Book 4: Chapter 11
“My son is watching with me tonight, so make sure you perform splendidly. Show us your best performance. If I don’t see my son smiling at the end, not only will you not be paid, I’ll take your lives too, got it?” The empress stood backstage and loudly warned the actors and actresses. Not one of them dared to raise their head. They just stood there and quivered. Perhaps they were feeling more nervous than their first ever performance. If they messed up in the past, it would just result in not earning anything. But if they messed up this time, it would be all over. Moreover, who knows what the hell the prince likes? If they couldn’t put a smile on his face, they were done for.
The actors and actresses replied loudly: “Understood!”
There’s a theatre inside the palace, but it’s not large. The largest theatre in the royal capital is called the Golden Theatre. It can hold an audience of several tens of thousands. That is the place where nobility enjoys their night life. After they finish watching plays, they go to bath houses that operate twenty-four hours a day to take a bath before returning home to enjoy some wine. The empress doesn’t usually come here. While the experience here is somewhat superior, the empress’s appearance would cause a huge fuss, so mom rarely goes out to enjoy plays. Or rather, mom doesn’t really like plays.
The theatre in the palace isn’t large. Only close retainers are permitted to access it. However, there were only two people in the theatre of the royal palace tonight. The other people were all servants and Valkyries. I sat on the second floor in a daze, watching the stage. Nier stood behind me at the door with her hand on her sword handle. Next to her was the cute and petite Alice. Alice is really cute. She’s pretty like a Barbie doll and she looks like a kid when she smiles. She held a folding fan and looked quite stylish too.
Unfortunately, I knew the loli could smash a boulder to smithereens with a single punch. And she’s the same age as my mother……
Castell placed a plate of fruit on the table by my side. It’s not very easy to find fruit to eat in winter. Castell then placed a pile of snacks on the table as well as potato chips. I don’t know if the potatoes here are the same as the ones back home. But Castell then quickly placed a small plate of salt next to the chips.
“Is there anything else you want to eat, your majesty?”
Castell, who was by my side chuckled. I shook my head and said: “No, thank you, Castell.”
“I feel that you have something on your mind.” Castell’s eyes were as brilliant as ever. He looked at me with a smile and continued, “If it is about the matter we discussed last time, my suggestion remains the same. You wouldn’t have gone to the church to dig for information, have you?”