Chapter 489 A Jug of Wine (Please Subscribe! Please Vote!)

The third day of the Aromatherapy Festival... was a rainy day.

Dark and oppressive clouds hung in the sky, and the clouds were dense and not raining, making people feel depressed. Even the lively atmosphere of the Aromatherapy Festival could not be dispersed.

There is moisture in the air, but the high temperature in midsummer will only make people feel hot and humid. After walking outside for a few times, you will feel sticky, which is very annoying.

So most people went to large air-conditioned shopping malls, restaurants, theaters and other places. Thanks to this, regardless of whether the plays shown in the theaters were good or not, the theaters were basically full... so it was a good thing.

By the way, Miss Chiba, the producer of "Snow White and the Seven Pokémon", found out from somewhere that Xu Qiansu was rehearsing in the theater. She immediately visited Xu Qiansu with a large group of people and expressed to Xu Qiansu with red eyes. grateful.

I heard from her that the subject they studied in college was drama performance... In this world where Pokémon battles are popular, it is a completely unpopular major... Although they have solid basic skills, they do not have outstanding creative talents, and they have no opportunities. ...The future life can be seen at a glance...that is, no matter how hard they work and how much they love drama performances, they will be forced to change careers due to livelihood constraints in the future.

But this is the life of ordinary people.

But they were lucky. They met Xu Qiansu, and a good script gave them the capital to continue pursuing their dreams in this industry.

Miss Chiba was so moved that if Cattleya hadn't been by her side, she would have sacrificed herself on the spot to show her gratitude.

Xu Qiansu didn't ask her to sacrifice herself...he just asked her to call a group of people to act as backup.

These extras have no lines and are just used to stand on top to support the scene. As professionals, they can avoid stage fright with a little rehearsal.

Xu Qiansu stood in front of the window on the second floor, leaning down and looking down.

The stage of the theater is huge, no less than a small Pokémon battle field... This is for a reason, because in this world, even dramas have elements of Pokémon battles.

So it’s not quite accurate to call it a drama, it should be called a drama.

Moreover, the Kalos region has a thriving performance culture and is the source of Pokémon performers. The world's most popular actors are also here... Unlike the war-loving Galar, this is a cultural capital.

The stage below was even more vast. The seats were packed and it was completely dark. They were holding up various fluorescent signs to call for their favorite plays. At first glance, they thought this was a concert.

Gardevoir put on a black tights that wrapped her slender and beautiful figure, and covered the lower half of her face with a mask, revealing only a pair of bright golden eyes. There were leg rings tied to the thighs on the outside of the tights, with flying knives pinned to them. Dagger... looks like a cold but reserved and low-key female assassin.

Kalunai put her hands behind her back and looked back and forth around Gardevoir like a parent, with a hint of approval on her face, and said: "I have to say, the Pokémon of Gardevoir's race are indeed very similar to human women... You are like this Once she dressed up and wrapped herself up tightly, at first glance, she really thought she was some cold and arrogant female assassin."

Gardevoir was in no mood to pay attention to Karuna's compliments. She sat on the chair slightly nervously, wringing her two little hands tightly together.

It's easy to have a Pokémon battle in front of so many people. After all, it's really a fight. Your attention is on your opponent. Who cares if anyone is watching the battle... But performing a drama, every move, every word All words must be according to the script. If something goes wrong, it will be too embarrassing for Susu... So even Gardevoir is extremely nervous at the moment, and his heart is pounding like a junior high school student attending the New Year's Day party for the first time. Girl.

Del was sitting next to Gardevoir, also wearing that exotic dark blue diagonal skirt. Her exposed calves were round and translucent, and her skin was white and smooth, like tofu that oozes water when rubbed.

She whispered to comfort Gardevoir... Gardevoir's role is in the first three acts and will be played soon after the show starts. It's normal to be nervous at this moment.

Xu Qiansu looked away from the window, her heart beating a little faster.

The reason why I acted in a drama was just to fulfill Gardevoir's dream of being a cool knight. In the end, Xu Qiansu became the protagonist. It was a mistake... But since I decided to stand on the stage and perform, I should go all out.

