Throne of Magical Arcana

The beautiful melody reverberates in the dining room, and the quiet and quiet notes make people's hearts settle down involuntarily, but there is no small chamber band around, only a magic gramophone on the table against the wall is slowly turning the gum black plate.

After a few minutes, the music gradually subsided, the black disk finished spinning, and the servant standing beside him hurriedly changed one.

Hearing the sound of the music again, John put down the knife and fork in his hand, and said to Lucien with a little sigh: "Ordinary gum black disks can only record music for a few minutes, and it is difficult to present a complete symphony, unless a higher level pure Magic black disk, but this is something that ordinary people cannot bear."

He has not forgotten his past life, so he is quite concerned about ordinary people.

"The problem is that ordinary people can't even afford a magic gramophone." Lucien joked while cutting the foie gras, "Of course, the price of a pure magic black disk is indeed not cheap, equivalent to a second-level alchemy item No, the little nobles can only buy one occasionally, and most of the time they have to use gum black discs, but the Viscount Wellesley’s family should not have this problem.”

Because of the simplification combined with magic, Lucien himself didn't have a mature plan. He could only redesign and arrange the magic circle according to the concept. It couldn't be done overnight, and it had to be done step by step.

After Joel became a director of the Rentat Musicians Association, he became full of energy, as if he had delayed aging: "But the number of small nobles is far more than that of big nobles, and most of the restaurants are used. Black discs have become the undoubted mainstream at present, and are an important source of income for most musicians, so I find that they are more and more inclined to create simple music for a few minutes, which is easy, profitable and lucrative.”

There are no more musicians in Rentat than Alto, and there are not so many opportunities for concerts. In the past, their income mainly came from serving the nobles, serving as their music consultants or chief musicians. After the invention of the magic phonograph, they had one more The important channel is the "Music Royalty", which is to extract a certain share of money according to the sales of gum black discs and magic black discs infused with their own music.

Because there is a precedent for "patent fees" in the exchange and use of magic, and "Atom Control" is also a great musician himself, magicians do not reject "music royalties", except for dividing music according to grades In addition to stipulating different share ratios, all countries have normally implemented the "Intellectual Property Act" passed by the House of Lords and signed and promulgated by the Queen.

Although the current magic gramophone is only enjoyed by the nobles, it is expensive and the musicians have gained a lot. Therefore, under the stimulation of money and the influence of the trend of "light music", most musicians are more and more accepting This simple and uncomplicated "casual music" has also been welcomed by the general public, making Rentat's music development trend more and more different from that of Aalto.

In Lucien's words, Rentat sooner or later became the place where popular music and popular songs were born.

Hearing Uncle Joel's worries, Lucien smiled and said: "Sometimes, changes in musical instruments, changes in the form of music transmission, and changes in the form of music carrying will all affect the development direction of music, such as music in the lyre era, violin The music after the invention, the music after the invention of the piano, and only in this process of constant change, can the music stay alive forever, instead of gradually drying up, so, Uncle Joel, don't worry about the small capacity of the gum black disc to allow the music to develop There's a trend toward shortness, which allows us to see more diverse music than is currently imagined."

The most famous great musician at the moment expounds such a point of view so firmly, and Joel himself was born as a bard and a street performer, and has a natural preference for short music, so he has no doubts about turning the topic into food itself: " Unexpectedly, little Evans, you have the talent in food, this sweet and sour meat is really delicious!"

"En." Aunt Alisa nodded without opening her mouth. After she tasted these delicacies, she was completely focused on them.

On the dining table, except for a small number of Tria-style dishes such as foie gras, most of the food is something she has never seen or enjoyed. It is very different from the current food style of any country. It makes the body fat and hobbies She couldn't stop eating once she ate.

"Thank you, Natasha also likes these delicacies very much." Lucien accepted the praise unceremoniously. Although there are many Chinese dishes, not all of them can be liked by people in other worlds. The ones on the table are from Nata The carefully selected parts based on Sha's "white mouse" will of course make Joel, Alisa and John feel like swallowing their tongues.

Moreover, Lucien is good at magic and is good at identifying animals and plants, and there are many strange and weird things that are not found on the earth, so the "hunting range" of Chinese cuisine has expanded again, and the number of varieties has at least tripled. What kind of salt-baked dragon? Meat, braised thorny magic tree, and so on.

Hearing Lucien mention Natasha, Joel asked strangely, "Why didn't Her Majesty come tonight?"

