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

After a few minutes, the music gradually subsided, the black disk was turned, and the servant guarding next to him hurriedly changed it.

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

He has not forgotten his past life, so he pays considerable attention to ordinary people.

"The problem is that the average person can't even afford a magic phonograph. Lucien joked as he cut the foie gras, "Of course, the price of the pure magic black disk is indeed not cheap, it is equivalent to a second-level alchemy item, and the little nobles can only buy one occasionally, and most of the time they have to use the gum black disk, but the Viscount Wellesley's family should not have this problem." ”

Due to the simplification of the combination of magic, Lucien himself did not have a mature plan, so he could only redesign and arrange the magic array according to the concept, which could not be achieved overnight, and had to be done step by step.

After Joel became a director of the Rentat Musicians' Association, he became energetic, as if even aging had been delayed: "But the number of small nobles is far greater than that of the big nobles, and with the use of most restaurants, the gum black plate has become the undoubted mainstream at present, and it is an important source of income for most musicians." So, I've found that they're more and more inclined to compose simple pieces of music for a few minutes, which are both relaxed and lucrative. ”

Rentat's musicians did not have as many opportunities for concerts as Aalto, and in the past their income came mainly from serving the aristocracy, serving as their musical advisor or chief musician, etc., but after the invention of the magic gramophone, they had another important channel, that is, "music royalties". Extract a certain share of the money according to the sales of the gum black disc and the magic black disc infused with their own music.

Because there is a precedent for "royalties" in the exchange and use of magic. In addition, the "Atomic Master" is also a great musician himself, and the magicians do not exclude the "music royalty", except for dividing the musicians according to the three, six, nine, etc., and stipulating different share ratios. The Intellectual Property Bill, which was passed by the House of Lords and signed by the Queen, was implemented normally.

Although at the moment the magic gramophone is only a pleasure for the aristocracy. But it's expensive. It also makes the musicians gain a lot, so, stimulated by money. Under the influence of the trend of "light music", most musicians have become more and more receptive to the form of short pieces of music of a few minutes, and this simple and uncomplicated "leisure music" has also been welcomed by the general public, making the trend of music development in Rentat more and more different from Aalto.

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

Hearing Uncle Joel's concern, Lucien smiled and said, "Sometimes, the transformation of musical instruments, the transformation of the form of music transmission, The change in the form of music will affect the direction of music development, such as the music of the lyre era, the music after the invention of the violin, and the music after the invention of the piano. ”

The most famous musician of the moment is so sure that Joel, who is himself a bard and a busker, has a natural penchant for short music, so he no longer hesitates to turn the subject to the food itself: "Little Evans, you still have a talent for food, this sweet and sour meat is so delicious!"

"Yes. Aunt Alisa nodded her head without a moment's time, and she was completely focused on them after tasting them.

On the table, except for a few Tria-style dishes such as foie gras, most of the food is something she has never seen or enjoyed, which is very different from the current food style of any country, so that she can't stop eating as soon as she eats.

"Thank you, Natasha is also very fond of these delicacies. Lucien accepted the praise unceremoniously, although there are many Chinese dishes, not every dish can be liked by the people of the otherworld, and those parts on the table are carefully selected on the basis of Natasha being a "guinea pig", of course, it will make Joel, Alisa and John feel like they swallow their tongues.

Moreover, Lucien is good at magic, good at identifying animals and plants, and there are many strange things that are not found on earth, so the "hunting range" of Chinese cuisine has expanded again, and the number of varieties has at least tripled, what salt-baked wurm meat, what braised thorn demon tree, and so on.

Hearing Lucien mention Natasha, Joel said a little strangely, "Why didn't Her Majesty the Queen come tonight?"

Normally, Lucien would visit Joel's family at least twice a month whenever he was in Alinge, and Natasha would come with him most of the time.

Before Lucien could answer, John preemptively said: "Recently, Rentat is undergoing urban reconstruction, to expand the scope, rearrange the defensive magic array and magic array, because it involves the villas, estates and estates of many nobles, the noble house often quarrels, so Her Majesty the Queen is very busy, and it must be coordinated and deterred in the middle. ”

"Rentat has changed so fast, I've lived in Aalto for more than 20 years and experienced as much change as in a few months of Rentat, and I don't know what Rentat will become after Luntard. Joel said with some emotion.

