The Archmage’s Restaurant

# 162

Chapter.36 Hibiren Flowers and Concert

Meanwhile, the emperor was contemplating who would be the winner in front of the noisy crowd.

Unless the skills are clearly superior, that is, if they are equal, there is a problem of choice.

Of course, in that case, the matter must be resolved through political means. In the most advantageous way for the Emperor.

So, I thought it would be best for Dragon to win, but I thought it would be difficult because I had heard that performance before.

Of course, the last time I heard it played was about 5 days ago.

It was still a time when Lurin’s performance was not good, but the emperor, who thought that was all, was nodding and thinking of various possibilities.

El was located near the dukes and the emperor’s face.

Next to him, the Gray boy was so nervous that he was trembling.

And finally, the long-awaited final stage began.

The first contestant comes out of the waiting room and walks onto the stage.

Clap clap clap!

Participant number 1 took his place in front of the keyboard to the sound of applause.

“The name of the piece is ‘The Wind from the Valley Comes Over’!”

The performance began immediately after the emcee’s declaration.

In L’s opinion, the performance was pretty average. Of course, I passed the preliminaries with my skills, so I play well. I hit it well, but it only ended there.

I couldn’t feel anything special at all.

It was mostly like that after that.

The performance continued, although it was well played, but not very impressive. It was only after the fifth turn that a face L recognized appeared.

Loriana Delian, wearing a colorful dress, began walking on stage, waving her hands as if enjoying the loudest applause.

Candidate for winning.

L found out after the preliminaries that she was an overwhelming candidate for the title. The emperor also began to take great interest in the winning candidate.

Duke Delian had absolute faith in Loriana, so he looked very comfortable.

Loriana Delian sits at the keyboard. At the same time, the host started shouting loudly.

“This participant came out with his own song. The song name is ‘My Gorgeous Days’! “Please applaud!”

El laughed. I thought it showed a lot of confidence that it was a self-composed song.

Loriana Delian, who received everyone’s attention, put her hands on the keyboard.

And when the performance started, silence came into the hall. All you can hear is breathing.

Loriana Delian’s skills were definitely amazing.

It is true that we are on a different level from other participants.

A great melody spreads out every time the hands move on the keyboard at a speed that makes them invisible.

The melody itself is pretty good, so everyone can’t take their eyes and ears off the fancy hand movements, the speed, and the melody.

El nodded, thinking that even for an outsider, the level of technical perfection was very high.

‘It’s not for nothing that they’re called the favorites.’

When her performance ended, thunderous applause erupted from all directions. Even nobles who were not related to the Delian family stood up and started applauding, so it could be said that all that was said was said.

It was a brilliant performance.

A song that fits the title perfectly.

Probably none of the participants has performed such a splendid, beautiful, fast, and powerful performance.

With that assessment, El began comparing herself to Lurin.

I can say that the performance is definitely good, but negotiating with that woman for hibiren flowers was something I really didn’t want to do.

Negotiation may be possible if you threaten Duke Delian, but she is a woman I don’t like at all. Should I say that I don’t even want to negotiate?

Typical nobleman. A woman who has the mindset that you are not a person unless you are a great noble.

The woman who slapped Verna.

L’s wish was for Lurin to trample on that woman.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there’s no chance of winning. If that woman competed with brilliance, Rurin had a foul with high perfection as well as technique.

Elle was betting on it.

Loriana Delian returned to the waiting room under a bright spotlight, and Lurin finally walked out.

“This participant also wrote his own song. The name of the song will be Destiny!”

It stings a little to write Earth’s famous song, but anyway, since he saved the emperor’s face by not threatening the Hibiren flower with force, isn’t this kind of cheating something that can’t be helped?

Since the dukes know Lulin’s identity, there is absolutely no question of his identity.

Duke Illen, who was next to Duke Delian, recognized Rurin and opened his mouth.

“ah… That person… .”

“Even if you can’t hit it, just think to yourself. “Only in my heart.”

When Duke Delian said that, the other dukes nodded in confusion.

“If we get angry and come out destroying the capital, wouldn’t it be the only loss for us?”

Behind him, Count Michel also added a word.

In any case, the emperor declared that he would judge a contestant based on his or her ability and that he would not win the championship just because he was a dragon.

It was none other than El who had made the emperor declare, so there was no question about it.

So this is the reaction.

Of course, the emperor was sincerely hoping that it would not be too bad. Unexpected situations are never a possibility.

Just thinking about the peer attack I suffered a few days ago was dizzying.

Therefore, the emperor did not forget to secretly check El’s location.

With the mindset that if an unexpected situation occurs, your life will be guaranteed only if you go to the other side.

In a situation where Dragon’s skills were undervalued enough to warrant such concerns, Lulin finally took his hands on the keyboard.

Of course, the beginning is still the same.

-Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Thanks to this, El had to put her hand to her forehead again. This is the beginning of a headache.

‘That idiot? I told him not to do that, and eventually he did it in practice.’

L stuck out his tongue and the audience all turned into dumbfounded faces.

At that exact moment, once again, Kwagwagwagwang! A sound rang out. But this time it’s not just a loud bang.

The proper performance began.

Beethoven’s majestic Symphony No. 5. The song called Destiny begins to resonate in the concert hall.

Even those who were dumbfounded by the beginning began to lose their minds to the majestic, cheat-like song.

Although he did not show flashy and fast techniques like Loria or Delian, he was tapping the keyboard while drawing a sufficiently elaborate trajectory.

The song created by a genius was causing quite a stir in the world.

