Please ask the dream.

Chapter 330 The Secret of the Troupe
"I just, just hope, to have her..."

An elegant yet sad singing voice ended in the Holy Roman Empire's Dovina Theater. A young boy, who looked young but had an old-fashioned makeup, fell down with his back to the screen. As the stage darkened and the scene changed, the figure disappeared.

The male and female protagonists were still performing on the stage, but behind the stage, Feng Xue was surrounded by her friends.

"Good acting, worthy of being Blood Diamond. Although she is just a minor villain in the middle, her aura is not inferior to that of the Siren!"

The leader kindly encouraged the 14-year-old boy who was wearing long boots with heels inside and outside, and dressed like a 30-year-old middle-aged man. However, the boy shook his head slightly and said:

"No, no, it's still far from it! It's just that Mr. Siren is not in a good condition today!"

"If the Siren hears you saying this, he'll be angry! Forget it, this outfit is tiring for you to wear, go change it quickly! However, with your current level, it's a bit of a waste of your talent to let you sing a stand-in, but your body shape and age are also a problem... It looks like I have to tailor a new play for you..."

Captain Green's expression was a little strange, but he immediately tapped his forehead where his hairline was moving up, as if he was worried about his new script.

However, the captain's words made the other friends in the backstage show envious expressions. Fortunately, they knew that this was the backstage, so no one made too much noise. They were not jealous. Not to mention that the skills of the person in front of them were more than two levels higher. The fact that he had joined the group eight years ago, except for sleeping, eating, and washing, he had spent all his time on studying. This was the perseverance that everyone could only look up to.

However, Feng Xue, the person involved, maintained a calm attitude. Just as the troupe leader said, although this outfit barely allowed him to go on stage, it was really not very comfortable to wear. After taking off the boots that weighed at least five or six kilograms, and removing the shoulder pads, wig, and the pants that blurred the waist position and the puppet's arms, Feng Xue, whose height had suddenly dropped, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

……

More than half an hour later, the performance ended. The Siren, who still looked the same as when she joined the troupe, came out of the dressing room and ran into Feng Xue, who seemed to have been waiting there for a long time. Although she was a little curious about why this kid didn't go with the other kids to organize the props, considering that he was more or less a "star" now, it was not surprising. She just smiled and said:
"Not bad, I was almost outdone by you today!"

Hearing Mr. Siren's words, Feng Xue showed a puzzled expression, and seemed to hesitate for a moment before suddenly speaking:

"Mr. Shadow, why are you pretending to be Mr. Siren? Where is Mr. Siren?"

"What are you talking about?" The Siren frowned, but Feng Xue said:
"I felt something was wrong when I went on stage today. Not to mention that it's obviously better for you to play my two roles. Even if the leader wanted to give me a chance to perform, there were still a few silent roles that were supposed to be played by you and Mr. Siren, but the dancers appeared in men's clothing. I thought Mr. Shadow was not feeling well today, but I just found out that it was Mr. Siren who was not there!"

Hearing Feng Xue say this, the siren's expression suddenly became somewhat gloomy, and her tone became ferocious -

"Not bad, kid! But isn't it a bit careless for you to come to me alone to ask such a question?"

The atmosphere instantly dropped to freezing point, but the next moment, a figure suddenly appeared in the locker room corridor where there should have been only two people:
"Okay, stop scaring him. I told you this kid has a very good observation ability!"

"Hey, this is different from what we agreed on! Did you tell this kid?" The Siren's originally sinister face changed again, but the dancer frowned and said:
"You think I violated the rules?"

"No, no, it's just a joke! A joke!" Shadow quickly waved his hand to admit defeat, and with the sound of footsteps, the figure of the leader appeared in the field of vision:
"This is not the place to talk about these things, let's talk about it when we get home!" "Yes!" ×3
……

A moment later, in the puppet workshop, the leader sat in front of Feng Xue and looked at her with a subtle expression. This look lasted for several minutes before the leader finally said:
"When did you discover it?"

"last year."

"Honestly, if you want the truth from me..."

The leader's tone remained unchanged. Feng Xue hesitated for a moment before saying, "Four years ago."

"Four years ago? Are you kidding?" The captain showed an expression of disbelief on his face, "You were only ten years old at that time! I remember you were..."

The troupe leader got stuck at this point, because he suddenly remembered that this kid had mastered four languages ​​​​in the second year after joining the troupe, and had exhausted all his puppet skills at the age of eight. When he was nine, the music used for the troupe's rehearsals was changed from recordings made by the conductor to his personal performances. When he was ten, he was able to upgrade all the puppets in the troupe and was responsible for controlling one-third of the troupe's performance puppets. Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem to be a big deal that this kid noticed the problem at the age of ten?
"Then why didn't you say it then?" The head of the group sorted out his thoughts, and Feng Xue said as a matter of course:
"At that time, Mr. Yingzi replaced Mr. Wuxing. Later, Mr. Wuxing's legs and feet were not very agile. I thought he was injured, so Mr. Yingzi was needed to replace him..."

"Ah..." The captain then remembered that Wu Xing seemed to have encountered a tough guy...

"Is this where you can see it?" The captain nodded secretly in his heart, and then said:

"Then why did you say it again today?"

"Because I feel that we are short of manpower! The level of several of my senior brothers and sisters is not good enough, and today you also said that my level is good enough..."

"Ah?" The team leader didn't expect that the boy's idea was so simple, but from his expression, he couldn't see any flaws (stage acting requires exaggeration and expressiveness, which is a different type from the acting of a magician). In the end, he could only laugh at himself for thinking too much, but he still opened a secret compartment under the workbench, revealing the safe inside.

At this moment, Feng Xue could feel that the temperament of the entire "world" seemed to have changed, as if some rules were being triggered.

Feng Xue had long guessed that the troupe's base was the utopia where the troupe leader lived on a regular basis, and he did not show any special attitude towards this. He just looked at the troupe leader quietly and took out a pure gold statue from the safe. The statue was holding a wine glass in one hand and a book in the other, and was wearing a robe and a mask on his face.

"According to the rules, when someone in the troupe is able to detect the existence of a 'secret', he or she will be eligible to become a core member. I will now tell you the secrets of the Green Troupe, and you only have one chance to choose. After listening to all the secrets, if you choose to give up, I will erase your memory of the secrets..."

The head of the group spoke in a very serious tone, but Feng Xue was filled with doubt at this moment.

"Isn't the name of the statue you carved called Hastur?"

(End of this chapter)