Chapter 221 Can I be your friend?
The next week, nothing happened.
Rarely anything happened.
For Hevinia, life was like suddenly returning to the time before Visas entered her body.
Every day is a routine of eating, sleeping, attending classes (rehearsals), and playing the role of Hevinia.
She had lived like this for a whole year, and the time since Bai Wei entered her body was only half a month, but she felt that the longer time had passed a very long time ago. And Bai Wei's drastically reduced speaking frequency exacerbated this feeling.
This long-lost sense of comfort seemed to remind her that there was still time, a very long time.
However, every time Hevinia woke up early and looked in the mirror at the four musical notes tied to her naked body, that sense of comfort would be instantly shattered.
So she calmly put on her clothes and went out.
Another ordinary day of rehearsal.
During this week, they continued to practice the three pieces of music that Phoenix asked her to make a decision about.
Although Hevinia has not been able to make up her mind until now and seems to be having trouble making a decision, Phoenix does not show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he is quite happy, as if he thinks this better reflects Hevinia's concern.
So he didn't rush Hevinia at all, and he kindly told Hevinia that she could take her time to think about it, and they had a month.
If Phoenix has no objection, then no one else will have any objection either, even Karen.
Hevinia always felt that Karen was not a peaceful person and would definitely want to do something.
But to Helvinia's surprise, Karen did nothing during this week. He arrived on time every day and rehearsed attentively. During this period, he did not even verbally harass Helvinia like he did when they first met. Except for still looking at Helvinia with that uncomfortable look during rehearsal, he did not do anything more outrageous.
Sure enough, compared to all those trivial things, this guy wants to take revenge on the Chu Ha family more?
Hevinia pondered silently in her heart.
Yes, Karen was watching her, and Helvinia was watching Karen as well.
In a sense, both of them want to "understand" each other better.
Like the joking statement in one of the few speeches - "He wants to fuck you, you want to kill him."
Very inelegant, but very appropriate.
It's a pity that apart from rehearsals, Hevinia and Karen didn't have more opportunities to interact with each other.
Not only was it because Phoenix had been keeping an eye on Cullen, but also because Cullen was so notorious in the academy that any excuse Hevinia used to approach him would seem too suspicious.
So, we still have to keep looking for opportunities.
After another day of rehearsal, Hevinia left the classroom and slowly came to the library of the college.
This was not the first time she had come here. After finishing rehearsals these days, she would always come here to read for a while. Even the librarian had already recognized her. They would greet her with a smile and then ask her what book she was looking for and if she needed their help.
The librarian of a college was an elderly performer, so he didn't have to be as shy as a teenager when facing Hevinia.
And Hevinia would smile and refuse the old player's kindness, wandering around the bookshelf alone, then picking out a book and then finding a seat by the window and sitting down.
It's like this every day, as punctual as clockwork.
And there was another person who was also on time.
Ten minutes later, a breathless girl appeared in front of Hevinia.
"Hoo, hoo...Miss Helvinia, here I come."
The girl was Molly, and in her arms was a book titled "Basic Music Score".
Helvinia looked up at Molly and asked, "Do you have any questions for me today?"
"Yes, Miss Helvinia." Molly nodded repeatedly, and then looked at Helvinia with expectant eyes, "Is it okay?"
Helvinia shrugged. "If you're not afraid that I might teach you wrongly."
"Of course!" Molly sat down in front of Hevinia happily, and then spread out the "Basic Music Score" filled with notes, pointing to one part and saying, "What I want to ask is this, Miss Hevinia, when playing a piece with a huge pitch difference, how should I activate the notes so that they can resonate properly with you?"
"Let me think about it..."
A week ago, Molly suddenly stopped Hevinia.
At that time, Hevinia thought that Molly came to ask her to stay after she knew that she could decide who would stay and who would leave the band.
But what Hevinia didn't expect was that Molly did make a request to her, but the point of the request was that she hoped Hevinia could guide her ability to resonate notes.
Note resonance is the performer's most direct control over his or her own notes.
The more outstanding this ability is, the more beautiful the music that can be played, and the more powerful the music spells that can be used.
This is also the biggest gap between gold tone players and silver tone players.
The golden tone players are naturally much better than the silver tone players in this aspect.
So there really was no problem for Molly to ask Hevinia for advice in this regard.
It would be foolish to ask Hevinia for guidance on some theoretical knowledge, after all, Molly was a grade higher than Hevinia.
...Yes, Hevinia was sure that Molly was just looking for an excuse to get close to her and win her favor so that she could stay in the band.
As for why Hevinia was so confident.
Because that's what she did.
During the year at the three colleges, she used all kinds of excuses to get close to people who could help her.
Some of them are professors, some are mentors, some are senior students, and some are peers.
First find out what the other person is good at, and then pretend to be completely not good at this aspect to approach the other person. After giving the other person enough emotional value, win the other person's favor, and then get what you want.
She has been doing this for a year.
So the moment Molly asked her for it, she knew it all.
However, she did not refuse.
Or, why refuse?
Helvinia readily agreed.
So, after each drill, she would meet with Molly in the library and then give her guidance.
Just like today.
"... Use magic power to light up the notes in reverse twice in a row?" Molly murmured, "You can actually do this, you are worthy of being Miss Helvinia."
Hevinia raised the corners of her mouth slightly, looking very pleased.