Xu Qiansu walked slowly to Gardevoir and squatted down, pinched her soft little face, and said briefly without saying anything nice: "Come on."

Gardevoir took several deep breaths before slowly suppressing the pounding of his heartbeat.

"The crew of "The Young Master Stays" will show up in half an hour." A theater staff member knocked on the door and said loudly.

Ma Xiu quickly stuffed a white robe into Xu Qiansu's arms, "Quick, quick, go change."

Ten minutes later, the crew downstairs had finished their performance. After bowing and thanking the audience, they left the stage at a brisk pace, looking excited and relieved that the performance was finally over.

The curtain closed, and Miss Chiba led her team to quickly set up the stage.

Xu Qiansu sat on the chair, and Cattleya sat directly opposite him, doing makeup on him.

"I didn't expect that just for performing a drama, I would need to put on makeup." Xu Qiansu reached out to touch the unknown foundation on her face.

Cattleya slapped his hand away, and while focusing on putting on makeup, she explained casually: "If you don't put on makeup, when the lights come on, your face will look pale, like a zombie."

Zhulan, who was putting on makeup for Dell, heard the sound and asked curiously: "What is a zombie?"

"Don't ask blind questions about things you don't understand." Cattleya finished putting on makeup and carefully looked at Xu Qiansu's handsome face.

"Hey, why do I feel that after you and Xu Qiansu got together, you kept hiding more and more things from me!" Zhulan said dissatisfied.

"Do the audience really care about these details?" Xu Qiansu asked curiously.

"What does it have to do with me if they don't care?" Cattleya looked at Xu Qiansu's face and smiled with satisfaction, "I just want you to become more in line with my taste."

Zhulan stuck out her tongue, rolled her eyes nicely, turned back angrily, and continued to put on Dell's makeup.

Lillie stood aside holding a long sword, looking at Xu Qiansu's face with a slightly red face.

Such a handsome face, pure temperament, gentle person... he is my boyfriend.

There is a man who is liked by countless people outside. When he talks to me, his tone is very gentle and his embrace is very warm. When I speak, he always listens quietly. When I finish speaking... in bed, he is completely different from usual strength. Kiss everywhere...

Rumble.

There was thunder outside the window.

Ma Xiu opened the curtains and turned her head to look, seeing bits and pieces of drizzle falling from the sky. The entire Aromatherapy City was shrouded in hazy rain and mist. The drizzle sprinkled on the window glass, making a slight sound.

Lillie suddenly came back to her senses, shook her head repeatedly, her face turned even redder, and she cursed in her heart that she was so immodest, so, so pornographic...

"The script of "The Young Master Stays" is ready to go on stage." After the scene was set up, a staff member knocked on the door again to remind him.

The host's gentle voice with a smile came from downstairs.

"The next thing we are going to stage is the action drama starring Xu Qiansu - "The Young Master Stays"!"

Huhu————

The cold wind blew past, seeming to lower the temperature of the air conditioner, causing the audience to tighten their clothes.

The theater lights suddenly dimmed.

The curtain opened with the cold wind, and all you could see was layers of flying snow.

Some people couldn't help but laugh, thinking why it always snows in the first scene of the script written by Xu Qiansu... Could it be that he loves snow?

But this time I didn't pluck the swan's feathers... With the snowstorm horse around, wouldn't the next snow be easy?

With the existence of Pokémon, many troublesome things can be done easily.

"Act 1...a jug of wine."

Miss Cattleya felt that her man's drama could not be without her own shadow, so she acted as a dubbing voice. Her always lazy and elegant voice was full of seriousness and lowness at this moment. Even though it was pleasant and pleasant to listen to, with the cold wind and heavy snow, the stage was instantly transformed. It was filled with a sense of chilling and coldness, which made the audience join the show one after another, concentrate their attention, and watch intently.

After heavy snowfall, there was a wine shop across the stage. An old man in his fifties or sixties sat alone in the middle, holding a bottle of wine in his hand. "Today, I will tell you about a young hero who met on the road." It’s not fair, it’s about drawing a sword to help.”

