Play Light and Darkness Espressivo Part 6
The first day of the holiday, which lasts a week. I was rocked by a carriage with Lady Sophia.
Heading there is Harbor Street, a short distance from the Wang capital, where a mansion owned by Liberto’s parents exists. I talked to Liberto and asked him to let me use the summer shelter as a lodging.
Visiting the mansion, a servant greeted me with a general outing.
I would take a few servants from each house, so the mansion’s servants told me it was good at a minimum, but it just didn’t seem to work out the way I said it.
The Prince and the Marquis are staying. It must have been a hell of a shock if you tried it against him. Now that I think about it, I think Liberto, who did me a favor, had a distant eye.
“Somehow, that’s an awesome welcome. Could it have made you care?
I guess it was too much hospitality for my junior aristocratic daughter. There was a little guilt in Alicia’s eyes that she said so.
“It must be true that I’m letting you be concerned, but you don’t have to be sick. Because Mr. Liberto’s home will make a big name for itself in this case.”
If it was meant to be, it would be honorable for a Viscount Lady like Alicia to just stop by. In this case, it is recognized that Liberto’s parents have pipes with royalty and nobility.
It would certainly be a stepping stone in selling out the crepes.
“Exactly. His Royal Highness Alforth, Lady Sophia, Lady Alicia, and everyone else. Thank you very much for choosing our Lacool Chamber of Commerce summer spot as your accommodation.”
A stiff middle-aged man bows his head respectfully.
Apparently, the president of the Raccoon Chamber of Commerce. I mean, it sounds like Liberto’s father. After thanking him for the crepe, he concluded that he was free to use the mansion.
In contrast, His Highness Alforce leaves a step forward.
“This time, I thank you for accepting my sudden offer. By the way, are you staying in this mansion?
“No, I won’t do such a frivolous thing. Don’t hesitate to call me when something happens, as we are holding back at a separate house nearby”
If you were a regular merchant, you’d be on the verge of connecting anything.
But our purpose is theatre practice, so it’s annoying when you get caught up in it. Understanding that, I only made greetings and promises of follow-up, and publicly stated that I would not interfere and show them.
I prefer that attitude of pulling a little more than disappointing and trying to congratulate me on my memory. If the chamber of commerce led by him were to sell crepes, he would surely produce results.
Then we set foot in the mansion managed by the Raccoon Chamber of Commerce. The servants of each house will work with the servants of the mansion to carry out various preparations.
Originally, I am also responsible for that role, but now I am a member of the Student Council, and I am the acting teacher for Sophia Ladies.
I leave the lady’s luggage to the servants and turn my gaze to the interior of the mansion.
Built near the seaside, the mansion is well maintained in every corner. Even if you take one of the interiors, it reaches the rank to which the lower aristocrats use it.
Large chambers of commerce and lower aristocracy, patterned, were commensurate.
If I say this, I have no body or lid, but I would say that in Libertoroot, nothing Alicia’s father had allowed the two to marry but to be relieved of true love.
In other words, even if you can jump over stone walls with wings of love, you can’t cross walls named households.
When the servants saw the young lady, I squeezed my hands together.
– Oh, my God, now.
I’m Sophia, as your lady’s dedicated butler, I’m just going to make her wish come true.
First of all – theatre.
To that end, we need acting instruction from His Highness Alfors and Alicia.
“Her Royal Highness Alforce, Lady Alicia. Please come to the training room when you have left your luggage. I’m going to ask you to come in and create a role.”
“- Cyril, are you going to start practicing yet when you say you’ve been traveling in a carriage?
It wasn’t the two of us who spoke up that cast the doubt, it was Lady Sophia.
“I’m not saying I can’t if you’re tired. But…”
I turn my gaze to His Highness Alforce and Alicia. Even though their performances are improving, they are exceptionally inferior to Lady Sophia’s.
It is inevitable that I can be compared to Lady Sophia more than there is anything else to compare. In that case, you’ll see the same as the Lymonds at the freshman welcome party.
It’s for both of us to practice a little and not to be inferior.
But even if I don’t say tough things, you two know exactly what I mean. They both responded as soon as they were ready and moved to their assigned rooms.
I’ll put my baggage in my room and move to the training room as soon as possible.
Large, slated room, no different from the school. As I waited there, His Royal Highness Alforth and Alicia arrived in jersey.
First, light vocalization exercises.
