Chapter 217 Eternal Notes
"nineteen……"
Ivan stared at Helvinia and began to count down.
Hevinia just sat there quietly, seemingly unaffected by Ivan's threats.
At first Ivan thought Hevinia was pretending to be calm, so when he counted down to five, he raised five fingers and pressed them down one by one.
"Five, four..."
He judged that this would put more pressure on Hevinia.
However, this still did not make Hevinia pick up the biscuit in front of her, and even her expression did not change much.
"Three, two..."
Finally, he had only one finger left standing.
"one……"
The finger slowly bent, and his body slowly moved forward, preparing to stand up and inform Phoenix outside.
But Hevinia still didn't move.
She just looked at Ivan's finger and stopped at the moment before she fell down completely, and her leaning body sat back on the chair.
"You have great self-control." Ivan said calmly, "I underestimated you. No wonder you can do this. It seems that my daughter's death in your hands was not accidental."
Seeing Ivan's reaction, Hevinia silently loosened the staff in her sleeve.
She asked calmly, "Did you guess what the woman told you?"
The woman that Hevinia was talking about was naturally her aunt. During the seven syllables, her aunt accidentally broke into the Hero family's manor.
"It seems that you have also realized it." Ivan said, "That should be the only flaw you revealed. To be precise, it was not you who revealed the flaw, but your relative, although you tried to remedy it later, such as killing her directly. Unfortunately, you still couldn't do your best. After all, you can't kill everyone in the manor, right? Well... if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible. After all, you have silenced the entire Terrell family, right?"
Hearing this, Hevinia couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
She didn't expect Ivan to know so much.
But think about it, Hevinia never thought that she did things perfectly, from the moment her aunt appeared in the manor, things were already very serious. She made up for it step by step, but it was just leaving bigger flaws step by step.
This flaw reached its peak when the butler of the Terrell family, Sherf, was killed. After all, the last person Sherf saw when he died mysteriously was her.
So Hevinia suspected that Ivan did not know about the manor's affairs at the first time, but traced back step by step through Shelf's death and finally found out everything.
Of course, there is no need to ask more questions.
Compared with the process, the result is obviously more important at the moment.
"Now that you know everything," Hevinia said slowly, "don't you want to avenge your daughter? Or..."
She picked up a plain little cookie.
"Is this your way of getting revenge?"
Ivan also laughed: "Is this also the reason why you don't want to eat the cookies? Do you think they are poisonous?"
"Whatever it is." Helvinia shrugged. "As long as I will die if I eat it, or be controlled by you and become a puppet, then why should I do as you wish? Will I have a worse outcome if you inform Phoenix outside the door?"
"Haha...indeed." Ivan nodded, "It seems I should explain it to you more clearly."
"So this isn't poison?" Helvinia looked at the biscuit in her hand. "It looks like you really have no intention of avenging your daughter."
Ivan said calmly, "If you are trying to provoke me, then there is no need to do so. If I really am an irrational person, then neither you nor I will have an easy time. I did not tell the Taichu family or the Lawrence family about this matter. Obviously, I have more considerations. Of course, if you really don't want to cooperate, then I don't mind taking my minimum reward."
"…Minimum pay?"
"Yes." Ivan nodded slightly. "I am not only a performer, but also a businessman. So I prefer to think about things from a businessman's perspective. My daughter is my biggest investment in life so far, but she is gone. Without her, I can only find a way to make up for this shortfall, and there are many ways to make up for this shortfall. But handing you over to the Taichu family and the Phoenix family is obviously the way with the least benefit. What they can give me is very limited, so I call this the minimum reward."
Hevinia understood what Ivan meant: "It seems that you want to find new investment in me."
"That's true." Ivan did not deny it.
"What do you want?"
"What I want is simple," Ivan said. "No matter what your ultimate wish is, I want half of it."
Helvinia raised an eyebrow.
"I finally see a surprised expression on your face." Ivan said lightly, "It's quite a sense of accomplishment."
Hevinia ignored Ivan's joke and said, "You don't even know what I want."
"What else can you wish for?" Ivan said, "And if you really succeed in getting the Lord's wish, you will be the one making the wish in the end. In other words, no matter what you tell me now, you can change it at that time. In this case, I don't need to know what you want. I just need to know that no matter what you want, I want half of it."
"You want rights, then I want half of them."
"You want wealth, and I want half of it."
"You want power, you want to become the most powerful person in the history of Shengyin, so I want you to work for me."
"What if I don't want any of this?" Helvinia said.
