Chapter 71 – Wandering Mage Luke #8
Then, should we drop the year character and call it just a tool?
It’s a blonde tool that adds heels.
I confirmed that I handed over the proper concert ticket, so I think it’s okay to leave out at least one letter.
I asked Rebecca for her thoughts.
“Why don’t we just call Kate a tool?”
“It’s okay tool!”
The answer was unexpectedly good.
Rebecca’s personality also seemed to be unusual.
‘This is how it’s like being a member of my party! Heh’
Originally, if you call them by the name of tools, they will act as masters from some point on.
It seems that such common sense was instinctively awakened to the subject of a newbie.
Great, Newbie!
The moment I look at Rebecca with a happy expression.
The play began on the stage. Wide curtains opened left and right, and actors came out onto the stage. The story of Siegfried, as told by the ticket office clerk, had begun.
‘It’s a heroic story.’
Looking at the actors, I couldn’t help but feel anticipation. Because I was born in an orphanage, I did not enjoy a rich cultural life. When it comes to plays, I’ve only seen puppet shows performed by volunteers who rarely visit the orphanage.
Because it is a play that is performed in such a large theater.
Surely fun is guaranteed, right?
The audience around us is also looking at the stage with a look of great anticipation.
“Siegfried-! I guess that’s the name of the main character?”
“Just hearing the name makes you look so damn strong.”
The lead role in the play is a slender young man whose face is powdered. He was a young man who looked quite plausible holding a fake longsword, a prop.
On stage, young Siegfried is on a journey to slay an evil dragon. He has a classic heroic story going on that has been seen a lot somewhere.
A development in which colleagues join one after another, and several mid-bosses are also defeated.
“Lou, Luke-. The protagonist split the rock with his sword!”
“Downpour.”
When Rebecca made a fuss by her side, I became interested in the play as well. Like a large theater, the directing was splendid. The sparks flying every time Siegfried swung his sword looked cool. Could it be that it’s not just a prop, but a magic tool? Do you feel like filling the classic heroic story with splendid things to see?
‘It’s quite worth seeing?’
While watching the play, I was genuinely admiring it before I knew it. In particular, in the scene of defeating the evil dragon, I was immersed without even realizing it. As the stage set rotated, I lost my attention to the scene where the giant dragon appeared.
“Oh, my. Oh, oh my god.━!!”
After a fierce battle, Siegfried succeeded in killing the dragon.
If it ends like this, I think I can definitely evaluate this play as a masterpiece. It means that I admit that I, who has studied all kinds of media in modern times and flew, is a masterpiece.
‘Is this the end? Right? No matter how you look at it, it’s an atmosphere where the play is coming to an end.’
Surprisingly, however, the story is not over.
The story of Siegfried who became a dragon slayer continued.
But for some reason, the story went in a strange direction.
Because Siegfried, who was a virgin, suddenly started dating.
‘What? Why am I suddenly dating?’
In the blink of an eye, Siegfried ended his first night with a woman who suddenly appeared. The heroic story was instantly changed to a soggy romance.
It’s a sudden development that explodes with one word, ‘a woman of destiny has appeared’!
“Isn’t it too quick all of a sudden?”
“I like it. First of all, isn’t it a heartfelt romance?”
It would have been better if it was a heartfelt romance.
At some point, Siegfried was having an affair with a new woman. In addition, Brunhilde, the lover he was originally dating, is having an affair.
A man and a woman are in the middle of an affair in search of a new mate.
Why?
“Why is the atmosphere suddenly in love?”
My expression went rotten in an instant.
On the stage, there was a play of love that could be compared to a drama.
Did Brunnhilde, who was having an affair, suddenly feel jealous?
Brunnhilde instigated an assassin to aim for Siegfried’s life.
Siegfried was attacked by an assassin and died in vain.
“D, the dragon slayer went away in one shot-.”
“Assassin is too strong.”
The main character died with a single sword strike!
A crazy development that doesn’t turn on the blinker!
Even the ending of the play was seriously twisted. Brunnhilde, who instigated her assassination, took her own life and threw herself next to Siegfried’s corpse.
Two dead lovers lay side by side holding hands.
The performance ended with sad music.
“Wow.”
I was speechless at the sight of the closed curtains.
What lesson are you trying to convey with this play?
If you don’t want to die, are you telling me not to date?
Whatever the lesson, I’m really pissed right now. Of course, to see such an ominous play in a place with a good view. The back of his head tingled as if he had been hit hard.
I shouted someone’s name as my clenched hands trembled.
“Kate ugh!!”
That tool bitch got me into a trap!
Could it be that all of this was Kate’s work? Was there a reason why you smiled and handed her ticket? I felt indignant at the thought of a play that had an absurd ending.
“Hey, why are you suddenly angry?”
“No, I have no choice but to be angry! The ending ended like this!”
“Is this going to be so upsetting?”
“What?”
But surprisingly, Rebecca’s expression was calm. Rebecca, as she stared off the stage, seemed unaffected. Come to think of it, it seems that Rebecca was calm even when she suddenly started to rush.
Rebecca said to me with a puzzled expression.
“Originally, most heroic stories end in tragedy. It must be common for the main characters to end in death, right?”
“This kind of ending is common? It’s not probable.”
“Do you care about probability or something like that? I’ve seen a lot of plays in my hometown where a god suddenly descends and kills the characters. An ending like this is more than adequate.”
“Oh My God.”
I looked around in disbelief. After the play, the audience still sitting in the audience had a calm expression like Rebecca. On the contrary, it is occasionally heard that it was a good play.
“Amazing.”
