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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Part 06

“A newspaper reporter? Well, I’ll be! Guess this really is the big city. Sir, about this lion here…”

Kazuya and the others had followed the man in the lion costume, weaving around the path that looped the lawn, until they arrived at an outdoor theater tucked deep within the park.

The theater sat in a quiet, green nook. It was a small stone amphitheater, a miniature version of an ancient Roman coliseum. At its center was a circular stage, encircled by tiered seating arranged in a bowl shape.

Stone statues were scattered throughout the seating area—figures dressed in medieval attire, enchanting mermaids, and half-human, half-beast hybrids with animal heads. Each statue depicted a different emotion: laughing, weeping, shaking a fist in anger, all facing the stage.

A troupe of performers scheduled to perform tonight gathered in one section of the amphitheater, their colorful costumes and props stacked in piles