Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 142: The Rage of De La Hoya's Rat (Two in One)

Under Roger's guidance, Alex Ford and he came to the composition studio and saw the score of "Four Seasons Autumn" composed by Roger.

"that's it?"

Alex picked up the music sheet with some curiosity, looked at it for about half a minute, and then started humming.

As he hummed, Alex showed a look of surprise.

"Did you write this?"

As a musician specializing in violin, he immediately realized that this music was extremely suitable for the violin!
Not only that, the content of this music is very consistent with its title "Four Seasons · Autumn", and the melody contains positive emotions of joy and harvest.

As for the beauty of the score itself, it doesn't look like it was created by someone who had just started composing music!
"Is Jones really a genius?"

In fact, Alex has tried his hand at composing music himself.

But being able to play a given violin score well is completely different from being able to create new music out of nothing.

Alex soon discovered this after many attempts - his composing skills and playing skills are not far apart, but completely unrelated...

However, the professional span of Benelu Jones from singer to composer is greater than the span from violinist to composer!

Not to mention that from what Alex knew, the other party was not good at playing the violin!
Alex's curiosity was piqued as his thoughts raced.

He looked around and took a violin directly from the wall of the concert hall outside Roger's studio.

Alex frowned and tuned the violin until he was satisfied with the tuning before relaxing his brow.

Next, he placed Roger's music score on the music stand in front of him, then sat down and began to play according to the score.

Soon, a piece of music with a light melody began to echo.

During the performance, Alex felt as if he had come to a large golden wheat field, saw children chasing and playing by the river, and hardworking farmers with joy on their faces, talking loudly while harvesting wheat ears.

As the melody changed slightly, a breeze blew by, and the wheat around suddenly rose and fell, pushing towards the distance like layers of waves.

In the sky, flocks of migratory birds migrating to the southeast fly overhead, which seems to indicate that winter is coming.

Fortunately, the farmers finished harvesting their crops in time. To celebrate the good harvest, they lit a bonfire, prepared some inferior wine, and sang folk songs celebrating the good harvest in the countryside while drinking...

This immersive feeling made Alex recall his childhood spent on his grandfather's ranch in Eastchester County before he came to Backlund with his parents.

This memory unknowingly healed the setbacks Alex encountered in his musical development during this period. His mentality became positive and optimistic again, and he found his original intention and the courage to overcome difficulties.

In fact, both the immersive memories and the change in Alex's emotional attitude were triggered by the "positive energy" rules that Roger inscribed in "Four Seasons · Autumn" through his extraordinary ability as a "composer."

He naturally noticed Alex's emotional changes and dedication, and was very satisfied with it.

With a sudden rise in the sound of the piano as the beginning and end, Alex rubbed the corners of his eyes and tried hard to suppress the emotions that kept surging in his mind.

"How about it?"

Roger asked.

"Honestly, I was shocked."

Alex had put away his usual frivolity and playfulness, and his expression was quite serious.

“There are pieces of music of this style in music history, but there are very few that are so harmonious in structure and have such outstanding tension in scene expression.

“More importantly, I’ve never felt such a strong sense of immersion and emotional fluctuations in a performance… Although this may be related to my childhood experiences, I have to say that this piece of music has definitely reached a first-class level.

“It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s worthy of being selected into the Royal Orchestra’s official repertoire!”

Alex first talked about it, and then said:

"From the title of your music score, I guess this is just one movement of a large concerto, right?"

"Yes, and then there will be 'Winter', 'Spring' and 'Summer'."

Roger nodded and acknowledged it.

In fact, The Four Seasons are only the first four of Vivaldi's twelve concertos, Experiments in Harmony and Creativity.

It is only because these four movements are more famous than the following eight movements and have a clear unity in theme that they were separated out, widely circulated and performed in later generations.

"call."

Alex breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, he was completely convinced.

The first time I created music, I was able to have such expressiveness, and there was also a corresponding movement plan!
What kind of monster is this?

"Again."

Alex took a moment to calm down and decided to try playing it again.

He had an intuitive feeling that once this piece of music was officially released, it would become popular throughout Loen and even the Northern Continent, becoming a classic that would be passed down to future generations!

This is an important breakthrough for me, as my current career development has reached a bottleneck.

If he had been able to familiarize himself with the piece of music in advance and obtain Roger's permission to perform it in a formal setting, Alex Ford's name might well have become associated with "Four Seasons - Autumn"!
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll get the record player."

When Roger heard Alex say this, he quickly made a "wait" gesture and rushed to his studio to move the heavy record burner over.

After completing the preparations, Alex began to play "Four Seasons · Autumn" again.

I have to say that Alex is an extremely talented violinist.

After only the second performance, Alex's understanding of the piece was noticeably deeper and his technique more skillful.

