Whispering Verse

"Lecia, do you think my taste is so bad?"

He looked away from the wall, frowned slightly and asked the girl sitting opposite. Of course, he also knew that Lesia was joking.

"Just kidding, but it's really nice here."

The red-haired girl looked around, and finally her eyes returned to the face of the handsome young man across the table:

"Sometimes, I really envy Dorothy and this life."

Shade looked at her:

"But you are different from her, and maybe she is also envious of your life. Lesia, what I love is you and Dorothy, not you as a whole. The Princess and the Female Writer, Cavan The rose of Dish and the second daughter of the Louisa family. I am interested in your individual souls. I am not a deformed person who likes your connection with her. I want to pursue some stimulation before I get close to you."

The noble daughter of Tobesk looked at him:

"You don't have to emphasize this. I know that I didn't choose the wrong person, just like Dorothy firmly believes this. I noticed that recently you seem to always emphasize the difference between me and her. What happened? ?”

His words were calm, but he was actually suppressing the emotions stirred up by Sha De's "confession" in his heart.

"I knew you would see it sooner or later. You are all very smart girls."

Shade wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and put down the knife and fork in his hand:

"I don't know if you've noticed it, but you and her are becoming more and more similar. It's not the appearance, but the demeanor, habits and temperament at certain moments. This is not a good sign."

The red-haired girl's expression remained unchanged, but she asked in a sad tone:

"If Dorothy and I truly merged into one person, would you still love us?"

"Of course it does, but it's different."

"Why is it different? Although I know there is something wrong with this, I have felt from a long time ago that we are destined to become one person from two people... Maybe we are one person, but we are just divided into two people."

His green eyes looked at Shade, and Shade looked at her. This time he really frowned:

"You have never said anything like this. Are these contents contained in those diaries that are not open to me?"

"Because it was out of control and I knew it was crazy."

She suddenly smiled, and the smile that turned from sadness was more beautiful than any flowers blooming in spring:

"Don't worry, these thoughts came about before I met you and before she and I could really get in touch. At that time, we knew each other existed and knew every secret of each other, but we could never get close or touch us. We could only stay in our souls. The moment of exchange creates a feeling of closeness. This kind of unavailability, this long distance, makes us more and more eager to become one."

Only Shade was reflected in his green eyes:

"As you said to Dorothy last night - the farthest distance is that I am right next to you, but we can never touch you. But that is all in the past, and I won't think so now. Shade, you helped Dorothy and I to meet and contact each other, and you became the third person in the relationship between the two. It was your appearance that clearly drew a picture of the individual Lecia Dorothy. A clear line of demarcation. As long as you're still with us, we won't think about becoming one."

Shade knew a long time ago that the inexplicable involvement between the two of them was definitely not a trivial matter. This kind of bond that transcended family affection, love and all relationships would definitely lead to serious consequences. But it wasn't until he heard these words that he finally realized his worries:

"I still want to emphasize that I like you two as individuals, not as a whole."

Lesia pursed her lips and nodded with a smile:

"I know, you confessed your love to two girls at once, and you still said that you are not a slutty knight? But now I can feel your worry. Don't worry, we will not merge into one. After all, I am not willing to... "

She lowered her voice and motioned for Shade to come closer. So Shade left the stool and half stood up to look over. Lecia, whose face was slightly red, also half stood up and whispered in his ear:

"I'm not willing to let the Red Butterfly Sun disappear. Three people together are much more interesting than two people."

After saying that, she saw Shade looking at her without blinking.

"What are you looking at?"

Her Highness the Princess felt a little shy.

"Recently Dorothy has learned the skill of turning pictures into photos. I want to record the shy look on your face when you were wearing this outfit, under the gas lamp of the Three Cats Hotel, with your red face and your head slightly tilted, whispering to me, so that Dorothy turned into a picture and put it in the house.”

The red-haired girl pursed her lips and smiled. Her worries about the future and her entanglement with her ideals seemed to have been put aside at this moment. She sat back down again, lowered her head and continued to eat with her knife and fork, thinking that it was really good to arrange such a date. At the same time, she also missed the warm and strong hug that she would feel only a few hours later.

After dinner, Shade and Lesia stayed at the Three Cats Hotel for a while, listening to the bard wearing a green beret finish singing the heroic poem, with a flower in his hat. White lilies.