There was a brazier at the old man's feet, and the wood inside was crackling.

Many people nodded secretly. This brazier was the finishing touch, perfectly integrated into the snowy weather of the story, and it started with a storyteller, which is relatively rare in dramas.

There is only one storyteller on the stage, but it seems that the audience is really sitting in a wine shop on a snowy day listening to the story... The immersion is very strong.

"It is said that three months ago, there was a flood in the lower reaches of the river, and the people had nothing to gain. Under this situation, the Yanhu water bandits took this opportunity to absorb the refugees, strengthen themselves, and plundered wantonly. Wherever they passed, not a blade of grass grew, and corpses were everywhere. .”

Following the storyteller's deep voice, the heavy snow that originally only fell on the stage seemed to be blown by the cold wind and sprinkled on the audience. The cold and biting snowflakes seemed to really transport people into that troubled world.

"Yan Lake? Isn't that the lake next to Xiangxuan City?"

"Are there water bandits there?"

"Thousands of years ago, before the alliance was established, the world was generally chaotic, and it was not surprising that there were water bandits."

"Yes. Judging from the costume, the background of the story is obviously ancient times."

"No wonder no wonder."

The audience in the audience discussed in low voices, because the story took place not far from Xiangxuan City, so the immersion was stronger for a while.

Moreover, there are endless cultural works about ancient times in this world, so it doesn’t feel too inconsistent.

As for entertainment works, a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend.

Only the Pokémon looked confused... With their knowledge, and having not studied history, they still couldn't understand what the "ancient troubled times" were like.

The storyteller on the stage took a sip of wine, moistened his throat, and then slowly said: "The young hero stepped into the water village alone with a single sword and killed 108 fierce bandits..."

At this point, the storyteller suddenly paused.

The audience, who were already a little interested in the drama, were anxious and kept urging, "Keep talking!"

"What's going on!?"

"Did he die there or return victoriously?"

The storyteller completely ignored the urging of the people in the audience, and just smiled and said: "I am old and useless... How can I not know the name of the young hero before telling the story?"

"Yes." The audience in the audience looked at each other.

Just when the storyteller gave up and was about to tell the answer, a cool and slightly weak voice came from behind the stage, "Shopkeeper, do you have wine here?"

The audience in the audience heard the sound and looked around.

A tall and slender young man in white robes came walking through the snow. The fine snow that fell was piled up on his shoulders and trembled slightly with his steps.

The white-robed young master holds a sword in one hand, with a beautiful jade on his side. His sword-like eyebrows are like a painting, his eyes are like stars, and his temperament is a bit noble.

"Xu Qiansu!!!" The audience suddenly exclaimed.

Xu Qiansu, as a trainer who has been in the limelight recently, has attracted the attention of countless people. In fact, if it hadn't been for him, so many people would not have come to the Aromatherapy Festival... It would not be wrong to say that two-thirds of the audience came for him. Exaggerated and very popular.

Just as the exclamations started, a gust of cold wind passed by, kicking up flying snow, which made the audience calm down again, as if to remind them to watch the drama well.

The storyteller did not continue. Instead, he smiled eagerly and turned to look at the white-robed young man, "There are all kinds of fine wines."

It turns out that the storyteller is not a storyteller... he is really the shopkeeper, but the young hero he mentioned before is obviously Xu Qiansu.

"No! He's injured!" someone exclaimed.

However, he saw the young man in white robe leaving red marks behind him as he walked around. When he walked completely onto the stage, he saw that his spotless white robe also had blood stains on it.

The young man in white robe was injured and could not walk very fast. When he sat down at the wine table and put his sword across his knees, the shopkeeper quickly filled the wine pot for him and brought out a few stacks of side dishes.

The white-robed young man rubbed his body for a while, then his movements froze slightly, and he remained silent for a while before saying with a slight embarrassment: "Shopkeeper, I'm sorry... I had a fight with someone before and lost two coins."

After saying that, the white-robed young man was about to stand up. The shopkeeper quickly pressed him down and said with a smile: "It's just a pot of wine."

"A real man doesn't eat food that comes to him." The shopkeeper's actions seemed to touch the white-robed young man's wounds, causing him to take a breath of cold air.

