My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness Chapter 84

#84

Drasha’s Festival (1)

“Welcome, Sir Heinrich!”

Heinrich smiled bitterly at the sight of Saint Riesta welcoming him with a bright smile.

After completing his training at the Bright Guardian Holy Knights, which took quite a long time, he was promoted from a low-level to a high-ranking Holy Knight, and was given a new task.

The nature of the mission was quite different from previous missions…

‘I never thought I would be the personal escort of a saint.’

Naturally, this was the result of the strong intervention of the will of the superiors, including the saint.

Until now, the saint had only stayed at the Great Temple of Roselia in the Holy Land, so she did not need an escort, but since the Immortal King was resurrected, she could not stay like this forever.

“Of course, I did not make Sir Heinrich my personal guard just for that reason. “I thought you needed more personal time now than learning your job!”

Certainly, the saintess did not need an escort while she was staying in the main temple, so the training time would be much longer than before.

“And there is something you need to do after some preparations have been made.”

“What should I do?”

“No matter how much damage he has suffered, there is no way the Immortal King will quietly hide like this. “There must be some kind of plot going on behind the scenes.”

Although he didn’t even exist in Outerica, let alone plotted, Heinrich just nodded with a serious look on his face.

“Now we must prepare to fight against him using all our means. And there is one very important thing in that room…”

The saintess, who had been speaking calmly, took a deep breath and opened her mouth with a stern expression.

“Obtaining the Holy Sword.”

“Holy sword… you mean?”

“I really need the help of the holy sword to definitely defeat your immortal king.”

She looked at Heinrich with sparkling eyes and spoke again in a voice full of confidence.

“Lord Heinrich, I need you to prepare for the ordeal to obtain the Holy Sword.”

***

Whoosh— whoosh!

The arrow flew like a hawk, grazed the tree branches and sharply pierced the target.

《The entity achieved enlightenment through repeated training. Acquire the skill “Fairy Justice.”

At the same time, a system message appears before your eyes.

Harris, who was on top of the tree, sighed lightly and slowly lowered the bow he was aiming at.

“That’s great. Now, the human scent has been completely erased from the judiciary. “It’s very difficult to break a habit you’ve used for a long time, but this is amazing.”

The archery instructor, who was sitting on the branch of a nearby tree and watching him, slowly clapped his hands.

“It’s thanks to the instructor who taught me well. thank you.”

The instructor smiled softly at his humility and encouraged him again.

The day’s training ended with warm exchanges between priests.

However, Harris, who was trying to return to the dormitory, could not achieve his goal…

“Harris! “Let’s go practice!”

“Ah Timer. I want to go back to the dorm for a while and take a shower. You should also bring a bow…”

“Huh? Oh right. Harris didn’t have a water spirit! I will help you! “Well, we don’t have time, so let’s go quickly!”

“Ah ah….”

Timer, who was in the midst of his passion, was caught in the middle of it.

At the practice location where he was led by the hand, other female team members had already arrived and were waiting.

“Everyone is here. “Then shall we begin today’s practice?”

“…mmmm.”

There are two days left until the Drasha Festival.

While preparing for the performance with the same group members, Harris realized one thing for sure.

It turns out that the elf race is more serious about ‘music’ than you might think…

‘Is this really possible in just three days? ‘You even tuned it to match the existing instrument?’

It was true that he had overwhelming talent.

In fact, since there wasn’t much time, I didn’t expect to perfectly reproduce the original song.

They say Harris can sing, but there’s no way he could sing along with a song played on an instrument he’s never heard before within such a short period of time.

‘But that was possible.’

I tried to be satisfied with just being able to introduce a new genre on this stage.

Even if the group members helped, I thought the limit would be to just beat the beat with a simple instrument like he demonstrated….

“Whew—I guess this is acceptable.”

“and! It’s all thanks to Ms. Shapiron! Drasha Academy’s most promising star, the best diva of this generation. “I had heard of its reputation, but I didn’t know it would be this much!”

