Chapter 290 Actors? Aren’t they here? (Ch 290)

“We are responsible for the behind-the-scenes work. Natsu casts the flames, Gray has the ice styling magic, Erza changes clothes, Noah uses the light magic, and I let Lila sing. Isn’t this a great stage?
Because I am writing a novel, so one day it will be adapted into a stage play!
Well! It would be nice to learn about the work behind the scenes now! ”
Lucy said excitedly, her eyes sparkling.
“Oh…”
Gray responded as Natsu staggered after everyone, with Happy flying beside to keep an eye on him.
“That’s really good. If you know about it in advance, you can be prepared for it later. At least you won’t be completely confused.”
Noah agreed with Lucy’s idea.
So Lucy was looking forward to this commission even more.
“Oh! What a grand place. This must be the place the client was talking about.”
Gray looked at the building in front of him and sighed.
Everyone came to a magnificent building. This was the place the client had mentioned, a famous local theater.
“Excuse me…are you all Fairy Tail wizards? Thank you very much for accepting my request!”
Suddenly, a head popped out from the pillar at the door and spoke to Noah and the others.
“Yes! Leave the behind-the-scenes work to us!”
Lucy said to him excitedly.
“Regarding this… there is a little trouble at the moment…”
The head of the Saralondo Theater and the client this time, Rabian said in an uneasy voice.
“Um?”
Noah and the others all looked confused.
After following the troupe leader into the theater and sitting down in the lounge, Noah and his friends heard shocking news.
“Eh? All the actors ran away?”
Lucy and Happy both looked shocked.
“Yes…thank you.”
The troupe leader hid behind the curtain and spoke to them.
“What are you thanking me for?”
Happy complained speechlessly.
“Because the performances received only negative reviews, in the end, even the actors were ashamed to perform my plays.
It has been 30 years since I left my office job to pursue this career.
At that time, my wife did not agree with my pursuit of my dream, so she left me.
This is the only way I can go! Thank you so much!”
The troupe leader grabbed the curtain, tears welling up in his eyes, and spoke loudly to Noah and the others.
“Your timing for thanking me is wrong.”
Gray said speechlessly.
“Because of this, although we have troubled you all to come here, the performance has to end. Thank you!”
The troupe leader said to Noah and the others excitedly.
“Huh! I thought it was something else, but it turns out to be just like this.
If you need actors, don’t we have them here?”
Erza said to the troupe leader with a smile on her face.
“Eh——?”
“It’s…it’s shining!”
Lucy and Gray were both shocked, but Noah smiled and said:
“It seems like Erza really likes being an actress.”
“It was right to do the vocal exercises first.”
Erza said happily.
“That’s true…it looks like it’s fun.”
Lucy said excitedly at this time.
“A fire-breathing vegetable or a fire-breathing fruit! Which one should I play?”
Natsu also said excitedly.
“There is absolutely no such role.”
Happy firmly rejected Natsu’s idea.
“As for me, if they agree, I agree.”
Noah waved his hand indifferently. It wasn’t a big deal. It was fine as long as everyone liked it.
“We won’t let your dream end like this!”
Gray said to the troupe leader in a serious tone.
“Everyone…”
The troupe leader’s eyes welled up with tears, and he turned his head and whispered:
“Forget it, it’s not a bad idea to let them try. Tsk, they are just outsiders…”
The people present were all strong, so they naturally heard his words. Gray couldn’t help but say:
“Shouldn’t I say thank you now?”
“It’s fine if we come to act, but we need to recalculate our remuneration.”
Noah said as he looked at the head of the troupe.
“After all, the commissions we received before were only for behind-the-scenes work, but if we want to perform now, our remuneration cannot remain the same.
Let’s put it this way. If our performance is not good, we will keep the original remuneration. But if our performance is successful, we need to add extra remuneration. We will divide the profit according to the performance, 60-40, 60-60 for us and 40-40 for you.”
The troupe leader thought about it and agreed to Noah’s request.
After all, all his actors have run away and the troupe can no longer operate. Now he can only give it a try and let them have a try. As for the issue of profits, he can only talk about it after they succeed.
“But then again, what a terrible script… no wonder all the actors ran away…”
After Noah and the others read the script, Lucy said without hesitation, and Noah and Gray nodded in agreement, it was indeed very bad.
“Yes…thank you.”
The troupe leader still said the same thing to them.
The performance is in a week and everyone is rehearsing hard.
“My name is Frederick, come and save the princess!”
