Natasha stopped in front of Phyllis and smiled humorously: "Aren't you welcome me? I was originally a guest at Sylvia's house, and I happened to know that she was going to attend your coming-of-age ceremony, so I thought that when the old count was still alive, I often visited this villa and the 'Bern' manor as a guest, hehe, Phyllis, you were so short and young at that time, and you desperately wanted to follow me, Brother Alfred, Uncle Samuel and Harrington to hunt, but you always fell and couldn't catch up, so you could only cry. Brother Alfred and Uncle Samuel will be very happy to see this scene in heaven."
Alfred is the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Vauritt, Natasha's brother, also a genius who became a fifth-level knight in his twenties, and Samuel is the brother of the current Earl of Hain and Urban, once the most legitimate and well-deserved heir to the title, they all died in a great battle with the heretical knights nearly ten years ago.
Natasha, who only planned to join in the fun and satisfy her curiosity, recalled the youthful past in the depths of her memory after seeing Phyllis, thinking that in ten years, she had finally become a real warrior from a little girl after hard training, but her relatives were continuously called by the Lord, and she was gradually drifting away from her former partner, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad and throbbing.
Phyllis was originally in a huge mood of disappointment, frustration, sadness and anger, but she just forcibly supported her smile to welcome the guests, but was shocked by Natasha's arrival, and when she heard her warm words with emotion, she immediately couldn't control herself, and tears welled up: "Of course you are welcome, you are very welcome, Sister Natasha, no, Her Royal Highness."
She subconsciously shouted the name she had when she was a child.
Natasha gave Phyllis a hug: "It's okay, just call me Sister Natasha, I was always full of the best memories of my life when I was a child. Happy birthday, Phyllis, congratulations on becoming a real lady."
The atmosphere is warm and slightly sentimental, which makes people calm, and Lucian then understands why even if he is so disgusted by Count Hayne, Urban can still be the clerk of Aalto City Hall, and there are many small nobles who can interact with each other, and Phyllis can also become good friends with Yvette, Earl Hill's favorite daughter, Alfred and Natasha should have had a good relationship with Samuel, Urban, Harrington, and Phyllis.
Natasha let go of Phyllis, looked at her tears of excitement, joy and sentimentality, and smiled slightly: "Okay, Phyllis, don't cry, today is your coming-of-age ceremony, tears are not suitable for decorating your beautiful face, be happy, be happy, understand? I'll officiate your coming-of-age ceremony." As a great knight, she knew that Count Hayne had not arrived with a sweep of her eyes, and she understood why.
"Well, I will definitely have a happy birthday party." Phyllis tried to control her tears, crying and laughing and repliing, there is a future Grand Duchess, the current Countess Violet, who will preside over the coming-of-age ceremony for herself.
Seeing her appearance, Natasha tried to lighten the mood with humorous words: "I didn't bring a birthday present, don't you mind, Phyllis?"
"How could it be, your arrival is the best birthday gift." Phyllis hugged Natasha again, her timely arrival, warm embrace, and soft comfort were all so beautiful, full of the feeling of a big sister or brother.
Natasha waited for Phyllis to let go on her own before pointing to Lucian inside and said, "But my music consultant will definitely bring you beautiful and joyful music, so that you can forget your troubles and immerse yourself in the happiness of the bar mitzvah."
She cursed in a low voice in her heart: "Bastard, it's because I'm curious about your serenade that I came over, and I fell into such an emotion that I almost shed tears. How can a great and strong knight shed tears, so I want to put pressure on you......"
Due to the last "Silver and White Horn" incident, the strangeness between Natasha and Lucian has disappeared a lot, coupled with Natasha's humorous, direct, and teasing personality, and Lucian's "normal" response that is not afraid of stage fright, the two are becoming more and more like friends.
Because many of the musicians are from noble backgrounds or are sponsored by nobles, most of them already know that Lucian will play a new serenade to congratulate Phyllis on her birthday, so they started talking softly.
Being so expected by Her Royal Highness the Princess, if it is not above the normal level, then this work is a failure!
"Welcome, Your Highness, Lady Camille, Miss Sylvia." Urban's face seemed to be blooming like a flower, and while signaling Phyllis not to get excited anymore, he welcomed Natasha inside.
When they arrived in the hall, Sylvia came directly to the circle where the musicians gathered, while Natasha reluctantly greeted the nobles, no matter whether their titles were high or low, no matter whether they were strong or weak, as long as they had the status of nobles, as their lords, the most basic etiquette was still required.
