105 Chapter 105 - One Person Concer (2/2)

♫When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a magic light♫

♫That split the niiiight♫

♫And touched the sooound of silence♫

♫And in the naked light I saw♫

♫Ten thousand people, maybe more♫

♫People talking withoout speakiing♫

♫People hearing without listeniing♫

♫People writing soooongs that voices never share♫

♫And no one daaaared♫

♫Disturb the soooound of silence♫

♫Fools, said I, You do not know♫

♫Silence, like a cancer, grows♫

♫Hear my words that I might teach you♫

♫Take my arms that I might reach you♫

♫But my wooords, like sileent raindrops fell♫

♫And echooed in the weeells, of silence♫

♫And the people bowed and prayed♫

♫To the magic god they made♫

♫And the sign flashed out iiits warniiing♫

♫In the words that it waas formiing♫

♫And the sign said, The words of the prophets are written on underground walls♫

♫And tenement halls♫

♫And whispered in the soooound of silence♫

Both of those were slow songs so it was time for Gren to speed things up a bit with a song that sped up as it went on.After introducing it to the crowd, Gren began to play.This was now his second time performing Stairway to Heaven in this world and the crowd seemed to love it.Gren's brow was covered in sweat by the time he reached the finale and whispered the final words of the song.It was fun to sing but took a lot of stamina to sing while staying active on stage to give people a better show.

”Now that we've gotten sped up a bit, here's my final song for the day.This is Land of Confusion by Genesis.”Gren started the more upbeat guitar strumming before singing.

♫I must've dreamed a thoousand dreams♫

♫Been haunted by a miillion screams♫

♫But I can hear the marching feet♫

♫They're moving into the street♫

♫Now did you read the news today-ay♫

♫They say the danger's gone away♫

♫But I can see the fire's still alight♫

♫There burning into the night♫

♫There's too many men♫

♫Too many people♫

♫Making too many problems♫

♫And noot much loove to go roound♫

♫Can't you see this is a land of confusion♫

♫This is the world we live in♫

♫And these are the hands we're given♫

♫Use them and let's start tryying♫

♫To make it a place worth living in♫

♫Ooh, superman where aaare you noow♫

♫When everything's gone wroong somehow♫

♫The men of steel, the men of power♫

♫Are losing control by the hour.♫

♫This is the time♫

♫This is the place♫

♫So we look for the fuuture♫

♫But there's noot muuch love to go 'round♫

♫Tell me why, this is a land of confusion♫

♫This is the world we liive in♫

♫And these are the hands we're giiven♫

♫Use them and let's start tryiing♫

♫To make it a place worth living iin♫

♫I remember loong ago♫

♫Ooo, when the sun was shining♫

♫Yes, and the stars were bright--all through the night♫

♫And the sound of your laughter--as i held you tight♫

♫So long agoo♫

♫I won't be coming home tooniight♫

♫My generatioon will put it right♫

♫We're not just making proomisees♫

♫That we know, we'll never keep♫

♫There's too many men♫

♫There's too many people♫

♫Making too many proobleems♫

♫And not much love to go rooound♫

♫Can't you see, this is a land of confusion♫

♫Now this is the world we liive in♫

♫And these are the hands we're giiven♫

♫Use them and let's start tryiing♫

♫To make it a place worth fighting fo-or♫

♫Now this is the world we liive in♫

♫And these are the names we're giiven♫

♫Stand up and let's start showiing♫

♫Just where our lives are going to♫

The rest of the song was just Gren playing his guitar and he felt exhausted from moving around for the entire time.His fingertips hurt so he quickly healed them behind his back before addressing the listeners.”Thanks for being such a great crowd tonight.I had a great time performing for you all.”Ending a show was always awkward but thankfully there was no concept of an encore in this world.”If we ever put on another show in the future, we'll make sure to announce it earlier so that everybody can listen to all of the songs.”

Thanks to the mercenaries in the alley, Gren didn't have any trouble making it off of the stage and into the guild.There were some cheers from the people behind him but he just wanted to get a glass of water to drink right now.As Gren was gulping down some refreshing water, he could hear someone's footsteps behind him.”You did a good job, Gren.”Turning around, Gren could see Estella in the hall next to the kitchen.”I really liked the message of that last song of yours.Improving the place you live is important and I think that music is one way to really improve this city.”

”You're putting too much thought into it.I wasn't singing to give anybody a specific message.”Maybe it'd be better to try thinking about the lyrics more before singing the next time.”I just sang a bunch of songs that I liked listening to when I was younger.”

”You came from Newton, right?Was there a singer or musician there that would play songs for you?”Fuck.Gren would have to lie in order to get out of this one unless he brushed it off or told her the truth.The only person that knew about his past life was Mimi because it was impossible to hide things from her and he didn't really want to change that yet.

”Ah, not exactly.It has to do with my greatest secret.If I told you then I wouldn't be such an interesting person.”Gren made a joke but realized that Estella didn't like it when he saw her reaction.”Sorry.I'm still not ready to tell others.I trust that you wouldn't tell other people but I can't help but think that you would see me differently if you knew it.”How could you tell someone that you're not the person they think you are?

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Gren's answer left him in the dog house with Estella.She wouldn't let him sleep next to her and threatened Jessica that if she let Gren sleep next to her then she would take the kids and leave.Gren drank a bit but stopped after one cup since he wouldn't be able to think straight while drunk.Even playing the guitar couldn't fix his mood.He understood why she was mad but her reaction was too extreme.

Everything was fine for the entire day until that one moment when he blew it.Things were fine back when the two had a physical relationship but things were just getting worse lately and they almost always ended up arguing.Gren could shake the thought that maybe things would go back to how they were in that brief period of time if that physical relationship could return.

Even as the timer finished, Gren wasn't sure if what he was going to do was a good idea but it was necessary.If anybody found out then he'd probably be beaten alive by his wives.Still, desperate times called for desperate measures.Gren put on his fake beard and silently left the guild in the black of night.