Chapter 167 – 47. Agnes and Riel’s Musical Drama (4)
I was embarrassed by the inexplicable tears.
However, the person in charge of the theater seems to have thought that the tears flowed because they were moved by their music play. Rather, I was delighted.
“Count Julian…Was impressed! As expected, this premiere seems to be the correct answer!”
“Isn’t this proof that I’m not ashamed to dedicate it to God Hesos and Riel!”
Of course, there were parts that were different from the actual story of the two people I knew through the DLC of Demon King’s Death. Still, it was true that it was a great piece of music.
I carefully hid the sheet music that resonated with those tears. And to hide my embarrassment, I responded to their reactions.
“It was a great musical drama.”
Saying that and applauding, even the actors cheered.
Considering the fame they have in the ecliptic. It was surprising how he reacted so quickly to my brief praise.
Even he was jealous and angry, so Chloe covered his entire face with a fan. Cecilia, who was crying profusely, and Eirin, who was blushing, clapped busily.
‘What happened…’
When I think of myself before being possessed. I wasn’t the type to shed tears even watching a moving movie.
Besides, I was definitely immersed in it a little while ago. It was a reaction beyond my feelings.
‘My body must have reacted.’
It was a story about Yulian’s biological parents. I don’t know if it was a natural reaction. Rather, I thought of the resonance caused by Riel’s handwritten sheet music a moment ago in response to my tears.
‘As expected, there’s something in this sheet music.’
It’s embarrassing for a grown man to show tears in front of people. Still, it was an unexpected harvest to find out.
I gave favorable comments to the people in the troupe who asked for their impressions of the premiere again.
Among them, there was also a bishop-level professor of the arts.
It was a professor named Viktor. He is an archbishop-level professor, just like Almeyer of the alchemy sect. He was the one who was listed as the representative of the troupe in the pamphlet.
“This is Viktor… I can’t believe he’s coming himself!! Can I…Can I get an autograph?”
“You really are that person. It’s the first time I’ve seen it myself.”
Eirin and Cecilia also looked at him and spoke cautiously. He said he was from a famous actor who was active in the same era as Riel. The two of them, who often went to see music plays, seemed to know him well.
‘Because I’ve heard his name often too.’
Even the high-ranking aristocratic students of the Pantheon admired him. He is a star among stars with a modern sensibility. Because he was like a great actor.
Two people looked at him. Now retired as an actor, he was making a nervous expression as he waited for what would come out of his mouth as a famous director.
However, Professor Viktor carefully looked at me.
“To think that Count Julian is so moved. It’s amazing. Did the Count, who is Riel-sama’s real son, feel our music play was sincere?”
“That’s right. Through this music play, I was able to learn a side of my parents’ past that even I, a child, did not know.”
“Is that true? In that case, may I ask the Count a little more about that famous sentiment?”
But the way he treats me like a famous critic.
I still had tears in my eyes, but I thought that he was a famous person and that it would be nice if he left right away.
First of all, to hide his shyness, he used the high-ranking aristocrat’s self-restraint characteristic for the first time in a long time.
And he spoke moderately and praised the music drama for a long time. Criticism is a nose ring when worn on the nose. If you wear it on your ear, it’s an earring.
“… In other words, Riel, the horizon of a new musical play suggested by my father. It was a great piece of music that penetrated its essence. No, rather, it seems that this music play has presented a new direction for the art of the zodiac.”
“This is a clear impression! As expected, Count Julian, who took all of our order’s theoretical lectures up to the second year in his first year! And how the vocabulary for appraisal is also so luxurious… I’m glad you said it so well!”
True to the professor’s words, Yulian gave a proper lecture as far as the arts were concerned. In the other end, I hit the gag board. The professor seemed very satisfied with my impression.
People from the theatrical company flocked to me and asked me again about my impressions of acting and singing. I answered appropriately and left the concert hall.
At that time, Chloe held me for a while.
***
I briefly dismissed the troupe officials who were still crowding around me and talked to Chloe.
“What is going on?”
“Count Julian! You finally look at me. Did you like this music play? Hmmm. I didn’t expect Professor Viktor to come to ask about the Count’s impressions.”
It was an expression that seemed to be up to something.
Although Chloe wanted to continue creating a place for me. I declined because of my busy schedule.
