Chapter 1 The Town
In the 413th year of Atroca calendar, Chaiyan Town.
This is a remote town in the Atroca Empire, or the most remote town. The reason for the formation of the town is no longer verified. It is said that many people came to the mountains to take refuge during the turmoil of the times. The town is located outside the dangerous Watching Forest, looking at the Ed Terrace called the Tomb of the Dragon. There is no guard, only one road, passing through the forest that lasts more than 60 kilometers, connecting the empire's big city Wanghai. There is a primary school, a shop, no guard, no doctor, and no barber shop. There is a noble.
In a small villa in the west corner of the town, the viscountess who lives, who is beloved by the people of the town, is not as perverted and cruel as the nobles described in many legendary novels. Viscountess Sofia is just a noble widow who yearns for a plain life. In her early thirties, she has a luxurious and beautiful appearance and graceful temperament. Her daily actions are just to carry flowers and plants in the yard and fiddle with some gorgeous musical instruments that the residents of the town cannot understand. Her yard has a family doctor that is lacking in the town. Occasionally, people in the town come to ask for help with a minor illness. The viscountess is enthusiastic about receiving and letting the doctor treat it for free, which has won her a very high reputation.
The Viscountess' real name is Sofia; Wall, after marriage, she was named her husband's surname and changed it to Sofia; Richardson, but few people generally remember this surname because she was the lady of the "Demon Wolf" family, the three noble factions of the Empire. After marrying the nameless Viscount Richardson, everyone felt that she was wronged. Although her intentions were unknown, the servants who worked in the Viscountess's house were more willing to announce her original surname to the outside world. Over time, the only ones that were circulated in the outside world were her original surname.
The Viscountess is undoubtedly a noble woman with a calm mind and willing to help others. Of course, if someone does not know the truth, he thinks that the Viscountess lives alone and needs some men's comfort, he will also learn that she is a high-duan warrior with the strength of a seventh-level swordsman. Her family's martial arts are passed down, and the "Demon Swallowing Wolf Kill" famous for the world is enough to kill any self-righteous and strong man in the town in seconds - this is a fact that she has confirmed when she first moved. The outside world knows that she has always lived in seclusion. Except for occasionally walking around the town, she rarely interacts with outsiders. As for the outside world, few nobles have come to visit her.
In the summer of this year, dense mountains and forests have always isolated the heat from the outside world and the hustle and bustle of the world. One day, a carriage with gorgeous curtains drove into the Viscountess' manor, symbolizing that the Viscountess finally welcomed guests from the outside world. According to bystanders near the manor at that time, a noble magician wearing a magic cloak came. Of course, some enthusiasts said that it was a pervert or leper who was still surrounded by a thick cloak in such weather.
The Viscountess' new guest became a topic for the residents of the town for a while, but in the evening three days later, people saw the "topic", a woman with long golden hair and noble temperament, about twenty years old and tall and slender, she called the Viscountess "Aunt". While they were walking outside the town, she smiled gracefully beside the Viscountess. According to the news from the servants in the manor, the woman was also one of the ladies of the Wall family, a powerful magician, and also served as a teacher in the noble academy of Denma City. It is said that she will marry a promising young nobleman next year and come here to relax before that.
The new noble lady named Furna; Wall. For a long time after that, she lived quietly here. Occasionally people would see her helping the viscountess trim flowers and plants in the manor, and occasionally practicing magical magic in the backyard. She was a plant-based magician. Some people once saw her performing a mysterious chant in the first lunar clearing, and then thick vines grew there quickly. Some people had seen her make some flowers bloom against the season. In the previous few months, this beautiful and noble magician stayed in the viscountess' manor and rarely went out. Only in the autumn of that year did she gradually come into contact with the people in the town. However, until her final departure, few people had really approached her. This noble lady had a temperament that made people feel ashamed of themselves.
Of course, few people do not mean there is no...
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The first time I had an intersection with him was at the end of that year.
Coming to this remote town in order to escape the engagement does not mean that she really has the courage to escape. No matter where she hides at this time, she will still be sent back to marry the fool Earl next year. She is resolute and calm on the surface, but she is not as decisive as her weak-looking aunt. She cannot do the job of devoting her body to a man in order to escape marriage, although her aunt has always insisted that she has the most imagined favor of Viscount Richardson.
As a child of a big family, while having a glamorous appearance, he has always lacked freedom. This is something I have realized since I was a child. Although I have worked hard to practice magic since I was a child and became an excellent magic teacher, I am not like the demon god and martial saint after all. When the family interests need it, I am still thrown out like an unnecessary chess piece. Haha, this is a fact that I had expected in the morning, isn’t it…
They are just children born from a illegitimate child. The family has never even admitted that their mother's existence. In their eyes, they can make themselves sacrifice for their family, which is a great favor. After all, if they were an ordinary woman, they would never have thought of having the title of "Countess" in their entire lives. If they had known this, they might not have tried their best according to their mother's fantasy. After they admitted it to their family, their mother would still die, right?
What I have in my heart is a faint resentment and sorrow, and the breath of summer cannot be completely isolated from the mountains and forests. Therefore, what follows is also an indelible feeling of depression.