Erza was practicing her role with great concentration. Lucy was reading the script beside her and said in surprise:
“Amazing Erza, you acted it out so vividly!”
“I completely got into the role.”
Habib said beside him.
“I won’t lose!”
“right!”
Natsu and Gray also said unyieldingly beside them.
Noah took out a magic camera, hid it with magic, and secretly filmed Erza and everyone’s performance.
This is a scene worth remembering, so of course I had to secretly take a picture of it.
In addition to rehearsals, Noah and his friends were also busy distributing flyers, so many people who knew Noah and his friends knew about this.
The preparation work also included making the background, most of which was done by Noah using magic, and the rest was done by everyone together.
Of course, the most important thing about acting is memorizing the lines, and Noah memorized the entire script after reading it once.
It took Erza and the others a long time to memorize all the lines, and it was extremely painful for them.
However, because everyone found it very interesting, Erza and the others worked very hard to complete it.
“The cheerleaders are here. Thank you so much.”
Before the performance, the troupe leader came backstage and spoke to Noah and the others.
“Cheerleaders?”
Erza and the others were puzzled, so they followed the troupe leader out.
When we got to the back door, we saw a bunch of people standing there, including Makarov, Yajima, Mirajane, Urrutia and Sono with Wendy and the others, President Bob, President Goldman, Jiude, Leila, Uru and others.
“Dad, Mom, you are here too.”
Lucy looked at Jude and Leila with surprise.
“Of course, our daughter is going to perform, so of course we have to come and support her.”
Leila said to Lucy with a smile, and Jiude looked at Lucy with a smile on his face.
“I came here with them, and of course I also want to see your performance.”
Uru said to Noah and the others with a smile.
“The performance is about to begin, come on!”
Mirajane said to Noa and the others, while Urrutia, Sono and the others nodded.
Noah couldn’t help but roll his eyes, they came here to show their support, but more likely they came here to watch the fun.
“Everyone, keep going!”
“Uh-huh!”
Wendy, Yukino, and Melty clenched their fists and placed them on their chests, and spoke to Noah and the others.
“Yes, we will. Thank you.”
Noah said to them with a smile.
“Harpy, you have to work harder.”
Xia Lulu, who was beside Wendy, said to Happy.
“I tried my best. Thank you Xia Lulu.”
Happy replied with a serious look on his face.
“I haven’t watched a play for a long time.”
Makarov smiled.
“Thank you so much for entertaining me, Pony.”
Yajima said to Makarov with a smile.
“It’s been a long time since we last met. Are you feeling well?♡”
President Bob said to everyone with a smile on his face.
“I’m here to laugh at you.”
President Goldman also said with a smile on his face.
“Thank you for your support!”
Noah and the others were very happy about their arrival and invited them to sit in a special seat.
Since they had to prepare for the performance and there was still a lot of work to do, Noah and the others didn’t chat with them for long and hurried backstage to prepare.
“Oh my… This is the first time we have so many guests… Thank you!”
The theater began to open for admission. The troupe leader was very excited when he saw the auditorium full of people and voices backstage. This had never happened before.
“Ah – this is also Lila’s first time singing in front of so many people!”
Lyra, summoned by Lucy, was very excited in the background. Lucy smiled and said to her:
“All that’s left now is to make this play a success!”
Soon, it was time for the performance, the surrounding lights dimmed, the noise in the audience gradually died down, and everyone fell silent.
As the singing continued, the red curtain slowly rose.
“This happened a long, long time ago.
The prince of the western country fell in love with the princess of the enemy country~”
Lila’s singing made everyone in the audience immersed in it involuntarily.
“What a beautiful song!”
“It’s really intoxicating!”
“It’s wonderful!”
The lights shone on Erza, who played the prince in the center of the stage. When the audience saw Erza, they were all amazed, especially the female audience.
“So handsome! The guy who plays the prince.”
“The prince of the western country went to the Dead Mountain to save the princess.”
The song continued, but the audience who heard the content clearly began to complain:
“Huh…? Why was the princess captured?”
According to the script, now is Erza’s turn to perform.
But she just took a step forward, stretched out her right hand, and then her whole body froze, standing there unable to move.
“Hey, hey, hey, no way.”
Gray was speechless in the background.
“Why are you so nervous?!”
Lucy was also shocked.
“This must be preserved.”
Noah took out his magic camera and kept filming Erza’s performance from backstage.
He also set up corresponding equipment for filming in the audience seats to ensure that the play could be captured in its entirety.