01.
Winter City. royal palace.
The cold and towering hall is dimly lit, with continuous arches supporting the ceiling, and blazing magic torches are inlaid on the walls. Behind the throne is a row of blue flags embroidered with the crest of the Ace family, and on both sides are two flags, one black and one white, which symbolize the two guardian families of Ace, Black and White.
The architectural style of Mülheim is very different from that of the Yulan Empire.
The biggest feature of the Yulan Empire in this period was unprecedented material luxury and unprecedented elegance in manners, the two complement each other. And Muerheim has the characteristics of people in the northern frigid zone. They are mainly practical. Their definition of grandeur is similar to that of emptiness. There are no decorations on the stone walls, no bonsai flowers and plants, no colorful silks and satins. Occasionally a painting or two hangs, but either portraits or battle scenes.
Olivia didn't like Mülheim's style at first, but after she got used to the splendor that can be seen everywhere in Yulan City, she felt that the northern buildings looked a bit shabby.
But after being in contact with the Mülheimers for a long time, Olivia was naturally moved by their temperament, and the coldness of winter flows in their blood, which makes them stronger and more patient than the southerners. Compared with the southerners, these northerners are obviously more honor-abiding, but they are also very stubborn in many cases.
Olivia subconsciously thought of the Northern Territory in "A Song of Ice and Fire".
Now she is very familiar with the palace of Mülheim, this is because the ice emperor Claude often entertains her.
Through these banquets and exchanges, Ice Empress managed to get a lot of rare gadgets from her that were not on the shelves of the Demon World Mall, and privately obtained projection stones for all movies and anime, and Ice Empress Cloud also Reached a trade agreement with Olivia on Magic Paper.
"This can save a lot of expenses for the royal family and the imperial meeting." Said the Ice Emperor.
This surprised Olivia, after all, the nobles of the Yulan Empire seldom considered the issue of saving.
The ice emperor... seems to be different from the king she imagined.
When others privately speculated that Ice Empress Claude was infatuated with this princess from the Yulan Empire, Olivia really wanted to roll her eyes and say: I am infatuated with Mao Mao, he is just greedy for the resources in my hands.
Hmm... It's a serious resource, don't think too much about it.
Ice Empress is naturally very interested in these movies and animations, and anyone from another world who has boring entertainment methods will be interested in movies and animations.
Of course, Ice Emperor Claude can see that it is beautifying the demons, but he can't say what the real demons are like, and he is not a devout believer, so it's no big deal. As for why he allowed the Demon Realm Mall to open in Cold Winter City, on the one hand, it was because the Demon Realm Mall had paid a considerable amount of taxes to the royal court; Also a good thing.
As for the demons...
The Ice Empress heard the details of the war a year ago from the general under his command. There is no doubt that human beings can defeat the demons only by the Church.
This is a war between two races. One side draws out some soldiers to invade, while the other side resists with all members. If the difference in individual strength is not too big, then the invaders will definitely fail.
But humans have churches and angels, and the angels killed many high-level demons. It was precisely because of that war that the Church's status on the mainland was even higher. Except for the Yulan Empire, no other empire could disobey the order of the Church. This was not only because of the strength the Church showed in that war, but also because The factor is that after that war, many people became more devout in their belief in the God of Light. If any king dared to openly challenge the church, then the people under him would probably immediately become confused.
A few days ago, the church sent a notice saying that God's will was to build a floating island, so each country was asked to send out 100 craftsmen and 3,000 strong slaves.
Bingdi naturally knew that these people would be in vain after giving to the church, but the current situation had to give.
Didn't you see that Emperor Yulan was obediently making friends
But as expected, I was still a little depressed. The Ice Emperor mentioned this at today's dinner, and Olivia said curiously: "The devil world just made a floating island, and the church followed suit?"
In fact, she was really curious and had no other meaning.
But the Ice Emperor almost choked to death: "What? There is also a floating island in the Demon Realm?"
Olivia nodded. Although she couldn't touch the most core things, she always knew more about these things than others. "A floating island was raised in the Demon Realm some time ago. After you know the information, the Illuminati Church It seemed interesting, so I also made one?"
"It's not 'Your Church of Light'." Bingdi Claude said.
Olivia understood, she continued to pretend to be naive and said: "But the Pope said that this is God's will, it may be a coincidence."
Bingdi's smile faded a little, and he didn't speak. He knew that Olivia said that on purpose later on, that the other party was not really "innocent and cute", but of course the other party's words entered his mind, and conspiracy was more terrifying than conspiracy.
For the church, what they want to do is the will of God.
Do those people treat themselves as gods
This emperor is really aggrieved. When I was young, I was suppressed by the minister. Now that they have regained power, they are suppressed by the church again.
Ice Empress closed her eyes, thinking so.
02.
Mulheim, Winterfell.
Gibbet White walked into the Devil's Emporium and found that there are many more people today than ever before.
Is there a new product? Or what happened
The thought crossed Gibbet's mind, and then he heard the music.
… music
Gibbit also noticed the music in the movie when watching the movie, especially the music when Captain Jack appeared in "Pirates of the Caribbean", it was so exciting. He remembered that the last issue of "Magic World Magazine" said that the new album would be on the shelves soon. He knew that the Demon World Mall was first built in the Yulan Empire, and a branch was opened in Mülheim after that, so many of the products in the Yulan Empire Demon World Mall, Mülheim doesn't have it yet, such as magic phones, "Love and the Demons", etc... People in Winter City are itchy when they read magazines, and they can't wait for the Demon World Mall to quickly put everything on the shelves in Winter City.
