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40. School festival annual play

"School festival?" I mumbled while looking at the script paper in front of me on my desk,

"The school do this to entertain and for the student to be able to showcase their magic and skill to the citizen and the nobles" cain explained, I nodded in response before taking the script and read the title

"Little apple?" I never read this story before I wonder what's it about?
But arthur sitting beside me with his feet up on his desk and hands leisurely at the back of his head answered my question

"It's about a girl named apple, red crimson hair that is said to be red as an apple, her father is an assassin, nobles paying him to do the killing, She eventually found out about it and ran away, not wanting to end up like her father she trained to be a knight and worked as the crown prince aid, but the prince and her fell in love with each other" a prince and a daughter of an assassin, typical..cain continued the story

"It's a story about their journey together and how did they need to make the king and the other noble to accept their relationship, but in the end one of the noble exposed her identify about being a daughter of an assassin so she was sentence to death, the prince couldn't accept the unjustice death of his love so he used his magic to destroy the whole kingdom and went out of control then died, quite a story I must add" cain said and smiled at me, I feel uncomfortable about that story, there isn't even a happily ever after in it..

"Speaking of which, the seniors are going to help us too,.....oh and speak of the devil he shall appear, natasha heads up" arthur grinned at me playfully, I raised a confuse eyebrow at him and followed his line of sight..

Ah, now I get it....

A mob of lovestruck ladies including the heroine entered the room with victor and vincent at the middle of it, hearts flying everywhere, pink aura radiating from the squealing ladies, I mentally face palmed myself....Pshh, capture targets, I rolled my eyes..

"Natasha my love!" And here comes the yandere prince, as expected he ran to me and hugged me from behind, sniffing my scent and all, I'm blaming all of this to you two faced bitch heroine!

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"So everyone pick a paper from the bowl, their are something written inside the paper, it's your role at the school play so ladies please line up, boys pick at the male role bowl at the right please" the teacher announced, alright, let's get this over with...

An the original game, the heroine got the main protagonist role while the yandere prince got the prince role---not quite a shock,

I picked one and waited for the teacher to say the signal for us to open what we got..

Apple

Wait what?!!!

This is ridiculous!! Seriously kami-sama! Why are you pointing all this crazy capture targets to me!!??

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A week later•

"Take your places everyone, iris-sama please get ready on set.... " I sighed out in frustration, pulled out my fake sword, well this is horrible but I can't mess this up since everyone worked hard for this...

All right, open the curtain!!

Vincent got the part of the narrator,
Arthur got the role as the prince aid,
Cain got the role of the sadistic little brother of the prince---who is extremely against apple and the prince's love..
I got the main protagonist's part and.......
....... Victor got the role of the prince.....

Vincent's soothing voice was heard as he narrated the story

Timeskip•

Finally! The last scene..

The scene where the main protagonist well be hanged for false accusations, The rope tied around my neck, standing on the fake platform, looking pitiful and sad..

Nice acting

I complimented myself, A fake tear rolled down my eyes as I looked from side to side for the supposed prince of the story to save the main protagonist

"But as apple searches the crowd for her love one, wanting to see him in her last moment of living, but the girl never did found him as she just hang her head low and tears rolling down her cheeks"

The narrator narrated, followed by my action according to the script

"Stop the execution!" Someone shouted, My head was still looking down and thankfully for that, the audience couldn't see my eyes widen in shock and no it's not written on the script!

What the hell! This scene wasn't written as at!! What is he doing!

"I hereby lifted the execution from apple Scarlett if she will agree to marry me!" Ehhhh?? The sadistic little brother of the prince wasn't supposed to appear here at all!! What an earth are you doing Cain!!

I was dumbfounded and I can tell everyone is, a smirk appeared on his face as he lifted and pointed his fake sword toward me, The audience made a whoa!! Sound and clapped, clearly suprise at this turn of events..

"Hahahaha, I'm afraid you can't do that, second prince, for I, Sir Richard Ulster will be the one to marry the lovely lady scarlett!" The supposed prince aid that is being played by arthur jumped down from the fake castle behind us and stood infront of cain, their sword clashing together as they glared daggers toward one another, until another character appeared..

"Enough! Who dares to steal my love from me! I won't let any of you touch a single strand of her lovely red hair!" The prince arrived, I was still staring with jaws dropped and eye widen

"The prince, his aid, and the second prince began to fight each other for the hands of apple, Neither one of them is planning to back down from the fight!!" Heck! Even vincent is getting excited! What an earth is happening!

"Enough!" I couldn't take it anymore As I stepped in the scene, My hands still tied behind my back, the rope still around my neck

"I am a lady of my own, I can choose whoever I want to marry and whoever I want to be, I am apple Scarlett, And I choose none of you to be my husband for I do not wish of being chained down and caged like a bird, I will soar through the sky and seek adventure one after another, I am a lady and a person of my own!!" When I said that, the audience stood up from their seats and clapped their hands, roar of claps and cheers filled the room, I stood tall and proud, a smile on my face, at that very moment I realized and heard something..

Fear conquered!
Test completed!!