Chapter 166 – 47. Agnes and Riel’s Musical Drama (3)
“This is the Count’s atelier…”
Cecilia looked around the atelier curiously. A spacious and luxurious space that looks like a combination of three or four ordinary classrooms in the Pantheon.
And all kinds of amenities that are not available at the level of a single cadet. Cecilia was surprised to see that the atelier had a seating area and even a bathroom.
“I can live here at all. There’s a bed that’s big enough for two people to sleep in… And it’s much bigger than our house…”
Actually, the tobacco shop where Sister Cecilia lived was particularly narrow. The tobacco shop was smaller than Cecilia’s workshop.
Cecilia’s yellow eyes seem to have doubled in size.
“Is it okay if I look around here?”
“There is still plenty of time before the performance. Okay.”
The venue for the premiere is also the Hesos Hall. So she could get there in no time even if she walked slowly without taking a carriage.
Cecilia’s eyes lit up at my answer. She looked around the atelier.
“What is this?”
Then, she looked into every nook and cranny of the atelier’s workbench and display stand. She found an object and held it out to me. A pitch black club made of wood.
‘Did something like this happen?’
In fact, she couldn’t devote herself to her art activities as well as Julian. There were many things left in the atelier that I didn’t know how to use.
Being a short Cecilia, she could easily find things that were out of my sight.
“Let’s see… This is… Hmm.”
I was speechless for a moment. The material seems to be different, but it was probably a prototype of the black porcelain stick that was presented to Rosette.
In other words, it was like a dildo. I answered calmly.
“I’ve made a new design wand for witches to use. It is a prototype.”
“As expected, it’s amazing… If Count Julian made it, it must be a great thing.”
The moment Rosette saw the black man Ji-bong, he recognized at once what the motif was. Cecilia seemed more innocent than Rosette. She doesn’t seem to know much about the shape of her cock.
A dragon that has been raised only in the Demon King’s Palace for over a hundred years. He must have secretly obtained human books from the Demon King’s Palace and read them.
Even if you read the description of the cock. The thing that I can’t think of such non-standard things as a man’s penis. It wouldn’t be unusual for Cecilia to be her virginity.
‘Well… It’s a great thing, right?’
My tyrant is unbridled, so I wasn’t wrong. It seems that Rosette also used the Black Jajibong well.
“There are many other things besides that. Would you like to take a look around?”
I appropriately directed Cecilia’s attention elsewhere. There was also a subtle artwork resembling an abalone in the place where Cecilia found it.
‘A shady fellow. Did you make a set with the Black Jasper?’
That lewd thing that my body’s previous owner made. He carefully hid it from Cecilia.
Cecilia’s gaze stopped in one place while looking around the artwork filled with confusion.
“Well? I think this has a different style from other works of art. Did the count draw this too?”
Cecilia stopped in front of a painting. It was a picture I hadn’t seen before. A portrait of a person on an easel.
Looking back, I thought I knew what it was.
‘It’s a picture Eirin drew.’
When I’m taking a lecture or training. I also gave Eirin free time. Ai-Lin usually spent that time painting her in the atelier or going to see Cecilia.
“Bocchan, that’s!!”
Eirin shyly covered the picture. Cecilia asked curiously.
“Eirin? It’s such a well-drawn picture, why are you like that?”
“Oh, no. Miss Cecilia. It’s not that I’m not good enough to show off to others…”
But I’ve already seen the picture. It was a portrait of my face. And now that I have a muscular, good-looking body, my upper body is nude.
There was a reason Eirin never wanted to show me this painting.
“Earl Julian… You have a strong body…! Be full of muscles. Since it is a swordsman of the battle group, it must be different. Lucia’s older sister from the same group isn’t as muscular as this, but…”
“That… I see.”
“How do you know Eirin-sama so well about the Count’s naked body? Could it be that the Count volunteered as a model…?”
“That… I…”
Well, I know it well because I was lying around naked with Eirin without a break. Ei-Lin’s face grew redder at Cecilia’s harmless question.
It was a semi-nude painting full of selfishness no matter who saw it. Ei-Lin struggled to change her words.
‘Still, he’s good at drawing.’
Eirin is like Cecilia. Through Chloe, she signed a contract with Aitern Sangho.
If Aitern Co. Paid a high price for a product containing that outstanding drawing skill. My artist traits also increase proficiency.
‘Because Jedine’s divine power can be released only when the attribute grade goes up evenly.’
Also, in order to raise the connection between the Pantheon student and her title, Ei-Lin also registered as an audit student at the Art Order.
With those paintings she intends to sell to Eitern Chambers, she intends to obtain permission from the Professor of Art. Like Cecilia, she too could soon become a full-fledged cadet of the Pantheon.
