Chapter 50 Aalto Day Tour Monthly Ticket Full of Memories)
Alto in October is like fruit embellished on a cake, sweet but slightly cold. The vast area nearby is dyed with a layer of golden color, which complements the Rava trees with falling leaves in the city, and together weaves a beautiful picture.
The poetic pictures, coupled with the faintly melodious music that can be heard, everything seems so peaceful and beautiful, worthy of the title of "Music City".
"Only the Black Forest of Melzer is always mainly black..." On the bank of the quietly flowing Belem River, Natasha looked at the Black Forest on the other side and said with emotion, her long purple hair being blown back by the autumn wind.
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This dark forest left her with many memories of hardship, pain, and gain. Whether it was the rigorous knight training as a girl or the encounters that occurred in it, it was an experience that she would never forget in her life.
"Black fir, a unique tree near the black mountains, is suspected to be infected by the breath of an alien space..." Lucien said in a scholar's tone.
Natasha couldn't help but be amused by his serious answer: "Why it is black all year round has no meaning to me. What is meaningful is that I was once hunted by kobolds in it.
I ate fruit so much that my whole body was in pain, I was poisoned and paralyzed and fell to the ground unable to move, my abdomen was injured and I had to be carried away by someone..."
She understood that Lucien's answer was deliberately to distract her attention, so that she could return from "musician" to "knight", so that she could have a happier "Alto day trip".
"Have you ever been chased by a kobold? I think with your fighting talent, even if you don't activate your bloodline power, you can still crush the kobold." Lucien asked with interest. In his mind, Na
Tasha has been a "Valkyrie" since she was a child.
Natasha curled her lips: "I can easily handle less than ten kobolds. The problem is that there were hundreds of kobolds at that time, and one of them was able to cast spells naturally!"
"What crazy thing did you do to have kobolds from several tribes unite to hunt you down?" Lucien said in a funny tone.
Natasha said "uh" and raised her right arm: "I can't remember clearly!"
"Don't you always say that you have a good memory..."
"Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Anyway, I can't remember clearly!"
The two walked slowly along the banks of the clear Belem River, enjoying the familiar river breeze and recalling the past with laughter.
Suddenly, Natasha stopped, pointed to the remote river bank filled with garbage in front of her, and looked at Lucien with a wicked smile: "Is this the place where you got your first pot of gold in life?"
"Yes, thank you to Your Highness the Princess for throwing away a nightingale veil, which allowed me to successfully take the first step out of poverty." Looking at the garbage pile, Lucien still felt quite emotional in his heart.
There, a few poor people in ragged clothes were enduring the stench and searching for valuable things. Standing on the river embankment next to them was a strong man with a round waist, supervising them with his arms folded. Even in the golden moon, he
Wearing only a thin brown coat.
Natasha let out a breath: "This place is still controlled by gangs after all.
"After the Aaron gang, it seems that there is a new gang in Alto City." Lucien was not surprised, but only sighed. With the actual situation in Alto, it was only a matter of time before a new gang was born.
The gangster noticed a man and a woman on the road by the river looking at him and the poor people rummaging through garbage below. He originally wanted to warn them not to mind their own business, but found that they were dressed like nobles, so he did not dare to be reckless.
He turned his head and pretended to admire the river, quietly watching the other party's actions.
Lucien and Natasha did nothing and continued to bathe in the river breeze and walk towards the city gate of the market area, which made the gangsters heave a long sigh of relief.
It was Rentat's tea time at this time. For Alto's gatekeepers, it was the time when they were most tired and least inclined to move. So they briefly glanced at Lucien and Natasha, who had slightly changed their appearance.
They were all well-dressed and well-dressed, so he waved them through the city gate.
The familiar and noisy market area, the lingua franca of Alto's accent, and the clothing style that was completely different from Rentat's but equally familiar gave Lucien and Natasha the most intuitive shock at the first moment.
"The market area has not changed at all, as if we have never left..." Natasha often goes to the manor outside the city through this city gate. She often comes here wearing a veil to look for all kinds of strange and interesting things.
So I am no stranger to the market area.
Lucien nodded and took a deep breath. The familiar smell mixed with the smell of barbecue, spices, dyes, cigarettes, alcohol and various stinks made him feel like he had returned to the time when he was struggling in the market area.
The beginning of life.
"I used to carry goods here. At that time, my body was not strong enough, and a package of goods would weigh me down..." Lucien pointed to some small shops on the street.
Natasha listened with a smile and followed him through the market area, pointing to a certain shop from time to time and saying:
"This grocery store has a history of fifty years. When I first came here, my grandfather was still entertaining customers. Now he looks like his grandson..."
"…···The boss recognized me when I was buying an ancient lyre and almost fainted..."
Lucien is also full of memories of the market area: "...It was on this street that John and I beat up all the thugs from the Aaron gang..."
That was the beginning of my initial recognition and true integration into this world.
Pedestrians watched these two men and women, who looked like aristocratic couples, walking leisurely in the market area, pointing and pointing from time to time, and they couldn't help but feel strange, but how could Lucien and Natasha care about their gazes.
As they walked, the two passed through the market area and entered the administrative area. The number of pedestrians began to decrease and the streets gradually became quiet. Only street musicians and bards were playing different music, creating a musical atmosphere.
The ocean gives people a feeling of soul sublimation while walking.
Natasha listened carefully, and then smiled for a while: "String Serenade in G major..."Moonlight"...the second movement of "A New Country"..."Pathétique"..."
·Dedicated, "Dedicated to Silvia"... I didn't expect that after you left Aalto for so long, your music is still played regularly. The more street performers and minstrels perform the music, the more representative it becomes.
Due to its popularity, classic music is indeed a classic no matter what time it is..."
