The Cursed Blue Pearl

Chapter Three

1. Apr.12th.1796 Tue. 4:50pm Brighton, England, Britain

That time when Forest arrived at the rock, his hair was tied with a silk ribbon in midnight blue20 and -he was dressed in a midnight blue hat, a white linen shirt with dark blue sleeve buttons, a white cravat21 with a shirt buckle, a baby blue linen coat with embroideries of many roses each in white and dark blue, a dark blue linen waistcoat with many embroideries of roses each in white and dark blue, a baby blue linen breeches with garter buckles made of iron, baby blue linen gloves, white silk stockings and black leather shoes with buckles made of iron22- all that wealthy European men wore in 1796, he also has a silver pocket watch connected to a bluish gray ribbon in the pocket of the coat, once he set his feet on the top of the rock, looking around the surroundings he waited for Melody, soon at 5:00pm, he heard the familiar sound of splashing, so when he turned his head in the direction, she was already spinning in the air, she directly dove into the water, soon she stuck her head, shoulders, and upper breasts out of the water,

”Melody, its lovely to meet you again, ” said he with pleasure smiling broadly,

”Its lovely to meet you again, too, Forest, ” said she with pleasure smiling broadly, too,

”And look at you, Forest, today you look different, now you look not only nice, but also rich, haha! ”

”Haha! well, thank you very much, actually, this is the only luxurious suit set I have, usually, I wear simple clothes of the working class, but because its our first date, tadah! now I wear this, ”

”Wow! really? Im really impressed, ” they smiled at each other,

Then at that instant, he recalled that she had a fin with no legs,

”Oh no! my huge mistake, I completely forgot that you can walk out of the water, so Melody, whenever you want to eat and see something, how can you do those things? ” asked he,

”Whenever we mermaids and mermen come out of the salty water, our fins transformed into humans legs and scales on mermaids breasts disappear, ” answered she,

”Wow! really? ”

”Really, ”

”All right, thats amazing, ”

”Tell me about it, ”

She directly pointed her index finger at the cave in the dense forest next to the rock,

”A bluish grey stone chest with my clothes and shoes is in that cave, as soon as my fin transforms into legs, Ill walk into there, ”

”Really? ”

”Really, ”

He approached the cave, when he walked into its entrance, he could see a closed stone chest in bluish gray with a lid, there was also a huge hole in the stone ground, and through the hole, he could see a crystal clear spring water flew to somewhere peacefully, the surface of the clean water sparkled under the sunshine beaming through the hole of the caves ceiling,

”Yes, as you said, heres the chest, and what a clean spring water, beautiful, ”

”Welcome to my wild house, ”

”Haha! thank you very much for your wild welcoming, ”

”My wild pleasure, ”

He walked out of the cave and came back to the rock,

”Because it flows to somewhere, its always clear and clean, so I can drink the water, can wash my clothes with the water, and can take a bath in the water, and because its not the salty water, my legs don transform into the fin, ” said she,

”Wow! really? ”

”Really, ”

”All right, thats interesting, ”

”Tell me about it, and now Ill walk out of the water, and because Ill be naked, I seriously hope you won look at my naked body, you know, we just met, its too fast, ”

”All right, ”

He approached those nearby dense trees and stopped in front of them, as soon as he turned around in the opposite direction from her, cutting those waves she approached the gravelly ground of the beach, putting her both hands and fin on those pebbles, as soon as she came out of the water, as she said surprisingly, her fin transformed into two legs of a human and those scales on her breasts disappeared, soon she raised her body, setting her feet on the ground, she walked out of the water and directly approached the cave,

”Don turn around, please, ” said she,

”Im trying, don worry, ” answered he,

”Trying? ”

”! oh no, no! I mean, never, Ill never turn around, I swear God, ”

”All right, thank you very much, gentleman, ”

”You
e very welcome, lady, ”

Then while she approached the cave, soon he unconsciously set his left foot on the thin, wide, flat rock with many deep cracks on the grass next to him, then at that instant, the surface of the rock cracked widely and wildly and shattered into many pieces, and at the same time, the soil under the rock collapsed a bit, so staggering his body severely, he fell to the grass,

”Urgh! ”

Then when he directly raised his body, his eyes met her naked body,

”Oh no! oh God! Im terribly so sorry! ”

He directly turned around and took off the coat, still turning his body in the opposite direction from her, he handed the coat to her carefully, and at the same time picking up the coat carefully, she thanked him,

”Um… thank you! ”

”Um… my pleasure! ”

She wore the coat and directly ran into the entrance of the cave in her hurry, soon he mused blushing his face with a wildly pounding heart,

”Good God, today is my lucky day, even for a second, I saw her two pretty pink pearls, ”

After taking a bath, when she opened the lid of the chest, five kinds of garment sets each with different shoes were in it,

The first one was a dark sea blue cotton Yukata set with light sea blue seashell patterns, a pair of geta23 made of light brown wood and dark blue toe-straps, all for the working class in 1796,

The second one was a light ocean blue silk Kimono set with dark ocean blue seashell patterns, a pair of geta made of beige wood and light blue toe-straps and a kanzashi24 decorated with many cherry blossoms all made of light blue silks all that wealthy Japanese women wore in 1796,

The third one was -a bluish gray dress set with a white linen shift, a white linen cap with a baby blue ribbon, wool stockings, and woven tape garters all in white and midnight blue leather shoes, an white under petticoat, a white chemise, and a baby blue stays made with an outer layer of worsted wool and boned with synthetic in whalebone, bluish gray petticoat, a midnight blue separate pocket with a string, a baby blue kerchief, and a baby blue apron, all for the working class in 1796-25,

The fourth one was -a baby blue dress set for a walk with a linen shift, a chemise, silk stockings, and ribbon garters all in white, a stays made of linen canvas and silk brocade both in midnight blue boned with synthetic in whalebone, a single white silk lace, white petticoat; a bodiced style in linen with a small dark blue bustle pad, a round gown made of white silk; bodice lined with linen, a white silk chiffon, an open robe made of baby blue silk, a turban style baby blue silk headdress with a brooch made of a waterdrop-shaped baby blue pearl in the center of the brooch with a platinum frame and two feathers each in white and sky blue, a baby blue silk shawl and baby blue silk slippers, all that wealthy European women wore in 1796-26,

