CH 76.4

The Demon and His Lover (4)

Anna took a step behind, pulled Natalie and whispered, “It’s just a bit expensive… Actually, we can watch it at night.”

Although Natalie was also an aristocrat, she couldn’t help but sigh with emotion: “Yes, it’s so expensive…”

Rothgarr turned around: “Anna, keep up.”

Anna gave a fake smile and followed him with Natalie behind her.

The theater manager took the three directly to the VIP room with the best view, on the second floor, facing the stage. From here, one could see that the actors on the stage were rehearsing, and the scene was a little chaotic.

“Please wait a moment, it will start soon!” The theater manager led the three to their seats and quickly left to make arrangements.

After a while, a waiter brought tea and various small snacks, and the stage below began to clear up quickly.

Anna propped her chin up and looked at the busy cast and crew below, her expression relaxed.

She couldn’t help but guess what the play was about. She wondered how the demon, as a part of that race, would feel after watching this opera that was likely not in line with the facts? As long as he didn’t flip out.

“What are you smiling about?” Rothgarr asked, noticing the slightly narrow smile on Anna’s face.

Anna looked back at him, shook her head, but asked Natalie, “Natalie, do you know the main plot of this opera?”

Natalie said: “I don’t know the specifics. I heard that it is a tragic love story between a handsome demon and a human noble lady.”

She said this, showing a longing expression: “A love that transcends races is really enviable.”

“You want it?” Anna asked with a smile, “If a demon appears in front of you…”

Natalie hurriedly shrank back and said, “Then I will definitely run! Even I know that a real demon is very scary! It can swallow a person in one bite!”

“Bullshit!” Rothgarr frowned.

Natalie was already a little afraid of him, she shrank when she heard his exclamation, and didn’t dare to make a sound.

Anna coughed: “They’re not that scary.” After all, the demon knew that she had seen the demon Balan, and it was reasonable for her to show a little familiarity with demons.

Natalie was a little curious when she heard that Anna seemed to have a hidden meaning in her words, but she was afraid that “Mage Raymond” would yell at her again, so she could only blink at Anna desperately, hoping that she would continue talking.

“Demons are really handsome.” Anna looked towards the stage, where the final cleanup was now underway.

Natalie couldn’t help it: “Anna, have you seen a demon?”

Anna smiled and said, “Before I came to Black Cloud City, I’ve seen one.”

“Wow, Anna, you are amazing!” Natalie was so excited, if there was not a “Raymond” beside her, she would definitely ask in detail.

“What do you think of the demon race?” Rothgarr asked coldly.

Anna pretended to think, and then said slowly: “After all, I have only seen one demon, so it’s hard to say. There is no doubt that they are very powerful.”

“That’s it?” Rothgarr frowned.

Anna said of course: “What else? It’s not like I’ve stayed with a demon for more than ten or twenty days, so of course I don’t know more.”

Rothgarr was silent. He suddenly thought, if he met Anna as a demon at first, with her admiration for the strong and her love for magic, would he have completed the bet long ago?

At this time, the curtain below was pulled up, and the performance was about to start.

Anna immediately looked down expectantly.

After a drum beat, the curtains opened and the performance began.

The first scene was of a beautiful girl who was sitting in front of the dressing table and looking at herself in the mirror. She had delicate skin, amorous eyes, a high nose, bright red lips, and golden waves of long hair.

She sang to herself in the mirror: “I am the only daughter of the count, my father disliked me for not being a boy and being unable to inherit his title, he wanted my cousin to inherit his title and marry me, so that his purest blood can be passed down. But my cousin is so ugly and incompetent, I really don’t want to marry him.”

The girl’s singing clearly explained the background of the story, and then she looked silently at herself in the mirror and began to pity her sad fate.

At this moment, a burst of smoke flashed, and a man in black appeared in the girl’s room. The girl was frightened, but she heard the man wearing a hideous mask say: “I am the demon from the Demon Realm, beautiful girl. Ah, I heard your call, if you don’t want to marry your cousin, I can help you.”

“You are a demon? You are the demon from the legends that is rumored lure humans to the Demon Realm?” The girl stepped back in horror, “No, I don’t want your help.”

What followed was a lengthy dialogue, alternating between vocals and speech.

Anna and Natalie watched with relish, and Rothgarr looked at this “demon” who had no demon-like appearance at all, and had a dark face.

At the end of the first act, Natalie asked Anna in a low voice, “Anna, is it true that if you help a demon they’ll give you their most prized possession?”

Of course it was true, Anna thought, her soul was at stake.

“I don’t know, I didn’t have much communication with that demon, I only know that he was very handsome.” Anna smiled.

Natalie looked disappointed, and then whispered, “Luna is so pitiful, she has to marry a man she doesn’t like.”

Knowing that Natalie was thinking of herself, Anna could not help wrapping her arms around her shoulders, encouraging and comforting her.

Rothgarr glanced at the two, still angry at the ugliness of the demon just now.

The second act began very quickly, Luna’s cousin came to visit, Luna was tired of dealing with her rude and shallow cousin, and went back to hide in her room and cry. But the cousin snuck into the room and wanted to rape Luna. The demon showed up in front of his cousin and gave him two choices: either leave or die here. There was no doubt that the cousin chose to leave, and fled in a hurry.

Luna admired the demon who had just saved her. She begged the demon to take off the mask and let her see his face, but the demon refused. The demon told her that he would only take off his mask in the presence of those who truly loved him.

This scene ended there.