"There is also your march..." The Lava trees on both sides were floating with golden leaves. Lucien listened carefully and distinguished the different tunes.
Natasha hummed a melody proudly, then sighed slightly! But compared to before, the frequency of your repertoire has been greatly reduced. The parts you just heard are all the latest outstanding music."
Both of them paid attention to the development of Aalto's music and were no strangers to the outstanding ones.
"This is a good thing. Things are constantly evolving and changing. Always sticking to the past without making any improvements can only show that Aalto's music is dead. Fortunately, that is not what we heard." Lucien
I don't mind being authentic.
Natasha did not answer for the time being, but pulled Lucien to stop outside a restaurant, listening to the street musician at the door playing "Pathétique" on the piano. This is recognized as a very difficult piece, but he played it well.
It was very comfortable, so many Alto people who knew music stopped to listen.
He created the atmosphere of depression, depression, pain and tragedy in the early stage very well, so when he used dazzling movements to play bursting and high-spirited notes in the last movement, he was able to arouse the emotions of the surrounding audience.
Bang bang bang, after the piano performance ended, there was warm applause from all around.
The young piano player seemed a little unexpected about his popularity. He sat blankly behind the piano and did not respond for a long time.
He is a music lover who came to Alto from a small town to pursue his dream. He believes that he has a solid foundation in music, has outstanding talent, and will definitely achieve extraordinary achievements. However, his experiences in the past few months have plunged him into strong self-doubt.
It made him miserable, wandering, depressed and depressed, and the financial constraints in his life forced him to accept the restaurant owner's request. Who knew that today's performance would be so well-received?
"It's very good. It's not a pale performance, it has emotional resonance." Natasha clapped softly, then took out a coin and prepared to throw it to the street performer like other audience members.
However, her movements were stopped by Lucien, who said funnyly: "Are you going to give him the Queen's Gold Coin?"
Due to the expulsion of the Southern Church, the Kingdom of Holm is also re-casting coins. Different from the general currency, the Queen's gold coins are equivalent to gold talers, except that the Queen's head is engraved on them.
Natasha laughed dryly: "Ha, I didn't notice. Do you have Jintale?"
Lucien shook his head, took the Queen's Gold Coin, rubbed it gently with his thumb, and then the Queen's Gold Coin turned into a Golden Taller.
The young performer came back to his senses and thanked the audience for their kindness. Suddenly, he saw a shining golden coin falling in front of him.
"Jintale?" He was stunned immediately. Isn't that too generous?
A gentle voice sounded in his ears: "You play very well. You integrate your own feelings and understanding into the music, giving this piece of music a distinctive personal style. This is very rare. However, you
There are still some problems with my playing and understanding of music..."
"Problem?" The performer had not yet come to his senses, and then heard Lucien's words of explanation and analysis one by one. Each of them hit his heart, because most of them were things he had always felt awkward about for a long time, and some of them were
It was an experience that I felt very satisfied with, but after listening to it I realized that it was completely wrong.
After a while, he really woke up and found that the gentleman who guided him and his wife had gone far away, leaving only two figures walking side by side.
He wanted to catch up and say thank you, but the restaurant owner was still staring at him and could only say loudly: "Thank you!"
What a gentleman of noble character, no, he must be a musician!
Lucien did not look back, but raised his hand to indicate that he had received it.
"You really like being a teacher." Natasha smiled and looked at Lucien beside her.
Lucien smiled: "It's not that I like being a teacher, but I feel grateful. If I hadn't met Teacher Victor and received his exceptional teachings, I definitely wouldn't have achieved what I did later. Therefore, when I meet someone who needs guidance,
I will give some guidance to people when they are young. Maybe their lives lack this little driving force. Haha, I am giving back to society."
"Repay society..." Natasha thought of the joke of "repaying society" and her expression seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
Just listening and walking, the two soon came to the vicinity of the Aalto Musicians Association and saw the unique "beating flame" building, which is famous for its light but complex asymmetrical beauty.
"It's still like this, it hasn't changed..." Lucien and Natasha sighed similarly at the same time, but Natasha quickly shook her head, looked around and said, "I don't know if this is good.
It's bad. The places I passed before show that it has hardly changed in the years since I left Aalto, as if it was frozen in time. And Rentat, maybe it was the same this morning, but it was completely different in the afternoon.
Another 'face,' too."
Lentat was in a period of great development and was undergoing a lot of infrastructure construction. Just as Lucien expected, the entire city was undergoing earth-shaking changes.
"Leave aside the life of ordinary people, this kind of Alto may be more suitable for the current music style..." Lucien said without any derogatory meaning.
"Yes, Rentat's current appearance always feels incongruous with the current symphony style. It should be suitable for other music..." Natasha nodded seriously.
"Different cultures, different eras, will definitely give birth to different music..." Lucien said sincerely, cursing in his heart, maybe one day Rentat will develop rock music...
Just as Natasha was about to speak, her expression suddenly hardened: "Uh, Mr. Victor..."
It was Lucien's music teacher Victor who came out of the Aalto Musicians Association. Surrounded by many musicians and performers, he boarded the carriage and drove to the chant hall. He seemed to have a high status.
Lucien watched this scene quietly without moving his feet at all.
"Aren't you going to see him?" Natasha stared at Lucien with her silver-purple eyes.
Lucien shook his head and said in a slightly erratic voice: "It's not necessary..."
This would disrupt his life, and it took a lot of effort to get the church not to pay attention to him.
Natasha chuckled and deliberately changed the subject: "Then let's go to the Psalm Hall to listen to a concert? I wonder whose concert it will be?"
"Okay." Lucien had no objection. The anti-magic circle had no effect on the legend.