Chapter 224 That Guy Is Here
Another half month passed after that.
During this period, the selection and competition for the festival had already reached a fever pitch. This was especially true for the orchestras that needed to compete for the qualification to perform the internal songs. In the dormitories, one could see people trying to improve their timbre and practicing music scores 24 hours a day.
Rest and sleep seemed to have left these people's bodies. They would only fall down due to unconsciousness after they could no longer hold on. Sometimes they would even die suddenly from this. Hevinia had seen several of them fall down in the snow halfway through their walk and never got up again.
As to whether it was really a sudden death, Hevinia didn't know.
For Hevinia, the past half month can be said to be unusually relaxing. Most of the time, she lived a life of going back and forth between the dormitory, classroom and library.
The atmosphere of the ceremony did not affect her at all. She seemed to be the only student in the college who was attending classes normally.
Of course, calm does not mean comfort.
Because every two days, Helvinia would go to that cottage to have afternoon tea with Ulysses.
And this afternoon tea doesn’t have any special meaning, it’s just chatting and teaching.
For Hevinia, this was naturally a very dangerous act, but it was also something that had to be done.
Because it was Ulysses who invited her, and in this college, no student would refuse Ulysses.
Therefore, Hevinia would always be fully prepared to go to an appointment, trying her best to avoid the extreme situation that forced Bai Wei to take action last time.
However, after the first time, Ulysses did not make any more moves to test Helvinia. Every time, he held the cane in his hand, looked at Helvinia gently, and explained something to her.
He treated Hewinia as his own student.
No, not just a student, but a granddaughter.
Because he not only explained knowledge and music scores to Hevinia, but also kindly asked about Hevinia's life situation, and every time he would prepare a bunch of snacks for Hevinia to taste, and let her take away if she couldn't finish it.
He is so kind and gentle that it is hard to believe that he is the most powerful player in this academy.
There was a crisp sound of glass colliding.
Ulysses put his teacup down.
And Hevinia closed her notebook, because she knew that meant the teaching for the day was over.
Next it's time for small talk.
"I heard that your final song has been decided." Ulysses looked at Hevinia gently, "It's "Joy", right?"
Helvinia nodded.
"It's actually this one." Ulysses said with a smile, "If I remember correctly, this is the first seven-tone divine song in the life of the famous composer Lindner. It is to record the joy and happiness that ignorant people feel when they first come into contact with the melody."
"You are not mistaken, it is this one." Helvinia asked admiringly, "Principal, do you remember every seven-note song?"
"Of course," said Ulysses. "Isn't that worth remembering?"
Helvinia said with a bitter face, "I just can't remember it."
"Haha, it's just that I can't remember it now. Sooner or later I will be able to remember it." Ulysses said with a smile, "Because you have realized the value of music and melody, and know that it is a gift from the Lord, so sooner or later you will remember it. And this memory is different from the one on the Rhine. It is the yearning from the heart that drives you to remember them."
Hevinia was a little curious: "Rhine?"
"Yes, there is a book called 'The Rhine Covenant' in the Rhine. The book has more than 500,000 words." Ulysses said, "And their clergy have a requirement, which is that they must memorize this book before they can be employed."
Hevinia was even more surprised: "More than 500,000 words... Can you really memorize this?"
"Of course, but that's because the book possesses the power of the God of the Rhine." Ulysses said, "Once you have read it and understood it, you will never forget it in your life. It's like the God of the Rhine has left a mark in their hearts."
"…There is actually such a thing."
"Yes, this world is very big." Ulysses said while stroking his beard, "But what I want to ask is, do you think those Rhine clergy who memorized the scriptures are pious?"
Hevinia thought for a moment and said, "Well, forget it. After all, they have memorized it. It's more than 500,000 words."
"Haha." Ulysses smiled and shook his head. "Do you think so? Unfortunately, in my opinion, this does not count. True piety does not need any power to restrain it. You will want to do it unconsciously. Just like I can memorize all the seven-tone songs, not because there is any power restraining me, but because I yearn for such power, and yearn for the gift bestowed by the Lord on our desolate world."
“Have you ever thought that if there is no Lord, then there is no music in this world.”
"How monotonous would a world without music be?"
"Just look at Rhine. Their books are just 500,000 cold words, while our books... are those immortal hymns."
"So they need to require their clergy to memorize scriptures and understand their own gods, and we only need to constantly pursue that wonderful music, and we can get closer to the great Lord step by step."
Helvinia gradually showed a longing look: "Hearing you say that, it seems that the Lord is right beside us."
"Of course." Ulysses smiled and said, "The Lord is always by our side, and music is the bridge for us to communicate with the Lord."
After speaking a long paragraph in one breath, Ulysses finally showed signs of fatigue.
If Bai Wei had not repeatedly reminded Hevinia that Ulysses was a dangerous person, then from every angle, Ulysses would have seemed like a normal old man.
"Okay, let's stop here for today." Ulysses took a few breaths and relaxed his expression before saying gently, "You will probably be even busier from now on. After all, there is only a little over a month left. It's a good thing that you have decided on the movement, so let's work hard for it. I am looking forward to your performance at the ceremony."
Ulysses' words were obviously an order to leave, and Hevinia wisely stood up and said goodbye.
As soon as I walked out of the house, I saw Anita waiting outside. Judging from the snow on her head and shoulders, she had obviously been waiting for a while.
Hevinia immediately greeted her: "Sister Anita."
Anita nodded: "I'll take you there."
