Joshua's proposal made the fraudster hesitate.
"Isn't it a good deal? Prouker."
Without waiting for the fraudster to refuse, an elf slowly walked down the stairs on the second floor, and her gray-purple skin told Joshua that her race was one of the few branches of elves... dark elves.
This race that originally lived underground is much rarer than the forest elves.
But Joshua always felt that she had a special sense of disobedience, a vague sense of ambiguity covered with a layer of confusion.
It's a pity that Qiao Xiu's bloodline induction seems to be invalid on this dark elf, and it is impossible to see her true face clearly through perception.
"We shouldn't be doing this."
The deceiver known as Prouk muttered to himself.
"Your shabby shop has few customers all year round, and you've adopted so many orphans, you can't let them eat that gritty black bread every day, and Nolan can't buy such shoddy food. ."
The dark elf went to the table, picked up the bag of gold coins that Joshua had placed on the table, weighed it, and threw it to the fraudster.
Under the persuasion of the dark elves, he finally agreed to Joshua's proposal.
After the dark elf persuaded Prock, he didn't stay too much, and just passed by Joshua when he left the hotel.
"I always feel like I've seen this elf there."
Ciri looked at the dark elf's leaving back, and had an inexplicable and familiar feeling.
"I've seen it, I've seen it in the devil world, maybe it's my sister or a spy under my sister, the worst is the eldest brother... or... the other three dukes?"
Qiao Xiu was certain that he had seen this dark elf in the Demon Realm, but he had no way of remembering where it was.
In other words, she has been secretly observing herself since she was in the Demon World.
In the entire demon world, people will be sent to do this, and the most likely one is only Qiao Xiu's eldest sister Cecily. After all, Qiao Xiu's eldest sister's job is to monitor.
As for the third prince's eldest brother Noggs and fourth sister Foya, Joshua rarely had contact with these two.
"Are you going to arrest her and ask?"
Ciri's principles of doing things completely follow the principle of not being cowardly, that is, being scolded.
"No chance, I can't feel her breath anymore, and it's unnecessary."
The dark elf's ability to hide its aura was stronger than that of the elf beside Farosi's Flower. Not long after she walked out of the hotel, she completely disappeared from Joshua's perception.
"Anyway, let's get down to business now."
Qiao Xiu did not expect that someone in the demon world would expand their power to the city of Nolan.
That dark elf's surveillance must have involved the struggle for power in the demon world.
Could it be that the brothers and sisters of the third prince would suspect that Qiao Xiu was pulling reinforcements in the human world, preparing to counterattack a wave of demons and forcefully seize the throne
Speaking of the fact that Joshua has been rubbing hearthstones with the archbishop of the Crusaders and the female knights recently, if he was twisted by the dark elf and sent back...
But the problem is not big, the current Qiao Xiu is no longer the weak third prince.
"You two, please go upstairs, and I'll take you to see the room."
The deceiver also seemed to be intentionally avoiding the topic of dark elves. After making a note on the old ledger, he stood up and led the way.
"How long have you been in this city?"
Joshua followed behind him, he was deliberately avoiding the topic of dark elves, Joshua could only get some information from the side.
"… "
This fraudster's personality is completely opposite to his racial name. He doesn't seem to be very talkative, and he knows that he will reveal some unnecessary information if he talks too much, so in the face of Qiao Xiu's question, he just silently leads the way in front of him. no answer.
Qiao Xiu could only temporarily end the topic and looked at the hotel. The hotel uses the common roundabout stairs in some libraries. It has four floors in total. Although the reception hall is not large, the interior space is bigger than Qiao Xiu imagined. much more comfortable.
The whole hotel has an old-fashioned smell, and some parts of the floor make a creaking sound when stepped on. If any noble comes, they will complain, "This is no different from a farmer's barn!"
In this hotel, in addition to the fraudster manager, there were several inhuman children who hid behind a wall and stuck their heads out, watching Joshua and Ciri curiously.
"You adopted those half-dragons and grey cat people?"
Joshua waved at them, and they shrank back as if frightened, seeming to be very afraid of humans.
"Their parents put them in foster care and they never came back," he said.
Squirrel Street is one of the few places in the world that can accept non-human races... But it is only this street. Except for some curious spellcasters, outsiders will not approach here at all.
If the appearance is similar to that of humans, it is fine. For example, elves and dwarves are acceptable races for most humans. For example, half-dragons are completely unacceptable. Gray cats can be kept as pets.
"Life has always been so hard, but there will always be a turnaround."
When he took out the key and opened the door of a room to show Joshua, Joshua's words stopped his actions for a moment.
"The turning point... Impossible..." His attitude towards humans was as cautious as those of the children of inhuman races, but it was expressed in another way.
"How do you know if you don't try? Mr. Planck, in the future, your hotel may welcome a group of humans and... a group of banshees. Can banshees be accommodated in this hotel?"
Joshua didn't forget his dedicated photographers, but they had been on standby in Duke Bone's castle for a long time.
"Banshees and... humans?"
He gritted his teeth and knew that this was not a good errand, but he had already accepted Qiao Xiu's money, and finally he could only choose to compromise and nodded.
"Rest assured, I won't let them hurt those children you adopted."
Joshua knew what he was really worried about, and this comforting sentence didn't seem to have any effect.
After he handed over the remaining room keys to Joshua, he left directly.
"Are you really going to set this place up as a movie set?"
Ciri walked into the room and looked around, and felt that it was somewhat similar to the scene described in the script.
"Is there anything wrong?"
"What's wrong is that what kind of troupe can accept it?"
