Chapter 161 What is He? (5K)
"'Seven Notes: Noise' is the 36th and final seven-note piece in the history of Holy Music. It was composed by... our principal."
Professor of Music Delaman waved the staff in his hand, drawing golden arcs in the air. These arcs turned into notes, which were finally interwoven into a complex and gorgeous music score.
Delaman passed the staff across the first note, and those notes made corresponding sounds when the staff was struck. Then a majestic melody like a lion's roar resounded in the ears of every student, making them recall the principal who had not appeared for many years, as if they could see how he once looked when he was full of vigor and vitality.
So much so that when the melody disappeared, everyone felt a sense of loss and regret in their hearts.
And Delaman was obviously happy to see the students being so immersed in it.
"Excellent, isn't it?" Delaman said with a smile, "This piece of music can be said to fully display the talent of the principal. I have always believed that this piece of music is the best among the thirty-six seven-tone pieces, and it even has the qualifications to be promoted to a divine song..."
Having said this, Delaman paused, and then his tone was filled with undisguised regret.
"But unfortunately, from the time this piece of music was created to now, decades later, the principal has not been able to find seven gold-level players, and has never been able to play this piece of music completely without any flaws." Delaman said slowly, "Although there are divine songs in history that were completed by silver-level players, such as "Seven-tone Prayer", that is because the two syllables in the prayer, that is, the third and seventh tones, do not account for a large proportion, so they can be replaced by excellent silver-level players. However, the fifth, sixth, and seventh tones account for the largest and most important proportions in the principal's "Noise", and there is really no way to replace them with silver-level players, so only gold-level players can be used. But unfortunately, the principal has not been able to find all three at the same time, especially the last one, the gold-level seventh tone, which has not appeared for many years."
As he spoke, Delamain's gaze slowly moved down and landed on Hevinia below him, and then he showed a kind smile.
"But now, we have finally come to this, haven't we, Miss Helvinia?"
Then all eyes fell on Hevinia.
Hevinia's pretty little face turned red instantly, and she stood up immediately, almost falling because she moved too quickly.
"I, I, I will try my best, Professor Delaman!"
"Don't be so nervous, Miss Helvinia." Delamain smiled and tapped his staff. The end of the staff glowed faintly, and a rippling melody sounded, which immediately made Helvinia's red face return to normal. "You just lit up the note. Everything can be done slowly. The future is yours... But before that, I think the principal will take the lead in inviting you to afternoon tea. I think he can't wait... Of course, you can also choose to let him continue to wait until he regrets it for the rest of his life."
Delaman's witty remark immediately caused sensible laughter in the classroom.
With Delamain's permission, Hevinia sat down immediately, and then she felt an extremely hostile gaze.
She subconsciously turned her head and saw a tall and thin woman in the front row turned her head away, leaving only the back of her head visible to her.
"Okay, students." Delaman moved his wrist slightly, and the musical note floating in the air instantly returned to his staff like a leaping elf. Then he walked slowly to the podium, looking at the people below with a smile on his face, "Perhaps, you already know what day the next one will be."
He paused deliberately, his eyes sweeping across the faces of every student whose expressions were filled with anticipation.
"Grand Ceremony." He uttered the word slowly, a word that was enough to excite everyone. "This is the greatest event of Holy Sound. We will present the most magnificent gift to our Lord and let Him listen to the most beautiful sound in the world."
Delamain used the word "most" several times in a row, but no one thought it was an exaggeration.
Because no one doesn't know what the ceremony means.
Countless pieces of music have been passed down through the ages, and countless performers have become famous because of them.
This is the ceremony.
This is a tribute to the Lord...
"Although it has not been officially announced and the time for the primary election has not been set, but..." Delamain's eyes fell on Hevinia's face again, and he smiled and said, "We all know that it has actually begun."
"To be on that final stage."
"Work hard, enjoy, and... compete."
The moment Delamain finished speaking, some images flashed through Hevinia's mind again.
A huge deep pit.
A group of dead children.
This memory pierced her brow like a needle, making her want to groan in pain.
And just at this moment, the bell rang, signaling the end of get out of class, instantly soothing her mood.
"Okay." Delaman put away his staff, "get out of class dismissed."
The originally quiet classroom immediately became noisy and bustling.
Today's class is over.
Hevinia subconsciously touched the ancient book hidden in her arms, thinking about going back to the dormitory as soon as possible to finish reading the book.
But before she could move, a gentle voice sounded from behind her.
"He~wen~nia~"
Hevinia thought something was wrong and tried to get up immediately, but a pair of heavy and soft fat pressed down on her.
"Daphne..." Helvinia was a little breathless due to the pressure from this couple, "What are you doing..."