And the fifth one was -a baby blue evening gown set with a linen shift, a chemise, silk stockings, and ribbon garters all in white, a stays made of linen canvas and silk brocade both in baby blue boned with synthetic in whalebone, a single white silk lace, white petticoat; a bodiced style in linen with a small midnight blue bustle pad, and an evening round gown made of baby blue silk; bodice lined with linen, a turban style baby blue silk headdress with a brooch made of a waterdrop-shaped turquoise in the center of the brooch with a platinum frame and four feathers each in white, baby blue, turquoise blue and sky blue, a silk midnight blue plaited belt, gloves made of white leather, a baby blue silk shawl with several embroidered roses in silver thread and baby blue silk slippers with ten round baby blue pearls five per the center of a slippers front, all that wealthy European women wore in 179627-,

She wore the kimono set, kanzashi, and geta, and made her hair to the traditional Japanese female hairdo that unmarried Japanese women had in the period, directly holding the coat, she walked out of the cave and called him,

”Now you can see me, ”

He turned around and looked at her,

”How do I look? ” asked she,

”Whoa! Melody, gorgeous, look at you, gorgeous, you look very gorgeous in blue, ” said he looking at her in admiration,

”Thank you very much, my gorgeous gentleman, ” thanked she smiling gorgeously,

”You
e very welcome, my gorgeous lady, ” said he smiling gorgeously, too,

”And Im also grateful for your coat, you
e a nice gentleman, ” thanked she handing the coat to him,

”My pleasure, my amazing lady, ” said he wearing the coat smiling nicely,

Soon she came back to the cave, she changed into the European dress set with the headdress and slippers all for a walk, lastly as soon as she changed her hairstyle to the traditional European female hairdo for adults that wealthy European women had in the period, she walked out of the cave and showed her new gorgeous look,

”Tadah! how do I look? ” asked she,

”Wow! Melody, my beautiful lady, beautiful, what a beauty in baby blue, ” said he being mesmerized by her beautiful look,

”Really? thank you very much, my beautiful gentleman, ” thanked she smiling beautifully,

”My pleasure, my beauty, ” said he smiling beautifully, too,

Soon he held out his elbow and arm,

”So my gorgeous and beautiful lady, shall we? ” asked he gently,

”Yes, my gorgeous and beautiful gentleman, ” answered she tenderly putting her hand on his strong and trustable arm,

So just like that, keeping close to each others side, arm in arm in blooming love, the budding lovers in baby blue walked in the direction of the nearest main street from the beach, together.

Forests hairdo20 : referred to Portrait of an Unknown Man by anonymous, created in 1775, Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes,

– posted in https://18thcenturyfop.tumblr.com/post/151319071084/portrait-of-an-unknown-man-by-anonymous-c-1775

Cravat21 : is a neckband, the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from a style worn by members of the 17th century military unit known as the Croats. The modern British ”cravat ” is called an ”ascot ” in American English. – sourced by Wikipedia

Forests clothing22 : referred to these youtube videos Mens 1770s Dress by Colonial Williamsburg, Getting Dressed in the 18th Century – Men by National Museums Liverpool, Man getting dressed in 18th Century clothing by Sewstine, and https://cdnhistorybits.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/mens-fashion-during-and-after-the-french-revolution-1790-1810/

Geta23 : are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops. A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base elevated with up to three ”teeth ”, held on the foot with a fabric thong, which keeps the foot raised above the ground. – sourced by Wikipedia

Kanzashi24 : are hair ornaments used in traditional Japanese hairstyles. The term kanzashi refers to a wide variety of accessories, including long, rigid hairpins, barrettes, fabric flowers and fabric hair ties, in the English-speaking world, the term kanzashi is typically used to refer to hair ornaments made from layers of folded cloth used to form flowers (tsumami kanzashi), or the technique of folding used to make the flowers. – sourced by Wikipedia

Melodys western dress set for working class25 : referred to this youtube video Getting Dressed in 18th Century Working Class Womens Clothing by Samantha Bullat

Melodys western dress for a walk 26 : referred to these youtube videos Getting Dressed for a walk, 1790s style. by priorattire, and The evolution of womens fashion from 1784 to 1970 (i guess) by _ghosts_

Melodys western evening gown set for high class27 : referred to these youtube videos Dressing up for a 1790s evening by priorattire, and The evolution of womens fashion from 1784 to 1970 (i guess) by _ghosts_

2. Apr.12th.1796 Thur. 6:20pm Brighton, England, Britain

As usual that evening many diverse people filled the main street with many different shops and various street sellers selling diverse goods, looking around the spectacle, while Forest and Melody enjoyed their first date evening, soon a group of street violinists, violists, cellists, and flutists played Symphony No.94 ”Surprise ” by Haydn, surrounding those street musicians while several passers-by, Forest and Melody listened to the beautiful music, soon he gazed at her with gentle eyes,

”Darling, why
e you looking at me? ” asked she smiling beautifully,

”Because you
e very beautiful, my gorgeous lady, ” answered he smiling beautifully,

So she also gazed at him with tender eyes,

”Darling, why
e you looking at me? ” asked he smiling gorgeously,

”Because you
e very handsome, my good-looking gentleman, ” answered she smiling gorgeously,

Soon still smiling with love and happiness, they turned their bodies in the direction of the market street with many diverse street sellers, they approached the section under a tent in baby blue first,

Then while they looked around those many various necklaces, bracelets, brooches, earrings, and rings all made of gold, silver, platinum, and diverse, multi-colorful, beautiful jewels that two jewelry seller ladies were selling,

