"Movies are so iing!" This was Daphne's only thought after watg KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World at the Nosrick ema.

  As the only daughter of the Duke of the Southerory, Daphne had long grown tired of the song-and-daage pys she had been watg since childhood in the ducal castle.

  When she was younger, she was quite enthusiastic about these performances, but as she grew older, she no longer wao waty form of opera or stage py at bas.

  Instead, she preferred to speime reading knight hat the guards brought back from outside.

  The reason for this was simple: the characters in stage pys ofte very unreal.

  No matter how good the actors' performances were, the audience always khey were ag, pying a false role.

  In trast, although novels cked expressive power, readers often found it easy to immerse themselves and believe that the stories were truly happening somewhere.

  So, when Daphne first learned about movies, she instinctively assumed they were just aype of stage py and dismissed them as a b performahat bined all the shortings of stage pys.

  However, after buying a ticket and watg the movie, she realized that life sometimes has a way of making you eat your words.

  trary to her expectations, movies were almost airely different dimension from stage pys.

  Uhe stage pys that were so dull they could put her to sleep, movies were so vivid they seemed like a proje of another world.

  For the first time, Daphne, who had always s theatrical performances, saw something that felt so "real"!

  If it hadn't been for the credits at the end, she wouldn't have been able to associate the film with the word "performa all.

  After watg the movie, Daphne eve as if the main character and his panions were still out there in some vilge, pleting simple yet fun adveasks.

  She had the illusion that if she became an adventurer, she might run into them.

  In the end, Daphne could no longer distinguish between illusion ay.

  Or rather, she preferred to believe that everything presented in the movie was a real world and that these lovable characters truly existed somewhere in the world.

  pared to stage pys, which she knew were false performahis thing called a "movie" felt like a proje of a real world, making the audience believe that everything happening in the movie truly existed somewhere in the world.

  In short, after thhly enjoying KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World and ughing so hard that her stomach hurt because of the funny story, Daphne finally calmed down.

  Looking at the long list of names in the credits, she muttered to herself, "I hought movies could be so iing. I wish I could be part of it too..."

  Hearing her words, the guard who had been sittio her throughout the movie—a woman whose appearance was cealed by a cloak—quickly said, "My dy, I don’t want you to get involved with this film crew."

  "?? Why not?"

  To Daphne's fusion, the guard quietly replied, "Although ordinary people 't tell which effects in the movie are real and which are fake, araordinary person with enough power would uand how incredible the effects in this film are. Whether it’s the fourth- or fifth-tier magic spells or the actors themselves, none of them are ordinary people."

  "What do you mean? I don't think I'll enter any danger with your prote."

  Daphne's words showed her trust in the guard beside her, but the woman revealed a troubled expression aantly said, "No, I might have thought the same before watg the movie. But after seeing the teiques dispyed by the Headless Horseman in the film, I'm certain that it was very likely the legendary Headless Horseman himself! In the face of such a creature, even I’m not fident I could protey dy!"

  Clearly, while ordinary people might find the movie merely eaining, those with real power could uand how amazing the film crew was. And ihat was the case. Aside from the you Grand Mage, Durin Edward, just the two undead, Belldia and Wiz, were not something a normal film crew could gather.

  "A Headless Horseman, huh? I was thinking about that while watg the movie. Is the so-called Headless Horseman really a heinous demon? Acc to legend, wasn’t he once a blessed soldier, charging into battle on the front lines? But just because he became undead, everyone despises him. Isn't that too heartless…"

  Daphne's words were quite rebellious.

  If anyone from the church heard her decration, they would probably bel her as a demon's apli the spot.

  Of course, Daphne only held this viewpoint because she grew up in the Southerory, where the church's influence was weakest.

  The guard, upon hearing this, was at a loss for words and could only say helplessly, "sidering that you’re traveling uhe title of a priestess, if the church found out you were defending the Headless Horseman while carrying the title of a priestess, they’d probably send you straight to the stake..."

  "Haha, I believe in the Holy Light, but I’m not ied in the church, that a and outdated institution. pared to the God of Light promoted by the church, I think that Aqua from the story seems more like a real deity. Besides, I just noticed that the director of this movie is Baron Durin. I remember meeting him at a family ba when I was younger, and I don't think he’d do me any harm."

  "..."

  Uo ent on her young dy's ck of sensitivity, the guard ultimately couldn't stop Daphne's desire to meet the film crew.

  So, she slowly stood up and said, "Then when you meet them, please allow me to stay close by, my dy. If anything happens to you, I won’t be able to face the Duke."

  "Haha, I knew you would agree. Well, the's go meet the owner of this ema first. And don’t tell my father. I don’t want this iing trip to end so soon."

  "As you wish, my dy..."

  With a weary expression, the guard watched Daphand up with a smile.

  Suddenly, as if remembering something, Daphne said, "Oh, a me another movie ticket. I want to watch it again tomorrow."

  "Uh, could I also get one for myself? To be ho, I find it straoo. This movie is pletely different from the stage pys I’ve watched in the castle before. The stage pys used to make me sleepy, but I actually want to watch this movie again."

  "Haha, of course."

  Surprised that her stubbuard would say something like that, Daphne smiled and g the posters around the ema, her face full of curiosity and anticipation.

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