——Asking for a monthly pass~ The transition chapter is the most difficult to write.
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The next morning, because he had to take the score of the piano sketch to Joseph for registration, Lucian got up to exercise and had breakfast prepared by the chef, and strolled to the musicians' association in the borough.
At this time, it was close to nine o'clock, and the wide streets were filled with melodious and beautiful music, which brought out the reputation of the music capital of Aalto, and what made Lucian amused and strange was that he could already hear the first movement of the string serenade in G major that he had only played last night, and the lively melody that went straight to the point sounded from time to time in every corner: "Which musician sold the score to minstrels and street performers so that they could have one more piece to perform?"
I have to say that in terms of entertainment, popularity and circulation, this piece of music is indeed better than the symphony of fate.
In the atmosphere of music, Lucian walked into the hall of the association, and as soon as Elena, who was in charge of reception today, saw him, she immediately gave him a somewhat look and motioned for Lucian to come over.
"Elena?" Lucian stood in front of the wooden cabinet and asked in a strange low voice.
Elena covered her mouth and snickered a few times before saying, "Lucian, several noble ladies have come to you before and want to learn piano and music from you, hehe, among them is Miss Phyllis's good friend Yvette. By the way, here are the letters sent to you by musicians from nearby countries, all of whom want to discuss symphonic composition with you."
Recently, it happened to be the time period when the issues of "Music Review" and "Symphony Herald" were fully released in the central and western countries of the mainland and received feedback from "readers".
Lucian took the large letter, looked upstairs, was a little afraid of Yvette and the others, thought for a while, and said directly to Elena: "Elena, if something similar happens in the future, you can tell them, because I am concentrating on creating a piece of music, so in the past year, except for serving as the music consultant of Her Royal Highness the Princess, I will no longer accept any invitations or accept any music students. Hehe, my own music foundation is still very weak."
"Mr. Evans, do you have the inspiration to create music again?" Casey, who was next to him, heard the conversation between the two, his eyes widened, and he stared at Lucian very curiously, wasn't it said that he had just adapted a canon and created a piano sketch? Could it be that his inspiration is so endless?
Lucian nodded and replied jokingly: "Hehe, because I want to have a concert of my own as soon as possible." This is a foreshadowing for future events.
"It's really admirable and enviable." Casey and Elena sighed at the same time.
Then Elena asked anxiously: "Lucian, have you really stopped accepting music students recently? I once said that when you become a musician, I will learn music from you."
Lucian smiled and said, "We are friends, Elena, if you have any questions about music, just ask me, but I really don't have time to teach students in the past year."
In fact, Lucian is implicitly protecting Elena, if he arrives at the headquarters of the Magic Council and is informed by the church people, then ordinary friends are fine, if John becomes a knight, their family will not be a big problem, but their own music students may be in trouble.
"Then thank you, Lucian." Elena was already very satisfied to get such a promise.
Lucian then handed the score to Elena and asked her to register with Joseph, while he prepared to practice in the piano room on the fourth floor to avoid the noble ladies waiting.
But as soon as Elena went upstairs, a dark purple low-key carriage came outside the Musicians Guild, which was usually sent by Natasha to pick up Lucian.
"Her Royal Highness asks Mr. Evans to come over, some books do not need to be translated, you can read them directly." The coachman politely conveyed Natasha's words to Lucian.
Lucian smiled and shook his head, Natasha was really impatient, as long as she decided something, she would go all out and move forward bravely.
However, this was exactly what Lucian wanted, so he got into the carriage without refusing.
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In the study of the "War Gallery", Natasha, wearing a black court dress, took Lucian through the rows of bookshelves and introduced him: "There are chivalrous novels, there are classical operas, there are historical documents from various countries, and there are travelogues ......."
After introducing the location of the books, Natasha pointed to a middle-aged man at the desk by the window: "He is a famous historian and ancient linguist Mr. Baker, a member of the Hill family, and I specially invited him to translate some of the books written in the ancient magical empire for you."
Baker was bald before he was fifty years old, his remaining hair was gray and sparse, and his horizontally developed face was covered with thick glasses.
"Hello, Mr. Baker, thank you for your help." Lucian greeted him politely.
When Natasha came in, Baker had already stood up and responded to Lucian with skillful etiquette: "It is my honor to serve Her Royal Highness the Princess and help you, Mr. Evans, what I am translating for you is the "Dark Age Heroic Poetry Collection", which is an excellent poem left by many heroes who have emerged and overthrew the era of evil magician rule under the guidance of the God of Truth."
Lucian saw a book on the table with a black cover and a very different decoration from the current one, so he pretended to pick it up casually and flipped through it quickly: "What a complex and evil text."
