51 The New Message (1/2)

Chapter 51: The New Message

Translator: winniethepooh, Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

After pressing the last key, Lucien slowly removed his hands from the keyboard. A feeling of accomplishment rose in his mind. Through the three weeks of diligent practice, now Lucien could play the masterpiece relatively fluently with some simple skills. Of course, it was not perfect, but Lucien believed that Mr. Victor could easily tell its value.

“Lucien… you…” Felicia was standing beside the door with her hand on the doorknob, looking very confused but also surprised.

“Felicia, sorry, I didn’t notice you were here.” Lucien stood up and pushed the piano stool under the keyboard, “What did you say?”

“The song you played… was quite impressive. You’ve… made great progress.” Felicia looked away. She was not used to making compliments, especially to Lucien.

“Thank you, Felicia.” Grabbing his music sheets, Lucien walked to Felicia, “I gotta go now. It looks like a storm is coming.”

In the Month of Harvest (September), there was always a downpour every few days. The weather today was very muggy, and the sky was much darker than usual.

“Yes… Sure. See you tomorrow, Lucien.” Felicia was kind of distracted.

When Lucien came downstairs, he saw Athy asking the servants to do cleaning there. Lucien walked toward him asked, “Mr. Athy, did you see Mr. Victor? I have something to tell him.”

“Mr. Victor just left for the cemetery. I’m afraid he might not be able to come back until late.” Athy was always polite and serious, “Would you like to leave a message?”

“It’s alright. I’m not in a hurry. Thank you, Athy.” Lucien waved his hands. He could talk to Victor in person the next day. Tonight he had some magic experiments to carry out, which were his priority.

In the last few weeks, Lucien managed to read the journal, Arcana, many times. With the help of the literature stored in his spirit library, his basic knowledge foundation grew more solid. Combining that with what he had learned about vibrational frequency, Lucien improved the spell “Homan Oscillation” and created two new apprentice-level spells.

For most apprentices, the development of their spiritual power often was much faster than the accumulation of their knowledge. Lucien, on the other hand, was facing a totally opposite situation due to his background. His spiritual power was still insufficient for casting ten apprentice spells consecutively at a time.

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In the early evening, on his way to auntie Alisa’s place, Lucien noticed that there was a new secret message on the wall.

“We have news about the evil creatures. Tonight. Ten o’clock. The same place,” said the secret message.

Lucien kept walking as though he saw nothing. In his mind, he was guessing the intention of this message. He never attended the meeting after his first appearance, so it seemed they were using the information to lure him.