“…as expected…awesome.”

“Hehe, if you praise something that isn’t a big deal, nothing will come out. Because it’s natural. Uhuhu—” As soon

as the joint performance, in which everyone coordinated their hands and feet, was over, the corners of Shapiron’s mouth twitched in response to the barrage of praise, and his pointed ears twitched upwards as if he was excited.

‘But it’s really amazing.’

All of the team members were great, but Shapiron’s performance especially stood out.

She first bowed down to Harris, whom she had ignored until now, and borrowed a magic tool with music recorded on it. After that, she delved into it almost obsessively.

It took only two days to analyze the instrument’s characteristics and scales one by one and come up with the most efficient alternative for them to play.

She became haggard day by day to the point where it was doubtful whether she was even sleeping, but her eyes sparkled more than ever.

“Still, it’s a pity that it couldn’t be recreated perfectly. That sharp ‘jiing~’ sound is so tricky… If I had a real instrument, I would want to see it in person.”

That’s what she said, but the level of sound she suggested as an alternative was also very high.

By tuning the sounds of the instruments with the help of spirits, natural forces, and even magic, a similar yet unique and attractive sound was created.

Although it changed significantly from the original song through various processes, its color still remained.

‘I like it because it feels like a collaboration between Earth and other world civilizations.’

It was a pity that he was the only person on Earth who could see this.

So much so that I wondered what it would be like to reveal it to the world right away.

‘Well, I guess it’s a bit early now. Still, it would be fun to be able to do that later.’

After finding a similar instrument and tuning it, the first practice was over.

The result was, of course, successful.

《The entity achieved enlightenment through repeated training. Acquire the skill “Melody of Harmony.”》

There is nothing better.

And the effects of the newly learned skills could be seen immediately in the next practice.

“Wow…what’s wrong with Harris all of a sudden?”

Clap clap clap—

“Wait… what did you just do? Suddenly, the natural power in your voice felt like something… refined? The effect is much stronger…”

Harris smiled happily, satisfied with the enthusiastic response of the team members.

“Ah, I realized something while singing.”

“What is that? “How can I do that…”

Shapiron, who had been asking hastily, paused for a moment.

Perhaps because I recognized him while practicing together, my attitude towards him has become more cautious recently, but since the attitude towards him was the same as before, I also felt embarrassed.

“I can’t explain it very well. Because I just do what I feel. Haha….”

I couldn’t say it was because of “Melody of Harmony,” so I just vaguely explained it.

Because I couldn’t teach skills.

“…….”

Her face became glum for a moment, probably because she received his answer, but immediately returned to its original state.

Because he hated showing his weakness, his expression was as arrogant as always, but his eyes were noticeably more depressed than before.

‘Did I think you didn’t want to teach me?’

Or, it might have sounded like they were deceiving because of the difference in talent.

From what I’ve observed over the past few days, she seems to have quite a competitive spirit.

Maybe it could be an inferiority complex.

“After all, you all know where you went wrong earlier, right? Let’s focus a little more. “Don’t stay still and prepare quickly!”

However, she, who has strong self-love, must have recovered quickly and immediately took the lead in practice with more energy than usual.

Their practice continued late into the night, with thorough soundproofing in place to prepare for the surprise reveal at the festival.

And Harris’s “Melody of Harmony” went beyond simply influencing the song and showed great synergy in communicating with spirits, which was its original purpose.

Not only did the fire spirit ‘Kali’ and the wind spirit ‘Pascal’, which were the lowest level spirits, evolve to a lower level….

“Wow… that….”

“Shh! “Be quiet!”

As the team members watched, Harris quietly looked in front of him.

A small spirit, continuously pulsating around, was floating quietly before his eyes.

‘This can’t be…’

It was a ‘Spirit of Sound’ from the phenomenal world, not the elemental world.

Although my experience as an elf was short, this was my first time seeing a spirit other than the elemental world in this Elven Kingdom.

