Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Esther returned to the bedroom. It was hard to tell whether she was nervous, wary or excited. She had to hold down her hands and sit on the sofa. It was hard to believe that the music score was written by Noen.

She recalled what she had just memorized. Even though she didn't speak Russian, Esther could hum it vaguely and intermittently. Some of the subtle twists and turns were more abrupt than the original song, but the overall difference was not big.

coincide? The legacy of the time traveler? Emperor Russell did not leave this song behind! Are there other time travelers in the world? But Norn—

"Why are you so excited and noisy?" Xiao Wu popped up from his pocket and said dissatisfiedly, "What happened?"

"It's nothing, I just think everything is weird." Esther poked its head, causing Xiao Wu to be extremely dissatisfied.

"It's nothing, just calm down! It's not helpful to panic!" Xiao Wu cursed and shrank back.

Esther calmed down quickly after her thoughts were interrupted. She agreed with Xiao Wu's words. After taking a few deep breaths, she made up her mind to go to Norn and ask for clarification.

But her intuition struck. Someone was walking up the stairs and knocked on Esther's door first.

Galvin's lazy voice, always smiling, came from outside: "Luna? Are you in there?"

Estella opened the door, and a pair of wide sunglasses came into view: "Good evening, what's wrong?"

"I heard Richie say you were going to their Sunday concert?"

"Yes, go and see it. At least you can be a regular spectator."

Calvin touched his chin: "Can you play the violin?"

"Won't."

"It's such a pity that the elf of music still doesn't understand the instrument?"

Esther said funnyly: "Just because I can play the piano doesn't mean I'm proficient in all musical instruments. Candela said that you're not very good at playing the violin, so why don't you just be an audience member?"

Galwin smiled brightly and showed his white teeth: "I obey your instructions, dear little sheep. It's a pity that I can't serenade you."

"Can you really serenade?"

"Of course - no," Galvin's smile quickly disappeared, "A lady who is too keen can easily expose the tricks of gentlemen, and will not be popular."

Esther spread her hands indifferently: "I don't care about this."

"Won't Sunday affect your work? I'm afraid Mrs. Monette won't want to miss this good opportunity, but everyone is looking forward to your coming. After all, it takes a lot of people to make it lively."

"Of course I will go. I won't let you down. After all, I am also a member of Apartment No. 7 on Lily of the Valley Street, right?" Esther laughed.

"Richie was just saying that you named that piece of music? Did Mr. Teacher secretly show it to you?"

Esther shook her head: "No, I just suddenly had an inspiration and thought that the name was very suitable. I was just about to talk to Norn."

Galvin pointed to the door of Room 602 behind him: "It's best to change the time. Mr. Teacher stayed up for several days to write that piece of music. When he returned to the room this afternoon, he still had dark circles under his eyes. Now Probably still catching up on sleep.”

"He actually works so hard?" Esther's original intention to seek confirmation instantly faded away. Instead, she became worried about Noen's health. He seemed to be getting more and more haggard recently, which corroborated Galwin's words very well.

Calvin nodded, pushed up his sunglasses, and his eyes under the lenses were intently observing all the subtle changes in Esther's expression: "So we'd better be considerate of him, keep this surprise, and wait until the weekend to witness the 'Apartment Seven Band' together" It’s a masterpiece. Maybe then, as an audience, I can laugh at Ritchie’s whims.”

"He should take a good rest. Being a teacher is not a simple profession. After all, you have to teach so many children."

"Hey, you are such a considerate little sheep. If you are free now, we can go to a nearby bar for a drink-"

"boom!"

Esther's door was closed, and Calvin's body leaned back at the right time, avoiding the bad luck of having his nose flattened.

This is the method Agnes taught Esther, specifically for the "way of getting along" with Calvin Leples. Esther can't hit people as coolly as Candela, but she can decisively close the door. She's already very skilled at it.

Calvin rubbed the tip of his nose that he almost bumped into angrily, and chuckled, not feeling depressed at all about being rejected. He glanced back at Norn's closed door, knowing that his purpose of preventing "Luna" from comforting Norn had been achieved. The smile on Galvin's face was joyful and cunning.

