Chapter 181

"How are you preparing?"

"Is that even a question?"

“It was certainly a disaster for which there was no preparation.”

"Mozart's performance was perfect. The problem is you."

"Ah, if I were to say the only flaw, it would be -"

"I'm warning you not to try to get the actress who played Christina in another company—and that was a man."

"Even if we play according to the music score, it won't work because we don't have any tacit coordination at all!"

After checking the situation backstage, Roman confirmed the progress of Artoria and Nishikino Maki's actions from the message sent by Kirshtalia, went into the dressing room to change into clothes suitable for watching the concert, and pretended to be a spectator in the audience seats with other members arranged by Chaldea.

"It seems like I'm the only one who doesn't fit in." Roman tied his tie and turned his head to look at the musicians in the dressing room. "When I asked you guys if you wanted to debut together, you all hid away. But now that I've asked you to be the audience, you all swarmed over here happily."

"This is a joke of Mozart—"

"Ah, who doesn't want to see a joke of that level of genius?"

"Although we are talented enough to be called geniuses, we have to admit that—"

"The guy that impressed the public the most was definitely Mozart."

"Even though Mr. Salieri is accused of killing Mozart, he is still a relatively unknown figure in the public's mind."

“Without getting involved in the professional field of music, our names would not be known to the vast majority of people alive in the world—but not necessarily our works.”

"As for this, I think there are still some exceptions. But as for the works... can you guarantee that people who have heard your works can name the songs?"

"Ah, those guys. By the way, I think it's impossible for ordinary people to match the song titles with the songs, and it's even more wishful thinking to match the names of people. Well, the masterpieces can be considered an exception."

"To be honest, Ludwig's ear disease can't be cured by the Holy Grail—"

"How can we cure it now that it's all skills..."

"It's more like the public's impression of this guy is that he is a genius who is deaf but can compose music."

"But I still have to say that the guy who has infiltrated every aspect of people's lives is indeed Mozart."

"Ah, after all, no one's work can cover everything from prenatal education to death."

Roman: “I’m talking to you guys…”

Track 2

"Clover's concert will start at 2 pm—" Artoria put down the knife and fork in her hand and looked calmly at Nishikino Maki who was sitting opposite her, "We should get ready to go. By the way, I heard that you are very interested in their performance?"

"I thought you would know more about the five of them - after all, you are members of your Animusphia Agency." Nishikino Maki also put down the knife and fork in her hand, and responded to Artoria's question with a smile, "Of course - after all, he uses the name 'Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'. Even if I have decided not to pursue a career in music in the future, when I hear this name, I will still think of the world-renowned musician, right?"

“…I don’t actually recommend you go.” When they arrived at the concert hall’s entrance, Artoria looked at the sign above and gave her sincere advice, “Although they are all indisputable geniuses, you can’t just throw all these geniuses together and you’ll have an excellent concert.”

"What do you mean?"

"Before they officially formed a group..." Artoria, who had taken out her formal dress from the bottom of her suitcase in order to attend the concert, looked at the other invited audience members and subtly mentioned what happened in Chaldea in the past. "At that time, Salieri hadn't come yet - those four people had worked together once before."

"oh?"

"How should I put it... After all, I'm not a professional in music." Artoria pursed her lips and shook her head slightly to Nishikino Maki. "Let's use the people here as an example - it's like asking Maki and Nanami from Shining Office to perform together on stage without any communication."

“Everyone made the right move, but the music itself just fell apart.”

After all——

"It won't sound right even if I play it according to the sheet music.

Because these four people don't have any tacit cooperation at all!

But after all, there are two geniuses among them.

At least it can become a memory of my daily life. 』

"Even if they are given enough time to get used to each other, I don't think they can coordinate today's performance well." Artoria looked past the crowd and penetrated the concert hall sharply. "After all, they are geniuses. It's not so easy for geniuses to cooperate with each other-"

"Unless the collaborator is an ordinary person who is self-aware and knows that all he needs to do is follow instructions."

Inside the concert hall, the musicians, who had changed into formal attire, had already taken their seats one after another. Of course, considering the gender ratio, when notifying Chaldea, Fujimaru Ritsuka also included a requirement that all musicians bring a companion of the opposite sex. However, it was sufficient that they only had to look like the opposite sex.

