Parsed with an automated reader. The content accuracy is not guranteed.\nChapter 83 â Hot Light Music\nJack is a small pirate, he has an ordinary appearance and ordinary identity, he is an ordinary sailor on the Deathbird. Although he is not considered clumsy, he definitely belongs to the type of inflexible hands and feet. The reason he became a pirate is also very simple and very common, too poor to live, so he became a pirate. He did not have a heartfelt story, no legendary experience, nor the ability to experience a legendary story.
He is an ordinary man, with ordinary peopleâs troubles, no money to enjoy, no capital to flirt with girls, no ability to have money, and no perseverance to make themselves capable. Of course, in this era, the troubles of ordinary people there is one more: Donât know when you may encounter death.
In the pirate ship, Jack is one of the tasteless and discarded type of chicken, but he generally has many years of experience, so he will not make any big mistakes. In addition, he seems to be a bit lucky, so he also worked for three years in the âone of the four great piratesâ Rodâs Deathbird. He didnât brag about himself outside either, he was afraid of being told off by others on Deathbird if they heard.
This day, the Deathbird returned to Josh Kenny, Rod ordered all pirates on the ship to move the precious treasures and supplies out of the sale. He received the coins the next day and then released his men, and of course, paid them what they deserved.
Jackâs payment is small this time, because he played dead again in the battle.
However, at this moment, he looked at the other pirates going to the Demon Realm Shopping Mall, still somewhat envious.
He is not interested in women because with his economic strength, the types of women he can sleep with are old and ugly. He tried, as a result, he couldnât finish it. Waste of money, he was too embarrassed to ask for a refund from that woman.
But the shopping mall is different, itâs the piratesâ dream place, of course, is also Jackâs dream place. In addition to the movies that most people like, because of the perennial drifting on the sea, they cannot eat good food, so they have become more obsessed with the food in the shopping mall.
One movie after a few months, he can still afford, but the food in the restaurant is not affordable, and there is also a problem. After eating the food in the restaurant, Jack feels that the food in other places is difficult to swallow⌠which is simply a nightmare.
âHey Jack, letâs go to the magic mall together.â Someone tapped Jackâs shoulder, and Jack looked back to see that it was Andrew, who was familiar with him.
âStill canât.â Jack pretended to shrug, âIâm going to go to the tavern.â
âEven if you donât go to the shopping mall restaurant, you can still see what is good in the first floor.â Andrew said: âLast time, the boss was boasting about the camera, the most important thing is âŚâ He squeezed his eyes to Jack, Jack understands what he meant, so two people say: ââit is very cheap. HahahaâŚâ The two laughed together.
At this moment, the balance scale in Jackâs heart tilted over endlessly.
Jack continued to play it cool and said, âOkay, maybe we can find something cheap and practical.â
The first floor of the shopping mall has a lot of new things on the shelves, the most striking is called the âgramophoneâ. Andrewâs expression is some disappointment: âThis only has the function of playing music and recording sound?â
âYes, sir,â the salesperson said.
âOh.â Andrew shrugged, âThen itâs better to save money and go to the second floor to eat.â
Andrew has no special interest in music, the commoners also have no special interest in music. Speaking of music, they will think of elegant but uninteresting opera, will think of the bar songs with nasty paragraphs about the tramp, will think of the churchâs solemn kind of hymns, but also think of the street side troubadour who played the lute by himself⌠and thatâs it.
âJack, shall we go upstairs and get something to eat?â Andrew asked.
But Jack stared at the gramophone, and he spoke, âThis is cheapâŚâ
In fact, 50 silver coins is not cheap, but it is indeed cheap compared to the price of other things in the Demon Realm Shopping Mall.
âBut what do you want it for?â Andrew asked.
âI donât know what to use it for, but they are selling it in the Demon Realm Shopping Mall, so I want it,â Jack answered truthfully.
âYou have this idea tooâŚâ Andrew was about to laugh at Jack, but then he realized that he seemed to also have this idea, so he shut up, âWell, you buy it,â he said.
âOkay,â Jack nodded.
If Hill had known, he probably would have laughed three times to the heavens and said: This, is the power of the brand!
Twenty minutes later, Jack walked into a tavern holding a gramophone box, a very typical dimly lit tavern in Josh Kenny, even though it was daytime, there were still a lot of people gathered inside. Sunlight shone in through the windows and broken holes in the walls, forming a column of light in which countless dust was flying. But many people here are not drinking for fun, but waiting for business.
Jack also saw two pirates from the Deathbird inside the tavern, and he greeted them, âWhy didnât you go to the restaurant?â He knew they were financially strong enough to afford the delicacies.
âWent late, it was full, bah.â One of the pirates named Lem said disgruntled, âWhat are you holding?â
âA gramophone from the Demon Realm Shopping Mall, and a record,â Jack said and sat down next to the other.
âOh.â Lem said, he was obviously not interested in music either, but asked one more question, âIs it music from a movie?â
âYes,â Jack said.
âThatâs not bad,â Lem said.
