Chapter 77 Lata Summer Palace
After the whispered exchange, Phyllis turned around and saw that Annie, Colin, and the others all showed signs of coming up to talk to Lucian, and couldn't help but smile slightly, they seemed to want to satisfy their curiosity and congratulate Lucian on the surface, but taking the opportunity to get closer was probably the real purpose.
So Phyllis half-blocked Lucian behind him, clapped her hands gently, and said with a beautiful smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, in order to celebrate the great success of Mr. Victor's concert, and to celebrate our classmate Lucian becoming a recognized genius in the music industry, I would like to invite everyone to my manor for a ball on Friday night. This matter has been agreed by Mr. Victor, and now I want to know your wishes."
In Phyllis's opinion, with the help of Moonlight Rose, she and Lucian already have a close relationship, so subconsciously she doesn't want Lucian and other classmates to have a deep friendship. However, she also understood that she could not interfere in Lucian's life, and only more contacts, more entanglements and exchange of interests were the best way to maintain the relationship.
Renee was the first to react and said with a bright smile: "Really? It is my honor to be a guest at your manor, Miss Phyllis."
After she agreed, Lot, Anne, Herodotus, and others also answered.
Seeing that everyone was willing to accept her invitation, Phyllis turned around and kept a beautiful smile: "What about you, Lucian? Would you like to be a guest at my manor?"
Lucian suddenly had an idea in his mind, and replied with a smile: "Of course, this is my honor, Phyllis."
Hearing Lucian's agreement, the expressions of Renee and the others seemed to become a little more excited.
At this time, a refreshed Victor walked down from the second floor with a book: "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, let's start our studies, there are still a few days left for the ball."
As he passed by Lot, Lot leaned into Lucian's ear and whispered: "I heard that Mackenzie doesn't like you very much and may cause trouble for you. Of course, you are already the music advisor to Her Royal Highness, and he can't directly make things difficult for you. But it's likely to design traps to make you make a fool of yourself and discredit your reputation."
"Thank you, Lot, I'll be careful." Lucian thanked him politely, but he didn't have the mood and energy to think about this matter, saving Joel's family was like putting out a fire, and with each more day, there was less hope of a successful rescue.
Of course, Lucian also knew that he could not act recklessly, he had to wait patiently for the opportunity and make various preparations, because this was a very dangerous thing, and the more he wanted to solve it quickly, the less likely it was to succeed.
So Lucian's current state is like walking on a tightrope between two cliffs, slow and procrastinating on the left, impatience and recklessness on the right, no matter which way he leans, he will fall to the bottom of the cliff and shatter his bones, only by maintaining a perfect and extremely difficult balance can he succeed.
Lucian's learning of words is almost complete with the help of his super memory and good learning methods, and all he lacks is the accumulation of rare words, so this afternoon Lucian, Lot, Phyllis, and others are all learning music. For Lucian, immersion in learning also helps him stay calm.
In this calmness, combined with the information obtained and tested in the past two days, a bold plan gradually took shape in Lucian's mind.
When the study was over, Lucian returned to his cabin, and packed up some items and took them to the garden villa he rented at No. 116 Jisu District, which seemed to be a very normal process of moving slowly, so in the evening, only one sentence was mentioned on the white paper: "Mr. Evans, please keep your intelligence when you go to the Latah Summer Palace tomorrow and don't do stupid things, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences."
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The quiet night passed quickly, and Lucian used the forced calmness and learning a little hypnotic knowledge in "Starry Eye" to prevent him from insomnia due to anxiety, and he slept very deeply, and woke up in good spirits.
"Today will be a critical day, and there must be no mistakes!"
There was no new order on the blank paper, Lucian went to the Musicians' Association after breakfast, occupied a small piano room, and practiced the piano to distract himself so that he would not be so nervous.
Maybe it's because I've been watching Beethoven's various pieces of music recently, so after a barely smooth fate melody, Lucian subconsciously played Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, which is the famous "Pathos".
It is the pinnacle of Beethoven's early piano music, although it is called "Sadness", but it is actually in the same vein as the "Symphony of Destiny", using the sadness and sorrow brought by life to create a tragic atmosphere to set off the trace of firmness in the melody, expressing the heroism in the face of suffering, difficult and dangerous fate, and the will to fight unyieldingly.
Lucian had never practiced this piano piece, so even if he could remember all the notes clearly, he played intermittently and without any beauty, but this intermittent feeling was closer to Lucian's inner anxiety, depression, and forced calmness.
After venting the music, Lucian felt that his emotions and mentality had been maintained in a relatively good state, so he left the piano room and went to his lounge to rest.
At 10:30, there was a knock on the door of the lounge, and Elena's voice came in:
"Lucian, Her Royal Highness's carriage is here to pick you up."
