Throne of Magical Arcana

Chapter 21 Feather Harpsichord

Victor is very satisfied. Lucien still learns as fast as the previous few days. In less than fifty minutes, he completely remembers the rest of the grammatical rules. It seems that apart from being very clever and gifted with language, his memory is also the same. amazing.

As soon as he was in a good mood, Victor immediately got inspired, hummed a short melody, and then clapped his hands, gently smiling: "Gentlemen and ladies, after studying so long, they must be very tired, it is better to have a cup of afternoon tea, Eat some fruit and relax. "

After he finished, he went upstairs to record this melody.

Carrying an elegant and beautiful pale white glazed porcelain cup, Lucian gently took a sip of black tea and found that she had been sadly adapted to this quirky taste, and rubbed his temples to relax his head from the high-intensity learning these days Inflation.

"Philis, when did you invite us to go hunting in your manor? I miss the charming fresh taste there, and the bunny and deer,"

Another noble girl, Annie, suddenly smiled and opened her eyes. She had beautiful long blond hair and emerald-like eyes, but her facial features were not good, very ordinary, and her family situation was not good. Her father was just a baron. The most inconspicuous one of the children is not only hopeless to inherit the title and territory, but also seems to be unable to inherit a manor and real estate, and can only rely on the income of the city court clerk and the baron ’s annuity to barely maintain decent.

In contrast, as a member of the Hain family in the major families of the Principality of Vaorite, Felix ’s father, although he failed to succeed the earl ’s title and hereditary territory, the old earl left him a place before he died. Outside the city of Aalto, there are forests, fruit trees, vineyards, and even large rock and stone yards, and a real estate in the city of Aalto.

Therefore, Felix's family is the best of all the noble children present.

In the hot summer, you can go hunting and summer in the outskirts of the country, and enjoy the delicious wine made by your own home. It is the most enviable thing for ordinary aristocratic teenagers and girls, including Lot, who have no manor in their small family, so Anne is hidden. Please please Phyllis.

"Really? Miss Felice, your manor has cute rabbits and beautiful deer?" The civilian girl Renee asked, with a curious and yearning expression on her face.

When Lucien came to study on the first day, Renee tried to approach the noble students such as Phyllis, Lott, and Anne by talking about music, and the effect was very good.

Encouraged, she didn't know where to ask for a little music theory knowledge these days, and then consulted with Felix or Anne in the form of inquiries and doubts. After her efforts, she finally became familiar with them and was able to join their circle of communication.

With her example, Colin and David, two civilian teenagers, also looked for topics in this respect. They were close to the noble students. The effect was equally obvious. Only Lucien, who was devoted to learning, didn't even say a word.

Since Lucien did not take the initiative to approach, no matter whether it was aristocratic students such as Lott and Phyllis, or civilian students such as Renee and Colin, they would not talk to him in a self-proclaimed manner, and still maintained a cold and isolated attitude.

Phyllis maintained a dignified sitting posture and responded with a standard smile, politely: "I also miss those cute animals, but Victor ’s symphony will be more than three months. During this time, every weekend, me and Lott and Herodotus have to go here or the Musicians Association to help Victor rehearse the music and practice their own instruments. There is really no time to go hunting in the suburbs. "

For Anne's favor, Renee's yearning, envy and flattery, Phyllis is actually very satisfied and happy, who doesn't like this feeling.

Lucian on the side listened to their conversation, of course, also had a certain yearning, and wanted to have their own manor, but the most important thing at the moment is how to wait for Mr. Victor to borrow a dictionary of common languages, and how to be in the hall, After finishing such a thick dictionary, store it in the soul library.

In the exchanges of Phyllis, Lott, Anne, Colin, Renee, etc. who were reserved or deliberately stabbed, Victor walked down, and he could still see a faint smile in the corner of his mouth, obviously very good for the melody just now. satisfaction.

Just as Victor wanted to continue teaching, the butler Ace opened the door and walked in, whispering to Victor: "Master, your appointment has arrived."

"Oh, I forgot, damn, I am addicted to music again in the morning." Victor flicked his right hand, looking annoyed, "Please come in."

After Aisi walked out respectfully and gracefully, Victor turned his head to look at Lucien and others, spread his hands, and apologized: "Sorry, dear gentlemen and ladies, I forgot to make an appointment today. Guest, do your remaining homework at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, will you?

With Victor so polite, Lott, Phyllis, Anne, and Lucien would not be at all human, but Lucien decided to borrow the Common Language Dictionary directly from Mr. Victor while he was sorry.

Just as Lucien was about to speak, Ace had led the guests in. A handsome silver-haired man in a red shirt and black jacket, and a white-haired old man with wooden boxes in his hands.

"Mr. Rhein ..." It was Lucien and Phyllis who spoke at the same time.

There was a faint blush on Phyllis's face, and Lucien was completely surprised. Unexpectedly, only the bard's Rhine, turned out to be a very important guest of the musician Mr. Victor.

"Hi, Felice, hi, Lucien." Rhine smiled and greeted gracefully.

Phyllis smiled shyly, then woke up, and together with Lott and others, looked at Lucien in surprise, did he know Mr. Rhine?

"Lucien, do you know Mr. Rhine?" Victor asked with a smile.

Lucien nodded: "I met Mr. Rhein once, but I didn't expect to meet Mr. Rhein again at your home in Mr. Victor."

