The three of them, Lorraine Hill, stayed in Phoebe for more than ten days. Not only did they visit various attractions in this maritime city, but they also visited the underwater museum.
Compared with a hundred years ago, the layout here has become very complete. Under the shadow of the blue sea water, pieces of ancient collections lie quietly in the glass cabinets. The traces left by time on them record all kinds of past, which makes people sigh.
The changes of time.
Unlike other cities in the world, the maritime city of Phoebe can be said to be a place with the strongest atmosphere of science and technology. It does not belong to a certain country. It is a permanent neutral ground similar to Emenas. It has the largest and densest scientific research institutions.
Modern buildings stand on the sea, and their smooth glass walls give people an advanced and avant-garde atmosphere.
After staying in such a city for a while, Lorraine Hill even felt like he was in a trance and returned to his previous life. However, upon closer inspection, there were still many differences. After all, he did not have such extraordinary abilities in his previous life.
After enjoying themselves for several days, the three of them bid farewell to Aliena again and boarded a plane to the Pearl Islands.
"Passengers please fasten your seat belts and do not move around where you are. The plane is taking off..."
A familiar voice came over the radio, and then the passengers felt a slight shaking. With a huge roar, the plane left the ground and rose into the sky.
Lorraine Hill sat by the window and watched the city below become smaller and smaller, turning into circles of different sizes, and then disappeared from the field of vision, leaving only a white cloud and the blue below.
of the sea.
Turning around, Vimiya was holding a magazine and flipping through it with interest, while Keti was lying on the small table a little sleepily, with her fiery red hair scattered on her shoulders.
Lorraine Hill gently touched Keti's back, then took out the booklet he carried with him and wrote down some recent thoughts. After that, he also drew a few cute pictures in black handwriting to make the handwriting less clear.
As for being too dry and boring.
Well, although there are more convenient electronic products, writing with a pen is also a relaxing way to relieve stress.
After slowly finishing today's diary, Lorraine Hill put away the booklet and pen. At this time, Keti also woke up and became very energetic. She probably wanted to eat, so she reached out and asked for a meal.
"Loland, do you want to eat with me?" Keti looked at Lorraine Hill who was standing aside.
"Yes." The girl with silver hair and blue eyes nodded, and then the two of them ate a simple lunch with fruits and chatted quietly.
It was said that the plane's engine was noisy, but for the two of them, this did not affect their communication.
"When we go to the Pearl Islands this time, Lan Lier sent a message saying that our accommodation has been arranged in advance, and the stage and supporting personnel required for the performance are also ready and waiting for us to go."
"Does Lorraine want to go on stage too?" Keti looked at Lorraine Hill, seeming a little curious.
"Yes." Lorraine Hill nodded.
"Aren't you shy, Lorraine?" In Keti's memory, Lorraine Hill used to be very shy about such things.
"It will be a little bit, but it can be overcome." Lorraine Hill lightly bit down on a piece of apple slice, and her answer came from her light red lips.
"Awesome~" Keti simply praised, which made Lorraine Hill a little embarrassed. It seemed like a junior high school student was praised for being good at addition and subtraction.
It was obvious that he would inherit Lady Philia's teachings and become the next generation of singers, but it was not until much later that he slowly overcame this nervousness about going on stage.
Biting her lip, Lorraine Hill reached out and pinched Keti's cheek, "Do you want to go on stage with Keti?"
"No." Keti shook her head, not caring about Luo Lan's pinching of her face.
"I want to cheer for Lorraine in the audience."
"Well..." Okay, I'll let you go. Lorraine Hill loosened his fingers, rubbed Keti's head again, and rubbed his cheek with her.
"After the show is over, I will prepare a big refrigerator for Keti, filled with your favorite ice cream snacks."
"Really?" Keti became happy.
"It's true." As he said this, both Lorraine Hill and Vimiya laughed.
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By the time the three of them landed on the Pearl Islands and participated in the performance, it was already three days later.
That night, the venue was crowded with people. The noisy scene below the stage and the waving light sticks made it look like there were almost over 100,000 people.
"This is still a situation where there is no publicity that Luo Lan will appear." In the dressing room behind the scenes, Lan Lier said proudly to Luo Lan and Wei Miya.
"After all, Luo Lan has a special status. I just told the outside world that after many years, our mermaid singer, Miss Wei Miya, will perform on stage again. This news alone caused a sensation, and many elderly fans bought it.
I bought the ticket and flew here just to watch the show." She said, patting her chest, looking as if she was not expecting it.
"Okay, okay, stop bragging about your genius ideas, come and help deal with the problem, the staff on site can't keep up the report, after all, there are too many people." Just as Lan Lier's tail was about to rise to the sky.
At that moment, Ling Xin walked in with a stack of documents in her arms, put them on the table, and then took another sip of water.
Today, Ling Xin is not wearing the same lightweight dancer's dress as before, but is dressed like a mature working woman in OL clothes, with a fitted shirt and black skirt, and then black stockings covering her round legs, showing off her full self.
"How did it happen? Didn't we spend it together?" Ling Xin raised her head in confusion.
"I think about it every day, when will I have money that I can't spend all my money? Do you know how uncomfortable it is when you watch other people make a lot of money through music, but you can't touch it? Oh, oh, it's obviously me first.
Come on, invent speakers, invest in music boxes, and become friends with a world-famous singer. It should have been a happy and happy thing, but why did it become like this?"
"Because Lan Lier spends money lavishly. She can't even open a workshop or hold a business conference. All the money she saved before is lost." Ling Xin looked helpless.
"So, I'm finally happy, so don't hit me anymore. I'm almost in grief now. If you don't make me happy again, I'll really cry for you." Lan Lier said.
Qi Lingxin's collar felt a cry of pain.
