Story 10 - The Spy Who Rocked Too Hard (21🎸)
::Its fine. I want to spread Rock as far as I can.:: Even to people I found annoying as fuck.
lodic River grinned at Little Teasing Mouse. Junior martial sister! Good to see you.
The girl nodded excitedly. I havent seen you since you got in trouble with Sister Black Crustacean Claw.
River laughed awkwardly.
I still cant believe you were banished from North Peak for a whole month.
Her face turned bright red, then she cleared her throat. Well. I deserved my punishnt.
The little girl shook her head, causing her round ears to wobble. I think she went too far when she sent half the crab-type beasts after you.
Little Spring and I exchanged glances, both silently acknowledging that we were sick of those monsters after the Crab Mission. Fuck them and their ultimate evolutionary state.
River coughed. That... may have been a little excessive. Anyway, were here to listen to Junior Sister Linlin play. She quickly and very obviously changed the topic.
Right! I needed to introduce the keyboard to this world.
I considered playing Prejudice by Tim Minchin. It was a song with a diverse range of music styles but I didnt think the people in this universe would understand its thes. After all, this world didnt exactly have the concept of gingers.
I had no desire to see the confused look on their faces as I called myself whatever the fuck matchstick was.
Whatever. I needed to show them not only the keyboard but also rock. There was one song that was absolutely perfect for this. Queens Bohemian Rhapsody. Popular s in my past-past life believed that it was written by a fae disguised as a human who returned to his realm far too soon.
Of course, I wouldnt play the original song, but a spiritual song inspired by it created by Rising Purple Thunder. That fuckin weirdo. Actually, he reminded a bit of lodic River. Who knew? Maybe she had been him in his previous life.
I pressed my fingers to the keys, and the notes flowed out. As if wanting to join in, wind rustled the leaves and caused branches to sway.
Little Spring narrowed his eyes on my finger movents as if morizing the song. If it was that brat, he might be able to do it.
On the other hand, that mouse girl had her head tilted as if she were very confused. Adorably so. Fuckin dumbass.
lodic River closed her eyes as if experiencing sothing transformative. Her delicate wrist rotated back and forth as if she were touching every note. This movent was the exact sa one Rising Purple Thunder used when listening to a song he enjoyed.
Shit, what if she really was the past life of my rambunctious little rock student? Didnt that an he caused just as much trouble in his past life as he had when he was in the Indomitable Will sect?! That hedonistic brat.
But that wasnt sothing I could be sure about. However, it made realize that maybe my students souls were sowhere out there, following the path of music.
Playing in the strong wind must have caused my eyes to water. I barely managed to keep my voice from cracking.
Pearlescent Rose suddenly flew over and landed beside the three others, interrupting my thoughts. Her eyes barely left the new instrunt, but I could tell that shed co for another purpose.
A few minutes later, I played the last notes.
::Sister Lin, was that also rock?::
I stiffened. ::Of course! Its just missing a guitar, drums and so backup vocals. The keyboard is a more classical instrunt, which is why it sounds so different. But its definitely rock. Rock has so much variation that its never ending.::
Once you have ti, we should talk about this new instrunt, Junior Linlin, Rose said.
lodic River stood up. Can I try?
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With a gesture, I sent the flying keyboard spinning forward and had it stop right in front of her. When I released my spiritual energy, the instrunt dropped, but the fairy caught it with her foot. With a slight kick, she had it hovering at waist height and began playing a scale. It didnt take her long to figure out that if she increased the amount of energy added into it, it would switch over to a different set of sounds. Soon she was playing a simple tune using Xiao Bais barks, causing the puppy to howl along.
Teasing Mouse giggled and clapped to the beat.
Considering the expression of joy lodic River was trying to hide with a cool facade, I was pretty sure Id just collected a new band mber.
Rose approached . Little Linlin, I spent a long ti thinking about what you ntioned.
Senior, its been a lengthy couple of days. Youll have to remind .
She sighed. You said that youd need to know about soone before you used Rock to heal them.
Right, that! I nodded.
If you have so free ti, Id like you to et my disciple. She needs help that I cant give her. And at this point... She pursed her lips.
Well, Rose had co to my rescue before. More importantly, shed helped smooth things over between and that senior beast blood contractor. I knew she had done a lot of work behind the scenes to solve this issue since I hadnt been targeted again. Surprisingly, I also hadnt been asked to pay for damages after running through the outer sect with those stampeding lizards. I owed her. It was ti to resolve this karma.
I clasped my hands behind my back. Let et her and Ill determine if I can help.
We all left lodic River to play around... er, practice the keyboard. Little Spring and Teasing Mouse decided to return to North Peak, while Rose brought on her immortal boat to the other side of South Peak.
The courtyard she gestured to clung to the side of the mountain. A tall Nascent Soul realm cultivator stood in midair in front of the red gate. He appeared dignified, with thin lips and gray hair at his temples until he crossed his arms and pouted. Little Dread Lotus! Please let your uncle in! Your uncle just wants to see if youre okay! Im not leaving until I hear from you! Your family is worried about you.
This guy could absolutely break in if he wanted to. The few formations attached to the courtyard for defense couldnt keep him out. Which ant he respected his niece enough to not enter without her permission.
The red gate opened and a maid with tiger patterned hair stepped out and bowed deeply. This one greets Grandmaster Azure Kraken. The Young Miss isnt feeling well and will have to decline your visit.
He frowned, then flew down to the maid. As Rose and I approached, I could see a vein bulging in his forehead.
Oh snap. Was he about to kill the ssenger?
Before I could say sothing to stop him, he pulled out a pill bottle and handed it to the maid. These are good for circulation. Then he shoved two more bottles into her arms. These will help nourish her bones and organs. And this other one can remove toxins. Make sure she gets them!
The maid bowed low. Yes, Grandmaster.
He huffed and flew off.
All of those pills were expensive as fuck. I knew because Id earned a lot of spirit stones concocting them before. They also werent easy to co by in this area. Just who was this disciple? The sects little princess?
And judging by those dicines, there was sothing wrong with her body too that made even her uncle worry about her health.
I turned to Rose, who looked sheepish. My disciple is the daughter of Azure Krakens brother. She is very well loved by all the seniors in the sect.
Basically, if I didnt help her properly, they might bla and make my life hell in this sect. This also explained Roses hesitation when speaking about her disciples problems.
Motherfucker! Just what did I get myself into?
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