The Real Audience

On the day The Shining officially premiered, it could only be seen at Nolan's two cinemas.

Although Mrs. Si had taken the original print of The Shining back to Falosi, she had already warned Joshua that it "needed His Majesty's approval before it could be released in Falosi."

This kind of review did not surprise Joshua.

On the day of its release, the renowned movie reviewer Light Chaser—also known as the Bone Duke—posted her review on the Spellcaster Forum.

One of the terms of Joshua's contract with the Bone Duke was that she had to be given priority access to watch the original print of every film after its release.

Joshua had kept his promise this time as well and sent her the original print of The Shining.

Since the Spellcaster Forum had gone online, the Bone Duke had gained another hobby besides performing: being a professional movie reviewer.

The Bone Duke's reviews had unexpectedly become immensely popular on the Spellcaster Forum... The number of replies generally remained steady between one and two thousand.

For every film Joshua had made in the past, the Bone Duke had generously given high scores. This time, however...

"I feel like I screwed up." Joshua sat in a corner of the White Thorn Flower Theater's lobby, reading the Bone Duke's review. Out of a perfect score of ten, the undead ruler had given it a 6.0.

For the earliest Beauty and the Demon, the Bone Duke had given an 8.9. Shawshank Redemption had even received a staggering 9.7.

'A boring work that cannot even pass the time.'

The Bone Duke had made no attempt to spare Joshua's feelings, directly writing down her most subjective first impression of the film.

"Hmm, that bad-tempered skeleton could tear apart an entire manor. Maybe you should replace the