The driver of the carriage was a coachman in his forties or fifties. When the old earl was alive, he already belonged to the "Berne" manor, and he had picked up many nobles. Therefore, the carriage was running very smoothly, which made Lucien in the carriage feel uncomfortable at all. This is an ordinary rammed earth road between manors.
Thinking about things quietly, after an unknown period of time, Lucien noticed that the carriage had stopped.
"Mr. Evans, you have arrived outside Sir Wayne's manor. Do you need me to report?" These things are done by servants or coachmen.
Lucien smiled gently and said, "No, my friend is also a knight squire, and I'm no higher than him."
As long as the blood power can be stimulated, the status of a formal knight is much higher than that of an ordinary musician. He is a real nobleman. Of course, Lucien is now considered a quasi knight.
The guards at the gate were Ian and Drago, whom Lucien had met before. When they saw the carriage inlaid with the flamed bull emblem of the Hayne family approaching the gate of the manor, they immediately held their heads high, ready to welcome the noble guest.
But to their surprise, it was a poor boy who had seen him once before, who overwhelmed himself by shouting and questioning, and left a deep impression on him. Moreover, he was wearing a white shirt with wide cuffs and a black shirt. A formal jacket, coupled with a handsome and delicate appearance, looks like a real nobleman.
Surprised, Ian didn't come back to his senses until Lucien stopped in front of them: "Hi, are you here to find John?" Lucien, let Ian temporarily forget the past humiliation, full of politeness.
"Yes, please inform John." Lucien had almost forgotten about Ian and the others.
Ian nodded and said good, and was about to turn around and walk into the manor. At this moment, Drago said hesitantly, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Evans?"
After the concert in the Psalm Hall was a great success, even though John was not a person who loves to show off and brag, he couldn’t help but tell the story of his friend Evans among the attendants, combining his musical talent with his previous experience, The unprecedented enthusiastic response to that concert, and the praises of the Grand Duke, the Cardinal and the Princess, so seeing Lucien, who used to be a poor man and is now being picked up by the carriage of the Hayne family, Duo LaGe will soon He linked up with the talented musician Evans.
"Yes, I'm John's good friend." Lucien replied calmly.
Dorag said a little excitedly: "I have heard about your 'fate', just a few days ago at Sir Wayne's banquet, it is really an incomparable work, I really like it, please forgive my previous attitude towards you .”
Enthusiastic, sincere, and excited, Lucien did not expect that Drago would still be a literary and artistic youth who truly loves music, which is not in harmony with his thick arms and strong chest.
This is Alto, though, and things like this are normal.
"Thank you for your compliment, I am very happy and proud." Lucien responded politely.
Ian on the side showed an awkward smile and said, "So you are Mr. Evans, please forget about your previous impoliteness."
He is not an avid music lover like Dorag, but the knight he serves, Wayne, loves and admires the "Symphony of Destiny" very much, and even listens to it at banquets, so he has to express his goodwill on the surface, but In his heart, Ian still hated Lucien.
Seeing this scene, Lucien can only sigh with emotion that once his identity and status change, the attitudes of other people around him will also undergo earth-shaking changes.
When Ian went in to look for John, Dorag was still in a state of excitement. He rubbed his hands and looked at Lucien, but he didn't know what to say. He managed to squeeze out a sentence: "Mr. Evans, I Can I invite you to my house?"
Lucien was a little embarrassed, so he could only find a reason to decline.
After a while, John followed Ian out and asked suspiciously, "Lucien, why are you here? I'll be back at noon."
It wasn't a lie that Lucien told the cultist that John was going home on Saturday, but he just advanced the time by half a day.
"Some things that have already been settled, let's talk about it in the carriage." Lucien pulled John into the carriage, and the old coachman was very knowledgeable, tied the horse to the stake, walked aside by himself, and took out leaves similar to tobacco Light it under your nose and smell it.
John knew that Lucien was not a reckless person, so although he was full of doubts, he still listened carefully.
Following Lucien's narration, John's face gradually turned pale, and he clenched his hands tightly. When he heard the three severed fingers, he even made the sound of teeth gnashing, but he kept quiet and did not shout. , didn't scold angrily, and waited until Lucien finished speaking, then let out a long breath, and was speechless for a long time.
Lucien accompanied him to calm down, but also did not speak.
"Lucien, you don't have to blame yourself. Although it was because you became Her Royal Highness's music consultant that the devil's believers focused on father, mother and Aiwen, it was their fault, not you, not your pursuit of music. The motivation of the road. Even if there is no such thing, as long as you or I have the possibility of contact with His Majesty the Grand Duke or His Royal Highness, they will still do the same thing, we can’t judge ourselves with the mistakes of the villains.”
After John regained a little emotion, the first thing he said was to comfort Lucien, fearing that Lucien would not be able to let go of this matter and affect his musical career.
Lucien didn't expect John to say this, a warm feeling surged up, and a little bit of self-blame that didn't affect emotions slowly disappeared: "Thank you for your comfort, John, I understand, we will never know that a bad guy will because of We did something to hurt us."
After confirming that Joel's family had been rescued by Her Royal Highness's knights, John immediately expressed that he would ask for leave to visit.
"Wait a minute, John." Lucien took out the black bag containing the moonlight rose, "here are twenty grams of moonlight rose."
John looked at the bag solemnly. He had already learned about the origin of the Moonlight Rose from Lucien just now. After hesitating for more than ten seconds, he took the bag firmly and did not refuse: "Thank you, Lucien, I It will definitely stimulate the power of the blood, and only in this way can I have the ability to protect my family and my friends."
