under hope

On a dark night, the shining stars in the sky suddenly disappeared, and even the moon was not spared.

The mysterious man wearing a mask appeared on the balcony of the castle and leaned slightly towards the surprised girl in front of him:

"Dear maid, please inform him that the Ripper is visiting."

The maid regained her composure and hurriedly returned the greeting:

"Please wait a moment, I will convey this to your Excellency."

Soon, the red-haired man appeared in front of the mysterious man, and he started chatting with the mysterious man with a smile.

"So, what happened? Ripper"

"Yes, I brought a play, which I wrote myself."

An old book was placed flat on the table, and the pages were turned, stopping at a place full of letters.

"Drama? You are quite free."

The red-haired man's tone was a little helpless.

"Please give me some advice."

The mysterious man ignored the man and used a short knife to cut the pages of the book, letting stars spurt out from the crack.

Opening:

On a magical continent, there is a powerful kingdom, and its king is known as Lord of the Sun.

The king has a daughter who is as beautiful as a fairy. She was born with gorgeous red hair. The people affectionately call her the Moon Princess. The

Moon Princess has lived a life without worries about food and clothing since she was a child, but she is still very diligent. She strongly requested that she be allowed to handle political affairs, but the king never agreed.

Several years later, the Moon Princess has grown up, her beauty has improved, and she has reached the age to get married.

The kings of many countries wanted to marry the Lord of the Sun. The countries formed an alliance and sent their respective princes to propose marriage.

So the Lord of the Sun held a grand dance and let the Moon Princess choose the prince she liked.

Scene 1, Act 1. The grand dance began, and the princes Everyone came to sit down, waiting for the arrival of the Moon Princess.

A few minutes later, with the sound of"ta da da da" footsteps, the Moon Princess appeared in the center of the ball.

She was wearing a dress made of tulle and sky silk. The silver-white dress, with sparkling crystals on the chest, and her waist-length red hair - she became the focus of the entire ball! The princes were stunned.

At this time, one of the princes boldly strike up a conversation

"oh! My beautiful princess, can you please dance with me?"

Prince Robert bent down and said respectfully

"This is the prince of the Hyperion Principality, His Highness Robert."

The maid whispered to the princess in a low voice.

Princess Moon looked at Robert with extremely harsh eyes and said coldly:

"Sorry, I don't want to dance right now. Please allow me to refuse."

After that, the princess left the hall without looking back, leaving Prince Robert to straighten up in embarrassment.

Scene 1, Act 2

Outside the venue , the maid quickly caught up with the princess.

"Your Royal Highness, how could you do this?"

Princess Moon said extremely impatiently:

"Oops, so annoying. I get angry when I think that they came to me to propose marriage just for political reasons! snort! I don't want to marry a guy like that."

The maid had to slow down her voice and said in a coaxing tone.:

"So what kind of prince does Her Royal Highness feel like?"

Princess Moon thought for a while, and instead of answering the maid's question, she suddenly said:

"Now, let me ask you a question"

"What's the problem, Your Highness?"

The maid asked doubtfully.

"Why must the princess marry the prince?"

The maid was stunned on the spot.

Scene 1, Act 3.

The maid touched her hair. She was also a little embarrassed about this question.

"Why...I can't explain it, Your Highness. In the words of princes and nobles, you cannot put the royal cloak on a pig."

Princess Moon showed a very disgusted expression.

"Hey——, does that mean I have to marry a noble? I do not want! I want to marry an interesting man."

The princess's eyes gradually moved towards the back door of the courtyard.

The maid noticed the princess's strange eyes and said slightly surprised:

"Your Highness, you don’t want to…"

"maid! You are loyal to me, right? asked the Moon Princess

"Yes, Your Highness."

The maid replied helplessly.

"You won't betray me, right?"

The princess asked again

"Yes, Your Highness Princess"

"Well, I'm going out to have some fun, and you help me hold off those guys."

Princess Moon lifted up her skirt and ran towards the back door.

Looking at the princess's back, the maid worriedly shouted:

"Be careful, Your Highness, you must be back before midnight."

The white figure disappeared into the courtyard.

Scene 2, Scene 1.

The Moon Princess, who escaped from the ball, ran out of the area where the nobles lived and came to the village outside the city wall.

She wandered aimlessly

"It’s so boring, don’t civilians go out at night?"

Just as she was about to pass through a dark path, a sudden shout stopped her.

"Over there! Don't go any further!"

Princess Moon hurriedly stopped and asked:

"who is it!"

A stranger stepped out of the shadows. Through the dim light, the princess saw that he had silver hair.

