Mystery: Big Alarm Clock Ghroth Path

Chapter 196 Aurora Love Letter
In the record mastering room of Dwork Music, Hana and Tuckerman took out their instruments and sat at their respective seats, while Jason Bucks selected several percussion instruments for himself from the company's instrument library.

Alice Yeaman, dressed in red, stood between them, and everything seemed to have returned to the past of the "Desert Island" bar in the dock area of Tingen City.

The few people had already familiarized themselves with the music score and had gone through several adjustments, and now they were about to start the first formal recording.

Roger and Mr. Jack Jeffrey stood outside the recording studio with their arms around each other, smiling at the four people behind the glass.

"I never thought the four of them could get together again. The world is truly amazing."

Mr. Jeffrey couldn't help but sigh that it was when he saw Alice's performance at the "Desert Island" bar that he was deeply moved, and that's why he decided to bring this lady with a beautiful singing voice to Backlund.

"Yeah, I think Alice seems very happy too."

Roger couldn't help but laugh.

When everything was ready, Roger lowered the pickup in the recording studio through a special transmission device and then made an "OK" gesture through the glass.

As the melodious sound of flute, clarinet, and soft drum beats sounded, Alice Yeman's graceful singing voice also sounded.

"The aurora melts in the coffee vortex
"Your breath flows over the slope of the keys

"The skirt takes in the fleeing moonlight
"The firefly that rises and falls in my pupils
"The second hand hovers in the clavicle depression
"Migratory birds bring faded postcards
"Butterflies bring the rainy season around my ears

"We stand as an eternal contour line..."

These are the lyrics she wrote herself, titled "Aurora Love Letter".

The lyrics are quite consistent with the music composed by Roger and complement each other. The whole song expresses a girl's passionate emotions and strong longing for the one she loves. Its style completely subverts the current music style of the Northern Continent, and it appears to be more easy to understand, but still beautiful and poetic.

Hana and others were also deeply shocked by the song. As a woman, Hana could feel the emotional elements contained in the song better than Tuckerman and Bucks, and was quite moved for a moment.

"...

"When the universe restarts, gently turn your face
"I saw the Milky Way winding on my eyelashes

"All the wandering stars have fallen into

"That silver arc on your ring finger."

Amidst a burst of dense drum beats, Alice's deliberately prolonged ending came to an abrupt end.

Roger saw Alice's intended gesture, smiled and raised the microphone, and Hana, Bacchus and Tuckerman couldn't help but applaud.

Afterwards, Mr. Jeffrey, Roger and several others watched the newly recorded "Aurora Love Letters" together.

It has to be said that although Hana and others are just resident musicians in a small bar in Tingen, their playing level is very good.

Although they are still not as talented as Alex Ford who joined the Royal Orchestra early on, they are more experienced, have played various types of popular music, and are more compatible with Alice.

So they can also achieve better results in recording pop songs!
“I never thought that popular music could be expressed in such a beautiful way.

After listening to the whole song, Mr. Jeffrey's pupils trembled.

As a professional musician and music industry practitioner, he has listened to countless operas, folk songs and stage plays in his life, but he has never heard a song like "Aurora Love Letter".

"Oh right, this reminds me of some of the musical concepts proposed by Emperor Roselle that I read about in college..."

He couldn't help but react and blurted out something.

But before he could finish the rest of his words, Roger interrupted him:
"Believe me, I didn't draw inspiration from the Great Emperor."

After listening to this, Mr. Jeffrey nodded. He had no doubt about what Roger, the talented composer, said.

In addition, the middle-aged man had a feeling that with the promotion of the portable wind-up phonograph, "Aurora Love Letters" might have a profound impact on, or even rewrite, the musical aesthetics of the people in the kingdom and even the northern continent!
Whether they are aristocrats and wealthy people, the middle class who are content with a small fortune, or ordinary civilians, regardless of their level of education, they can easily understand the emotions expressed in this song.

For Roger, "Aurora Love Letters" is also very important.

This is the first song he wrote completely independently!
More importantly, considering the nature of pop music itself, Roger did not embed any rules that might affect emotions in it, but relied entirely on the melody and Alice's lyrics to achieve the goal of touching the audience's emotional resonance.

This gave him a great sense of accomplishment.

“Composing music is not just about pleasing an audience, it’s about expressing yourself.”