Some of the previously awkward parts were corrected, and the expressiveness of the music was taken to a higher level.

As he played, Roger carefully manipulated the recorder, not removing the pickup needle until the performance was complete.

As soon as the record was burned, Roger felt the mystical connection between himself and the record.

He was very sure that if he wanted to, he could instantly transfer the bad luck and damage he had suffered to this record and let it bear the damage instead of him!
“The next step is to deepen the influence of Four Seasons · Autumn and promote it as an official repertoire for the orchestra…”

The reason for doing this is that the more "anchors" a piece of music created by a "composer" can gain from the audience, the more and deeper things Roger can do by using the rules of the record to engrave it.

Not only that, he can also use the "anchor" to explore more profound and detailed rules and engrave them into subsequent musical scores!
Thinking of this, Roger had an idea and looked at Alex Ford.

"Alex, you will go to the cocktail party organized by Prince Edsac tomorrow, right?"

He spoke again to confirm.

"Yes." Alex nodded.

"I plan to invite a violinist to play "Four Seasons Autumn" at the cocktail party. Are you interested in taking on this role?" Roger asked with a smile.

"Me? Of course!"

Alex was pleasantly surprised.

In fact, he had already seen the potential of this piece of music, but he had not figured out how to talk to Roger about the premiere rights.

However, I didn’t expect the other party to take the initiative to propose it!
This actually fits Roger's idea, because there will definitely be many nobles or musicians who understand music coming to Prince Edessak's cocktail party. This is a good opportunity for "Four Seasons Autumn" to gain word of mouth and spread.

So the two hit it off and reached an agreement.

“Originally, I didn’t have much confidence in your composing career, but now it seems that I was worrying too much.

"Keep going, I hope you can carve out a world of your own on this path."

Alex said sincerely, and then left in a hurry to go back and prepare for the performance on Saturday.

After he left, Roger copied five more discs with "Four Seasons Autumn" on them, kept two of them in his studio, and carried the other three on his body.

It was still light when Roger got home.

Klein, Sharon, Bandit, and the cat were not at home. They seemed to be out busy with something.

Roger put the three records in a safe place and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems I need to buy a phonograph of my own..."

Just as he was sighing, inspiration suddenly struck him.

Roger turned his head and looked at a dark corner in the living room. A "De La Hoya Rat" that was half rabbit and half mouse jumped out of the void.

Inside its silk bag was a letter.

"My letter?"

Roger was slightly stunned. He quickly searched the cupboard, but only found four different kinds of nuts. "Sorry, I only have four different kinds of nuts."

Roger scratched his head sheepishly at the rather adorable De La Hoya Rat.

Who would have thought that the creature with red eyes, half mouse, half rabbit, would show dissatisfaction and then puff up its cheek pouches.

The cheek pouches expanded rapidly as if they were inflated, and in almost three seconds they expanded to the size of two sandbags.

The next moment, the De La Hoya Rat let out a high-pitched, sharp cry!

This sound immediately made Roger cover his ears and his eyes turned red!

"What the hell, what is this???"

Roger widened his eyes. The ability of "De La Hoya's Rat" was very similar to his own "Noisy One" ability!
Although there are certain differences, there are indeed many similarities.

And Roger was sure that it was not the spiritual body that was affected, but other mystical elements, otherwise he would not feel so noisy and uncomfortable.

After chirping, the De La Hoya Rat seemed to let out a sigh of relief. It picked up the four nuts Roger had placed in its cheek pouch, then nodded and said,

"Next time, pay double."

"Okay, walk slowly."

Roger nodded repeatedly and answered weakly.

He watched the rather cute half-rat, half-rabbit creature disappear back into the void, then sat up and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

"What kind of power was that voice just now?! Where are the weak creatures we were promised?"

Roger's temples were throbbing.

When he summoned the "Rat of De La Hoya", he had already agreed on the limiting condition of "weak existence" in the ritual magic.

Coupled with the cute appearance of the half-rat, half-rabbit creature, he tacitly assumed that it was a weak messenger creature.

However, who knew that this creature had the attack power to knock down Roger!
"Could it be that this thing is some kind of growth-promoting creature? Are the different kinds of nuts it obtains from me the key to growth? Or will delivering messages make it stronger?"

Roger couldn't help but make guesses in his mind, but he had no clue.

In the end, he could only sigh that the spirit world was indeed a mysterious and terrifying place...

After opening the letter, Roger saw the beautiful cursive handwriting inside.

The content of the letter was written by Mr. C, who said that he had just returned from Port Enmat and had resolved some grievances with Mr. Z.

He expressed his gratitude to Roger and said that the puppet waiter used extraordinary items to preserve the fruit Roger brought very well and the flavor hardly decreased.