In the meantime, Ei-Lin quickly covered her picture of me with a cloth. She then showed instead a drawing she had been working on to submit to Eitern.
Ei-Lin’s painting was of such high quality that Cecilia had her mouth wide open.
“Wow… That’s amazing… I’ve never seen a picture like this before.”
“It’s nothing.”
Eirin, as if embarrassed by Cecilia’s compliments, went to get her mincho tea.
The tea was shared and the time was up.
“Time is up. Let’s head to the concert hall soon.”
***
There were only a handful of spectators at the concert hall. Except for the actors who went up to the premiere, most of them were executives of the troupe.
They all came directly to me and greeted me politely.
“Count Julian. It is an honor to visit us in person at our invitation.”
“The grace of Riel, the great minstrel! Just like him, Yulian-nim is as beautiful as an angel!”
“Really… You look exactly like Riel-nim. There have always been rumors about Riel-sama and Agnes-sama being framed. Anyone who has seen Riel at least once can’t help but think of him from the count’s face. After all, you can’t cheat blood!”
Among them were the executives of the troupe, that is, professors who were high-ranking priests of the arts sect. Some of the executives said they had worked in the same theater as my father, Riel, when they were young.
‘As expected, Yulian’s appearance resembles Riel’s.’
Agnes, the daughter of the Marquis of the North, who is of a very high status on the continent. If she could seduce a nun of a strict fighting order who worships nothing, Riel’s appearance must have been unusual.
Although Riel had the nickname of the devil’s bard. Her appearance was so beautiful that it reminded her of an angel, she said.
‘Actually, she was a demon inside of her, and even though she was a demon king who contracted with several demon grand dukes.’
The people of the Hessos troupe welcomed me as Riel’s son and one of her main supporters. No, it was as if he was worshiping me, and it was burdensome.
Some of the actors were famous figures even in the ecliptic. In other words, compared to modern times, they were celebrities.
As if Chloe was pissed off, I watched as I was praised. Aitern Sanghoe is another major sponsor of this music play. But all the attention was on me.
‘Compared to me, it’s no different from being treated badly.’
The troupe executives greeted me warmly and took me to the VIP seat. Of course, even the guests I brought with me, Eirin and Cecilia, were treated politely.
Of course, Chloe was constantly on the verge of paying attention to me. Although she took me to the VIP seats together. If my party is a VVIP, Chloe is a VIP.
Chloe sat behind me, covering her face with a fan. I said a word.
“Chloe. Are you thinking of sitting higher than me? Aren’t you seated wrong?”
“Oh, no. I think I can see it better this way… I’m sorry!”
Chloe’s attempt to save her pride was broken once.
Chloe, sullen, stepped down in front of me. Still, she listened to me well, probably because she was well tamed.
Eirin, who was sitting next to me, watched with interest. Although she was expressionless. It was a very satisfied expression.
Cecilia on my left also barely restrained herself from bursting into laughter at Chloe’s humiliation.
Anyway, it became a situation where I was besieged by beauties. Although if he were a normal guy, he would have had his heart pounding just by sitting there.
I took a close look at the pamphlet that the troupe executive gave me in exchange for a ticket, claiming it was a special gift for me.
‘This is sheet music.’
In the front part of the pamphlet, there is an introduction to the theater company and a brief explanation of the music play ‘Teria’s Lover’.
And in the back part, the scores of the main songs used in this music play were included.
‘Hmm…’
Regarding music, Riel was an unprecedented genius even in Ireland. However, Julian, who inherited that blood, had no talent for music at all.
‘I heard that you tried to learn music as well as art, but…’
I also tried to sing some of Riel’s famous songs through artist characteristics a few times. However, I was more terribly tone-deaf and head-butt than I was before possessing.
It was a terrible talent that could not match even a single hair of his father.
‘This would be difficult.’
Although the sheet music is not interpreted at all. This pamphlet and sheet music checked by the system are marked with unique, one level higher than the ticket.
Handing over this pamphlet, the troupe’s executive insinuated.
‘The songs in the sheet music here are representative songs left by Riel. All sheet music attached to the pamphlet are handwritten by Riel. Although it is a priceless item if it is sold at auction. The troupe decided to give this to Julian-nim, who worked hard for Teria’s lover performance this time. It’s something Yulian-nim should have anyway.’
It’s not even a manuscript, it’s more than handwritten sheet music. So, it was clear that this sheet music was an important item.
‘There must be a clue to Riel’s last score in this sheet music… Hmm…’
Riel’s last sheet music. In fact, there was not a single user who obtained the item.
There is a post posted on the Demon King’s Community by a user who opened the item log record of Demon King’s Kill. Various rare items left in the system log.
Among them, the highest item grade a user could acquire was Epic.
There are also mythical items that transcend epics. It was only on the log, and no user had ever obtained an item of that grade.
