“Snowflake Rhapsody” is a famous piano piece. The author is not a well-known composer, and there are not even a few works in circulation.
But this does not prevent “Snowflake Rhapsody” from being loved by Lord Merlin.
“This song describes that during an ice age, the snow demon invaded the hometown of the hero and heroine. The hero had to take up arms to fight the snow ghost, and then never came back… Many years later, the heroine set off with the caravan. Snowfield, saw a snow ghost on the snowfield.”
Cousin Mel is telling what “Snowflake Rhapsody” describes.
Russell then asked: “So, the snow ghost that the heroine saw was transformed into the hero?”
“Yes and no.”
“Um?”
“The snow ghost was not the male protagonist, but the female protagonist imagined it to be the male protagonist, and then fell into the snow ghost’s arms amidst the flying snow… She committed suicide for the male protagonist. It was a very sad story.” Mel sighed.
“The story is quite sad, but the music seems quite cheerful?” Russell said, listening to the piano music carefully.
“Because the song is all about the female protagonist’s fantasy about the male protagonist.”
“That’s it.” Russell nodded. He didn’t have a high aesthetic quality in music. He listened to music more for fun.
Looking at the middle-aged and elderly men and women dancing on the dance floor, he couldn’t help but ask: “Why does grandpa have a special liking for “Snowflake Rhapsody”?”
I didn’t expect an answer.
But Mel said why: “When my grandfather was young, he didn’t like my grandmother… As you can see, our Yujiuka family and the Suiranagi family have had mutual dissatisfaction since my grandfather’s generation.”
Count Merlin’s wife was born into the Shuiliu family, and was called Olive Suiliu. She was the aunt of Osclo Suiliu, the current Earl of Gravel Stone.
Aristocratic marriages are intertwined, and they are all relatives.
“My grandfather didn’t love my grandmother because of his first love. After learning that my grandfather had to marry my grandmother, he went into the snowfield alone and never came back.” Mel said with emotion, “At that time, my grandfather was looking for three people in the snowfield. Months…”
In the end, he failed to find his first love.
As a result, the painful Earl Merlin finally accepted the family’s arrangement and married Olive Shuiliu.
Perhaps Olive Shuiliu knew that Earl Merlin did not love her, so she passed away after giving birth to two daughters and one son for Earl Merlin.
“So, because my grandfather always misses his first love, he is so fond of “Snowflake Rhapsody.”” Russell sighed.
“Not so.”
“Um?”
“When I was a child, I foolishly asked my grandfather, and he told me that he had forgotten his first love. The reason why he loved “Snowflake Rhapsody” the most was because he owed his grandmother and needed to rely on this song to anesthetize himself.”
“I don’t quite understand.” Russell frowned, not understanding why he used a song related to his first love to remember his wife.
“In the song, grandfather suffers, and suffering allows him to restrain his apology to his grandmother.” Mel took a sip of red wine.
Gritting his teeth, he said: “That’s why I hate that boy Kunstein. He shouldn’t use his reputation to force his grandfather! My grandfather has been a decent man all his life, especially in emotional pain. He owes his first love and his grandmother. How could he be with Princess Anxia?” …”
After saying that, Mel calmed down his anger and smiled apologetically at Russell: “If you don’t say these things that will affect your mood, you will still have to dance on the dance floor later.”
“I prefer listening to stories here than dancing.”
“The stories I hear are not as interesting as the stories I have personally experienced. If I don’t dance, there will be no story experience.”
The three songs in a row are all social dances performed by middle-aged and elderly nobles.
After the fourth song, it finally changed to lively dance music. Lord Merlin left the dance floor early, and the young men and women began to invite dance partners.
Despite Mel’s urging, Russell remained unmoved and did not bother to invite the ladies to dance.
“Don’t be so lifeless. Look at how happy your brother is dancing with his arms around others.” Mel pointed to the dance floor.
The eldest brother Roland was hugging a mature and charming lady, dancing and laughing on the dance floor. It was very pleasant.
Just as he was talking, a bright girl came over and invited Mel: “Sir Mel, can you ask me to dance?”
“The beautiful lady invites you, how can I turn a blind eye, please.” Mel immediately stood up and followed the bright girl away.
But he still didn’t forget to look back and wink at Russell. The meaning in his eyes was self-evident, telling Russell to act quickly.
Russell smiled but said nothing.
“Hello, Mr. Russell, my name is Julia, do you remember me?” A young, lively and lovely girl came over. She was about sixteen or seventeen years old, with slightly wavy flaxen hair, and the corners of her mouth turned up as if Always smiling.
“Of course, the beautiful lady is naturally impressive.” Russell knew that the other party was the daughter of a lord of the principality.
According to his aesthetic standards, the opponent can get eight points out of ten.
“Can you ask me to dance?” Julia asked.
Russell, who didn’t want to dance just now, immediately stood up and reached out to hold the little hand that Julia offered: “Of course.”
Mel, who was dancing gracefully with her partner in her arms on the dance floor, saw this scene and suddenly smiled.
The dance partner was a little confused: “Sir Mel, what are you laughing at?”
“Just call me Mel. I just met an interesting person. He says he doesn’t want it, but his body is very honest about wanting it.”
“Who is this interesting person?”
“Don’t worry about these, you are the focus of the world right now.” Mel’s beautiful words came right out of her mouth.
The dance partner suddenly burst into giggles.
Just like the couples dancing happily on the dance floor.
Julia’s waist was very weak, but Russell’s arms were strong, leading Julia to dance a little unfamiliarly on the dance floor.
“Don’t you often go to balls?” Julia asked.
“I live in the Youguang Valley. It’s not a very big place and there aren’t many nobles there, so there are very few dances.”
“So that’s it.” Julia narrowed her eyes, like two crescent moons, “Then you follow my rhythm. You were dancing a little too fast just now and didn’t keep up with the beat of the dance music.”
“good.”
“I haven’t been to the Netherworld Valley yet.”
“In the south, the southernmost part of the Grand Duchy of Shadow Flame, follow the mountain and river business road all the way south, and you’ll be there in three or four days’ walk.”
“Speaking of it, this is the first time I have left the volcanic oasis and come to the warm enclave.” Julia said. Residents of the volcanic oasis usually call the warm land opened by the wyvern a warm enclave, which is not connected to the volcano.
In fact, the official name of the volcanic oasis is the volcanic domain; while the official name of the warm enclave is the hot spring domain.
“Is this place different from the volcanic oasis?”
“It seems to be about the same.”
“Hmm.”
“Do you live in a castle?”
“No, I live in a country manor. I have been enfeoffed and become a lord.” Russell answered truthfully.
“Don’t you have a castle in your country manor? My father is also a lord, but our family has a small castle.”
“Maybe because of poverty.”
“Haha, you really know how to tell jokes.” Julia smiled.
“I’m really poor.” Russell told the truth. His current life in the territory depends on family loans.
Without the investment of one thousand gold coins from Fluorescent Castle, the capital chain would soon be broken.
Julia obviously would not believe this, and just smiled and asked: “You are still very young, Mr. Russell, go to the snowfields to hunt snow ghosts more, and soon you will be able to build your own little castle. By the way, What’s the name of your estate?”
“Black-rumped Snake Manor.”
“Black-rumped snake? What is that?”
“Uh…a kind of snake.”
(End of chapter)