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With the audience's continuous whistles and cheers, the curtain slowly fell. Maye wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked at Erin who was looking at her excited and expectant, and nodded her head slightly.

This affirmation caused Erin to cheer, and as soon as the curtain fell to the ground, she couldn't help but pounce on her and hug Maye out with all her might.

"Hahaha, can I really act!"

Annoying, Mei Yi rolled her eyes and pushed her away, "It's still some progress, and I can take the stage independently." ”

"Miss May, ...... What about me?" asked Roxia, another witch actor, cautiously.

"You're still far away," she said without hesitation, "the stiff expression, the sluggish movements, the lack of emotion in the lines, two mistakes in the second act and one in the fourth act, are typical of not memorizing the script." ”

"Haha, Miss Maye is really strict," said Getter, touching the back of his head, "but the response from the audience seems to be very good, you see, the applause has not subsided yet." ”

"Most of these people are commoners who have never been to a theater, and theater is a novelty for them," said Maye, bluntly, "and if it were a normal performance, those few mistakes would have been enough to make the nobles boo." She paused, "If you want to go down the road of actors, don't be satisfied with temporary success, only by constantly improving yourself can you gain a firm foothold on the stage." ”

"Yes, thank you for your guidance!" everyone bowed their heads in unison.

Mei Yi sighed and came again, obviously not being a drama mentor for these people at all. But she didn't bother to worry about such a trivial matter, "Okay, keep trying." The Witch's Diaries is scheduled until September, and we have several rounds to come. This is a rare opportunity not to be missed. ”

"Yes!"

Mei Yi received a notice from the Ministry of Education a month ago to let all the crew members go to the Changge Fortress to perform. The so-called members of the group are none other than the motley actors who followed her to the border, plus Erin Hilter.

Perhaps it was the agreement between His Royal Highness the Prince and the agent Perrault, and the theater specially cleared a series of gaps for the crew to perform the "Witch's Diaries" trilogy. As a result, these miscellaneous actors, who are unfamiliar with their acting skills and are not even newcomers, appeared on the big stage of the fortress theater in this way. In normal times, it is unlikely that they will be selected even if they show up in a supporting role, but now they appear on stage as an important role, and they also perform together with themselves as stars of the West, which has to make people sigh the impermanence of fate.

Back backstage, Maye couldn't help but frown.

I saw a group of people in the lounge noisy, as if they were arguing about something, and when they saw Mei Yi and his party appear, more than a dozen people surrounded him under the leadership of a woman.

These people are all actors in the theater, and the lead woman, May, also knows, is Bella Dean, a little-known actress who belongs to a different crew from herself. There were some aristocrats who thought she was the biggest contender for the Star of the West, but in fact, whether it was acting or fame, she had always been firmly above the other party.

"Guess what I saw?" Bella walked around Maye and walked up to Erin, "a group of crappy actors sneaking back from a small country place. ”

"What did you say?" said Erin, who looked puzzled, while Gate, Rosa and the others froze and couldn't help but take two steps back.

"Poof," Bella said, covering her lips, "look, she doesn't know who she is." These words caused a burst of laughter from everyone, "Then I'll be straightforward, a big city like Changge Fortress is not the place you should come to at all, and the fortress theater also does not welcome such a vulgar third-rate performance. What a witch's diary is, it's just the struggle and wailing of a few lost dogs. Who would be interested in watching such an unappetizing drama? You'd better get back to the border town sooner. ”

"You-" Erin blushed suddenly, "what is a third-rate performance, didn't you hear the applause of the audience?"

"Hah, audience?" said Bella, sneering dismissively, "what do you call the audience those who deal with mud and hoes and furnaces every day? Don't laugh at my big teeth! Just grab a few monkeys and go up for a walk, and they'll cheer loudly, okay! If it's not for free, they'll have spare money to watch you perform?"

"I'm ......" Erin opened her mouth, but she didn't know how to refute it.