I seem to have forgotten for a while that the place where I live is Medieval Land.
A dark age in which probabilities are ignored in the story.
An uncivilized civilization where the concepts of sweet potato and cider were not established.
The ending where the characters were killed in another world was a really common development. If I enjoyed cultural life in a place like this, my throat would get clogged and I might die of suffocation.
Didn’t you blame Kate?
Still, the ending where the lovers are massacred seems to have crossed the line a bit. I just wondered what the hell Kate was thinking when she handed her ticket.
‘Did you not know the plot of the play? I’ll have to check that out next time we meet.’
Rebecca’s reaction was good, so I was able to calm my anger. If she enjoyed her play, she would have no reason to be angry with me.
I walked out of the theater building with Rebecca.
“It was an interesting play-.”
“What part did you enjoy? By the way, omoshiroi means fun.”
“The scene where a dragon slayer gets stabbed to death? It’s amazing! A man who killed a dragon goes after a knife! What the hell is an assassin doing?”
“I see. Is this the passing Sword Master?”
Watching Rebecca talk happily, I suddenly realized that she was from another world. She is a foreigner who has been thoroughly tamed by medieval literature.
Suddenly I wanted to pour cider into Rebecca’s mouth.
A cider called regression, possession, and reincarnation.
“I also enjoyed it quite a bit. The dragon-slaying scene was fine.”
“Right? Hee hee.”
Like that, we talked for a while in front of the theater building, appreciating the play. By the time I ran out of things to talk about, I was about to move to another place.
There was a restaurant selling meat on the street where the theater building was located. If we parted after lunch like this, it seemed like we could end it with a satisfying date.
“Rebecca, aren’t you hungry?”
“Yes-.”
It was just as I was about to get Rebecca to go out to eat her. Suddenly, someone’s voice rang out from the side of the theater building.
“Hey, adventurer!”
A voice calling for adventurers.
At first I didn’t pay much attention to the voice. Because I wasn’t the only adventurer wandering the streets. Besides, I was wearing casual clothes without armor. In other words, there is no reason to be called an adventurer.
“Luke. Who’s looking for adventurers?”
“It must be another adventurer, not us.”
But at that very moment the voice rang out again.
This time, the voice was definitely pointing at me.
“Horned adventurer! Please come this way!”
An adventurer with horns?
I was the only person with horns on this street. The moment I inadvertently turned my head and looked behind me, I saw a woman in my eyes. A young woman wearing makeup was calling me from the entrance of the theater building.
Rebecca opened her mouth in surprise.
“That’s Kriemhild! The actress I saw on stage earlier!”
“Kriemhild?”
“A minor role who had an affair with the main character!”
Only then did I recognize who the young woman was. A lot of the makeup was erased, so I couldn’t recognize it for a moment.
The young woman was an adulterous woman who seduced the main character on stage. She appeared briefly, but at some point, her presence disappeared.
“Why are you calling me? How else did you know I’m an adventurer?”
I was confused as I watched the actress waving her hand. She was undoubtedly gesturing towards me, asking me to come closer. Rebecca, who was seeing the same scene, also had a puzzled look on her face.
“Are you acquainted with that actress?”
“It can’t be.”
Sadly, there are only three women I know in Joensuu. Receptionist Wendy, party member Rebecca, and tool Kate. I couldn’t think of a reason for an actress in a large theater to recognize me.
“…Let’s go for now.”
I approached the actress standing at the entrance of the theater building.
The moment I got closer, the actress slightly trembled in her fright. Any woman would have heard the bizarre rumors about the dream horse. However, he did not run away until the end.
I turned to the actress and opened her mouth.
“Who are you?”
“I’m Mi-Michel. I played the role of Kriemhild in the play earlier.”
“That’s not it, how do you know me? You seem to know that I work as an adventurer.”
“Oh, that’s it.”
The actress, who was about to explain her something, paused and looked around her.
“There’s a lot of staring here. I’d like to go inside and have a chat. Is that okay?”
After hearing what the actress said, I realized that many people around me were looking at me. Well, if a big incubus were wearing two pretty women, everyone would have no choice but to pay attention. When I was told to go inside, I had no choice but to think for a moment.
If you go on like this, you won’t lose your organs, right?
Because the continent of Midgard is so hideous.
It is a world that is almost no different from the ‘continent’ of the previous life.
“Let’s go in quickly, Luke.”
“Why?”
“It’s a chance to chat with the actress! You might regret it if you miss it!”
Rebecca was pushing my back from behind. Rebecca was just excited about the opportunity to talk to the actress. I was pushed into her hand and took a step in front of her.
“Follow me quickly! Horned adventurer!”
Did you understand that as accepting the offer?
The actress turned her back and walked into the theater building. She might miss it if she stopped moving her feet in haste.
After thinking about it, I made the decision to follow the actress.
“Yes, there is no need to be scared.”
“A great choice-!”
I went after the actress with Rebecca. The actress, who was walking fast as if being chased by something, stopped her steps in front of a door in the hallway of the building.
A room with an old door.
When the actress opened the door, a narrow resting room-like space was revealed.
“Here!”
The moment I walked into the room with Rebecca.
Thud-! The actress slammed the door shut with a bang. Nervous, I flexed my fingers and quickly signed the hand sign. If necessary, I would be able to respond to the crisis by blowing up a magic sphere.
“Did you ask how I know you? Horned adventurer.”
“That’s right.”
“You don’t have to be so wary. The horned adventurer is quite famous among the citizens of Yoensu.”
That I’m famous among the citizens of Joensuu?
The moment I heard that, I couldn’t help but question more.