Of course, Lulin’s skills themselves have improved greatly over the past week. The delicate handwork was even beautiful.

And the hair fluttering from the powerful performance.

Lurin’s beauty in her appearance combines with the melody of the keyboard to create a strange harmony.

The sight of Rurin concentrating on playing was very fresh and beautiful.

Looking at that scene, L even got the feeling that it wasn’t the Lurin she knew.

It looks so fresh.

El couldn’t take her eyes off Lulin’s fingers.

I love and proud of Rurin being so absorbed in it.

Soon after the performance was over and Lulin let go, applause broke out as much as Loriana Delian’s performance.

And Duke Illen looked at Duke Delian in bewilderment.

“What is happening!”

But then he sat down again. In any case, Riendal was completely pushed out by Loriana’s brilliant technique. In that case, the calculation that it would be better for Dragon to win was completed in an instant.

Duke Delian was so embarrassed that he jumped up from his seat and clenched his fists.

– Damn it.

I could barely hold back the swearing that came up.

Until just a moment ago, I thought winning was a given. But despite the virtuosity, I have never heard such a majestic song.

As long as they are similar, the emperor will naturally choose the dragon.

And with this level of skill, it is difficult to object to the selection method.

When did you learn such sophisticated techniques after playing so stupidly?

Ugh.

While Duke Delian was so irritated, it was the emperor who was most excited.

Choosing Loriana Delian was only a good thing for the Delian family. The emperor wanted to avoid such a thing as much as possible, but if evaluated based on skill alone, Loriana would naturally win.

Of course, that was before Rurin played.

It’s different now.

A smile appeared on the emperor’s lips.

After Lurin finished playing, she looked at L.

When L signaled for me to quickly return to the waiting room, I entered the waiting room stomping as if I was annoyed. He was fuming because he did not receive the praise and treatment he deserved.

The next turn was an absolutely ordinary performance. The nobles looked completely unimpressed by other ordinary performances, perhaps because of Loriana and Rurin’s performances.

The turn passed, and Verna Great’s turn finally arrived.

Of course, L was very interested in this performance as well.

Either Lurin or Verna can win. Of course, in my heart, I was hoping for Rurin to win.

Anyway, interest was great because I was curious about how the Gray boy overcame Verna’s trauma.

“That woman is Gray’s… .”

Duke Illen opened his mouth, but Duke Delian did not respond. Who can you blame when you underestimate the dragon’s skills?

My face was turning red as I was trying to control my anger, but I had no time to pay attention to people like Grayke.

“Next time is Great Verna!”

Verna appeared. There wasn’t even the usual applause.

All the nobles looked at Verna with colored glasses, as if they would immediately boo her if her performance was poor.

However, Verna did not appear to be very shaken and just walked resolutely, step by step, in front of Legana.

“Three participants came with self-composed songs, and this will be their last self-composed song. The song title is also just a self-composed song. “I guess they haven’t decided on a title.”

-Hahahaha

-Fuhaha!

At that explanation, laughter spread throughout the hall.

A sound of laughter mixed with ridicule.

The Gray boy trembled even more, but Verna herself put her hands on the keyboard very calmly.

But that calmness ends there.

He paused for a moment and his hands began to shake slightly. Then I quietly looked around the hall.

Get started!

Woooooooo-!

When the performance did not start, boos poured in. But it’s different from the preliminaries.

There was clearly something strong in Verna’s eyes. After seeing those eyes, L was sure that things were different than before.

The Gray boy’s hands were sweaty. Even more so when Verna stopped playing the keyboard.

But soon.

Verna took a deep breath and started playing as El had thought.

Slowly, slowly, the keyboard picks out the melody at a very slow tempo. Soon, the slow tempo turned into a melody with deep sorrow and began to fill the performance hall.

Time spent trapped.

The years I loved my husband.

The years of losing my husband.

The son who supported it.

The son’s growth.

When her son, who she thought was fully grown, turned to her.

Verna tried to stab her arm with a knife for the sake of her husband and son. To stop my hands shaking.

Of course, it was the Great Boy who stopped it.

The melody that was completed like that.

It had a huge resonance.

The people who were booing and those who were tired of the ordinary performance all changed their faces.

When Loriana played, people were silent, but the sound of breathing could be heard.

But at this moment, not even the sound of his breathing could be heard other than the melody that Verna was making.

The immense sorrow contained in the tone that Verna plays.

The splendor of technology has already surpassed Loriana. And what is included in the technology is not just glamour.

Music is art.

And music sometimes brings people to tears. The melody alone has the ability to awaken deep sadness and empathize.

Verna’s unfortunate fate becomes a deep sorrow at her fingertips, creating a sorrowful melody.

In the infinitely sad melody, L unconsciously remembered the sad events of the past years of her life and felt her eyes becoming moist.

And it was the same for other nobles.

While it made everyone think of sad things, it also made people think of happy things in some tones.

That is Verna’s life story itself. And a deep sorrow.

Something that Loriana or Delian could never express.

Bringing out the emotions deep within the listener’s heart was something that no participant had ever been able to do.

In fact, Rurin’s life was not that smooth, but the time she spent learning to play was too short to capture that.

It was a situation where I just quickly learned playing skills with the thought of wanting to win.

But Verna was different.

The melody that technology and Han met was already art, and silence continued until the moment the performance ended.

The keyboard stopped playing, but I still couldn’t even hear the sound of breathing.

Did you say that if you are too surprised, there is no reaction?

Duke Delian and the other dukes just looked at Verna with wide eyes.

And it was the same for the emperor.