Chapter 47: The Dream of Flowers
The top floor of the Star Tower, inside the mayor's office.
Secretaries and public officials were busy dealing with the problems and effects of the lockdown of the city, and the three were talking in a black glass cubicle not far from the crowd.
"Your Excellency, the notice has been sent." A young secretary in a gray suit came to the side of a middle-aged man to report the situation.
"Well, let's do it first." He nodded slightly, and the secretary exited the room, leaving only the middle-aged man as mayor and another noblewoman.
"Madame Isabel still cares so much about the children that I almost forgot about it."
"It's just that my attention is more on this, and the mayor has a lot to worry about." The lady took the coffee in front of her and blew it slowly, then took a sip.
"I'm really tired." In contrast to the seriousness of the outsiders, the mayor was relaxed in front of the noblewoman, leaning back in his chair and his voice full of tiredness.
"I thought it was some mischievous rats, but I didn't expect it to be a biting shark underwater." He sighed.
"Thanks to the fact that Pulin came to the concert the day before yesterday, martial law was imposed a lot at that time, and the situation did not expand."
"The problems of the underground world have been accumulating for a long time, and the previous mayors have put them on hold, and I don't have the energy to pay attention to them, so I thought it would be good to maintain a balance like in the past, but now it seems that it is not possible."
"We don't know how many labs and bases that dangerous guy has hidden underground, maybe all of them have been discovered, or maybe there are fish that have slipped through the net, but we can't risk it."
"So, it's imperative to clean up the entire underworld."
"It is not enough to rely on the city's police and armed forces, and we have to find superiors to secondment some of the forces, which is estimated to be another expense." He rubbed his forehead.
"Everything should be thought of as good, if it wasn't for this early discovery, if the situation is serious, I'm afraid you and I won't be able to sit here." The lady shook her head.
"That's right." He sighed, then sat up.
"Lady Isabella is still as comforting as she used to be, and I think I was just an ignorant college student when I first met you." He is only human, but the noble lady in front of him is a hybrid of elves and humans, and has a much longer lifespan.
Later, he talked about the past, when he was a student in the Central Star Field, he had seen Lady Isabella speak at the school as a guest.
"You shouldn't have known me at that time, after all, there were too many students here."
"Hin Hin Academy, it's really a distant memory." The noblewoman recalled.
Before living in seclusion, she was a senior member of the Federal Association of Artists, an honorary professor at many prestigious universities, and even though she no longer holds a substantive position, she still has a lot of influence in the world of education and entertainment.
Although she has elven blood and is also from a famous family in the Central Star Field, because she is of mixed blood, she is not suitable for many pure-blooded elf families, so she moved to a remote place after living in seclusion.
The reason why she came to Arpeggio City is because this city is the name given by the elders of her family, which means 'the arpeggio music movement of steel percussion', which is quite poetic and fateful, and with her identity, in fact, it will not be too bad to go anywhere.
"Liuli Dream" was bought and operated by her and several local acquaintances, as a place for her usual sitting and passing the time, after all, no matter how good the scenery is, if no one appreciates it together, it will also feel that there is a lack of color.
It is also because she is here that former singers and performers such as 'Butis' and 'Andesia' will come to work in this shop after retiring from the entertainment industry, and 'Florus' is a junior in one of her friends' family, because she doesn't want to participate in the complicated power struggle in the family, so she went into self-exile and was introduced to live here.
The two chatted for a while, talking about the past memories and the current generations of singers.
"Yulan Duojia has taught Pullin for a while, and the two have similar styles, but compared to 'Emerald Snake' Yulan Duojia, 'Flame Sugar' Pullin Coco is much more popular."
"But recently Yulan Duojia has found a good seedling, and her luck has always been very good."
"Good seedlings? New singer? Hearing this, the mayor became interested.
"I guess I won't be able to hide it from you in the future, that's right, a young singer, only 16 years old, named Hesia Tilan, is now working in 'Liuli Dream'."
"It was a pleasant surprise." The mayor rubbed his jaw, thinking about how to use this singer to build momentum and publicity for his city.
"You can put aside those thoughts for the time being, this child is still young, and it is not suitable for the public to contact the public at present, otherwise it will interrupt her growth trajectory." The lady shook her head.
"Well, Lady Isabella said so." The mayor thought that when this singer grew up, it was estimated that it would be a few years later, and it would be two words when he was still in office, so his mind also faded.
"It's good news after all, if she achieves a lot in the future, the Governor of the Star Domain will have to follow her advice, and the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Domain will be able to regain some vitality and vitality." The mayor thought quietly, tapping his fingers slightly on the table.
"Let's protect her now, by the way, where does she live?"
"It is said to be a low-level residential area."
"How can this work, it's so unsafe there." After this incident, the mayor is not at all at ease with the lower classes.
"Don't interrupt the trajectory of other people's lives." Lady Isabella shook her head helplessly.
"Besides, she will go to high school soon, and she won't stay in the lower class for a long time in the future."
"Since she was able to struggle and bloom from that darkness before, naturally she will not be trapped there in the future, we elders just need to appreciate it silently, it is not a good thing to pull out the seedlings and help them grow, I have seen too many talented people before, because the early frivolity and arrogance ruined the future, and could not continue to go on in the art world."
"Just provide her with a fair and stable platform, and she will go step by step on her own." The lady slowly stirred the coffee in her hand.
"It's worthy of Lady Isabella, you who have taught a multiple-month-level singer, it would be nice if Yulan Duojia listened to your teachings more at that time, this kid is also a pity for our four-leaf crystal star domain." The mayor shook his head slightly.
"She, although she quit the show, she must be very happy in her life now, and there is more than this road in life, don't be too sure to judge people."
"Just like me, several sisters in the family persuaded me to stay in the central star field, but then I still got tired of it, in fact, after this is far away, my relationship with several sisters has improved a lot, and now I can go back to visit them a few times a year in a faster-than-light spaceship, and I am not as uncomfortable with each other as before."
"That's all for today, Mr. Mayor estimates that there are still a lot of things to do, so I won't bother."
After that, the lady walked out of the office on the top floor and stepped into the vertical elevator on one side, overlooking the night view of this underground city.
"Although it is not as brilliant as the central star field, the sound of steel echoes in this dark underground, like a giant beast slowly advancing, maybe such an industrial city is the backbone of the Federation."
"Flower of Golden Flame, Isenisa, the wish you left back then is now in full bloom in many star fields of the Sea of Stars, and we elves will follow your will and let the barren and iron-gray planets spread over the forests and meadows, and thousands of flowers will bloom for it."
She pressed her hand to her chest, and the golden rose ring on her knuckles glittered in the darkness like a real flower.