A Beauty With Multiple Masks
As the sand painting began, the audience could see a vivid image—the man’s country had eventually
become a war zone.
With the intense but smooth piano piece, they couldn’t help but clench their fists and feel worried for the
man.
Despite the ravages of war, the man was strong-willed and finally led his people to defeat the enemies
and win the war.
As the people cheered for the victory, the man was suddenly shot by an arrow.
In no time, blood splattered out from his chest.
Meanwhile, the lady with a crescent moon mark on her forehead finally escaped from Zeus and came to
the battlefield.
It was a bolt from the blue for her to see the man lying in a puddle of blood.
Bam
An ear-piercing noise came from the piano, indicating that the lady was heartbroken and devastated.
Eventually, the sand painting became pitch-black, and the piano-playing also stopped.
Toward the end, a few words appeared in the sand painting: In the Moonlight.
With that, the entire hall fell silent, save for sobs coming from the audience.
The audience was touched by the perfect combination of the sand painting and the piano performance,
feeling as though the story depicted by Arielle actually happened in real life.
When Wendy opened her eyes, she realized that tears had rolled down her cheeks.
Shocked, Wendy glanced at Arielle, who was in the limelight.
At that moment, Wendy was finally aware of the insurmountable gap between Arielle and her.
Alas, I lag far behind Arielle.
Wendy couldn’t continue thinking, for her mind had gone blank. Besides, she went weak at the knees
and collapsed onto the floor.
Meanwhile, beads of perspiration formed on Arielle’s forehead. After heaving a sigh, she walked to the
center of the stage and bowed to the audience.
“And that is the end of my performance. Thank you.”
Upon hearing Arielle’s words, the audience, who had been captivated by the performance, slowly came
to their senses.
Wendy regained her composure faster than anyone else,
for she had a deep prejudice against Arielle.
Clap! Clap!
When someone began clapping, everyone in the hall followed suit.
It was so loud that even those who happened to be near the hall could hear it.
After coming to his senses, Steven yelled excitedly, “Incredible! Incredible!”
Steven was surprised to listen to the live version of In the Moonlight. All the more so, he was impressed
by the performance, for it was even better than the piece recorded by the most prominent pianist in the
last century.
Meanwhile, two musicians who stood next to Steven also calmed themselves down. Instantly, one of
them commended, “Genius! She must be a genius! Who is she? I want to rope her in as my disciple.”
“Rope her in as your disciple?” Another musician shouted, “I want to become her disciple!”
“Out of my way!” Steven pushed them aside and ran toward the stage.
The next moment, he kneeled before Arielle and shouted, “Miss, please accept me as your disciple! I’m
willing to do everything I can in exchange for learning from you!”
The audience in the hall was stunned.
Are we seeing things?
The prominent pianist Steven is kneeling before Arielle and begging her to accept him as her disciple?
Just then, the other two pianists also rushed to the stage and kneeled before her, for they refused to be
left out.
Although the prominent pianists weren’t from Chanaea, they knew it was the country’s culture for a
disciple to kneel before his master.
All the more so, they thought it was worthy to kneel before the talented girl.
Wendy turned pale and shivered uncontrollably at the scene.
She was shocked that Steven and the other musicians who snorted at her would kneel before Arielle.
As such, Wendy thought it was a huge slap in her face.
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