Ember sat in the seat designated by the orange cat.
When she placed Lietta, who was busy pressing her fingers together, in the seat beside her, the surroundings suddenly fell into darkness.
Ember did not like this kind of environment, especially with humans and Lizardmen nearby.
But the orange cat was crouched in the seat on her other side, so Ember could only heighten her vigilance and watch the humans around her.
A faint light suddenly appeared on the dim wall in the distance. Before Ember could realize what was happening, a woman's voice rang out beside her.
"November 5th, November 5th, remember November 5th. The Gunpowder Plot—I know the Gunpowder Plot has absolutely no reason to be forgotten."
Who was speaking?
Ember looked around. She was seated in the very last row of the entire theater, a row Joshua had specially arranged for her, so there was no one else there besides her and her younger sister.
Thus, Ember could see only the backs of the audience's heads below, but the images lighting up before her answered her question.
A man was pushing a cart. From the explanatory subtitles beneath the image, Ember learned that he wanted to blow up the Rulers' Council Hall.
But he failed... A group of soldiers captured him, and the next moment, they sent the man to the Execution Platform.
Was this the performance the orange cat had mentioned?
As Ember watched the man in the image about to be hanged, she had no idea what principle allowed images to be projected onto a wall.
But Ember was very familiar with the execution scene in the image. Public executions like this were common in Black Shell City.
"Trying to blow up the City Lord's Mansion—when was this madman caught?"
"I've never seen him being