I thought I was a jerk

The heavy skirt was dragging on the ground, and the mage robe made of smooth silk was airtight. The freshman who played the role of "king" held a scepter in his hand, and the shining gemstones inlaid on it were very dazzling. At first glance, it looked like the real thing .

Unlike normal rehearsals, this time the students wore full costumes and full makeup.

Due to the characteristics of the stage play, the students all have deep makeup, and the facial features are clearly highlighted. The handsome or beautiful faces add a lot to the stage play and make it more formal.

Xue Ci was in charge of the logistics as before, and the freshmen who received the water bowed their heads and said thank you vaguely.

It's still spring, but the backstage is sweltering, and the students in costumes kept fanning their scripts, and some sweat broke out on their foreheads.Xue Ci glanced over, estimated the room temperature, and planned to go to the control room to increase the ventilation.He brushes shoulders with busy performers, passing a path full of props.The miniature watchtower built next to me was hit by someone, and suddenly it was on the verge of falling, making a "squeak" shaking sound, and collapsed forward——

Although the watchtower is a simple prop made of light materials, it actually supports three steel bars inside.This tilt made a huge noise, and the "boom" was like a dark cloud covering the top, overwhelming it.

The disturbed students looked up slightly, and when they caught sight of the collapsed prop, their faces turned pale in an instant before they had time to react.

The prop fell beside Xue Ci, but because the base was barely supported, it did not fall instantly.Xue Ci's reaction was quick, he immediately stopped his movements, and stepped back a few steps, enough to retreat completely.

But at this time, there are still freshmen leaning against the observation deck props reading the script.

He played the role of a white-robed sorcerer, dressed in a grand attire, and had limited mobility. When he found the collapsed watchtower, the new student was even more frightened, his legs were a little weak, and he only opened his eyes wide and watched as he pressed down on his face. heavy props—

It was also at this moment that Xue Ci rushed over and knocked him down in an instant, and rolled out of the range where the watchtower collapsed.

"Boom".

The miniature observatory was completely unable to support and collapsed.

Some students screamed subconsciously, and then more people rushed to rescue, surrounding Xue Ci and the freshman who was almost hit.

That moment was indeed thrilling, the loud sound that crushed the ears almost burst the eardrums, and there were scattered scattered props due to the collision.

Xue Ci pressed on the freshman playing the role of mage, and some broken parts hit his back, causing Xue Ci to let out a weak snort.

The eyes were tightly closed out of protective consciousness, and when the accident subsided, after a long silence, Xue Ci's eyelashes trembled a few times before slowly opening them.

The freshman under Xue Ci's body was also stunned - he finally realized what happened just now.The prop collapsed, but luckily Xue Ci came to save him.

Cold and soft black hair fell on his cheeks, Xin Xin was extremely at a loss, and met Xue Ci's eyes that had just opened.

Dark pupils, but extremely beautiful eyes.

Although it was very inappropriate, the new student's face turned completely red in an instant.

"Thank you." He stammered, "You, are you okay?"

Fortunately, his blushing cheeks did not attract much attention, everyone thought he was frightened just now, and his face turned red like this.

The squad leader came over anxiously to help Xue Ci up, and after confirming that there were no obvious injuries on the two of them, he let out a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, it's okay." He muttered, and thanked Xue Ci again.

As the proponent and chief planner of the stage play, if there is a safety accident on the school celebration, the class leader will also bear the blame.

At this time, the new student found that he could not stand up... It wasn't that his legs were weak from fright, but that he twisted his foot when he rolled on the ground at the critical moment just now.The freshman lifted up his costume and trousers and took a look. His ankles were already swollen, and he couldn't help being a little surprised.

The injury was a bit serious, and it was difficult for him to even stand up independently.

The squad leader took a look and quickly asked the logistics staff to take him to the medical room.He frowned again to check whether Xue Ci had suffered some hidden injuries——

Xue Ci's back was hit by the splashing prop, but now the pain has subsided, and he didn't feel much, so he just said indifferently: "It's okay."

The squad leader was slightly relieved.

After rest assured, the current situation is a bit embarrassing.

Compared with the school celebration performance, the student's body is the first priority, so the class leader did not hesitate to let the injury be treated first.

But the consequences always need to be borne. The performance starts immediately, but a character leaves the window.

There are not many students in the chip department, even if there are alternatives, they are also candidates for the leading role.

The role of the white-robed mage is not important, but it is of great significance-he is an important role that marks the transformation of the protagonist magician from pure goodness to chaotic evil.If it is deleted directly, the plot will be very unsatisfactory.

The squad leader asked people to ask if there were any students who could memorize the lines and put them on top; at the same time, he was also planning to temporarily delete and modify the script, making two-handed preparations.

