After breaking up, my ex asked me to win her back-Chapter 215 - 214: The Yuri Route Between Love Rivals Also Exists

The sudden appearance of a corpse elicited screams both from the actors on stage and the audience below.

At that moment, Christine was still on stage, covering her mouth in shock as she watched the scene unfold.

Raoul could no longer wait passively; he quickly left his box and rushed onto the stage.

The body was dressed in a pink costume identical to Carlotta’s, and the lifeless face turned to the side was also a perfect match for Carlotta’s, the floor around was covered in bloodstains.

Could it be the very Carlotta who had just been dragged away by everyone?!

No one wanted to get close, keeping their distance as they whispered among themselves, creating an edgy and restless atmosphere on the stage.

As Raoul reached the stage, an infuriated Carlotta emerged from backstage, "What are all of you fussing about? Can’t you see I’m in distress right now, you ah ah ah ah ah ah——!!!!"

Stepping onto the stage and seeing her own ’corpse,’ Carlotta screamed and fainted on the spot, once again being dragged offstage by the crowd.

Finally, everyone began to realize the situation.

If Carlotta was still alive, then what was the ’corpse’...?

Raoul walked over to the ’corpse,’ knelt down to examine it, then looked up and said, "This is a dummy! Not a human!"

He slid his hands under the dummy that had a face identical to Carlotta’s and lifted it up.

It was obviously heavy, solid, equivalent to the weight of an adult; otherwise, the sound of it hitting the floor would have given it away.

Upon closer inspection, one could make out the joints of the dummy, but it still looked frightening with the bloodstains covering it.

"Curse the Phantom of the Opera, is this yet another of his doings?!" the managing director stomped his feet in a fit of rage.

First, Carlotta had lost her voice, then came a corpse-like dummy, and Carlotta fainted at the sight of the dummy.

The managing director asked if anyone had seen the Phantom of the Opera. After receiving negative responses, he began to shirk responsibility and argued with the company members, throwing the troupe into complete disarray.

Concerned that the Phantom might take advantage of the chaos to target Christine, Raoul handed the dummy over to other company members to deal with and then took Christine to the roof.

As the lights on stage dimmed, and brightened again, the backdrop had changed to the opera house rooftop.

It was snowing on the rooftop, covering it in a frosty white.

Raoul took off his coat, intending to drape it over Christine’s shoulders, but she refused.

"Christine, what’s your relationship with the Phantom of the Opera, and why is he helping you?"

"I’m sorry, Raoul, I can’t say," Christine shook her head, hugged her shoulders, and walked to the other side, her red skirt swaying with her steps, leaving footprints on the snow.

"Why?" Raoul caught up with her, full of questions, "Who is the Phantom of the Opera exactly? Is he an evil man? Will he harm you?" Continue reading on novelbuddy

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"Of that, I can be certain, absolutely not," Christine placed her hands on her chest, looking into the distance, "He’s a lonely soul who has helped me and has been by my side ever since my father’s death. No amount of gratitude would be enough for him."

"But today he ruined your performance."

"That is something for the manager to worry about. He was just standing up for me."

"Christine..."

The two didn’t notice that the Phantom of the Opera had already silently arrived on the rooftop.

Dressed in a black coat and a mask that covered three-quarters of his face, he was hidden behind a sculpture on the rooftop, silently listening to their conversation.

Raoul fell silent for a moment before singing, "Christine, you are always so kind, and innocent... forget the darkness, forget these fears. I am here, nothing can harm you. My words will warm and comfort you, let me offer you freedom. I am here to protect and guide you."

"I am already free; I don’t need protection or guidance. I already have an Angel of Music."

"Come to your senses, that’s no angel, it’s a trouble-making devil, a greedy whisper in the dark. You shouldn’t be tempted, come back, come back."

Raoul grabbed Christine’s shoulders, looking intently into her eyes.