The shopkeeper gently spread his hands and said, "It's my fault for causing the young master's injury... This pot of wine should be used as an apology."

The young man in white robe thought for a while, smiled heartily, picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, which caused a burst of exclamations from the girls in the audience.

"I'm too pretentious."

"Of course, it's just a pot of wine. It's really hypocritical to push him around... I'll pay for the wine, okay?" Suddenly, a figure appeared next to the white-robed young man, and then threw a pair of coins.

It's Gardevoir...she didn't wear the assassin uniform, but a simple and elegant crimson dress. She was facing the audience. In addition, she was cute and cute, so for a while no one noticed that she was Gardevoir.

However, Gardevoir cannot speak, and her lines are dubbed by Zhulan.

The white-robed young man looked sideways, and then raised his eyebrows frivolously, "Girl... you didn't button the buttons around your waist..."

After saying that, the young man in white robe started to button up the girl in red...

The girl was startled for a moment, then suddenly became embarrassed and yelled, "Pervert!"

Immediately, he slapped a palm, and the wind and snow were stirred by this palm. The expression of the white-robed young master changed slightly, and he turned his hand and raised his sword to block. There was a bang, and the force passed through the white-robed young master, and the wine table was directly smashed into pieces. , and then the white-robed young master rolled half a circle in the snow like a kite with a broken string, and then he stood up with one hand patting the snow, and a little red blood swayed in the snow.

"Oh my god! Gardevoir beat up his trainer!" Someone with sharp eyes recognized Gardevoir and exclaimed, and then couldn't help laughing.

Everyone knows that Gardevoir is Xu Qiansu's trump card, and they must have a good relationship, but now they are fighting on the stage... Not to mention, it is very interesting.

"You! Are you injured? Are you okay?" The girl in the red dress seemed to be possessed by Gardevoir. She couldn't help but take a few steps forward with a slightly worried tone. Then she realized what she was doing and jumped into the drama. She snorted coldly, "Hand. It’s not clean! This is the fate!”

This was not a line in the script, it was because Gardevoir was really afraid that he had hurt Xu Qiansu by beating him, which meant Zhulan reacted very quickly and dubbed it quickly, otherwise she would be exposed.

On the second floor, Kalunai sighed softly, and then gave Zhulan an approving look.

The white-robed young man stood up. It seemed that his injury was affected and his energy and blood were unstable. He gently raised his hand towards the girl in red and said: "The palm skills are good, but from the looks of it, the girl comes from other places? It seems that she is not used to wearing this. clothing..."

After saying that, the white-robed young man shook his head slightly and smiled at the shopkeeper, "Thank you shopkeeper for the wine. It tastes good. I will come again."

After the words fell, the white-robed young master left directly.

"Young master, stay!" The girl in red took a few steps forward with a slight shock, obviously not expecting this man to leave so quickly.

Seeing that the young man in white robe didn't even look back, she immediately chopped off her feet, then turned her head to look at the shopkeeper, narrowed her almond-shaped eyes slightly, then snorted coldly, and left directly.

The audience burst into laughter.

"Are Xu Qiansu and his Gardevoir going to act in an ancient idol drama?"

"Young Master, stay! Hahahaha."

"It looks like an old-style romantic comedy!"

"It's a shame that Xu Qiansu can think of a trainer falling in love with his Pokémon."

"Hey~ That's wrong. Originally, the Aromatherapy Festival was prepared for Pokémon. How could Gardevoir not play the heroine?"

During the audience discussion room, the lights suddenly dimmed, and even the stage could not be seen clearly. The audience was fascinated and looked at each other with astonishment. However, just one minute later, the stage lights came on again, and in the background A dark room.

But seeing the girl in the red skirt lift up her skirt, countless viewers immediately felt their hearts skip a beat... But looking closely, they saw that they were wearing night clothes under the red skirt, which made the audience heave a sigh of relief, but at the same time they couldn't help but feel a bit of a pity.

