Although Shade and Priest Augustus had no idea how Mr. Taylor had gotten onto the stage, he clearly had failed to persuade everyone downstairs. Amid the heckling and laughter of the audience, three men rushed up from the side of the stage—the king and two dwarves—trying to drag the hunter's apprentice away by force.
The four of them were practically wrestling, yet young Vincent Taylor was somehow still able to shout while fighting one against three:
"We do not want war. Peace is our only wish, but those damned southerners do not deserve our sympathy. The vile nature of the Kasonlik people is driving them to unite the world through force, and I—oh, don't grab my **"
His pained cries, vulgar jeers, and the audience's laughter mixed together. Combined with the costumes worn by the four brawling men, the scene became incomparably comical. People did not seem to care much about the speech that had yet to be finished. Most clearly felt that this amusing farce alone had already made the ticket worth its price.
After all, there were operas every day, but a performance of the king and dwarves beating up a hunter's attendant would probably only happen once.
Vincent Taylor was eventually dragged off the stage. Marian hurried downstairs, then personally went onstage to apologize for the farce just now.
But most of those who had come to watch the play knew one another, so everyone said that the performance had been quite entertaining. It would be even better if something like this happened once or twice every so often in the future.
Thus, the performance continued as normal, with an understudy replacing Vincent Taylor in the role that was not actually important.
As for Vincent Taylor himself, to prevent him from jumping onto the stage again, the