Old-time musicians

...Good guy, no one understands chivalry better than you.

Fan Ning's eyes blinked one after another when he heard Marseille's "life goal".

Compared to the stereotypical gentlemen and ladies in Tiolion, the people from the Southern Continent suddenly opened up the world.

An, who was sitting on the other side of Fan Ning, put her long legs together and leaned forward to look at Marseille: "If 'court love' is a pseudo-concept, then could this kind of possessiveness without love be the same?" Woolen cloth?"

"No, I will definitely have strong love for that noble woman in the future." Marseille changed his lazy demeanor and seriously corrected him, "In fact, when the external objective conditions tend to be idealized, something will happen. The threshold for love is very, very low..."

Is the threshold for love very low? An was slightly startled.

Ma Senegou gestured with his hands: "If this is a bit difficult to understand, you might as well imagine a handsome, outstanding, talented man, and then imagine that you are from a famous family, elegant and charming, evenly matched with him, and finally imagine that you have experienced a After a romantic encounter, and being alone in some intentionally or unintentionally created circumstances..."

"So, do you think that the arrival of love does not require any threshold or luck, and is almost inevitable?"

"It seems...a little bit..." An first closed her eyes and imagined, then nodded and spoke.

"So, when facing a noble and beautiful lady or daughter, it is natural and common to fall in love. Whether the other party can favor you also depends on the conditions from her perspective. This is what I insist on saying, 'Marrying a woman is a good thing. The reason why "a noble woman" can definitely be realized in the end is that no two people are born to be incompatible. It's just that you don't have enough assets to buy a higher title, or you are not good enough to fight."

At this point, the knight's expression showed a trace of sadness: "Unfortunately, if I could understand this truth earlier, I wouldn't have to endure those unnecessary injuries. The goal of avenging the shame of the ancestors is not a smooth road. He has firmly overcome the nihilistic tendency of "court love" and firmly regards improving force and earning money as the only way to achieve his goals."

...Mr. Masenego seems to have many stories. Luna has been listening secretly and carefully.

"I have a slight objection." Fan Ning shook his head at this time, "The 'force' or 'financial resources' you mentioned may be a supporting factor in things like love, but they are not necessarily the decisive factor."

He threw a bunch of eaten and wiped wooden skewers into the bonfire: "As long as it's a girl I want to attract, no matter how high or low she is, I can make her fall in love with me just through music."

... Mr. Scheele seems to have many stories. Luna is getting more and more energetic.

Ann was surprised by what Fanning said. Wasn't he a wanderer who played a troubadour with a plywood guitar?

"Mr. Scheler, this is exactly what I want to discuss next." Massenegu seemed to feel very calm about Fan Ning's words. "Speaking of which, I was able to have the later realization because I learned valuable lessons from the troubadours. Experience, in the course of hundreds of years of historical change, you have done smarter than the knights. "

...What does this have to do with me? After hearing his words, Feili looked up blankly.

Marseille Negou continued to look at Fan Ning very meaningfully:

"The troubadours in history have always been covered with a mysterious veil, and people today are willing to understand their meaning in their own way. For example, in imagination, they always hold a musical instrument and wander around in ragged clothes. Leading a freewheeling and extremely romantic life, they always carry a trace of a 'wanderer' or a 'traveler'. The reason why they are respected is their artistic personality, not their secular class status... "

"But the real history is not like this."

...not so? Several girls opened their eyes wide.

Fan Ning, who is well versed in the history of music, did not change his expression and continued to listen to Masinegou's story with a smile.

Of course, deep down in his heart, he was wondering what the meaning of the other party's meaningful look just now was.

"The ancient troubadours were actually senior members of society. Even the knights at their peak had a slightly lower status than them. After the troubadours wrote their works, they did not always sing them themselves, but Let the younger generation of famous singers, touring performers, jugglers or country musicians do their job more to spread their music..."

"Moreover, people in the social sense have multiple identities, and their functions often overlap. Many bards themselves are knights, nobles, priests, and even the monarch's envoys, liaisons, or public relations spokespersons. The entire royal family and even They are also responsible for the artistic education of the people of the principality. They are not only singers, but also composers, performers, musicologists, and music educators... In this sense, today's troubadours are similar to knights. At this time, the definition has been expanded, the threshold has been lowered, and the gold content is not as high as it was then. "

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Fan Ning nodded slightly when he heard this.

As the moral code of the upper class in the Middle Ages, "courtly love" is directly related to two major groups: one is the "knight aristocrats" who practice them as "reality", and the other is the "material" who uses them to compose their stories. Troubadour".

The three are often discussed together. They have left a deep imprint in the humanities of each continent. The gentleman culture of the steam age is inherited from the knight system.

Today's academic serious musicians are the descendants of the outstanding members of the former troubadour group who held important positions in the court. However, they are no longer called that in various places. Only the southern continent retains more authentic cultural customs.

They still have real talents and knowledge, but they are usually only good at one or two fields and are not as "all-round" as they used to be.

"I may know what you want to express." Fanning said, "In the turbulent social thoughts of the steam age, both the knight class and the troubadours faced decline, but the latter did a smart thing, which made their decline less obvious: they always stayed away from "court love" itself and developed it in an idealized and literary direction."

"Court love" is an inspiration that can be seen everywhere in serious music works of the romantic period today - especially in "title music" - and is also one of the most popular story cores among the people.

Not only did it not become old-fashioned, but it became more fashionable.

"Yes, you see, this is interesting." Marseille said with a smile, "The knight is a witness of 'courtly love', unforgettable but not getting it, and died with regrets in his life, but the troubadour who sang, composed and performed 'courtly love' continued to receive flowers, honors and beauties... Once something distances itself and simply extracts the beauty, it fades the gloomy side of the witness and becomes a kind of touching, an artistic enjoyment..."

... Why does it feel like he is targeting Mr. Scheele. Ann and Luna couldn't help but look at Fanning at the same time.

Fanning nodded in agreement: "Is that why you think the troubadour did a smarter thing?"

"Yes, so the past love experience you mentioned is reasonable. Indulging in "courtly love" is a dead end, but there is more than just force and money in the world. The "poet of flowers" actually teaches the admirer two methods, depending on whether the talent she gave you is about giving and taking away desires or about artistic inspiration."

Marsenegu touched himself with his wine glass, then pointed at Fanning:

"The two ways to get love are called "violence" in my case, and "pastoral poetry" in your case."