Chapter 719 Alto's one-day trip full of memories (second update asks for a monthly pass)
In October, Aalto seems to be dotting the fruit on the cake, sweet but slightly cold, and the nearby vast area is dyed with a layer of golden color, and the fallen leaves of the Lava trees in the city complement each other, weaving a poetic picture.
"Only the Black Forest of Merze will always be predominantly black......" On the banks of the quietly flowing Belém River, Natasha looked at the Black Forest on the other side and said with emotion, her long purple hair fluttering backwards by the autumn wind.
This Black Forest has left behind many memories of her hardships, pains and gains, whether it is the strict knight training as a girl or the encounters that happened inside, they are all unforgettable experiences in her life.
"Black fir, a unique tree near the Black Mountains, is suspected to have been influenced by the aura of a certain alpine space......" Lucian said in a polymath tone.
Natasha couldn't help but be amused by his serious answer: "Why it is black all year round doesn't mean anything to me, what is meaningful is that I was once chased by a kobold man inside, eating tree fruits so much that my whole body was in pain, poisoned and paralyzed on the ground and unable to move, and I was injured in the abdomen and could only be carried away by someone......"
She understood that Lucian's answer was deliberately distracting herself from "musician" to "knight", so that she could have a happier "Aalto day trip".
"Have you been chased by kobolds? I think with your fighting talent, even if you don't stimulate the power of the bloodline, there is no problem in crushing the kobold." Lucian asked with interest, in his mind, Natasha has been a "Valkyrie" since she was a child.
The corners of Natasha's mouth curled up: "I can easily deal with less than ten kobolds, but the problem is that there were hundreds of kobolds at that time, and one was able to cast magic with talent!"
"What crazy thing did you do to let several tribes of kobolds jointly hunt you down?" Lucian said amusedly.
Natasha let out a "uh" and raised her right arm: "I can't remember!"
"Didn't you always say that you have a good memory......"
"Everyone makes mistakes, but I can't remember them clearly!"
The two walked slowly on the banks of the Belém River, enjoying the familiar river breeze and reminiscing about the past with laughter.
Suddenly, Natasha stopped, pointed to the remote riverbank full of garbage in front of her, and looked at Lucian with a smirk: "Is this the place where you harvested the first pot of gold in your life?"
"Yes, thank you Your Highness the Princess for losing a nightingale veil and allowing me to successfully take the first step out of poverty." Looking at the garbage pile, Lucian was still quite touched.
There, a few ragged poor people were rummaging through the stench for something of value, and on the riverbank next to it stood a strong man with a big waist and a round waist, supervising them with his hands folded, even though it was a golden moon, he wore only a thin brown coat.
Natasha exhaled slightly: "This place is still controlled by gangsters after all."
"After the Aaron gang, it seems that there are new gangsters in Aalto City." Lucian was not surprised, only sighed, with the actual situation of Alto, it was only a matter of time before a new gangster was born.
The gangster noticed a man and a woman on the riverside road looking at him and the poor people rummaging through the garbage below, and originally wanted to warn them not to meddle in their affairs, but found that they were dressed like nobles, so he didn't dare to be reckless, turned his head, pretended to admire the river, and quietly watched each other's actions.
Lucian and Natasha did nothing and continued to bask in the river breeze as they walked towards the city gate of the market area, which made the gangster breathe a long sigh of relief.
At this time, it was Rentat's tea time, and it happened to be the most tired and reluctant moment for Alto's gatekeepers, so they glanced at Lucian and Natasha, who had changed their appearances slightly, and saw that they were dressed and temperamentally excellent, so they waved their hands to let them walk through the city gate.
The familiar and noisy market area, the lingua franca of the Aalto accent, and the completely different but equally familiar clothing style from Rentat gave Lucian and Natasha the most intuitive shock at the first time.
"The market area hasn't changed at all, as if we never left......" Natasha often went to the manor outside the city from this gate, and often wore a veil here to look for all kinds of strange and interesting things, so she was no stranger to the market area.
Lucian nodded and took a deep breath, the familiar smell mixed with the smell of barbecue, spices, dyes, smoke, wine, and all kinds of stinks made him seem to have returned to the beginning of the time when he was struggling to make a living in the market area.
"I used to carry goods here, and I wasn't strong enough to crush me with a package of goods......" Lucian pointed to some small shops on the street.
Natasha listened with a smile, followed him through the market area, pointing to a certain store from time to time and saying:
"This grocery store has a history of 50 years, and when I first visited, it was my grandfather who was serving customers, and now it looks like a grandson......"
「…… The boss recognized me when I was buying an ancient lyre and almost fainted......"
Lucian is also full of memories of the market area: "...... It was on this street that John and I beat all the thugs of Aaron's gang ......"
That was the beginning of my initial identification with the world and my true integration.
Pedestrians watched the two noble couples stroll leisurely in the market area, pointing from time to time, which inevitably felt strange, but how could Lucian and Natasha care about their gaze.
As they walked, the two passed through the market area and entered the administrative district, the pedestrians began to decrease, and the streets gradually became quiet, with only street musicians and bards playing different music, creating a sea of music, making people feel like their souls were sublimated while strolling.
Natasha listened carefully, and after a while she smiled: "String Serenade in G major...... "Moonlight" ...... second movement of "Renewed Country" ...... "Sadness"...... Dedicated, "To Sylvia"...... I didn't expect you to be away from Aalto for so long, your music is still played regularly, and the more street performers and bards play, the more it represents its popularity, and classic music is always a classic......"