In order to facilitate phone calls and issuing instructions, Roman's seat was arranged in a box on the upper floor - just like the theater layout that performers in Chaldea were accustomed to - looking down from above, Roman confirmed that all the musicians were present, and at the same time, he found that many Servants were just dragged along to make up the numbers.

At this moment, Roman's eyes were fixed on the man who had just commented on the relationship between Clover.

"Ritsuka didn't choose you to go to the love department." The white-haired man said to the blonde "woman" beside him.

"If I were to go, the sorting would be difficult." The beautiful blond "girl" pulled her gloves and calmly answered her companion, "After all, I give two Valentine's Day gifts every year. A guy like you who only needs to give one gift would have no idea how much trouble it is to choose a gift from two perspectives."

"But if we're just talking about the shooting angle——"

"Unless Princess Mary wants to watch it." The "girl" interrupted her companion's delusion with a decisive tone, "I thought you had forgotten why you asked Ritsuka for the ticket to watch today's concert?"

"Ah, because that guy will play the piano at today's concert - he will fulfill today the promise he failed to fulfill during his lifetime." The gloomy white-haired man said the reason that prompted them to come here, "Just like the song that Saleli played for him in the records of New Chaldea."

"Ah, it's Miss Nanami." After taking her seat, Nishikino Maki discovered that the audience member sitting on the other side of her was Nanami Haruka from Shining Agency. "It seems that they did invite composers from every agency—"

"Most of the members who were invited are sitting in these rows." The person who came with Nanami Haruka was Ichinose Tokiya, who was still in the cool-down period of filming "This is just basic reasoning "Elementary"" from the same office. "Also, from the rapper side, everyone should have been invited--"

"After all, we only know that they write their own lyrics, but we don't know how they handle the composition work. According to the terms of the invitation letter sent by Animusphia, they should be allowed to decide the participants themselves... Just like your campus idol group actually has a group whose composer is not clear - isn't it?"

"So now we have almost all the composers - eh?"

The touch of a soft small object against her hand interrupted Maki Nishikino's thoughts - she turned her head and saw Artoria putting a pair of red earplugs in her hand.

"Although I know that most of the invited people are looking forward to their performance, I think it's better to be prepared in this regard." Artoria watched Nishikino Maki take the earplugs and took out several pairs of earplugs from her small bag and handed them to other invited members. "The only thing we need to be on guard against is their ensemble - after all, listening to the genius' solo is already a kind of enjoyment."

"But listening to several geniuses playing together without any tacit understanding is a torture."

"...I remember that she is not like this?" Roman, who was sitting in the box, heard Artoria's voice recorded by the microphone and cautiously asked the other two people in the communication.

"Ah... that might be because I saw that Artoria was free on the day of the family and friends talk, so I dragged her back to the office to watch their rehearsal." Fujimaru Ritsuka admitted his mistake decisively, "And, to be honest, fortunately, except for the opening ensemble, the rest of the time was all solos - otherwise I wouldn't dare to let them perform."

"Their ensemble was indeed a disaster." Kirshtalia sighed helplessly, "Besides, this was not on the battlefield of the Holy Grail War - the fact that Artoria could resist treating their performance as an attack was already an improvement. Doctor, I hope you still remember how many Servants attacked them when they were practicing the ensemble."

“Oh, well,” Roman sighed helplessly. “You’re right—I think it would be better to tell Colles to cut the opening sequence.”

"I agree."

"But why not just not record it at the beginning?"

"Because of coherence?"

"You are right."

"...I think good music can soothe people's hearts." In the interval between the performers, Nishikino Maki, who had taken off her headphones, turned her head and whispered to Artoria in a low voice, "Just like today - when you saw the five of them on stage together, your whole body tensed up."

"But when they switched to solos, you relaxed visibly - their ensemble was a disaster, I have to admit." Nishikino Maki smiled at Artoria, "But I think -"

"Each of their solos proved beyond a doubt that they are worthy of their own names."

"I'm glad you liked their performance." Artoria also smiled at Nishikino Maki, "It seems that being dragged into the office to watch their ensemble practice was not all a bad thing. Although this made me extremely wary of today's concert - but I'm glad you liked this performance."