Part 3: Angel's Battle Song, Chapter 18, Nicole's Piano Music

"What's the matter, Speaker, is there anything going on?" I asked Speaker Klein, who had suddenly come out of nowhere, and although his sluggish affection at this time seemed strange compared to his usual calm appearance, I was not a very curious person, so I just asked casually.

Speaker Klein kept staring at the old man's back and disappeared into the hall door, then he turned his head and asked me with a serious face: "Leonard, do you know old Mr. Reuben?" ”

"Oh, no, it's just the first time I've seen him, maybe the old gentleman thinks I'm more like, so I said a few more words." Somehow, seeing the Speaker's solemn face, I unconsciously concealed my conversation with the old man who didn't seem to be brief.

The speaker didn't suspect me in a trance, but shook his head regretfully and said: "Yes, that's a pity, but if you have the opportunity in the future, you must try your best to win the favor of Mr. Reuben, it is very beneficial to us." ”

I nodded perfunctorily twice, and then asked, "Speaker, can you tell me what the identity of that old gentleman is, judging by your appearance, it should be a not simple character." ”

"It's not easy." The speaker said with emotion: "Mr. Ruben was the first group of people to participate in the construction of PLANT, and if it wasn't for his old man's vigorous efforts, I am afraid that PLANT would not have been successfully established under the nose of the Earth government." As you know, when PLANT was first established, the number of adjusters was far less than today's, and they scattered all over the world did not have the cohesion of today's PLANT people, so it was absolutely impossible for them to build a perfect country like PLANT, and many enlightened natural people also contributed their efforts, and Mr. Ruben was one of the biggest contributors, although his reputation in the whole PLANT was not good. But in the eyes of these high-level government officials who participated in the construction work back then, they are very respectable people. If he had said something in public, the situation of parity between us and the Salals would most likely have been immediately rewritten. ”

Hearing this, I knew in my heart, I'm afraid that the last sentence is the most critical.

"Oh, by the way, I happened to meet this time, so I'll tell you by the way, since it will take time for your data to be refiled, so you shouldn't be sent to the battlefield in the near future, so live a peaceful life." The Speaker patted me on the shoulder and said.

"It doesn't matter." I shrugged my shoulders and replied, "Such a leisurely day is not something that can be encountered casually, so I will treat it as a vacation." "I'm not a bloodthirsty maniac who gets restless when he doesn't go to war for a day, and it's a good thing to live like this quietly. Of course, it would have been more perfect without the political struggle between the Kleinites and the Sala.

"That's good." The speaker breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that I was talking, and then leaned close to my side and whispered: "Actually, there is a more important thing to wait for you to do, although it is still a little too early, but early also has the advantage of being early, if you are free tomorrow, can you come with me to a place tomorrow?" ”

After thinking about it, it seemed that the agreement with Miss Talia would not expire until the day after tomorrow, so I nodded slightly.

"That's good, I'll have one of Siddle and Kara pick you up then." After the Speaker finished speaking, he hurriedly turned around and left, and did not ask me where I was staying tonight, but I think that as the deputy head of Siddle's intelligence department, it should be difficult for them.

At this moment, a gentle and sincere voice came from the sound circuit that filled the entire hall: "Ladies and gentlemen of this birthday party, today is the fifteenth birthday of the little Nicole, and now we invite today's protagonist, my dear son, Nichol; Amalfi presented a song for everyone to help the drink, hoping to bring a ............ on this happy day"

This voice is supposed to belong to the owner of this place, Nichol's father, one of the members of the Supreme Council of Twelve; Amafei, Yixi's words are indeed even, at least I don't think it is possible for me to reach such a height in my life. I know very well about Nichol's piano skills, as an elite soldier of Zaft, and also has a father who is in a high position in PLANT, Nichole doesn't have any special hobbies, he has a quiet personality, the elegant art of the piano is the only activity to pass the time, compared to Yitzhak, who likes drag racing, and Diack, who has a special interest in collecting various weapons, Nichol's interest is quite elegant. And he is also quite talented in this area, he studied piano with his mother since he was a child, and he was born out of the blue at the age of ten, and before that, he had been studying at a famous art academy in PLANT, and now he is a well-known pianist, if it weren't for the sudden war that broke his peaceful life, maybe this delicate and quiet teenager would have been immersed in his favorite music career for the rest of his life.

