Chapter 48: Invitation
It was not only the servants and apprentices who dined together, but also the actors of the opera house. Yes, in Archmage Medivan's tower, there is a special opera house for the guests to stage the joys and sorrows of the stage. Again, the troupe members did not realize that they had become undead, and continued to repeat their activities, rehearsals, meals, and attempts to convince the two new visitors to their operas.
"We've got the best show here!" Mr. Barnes said, waving his fork and picking up a slice of sausage. He is the stage manager of the Wizard's Tower Opera House.
It is not known if it was Karazan's peculiarity that the apprentices ate here were all prepared by Aunt Cook with supplies from the Violet Eye, and the servants and actors were fed from the eternal apparitions of the mage's tower's warehouse. Sniffing the aroma that only existed in the apparitions, Barnes intoxicated the sausage into his mouth and continued: "Really, gentlemen, we are the best opera company in the world—which is why His Excellency the Archmage asked us to perform opera. Don't you really want to see it? ”
Jin Shaolan still smiled and shook her head. He was actually very interested, whether as a director or a hardcore player of Warcraft, his yearning for Karazan's opera was so strong that he could almost stretch out a small hand from his heart to shake Barnes's warm hand and say yes, but his reason told him that he didn't have this kind of American time to waste. Finley, of course, is the same.
Barness didn't look discouraged. "Well, yes, I'm afraid we can't put on an opera for the two of you. But if you want to invite two of you to watch the official performance...... For us artists, of course, the two venerable gentlemen are superior people, but for those distinguished guests," he shook his head helplessly, "except for the nobles and the high-ranking archmages, they don't really care about anyone. Even if they are polite and respectful to the two of you, I want them to accept the two mage apprentices to sit in the theater and watch the performance......"
Barnes sighed again and shook his head. But soon he perked himself up again: "But, despite this, we artists always need a rehearsal!" Believe me, we're all going to take the rehearsals as if they were the most formal performances! ”
The other troupe members couldn't help but look at it. Supposedly, being watched by a group of ghost actors was enough to make your back tingle, like being splashed with a scoop of cold water on your head, and the cold air went straight to the last tail vertebrae, but in the peculiar place of Medivan's Tower, they didn't feel creepy, but rather like sitting in a holographic room for a meeting.
These opera singers are so eager to have a new audience to enjoy their performances – not only will the audience get tired of the same repertoire, but the actors will also expect a new audience to enjoy.
Looking at these men and women who have dedicated their lives to opera—they have really dedicated their lives—the anticipation flashing in their eyes makes Jin Shaolan difficult to let go.
…… He is also an artist who is eager to be recognized by the audience.
These pure, unadulterated looking at him couldn't say no.
"Well......" he tried to hide his feelings, "what if...... I mean, if, if you don't dislike it, I think that perhaps in the evening I can pretend to be a servant and serve the distinguished guests with you: so that I can enjoy it secretly in the hall of the opera house. ”
"Secretly admiring?" The girl who plays "Dorothy" has an innocent and unexpected expression on her face.
"Yes. Furtively. He replied with a smile, making a serious appearance. Did it disappoint you? ”
Several artists, including "Dorothy", laughed in unison.
"No, of course not!" "It's our pleasure."
They said one after another, and then, naturally, Finley was once again baptized by the eyes of all the expectants. In fact, he had already readily agreed: "Great proposal, I love the idea!" But of course, please don't let the VIPs really have a chance to support us who are clumsy? I don't want to go from being a pleasure to a mess. ”
His words caused another burst of joyful laughter.
The remaining quest didn't seem to have a lot of time to complete compared to Finley's goal, and he didn't go to great lengths to become the tutor of the Flintrey family to save the country just to scrap up the minimum prestige required for the quest. And Jin Shaolan, who has advanced the benefits of storage space and needs to get B-task completion, is the same.
However, after the two of them acted together in the morning, because most of the time they had deviated from the main road in the village and deliberately went to a more remote place, so there were several times in the investigation of danger, thanks to the fact that on the one hand, there were a few rats that Finley temporarily tamed in the village to explore the way, and on the other hand, Jin Shaolan, a guy with the talent of "not doing and not dying", walked in front intentionally or unintentionally, so every time a hostile creature appeared, it was basically noticed by the two of them at the beginning, and then withdrew from its warning range, In addition, the time is not long (two hours), but it is also a whole body retreat.
Despite this, Finley, like Jin Shaolan, couldn't bear to completely refuse the humble request of these actors to let them see the opera just once.
The two of them thought the same, the investigation conducted together in the morning was as expected, it was quite smooth, and the two of them also carefully marked the location of the dangerous undead they encountered in the report, so the benefit was that everyone received 1000 points of prestige, and Jin Shaolan's reputation in Dalaran has been improved to friendly, so when the investigation is conducted in the afternoon, it can be carried out in a more adventurous way, If you are worried that it will be too dangerous and deliberately avoid it, such as a deserted house that looks like a haunted house, you can also try it out and try to save a little time.
In this way, they also came to a consensus that "entertainment and relaxation plus natural contact with the undead of those guests, looking for opportunities, and fulfilling the actors' requests".
Not only that, but Finley had the idea to ask the eager Karazan servants and opera singers if there had been any discussion of anything about it during the investigation of the previous batch of apprentices and contractors. Obviously, these people are going to eat with the servants in the kitchen, just like them, so chatting during the meal is a common thing for people, and if they can learn some useful information, it will naturally have a multiplier effect on their subsequent investigations.
Jin Shaolan thought so, since his reputation in Dalaran had reached friendliness now, he also remembered that when the reputation reached friendliness in the World of Warcraft game, he could buy some special products from the MPC quartermaster of the corresponding force, and there happened to be two such plot characters in Karazhan.
One of them is the leader of the Violet Eye's investigation of Karazan, Archmage Oturus, who is of course unknown to the present eighteen years ago, and I am afraid that it is doubtful whether he has reached the rank of archmage at present; The other one he was able to deal with now was Kurren, the blacksmith of the Tower of Medivan.