92 92 - Agreemen

Aatrox saw her reaction and thought it was normal since he himself knew it was not normal for him to make a joke.

"Anyway, today we're doing the first practice of Episode 3, don't forget that we have to go to the theater after class, okay?" Annie asked.

"All right, that's fine with me." Aatrox replied recalling that Roberta had sent him a message the night before before he went to visit the Price house. This reminded him that he also had to find a way to divulge the files he had obtained from the invasion of their business building.

During class, Thomaz was a little quieter than usual, but Aatrox didn't even pay attention to him.

When the class was over, Aatrox and Annie arrived at the theater and there they found the other actors sitting scattered all over the stage as they talked.

Roberta seeing that Aatrox and Annie arrived caught everyone's attention. "Well people, now that everybody's here, I'll hand out the script. Pay attention because today's scenes will be much more difficult."

The student actors were curious as to why the scenes were difficult, but when they picked up the script they realized why.

Aatrox was reading and didn't find anything too complicated. But he knew what scene they were talking about.

According to the script would have a part that the swordsman (Aatrox) and the waitress (Annie) would have to fight a battle with some bandits and show hatred. This kind of scene that involved heavy emotions was difficult to produce because the more intense the emotion, the easier it was for the public to see the flaws.

There are several studies where it is possible to find out which emotion the human body is feeling just by observing a person's body language, being the opposite also very common, where the person can make another person think that they are feeling an emotion X by the way they control their own body while in fact, the person is feeling the emotion Y.

Aatrox, because of his cultivation, could completely control his body to act as he wanted, 'I don't think it would be a problem to do that kind of thing.' He just thought it would be boring to rehearse again for the battles that would take place during the episode. He used to always fight against people trying to kill, to train this kind of "dance" where each person would hit without using force at a certain point and the other would have to react in a choreographed way was very boring for him.

...

After the first rehearsal, Roberta called Aatrox to talk about something. "Well, can you come here for a minute?"

"Did I do something wrong?" Aatrox asked, curious if there was anything he could do better.

Aatrox feeling the seriousness became curious about who this person was. "Do you know who's coming?"

"I've only heard rumors; I don't know exactly who it is. I've seen on your Instagram that you're thinking of participating in a singing competition... can you put that competition aside for now? If the person you are seeing is who I am thinking of, I will not forgive myself if you miss such a good opportunity." She said keeping a serious eye.

Aatrox has always tried to do everything but has never focused on anything since he came to this world. It seems that now he would have to decide, continue doing everything just for fun without taking anything seriously, or seize the opportunity that has appeared in front of him now and follow a single path.

That was a difficult decision. He looked at the other actors doing his best to do a good job and felt a little guilty for not taking it as seriously as they did.

Looking at Roberta, Aatrox put a look on his face that he only showed during the battles. "It's okay. It's okay. I'm gonna do my best in this presentation. I'll cancel my commitment to the music tournament and just focus on our play. Since I'm being recognized only as the 'swordsman', I'll give them the best swordsman they can see."

Roberta had the creeps. Seeing the determined look on his face, followed by the speech he gave, she felt that he was really serious. And the seriousness he exhibited was something she did not expect, she felt a maturity and seriousness that did not match someone of his age. For a director, having such an actor would be better than 20 actors with weak motivation. "Seeing your commitment, I will also make a commitment to you that I will do my best to make you the best swordsman the public can see. This will be difficult, we will practice together sometimes more than the other actors, but the result we want will also be better than that of others. Do you accept?" She asked.

Aatrox felt the passion she was showing for the play and without thinking twice, accepted it. He also wanted something like that in life, to feel so excited about something. Even if he stopped the song, for now, he could come back with it after a while, but the opportunity that came up now wouldn't come back to him anytime soon. "I accept." He responded with a serious look and a smile on his face as he stretched out his hand for Roberta to squeeze.

Roberta shook his hand with the same smile and there, formed something that no one could imagine. A legend of the showbiz was about to be born, learning from someone who nobody could suspect the true identity of. The actors they followed playing in the swordsman's series today just thought it was something fun to do during their free time at school, but in the future, this would be a moment they would save for the rest of their lives.