——As usual on Monday, I will ask for recommendation votes~
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The elegant sweet floral fragrance, the slightly fishy earthy smell, and the slightly cold night breeze quickly disappeared from Lucien's side as if they were being pulled away. Everything around him was left with only the bright and twinkling starry sky and the unmasked round.
The beautiful silver moon that lives in starlight.
The connection between the reflection in the soul and the Star of Destiny emerges brightly again, eagerly absorbing the power of the Star of Destiny and integrating it into itself, blooming with a faint light.
Under the fusion and compression of the starlight power, Lucien's soul seemed to have undergone some changes, and then began to slowly condense into "substance".
I don't know how long it took, but when Lucien opened his eyes, his pupils were as dreamy and deep as countless stars.
After closing and opening his eyes again, Lucien felt that he was more energetic than ever before, and his soul had a significant improvement, as if some tiny things had condensed, like the dust of resentful spirits.
"What exactly is the composition of the soul? Is it a special element or a unique wave field? What is enhanced by meditation?" Lucien is very interested in the changes in the soul, but due to his own lack of knowledge and materials, he can only guess based on thin air.
, "But only if the soul has undergone such a change, can a spell model be constructed in it."
After finally becoming a high-level magic apprentice, Lucien turned all his attention and goals to becoming a formal magician. In this world, only by reaching this level can one be considered to have transcended the power level of ordinary people and possess good strength, as if
Knights who have inspired the power of blood can also obtain status and identity corresponding to their strength. This is not like the existence of musicians, but more because of the preferences of clergy and nobles. If one day they abandon music, musicians
status will be significantly reduced.
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Because Natasha had given instructions to the city hall officials before leaving Alto, and because of Lucien's status as a famous musician, when applying for "identity documents", "certification documents" and other documents for legal travel, Lucien only used
It took half a day, normally it takes seven days.
Although many adventurers can travel around without such documents, it is more dangerous when they pass through strictly inspected border fortresses, cities, or encounter someone who wants to cause trouble. They may be regarded as heretics by the church and spies by the intelligence agencies.
Afterwards, Lucien continued to stay in Alto, on the one hand planning the route and accompanying Joel and the others, and on the other hand waiting for April 10 to approach.
On the morning of April 9th, after bidding farewell to Joel, John, Elena and others who were seeing off, Lucien got on the long-distance carriage hired through the association and drove northwest of Alto, using the excuse that he had arrived in the north of the principality first.
The province of Tiran, then turned east to the Kingdom of Syracuse.
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The majestic city of Alto gradually disappeared behind him. Lucien put his head back in the car window and idly picked up his identity documents and looked through them.
There are magical seals at the end of these documents to ensure that they will not be forged by people outside the church. Therefore, it is a very powerful proof. There is no need to worry about being unable to pass the border openly when going to the east of the mainland.
While flipping through the pages, Lucien suddenly discovered that there were several newspapers in the carriage, so he picked them up curiously and took a closer look. It turned out that they were "Music Review" and "Symphony Herald" published after the music festival.
"Is it Elena who thought that I didn't read it, so she specially bought it and put it in the carriage for me to kill time?" Lucien thought about it for a moment and identified the person who put the newspaper. During this period, Lucien basically only needed to apply for paperwork and needed proof.
I have never been to the association, and naturally I have never read these newspapers.
The first page of "Music Review" is divided into two halves. The left side is painted in black and white with the scene of Christopher's curtain call, and the right side is a color oil painting with the profile of Lucien playing the piano.
Then two lines of words were written in thick, large and symmetrical words:
"The end of an era, the beginning of an era."
The second edition contains the full text:
"Mr. Christopher's curtain call has ended forever. This is the end of an era."
"The past seventy years have been an era when the development of symphony began to improve and its structure became more rigorous. It was an era when symphony quickly became brilliant and dominated the elegant stage. Mr. Christopher is the epitome of this entire era and is a true music master.
, let us express our gratitude and salute to the master and this era with the most solemn etiquette."
"I don't want to enumerate the honors Mr. Christopher has received, otherwise this article will become very lengthy. I just want to emphasize that the "Dawn War" symphony at the end of the concert is an unprecedented attempt by the master and breaks through the past.
It achieved great success and showed us the trend of theme music in the future. Moreover, Mr. Christopher was already seventy years old when he composed this music. This reminded me of a sentence,
The heart of music never stops beating."
"Thanks to the Lord for His gift to us, miraculous magical objects will preserve these classics for us, and we will be able to enjoy them in the music library."
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"This is also the beginning of an era. Although Mr. Lucien Evans's conducting and playing are still very immature and there are still many problems, he has shown us the new development possibilities of music. Whether it is his symphony,
Sonatas, conductors, piano playing, etc. are all full of the flavor of change."
"Such a change may not be accepted or liked by many gentlemen, but I think it is very appropriate to start a new era in this way."
