[The Phantom of the Opera] Boundary Bridge

The Masquerade Ball is the grandest day of the year at the Paris Opera House.

On this day, the opera house will invite artists and nobles at the same time, and investors, managers, ballet dancers and opera singers will attend together to enjoy the carnival.

It is unclear when this practice was formed, but many people have already regarded it as a great opportunity to expand their network.And those young masters who are purely fond of fun will never be absent, their presence makes this luxurious banquet even more extravagant.

As a newly emerging composer in Paris, Eric also received an invitation from the Opera House.But few believed that the idyllic art-world upstart, whose erratic, aloof temper has been known for the past few months, would be willing to attend.Although the new principal soprano of the Paris Opera House, Christine Daye, is the goddess whom the composer deeply admires, an insider revealed that Christine will serve as the female companion of the Viscount Charny that night.In this way, people believe that Eric will never come.

The Paris Opera House that night became a paradise for carnival, and this joyous celebration made everyone intoxicated.Masked dancers parade in costumes, and behind the colorful colors are hidden mysterious faces.Inverted light and shadow, sensuality|fascination, the small wine glass poured the golden liquid, drank it all, and the corners of the raised lips welcomed new moisture.It seems true and false, and it is difficult to distinguish between human beings and ghosts.The skirt is fluttering, and the knight draws his sword.Resplendent and resplendent, colorful.A forest of wine and meat, drunk with money!The burning enthusiasm drives away the blissful drunkenness, and the provocative eyes lead to dewy love.Run or hide, hide or reveal, this is a carnival world where everyone can find their place!

Eric's arrival was not fanfare, and he and his female companion also wore masks.They set off in the evening, boarded an exquisite and ornate carriage, and then descended one by one.

After checking the invitations, the two guests walked into the hall, and the atmosphere of carnival came over them.

The composer frowned uncomfortably, even though his handsome face was hidden under the mask he was wearing, his female companion was the first to notice his discomfort.Enid asked softly, "Are you okay?"

They did not deliberately high-profile, but also attracted some attention.Because this pair of men and women are both tall and handsome, with extraordinary temperament.Among them, the man was wearing a scarlet coat, which dragged on the ground for a long time. The gold buckles were cumbersome and flashy, and the black leather gloves added to the chill.Above the bridge of his nose was covered by a white half-face mask. The mask was slightly raised so that it would not be uncomfortable to stick to his face, but it still concealed the man's description, making all the viewers sigh.However, just by the curvature of the lips and chin, those who are good at recognizing the bones of a beautiful person can conclude that this man has a good appearance.

The woman next to this man was wrapped even more tightly. She was wearing a black hood around her head and face, and the one-piece black robe wrapped her slim figure tightly and airtightly.Only a few strands of golden hair flowed out, shining.

She only showed a pair of very white hands and an elegant and soft jaw, and the rest of her face was covered by a golden mask.Small red and sapphires were dotted on the edge of the golden mask, and the workmanship was so exquisite that even the black robe that people thought was so ordinary was extraordinary—this was a young and old prophet, a smiling and treacherous woman.Only such a mysterious man in a black robe with a golden mask is worthy of the attire of the previous one: the man's back has been embroidered with gold thread clearly saying "I am the God of Death".

Obviously, this is how Eric and Enid look tonight.They are respectively a red-clothed god of death wearing a white mask and a black-robed prophet wearing a gold mask, symbolizing death and mystery.Eric turned his head slightly so that Enid could hear his answer clearly in the noisy environment: "I'm fine, but I'm still a little uncomfortable."

That golden mask was indeed made for her by him—Eric has figured out the triggers of some curses during this period of time together, as long as he said "temporarily" on the surface, this expensive golden mask will not be Will cause damage to Enid.Enid couldn't help but be moved by his intentions, so she put on that mask to accompany him today, even though she felt annoyed and funny at first.

"Eric?" At the moment when they were whispering, Christine, who was wearing a light pink princess tutu skirt and even a pair of small translucent angel wings on the back, stood in front of the red Death, and asked uncertainly.

She looks like a princess today, with pearly white long-sleeved lace gloves pushed up to her arms, and her brown curly hair is also fixed by diamond ornaments, with pink crystals hanging on her forehead, holding flowers and little angels in her hands.She pursed her lips tightly, looking very disturbed-it was like going back to the day of "first meeting" in the gallery, not sure whether the person in front of her was the Phantom or Eric.

Enid noticed this detail, and her heart sank slightly, feeling that things were not going as smoothly as Eric hoped, but Eric didn't pay attention.