"Hehe, I came to see you." The woman named Daphne pressed Helvinia with her chest and poked her face from the side with her hand. "Why, you don't allow it? Does that mean you won't recognize me, your silver-level sister, after you officially become a gold-level?"
Upon hearing this, before Hevinia could react, the tall and thin girl sitting in front of her suddenly stood up, gave the two of them a very unfriendly look, and walked out of the classroom quickly.
"Hmm?" Daphne tilted her head, "What's going on with that kid?"
While Daphne was distracted, Helvinia finally freed herself from the heavy burden and looked at the woman who had attracted the attention of countless people.
She has waist-length golden curly hair, a pair of deep blue eyes and a sufficiently outstanding face.
But more importantly, she had a pair of magnificent breasts that could not be concealed by the loose wizard robes and that attracted everyone's attention like a black hole.
Daphne Terrell.
Helvinia's friend.
The original Helvinia.
Hevinia pouted and said, "Come if you want to, but please stop being so touchy."
"Hi." Daphne ignored Hevinia's protest and hugged her in the envious gazes of all the men, smiling and teasing, "Are you shy?"
"No..." Helvinia replied with a blushing face.
"Yeah, you're just shy, that's why it's so fun to tease you." Daphne blinked, and then looked at the classroom door again, "So who was that person just now?"
Helvinia was obviously helpless with Daphne: "Her name is Olenna."
Hearing this name, Daphne instantly revealed an expression of sudden enlightenment: "Oh! It's your lower-ranking replacement."
When this word came out, several students in the classroom showed unnatural expressions and then left one after another.
Hevinia's face changed slightly: "Don't say that. No one is anyone else's replacement."
"It's no use telling me." Daphne spread her hands. "I didn't invent this word. I'm just stating the facts."
Hevinia was even more helpless.
But she also knew that what Daphne said was true.
Subordinate substitute is not a good term in this college.
What it symbolizes is what it literally means.
Take Olenna for example, she is also a player of the seventh tone, and before Hevinia appeared, she could even be said to be the best player of the seventh tone in the academy. Therefore, orchestras that need the seventh tone will often contact her first, even if she is only at the silver level. Before the appearance of the gold level seventh tone, she is the first choice.
And the Golden Stage's Seventh Tone had not appeared for many years, so she could have spent her entire campus life peacefully as the chief Seventh Tone, especially since this year she coincided with the once-in-twenty-years ceremony.
She was one of the brightest stars.
If Helvinia hadn't shown up.
But Hevinia happened to appear, so excellence or not no longer had any meaning.
No matter how outstanding the silver level is, it cannot compare to the gold level.
Therefore, Olenna was automatically demoted from the chief seventh tone to the lower-ranking substitute of Helvinia. As long as Helvinia liked any orchestra or piece of music, it would never be her turn.
"So she is jealous of you." Daphne said, "But what's the use of jealousy? If she is not convinced, she can just level up."
"Okay, Daphne, stop talking." Helvinia lowered her voice and said, "It's not that easy to level up!"
Indeed, the gap between levels is not completely unbridgeable. The bronze level has the opportunity to be promoted to the silver level, and the silver level has the opportunity to be promoted to the gold level.
But the probability of this is very low.
From bronze to silver, there are still a few students among hundreds of students every year.
Silver rises to gold, and that is the kind of thing that may appear only a few times in a hundred years and leave their names in history.
"Yeah, it's really difficult. Otherwise, who wouldn't want to reach the gold level?" Daphne sighed, lowered her head, and held her magnificent breasts with her hands, with a look of melancholy on her face. "If only it were as easy to reach the level as it is to reach the cup level, all I've been able to grow in these years is breasts... hey hey hey."
Before she could finish her words, Daphne was pushed away by Hevinia.
Because Hevinia had seen many men accidentally bumping into the wall and missing the stairs when they looked over here, causing chaos.
To be honest, Daphne really made Hevinia feel difficult, and many times, she was reluctant to see this native friend.
It’s not that I was worried that Daphne would notice anything unusual. After all, even Helvinia’s parents couldn’t tell.
But Daphne brings some problems every time she shows up.
That is, Hevinia has been trying to use various means to narrow the distance between herself and ordinary students so that they can do more for her.
But many of Daphne's unintentional actions always make people around her realize Hevinia's deliberately vague identity - a noble.
If Hevinia was just a gold-ranked girl with no special identity, she would give people the impression of being an ordinary, cute, somewhat naive genius girl, and everyone would still be willing to approach her.
But with the identity of a noble, it’s different.
The number of people willing to approach her would suddenly decrease by half.
This was not in keeping with Helvinia's style.
So most of the time she didn't want to see this good friend, but there was nothing she could do. Even though they were not in the same college (Hevinia was in the third college and Daphne was in the second college), Daphne still liked to come here to find her, and she couldn't refuse.
