[Phantom of the Opera] In Praise of Iris

Irene is still the most lovable clown performer in the opera house, but recently she occasionally mixes with the accompaniment team of dozens of chorus members to take the stage for a little showgirl who is used to being lazy or is knocked down by heavy performance tasks.There are rumors whose sources are no longer testable: good luck will come again to Irene Muller, the orphan girl who was brought back to the opera house by one of the theater managers, Mr. Raphael, who loves art, on the streets of Paris—— She will be chosen to be the exclusive maid of Carlotta, a showgirl who is becoming popular.

It was a job that most girls her age would envy if they could only dance, even if she was actually just looking after Carlotta's pet, a small dog with snow-white fur.Carlotta always liked to nickname her "Babe", but Irene was asked to address her respectfully as "Miss Reina".

"Irene, Mrs. Carlotta is losing her temper again. The manager told you to take Miss Reina to the backstage!" The panicked voice belonged to Winnie, who became Carlotta's exclusive maid earlier than Irene. little girl.It was a docile and well-behaved girl like Irene.In other words, the girls who can endure Carlotta's willful temper for a long time and handle most of her demanding requests, and become the lady's exclusive maid are the most well-behaved girls in the opera house.At least, that's what it looks like on the surface.

"I see, Sister Winnie." Irene raised her eyelids and responded lazily. Before the words fell, Ms. Reina's right ear was already tied with a cute pink bow, which was in a suitable position and shape. Elegant and absolutely perfect - hands that were once used to stealing and now used to juggling tricks are also very good for handling noble pets, not to mention, the little girl who sings as a "rough master" and sometimes sings with the choir for Carlotta. Song girl, this kind of thing has actually been practiced before becoming Mrs. Carlotta's personal maid.

"Mrs. Carlotta, Miss Reina is here." When Winnie bowed her body slightly and approached the red-haired woman who was busy losing her temper with a respectful tone, Irene walked in the arms of Miss Reina even more respectfully. behind her.The little girl who turned 11 not long ago seems to have not fully realized the importance of beauty. She looks much more coordinated than when she first entered the opera house. There is a rustic mushroom head on her head. The broken hair still covered the softer eyebrows and eyes.

Carlotta's eyes only rested for a moment on the top of the light-colored hair of the new waitress before moving away indifferently.Perhaps, in the proud heart of this lady, Irene is just a small and vague shadow in low-end stage costumes of the opera house.Irene lowered her head a little lower, as if she wanted to try her best to completely erase this shadow, but a trace of regret flashed quickly in her eyes that no one could see clearly - a woman who is so arrogant and stupid enough to please She is even simpler than pleasing her pets—compared with the high-end dog food and exquisite collars that need to be paid to coax Ms. Reina, a woman who can fully control with just a few sweet words is obviously more attractive.If it wasn't for the contemptuous and disgusting tone of the mentor when he mentioned Carlotta, Irene would not mind at all to get on this "gorgeous high-pitched machine" to make her future go a little bit smoother.

"Irene, Christine has fallen ill, why don't you take a look?" Just when Irene thought she could pretend to be a sculpture and wait until the storm subsides, and then watched Mrs. Carlotta perform on stage, a certain The unexpected voice pierced directly into her ears.If she remembered correctly, that not-so-soft voice should belong to Meg.Yes, that's Meg Geary, the daughter of Mrs. Geary, the ballet teacher at the Opera House, and... the crazy crush on the Phantom in the later musical Love Never Dies.Oh, about the latter identity, maybe her mother has to be added.

In fact, Irene does not reject their fascination with their mentors in the future, and even before the time travel, she has a strong resonance with their emotions for their mentors in a certain sense.But it is precisely because of this resonance that Eileen has been quietly guarding against the mother and daughter ever since her memory was awakened by the mentor's singing.Perhaps she has nothing to do with Mrs. Geary who brought the Phantom into the underground of the Opera House and who has a high status in the Opera House in the 04 musical movie version, but she is absolutely unwilling to bear another Meg. Geary to share the Phantom of the Opera secret.

Many times, Irene actually hopes that she can transmigrate into Christine, and then firmly grasp the affection of the Phantom, or transmigrating into Meg Gilly, and get close to the Phantom under the shadow of her mother; Irene even wants to go through If she is Mrs. Geary in her teenage years, then she will definitely run desperately holding the phantom's hand, not into the dark underground of the opera house, but towards the warm home that has been arranged early.Unfortunately, she is just Irene, the vagrant Irene picked up from the streets of Paris by the theater manager Mr. Raphael.So I had no choice but to approach and touch cautiously, tolerate someone's bad temper almost unconditionally, and then try to infect and change quietly.