This "Dark Age Heroic Poetry Collection" appears in its entirety in Lucian's Soul Library, and the classified bookshelf is "Ancient Literature".
Since Lucian just flipped it casually, there was no intention of looking closely at all, neither Natasha nor Baker had any suspicions.
Baker laughed: "Many of the materials in the ruins and ancient documents are written in this script, so we have to learn from them, just guard against this evil text spreading to the common people. Mr. Evans, I am a devout believer, and I hope that the works I translate will help you get inspired to create a solemn movement that praises the true God and the hero."
"I also hope to be inspired by that." Lucian smiled perfunctorily, but he couldn't write "Get up, hungry and cold...... to fight for the truth"?
After exchanging a few words, Baker continued to devote himself to the translation work, while Lucian "casually" flipped through other books of the ancient magical empire: "Your Highness, why haven't they been translated? Don't you usually watch it?"
"The nobles who have studied in the monastery understand the script of the ancient Sylvanas magical empire, and I don't need to translate it." Natasha saw Lucian flipping through the books quickly as if checking the quality of the books, and explained his question without paying much attention, "Okay, Lucian, I have ordered the knight to take 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 a problem, I will come to you."
After Natasha left, Lucian immediately looked at the lingua franca books in the study hungrily, and in order not to arouse suspicion, he did not flip through them quickly, but read them very seriously.
After that, after more than a month of extensive reading, Lucian finally got rid of his ignorance and confusion about the world since the 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, they conducted bloody human experiments all year round, trying to integrate various bloodlines into the human body, after countless human deaths, to the point that almost every living human being has a heterogeneous bloodline, this aspect of research has reached its peak, but the rule of magicians has also reached a precarious level, and people all over the continent and those experimental subjects with strong bloodline power have rioted and resisted."
"Originally, they alone could not defeat those powerful magicians, but the Truth God Cult, which had been secretly developing, took the stage and led the bloodline nobles to set off a climax of shattering the magic empire with the power of the magic empire that was not inferior to that of the magic empire.
Due to the screening, Lucian saw documents that portrayed magicians as evil and terrifying, and heroes as singing and crying.
"The Violet family was originally the earl of the frontier in the western part of the Holy Helz Empire, and controlled the powerful knights, and cooperated with the church to occupy the last important city of the Magic Empire in the westward stage at the end of the 'Dawn War', and was named Grand Duke and became independent from the Holy Helz Empire."
"In the year 425 AD, the Church held a supreme council in the holy city of Reims to discuss the final stage of the 'Dawn War', preparing to destroy the evil creatures hiding in the Dark Mountains and the kingdoms of the evil gods in the northwest of the Dark Mountains, but at the meeting, some of the cardinals who had been planning for a long time had disagreements with the Pope, and then they returned to the north, and with the help of the power of the Shahran Empire and other northern kingdoms and principalities, they were de facto divided from the Holy City, and the westward advance of the Church ended prematurely."
When Lucian saw these records, he understood which side of the power the heresy he often heard from Natasha was referring to.
In response to Lucian's question about why the church did not continue to advance westward, no longer subjugated the evil creatures of the Dark Mountains and those kingdoms of evil gods, Natasha answered three sentences meaningfully:
"In the eyes of the vast majority of believers, heretics are more hateful than heretics."
"The northern fortress at the junction of the principality and the Shahran Empire is where all the Holy Sword Knights are stationed."
"Why did that part of the cardinal church choose to split? Hehe, now no one knows except the pope and the pope of the northern cult."
From these historical books, Lucian also knew that the Duchy of Waorit, the Kingdom of Syracuse, and the northern provinces of the Holy Helz Empire were the front lines against heresy.
As for the entire continent, in addition to the two major empires, there is also the southernmost Gusta Empire, but because the royal family has lost the ability to control the great nobles and great lords, it can only be said to be a formal empire, as for other kingdoms, principalities, earl countries, free city federations, etc., including those who believe in northern cults, there are nearly sixty in total.
In addition, there is an "inland sea" similar to the Mediterranean Sea in the eastern part of the continent, called the "Storm Strait", and Natasha's mother is the princess of the opposite kingdom.
However, about the country across the "Storm Strait", all the books and documents Lucian saw were recorded very simply, which was slightly equivalent to none.
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Two weeks before the New Year, when the cold wind was howling outside, Lucian sat in front of the fireplace in the living room, roasting his body warmly, letting the recliner slowly shake, and he continued to interpret the "Book of Astrology and Elements" as if he were asleep.
Lucian's biggest gain during this time was that he had mastered the commonly used ancient magical imperial scripts!
(End of this chapter)