Narrated by:
The little worm, Frederic (the writer of this story), on the background of the opera house.
The little worm, Fred learns many things in the opera house, he writes his mystery novel based on those things he thinks, researches and imagines by himself. He writes different parts of the story of opera: the mysterious murder, the story of the daughter, the well preserved body, the secret love story, etc. Fred writes all of these things based on the rumors and gossip going around the opera house carefully, as if he has supernatural powers in eavesdropping and observing. Since he has mysterious powers, which he received from his master…the Pied Piper.
Fred is not only a creative writer with supernatural powers but also a handsome and romantic man who falls in love with the daughter of opera owner, Zarbukhojd. He tries to win over her heart but is sad when she loves another man. Then the news of Zarbukhojd's death and his body found under the floor of the opera house terrifies Fred.
The daughter and Fred are the main suspects of Zarbukhojd's murder. With no one to support them, except for each other, Fred writes a story about the murder for the daughter to save her from being a convict and to find Zar's killer. He writes the story of the murder as it happened. Therefore, through the story of the murder Fred writes for the daughter, he solves the murder and the mystery behind Zarbukhojd's death.
In fact, his novel is based on the real death case of the man who used to play a role of a villain in the opera [of course in Fred's story he writes just like that because he can't tell the truth about the murder].
After Zar's murder was solved, the daughter decides to marry Fred and sends a letter to her father to say that she rejected the man she loved and marries the man she knew the best and liked the most. The opera owner was very happy after receiving the letter and sent his daughter to the city; he wished her to start a new life. After the woman leaves the opera house, the opera owner starts to make plans to enter an opera production. Meanwhile, since Fred's novel brought him many fame and money, he also decides to create an opera in his name. The musical piece is released and gets a great success.
After the success of his opera and the novel, Fred continues to write his story based on his own novel. He thinks that the opera is the only thing that can give him the fame he desires. He also decides that instead of living in the opera house, he will move his story into real life. With his own novel as the basis, he starts a new story in real life.
He doesn't want to murder anyone in real life for the sake of his story. The man he wants to make into a murderer is Frederic. The murder was supposed to be done by Frederic's pet, Malawi.
As Malawi, puts on the tricorne hat and military clothes that he stole from another man, he plans to murder Fred. His goal is to jump in front of Fred and make Fred believe that Malawi is Frederic. Frederic starts the murder by writing the story of the murder.
As he starts to write the murder, he is afraid to tells the truth that he had planned to marry the daughter of the opera owner, Zarbukhojd. He doesn't want to be an outcast. Frederic searches for Zar but ends up finding his own life in Zarbukhojd's novel. After Zar's murder and the discovery of Frederic's participation of the crime, he has to escape. Therefore, he decided to leave the opera house.
But first, he writes the crime scene in his novel as the real crime scene and he puts his own name as the murderer. This is not easy for Frederic because he has to leave his beautiful daughter, he must also hide the truth at the opera house. But he writes the crime scene in the novel and leaves as soon as he can. He is afraid that he will be arrested by his own apprentice, who he forgets to give the news of Zarbukhojd's death to. Frederic leaves the opera house without telling his apprentice anything, he knows that Zac will kill the man who is supposed to help the killer.