Even when I saw him in Cecilia’s workshop a few days ago, he left right there. She said her
“Anyway, after watching such a great performance, I have work to do. Sharing tea with the audience and having time to appreciate the performance. It is also the culture of the recently fashionable nobles. Why don’t you go to the cafe run by Aitern Trading Company and spend that time with me?”
You were humiliated by me for tickets and concerts. It seems that he plotted something against me using that appraisal as an excuse.
‘Are you planning on adding aphrodisiac to the drink as usual?’
Although I can hang out with her once in a while. Right now, my head was filled with Riel’s sheet music.
“No. I’m busy right now.”
When he firmly refused, Chloe almost put on a look of resentment.
But she threw a carrot right away.
“So I don’t have time today. I was going to spend some time with you sometime soon.”
At my word, her fan came down again before it covered all of her crumpled face.
“Really!”
She gave off a smirk of ignorance and exultation. Chloe, noticing this, quickly covered her face with her fan. It seems she was ashamed.
After calming down a bit, she folded her fan and continued talking.
“Ugh. To think that the busy Count wants to spend time with me. What kind of dragon is it? The Count and Cecilia-san’s business, and that maid… And Eirin-san are also involved in business. If it’s about such an important contract, why don’t we have a safe conversation at a special inn run by our company rather than the Pantheon? Just the two of us.”
He didn’t say much, but Chloe was drawing a rosy future by herself. Using that as an excuse, she seemed to be trying to make time for the two of them.
“No. It’s just a matter of business. It’s okay to send and receive letters and contracts through Hans. It’s about the social club I talked about earlier.”
Although her face quickly turned sullen. Chloe quickly reacted to the word social club.
“What about a social club? Oh That’s what you said at the time.”
The social club within the Pantheon was, to put it simply, a club.
I’d told her once before to get to know her intimate social club.
“Hmm. I’ve already seen several places that the Count would like to stop by. If it’s a nobleman’s son, it’s usually a horse riding club or… A pottery viewing club. Or there is a tea ceremony club where you can enjoy the scent of all kinds of mincho tea. Are there any places you like?”
“No. But rather than that, I’d rather have a social club that’s helpful for this midterm exam. In particular, it would be better if it was a club activity where there are seniors who can give good advice in theory lectures.”
“Advice from the theory lecture?”
Chloe immediately understood the meaning of my words.
“Oh. Okay. Midterm exam I heard that story too. Regarding the preferential treatment that Cardinal Grius received from Count Julian. The fact that I said something to Sophia.”
Privilege to freely enter and exit all religions after being ordained as a holy priest by Jedin.
Grius said that the privilege was too much for a mere cadet and ordered that it be revoked immediately.
“Still, I heard that President Sophia put a lot of effort into it. This midterm exam. There, students must achieve second or higher grades in at least two required courses. And if the Count gets second place or better in all the theoretical lectures he takes. It is to maintain the current privilege.”
“I know you well.”
She was right. After all, it was like Chloe who was quick with information.
‘It seems that Cardinal Grius and the president’s aides have also planted an informant.’
And, as she said, it is true that President Sophia took care of me. Even those mitigated conditions were not an easy task.
‘There’s nothing I can’t do if I prepare all night. Because I have to finish Roia’s ordeal before the midterms.’
It is Roia’s ordeal that the grade has gone up significantly compared to when I played Demon King’s Slaughter.
So, in order to prepare for the ordeal, I couldn’t invest too much time studying for the midterm exam.
But I had a useful helper named Chloe.
“Then it will be easy. You don’t have to explain, because you know what I need to do.”
“Of course. The time and place you want. I can prepare it anytime, anywhere.”
“Don’t trust me. If it’s Chloe, you’ll be sure to take care of your work.”
“Really? That’s right. You know the Count well. My work is close to perfect.”
Thanks to having tamed Chloe well, she readily accepted even when I spoke in a subdued command tone.
‘Actually, I’m in a position where I have to ask.’
No, on the contrary, they seemed more delighted when I gave them instructions. I hurriedly left her performance, leaving her with her triumphant expression.
***
I returned to the atelier with the two of them. And the resonance that the sheet music showed a moment ago.
Eirin and Cecilia, who were sitting next to me, also watched the scene together. There was also something in this sheet music.
I asked them to double-check the sheet music. The two seriously examined the sheet music.
