The underground opera house was built on the second underground floor of Neuschwanstein Castle, inside the mountain at the foot of the Alps.
The three of them walked down the stairs. Eleanor used her spear to push aside the large spider web in front of her, making a hissing sound like tearing paper. Countless spiders of all sizes were frightened and quickly fled along the gaps between the walls and the floor.
"Are there ghosts here?" asked Mi'er.
"Hey!" Eleanor shuddered and said angrily, "Don't say such unlucky things."
"If there are ghost-like creatures, it will be really troublesome." Ask said, "We didn't bring any magic output this time."
Is this the point we are afraid of? The two girls were speechless.
However, being with Ask, the two girls were speechless so many times that they developed a strong ability to accept things. They just complained a little and then quickly put it out of their minds.
"Why build an opera house underground?" asked Mi'er.
"Because the underground is well soundproofed," Eleanor said, "the sound inside can't get out, and the sound outside can't get in."
Everyone came to a dilapidated gate and pushed it open, and inside were the furnishings of an abandoned opera house.
"Okay, now it's time to find the padlock," said Eleanor.
So everyone started to get busy. Mier chose to search the auditorium, while Eleanor carefully explored along the wall, trying to find the mysterious protrusion of the so-called secret door.
Ask walked straight to the stage, facing the audience, and pretended to be an actor performing.
This angle of view... seemed a little too close, and the field of vision could not cover all the seats in the audience. So he took a few steps back.
It was still a little close, so he took a few steps back again.
This distance is just right. If I were an actor, I could stand in this position to perform and take in all the audience reactions.
Then he began to observe the ground carefully at his feet, and finally found a small groove in the dusty floor.
Judging from the shape, it is just right for inserting the Swan Key.
He took out the hexagonal brass key from the bag. As the key was inserted into the groove, he felt a noticeable resistance in his hand, as if some mechanism was activated, and the floor of the stage creaked and moved back.
"Found it?" Eleanor and Mi'er ran to the stage upon hearing the sound, staring at the big hole in the stage floor in a daze.
"Let's go." Ask said this and took the lead.
Below the big hole was a hidden secret room. Along the wall were countless bookshelves filled with large and small dusty books, all of which, judging by the spines, seemed to be works on music and mythology.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the accordion-shaped coffin in the middle of the room, with a skeleton placed inside... Everyone just took a look inside and immediately felt dizzy, as if the surrounding scenes had all ended and were replaced by another environment they had never seen before.
Under their feet was the stage floor, in front of them were countless neatly arranged audience seats, and everyone seemed to be back in the theater.
"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen!" Standing behind the three people was a middle-aged Frank in a suit and tie. He wore a floppy reporter's hat, held a pipe in his mouth, and had an extremely broad and square chin.