My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 85

#85

Drasha’s Festival (2)

Harris moved toward the stage and looked around at the group members.

‘Okay, the preparation is perfect.’

Thanks to their passionate efforts, all preparations had already been completed.

Curie, a timid female member of the team, appeared nervous for a moment, but was able to overcome the immediate crisis thanks to the “Melody of Harmony” she had acquired this time.

As long as you don’t make any mistakes in the beginning, you will naturally become immersed in the music, so there is no need to worry too much.

‘I tried it just in case, but I’m glad that the skill applies to voices as well.’

“Melody of Harmony” was a typical bard’s skill that gave all kinds of positive effects to music.

It is not limited to simply making it easier to listen to, from amplifying the energy contained in the sound to all kinds of buff effects.

Perhaps this time too, the elf’s racial characteristics seemed to shine through.

Harris, who became an elf, had a voice that made it sound like he was singing even when he just spoke.

〈Individual Information〉

-Individual name: Harris

-Race: Elf

-Common characteristics: 「Mind Herb」 「Persona」 「Super Recovery」 「Mysterious Index」

-Individual characteristics: 「World Tree Child」 「Spiritual Art」 「Nature Friendship」 「 Fairy Justice」「Melody of Harmony」

-Special information: Contracted with the spirit of lightning, fire, wind, and sound. Natural power is rising rapidly due to various factors and high affinity. Due to the influence of the World Tree located nearby, it is in a state of extreme synchronization with nature.

Another thing I realized while practicing singing for several days.

As long as he was next to the World Tree, nothing would cure Harris’ fatigue.

‘I guess it’s because of the “Child of the World Tree”.’

As I learned in elemental arts class, singing was effective to some extent.

The problem is that it doesn’t last that long.

It was a bit cumbersome because without stimulation from music, it would just hang out like a plant, but it was not too bad because it accelerated its growth and helped in many ways.

Anyway, if I just paid a little bit of attention, I could have moved my body as I wanted now.

“next! “Go up on stage.”

At that time, the academy students whose turn was in front of them went down the stage and the stage host called them.

“Great! “Then let’s go!”

Timer, who was floating a heavy drum set in the air, excitedly went up on stage.

Curie took a deep breath for a moment and followed him with a more calm look, and Shapiron headed to the stage with his usual proud steps.

Harris looked at them and had a smile on his face.

‘Okay then… Shall we use the “Melody of Harmony” to its maximum and pound the essence of Earth’s modern music into the minds of the other world’s elves?’

It was the moment when the cultural invasion of Earth that only he knew began in Drasha, the capital of the Elven Kingdom.

***

Buzz, buzz—

~♪

The festival was in full swing, and colorful attractions were set up all over the capital.

As the Elven Kingdom is proud of their culture, the Elven residents generously brought out what they had prepared.

There were not only works of art such as paintings and sculptures, but also objects useful in daily life such as clothes and carpets.

“ah! “Lapori and Cecily, are you here?”

“hello. “I heard there was a performance by Drasha Academy here, so I came to see it.”

“Welcome! Ms. Shapiron is scheduled to perform on stage a little later. “Please come this way.”

“Oh, I didn’t specifically come to see my daughter’s performance… It just so happened that a friend I was sponsoring also got to perform on stage with me. I’m also a friend with Cecily here. Hahaha…

Cecily followed behind Laforie, looking around with her sparkling star-shaped pupils.

After waking up from the aftermath of the opening of her eyes, she was watching the festival with Lapori.

For her, who was born in a small elf village on the Aeon continent and lived with nature as her friend, this was the first time in her life she had seen such a splendid event.

Moreover, wasn’t this festival held to celebrate oneself?

Even though today is only the second day, this place was truly a paradise full of amazing things to see.

~♪

Clap clap clap—!

When the students who danced and sang finished the performance and left the stage, Cecily, who was very excited, clapped her hands repeatedly.

“It’s the Elven Kingdom, after all. In our village, simple dancing and singing were all that was involved. so cool!”

At that time, the next group came up on stage.

