99 Natasha’s Reques (2/2)

”Well…” A rare shy look appeared on Natasha’s face, ”Silvia likes your serenade a lot, and she wants me to play a piece of love-themed serenade for her birthday before the new year.”

”That’s sweet.” Lucien did not understand how he would be useful to Natasha yet.

”But you know I’m not really a serenade person…” said Natasha, ”I like music which is intense and passionate, not soft and gentle. I just can’t do it.”

”So, Your Grace, you want me to compose the serenade for you?” Lucien asked.

”Umm… sort of…” Natasha looked a bit embarrassed but soon made up her mind, ”Yes, can you do me that favor?”

”Well… I don’t think a decent knight like Your Grace would find a ghostwriter for herself.” Lucien blinked in a funny way.

”You’re not my ghostwriter! I just don’t want to present Silvia with a piece of mediocre work on her birthday.” Natasha was trying to justify it, ”I’ll tell Silvia that it’s your work…”

”Don’t worry, Your Grace.” Lucien grinned, ”I was just joking. I would be honored if I could help you solve that problem, Your Grace.”

Natasha nodded, ”Awesome. Thank you, Lucien. I’ll at least try to work on it as well, and your work will be my second plan.”

”The name of the serenade will be ‘For Silvia’, then.” Lucien paused a few seconds and looked a bit worried, ”Since I haven’t gone through any love experience yet, I may need some extra help.”

”Such as…?” Natasha leaned forward a bit.

”I noticed that you have lots of books in your study, Your Grace.” Lucien had been coveting the great number of books in Natasha’s study for a long time, and he would not let this precious chance slip away, ”I wonder if I can have the chance to read some of them, say, those love stories books and some books that introduce histories, cultures and traditions of other countries, in order to be inspired. The library of the association has only music books.”

”Of course.” Natasha smiled, ”It’s not a big deal at all. As many of the old books are actually written in the language used by the ancient Sylvanas Magic Empire, I can ask the scholars to translate them for you.”

”That would be great.” Although Lucien looked pretty calm, his heart was full of excitement. He did not expect that one of his biggest problems could just be solved like that. By copying the many books from the ancient Sylvanas Magic Empire, Lucien could not only better plan his future trip on the continent, but also learn how to read ancient Sylvanas characters.

Although many books of college level were still sealed in Lucien’s spirit library, he was already way more knowledgable than a common sorcerer. Had it not been for the insufficiency of his spiritual power, Lucien should had already become a first circle sorcerer, which was exactly the opposite situation for the other sorcerer apprentices. Most of them were having a hard time moving forward because they did not have enough knowledge to analyze more complicated spells.

”Lucien, you stepped on me again!” complained Natasha.

When the dance ended, Natasha asked Lucien, ”Do you have any other plans recently, aside from composing the canon and finishing the bagatelle? I don’t want to interrupt your schedule.”

”Um… Not really. Composing serenade can help me relax. Actually, I’m considering composing a piece of sonata to record the perseverance and the great faith that supported me all along when uncle Joel and his family were held as hostages,” answered Lucien. All he wanted to do now was to come up with new music works and hold his own concert.

”I’m looking forward to that.” Natasha looked at him seriously, ”I know you’re good at this theme. And I’ll have the scholars translate the books for you starting from tomorrow.”

After the dance, Lucien was about to get some water when he met Rhine, who was holding a glass of wine in a very elegant way.

”Good work!” Then Rhine whispered to Lucien, ”I almost forgot to tell you that I already helped you get rid of your basement. No worries anymore.”

”You…” Lucien was very surprised. He never expected that Rhine knew this much about him. He was also glad that he did not have to worry about his underground lab anymore, which had been a burden on his heart for a long time since he just could not find a proper chance to destroy it.

”I know you want to thank me, and you’re welcome,” Rhine said to Lucien, smiling, ”I mean no harm toward you. I hope you can trust me.”

”But why… Mr. Rhine?” asked Lucien. After all, the whole thing had nothing to do with Rhine at all.

”There’s no why.” Rhine shrugged casually, ”Maybe I just want to see a great musician making progress without being distracted by something trivial.”

Then, Rhine raised his glass toward Lucien with a meaningful smile and left.

The party tonight was perfect because of Lucien’s serenade. Thus, Felicia exempted the debt that Lucien owned her to show her family’s appreciation.

At a cost of ten Thales, Felicia made a great deal with Lucien!