After some time, the food was brought up, the appearance and smell, it cannot be compared with the shopping mall restaurant, Jack is used to it, Lem sighs up: âTonight, I must go there in advance to line upâŚâ
If you let the pirates outside hear Lem say this sentence, they are estimated to laugh out loud, what a joke? Pirates lining up?
There was a time when the pirates of Josh Kenny thought the same way⌠until they were thrown out one by one by the chef and were put on the restaurantâs blacklist, they realized the seriousness of the problem.
âGood luck, and may the gods of the sea bless you,â Jack drew a Poseidon symbol on his chest and said.
âI converted to the Dark God,â Lem said.
âWhen did you decide that?â Jack asked.
âWhen I found out the restaurant was full.â Lem put the sea fish tart in his mouth and then pooh-poohed it, âItâs awful⌠Hopefully, the Dark God will bless me with demon realm food every time I go ashore in the future. Iâm thinking of changing my career to be a demon, I just donât know where I can apply.â
Jack laughed dryly, âMaybe you should check out Famagusta, which is said to be where the Dark Church is stationed.â
âIf I get the chance,â Lem shrugged.
They chatted about this and that, and Lem wanted to talk nonsense to distract himself. But it was a side-effect of the fact that in Josh Kenny, the gods really didnât have the majesty they deserved.
Jack ate a cherry pie, then swallowed it with a frown.
Lem slapped the table, âHow come there isnât even a singing gnome to cheer you up?â He looked around the room, bored, then said, âJack, why donât you turn on that gramophone and listen to it.â
âOkay.â Jack had no comment.
Although Lem wasnât interested in listening to music specifically, he thought it would be okay to listen to the Song of the Dragon while eating.
So, Jack put the gramophone on the table, then put the record according to the instructions and started it up.
At once, music like flowing water bubbled out of the phonograph, and the first song was âAnnieâs Wonderlandâ.
Light and dreamy melody, unspeakably good tune, can hear the instruments in it, harp, flute⌠which are all instruments he has heard, but the combination, how come it sounds so good? All the grumpiness, all the unhappiness, all the depression, all melted away in that dream-like moving tune. People seem to be in the clouds, floating, pillowed with marshmallow-like clouds to sleep, the wind blew, no sea smell, but a refreshing sweet tasteâŚ
More than three minutes passed quickly and the music ended.
Jack and Lem then woke up.
This, this, this is too good, right?! What is this? Jackâs mind once again appeared a corny thought: this, is the demonâs temptation?
It is no wonder that people always have such thoughts, because for people who have never been exposed to these things, it is still their first time to feel that culture can actually have such a terrible attraction, so it is natural to think that this is the demonâs temptationâŚ
Then Jack noticed that the tavern quieted down and everyone was looking at their side, everyoneâs face was mesmerized.
Music has no borders, let alone such light music without lyrics. It directly used the beautiful melody to everyone to convey that calm and beautiful feeling.
âItâs too amazing, so unreal!â
âWhat is this?â
âIs this the sacred music of the Church?â
âI feel the urge to cry when I listen to it!â
âI feel like I wonât have nightmares after hearing this before I go to bed.â
âLetâs listen to it again!â
âOne billion times more!â
Immediately afterwards, the discussion rang out.
A man over there wearing Josh Kennyâs popular leather armor asked, âWhatâs that youâre holding, my friend?â
âGramophone.â Feeling his vanity satisfied after attracting so much attention, Jack replied, âThe latest item from the Demon Realm Shopping Mall.â
âIt turned out to be.â The man suddenly realized, âI wasnât too interested in that one earlier, but it turned out to be so good⌠Sure enough, all the ones launched by the Demon Realm Shopping Mall are good.â
There is a popular phrase on Earth to describe this situation: If itâs Demon Realm products, then it must be good.
At this time, the door was kicked open, a few fierce pirates walked in, the leader laughed when he saw Jack: âIsnât this our famous Deathbird pirate Mr. Jack!â
Jackâs face hardened when he saw the other side, the manâs name was Johnny. They knew each other before Jack got on the Deathbird, and had a beef. Johnnyâs pirate group is a small to medium-sized pirate group, by definition, he should not continue to provoke Jack, but Jack knows he is only at the bottom of the Deathbird, and Johnnyâs force value is indeed good. If the trouble attracted Deathbird, Jack knows Johnny will be unlucky, but he will also follow the bad luck. So, he would normally just put up with it, who made him not as good as others?
But today, it looks like it canât end well.
Johnny took a few of his associates and taunted Jack as usual, and Lem, who was next to Jack, asked curiously, âIs he your friend?â He thought Johnnyâs words were a bit too much, but if it is Jackâs friend, maybe this is their unique way of making friends? After all, the pirates have a more unique, special way of getting alongâŚ
âOf course, we are the best of friends.â Johnny laughed out loud, he walked next to Jack, hooked his neck, then looked at the gramophone in front of him, and said, âSo, if I accidentally broke your stuff, you will also forgive me, right?â
After saying that, he raised his hand and pushed the gramophone to the ground.
