Most visitors to France visit the Arc de Triomphe and the Seine, and if you have the chance, you'll want to try France's famous delicacies: foie gras and onion soup......

So?

Would Herb take his family to see a French opera?

Albert couldn't understand Herb's thoughts, maybe the budget was sufficient, maybe the opportunity was rare, and it wasn't important anyway.

Before returning to England, the Anderson family hitchhiked to the Opéra Bastille to see a recently booked opera to end their trip to France.

In other words, this opera is actually the "Romeo and Juliet" that Albert is familiar with.

Albert had seen the Romeo and Juliet movie in his last life.

As for the opera?

Anyway, I haven't seen an opera in my last life.

With Albert's "help", Herb successfully obtained the previously booked tickets.

After passing through the ticket gate at the entrance of the Opéra Bastille, several people entered the audience along the passageway.

Opera houses usually close early, and the Anderson family is one of the last to be in the audience, most of which are already seated.

The four of them walked along the corridor in the middle of the seats, and through the number on the ticket, they quickly found their seats.

In that row, there were still five empty seats, and in addition to the Andersons, there seemed to be one person who didn't arrive in time.

To Albert's right was an elderly couple with gray hair, presumably aware of Albert's gaze, the old man turned his head and smiled at him, and Albert politely smiled back, refocusing his attention on the pamphlet of the performance distributed by the opera house.

However, the pamphlet was all in French, and only Albert could read it, and he whispered it to share with his family, and discussed the opera by the way.

Herb and Daisy had seen Romeo and Juliet together, only at the English opera house, but this time in France, the opera adaptation and style could be slightly different.

Romeo and Juliet is an opera divided into five acts and six scenes. Albert didn't tell the content, and the spoiler is a very unfriendly thing for Nia who hasn't seen it, so it's better to maintain a sense of anticipation.

While the Andersons were discussing the opera in a low voice,

The spectator on the vacant seat next to him also hurried over, a middle-aged man in his fifties, and the suit gave Albert an inexplicable sense of disobedience.

The middle-aged man seemed to know the old couple, and as soon as he whispered a few words, the theater bell rang, which was a sign that the opera was about to begin.

The entire theater fell silent in an instant, the already dim lights were extinguished, and the surroundings were completely plunged into darkness, except for the light on the stage.

"It's very atmospheric. ”

Albert was not talking, and was all focused on the stage.

To be honest, Albert, who doesn't know anything about opera, when he watched the first act of "Capulet's House", his perception of opera became to explain and express the plot with singing and music, but I have to say that this opera still has some charm, and he can understand what is being expressed on the stage, which is much better than the famous concert of Cetina Warbeck in the wizarding world.

The first act of "Romeo and Juliet" tells the story of Romeo and Juliet meeting and falling in love, only to find that they are enemies, and the period is full of lightness, elegance and romance unique to France.

Albert glanced at his family in his spare time, Daisy and Herb were already in a state of appreciation, and Nia, who could not read the opera very well, was reaching out to cover a yawn.

Maybe I'm bored!

This is not surprising, if he was just a child, this would certainly be the case.

In other words, the middle-aged uncle next to Nia actually entered a state of trance, obviously not interested in opera, but had to accompany his family to watch opera.

"Their voices are really good!"

This was Nia's exclamation after the curtain fell, which made Albert next to him a little unbearable, but he still couldn't help but let himself laugh, and just replied softly: "Yes!"

Romeo and Juliet both belong to the treble type, like Nia said, the voice is really powerful, and it can actually produce such a high note.

The second act didn't make the audience wait too long, and it was soon staged, and the venue was in the garden outside Juliet's bedroom, and Romeo and Juliet secretly made a private agreement for life.

Looking at the French in the show's brochure, Albert explained the story of the previous scene to Nia in his spare time after the performance and when the curtain fell

"I'm sure they didn't end up together, I dare say. Nia said.

"Enemies and the like, how can they be together in the end, it must be a tragedy. ”

The third act begins with Nia's muttering......

As for the outcome of "Romeo and Juliet", naturally, as Nia said, it ended in tragedy.