Not so much, Sophia. Ladies and Fol showed up. Because it’s joint practice today, Sophia. Ladies and Fol are also dressed in jerseys.
… Sophia, you look like a lady’s jersey.
The appearance rumored to be the Virgin is not Dada. A lady blossoming by a noble red rose is dressed in plain jersey.
I don’t know… that’s a terrific mismatch.
“… Cyril, maybe you don’t look good?
“Whatever clothes you call upon, your daughter’s beauty will never be shaded.”
“Cyril has a good mouth.”
Kusuri laughed at me.
I guess I found out I avoided mentioning if the jersey suited me. But I can’t help but wipe the discomfort of the lady in her jersey because it’s true that she can’t wipe it no matter how.
Unlike the lady, I think it’s kind of dusty.
It is a practice anyway.
Firstly, the creation of the roles of His Royal Highness Alforce and Alicia. In order to gain emotion for the role, we will also conduct a matching audition with other castes.
At first, the heroine meets the prince of patience.
The prince of patience helps the heroine involved in the senior aristocracy. His Royal Highness Alforth enters to help Folle as Aurelia, while leaving a little bit of inconvenience behind.
And…
“Um. Please help me, oh, thank you, thank you…”
Folle dyed her cheeks slightly and hung like a maiden in love. In just one word, it turns the other cast into an audience.
That acting power isn’t what it was when I saw it just a little before. Or maybe outnumber the lady.
But that’s why…
“No, it’s good to be able to protect your smile as beautiful as a rose”
There is no discouragement in the line. His Royal Highness’s role as prince has become completely inferior.
But it would be pathetic to blame His Highness Alforce. His Highness’s acting improved a lot over the past month or so. They look relatively inferior because they’re too good at the foil than that.
I didn’t think Fol’s acting was this far.
As it is, His Royal Highness Alforth and Alicia don’t just scratch shame, they can even criticize Foll and Lady Sophia for forcing such a play.
But it’s impossible for Lady Sophia or Folle to act badly on purpose, nor can it be stopped by the already well-known fact that the student council plays theatre.
I just have to ask His Royal Highness Alforce to develop enough acting skills to match Foll, but the two of them finished acting while I was wondering what was going on.
“Are you aware of Cyril, if any, of His Royal Highness’s performance?
It was Lady Sophia who accidentally opened her mouth.
I tilt my neck wondering where my name came from, but His Highness Alforth affirms, “Yes, that’s Mr. Sophia,” he says.
I thought it was kind of a shitty act… was it my imitation? I mean, Sophia, is that how I look to the lady?
… In the future, let’s watch our words and deeds a little bit.
“I don’t think you need to force yourself to imitate someone. Aren’t you supposed to be like you and play the heroine thinking prince?
“Like me, is it…?
The interaction between the two continues as I reflect. Even though we’re talking about acting, how about people who like to talk about thinking of other women?
Though I thought so, His Highness Alforce seemed to have something in mind. He shows something with a serious face, something to think about.
He looks fine if he leaves it to Lady Sophia.
Judging me that way, I turned to Alicia and Foll.
“Let’s match the heroine with the maid scene while they’re discussing it”
Alicia’s maid of honor plays a role in supporting heroines who grind when they know the prince has a fiancée – but she said she doesn’t like to make a push.
That’s really all over the act.
“… Alicia is straight.”
Folle smiled at Alicia after the act, as she pointed it at her adorable child.
“I’m straight, is that it? What makes you think that?
“Are you disgusted by your role, which induces a prince and heroine with a fiancée to overlap each other?
“… how could you do that”
“If you watch the act, you’ll see.”
Foll said so naturally, but she’s hearing from me that Alicia has no empathy for heroin. It is clearly a fraud.
But there’s no reason to stand in the way of Foll, who coaches Alicia. I decided to keep my distance and keep an eye on the conversation.
Emphasise your position as a maid rather than affirming heroine behavior. Because I admire my husband, Foll said, it makes me want to hold back, even if it was wrong.
However, Alicia still doesn’t seem convinced.
… or is that what you’re talking about, espressivo of light and darkness?
I sympathized with the villain warrant lady who had problems with the family environment, but I never thought the heroine who won the prince’s love from the villain warrant was wrong.
… Oh well.
From a player’s point of view, the prince had been forced to pioneer by his fiancée, whose parents had decided on their own. So I recognized my relationship with the heroine as true love, bound after a dramatic encounter.
