Chapter 328 – The New Year and the End of Childhood (4)
Performances by the Flangungkula Circus are held in the evening.
It was because their circus performances became more splendid the darker they were, and it was also to attract more guests.
For those who love outdoor concert halls, a night with few stars is a time when their skilled craftsmanship shines even brighter. To the extent that guests returning home with exhausted bodies after a day’s work will not regret visiting the circus troupe.
Thus, many citizens gathered at the concert hall for the performance of the Luc Regens representative circus troupe, which returned after almost a year.
“There must be a lot of customers there.”
I hung my tongue as I watched the audience seats fill up.
It was to the point where I felt sorry for getting a VIP seat through a networking opportunity. At that level, it seemed that there would be rich people who even scattered gold coins to get the seat I am currently sitting in.
But can’t you take your wives and get dehydrated left and right in that bean sprout steamer?
Even for our Franc, even in this VIP seat, it seems that his ears hurt from the murmur of hundreds and thousands of people.
“Fran, stay. I will treat you.”
“Ugh, sorry… I was curious about the surrounding sounds for a while, so I increased my hearing…”
Dana hugged her groaning fran and put her heels over her ears.
Even the way my wife presses her ears and frowns is so cute that I want to bite her, but I’m not immature enough to play a prank on Fran, who is in pain.
I tried to squeeze mana out of the idea of making some beast return earplugs with rune magic, but it seems I didn’t have to.
─Puuong!!
Firecrackers suddenly exploded, raising the atmosphere.
The winter sun was starting to sink, and the curtain on the performance had risen.
“My dear, come on! I see you are starting now!”
Veronica, intrigued by human culture, pulled her body away from the railing, terrified that she might fall from the special seat.
Veronica slurps the sweets that were provided for service. She was so cute that when I massaged her ass, her horn stabbed her in the shoulder. What rhino are you?
“Don’t play with your hands, pay attention.”
“Yep.”
I was the one who quickly let go of her hand when she saw her straight and glaring.
We all gathered together to watch the performance, including Fran, who had a better hearing, and Dana, who had finished treatment.
The details of the performance were almost the same as those seen once.
Although there were slight changes in the order or mixing, the basic outline remained the same.
I would do just that. Skills of that level are not perfected overnight. It was a third-rate thing to invent a new acrobatics without thinking, fainting and then exploding.
Instead of having confidence in their skills and being faithful to the basics, never staying in one place and always leaving behind the regret of parting and the expectation of reunion.
That is probably the secret of the Plangoongula circus performing the same show over and over and not losing its popularity.
‘There are no Freak Show participants.’
I was visually satisfied with the third performance I saw with this, and I thought so in my heart.
I read the letter they sent to me as they hurriedly rushed to me, saying, ‘If possible, I would like it to be delivered to Arthur Wayne.
They say that those with many flaws like them are easily ridiculed if they don’t prove their skills, and that Alexandra-san is training them.
Maybe in just a few months, I haven’t acquired the skills to fit into that lineup.
“Wow!”
Dana exclaimed in surprise as Mocona danced in a dancer’s costume and caused a fire show with her elephants.
She then glanced around her with an embarrassingly red face, but found her husband splitting and stomped her toe. It didn’t hurt at all, so I gave it a rough footjob.
She smiled brightly as if she was enjoying Fran no matter how many times she saw it. Veronica wiggled her tiptoe, her eyes shining.
If it’s short and long, then when the show is about to ripen, of course it’s time for the ace of the circus to decorate the finale.
A gentle voice that refrained from being next to us. Agilely atop a long pole, Lalilura turned around on that precarious platform and winked at us.
“Eak.”
Anticipating the audience’s shrill cheers, I quickly covered Fran’s ears to protect them. Fran and Lalilura shook hands and said hello.
〈Today~♡? I brought a special gift for the audience who always struggle! Please enjoy watching!〉
Having floated her rhyme, Lalilura spread her fingers across her thimble.
I inadvertently opened Odin’s eyes and had to hold back a laugh.
Originally, it was an ordinary magic item for a black magician’s drop item, but it had become a very elegant item, probably because its performance was adjusted by the circus magician and even blessed by the church.
Threads of mana were connected to the puppets set up for performances.
Up to that point, Fran and I, who had passed on by saying, “I guess the order of performances has changed a little,” Were a bit surprised in the next moment.
The wizards of the circus troupe covered the open ceiling with darkness.
Pewuuuuu–Pung!
When the
‘He showed interest in combining magic from before, so he was wondering what he was going to do.’
─Sararak.
