Chapter 1075 - A Young Heart (1/2)

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“…” After reading the letter, everyone fell into an awkward silence.

After a long time, Bernis mumbled bitterly, “I knew we shouldn’t expect too much from him. Think about what everybody said about Prince Roland in the past and his favorite hangouts in the city. I thought he changed after he became the king, but…”

“Hush.” Egrepo pulled her arm to stop her. “Be careful. All the nobles who can still come to the theatre are his supporters. Even if they are not, they will pretend to be loyal to him. If someone heard what you just said, you would have been in trouble.”

“It seems that we can never make it to Neverwinter in this lifetime,” Roentgen sighed and said.

“That’s not a big deal. We’re very popular here.” Egrepo comforted her. “Kajen Troupe is still a first-rate troupe in all cities except Neverwinter. We can support ourselves.”

“But magic movies will come here sooner or later,” Kajen suddenly interjected. “Recently, I’ve been reading the scripts May gave me, and I found the stories had one thing in common. All of them are set in an imaginary world, an ideal world His Majesty wants to achieve. He intends to use these movies to spread his ideas and promote his national policies, so he won’t just play them in Neverwinter. Can you still be so confident about stage plays when magic movies come here?”

Egrepo thought for a moment and suggested, “We… we can go to another country, such as the Kingdom of Dawn. Mr. Fels, the theaters there will be more than happy to accept us, if you ask—”

“No, I won’t go to the Kingdom of Dawn,” Kajen replied while shaking his head.

“How about we…”

Suddenly, Kajen looked up and said, “I want to go to Neverwinter again.”

“What?”

“Mr. Fels, are you sure?”

Everyone was shocked.

“It’ll take at least a month for the troupe to go there and back, and during this period of time, the troupe will have no money coming in.” Egrepo said urgently. “We’ll be alright, but the new actors and apprentices will be unable to make ends meet and will probably leave the troupe for this.”

Kajen knew that it was hard to take the whole troupe to Neverwinter. Without a theater that was willing to take them in, they would have to prepare all the props and goods by themselves, which was not an easy task.

The next moment, Kajen said something, which was completely beyond everybody’s expectations. “I’ll go there by myself.”

This time, his students remained speechless for an even longer time before they asked hesitantly, “What… are you going to do in Neverwinter?”

“Try to be a magic movie actor,” Kajen said slowly. “His Majesty said that these movies are going to become a popular art form someday, but he didn’t say how long it’ll take to popularize this art form… 10 years or 20 years? I can’t wait for such a long time. Even if it only takes five years, it’ll be too late for us to learn the magic movie at that time, and by then Star Flower Troupe will be far ahead of us.”

Kajen believed that the best time to catch up with a trend was at the beginning of it.

“But His Majesty has Star Flower Troupe already…” Benis murmured.

“Star Flower Troupe only has May and Irene,” Kajen glanced at his students and said. “Any troupe has to practice repeatedly to present an outstanding performance. May’s troupe can’t cope with all the movies His Majesty wants to shoot, so Neverwinter may be willing to let us stay to reduce Star Flower Troupe’s workload. And if we can outshine them in some type of drama, which they’re not good at, such as a farce, we may have a chance to act in a magic movie.”

“Are you willing to play a role in a… farce?” Egrepo could not believe what he had heard and asked.

“Life is about trade-offs. Most of the time, if you want to get something, you have to give up another thing for it,” Kajen nodded and replied. “Even if we can only act in a farce, we should do our best.”

He paused for a moment before adding, “Of course, His Majesty may turn us down again. When that happens, I’ll join Star Flower Troupe. Do any of you want to come with me?”

No one answered.

Kajen guessed that they might just be too stunned to say anything at this moment or reluctant to leave the old king’s city.