"Okay~"
Hevinia followed Anita up the path along the mountain.
It has been like this all this time. After Ulysses adopted Hevinia as his granddaughter, Hevinia naturally became closer to Anita, who had been taking care of Ulysses, so she naturally began to call Anita sister.
Anita did not refuse, and even picked her up from the dormitory and brought her to the cabin every day, and then sent her back from the cabin.
Through this back and forth, Hevinia also got to know Anita better.
"Sister Anita, I want to ask you a question." Hevinia spoke first.
Anita glanced at Helvinia. "You want to ask me why I haven't joined the band yet?"
"Yes." Hevinia nodded repeatedly, "Now that most of the roster of the Inner Song Band has been confirmed, are you really not in a hurry?"
"There's no rush." Anita smiled faintly, "I won't miss the ceremony."
Seeing that Anita was unwilling to continue, Hevinia could only nod and said "Oh, I see~" while kicking the snow under her feet pretending not to care.
Anita glanced at Helvinia's playful movements, and then suddenly asked, "Helvinia, how is your relationship with Karen Chuke?"
"Mr. Cullen?" Hevinia was a little surprised when Anita suddenly mentioned Cullen, but she was already concerned in her heart, "I have a good relationship with him, right?"
"How good is it?"
"Uh." Helvinia tilted her head, "It's just okay."
“I see.”
Anita also nodded and continued walking without saying anything more.
……that's all?
Hevinia was confused and didn't understand what Anita meant.
Just as she was about to ask a question, Anita, who was walking in front of her, suddenly said, "Don't mate with him."
Such straightforward words made Hevinia stunned for a moment, and her feet slipped. If Anita hadn't grabbed her in time, she would have definitely fallen hard.
"You, what are you talking about!" Hevinia was confused.
"I'm serious," Anita said. "Don't mate with him. There's something wrong with him."
Hevinia was about to say how could I do that with him, but when the words reached her lips she realized that Anita's emphasis was on the second half of the sentence.
"You mean, his..."
"Yes," Anita said, "the sores on his face are contagious. If you get too close to him, you might get infected."
Is this why you reminded me?
Hevinia said, "I can't do that kind of thing with him whether I'm here or not, but...is his so-called carbuncle really that serious? Can't the Taichu family cure it?"
"No." Anita shook her head. "It can be cured, but he doesn't want to."
Hevinia was even more surprised: "No, why?"
"Because the condition for being cured is that he will lose his musical notes permanently." Anita said lightly, "His ulcer is essentially formed after the musical notes mutated, so it is his musical notes that are broken. If he wants to be cured, he can only destroy the entire musical note pattern, and he is unwilling to do that."
"...Is that so?" Hevinia murmured, "Mr. Cullen is really pitiful."
"Haha... pitiful?" Anita chuckled and shook her head, "You won't think so soon."
You won't think so anytime soon?
Hevinia was about to ask more, but Anita had already stopped because the mountain path had ended.
"Helvinia, don't have any relationship with him no matter what." Anita looked at Helvinia, "Your notes can't be infected by him, because you are a person who is offering gifts to the Lord, and there can't be any dirt on you."
As far as Hevinia could remember, this was the first time Anita spoke to her in such a serious tone.
This made her subconsciously reply "I know".
Hearing this answer, Anita nodded, said, "Come to me directly if you have any questions," and turned and left.
Hevinia looked at Anita's departing back and became thoughtful.
Why did Anita give this sudden reminder?
Why did she think she would have a relationship with Karen?
She said she would soon stop thinking that way, what was that?
...So, can't you just make your point clear? Why is he a riddler again?
Hevinia sighed softly in her heart.
Then she looked at the sky, turned around and walked towards the teaching building to participate in today's drill.
Arriving at the classroom, Helvinia found that most people were already there, except for Phoenix.
Because of Anita's reminder, Hevinia took a special look at Karen.
Karen still sat in the corner without saying a word as usual. In fact, he had been so well-behaved for nearly a month and did not cause any trouble as Hevinia had initially imagined.
So why did Anita remind her?
Especially at this point in time.
Helvinia began to think again, and soon she felt something was wrong.
It wasn't Karen who was wrong, it was...Molly.
She turned to look at Molly, only to see her sitting in her seat in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking about.
This is even weirder.
Because if it was usual, Molly would have come up to her and shown her affection, because in the end she still chose the music that was beneficial to Molly, allowing her to successfully stay in the orchestra. So during this period of time, Molly really wanted to worship Hewinia as an ancestor, how could she be indifferent like today?
...What's going on?
Just at this moment, Phoenix pushed the door open.
Hevinia looked over subconsciously, and then found that Phoenix's face looked... also very bad.
What on earth is going on? !
Hevinia just felt that something big had happened suddenly, but she was the only one who knew nothing about it.
Fortunately, Phoenix did not intend to hide the last thing from her.
"Today's drill is cancelled." Phoenix said directly to everyone, and then turned to look at Hevinia, "Hevinia, come out with me."
Hevinia knew something big was about to happen and followed him out immediately.
As soon as they got out of the door, Phoenix said bluntly.
"Here comes that guy."
Hevinia was stunned: "That guy?"
"Yeah." Phoenix's face was gloomy, "Three mountain guards were killed last night."
Hevinia opened her mouth slightly. "You mean..."
"Yes."
Phoenix spoke slowly.
"That guy named Caesar has already entered the first college."
Helvinia was stunned.
(End of this chapter)
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