“Miss Cecilia. Did you not feel any discomfort while listening to this music play?”
“Sense of discomfort…? Oh Yes. This sheet music I watched with Eirin-sama. Riel’s three major lyric poems were used as they were in the performance, but the tempo was subtly out of sync.”
“Yes. It doesn’t matter if you put the songs individually and use them. If you sing the three major lyric poems as written on the sheet music, the beat will change slightly.”
Eirin is a princess of the kingdom of Gloria, which worships the god Hesos as a national god. So she had a high understanding of not only art but also music and art in general.
So was Cecilia. Elaborate music reveals regularity and harmony based on mathematical laws.
Cecilia, an excellent technician and artisan, also seemed to notice the incongruity.
“But it’s so subtle that it’s not obvious… I’ll check what Eirin-sama said one more time.”
In an instant, Cecilia’s body shone with divine power. God of technology. The manifestation of Endier’s divine power.
Cecilia was both a demon and a dragon, but she had no problem using the power of Endier under the command of Jedin, the god of light.
‘Because in the first place, light and darkness are harmoniously mixed in nature.’
Light shines because there is darkness, and darkness is defined as darkness because there is light.
Although the powerful divine power of the light attribute erases the demonic spirit manifested by black magic. That is, only when the level of black magic is not high like Renée’s, the color of the darkness is faded by strong light.
Light and darkness of the same degree can coexist in one place like the sun and shadow in the middle of the day. Just as it is possible for me, who has the blood of the demon king, to use Jedin’s power.
‘It’s the same with Cecilia, who is of the demon king.’
So there is no problem with Cecilia using Endier’s power. Eirin found the part where the tempo was off, and Cecilia found the regularity of that part like cracking a code.
“If you pronounce the syllables in this part with your mouth… It doesn’t mean anything in the imperial language… But if you put in the divine power, the meaning will change. Kind of like runes… Wait. Did I say runes?”
Ei-Lin nodded her head. Cecilia’s divine power shone even more.
“If you do this… The secret in the sheet music…”
And the sheet music resonated with that holy power, just like when my tears touched it.
‘Did Cecilia find a way to decipher it?’
Cecilia continued to use her divine power until sweat formed on her brow. Then, runes slowly emerged on top of Riel’s handwritten score.
At the same time, a notification window popped up on the system.
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「Riel’s handwritten score – Bard Riel’s 3 major lyric poems」
* Rating: Unique
* Details: These are the first editions of three major lyric poems written by Riel himself.
* Note: Decryption is in progress. (…45%)
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As if appraising an unidentified item. As Cecilia’s divine power deepened, the progress of her detoxification also increased.
‘But it might be dangerous if I use that much divine power.’
I know Cecilia’s physical condition. Her moment worried about her.
“Cecilia. There is no need to use divine power recklessly. It’s a divine power used for production, so even if you stop looking at the sheet music…”
Although she told her to pause her work.
Cecilia, who was already in a state of concentration, couldn’t hear it. And after a while The thing I was worried about happened.
The light green divine power disappeared in an instant. And Cecilia grabbed her breasts.
“Aww…”
“Miss Cecilia! Are you okay?”
Eirin screamed in surprise. My heart was racing too.
“Are you okay, Cecilia!”
“I… I’m fine… If I just take my usual medicine… If I use divine power when crafting… This is a common symptom, so don’t be surprised…”
But the pain in her chest seemed unusual. Cecilia, who was trying to use her divine power again, was stopped.
And she collapsed in my arms as she was.
“Cecilia-sama!!”
Eirin was very surprised. But I knew about Cecilia’s heart disease. She quickly organized what she had to do in her head.
Then she hurriedly wrote down the name of the drug on a piece of paper. The medicine in Cecilia’s workshop might not be enough.
‘Or… I don’t know if I need another method besides the purification magic stone medicine.’
If he were to use that method to cure Cecilia. I didn’t know that Cecilia’s true self, which could not be revealed to anyone, would be revealed for a while.
I had to send Eirin, who didn’t know the situation yet, to another place for a while.
“Eirin! Stop by the medical school and get this medicine quickly!”
“All right. Young master.”
“And there will be medicine left in Cecilia’s workshop. For now, I will go to her studio first.”
I gave instructions to Erin. Then, I picked up Cecilia who had collapsed in the carriage and hurriedly headed to her workshop.