"Is it true this time? Ah, sorry, I mean, I didn't know that Christine was really sick, I thought... I thought..." Miss Lena in Irene's arms had already been replaced by the older The maid took over, and she flinched slightly at this moment in a posture of bowing her waist and bowing her head. Her slightly round face and the small ears looming under her hair were dyed with a layer of light pink, making her look extraordinarily attractive.Well, at least it is more lovable than Christine who often pretends to be sick to temporarily escape the haze.

"I don't know how Christine would make friends with a fool like you!" Meg looked down at Irene's platinum mushroom head, her face softened a lot, but she still sighed in a bad tone.In fact, as the little princess of the ballet company, Meg's temper is not always so bad.For most young ballet performers, the dance teacher's daughter is more of a star or role model.Diligent and stubborn, talented and intelligent, beautiful and generous, and very popular... After asking around, most of the compliments I heard were unattainable.And Irene, as the most cowardly or negative party in the friendship of the three, is often the object of Meg's hatred.Although apart from the necessary obedience, this cowardice is only used in front of Mrs. Carlotta or Meg most of the time.

"Then, I'll visit Christine after Mrs. Carlotta's performance is over." Irene was really "unresponsive" for a while, and then suggested in a low voice.

"You'd better hurry up, you know, Christine needs you more than anyone else." Meg raised her head and glanced at the back of Mrs. Carlotta who was gradually going away surrounded by many servants, and said viciously.

"Okay, Sister Meg." Irene immediately raised her head, a silly smile was drawn on her pale pink lips.She knew that she looked like some kind of big dog trying to please its master, but many little girls like Meg just couldn't resist her big bright lake green eyes.

"Then tonight, she's been having nightmares more and more easily recently." As she spoke, Meg frowned a little irritably.

"Mrs. Carlota's Exclusive Maid" may sound a lot more noble than "The Clown", but Irene also has less time to spend freely.Fortunately, with her good popularity, it is easy to spare some time to visit her haggard good sister Christine.

"The fragile and sensitive Christine, the stubborn and arrogant Meg... Tsk tsk, I have never seen any host who can play "Phantom of the Opera" like this." The source of the sneer.

So what?Aren't they the most unlikely appearance for Phantom?Before the due fear and vigilance, Irene heard the voice buried deep in her heart surging and roaring.

"Then you can get him logically? You haven't really gotten close to him yet." The velvety and elegant voice directed her the greatest malice.

No, we are the closest mentors and students and friends!Erin retorted instinctively.If her mouth could make a sound now, it must be extremely sharp.

"Really? Has he ever seen your tears?"

He has already carried too much pain, I should not burden him with my own sorrow!

"Then have you ever really felt his persecution and confinement? Have you ever felt his uncontrollable desire for you?"

What I want is not to be his prey, but to be his equal partner!

"Heh, haven't you ever met a partner officially? When the former Christine cried in front of his eyes, when he frantically chased the escaped angel, where were you?"

My singing voice fits him better than Christine, and only I can see the mystery of his organ!When he fell into a mania because of Christine, I tried my best to calm his anger; when he chased his angel madly, I silently weaved a finer net beside me, waiting patiently to catch his turning mind one day...

"Are you waiting for him to change his mind or to move on?" The voice was even gentle, like a lover's whisper.

Irene fell silent, and even the turbulent thoughts and heartbeats fell into a dead silence.

This is indeed a paradox, a helpless paradox!She thought—as a woman, whether it is the former college student Irene or the current clown actor Irene, the reason why she is infatuated with the Phantom is simply because of his deep affection for Christine; the reason why she is willing to stay in this ignorant and backward era, It's just to get Phantom's affection.But now it seems that the phantom's deep affection has probably already quietly taken root in the soil named "Christine", and there is no chance to belong to her anymore; on the contrary, if the phantom's deep affection is something that she can take away , then the value of this relationship probably has to be discounted, and the discounted relationship is not worth her such painstaking planning...

"Then, in the last sentence, what else do you love about such a hideous, distorted guy, except for his natural talent and unrequited affection?"

If any man has both faithful emotions and amazing talents, even if his appearance and temper are in a mess, I am willing to love him.Irene felt that she had just broken free or been expelled from that trance situation for a moment, but she still couldn't help answering silently in her heart.

"Irene, what are you still standing there for?" Meg's reproachful voice came from not far away, and Irene smiled apologetically, and walked steadily into the bedroom of the two sisters.

The author has something to say: I struggled for a long time, and was interrupted by various things N times in the middle, and finally decided to listen to the call of my heart and let the system come out for a while.Also, the image of Meg in my mind is probably a bit unorthodox. . .ask for a pat

I'm so stupid, really, I closed the page confidently after I finished typing, and I didn't realize that the last chapter was actually in the manuscript box until I started typing now. . .