of the fortress theater in such a grand way.In addition, in addition, even if they are exposed to the supporting role, they are unlikely to be selected, but now they appear on the stage as an important role, and they are performing with themselves as stars of the West, and they have to lament the impermanence of fate.

Back in the background, May couldn’t help but frown.

I saw a lot of people in the lounge noisy, seemed to be arguing about something, saw Maye and his party appear, more than a dozen people surrounded by a woman.

These people are theater actors, and the leading woman, May, also knows, called Bella Dean, a well-known actor with a different crew.Some nobles once thought that she was the biggest competitor of the West Star, but in fact, whether it was acting or fame, they always firmly pressed the other side.

“Guess what I saw?”Bella rounded May and walked step by step to Irene, "a bunch of bad actors who had sneaked back from a small country."

“What do you say?”Irene looked at me, and Gait and Rosia looked stiff and could not help but go two steps back.

"Oh," Bella said, "look, she doesn't know her identity yet.""Then I will say frankly, a big city such as the Long Song Fortress is not a place for you to come, and the Fortress Theatre also does not welcome such inferior and vulgar third-rate performances."What a witch's diary is just the struggle and howl of a few bereaved dogs.Who would be interested in watching this appetizing drama?It's better to go back to the border town sooner."

“You—” Irene suddenly flushed, “what is a third-rate performance, don’t you hear the audience cheering?”

“The audience?”Bella disdainfully sarcastically said, "Do you care about the people who deal with mud, hoeing, and stove kilns every day to call the audience?"Don't laugh at my teeth!Just grab a few monkeys and walk around, and they will shout and cheer!If it weren’t for free, would they have free money to see you perform?”

“I...” Irene opened her mouth, but didn’t know how to argue.

“Theatre has fallen in length in order to arrange your three performances a week, and even we have been affected—the aristocracy will not come to see it at all as long as it is lined up with your plays!”Bella raised her voice, “Who would want to sit in a chair full of mud and oil?”It's me, and I don't want to step into the theater after a bunch of countrymen's carnival."

The other party was obviously looking for stubble, May thought, the sudden insertion of the small town crew did squeeze out a lot of people's appearance opportunities, but Bella Dean was not much affected.From the news heard from some acquaintances, after leaving the long song fortress, the theater deliberately made her a new star of the West, and it was naturally impossible to cancel the drama she starred in.

So Bella's action, the purpose is obvious.She seems to be scolding Erin and others, but she is actually targeting herself - if these people withdraw, they can't play the witch's diary alone, and can only return to the border town.In this way, she is equivalent to defeating herself in the head-to-head confrontation, and also by the way to restore the opportunity of other actors, prestige will inevitably rise, thus laying the status of a new generation of West Star.

But she never allowed herself to be a stepping stone for others.

“The theater’s income is down, are you serious?”May turned around and said casually, "Because the ticket-frees the theater can't afford to pay, why do you make such a naive conclusion."The theater operator has undoubtedly reached an agreement with His Royal Highness the Prince and Her Majesty Pero, and the missing costs will naturally be filled by the town hall of the border town.It's a business contract, not a family, and you really should be thinking about it, not shouting here with your imagination."

“You...what nonsense!”

"In addition, the income is reduced only by you who have low acting cast members," she smiled slightly, "I have performed in the Abélon Theatre in the royal capital, which is an open-air theater, and it does not happen to rain on the day of the performance, but the nobles are still full of all the seats."So you say that because of the civilian reasons they do not want to come to the show?No, they just don't like to come on a trip to see a bunch of monkeys."

“...” The scene was in a strange silence, and not only did no one stand up to accuse her, but there was no one to defend.

"Finally, you say that the Witch's Diary is inferior and vulgar, is the struggle and howl of the lost dog?"May raised his mouth, but the voice was cold to the extreme, "I may have forgotten to tell you that the script of this story is written by His Royal Highness Prince, do you want to say that His Highness's idea is inferior and vulgar?"Insulting the royal aristocracy, but to sentence yourself to the sentence, do you still intend to stick to your point of view?"She looked at the crowd behind Bella, “Or would anyone among you want to try it?”

Under her eyes, more than a dozen actors stepped back.

“Enough is enough!”Bella gritted her teeth and said, "Since you have gone to the border town, you should not come back again!"You think I don't know, May?The reason why you go to that broken place is not to see Irene, a fool, but to dawn—”

“Oh!”

Her voice stopped suddenly, a bright red palm print appeared on her left cheek, Bella couldn't believe to touch her face, "You, how dare you hit, hit..."

In the end, it was still impulsive, and May took a deep breath.In this way, you may get into some trouble yourself.

Sure enough, two actors came out behind Bella, "Miss Maye, you've gone too far."

"The importance of looks to an actor, you don't know, I think you'll at least have to apologize to her."

Apologies?Isn’t that proving you wrong?May sneered in her heart, impulsive, but she didn’t think she had anything to apologize for.

She looked at the two men with a sullen face, and couldn’t help but think of what Carter Lannis had said.

"Don't look at the strength of men, they also have a lot of weaknesses, eyes, throat attack will make them instantly lose resistance, of course ... there are two legs." 」As long as you are quick and decisive, it is not impossible to knock down a man who is much stronger than you."

Although she did not know how she talked to him about it, she was ready to lay out her feet and only stayed a little closer to each other.

Just then, the lounge door was violently pushed open, and a knight in armor came in, followed by several samurai armed with long guns, who entered the room while they pointed their guns at the crowd.

"I heard that there is someone here who insults His Royal Highness Roland and wants to plot against His Royal Highness's crew?"

May couldn’t help but slack off, and she blinked, thinking that what she saw was an illusion.But nothing changed, and she saw the smile she secretly showed herself—the knight in front of him was Carter Lannis.(Unfinished.