Chapter 164 True·Membership Gold Card
Most people who travel to France will go to the Arc de Triomphe and the Seine River; if they have the opportunity, they will definitely want to taste the famous French delicacies: foie gras and French onion soup...
so?
Only then would Herb take his family to watch a French opera?
Albert couldn't understand Herb's thoughts. Maybe it was because the budget was sufficient, or maybe the opportunity was rare. Anyway, it was not an important matter.
Before returning to the UK, the Anderson family took a ride to the Bastille Opera House, preparing to make a perfect ending to their trip to France by watching the opera they had scheduled not long ago.
By the way, this opera is actually the "Romeo and Juliet" that Albert is familiar with.
Albert had seen the movie "Romeo and Juliet" in his previous life.
As for opera?
At any rate, I had never seen an opera in my previous life.
Herb, with Albert's "help", successfully obtained the previously reserved tickets.
After passing the ticket check at the entrance of the Bastille Opera House, several people entered the auditorium along the passage.
The opera house usually closes early. The Anderson family is among the last audience, and most of the audience has already taken their seats.
The four of them walked along the corridor between the seats and quickly found their seats by reading the numbers on the tickets.
There are still five empty seats in that row. Apart from the Anderson family, there seems to be one person who did not arrive in time.
To Albert's right was an elderly couple with gray hair. Probably aware of Albert's gaze, the old man turned his head and smiled at him. Albert also smiled politely and returned his attention. Put it on the performance brochure distributed by the opera house.
However, the performance brochure was all in French, and only Albert could understand it. He whispered the contents to share with his family and discuss the opera.
Herb and Daisy once watched "Romeo and Juliet" together, but only at the British Opera House. This time in France, the adaptation and style of the opera may be slightly different.
The opera "Romeo and Juliet" is divided into five acts and six scenes. Albert didn't tell the content. The spoiler would be very unkind to Nia, who has never seen it. It would be better to maintain a sense of expectation.
While the Andersons discussed the opera in hushed tones,
The spectator in the empty seat next to him also hurried over. He was a middle-aged man in his fifties. The suit he wore gave Albert an inexplicable sense of disharmony.
The middle-aged man seemed to know the old couple. He had just whispered a few words when the theater bell rang, signaling that the opera was about to begin.
The entire theater fell silent instantly, the dim lights were extinguished, and the surrounding area was completely plunged into darkness, except for the light on the stage.
“It’s quite atmospheric.”
Albert was not talking either, focusing all his attention on the stage.
To be honest, Albert, who didn’t know much about opera at all, after watching the first act “The House of the Capulets”, his understanding of opera changed to using singing and music to explain and express the plot, but he had to This opera still has some charm, and you can still understand what is being expressed on the stage. It is much better than the concert of the famous Celestina Warbeck in the wizarding world.
The first act of "Romeo and Juliet" tells the story of Romeo and Juliet meeting and falling in love, but discovering that they are enemies. The period is filled with the light, elegant and romantic style unique to France.
Albert glanced at his family in his spare time. Daisy and Herb were already in a state of appreciation. Nia, who couldn't understand the opera very well, was reaching out to cover a yawn.
Perhaps I feel bored!
This is actually not surprising. If he was just a child, this would definitely be the case.
By the way, the middle-aged uncle next to Nia actually entered a trance. He obviously had no interest in opera, but he had to watch the opera with his family.
“Their voices are really amazing!”
This was Nia's exclamation after the curtain fell, which made Albert next to him a little bit unable to help laughing, but he still suppressed his laughter and just replied softly: "Yes!"
Romeo and Juliet both belong to the high-pitched type. Like Nia said, her voice is really amazing, and she can actually produce such high notes.
The second act did not keep the audience waiting for too long, it was performed very quickly, and took place in the garden outside Juliet's bedroom. Romeo and Juliet actually secretly made a lifelong commitment.
Looking at the French in the performance brochure, Albert explained the general story of the previous scene to Nia during the free time after the performance ended and the curtain fell.
“I dare say that the two of them will definitely not be together in the end.” Nia said after listening.
"How can we be together as enemies in the end? It must be a tragedy."
The third act began with Nia’s muttering...
As for the outcome of "Romeo and Juliet", it naturally ended tragically as Nia said.