The
〈Survey’s Lantern〉. The magic that changed color and shape according to the will of the caster embroidered the sky where the stars disappeared.
The blue light that a pure macho once used to propose for the first time.
The light changed shape as it danced.
It was a comical star, changing into the shape of a heart, and then taking on the shapes of things Lalilura saw during her travels, such as animals, forests, seas, and ships.
Even the noisy and clamoring audience held their breath and were mesmerized by the beautiful sight.
Of course, I said it like Nam-il, but I did the same.
To me, a 21st century earthling, a performance in another world could not impress me more than a certain extent unless it was an acrobatics that transcended the limits of the human body like Lalilura.
To be honest, I didn’t think their performances were that much better than modern CG or concerts.
However, the performance that Lalilura is performing now is a bit different.
Back when I was living on Earth, I saw hundreds of drones painting on the broadcast of the Olympic Games.
The light performance recreated by our juniors through a combination of techniques was a bit clumsy, but in a sense, it was more splendid than the drone show. Because the freely moving light had no limits of movement.
-Stand up.
In this way, while making pictures or letters,
It looks as if the constellations in the sky have been enlarged dozens of times.
Unfolding the planetarium, which might be the first of its kind in another world, Lalilura said, drenched in sweat from excessive use of mana.
〈Those who are fast in the news may already know, but I haven’t been doing performances lately. I’m traveling for a while after leaving the circus troupe I’ve been in for over 10 years.”
Half of the audience suddenly came to their senses at the clear voice that penetrated their ears.
I couldn’t take my eyes off the other half, overwhelmed by the beauty of the constellations that I wouldn’t normally be interested in.
〈As I traveled the world on my own and met many people, I was able to come up with things I could never have imagined before, such as this performance.
─Pang! Part of the halo circled around Lalilura’s hand and exploded like a firecracker.
“There were many happy days, but there were also many sad days. But that’s something everyone goes through. Perhaps the audience has often gone through difficult and arduous times as well.〉
After hearing that, I shook my head with the thought that I couldn’t stop her.
While showing such a spectacle, he said, ‘This is the result of the trip’. What circus troupe can tell you not to go on tour anymore?
The girl named Laliluru had been thinking of ways to convince her family since she asked me to tell her about her magic combination.
“Still, I believe. Even if it’s a painful time, if you can endure it and make it into a memory, that experience will remain in your hearts as a more beautiful memory than this scenery.〉
How did those words sound to the citizens of Lucregens, who were suffering from the mafia bastards?
Just looking at the people squeezing their tears in the campfire meta at the campfire, you can tell what kind of effect it had.
As if Dana had similar thoughts, she whispered in my ear.
“… My husband Can I break my colic during the touching scene?”
“Try.”
“This is saying ‘I won’t go to work tomorrow, will you understand?’ Right?”
Golden-don’t answer.
‘Anyway, who did you learn such tricks from?’
I sighed over Lalilura’s hair, whose source I couldn’t figure out.
Her sympathy soars when she thinks of the circus troupe wizards who have to carry on the genealogy of this awesome show, and Alexandra who has to appease her audience, who have to ask why Lari Lou isn’t appearing…
Well… Wouldn’t that be your fault for raising that talent-filled accidental mess?
It’s like it’s not my fault.
“Hmm. This is a big deal.”
Veronica, who was sorry that she couldn’t film the planetarium with the Magical Camera she had received from Ulster, suddenly said that. I stopped blinking.
“Big deal? What?”
“No, it’s not a big worry, but… Having done something like this, wouldn’t Lalilura’s face have sold quite a bit?”
Veronica shook her head and said.
“This is why my master, who is going out to play with that child tomorrow, wants to wake up.”
“… Det?”
I thought over those words, and Lalilura and I met eyes.
A kid who has created a sensation in the entertainment culture of another world, throws out a temporary retirement announcement saying he won’t be performing for the time being and hangs out with a guy?
“… Hmmm Speel.”
My eyes went dark when I saw Lari Lura chewing her tongue out and laughing as if she had been hit by an accident.
***
When I was on Earth, I had never been a fan of idols.
Of course, when I was in the military, I memorized parts of female idol groups in idol music videos and replays, but that is also a story in the past.
Having become a married man, I can say without hesitation what other public wives say, “My wife is prettier than an idol.”
Like a lie? Look at the beauty of our wives. Even if you live the rest of your life eating only your face, you won’t go hungry.
I don’t know if that’s why, but to be honest, I was a little underestimating the ripple effect of rumors in another world.
Kids screaming for their throats to be ripped apart and slamming.