Ciri poked the sheets with a magic wand. Although it looked a little outdated, the whole room was quite clean. It seemed that the people in the hotel had done the cleaning carefully.
The only thing that Ciri felt should not be there was a few mushrooms growing on the wall.
For example, in the eyes of some races, this kind of fungus is like a decoration like a flower, but in the eyes of humans, it means "this ghost place is moldy enough to grow mushrooms, how can people live?"
"If you can't accept it, let them leave the studio. I'm not forcing them. Nolan is not only a black swan troupe."
Qiao Xiu is not begging people from this troupe to participate in the filming of this film. Qiao Xiu is the director, and the next process is called "auditing".
Whether they can endure hardship is the first step to test them. What Joshua needs are actors, not those delicate nobles.
All Joshua had to do was write a letter and tell Mrs. Caesar that it would be enough for her Black Swan troupe to audition, of course... provided that the Black Swan troupe was willing to go to Squirrel Street after hearing about it. this street.
…
Farosi Mansion, this luxurious mansion has a special rehearsal space for the troupe, as well as a private practice area specially prepared for the flower of Farosi.
Caroline stretched herself in the empty room in a dance dress.
No matter how the fame of the Alothi flower is famous all over the world, she has not forgotten to practice these basic tasks every day.
In addition to acting skills, the performance of a stage play is partly supported by dancing. As an excellent stage actor, graceful dancing is essential.
She is still young and her physical development has not yet completed, so she does not dare to relax for a moment.
After all, Farosians are not like girls from Ostas, who can have tall and sexy bodies even if they don't practice when they are young.
Carroll ended her whole day of practice. The elf attendant behind her showed her figure, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Carroll's forehead. At the same time, she used the magic unique to the elf family to help her recover. physical strength.
"Miss, are we really not going back to China?"
She has begun to miss the humanistic scenery of Farosi, as well as the natural atmosphere near the big forest.
Although the city of Nolan has many advantages, as long as the Chaos Demon is there, all the advantages will become disadvantages in the eyes of this elf girl.
"I won't go back to China until I finish shooting a movie, and that's what my mother thought."
Carroll walked to the door of the room and opened the door. This entire area is provided for the practice area of the Black Swan Theatre. There are many iron hangers outside, and a lot of dazzling costumes are hung on it. .
Caroline's petite figure was obscured by these clothes, so that the other actors in the Black Swan troupe did not notice her appearance and continued to talk to themselves.
"Mrs. Caesar said we might be in the next movie."
"Has the Duchess really found the producer of that movie? That's right... We are the top troupe in the world. It's easy to convince that producer as the Duchess."
Several members of the Black Swan troupe who had ended a day of contact with Carrolli sat together to discuss.
The news that the next movie will be cast by the Black Swan Troupe has quietly spread throughout the troupe.
Caroline is not worried that her role as the heroine will be taken away, and she will always be the most striking black swan in this troupe.
"Are you saying we'll go to the castle to shoot? Or is it a solemn place like Farosi's Palace of Vercenae? Maybe we'll even meet Belle and the Devil Prince."
"Maybe it's Nolan's Crystal Palace. If you can dance with the prince in that dance dress like Belle, but I don't like that devil prince very much."
"What! Don't you want to touch those meat balls?!"
Caroline silently listened to the conversation between the girls she had played with for many years without any fluctuations in her heart.
The members of the Black Swan Troupe are basically composed of nobles and commoners. When Mrs. Nishizawa and several other founders were in the selection, they selected the best students from the Farosi School of Art. Of course, many of them also included A small aristocrat with a relationship.
But no matter how they were born, the achievement of the best troupe in Farosi is still there. Although the reputation of the members is not as famous as Carrolla, there are many young Farosi. A girl's dream lover.
This caused the members of the troupe to carry a unique arrogance of black swans.
"What do you think, Frey?" Caroline asked the elf beside her in a low voice after listening to their discussion.
"I... I think he'll throw us into the lava pool, or into that monster's mouth."
The elf girl answered Caroly truthfully, because her impression of Joshua was completely different from that of the film director, and she was a dangerous demon.
So she tried her best to oppose Caroline's contact with Joshua, but it was a pity that Caroline's mother seemed to have made up her mind.
"It's not going to be that bad."
In fact, Caroline has no bottom in her heart. She has never been exposed to movie performances.
In the past, when performing on stage, the owner of any theater would do his best to entertain the Black Swan Troupe. This is the most dazzling pearl in the entire Farosi. No matter which theater owner dares to neglect.
The best room, the best service attitude, and the best stage have become commonplace for the entire black swan.
The performance on the stage itself is also full of elegant and romantic atmosphere.
But judging from the exercises Joshua gave Carrolle her, the script for the next movie seemed far from the romantic vibe of the stage script she was familiar with.
So while the girls in the Black Swan Troupe are still looking forward to the romantic scene where the luxurious castle meets the prince, Caroline, who has seen through everything, is distressed about how to say "FUCK" generously.
And this lively atmosphere gradually returned to calm after a middle-aged butler hurried to the practice place of the Black Swan Theatre.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please pack your bags today. Tomorrow, under the arrangement of the Duchess, you will rush to the next performance."
The middle-aged butler paused for a while when he said this, and found that it was not very appropriate to describe the scene of the performance, so he changed his statement.
"Or the scene where the movie was filmed."
"It's true..." After hearing this sentence, someone gave a small cheer.
"Mr. Butler! Where is the filming location!" One of the more daring actors raised his hand and asked the middle-aged butler.
The housekeeper was silent for a while, and after looking at the contents of the instruction book written by Mrs. Nishizawa, he whispered a place name.
"Squirrel Street."