Today Nichole played a classic song called "Starry Night", in fact, this song with a gorgeous style, but with a quiet and profound atmosphere, did not fit the theme of today's banquet, but under Nicole's superb piano skills, the listeners were all intoxicated. Among the high-level figures of PLANT, there are also many people with profound artistic accomplishments, and as soon as Nichol's piano fell, several very artistic listeners took the lead in applauding. I also secretly applauded in my heart, although I had studied at the Berlin Air Force Academy in my previous life, due to historical reasons, German military academies require soldiers to master at least one instrument playing skills, I majored in violin, piano, the mainstream instrument at that time, I also dabbled in some of the mainstream instruments at that time, but compared to a quasi-professional like Nicol, it was not a little worse, so when I had free time, Nicole also seriously instructed me on piano skills. It's just that it sounds like Nikol's level has improved a lot compared to that day, and I've regressed after many days of waste.

After playing, Nicol bowed to the crowd and stepped back, and about five minutes later, the excited teenager appeared in front of me.

"Sir, how did I just play?"

"Very good, I can hear a lot of improvement." I really compliment.

"Really? I also think I played pretty well today. Nichol blushed, but mostly excited.

"Idiot, you dare to speak out here for such a terrible performance, Nicole, it seems that you have forgotten the true meaning of music over the years, and you have disappointed me so much." There was a sudden burst of angry scolding from the crowd next to me, and I turned my eyes to see a middle-aged man with a thin figure and a decadent aura of an artist on his face walking out menacingly.

"Mr. Bebo, what are you...... When will it come? Nichol asked with a look of surprise when he saw the man.

"Hmph, can't I come?" The middle-aged man said with an indignant face: "I didn't expect to hear your third-rate performance as soon as I came, I knew that it was better to stay in the academy, at least my ears would not be clean." ”

"But, Mr. Bebo, I've worked hard this year, I've been practicing, and I think my skills have improved a lot." Nichole said aggrieved.

"Bastard thing." The middle-aged man was so angry that he scolded: "In the past year in the army, you have been getting more and more mixed up, can music be called music if it is just a skill?" You don't grow up, you can't even compare to the school girl who is three years behind you. Lilith, come over and give this unsuccessful senior an evaluation of his performance. ”

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, a girl who had been staying not far behind him walked over generously. The girl looked to be only about thirteen or fourteen years old, a little smaller than Nichol, with long, soft light brown hair, and a delicate face that resembled a large doll, and she wore a decent dark green dress, which was undoubtedly a famous lady's posture.

The girl walked up to us and said unrestrainedly: "That's right, the senior's performance just now should be said to have reached the limit in terms of technique, but although the whole piece sounds exactly like the score, it has completely lost its personal style characteristics. In fact, although some of the scores left by senior musicians can be called classics, but those are created according to their own experiences and feelings, and no one's experiences and feelings will be exactly the same, so when playing some classic scores, excellent performers will always make some slight adjustments according to their own situation, if it is exactly the same as the original song, it will lose the original charm of the song. Just like the song "Starry Sky" played by the senior just now, if some adjustments can be made according to the atmosphere of the birthday party, it will definitely be more in line with the current scene, but the senior has not changed the slightest performance, and in the eyes of real musicians, it is inevitable that there will be a feeling of incongruity. ”

As soon as the girl's words came out, not only Nichol, but even me was extremely embarrassed, but it was ridiculous that the two of us were still not knowing how to pretend to understand, and we were ashamed to be ashamed of a little girl's words.

While she was depressed, the girl turned her eyes to me, and suddenly her eyes widened and exclaimed, "Brother Leonard, is it really you?" ”

"You are? Lilith? I glared at her several times before I said in disbelief.

"Brother Leonard." In the midst of laughter, the light body of the girl of the day, who can now be called a girl, threw herself violently into my arms.