In the Bavaru Library of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, a play named "Cantrera" by Ignis is being rehearsed intensely. From time to time, you can hear from outside the door that Ignis is not paying attention to some people's performances.

shouts of dissatisfaction.

"Cut!!!" A sudden shout startled everyone. Ignis shouted to Marisa who looked embarrassed, "How many times have I told you?"

, Marisa, you want to show me a provocative smile when you hug Hatsune Miku, can you hide your unique sunny smile!?"

In the script arranged by Ignis, there is a scene where Marisa dances with her as Kirito's second fiance, and then Ignis will suddenly arrive. At that time, Kirito will leave with a look of joy.

Marisa came to his brother's arms, and the next part was Marisa's part. Here he would show an arrogant attitude, take Kirito's arm and hold her tightly in his arms, and then face

All Ignis needs is a provocative smile, but here's the problem. Probably because of her personality, it's difficult for Marisa to imitate a smile that satisfies Ignis, or her smile is too stiff or too fake.

At the beginning of the rehearsal, he showed a smile that was so bright that it almost blinded Ignis's eyes.

"Okay, okay, Ignis, don't be too serious, can't you? Marisa's personality is like this. If you force her to show an inappropriate smile, it will be counterproductive. It's better to let Marisa follow her own personality.

Come on." Patchouli, who was also dressed in medieval male aristocratic clothing, seemed to be unable to stand it anymore and defended Marisa.

To be honest, after Patchouli wore this pair of male aristocratic gorgeous clothes, regardless of her impressive appearance, her sickly posture alone had a hint of the historical Duke of Pesaro in it, otherwise

Nor would he be forced to sign a confession of impotence and terminate his engagement with Lucretia because there was no evidence.

Regarding Lucrece's second husband, Alfonso II, Alfonso Aragon, Caesar Portia sent someone to assassinate him because he thought he had no political value. It can be said that in history, Caesar

Portia was undoubtedly one of the most cruel and cunning characters of that era... Among them, he loved his half-sister Lucretia deeply, but used her as a tool for political marriages to marry off again and again.

, and finally used countless despicable methods to bring her back to him again and again. Among these methods, in addition to assassination, he often used the family poison 'Cantrera' to assassinate political opponents. This is why he has the 'Poison Duke'

'Such a title.

Caesar Portia - He is the most notorious and the most charismatic of the Portia family. In the history of Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries, there was no other person like him who bore so much notoriety but was at the same time.

A ruler who is sympathized with and praised without hesitation.

"Marisa." At this time, Kirito stepped forward and curiously played with Marisa's curly eyebrows and blond hair, curled them with his fingers and said, "Why don't you try it and see what you usually show when you and Reimu play barrage games?

That kind of smile might make Ignis feel like a good fit."

"The smile when playing barrage with Reimu?" Marisa murmured, and the corners of her mouth gradually turned up, revealing a smile that made Ignis's eyes widen. While confident and provocative, it did not make people laugh.

The negative emotions that aroused resentment were instead infected with a smile. This is the smile that only Marisa can have in the entire Gensokyo. Cheerful, optimistic, strong, confident... these words seem to be for

Marisa was born the same.

"Good!" Ignis clapped his hands happily, and said loudly as if he was about to jump up: "Yes, it is this smile, this smile that is provocative but not offensive."

"Really? Hehe." Marisa scratched her head and immediately laughed stupidly again. The confidence in the corner of her mouth was gone again, but that smile was enough for Ignis.

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Hakurei Shrine is bustling with people at this time, and many people have already arrived before it gets completely dark. Several thick brown-red ropes are hung on the edge of the eaves of the shrine. The other end of the rope is connected to a nearby uncle.

There were more than a dozen red leather lanterns, and inside were chandeliers specially made by Dongfang Yao using moonstones. The blazing white halo illuminated the place as brightly as day.

Perhaps it was because the table took up too much space and was too troublesome to clean up later. The open space between the shrine and the torii was filled with mats, and many people were sitting on the ground in twos and threes chatting happily with each other.

"Remy! Here, here!" As soon as everyone in the Scarlet Devil Mansion arrived, Reimu, with sharp eyes, noticed her immediately. She stood up and waved her little hand to greet Remilia. The eldest lady responded with a happy smile.

She had to smile, and just when she was about to remind her sister Flan that she was leaving, she found that she was no longer there. A closer look revealed that Flandre had already been wandering around cheering with a group of little ghosts.

stand up.

"Sorry, I'm late, something was delayed a little bit." Letting go of holding Patchouli's hand, Ignis and Patchouli each returned a smile and left, only to see Patchouli coming to Lingmeng and

Remilia sat down quietly, while Ignis came and sat down between Dongfang Yao and Ashmida. At the same time, he said to the sweet girl wearing a charming black maid outfit following behind her: "

In the future, you should also meet some people, and don’t follow me anymore.”

"I understand, Master." Kirito responded with a sweet smile, came to sit down next to Marisa not far away, and said to the girl with short blond hair who looked at him blankly and had an exquisite appearance like a doll.

: "Long time no see, Miss Alice."

"You're not dead!" The puppeteer who had just received treatment from the demon world and had just returned to Gensokyo today opened her eyes wide and looked at the sweet girl in front of her who should have had her head chopped off. Then she suddenly thought of something and her expression changed drastically.

He stood up, knelt down, knelt down and said loudly and apologetically: "I was really sorry for the last time. Please show your respect and don't come in front of me again. People and ghosts have different paths!"

It seems that Alice thought that the sweet maid who appeared in front of her was a fierce ghost who came to seek her life, so she subconsciously begged for mercy. Seeing the girl's posture, Kirito burst into laughter and said with a smile: "I'm sorry.

I scared you, but I am still alive now, not the dead soul you imagined. If you want to find a reason for you to believe it, you can think that I have the same ability to be resurrected as Yakumo Kurenai."

"So that's it, it really scared me to death." Alice breathed a sigh of relief, raised her kneeling head, and patted her well-developed breasts with her right hand as if thankfully. The girl suddenly felt that her posture at this time

I was rude and apologized immediately: "I was really sorry last time. I had some mental problems at that time, so I treated you..."

Seeing Alice hesitating for a moment and not knowing how to say the apology she was holding in her heart, Kirito seemed indifferent and said with a smile: "It's okay, I just hope you don't do this again next time.

After all, not everyone is like me." Alice smiled awkwardly at Kirito's generosity, and could only nod politely to express her inner apology.

After chatting with people nearby for a while, the organizers, the couple Reimu Hakurei and Haruka Dongfang, came on stage to give personal speeches at the beginning of the festival. Fortunately, they both have the kind of troublesome personalities.

, so it is not as troublesome as the speeches of leaders such as the principal in the school. Especially Dongfang Yao, as a person who has lived for an unknown number of years, he only used two or three sentences to speak, and the atmosphere of the festival was raised to

ex level.

————————————————————————————————————————A reader of arx7 asked how such a terrible volume should be ended.

, Haha! Are you looking down on this author!? Let me tell you, the speed and method of this author's brain work are beyond the imagination of a mortal like you.

Dear readers, just wait for me! When this volume is updated later, it will blind your eyes. It can be as bad as it is. As a man who dares to play shameful games with his girlfriend in an empty classroom during lunch break
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