In the morning of the next day, because he had to take the sheet music of the piano piece to Joseph for registration, Lucien got up to exercise and ate the breakfast prepared by the cook, then strolled to the Musicians Association in the administrative area.
It was close to nine o'clock at this time, and the broad street was filled with melodious and beautiful music, highlighting the reputation of Alto's music capital, and what made Lucien amused and strange was that he could already hear the music he played just last night. The first movement of the Serenade for Strings in G major, the straight-to-the-point lively melody sounded from time to time in every corner: "Could it be that some musician sold the score to bards and street performers so that they could have an extra piece of performance?" track?"
I have to say that this piece of music is indeed better than the Symphony of Destiny in terms of entertainment, popularity, and spread.
In the atmosphere of music, Lucien walked into the hall of the association. As soon as Elena, who was in charge of the reception today, saw him, she immediately gave him a look of concern and signaled Lucien to come over.
"Elena?" Lucien stood in front of the wooden cabinet and asked in a strange whisper.
Elena covered her mouth and snickered a few times before she said: "Lucien, several noble ladies have come to you before, wanting to learn piano and music from you, hehe, there is Miss Phyllis among them Good friend Yvette. By the way, here are letters sent to you by musicians from nearby countries, all wanting to discuss symphony creation with you."
Recently, that issue of "Music Review" and "Symphony Guide" was fully released in the central and western countries of the mainland and received feedback from "readers".
Lucien took the bunch of letters, looked upstairs, and was a little scared of Yvette and the others. After thinking about it, he said directly to Elena: "Eileen, if there are similar things in the future, you can tell They, because I am concentrating on composing a piece of music, so in the past year, apart from serving as the music consultant of Her Royal Highness, they no longer accept any invitations and do not accept any music students. Hehe, my own music foundation is still very weak of."
"Mr. Evans, do you have the inspiration to create music again?" Casey next to him heard the conversation between the two, opened his eyes wide, and stared at Lucien very curiously. Didn't it be said that he just adapted a canon and composed it? Did you write a piano piece? Is his inspiration so constant
Lucien nodded, and jokingly replied: "Hehe, because I want to have a concert of my own as soon as possible." This can be regarded as a pavement for future things.
"It's really admirable and enviable." Casey and Elena sighed at the same time.
Then Eileen asked eagerly: "Lucien, have you really stopped accepting music students recently? I once said that when you become a musician, I will follow you to learn music."
Lucien smiled and said: "We are friends, Elena, if you have any questions about music, feel free to ask me, but I really don't have time to teach students in the past year."
In fact, Lucien was protecting Elena implicitly. If he went to the headquarters of the Magic Council and the people who were taught got the news, then ordinary friends would be fine. If John became a knight, his family would have no problem, but he himself I'm afraid it will be very troublesome for music students.
"Then thank you, Lucien." Elena was already very satisfied with such a promise.
Then, Lucien handed the music score to Elena and told her to register with Joseph, while he planned to practice in the piano room on the fourth floor, avoiding the waiting noble ladies.
But as soon as Elena went upstairs, a dark purple low-key carriage came outside the Musicians Association, which was usually sent by Natasha to pick up Lucien.
"His Royal Highness invites Mr. Evans to come over. Some books do not need to be translated, and you can read them directly." The coachman politely conveyed Natasha's words to Lucien.
Lucien smiled and shook his head, Natasha is really impatient, as long as she decides something, she will go all out and move forward bravely.
But this was exactly what Lucien wanted, so he got into the carriage without any excuses.
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In the study room of the "War Gallery", Natasha, wearing a black palace dress, led Lucien through the rows of bookshelves, and introduced him: "There are knight novels, there are classical operas, and there are books. Historical documents of various countries, there are travel notes... "
After introducing the location of the books, Natasha pointed to a middle-aged man at the desk by the window: "He is Mr. Baker, a famous historian and ancient linguist, and a member of the Hill family. You translate some of the books written in the ancient magic empire script."
Baker was bald in his early fifties, the rest of his hair was gray and thin, and his horizontally splayed face wore thick glasses.
"Hello, Mr. Baker, thank you for your help." Lucien greeted him politely.
Baker had already stood up when Natasha came in, and responded to Lucien with the same skillful etiquette: "It is my honor to serve Her Royal Highness, Mr. Evans, and I am doing it for you. The translation is "Heroic Poems of the Dark Ages", which is an excellent poem left by many heroes who emerged under the guidance of the God of Truth and overthrew the rule of evil magicians."
Lucien saw a book with a black cover and a very different decoration from the current books on the table. He pretended to pick it up casually, and quickly flipped through it: "It's really complicated and evil."
