What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 81 Matthew
An empty concert hall at night.

A corner of the stage.

Veronica and two other members of the orchestra sat around a round table, bent over and carefully observed a newly purchased sound player.

"It's all your fault, Betty, this thing seems to be broken."

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't expect the skirt to be under the pressure, but I pulled it to the ground as soon as I walked away. It can't really break."

"Let me see." Veronica reached out and operated a few times as before, but there was no movement.

"Damn it, this thing is so expensive."

"Sorry, Your Highness, I will...uh... I don't seem to be able to afford it." The cellist named Betty began to think about when he would be able to afford such a player with his own income.

"Don't worry." Veronica smiled and said, "I heard that Youjin Chamber of Commerce can repair it for free within two months. I'll ask someone to repair it tomorrow."

"Oh." Betty wiped away the tears she hadn't had time to shed, and nodded vigorously.

"If you don't mind, can you let me have a look?"

A male voice joined in.

Colin stood on the other side of the stage.

Although the distance is not close, the empty concert hall is extremely quiet, coupled with the special sound design of the stage, the speeches of the three people on the opposite side can be clearly heard.

After easily entering the concert hall with his identity, he immediately stood at the door and looked up at the design of the entire stage.

This half-arc design with a large number of echo panels can maximize the sound of the orchestra without using magic patterns-it is said that this is because the first designer of the concert hall disliked magic very much.

Colin even once calculated the reflection angle of the sound wave in his mind and how much the effect could be improved by using the sound-focusing reflection magic pattern.

The three of them heard the voice, turned their heads at the same time, and saw a young man in a black magic robe without a magic wand walking over. Betty, who didn't know Colin, moved forward subconsciously, keeping Veronica behind her. .

There was a slight doubt in Ke Lin's eyes, and then he bowed and saluted: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

"Hello, Mr. Wayne." Veronica was very surprised by Colin's sudden appearance, and replied somewhat awkwardly.

Then he introduced to the other two: "This is Mr. Colin Wayne."

Betty and the two relaxed when they heard the name.Master Roman's disciple shouldn't be a bad person, but there seems to be nothing he can do if he is a bad person...

Because the engagement will be after the new year, no one knows the news except the few people involved.

Colin also nodded to the two girls: "Hello."

"Hello, Mr. Wayne." Betty and the two returned.

Afterwards, the scene fell into silence for a while.

The two who were not yet engaged only met briefly at the concert of King Alan IV, and Colin even hesitated for a moment on how to talk about his needs on the way here.

Fortunately, the timely damage of the phonograph allowed him to find the words.

"I have a little experience with this thing, maybe it can help."

"Then trouble Mr. Wayne." Veronica didn't know why Colin appeared here, and when she was nervous, she moved to the side to give up the position in front of the player.

Colin took a few steps forward, easily lifted the casing of the phonograph, and at the same time carefully avoided the power source part of the phonograph - a semi-sealed metal box, in which a short piece of candle was burning.

This part similar to the "battery" was compressed to its current size after repeated design and calculation by Wald.

In fact, most of the magical machines in this world are powered by similar designs—for example, the magic loom purchased by the Gold Chamber of Commerce at the beginning.

From the perspective of a person on earth, on the one hand, there are mysterious and sophisticated magic patterns, and on the other hand, there are simple and primitive candles, which give people an uncoordinated but punk-style alternative beauty—of course, Colin does not have this feeling.

Under the curious eyes of the other three, Colin pulled out the metal plate engraved with the main magic pattern.

"It's not a big problem, it's just that when it fell, it touched the energy line of the magic pattern."

In order to launch the first-generation sound player as soon as possible, there are still flaws in the design of many aspects, and the quality is far from good, but Finiya doesn't care. sell more expensive.

According to the lady, nobles like things that break when touched.

And after the first batch of sound players has harvested the target group at a high price, the chamber of commerce will be able to sell the second batch of sound players with a simpler appearance at a reduced price on the grounds of technological innovation and finding cheaper alternative materials, so that most middle-class civilians can also Be able to afford it, so as to increase the sales of audio discs.

Of course, those who bought at a high price at the beginning are not at a disadvantage. The first batch of 200 players will obviously have a higher collection value.

Ke Lin took out the inscription pen from his pocket, re-engraved some of the damaged magic lines, and installed it back on the main body.

He picked up a sound disc.

It was Fernoma's Rhapsody.

If you remember correctly, this cello master is Veronica's longest-serving teacher and the chief cellist of the orchestra. He "recorded" this piece for the Youjin Chamber of Commerce for free.

The audio disc was put into the player, and soon the aggressive and high-pitched music sounded.

"Okay." Colin waited for the music to play for more than ten seconds, then turned his head and said to the three of them.

"It's amazing." Betty couldn't help but sigh.

Taking advantage of the time when the other two were fiddling with the player, Ke Lin hurriedly said to Veronica, "Your Highness, I have something to ask for your help."

"Oh." Veronica looked at him suspiciously and somewhat blankly.

After half an hour.

Colin came out of the concert hall briskly, jumped into the carriage, and said to Bob, "Go back to the Mage Tower."

……

……

the day before new year.

Matthew put one arm around his young and frail younger sister, and followed a group of people into a huge manor.

If he wasn't too hungry, he would never have listened to the "Hound Dog" and followed these people to the outskirts of Thunder City.

There were quite a few companions who were with him in the past, and they never came back after leaving. I learned from sporadic news that those nobles said on the surface that they wanted to adopt them, but in fact they treated them as goods. They were sold to the south as serfs, some were sent to the east as cannon fodder for fighting pirates, and those who stayed in Thunder City basically did not end well.

If he had a choice, he would rather take his sister and continue hiding under the bridge hole.

But compared to starving to death in the new year, all of the above seem to be acceptable. After all, being devoured by the devil, there is no chance to stand up in the next life.

The people who came to pick them up were very fierce, always urging them to leave quickly, but the girl in the lead was very nice, and even gave them black bread to eat.

Matthew glanced at his younger sister Allie, who was hiding under his arm, and she was gnawing on a piece of bread bigger than her face.

My younger sister is 12 years old, but because of the lack of food since childhood, she is now as short as seven or eight years old.

After the death of his parents, they had no meal at all. Being able to survive two winters was already his greatest ability.

Thinking of what kind of fate he would have in the future, he sighed softly.

Ellie seemed to be aware of the eyes, looked up at her brother, and then raised the bread:

"Matthew, you eat."

Matthew broke a piece with his hand and put it in his mouth, and said, "I've eaten it before, you can finish the rest."

"Uh-huh."

Ellie lowered her head and continued to eat bread.

(End of this chapter)