Rhein smiled with a bit of charm, and echoed: "Although I have only seen it once, Lucien impressed me a lot. Ha ha, you really have to start learning writing. Well, I admire the most ambitious and dreamy. Young man. "

The thought of Rhein seems to be a take-all for men and women. Lucien was so admired that she couldn't help shivering.

Victor introduced with a smile: "Mr. Rhein is the chief of the symphony orchestra I work with. He has an extraordinary understanding of music. It is with his communication that I can write a satisfactory piano concerto full of inspiration. . "

"He, he was the chief of the mixed orchestra ?!" Lucian almost stunned. Rhein lived in the Copper Crown Tavern in the slum a few days ago.

In the past few days, from the conversation of Phyllis, Lott and others, Lucien compared the books in the library and learned that the composition of this world symphony orchestra is roughly the same as that on the earth, and also learned a lot of knowledge. Understand the position of the chief in the symphony orchestra. It is the first violin player. When there is no conductor, he has to be responsible for conductor coordination. How can such an important position be given to a person who has just come to Aalto and has not cooperated with the band stranger?

Seemingly seeing Lucien ’s surprise, Rhein laughed humorously: “Because the previous band chief fell in love with a noble lady, she eloped with her to the Kingdom of Syracuse a few days ago, there was no way but to let me Barely replaced. "

Phyllis couldn't help but say: "Even if the former chief is still present, Mr. Rhein's strength is enough to become the first violin player. With the band, as long as you practice a few more times."

"Yes, Mr. Rhein is one of the best violin players I have ever seen, and has his own unique insights into the music." Victor also praised, "Meeting him is the biggest gain in my time."

Lucien looked at the smiling, unpredictable Rhine, and still felt very strange in his heart. It seemed too coincidental. A bard who came from the Syracuse Kingdom and held the harp, within a few days , Became the first violin player of a symphony orchestra, it is really hard to believe, revealing inexplicable strangeness.

Rhein pressed his left chest with his right hand, bowed slightly, and thanked Victor for his compliments, and then introduced the old white-haired gentleman next to him: "This is Mr. Xavier, one of Aalto's best harpsichord makers. It should help Victor. Sir, you have completed the transformation of the harpsichord. "The harpsichord is also called plucked piano.

"Welcome you, Mr. Xavier. I am looking for you because the current harpsichord is difficult to meet the requirements of my newly written piano concerto. I hope you can make some changes." Victor greeted enthusiastically while taking Going to Rhein and Xavier, walking to the second floor, did not give Lucien the opportunity to borrow a dictionary.

However, he also seems to have forgotten to let Lucien, Anne, Colin and others leave, and the housekeeper Ais, on the other hand, was inconvenient to ask them to leave because of uncertainty about Lucien ’s relationship with the Rhine. Therefore, the curious Anne, Colin and others followed quietly and quietly behind Felice and others, and walked to the stairs.

Lucien hadn't borrowed the dictionary yet, and naturally he was not willing to leave, so he followed the same.

On the second floor, Victor took Rhine and Xavier into his piano room.

"Mr. Xavier, I hope that the harpsichord will be able to control the volume of the volume freely and accurately by the pressure of my fingers, and the sound range will be wider, brighter, thicker, and more delicate and clear." Victor While watching Xavier open the harpsichord, revealing the complex mechanical devices, plectrums, and strings inside, he made his own request.

Since the invention of the harpsichord, its shortcomings have been very obvious. It is difficult to use the change of the key strength to change the volume, thereby controlling the strength and strength of the music. However, many musicians and producers have also made this Attempt and transformation, to achieve a similar effect by attaching other devices, such as jacks, plugs, switch keyboards, etc., finally made it a musical instrument that can barely control the volume changes and play, it is with this precedent, Victor thought about transforming the harpsichord to meet his requirements.

Xavier frowned: "This kind of request can't be completed. After more than three hundred years of development, the reform of the harpsichord has reached its limit. At most, it relies on experience and has a slight improvement."

Victor and Rhein didn't expect Xavier to answer so absolutely, the two suddenly became silent, especially Victor, and his face became pale. If the harpsichord can't meet his own requirements, then his newly composed piano concerto, just The inability to present it perfectly means that for the first time he played in the hall of chanting, it means that he failed before starting, and it is unacceptable to rewrite or compose the music.

This silent silence lasted for a while, making Felix and others feel suffocated.

"Why didn't you pick the pegs and change them into hammers?" Lucien thought for a long time and weighed the gains and losses and whether he would reveal his feet. In a quiet silence, he suddenly spoke.

It seems that this world has not really born a modern piano known as the "king of musical instruments". It is still in the stage of two ancient pianos. If he can help Mr. Victor complete the transformation of ancient pianos to modern pianos, his tuition seems to be It can be saved, and things like borrowing a dictionary will no longer be difficult.

At the Lucien Soul Library, since Victor asked for it, Lucien opened the two books "Piano Production and Tuning" and "Principle of Modern Piano Mechanics", and hurriedly scanned the first ten pages. impression.

Xavier looked at Lucien sternly: "What is the difference between this and the string piano? Although the volume of the volume can be controlled by finger strength, the changes and contrasts are also rich, but the volume is too weak, too soft, too slender, only suitable for Played indoors in the home, not the hall of chants. "

Lucien, as the capital of music and the city of Aalto, whether it is Xavier, or Rhein and Victor, is not surprised and wonders why he probably knew the difference between the two pianos.