The next day, at the Royal Academy of Music, in the large lecture hall of the open class.

For hundreds of years, the Royal Conservatory of Music has maintained a tradition of holding a weekly public lecture, which is open to all students, regardless of house, faction or grade.

Sometimes, well-known musicians and scholars give lectures to introduce their research and exploration to these students.

It's just that over the years, no one wants to be here anymore. This tradition has become a practice in name only.

Everyone likes to cherish the broom, and what is taught in public classes has become old-fashioned. Only a group of big people with the title of professor of the academy came here to make a move.

In addition to some book content that everyone knows, it will only say some nonsense about cheering and hard work.

Of course, fewer and fewer students came, and in the end, it became a place where a large number of students who skipped class at the end of the semester collectively brushed up their credits and class hours.

It's just that today, the entire classroom has swept away the loneliness of the past and has become full.

Even in the crowded classroom, even the aisles were full of students who came to see the excitement. In the darkness, there was no sound of anyone talking, and in the silence, only soft whispers came from the lecture hall-

All along, the academy has pursued a strict etiquette system in order to produce gentlemen with an aristocratic demeanor.

Stereotyped etiquette, including sitting etiquette, permeates the school, and the black-clad mad dogs in the student council enforcement office ensure that it is implemented perfectly and carefully.

For a long time, everyone who came here to attend the class, even the saints, would maintain a standing posture behind the pulpit, polite and energetic, without showing any weakness or laziness, in the manner of an elder.

But today, behind the podium, there was a rare chair, and on the walnut guest chair sat a girl, whose feet were hidden in the hem of her skirt.

And the skirt dragged on the ground. In pristine condition.

She doesn't look like a famous historian or a world-famous explorator, but like a ten-year-old girl.

Lola Caft.

Her skin was slightly pale, as if she had just recovered from a long illness, but her hair color was golden. When the long hair goes around the slender neck and falls on the chest, it is like the sun flowing on the plain brocade.

She leaned back in her chair and spoke about the day, her voice soft. Sometimes it's too urgent. will cough. The attendant handed over the pill, but she waved her hand to refuse, and after gasping, she began to lecture again.

The audience was silent, and everyone stared at her intently, even when they whispered, suppressing their breathing, afraid of disrupting her words.

Always unconsciously, staring into her eyes.

The people who can be admitted to the Royal Academy of Music are almost all elites, and there are no people who have not seen the world. But these people are used to seeing those noble ladies with heavy makeup. I've seen a lot of delicate girls who make people feel pity, but I've never seen such a pair of eyes.

Like the emerald in a mirror, it is full of demure beauty when it is still, and there is an intoxicating light when it is circulating, which is obviously close in front of you, but there is a distant distance that cannot be reached.

Since nine years ago, when she became a musician from a down-and-out family and was weak since she was a child, she has devoted herself to the study of the history of the Dark Ages and has become a researcher of the history of the Dark Ages.

In the beginning. Everyone took the news as a joke: it was clear that the eldest lady was undoubtedly at a congenital disadvantage compared to most of the explorers who ate and slept and went deep into the dark world.

The fragile body simply cannot afford the exploration mission in the harsh environment, nor can it enter the ruins site to search for traces of ancient documents in the first place.

The only thing that can be done is to collate and interpret the documents that have been excavated so far. As we all know, there has been no progress in the language inquiry of the Dark Ages for three hundred years.

――If you just stay at home, will the results of your research fall from the sky?

That's what some people say.

Soon, however, the sarcasm and suspicion came to an end when she succeeded in deciphering the first chapter of the 'Voynich Codex'.

The manuscript, which has caused countless scholars to sink for hundreds of years, and countless people who have spent their entire lives unable to uncover the truth, has been deciphered by a young girl who is so weak that it is almost ridiculous.

All the academic circles that have questioned Lola's ability have been beaten by ironclad facts to the point that they can't take care of themselves. In shame, he almost dropped out of research.

The first chapter of the Voynich Manuscript was interpreted, and the introduction to the legendary alchemical manuscript "Jade Record", which had been sealed for hundreds of years, was found from the pile of old papers, and the fragments of the ancient Eastern document "The Yin Fu Jing of the White Emperor" were added......

In the years that followed, almost every once in a while, this woman who came out of the door would cause an almost earth-shaking shock in the academic world.

Beginning five years ago, she accepted the title of honorary professor from President Maxwell, and every once in a while, she would take a day out to give a public lecture to the college, and every time the class was full, it would never fail.

And since five years ago, more and more students graduating from the academy have devoted themselves to exploring the dark world, and I have to say that the influence of this Miss Lola is terrifying.