‘Maybe it’s because I didn’t move around much.’

Although I learned in elemental arts training, spirits that are not from the natural world are very rare beings.

A contract can only be made if one has a talent separate from natural affinity, and that is what has now appeared in front of Harris.

Like a cat making a choice, it kept circling in front of him as if it wanted a contract.

‘It’s the spirit of sound… It’s an unexpected income, isn’t it?’

Of course, Harris, who had no intention of missing this opportunity, cautiously extended his hand toward the spirit.

Once both sides reached a consensus, the contract was signed in an instant.

“From today, you are ‘Decibel’.”

Harris’s fourth spirit was ‘Decibel’, the spirit of sound.

***

Shapiron was able to escape prejudice against Harris by working in the same group.

No, in fact, I just gritted my teeth and refused to admit it.

Now I have no choice but to acknowledge him.

‘…as well as the affinity and the skill to manipulate natural forces. It hasn’t been long since I learned spirit magic, and I already have four spirits signed. But one of them is the spirit of sound?’

I guessed it from the natural power and friendliness that fluctuated around him when he sang, but the speed of his growth was astounding.

To the extent that I can understand why the World Tree is showing interest…

‘Ugh… I can’t help it. If that’s the case, there’s nothing I can’t acknowledge as my rival…’

After making such a one-sided declaration of rivalry, she was implicitly hovering around Harris and observing him closely.

It goes without saying that information is important when dealing with the enemy. The

buzz

was the same in the waiting room behind the stage in a square on the second day of the three-day festival.

But there was one thing in particular that got on her nerves.

“Wow! It’s really close to the central square, right? Is this really enough to get attention? The high elves might see it for themselves!”

“…….”

Perhaps because of his mental strength, even in this situation, there was a stark contrast between Timer, who made a fuss, and Curie, who quietly bit her nails.

‘It looks like your condition is very bad?’

Shapiron’s gaze, which had been observing Harris, turned to Curie.

I didn’t pay much attention to it because it looked perfect until practice, but as the actual match approached, it seemed shaken.

The moment Shapiron inevitably stepped forward to have a conversation with her…

Harris, who was leaning against the railing with his usual languid expression, approached her.

“Are you very nervous?”

“…….”

Quri continued to take deep breaths and nodded quietly.

As if she had gone back to the day they first met, she didn’t say a word and just looked at her surroundings. Harris just looked at her, scratching his head.

“Well, how about the song we prepared? “It’s good, right?”

She still didn’t answer, but Harris continued talking regardless.

“What did you think when you practiced? Were you nervous then too? “Are you afraid of making a mistake?”

This time he shook his head quietly.

“I think I was just excited during practice. It’s fun. “I’m looking forward to seeing how other people react after hearing this song.”

A smile slowly spread on Harris’ face as he continued to speak in front of her.

“I’m excited about the song I prepared this time. “When you’re immersed in music and having fun, don’t all other thoughts disappear before you know it?”

The strange sound in his voice slowly caused ripples in Curie’s heart, which was hardened by tension.

“Don’t think about anything else, just think about the feelings you had while practicing. Just have fun like you did then and then come back down.”

It seemed like he didn’t have much experience in comforting anyone, so I couldn’t see it as sophisticated encouragement…

His voice, which strangely sounded like a song even though he was speaking normally, had the power to make me focus on that without even realizing it.

As if he were immersed in a song during practice, he immersed himself in the surroundings and, as he said, Quri reminded him of the feelings he felt during practice.

Her expression gradually relaxed and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.

His eyes sparkled and his cheeks turned red, as if he was remembering that time.

And Shapiron, who had been absorbed by his voice without even realizing it, came to his senses belatedly and looked at Harris again.

‘Unexpected.’

He didn’t seem like a very talkative person, but his words were strangely persuasive.

Seeing him take care of a nervous member of the team, something seems different.

“Get ready for the next stage~!”

Of course, those wandering thoughts quickly disappeared.

Because it was their stage soon.