Many various pots with many diverse, multi-colorful, beautiful spring flowers; May night salvias, lilies of the valley, lilacs, roses, carnations, freesias, anemones, anthuriums, gardenias, muscaris, sweet peas, snapdragons, orchids, violets, pansies, peonies, and tulips that three flower seller ladies were selling,

Many various chairs and tables each made in Britain and imported from Spain and The Kingdom Of Siam, mechanical tables and desks imported from France28, and iron strong boxes imported from Italy and German Empire that two furniture seller gentlemen were selling,

Many various fresh, sweet spring fruits; strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and apricots that two fruit and vegetable seller ladies were selling,

Many various dress sets, suit sets, hats, gloves, feathers, buttons, buckles, and shoes each in that different colors, shapes, and designs that three clothing & shoe seller ladies were selling,

And many diverse books that two bookseller ladies were selling,

Soon he realized that all those sellers looked familiar,

”Wait, Melody, all these seller ladies & gentlemen look familiar, ”

”Yes, Lena and Sofia are jewelry sellers and jewelers, Bussaba, Annika, and Ava are flower sellers and florists, Oliver and Oscar are furniture sellers and furniture designers, Christina and Akila are fruit and vegetable sellers and farmers, Camila, Amaira, and Alvita are clothing and shoe sellers and fashion designers, Kalea and Nicola are booksellers and writers, ” said she,

And at that instant all those fourteen sellers welcomed him,

”WELCOME TO OUR WILD STREET SHOP! ”

All of them had legs in clothes of the working class, Lena in white and multi-pink, Sofia in white and multi-green, Bussaba in white and light gray, Annika in white and beige, Ava in white and ocean blue, Oliver in white and multi-gray, Oscar in white and light gray, Christina in white, light gray and dark gray, Akila in white and yellow, Camila in white and orange, Amaira in white, pink, and red, Alvita in white and multi-violet, Kalea in white and light violet, and Nicola in white, light pink, and light violet all smiled at him,

”Whenever we
e on the land, we sell these, and Im also a bookseller and a writer, because of our first date, I rescheduled my working dates, and whenever I sell books and write books in Japan, I wear a yukata of working class, whenever I sell books in Britain, I wear a British dress of working class, ” said Melody,

”Aha! all right, and what kind of book do you write? ” asked Forest,

”These days Im writing an adventure novel, the adventure of mermaids, mermen, and pearl fishers, ”

”Wow! it sounds cool, ”

”Thank you very much, as soon as I finished writing, Ill show you first, ” said she with a cool smile,

”Really? thank you very much, ” thanked he with a cool smile, too,

”And whenever we have rest days and vacations, we all dress well with beautiful dresses and nice suits, ” said Lena,

”And have good times together, ” said Sofia,

”Aha! ” said Forest,

”And what do you do for a living? ” asked Melody,

”Im a pearl fisher and a pearl seller, ” answered Forest,

”Really? actually Im not only a bookseller and a writer, but also a pearl fisher, ”

”Really? what a nice surprise, ”

”Haha, so whenever I dig out pearl oysters, I sell those pearls to Lena and Sofia, ”

”Aha! haha, ”

Soon he approached those tables and desks,

”Actually I need a new table and a new desk, because my table and desk are older than God, these days those things are cracked too much, ” said he, examining those tables and desks,

”All right, welcome to our shop, sir, today is your lucky day, ” said Oliver,

”Because this time we imported these magical, mechanical tables and desks with beautiful designs from Paris, Cannes, and Nice, please look around these things, Mr. Copeland, ” said Oscar,

”Haha, all right, thank you very much, gentlemen, ” said Forest,

Then after looking around several tables and desks, pulling the handle of the drawer of a desk with patterns of three couples; a couple of a mermaid and a merman, a couple of mermaids, and a couple of mermen all swimming in the water surrounded by three butterflyfishes and three half-opened pearl oysters each with a pearl each in round shape, waterdrop shape, and pear shape, when Forest tried to open the drawer, it didn open,

”Oliver, Oscar, how can I open this drawer? ” asked Forest,

”Well, so thats why you need a key, ” answered Oliver taking an iron key out of the nearby wood chest,

Holding the key, when he approached the side of the desk, a hole of a lock was on the side, he put the key into the hole of the lock with a trumpet shell shape, and turned the key to the right, so sliding to the front smoothly, the drawer opened by itself instantly, besides, a bookrest was on the top of the drawer,

”Wow! its wonderful, Im surprised, ” said Forest,

”Surprise! haha! ” said Oscar,

And after examining other desks and tables for a little, Forest said pointing his index finger at the desk that he tried to open first, and lastly a distant table with patterns of a tree heavy with European pears and a tree heavy with Asian pears,

”Well, I like this one and that one, ” said he,

”Excellent choice, Sir, you have an experienced eye, ” said Oscar,

After paying for the desk and the table, as soon as Forest wrote his name and the address of his house on the paper for delivery, saying good-bye and see you again to all those fourteen friends, Forest and Melody left the tent,

Soon at 6:40pm, they entered through the main door of a nearby seafood restaurant with a wood sign hanging on the top of the restaurants door and also painted in baby blue The Mermaid Restaurant written in sea blue paint, although the place was filled with many diverse customers, soon luckily they found an empty table for two, and directly approached it, when they stopped in front of the table, he directly pulled out one between those two chairs for her,

”Thank you very much, sir, you
e a nice gentleman, ” thanked she smiling beautifully at him,

”Well, lady, because its my pleasure, and of course you
e a nice lady, too, ” said he smiling nicely at her,

While they read the menu together, soon he suggested,

”Melody, how about this? a shrimp set dinner with two plates of grilled shrimps each with four clams and butter, two pieces of Scottish Strathdon blue cheese, two pieces of whole wheat bread, a plate of raw oysters and a piece of lemon, a plate of salad made of spinach and sliced cucumber with olive oil from Crete, Greece, and two glasses of red wine from Burgundy, France, ”

”It sounds great, I want to try it, ”

”All right, ”

He called a waiter to order their first date meals for dinner, after ordering, while they waited for their meals, soon she asked him,