"That doesn't matter." Ivan leaned forward little by little. "If you are really so eccentric that you collected everything but only asked the Lord for an apple, then I want half of that apple, even the core, and I want it to be fair and carefully cut into half... Do you understand what I mean?"
Before Hevinia could say anything, she saw Ivan retreat again and then spoke leisurely.
"Of course, if you get scared in the end and don't want to continue collecting the Seven Sounds and want to continue living as Hevinia, that's fine. Anyway, the Lawrence family has already offered me a very good reward for you, and I welcome you to become my real daughter, or..." He paused, "wife."
Ivan's words left Hevinia in a brief silence.
To be honest, she was a little surprised.
I was surprised that Ivan had thought so carefully.
According to him, no matter what choice Hevinia made, he would gain something.
If he wants to fight for the Lord's wish, then he will share the Lord's wish. If he does not want to fight, he will take the minimum reward that belongs to Jinyin.
Although it is the minimum reward, the Lawrence family has definitely paid a lot. After all, they have already lost Tupac and Olena, and they will definitely pay more when facing Hevinia.
But if Hevinia was not Hevinia, then all Ivan could get would be the real "minimum reward" given to him by the big family.
"Your idea is indeed very good." Hevinia nodded slightly, "There is only one problem, that is, even if I agree to you, how can you ensure that I will fulfill my promise?"
She lowered her head and looked again at the bag of cookies in front of her.
"Is that all?"
"Well... give up that bag of cookies." Ivan said with a smile, "That was indeed the method I wanted to use to control you at the beginning, but now that you have seen it, it's time to come up with a new way."
Ivan pulled a golden apple from his pocket and placed it on the table.
Helvinia looked at the golden apple in surprise.
With the help of Bai Wei's eyes, she could see the faintly rippling golden light from the apple.
The power contained in the golden light seemed not to belong to this world.
This is not the product of Holy Sound.
Helvinia made her judgement.
"What is this?" Helvinia asked.
"Seed of the Contract." Ivan took out his dagger and cut the apple in half. He then showed the separated sides to Helvinia. Helvinia then realized that the key point of the apple was the core, which was also cut in half. The golden light emanating from the core was so strong that it was a bit blinding. "Just as its literal meaning suggests, the contract made by the two people who eat this core cannot be violated."
"What will happen if you disobey?"
"It's simple." Ivan said calmly, "It will grow rapidly through the oath-taker's infidelity and lies, and take root in the oath-taker's body, and then... break through the ground, grow into a new tree, and bear new fruits."
"…can't be stopped?"
"There is only one person in the entire Holy Sound who can stop it."
"...Lord of Holy Sound?"
"Yes." Ivan said with a smile, "If it really comes to the end, and you end it with the Lord's wish, then the contract between us will naturally end, but in that case..."
The Lord's wishes would be meaningless.
Helvinia automatically completed the second half of Ivan's sentence.
She looked at the core again and asked, "Where did this come from?"
"It's an ancient organization that believes in loyalty and oaths." Ivan said, "It is said that they have power no less than the eight major churches, but they have always been in a semi-hidden state, with very little exposure to the world. Their main business in the world is to serve as a witness and executor of oaths, and their main customers are merchants traveling around the world. After all, the most important thing for merchants is integrity."
Ivan did not explain more to Hevinia, after all, it was not time for class.
So he put half of the core into his mouth first, and then looked at Hevinia.
"How about it?" he asked with a smile, "Do you want to sign this oath?"
Helvinia was silent for a moment, but she still held out her hand.
"very good."
Ivan watched Hevinia swallow the core and couldn't help but chuckle.
"My...good daughter."
…
"I thought you would chat for a while longer." Phoenix looked at Ivan and Hevinia who walked out of the house and said, "Is this the end?"
"It's just some mumbling instructions from her mother." Ivan said calmly, "We can't delay the main business, Mr. Phoenix, I'll leave Hevinia in your care."
"Of course." Phoenix said with a smile, "Please rest assured, no matter what the result of this ceremony is, the promise made by the Lawrence family will definitely be fulfilled."
"Of course I won't worry about that." Ivan nodded slightly, "Then I should leave too."
Then he waved his hand, and a servant of the Hero family trotted over with a birdcage and handed it to Hevinia.
In the birdcage was a snow-white owl.
"If there is anything, use this owl to contact me." Ivan said, "Even if there is nothing, remember to write home more often. Your mother misses you very much."
"Yes, father."
Helvinia answered very respectfully, and the owl in the cage was looking at her with its head tilted.
After that, Ivan left. He was not qualified to enter the First Academy, so the best he could do was stay here.
