Chapter 38
Being trounced once again turned Hyrlan’s attention away from Pong as she looked at Joshua and Sir Weissenasche walk out of the room.
“Joshua, is your discussion done? Ciri… you should come with me to the academy, then.”
Hyrlan still underestimated Ciri’s “favorable disposition” toward Joshua, plus Joshua had already reminded them that the talk could take some time before he entered the room.
So, Hyrlan was going to take Ciri back to the academy to try to salvage her student status. However, Ciri stuck fast by the door and refused to budge.
It was as if Ciri would die the moment she strayed a little too far away from Joshua.
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That was a fact only Ciri and Joshua knew. Until now, Ciri had yet to find a good opportunity to explain her relationship with Joshua to Hyrlan.
Fortunately, the theater’s hospitality for its guests was top-notch. Coupled with the charm of Pong, Ciri managed to distract Hyrlan’s attention.
“Sir, that is a white wall used for background decoration…” Sir Weissenasche explained to Joshua.
“Can it be moved?”
Joshua did not expect this world to achieve circular-screen movie levels yet, but a giant screen was the most basic… The convenient part of the originium crystal’s projection was that no matter how big the screen was, it would not affect the picture’s quality.
The whiteboard behind the stage was undoubtedly an excellent projection medium.
“Of course.”
“Push it to the front of the stage.”
As per Joshua’s order, Sir Weissenasche had his men slowly move the huge whiteboard to the front of the stage.
“Perfect. Sir Weissenasche, please turn off all of those glowing stones.”
Joshua felt that the whiteboard could indeed serve as a projection medium… He walked up along the steps to the tenth row of the auditorium’s first level, and after infusing mana into the crystals, the image was magnified many times over onto the whiteboard.
The effect was… not bad at all.
Joshua sat with a soft cushion and looked at the picture that was projected on the whiteboard screen. He finally experienced the feeling of watching a movie in the cinema again.
“It’s starting.” Ciri straight up planted herself in the seat beside Joshua before she whispered to Hyrlan, “This… is a stage play?”
Compared with Ciri’s concern about the movie’s plot, Hyrlan was more concerned about what was appearing on the whiteboard. It was nothing like any kind of stage performance Hyrlan had ever known.