After all, Daphne could also bring her something valuable.
"When I first got here, I heard that you had already lit up the notes, and a lot of people were talking about it."
After leaving the classroom, the two walked side by side, attracting a lot of people's attention. After all, Hevinia had a prominent status and Daphne had a prominent figure.
"What?" Helvinia asked.
"What else can we discuss? Of course, we should discuss which orchestra you will join." Daphne looked at Helvinia and said, "The Seventh Tone of the Golden Stage. As far as I know, you are the only one in the three major academies. Everyone will want to win you over. After all, the grand ceremony is coming soon."
Hevinia lowered her eyes: "I haven't thought about it that much yet."
"You should also think about it." Daphne said, "Although the three major academies have different styles and preferences, their goals are the same, which is to achieve good results in the ceremony and prevent the other two academies from achieving good results in the ceremony."
Hevinia glanced at Daphne and said, "So you were sent by the Second Academy to persuade me?"
"Although I really want to say yes, unfortunately, I didn't even know you had already lit up the musical note when I left." Daphne said, "Otherwise, they would definitely ask me to bring a bunch of things to see you, and they definitely wouldn't be as casual as they are now."
As she spoke, she lowered her head again and looked at her chest.
"Alas, I have nothing but these two pieces of meat."
Hevinia pursed her lips and said nothing.
"You should also know that every grand ceremony is a game of chance for all parties." Daphne raised a finger. "Everyone will choose the music and personnel based on the type of gold rank they have, so the gold rank is not a decisive factor. High-quality silver ranks are also the key to achieving good results, so..."
Hevinia already felt something was wrong and subconsciously wanted to step back, but Daphne grabbed her and pressed her chest and kneaded her.
At the same time, he kept yelling.
"Choose me, choose me. You know, I'm one of the best among the Silver Level Four Tones. You can't go wrong by choosing me!"
"Please! Take me with you!"
"Either you come to the Second Hospital, or I come to the Third Hospital. It's all right. I'm not picky!"
Hevinia's hair was ruffled by Daphne. She said helplessly, "I can't form a band, I can only join it."
"Then take me with you when you join." Daphne said, "Don't worry, I'm very light and won't be a hindrance at all."
...You call this light?
Helvinia had this expression.
"Hey, okay, I won't joke around anymore." Daphne sighed, "But cherish the time when I can still joke with you. When the professors in the Second Academy know that you have already lit up the musical notes, the next time I come to see you, I will definitely be a lobbyist... Tsk, really, I once again feel the gap between classes. Can't someone come and collect all of you evil gold-level people, and then let us silver-level people play among ourselves? In front of you gold-level people, we can only help."
"Can't a gold level team up with another gold level?"
"Of course you can, but no one can gather seven gold-rank masters into one team right now." Daphne spread her hands. "The last person who had this ability was the principal, but he was unlucky. He had the ability, but he was missing a note. In the end, he could only gather six golds and one silver to perform. In the end, he was one step short of becoming a divine song."
"There are seven gold-rank masters now, but there is no one like the principal who can unify the three colleges."
Helvinia silently took note of Daphne's words.
Mainly the first half of the sentence - now, there are seven gold-level people.
Every time Daphne came to see Helvinia, she would stay for a few hours and then pester Helvinia to send her away.
Hevinia had no choice but to send her to the Thousand Snow Lake.
The three major courtyards of Shengyin are not too far apart from each other, and the second and third courtyards are separated by the Qianxue Lake which never freezes.
After Daphne got on the boat, she waved to Hevinia fiercely, and shouted that she would come as a lobbyist in a few days.
In response, Hevinia could only smile helplessly.
Only after the boat drifted away did Hevinia put away her unnecessary expression.
Then, she heard Bai Wei's leisurely voice in her mind again: "You really want to play the Seven-tone Divine Comedy, and... play it in your own way. Do you want to receive the grace of the Holy Sound?"
Hevinia didn't say anything, but Bai Wei didn't care and continued talking.
"There are two ways to play the Seven-tone Divine Comedy. One is for seven gold-level players to form an orchestra and play it as an orchestra. In the end, the holy sound bestows grace, and then the seven people share this grace equally."
"And the other way is to use the score. The Golden Score collects the seven notes and becomes the only player, enjoying God's grace alone."
"And you want to do the latter."
"How daring."
"But I'm curious about what kind of grace you want that would make you take such a big risk."
"Instead of going through so much trouble, why don't you just ask me for help?"
A cold wind swept across the lake, ruffling Helvinia's clothes and hair.
"Oh?" Hevinia asked casually, "You mean you can do the same thing as the Lord of Holy Voice?"
"Oh."
Bai Wei smiled.
"Who is he? How dare he compare himself to me?"
(End of this chapter)
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