Watching Opera, Doing Time

That day, Wu Wanghai hurried through four commission requests in less than an hour.

Most of that time had been spent traveling.

Wu Wanghai arrived at the Adventurers' Guild.

"Ad astra abyssos. Welcome to the Adventurers' Guild."

Wu Wanghai sighed inwardly. Still, hearing Catherine's voice a little more did improve his mood, bringing back the feeling of checking in during his old gaming days.

He then informed Catherine that he had completed the commissions.

Catherine nodded. "All right, I'll send someone to verify the completion of your requests immediately. Please rest for a while, or come back later to collect your reward."

Wu Wanghai was speechless. Maybe it was because he was a newcomer who had just joined the Guild, and because he had completed the commissions too quickly. It was normal for them to verify things and delay issuing the rewards.

Perhaps once his reputation and rank were higher, there would be no need for verification, and he could collect his payment immediately.

"Then I'll come back when I have time. I'm going to find Furina first," Wu Wanghai said to Catherine, no longer in a hurry.

"Sure, go take care of your business first. We'll have the rewards you deserve prepared for you. Remember to come back and collect them." Catherine replied with a smile. Then Wu Wanghai vanished in an instant. Without changing her expression, she turned to serve another adventurer who had approached. "Ad astra..."

"Oh~~~ my dear Mary~, why did you do this?"

"No~, Robert~~~, life is short and fate is unpredictable. I'm no longer the innocent person I once was~"

"Ah-oh~~~~ ababa, Makabaka~ stars, stars, stars~~~"

You guessed it. Wu Wanghai was currently watching an opera in the opera house.

The admission fee had cost him a full fifty thousand Mora. That was pretty expensive for a single opera, wasn't it?

Wu Wanghai looked around. The people attending the opera were all dressed extravagantly. Noblewomen alone seemed to make up eighty percent of the audience.

Oh no. He had come to the opera house to find Furina, but on a whim, he had bought a ticket to experience an opera. Great. Now he was doing time!

The opera's plot was basically a melodramatic love story involving separation, misunderstandings, and a third party.

If you put yourself in the victim's shoes, you'd be furious to death. You had to turn off your brain to watch it.

And as expected of an opera, they started singing after barely saying a few lines.

Whenever they started singing, Wu Wanghai felt like his head was splitting in two.

Could they not sing in French or Italian... No, this was Teyvat. He should say: could they not sing in ancient Fontainean?

By the end of it, Wu Wanghai's head hurt terribly.

Only when all the actors appeared together and bowed to the audience did that long opera finally seem to be over.

"Phew, phew, phew." Wu Wanghai was half asleep...

Clap, clap, clap! Crisp applause rang out from above, and everyone immediately began clapping as well.

"Ah-oh-oh!" Wu Wanghai rolled his eyes and joined in the applause.

Great! It was finally ov—

The crowd onstage swiftly cleared out, and new stage props were brought in.

Act Two of the opera, begin!!!

Wu Wanghai, who had just perked up, immediately shut his eyes. Screw it, I'm going straight to sleep!

"Zzz..."

Clap, clap, clap!

Great! It's over!! I'm up!!!

Act Three of the opera, begin!!!

Come to think of it, the big chairs in the opera house were really comfortable~ He pulled out a little blanket, covered himself, and went right back to sleep!

When the opera finally ended and the audience began leaving, Wu Wanghai, who had forgotten how many times he had woken up, was fully rested.

Wu Wanghai checked the time. About three hours had actually passed. That was even longer than watching a movie.

Wu Wanghai hurried to the opera house entrance to wait for Furina.

When he had bought his ticket, he had already asked around. There was only this one opera today, and Furina had taken her exclusive upper-level seat early to watch it.

When only a few people remained inside, Wu Wanghai truly spotted his target.

Furina strolled leisurely toward the entrance.

Wu Wanghai waved at Furina. Her wandering gaze turned toward him, and she noticed his presence.

"Oh? Why are you here today?" Furina asked in surprise.

"Of course I came to find Furina. And I bought a ticket to watch the opera just now, too," Wu Wanghai explained.

"Wow~ Then this must be your first time watching an opera, right? So, how was it? Wasn't it great? Really interesting!" Furina's tone became excited.

"Mm, for me, the experience was pretty average. The overall plot was somewhat unsatisfying... And more importantly, whenever they started singing, I got sleepy because I couldn't understand them." Wu Wanghai pursed his lips, his brows unconsciously knitting slightly.

Furina had originally wanted to discuss the opera's plot with Wu Wanghai, but then he mentioned that he could not understand the singing parts.

The large ahoge atop Furina's head trembled slightly, and she immediately understood what was going on.

"Hmm, this opera really isn't very friendly to outsiders like you, since it's all sung in ancient Fontainean. But Fontaine also has plenty of operas sung entirely in Teyvat language." Furina explained with a slight frown.

Since he could not understand the singing portions, he had missed a great deal of the plot. So she no longer wanted to discuss how this opera's story was with Wu Wanghai.

"I'll recommend a few operas that I think are good. These are all sung in Teyvat language. They may not be as authentic as those sung in ancient Fontainean, but they still sound very nice~" As Furina spoke, she began introducing them to Wu Wanghai one by one.

When it came to opera, Furina could go on and on.

Wu Wanghai kept looking at Furina. That stunning beauty unique to anime really was so lovely.

When she seemed to be finished, Wu Wanghai simply said, "Okay, okay, okay. Next time for sure, next time for sure."

Then Wu Wanghai immediately played a topic-shifting card. "Furina~ Your little treasury~~~"

"Hm? Little treasury?" Furina stared blankly, utterly confused.

"Didn't you say a while ago that you had a whole box of 'Primogems' too~?" Wu Wanghai gestured as though indicating a large chest.

"Oh, so that's what you meant... Perfect. I'm tired after watching the opera too. Walk me back to Palais Mermonia, and let's have some desserts~" Furina said, reaching out to grab Wu Wanghai's arm.

"All right, but before that..." Wu Wanghai said as he led Furina to the Lyonnais District teleport waypoint.

The Adventurers' Guild stood not far directly in front of the waypoint.

"Ad astra..."

Okay, his brain had already learned to automatically block out the rest of the line. Not bad at all.

"Thank you for completing these commissions. This is your reward." Catherine smiled at Wu Wanghai.

Wu Wanghai accepted the Mora pouch Catherine handed him. It contained a full 38,720 Mora.

Oh? The income looked pretty decent. If people in Teyvat took four commissions every day, they would never have to worry about food or drink.

But it was not even enough to buy a ticket to one opera.

Only then did Furina, who had been beside him, realize that Wu Wanghai had joined the Adventurers' Guild and become an adventurer.

Furina did not ask too much about it. After all, there was nothing bad about joining the Adventurers' Guild. On the contrary, it gave him another considerable source of income.

However, one thing did surprise Furina. From what Catherine had said, Wu Wanghai had joined that very morning, accepted four commissions, and completed them alone in less than an hour.

That was very impressive. By normal standards, an ordinary adventurer would be doing well to complete one commission in a day, and some requests took several days to finish.

Then Furina remembered that Wu Wanghai could teleport, which saved him a great deal of travel time, and she understood.