"Myriad Transformations—"
The moment she passed through the vine-covered corridor, Jia Na skillfully cast Deformation Art, lightly stepping with her feet, transforming into a butterfly-wing state, and flying into the air.
"Flap—"
With a light flutter of her butterfly wings, compared to her usual speed using only Light Feather Spell for travel, Jia Na passed through the outer ring of the Mist Forest and arrived at the edge of Turin in less than a third of the usual time.
"Withdraw."
Due to the no-fly zone requirement within Turin, Jia Na had already retracted the wings behind her before entering the city. Stepping onto the soft, greening lawn of early summer in April, and relying on the impression in her mind, Jia Na quickly arrived at the grand entrance of the Nightingale Opera House.
"So today's performance is song of the ocean?"
Looking at the continuous stream of audience members entering the door, and the song of the ocean play promotion stand placed at the entrance of the theater, Jia Na habitually gathered her long hair behind her back. After carefully confirming the details of her attire, she passed through the crowd and walked directly towards the rehearsal hall on the basement floor of the theater.
"Excuse me, are you Jia Na-Luo Lan Miss?"
"Yes."
Just as she stepped through the theater entrance, a short-haired woman in a dark uniform, dressed smartly, looked at Jia Na for a few seconds before confidently walking up to her.
"Let me introduce myself, I am Julie-Ann, temporarily assigned to you as an assistant agent by Director Roman-Roland. If you have any work or even personal matters, you can tell me, and I will be responsible for resolving them for you..."
Hearing Julie-Ann's introduction, Jia Na subconsciously nodded, especially when she heard that the other party could even help resolve her personal matters. She suddenly had an urge to consult the other party about whether there were small interest-free loan services in Turin.
However, this impulsive thought was just a fleeting one and was quickly suppressed by Jia Na, who appeared quite composed on the surface.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Julie Madam, you can just call me Jia Na."
"Okay... Okay, then please just call me Zhu Li."
Looking at Jia Na's excessively exquisite face and gentle and polite demeanor, Julie-Ann suddenly felt very fortunate, fortunate that such a high-quality prospect like Jia Na would be assigned under her by Commander Roman.
"Please come this way, the actors for Act A and the two directors are already waiting for us downstairs..."
"Wait, are you saying they've all arrived?"
Thinking about the time she left home, Jia Na was a little confused; she shouldn't have been late.
"Please relax, you are not late, it's just that all the Act A actors came exceptionally early today."
Caught in the internal competition...
Hearing Julie-Ann's words, Jia Na nodded, then adjusted her expression using the Muscle Control talent, and followed Julie-Ann downstairs.
"This is the rehearsal hall."
The light leading to the basement was relatively dim. As the two got closer to the rehearsal hall, Jia Na could hear the excessively noisy sounds from inside through the door.
"Creak—"
The door of the main rehearsal hall was gently opened by Julie-Ann. The moment they heard the movement at the door, the rehearsal hall suddenly fell silent. However, when they saw that the person who arrived was just Julie-Ann, they all shifted their gazes away, and the rehearsal hall became noisy again.
"It's the female lead of Act A!"
Someone exclaimed, and the repeatedly noisy rehearsal hall became quiet once more. Facing dozens of gazes with various emotions, under the control of the Muscle Control talent, Jia Na did not show the slightest sign of stage fright.
"Is she the female lead of Act A chosen after much deliberation? She's really beautiful!"
"I heard her strength is also quite good... I just don't know if it's true."
"It must be true, you can't get this role based on looks alone."
As the discussants said, as the most popular play of the Nightingale Opera Troupe currently, even when selecting supporting actors with fewer scenes, the choice of actors is extremely cautious.
Just like at this moment in the rehearsal hall, there were also several young female opera actresses with very good looks and strength.
However, Director Crane-Roland, who is notoriously strict with casting, was still not satisfied. Even though these young actresses had already formally signed with the Nightingale Opera Troupe and had officially appeared on stage as the character 'Young Natasha' during non-prime time slots.
Even under these circumstances, Crane-Roland still did not hesitate, and decisively began open auditions to find the 'Young Natasha' for the prime time slot.
"Freya, it seems she's the new actress who's going to replace you."
Hearing the blunt sarcasm from the side, the young actress named Freya just tilted her head and glanced at the tall girl next to her, retorting impolitely:
"Just worry about your own performance dates for the next few days. She might not only choose to perform during the weekend slots. At that time, it's hard to say who will replace whom."
The two exchanged a few sarcastic remarks with fake smiles. As rivals for many years, the most satisfying thing for each of them was seeing the other unhappy.
These two, who didn't have performances scheduled for the next few days, surprisingly arrived at the rehearsal room early today with great tacit understanding. Their purpose was none other than to see what the new actress, who had been highly praised by several directors and even the leading actress Anna-Moonshadow, actually looked like.
Before coming, they had various imaginations about the appearance of this newcomer in their minds.
Would she have a pure style similar to Freya, or a stunning style contrasting with Hill's type? Regardless of her appearance, neither of them believed that the other party could defeat them in their respective Specialties styles.
In fact, even before meeting, the two had already developed a strong sense of hostility towards this newcomer who seemed to be a threat.
However...
Looking at the face not far away that made it impossible to look away, even with just a glance, Freya and Hill, who were considered people who had seen plenty of beautiful faces in the opera circle, were still captivated by the other party's appearance.
"She is truly beautiful."
Hearing Hill, who had always been proud of her beauty, actually praise a competitor like this, Freya felt surprised but also nodded involuntarily.
"And, she's not annoying either."
Beautiful women often appreciate each other. But when this appreciation is intertwined with conflicts of interest, even the most beautiful things can become annoying, or even cause jealousy.
However, this point did not seem to hold true for this new actress named Jia Na-Luo Lan.
Her beauty was so great that it didn't even evoke a trace of jealousy...
"I hope her strength truly matches this appearance, otherwise..."
"I will absolutely not accept it!"