”Forest, do you know sushi? its also seafood, its a traditional Japanese dish made of flash of raw fishes, ”

”Yes, I know, actually when I was 8, my dad took me to Ise Shima, that time he had to dig out pearl oysters in the Pacific Ocean, in the sea in front of Goza Shirahama beach, while we stayed in the lodging in Goza Shirahama beach, luckily, the owner of the lodging not only served boiled seafood, but also served flashes of diverse raw fishes she fished on the seaside for every dinner, although she wasn a professional seafood cook and sushi chef, most of those fishes were very delicious, and I told Arran and Arwyn about sushi two years ago, and besides, last year when those Indian jewelers who visited Japan and Japanese traders trading Japanese art pieces visited the pearl shop of me, Arran, and Arwyn, they told us about sushi and said it was really beautiful, and because Arran and Arwyn had never eaten sushi, both of them really wanted to try it, ”

”They should, you know, because its really beautiful, ”

”Next to you, melody, my beautiful lady, my beauty, ”

”Wow, Forest, thank you very much for your beautiful praise, my beautiful gentleman, my beauty, ”

Looking into each others beautiful eyes, they beautifully smiled at each others beautiful face, soon their meals arrived at their table, enjoying all those beautiful meals, they continued to talk,

”And these days people taking care of their health make sushi with steamed brown rice instead of polished white rice, ” said she,

”Wise people, of course its good for their health, ”

”Next Sunday Ill make it for you, ”

”Wow, really? it sounds great, thank you very much, my beautiful sushi chef, ”

”My pleasure, my handsome guest, and that day lets go to Hanami picnic to Aomori in Japan with sushi bento, ”

”Oh? then what is bento and Hanami? ”

”Bento means packed lunch, and Hanami means the custom of viewing cherry blossoms when they
e in full bloom, from every late March until early May, darling, ”

”Aha! all right, it sounds great and greater, thank you very much, darling, lets go to Hanami picnic, together, ”

They smiled beautifully together,

After the beautiful first date dinner, at 7:10pm they left the restaurant and directly walked in the direction of the section with many diverse clothing shops, then soon grazing his right elbow slightly but also wildly, a bedizened, luxurious carriage carrying a couple of count and countess passed by him,

”Urgh! ”

Enduring the sudden pain on his elbows muscles, when he looked at his elbow, the cloth of his coats elbow was already worn,

”Oh no! darling, are you all right? ” asked she examing his elbow with eyes of worry,

”Oh dear, luckily my bones and joints are all right, then these muscles on this part are hurtful a bit, ” answered he pointing his left index finger at the center of the upper part of his right elbow,

When they directly looked at the carriage, soon the horseman stopped the carriage, he directly alighted from the box seat and ran to them in his hurry,

”Im terribly sorry, Sir, because my master ordered me to drive fast, I had to do that, Im very sorry, Sir, how is your elbow? ” apologized he with worry,

”Although these muscles on this part are hurtful a bit, luckily, Im all right, so I hope you don worry about that anymore, Sir, ” said Forest with generosity,

Then at that instant, through the window glass of the carriages door, the count yelled at the horseman in an arrogant tone,

”My carriage didn kill him, besides, hes a working class, look! he didn wear a wig, then why did you apologize to him? you idiot! drive! hurry! ”

Therefore running to the carriage in his hurry unwillingly, as soon as the horseman sat on the box seat, he drove the carriage again, soon it stopped in front of the main door of a luxurious restaurant, the horseman alighted from the box seat, when he directly opened the carriages door, the count alighted from the carriage with a haughty air, and at the same time as soon as the horseman held out his hand to the open door of the carriage, holding his hand, the countess also alighted from the carriage, arm in arm in arrogance, they directly walked towards the main door of the restaurant, then before they entered through the door, running to them in her hurry, Melody called them,

”Maam, Sir, your carriage slightly hit the elbow of my boyfriend, so his elbow is injured a bit, and the cloth of his coat is worn, ”

But without any answer, apology, worry, care, and compensation, they continued to walk to the main door,

”Oh my God, how could they act like that? their carriage almost hit him, how rude and cruel they are, ” said Melody with a look of anger,

Soon running to her in his hurry, Forest stopped next to her,

”Right, they
e really rude and cruel, but don worry, darling, now Im all right, and I can believe that stupid count and other several idiots still wear those uncomfortable, ridiculous wigs although since 1795~1796 everyone stopped wearing wigs, how foolish they are, ” said he holding her hand softly,

Then before the count and the countess entered through the door, suddenly from the pocket of the counts coat, two small pieces of paper fell to the ground,

”Huh?? ”

Forest and Melody approached those papers with looks of curiosity, and he picked up those papers, then as soon as he read those words on those things, he said with surprise,

”Whoa! Melody, look, these
e tickets, two tickets for watching a music performance at The Mermaid Theatre this evening at 8:00pm, ”

”Really? let me see… wow! yes, these are, so, ”

”Yes, these
e the compensation that those rude, cruel nobles made my elbow painful and destroyed my coat, lets go, luckily, the theatre is located in right over there, ”

He pointed his index finger at the theater for performance play, dance, and music about 0.4 miles away from the restaurant, soon the sunset glow reddened the theater in romantic, pinky, rosy red, passionate, ardent orange, and dazzling, mild gold, and at the same time, arm in arm in love and happiness, they walked in the direction of the mermaid theater with expectancy.

French mechanical tables and desks28 : referred to these youtube videos Unlocking an 18th-century French Mechanical Table by Getty Museum, and #RijksmuseumUnlocked: A Desk Full of Secrets by Rijksmuseum

* since around 1795~1796, men stopped wearing wigs.