Hearing this, Lucian slowly stood up from the back chair and replied, "Okay, Elena, I'll go down immediately."
After tidying up his black jacket and white shirt with wide lace cuffs, Lucian looked at himself in the mirror for thirty seconds before calmly and calmly walking out of the lounge and arriving at the hall on the first floor.
The carriage sent by Natasha was dark purple, with the crest of the Violet family, low-key on the outside and luxurious on the inside, Lucian sitting in it didn't feel any bumps and shaking at all, while the dark yellow carpet produced in Tria created a warm atmosphere, but Lucian maintained a straight sitting attitude and did not pick up the blood red wine and other items placed on the small table in front of him.
Ten minutes later, the carriage arrived at the Lata Summer Palace on time, and the main entrance was a stone gate carved with countless hero statues, guarded by more than a dozen soldiers in red military uniforms under the leadership of a muscular and powerful knight.
After simply checking Lucian's belongings, the guard knight waved for the carriage to pass.
As soon as he passed through the gate, Lucian quickly felt the solemn and terrifying aura of divine magic, and they seemed to envelop the entire Lata Summer Palace.
The Lata Summer Palace is a magnificent building of pale gold, with a majestic and exquisite appearance, symmetrical on the east and west sides two majestic and solemn castle-like palaces, connected to them by an exquisite and gorgeous palace complex.
The main palace of the Lata Summer Palace was previously a large square with a fountain, and the square was surrounded by a beautiful garden with a small half of the market area, with all kinds of exotic trees and flowers.
An artificial river capable of several sailboats meandered through the garden with sparkling waves.
The carriage carrying Lucian passed through the garden avenue, crossed the long bridge over the artificial river, and stopped in front of the main palace, where the two beautiful maids had already waited.
"Hello, Mr. Evans, please follow us to Her Royal Highness's piano room." The two beautiful blonde girls who seemed to be twins saluted Lucian in the same crisp voice.
Lucian nodded politely: "Thank you."
Led by these two maids, Lucian passed through the resplendid palaces, which were made of top-notch patterned rocks of various colors, emitting dazzling light, and the stairs, railings and other places were wrapped in gold leaf, according to the theme of different palaces, there were also giant crystals, pure white gauze, and epic oil paintings distributed on the inner walls and domes, every detail was full of finely carved cumbersome glitz.
The two maids walked skillfully and lightly, and none of them, who were trained in strict etiquette, spoke to Lucian, maintaining a polite smile. Soon, Lucian walked to a beautiful corridor.
The promenade has 24 arched windows and doors in the direction of the garden, and the other side of the corridor is inlaid with 24 mirrors composed of countless tiny lenses corresponding to the windows and doors, which reflect the scenery of the garden, making people feel like they are directly wandering in the garden, and the majestic huge oil paintings on the vaulted ceiling, and the pure holy light emitted from nowhere forms a dreamlike scenery.
This is the most famous building of the Latarchacha Palace, called the "Corridor of Heaven", Lucian knew about it from the books in the library and from the words of Lott and others before he became famous.
Passing through the "Corridor of Heaven", which has the strongest magical atmosphere, Lucian entered the "War Gallery" palace where Natasha lived, where there are many war-themed oil paintings on the walls.
"Mr. Evans, this is the piano room." The two maids took Lucian to a quiet and secluded room, and one of them opened the door and walked in first to report to Lady Camille.
After a while, after obtaining Camille's consent, the maid signaled Lucian to go in.
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It is a large room with a warm and peaceful orange as the main color, the carpet is exquisite and gorgeous, many musical instruments are placed, and in the center is a pale gold piano.
Natasha was sitting in front of the piano, playing a war march, her fingering skills were skillful, and the powerful melody was vividly displayed, surpassing most of the performers, but she seemed to be deliberately imitating Victor's skills, without the feeling of being swayed.
In the corner was a set of sofas, a brown and yellow coffee table, and Camille, who was forever unchanged in a long black dress, was sitting there.
Feeling Lucian come in, Natasha stopped playing, turned around freely, and smiled naturally: "Lucian, I don't understand Victor's new fingering on the piano, can you explain it to me?"
She didn't have the slightest condescending attitude, as if she was greeting an old friend.
"Of course, this is my honor." Lucian walked over to the piano and sat on another piano bench to begin explaining to Natasha.
Although Lucian's own musical knowledge is still at a relatively low level, what Natasha needs to communicate is exactly what Lucian is best at and what he has done badly, and this vague and ignorant performance is more sure of Natasha and others' views on Lucian's compositions.
Time passed quickly, and Natasha suddenly looked at Lucian and said, "Lucian, do you have anything on your mind? Can I feel your impatience, restlessness, and nervousness?"
The intuition and induction of the fifth-level great knight are very powerful!
And Natasha has a straightforward personality, without temptation, without forbearance, and asks directly.
(End of this chapter)