The Phantom of the Opera took a step out from behind the sculpture’s shadow, clenched his fist, and seemed ready to rush forward, but at the last moment, he retreated, helplessly withdrawing back into the darkness.

Such a creature of darkness should never appear in the light of day.

No one wishes to see him.

"No, he is not a troublemaking devil, nor a greedy whisper in the darkness, he is the lonely Angel, my Angel of Music. He brings me music, brings me sunlight, he guards and leads me, he is my Angel of Music."

Christine sang.

Her voice was clear, her demeanor gentle, causing the Phantom lurking in the shadows to yearn for her, staring at her, as if beholding an angel.

"Do not succumb to darkness, you have me now!" Raoul suddenly embraced Christine from behind, "I love you, at every waking moment, during that summer, I fell in love, I need your company."

The students of Uka below the stage watched in confusion as this twisted love triangle unfolded before them, some girls covering their faces and screaming.

Raoul clearly had intentions for Christine, but she only saw him as a friend, otherwise she wouldn’t have rejected his coat in the cold wind.

On the contrary, Christine’s feelings for the Phantom must be deeper, after all, he was the angel who had accompanied and taught her in secret since she was young, even though the true face of the angel was not beautiful, she was still willing to touch that lonely soul.

And the Phantom, hiding in the darkness, loved Christine as well, jealous of Raoul.

But his methods were too extreme, dark and ugly, he felt unworthy of the beautiful and kind Christine and never dared to take that step, always remaining silent in the shadows.

Contrary to the beginning, where Christine saw him as an Angel, now it was the Phantom who saw her as his angel.

On stage, Christine broke free from Raoul’s embrace,

"Let me lead you out of loneliness, that is my hope for you, Christine. Let us share every day, at every dawn and dusk, no matter where we went in the past, we were inseparable," Raoul said passionately.

"That is in the past, Raoul, I can’t reciprocate your feelings," Christine said gently as she caressed his hands, smiling yet firmly rejecting him.

Raoul, upon being rejected, stared blankly at her.

The members of the Drama Club gave a thumbs up to the props team, ready to have them lower the curtain to end the third act.

But at this moment, Ayakoji Chiyoko, in the role of Raoul, suddenly did something that no one had anticipated.

"I bestow upon you my love, but how do you repay me? Say you love me, I shall follow you, let us share every day!" Raoul tightly grasped Christine’s hands.

Confronted with Ayakoji Chiyoko’s aggressive gaze, Kiryu Hina recoiled somewhat uncomfortably.

This had gone beyond the script, and whatever she did next was all improvisation.

Was this retaliation for her previous willful behavior?

"We were once apart, yet our hearts were still connected, but we can’t be together."

Phantom, you are doomed to part, humans cannot be with spirits, wake up Christine, I am the one for you."

"Poor Raoul, crazy Raoul, I can’t fulfill your expectations,"

With each sentence, Kiryu Hina stepped back, and with each step back Ayakoji Chiyoko advanced.

It was as if they were performing a duet, enacting a chase scene over and over.

Behind the curtain, Takeuchi Momo Department Head frowned, focusing on Ayakoji Chiyoko’s increasingly forceful performance toward Kiryu Hina, and gestured to the props team.

The team, understanding the signal, nodded and began to transition the background music from a deep, sorrowful mood to a more unsettling, steep plunge into an abyss.

"What on earth are you doing, Ayakoji..." Kagura Hikaru, hidden in the shadows, looked up at the props team switching the music, then at Raoul, who was still entangling with Christine.

Was she trying to ruin the play?

"I shall destroy the Phantom, your fears will leave you," Ayakoji Chiyoko seized Kiryu Hina’s shoulders, preventing her from leaving, gazing directly into her eyes, "My love for you is unchanging, you belong to me."

She wrapped her arms around Kiryu Hina, held her head, and kissed her without hesitation.

Lips pressed against lips.

Kiryu Hina’s eyes widened suddenly.

Huh?!?!?