Throne of Magical Arcana

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After accepting Lucien and Rhine's suggestion, Victor took out a very simple piece of music to read to Lucien. This is an introductory piano piece he wrote specially for his music students. Because it needs to be simple, it is not too gorgeous When played on the original harpsichord, due to its shortcomings, it can only be regarded as audible, but when played on the current piano, it has a melody like a song, a pure and beautiful feeling, Although it is not yet a famous song, it is enough to spread.

As the soul and mental power have been tempered and strengthened through meditation, Lucien's memory is getting better and better. Even if he only has a few days of music foundation, he has completed the preliminary reading of music within ten times. Phyllis and other aristocratic students who had been influenced by music since childhood were similar, which made Victor smile again.

"Okay, Lucien, try to play the first part of the string rhythm yourself, don't be nervous, it's normal for the first time, but you must remember to keep your fingering, and you can't move your fingers in a panic. Make a mistake, practice for a while, and you will be able to master this piece.” After Victor explained the basic points of fingering to Lucien, he actually let Lucien start playing directly, which is not at all like the introduction to piano fingering in Lucien’s mind. Like the tutorial, there is a step-by-step process of getting familiar with fingering and keys.

Of course, this piece of music is very simple. This kind of direct practice is similar to the combination of the previous parts of the piano introductory course. It may be difficult for children with simple thinking and logic to learn, but for an adult like Lucien, as long as you pass the It takes a lot of practice to get used to it.

Lucien put his hands on the keys as if he was holding an egg, looked at the music score in front of him, recalled it quickly in his mind, then pressed it down, and started playing.

Notes came out one by one intermittently, and Lucien played it very hard. When he memorized it, he thought it was very simple, but when he actually played it, he found it very difficult. He clearly remembered which note to play, but he couldn't match the keys. After corresponding to the keys, when you want to direct your fingers to press, you have to recall the fingering. You can’t make mistakes. Which finger you should use must be accurate.

So a long time after Lucien finished the previous note, another note sounded, causing the piano room to sound intermittently like a person's last words before death.

Fortunately, Lucien has been trained in casting spells, and has been influenced by so many dangerous situations and scenes of dead people. No matter how slow he plays, he doesn't panic. The whole rhythm is also called a lot of noise.

Lot, Phyllis, and Herodotus on the side listened with deep smiles, and didn't mean to laugh at it, because it was the same when they played for the first time, even worse than Lucien, Laughing at Lucien is tantamount to laughing at himself.

This piece of music is not long, but the melody of about one minute was played by Lucien for more than three minutes. After playing, Lucien realized that there was a layer of cold sweat on his back, and his forehead was also densely covered. Beads of sweat, it feels like when you cast a spell in the sewer to kill someone.

Clap, clap, Victor clapped his hands first, comforting and praising Lucien: "Although Lucien plays very slowly and poorly, among the ordinary beginners I have seen, you are the only one who can play for the first time. Keep the notes correct, this calmness can help you master the piano fingering faster, but sometimes, to play the music, you need to invest in the emotion of the music, and it’s not good to be too calm.”

Rhine, Lott and others applauded. They had witnessed Lucien's performance for the first time, but it was impossible for Lott, Phyllis and others to praise Lucien. The self-esteem and pride of scholars made them feel nothing at all, especially Herodotus hated Lucien very much.

After Victor finished speaking, Rhine, who is an equally outstanding performer of harpsichord and harpsichord, made two comments and pointed out Lucien's current problem:

"Lucien, your memory is very good. After learning and playing a few times, you should be able to remember the position of the keys. Even if you practice to the extent that you can immediately react instinctively when you see the score or hear the music, I believe you will be able to remember the position of the keys." It's been less than a month, but I noticed that the coordination of your hands is relatively poor, that is to say, the notes you want can't be reflected on the movements of your hands as quickly as possible."

"This piece of music is still very simple. It will be even more difficult when you come across highly skillful pieces full of gorgeous decorations and complex music with left and right hands. And now this piano has a forte pedal , Sustain pedal, etc. In addition to the coordination of the hands, the coordination of the feet should also be practiced.”

"Of course, this is a question of proficiency. As long as you can practice hard, you will be able to become a qualified musician in two or three years at the earliest, and no more than ten years at the longest. As for whether you are outstanding, it depends on whether you have musical talent. .”

Although Lucien knew that even with the guidance of a famous teacher, it would take a long time to practice a musical instrument well, but it was inevitable that he would be a little bit small when he thought of becoming a musician to earn living expenses, spell-casting materials, and magic experiment equipment. Disappointed: "Mr. Victor, Mr. Rhine, isn't there a faster way to become a qualified musician?"

"Unless you are a true musical genius with an unparalleled understanding of music, you may be able to master an instrument in those few months, but unfortunately, you are not. So a solid foundation and long practice is the key to becoming a qualified musician The only way is, I don’t want to hear that Mr. Victor’s music student is an idiot who can’t even play the piano well.” Phyllis, who is good at satirizing others, finally couldn’t help scolding Lucien after hearing Lucien’s delusions. He said a word.