The more Sylvia walked this way, the more her face blushed, and the whole person became more and more shy and beautiful, it was the first time she had attended a banquet with Natasha in this way, and it was inevitable that this would be the reaction in the face of many acquaintances.
"Good evening, teacher, you're so early." Sylvia greeted Christopher, a disciple of the "living musical legend".
Christopher sighed softly, without demanding anything, people in the music industry were more acceptable to this aspect of things, he only said with concern: "Sylvia, think more about the future, okay, don't you want to adapt piano music? There are several piano 'authorities' here, please communicate more."
His "authority" refers to Victor, Rhine and Lucian, who admires playing the piano with new fingering, while Sylvia was previously limited to the harpsichord instrument she was good at only suitable for indoor use, and could only be played in the piano room or salon, so even though she created a lot of elegant and quiet and beautiful music, she had never held a concert in the Psalm Hall.
Natasha had told Lucian about this, so Lucian had no doubts at this time, and communicated with Sylvia very seriously and seriously about the arrangement of piano music and piano fingering, which made her ease her shyness.
Julian and other musicians from the Trian court were forgotten by Lucian, they wanted to interject several times, but they knew very little about the piano, they really couldn't join the exchange, and others were not enthusiastic about them, and they didn't treat them as musical geniuses at all, because this was Alto, because they didn't become famous in Aalto.
Such an attitude made Julian and the three of them feel the arrogance of outsiders in the Ato music industry and felt insulted.
McCanzi watched their expressions change and laughed with satisfaction.
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Since Natasha came to preside over Phyllis's coming-of-age ceremony, many nobles rushed over after receiving the report, delaying the banquet that was originally scheduled to start at eight o'clock at half past eight.
Anyway, for a great nobleman like him, as long as he is not guilty of blasphemy, treason and treason, even if he offends the Grand Duke, he can live a luxurious and noble life in his own territory, at most far away from the political arena of the duchy and deprived of the control of the non-direct knights, but Harrington came to the banquet for some well-known reason.
The rite of passage was not complicated, Natasha took a flaming flower from Phyllis' mother, wore it on Phyllis' left chest along with the Hayne family crest, and gave a short congratulatory message.
And then. She reaches out to invite Phyllis, and the opening dance of the birthday party is the last item of the bar mitzvah.
In the festive and happy melody, the two beauties danced, Natasha is a fifth-level knight, far surpassing Phyllis in terms of strength, agility and coordination, leading her to dance the best dance in her life.
After the opening dance, Phyllis gasped softly next to her, while Natasha waited calmly, because according to the process, the following would be Lucian's serenade-style piano sketch.
Amid everyone's curiosity and anticipation, Mother Phyllis walked up the hall and prepared to announce the program.
But at this time, Julian followed him, and he said with a polite and apologetic smile: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, Your Honorable Lady, the beautiful Miss Phyllis, and the ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry to come here without permission. I am Julian from the Tria court, and today I followed Mr. Griffith to her birthday banquet without being invited by Miss Phyllis, which is too presumptuous and reckless, so I would like to send you a serenade I composed to express my apologies and congratulations."
The reasons are reasonable and sincere, if it weren't for Lucian about to serenade.
Natasha raised her eyebrows and glanced at Lucian amusedly, as if to say, "It's really troublesome, look, your reputation as a genius musician is really troublesome."
Lucian spread his hands indifferently and responded.
In Natasha's opinion, what he meant was: "It's nothing, let him perform first."
So she smiled and nodded in agreement with Julian to jump the queue to perform, with her statement, Phyllis and her parents would naturally not object.
Julian excitedly walked up to the orchestra and handed them the sheet music he had with him, so that they could familiarize themselves with it first, while he waited beside him, preparing to be able to perform in front of many musicians in Alto, in front of a princess and many nobles, it would be a very good opportunity to become famous, especially on such occasions, which is the skill of musicians like him, who often serenade lively balls at the court of Tria.
"Although Aalto is the music mecca of the entire continent in terms of elegant music such as symphonies and concertos, banquet-style serenades are definitely better at the musicians of the Tria court!" This is Julian's voice, and it is also the evaluation of many musicians who have traveled through Tria.
Of course, what kind of bad situation is suitable for what kind of music is growing.
(End of this chapter)