Chapter 665: So! That's! How! It! Is!

"Huh?"

Hearing Li Ang's somewhat startled question, Agatha in his arms trembled slightly, then buried her head hard into his chest again, and said in a blushing, shy, coquettish voice:

"Dar… darling?"

"……"

The meaning of my question wasn't for you to change how you address me — I wanted to ask why you're calling me by my real name!

And just as Li Ang was stunned by Agatha's… or rather the Princess's answer, standing dumbfounded on the spot, unsure whether to let go or to brazenly keep up the act, the more than two thousand "fan" bubbles above the Drama World had already gone wild with shrieks of sweetness at this couple suddenly serving up sugar.

"I… I can't take it anymore! Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

"So sweet! The sugar content here is way over the line! I'm going to die of sweetness!"

"Marry! Marry! Don't wait till tomorrow, marry right here on the spot!"

"I'm so sweet I'm going to start twisting! I'm twisting like crazy! I'm going to roll around!"

"She just switched to calling him 'darling' on the spot… I… I can't hold it in!"

It's… it's over… everything's over…

Looking at the pink bubbles above the Drama World tumbling like waves, the Master Dramatist on the real-world stage simply went weak in both legs, dropped onto the floor with a thud, his two weary eyes filled with a despairing grey.

Clearly… clearly I'm the Master Dramatist… I'm the one who created this script!

And besides, do these damned audiences even have any dramatic taste?

The play has clearly been changed into a total mess, with no foreshadowing at all beforehand, and then this sudden wedding-crashing just pops up out of nowhere — don't you find it jarring? Also, the female lead's mother, who was set up as a loving but strict elder, just hands over her daughter after being asked a single question? Don't you find that awkward here?

And most importantly, what about the second male lead, Elijah? He had just been in the middle of a heartfelt confession, but he hasn't opened his mouth to speak this whole time, as if it were someone else whose fiancée got stolen, just standing up there with the groom's relatives watching hard — don't you find the second male lead's behavior… ah, no!

Elijah is the male lead I designed! That Mr. Joseph is only the second male lead! No no! He's not even the second male lead! He's just a supporting character! A supporting character who exists to set off the male lead's bravery and wisdom, who should have disappeared after finishing the tavern scene in Act One, Scene One!

Realizing that his own cognition had suffered some kind of dissonance — so much so that he had even gotten the male lead's identity wrong — the 【King of Drama】 could not help but raise a trembling arm and look at the script of *Twelve Days Together* on his arm.

Under his despairing gaze, the script of *Twelve Days Together* slowly opened, and Elijah, who had originally been written in the male lead's spot, had at some point completely vanished, replaced by a name that made him grind his teeth.

【Male Lead: Mr. Joseph】

【Setting: On the surface, a wastrel youth from the small city of Ankara, fond of running around in flashy, eccentric outfits, but behind the scenes he is the owner of the kingdom's largest trading company and the heir of a great noble house.

The seemingly dissolute, clownish exterior is merely a means of concealing his true self; only after the female lead Agatha makes deeper contact with him and gradually comes to understand his painful, struggling inner world does she slowly come to know his sincere, passionate true nature…】

Struggling, my ass! He doesn't have an inner world! That bastard has at most a sincere and passionate ass!

Looking at the background that had been forcibly rewritten beyond all recognition, the 【King of Drama】 could not help but be consumed by rage, and after cursing a few times with absolutely no dignity befitting a master, the world spun, and he collapsed onto the floor with a thud.

And at this critical moment, among the pink bubbles up above that were going crazy, a certain red bubble — one that had successfully set the tempo several times at key moments — once again stepped forward, wobbled up to the highest point on its two little short legs, and threw its arms in the air, shouting:

"Sisters! Is Mr. Joseph handsome or not?" "Handsome!"

"Is the new plot good?"

"Good!!"

"Compared with Master Wang Wang Wang Erde's original, isn't the new version even better?"

"Yes!!!"

If you had to choose between Master Wang Wang Wang Erde and Mr. Joseph, you'd pick Mr. Joseph, right?

"Right!!!!"

"Then it's settled!"

Standing on a high platform built by the bubbles, looking down at the dense crowd of supporters below — and the small number of dissenters who, though opposed, had been caught and locked up because they were outnumbered — the big red bubble let out a sinister laugh, then threw its head back and howled triumphantly:

"Come, let's storm that incompetent Master Wang Wang Wang Erde, and from now on let the most handsome Mr. Joseph take over as the master of the Drama World… uh…"

Seeing the 【King of Drama】 above its head glaring with eyes full of furious rage, the big red bubble couldn't help but give an all-over shudder, then tumbled straight off the platform and instinctively tried to burrow into the bubble pile.

Although all the thought-bubbles looked pretty much alike, the others were mostly pale pink, while this big bubble — the ringleader of the Joseph fans — was red through and through, so although it successfully burrowed into the pile, the very next second the 【King of Drama】 reached in and fished it out.

And as it entered the 【King of Drama】's palm, the big red bubble twisted slightly, then uncontrollably began to swell rapidly, gradually revealing its true form…

A goat's head wearing a sheepish grin?

King of Drama: "……" (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Heishanyang: "……" (*▽*)

Looking at this roasted sheep's head that had once been carried off by "Mr. Joseph," then vanished into thin air and never reappeared, the King of Drama was so angry his whole body began to tremble.

No wonder every time it came to a critical moment, you'd step out and lead everyone the other way — turns out you're a damn plant!!!!!!!

"Um… Master, we can explain…"

Relying on his ability to sense anger, Heishanyang felt the towering fury in the 【King of Drama】's soul — fury enough to roast him alive into a dried goat — and couldn't help but gulp, then explained with a sheepish smile:

"Well… we didn't want to do this job either, but Li Ang… that bastard playing Mr. Joseph, he kept insisting that having an official go down into the field to guide things, controlling the fans' speech and the direction of public opinion, is the basic community operation that has to be done the moment a new-era drama airs.

Um… we don't really know what he meant, but we're just a poor devil working for him, and normally we don't get to harvest a single soul — we just count on our boss here to fork out some cash so we can buy a couple puffs of tobacco to take the edge off… so… we can only do whatever he says.

Hehe… so we really weren't targeting you, Master. We've watched your plays too — that one about the sculptor's Lady who had an affair with her disciple, real fire, got our blood pumping, so we're your fan. Could you just let us off like a fart, and let it go…

Help! Li Ang, help! Someone's killing a goat!!!"

(End of chapter)