"Aurora Love Letters" is an important link between the past and the present for Roger, a remnant of ancient times. It is both a self-expression and an important part of self-cognition.

After understanding this, Roger felt that his "Composer" potion was once again being digested.

At this moment, he felt that he was only one step away from completely digesting the potion.

All Roger needs now is an opportunity, a chance.

The successful recording of the first master record filled everyone present with joy. After relaxing for a while, they recorded two new master records in succession.

The three record masters are not much different, and the quality has reached the level that can be commercially reproduced.

"Everyone has worked hard, I will treat you to a midnight snack."

At this time, it was late at night, and Mr. Jack Jeffrey was very happy to extend the invitation.

If "Aurora Love Letters" can be welcomed by the market, Alice, as an artist under Dwork Music Company, will definitely be very popular.

The most important thing is that both Alice and Roger were artists discovered by him. How could this make the executive of Dwork Music unhappy?

Hearing Mr. Jeffrey's words, Hana and the others cheered and went to a nearby restaurant with Roger and Alice for dinner.

……

The next morning, Roger saw Hana, Bucks and Tuckerman off, then drove directly to the Dwork Art Marketing Company and placed the three record masters on the table of Mr. Edmund Dwork, who was flossing his teeth.

"Benelu, do you have a new creation?"

Compared to the shock he felt when he first met Roger, Mr. Edmund was now completely accustomed to Roger's high productivity.

He stood up leisurely, took a record master, and looked at the seal on it.

"Aurora Love Letters?"

Mr. Edmund was slightly stunned when he saw the name. He was a little surprised by the name which was a bit unconventional in style.

"Don't be surprised. This is a new art form that I've collaborated on with Miss Alice Yeaman. Listen to it before you comment."

Roger smiled and sat down, took out a record and put it on the portable wind-up phonograph in Mr. Edmund's office.

When the spring was wound up and the needle was lowered, the accompaniment and Alice's melodious singing immediately sounded in the office.

Mr. Edmund was slightly startled, then immediately showed an expression of interest.

He listened to the entire song carefully, played it twice, and then said:
"interesting."

"right?"

Roger smiled and said: "This form of music is obviously less difficult to create than traditional music. It has a low threshold, flexible content, and strong class compatibility. It can be listened to by men, women, young and old.

"Paired with a phonograph, it's sure to be a big hit."

"You can try it."

Although Mr. Edmund was exposed to traditional music in the past, his thinking is not traditional at all.

Compared with his brother Baron De Work, this "Mr. De Work" has a stronger vision and is obviously more suitable to be a market pioneer.

"That's up to you."

Roger has great faith in the efficiency of Dwork Art Marketing Company. According to previous experience, once the most troublesome step of burning the record master is completed, they can take two or three days at most to mass-produce it and enter the supply chain.

Roger then told Mr. Edmund about his collaboration with the mechanics of the Steam Church to improve the portable clockwork phonograph, and asked him to submit a supplementary agreement to continue the previous profit-sharing terms.

With the previous successful cooperation, Mr. Edmund naturally agreed readily.

Although the portable wind-up phonograph was released not long ago, its already emerging content ecological industry chain has already brought a terrifying income of nearly 100,000 pounds to De Work Art Marketing Company.

Cecilia has also enjoyed several salary increases as a result. Now she is highly regarded by Mr. Edmund and Baron De Walker, and is expected to be promoted to the company's business director soon.

Roger was quite pleased about this. Having such a young man who could make money among the Abraham family would undoubtedly lay a solid foundation for the family's revival.

After leaving the Dwork Art Marketing Company, Roger went to a nearby restaurant for a big meal, and then took a rented carriage and drove towards the Royal Art Troupe in the heavy drizzle.

While Derrick was promoting his music in Silver City, Roger also wanted to make plans early and start composing music for Silver City now.

He was certain that if he could get the residents of the "God-Forsaken Land" to start spreading his music, not only would the "Composer" potion be completely digested, but he would also be able to gain a large number of loyal anchors!

When he arrived at his studio, Roger took off his coat, turned on the gas fireplace, and after warming up for a while, he opened a new manuscript.

For Silver City, where the art form is still not much different from the Ancient God era, pop music is not as easy to spread as it is in the Northern Continent. In addition, considering their unique instrument types, Roger still plans to use a more traditional concerto or solo style to compose the music.