—and of course records and gramophones.
Although Gibbet couldn't imagine how the music could touch people's hearts so much, these music reviews seem like cults... But if the music on the record is as powerful as the theme song of "Pirates of the Caribbean", it would be understandable.
I have to say that the current Master Gibbet White is still too immature. After two very beautiful light music records were put on the shelves of the Demon World Mall in Winter City, Hill released "Crazy Song" and "Wonderful "Dating" and a series of brainwashing or ghost songs at station B, Gibbet vomited blood and thought of himself who used to be ignorant of the world. What is a cult, this is a cult...
When Hill was on Earth, he was often devastated by these divine comedies, and now he uses them to harm people in other worlds, hahaha, let you experience the brainwashing technique of the divine comedies!
The first reaction of everyone in the other world after hearing those songs was that they were so embarrassed that they were about to fly, but for some reason, the melody echoed in their brains repeatedly, and they even hummed it unconsciously. So some people sneaked into the Demon Realm Mall to buy the collection of ghosts and animals.
As for why they were sneaky, it was because they felt that if they were discovered by others, they would be ashamed and want to dig a hole to get in.
During that time, the salesperson knew that people who sneaked into the mall were either thieves or people who came to buy the latest album.
So before these customers were having a hard time saying that they wanted to buy a ghost animal album, the salesperson spoke first: "Do you want to buy a ghost animal album?"
The salesmen are already familiar with this aspect, and they find that if they don't ask, the buyer will hesitate for a long time and can't hold back anything, wasting time. Is there such a shame? The salesman thought to himself, and they went to listen to the record. Finding out...well...it's really that embarrassing.
What is more unlucky are other businesses, some hotel and tavern owners are thinking that they have finally released a new record, so they can change the music in the store. Although customers think it's nothing, but as the boss, they will be annoyed by listening to it all day long.
The resulting new record... emmm... unspeakable.
Even half of the customers were so embarrassed that they ran away.
Facing the empty shop, the boss wanted to cry but had no tears.
Hey, hey, what are you guys doing at the Demon World Mall! We want to sing seriously!
But a very strange phenomenon is that the sales of that Ghost Animal record were good on the first day, because everyone bought it quickly when they saw the record, but the sales stagnated immediately on the second day, because everyone knew that it was a magical thing, but On the third day and the fourth day, the sales volume actually increased secretly and quietly.
Hill "tsk tut" about this for a long time.
And Teresa laughed wildly for a long time after hearing the record, and then sent it and the phonograph to the church headquarters with ulterior motives.
The headquarters of the church was ready for the devil's music. All the members sat upright, formed the barrier, and did all kinds of defensive work. Then, a priest turned on the phonograph.
Then…
The priests at the headquarters trembled suspiciously.
The pope's beard was trembling.
Well, he finally understood what Bishop Teresa said: This music is not easy to describe. It is recommended to listen to it alone. After listening to it, you will feel that it is indeed the music of the Demon Race.
What the hell is this? !
Later, the professionals in the church who were in charge of investigating the curse listened to the music several times, and finally reported the result to the Pope: the music—if it can be called music—has no magical power in itself, but it is easy to shake your legs after listening to it.
It's also funny.
03.
The release of the ghost animal album is actually a spoof of Hill. The first two albums were too serious, and he wanted to do something with the third album.
But it was hard for Theodore, and Theodore's magazine was once again inundated with protest letters.
What are you protesting about? Theodore thought gloomily. If the record sales are sluggish, you still have a little strength to protest. The sales volume of this record is similar to the previous ones. You say "I don't like it or I don't like it", but you keep buying, buying, and buying, which is useless!
Meanwhile, Theodore thought, well, Princess Lydia can't let Princess Lydia know that I think those songs are good, or she'll think I'm an idiot.
In the Magnolia City Palace. Princess Lydia turned off the phonograph and thought: I can't let Theodore know that I listen to these crazy songs, otherwise he will think that I am not elegant at all.
This is a wonderful coincidence.
Of course there are people who really hate these songs.
For example, Duncan, the captain of the Invincible among the four pirates.
Duncan is a fighting maniac, and he has traditional pirate qualities such as blood and violence. Previously, the crew of the Invincible occasionally bought some items from the Demon Realm Mall. Duncan didn't take it seriously, but the light music was really good and could calm him down.
But today's strange music made him want to draw his sword. What the hell is that magical music? He scolded the pirate who played the music and went to sleep. As a result, he found that the magical laughter of "Song of Neuropathy" actually appeared in his sleep.
"Hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee..."
Duncan woke up with a dark face, what a terrible nightmare, he felt that this nightmare was no less terrifying than his dream of being eaten by piranhas some time ago. With such a grumpy mood he got up and left the captain's cabin and went on deck to see a sailor fiddle with the gramophone while the prelude to "Songs of the Madness" came on.
At that moment, Duncan's mind froze.
He drew his knife and chopped the pirate down.
Then from then on, this song appeared again on the Invincible.
... This is really a tragedy caused by ghost music.
However, among the pirates, the gramophone and the record became more famous.
Wondering if your captain cares about his men? Just play ghost music in front of him.
Of course, life may be in danger, so please choose carefully.
The third album will be like this, and the fourth album will be serious.
The culprit of everything, Hill, thought so.
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