The day after the circus performance, I saw with my own eyes the aftermath of the planetarium that hit Lucregens.
Why, even in the military, before cell phones were unlocked, famous men huddled together in the smoking area and talked about a rumor they had heard, hahahoho, as if talking behind their backs.
It was the same in this world. The news of last night’s show spread in an instant to the people of the other world who repeat home-work-home. It is human nature to like gossip.
Or maybe it’s because of the newspaper sellers selling newspapers on the street.
〈… Do you have any newspapers left? Give me one too.〉
〈Thank you for your purchase!!〉
Excited about the unprecedented boom, I handed the coin to my little friend, who smiled brightly, and I opened the hot today’s newspaper.
─The greatest circus troupe of this era, Lucregens stands tall!
─”The circus” Of Plangoongkula that fascinated the lord and fell in love with Barretta.
─Director Alexandra, “There are no plans for performances for the time being” Excommunication!
“I’ll turn.”
My head was dizzy at the large letters.
As I said sometime ago, Romania is a country with many advanced policies that Britannia would ruin its policies.
That doesn’t mean that this country is a human rights powerhouse, but anyway, in that there is a newspaper, isn’t it more like a poor village in Britannia?
First of all, it means that there is almost no illiteracy problem in a big city.
And for me that was the problem.
Right away, the flangungula circus’ residence was besieged by humans who smelled money.
〈You don’t do business?! Why don’t you do business!!〉
─Thump, boom, boom!
Madmen knocking on the bolted door.
Even if the world changed, the newspaper man remained the same. The people who went crazy with the stimulating article occupied the entrance and started to dance b-boying on the bare floor, and I didn’t dare to break through there and get out with the pink-haired naive, who was the culprit of this situation.
“Therefore, it is calculated that even if I broke the promise today, there would be nothing to dispute.”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
As I was seriously planning to jump, a stranger started talking to me.
He is an Asian with impressive yellow skin. However, the face is somehow familiar, it seems like this would be the case if a daughter was born between a circus girl living somewhere and me.
“… Who are you?”
“Ah, you noticed it♡!”
“Nothing. The voice is the same Change that too.”
Yes. If there’s transformation magic, I’ll be able to do anything.
I was relieved to see Lari Lura transformed with the power of her necklace. All people know is that she is a circus girl with pink hair. If you disguise yourself as someone else, you’ll never notice…
“Yeah? No, are you going to completely transform during the date?”
“Why the fuck?”
“Because I came in disguise☆!”
Saying that, Lalilu, who had broken the magic, was dressed in plain clothes.
Not uncommon these days, her hat was pulled down, and she even wore her mask and glasses. Even the problematic hair was tied up to hide it.
“… It’s definitely winter, so it wouldn’t be awkward to wrap it up like that, and people wouldn’t recognize it. But how can it be just the hair color?”
“Ehe~♡ Wouldn’t it be more thrilling if there was a little room for discovery?”
Yeah, let’s not talk.
Well, no matter what, she would get tired quickly if she wandered around while maintaining her transformation magic. I sighed and took off her coat and put it on Lari Lura.
“It’s cold, so why are you dressed so lightly?”
“I forgot to mention that clothes to change into were only in the inn! But isn’t it cold, senior?”
“One jacket is enough for me.”
When I said it softly, Lalilura flirted with her face buried in her cord.
“Really, indeed. You are a reliable bodyguard♡ Thank you.”
“It must be a strong body shield. Seeing how things are going, I would be afraid to call out your name anywhere today.”
“So today, you’re calling me Priscilla?”
Lari Lura seemed to be happy even with such a grumbling, and took off her mask, boasting as if she had caught her case.
“… Yeah well, it’s not that hard.”
I swelled the veins on her forehead at Rari Lura’s attitude of being king, and then I hugged her around the waist.
“Then shall we go, Priscilla?”
“… Uh? Uh?”
Rari Lura’s body stiffened in her hand wrapped around her waist. Her eyes wandered as she swam.
“Hey, hey, senior? Is this sexual harassment enough? What is it? Am I going to become a stove on the side of my senior Haru today? Taking off your coat was also the basis for this sexual harassment, right?”
“Really? Isn’t it sexual harassment if there is mutual consent?”
When I let go of her pretense, Lari Lura licked her lips and pushed her hat down.
My junior hid his face from me like that, shrugged his shoulders and muttered in a creeping voice.
“… Then, well, I’ll make sure it’s not sexual harassment.”
If you can’t avoid it, did you say enjoy it?
It was a day with no reason to avoid it.