"With a new symphony connotation, a new sonata structure, a new conducting style, a new fingering technique, and a new concert format, I can already imagine a bright and colorful future. This will be an era of change."
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"Thank you, Mr. Lucien Evans, for this unfettered musical genius. He is the beginning of this era. I also wish him to become the epitome of this era and become a legend and master of music."
"Mr. Christopher took his final call, and Mr. Lucien Evans began. The music will never end."
This article is unsigned, indicating that it is a joint article of the Aalto Musicians Association.
The content of the first and second pages of the "Symphony Herald" is similar to that of the "Music Review". They are both reviews and evaluations of the two-day concert. On the one hand, they are full of praise for Christopher, and on the other hand, they are full of praise for Christopher.
Lucien's praise, such as:
"This is a concert full of innovations. Mr. Lucien Evans showed us a completely different sonata form, conducting style and playing performance, letting us know for the first time that the piano solo has such charm.
I don’t think anyone would mind if I called the piano the king of musical instruments, right?”
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"We want to thank ourselves for living in this era, this era where genius will not wait until death to be discovered and accepted. Thank the Lord and thank Mr. Lucien Evans."
Lucien read the beginning and casually flipped through the following articles. In addition to unanimous praise for Christopher, most of them were affirmations of the connotation and structural form of the "Pathétique" sonata, affirmations of the innovative attempts of the conducting style, and affirmation of the "Pathétique" sonata.
The piano playing fingering and performance charm are affirmed, but only a few people judge Lucien's conductor as if he is a madman or a patient, and Lucien's playing is like smashing the piano without elegance.
Among these few articles, Lucien saw Wolfe's name. It seemed that he, who could only be a critic, still remembered him.
Closing the newspaper, Lucien looked at the title of the music review in a daze:
"The end of an era, the beginning of an era."
"The life of musician Lucien is over, can the life of magician Lucien really begin?"
Outside the car window, country houses flew backwards and disappeared. The roads around them gradually became deserted and the trees became thicker and thicker.
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At six o'clock in the evening on April 9, the long-distance carriage arrived at the town of "Massawa".
There is a fork in the road at the entrance of the town. To the north is the Tilan Province, one of the territories directly under the Violet family. Two hours' drive to the west is the small town of "Bonn" on the shores of Lake Elsinore.
"Mr. Evans, it's already dark. If you continue to move forward, you will easily be attacked by bandits, wolves, goblins, etc. We might as well stay in Massawa town for one night and set off to the north tomorrow morning." Joe, the captain of the mercenary team.
Yis signaled the carriage to stop, walked to the carriage door and asked Lucien respectfully.
Monsters can no longer be seen around the entire continent, cities, large towns and villages. Only bandits occasionally appear. However, due to the vast land, sparsely populated areas, numerous mountains, and dense forests, there are remote roads everywhere, and pedestrians will encounter them from time to time.
If you are attacked by fertile but weak monsters and human bandits, unless you have the strength of a formal knight, if you want to travel to distant places or do business, you must go to the Adventurer's Guild to hire adventurers or mercenaries to protect yourself.
This is why the adventurer and mercenary industries are still booming in a world where the church is terrifying and the nobility is powerful. Of course, the financially strong trading houses have their own guards.
The mercenary team that Lucien commissioned from the association has a total of six people, including two captains with high-level knight squires and four ordinary or trainee knight squires. They need to pay them three hundred silver coins every month.
Yes, room and board expenses are extra.
This is an unaffordable expense for ordinary people. They can only pay a certain amount of money to follow a caravan or a rich person like Lucien. However, Lucien received a large amount of money after finishing the concert, and he had a total of
One hundred and five quintals would be more than enough even if there were no performances at all on the way to Stürk.
"I respect the advice of professionals and will follow your arrangement, Captain Joyce, to stay in Massawa Town tonight. Please find a hotel. I need a very quiet room." Lucien opened the carriage door and looked
Said Joyce, who was tall, strong, silent and steady.
This was Lucien's original plan, because now it is easy to meet magicians, magic apprentices and other adventurers if you go directly to Bonn. It is better to stay in Massawa and wait until dark before sneaking over.
Joyce is a thirty-two-year-old warrior who is good at two-handed giant swords. He is still trying to save money to stimulate the power of his blood. His simple face shows gratitude to Lucien for respecting him and not discriminating against him: "Okay.
, Mr. Evans, I will make arrangements right away."
The experienced Joyce quickly booked a high-end hotel in Massawa Town. Lucien's room was on the far left side of the second floor, next to an uninhabited small lake, and was very quiet.
There are many strangers in Massawa town, they are said to be tourists returning from the music festival.
Under Joyce's arrangement, Lucien entered the room directly through the side door without meeting the passengers.
After having dinner in the room and telling everyone not to disturb him, Lucien quietly waited for the night to come. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to register as a member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work.