Normally, as long as Lucien was in Allinge, he would visit Joel's family at least twice a month, and Natasha followed her most of the time.

Before Lucien could answer, John preemptively said: "Recently, Rentat is undergoing urban reconstruction, expanding the scope and rearranging defensive magic circles and magic circles. Since many noble villas, real estate and manors are involved, nobles The House is often bickering, so Her Majesty is busy and has to be in the middle of coordinating and intimidating."

"The changes in Rentat are too fast. The changes I have experienced in living in Alto for more than 20 years are not as great as those in Rentat in a few months. I don't know what Rentat will look like in the future." Joel said with some emotion.

After dinner, Lucien and John stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the small living room on the second floor with a glass of red wine each.

Looking at the bright lights of the aristocratic district outside, John suddenly sighed: "From the time you were implicated by the witch, I felt that I was having a dream, and I haven't woken up from the dream until today. All the expectations for the future are realistic. However, it is not as expected, but deviates greatly.”

"Me too." Lucien looked out of the window, his eyes darkened, his tone was flat, but it was from the bottom of his heart. Dreams are not impossible.

Although in the exploration and research of the world, Lucien has basically ruled out the possibility of dreams, but there is still no conclusive evidence to deny other similar "truths", even if he already has a preliminary guess about the world, It is also impossible to completely conclude that "brains in vats", "virtual worlds" and "experimental sites" are wrong.

Naturally, John couldn't hear what Lucien meant, so he took a sip of red wine and said, "My original dream was to become a real knight, and let my father, mother, Ivan and you all live a rich and noble life, but who knows? You accomplished this goal before me and became a musician..."

"After I became a knight, I was ready to die in the northern fortress or the dark mountain fortress. This is the destination of the knights, but you told me that you were a magician, and I fell into a long-term confusion..."

"Just when I thought we would never meet again and began to serve the Principality and the Church with peace of mind, Her Majesty brought me to Rentat again..."

As he spoke, he laughed: "When I got used to being guarded by many strong men, and could spend the rest of my life in peace without having to face too strong dangers, worshiping devils and devils often happened in the kingdom." And the incident of pollution from the abyss, so I have to rush to deal with it, and face battles again and again."

He didn't complain, but showed a little excitement. The completely stable life without any disturbance made him stop, unable to become a sky knight.

"Life is always full of surprises, and it won't go according to your expectations." Lucien and John clinked wine glasses, "Besides, it is very difficult for you to 'eliminate' blood to be promoted to Sky Knight, and there is not enough information in the kingdom to let you study."

Bloodline nobles have the best way to temper their own bloodlines and reconcile with their will through the inheritance from generation to generation or the exploration of a certain epic knight, so they are also knights. It is easier to be promoted, so they agreed with the Magic Council to announce the training methods of the knights before, so as to train more talents to fight against the church and develop more and more alien spaces-this method of blood tempering is their real capital and strength. A secret that must be strictly guarded.

And the bloodline of "Elimination" is rare, and it is basically absorbed into the ranks of the church's holy knights or night watchmen, so none of the nobles in the Kingdom of Holm has this bloodline, and naturally there is no corresponding tempering method for them. john.

Originally, Lucien didn't take this issue seriously, because the power of bloodlines was produced by ancient magicians. The council kept various bloodline data in detail, and he could design a plan for John by studying the situation of "eliminating" bloodlines. It was a reasonable way to temper, but there was nothing about "eliminating" the bloodline in the information collected by the council, which made Lucien suspect the source of the bloodline, thinking it was Viken's research results.

John smiled indifferently and said, "All the tempering methods were explored by the former knights. I am no more stupid than them, nor lazy and fearful of death. Can't I figure it out by myself? And Lucien, didn't you also say , Don’t be bound by past experience, maybe this is a good thing for me.”

He joked humorously.

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After leaving Joel's house, Lucien put his hands in the pockets of his long dress, lowered his black top hat, and walked leisurely in the city of Rentat. Watching a city change according to his own ideas is full of accomplishment emotional things.

When passing through the civilian area where alchemists gathered, Lucien suddenly saw a dwarf walking towards him. He covered his eyes with his right hand and saluted: "Steam is supreme."

Then, he smiled and said, "Sir, I wonder if you would like to join our Church of Steam."

Pulling people into the club directly? This is completely against my orders to the dwarves! Lucien narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"Hehe." The dwarf laughed, "Although we haven't really met each other, we have met directly."

He spoke strangely, but Lucien narrowed his eyes: "Viken?"