I! Cleaner!

"Agatha?"

When Elijah, dressed in a formal gown, saw the bride brought out by a middle-aged noblewoman and standing on the wedding platform, he couldn't help but be overjoyed!

*Earlier, he had been unable to sleep and had gotten up intending to go to the beach to watch the stars. Unexpectedly, he saw Agatha being kidnapped. In order to save the girl he deeply loved, even though she didn't love him, he rushed back home overnight, agreeing to a family-arranged marriage in exchange for help in finding Agatha's whereabouts.*

What he didn't anticipate was that the marriage partner arranged by his family turned out to be Miss Agatha!

*This... this must be destiny's arrangement!*

"Miss Agatha!"

In Agatha's equally surprised gaze, Elijah, also dressed in a white gown, couldn't resist taking two steps toward her. Then, with excitement he could hardly contain, he spoke in a voice filled with emotion amid the astonished expressions of the guests,

"I didn't expect it to be... Anyway, it is fate that brought us to Ankara, that led us to know each other and travel together. And now, it's fate again that allows us to meet here. I…"

"I'm sorry I'm late!"

A man's voice, although polite in content, was not so polite in tone. As the hall door, which had been closed after all the guests arrived, slowly opened, a man in a jet-black suit strode in, surrounded by a dozen guards.

The man seemed to have hurried on the way, as his breath was slightly unsteady. However, his steps were still composed and powerful, and his attire was immaculate. Apart from a bright yellow tuft of hair, his whole aura was striking and eye-catching, like a lion patrolling its territory.

At the moment when this young lion stepped into the hall, his eyes, like two black stars, fell unblinkingly on the beautiful bride in white on the wedding platform.

"Mr. Joseph?"

"Mr. Joseph!"

Amid the bride and groom's simultaneous but emotionally contrasting exclamations, the man who seemed to be at the center of the whole world, walked up the platform directly, under the astonished gaze of all the guests, and headed toward the bride.

*He's here! Li… no, Mr. Joseph is here! He's really here!*

Looking at her lover, who was striding resolutely toward her, the princess… no, Agatha felt a bitterness in her elegant nose, and the whole world before her eyes shimmered with tears.

In that shimmering light of joyful tears, the man who had eyes only for her reached the two of them, extended a hand toward the bewildered noblewoman, and spoke in a steady, powerful, and politely undeniable voice,

"Auntie, you should hand Agatha over to me."

"…"

To break into someone else's wedding with guards and then walk up to the bride's mother and demand, as if it were natural, for her to hand over her daughter... Faced with such presumptuous, if not outright audacious, demands, the middle-aged noblewoman's mind went blank.

*According to her thoughts at this moment, she should have immediately flown into a rage, burst out on the spot, and called for the guards to expel this arrogant and madman of a man.*

But looking into those eyes that seemed to hold a galaxy and listening to that tone as natural as saying the sun must rise and the sea must flow, the middle-aged noblewoman's hand grasping Agatha's arm trembled involuntarily and slowly loosened bit by bit...

...

[With incredibly skilled acting and an unprecedented character in the history of drama, your false role, "Mr. Joseph in Pursuit of Love," managed to win the approval of 90 percent of the audience and the enthusiastic support of 70 percent over the two major acts and one minor act for a total of eleven scenes. Having met the advancement criteria, your Silver-Level Badge "Elite Performer" successfully advanced to the Golden Badge "Master Performer."]

[Master Performer: When you have solid accumulations, you can be called a performer. When you have superb skills, you can be considered an elite performer. But beyond that, if you still have passion and love for the performing arts, then you become an elite among performers, and that is where most people's journey ends.

To become a master, merely having deep accumulation, exquisite skills, and endless love is far from enough. You must, on the foundation of these three, possess a deep understanding of human nature, have the ability to establish emotional resonance with the audience, and show your unique style and artistic pursuit in reinventing traditional works to be called a master performer.]

[Wearing Effect: Your accumulation, your skills, your love, your understanding of human nature, your resonance with the audience, and your innovation and pursuit of artistic style have already put you among the masters. Therefore, when you intentionally perform, you possess unparalleled powerful appeal.

The more unfamiliar your appearance, voice, and demeanor are to the audience, the easier it is for them to believe your performance. If they are unfamiliar enough, they might even believe you are the character you are portraying in the absence of obvious flaws.]

[Advancement Route: When you succeed in fooling the perceptions of 100,000 people with your superb acting skills, making them believe you are the character you portray, this badge will automatically advance to the heterochromatic badge "Person of a Thousand Faces," current progress 0/100000.]

[Hidden Traits (No Need to Wear): As a master performer who rose from portraying a domineering CEO, you retain the distinct and dazzling charisma of "Mr. Joseph."

With this special charisma, if you lower your demands for a target of lower identity and status, unless their will is firm, they will unconsciously yield and instinctively follow your instructions.

This trait has additional effects on a target of the opposite gender.]

*This effect…*

*Even fictional characters in the world of drama are influenced? Incredible! Truly worthy of a Gold-Level Badge!*

Looking at the trembling hand of Agatha's mother as she handed her over, and at the [Master Performer] glowing gold in his slot, Leon's face remained deeply affectionate and focused, but inside, he was bursting with joy.

*This theater trip was absolutely worth it!*

*Originally, his [Elite Performer] didn't know how to continue advancing, but after accompanying the princess to watch… acting out a few acts, [Elite Performer] leaped directly to the Gold Level, becoming his fourth Gold-Level Badge after [Martyr of the Wine Country], [I Am the Demon], and [Prince of Lutung]!*

While Leon rejoiced in his heart at the rich rewards of his trip, looking at "Mr. Joseph," who dared to break into a wedding to openly take her away, Agatha's eyes reddened, and she broke free from the noblewoman's hand, dove into her lover's arms like a fledgling returning home, and said in a slightly choked voice,

"You love me so much… Leon… I'll marry you tomorrow, then we'll never part, okay?"

"Okay!"

Leon nodded in response, gently caressing his beloved's swan-like elegant back, and answered tenderly,

"I will definitely… Huh? What did you just call me?"