"I'm Eric. This lady, the road ahead cannot be walked any further."

"why?"

The Moon Princess tilted her head in confusion.

Eric raised the lantern in his hand and dispersed the darkness on the path.

"look."

On the narrow path, there are many cats of different colors curled up and sleeping together, almost occupying the entire path.

Eric explained in a gentle tone:

"They are stray cats. People don’t leave here at night, so they sleep there. Please don’t wake them up."

"I understand."

The Moon Princess nodded, obediently slowed her steps, and followed Eric who was heading to the hillside.

Eric noticed the princess who was following him secretly, and turned around to ask her in surprise:

"Huh? Why do you want to follow?"

Princess Moon smiled, showing two sweet dimples

"Because I don’t know what to do, but I think you’re interesting"

"me? No, no, no, I'm very boring. Eric waved his hands repeatedly.

The Moon Princess sat down on the grass and looked up at the starry night sky.

"Wow...the starry sky is so beautiful. Why don’t you come and watch it together?"

The Moon Princess patted the place next to her.

Eric hesitated for a while, but still sat down next to this unknown girl, even though there was a distance.

"Are you a noble? Eric asked.

Princess Moon was silent and pretended not to hear.

"Why come here? Are you lost? Eric scratched his head in embarrassment and asked again.

Princess Moon was a little angry and couldn't bear it anymore, so she yelled:

"I'm not that stupid! what's wrong with you? Can't I just walk around?!"

"Yeah...sorry."

The frightened Eric quickly apologized.

The Moon Princess turned her head to the side and stopped talking to the young man. Scene 2, Act 2

"You...you see, that is the constellation Emon, the main god of our country."

Eric wanted to attract the princess's attention, so he pointed at the stars in the sky and said tentatively.

Princess Moon followed the young man's fingers and suddenly covered her mouth and laughed.:

"Phew, hahahaha."

This makes Eric a little overwhelmed.

"No, that's Polaris, and next to it is the constellation Eamon."

The princess corrected the young man's mistake and showed a very serious expression.

"You see, the one far away from the North Star is the star Umisa, the god of the sea, and the one next to the star is the star Mert, the lion god.……"

Eric looked at the girl's serious look, and his eyes became blurry for a moment, and the girl's body seemed to be shrouded in the bright moonlight.

"So beautiful..."

Eric couldn't help but admired

"what did you just say?"

The Moon Princess turned her head and looked at the young man with bright red pupils.

"Ah, I said you know a lot. Eric scratched his head and hurriedly covered up

"Of course, I have exhausted all the books at home."

The Moon Princess said proudly

"You are so awesome. I also want to get so much knowledge, but my family doesn’t have that much money."

Eric smiled sheepishly.

Hearing what the young man said, Princess Moon smiled evilly.

"You can exchange your personal freedom for the right to let me teach you this knowledge."

Eric showed a puzzled expression and seemed not to understand.

"I can tell you this knowledge, but you have to chat with me in this place every night."

The Moon Princess explained again

"It's not good to take up your time."

Eric said

"It's okay, I'm bored every day anyway, so I just come here to relieve my boredom."

Princess Moon was very generous and happily patted the young man on the shoulder.

"Then...thank you. Eric said slightly shyly.

Scene 2, Act 3

The Moon Princess and the young man sat together under the stars, talking happily about all kinds of interesting things. The happy time is always short-lived. It is time for the princess to return to the castle.

"I'm going back, here's this for you, it was fun talking to you."

The Moon Princess stood up and handed the necklace around her neck to the young man.

Eric hurriedly got up from the ground, shaking his head in panic.

"No...no, how can I accept your things?"

"you?"

Hearing this word, Princess Moon was a little unhappy.

"What's wrong? Eric asked softly.

"Forget it, it’s my fault that I haven’t told you my name yet. My name is Alice Petra. Please call me by my name from now on!"

Princess Moon introduced herself seriously.

"Love...Alice."

The young man timidly spelled out the pronunciation

"This is right, accept this, this is our agreement! Don't forget it."

The Moon Princess put the necklace into the young man's hand, lifted up her skirt and ran into the shadows.

"That’s it."

The book was closed by a mysterious man, and the stars disappeared.

"Where do you get your inspiration from?"

The red-haired man asked

"The name is"Commoner and Princess" and it is adapted from real events."

The mysterious man put away his books and was ready to leave.

"Then you have adapted too much, and people will not want to see such a play."

The red-haired man's tone seemed a little unhappy.

"This is also the product of someone's wish, and I met her."

The mysterious man held up his hat and disappeared from the window.

"I hope your next stories will be more interesting."

The red-haired man smiled and closed the window.