The girl in the red dress took off her dress and was wearing only night clothes, but she was half-kneeling on the ground, lowered her gaze, and said in a respectful tone:

"I just borrowed that... stranger's hand to test the target once... According to the information, he was a master of poisoning who was famous all over the world twenty years ago, and his martial arts skills are also good... Even if he hasn't done anything in twenty years, His ability should still be there...but the conflict just broke out at close range, and he didn't even tense up his muscles...he must have really retreated into the world and put down his martial arts."

This sentence was intermittent and very long, but it revealed a lot of information, making the audience look at each other and continue to read carefully.

"Can you tell?" A low and depressed voice came slowly with an indescribable sense of oppression.

The female assassin immediately lowered her head, "I can't...but I won't fail."

"When you were still a baby, the organization took you back to raise you. For more than twenty years, it has allowed you to learn martial arts, but it has never allowed you to perform a mission... just for today."

"yes……"

"Who is that stranger you talk about?"

"Just a frivolous ranger." The female assassin hesitated a little, and then said with a slightly disdainful tone: "But he is observant, and if he is not protected, he will find out my identity, but it is not a problem. He is seriously injured, how can he come to die?"

"If he comes, kill him too."

After the cold words fell, the place fell into darkness again.

But no one laughed this time. I thought it was a happy romantic comedy about a boy meeting a girl, but it turned out to be this dark style?

The audience became serious and took the drama seriously.

When the lights came on again, it was snowing heavily, and the stage was darker. It was obviously night, with only a little fluorescent light that looked like moonlight falling.

The white-robed young master sat on the couch. After changing the medicine, he put on a clean white robe, unsheathed his sword, flicked it with his fingers, and the beautiful long sword instantly made a buzzing sound.

When a little girl walked into the room with a soup, she was so frightened that she quickly threw away the soup in her hand, "Brother, what are you doing with your sword?"

The junior sister is played by Soraya... in the form of Kaede.

The white-robed young man stopped and said, "Feng, I drank wine... I accepted my love, so I have to pay it back."

As soon as the words fell, the white-robed young master strode away facing the layers of flying snow.

"You're going to fight again, aren't you!? The injuries on your body haven't healed yet! Senior brother! You're going to die! Senior brother! I'm going to complain to Master!"

Along with Feng's anxious shouts, the curtain slowly closed.

The curtain was closed, but the audience was inexplicably excited.

"I don't know how to say it, but I'm so excited right now!"

"The second act is the fight scene!"

"Is the point of fighting scenes!? Isn't the point of Xu Qiansu's last sentence, 'If you accept your love, of course you have to return it'? He's so handsome!"

"Happy grudges, chivalrous and courageous, nothing more than that!"

“No wonder the title of the first act is ‘A Jug of Wine’!”

"Chivalry!"

"Is Gardevoir not the heroine at all?"

"It's hard to say. It seems like Gardevoir is also a poor person."

"What heroine do you want? I just want to see rivers of blood!"

"Yes, this is obviously going to be a chivalrous story. What kind of heroine do you want?"

"I saw on the flyer that this play has nine acts...and this is only the second act."

"Who is Xu Qiansu's master? He must be very powerful, right?"

"A master of Taoism must be the ceiling of combat power, and he will be used to save the day in the end!"

"Eh? Why hasn't the hero said his name yet?"

"It seems that it should be said in the ninth act, and it has such a echoing effect from the beginning to the end."

"I see."

Before the second act even started, the audience was discussing the subsequent plot passionately... The first act was meant to arouse the audience's interest... So far, it seems that it is still very successful.

Kalunai stood on the second floor, looked down, breathed a sigh of relief, and then gestured to everyone.

Zhulan took this opportunity to lift her collar and fan herself with the other hand, "I'm so nervous...Why am I sweating too?"

Ma Xiu and Miss Chiba took their Pokémon and hurriedly set up the stage below.

After the stage was set up, Cattleya glanced at the script, pointed her soft pink lips at the microphone, and said coldly:

"Second act...Snowy night with sword."

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The drama chapter will probably be about three chapters long.

Because I have already thought about the subject of my next book, which is "The Young Master Stays"...I am currently preparing the outline.

So this counts as an easter egg, and it counts as practice.