Not only that, Mr. C also shared his understanding of the "Shepherd" ability and said that if Roger encountered any difficulties in Backlund, he would find a way to support him.

"Well, speaking of which, if we don't talk about the relationship with Xesma, Mr. C should also be a member of my own faction."

The two people who are currently clearly under Roger's command are Mr. C and Alice Yeaman, the latter of whom is currently studying in another department of the Royal Company of Arts.

This is also a means for the "apprentice" to play the role. Once Alice can pass the assessment of the Royal Art Troupe, she can help herself operate at the upper level and execute some things that are inconvenient for her to do.

He was not afraid of Alice lying down because her character was essentially competitive and willing to climb up.

This is not only reflected in art, but also in being an extraordinary person.

Therefore, she would definitely not be satisfied with just staying at the Sequence 9 level. Once she completely digested the potion, she would definitely consider advancing to Sequence 8.

On the other hand, Roger gave Alice one of his fingers.

The purpose of doing this is, on the one hand, to protect Alice from possible attacks by Beyonders, and on the other hand, to monitor the possibility of the power that takes away Lampard's Beyonder characteristics coming into contact with him.

Roger had previously guessed that the man should be Lampard and Alice's father, but many details were still unclear and further information was needed.

"Well, if nothing unexpected happens, Mr. C will be of use soon."

Roger thought for a moment, because the upcoming work of investigating the witch sect and the relics of the Abraham family were rather tedious, and he needed someone to help share the burden with him.

……

The next day, Saturday.

After waking up from a nap at noon, Roger ate the meal prepared by Klein at home, changed into formal clothes, took a rented carriage, and headed to Prince Edessac's estate on the outskirts of the city.

Although Prince Edessac was relatively marginalized in the royal family, he was George III's biological son after all, so Roger was still surprised by the area of the manor.

After handing in the invitation, Roger walked through the garden outside and came to the main hall of the manor.

In the main hall, there were countless well-dressed men and women chatting with each other. Most of them were young people, but there were also very few older people.

In addition to the artists from the Royal Art Troupe and those who had good relations with Prince Edessak, these people also included some nobles who were dependent on him.

The land and wealth held by these nobles were still far from those of the conservative aristocratic core represented by Duke Negan, but they were unable to change their mindsets in time like Earl Hall and embrace the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.

Therefore, these marginalized nobles had close contacts with the equally marginalized Prince Edessak, which was a way of helping each other and keeping each other warm.

But to Roger's surprise, he actually saw Audrey Hall here wearing a silver-white long dress.

"Miss Justice? Why is she here?"

Roger was slightly stunned. According to Audrey's father's power and status, she should not appear in such an occasion!

But he quickly realized what was going on.

Because he and Audrey had a long-term cooperation agreement to monitor the witch sect!

Audrey usually lacked opportunities to meet with Prince Dessac in informal settings. It was only a few days ago that she finally learned about this banquet through Viscount Glint and went there with him under the latter's name.

When she saw Roger, she was also stunned.

Then Audrey smiled as warm as the spring breeze, walked quickly forward and greeted Roger.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Jones..."

"Good afternoon, Miss Hall. I didn't expect to see you here."

Roger immediately switched to his falsetto, which was tailor-made for the "audience," took off his wide-brimmed hat, and bowed slightly to Audrey.

The moment he saw Audrey, he had used his "trouble-stirring" ability to reversely suggest himself into the emotional state of an ordinary person.

He even made some minor adjustments to the content of the hint, changing the "nervousness and desire to express oneself" when he first met Audrey to "mild nervousness and a sense of loss."

"It was Viscount Glint who brought me here."

Audrey looked calm and replied with a smile.

While the two were talking, Viscount Glint, who had met Roger before, came over and shook hands with Roger and exchanged a few words.

"Where is His Royal Highness?"

After the pleasantries were over, Roger asked.

"At the back of the banquet hall, with Miss Triss."

Speaking of Triss, Viscount Greylint curled his lips slightly.

Roger naturally noticed such a subtle expression, but he did not show any reaction because theoretically he did not know Miss Triss.

"Excuse me, I need to go and say hello to the prince."

Roger bowed slightly, apologized, and then walked towards the prince.

Neither Audrey nor Viscount Greylint thought there was anything wrong. After all, the prince was the host of the banquet, and it was in accordance with etiquette for Roger, as a newly arrived guest, to greet the prince.

"Good afternoon, Your Highness."

Roger came to the deepest part of the banquet hall and greeted the prince.

"Good afternoon, Baleno."

Prince Edessak seemed very happy to see Roger coming.

"Excuse me, who is this beautiful lady?"

Roger turned and looked at the young lady next to him who was wearing a yellow long dress, had a round face and a sweet appearance.

　There's more to come.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)