Herodotus smiled and listened to Phyllis, and then pretended to be kind and said: "Lucien, you must step on the solid ground with your feet firmly in order to go further and faster."

"Yeah, Lucien, you've just started learning, don't underestimate the difficulty of learning an instrument." Lot didn't hate Lucien as much as the other two, and just followed up with a word of advice.

Rhine showed a smile: "Young people have ideals and drive is a good thing, but the practice of musical instruments requires countless times. Although I am good at playing violin, harpsichord, clavichord and harp, it is a long time Hehe, in fact, there is also a way to let you master a musical instrument in the shortest time, that is to stimulate your blood power and become a knight, so that the control of the body, the control of the hands and feet will be changed. If you play very well, your coordination will naturally be fine, and with your good memory, you may be able to become a qualified pianist in a week or two."

"Of course, I don't know exactly how long it will take you to stimulate the blood power, whether it will be longer than a few years or ten years."

"Hahaha." Rhine's humorous ending words made Victor, Lott and others couldn't help laughing. How difficult it is to stimulate blood power, just look at the number of knights in the Principality. No matter Lott, Phyllis, It was Herodotus who was a loser on the path of knighthood. He felt that he had no hope of success if he persisted, so he turned to pursue the path of musician. Musical genius.

Victor put away his smile: "If you just want to play a complex piece of music well, then you can practice for four hours a day for three or four weeks without a break, and you should be able to barely pass, but what's the use of that? Alright, Lucien, step on it." Let's learn the piano steadily."

Lucien had no choice but to nod, and silently calculated his income and expenses in his mind. He had a monthly salary of ten silvers, of which he had to pay three silvers to Aunt Alisa's house as his monthly meal. fee.

Although I miss the delicacies of my previous life, including western food, I want to try to comfort myself with delicious food, but I am at the critical moment of learning magic and music, and I really don't want to devote more attention to these things.

As for the remaining seven silver Gnars, when the tension in Alto City is over during this period, it will cost five to six silver Gnars a month to buy magic materials. As for rebuilding a secret magic laboratory, and purchasing The glass bottles, glasses, stoves, special jars and other items inside are even more expensive, and it is very likely that all the silver coins you get from gangsters and cultists will be thrown into it.

Of course, the utensils needed for these magic experiments, especially glass products, are very sensitive. In his own condition, once purchased, it is easy to be suspected of being related to magic experiments. This gave Lucien a headache and he didn't know how to solve it.

In addition, Lucien also plans to buy two black-dyed linen garments, as well as some worn-out fabrics, sewing needles, threads, etc., to sew a robe with a hood, which is convenient for sometimes concealed activities. Rows of small pockets should be sewed on the inner lining of the cloth belt to hold different spell-casting materials, so that it will be difficult to distinguish and carry when there are more spell-casting materials in the future.

Regarding this matter, Lucien could only use self-mockery to relieve his depression: "The pressure of life has made me, a magician, start to learn how to sew. What kind of world is this?"

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A few nights later, Lucien was using the library of souls to analyze "Hormanz's Choking Cough" again, in order to become familiar with it, familiar again and again, when he was unable to cast spells.

In addition, Lucien is mainly studying the use of mental power, combined with previous knowledge, worked hard on the frequency of changes, etc., and was delighted to find that it can leave an imperceptible faint imprint of mental power on the target person.

As for playing the piano, as Rhine said, after the rapid improvement brought by the initial memory, the coordination of the hands has become the biggest difficulty so far, and I am still practicing the introductory song.

Suddenly, Lucien's spiritual power vaguely sensed that something was approaching quickly.

So Lucien immediately stopped everything he was doing, looked around, saw that everything was well hidden, and then carefully got out of bed, ready to cast spells.

Immediately afterwards, there was a knocking sound on the closed wooden window, and after three clicks, Lucien's locked wooden window opened inexplicably by itself.

"Switch technique!"

The familiar magic fluctuations made Lucien immediately on high alert, and at the same time, he raised expectations that he would finally see another magician or magic apprentice?

A black shadow flew in through the open wooden window, landed on the wooden table, and made a hoarse and unpleasant whining sound: "Boy, why don't you open the door for the noble Lord Doro, and let me do it myself?"

Lucien was a little surprised. It turned out to be a tawny owl. It looked ordinary, but it raised its beak, made a human voice, and looked proud.

"Familiar? Or Transfiguration?"

Seeing this, Lucien's heart skipped a beat, he looked extremely scared, and retreated onto the bed, trembling.

For Lucien's performance, this strange owl seemed very satisfied, couldn't help but paced back and forth on the wooden table for two steps, and then continued to act arrogantly: "Boy, Lord Doro knows that you are very scared and Worship us magical and noble creatures, but I just came to ask you some questions, as long as you answer honestly, Master Doro will not hurt you."

"Let me ask you, after the witch next to your hut was burned to death, did any other magicians come to her?"