Then, while flipping through the book in her hand, she said, "Come to think of it, why do you have to ask me? There are more than just me in the academy, right? Aren't there two other masters, Taichu?"
"Ah? The two great families of Taichu... they won't be happy to deal with someone like me."
"Really?" Helvinia asked. "And what kind of people are they?"
“They…”
During these casual conversations, Hevinia gained more and more information, and even knew who the golden musicians sent by the two Taichu families to join the orchestra were.
While Molly was talking, Hevinia had been reading a book leisurely, just observing her out of the corner of her eye.
In fact, the reason why Hevinia hadn't chosen the final piece of music was because of Molly.
Because the music that is most suitable for Hevinia is not suitable for Molly, Molly struggles in it.
Once Hevinia chooses that song, Molly will definitely be eliminated first, and then Molly will naturally not come to her again.
That's why Hevinia kept dragging it out, hoping to "squeeze" more useful things from Molly.
This is mutual benefit.
As she looked at Molly, Helvinia suddenly thought of Professor Arianna.
The woman who had long seen through Hevinia's thoughts but had always cooperated with Hevinia's performance.
So, the way she looks at Molly now is the same as how Professor Arianna looked at her back then.
Hevinia couldn't help but think.
At this moment, a "coo-coo" sound rang in Hevinia's ears. She turned her head and saw the snow-white owl staring at her with its head tilted.
"Miss Helvinia...is this your owl?" Molly asked.
Hevinia hummed, then took the envelope off the owl's claws.
Hevinia's expression did not change as she opened the letter, but she did not realize that her breathing had inadvertently slowed down.
Only after finishing reading the letter did he return to normal.
A letter with no nutritional value, written to Hevinia by her "loving" "mother".
Although it is not clear whether Mandy knows Hevinia's true identity, the letter has obviously been polished by Ivan, and it perfectly shows the image of a loving mother and daughter who miss each other. Anyone who reads this letter will not doubt anything.
Because there really is nothing.
The only thing that was useful was for Hevinia.
That is, the Hai Luo family found Og, who was sent back to the seed area, and gave him a job and freedom.
Although it can’t be said to be very good, at least he doesn’t have to become a stud.
And this is the limit of what Hevinia can do now.
Of course, this is not the end yet.
If that were the case, once something happened to Hevinia, the Hero family would most likely vent their anger on the only friend Hevinia had ever mentioned.
so……
She raised her head, looked at the pen in Molly's hand, and asked, "Can you lend me the pen?"
"Oh, no problem."
Molly, who had been paying attention to Hevinia, immediately handed over the pen.
Molly asked curiously, "Miss Hevinia, are you writing a letter home?"
"Yes," Helvinia replied, smiling as she wrote. "You know I'm from the Third House, right?"
"certainly!"
"You also know that the students of the third college are not as outstanding as those of the first college, right?"
"Well..." Molly nodded, "I have heard of this."
"Because it's true." Helvinia said half-truthfully, "Unlike College One, many students from College Three can't even find a job after graduation, and can't make a living as a performer."
"There is such a thing." Molly was a little surprised at first, and then turned to confusion, "But what does this have to do with the letter you wrote to your family?"
"Oh, because I have quite a few friends like this. After graduation, or because of various reasons, they dropped out of school. Now their lives are very difficult, and some are even sent back to the seed area." Hevinia answered, "So they all came to me, hoping that I could help them."
"Well, will you help them?"
"Of course," Helvinia replied with a smile, "they are my friends."
Helvinia says "they" because she is already writing about a second person.
She planned to write down the names of those people in her memory who had not been doing well after graduation, and then have the Hai Luo family go to them one by one.
There are quite a few people like this.
Hevinia even planned to write down the names of the two girls from the seed area who had been poisoned to death before.
In this way, the Hero family will slowly realize that what Hevinia did was meaningless, and she was just pretending to be a good person, or it was a small revenge against Ivan for trying to control them. Otherwise, why would Hevinia write the name of the dead?
They say they are friends, but it’s clear that they don’t even know each other.
In this way, after initially helping a few people, the Hero family would no longer pay attention to Hevinia's requests.
Naturally, no one would think about whether the first boy rescued by Hevinia, named Ogg, was special.
For the huge Hailuo family, if they stop paying attention, they will soon forget about Oger.
That way, no matter what happened to Helvinia in the end, they wouldn't vent their anger on Ogg.
That's enough.
"Miss Hevinia... you are so kind." After hearing what Hevinia said, Molly couldn't help but exclaimed, "I have never seen anyone who is so kind to her friends."
"That's normal." Helvinia smiled. "Friends are meant to be mutual. I'm nice to them because they're nice to me... When I was in the Third College, they often took care of me and helped me, so it's normal for me to repay them."
"Is that so..." Molly looked very envious, "It's great, such friendship."
Helvinia nodded slightly, then placed the completed letter back into the owl's claws and released it again.
Then, she looked at the small black shadow gradually moving away and suddenly sighed.
"What's wrong, Miss Hevinia?" Molly asked curiously.
"I miss my friends." Helvinia said softly, "I'm all alone here."
Molly opened her mouth and looked into Hevinia's somewhat sad eyes. After struggling for a moment, she stammered and asked.
"Then, can I be your friend?"
Hevinia looked at Molly in surprise.
After a while, she said with a smile.
"Of course."
Take the initiative and succeed.
(End of this chapter)
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