Tearmoon Empire Story

And the next day, the Meers hurried back to the Imperial City.

By the way, when I returned to the Imperial City, I was able to act differently from Matthias.

"I haven't seen Schubert for a long time, and I..."

She said it was a bump, but it was through.

Now, Retizia, who had listened to Meir and the others, was happy to enter the Mansion.

"Is this the instrument that was given to you by the Clausius family?"

Then, what Retizia showed me was a mysterious piece of workmanship, like a wooden box with pottery.

"Oh... this is an instrument?" It's somehow in a lewd shape..... "

“This is an unusual instrument kept by the Clausius family that sounds on paper.”

Having said that, Retizia puts a large piece of paper in the box and then starts turning the handle on the side.

The hole in the paper was sucked inside, and immediately after that, a clear sound of chin, pottery.

"Oh, beautiful sound..." It's a strange instrument, isn't it? "

The rigid sound rang at an almost constant rhythm, although somewhat irregular.

It's like there's a little man inside and he's beating drums! "Such as that, it was exciting meer..." When she suddenly looked towards Patty, she had a strange look on her face.

"Um... didn't Gerta tell you how to use this?"

Asked, Retizia leaned her head.

”How do you use it... I wonder if this isn't enough?”

In response to that question, Patty nodded quietly...

“If I don't put water in this instrument, I won't be able to make a good sound.”

Having said that, Patty stretched her back and removed the pottery attached to the top of the box.

"Do you want to... fill this with water?"

Patty nodded tinyly to Retizia with a strange look.

"I'm going to fill it to the point where this mark is."

As Meir peered in, each piece of pottery was drawn in a subtly different position.

Under the direction of Patty, fill the crate with water, and then place it in the crate. Then I'll pinch the paper again and spin the steering wheel...!

"Oh! This is..."

Unlike before, it was not just the simple rhythm that could be heard.

It's just a streak of sound. It was a decent song, like the hymn to the hymn to be heard in the church.

"This is... amazing!" There is something like this, right? How does it work? "

I was so glad that I was so glad... "

"Oh... I wonder why...? Somehow... when I hear it, I feel a little uneasy."

It certainly flows with beautiful sounds... but it's like there's some kind of dissonance somewhere... it's like there's some kind of unpleasant sound mixed up in that song...

"This is definitely a curse song that the person who heard it will die a week later..."

"Oh no! Why is there such a horrible song!?"

It was meer who screamed inadvertently.

In turn, Patty frowned,

"I, too, hate this song because I'm scared. However, all the songs in the Clausius family were secret songs influenced by evil sects....."

"I see. If the Central Orthodox Church knew about it, it would be the ritual song of the devil." The instrument for recording it and passing it on to future generations is this instrument..... "

In other words, this instrument will also be the legacy of the snake.

"I see, that's why Gerta didn't tell you how to use it correctly." I'm satisfied with that. "

Meer nods, mumbling as she frames her arms. Meanwhile, Ludwig looked impressed and gazed at the instrument.

"I see, it was the Yorgos type of tone that inspired me from here..."

"What? What do you mean?"

“The great thing about the Jorgoth scale is that, to put it mildly, it's now a common sound.”

Having said that, Ludwig asked Retizia to prepare a glass for him. Put a different amount of water into each of them, and make a sound with your fingers.

“In this way, the height of the sound changes depending on the amount of water you put in the glass. This led to the spreading of a common scale that had previously only been transmitted in oral discourse. For example, the top hole is the one where the glass is filled with water, and the second hole is determined in advance.”

"I see. This is quite interesting..."

Then Meer turned to Patty.

"Well then, if you plug this paper into that instrument, some kind of music will flow... heh?" But I don't think it's the right size... "

Meer compares the bug-eating paper she has at hand with the paper inserted in the instrument in front of her.

"The paper in the instrument is about four times the size..."

"Yes, this is not for plugging directly into it."

Then Patty receives the paper from Meer.

Then, while tracing the paper with your fingers,

"This leftmost hole, this sound..."

Grind the glass prepared by Ludwig with your fingers.

"Next, this. Next..."

Kin, kin, there are sounds of different heights. The sound connects and plays a single song.

"This is how I always play with Hannes."

That's how I was played, something sad, but still nostalgic... It was an indescribable song.

"Hmm... I see.

In other words, does this mean that Uncle Hannes was nostalgic about the past and could only sandwich his compositions into books? "

It was a bit of a slip of the tongue, even if it was sandwiched between the depths of meaning...

"No, I wonder..."

Ludwig crushes with a difficult face.

"If that's the case, you don't have to bother drilling holes." Isn't it better just to write it with a pen? I made a hole on purpose because I wanted you to remember this instrument.... "

"There's something I just wanted to tell Patty... that's what it is..."

And it was then.

Silently, Yana opened her mouth while listening to Patty's song.

"... this... this song... my mother sang to me..."

Huh?

Yana looked excited as she opened her mouth to Mia.

"My mother used to sing to me..." It's a song that we used to sing in babysitting songs. "