The pirates on stage all looked grim, exchanging glances. The captain stammered, "We...we are pirates, we're here to plunder your kingdom, prepare to die!"
He looked unwilling, as if he wasn't an actor, but rather someone who had been forced onto the stage by something.
"Come on, you wretched pirates!"
Prince Amusement struck an exaggerated pose, drew his rapier, and engaged the pirates in battle. The pirates' movements were extremely clumsy, each swing of their swords was much slower, as if they had been slowed down.
And Prince Amusement danced in the center of the square. Every time his rapier clashed with the pirate's weapon, it produced a crisp sound. The sound seemed to be amplified by sound effects, spreading throughout the square and being heard by the audience.
It's purely a performance.
How could this so-called 'stage play' have been able to spread in Donghai for so long and be regarded as an idol by the public?
Kuro exhaled a smoke ring and shook his head somewhat helplessly.
The Prince of Amusement twirled among the pirates like a dancer, and the pirates, unable to withstand him, knelt down one by one. Despite Kuro's seemingly abundant energy, he deliberately acted as if he were completely exhausted.
A narrator begins to speak.
"The prince defeated the pirates who plundered Morgana, but the kind prince only executed the ringleaders and let the rest of the pirates go."
Prince Amusement sheathed his sword, drew a bolt-action pistol, pointed it at the pirate captain, and exclaimed dramatically, "Pirate, I am so kind that I cannot bear to see life lost, but I must also give my people an explanation. So, Captain, sacrifice your life and apologize to my people."
The captain stared blankly at the dark muzzle of the gun that Prince Amusement was pointing at him. Before he could finish speaking, Prince Amusement pulled the trigger.
Bang!!!
The gunshot rang out, and a spurt of blood from between his eyebrows flew up. The captain, with an incredulous expression, collapsed onto the stage.
This scene caused the pupils of Kuro and the other two to shrink slightly.
“Hey, Kuro,” Lida called out.
“Mr. Kuro, those were real guns. That captain has been executed,” Kuro said slowly.
"Ah...I saw it."
Kuro smacked his lips on his cigar. "If the kingdom captures and executes pirates, that's their business, but..."
He looked at the frenzied expressions of the people around him, seemingly unmoved, panicked, or surprised by the death, as if it were commonplace.
Do you think it's fake?
"you!"
The remaining pirates were clearly not prepared for this situation. One of them stood up with a livid face, about to attack Prince Amusement Park, when the narrator spoke again.
"The kind prince forgave the other pirates, and the pirates were captivated by the prince's kindness and charm, willing to serve him. The prince granted the pirates' request, and the pirates were redeemed, experiencing a happiness they had never known before."
The pirate who was about to make a move suddenly stopped. As the voice of the narrator appeared, a happy smile appeared on his face. He put down his weapon and stood beside Prince Youle in a standing posture.
The other pirates also suddenly put on a happy expression and stood next to Prince Amusement Park in the same pose.
"And so, the Prince of Amusement conquered the pirates, who voluntarily handed over their plundered treasures to His Highness. With this wealth, His Highness built Morgatti, transforming the impoverished Morgatti into a renowned city of amusement."
The town covered in rice stalks in the painting gradually fades into darkness, the rice stalks begin to wither, and in their place rises a tall castle and other tall, luxurious buildings.
"The sorrowful are now happy, the desperate have hope. His Highness's dream has finally come true!"
As the narrator spoke, Prince Amusement turned around, faced the audience, and looked down at them from his elevated position.
The canvases on both sides gradually closed the curtain, and along with it, the captain's corpse was also closed.
Prince Amusement bowed slightly to the audience with a smile on his face.
"Ahhh! Your Highness!"
A noblewoman who wasn't from Morganati screamed, her face also filled with adoration, "I want to join Morganati! I want to find happiness in Morganati!"
She is not alone in being like many others.
They all seemed to be possessed, shouting wildly at the Amusement Park Prince above.
"Your Highness!"
A loud shout also rang out from behind Kuro.
The sailors behind him all looked on with longing and cheered wildly at the Prince of Amusement Park on the high platform.
Kuro remained expressionless and silently exhaled a puff of smoke.
"Oh ho ho, Navy sir, how about our prince's stage play?"
Shiva turned around at the right moment and asked Kuro and the others.
The sergeant behind him spoke first: "Your Highness Prince of Amusement truly lives up to his reputation. Ah, the happy kingdom of Morgana, I really want to join it. But I'm a navy officer, so it seems I can only come here after I retire."
“Me too, but I can let my family settle here, I feel like I’d be very happy,” said a corporal.
Kuro thought for a moment and replied, "Ah...a nice stage play. I long for it. It would be great to settle down here in the future."
"That would be an honor."
Shiva smiled and said to Kuro, "Well then, the stage play is over. Would you like to continue enjoying yourselves here, or go back to rest?"
Kuro lit another cigar and unconsciously brushed his elbow against Lida.
The next moment, Lida tugged at Kuro's sleeve and said, "Kuro, I'm tired. Let's go back and rest."
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