Phoenix looked at the owl in Hevinia's hand and said with a smile, "If Mr. Ivan hadn't prepared one for you in advance, we would have prepared one for you. It's not convenient for the First Academy to communicate with the outside world, so most of the time we rely on owls to communicate."
"It's an interesting way of thinking," Helvinia said with a smile, "and it's very cute, too."
Phoenix smiled again, and then held out his hand: "Well, Miss Helvinia, we have been delayed long enough, it is time for us to officially enter the hospital."
Helvinia nodded slightly.
She still made a deal with Ivan.
Of course, before eating the fruit core, Hevinia also asked Bai Wei in her heart, and Bai Wei only gave a brief answer.
"Can".
Only then could Hevinia do as she was told with peace of mind.
On the surface, the cooperation with Ivan seems to be manipulated and threatened, but in fact, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
Because as long as they agree to cooperate, the entire Heluo family will become Hevinia's backing and provide Hevinia with all kinds of help.
The full support of a middle-class noble is definitely a force that cannot be ignored.
You know, even the real Helvinia couldn't do this.
The current Hevinia can better confirm Hevinia's identity as the young master of the Hero family than the real Hevinia.
Of course, for Ivan, this is definitely a good deal.
Because the contract also included the clause that Hevinia was not allowed to reveal the fact that the Hero family knew about it to outsiders, even if she failed. She had to ensure that the Hero family was seen as unwitting victims by outsiders, so as to prevent Hevinia from implicating the Hero family if something happened.
Not even written evidence can be left.
Ivan's request to Helvinia was that when she used the owl to communicate with them, she must not explain anything on paper.
She could only write what she needed, and then the Hai Luo family would do something for her.
After all, this is the requirement of the future head of the family. Even if someone finds out, no one will think it is wrong.
Of course, even if they achieve this, the risk that the Hailuo family needs to bear is still very great, but compared with the benefits they can obtain, it is really not worth mentioning.
Half of the Lord of Holy Sound's wish.
That means everything.
The premise is...
Hevinia looked at the owl in the cage, but she didn't continue with her thoughts.
At this time, the inner door slowly opened.
An ancient and majestic castle slowly appeared in front of them.
Accompanied by the melodious and profound melody coming slowly from the depths of the ancient castle, they finally and officially entered the first academy under the seat of the god.
…
The first college is different from the second and third colleges.
This place is more like a church than a college, called the Church of Holy Sound.
Although she was mentally prepared, Hevinia was still shocked when she actually walked into the front hall of the academy and saw the scene inside.
Because she saw rows of human-shaped sculptures.
These humanoid sculptures have different genders, body shapes and faces, the only thing in common is that they all have golden musical notes painted on their bodies.
"Is this... the eternal note?" Hevinia did not hide her astonishment. "It's really spectacular."
"Oh? Miss Helvinia actually knows the Eternal Note?"
"Mr. Phoenix, you are underestimating me." Hevinia pouted. "Although I have never been to the First Academy, if I don't even know the Eternal Note, I am too ignorant, right?"
Phoenix smiled and said, "I am sorry for being so presumptuous. It's still early now. If you are curious, would you like to take a closer look?"
"Uh." Hevinia immediately became timid and shrank her head. "Forget about that. I'm afraid they will suddenly come back to life."
"Is that what you're worried about?" Phoenix smiled and shook his head. "Don't worry, they are no longer in this world and have become eternal."
Yes, the Eternal Note is not really a sculpture.
But the people of the past.
Hevinia still remembered the description of the eternal note in the History of Sacred Music: "The player of the most noble and magnificent notes in the past was unwilling to let his value return to dust before his death, and chose to dedicate everything just to make the notes eternal."
Generally speaking, the notes will completely fade within one to two weeks of the player's death, but the eternal notes will delay the fading process to a hundred years after the player has dedicated his body and soul. During this process, they will also be connected by magic, allowing them to continue to make sounds and play melodies before completely fading.
"It is because of their existence that the melody of the Holy Mountain will last all year round like heavy snow." Phoenix said to Hevinia with a smile, "So you should not be afraid of them, Miss Hevinia. This is the lifelong pursuit of every golden player."
Helvinia nodded slightly.
She knew Phoenix was right.
The only one who can become the player of eternal notes is Golden Sound.
And the melody she was hearing now was most likely played by a performer who had passed away a hundred years ago.
“They gave everything to offer an everlasting song of praise to the great Lord.”
This is also the most direct description of these eternal notes in "History of Holy Sound".
(End of this chapter)
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