It was Harris’ team, each holding an instrument in each hand, including something large floating in the air.

“That’s another unusual instrument… Ah! “It’s Mr. Harris!”

While looking at the drum set with several drums and symbols woven from plant branches with interest, she spotted Harris and was delighted.

Still, it was nice to see each other after so long, as we had been together for quite some time.

“Wow… But Mr. Harris, you’ve grown a lot so far. “If I hadn’t become a high elf, I would have been overtaken long ago.”

Seeing Cecily exclaim in admiration as she watched him prepare for the stage, Laforie slowly nodded.

Certainly, in his opinion, Harris’s growth was unusual.

‘I felt that the level of acceptance of natural forces was exceptional, but it became stronger while I was not seeing it. There are already four spirits that have signed a contract. One of them is a fairly rare spirit…’

But those thoughts disappeared as soon as I saw Shapiron on stage.

When I saw my daughter working hard to prepare something, only a soft smile appeared on my lips.

At that time, Harris, who was exchanging glances with the group members, stepped forward and opened his mouth.

“We prepared a slightly different song. This is a song I used to sing in my hometown, but it may be unfamiliar to people here…”

His low voice spread in all directions with the help of the two spirits of wind and sound, capturing the ears of the audience.

The voice had the power to attract everyone’s attention even before the performance began, to the point that people passing by from afar turned their heads to look without realizing it.

“…Start.”

And so their performance began amidst the expectations of those around them.

~♪

It started with the sound of heavy string instruments, followed immediately by the sound of drums and sharp instruments that felt like beating the heart.

The audience’s heads tilted to the side at the unfamiliar music.

‘what? What about this music?’

The moment when everyone was taken aback by a sound they had never heard before.

“All the way to the white sand beach~♪”

Harris’ strong voice swept through the venue on the wind.

The eyes of everyone within range of the singing voice were focused on him.

“hmm?”

“what? This?”

Most of the elves’ songs had a strong lyrical and soft feel.

Their basic tendency to dislike loud noises influenced the development of music.

It wasn’t that I couldn’t hear songs with an exciting atmosphere, but I wasn’t satisfied with all of them.

Dwarf songs, which were mainly high-pitched songs, were so disgusting that the stereotype was bound to become stronger as time passed.

However, the music presented on stage now was different from the indiscriminate noise we had heard so far.

Moderation without being excessive and a thoroughly calculated pace.

In addition, the natural power of Harris’ voice forced the listeners to sympathize with it and slowly made their hearts, which were steeped in familiarity, start beating.

“Wow…”

And the high elves Lafori and Cecily were also feeling that same feeling.

‘That’s amazing. This level of sympathy. ‘I didn’t know you had this kind of talent?’

Unlike Cecily, who kept shaking her shoulders and looking at the stage with sparkling eyes, Laforie, who had experience, calmly analyzed the song while enjoying the music.

‘The theme of the lyrics… is it a journey to find yourself?’

Harris has been wandering the continent alone and working as a mercenary since he was young.

Although he went through all kinds of hardships to reach the Elven Kingdom, his essence was freedom.

For some reason, aren’t those lyrics very similar to Harris’ current situation?

~♪

Everyone was absorbed by his voice and focused on the music, and before we knew it, thick steam had covered the floor of the stage.

The white smoke that collected only at the feet of those standing on stage made them look as if they were on clouds.

“Hoo spirit like that….”

That wasn’t all.

A variety of spirits, including the splendidly sparkling light spirit above their heads… and

even

a pillar of fire rising from the floor.

It was truly the height of splendor.

“Wow!”

“Oh oh-!”

The elves, who had been quietly appreciating the previous stage and nodding their heads, were swept up in the atmosphere and began to shake their bodies without even realizing it.

“I will find my dream~♪”

The spirits that interacted with them exuded a fierce presence, and the natural forces around them, assimilated by the energy contained in the music, fluctuated like crazy.

Everyone, including those leading the stage, those watching the stage, and the spirits who responded, were immersed in the emotions of the song.

‘That level of sensitivity.’