Of course, the date is not over yet, and the activity Lesia has planned for tonight is to watch the opera. However, tonight is not to go to the three most famous opera houses in Tobesk, but to go deep into the lower town in the north of the city to watch the dramas of the common people.

It is worth mentioning that folk theater troupes are very popular in Tobesk, the Pearl of the North, and are an important part of citizen culture. Some folk theater troupes are as famous among the public as the official troupes that can perform at the Queen Maria Opera House.

Of course, folk theater troupes are also divided into two categories. One type really likes art. Although the performance content is not elegant, it is very in line with the preferences of the urban class and actively explores new artistic methods. The other type is an illegal underground theater group that usually relies on some sensitive performance content to maintain its existence. Livelihood, which includes many color performances. Of course, the theater group Lecia chose tonight was the more formal one.

The two left the Three Cats Hotel at about seven o'clock, then crossed the Psalm Square, and walked less than a hundred steps on the brick-paved street due north, when they saw the closed door on the left. A kerosene lamp hung in front of the door. Under the kerosene lamp, a yawning man sat behind the table and looked at passers-by. Although it was already evening, seven o'clock on a spring night was still a relatively lively time, and the nighttime security in Tobesk was relatively good.

"Two bills."

Lecia skillfully said to the man guarding the door. After the man quoted the price of "8 pence", Shade paid for the ticket. Of course, it was said to be a ticket, but in fact there was no physical ticket. After Shade paid the money, the man waved the two of them in.

The 8p tickets for two people are very cheap, but in fact, even regular opera house tickets are not necessarily unaffordable for ordinary people. Queen Maria Opera House, in addition to the boxes for nobles and women, the auditorium is also divided into upper seats, middle seats and lower seats according to the location. The cheapest seat ticket is only one shilling, although for the average weekly salary The price for workers with less than 10 shillings was still high, but the real reason that prevented them from going was the requirement to wear formal attire.

Ticket prices for folk informal theater groups vary depending on the region, performance type and repertoire, and are usually much cheaper than formal theater tickets. Small theater groups are involved in many fields such as comedy, vaudeville, dance, music and drama, and the prices are more affordable. 4p a ticket is considered an average price.

Shade and Lesia entered the courtyard gate composed of two doors on the left and right behind the man together. Shade then discovered that the courtyard was a theater. Rows of benches were placed in the open air. There was a stage set up on the right side of the door, but there was no one on the stage at this time. On the left side of the entrance is a small white building, and directly opposite the door is a low wall that was obviously built by oneself, dividing the courtyard into the auditorium and backstage of the theater.

Lesiya said that the opening was at 7:20 minutes, and there were still about ten minutes left, and at least half of the people on the bench were already seated. A rough count showed that there were almost twenty people, which meant that the profit from this performance was far lower than Shade thought.

When they were about to take their seats in the last row, Lesia saw Shade's doubts, and she said softly:

"Most of these folk art groups are composed of people who love art. And look over there, the source of income is not just tickets."

She stretched out her hand and pointed, and then Shade saw a conspicuous donation box on the left side of the door.

"Are you familiar with this place?"

Shade asked softly, Lesia shook her head:

"Dorothy is very familiar with it. She has some friends who are folk artists, and she recommended this performance to me. Oh, thank you."

She took the soft cushion from Shade and placed it on the cold bench.

Before the performance officially started, some more audiences came one after another. Because Shade was sitting in the last row, it was easy for him to observe the other spectators. Most of these people were residents from the north of the city, mostly ordinary citizens, but there was also a bard that Shade had seen at the Three Cats Inn, and two or three children who came with their parents.

Shade and Lesia were not very conspicuous among them. The most conspicuous person was a well-dressed old man on crutches accompanied by a servant. According to Lecia's introduction, Shade also knew that this courtyard belonged to the old man sitting in the front row, and he was also one of the important patrons of the opera troupe that was about to perform.

"Dorothy is also one of the patrons here. There are many people who love art."

The red-haired girl continued to whisper in Shade's ear. The warm wind blew over Shade's ears, making Shade feel restless.

The show started quickly, with the band consisting of three people just off to the side of the audience. As the monologue sounded, the first person to walk onto the stage was a young girl whose makeup was not very delicate, but who spoke clearly and had deep emotions:

"My knight is about to travel far..."

As soon as she opened her mouth, Shade understood what the show was about:

""Lovers in the Bell Tower"?"