The hands of the clock hanging on the backstage don't stop, and the minute hand turns a few more times before it's time to go on stage.Xue Ci withdrew his gaze from the wrist that was red from rolling and rubbing just now, seeing the squad leader's anxious look, and the other people's faces were also anxious, so he pursed his lips slightly.

"I can play this role." Xue Ci said suddenly, "I remember all the lines."

In fact, not only the white-robed sorcerer, Xue Ci came to work as a supporter many times, and watched several consecutive and complete performances. He memorized all the lines of the leading actors, not to mention a supporting role with only a dozen lines.

only……

Xue Ci said: "It's my first time to perform on stage. I don't have any experience, so maybe it's not very good."

The squad leader's eyes lit up when Xue Ci said he could play and still remembered the lines.It doesn't matter if there is such a thing as "acting skills" - strictly speaking, they are all laymen.

If it wasn't for the respect he had for the god of learning, the monitor would have rushed to hug him and kiss him.At this time, he nodded madly and said: "It's fine if you don't have a role in the window, thank you God of Learning for saving us from the fire—"

The squad leader grinned and shouted: "Hurry up, help Xueshen change the props, make up and match the lines!"

Xue Ci also listened to him read it twice before realizing that the title of "Learning God" refers to himself.

Before the injured freshman left, he changed into the performance costume first.

The white-robed mage outfit was originally custom-made according to the figure of each student, and it fit perfectly.But at this time, I can't take care of so much, and there is no time to customize it. Anyway, Xue Ci's figure is not much different from the injured freshman, so let's be bigger if he is older.

I thought so, but when I actually put it on, the effect was surprisingly good.

The wide and complicated white robe drags the floor. Although the style is cumbersome, it is made of layered white fabrics. There is only one ruby ​​hanging on the waist, which is very eye-catching, and everyone's eyes will linger slightly on the part of his waist that is cinched.

The costume was indeed a little bigger, just covering Xue Ci's long and thin hand, with only a little white fingertips exposed.The skin color matches the white fabric, and it seems that the whole person is a shade whiter than the others next to him, and he can show a little bit of "divinity" without props.

And this white-robed mage is indeed a very divine character.

Everyone in "Assassination" has desires and flaws, including the magician who has been fighting against the empire, and is finally dragged into the quagmire.But Josiah, the white-robed mage that Xue Ci temporarily substitutes, is the only character who doesn't show flaws, desires, or stains.Of course, being able to maintain it is also mainly due to his early death.

In short, Xue Ci in the costume fits well with the character of Josiah in the script.

The squad leader had a satisfied look on his face.Although he felt that with Xue Ci's figure, he wouldn't look ugly no matter what he wore.

It was the turn of the chip department for the school celebration performance, and several leading actors walked out of the backstage one after another.

The confrontation between the magician and the king is going on, and the white-robed mage Josiah appeared very early, so he must hurry up.

The squad leader said immediately and decisively: "First put on the make-up for Xue Ci." His gaze landed on the mask Xue Ci was wearing with some anticipation.

Speaking of which, he remembered that he didn't seem to remember what Xue Ci looked like?

There is no way this can be done, Xue Ci is really busy and low-key, he dares to bet, not only himself, but also other students in the class, there should be many people who can't remember Xue Ci's appearance——

When the squad leader saw Xue Ci's movements, his eyes flickered on his face, a little dull, and fell directly on his snow-white skin with extreme impoliteness.

He was by no means alone in being so rude.

To put on makeup, it is natural to take off the mask.Xue Ci obediently took off his mask now, raised his face slightly, and waited obediently and silently for the student in charge of makeup to apply makeup on himself.

Thin and long eyelashes hang down.

It was like shattering a dream.The make-up artist was in a hurry to find the props she brought. She lightly lifted Xue Ci's chin, feeling the cold touch in her hands was as smooth as silk. Ci was not angry, so he went to pick up the paintbrush with red ears, and lightly splashed on Xue Ci's face twice.

At the same time, her cheeks were hot enough to heat a glass of milk.

The impact of that face was too great, the make-up artist began to rejoice that Xue Ci usually wears a mask, and when her hands trembled again and turned the powder into smoke, she finally put away the make-up brushes .After she closed the box, she calmly suggested, "Why not?"

"I don't think..." she said vaguely, "there's no need for more makeup."

The makeup on the stage should fit the characters and convince the audience.But Xue Ci's face, it is obvious that the "convincing power" is already great.

Mainly because she couldn't hold it anymore.

Others woke up like a dream.

They all faltered and suggested: "...it seems like this?"

"Hmm...should be able to come directly to the stage."

"Should I notify the lead actor..."

Someone else muttered in a trance:

"Josiah in the script, is there such a strange character as a peerless beauty?"

His voice was too low to be heard by others.Although at this moment, there should be a lot of people thinking about it in their hearts.

The make-up on Xue Ci's face was washed off, and the script was stuffed into his hands. A classmate came over with flushed cheeks to answer the lines.