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

Looking at the lights of the aristocratic district that were as bright as the stars outside, John suddenly sighed: "Since you were implicated by a witch, I felt that I was in a dream, and to this day, all the expectations for the future are realistic again, but they are not as imagined, but they deviate greatly." ”

"Me too. Lucien looked out the window, his gaze darkened, and although his tone was flat, it was truly visceral, and dreams were not impossible.

Although in the exploration and study of the world, Lucien has basically ruled out the possibility of dreams, but other similar 'realities' still lack conclusive evidence to deny, even if he has a preliminary conjecture about this world, he cannot completely conclude that the "brain in a jar", "virtual world", and "experimental site" are wrong.

John naturally couldn't hear the meaning of Lucian's words, and after taking a sip of red wine, he said: "My original dream was to become a real knight, so that my father, mother, Evan and you can all live a rich aristocratic life, but who knows that you have completed this goal before me and become a musician......"

"When I became a knight, I was ready to die in the Northern Fortress or the Dark Mountain Fortress, which is the fate of knights, but you told me that you were a magician, and I fell into a long confusion......"

"Just when I thought we would never see each other again, and began to serve the duchy and the church with peace of mind, Her Majesty the Queen brought me to the ...... of Rentat"

As he spoke, he laughed: "When I am accustomed to this kind of being guarded by many strong people, without facing too strong dangers, and can spend the second half of my life in peace, there are often incidents of worshipping devils, demons and abyssal aura pollution in the kingdom, so I have to rush to deal with it and face battles again and again. ”

He didn't complain, but he was a little excited, and his life was completely stable and without a trace of wind and waves, so he stopped and couldn't become a knight.

"Life is always full of accidents, and it doesn't go the way you envisioned. Lucien and John clinked their glasses, "Moreover, it is very difficult for you to 'eliminate' the bloodline to be promoted to the Heavenly Knight, and there is a lack of sufficient information in the kingdom for you to learn. ”

The bloodline nobles have their own best tempering methods corresponding to the bloodline and the way to reconcile with the will under the inheritance of generations or the groping of a certain epic knight, so the same knights, the nobles with the inheritance are easier to promote than the new nobles, so they agreed to the Magic Council to announce the previous training methods of the knights, in order to cultivate more talents to fight against the church, and develop more and more alien dimensions - this bloodline tempering method is their real capital and a secret that must be strictly guarded.

And the "elimination" bloodline itself is scarce, and it is basically absorbed into the ranks of the Holy Knights or Night's Watch of the Church, so none of the nobles of the Holm Kingdom are of this bloodline, and naturally there is no corresponding tempering method for John.

Originally, Lucien didn't take this issue to heart, because the bloodline power was made by ancient magicians, and the council kept a variety of detailed bloodline materials, which could be designed for John to design a reasonable tempering method by studying the situation of "eliminating" the bloodline, but there was no information about "eliminating" the bloodline in the information collected by the council, which made Lucien suspect the source of this bloodline and thought it was Viken's research results.

John smiled indifferently and said, "All the tempering methods were figured out by the previous knights, I'm not stupider than them, nor are I lazy and afraid of death than them, can't I figure it out myself?" ”

He joked humorously.

............

After leaving Joel's house, Lucien put his hands in the pockets of his long dress, pressed his black top hat low, and walked leisurely around the city of Rentat, watching a city change according to his own ideas was a rewarding thing.

As he passed through the civilian quarters where the alchemists gathered, Lucien suddenly saw a dwarf walking towards him, and he covered his eyes with his right hand and saluted: "Steam supreme." ”

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

Directly pull people into the guild openly? This is completely contrary to his own instructions to the dwarves! Lucien's eyes froze slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"Huh. The dwarf laughed, "We didn't actually meet, but we did. ”

He spoke strangely, but Lucien narrowed his eyes: "Viken?" (to be continued......