3. Apr.12th.1796 Tue.7:50pm Brighton, England, Britain

While every staff of the orchestra sitting in front of the stage covered with an ocean blue velvet curtain with a golden pattern of a mermaid in Mermaid Theatre tuned each ones instrument lastly one more time with diverse sounds, taking two seats among those six chairs on the right balcony located in the second floor, Forest and Melody looked around the inside of the theater,

”Wow, its amazing, Ive never seen the kind of beautiful theatre like here, ” said she with surprise,

”Me neither, what an amazing theatre, what an artistic interior here, then, you know what? ”

”Huh? ”

”You
e more beautiful, ” said he with a surprisingly beautiful smile,

”Really? thank you very much for your beautiful praise, my beautiful Forest, my beautiful darling, ” thanked she with a surprisingly beautiful smile, too,

”My beautiful pleasure, my beautiful Melody, my beautiful surprise, ”

They smiled at each others beautiful face looked like two pieces of art, soon at 8:00pm, except for the two candlelights in the center of those candles without flame surrounding the stage, stage staffs and ushers blew out every candlelight in the theatre, soon as soon as two stage staffs finished lighting those candles without flame surrounding the stage, pulling those ropes connected with the curtain covering the stage, four stage staffs made the curtain open,

soon half German half Indian female violinist Wilma Ramnath29 came on the stage, and after performance playing Violin Concerto No.4 in D-major by Claus Schall30 first, and lastly Violin Concerto no.5 in E minor mov.3 by Feliks Janiewicz31 with applause, soon a male harpsichordist of English, Italian, and Balkan descent Raymond Fabricio Mrvica32 came on the stage and approached the sea blue harpsichord in the center of the stage, and a painting of the scenery of Brighton beach was painted on the inside of the harpsichords cover, and after harpsichord performance playing Chaconne de galatée by Jean-Baptiste Lully33, Suite in F-Sharp Minor: IV. Sarabande grave en rondeau by Marin Marais34, and lastly Suite in F-Sharp Minor: V. La favoritte. Un peu lentement by George Frideric Handel35 with repeated applause, audiences waited for those two last singing performances, the first performance of Castrato Girolamo Crescentini36 and the second performance of Castrato Vincenzo dal Prato37,

Then soon as soon as the curtain came down and covered the stage, half English half Spanish stage manager Jacob Evans came on the stage and said with a look of concern, because during the harpsichord performance, there was an accident on the backstage, several props of the stage backgrounds collapsed, and at the same time some of those props swooped down on Girolamo and Vincenzo both waiting for each ones turn and made them injured,

”Ladies and gentlemen, Im terribly sorry to be the bearer of this bad news, actually, during the harpsichord performance, there was an accident on the backstage, therefore the last two performances of Girolamo Crescentini and Vincenzo dal Prato have been canceled, but fortunately, the castrato trainee Peter Johnson will come on the stage in 40 minutes, although hes still lacking in several things, luckily, hes also an excellent aspiring artist, I sincerely hope youll forgive me bearing this bad news about the sudden accident and enjoy the early debut performance of Peter Johnson, ”

So every audience waited for the next performance with shock and curiosity, then soon Melody found her friend Patrick Damrau, he was a merman of German, Ottoman, Malay, Burmese, and Indonesian descent and an aspiring stage set designer working as a stage staff, he was carrying broken props to the waste disposal site outside with his colleagues,

”Forest, just a moment, please, I promise you, youll be surprised by the last performance, ” said she raising her body from her seat,

She left the balcony and directly ran down the staircase,

”Huh? Melody, what
e you talking about? and where
e you going? ” asked he already with surprise,

Directly raising his body he ran out of the balcony, but she already disappeared to somewhere he couldn find, therefore soon he came back to his seat with curiosity, and at the same time, after tossing those broken props while he approached the door of the backstage, soon she called him,

”Patrick, ”

”Oh, Melody, what a nice surprise, ”

”Long time no see, howve been? ”

”Ive been good, thank you for asking, how
e you? ”

”Ive enjoyed my stay, thank you for asking, too, ”

Then lastly as soon as she said something to him, he took her to Jacob, as soon as Patrick said something to Jacob, Jacob said with worry and doubt,

”What? but if she can , ”

”I seriously hope youll trust me, Sir, you must trust her, shes the best of the best! ”

Soon Jacob and Patrick took melody to the corner of the backstage, then a little later, smiling broadly with surprise, Jacob and Patrick took her to the dressing room,

”Really? Sir, Patrick, are both of you really sure? ” asked Emily Bartoli the half English half Italian costume manager doubtfully,

And at the same time, two female helpers for dressing female artists both looked at Melody curiously,

”Trust us, we just checked her talent, shes the best of the best, and we have no more time, I already canceled the trainee, ” answered Jacob smiling brightly,

”This lady is already an artist, I swear God and Muse both, so please, you ladies must hurry! ” said Patrick with confidence,

”All right, gentlemen, so lady, this way, ” said Emily,

Emily and those two female helpers took Melody to the section of costumes, passing those costumes for castratos, they stopped in front of other castrato costumes for sopranos, Melody directly examined those costumes in detail, soon she picked two kinds of costume sets,

”Ill wear these, and I also need four dress sets, ”

”All right, the dress section is right over there, ”

Meanwhile, Forest waited for her and other audiences waited for the last performance, soon four stage staff members made the curtain open, and surprisingly, a beautiful, Mechanical Stage Background Art38 was created on the entire stage, the wavy sea-shaped structures made of wood, iron, papers, and cloth with many wide, long, dark blue waves made of papers spinning smoothly, and the baby blue sky with four pearl white clouds and a bright golden sun, a light brown sailing ship with white sails and a mermaid with wavy, silken, dark brown hair waved on her shoulder, a fin covered with baby blue scales, breasts covered with two baby blue seashells, and a short necklace made of many small, round, baby blue pearls swimming among those waves, made audiences surprise, all of them applauded ardently, soon orchestra played the prelude of Son Qual Nave Chagitata by Riccardo Broschi39, an aria from opera Artaserse de Hasse,