In the middle of putting on makeup, Xue Ci thought it was because he didn't have enough time, so he didn't raise any objections.Instead, he seized the last short period of time before going on stage and recited the lines again.

But the classmate who was speaking to him seemed to suddenly become nervous and stammered a bit.

Before the stage, "Assassination" received a lot of praises. After all, the freshmen of the chip department are very hardworking, and the way of serving them with money is also very exquisite.

The plot has progressed to the point where the magician, who is the protagonist, turned against his classmates and friends who graduated from the academy together in the past. After a big battle, he escaped back to Dragon Valley with a narrow victory.When he was dying, the evil dragon gave the magician a ray of dragon's breath, which not only healed his injuries, but also greatly increased his strength.

At this time, Josiah, the white-robed mage played by Xue Ci, appeared on the stage.

When Xue Ci stepped out of the stage, he was dressed in a holy white robe, with an extremely beautiful figure, and the ruby ​​around his waist showed the extraordinary status of this sorcerer.His expression was cold, his complexion was pale, and the lights fell from above and behind him one after another, moving with his steps, very noble and unattainable.At that moment, someone almost mistakenly thought Xue Ci was playing a god.

Although the mage staff in his hand denies this.

The auditorium, which was originally very quiet, became even more silent at that moment, and everyone's eyes could not be restrained from falling on the white-robed mage who had just appeared.

People who are farther away can't see very clearly, judging only by their figure, the student of this chip department seems to be quite good-looking.

But the people who were close were quite straightforwardly shocked - they even began to reflect introspectively.Is the makeup, atmosphere, and even props and costumes added too much?Why do they feel that the white-robed mage in front of them is so beautiful—whether they searched countless times in reality or on the Internet, it was the first time they saw such a purely stunning and irresistible beauty.

"Is this a program from the chip department? Is that white-robed mage from the acting department?"

"Why isn't he in the school grass selection!! I kind of regret that I voted for my male god!" "Does anyone know his name? Seriously... I want to wait for a WeChat account."

"Should have to line up first..."

This was even more surprising to Xue Fu, who did not expect that his younger brother played the role.

He thought Xue Ci was shy, so he refused to speak.Or maybe I wanted to surprise myself, so I kept it a secret.At this time, Xue Fu put aside the meeting that was originally connected remotely, and immediately set up the camera at hand with great interest and began to record A Ci's performance.

The momentary silence in the auditorium didn't have much impact on Xue Ci, and he didn't have the time to look up at the audience.

However, if the magician who played opposite him and the student who was also the first leading actor did not speak, this kind of mistake was unavoidable.

The student who played the magician was Shen Nianlin, the eldest master of the Shen family, the second major among the new students of the chip department this year.

Probably geniuses rebuke each other, this young master Shen can't say he hates Xue Ci, but he obviously doesn't like him, so if he can avoid contact, he won't contact him.

His indifference was obvious.In fact, Xue Ci did not offend Young Master Shen, but because of the embarrassment between the two of them at the beginning of school, Shen Nianlin remained indifferent to this day.

His monthly test scores were dropped too much, and those who wanted to please him would often say things like Xue Ci's scores were not considered fair and honest.

Shen Nianlin didn't think that Xue Ci would cheat, but he was too lazy to speak up for his opponent, let alone take those flattering words from his followers at ease.It wasn't until the academy started to clarify that Young Master Shen was convinced after seeing Xue Ci's answers, but someone whispered that the rumors came from him at the beginning, and this time he was slapped hard in the face, and he probably held a grudge in his heart.

Young Master Shen was angry in his heart, and he didn't know how to explain it, so he felt resentful and angry to this day.

When he took the stage, he also knew that there was an accident on the stage, and the white-robed mage was replaced by Xue Ci.I didn't stay to learn more, so I went to the stage to prepare for the performance. Of course, I couldn't see the image of Xue Ci after changing the costume. Now that I ran into Xue Ci on the stage, I was stunned like many audiences below.

But the audience can not speak, but the protagonist cannot.

Now Shen Nianlin's thoughts are confused, his heart is in a mess, his eyes fell on Xue Ci's face for a long time, and he actually forgot his words.

That is to say, the time of silence was not too long, and the audience regarded it as part of the performance.

When a magician sees such a white-robed mage, he should indeed be silent.Whether it is the reunion of old friends, or other reasons.Xue Ci couldn't wait for him to speak his lines, so he could only change the plot arbitrarily, so that he spoke first.

"Serlin, we meet again." The white-robed mage's expression was indifferent, but his eyes were filled with compassion and peace, and there were hidden subtle emotions, "It's really difficult to see you..."

This line finally reminded Shen Nianlin of the subsequent chain plot, he slightly touched the corners of his lips, showing a somewhat difficult smile: "Josiah, my best friend."

