(MC POV)
I stared at Kiyomi who was busy looking down at the tail she had been brushing for the past five minutes.
If you're curious about the play, it ended up as you might have expected it.
After the confession, we overthrew the tyrants and then my character went on ahead to marry Kiyomi's character and it was basically a happily ever after scenario.
The genius part of it was the ending was done in such a way that it was both a conclusion but also a hint at a possible sequel, which allowed our troupe to decide if this story should be continued depending on the audience's reaction.
Needless to say, the audience really enjoyed it and we even received a standing ovation too.
And listening to the conversations from our actors after the performance was over, I found out that the entire thing was indeed orchestrated by Kiyomi herself.
So this was what she ant by making the performance even better than what this version of her could co up with…
I have to give the staff props for being able to make such last minute changes in just two days though. That would have been impossible under normal circumstances but I guess when you have soone like Kiyomi looking over your shoulder, you don't have a choice either.
So here I am, staring at Kiyomi since she also figured out that I realised what she had done.
"So… Anything to say for yourself?" I asked.
"Hmmm? Oh, I suppose I would say that I outdid myself for this, don't you think so, Master?"
I patted her head, "I suppose you did, it was indeed quite an interesting story you ca up with. None of the other versions of you received a standing ovation like that at the end of the performance like you did, much less with the problems you've faced too."
"Kukuku~ Thank you, Master. I tried my best."
"That said… You really planned this out, huh?"
"Oh? I don't understand what you an by that, Master."
"Don't play innocent with , you planned all this out just so you can hear propose didn't you?"
"Kukuku~ Seems like I was caught, as expected of Master~ I will admit, it took all I had not to break out of character when I heard you say that, Master."
"You really are one cunning girl."
"Oh, I'll take that as a complint, Master~"
Nothing really phases her huh?
I sighed, "Well, what now? Unsurprisingly, Guiying declared herself as our patron after we pretty much stole the show. We still have until the end of the day before we return back to our World too."
"Oh, isn't it obvious, Master? Now we party of course."
Just as she said that, all the staff mbers of our troupe suddenly appeared around us.
"Oh!! There's our boss and the Master!!"
"We've been looking all over for you two!"
"Are we still going to party?"
Kiyomi waved at them, "Of course we are. I've already booked the venue ahead of ti so everyone can head there first. We'll catch up in a bit."
"Ohhh! As expected of boss!!"
Huh… And not even a few hours ago you were working them so hard and saying things that lacked empathy… Yet here you are being so considerate of--
"Kukuku~ Once they are busy eating and partying, I can have our alone ti together, Master. I reserved a separate place for us with wine and a nice view of the city. Shall we?"
I take that back, she's just basically trying to get rid of them with the food so she can spend ti alone with .
But in this case… Just because she pulled a fast one on …
I pulled her up by her hand and waved to the other staff mbers who were still walking away, "Wait up everyone! We're coming too!"
"Oh!! The boss and Master are joining us!"
"Hooray! Let's drink lots today, Master!"
I started pulling Kiyomi along to join them as they beckoned over.
"Ma… Master? Wha… What are you doing?" Kiyomi whispered.
"What do you an, Kiyomi? Isn't it more fun to party with more people? We have to properly answer our staff's feelings too, you know? After working them so hard like that, we will have to party hard with them as well!"
"Ma… Master… That's not what I--"
"Heyyyy! Let's go before the others eat up all the food, boss!"
My little white fox was forced to swallow her complaints as the troupe mbers surrounded us again, lest her true feelings were revealed there.
I chuckled inwardly as I led all of them to the bar that Kiyomi had reserved while listening to the others banter along the way.
When we reached the bar, we found most of the troupe already there and enjoying the food that was laid around the room. It seems like Kiyomi went ahead to reserve the entire bar for us.
The mont we entered, the people in the room imdiately pulled the two of us in and we were sward with cheers and various mbers congratulating us while pushing food and drinks into our hands.
And as both the main female lead and also the director cum supervisor of the play, Kiyomi was getting a lot of attention from everyone.
It got to the point that even Kiyomi herself was unable to hide her embarrassnt at being praised so much.
As I said, getting the Empress to beco our patron was a really huge deal so everyone here is pretty much set for life after tonight.
As long as they don't do anything stupid, they can live comfortably while performing our plays. To them, this was basically a godsend and Kiyomi was the one who helped them achieve that.
Drinks and food flowed freely and everyone was enjoying themselves. I received several toasts as well as complints for my acting, since the of this World only acted as a manager and not an actor so most were surprised by how well I did.
Finally, there was a lull in the people coming to find us and Kiyomi leaned closer to , "This is revenge for changing the script behind your back, isn't it… Master?"
"Oh, it seems like I was caught~ As expected of my Kiyomi." I chuckled, using her own words against her. "But aren't you also enjoying yourself?"
"Mnnn… I suppose I can't say no… But it's still true that I'm enjoying myself much more now that no one else is bothering us…" She muttered before laying her head on my shoulder.
Cute~
I almost regret that we were leaving for ho after this.
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