Instigator and Protector of Violence-Chapter 379: [Wedding in a Dream]

The camera pans up.

Finch and Kevin begin to fully immerse themselves in work mode.

They love this place, Saint Kuanti.

It’s clean, pristine, like a city that doesn’t exist in this world.

Only this place can fully recreate the feeling of escaping from the cage of mediocrity as described in the script.

The protagonist is reborn and transformed here.

In the script, the protagonist Tommy meets another love of his life here; they meet, get to know each other, and then get married.

Originally, Tommy planned to completely retire here, never to care about family matters again.

He was determined to become a Kuanti person.

Unfortunately...

Without any need for reminders, Ethan, who plays the lead role of Tommy, naturally moves to the best position.

Ethan had never learned any acting before.

But whether it’s due to the artistic talents of a past life or the transformation brought by the ’Name of the True God’.

In any case, he has a strong camera presence and knows exactly how to act.

Of course, it’s also possible that this role was half-written based on him.

This scene is about Tommy, having fled to Kuanti, feeling bored at home and deciding to go to the local church to pray.

He’s not religious; it’s purely to pass the time.

Then, in the church, he meets the beautiful nun, Sofia.

This scene is their encounter.

Ethan walks into the church.

Sofia, playing the nun Sofia with hardly any alteration in her outfit, stands before the statue of Saint Kuanti, praying softly.

Ethan doesn’t disturb her and casually finds a place to sit down.

This scene almost recreates the circumstances of Ethan and Sofia’s meeting yesterday.

But this is acting; in the script, the two naturally don’t know each other.

Sofia has no initial interest in Ethan; she is truly devout, praying softly, and her whole figure appears unusually sacred in the almost undesigned interplay of light and shadow.

The entire scene pans from Ethan’s half-lit face to the praying girl in the distance, then to a wide shot encompassing both of them, and finally to a direct shot of the blurred front statue of Saint Kuanti.

Accompanied by the gentle ringing of the church bell.

Pupol watching from behind the camera is almost ready to applaud immediately.

Perfect.

Too perfect.

The scene design, actor performance, and the timing of the bell were impeccable.

He was convinced.

Ethan truly is an artistic genius.

Although Finch and Kevin were the ones watching the camera, the whole scene was directed by Ethan. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Suffice it to say, there were no flaws.

It’s hard to surpass.

Of course, Sophia also deserves praise; she hadn’t acted before but made no mistakes in this scene.

The entire shot was seamless, completed in one take.

When Kevin and Finch called "cut," she finally felt relieved, quickly moved her body, and then hurried towards Ethan.

"How did I do? Was it okay?"

"It was great, completely unbelievable that it was your first time acting."

Ethan nodded in appreciation.

Finch, Kevin, and Pupol also nodded approvingly.

This made Sofia feel delighted inside.

Of course, most importantly, the character she portrayed and the story she shared with Ethan made her very happy.

In the plot, they would get married.

When she first saw this part of the script, Sofia’s heart raced exceptionally fast.

She even wondered if Ethan was implying something to her.

Later, when rehearsing lines, she dreamt about marrying Ethan.

Waking up the next day was simply mortifying for her.

Fortunately, no one knew.

Subsequently, it was time to shoot the following scenes.

Sofia performed well mainly because she was truly invested in the role.

By the time they filmed the fourth scene, it was the proposal scene.

Sofia was both excited and nervous.

She was afraid she might mess up her lines or act awkwardly, so she was well-prepared.

However, just before she was about to go on stage, she saw Anya.

Suddenly, she felt a little embarrassed.

Or rather, she felt like she was taking something that didn’t belong to her.

"Anya, why aren’t you playing this role?"

"I didn’t want to play this role. I can’t act either."

Anya shook her head.

This wasn’t a lie to Sofia. Ethan originally planned for Anya to play this role.

But Anya felt the character was unlike her, and she genuinely had no talent for acting, so she asked Ethan to find Sofia.

"Alright, but..."

Sofia wanted to say more.

Anya smiled and said, "Go ahead, don’t I still have that painting?"

She was referring to the "Girl Under the Lamp" painting Ethan made.

But at this moment, Sofia no longer felt envious; she just felt Anya was very kind.

Everything was ready.

The protagonist went on stage.

In Kuanti’s small square, Tommy and Sofia sat on a bench watching the fountain, chatting leisurely.

Then Tommy suddenly proposed to Sofia.

There was no ceremony.

Just a sentence: "How about marrying me?"

"Huh? What?"

Even knowing that’s what the script said, Ethan would still deliver this line.

But Sofia’s heart was uncontrollably racing, filled with delight to the point of slight panic.

Mainly because there were so many people watching.

Ethan gently held her hand, softly saying, "Would you be my wife?"

Sofia, dazed and dazzled, answered, "Yes... yes."

The camera begins to pull away, freezing this moment.

Then, slowly turning towards an adjacent building.

On the second floor of this building, in a barely noticeable corner, someone is leaning there.

She’s wearing a mask, dressed neatly in hunting attire, but even with the mask covering her face, from her emerald eyes and snow-like silver hair, one could guess she’s a stunning beauty.

She wasn’t watching the romantic scene in the square; her gaze seemed beyond the horizon.

Naturally, this was Anya.

Although she didn’t want to act and turned down the role of Sofia, Ethan still forcibly created a new role for her.

A female assassin closely protecting the protagonist Tommy.

She always wore a mask, with a subtle, ambiguous emotion between her and Tommy.

The mask was also Ethan’s way of accommodating Anya, who didn’t want to show her face and felt she couldn’t act.

In reality, her standing there, gazing at the horizon, was already a stunning scene.

Let alone the water-like light in her eyes.

She softly hummed a tune, sounding like a ballad, unclear in its specifics.

But it provided the perfect annotation for this scene.

Clouds drifted across the sky.

Perhaps it wasn’t an annotation but a prophecy.