104 Chapter 104 - Scrip

“Squirrel Street? That street that was said to be the most dirty and disordered in all of Norland? I hope you’re not messing with us…”

Owl couriers were exceptionally fast. Madam Schroder’s response speed was also unexpectedly fast.

At the time when Joshua was planning to get on a carriage to return to the Hearthstone Tavern, an owl flew onto Joshua’s shoulder with a letter attachment.

As expected, Madam Schroder indicated her doubt in Joshua’s site selection for the movie.

Squirrel Street possessed a bad reputation in Norland. But, the extremely curious mages would frequently come to this street to interact with the non-human races.

Unfortunately, that was not the same for outsiders, especially the nobles from other countries. Majority of them held concern for the non-human races.

Joshua originally thought that Farucci’s Grand Duchess of Blackwood would not hold prejudice toward other races. After all, the House of Blackwood cooperates with the forest elves year-round.

But, it would appear that the bad reputation the Squirrel Street possessed made Madam Schroder unwilling to bring the Black Swan Theatrical Troupe here.

“We’ll be proceeding to Norland’s central district.”

Madam Schroder’s letter changed Joshua’s plan to return to the Hearthstone Tavern.

Truth was, especially preparing a filming site for ‘Léon: The Demon’ would be the best choice. But, filming sites were not things that could be prepared that easily.

Specialized film-setting artists and builders would be needed. While architects might be able to design beautiful buildings, the setting for ‘Léon: The Demon’ was an old and chaotic place. That atmosphere was not something that one could meticulously recreate.

Joshua was very fond of hotel Black Dove. Because of that, he had no choice but to proceed to Madam Schroder’s residence to persuade her with his script.

“That female knight is still following us.”

Ciri said to Joshua with a quiet voice. At the same time, she took a glance at the side of the street hotel Black Dove was on.

Wearing the Ecclesiastical Templar’s armor, Messai appeared extremely conspicuous standing among a street filled with non-humans. This female knight seemed to have no intention of concealing the fact that she was tailing Joshua. Just like that, she followed Joshua through half the city of Norland.

The manner of conduct for the Ecclesiastical Templars was truly open and candid. Even when tailing people, they would do so openly.

Fortunately, as Messai was a templar, her stamina far surpassed that of mages. Even though she ran after a horse carriage for multiple hours, she was not at all tired.

“About this… let me think.”

Joshua waved his hand at Messai.

“Hey! Aren’t you tired of running after a horse carriage? You want to come inside?”

“Absolutely not!”

The female knight immediately rejected Joshua’s goodwill. She was certain that the demon was plotting something. It would appear that Joshua’s multiple occasions of scamming her had left a deep psychological trauma upon her.

“That’s what she said. We’ll just ignore her.”

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Two hours later. Norland’s central district. Outside Madam Schroder’s mansion.

Joshua once again arrived at this mansion filled with the aura of nature. It was already approaching dusk.

Two sworded bodyguards were standing outside the mansion. When Joshua approached, the two of them both placed their hands on their waist’s sword hilts.

“Please pass along that a filmmaker wishes to see your Grand Duchess.”

Joshua took out the Grand Duke of Blackwood’s insignia. Seeing the insignia, the two guards immediately exchanged glances. Then, one of the guards entered the mansion.

In a short few minutes, the middle-aged butler came out from the mansion.

“Mister Joshua. Never would I expect for you to pay a visit at such a time…”

This middle-aged butler was the same butler Joshua met the last time he came to the mansion. He led Joshua into the mansion and, after leaving to give announcement, Joshua finally got to meet the owner of the mansion, Madam Schroder.

This time around, they met inside a study. Madam Schroder’s outfit was no longer a heavily ornamented dress. It had changed into a form fitting robe.

“I hope you can provide me with a reasonable explanation as to why you want my Black Swan Theatrical Troupe to film in a place as dirty and disordered as the Squirrel Street.”