But in this world, political marriage is normal. The very idea of fighting to be tied to someone you really like is heterogeneous because you’re the one whose parents decide to marry you on their own.
Well, then…
“Lady Alicia. Why don’t you think about it like this? Aurelia is never common sense. That’s why I was feeling it backwards.”
“There was also a hindsight, was there?
Alicia asked me back, and I snorted.
Her acting skills are probably quite good. For what there is upbringing as a noble courtier, it improves faster than the average person who has never learned anything.
What makes acting mediocre is still that I can’t be emotional about my role. If so, it is best to induce consciousness so that she can empathize with her role and heroine.
“Aurelia took that heart by staging a secret meeting with the prince with whom she had a fiancé. That is by no means a praised act. But wasn’t that backwards?”
“If you feel guilty, what can you do?
“No, I wouldn’t say so. But can’t you believe that guilt and romance at best resulted in a close meeting with the prince?
Tell me for yourself. What, there was no such bare gesture in the original.
However, unlike the original, there are no details in the script. It is possible to interpret Aurelia’s intimate meeting with the prince after a mixture of guilt and love.
“It could be an unforgivable love. But if it’s enough to give up being an unforgivable love, then that’s definitely not true love. And if I give up to that extent, I don’t know what I want.”
I accidentally shut my mouth when I said I couldn’t make it happen. Sophia, it’s because I noticed that your daughter was looking at this one every time she said something.
Is something wrong…… eh.
Yes, to say that Alicia will induce you to empathize with the heroine, i.e. to remove the shackles of Alicia, who is reluctant on Lady Sophia.
Now, this is what I’m talking about.
Sophia, don’t hesitate on the lady, you can dictate me to choose the means -.
Sophia, I swore to stay by the lady’s side and protect her. I’m not going to break that promise. Therefore, I will not live up to Alicia’s thoughts.
If you say you’re not going to respond but you’re not guilty of burning it, you’re going to lie.
Besides, Sophia, you might even let the lady bake a baked cake. It may also lead to a crisis of dark falls. I’m definitely the one with the hard feelings.
But still…
“If you keep thinking about how they feel, you’ll regret it one day.”
I uttered words that would shackle Alicia.
Because I thought it was necessary for the lady to lead the play to success.
Alicia, who heard my words, showed a bare temptation to think for a while. But instead of responding to my words, he says, “Please do it again,” and resumes the matching audition with Foll.
Alicia, who plays the maid of honor, backs up the heroine’s love. Although her acting never changed dramatically, it looked only slightly different from earlier.
My words seem to have only slightly, but surely, made a difference to her mood.
In the end, we did a matching audition that day until dusk.
Then we all eat and go back to the room to which each was assigned. But I left the room and took to the sandy beach where I could see him from the mansion.
There are no artificial lights by the sea, and star lights descend on the sandy beach.
Although I’ve seen the ocean in my previous life, today is the first time I’ve seen the ocean in this world. The sea, illuminated by starlight, looks pale and glowing.
When I was listening to the sound of the waves that I would return, I heard mostly footsteps. The sound of stepping on the sand is constant, and the Lord of footsteps rises in the back of his brain just by listening to its sound.
“… Lady Sophia, don’t even make a offering. What’s wrong?
This neighborhood is a private beach owned by the Raccoon Chamber of Commerce, but it can never be said to be safe. I complained in retrospect that I should at least give it to you.
“The offering left me for a walk.”
Oh, I’m about to give you a light-hearted word that I’m sorry.
But I couldn’t say that word. Because the young lady, who had looked back, looked brilliantly in the light of the stars.
Sophia, the lady is wearing a pure white piece. There was an ordinary girl there who wasn’t her regular marquis maid.
… No, normal girls don’t glow in the moonlight. The two names of the Virgin, rumored in the social world, will convince everyone if they see her now.
“… Cyril, what’s wrong?
“I’m sorry. The lady was so adorable, she lost her voice.”
“Huh!? But you won’t be deluded if you say that again.”
“… delude, is it?
“During the audition, that’s what I was telling Mr. Alicia. Cyril should be aware of Alicia’s feelings. And I can’t believe I said that…”
My eyes pierce me, asking if Alicia wants me to come.
… or not because you’re reflecting the sparkle of the stars. Instead of looking like a lady glowing in the light of the stars, she’s actually glowing pale with the magic that’s emitting around her.
Instead of letting his anger storm his magic, he is successfully releasing saturated magic into his body.