Romeo was sentenced to be expelled from the country for killing Juliet's cousin. The two parties were preparing to pretend to be dead and have a private life, but the priest's messenger was delayed in the middle, resulting in the message not being delivered to Romeo in time, which directly led to the fifth act in which Romeo was in Roumei. Under the lyrical tone of sadness, she committed suicide by taking poison. When Juliet woke up and found that her lover was dead, she drew her sword and committed suicide.
“How is it? The opera is pretty good, isn’t it?” Herb asked with a smile.
"Not bad." Albert thought for a while and said, "But I still think movies are more suitable for me."
“Where’s Nia?” Daisy asked.
"Here she is, I've been holding her hand." Albert's eyes fell on the empty seat in front of him. The middle-aged man actually left midway?
When did you not notice what happened?
“Nia, what are you doing?” Daisy frowned and reminded, “You are leaving, hold Albert’s hand and don’t get separated.”
"Follow me," Herb said again, "Don't push, don't be in a hurry, follow the flow of people and leave slowly."
“I know this, let’s go Nia.” Albert responded aloud.
After leaving the Bastille Opera House, Nia suddenly asked: "Albert, do you think if the messenger could sense in time, would Romeo and Juliet be together?"
“No!” Albert said calmly.
“Why?” Nia tilted her head and asked.
"Because the messenger will always be late, even if Shakespeare is not late, the messenger will be late." Albert said lightly.
"Ahem! Albert is saying that Romeo and Juliet are just characters in the play, so their fate has already been determined." Herb was choked by Albert's words and quickly explained.
“What if it’s in reality?” Nia asked again.
"They will definitely be together." Daisy comforted her first. She glared at her son and husband with slight dissatisfaction and told them to shut up and not ruin the romantic atmosphere here. The girls naturally hoped that Romeo and Juliet could together, not buried together after death.
“Nia, what were you picking up just now?” Albert changed the subject.
“Oh, by the way, I was just picking this up.” Nia handed a golden card in her hand to Herb, “It must have been lost by someone in the audience.”
“What is this?” Herb was also stunned after reading it. Because this is not a gold card in name, but a real gold card, a gold card made of gold.
“Gold?” Albert stared at the card made of gold and frowned slightly.
Actually, they all felt quite speechless. In other words, gold cards, but they didn’t expect that someone actually used gold to make a gold card. How painful it was.
The world of rich people is really confusing, right?
“You guys wait here for a moment, I’ll give it to the staff of the Bastille Opera House.” After Herb finished speaking, he was about to return to the Bastille Opera House with the gold card and hand it over to the staff there.
“Let me take a look. The words above seem a bit familiar.”
Herb found that he could not read the words on the gold card. However, I can understand the image. It seems to be a pot and a stick.
When Albert just took over the gold card, something unexpected happened. The hand holding the gold card suddenly moved in a certain direction, as if there was a strong force preparing to take the gold card away.
"How is this going?"
Albert reacted immediately. When the gold card was about to slip out of his fingertips, he almost instinctively grabbed it and focused his attention on the gold card. The protective bracelet on his wrist offset the effect of the flying spell.
“What happened just now?” Herb was shocked, and he almost flew away when he saw the golden card.
"A wizard is using a spell to summon it." Albert explained casually, "But that **** is really going to get me into trouble."
“What’s the matter?” Daisy asked.
“I don’t know if the other party’s use of the Flying Curse will be pinned on my head.” Albert muttered. He hated that he would become the scapegoat for no reason one day.
That's when I decided to take off this gold card. As for the iron armor charm on the protective bracelet?
The magic on magic props will not be monitored by the Ministry of Magic, just like using a broomstick, so Albert is not worried about this at all.
"You mean..." Nia asked softly, "The person who was next to us just now was a wizard?"
“Don’t discuss these things here again.” Albert warned in a low voice.
“Return this gold card, or give it to someone at the Bastille Opera House to deal with it?” Daisy suggested. She didn’t want an unknown wizard to suddenly come to her door and ask for the gold card.
“Don’t worry, nothing will happen.” Albert glanced at the runes above: Extraordinary Apothecary Association.
If he had not been harassed by the Ministry of Magic's owl, Albert would have returned the gold membership card to its original owner through other means.
If you really take the blame for no reason, wait for the other party to help resolve the misunderstanding before returning it to the other party.
Speaking of which, are these pharmacists wealthy people? It's so luxurious that they use gold as a gold membership card.
Moreover, this gold membership card is actually a magic item?
(End of this chapter)