Then at that instant, abruptly, through the crack of the hidden passage among those spinning waves on the front line, Melody walked out of the wave and directly came on the center of the stage, she wore a castrato costume set40, a pearl white shirt, a baby blue waistcoat decorated with many leafy seadragon-shaped embroidered in silver thread and diamond cut crystals each in crystal clear white, baby blue, and sea blue, a baby blue breeches, pearl white stockings, midnight blue shoes, and a baby blue helmet with several diamond cut crystals each in crystal clear white, baby blue, and sea blue, two long, white feathers and a baby blue feather a bit longer than those white ones, while every audience including forest watched at her with eyes of surprise, soon she sang the song with a crystal clear, cool, fresh voice and cool, fresh, sea bluish charisma, and when the song was over, every audience applauded and cheered loud with a cool, fresh impression,

As soon as she left the stage, except the sky, pulling those ropes and handling other diverse tools all connected to all those props on the stage, stage staffs made the sea disappear from the stage first and lastly made the stage background set of a garden with fresh green grass and many pretty pink roses appear on the stage, while audiences applauded loud with new surprise, soon while the harpist began to play the prelude of Cest Mon Ami, music by Marie Antoinette41 lyrics by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian42, soon Melody in a fresh green dress, a necklace made of a short platinum string, platinum frames, and five emeralds all surrounded by many tiny crystal clear white diamonds, and green slippers came on the stage and sang, with floral impression, audiences listened to her beauitful voice like a fragrant pink rose, then during the bridge of harp, she walked to the side of the stage on the right and disappeared, then while audiences wondered, soon after the bridge was over when the next part started, directly singing the next part, Melody in a pretty pink dress, a necklace made of a short platinum string, platinum frames, and five pink diamonds all surrounded by many tiny crystal clear white diamonds and pink slippers, walked out of the side of the stage on the left and continued to sing, audiences applauded again with repeated surprise, and when the song was over, audiences applauded and cheered loud ardently with pinky rosaceous impression,

As soon as she left the stage, pulling those ropes and handling other diverse tools all connected to those props, stage staffs made the garden and the sky both disappear from the stage first and lastly made the stage background set of the new daytime sky in turquoise blue almost covered with many snow white clouds and a dazzling golden sun a bit bigger than the first sun appear on the stage, while audiences applauded with artistic surprise, soon while orchestra played the first part of the prelude of Ombra Fedele Anchio by Riccardo Broschi; aria from opera Idaspe, -a two white angel winged, ancient Greek carriage painted in angelic white carried by two white pegasuses, and carved, gilded, wavy patterned edges hanging on the ceiling with two golden ropes, gradually came down towards the stage and at the same time, standing in the carriage, Melody in a new castrato costume set, a snow white shirt, a golden waistcoat decorated with many sun-shaped embroidered in golden thread and diamond cut crystals each in crystal clear white, red, orange, yellow, and golden color, a snow white breeches, milky white stockings, golden shoes, and a helmet studded with many crystals each in crystal clear white, red, orange, yellow, and golden color, two long, white feathers, and two a bit longer, golden feathers-43 sand the song with a heavenly voice and shining golden sunlike charisma, her angelic voice from heaven made audiences feel impressed and surprised unendingly, and when the song was over, every audience applauded and cheered loud with unending surprise,

As soon as she left the stage, pulling those ropes and handling other diverse tools all connected to those props, stage staffs made the sky disappear from the stage first and lastly made the stage background set of the night sky in midnight blue with a silver new moon and tons of platinum stars appear on the stage, while audiences applauded with the surprising pleasure of art, soon a hugh platinum star hanging on the ceiling with two platinum colored ropes, gradually came down towards the stage, and Melody wearing a neckalce made of a short platinum string, platinum frames, and a stellate crystal clear white diamond surrounded by many tiny crystal clear white diamonds in the center of the necklace, a dress, slippers, gloves, and a devils horned hat all in midnight blue with many small, stellate, transparent, white crystals all over those horns and the hat and putting midnight blue powders on her eyelines and eyelids, and midnight blue rouge on her cheeks and lips, stood in the empty space in the center of the stars upper part, as soon as the star landed in the center of the stage, orchestra played Der Hölle Rache Kocht In Meinem Herzen by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart44, aria from opera The Magic Flute, and at the same time she sang the song, her highly and freely crystal clear flying voice and devilish charisma made audiences feel impressed and surprised endlessly, and when the song was over, every audience applauded and cheered loud and louder insanely with endless surprise,

”Excellent! thats right, Melody! thats my lady, my love, my muse! ” cheered Forest with endless surprise, pleasure, and love,

Even after leaving the stage, the audience never stopped applauding and cheering, a little later, Melody without the scary makeup in a white dress, a necklace made of a short platinum string, platinum frames, and five teardrop-shaped crystal clear white diamonds all surrounded by many tiny crystal clear white diamonds, and white slippers came on the stage for the curtain call, then at that instant, in his eyes, in his heart, she looked like a beautiful bride,

”My fiancee, my bride, my wife, ” mused he with love,

After the eleventh curtain call, she left the stage and directly entered through the door of the dressing room, after changing into her original owns she directly left the room, then while she walked in the direction of the door of the backstage to come back to Forest, soon the half English half German director of the theatre Arthur Müller ran to her,

”Excellent! I want to hire you, you
e deserved to be a trainee in this theatre, ”

”Really? ” asked she with an exhausted voice but also with surprise and gratitude,

”Really! ” answered he honestly,

He took her to his office, directly after writing the address of her house; the location of the cave and signing her name on the paper for the contract with a baby blue feather pen, she picked up a blank paper on the directors desk,

”Would you mind if I use this paper? ” asked she,

”Of course not, ” answered he,

”Thank you, Sir. ” thanked she,

As soon as she wrote something on it, she put down the pen and holding the paper she directly left the office, soon when approached the staircase, Forest already ran down the staircase to find her, and at the same time, as soon as those audiences on the second floor descending the staircase, found her, they applauded and cheered for her one more time, so she took a bow to them many times with gratitude, soon Forest and Melody found each other, they directly ran to each other and pulled each other into each ones warm arms and heart pounding fast and wild,

”Melody, you
e amazing! Im really proud of you, that was wonderful, my beautiful muse, ” said he with surprise,

”Really? thank you very much for your great praise, my greatest audience Forest, ” thanked she with gratitude,

And she directly gave the paper to him, Darling, because I sang those difficult songs, I have to give enough rest to my vocal cords for an hour at least, now Im completely exhausted, so I can talk for long at all, I hope you understand, then you know what? tadah! I got a job, Ive become a trainee in this theatre, really, surprise!

