Chapter 172 New Drama
“That’s all for today ss dismissed.”
“Good-bye teacher,” the little girls said in unison.
Irene closed the textbooks and watched how the children all walked away from the ssroom. The building the ss was held in had previously belonged to a former aristocratic residence, but after the Months of Demons it had been seized by the Prince, and it has now been converted into this college. fourth
The walls separating the small rooms upstairs and downstairs had been removed, changing theyout of the building into severalrger rooms, which were able to amodate four to six batches of students at the same time. ording to the teaching material these batches were called “sses”. During the day, sses were held for children and at night they would be teaching the adults.
She had at first thought that it would take the City Hall a very long time before they would give an answer to her application for bing a teacher, never really expecting that the day after Ferlin had submitted her application, she would already have obtained her permit. She had only needed to go to the City Hall to register her position, receive the teaching materials, and obtain a list of her assigned students.
She was responsible for teaching elementary knowledge to the children of the townspeople. She had spent a lot of effort on making sure that this group of little devils would listen to her lecture. Within the teaching materials, there was also a whole chapter dedicated on how to maintain the discipline in the ssroom. The tricks that were described were totally eye-opening to her.
In addition to the traditional oral criticism and using rattan for corporal punishment, there were also other excellent options that were discussed. For example, dividing them into small groups, to establishment a ss leader and monitor, who would be responsible for controlling them and so on.
The person who wrote the textbook, must certainly be a senior who has spent many years studying on how to teach, in order for him to take such care when describing of all of these problems, right?
Leaving the college, Irene saw her own personal knight Ferlin was waiting for her.
He was no longer dressed in his shiny armor, together with its lion crest embroidered shield and sword, but even without it, he was still a very handsome man. His simple leather clothes brought out his tall and straight figure, coupled with the clear lines of his facial features, even with his empty hands, he was still the Morning Light that she remembered.
After giving him a hug, Irene noted that Ferlin seemed a little worried.
So, she asked, “What’s happened?”
“...” For a moment Ferlin hesitated, “His Royal Highness the Prince invited us this afternoon to enjoy some refreshments in the pce.”
Irene was rooted in ce from the shock, “Us?” She could immediately guess what her husband was worried about. She patted his back then shook her head, “His Royal Highness has never seen me before, how could he be the same as the Duke... besides, won’t you also be there?”
“That’s right,” Ferlin firmly nodded. “This time, I’ll protect you.”
That afternoon, Irene who was now dressed, and deliberately wearing a decent dress, with her husband went together to the Lord’s Castle.
They didn’t have to wait for long after a guard led them into the reception hall and a gray-haired man then appeared at the entrance. There was no doubt that he was the Lord of the Western Territories, Lord Rnd Wimbledon.
He was apanied by a Lady who seemed to be around thirty years or just slightly older, who carried a calm and capable attitude but was still full of charm. From her facial features, it was clear that she must have been an outstanding beauty back when she was still younger. Seeing the Prince enter, Irene and Ferlin quickly stood up, bending into a bow.
“Wee, Mister and Madam Eltek,” Rnd sat at the seat of the Lord, “On the table there are only the finest culinary foods of the pce, do not hesitate to enjoy yourself, there is no need for you to be ufortable.”
“Thank you for your invitation toe here to enjoy the refreshments, it will be our pleasure,” Ferlin replied in ordance with the noble’s etiquette.
“The name of thedy at my side is Scroll, she is also the head of the Ministry of Education in the City Hall, I believe you should already have met with her previously.”
“Indeed,” he nodded, and then he turned towards Scrolls and nodded thankfully. “Until now I haven’t thanked you, without your permission, Irene would never have be a teacher so quickly.”
So it was all because of her help, Irene thought, casting a grateful smile to her.
After leisurely chatting for a while, Ferlin tentatively asked, “I wonder why His Royal Highness has called us to be here today, may I perhaps know the reason for it?”
“This is rted to education,” Rnd paused, looking to Eileen. “I heard you used to work in the theater of Longsong Stronghold. Were you a theater actor?”
“Er...” Irene never expected that the Prince would direct the question directly at herself, “Officially I have only performed once.”
“In that case, I am going to have a y at the town square every weekend,” the Prince said directly. “As for the script, the screenwriting, and the conductor, I have already arranged for all of them; I’m only in need of performers. And since you don’t have so many sses and have already yed in a drama, I want you to be the star of the performance. Of course, there will be an additional sry for all of your work. I wonder if you would care to join?”
“...” Irene looked at the Prince with big round eyes, unable to believe what she had just heard, without even bothering to ask whether he was making fun of her, she nodded excitedly, “Your Honored Highness, I would really like that!”
Standing on the stage has always been her dream, but after leaving the theater in Longsong Stronghold, she knew that she might never again get the chance to y in a theater. But in front of Ferlin, she had never expressed this regret. Instead, she had buried her desire deep within her heart. But on this day, she unexpectedly got the chance to return to the stage. What more could she hope for?
“These ys will be performed for the masses to see, so my request from the actors won’t be high, it will be enough as long as they can deliver the story clearly. Maybe you have some friends in the theater of Longsong Stronghold who would also fulfill the conditions, who would want to go on stage, but never had the chance? If you could write a letter to them, telling them that we will have a performance each weekend and that the payment will be the same as for the stronghold’s theater.”
“I know a lot of them,” Irene said happy, “I’ll write to them the moment I go back home, I think they’ll be happy to get the chance toe and perform in Border Town!”
“All right,” Rnd handed three books to her, “These are the scripts, they each have a number on their cover. Your performance will start with the first story. The content of it has been revised by Scrolls, and it should be very in line with the life of normal people. You can take these books back with you and read through them carefully. If there is something you do not understand, you cane to Scroll and ask.”
“Yes, Your Highness, thank you!” Irene bowed.
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“Was that all right?” Scrollster asked, “Do you think that all of those stories should really appear?”
“What is your concern? Do you believe that in their eyes, the Prince could never write such vulgar stuff.” Rnd stretched his body, “And without yourst modified polishing, the script could never have beenpleted in such a short period of time.”
“I do not think the story is too vulgar,” Scrolls shook her head. “Although I do not know why you know so clearly about this, these are topics that concern the people. They are quite touching and thought-provoking, so the show will definitely be very popr.”
Of course, they will be popr, Rnd thought, the first two scripts were modified versions of “Cindere” and “The Rooster Crows at Midnight”, and had already been well-tested by the audience. The former describes a touching love story between a civilian and a member of the royal family, while thetter was about people of the lowest rank and their struggles against the unscrupulousndlord.
Of course, he had adapted them to the local conditions, such as changing the good fairy in Cindere into a witch, and thendlord in The Rooster Crows at Midnight also be a fierce little aristocrat. Rnd intended to achieve a far-reaching and longsting impact with his first two ys before he could release his third work, “The Diary of a Witch”, which his true purpose.
This script had beenpletely written by him. It told the story of three children who all became witches, but each of their lives went inpletely different directions. Instead of directly referring to the Church, he focused his attention on the fateful journey of these three girls: one girl had been abandoned by her parents, another girl had be a tool for others, and thest one was lucky and had parents who still loved her, and then gave their own life to protect their daughter.
Eventually, the three women would meet with each other by chance, help each other to prevail over those who want to sentence them to death, and would try to blend in with the ordinary people to find their own happiness.
Rnd intended to make the Diary of a Witch into a series, and with the help of the three views, he would reshape how the outside world would look at witches. With the twists and turns of the touching drama, imparting in them the thought that any of their rtives could be a witch, and it had nothing at all to do with the Devil.
TN: Cindere, The Rooster crows at Midnight