After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back-Chapter 221 - 220: Closing and Secret Meeting

The Phantom of the Opera lifted his hand, and the long sword was about to fall when he heard Christine shout from behind, "Phantom, don’t kill him!"

"Christine, are you pleading for him?" The Phantom turned around, his eyes flickering with bloodthirsty intent.

But soon, seeing Christine’s pleading face, that murderous intent melted away like snow.

He lowered his sword and turned to embrace Christine.

"Let us leave and start a new life in a place where no one can find us."

"Yes."

"Wait!" Raoul got up from the ground and looked at the two, "Christine, are you really going with him? Have you truly fallen in love with him, this monster?"

"Yes," Christine nodded.

Raoul stepped back half a step, his face showing pain.

"Why must fate do this to me, Christine!"

"I’m sorry, Raoul... I cannot reciprocate your feelings."

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Christine felt sad for her childhood friend but slowly leaned into the Phantom’s embrace, tenderly looking at him, "Because I am already his."

The Phantom was visibly moved as he caressed her face and tenderly gazed back, "My love, we will never be apart again."

At this moment, Chiyoko Ayakoji, who played the role of Raoul, seemed to also feel the emotions of the defeated suitor, clenching her teeth in jealousy and glaring fiercely at the woman who, relying on the script, freely flirted with someone else’s boyfriend.

Using the noble excuse of acting, she touched and clung to Hikaru Kagura without any ladylike restraint!

Hikaru’s body must now be saturated with that vixen’s scent; after the performance, she would definitely force him to bathe ten times.

The script was written by the Drama Club president Momo Takeuchi and Motoyo Kohinata. Although it was unclear why they wanted to help Hina Kiryu, one thing was certain.

Motoyo Kohinata and Hina Kiryu had formed an alliance.

They were like characters in a drama about the Three Kingdoms, constantly countering each other. If one became stronger, the other two would ally to restrain them until the balance was restored.

The factions of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu pursued the Central Plains, the entire realm.

But these three women were vying for a man.

If the earlier version of herself knew this, she would surely have ridiculed it to no end.

Why immerse herself in such trivial feelings of love? What happened to her past ideals and goals?

Chiyoko Ayakoji, when had she become so superficial?

In fact, even she didn’t know whether her feelings for Hikaru were more about true affection or crude possessiveness.

However, she had no intention of handing Hikaru over to those two despicable women, Hina Kiryu and Motoyo Kohinata.

To excavate someone else’s boyfriend at a cultural festival, arranging an opera performance as a guise to flirt—how cunning of them!

Fortunately, her boyfriend was reliable, able to resist temptation.

…He was able to resist, right?

Chiyoko Ayakoji, playing Raoul, gave the Phantom a deathly glare.

Strangers thought it was hate for a rival, but little did they know it contained a hidden warning.

Hikaru silently wiped his sweat, took Hina Kiryu’s hand, and slipped into the dark passage, completing the final act of this topsy-turvy version of "The Phantom of the Opera," which would have infuriated the original author.

The red curtain slowly closed.

The school auditorium curtains were drawn open, and the sunlight that had been blocked for the sake of stage effects shone in again.

Everyone then realized that the play had ended, so they rose to their feet and applauded, the applause thundering and echoing throughout the hall.

Even without discussing the adapted plot, the outstanding acting of the actors on stage alone was enough to merit the applause.

Kagura Hikaru, Kiryu Hina, and Ayakoji Chiyoko, the three main actors, along with the Drama Club President Takeuchi Momo, who played the unattractive Carlotta, stood out with their performances, which hardly seemed like those of students.

The final duel between The Phantom of the Opera and Raoul, along with Raoul’s lament of defeat, left a profound impression due to the emotional entanglement of the three main characters.

Not to mention the scene before the duel where the chandelier descended from above.

That scene really did involve dropping a prop, startling everyone.

It completely shattered the stereotype that a drama was just a few people standing on stage delivering dry lines.

The curtain opened once again, and all the actors, still in costume, appeared on stage, waved to the audience, and then bowed together in thanks.

As the male protagonist, Kagura Hikaru stood in the center with ’Christine’ and ’Raoul’ on either side, being Kiryu Hina and Ayakoji Chiyoko, each holding onto one side of his cloak, and even while bowing to the audience, they managed to exchange glances as if battling from afar.

Kagura Hikaru, caught in the middle, occasionally felt a chill or heat on the back of his neck from the murderous aura surrounding him.

He just wanted it to be over quickly.

Kohinata Motoyo and Takeuchi Momo stood on the other side, next to Kiryu Hina, quickly noticing the chilly atmosphere there, exchanged glances, and anticipated this outcome.

"Is this what you wanted?"

With a hint of mockery, Takeuchi Momo thumbed towards them and spoke to Kohinata Motoyo.

The latter smiled without responding.

What she wanted, of course, wasn’t a battlefield like this, but rather a scene of everyone living together in peace.

However, in the scenario Kohinata Motoyo envisioned, Ayakoji Chiyoko did not exist.

"How should I explain this to Mister Hikaru..." Kohinata Motoyo looked in another direction, talking to herself.

After the acknowledgments, everyone walked off the stage to the backstage area.

After removing his makeup and changing out of the dark costume from The Phantom of the Opera, Kagura Hikaru slipped into a blind spot out of the crowd’s view and stealthily made his exit.

Ayakoji Chiyoko and Kiryu Hina had already started arguing outside, and he did not want to get involved in the war between the two women and become collateral damage.

Moreover, he had already made plans with Motoyo.

Back in his short-sleeved school uniform, Kagura Hikaru arrived at the courtyard.

It was under that maple tree again.

He sat on the bench and waited for a moment before seeing Kohinata Motoyo casually walking over from not far away.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting," Kohinata Motoyo said with a smile, "The acting just now was great, the audience seemed very satisfied."

"What are you really doing, why did you let Kiryu Hina get involved!"

"Oh, we’re getting right to the point? I wanted to chat for a bit more."

"Don’t change the subject," said Kagura Hikaru expressionlessly.

"That’s rather cold, are you angry?"

Kohinata Motoyo pulled her hair to the front of her shoulders and elegantly sat beside Kagura Hikaru, "Well, it is indeed my fault, I should not have kept it from you, sorry."

"What are you helping her for, give me a reasonable explanation."

"It’s actually very simple, none of the complex reasons you might be thinking... I just wanted to create an opportunity for you to reconcile," Kohinata Motoyo said with a resigned smile, "But it seems, Hina didn’t handle it well."