New Life, New Task: I'll Be A Mom Then!!!

As for Lainie, helping her was more difficult as Eli was not a composer nor an arranger.

The only thing she could rely on was the information about the foundations of music, musical theory, and all other fundamental topics helpful for improving Lainie's craft.

Even in the modern world, the path toward being a composer is a long hard journey.

It entails years of practicing and learning, immersing in the beauty of music, then breaking them down to analyze and know their musical structures.

After that, one would now have to spend time creating melodies according to their chosen forms. Some took a few weeks or months, others even take years until they were satisfied with their creation.

One thing Eli did was to try and match the musical period, against the history of music in Prasinos. With that, she would try to let Lainie hear pieces that match the era in Prasinos, to give her another perspective.

It was quite convenient that she was now able to record the music from the book of knowledge into the recording crystals. With this, she could let Lainie hear them without exposing the existence of the book.

Eli was also adamant to retain the information and identity of the composers who made the pieces she would give to Desmond and Lainie. This was because she valued and honored the legendary composers who brought wonderful music in her two lifetimes.

Although puzzled as to how they weren't able to know the names Eli was mentioning, Desmond and Lainie would accept everything without a doubt.

This was because Bramwell told them that Eli had a master who owned a lot of books that could never be seen in any place in the world.

After making sure that Desmond and Lainie would understand everything she thought, Eli would stay a little longer and observe them as they do their practice. Along the way, she would point out things to improve.

The next half of her day was spent on the Anti-Curse Committee.

The first week of being appointed as a member was quite tedious for they have to get familiar with each other's specialties. Aside from that, they have to figure out the specifics of how they planned to operate the committee.

Today, their main goal is to figure out how to protect the Empire from curse users. To do that, they have to think of a way to detect who among the people were curse users.

Walking towards the assigned hall where they would convene, Eli and Randel rushed to meet the other members of the committee.

Upon reaching the hall, they found Kayden and the rest of the committee waiting silently.

Seeing the two, Nathan and Kayden's eyes lit up as they surrounded Eli immediately. Mishael looked in their direction and acknowledged their presence while Siegfried and Anderson observed without a word.

"Sorry for being late," Eli looked at everyone and calmly apologized before going to her seat.

Upon seeing everyone settle down, Mishael lifted the gavel to signify that their meeting is about to start. As the only member coming from the Temple, Mishael was automatically elected as the Chairman of the committee.

"Today and hopefully for the next days, we have to think of a way to detect curse users upon entry to the Empire.

Currently, the only way to detect curse magic is through a special recording crystal from the Temple, as you have witnessed during the inauguration ceremony. However, this is quite inconvenient to use.

The crystal could only record a particular event and even if we retrieve it on time, if the curse user will not use the mana around him or her, the record crystal will not recognize the curse magic sitting within the user's body."

Mishael did not delay any further and dived straight into the topic.

The entire hall went silent upon hearing Mishael's introduction.

Eli and Kayden remained silent as they observed everyone's reaction, especially Siegfried and Anderson who were coming from the aristocratic faction.

Everyone's expressions became deep as they contemplated a solution to this matter. After some time, it was Anderson who broke the silence, taking the initiative to raise his idea.

"Since even after going through the existing records from Dr. Einz, why not opt for implementing a more stringent diplomatic policy for the visitors coming from the outside?"

"Hmm… It seems that it is also a good approach, but Lady Eli had already come up with the passport system for the incoming and outgoing travels in the land…Don't you think it would be a bit too redundant and restrictive?"

Siegfried did not reject Anderson's idea outright, however, he respectfully expressed his concern about the other party's suggestion.

"Your concern is valid, but Anderson's idea is not bad either. Perhaps we can think of something like a special permit that would be only applicable for the Competition and the Grand Temple's entry.

Anyone who was not able to get the special entry permit cannot be permitted to enter the capital." Randel thought for a moment and suggested.

"We can also suggest to the Emperor and the Council to freeze accepting new trades and instead stick to the parties we have been engaging with. With this move, our trade partners will also benefit as our needs will also increase when the competition and the visitation comes."

As he was a part of the Forgeworn Business Family, Randel strengthened his proposition by considering the economic aspect of their ideas.

"Hmm… with this we can initially control the volume of the entry from the other territories. The fewer people entering the premises, the easier for us to monitor them later on." Nathan nodded in approval.

Eli remained calm and exhibited a satisfied expression as she witnessed how everyone helped each other to create, validate and improve an idea that would soon become an instrument to protect the Empire.

It was indeed true that once bright minds come together, the task would become easier.

The next few parts of the discussion were spent solidifying their proposal so that they could soon present it to the elders and see if they agree with the idea.

After managing to figure out the structure of their proposal, Mishael once again presided over the discussion with a conclusion.

"Now that we have the framework for the proposal, all we have to do is to study more of it from a different perspective. If possible we can have this presented to the Emperor, the elders, and the council before the month ends."

Everyone looked at each other with a satisfied smile.

"Hopefully, this idea would be accepted by them. If that happens we can now think about the bigger problem, which is finding a way to detect the presence of Magic in people. Perhaps it can be something like a detection tool or array…" Siegfried commented with an optimistic expression.

"Indeed, I sincerely hope so. Anyways, the discussion today has been meaningful. It is all thanks to everyone's cooperation." Mishael agreed and thanked everyone for sharing their ideas.

As the meeting adjourned, Eli was left in deep thought. She was immersed in her thinking that Randel, Kayden, and Nathan, who was going home together with her could not help but become worried and curious.

"Sister, what's on your mind?" Nathan asked in a hushed tone while they finally boarded the carriage.

Eli looked around and activated an isolation spell to mask their entire conversation before looking at the three brother figures.

"I was thinking about the solution for curse magic detection…"

Hearing Eli's words, the three men looked at each other and could not help but sigh in resignation. Eli is indeed a workaholic.

But Eli's next words made them forget about their worry as it completely got their attention.

"How could I forget, that there was one instance that we have managed to detect the curse magic once!" Eli rubbed her temples and told them in a self-deprecating tone.

She looked at Randel and Kayden who was present during that time and continued,

"Did you not also remember? Baobao managed to detect the curse implanted on Her Highness Second Queen's hand before it touched me, who was pregnant at that time?"

"!!!" Hearing this the three men started and their eyes were left wide open in surprise and realization.

"Baobao?!" Nathan asked with disbelief, he had always thought that Baobao was just an extremely strong mythical beast who accompanied his little sister and nephew.

"Ah! How could I forget! That time on the renewal of the treaty!" Kayden exclaimed while Randel nodded wordlessly but his expression was also full of complicated emotions.

"Yes indeed. If not for Baobao detecting the trace of curse at that time, I would have been badly hurt… and Little Han… might not even be around anymore…" Eli's body started to shiver as she remembered how close she was to danger during that time.

But she quickly recovered and looked at the three men, "We have to figure out how and why was he able to do that. Perhaps, it could give us some clues…"