"Aha, okay, okay, let me encourage you a little today. Be good, big star Lan Li'er~" Ling Xin hugged her companion and touched her back to comfort her.
After a short period of laughter, the official performance is about to begin.
In the noisy open-air venue, all the lights were turned off, and then the only remaining light shone towards the center of the stage.
At this time, the audience gradually quieted down and focused their attention on the only bright stage, when the voice of the narration sounded.
"After thousands of years of turmoil, the world has ushered in peace, but the songs in the story are still sung, and countless people once again recall the two once-world-renowned titles, as well as the touching legends born from them."
"Tonight, time turns back again." After saying this, a huge brass dial was slowly lowered from the stage. The hands were still, and the current year was written in ancient gilt in the center, Third Era 1824.
Year.
When the dial slowly fell to the middle of the stage, the bell rang, echoing in the night sky, clear and distant.
As the bell rings, the hour hand on the dial slowly rotates again, making a clicking sound, but it does not rotate normally clockwise, but in the opposite direction, counterclockwise. As it turns around,
The year above is also reduced by one year, showing 1823.
In this way, the hands rotate faster and faster, and distorted light and shadow are also twisted around the clock, as if time is distorted at this moment. Under the vivid special effects, the audience in the venue gradually enters the state, and their eyes are fixed on the dial.
The bells became more and more urgent, the hands turned into phantoms, and people's hearts became more and more nervous and expectant. Until the last moment, the dial suddenly stopped, the hour hand suddenly stopped on a scale, and the year on the dial also stayed in the third century.
In the year 428.
The lingering sound of the previous bell slowly faded away, and the huge dial slowly disappeared into the shadows, covered by the drawn curtain.
A huge castle model slowly rose from behind the stage. It was so majestic and ancient, with gorgeous rock bricks and moss on it, making people dream back to that distant era.
[the sound of books turning]
Narrator sounds
"Volume 12, page 741"
"The two singers will eventually die..."
Then a brisk prelude began to play, and behind the stage were erected drawings representing the background. Colorful drawings with a slight fairy tale style represented trees, rooms and halls, and even halberd-wielding guards whose faces were covered.
Afterwards, a slightly joyful singing narration sounded.
"The daughter of the Duke's family, known as the Red Songstress..." During the song, a girl with fiery red hair and a bright red dress appeared on the stage.
That kind of hair is not a dull burgundy, nor is it a light red like faded madder, but a stunning red that is like burning flowers blooming, which makes people feel thrilling.
"The chess pieces on the chessboard have moved forward..."
"The Crimson Songstress with the support of the Holy City and the Southern Territory."
Sing! Red Diva
You deserve to be on it
It is an elegant, gorgeous and splendid royal capital.
After the crimson singer stood still, the lights on the other side of the stage also turned on, and then another singer wearing a light blue dress and long blue watery hair also appeared on the stage.
The daughter of a lord, known as the Blue Songstress...
The Northern Capital Territory and Water City serve as backup for the Blue Diva.
"It's my turn to move forward..."
Sing! The Blue Songstress
You deserve to be on it
It’s a royal capital that’s elegance and beauty are stunning.
The two singers appeared on the stage together. This performance or opera was about the legend of the two Cang Fei singers in the early years of the Third Age. Although the ending of the story was tragic, it was precisely because of this that people
Countless people cannot forget it and it has been passed down to this day.
The two proud daughters of dukes, highly anticipated talents, each became a singer sought after and coveted by countless people in the territory, and then went to the royal capital together to compete for the love and hatred that was staged on the highest stage, and finally made a gorgeous and sad exit.
.
"The red burning passion sings the beautiful and gorgeous dazzling appearance, only I am the one"
"The clear singing of the blue stream and the gentle smile of calmness and elegance are mine only."
"The running girl pursues the wild beast"
"Doll with tangled red thread"
"The cycle of opera and tragedy"
"Doll with tangled red thread"
"The wild beast with bulging fangs chased it to the top of the cliff"
"The singer who was robbed of her singing voice was also robbed of her world."
The interpretation of the story is not complicated. Two singers who were involved in the struggle for royal power died one after another, and everything came to nothing in the end.
Beautiful stories, sad songs, and regretful legends are always so touching. Nearly a hundred years after entering the new era, people have begun to pick up the stories of the past, the stories of princesses and princes, and they are reflected in the passage of time.
After distance, it becomes attractive again.
The unwillingness, resentment, and pain in the past world have slowly filtered away under the baptism of time. People today can no longer understand the pain of the lower class civilians in the past, and it is difficult to sympathize with those little people who passed by in history.
The splendid poetry and gorgeous rhetoric among the nobility have been passed down.
These poems and stories are like pictures described by colorful brushes, simple and beautiful, with a crystal-like colorful charm, intoxicating young and ignorant lives, and imagining scenes in their minds.
Now, there is a common name to name it, that is "fairy tale".
The fantasy and deviant world, the incredible countries and characters, the wonderful spells and treasures, the fairies and witches who grant wishes, are like opening a bright door in a dull world.
Perhaps these stories they read when they were children will sneer at them many years later when they grow up, telling themselves that they are all false, and finally criticize and ridicule them.
However, at least on a stormy night, or when you are lonely and painful, a fantasy prayer will arise to comfort yourself through this dark time.
Buried deep in the memories of childhood, the incredible country, the ancient spells, the beautiful fairies appeared, the colorful splendor descended, fading away like an ugly duckling, revealing the beauty like Snow White...
Dreams are a continuation of reality
Some people struggle in this cold and boring life for the sake of the tiny flash of fantasy between their fingers.
The singing was melodious, and the two singers on the stage sang again and again, singing ancient poems and legends from fairy tales.
Born at the beginning of the Third Age, these timeless stories come into view again tonight.