Close the white curtains between the windowsills to block the annoying sunlight, she stood up lazily and walked towards the gorgeous piano in the room. At this time, perhaps only music can calm herself down.
A moment later, a light musical melody sounded in the room. This was a musical instrument invented by a musical genius Visa; Cole, who was not popularized even among the nobles, but in private, it has been recognized as the king of musical instruments.
Unconsciously, I remembered the person my aunt told me about the person I came a few days ago. In a sense, that was one of the reasons why I was invited to come here by my aunt.
"...A good, unique genius music boy, although he is as delicate as a beautiful girl, his musical attainments are absolutely breathtaking. He even adjusted the piano for me with unprecedented techniques..."
This is one of the reasons why I was attracted here. Of course, my aunt once avoided the family engagement in such a way, which was the biggest reason for me to come here. However, in my heart, I really wanted to really meet the boy who my aunt praised so much.
However, I haven't seen it yet.
"... He has always lived in the mountains. According to himself, he is a hunter's child, but it is obviously a lie. People who are really in the mountains will not have such musical attainments... Of course, no one wants to pursue the origin of that beautiful boy... The time to come out is not fixed. Maybe he needs something to buy it, and then there will be something to see..."
"...Originally no one knew that he had such ability. Maybe last autumn, he had been wandering around the town, watching everything curiously, not talking, or communicating with others, but the boy who looked so beautiful was also very eye-catching. According to some people who took the initiative to talk to him at that time, his imperial language was not fluent, and he heard that he had stuttered when he was a child... But of course it should be a lie. Sometimes he sang in some strange language and was very well-educated and polite. So I guess he was a nobleman from which small country he had been persecuted in his country, so he went to such a remote place to take refuge..."
"...About last winter, a circus came here, but it was a proud group. Maybe I saw that it was really poor, so I repaired it here and did not perform. You know, I never liked those unreasonable things, so I didn't invite them to perform. But during those days, some children wanted to go in and peek at them in training. After all, there were no fun things in the countryside. It was really fresh to see such a circus suddenly. But the circus owner was also very unauthorized. Once he caught it, he often threw it out, probably saying that these poor people also wanted to watch the performances. Once the boy happened to pass by, and saw a group of children being thrown out crying. He felt compassion, so he performed for the children at the door of the circus..."
"...The beginning was some very interesting tips. He could make a coin disappear in his hand and take it out of your hair, or even cut a rope and blow a breath, but it would become the same. He called those things 'magic'. Of course, there were several techniques. In my opinion, it was just a flexible use of muscles or skin, but it was absolutely impossible to complete without training. There were many things I couldn't see through, because this thing made the children happy..."
"... Then there is singing and dancing. To be honest, I was really shocked at that time. It was essentially different from the popular songs in the Empire. Compared with the music now, I only had such a feeling after listening to his music several times. His music seemed much light and flexible. Perhaps because he performed to the children, he chose nursery rhymes. If I had not been before, I would have thought that nursery rhymes could not be as good as the music, but his nursery rhymes obviously had a very profound connotation. Shi'er was lively and vivid, but also had a passionate and exciting part. However, in his mouth, no matter what part it was, it seemed quite pure. Although it was not used in imperial language, after listening to it, it felt that the artistic conception was long and you could not forget that sound for several days..."
"...Dance is also the same. No one accompanies him. He just lets the children sing some nursery rhymes casually. To be honest, the nursery rhymes are really terrible... But he just danced like that. Although it was accompanied by ugly nursery rhymes, he could make smooth and natural movements, unprecedented dance movements, unrestrained and stretched, full of natural and upward vitality. Haha, even my heart felt a little lively..."
"...The first time I was just a shock to the novel, but the next few times were real art. It was the music that was accompanied by those children when they were pestered by them to teach them to dance. It was the real broadness and melodiousness. Sometimes he would use leaves to play simple songs. Although it was short, the artistic conception was quite broad. There were also several times when he made a musical instrument with bamboo, and that unique sound... was definitely not inferior to piano performance..."
"...... Every time he came over, I went to see it. Every time he got some fresh gains. I haven't felt this way for many years. The child was beautiful, good, and polite to everyone. Later, I asked him to come here to play, and he also came over without restraint. I was surprised after seeing the piano. I played it a few times and said that the sound was not right, and then I adjusted it to me like this. Next... I really heard the sound of nature..."
When she remembered her aunt's praise, she suddenly felt that she wanted to meet that person. Music was something she liked since childhood, but she gave up because of her mother's request. But over the years, she has never stopped dating on this aspect. She has never seen how the person sang and danced in person. But only judging from the result of the adjustment of this piano, I'm afraid no one in the entire empire can do this.
The heat of summer has not faded. Even if she plays her favorite song, the boredom in her heart is still hard to relieve. When she lifts up the gentle curtain, what appears was the not-so-human street below, but a group of children ran over there. Walking ahead was a young man in civilian clothes, holding something in his hand, and he was far away. He couldn't see his appearance, but he was obviously annoyed by the children. He turned around and said something, but he was not angry. Several people on the roadside were also greeting him affectionately.
But a person's temperament can often be seen from his steps. The person's walking looks very different from the others in the town. For some reason, the person's appearance when dealing with those annoying children made her feel quite favorable.
Is it him that my aunt said...
Chapter completed!