Hyaku Ma No Aruji

City of Arts "Virgilia".

From the northern outer edge of the eastern continent, the kingdom of Mooseg, which is taking hegemony of the continent, across the trinity, the city was further east where it went.

Initially it was only one city with the usual characteristic of a developed trading city of sea commercial corridors to face the sea, but with the passage of time it had derived its qualities and had now developed somewhat differently as a city amassing different 'arts' from every region of each continent.

The atmosphere of the city runs out of brilliance.

Colorful and full of light, people's decorative outfits were accompanied by the body of a sleepless city.

"Hey, did you hear about The Enchanted Queen?

In such a corner of the city, two men with big silk hats on their heads stood up in the light of city lights like orange gems.

It was at a time when beautiful song tones were beginning to be heard that day from numerous opera theatres built not only on the ground but also underground.

"Queen of Enchantment"?

"Yes, a charming queen."

One of the two men - the man who cut out the topic - went on to say the words as he gently twirled the stick in his hand.

Spinning the words slightly restlessly in that way seemed more like a young man who could be appreciated by a gentleman than a gentleman, which in turn seemed to represent that he was still too sensitive to fashion as a young man.

"No, you don't."

Another person standing in the wake of such a young man's story was also dressed in a well-dressed outfit and distorted his neat eyebrows into doubt.

Although a calmer impression than the young man who told the story, his youth was still noticeable compared to the bearded gentlemen (Gentlemen) who went to the city.

"What, I knew you were behind. I'll keep you up to date."

The young man who shook the story gave his nose a good high, then slapped him several times to comfort the other's shoulder, which was a little fuzzy, and went on.

"- Anything, I hear a new actor recently arrived at the old stinky opera theater on the eastern end of the opera district. So the actor is probably pretty again."

"Sounds like you just did.... Fair enough. Still, it smells old at the eastern end -"

"Rave-Opera"

"Yes, it's at Rave's.... but if you were a beauty, you'd be there for as much as you want? It's not enough to make a scene on purpose. Where do you think you are? Virgilia, the city of art."

The young man who stood after the conversation replied with a little regret, "Is that so?"

"No, no, no, I know that's about it. Still, I dare say this. I mean, the little beauty walking around here is a beauty without eyes, so guess what."

"Hmmm......, by the way, what's the song?

"Of course, it's first class good"

"Well, Rave-Opera rarely put much emphasis on song quality yesterday. That's also why it stinks. Anyway, if the sitter over there recognized you and hired you, you can't even question that."

I added that information just because the young man I talked to didn't appeal to me to be even more excited about the operatic circumstances of the city of art.

"Yes, yes. So, I had my first performance of that actor yesterday, but that was already a big deal outside the opera. Unfortunately, I wasn't surprised at first glance, but thanks to the fact that I happened to be passing through the near field, I felt high expectations on my skin."

"Does that mean that someone other than you - someone who actually saw the actor - gave him the generic name" Queen of Enchantment "?

"In just one day. - You'll be a star in a minute. If we don't see it now, we won't be able to get tickets soon."

"Hmm, 'cause your prediction story only hits about half."

While that was good, he had already calculated the number of silver coins in his head to watch his next gig.

Remember the contents of your wallet in your head, taking into account the cost of food and other arts expenses, while somehow giving out an approximate ticket price.

"By the way, when's the next gig?

"He said a week later"

"A week from now? Just like you, I saw the first performance of the" Queen of Enchantment "yesterday, and I think there's a lot of excitement to talk about."

"You know, those are the only ones who live in an art city."

"- Right. Is there a lot of rumor spreading in a week?"

"In the meantime, with winter approaching, socialists come all the way to the entertaining city of art where they can squash their spare time indoors, making it even more competitive. From the nobles around the gold, to the millionaires who come from other continents aboard ships, there are really a lot of people coming this time of year."

Virgilia, by its very nature, is also an entertainment city.

The city itself was in a distant temperament from the war, and even more recently there had been many arts and crafts that had not been traded to help the war, so it had not been given much importance.

Of course, it is possible to find fascination there in terms of goods of value, and if you say so, it is possible to use them in battle for anything, but Mooseg, who is taking hegemony of the eastern continent, had not yet reached out to Virginia.

The fact that it is on the other side of the Three Kingdoms and the numerous gatherings of leading players from other continents' to enjoy entertainment 'for less useful supplies were causing Mooseg to lose his active interest.

Virgilia is a bit of a hassle to acquire by the radical means of war.

It's a useful place to get connections to other continents in terms of leading people coming together, but they're here for entertainment, and it could have been a 'bad stimulus' to bring something innocent in there.

"Especially with Mooseg and the Three Kingdoms recently - and Lemuse, those five countries would have kind of interacted in the central eastern continent. Rumor has it that those influences have also rejuvenated the nobles and leading figures of the surrounding countries who have been held on to their heads by Mooseg until now. Even if I don't say it's all, not least they'll go outside and come to Virginia. - Oh, hey, it's good to be healthy. Without energy, the money doesn't turn to entertainment. Oppression and restraint are enemies of entertainment."

"You're gonna be trying to hide it somehow using beautiful words, but don't smell like gold in every word you say.... Well, I wouldn't deny that in itself."

"That's why Virginia could be particularly noisy this year."

"I wonder if the musegs of the day will come in."

"Aren't you in for a while? - No way. If you're trying to take Virginia in its entirety in the so-called" Mooseg-like way, "which can be very cumbersome, but secretly trying to make a connection in the" Virginia-like way, "rather, this slightly strange trading city is a great place. If Mooseg is trying to reach out to other continents, just stay out of the picture and I'm sure he's already done something. Well, it doesn't matter to us."

"You're so obsessed with art, you are."

"Oh, I'm sure it's more decent than those who cut off the resources of people with different artistic possibilities."

"What do you say?"

The two young men laughed at each other and corrected their collars again.

"Well, that's why you have to work on the gold by next week."

"I know, I'll do something about the money"

"If you're in this city, your money will get rough."

"Totally."

After tapping each other lightly, the two acted and took the stick around, saying goodbye.

The light of the orange city lights lit the backs of the two youths, brightly coloring their slightly tired black tuxedos.