393 The Guests (2/2)

As he was saying it, Arthen held the young lady's hand tight in his own, ”And the really wise lady, like Jocelyn, always chooses someone like me.”

Jocelyn lowered her flushed face. However, to Lucien, a real wise lady should always rely on herself and her power.

When Lucien was considering how he should respond to this in accordance with Beaulac's personality, the hall suddenly quieted down. A blond girl dressing in an exquisite white evening dress showed up at the gate. Decorated with sweet laces, the girl was like an elf. She was not very tall, but there was energy in her elegance. Behind her, there was an old lady wearing a black dress.

”It's my great pleasure to have you here, Princess Sophia.” Deniz walked to her and kissed her hand respectfully.

Somehow, Lucien could always encounter princesses.

Sophia grinned, ”Deniz, I'll only recognize your hospitality if you play for me.”

Deniz giggled with his pinkie up, ”Come on, I'm not good at it. There're so many guests here. We should have a gentleman playing for us.”

Lucien had some uncomfortable feeling in his stomach. When he looked up, he saw that the old lady was looking at him.

The old lady's eyes slightly squinted. It seemed that she could tell Lucien's knight power.

”I'd like to play for you, Your Highness.” All of a sudden, Arthen stood out.

The look on Jocelyn's face became quite gloomy.

As known to all, Princess Sophia was a big piano fan. However, because she was not a knight and she did not have much talent in music, she was not good at playing the piano at all. At the same time, she was the second-in-line inheritor of the empire and a level five alchemist, thus Princess Sophia also had many pursuers.

Arthen's proposal surprised Deniz, after all, he was just joking. On the other hand, Sophia just smiled and her green eyes looked at Arthen, ”I am looking forward to it, then.”

Feeling encouraged, Arthen walked to the piano in the center of the hall and started playing.

Hearing the song, Lucien could not help rubbing his forehead, as what Arthen was playing was For Silvia.

Soon, Arthen finished his playing. All the nobles started applauding. Although Arthen was not good at music, as a grand knight, it was not hard for him to play a music piece after proper training.

Seeing the beautiful smile on the princess' face, Arthen stood up wearing a triumphant look. He cast a glance at Beaulac suggesting it again that he was nothing more than a savage.

Lucien spent a few seconds considering how Beaulac would respond to this, and then he also stood out, ”Your Highness, can I do an improvisation for you?”

”What?” Both Deniz and Arthen were very surprised.

The surprised look on Sophia's face only lasted for a second, and then her elegant smile returned, ”This is really out of my expectation, Beaulac. I did not expect that you would stand out. But if you can play a beautiful piano piece for me tonight, I would see hope again in my own playing. Are you going to give me some confidence?”

Her voice was soft and gentle. The scent of her body was very charming.

”I will.” Lucien had already fallen in love with someone else, so he was not much influenced by the charismatic princess.

Lucien sat down in front of the piano and put his hands on the keyboard. Then, he pressed down the first key gently.

The impromptu was very beautiful. Deniz opened his mouth big as he could not believe that a savage could play such a beautiful song. Arthen looked very upset. He now believed that Beaulac had found some really useful magic items from the black market.

Lucien soon finished his playing. Sophia smiled and applauded, ”Thank you, Beaulac, for giving me the confidence. I never knew that you were this talented in music.”

After bowing slightly, Lucien walked to the princess, ”About this, I've got a secret to share with you, Your Highness.”

”Oh really? What is that?” Sophia blinked out of curiosity.

”Of course,” said Lucien like a gentleman, ”I can only share it with you, Your Highness.”

All of the nobles could tell that Beaulac was trying to stay closer to the princess, but there was nothing they could do to stop him.

Lucien whispered in the princess' ear, ”If you only play the black keys, in other people's eyes, you will look like an expert as well.”

Sophia burst out laughing. When she laughed, she was as beautiful as a blooming flower. The nobles, including Arthen, were rather jealous.

The black keys could form the pentatonic scale, thus even an improvisation could produce a piece of classic melody.