Jack instantly showed an angry expression: âYou!â
âWhatâs wrong with me?â Johnny laughed again, âAngry? Come on, dare to fight me, youâŚâ he said feeling wrong, because he felt that the whole tavern was looking at him, and all of them were angry and wanted to strangle him.
Whatâs going on? Johnny felt bewildered.
The gramophone had broken, the good music is gone. They still wanted to listen to it a few more timesâŚ
Jack stretched out his fist and hit Johnnyâs head hard. But Johnny, after all, has much better hands, so although bewildered, he still subconsciously dodged the punch and pressed Jack to the table. This time, he should say some insulting words, but he saw the people around have gathered and surrounded himâŚ
âWait, what are you doing?!â
This afternoon, there was a tragic group fight in Josh Kenney.
The Black Seaâs Captain, Johnny, and several of his men were beaten up by a whole tavern full of people, the trigger being the new gramophone in the Demon Realm Shopping Mall.
Joan Baker stroked his chin and found a new form of publicity that never fails.
âWant to know what got the Captain of the Black Sea beaten up in the street?
âCome to the shopping mall, the new gramophone will satisfy you.
ââ
What happened in the tavern caused quite a stimulus to Jack, there is a seed that fell in his heart.
At that time, after everyone beat those people, they have gone to the shopping mall to buy gramophones. Jack, Lem, and the others took the coins from the guys who could not get up. Jack used Johnnyâs money to buy a better gramophone. By the way, the tavern owner also bought a gramophone, and it is the highest kind, he intends to play music in the tavern to attract diners.
Kings, great nobles, minor nobles, commoners, pirates. Good people, outstanding people, ordinary people, mediocre people.
All of these are being influenced by the culture of the demon realm, and all have their own changes.
At the same time, because of this incident, the gramophone in Josh Kenny officially became hot.
As for the Magnolia Cityâs side⌠many of the nobles over there in Magnolia City are interested in music themselves, and they all have a lot of money to spend, so the gramophones and records went straight into a hot state from the beginning. After Lady Helen publicly played âAnnieâs Wonderlandâ at her own social ball, the gramophone immediately changed from a hot-selling state to a very hot state.
Well⌠is off the market again.
And the Fallen Angels Orchestra written on the cover of the album also caught the attention of many people.
Letters about it rained down on the magazine.
Sure enough, a true classic is able to transcend time and space.
âI now have to listen to âAnnieâs Wonderlandâ twice every night before I can fall asleep.â
âAnnieâs Wonderlandâ is like a fairy tale, which is very suitable for a fairy tale in Demon Realm Magazine, but I prefer the âLonely Shadow in Heaven and Earthâ in it, the name is also powerful.â
âWho is Annie?â
âThe Song of the Dragon is as good as ever, finally, I can hear my favorite song anytime and anywhere!â
âAnnieâs Wonderlandâ is really too good, I canât describe the feeling with words anymore.â
âFallen Angels Orchestra? Is it really made up of fallen angels? Is this the music created by angels and demons together? It has both the beauty of the angels and the temptation of the demons⌠This song reminds me of childlike beauty.â
âFallen Angels Orchestra⌠Wow so yearning, will they make a movie? Are they males or females?â
Hill saw the letter and sprayed straight away.
You, this big brother, you winâŚ
Then, Hill handed over some compliments letter for the Fallen Angels Orchestra for Irvine to sort out, and then he changed his set of clothes, and went towards the Fallen Angels toâŚ
Well⌠he went there to show off a little.
Then, let them hurry to prepare the following music as soon as possible to get an album to debut.
But whether the Fallen Angels are male or female, to be precise, they are genderless, and they donât have those organs⌠Of course, after all, there is magic, so they can also forcibly grow that organ is also possible. As for that fallen angel in the Hellâs Frontline band, Hill plans to let him continue to wear that robe, showing the black wings, and also put a sunglasses, hehehe.
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Olivia was in the airship looking at the landscape below, she knew nothing about what was happening in Magnolia City right now.
The terrain was getting higher and colder along the way, with dark green forest after dark green forest below, and cold streams running between the rocks, and gray rugged hills. Not long after, Olivia saw the mountain range which was grayish-purple, the peak is covered with snow.
In fact, the human world also has a lot of beautiful scenery, Olivia thinks so, but most people canât see it. She picked up her magic camera and took a few pictures, thinking: Noble ladies spend their lives circling the city and rarely get a chance to see the real sights of the world. They grow up, marry, have children, have afternoon tea, or at best, follow the men around the edge of the forest during hunting season, then their children grow up, let them marry, and age, and die. Thatâs the end of their lifetime. There is no magnificence like in âThe Evil Monarchâ, no breaking of shackles like in âHe is a Dragonâ. All they have is a seemingly gorgeous and ordinary life, but their ordinary life is not as warm as the âNatsumeâs Book of Friendsâ.
Culture is something that can change peopleâs outlook on life.
Olivia thought, âI will never spend my life like this. I donât pray to have a life as glorious and splendid as the ones in movies, because I have too many things I have to do, but at least let me shine and let me spill the seeds of that awakening farther away.