San Nino, Terlo II Opera House.

Baron Richard, as usual, sat in his private box, leisurely admiring the beautiful opera below. And Rubin, the servant standing next to him, was listlessly in a daze.

The opera, titled The Funeral of Pierre, is one of Baron Richard's three favorite operas. Moreover, this opera is also a very deep satirical comedy, in which the protagonist Pierre uses his life full of contradictions and entanglements to reflect the many grotesques and absurdities of the current world.

The climax of the whole play is at the end before the final curtain ends. When Pierre's best friend recites the eulogy in that exaggerated way, summing up Pierre's life, the people laugh and disperse in the cemetery, leaving only the uncovered coffin. Then the stage will go dark, leaving only a glimmer of light on the coffin, and then a goblin will run and jump over and pee on the coffin, and the curtain will slowly fall with the sound of dripping water.

But now the four-act opera has just begun to perform the first act, and the protagonist Pierre is still working hard to deliver chickens, and has not officially left the village to save the world, but the servant next to the baron has begun to yawn incessantly, which makes the baron, who is concentrating on the opera, a little dissatisfied.

"Tell me, Rubin, did you go out to see any of the little she-cats yesterday?" the baron taught the young servant who had served their family for generations.

Usually the Baron was accompanied by little Rubin's father, but the reliable servant had gone to help the Baron with another important business, and it would take weeks before he returned, so it was the young man Rubin who served him during this time.

"Didn't go out, sir. Rubin scratched his head and smiled, "I went to bed very early yesterday, because you said I didn't need to do anything more, so I checked the carriage and lay down to sleep, the sun had not set when I slept, but when I woke up, it was already out." ”

"Then why are you yawning, it's only 6 p.m., are you sleepy again?"

"I'm just feeling a little bored, sir. I don't see anything good about what is going on below. "And they're all dressed in weird ways, you see the actor in the blue cape, he not only has a wig, but he also has a big hat." I don't understand why he already has a hat, so why should he wear a wig?"

"......," Richard did not know for a moment how to answer such a stupid question, "doesn't he need to take off his hat?

"Oh, is he bald?" asked Rubin, "is it because the actor is bald that he wears a wig, or is it because the character is bald that he needs to wear a wig?"

"......" the baron remarked, the guy in the blue cloak was just one of the ordinary group actors, and the line was only three laughs at the end, which he hadn't paid attention to before, "You should find out for yourself." Richard said with a cold face, "And learn more from your father, you don't understand the charm of opera at all." ”

"I know a little bit too!" said the young man, a little unconvinced, "and one of my distant uncles was an opera singer and performed on stage!"

"Oh, what troupe is he, and what plays has he played?" the baron was curious. I hadn't heard old Rubin say it before, and I didn't know if his distant uncle was famous.

"What plays? I don't remember. Rubin scratched his head stupidly again.

"What kind of role did he play? Does he have any lines?"

"Duck, my uncle played ducks on stage, and it's a pretty duck!" said Rubin proudly

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The opera ends, and the moon rises in the sky.

On the way back, the servant Rubin was unexpectedly excited. As he drove the carriage, he turned his head and shouted to Baron Richard, who was sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, "I take back what I said before, my good master, this play is actually quite good." ”

"Oh?" said the baron, opening his eyes, "Tell me which scene do you like best?" had been discussed with Rubin's father at this time, and they sometimes argued over and over different interpretations of the implied meaning of a line.

Richard asked himself to be a good-tempered aristocrat, who rarely got angry with his servants and subordinates, and rarely put on a show with others. Because their family's motto is, 'Smile will usher in gold, and anger will only scare it away', so Richard's family has always had a good reputation, although it is not high.

"I can't say which scene. The young man skillfully drove the carriage, "but there was an actress in a pink dress and a cockscomb on her head, and her ass was quite good-looking." What do you think, master?"

“...... It's really good-looking. "Young people, attention is normal in this regard.

The good-looking actor is named 'Rosalind', who plays the daughter of a businessman who comes up with a unique way to make money by selling her bath, and she is also a member of the main character's Pierre's team, usually in charge of taking on tasks and finances, and is responsible for boosting morale in the rear during battles.

The ambiguous ambiguity between the merchant's daughter and the protagonist Pierre is also a highlight of the opera, and she is the only one who does not appear at the funeral.

"I didn't expect you to end up asking me to tip the actors so much money. Rubin said, "You don't feel sorry, I feel sorry for you!"

"Isn't money earned to be spent? The baron whispered. Immediately after that, he changed the subject, "Have you memorized any lines after reading it?" he asked, "You don't just remember that good-looking ass." ”

"I've got one line to remember, sir. Rubin turned his head and replied, "It's the one in which the protagonist and his party are killing the big demon who likes to drink milk, and the protagonist holds his ancestral shovel high and shouts loudly: 'I laugh at danger, chew fear, and devour pickled cucumbers'." ”

This sentence is indeed classic, Richard nodded with satisfaction, "Then do you know why it ended up being 'swallowing pickled cucumbers'?"

"I don't know, sir. "I feel a little weird anyway, not just the words, it's the whole opera." ”

"That's the charm of it! The whole play is actually the famous satirist Garon, who wants to reflect the grotesque world we live in......" Richard was just about to explain in depth, when suddenly there was a loud bang from the roof of the carriage, as if something had fallen on it.

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