Chapter 189 : Ordinary People in the Wizard World
Chapter 189: Ordinary People in the Wizard World
Just like the other actors in the theater, their attitude towards ordinary people in the same troupe was not exactly arrogant, but rather indifferent.
For instance, from Janna Roland's perspective, actors like Shuka Berg, Liji Silks, and Freya appeared to be extremely enthusiastic and friendly colleagues. However, when facing other ordinary people, the difference in their attitudes could be described as "heaven and earth."
Take Anna Moonshadow, a popular actress, for example. When recruiting assistants, she explicitly required that the candidate must have awakened knightly aura or had experience as a mercenary—essentially, someone extraordinary.
It was precisely for this reason that Julie Anne, despite her outstanding professional abilities, remained unnoticed. Approaching thirty this year, she was still performing basic tasks and had not entered the management level.
This kind of invisible workplace discrimination was not only present in the Nightingale Opera Troupe but was a common ailment throughout Turin and all wizard gathering places.
Even though the order within the wizard world was relatively stable, and wizard laws clearly stipulated that extraordinary individuals were not allowed to harm ordinary people without cause.
However, this kind of class discrimination stemming from differences in power levels could not be easily dispelled by law. Therefore, for ordinary people like Julie Anne, to break free from this power-induced class predicament, apart from returning to the lower city, the only option was to accumulate wealth.
Accumulate enough wealth.
Accumulate wealth to the extent that even extraordinary individuals would look up to it.
And making money was the primary reason Julie Anne came from the lower city to the wizard gathering place.
Compared to the lower city, where nobles and big capitalists controlled most of the resources, the wizard gathering place, led by wizards as the main order, offered more opportunities for ordinary people like Julie Anne to become rich overnight.
After all, the discrimination from extraordinary individuals towards ordinary people was more like "indifference" and "disregard."
In contrast, the lower city, crowded with mortals, had all sorts of bizarre forms of discrimination.
Bloodline, skin color, background, appearance, gender—these could all become absurd reasons for ordinary people to be pinned at the bottom and unable to climb up.
Therefore, in comparison, to some extent, the wizard gathering place imposed fewer restrictions on ordinary people, aside from "indifference."
And compared to making money, merely experiencing some "discrimination" was something Julie Anne could completely accept. After all, she had long been accustomed to the differential treatment from extraordinary individuals towards ordinary people.
Except for her.
Except for Janna Roland.
Having lived in Turin for so long, Julie Anne had encountered wizard apprentices with good tempers.
People like David Berg and Liji Silks were already considered to have quite good tempers among the wizards Julie Anne had interacted with.
Even though they also had the common ailment of "discriminating" against ordinary people, at least in daily work, they did not make things difficult for Julie Anne.
However, since becoming Janna's assistant, Julie Anne discovered that Janna was truly different from other wizard apprentices.
Apart from her godlike appearance, Janna's kind attitude towards ordinary people like Julie Anne sometimes made Julie Anne forget that she was a powerful wizard apprentice.
Having been in the workplace for many years, Julie Anne could naturally see that Janna also wore a mask in daily social interactions. While being friendly, she maintained a certain social distance with everyone.
However, behind this mask was not an uncomfortable hypocrisy but more like a habit of self-protection.
Even if every smile from Janna was "deliberate," and her harmonious interactions with everyone were just "acting"—for Julie Anne, who came to Turin alone without any support, these didn't matter.
After all, during the most difficult times, she had also walked through cautiously like this.
"Acting" in life was sometimes an unavoidable life choice.
Behind this choice might be some purpose, but Julie Anne knew that as long as these purposes were not intended to harm others' interests, they were a kind expression of "respect."
From Janna, Julie Anne could feel this kind of respect!
No matter what Janna thought in her heart, from Julie Anne's perspective, she treated everyone equally.
Always so kind, always so... respectful to others.
However, such an outstanding person, given Julie Anne's identity as an ordinary person, the theater would not allow her to be responsible for Janna's work in the long term.
"We've arrived, Miss Janna."
Slightly lost in thought, Julie Anne immediately pulled aside the curtain on the carriage upon hearing Vinnie's voice and looked outside.
"Hiss—so many people came this time. Can the Bauhinia Auction House accommodate so many people?"
The crowd was surging, and the noise was deafening.
Outside the carriage, besides the almost overwhelming shouts, countless flashes were continuously flickering on both sides of the entrance to the Bauhinia Auction House.
"Indeed, quite a lot of people came."
Under the scan of 【Plant Vision】, Janna roughly counted that there were about a thousand people gathered outside.
Among them, there were over a hundred reporters holding cameras.
"Does Turin have so many newspapers?"
Looking at the work badges hanging on each reporter's chest, Janna got a direct understanding of Turin's newspapers for the first time.
"There are only a few major newspapers; the rest are just some small ones from street stalls."
Watching the guests continuously entering ahead, for some reason, Julie Anne's heartbeat was even more nervous than Janna, the main figure.
"Relax, Julie. There will be many occasions like this in the future; you need to get used to it gradually."
"Get used to it gradually? But the troupe leader said I'm just your temporary assistant. You're so outstanding; perhaps the troupe has already arranged a more capable assistant for you. I—"
"You are my exclusive assistant, so you must get used to it."
Slightly stunned, upon hearing Janna's words, at that moment, Julie Anne suddenly felt that all the noise around her ears quieted down instantly.
And in her eyes, only the serene face in front of her, constantly winking at her, was reflected.
"Miss Janna, it's our turn to enter."
Vinnie's timely reminder pulled Julie Anne's attention back.
Without any hesitation, with her rich work experience, Julie Anne suppressed the turmoil in her heart and quickly switched to a professional state.
"Janna, let's get off."
Taking off her shawl, taking a deep breath, and adjusting her facial expression to the best state, Janna gently nodded at Julie Anne.
"Let's go down."
Time rewinds to three hours ago at the Bauhinia Auction House.
As one of the first interns to arrive at the entrance of the Bauhinia Auction House, Celine had already occupied the best shooting spot nearby.
And her only goal this time was to take the most eye-catching photo to grab tomorrow's headline.