This "Heroic Poetry Collection of the Dark Ages" appeared in Lucien's soul library in its entirety, and the classified bookshelf was "Ancient Literature".
Since Lucien just flipped through it casually and didn't intend to look carefully at all, neither Natasha nor Baker had any doubts.
Baker laughed and said: "Many materials in the ruins and ancient documents are written in this kind of script, so we have to learn them, as long as we prevent this kind of evil script from spreading to the common people. Mr. Evans, I am a Devout believers, I hope that these works I translated can help you get inspired to create a solemn movement praising the true God and heroes.”
"I also hope to have this kind of inspiration." Lucien smiled perfunctorily. He couldn't write "Arise, hungry and cold slaves... fight for the truth", right
After exchanging a few words, Baker continued to work on the translation, while Lucien "casually" flipped through other ancient magic empire books: "Your Highness, why are they not translated? Don't you usually read them?"
"The nobles who have studied in the monastery all understand the ancient Sylvanus Magic Empire's text, and I don't need to translate." Natasha saw Lucien flipping through the book quickly as if checking whether it was good or bad, and she didn't care too much. He explained his question, "Okay, Lucien, I have ordered the knight to take away the books you can't read, and you can read the rest of the study at will. I went to the piano room to compose music. If there is any problem, I will Will come to find you."
After Natasha left, Lucien eagerly looked at the books in the common language in the study. In order not to arouse suspicion, he did not flip through them quickly, but read them very carefully.
After that, after more than a month of extensive reading, Lucien finally got rid of the ignorance and confusion about the world since time travel, and gained a new understanding of the situation on the mainland.
"Because ancient magicians obtained powerful magic by analyzing and simulating the abilities of various magical creatures, bloody human experiments were carried out all year round, trying to integrate various blood vessels into the human body. After nearly every human being has a different kind of blood, the research in this area has reached its peak, but the rule of the magicians has also reached a precarious level, and people all over the mainland and those experimental products with strong blood power have rioted and resisted. "
"Originally, they alone could not defeat those powerful magicians, but the Truth Religion, which has been developing secretly, stepped onto the stage and led the bloodline nobles to set off a climax of smashing the Magic Empire with the power not inferior to the Magic Empire. The year is the beginning of the sacred calendar, followed by the "Dawn War" that lasted for more than four hundred years."
After screening, the documents Lucien saw all portrayed magicians as evil and terrifying, and portrayed heroes as evocative.
"The Violet family was originally the earl of the western border of the Holy Hiertz Empire. They mastered a powerful knight order. In the westward stage at the end of the 'Dawn War', they cooperated with the church to occupy Alto, the last important city of the magic empire, and were named grand dukes. Independence from the Holy Hiertz Empire."
"In the 425th year of the Holy Calendar, the church held the highest religious meeting in the holy city of Reims to discuss the final stage of the 'War of Dawn', preparing to destroy the evil creatures hiding in the Dark Mountains and the kingdoms of evil gods in the northwest of the Dark Mountains. At the meeting, some of the long-planned cardinals disagreed with the Pope regarding the description of the God of Truth. Split, the westward march of the church ended prematurely."
When Lucien read these records, he realized which side the heresy that Natasha often heard was referring to.
As for Lucien's question about why the church did not continue to move westward, and did not crusade against the evil creatures in the dark mountains and the kingdoms of evil gods, Natasha gave three meaningful answers: "In the eyes of most believers, A heretic is worse than a heretic."
"The northern fortress at the border between the Principality and the Shahran Empire is where all the Knights of the Holy Sword are stationed."
"Why did that part of the cardinal church choose to split? Hehe, no one knows except the pope and the pope of the northern cult."
From these historical books, Lucien also knew that the Principality of Viorit, the Kingdom of Syracuse, and the northern provinces of the Holy Hiertz Empire were the front lines against heresy.
On the entire continent, apart from the two great empires, there is also the southernmost Gusta Empire. However, since the royal family has lost control over the great nobles and lords, it can only be said to be a formal empire. As for other kingdoms, The Principality, the Earl Kingdom, the Federation of Free Cities, etc., counting those who believe in the northern cult, there are nearly 60 in total.
In addition, there is an "inner sea" similar to the Mediterranean Sea in the east of the mainland, called "Storm Strait". Natasha's mother is the princess of the opposite kingdom.
However, regarding the country across the "Storm Strait", all the books and documents Lucien saw were very simple, almost nonexistent.
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Two weeks before the new year, the cold wind was howling outside. Lucien sat in front of the fireplace in the living room, warmed his body, let the recliner slowly rock, and continued to interpret "Astrology and Elements" as if he was asleep. The Book".
Lucien's greatest achievement during this period is to master the commonly used ancient magic empire characters!