… Lady, you’ve grown up.
No, it’s not if you’re impressed.
“Hey, Cyril. Answer me. How could you…”
“That’s because I’m your daughter’s dedicated butler”
I’m Sophia, the lady’s personal butler. So I will never live up to Alicia’s thoughts. Yet he uttered words that would burn Alicia’s actions.
For Alicia, I must be a terrible man.
But we needed to induce Alicia so she could get emotional into the role. That is necessary for the success of the theatre, because it is necessary to serve the purpose of Lady Sophia.
My best wish is nothing more than the happiness of Lady Sophia.
Of course, I will never reveal my true intentions like that.
But…
Laughing like trouble, Sophia, maybe the lady understood my extraneous thoughts.
I just couldn’t get over it.
Scratch the sound of the waves and another footstep approaches.
Turning his gaze, Foll was about to walk toward us. Sophia, lady. Likewise rough dressed, she waved her hair in the night breeze.
“What’s wrong with you even Senior Foll?
“- Huh!?”
Somehow the Sophia lady who was next door shook herself.
… Oh, Sophia, was this your first time calling me a senior in front of a lady?
Something like, “… seniors. But I’m the same age…… callout?” or whining, “but Sophia, please give up because you can’t possibly abandon the lady.
I squeal in my heart like that and get my consciousness back to Fol.
“I heard you were gone, and I came looking for you worried.”
“Oh, that worries me.”
Encouraged me to go back, but Foll held back for a moment.
“I have something to tell you, Mr. Sophia.”
“… what is it?
Lady Sophia finds herself a little more comfortable with the altered attitude of Folle.
But…
“I’m sorry I said things like provoking you then”
She bows her head deeply. The sight took my breath away.
You might take it for granted to bow your head if you do something wrong. But it’s not. Folle – Forsinia is royal. The girlfriend bowed her head about the trivial interaction.
To say that royalty admits to non means to show the gaps that make others follow. His Highness Alforth is bowing his head quickly, but normally he does not bow his head if there is not so much going on.
You can’t possibly not know a well-performing Fol. I know and I keep my head down.
Lady Sophia doesn’t know the weight of Fol’s apology. But even if Foll were just a civilian, Lady Sophia’s response would surely remain the same.
The side of the lady, illuminated by starlight, was full of kindness.
“Something happened, right?
“Yeah… yeah. I thought I shouldn’t be involved with other people, especially you…. Ugh, I’m still lost. Maybe it was a mistake.”
“Why, does that seem so?
“That’s… I’m sorry. I can’t tell you yet. But that’s why I shouldn’t have said that to you. It’s really reflective.”
So, I’m sorry – and she bowed her head again.
“As I said then, I don’t care. I’m sure it’s because your words were not meant to be. So…… look up. – Senior Foll.”
Sophia, a lady called me a senior about Fol. That is not only to say that you don’t care about what happened before, but to say that you admit that you are a friend to Lady Sophia.
I guess I figured that out. Foll’s eyes, raised in his face, were wide open.
“… thank you, Mr. Sophia”
“You don’t need to either. Please, call me Sophia.”
Now it’s Foll’s turn to breathe.
Sophia, the lady doesn’t know that Fol is royal. He thinks he’s just a civilian holding the Count’s house behind his back. I allowed her to call me away like that.
That’s just as unlikely if you think in common sense as calling Foll a senior.
Foll moistened his eyes a little. But I wipe it with my fingers, with a full grin. She was as beautiful as a spirit lit by the moonlight.
“So… could it be good in Sofia?
“- Yes, Senior Foll”
Sophia, the lady smiled like an innocent girl. At this moment, the friendship between the Marquis and the civilians – and indeed between the royal family and the Marquis – was formed.
Sophia, the lady is a marquis lady.
Show kindness to those whose identities are below, but they shall not be sweet to those whose identities are above.
I have someone who admires me like Alicia, but they shy away from Lady Sophia somewhere.
But Foll’s not.
She’s also the same type as Lady Sophia.
That’s why Fol, who hides his identity, can be the best friend of Lady Sophia.
That’s what I hoped, the two of them rapidly became friends on the border this day.
The way the two originally wavelengths work together to provide acting instruction to His Royal Highness Alforth and Alicia even looks like they’ve been best friends for years now.
That alone was well worth the accommodation.
The last day of the sleepover, welcomed with such certainty.
In my last practice – Foll fell.