And Laforie looked at it and was amazed again.

Centered around Harris, who stood in the center, the sensitivity continued to soar, influencing their spirits.

Something was different from other people’s interactions.

~♪

And when the stage ended with the last note.

Clap clap clap!

“Waaa—!”

“oh! “It’s something different, but I like it!”

Countless applause and praise from the audience poured onto the stage.

I immersed myself in the music so that I could not feel any resistance to the unfamiliarity.

“and! Such music! As expected, Elven Kingdom is amazing! “This is my first time doing something like this!”

Cecily, who was enjoying the music to the fullest, chattered to him with a red face.

“Hmm… Actually, this is my first time hearing it too.”

“yes?”

“Hahaha—”

Looking at Cecily tilting her head, Laforie couldn’t help but laugh.

Actually, he was the one who was most curious about that music.

‘I’ve been exposed to a lot of music from the Aeon Continent in my long life, but this is my first time hearing something like this.’

Looking at the structure, it was definitely not a system created in a short period of time, so he couldn’t help but feel embarrassed.

‘It’s not like I suddenly fell from some other world.’

He shook his head as he watched them disappear behind him as he took his last bow on stage.

Additionally, it seemed like the others hadn’t noticed yet, but the performance just before was not just about rapport.

‘The moment I listen to and enjoy music… the flow of internal energy becomes more smooth. Although it is still at a weak level, it is possible to have this much influence on an unspecified number of people simply with music.’

Lafouri burst out laughing.

I thought he was a friend with potential, but I guess this went too far beyond his expectations.

‘This could have quite an impact.’

It was a square in the center with a large floating population, and people who were fascinated by the strangely wide and clear sound continued to gather.

A situation where new music was forced into all of their heads.

Therefore, even after the stage was over, the venue was still a mess due to the noisy crowd.

Just as someone had intended, this culture successfully created ripples in their minds.

***

Southern part of the Ion continent.

There was some kind of hideout underground in an unexplored wasteland located quite far from the tribal alliance nation of Chalcos.

The inside of the stone chamber, so large that it was hard to believe it was made by digging underground, was filled with all kinds of unrecognizable magic techniques.

Magic circles and barriers carved on the floor, walls, and ceiling, as well as altars, magic tools, and other magic tools.

In that strange space, a group of about a dozen people wearing hoods appeared and quietly looked around.

“Are you ready?”

“Almost done.”

A short old man answered in a gloomy voice to the large man’s voice.

“Luckily, I managed to avoid the attention of the church. “The guys snooping around here and there have been quite annoying lately.”

“…I had quite a hard time.”

There was considerable difficulty in proceeding with the work due to the main religious order, which was at its peak of sensitivity like bees whose nest was swarmed by the sudden appearance of the Immortal King.

The decades-long plan was almost revealed.

It was natural that the Immortal King of this generation somehow managed to infiltrate the main temple of the Holy Land.

No matter how they hurt him and defeated him, that fact alone was enough to stimulate a sense of crisis in the church.

Of course, it was the main church that did not disclose such detailed circumstances and kept quiet, but they were able to find out with difficulty thanks to a colleague with special abilities.

“You won’t have any regrets, right?”

“of course. “It doesn’t matter anymore as long as I can destroy this world.”

When the ritual begins, the subject, an old man, will be in a state worse than death, but his anger toward the world makes him not care about such things.

“It is said that even the Immortal King has been resurrected, so if you just help us a little, he will take care of the rest. Hehehehe….”

“Hmm… okay. “He certainly seemed capable. I don’t even know where he’s hiding and what he’s doing now.”

A large man who noticed what was going on looked at the old man who was giggling to himself like crazy.

Now, if this person completes his consciousness, the current peace will be shattered and a more chaotic world will emerge.

There was no way the Immortal King, who wanted to cover the continent with death, would just sit by and ignore that golden opportunity.

And his movements will be of great help to their work in the future.

Those wearing hoods looked at each other.

There really wasn’t much time left now.

“Defy the sky.”

“For the oath.”

The true forces of evil were quietly growing in the shadows.