Romeo was sentenced to deportation for killing Juliet's cousin, and the two parties were ready to play dead for life, but the priest's messenger was delayed in the middle, resulting in the failure to deliver the message to Romeo in time, which directly led to Romeo committing suicide by poisoning himself in the fifth act, and Juliet woke up to find that his lover was dead, so he drew his sword and committed suicide.

The curtain slowly lowered, and the opera house burst into enthusiastic applause.

"Well, the opera isn't bad, is it?" asked Herb with a smile.

"Not bad. Albert thought for a moment and said, "But I still think movies are better for me." ”

"Where's Nia?" asked Daisy.

"Here, I've been holding her hand. Albert's gaze fell on the empty seat in front of him, and the middle-aged man actually left halfway?

When did you not notice it?

"Nia, what are you doing?" Daisy frowned and reminded, "to go, grab Albert's hand, don't get separated." ”

"Keep up. Herb added, "Don't push, don't rush, follow the flow of people and slowly disperse." ”

"I know this, let's go. Albert replied.

After leaving the Opéra Bastille, Nia suddenly asked, "Albert, did you say that the messenger would be together if he could feel it in time?"

"No!" Albert said calmly.

"Why?" asked Nia, tilting her head.

"For the messenger is always late, and even if he is not late, Shakespeare will make the messenger late. Albert said lightly.

"Ahem, Albert is saying that Romeo and Juliet are just characters in the play, so their fate is predestined. Herb was choked by Albert's words and quickly explained.

"What if it's reality?" asked Nia again.

"They're definitely together. Daisy was the first to be comforted, glaring at her son and husband with a little dissatisfaction, telling them to shut up and not spoil the romantic atmosphere here, and the girls naturally hoped that Romeo and Juliet would be together instead of being buried together.

"Nia, what were you just picking up?" Albert digressed.

"Oh, by the way, I was just picking this thing up. Nia handed Herb a golden card in her hand, "It must have been lost by some of the audience." ”

"What is this?" Herb was also stunned after reading it. Because this is not a gold card in name, but a real gold card, a gold card made of gold.

"Gold?" Albert frowned slightly as he stared at the gold-made card.

Actually, they all felt quite speechless, the gold card means that they didn't expect that someone would actually use gold to make a gold card, how painful it must be.

The world of local tyrants is really incomprehensible?

"Wait a little here, and I'll give it to the staff at the Opéra Bastille. With that, Herb prepared to return to the Opéra Bastille with his gold card and hand it over to the staff there.

"Let me look at it, and I always feel that the text on it is a little familiar. ”

Herb discovers that he can't read the words on the gold card. However, the image is understood, it seems to be a pot and a stick.

When Albert had just received the gold card, there was an accident, and the hand holding the gold card suddenly deviated in a certain direction, as if there was a powerful force, ready to take the gold card away.

"What's going on?"

Albert reacted immediately, grabbing the gold card almost instinctively as it was about to slip out of his fingertips, and focused his attention on the gold card, the protective bracelet on his wrist canceling out the effect of the Flying Charm.

"What just happened?" Herb was taken aback, and he also saw the image of the gold card almost flying away on its own.

"There's a wizard using spells to summon it. Albert casually explained, "Still, that bastard is really going to get me in trouble." ”

"What's wrong?" Daisy asked.

"I don't know if the other party's use of the Flying Charm will be detained on my head. Albert muttered, he hated that he would someday somehow become a backbiter.

That's when I decided to deduct this gold card, as for the iron armor spell on the protective bracelet?

The magic on the magic items is not monitored by the Ministry of Magic, just like using a broomstick, so Albert is not worried about this at all.

"You mean......" Nia asked in a whisper, "the man who was next to us earlier was a wizard?"

"Don't talk about these things here. Albert warned quietly.

"Give this card back, or leave it to the Opéra Bastille to deal with?" suggested Daisy, not wanting an unknown wizard to come to her door and ask for it.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine. Albert glanced at the runey text on it: Extraordinary Pharmacists Association.

If he hadn't been harassed by the Ministry of Magic's owls, Albert would have returned the membership card to its original owner by other means.

If you really take the blame inexplicably, wait for the other party to help solve the misunderstanding and then return it to the other party.

After all, are these pharmacists rich people? so extravagant that they use gold as a membership card?

Moreover, this membership gold card is actually a magic item?