On the other hand, considering that the residents of Silver City might often form exploration teams to go out on adventures, the main melodies of these music must also be suitable for humming, so as to boost morale or provide certain benefits when morale is low.

Roger is now able to memorize more profound musical rules because of his deeper understanding of musical rules.

"Then divide the music into four movements, similar to the four movements of The Four Seasons, which are sequentially related to each other but can also exist independently..." In terms of rules, you can go from shallow to deep, from simple to complex.

"The role of accompaniment can enhance the effect and appeal of music, but in terms of rules and influence, it cannot be too different from the effect of solo...

"The theme needs to be consistent with Silver City's history while also offering hope."

After figuring out this series of things, Roger roughly divided the music he composed for Silver City into four movements.

The first movement is called "God's Daytime", which corresponds to the time when the gods were not yet extinguished and the sun still shone on the earth, and was deeply missed by the people in the "God-forsaken Land".

This movement has a brisk rhythm and simple melody, making it very suitable for singing and improvisation.

In terms of rule engraving, Roger chose a rule called "Clear Sky". This rule can quickly dispel the audience's negative emotions and the haze in their hearts, just like leading them successfully back to the heyday of the past, and all their troubles can be dissipated.

The second movement is called "Twilight of the Gods", which corresponds to the period before the gods pass away and the earth falls into eternal darkness. It is a prelude to night.

The rhythm of this movement is relatively gentle, and its emotional appeal emphasizes unwillingness, reluctance, and fear of an uncertain future.

In terms of rules, Roger planned a rule with a double effect: "Twilight".

This kind of rule can inspire people's inner obsession and humanity, and can help teammates eliminate mental and spiritual pollution that is not too serious or has not lasted too long when necessary.

On the other hand, when fighting against enemies, if the "Ragnarok" movement is sung with spiritual voices, the "Twilight" rule will be able to amplify the pollution, filth, and distortion of spiritual and mental bodies, and break the balance between the filth within these distorted creatures, thereby detonating and quickly destroying them.

Considering that there are many dangerous, twisted and evil creatures around the City of Silver, the "Twilight" rule is undoubtedly a very practical killer.

Additionally, the "Twilight" rule can also be used to detect secretly contaminated entities within an exploration team, allowing other team members or the leader to quickly discover them and take action.

The third movement is called "Eternal Night of Thunder," which corresponds to the current era of the City of Silver: a sky perpetually shrouded in haze, seemingly endless lightning, and a confrontation between despair and perseverance.

In terms of melody and emotion, this movement simultaneously expresses the dangers of the Eternal Night and the heaviness, tenacity, and perseverance of the people of the City of Silver. Its melody implies the confrontation between the two forces, and its rhythm also has a gradual spiral upward, implying and foreshadowing that the Eternal Night will definitely end and the gods will surely return.

Roger prepared a rule called "Heart Thunder" for this movement, which symbolizes "the eternal night in the sky and thunder in the heart."

This also corresponds to the spiraling emotional theme. If you hum the "Thunder of the Eternal Night" movement with a spiritual voice, you can trigger the influence of the "Heart Thunder" rule, which will greatly enhance the team members' reaction speed, coordination, strength, marching speed, endurance and mental resistance, and also give them the opportunity to escape from the controlling extraordinary ability.

This music can also paralyze opponents or living beings with weaker physical strength, and there is a certain probability that they will temporarily lose the ability to move. As the rules become more and more profound, the probability and intensity of achieving this control will increase.

The fourth movement is titled "Sunrise and Dawn," which expresses a yearning for a better future and foreshadows that the people of Silver City will be saved from the eternal night.

The melody of the music is very uplifting and the corresponding emotional experience is like a besieged army successfully breaking out of the dark encirclement, escaping and finally being saved.

The rule contained in the movement "Sunrise and Dawn" is a rather profound rule called "reversal".

Just like the transition from encirclement to counter-encirclement, and the return of night and day to their normal cycle, the "reversal" rule can temporarily reverse the power gap between one's own forces and the enemy, allowing weaker Extraordinary People to have a greater chance of annihilating stronger opponents.

As this rule deepens and becomes more ingrained in people's minds, it can also begin to reverse some of the more abstract gaps.

For example, the gap in physical strength, the gap in power and speed, the gap in vitality, the gap in spirituality, etc.