As soon as he finished reading it, he held her tight again,

”Really? oh my God, congratulations! ” said he with repeated surprise,

So smiling brightly at him, she expressed her gratitude and love,

A little later, to go out the main door of the theater, they crossed the lobby on the first floor, then before they walked out of the door, soon a couple of duke and duchess found them,

”We enjoyed your performance, lady, ” said duke,

”Thank you very much, Sir, ” thanked Melody,

”Then I don think Ive ever seen both of you before, whats the title of the nobility of both of you? which titles are yours? ” asked duchess,

”Oh, we
e not nobles, we
e working class, ” answered Forest,

”Oh? really? well, because both of you dress well, we thought you
e noble, then… wait, she not only looks like an European, but also looks like an Eastern Asian, ” answered duchess coldly,

And at the same time duke looked down at Forest and Melody coldly with eyes of arrogance, so controlling his anger barely, Forest answered them,

”Yes, she is, and me too, Im not only a white man, but also a mixed blood, too, half English half Scottish, ”

Then when Forest and Melody directly turned their bodies to the main door, the duke and the duchess blocked the front of Forest and Melody to walk out of the door first,

”Lady, Sir, I think thats too rude, again, ” said Forest in increased anger,

”What! what did you say? how dare you, we
e royals, we
e not only a duke and a duchess of Cornwall but also a prince and a princess of this country, so we don keep turn and never queue up with working class and mixed blood, ” said duke with a voice of arrogance,

”Both of you
e beneath us, you
e not worthy, ” said duchess giving herself airs,

So standing right in front of them Forest said,

”How dare both of you say such a thing to me and my beloved lady, and Sir, you know what? I challenge you to a duel, ”

As soon as he finished saying, duke drew the English Broadsword from the sheath tied to his belt and at the same time Forest drew the other English Broadsword from the sheath attached to the decoration hanging on the nearby wall, while their blades directly hit each other, soon audiences and theatre workers in the lobby surrounded the spot, while they watched the duel, they talked to each other with surprise,

”What
e they doing now? ”

”Is that a rehearsal about some new piece? ”

”I think its a sneak preview for a surprise, ”

”Right, then it looks realistic, ”

”Right, it looks like they really, fight, ”

”It really looks like a real, fight! ”

Duchess and Melody also watched their duel,

”Defeat the shabby mixed blood working class! ” shouted duchess irritatingly,

”You can do it, darling, I trust you, Forest! ” cheered Melody not only with worry but also with love and trust,

Then soon duke kicked Forests hand holding his swords handle, so Forest missed the handle and the sword fell to the floor next to Forests right foot, and at that instant, duke kicked the sword towards the crack between two onlookers feet, and at the same time, one of them stepped aside on the right and rest one stepped aside on the left both with surprise, so passing through the wide crack, the sword rolled over to the distant corner and stopped at the spot next to the closed window far away from the duel spot,

”What a cheap shot! ”

”Thats not fair! ”

”Coward! ”

”Shame on you! ”

”Boo! ”

While five people among those onlookers hissed at duke, soon duke wielded his sword at Forest, but quickly stepping aside, as soon as Forest dodged the blade, pushing his way to the crowd, he ran to the fallen sword and picked up the sword, when he turned around, raising his sword duke was already running to him, soon duke stopped in front of him, their blades hit each other again, and at the same time, surrounding the spot, while every onlooker including duchess and Melody watched their duel, still wielding each ones sword skillfully, duke and forest continued to fight, then when Forest lost his footing on the right, quickly stepping forward, when duke wielded his sword at Forest, the point of the sword cut the upper part of Forests left arm slightly, so the cloth of his coat and his skin both got a cut a bit, soon the cloth was stained with a bit of blood,

”Urgh! ”

But grasping the handle of his sword, Forest directly wielded his sword at the center of the blade of dukes sword, as soon as the center of the blade of Forests sword and the center of the blade of dukes sword lodged in each other, they pushed each others blade hard and harder, then soon duke tried to kick Forests shin, but Forest dodged his foot, as soon as duke kicked in the air, Forest wielded his sword still lodged in the blade of dukes sword wildly, so by the wild impact, duke was pushed to the window, he directly hit against the window glass, the entire glass shattered into pieces and at the same time he fell out of the theater wildly, as soon as he fell to the ground, running in her hurry, duchess left the spot, she directly ran out of the main door of the theater and ran to duke,

”What a shame! hurry! we must leave here! ” yelled she irritatingly,

And at the same time, all those onlookers in the theater cheered loud and louder,

”Wow! ”

”Amazing! ”

”Wonderful! ”

”Great! ”

”It really looked like a real duel! ”

Soon Forest raised his sword triumphantly with confidence,

”Forest, are you all right? ” asked Melody examining the bleeding wound with worry,

”Don worry, its just slightly scratched, ” answered Forest calmly,

She took out a baby blue handkerchief from the right sleeve of her gown and tied it around the injured part still bleeding,

”Thank you very much, darling, ” thanked he,

”My pleasure, darling, and I also want to say, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart for that you did the dangerous duel for our dignity, ”

”My pleasure, darling, ”

”Then, wow! Forest, I think you did a grand finale after those music performances, look! ” said she with surprise looking around those onlookers who all cheered for him,

”Whoa? right, haha, what a nice surprise, ” smiled he with surprise and confidence,

Soon some among those onlookers talked to each other,

”Maybe hes a new trainee, ”

”Or a new actor who will have a debut performance in this theatre, ”

”Right, he acted really realistically, ”

Soon Forest told Melody,

”Darling, now Im really glad to win this worthy victory from this duel with the human trash, ”

