Day 77 Morning, the Capital
And its been a non-stop sermon since returning to the guest room yesterday I got super scolded?
It seems there was some sort of an issue with selling the scenario for the play? Is it about maidens in bikinis? But its super profitable? Its a still performing play that definitely was a great hit and great success, which makes loads of money everyday.
This world had no bras, in other words, they werent ready for the impact of bikinis! I got to freely rip them off!
I mean, dramas in this world are pretty meh. They simply follow the script dispassionately, loudly delivering their lines.
In short, its boring.
Its a far cry even from the level of the classic theater, forget modern theater standards. The scripts have no mentions of movements, being limited to a mere list of lines, without any dynamic to it.
After all, at that time in the Capital, I had the latest information about the war, and could even write a script for a play, so the scenario sold immediately and I got a large share of profit. Yup, I made good money from that.
So it sells?
A heroic epic about victory is bound to sell when people are starved for entertainment and information, and are also anxious about the war.
Citizens of the Capital are very familiar with heroic epics, and its better to use something well known. The Frontier is very popular here, Royal Girl is pretty liked too, and unexpectedly, even Playking has a positive image.
This settles the question of the main heroes, and if it was your typical theater play of this world this would be it. Thats why theaters here are boring.
With nobles and foreign states as enemies the choice of villains is obvious, but a play where heroes and villains have no connection cannot be interesting, and simply defeating the villains would make for a pretty stale story.
But there is the middle-aged Royal Prince as a foolish ruler who can fill the role of a character that does have a connection and can enliven the story. Meaning, the opposite version of King Lear.
A tale of a foolish ruler who kept stupidly struggling in the shadow of the heroes, ultimately being the one who makes the victory possible.
It subverts expectations, and unexpected twists are the most effective for livening up a story, which means, it also needs a jester, and I also would like some sex appeal to be present?
Yeah, there is nothing fun about King Lear without a jester, and as a highschool boy I cant tolerate the lack of sex appeal.
I also wouldve liked some wardrobe accidents, but the ladies playing the maidens were pretty shocked even by bikinis alone, so any further exposure was out of the question So no happy accidents.
Well, if the girls learned of this I wouldve gotten scolded, reprimanded, admonished, and maybe even killed, so I put up with it. Even though I want to see it.
But I got super scolded, is it because of Frontier bikinis?
No, the people arent familiar with the disposition of those characters, so its important to make things clear, and sex appeal is also necessary for attracting customers and an absolutely indispensable condition from a highschool boys point of view.
But whats more important, the souvenir store profited from that! And how! After all, with Frontier goods being used as props and the real maidens working at the store, it ended up constantly flooded with customers for those several days!
This is a heroic epic about familiar heroes. And then, there is the recovery of Playking from the illness that worried citizens of the Capital. There is no way it wouldnt sell with the combination of previously unseen comedy elements, plot twists, and even sex appeal.
In fact, most of the audience are repeat customers, who keep coming to see it again and again. Watching it allows one to actually feel peace and happiness, and if they come to watch it over and over, and it also fills my pockets?
It is because they made this effort to investigate and comprehend everything to falsify the data that they were able to slip through all of the audits. This has to be the compilation of the long generations of the corrupt governance that was happening in the Kingdom.
And thats why simply seeing those documents was enough to understand the solution. They were rotten to the core, but their work on reports was admirable, after all, they only lacked good intentions.
And thats why I was stuck with side jobbing all this time.
Everyone, preparations for breakfast are complete. I will guide you to the venue.
Its another geezer, even though I was hoping for a maid.
We headed to the hall with the girls , who unlike yesterday, appeared lively and gleeful in their new dresses with simple color palette, the orphans, as happy to go out in nice clothes as before, and disgruntled boys, for whom I ended up having to make morning coats The girls (tyrants) instantly rejected the boys idea of going back and eating at the souvenir store since its nearby, and desperately did their best to soothe and suppress the orphans opinion of the souvenir stores food being more delicious.
Hello there, Haruka-kun. Im sorry for making you to go with the clean-up yesterday.
Wha-, Haruka-kun! What is that massage throne? I want that in the Frontier too? In the audience room!
Haruka-dono, I dont know how to thank you for yesterdays recovery mushrooms, but please come to my house next time
Aaah, swarmed by middle-aged men since morning again
The girls are chatting with noble ladies, even the Geeks and Idiots get to talk with a muscular female commander of the First Division, but only middle-aged men gather around me. However, it seems this world has no noble ladies with drill hair, so once hair iron is complete it might sell quite well.
Three little princes seem to be present too, but I couldnt care less about them or the middle-aged men attending. Even the broke noble middle-aged men that I gifted with free clothes at the Souvenir Store have gathered up! Alright, I guess its about time to destroy this middle-aged men palace?!
Your Majesty. All of the attendees have gathered and awaiting words of Your Majesty.
We finally got to the breakfast part, but it seems Playking has a thing or two to say before that, although Meripapa-san doesnt seem interested in listening. He is blatantly ignoring Playking, shouting about wanting a massage throne, or rather, a massage count seat.
Then, Playking began his speech from a platform.
First, lets drink to this auspicious day, lets party, yaaay!
He really was a playking!
Oh my, was it not a greeting from your country?
Haruka-kun, what are you teaching to the King?!
Playking is saying something, while Im running around from the angry girls, trying to get to the ladies, but blocked by the hell of middle-aged men, all while being tackled by the orphans, as usual. I wish I could enjoy a more peaceful morning. Like, going for the 22th round since the sunrise.
Everyone is going to get busy with rebuilding the Kingdom after this lively breakfast ends, so for a while, they wont have much time for partying. Well, they have to completely rebuild the administration while being short on people, so that will be tough.
But with the 70% that were undermining, twisting, and hindering the country gone, the country is naturally going to come alive. As long as proper forms of administration are established and instructions are issued it might not take that long for it to recover.
Now, its finally back to being a state, so the rest can be handled by the country.
Now, lets go back. Return to the souvenir store, prepare for departure, and this time return to the Frontier. The inn fees to keep the rooms are such a waste.