As long as the basic laws of Beyonder characteristics and the basic laws of mysticism are not violated, the potential that the "reversal" rules can demonstrate is almost bottomless.

This is a great test of the Extraordinary's own combat wisdom. In a sense, the smarter and more imaginative Extraordinary people are, the more powerful this rule can be.

On the other hand, if it is a military or legion-based operation, the "reversal" rule can play an even greater role because of the unity of the members' will and goals.

In general, there is no threshold to use the rules of the first and second movements, but the third and fourth movements require a period of time to deepen the rules, which depends more on proficiency and the size and strength of the team itself.

After completing the plan, Roger began to compose the music according to this outline.

Since the duration of each movement was controlled at about 5 minutes, the workload was not too heavy, and Roger finished it before 12 o'clock at night.

Just as he stretched and was about to turn off the gas fireplace and go home, Roger suddenly stopped.

Because at this moment, he could clearly feel that several unique existences had appeared in his ever-growing "anchor".

These beings seemed to come from extremely far away, as if they had penetrated layers of barriers and established contact with Roger.

"Little 'Sun' has started to spread my music on a small scale?"

Roger smiled slightly. Although he didn't know how Derrick had bypassed Silver City's security review, judging from the results, the young man had succeeded.

When Roger finally returned to his home at No. 15 Minsk Street and had just finished washing up and lying in bed, he was awakened by the familiar illusory layered sounds again.

"This... is Klein again?"

Roger rubbed his eyes and climbed up with difficulty.

He felt around and found that it was a message from Mr. World, saying that he had obtained a seal corresponding to the Beyonder characteristic of the Gravedigger, and had entrusted Mr. Fool to pass it on to him. He also explained the function, side effects, and containment conditions of this seal.

"Really? We live upstairs and downstairs, but we can't talk directly. We have to pass messages through Sefirah Castle.

"If that were the case, it would have been fine. But now that Klein has created Mr. World to serve as his mouthpiece, there's another layer of communication involved.

"What the hell is this Steam Age proxy server..."

Roger curled his lips and took back from Mr. Fool an extraordinary item stained with dark blood, which looked like a shroud.

"It should be 'Gravedigger', that's right."

He briefly checked the item, then temporarily stored it according to Mr. World's instructions, and then turned back to his room to continue sleeping.

……

The next morning, Roger slept until about ten o'clock.

"By the way, did you miss breakfast?"

He rubbed his belly, listened for a while to Alister and Perseus playing in the sun room, and then went to the living room.

"Meow, you're up."

Roger heard Bandit's voice and turned around, but there was no sign of the tabby cat.

"I'm here."

Bandit jumped out of a cardboard box, shook his fur, and seemed to be having a lot of fun.

"What the hell, a cat crawling into a cardboard box..."

Roger's mouth twitched. He could guess with his butt that this cardboard box must have been specially found by Klein for the tabby cat to sleep in.

"Where's Klein?"

he asked.

"He went out with Sam. By the way, he left an envelope for you on the table. Let me show you."

"envelope?"

Roger was a little surprised. He walked over and saw that there was a thick stack of cash inside.

After a rough count, Roger determined that it should be close to 4000 gold pounds, which should be the price Klein paid for the "Faceless Man" Beyonder characteristic.

"This guy……"

Roger smiled. Klein had previously said that he would pay the money back in several installments, and this should be the first installment.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Bandit walked over slowly, swishing his tail:

"Cecilia asked Sam to give you a message, but you were still asleep, so it became Sam asking me to give you a message..."

"What a mess."

Roger grumbled, feeling both amused and annoyed, but still gestured for Bandit to continue.

"...Cecilia has completely digested the 'Corpse Collector' potion and can be promoted."

"Oh?"

Roger perked up.

As the saying goes, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. I just obtained the extraordinary characteristics of "Gravedigger" from Mr. "World" last night, and Cecilia completely digested the potion.

He initially judged that his act of entrusting Dwork Art Marketing Company to release the "Aurora Love Letters" record and promote new art forms might have indirectly promoted Cecilia's digestion of the potion.

"By the way, if, as Cecilia said, some of the imagery of 'gravedigger' is quite similar to 'corpse collector', perhaps she can continue to play the role without changing her job?

"But that would make it much more difficult..."

While guessing, Roger avoided Bandit and came to Mr. Fool's kingdom of God, and summoned the "De La Hoya Rat".

(End of this chapter)