Chiaki's acting was at its peak. She vividly portrayed the emotions of a female general facing a difficult choice, completely captivating the audience.
Seiji praised her performance.
This was the first time he had seen Chiaki perform. He hadn't expected her talent to be even more outstanding than he had imagined!
He didn't know much about professional acting, but from what he could see, Chiaki's performance was professional. It wouldn't be any worse than a television show or even a movie.
After struggling internally, Dongfang Ruomei finally chose to take action.
She led her own troops, who were prepared to die, in a surprise attack against the powerful Ice Kingdom guards.
Both sides fought. After the fierce battle, only the red-haired female general and the Ice Prince were left.
The two of them finally met, but things had changed.
Ruomei thought back to her naive and innocent self, as well as the cruel war she had experienced. She cried out in pain and begged the prince to destroy the treasure and end this war.
The Ice Prince refused.
Because the treasure was in his hands. As long as he could bring it back, it would be Ice Kingdom's victory.
The two of them fought one-on-one. In the end, it was the female general who killed the prince.
She won and obtained the treasure.
But she was both physically and mentally injured.
The gentle girl from back then had turned into a cold general now. She gritted her teeth and destroyed the thing that caused the war and the two countries had sacrificed countless lives to fight for.
This was undoubtedly treason! It was also a cruel betrayal of all the comrades who had died in battle.
Standing alone among the corpses, the red-haired female general recalled her entire life.
This was the most tear-jerking part.
Chiaki performed the female main character's monologue, who had been both physically and mentally injured. She had the power to move people's hearts!
Seiji could hear the manga author sobbing beside him. He could also faintly hear the editor sniffling, as well as other female audience members making similar sounds.
The red-haired female general let go of her hair and sang a melodious song for the last time as she danced elegantly.
Compared to the beginning, her singing was hoarse, and her dancing was clumsy.
But it gave off an even more … indescribable sense of beauty.
The sobbing sounds from the audience became clearer, and the sniffling sounds rose and fell.
The female general suddenly tripped and fell to the ground.
The song and the dance stopped abruptly.
Lying on the ground, she slowly looked at the Ice Prince's corpse beside her.
"If I can go to a better world after death, I hope I can dance with you again there …"
After saying this, she smiled faintly, picked up the prince's sword, and stabbed it into her own chest.
The lights gradually dimmed.
The curtains slowly closed.
The play ended.
Seiji and the audience all thought so.
No one left their seats. Everyone was waiting for the curtains to open again so that they could give a warm applause to all the actors on the stage.
However, when the curtains opened again, the scene on the stage was not what they had expected.
Instead, it was the setting of the first scene!
The red-haired girl walked out just like before, but she had a confused expression on her face.
"I'm already dead … Why …"
"Because you made the purest wish, maiden."
The gods had appeared.
The actress was … Anya Saionji!
Seeing the drama club president's extravagant appearance and solemn expression, Seiji instantly forgot about the play.
It couldn't be helped; the president's appearance on stage was far too different from his impression of her in his mind … To be honest, he almost spat out!
Fortunately, he managed to hold himself back and didn't disturb anyone else.
The audience watched this scene in astonishment. From the gods' words, they learned the greatest suspense of the play: what exactly was that treasure?
It turned out that it was a relic belonging to the gods, a relic that contained the incredible power to control time and space.
The gods accidentally lost this relic to the mortal world, and humans fought over it.
However, Dongfang Ruomei destroyed it, completely releasing its power, and made the purest wish possible.
The relic's full power immediately responded to this wish, causing a tremendous change in time and space that alarmed the gods! And so, the gods intervened and reversed time in this world to the beginning of the war, and retrieved the relic.
This was truly the beginning of a "god's" story … or rather, the ending of a "god's" story.
Seiji suspected that this part was forcefully added to the end of the story by the president, who had a feather-like object in her hair and was currently acting as a god.
Hmm … it was indeed a little forceful.
But, he liked it!
Compared to a tragedy, Seiji preferred a comedy with a good ending, even if the ending was a little messy.
The reversal of the scene was a little abrupt, but at least there was foreshadowing, and the audience could accept it.
At the end of this scene, the actors from earlier appeared one after another and danced to the joyous music. Then, they all held hands and bowed.
The lights in the auditorium lit up. This time, the play was really over.
Everyone in the audience stood up and applauded enthusiastically!
…
"Hey, Seigo, what did you think of our club's performance?"
Chiaki, who had taken off her wig but hadn't changed out of her costume, giggled as she spoke.
Seiji smiled and gave her two thumbs up.
"This is the best stage performance I've ever seen with my own eyes!"
This statement wasn't fake at all.
"I don't think you've seen many plays … but thank you for your praise."
"You guys did a really good job, especially you as the female lead. You're quite outstanding. I think you could even act in a movie. Your performance was so infectious that many in the audience started crying, including this person next to me. "
Seiji looked towards the manga author.
"Yes … yes." Mayuzumi's eyes were sparkling as she looked at the girl before her. "I … I was so moved! I think you acted so well … Can I have your autograph? "
Chiaki blinked and chuckled.
"I should be the one asking for your autograph. You're the original author of 'Honey Candy Girl,' Peach-sensei … right? "
"That's right, she's the author," Seiji confirmed.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Harano Seigo's classmate and good friend, the drama club's Wakaba Chiaki." The girl lifted her skirt and bowed elegantly.
"Nice … nice to meet you. I'm Mayuzumi Amami …" The manga author reflexively mimicked Mayuzumi's bow, but it seemed rather clumsy.
How cute.
Seiji and Hoshi both chuckled. Even Saki's mouth arced upwards.
Afterwards, Chiaki got to know the editor. After that, everyone chatted about the drama just now and had a great time.
"Wakaba -senpai was so amazing. When I saw her wonderful performance, I really wanted to join the drama club. "
Hoshi spoke up as everyone walked out of the auditorium.
'Join the drama club?'
Seiji's eyes twitched as he looked towards his junior, imagining certain things in his mind.
He had to admit that in a way, it was quite suitable …
"What about the literature club? You want to give up? "
"No … it's just that I've always been reading books in the literature club, and I feel like I've done nothing else," Hoshi muttered. "Although I've written some things … I feel like writing isn't suitable for me."
It was quite normal for those who liked to read books to not like writing.
"That's why I want to try doing something else … something more active.
Wakaba -senpai's performance … as well as everyone else's performance on stage, they moved me … I want to become someone who can move others like that as well.
I feel that, compared to staying in the literature club and reading books in silence, this type of action … is progress. "
The handsome boy looked up at the sky before turning to look beside him.
"What do you think? Senpai. "
Seiji smiled faintly.
"I think that you're correct.
"To actively do what you want to do is to move forward."
No matter what the path is, or what you'll meet, at any rate, just take steps in the direction you want to go, and that's correct. "
This was what a young man … a young man should be like.
He reached out and patted Hoshi's back.
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