Seeing the other party's first glance, May immediately put the plan to return immediately to the back of her mind.
"My God, May... May!" After approaching, Irene exclaimed in disbelief, then grabbed her hand and pulled it in front of the knight, "Dear, do you know who she is? She's a fortress The most famous actor in the theatre, Miss May! People who want to see her perform can line up from the theatre hall to the street!"
Although the dear sentence made Mey's heart skip a beat, her habit of acting all year round made her reflexively raise the corners of her mouth and nodded slightly, "Hello."
"Of course I know her. You said that she is the most famous actress. No one in the aristocracy of the Westland knows the name of the theater star." He sighed and apologized to May. "My wife is disrespectful. I am Hello, Filin."
He has no registration number, no identity, and even his surname is hidden. There was a sadness in May's heart, but she still maintained the most elegant appearance on the surface, "I know you. The first knight in the West, Sir Philyn Hilt in the morning light. Because of the tension in the rehearsal, I couldn't be able to do it at that time. It's a pity to attend your wedding with Erin."
"That's all in the past," the knight smiled and shook his head. "I'm a teacher now, and I'm no longer a member of the Hilt family. You don't need to be so polite." After speaking, he waved to the others. , "Let's go back and talk later, you have already applied for a place to live temporarily."
teacher? May was stunned, did you mean the palace tutor? The lord of this small town is indeed a prince, but no matter how desolate the prince is, he will not find a knight to take up this position. And what does it mean to apply for temporary residence? Shouldn't Irene take the group to a local safe and reliable hotel
Before I could think about these questions, Irene came over, "Oh my god, I didn't expect you to come here. If you played Cinderella, it would definitely be a sensation!"
"Really?" May couldn't deny that a play name that he had never heard of before was probably written by a rookie playwright. And she didn't have time to rehearse a drama, so she came here... just to see how the morning light went, maybe there was something she could do to help him.
After entering the town, May found something wrong. This is obviously a barren town that is located outside the border and serves as a fortress outpost. Why does it look like a new city? The road was covered with gray-black gravel, and there was no muddy ground to be seen, and the street was so wide that it was almost possible to pass two carriages side by side.
"What kind of road is this?" Sam asked out of her doubts. "It's a strangely smooth walk."
"Hey," Irene smiled smugly, "When I first came here, it was full of mud, and now it's like this. And this is not the road. According to those masons, this is just the foundation of the road."
"They're bluffing you," Luo Xia retorted. "Only a house needs a foundation. Anything lying on the ground won't collapse. What kind of foundation do you need?"
"Really, they used a grey powder mixed with the stones to level, sprinkled with water and then pressed with stone rollers until the ground was level. I started thinking it was a new way to build roads, but the masons said it was It's the method explained by His Royal Highness, it seems to be called... What layer of water, in short, it's the foundation!" Irene led the way with her hands behind her back, her long braids swaying along the swing, "There will be many people and cars waiting to leave in the future. Now, there will be slate floors here, and that is the real road.”
On the slate floor, May sneered inwardly. Apart from the inner city of the royal capital, which other city could cover an entire area with slate? It is good enough to have such a wide and smooth road. There are still many muddy fields in Longsong Fortress.
As she went deeper into the town, she saw that many houses on both sides of the road were being demolished, including mud-tiled houses and wooden houses. Although they were not new, they were far from uninhabitable. Did the lord drive away?"
"No, they all moved to the community."
"The community?" May asked. "What is that?"
"The newly built residential area is filled with identical brick and stone houses," Eileen explained. "All the aborigines can get one set. By then, there will be no broken houses in the town."
A masonry house for everyone? May couldn't believe her ears. This was more exaggerated than the slate floor. Does she have any idea of the cost of building this kind of house? Because of not being able to speak up in front of Fei Lin, May had to swallow all the words in her stomach.
There were many people on the street, and they occasionally stopped to say hello to Erin and Filin. May discovers that Erin also appears to be a so-called teacher.
"Aren't you going to do a play here?" she asked. "Why do the townspeople call you Teacher Erin?"
"That's my job, the theater is just a part-time job, there is no theater in the town," Irene recounted the summons of His Royal Highness the prince, "Although it is an open-air performance and the audience is also civilians, the salary is calculated according to the fortress standard. I think, this is also a good opportunity, at least I can exercise myself."
"Yeah, yeah, I'm very satisfied to be on stage." Gate and Sam nodded again and again.
Open-air performances for civilians! May has almost no strength to speak. Compared with Irene, she can't understand what His Royal Highness the prince who came up with this idea is going to do. Can those who live to eat every day understand the love and twists and turns in the drama
In this way, the group came to a two-story building.
"This is the teacher's building, but there are only nine teachers in Border Town, so there are still many vacancies. Filmin applied for the temporary residence rights of two houses for you. During the performance, you can live here." Irene Handing out two keys, "Gate and Sam's room, Roja and Tina's room, uh, Miss May's words..."
"I'll live with you." May said.
"But… "
"I'm here to see how my fellow theater mates are doing," she said with a smile, "after all we've worked together in theater for so long, and you probably won't be back at the fort again, I want to talk to you more. You will never dislike me, will you?"
"Of course not!" Irene held her hand happily. "I'm just worried that the room is too small for you to live in. I also have a lot of performance things I want to ask you!" The other four said, "Let's put your luggage first, then go to my house and sit down and read the script together."
May climbed up the second floor and followed Erin and Filin into their new home.
Her last hope was also shattered.
Although I don't want to admit it, this small room does reveal a feeling of comfort and cleanliness. The tablecloths and curtains are obviously newly purchased, they are all red and white thin cotton cloths. There is a linen rug. There were a few peculiar cups on the low table in the living room, which caught May's attention at a glance. She stepped forward and picked it up to examine it carefully, but she couldn't tell for a while that its material was light in weight, a bit like wood, but the surface was smooth, and the colors were full and gorgeous. There is also a pattern painted on the cup, which seems to be two dolls affectionately pasted together.
"It's a beautiful cup, right?" Irene said, "It's just too expensive. It sells five silver wolves in the convenience market, and four is a set. The people in the pattern have different postures." To celebrate payday, he insisted on buying it and giving it to me, only to use up the entire salary in one fell swoop. That fool."
"Convenience market?" May deliberately ignored the second half of the other party's sentence.
"Yeah!" She nodded, "The market opened by the lord in the town square sells some very exquisite daily necessities, but the prices are not low at all. I can show you tomorrow."
May had mixed feelings in her heart, and everything was completely different from what she expected. She thought that as a knight who was defeated and captured without ransom, even if she was released by the lord, her life must have been very difficult. Irene doesn't have any savings on weekdays, so apart from accompany him to suffer, I can't help him.
Any assistance he gave at this time would have the effect of helping Fei Lin Hilt. If he could go a step further and use his influence to persuade the local lord to let her redeem the first knight, he might be able to completely reverse the knight's heart.
But... She found that all her ideas had come to nothing, and the other party didn't need her help at all to live a good life in Border Town.
So are you going back? Choose to leave this place and forget both Filmin and Border Town.
May was lost in confusion. (. If you like this work, you are welcome to come and vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Please come.)