286 A Fan of Lucien (1/2)

Chapter 286: A Fan of Lucien

Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion

In Victor's office.

After both of them calmed down a bit, they started exchanging what they had seen and experienced during their own trips, including the assorted local conditions and customs throughout the continent, and, of course, all kinds of folk and traditional music. Their warm conversation was full of joy.

”Good, good! You've grown a lot from your trip, Lucien!” Victor nodded approvingly. He could tell that Lucien now had a much better understanding and perception toward different music genres.

Because Victor himself also held concerts throughout the continent, instead of lying that he came back from Holy Heilz Empire or the Kingdom of Syracuse that Lucien in fact had never been to, Lucien told Victor that he travelled from the south central part of the continent to the Storm Strait and then returned the same way he came. Because he appreciated the folk music a lot there in that region, he stayed there for quite a long time.

Hearing his own teacher's praise, Lucien grinned, ”I've seen a lot of great, unique music genres during my trip. I'd like to have them to be part of my music.”

”This is why I always believe that a musician should leave the place he or she stays in from time to time to see more and to experience more,” said Victor, sharing all his thoughts with Lucien. ”I can tell that you've been still practicing during the three years. You did not come to me with a solid foundation of music, but now you've filled the gaps.”

Three years ago, despite of the fact that Lucien had excellent memory and great body coordination, it was still hard to grasp all the parts of the foundation of music. Although when talking to common musicians and instrumentalists, Lucien was fine, when he talked to master musicians like Mr. Christopher and Victor, he made many mistakes. Fortunately, they were all tolerant people, and they knew that Lucien was still new, so they did not give Lucien a hard time but corrected him in a nice way.

During his spare time in Allyn and the rest of his trip, except for studying arcana and teaching the apprentices, Lucien relaxed himself by playing music.

Most sorcerers had their own interests and hobbies during their spare time. Although being dedicated was one of the major conditions for a sorcerer to be successful, sorcerers needed to find the balance between magic and life. For example, the Hand of Annihilation was an outstanding painter, and also a playboy.

At this time, someone knocked at the door politely.

As the student, Lucien stood up and opened the door.

”Mr. Christopher?” Lucien was surprised.

Although having aged quite a bit, Christopher still shaved his beard well, like how he did three years ago.

Seeing Lucien, Christopher smiled, ”Lucien, welcome back.”

”Thank you very much, Mr. President.” Lucien still called Christopher by the title president, even though the current president was Othello.

Christopher joked, ”This old man was waiting for this young fellow to visit him. He has waited for so long that he's decided to come over and find you. I'm very interested in what you've seen during your trip and your new music.”

Three years later, Christopher had become more playful.

”I was about to…” Lucien was a bit embarrassed.

”Just kidding.” Christopher grinned. ”Actually, I'm here to invite you two to attend a small concert held by a young man. He's from the southern Gusta. A tough young man who suffered a lot but is still pursuing his music dream. Finally, he made it to Aalto, and I heard his playing on the street. It was quite interesting. So I invited him to come over to the association and hold a small concert.”

”On the street?” Walking to them, Victor asked.

It was quite strange to Victor. If this young man's playing on the street was that impressive, he should have heard his name as well. However, he never did.

Christopher nodded seriously, ”He's got no money for renting a venue. He was playing piano and singing on the street. His music style was popular over the music festival, but most musicians in the association looked down upon it, because of their bias. By the way, his name's Franz.”

”I see.” Victor smiled, ”Is it starting now?”

Christopher pointed at the floor above and nodded, ”Yes, let's go. There're people waiting for us.”

Lucien and Victor each walked on one side of Christopher. When they were heading upstairs, Christopher smiled, ”Franz told me that your music has given him a lot of energy and power. Without your music, he said he could not have come this far.”

”Uh?” Lucien was quite surprised.