"I have thought about it many times, who should be the mage who came to harvest my soul this time."

"I didn't expect, Josiah, it was you."

"Why did you even accept the king's assassination order—"

The magician raised his staff, and seemed to have gotten used to the betrayal from his former best friend. The scowl on his face faded into a flat, calm, and indifferent expression. As the lights dimmed, he mercilessly The attack was launched.

Quite unexpectedly, the audience didn't follow the protagonist's perspective this time, and they couldn't believe it and criticized the protagonist who became lawless because he got the dragon's breath, and even his former best friend didn't show mercy.

"Josiah started attacking before he even made a move. What's the matter?"

"Sure enough, you are ungrateful."

"Is the protagonist of this show a villain?" Someone complained.

Here, what the audience should see is the small climax of the protagonist after being chased and assassinated, falling into a trough, and starting to fight back after gaining strength, but for some reason, the audience didn't quite buy it this time.

This plot is indeed used to add controversy to the protagonist, but it is not at this time, at least when the protagonist fights back, it should be the highlight-and in the following plot, the white-robed mage is defeated and dies of serious injuries.And the knights of the imperial power came out, saw the dying mage, and taunted and attacked the mage who was the protagonist.

"Serlin, why do you think His Majesty the King would be merciful until three months later before issuing the killing order?" The knight rode arrogantly on the horse, not watching the defeat, half kneeling on the ground, surrounded by the dimly lit white robe mage.

"Because Josiah, this stupid white-robed mage, actually imagined that you were only bewitched by the evil dragon and made a big mistake. He used his mage tower and staff as a guarantee to conceal the news of your rebellion for three months. Before you After the news of killing Blair came, as a foolish guarantor, he was destroyed the mage tower, broke the staff, and was punished for purification instead of you. After being sentenced, he took the initiative to ask His Majesty the King to let him come Bring you back to the Empire."

The knight showed an arrogant smile: "It seems that Mage Josiah has regressed in strength more than I imagined."

Originally, Josiah and Serling were equal in strength. Even if Serling got the dragon's breath and his strength improved, he should never have defeated Josiah as an archmage so easily.

But Serling was blinded by the enhanced power, and couldn't even think correctly about other things.

He didn't know that because of him, Josiah lost the source of power like the mage tower, lost his magic wand since he was a child, and was seriously injured, so he was easily defeated and even immersed in his own powerful power.

These words dealt a great blow to Serling.

Serling's eyes were scarlet: "He wanted to kill me, didn't he?"

"No." The knight pressed on step by step, "I just want to kill you."

In the script, countless people wanted to prevent Serling from defaming the honor of the empire because of interests, wealth, the king's orders and deceit, and even because they shared the same ideas. They chased and killed Serling one after another, but only Josiah was deceived. He wanted to lead Serin on the right path.

But Serling killed him.

It was also from this time that Serling changed from a tragic but positive character to most of the good and the chaotic evil.

During the dialogue in the second act, Josiah’s staff supporting his body had been broken, and he lay down slowly, and quietly retreated when the home court became the knight and Serling—representing the end of death.

It was supposed to be a quiet plot, but the audience obviously didn't think so, and even quite fierce controversy broke out.

"How could this be? My contact lenses are about to cry."

"Please tell me when Serling will die!"

"Oh my God, Josiah will be resurrected in the future, I really can't stand it if he doesn't -"

"I'm speechless. The cp I'm chasing was bee yesterday, and I'm going to be stabbed after watching a show today."

"No wonder Josiah said at the beginning, 'It's really hard to meet you'. There was so much bitterness in this line. Josiah sacrificed so much to finally meet Serling, but Serling just wanted to kill him. "Some viewers wept.

——If there are chip students who have read the script here, they will find that this line should be added temporarily to save the scene.

"Josiah's movements sometimes stiffen suddenly, and he looks very patient. Is it because he was punished before? It's really all about the details!"

——This is indeed true, but because Xue Ci was hit by a prop part earlier, he occasionally felt a little pain.

Xue Fu watched from below, his eyes were a little red, and the camera in his hand forgot to shoot on his lap.

He is not a very sympathetic character, but seeing the scene of Ah Ci's death, his heart suddenly tugged, and he couldn't let go of it for a long time.

It was as if he had really seen the scene where Xue Ci suffered a misunderstanding and died.

There was even a little sweat on his forehead, and the slow pain in his chest spread, turning into great fear and loss.This made Xue Fu stand up suddenly, the camera fell from his trembling fingertips, but he only cared about walking through the crowd, leaving his seat, and preparing to go backstage.

Only by seeing Xue Ci with his own eyes, seeing his younger brother standing, breathing, and watching him, can Xue Fu's incomparably terrified emotions be soothed.

Josiah's role is obviously over, but all the discussions under the stage at this time are carried out by extending Josiah.