10 : G Clef 11: Part No.
10 : G Clef Part No.
10
G Clef
It was another exhausting day for the office worker who had to run around and try to survive amidst the chaos.
In fact, to her, these days weren’t’ different from living in a hell that put on a heaven label to trick a child—a place that outwardly appeared prosperous, beautiful, and full of talented people.
But when one took a close look inside, it was a place full of loneliness, desolation, and cold indifference.
“They keep calling meetings right at the end of the day.
We were free all day, and not a peep—what a lousy boss.” A swear word came out in a low voice.
The young woman was at a transitional stage between adolescence and adulthood.
She was an office worker who had been working for less than half a year, yet was already fed up with the unending barrage of problems coming her way.
“When’s payday going to come…” A mumble of despair came from the young woman.
Her beautiful face now carried a somber expression.
Just the day before, her mother had called to say that the family was facing financial troubles, and she needed to gather money to help them by the end of the month.
Otherwise, both she and her family would have to pack up and move from the current planets system to the one with a lower living expense.
Of course, it was a matter she couldn’t allow to happen.
The young woman had worked hard to support herself through school and had graduated from one of the leading institutions in the Milky Way.
Finally, she had clawed her way into the Sagittarius Group.
Her future should have been bright—if only her family weren’t constantly asking for money and clinging to her like leeches!
As soon as she got back to her place and finished her personal matters, it was time for her to indulge in her favorite hobby—watching streamers…
“Let’s see… what’s interesting today…” The young woman murmured to herself while scrolling through a hologram screen for information.
Unfortunately, her favorite streamer had announced they wouldn’t be streaming for a day.
Thus, she was even more disappointed.
Already sad with the work, now she had to be sad because she wouldn’t get to watch her favorite streamer.
The frustration and heaviness formed in her heart.
Without her favorite streamer comforting her, she could only search for others to fill the void.
She was no different from a wanderer abandoned in a desert, each day, she could only pant in exhaustion, yearning for a cool, refreshing water like oasis.
“What?… They’re singers everywhere.”
The mutter came from the delicate frame lay sprawled on the bed.
The young woman rapidly swiped through the holographic screen with growing frustration.
She was a fan who especially liked streamers in the music and art categories.
She could be called a die-hard fan, the reason was that ever since she first discovered this industry, she had always been immersed in these two genres.
It was a pity that nothing seemed to go her way today!
What was going on with this galaxy?!
Was her life not miserable enough already, that she had to struggle even with finding an interesting streamer’s channel to watch?
And what the hell was wrong with the algorithm today, showing her nothing but the contents she was not interested in!
On this day, apart from having to endure working in the same team with a selfish supervisor, her favorite streamer also canceled their stream, and even the backup streamers she followed were streaming boring content.
In the end, the unlucky young woman had to return to watching clips that weren’t as popular anymore in this time.
Damn it!
Just my luck!
“Singing… cooking… singing… Isn’t anyone playing instruments anymore?
Tsk!”
She muttered out of frustration when she skimmed through new uploads full of the same old topics she’d been watching for the past decade to the point that she was sick of it.
Ever since the streaming company had repeatedly updated its rules to reduce the number of streamers in the system, the industry’s diversity had dwindled.
The reason was that many streamers scrambled to join the top three guilds, groups wielding both immense influence and vast financial resources.
They did that for fame and the money that would follow once everything was succeeded.
And what’s the problem with that?
Well, it’s the guilds!
Those guilds had staff responsible for crafting content ideas for their streamers, resulting in repetitive contents.
For her, the charm of this industry was steadily diminishing.
Should she stop following this industry?
“Oh, someone’s playing music.”
Before she could close the screen, her eyes caught sight of a clip labeled as an instrumental performance—a rare find.
The view count was low, not even in the six figures.
The person could be called a complete beginner.
In fact, she almost swiped past it if it wasn’t for the instrument in the thumbnail that caught her eye.
“A violin?!”
It was an instrument that no streamer had played it since she’d been following this industry.
She recognized it because she had a passion for the history of Earth’s classical music.
Besides, the violin was one of the popular instruments in the past, though it had mostly disappeared in these days.
Upon seeing that, she did not waste time, hurriedly clicking to watch it.
“Holy crap!
A violin and a piano!”
The young woman bolted upright in shock.
Seeing a violin was already unbelievable, but it turned out that the scene before her was a duet with both violin and piano!
It was something she had only read about in books.
She never imagined she’d find the real one in an ordinary clip with so few views.
“Ah!
These are just kids.”
She exclaimed in shock, nearly passing out.
Though she couldn’t see their faces, she could guess from the figure, height, and skin of the two in the clip that they were teenagers.
She couldn’t believe that someone so young could be so skilled!
This is insane.
It’s like seeing ghosts in broad daylight!
The first ten seconds of the clip showed the two youths preparing their instruments, and naturally, the one who obviously captured her attention was the boy holding the violin, especially the way he raised the violin.
It made her heart race.
Where had this person who had such an elegant movement been?
How had she not known about him until now?!
The young woman screamed internally, and if she weren’t worried about the neighbors, she probably would have danced around in excitement!
The sound of the piano began softly, as if it was guiding emotions to immerse in the melody.
As soon as the bow was drawn across the strings, the piercing sound that shook one’s feeling reverberated, almost making her stop breathing.
