old dream

Chapter 285 "Lydia" and the Doll
At night, in a dressing room behind the stage of the Metropolitan Grand Theater, singing from the front of the stage can still be vaguely heard.Melita sat alone in front of the dressing table, her eyes were bloodshot, and she messed up the newly arranged hair accessories on her head in pain.

This is her own dressing room, and there are small light bulbs inlaid on the edge of the dressing table mirror.The light flickered psychedelicly, blurring Melita's tears and her perfect face.She is Danaro's most famous opera singer, but few people know that she (he) was not born a woman, but a castrati.This is the real secret behind Melita's heavenly singing voice.

She is best known for her role as "Lydia", the main character in "Lydia".However, Melita can only play this one role forever.From a young age, she was raised for this.

The extremely cruel and innocent Lydia.

As if chewing and chanting this familiar and distant name, Melita recalled anxiously.

Pure as a lily, poisonous as a belladonna.The expression is pure and innocent, but it seems to be courting someone.Lydia played tricks on the old king without any scheming, and killed her old lover in a playful way.There were painful sacrifices to her, only Lydia laughed, and nothing could take her heart or stop her pleasure.

That was Lydia who fascinated the earl.

Earl Freed, titular owner of the Metropolitan Theatre, close friend of the Archduke.In the eyes of outsiders, he was even an easy-going and friendly Anhe nobleman.

Melita was adopted by the Earl, but this did not bring any sense of security or belonging, because Melita knew that Earl Fried had been thrown away like trash ten years before she came here. The previous "Lydia".

It was another actress he had raised, trained, and almost mistressed.

The Earl seemed to have inhuman patience. He carefully preserved his adopted daughter until she was 14 years old, and only let her go on stage for the first time.

Just like he did to Melita later on.

And that adopted daughter is also as slender as Lydia in the old story, with a childish face.And no matter the makeup, singing voice or acting skills, they were all polished to the extreme by the Earl himself, which was impeccable.

Everything was done according to the earl's idea.

So it is said that once the adopted daughter appeared on the stage at that time, she overwhelmed anyone who co-starred.It was as if only "Lydia" had been staged in the theaters of the whole city that night, and she was the only actor in the long play of "Lydia".

That "Lydia" was a success, but at the same time a failure.Her beauty has reached a transcendental state, most people have never had the chance to see her performance in their lifetime, but just a glimpse of her beauty in the stills is enough to make anyone overwhelmed.However, after that first performance, Earl Fried did not feel happy, but became increasingly irritable.He is not always with "Lydia" like he used to be, and he no longer gives her any guidance.Because he felt that the performance lacked something crucial, although he couldn't find what was missing for a while.

After nights of pain and disappointment, the count thought he had found the flaw in his adopted daughter.He felt like he had been cheated by someone, because this flaw could never be repaired.

That is, as a woman, it is impossible for her to fully express Lydia's magic and power on stage.

One day 25 years ago, the previous "Lydia" quietly disappeared, and no one knew where she went.

Melita put out her cigarette again in the ashtray, which was almost overflowing.Normally, it would be impossible for the theater to allow her to destroy her expensive singing voice like this, but now there is no one to stop her.After all, now that "Lydia" is about to start, there is not even an assistant to help her with makeup. Since a few months ago, Melita no longer has to appear on stage, so there is no makeup or costumes necessary.

She is much luckier than the previous "Lydia", because she has been able to perform steadily for ten years after she took the stage.

But it really doesn't make sense, because Piaget also doesn't find fulfillment in her performance.The Earl didn't continue to change players, just because he was disappointed with everyone.

Even though the eunuch Melita has perfectly surpassed the beauty of gender, the Earl has already discovered when he first enjoyed her performance that even she will eventually grow up and deteriorate.

Moreover, it is impossible for a living person of flesh and blood to act out Lydia's contradictions and illusions.

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There was still an hour and a half tonight's grand finale, Lydia, but so far Colin's attention had not been captured by the wonderful drama on the stage.

It's not that his aesthetics of modern people has far surpassed this world, but because.

"I said... Even if it's to save a little money, it's not necessary."

Colin was speechless as he looked at the load-bearing pillars that tightly blocked his view.

Inside the Grand Theater, the hall of the main stage is unusually wide.It is roughly estimated that the upper, middle and lower floors can accommodate at least tens of thousands of people.Ke Lin even doubted that this place could be used as a venue for international conferences.

But after all, due to the limitations of architecture and materials, such a grand hall must be supported by nearly twenty marble columns with several people hugging each other.Therefore, some seats were completely covered by them. In order to spend the least amount of money to enter the Grand Theater, Emil chose this kind of defective ticket.

"Even in this position, the ticket price is [-] Ori." Emir, who also couldn't see anything, was holding a delicate telescope and tilted his body, trying to get a glimpse of the scene on the stage:
"It's two hundred cheaper than the original price, and it's four hundred for two people. It's not a small amount of money. If you can save it, save it."

"Besides, we didn't really come to the theater." Emile said while watching:

"Although I can't see those dolls that look like real ones, I feel a little regretful."

"Puppet? Disgusting the real one?" Colin frowned.

"It started in recent years." Emile said:

"It is said that the actor is replaced by a puppet operated by multiple people. A character is controlled by more than a dozen sets of mechanical steel wires at the same time. In the case of completely ignoring the cost, the effect will be even better than that of a real person."

"Uh, is today's technology already able to do this?"

Maybe it's just a publicity stunt, a character that claims to be a puppet is actually a real person.There were similar things in the past. For example, a "chess puppet" that bluffed and deceived several royal families was finally found to be nothing more than a chess master hidden in the puppet's body.

But Colin didn't take this matter very seriously. In his opinion, it doesn't matter whether those toys are real or not.After all, tonight, they have more important tasks on them.

"Action in 5 minutes." Emil suddenly said softly.

"receive."

(End of this chapter)