"Eric?" Kristen Daye raised her face slightly, staring at the eyes behind the mask of death in red with her pair of sweet and fragrant chocolate-colored eyes—who can resist the hopeful call of an innocent and pure girl Woolen cloth?The fact is that Eric turned his head away in a bit of embarrassment, coughed uncomfortably, and said in a low voice: "I am."

Christine smiled happily. She had been looking forward to the arrival of this new friend, although Lauer was a little unhappy about it-Eric's appearance today was so gloomy that she almost dared not recognize it. Mistakenly thought that the Phantom of the Opera reappeared.

Fortunately, Christine could vaguely recognize the woman in black robe beside him as Enid.And God really loved her, and the people who came were friends, not nightmares.

Christine begged: "Can you take off your masks? It's a bit buzzy to talk like this, and the hall is noisy enough." Then, she took Eric and Enid's hands and wanted to take them to a A quieter corner.And Viscount Shani had been waiting there anxiously for a long time.

"Raul!" Christine called out her lover's name tenderly and emotionally. Although they had some small awkwardness recently, she knew very well that it was all due to her lover's care and concern for her.

Christine believed that she wanted to clear up the misunderstanding between lovers and friends as soon as possible. She pulled Eric, who could not meet her request and took off his mask stiffly, to the viscount, and said cheerfully like a bird: " Look, Raul, I knew Eric would come—seriously, what can you complain about after seeing his operas? Isn't that a great composer?"

"Of course, dear." Raul comforted his lover—in fact, it could have been his fiancée. The viscount planned to propose marriage more than a month ago, but Eric's appearance interrupted everything—while examining and He stared suspiciously at Eric.Enid noticed that Eric's fingers had clenched tightly when Christine called for Raul, and she worried.

Eric is now in a nearly split state - on the one hand, he can't wait to get Kristen, and wants to get her back from Raul Chaney.Whenever Christine tenderly mentioned the lover's name, he was filled with jealousy.On the other hand, he hopes to show his good side to Christine as much as possible, and he is different from the cruel phantom after he was reborn in the bright world.He hopes that since the re-acquaintance with Christine, every moment is sweet and beautiful, and every step is natural and progressive.He wanted to cherish this girl to the greatest extent and give her everything he had, instead of forcing it like a phantom.

Having played the role of composer differently from the Phantom for so long, Eric has almost come to think of the Phantom as someone else—although every time jealousy and destructiveness flare up, he becomes ever more aware of who he really is , What is it that you can't get rid of.

He swallowed all of these quietly, without telling Enid a word.

"Christine——" Enid, who had also taken off her mask and even lifted the hood helplessly at the dissatisfied request of the brown-haired girl, called softly, intending to break the somewhat awkward atmosphere.Just as Christine was about to reply happily, a frivolous and high-spirited male voice interrupted abruptly.

"Ah!" said the male voice, laughing wildly, "Viscount Charney, what are you whispering here with these two beauties—oh, and a gentleman—what's your name, please?" He said so , his eyes were still looking at Raul, his face was full of narrowness, but also a little annoying and slippery.

All three with their backs to him turned away—Enid's pupils dilated slightly.

I saw that it was a handsome and romantic young man, leaning on a beam of the opera house, with fair complexion and golden brown hair.He has merry eyes and smiling lips, and his expression, though slightly flippant, is far from being disrespectful in the context of a wild ball.Besides, his velvet purple jacket with huge tufts of Siberian gold thread showed enough capital-in Paris, it means that you can be frivolous, you can be loose, you can be sensual, and people will only laugh Just a young and naughty sentence.

However, at this moment, the smiling eyes of the beautiful young man involuntarily opened wide the moment they touched Enid.The blond girl wanted to put on the mask again but it was too late.The young man couldn't help calling softly: "Ai Ruola..." His expression was surprised, contradictory, hesitant and slightly horrified, "Is that you, Ai Ruola?"

At the same moment, Viscount Shani's slightly indifferent response finally came belatedly:

"—Meet you again, Grand Duke Egmont."

The author has something to say: *The fiancé is online, Enid's complete past will be revealed soon

*I feel that Eric has to separate the two personalities of [Phantom] and [Composer] 2333. In the later stage, he will really use two vests to separate at the same time. "The Daughter of the Sea" was written by the composer, and "Don Juan" was written by the Phantom.Think chicken jelly.

*Different versions of The Phantom of the Opera have different settings for the time difference between [Rooftop Appeal] and [Masquerade Ball]. From the writing and rehearsal of the opera, the interval should be one year.But the intermissions of the stage play show six months.Due to the needs of the plot, this article was shortened to four months, and Enid could not stay longer.