However, this time, the lady did not begin to talk about the current theories and interpretations of these students, but accepted some teachers' suggestions: to make up for these more and more impetuous and ambitious students.

"At the end of the Dark Ages, the original Three Kings re-established a new system of musicians based on the classical school.

They divide musicians into three realms: musicians, resonance, and scepters. And among these three layers, there are subdivisions into nine stages.

This has become, what we are currently talking about - 'the ninth order of musicians'.

For all of you, the most important ones are undoubtedly the three stages of musicianship.

After the initial study and research, it is believed that in the next few years, you will be able to successfully break through the apprenticeship and be promoted to the 'rhythm level'.

From this stage onwards, the basic knowledge will transition to the specialized field.

All apprentices need to choose the most suitable faction from seven directions for their future.

This is one of the most important decisions in a musician's life.

Of course, the students of the Royal Academy of Music choose their areas of expertise based on their talents from the very beginning, and then they only need to learn the music naturally. ”

On the podium, the lady Lola pursed her lips without a trace, as if she did not approve of this educational method. But the slightest hint of dissent is well concealed. It's just a smile.

She paused, waved her hand, and a tree-like pattern appeared on the blackboard behind her.

Under the same foundation, the seven branches extend in different directions. Sometimes they coincide with each other, and sometimes they are like parallel lines, keeping a long distance.

"That's what I'm going to talk about today, the seven major factions of musicians. ”

Lola said: "The so-called seven factions are the classification method proposed by the third generation of popes on the basis of the accumulation of predecessors. It represents the direction of exploration.

After being supplemented and revised by successive generations of musicians, seven different paths and fields have finally been formed.

This is what we see today as the seven lines of musicians: Change, Calling, Chant, Revelation, Illusion, Mind, and Abstinence. ”

"Of course, you're going to think there's nothing to talk about, are you?

Even a fool knows. Those of the changing faction are able to unleash lightning and frost, those who summon the faction are able to harness demons and beasts, and the school of chants is as skilled as a healer. The apocalyptic school is a chattering god who can detect danger and avoid trouble. The school of illusion manipulates illusions, and the school of mental imagery controls the mind...... Although the Forbidden School was able to restrain the previous six factions, it was easy to learn and difficult to master. And there are many flaws.

And there are also schools that merge two or even three factions to give birth to some unimaginable powers......

You've already heard about these things, and you don't need anyone to talk about them. But what I want to say here today is something deeper. ”

She paused, her eyes no longer light, and became serious.

At this time, she didn't look like a girl at all, she stood in her lecture hall, she stood in her own realm, and her expression was awe-inspiring. It is necessary to explain to these confused students the truth hidden behind the phenomenon.

"Each of the seven factions has its own unique core philosophy and goals, and this is something that no musician can bypass.

These are things that musicians who have reached the resonance level or even the scepter level need to consider, but if they start thinking about it at that time, I'm afraid it will be too late. ”

"Although it doesn't matter which faction. In the end, different paths lead to the same end, all for the purpose of exploring the Great Source. However, the seven schools of thought all have different starting points and research directions.

They are very different in terms of performance, function, and ultimate purpose.

In simple terms, such as changing factions. The effects of fire, frost, and lightning are created through the transformation of matter, bringing terrible destructive power.

But in reality, the faction of change studies the nature of all things and their relationship to each other.

And the summoning faction explores the nature of demons and scourges.

As a result, they will fission 'fragments' in their personality and consciousness, raising them as beasts and demons. When the musician condenses the ether and constructs the form of these fragments of consciousness, they are able to create phantom beasts.

The most popular among the clergy of the Order is the Psalm faction, which focuses on the origin of life, so it is good at healing and saving people. But don't forget that there is also a branch of the Psalm faction that studies the 'nature of death'.

So if you don't want to get a strange illness or inexplicably have your internal organs fail, I hope you don't provoke those seemingly harmless 'medical musicians'.

The Revelation faction is eager to 'reveal the future,' and they are adept at seeing, exploring, and searching. Able to interpret and decipher ancient texts and movements.

The Revelation faction is known as the Scholar faction, and almost most of the Dark World Explorers are from this faction, including me. Most of the current exploration of civilizations in the Dark Ages has been excavated from the ruins by the Revelation faction.

And the faction that has always been the most feared because of its external image is...... The two schools of illusion and mental imagery ......"-

As she spoke, her voice slowed, as if she had been drawn attention by something in the crowd.

Eventually, she stopped, her brow furrowed, and she stared at the back of the room. looked at the young man who buried his head in his mouth and stuffed something into his mouth, and his expression became strange:

"That classmate, yes, the white-haired one...... Excuse me, are you listening?" )