"You also have your march...... The golden fallen leaves floated on both sides of the lava trees, and Lucian listened carefully and distinguished different tunes.
Natasha hummed a melody proudly, then sighed slightly: "But compared to before, the frequency of your repertoire has been greatly reduced, and most of the music I just heard is the latest great music."
Both of them follow Aalto's musical development and are no strangers to the outstanding ones in it.
"This is a good thing, things are constantly evolving, always sticking to the past, not improving at all, it only shows that Aalto's music is dead, fortunately, that's not what we hear." Lucian didn't mind the authenticity.
Natasha didn't answer for the time being, but pulled Lucian to stop outside a restaurant, listening to the street musicians at the door playing "Pathos" on the piano, which was recognized as a very difficult work, but he played it very freely, so many Aalto people who knew music stopped to listen.
His early atmosphere of depression, distress, pain and tragedy is very well created, so when the last movement pops out bursts of high-spirited notes with dazzling movements, it is particularly able to evoke the emotions of the surrounding audience.
After the piano performance ended, there was warm applause around.
The young piano player seemed a little unexpected by his popularity, and sat behind the piano in a daze, not responding for a long time.
He is a music lover who came to Alto in a small town to pursue his dreams, thinking that he has a solid foundation in music, has excellent talent, and will definitely achieve extraordinary achievements, but what has happened in the past few months has made him fall into strong self-doubt, making him painful, wandering, depressed and depressed, and the stretch of life has also forced him to accept the request of the restaurateur.
"It's very good, it's not a pale performance, it has emotional resonance." Natasha clapped softly, then took out a coin and prepared to throw it to the street performer like the rest of the audience.
However, her movements were stopped by Lucian, and she said funny: "Are you going to give him 'Empress Gold Coins'?"
Due to the expulsion of the Southern Church, the Kingdom of Holm is also re-minting coins, which is different from the common currency, the Empress Gold Coin is equivalent to the Golden Thale, but the Empress's head is engraved on it.
Natasha laughed dryly: "Ha, didn't notice, do you have a golden tale?"
Lucian shook his head, took the Empress Gold Coin, and gently rubbed it with his thumb, and then the Empress Gold Coin turned into Golden Tale.
The young player came to his senses and thanked the listeners around him for their hospitality, when suddenly, he saw a glittering coin fall in front of him.
"Kintale?" He was stunned for a moment, too generous, right?
A gentle voice sounded in his ears: "Playing very well, integrating your feelings and understanding into the music, making this piece have a distinct personal style, which is very rare, but there are still some problems with your playing and understanding of the music......"
"Problem?" The player had not yet come to his senses, and then he heard Lucian's explanations and analysis, each of which hit his mind, because most of these were things he had always felt awkward about for a long time, and some of them were experiences that he felt very satisfied with, but only after listening to them did he realize that he was ridiculously wrong.
After a while, he really came to his senses and found that the gentleman who guided him and his lady had gone a long way, leaving only two backs walking side by side.
He wanted to catch up and thank him, but the restaurant owner was still staring at him and could only say loudly: "Thank you!"
What a gentleman of noble character, no, he must be a musician!
Lucian didn't look back, raised his hand, and signaled that he had received it.
"You really like being a teacher." Natasha smiled and looked at Lucian beside her.
Lucian smiled: "It's not that I like to be a teacher, but a kind of gratitude, if I hadn't met Teacher Victor at the beginning, I hadn't gotten his exceptional teaching, I would definitely not have achieved anything later, so when I meet people who need guidance, I will give certain guidance, maybe their lives are short of this driving force, hehe, I'm giving back to the society."
"Repay society......" Natasha thought of the joke of "revenge on society", and her expression was smiling.
As they listened and walked, the two soon came to the vicinity of the Aalto Musicians Association and saw the unique "Beating Flame" building, which is famous for its light but complex asymmetrical beauty.
"It's still the same, it hasn't changed......" Lucian and Natasha sighed similarly at the same time, but Natasha quickly shook her head, looked around and said, "I don't know if this is good or bad, the places I passed before show that in the years since I left Aalto, it has hardly changed, as if frozen in time, and Rentat, maybe it was the same this morning, and it will be a completely different 'face' in the afternoon."
Rentat, which is in a period of great development, is undergoing many infrastructure constructions, and as Lucian expected, the entire city is undergoing earth-shaking changes.
"Aside from the lives of ordinary people, such an Alto might be more suitable for the current musical style......" Lucian said without derogatory words.
"Also, Rentat's current appearance always feels incongruous with the current symphonic style, and it should be a different musical ...... that suits it," Natasha nodded seriously.
"Different cultures, different eras, will definitely give birth to different musical ......," Lucian said sincerely, thinking in his heart, maybe one day Rentat will develop rock music......
Natasha was about to speak when her expression suddenly froze: "Uh, Mr. Victor......"
It was Lucian's music teacher Victor who came out of the Aalto Musicians Guild, and surrounded by many musicians and performers, boarded the carriage and drove towards the Hall of Psalm, looking very high.
Lucian watched this scene quietly, without moving his steps at all.
"Don't you go see him?" Natasha's silver-purple eyes stared at Lucian.
Lucian shook his head and said in a slightly erratic voice: "It's not necessary......"
This disrupted his life and finally made the church not pay attention to him.
Natasha laughed and deliberately changed the subject: "Then let's go to the Psalm Hall to listen to a concert? I don't know who it will be?"
"Okay." Lucian had no objection, that anti-magic circle had no effect on the legend.
More than 3,900 words to make up for the noon difference. Ask for a monthly pass~
(End of this chapter)