"The theater's income has dropped by several percent in order to arrange your three performances a week, and even we have been affected - as long as it is lined up with your plays, the nobles will not come to see it at all!" Bella's voice was raised, "who would want to sit in a chair covered with mud and oil? ”

The other party is obviously here to find fault, and Mei thinks that the sudden insertion of the small-town crew has indeed squeezed out many people's opportunities, but Bella Dean has not been affected too much. I heard from some acquaintances that after she left the Changge Fortress, the theater intended to make her a new star in the West, and it was naturally impossible to cancel the drama she starred in.

Then Bella's purpose, the purpose is obvious. She seemed to be scolding Erin and the others, but she was actually targeting herself - if these people flinched, she would not be able to perform the witch's diary alone, and she could only return to the border town in disgrace. In this way, she is equivalent to defeating herself in a head-to-head confrontation, and by the way, she also recovers the opportunity for other actors to appear, and her prestige will inevitably rise, thus establishing the status of a new generation of Westland stars.

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

"Are you serious about the decline in theater revenue?" said May, turning nonchalantly, "why would you make such a naïve conclusion because the theater is unable to make ends meet due to the exemption of tickets?" The theater operator has undoubtedly reached an agreement with His Royal Highness the Prince and Lord Perro, and the missing expenses will naturally be filled by the town hall of the border town. It's a business contract, not a trick, and you should really use your brain, not shout here based on your imagination. ”

"You...... What nonsense!"

"Besides, it's just you motley actors with low acting skills who have lost their income," she smiled slightly, "I once performed at the Abelon Theater in the royal capital, which was an open-air theater, and it happened to be drizzling on the day of the performance, but the nobles were still full of seats. So you're saying that the civilians don't want to come to the show? No, they just don't like to come and see a bunch of monkeys. ”

The scene of "......" fell into an eerie silence, not only did no one stand up to accuse her, but there was not even anyone to defend herself.

"Finally, you say that The Witch's Diaries is inferior and vulgar, the struggle and wailing of a lost dog?" Maye curled the corners of her mouth, but her voice was extremely cold, "I may have forgotten to tell you that the script for this story was written by His Royal Highness the Prince, do you want to say that His Highness's ideas are inferior and vulgar? insulting the royal family and nobles, but the sentence of tongue cutting off is still your opinion?" She looked at the crowd behind Bella, "Or do any of you want to try?"

Under her gaze, more than a dozen actors stepped back one after another.

"That's enough!" Bella gritted her teeth, "since you're in the Frontier Town, you shouldn't come back!Do you think I don't know, May! You're going to that shitty place not to see Erin's idiot, but for the dawn—"

"Smack!"

Her voice stopped abruptly, a bright red palm print appeared on her left cheek, and Bella touched her face in disbelief, "You, how dare you hit, hit ......"

Whew, after all, it was still impulsive, and Maye took a deep breath. In this way, you may get into some trouble.

Sure enough, two male actors walked out behind Bella, "Miss May, you're going a little too far. ”

"You don't know how important looks are to an actor, I think you have to at least apologize to her. ”

Apologize? Doesn't that prove that you've done wrong? Maye sneered inwardly, impulsive, but she didn't think she needed to apologize at all.

She looked at the two oily-haired men with a gloomy face, and she couldn't help but think of what Carter Lannis had said.

Don't look at the strength of men, they also have many weaknesses, and attacks on their eyes and throat will make them lose their resistance instantly, of course...... And between the legs. As long as you're agile and decisive, it's not impossible to take down a man who is much stronger than you.

She didn't know exactly how she had talked to him about it, but she was ready to get closer......

At that moment, the door to the lounge was violently pushed open, and a knight in armor entered, followed by several samurai armed with spears, and by the time they entered the room, they had already aimed their spears at the crowd.

"I heard that there are people here who slander His Royal Highness Roland, and they still want to plot against His Highness's crew?"

Maye froze, and she blinked, thinking what she was seeing was a hallucination. However, nothing had changed, and she could see the smile that was secretly showing at her—the knight in front of her was none other than Carter Lannis. (To be continued.) )