He didn't mention repaying the money to Lucien, because he knew that he would not be able to repay such a large amount of money before he aroused the power of his blood, and if he could successfully arouse his blood to become a knight, he would protect Lucien as a true nobleman , and repaying Quintale are simple things.
"But you can't be too anxious, follow Sir Wayne's arrangement step by step. By the way, John, please keep the other 20 grams a secret for me." Lucien urged, the reason he told John just now was When the cultist promised to help stimulate his blood power as a reward, he asked to provide the moonlight rose himself, so he used 20 grams, but he didn't mention this kind of thing for fear of angering the princess. He only told Natasha that the cultist directly and could not tolerate it. Denied "help".
John replied with a smile worried about his parents' expressions: "Don't worry, I can keep secrets better than dead people."
In his opinion, Lucien was forced to delay and pretend.
After making up for the last omission, Lucien asked the coachman to come back and drove the carriage back to Alto City.
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The carriage of the Hayne family appeared in the slums, causing a small commotion. Although most poor people could not distinguish the coat of arms and know the meaning of each coat of arms like polymaths, they still knew the most famous families of Alto. of.
Joel, Alisa, and Ivan have been sent back by the church, and it seems that no strong intelligence has been obtained from them.
Seeing John and Lucien get off the carriage, Ivan, who had matured a lot, suddenly burst into tears, very sad, as if he wanted to wash away that unpleasant and very sad memory.
John touched Ivan's head and patted him on the back: "It's all over, everything is over, with the blessing of the Lord, everything will be fine."
Lucien hugged Joel and Alisa, blending apology, worry and joy into the hug.
"It's none of your business. It's all over." Both Joel and Alisa comforted Lucien in this way. When they were in the hands of the cultists, they thought that they would not be able to escape death, but they were unexpectedly killed by the princess. The knights were rescued, which made them more tolerant and understanding in addition to believing in the God of Truth.
After more than ten minutes of comforting each other, Lucien learned from Joel and Alisa what the church and the Principality's intelligence department had asked. He mainly wanted to know the characteristics of some cultists from Joel and the others, and why the guard knights were too late. Kill the hostages and escape.
But Joel and Alisa didn't have the energy to pay attention to their surroundings when they were being abused, and then they were suddenly stunned by a loud noise. When they woke up, they saw the knight who saw the princess. He didn't know what happened in the middle , the rest of the hostages were similar, even the few who didn't faint, almost didn't hear anything under the severe tinnitus.
The only thing that puzzled the interrogators was why Joel and Alisa fainted after being taken out of the cell, but woke up in the cell. On the contrary, a more reasonable explanation and process can be obtained.
That was after the loud bang, because other things had to be dealt with first, and it was not yet the last moment to clear the hostages, so the guard knight threw Joel and the others back into the cell to prevent them from escaping, and waited until the church and Camille and Natasha When the attack came in, the guard knights had no time to return, so they ran away or died in the chaos.
When Alisa was talking about these things with tears in her eyes, someone knocked on the door. Lucien looked back and saw Correa, an old acquaintance, and another church guard whom he didn't know.
"It's just that the high-ranking knight attendant came over. It seems that I'm not under much suspicion." Lucien thought to himself.
Seriously and politely, Correa invited Lucien to the small room and asked about what happened. Lucien told him what he told Natasha, except for the matter of stimulating the power of the blood.
After taking notes, Correa stood up and thanked with solemn etiquette: "My lord bishop told me to thank you. If it weren't for your information, the night guards of the Lord would be completely defiled by evil."
From the Church's point of view, although the incident was a bit of a coincidence, the coincidence was in its favor. If it weren't for Lucien's information, the Night Watchman's losses would have been even greater, and even the entire army would have been wiped out.
"The professor who has only been in Alto for more than three months" cannot be equated with Lucien who has been living here. This is the premise for all judgments made by the church. I have contacted the professor, but I only suspect that I have contacted him. Given his merits and the status appreciated by Her Royal Highness, it is difficult to arrest him and torture him. Moreover, if there is contact, it will be more convenient for him to observe secretly and not do anything to alarm Lucien. Chance to catch the cunning and vicious "Professor"!
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After being questioned by the church, Lucien finally returned to his normal life completely, started busy music learning and magic analysis, and let Alisa's family move to his own garden villa for a temporary stay. After all, the law and order in Jisu District is far better. in the Aderjan area.
Regarding the magic circle mark in the corner, Lucien never looked at it again, and he didn't even carry out the final processing of the magic laboratory, because he was worried that the church was closely monitoring the vicinity to find the professor.
On this day, Victor began to teach Lucien, Lotte, and Phyllis the "Canon" musical form, which is a basic polyphonic music. Intertwined with each other until the final chord is merged.
This piece is beautiful and easy to learn, even beginners can write similar chords, so it is a good choice to try to create when starting to learn polyphony.
"Actually, Lucien, in your Symphony of Destiny, you have already unconsciously used the Kanon method. It seems that you have taught yourself a lot in the music library." Victor praised Lucien.
Lucien was thinking about another thing: "Although the famous Canon in D major (John Pachelbel Canon) has a similar melody in this world, it was created by a musician more than 80 years ago. Yes, the similarity is more than 90%, but I can adapt it into piano music according to Pachelbel’s Canon, which can save time and have certain innovations, and meet the requirements of holding a concert within a year.”
In Lucien's opinion, John Pachelbel Canon is more beautiful, and the adaptation is the best way to get together the concert repertoire in a short period of time. Of course, "original" and finale music is definitely needed.