Always listening to sounds you shouldn't hear and being attracted to them will of course kill you. Mr. Teacher, how long can you hold on without losing control?

Calvin came down the stairs humming a waltz that was completely off-key.

——

Sunday afternoon rolls around in a flash.

Martha reluctantly allowed Esther to take time off, offsetting her two Wednesdays off this week and next week, and Esther readily agreed to this extremely unfair exchange.

After all, Sunday is the time when the flow of people is the highest. If Esther is not in the store, the number of expectant customers will probably be reduced by half, and the remaining half will also have a lot of complaints.

But these were left to Martha to worry about. Esther obtained permission to take leave and planned to spend the day with her friends in the apartment.

Esther put on her most accustomed linen skirt and slim waistcoat, put on the new wide-brimmed Bonnet hat she bought two days ago, and fixed her hair in front of the half-length mirror. When passing by that store, she caught a glimpse of this design with sunflower flowers, and spent eight soles to buy it. It can be said that it caused a heavy hemorrhage in her already poor wallet.

Why is it so difficult to save money?

Esther feels this way every time she spends money, but this does not stop her from filling her desk with novels, pens and papers, putting new clothes in the closet, covering the sofa with a new woven woolen blanket, and reminiscing in her mind. those music scores and hummed them.

She was quickly prepared. When Esther went downstairs, she found Richie already waiting at the door with excitement on his face. He was carrying a suitcase about half a meter long and wide. But besides him, Others haven't come down yet.

"Hey hey hey, I've been practicing for a long time when I didn't have class recently, so I'll be fine today!" Richie stood up on tiptoes excitedly from time to time, and the freckles on his face were shining brightly from when everyone was having lunch together.

Galvin generously treated everyone in the apartment to dinner today. He had booked a delivery lunch from an Intis restaurant early. However, according to Galvin, the taste of this restaurant was completely incomparable with that of Serenzo Restaurant in the West End. The Ormere red wine and Intis-style foie gras there are worth trying.

Esther was very excited at first, but after Norn quietly told her that the price of that wine was starting from the 100 gold list, the idea of ​​giving it a try instantly became a joke.

When Norn handed the fork and knife to Esther, he lowered his voice and told her: "Gavin never mentioned the situation at home, but he was never short of money."

Esther had to admit she was a little envious.

Esther and Rich didn't wait long at the door of the apartment. Soon, Agnes and Josephine came down arm in arm. Agnes was carrying her handbag and was talking to Joseph with her mouth covered. Fin said something that made Josephine laugh like silver bells.

After Candela, Noen and Galvin also gathered downstairs, a group of people walked towards the Fountain Square.

Candela opened her shoulder bag, pulled out two sand hammers with colorful skull patterns, and put them directly into Esther's hands: "Just shake them a few times."

Esther shook the instrument in her hand and listened to the rustling sound inside: "What about you?"

"I brought a drum because I was too lazy to spend money to buy one, so I nailed one with an iron sheet." Candela said expressionlessly, "Anyway, it was just to cooperate with Richie."

"I heard from Richie that Candela is very good at making things. The wind chime by Josephine's window is his design and your work. It is an admirable hands-on ability."

Candela's dark skin made it difficult for others to see her blushing, but her eyes were even more evasive, and she subconsciously fiddled with her feather earrings with her fingers: "That's nothing, I can make one for you if you like it. "

"That's not necessary, I'm just feeling emotional."

Esther cast her eyes on the people walking in front. Agnes was scolding Calvin with her head held high. Josephine and Richie were laughing next to them. Norn also had a gentle smile on his face. However, he always kept two steps away from the other people.

——

There are many people walking in the fountain square on Lily of the Valley Street. Sunday is a holiday for most people to take a rest. Men, women, old and young are walking in this area where you can see the edge at a glance, enjoying the scenery of Backlund through the clouds in the afternoon. The warm sun in the haze.

Rich stood generously in front of the fountain and opened the suitcase he was carrying, attracting curious looks from several people nearby.