”Congratulations on your great victory, darling, you know, except for the small number of them who fought with enemies to protect their countries in past, most of royals and nobles have caused these social problems; discrimination and waste of tax with their conscienceless, selfish behaviors including their lavish lifestyle, ”

”Right, therefore as French citizens removed monarchy and aristocracy, someday in the future, many citizens in this country and other countries that have monarchy and aristocracy system will remove monarchy and aristocracy, to solve those longtime problems, first of all, because every citizen needs a right presidential system, ”

”Sure, all the money royals and nobles have wasted, really could help and save many people in need, besides, although every life is equal fundamentally, royals and nobles act as they
e Gods, chosen ones, and perfect existances, ”

”Tell me about it, ”

Then at that instant, holding a paper for the contract in his right hand and the baby blue feather pen and a bottle of ink both in his left hand, Arthur ran to him,

”Excellent! I want to hire you, too, you
e deserved to be a trainee in this theatre, ”

”Really? ” asked forest with an exhausted voice but also with surprise and gratitude,

”Really! ” answered Arthur honestly,

Arthur directly showed the paper, after writing the address of his house; a normal, small flat, and signing his name on the paper for the contract directly, while Arthur left the spot and those onlookers walked out of the main door of the theater one by one, soon Forest and Melody held each other tight with surprise,

”Forest, Im so proud of you, oh my God, now Im really happy, darling, ” said she smiling brightly,

”Thank you very much, melody, and me too, darling, today is our lucky day, ” said he smiling brightly, too,

Soon arm in arm in love and happiness, they walked out of the main door of the theater, then when they turned their bodies in the direction of the cave, they found a street harpsichordist sitting in front of a harpsichord painted in midnight blue with the midnight blue night sky studded with a silver new moon and a ton of platinum stars painted on the inside of the harpsichords cover on the sidewalk next the theater, he was playing Allegro by João de Sousa de Carvalho45, soon Forest and Melody stopped walking by the beautiful melody,

”My artistic lady, shall we? ” asked he, holding out his hand to her gently,

”Yes, my artistic gentleman, ” answered she, holding his hand tenderly,

And at the same time the harpsichordist finished playing the music, and directly played Four Dances For Harpsichord – Quadriglia 1 by Alessandro Favier46, and Forest and Melody danced to the pretty melody beautifully under the real night sky painted in midnight blue with a new silver moon and tons of platinum stars, as soon as the music was over, while the harpsichordist played Four Dances For Harpsichord – Quadriglia 2 by Alessandro Favier, their dance never stopped, a little later, as soon as the music was over, Forest and Melody took a bow to each other with their pounding hearts both filled with artistic heartbeat, directly arm in arm in love, happiness and romance, they walked in the direction of the cave again, forty five minutes later, they stopped in front of the cave,

”Thank you very much for taking me here, Forest, you
e a nice gentleman, ” thanked she with love,

”My pleasure, my nice lady, ” said he with love,

And at the same time they looked into each others twinkling starry eyes under the romantic night sky in midnight blue with a silver new moon and tons of platinum star all painted, embroidered, decorated, designed, and created by mother nature, soon pulling each other into each ones warm arms and endlessly beating heart and at the same time closing their beautiful eyes like four twinkling stars, they pressed each ones pretty pink petal-shaped lips to each others owns surrounded by the ambient silver moonlight and the twinkling platinum starlight, their fragrant first kiss continued happily for a while…

Wilma Ramnath29 : because theres no record of female violinists in the period, I created this artist and her name using the German violinist Wilma Neruda(1838~1911, full name : Wilhelmine Maria Franziska Neruda) and the Indian Violinist Kala Ramnath(1967~.)

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Claus Schall30(1757~1835) : was a Danish violinist and composer.

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Feliks Janiewicz31(1762~1848) : in English often Felix Yaniewicz, was a Polish composer and violinist in exile.

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Raymond Fabricio Mrvica32 : because theres no record of harpsichordists in the period, I created this artist and his name using the British-American harpsichordist, composer, conductor and editor Raymond John Leppard(1927~2019), Brazilian pianist, sound engineer, aquarist and youtuber Fabricio André Bernard Di Paolo(1980~, the name of fabricio is in the Italian origin and hes not a Latino.), and the Croatian pianist Maksim Mrvica(1975~.)

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Jean-Baptiste Lully33 : was a Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France and became a French subject in 1661.

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Marin Marais34(1656~1728) : was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for six months. (Viol : The viol, viola da gamba, or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitch of each of the strings.)

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George Frideric Handel35(1685~1759) : was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concertos

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Girolamo Crescentini36(1762~1846) : was a noted Italian soprano castrato, singing teacher, and composer.

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Vincenzo dal Prato37(1756~1828) : was an Italian soprano castrato singer, famous for his work with Mozart.

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Mechanical Stage Background Art38 : referred to the youtube video Creating an 18th-century Mechanical Theatre | V&A by Victoria and Albert Museum and Drottningholms slottsteater by Johanitornet

Riccardo Broschi39(1698~1756) : was a composer of baroque music and the brother of the opera singer Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli. (Farinelli (1705~1782) : was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi, a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera. Farinelli has been described as having had soprano vocal range and as having sung the highest note customary at the time, C6.

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Castrato costume set40 -Carriage and costume-43: referred to the movie Farinelli 1994

Marie Antoinette41(1755~1793) : Marie Antoinette Josèphe Jeanne was the last Queen of France before the French Revolution. She was born an Archduchess of Austria, and was the penultimate child and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.

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Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian42(1755~1794) : Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian was a French poet, novelist and fabulist.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart44(1756~1791) : was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time.

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João de Sousa de Carvalho45(1745~1798) : was the foremost Portuguese composer of his generation. Born in Estremoz, he studied music from 1753 at the Colégio dos Santos Reis in Vila Viçosa, then from 1761 at the Conservatório di Sant Onofrio a Porta Ca**na in Naples.

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Alessandro Favier46(1760~1830) : was an Italian composer and harpsichordist.

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