Holding the princess who seemed “drunk or awake,” Leon enacted a grand drama of elopement, declaring, “I’m taking her away today, and no one can stop me.” After returning to the small city of Ankara with Veronica in his arms amidst the temporarily transplanted mountain roses where they slept embraced, Leon finally completed the four acts. He managed to break free from the heavily altered “Twelve Days Together.”
As his soul just returned from the theatrical world to his body, before he could check on the princess and other audience members, a piercing scream erupted from the central stage.
“It hurts like hell! Help! Leon! Save me!”
“Don’t worry, you’re safe.”
After carrying the still unconscious princess out through the exit passage and placing her on a seat at the back of the theater, Leon quickly circled around from the rear and glanced toward the stage following the shouts.
At this point, on the stage, apart from the actors lying haphazardly unconscious on the ground, only one person and one goat remained engaged in a fierce fight. The situation was roughly as Leon had deduced earlier: although the black goat appeared to be getting beaten, aside from a few bite marks on its face, it faced no real danger.
And how did Leon know the black goat wasn’t in danger? It’s simple math.
As his anomalous item, the black goat’s “maximum output power” is limited by his own taint value. Although it has an 8-point taint value level, Leon’s current taint value is only 4.7, so it can only reach a 4.7 level.
On the other hand, the King of Drama in full vigor has a taint value of 16 points, about twice the strength of the goat. But when three-quarters of the audience in the dramatic world turned against him, the King of Drama, merged with the dramatic world, was also severely weakened and could only control about a quarter of his original power.
16 multiplied by 0.25 equals merely 4 points, which is even less than the black goat’s 4.7. Moreover, it doesn’t have any abilities like soul attacks, essentially having no weapons, and can only beat the helpless black goat with bare hands.
So these two are fighting fiercely, but in reality, it’s like two sick people too weak to fight properly, using shoelaces to lash out at each other from afar. Even if they fought all day, they would only feel pain for a while, unable to achieve mutual destruction.
In short — you two should stop fighting; this way, no one will die~…
“You… it’s you! This is all your fault!”
Seeing Leon had already escaped from the dramatic world, the “King of Drama” finally found the main culprit, immediately abandoning the beating of the black goat and jumping down from the stage with a thud. Like a bull seeing a red cloth, his eyes bloodshot, he charged straight toward Leon…
Only to be pinned to the ground by the willful hand condensed by the Holy Spirit Pendant.
“Master Wilde… or the out-of-control ‘King of Drama,’ your performance is over.”
Like a police officer catching an escapee, after solemnly announcing that the “King of Drama” had been captured, Leon grabbed the black goat and used its soul vision to scan the entire Central Cross Theater, quickly confirming the condition of the souls of more than three thousand audience members.
Good. Except for some unfortunate ones whose heads hit the armrests when their souls left their bodies, there were no injuries during this anomaly incident—perfect resolution! Satisfied, Leon nodded, took a rope from the puppy, tied up the struggling “Master Wilde” on the ground, gagged him with an old handkerchief, then lifted him up with the power of the Holy Spirit Pendant and walked toward the back of the theater.
“Hmm? Did I… fall asleep?”
Awakened by Leon, the princess slowly synchronized her soul with her body, holding her forehead as she sat up on the chair. Suddenly furrowing her brows, she vaguely remembered the situation before she “fell asleep” and anxiously asked:
“Leon! Did something happen while I was unconscious? Master Wilde… uh… have you already caught him?”
So… you don’t remember anything from inside the dramatic world, do you? Watching the princess look blankly at the bound “Master Wilde,” her expression filled with disbelief, Leon couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief.
As for why “Agatha” at the wedding called out his real name… At that time, the “King of Drama” had lost more than seventy percent of its strength, probably unable to maintain the stability of the dramatic world anymore, resulting in certain leaks.
The princess not only knows about anomalies but has personally experienced several anomaly attack incidents. She herself should have a certain taint value, which explains why she woke up early due to the instability of the dramatic world…
“Rest assured, this anomaly incident has been perfectly resolved.”
After helping the princess, whose soul was still struggling to fully control her body, Leon explained:
“The real Master Wilde passed away three years ago. The master you saw was actually an anomaly, which replaced Master Wilde’s soul after he left and continued to control the body until now.
As for earlier, this nearly out-of-control anomaly was provoked by the front-row drama critic, pulling everyone in the theater into the dramatic world. I exploited some loopholes and broke its control over the dramatic world…”
After briefly recounting the situation and deliberately skipping over what happened inside the dramatic world, Leon said to the princess, who looked enlightened: “Princess Veronica, the wide-range memory modification of our Clearing Bureau should have started taking effect gradually. When these audiences wake up, related memories will be rationalized. However, there are two small things that require your help.”
Upon hearing this, the princess shook her head, slightly pouting unhappily: “You don’t need to say such things, Leon. Just tell me what you need, and please stop calling me ‘Your Highness’ in the future, okay?”
“Uh… alright.”
Leon hesitated slightly before nodding: “It might take another one or two hours for the people in the theater to wake up. Before that, please send someone to take care of them to avoid any further accidents that might cause injuries. That’s the first thing.
As for the second thing, Veronica, I hope to borrow your carriage and driver to quickly take me and this ‘Master Wilde’ back to the Virgo Subdivision.”
“No problem!”
Hearing Leon finally call her name directly, the princess couldn’t help but let the corners of her mouth curl satisfactorily before saying:
“I’ll find someone to take care of the audience. As for the carriage we came in, it should be waiting outside. You can go directly.”
“Well, I’ll leave first then.”
Seeing the princess didn’t seem to want to leave together, Leon, with official duties, hurriedly left without saying much, bidding farewell briefly before rushing off.
After sending Leon to the entrance of the theater and watching him leave with a smile, Princess Veronica, who had previously looked calm, suddenly sighed deeply and pressed her hand against her wildly beating heart.
This bastard… Though there was no record of him having romantic experiences, he could spout so many cheesy love lines. He must definitely have a lot of scheming thoughts in his mind! Glaring resentfully at the carriage… the carriage carrying Leon speeding away, the princess couldn’t help but bite her red lips hard. Then, she lightly touched her burning cheeks with the back of her hand and sighed helplessly amidst the drum-like heartbeat.
Truly… How can anyone bear this? (End of Chapter)