Among them, ‘Riel’s last sheet music’ is an epic grade item.
When you think about how many epic level items don’t exist in Demon Lord’s Slaughter. It was clear that Griel’s legacy would have a major impact on his future survival.
Eirin said from the seat next to her when she saw me standing still.
“This… Is Riel-sama’s sheet music. Heh-hum~ Uhm~.”
Eirin lightly hummed the melody of the score. Cecilia, who recognized the melody, also spoke.
“Lancers! You’re a Plauen maiden!”
“Yes. Miss Cecilia. It’s one of Riel’s three great lyric poems.”
The two talked about the sheet music with me between them. The two of them knew much better about sheet music than I did.
‘They’re both well versed in art and technology… Wait a minute. I don’t necessarily have to interpret that sheet music.’
I never knew what hints the two of them might find in this sheet music. Both of them are main heroines with an A+ fate rating.
I slowly changed places. The two sat next to each other and had a more serious talk about the score.
In the meantime, preparations for the troupe’s performance were completed. Finally, a musical play about the story of Agnes and Riel. Terry’s lover.
The premiere has begun.
***
The quality of the music drama was very high. The Hessos Theater Company of the Pantheon, considered the best theater company in Ireland.
And the music play that Riel newly established. It was a unique form of art that exquisitely mixed modern opera and musical.
Above all, the main characters of the musical drama are Riel and Agnes. I watched the story of the two that I already knew through the DLC of Demon King’s Death as a music play.
Sister Agnes from northern Essenmund. Twenty-year-old Agnes left the Marquis and came to study in the central order of Roia in the imperial capital.
At that time, it was the time when the castle was Teria, not the ecliptic. Before the great war broke out, during the reign of the former emperor, the Holy Ramir Empire was at its peak.
Although the threat of the Keiatic Gate continued long before that. At that time, K-Art Gate’s prestige was at its weakest since its first appearance.
To the extent that there is a story that mankind has overcome the threat of demons. The threat of the Witchbeast was pushed back with the power of the Empire.
‘It was just an illusion… But it was just before the storm.’
And the saint Teria, which was more culturally developed than Guhwangdo. There was a young bard named Riel, who was about to make her mark.
Angel-like appearance. And a genius bard with an angelic voice. He was a popular bard who was courted by countless women in Teria.
He fell in love with a northern country girl who happened to visit the theater he belonged to.
Although it is a huge white spirit, Essenmund. Compared to Guhwangdo and Teria, it was literally rural. She was not wrong even if she was teased for being a country girl.
Although Agnes’ status was a duke’s daughter. It was said that she did not show any girlishness at all and went around modestly. This music play also proves that fact well.
‘I don’t know if it’s because it’s a play made by people who worked with Riel. You know Agnes well.’
And unlike the great and benevolent image of Agnes left in history. Country girl Agnes was a terrible tsundere.
Riel, a young man who is completely different from the rough men of the north. Though deeply attracted to him, she rejected his advances each time.
However, Agnes also had an appearance close to that of a peerless beauty by human standards. Even Riel, who has an elf aesthetic sense, seems to find Agnes attractive.
Even though she was beaten many times, she wrote a song and dedicated it to Agnes. The actors passionately performed the process of opening Agnes’ heart.
The actors continued to sing Riel’s representative song. And the love story of the two is getting more and more intense.
Cecilia was immersed in the music play without blinking an eye. Eirin’s cold face was full of emotional fluctuations that she couldn’t normally see.
Finally, the play reached its climax.
The ecliptic located not far from the holy city of Teria. In other words, the fifth Keatic Gate was summoned to what is now called the Old Ecliptic.
“The Demon King has summoned the Keiatic Gate!”
One actor shouted his line in a loud voice.
Actually, it wasn’t the gate that Riel and Lucifer summoned. Unable to know the inside story, they continued the play by explaining the actions of the demon king as known to the world.
Their romance is coming to an end.
Agnes, who has been handed down by the oracle as the next saint of Jedin. In addition, as the daughter of a Margrave, she immediately prepares to enlist for the Demon Beast and the Demon King’s Army.
The troupe to which Riel belongs is also on the verge of shutting down ahead of chaos and war with the demons.
In the end, fate separated the two. The two spend their last night at Highlight. Since the result was Yulian, my feeling watching it became subtle.
The two finally let each other go. With that scene, the music play ended. The audience was small, but thunderous applause poured out.
Cecilia was already crying profusely. Eirin could be seen holding back tears as well. But she soon calmed down and asked me.
“Are you okay, Bocchan?”
Because I was fine The moment I try to be puzzled by Eirin’s words. Unknowingly, tears were flowing from my eyes.
‘What is it… Why are the tears…’
And the tears fell on the pamphlet I was holding. Then Riel’s handwritten sheet music began to resonate.