The way the violin was played was so beautiful… she unknowingly thought, captivated by the graceful movements.
The young woman’s eyes were fixated on the long, slender fingers of the boy on the screen.
They moved with the fluidity like the waves of the sea that crashed in and shook her heart.
Every time that pale wrist vibrated, the sound he played vibrated along with it, making this song both beautiful and utterly moving, so much so that she couldn’t tear her eyes away from the picture on screen in front of her.
She swore she had never heard a song this beautiful before.
She didn’t know who composed it, but the song they performed, combined with those flowing techniques, it felt like the sadness she endured during this whole day was being healed.
It was as if the sharp notes were cutting away the festering wounds, and then the flowing melody in the middle was no different from a pure stream, healing those wounds.
After that, the piercing notes that were like a sharp blade returned, slicing through her heart again and again until the piece came to an end.
“Who is he?”
The young woman murmured, her eyes wide and her breathing quickened with excitement.
She immediately clicked to check the information of the channel’s owner.
“G Clef?
What’s that?
There’s no extra info at all?”
With the researching skills, which she had been practicing through following the streamers for decades, she tried every trick and technique to find basic information such as a name or face.
Usually, this information was a basic thing that everyone had.
But it turned out that the more she searched, the more she found nothing.
Thus, she decided to dive into the comments under the clip to see if anyone had left any hints.
But she was disappointed to find that the comments that many people left did not help her at all.
[Oh my God!
Who is he?
How can he play so beautifully?
I can’t believe this violin, which most streamers avoid, can sound this amazing!]
[Someoooone, please tell me who the person in this clip is.]
[I can’t believe how well the piano goes with the violin.
I’ve looped this clip a hundred times.
It’s so beautiful.
Sob]
[G Clef?
What does this name mean?
I’ve never heard it before.
Besides, the info displayed says he just joined.]
[This clip isn’t edited at all.
Both of them are insanely talented.]
[The violinist is soooo skilled.
Just by looking at it, you know it’s not easy.
Look at those fingers’ movement.
Besides, he can change notes so quickly.
And that high note at the end didn’t hurt my ears at all; instead, it made me feel so sad.
The woman on the piano played so well, too.
Obviously, she made the song more complete!]
[I watched when this clip had only ten views, and now it’s at tens of thousands within an hour.
Everyone needs to see this.
This is a treasure of the galaxy!]
[I want to play the violin so much.]
[I want to play the violin too.
Pianos are in short supply because the Sagittarians are interested in them.
I need to hurry and buy a violin before more people discover this clip.]
[I feel like I’m in love with those pale wrists….]
[Can you not leave creepy comments like that!]
[Eveeeeeryone, I have a violin that was left at home.
When I tried playing it for real, it turned out to be way harder than I thought.
I couldn’t even manage to draw the bow without making screeching noises.]
[I’ve just clicked to buy a violin.
Gotta hurry and buy it before it’s sold out!]
[Is this person a streamer?
I really want to follow them.
I’m not usually on the clip system; I mostly hang around the streaming system.
But when I tried searching for a name, nothing came up.]
[Replying to the comment above: “It seems like the channel owner just registered recently.
There’s only one clip so far.”]
The young woman lay on her bed, scrolling through the comments that poured in like a stream of water with a hope that there would be a comment that provided her with some information.
Yet, the more she read, the more she realized that these comments were filled with astonished outcries from people, while the streamer’s identity remained a great mystery.
Even though some people kept asking if this person was a streamer, there were no answers to that question.
She wasn’t surprised by the fact that some people assumed so—considering the high level of skill.
She thought she might need to start visiting the clip system from now on.
Ding!
Just as she was about to exit after hitting the follow button, the system’s notification popped up indicating that the channel owner had responded to a comment.
She quickly clicked to read it!
[Is this person a streamer?
I really want to follow them.
I’m not usually on the clip system; I mostly hang around the streaming system.
But when I tried searching for a name, nothing came up.]
Reply: (G Clef) “Hello, I’m the owner of the G Clef channel.
First of all, thank you for your love for the music my little sister and I played.
However, I’m not a streamer yet because I’m not old enough.”
…
[Ahhh!
The channel owner really isn’t of legal age!!
And I was flirting a lot in my comments—gotta delete them ASAP.]
[Not even eighteen!!
But this skilled?
Is the he lying?]
[He really isn’t of legal age.
Otherwise, he’d probably show his face.
But wait… he mentioned a little sister?
Does that mean the girl is younger than the channel’s owner?
She plays so well.]
[Wow, they’re both still so little, yet their skills are way beyond their age.
You two are so talented.
I’ll be following you.]
The young woman read through the comments that rapidly flowed in once again with a dazed expression, because she couldn’t believe the fact she had just learned.
From her ten years of experience following the streaming industry, especially in the music category, there had never been anyone under the age of twenty.
Not only were they underage, but both siblings were talented.
It’s hard enough to master an instrument alone, but both of them were so skilled!
The young woman licked her lips out of excitement in her heart while glancing at the problematic clip, which the view count steadily rise.
Then, with her slender hand, she hurriedly added her own message among the other comments.
[Amazing, talented streamers.
Already clicked follow.]
This is it!
She bet this channel would be the first to become a Diamond-level streamer in the future!