Candela brought out a tin tambourine, Agnes took out Josephine's triangle and her own harmonica from her handbag, and Norn took out a few pieces of paper from her arms. The music scores on them were full of traces of scribbles. , the paper itself is full of wrinkles, and even has two torn breaks, but it barely remains intact.

Galvin sat down on the edge of the fountain, put his hands on his sides and looked up at the sky. He looked quite bored as he watched the others prepare, not caring that the hem of his windbreaker was wet by splashing water droplets.

Esther clenched the maracas in her hand, her heart beating rapidly: "We haven't rehearsed, does it really matter?"

"Of course it's okay, we're not professionals." Josephine comforted her, "Just follow Richie's music."

The harmonica is the accompaniment at the beginning, and the low-pitched tune has a strange buzzing sound. Then the melodious accordion replaces the lead singer, controlling the main melody and direction of the song, making the overall atmosphere cheerful and high-spirited, and the tin tambourine is beaten. There are three light and one empty beats, and the crisp triangle sounds every time the accordion relaxes.

It was very messy and funny. A song called "Birch Forest" that was slightly out of tune because there was no unified conductor sounded in a different world, making Esther's eyes gradually become moist.

Almost halfway through the performance, during the harmonica interlude, Richie looked over in confusion. Josephine also looked at Esther strangely, who had never started shaking the maracas, and nudged the dazed "orchestra" with her elbow. member".

Esther instinctively took a step forward and raised her arms in front of her, as if what she was holding in her hands was no longer a maracas with painted skulls, but a microphone. She closed her eyes to resist the discomfort of the throbbing pain in her right eyebrow. He quickly modified the translation of the lyrics in his mind and converted it into Rune language, completing the translation in just a few seconds.

As the accordion played in the next verse, Esther also spoke:

“Sitting by the path with my beloved old friend,

Know that I will come back, don't be sad,

The old woman waved goodbye to me,

The small door behind me slowly closed.

Why do birches rustle in dark places?

Why does the accordion sound so beautiful?

The fingertips of the wind passed by, and the leaves fell all over the sky.

And the last piece also fell to the ground..."

Noen was trembling, and the music score he had "listened to" with all his heart fell to the ground. He resisted the urge to laugh, and closed his eyes with tears streaming down his face, enjoying the singing that resonated wonderfully with him. The extraordinary power that had begun to be restless during the past few days also returned to its docility.

The crazy murmurs faded from Norn's ears, and the only sounds left echoed Esther's gentle song.

Norn believed that he had found the Lord's "Zoya".

Originally, there were only two or three people in the square looking here, but after the singing started, more and more footsteps came towards this place, surrounding this small and disorderly orchestra. The accordion lowered its head and sounded like a harmonica. Along with the accompaniment, let the singing sound become clearer and clearer.

Esther's voice was not loud, but it was full of contagion, making the people gathered look melancholy. They seemed to be walking into the story in the lyrics, and resonated with the sad fate of leaving a foreign country.

Invisible connections bring together people who don't necessarily know each other, and tears appear on more and more people's faces. They may not even know why they are crying, but in the soft and flowing singing, apart from crying quietly, they have completely lost the ability to think about the current situation.

Even the children in the stroller silently rubbed their eyes red from crying without making any noise.

A few white doves folded their wings and landed next to the fountain, so quietly that they didn't even make a "coo" sound. Two skylarks that heard the sound became bolder and flew down on Esther's shoulders.

Josephine and Agnes also had tears on their faces. Richie's eyes were as red as his hair, but he still had a bright smile on his face, staring at Esther who was concentrating on singing.

Galvin's eyes under his sunglasses opened wider and wider, filled with fear and panic, and mostly unreasonable excitement and longing. He was probably the most sober person in the entire square. When everyone was emotionally affected by the singing, Galvin Wen took in all their changes.

He looked at the blond girl in the center of the singing, and his heart was shocked.

The singing is still echoing, flying over the shoulders of the crowd and flying further:

"My heart boils and burns again and again,

But always get no response.

The birch leaves fell from my shoulders,

Like me, I left the place where I grew up..."

Calvin touched his cheek and realized that tears were falling uncontrollably.

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