15 : The Melody of Winter 16: Part No.
15 : The Melody of Winter Part No.
15
The Melody of Winter
Numerous messages flooded in so quickly that even an AI like Alan couldn’t keep up.
Canon Rock was a piece of surprisingly explosive impact, especially in the final section where the hand speed increased, creating a buzz among many.
This wasn’t an unusual skill for experienced music streamers, however, for the new streamer like this, it was a rare talent!
[Ahhhh!
Was I dreaming just now?!]
[That hand speed left me speechless.]
[It was so beautiful.
So fun!
And most importantly, I’ve never heard it played like this before.]
[Shittt, I feel like I might’ve died and gone to heaven.]
[I stumbled into this channel randomly, but now I can’t find my way out of the streamer’s channel.
What was that just now?!
That rapid yet elegant performance… I can’t believe my eyes.]
[I can play the piano too, but how do I play like this streamer?]
[I came here because I saw someone share the streamer’s channel, without high expectations.
But it’s way beyond what I’d hoped for.]
[That hand speed isn’t normal for a rookie streamer.]
[This is incredible.
Any more new songs?
I’m excited; these are all pieces I’ve never heard before.]
Alan, certainly wouldn’t tarnish his status as a high-level AI, quickly filtered suitable messages for his master to read.
Gabriel, seeing the messages that were sent in to praise both the piece and the one who played it, beamed with joy.
Even though he had once been the King of Musicians, never lacking in compliments, experiencing this felt like a return to his past self—something that filled him with great happiness.
“Thank you so much, everyone,” Gabriel said with gratitude.
[At first, I was shocked to see someone so skilled, but once I saw the channel name, it all made sense.]
[I had to go back and double-check the channel name.]
[Oh my god!
Did I just stumble into G Clef channel without even realizing it?]
[It’s understandable that you mistook it.
He’s only played the violin before this.]
[I was surprised too, seeing a streamer who can play both violin and piano.]
[His talent is not ordinary.
Someone who can play more than one instrument is quite rare.]
[I had to rub my eyes several times when I saw the channel name!
Thought I was seeing things.]
It turned out that someone brought up the new topic when they were talking about the song for a bit.
As expected of the internet people, the viewers shifted to the new topic without much thought.
It turned out that people were now talking about how the streamer could play two instruments.
Watching the rapidly scrolling chat, Gabriel felt his head spinning again.
He didn’t even know which question to answer first, as any message he tried to read was quickly pushed out of sight before he could finish it.
“Do you all want to hear me play the violin?”
Though he couldn’t catch up with the messages, Gabriel wasn’t blind.
He could still spot patterns in the messages, and with Alan highlighting the important ones, Gabriel noticed that a number of viewers wanted to see him play the violin.
“But I haven’t prepared the piano background music yet…”
Gabriel raised his hand to stroke his chin while he was deep in thought.
He was used to playing music alongside his younger sister, which made him more comfortable performing the violin with the piano.
However, since this was his first stream and his younger sister wasn’t yet eighteen, she couldn’t join him.
This problem weighed on his mind until he remembered a piece he had Alan record on the piano for practice sessions.
“Oh!
There’s one piece I can play, but I’m not sure if you all will like it.
I’ll give it a try.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Gabriel got up and fetched his violin.
The young man adjusted the camera to focus on the space between the lower half of his face and his waist, so the viewers could clearly see his playing technique.
“This piece is an old Earth classic from thousands of years ago.
It might be a bit difficult to listen to, but it’s a beautiful composition.
It’s called Winter, part of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.
It was composed to reflect the lifestyle of people in the past.
Back then, society wasn’t as developed, so people had to endure harsh seasons to survive.
Winter was one of those seasons, which is why the melody is filled with intensity and is one of the songs that is very difficult to play on the violin.”
Gabriel explained to the viewers as he prepared his instrument.
His skilled handling of the equipment made some fans screamed for that cool demeanor.
The notifications, which had briefly quieted down, started pinging again.
This time there wasn’t just an admiration for the talent, but there were also gushing comments about the streamer’s character, which was charming and mysterious, the qualities that made young women’s hearts pound.
That caused the dog-hearted babysitters in disguise to blink repeatedly as they watched the scene before them, they didn’t understand such behaviors.
Do these fans have something in their heads that replaces their brains?
He’s just an ordinary man with a bear sticker on his face.
What is there to swoon over?
However, when everyone saw the streamer place the violin on his shoulder in ready position, the rapid message notification sounds ceased without spoken agreement.
Gabriel closed his eyes and gave Alan the command to play the sound of the piano he had recorded.
One of the performances that would become a legend was about to begin!
The aggressive, firm piano melody started first, then, Gabriel moved the bow in his hand across the strings in a unique technique in the viewers’ eyes.
The viewers in G Clef channel gaped in astonishment.
What is this new and unique playing style?!
It was certainly something they had never seen before!
In the initial part of the piece, Gabriel drew out a steady rhythm with his violin.
He played along with the sound of the piano, which was in the same style.
Everything went like that for a moment until suddenly, the steady rhythm intensified.
Gabriel’s bow moved swiftly across the strings, creating a rapid rhythm before ending with a long, drawn-out note.
The resulting pattern of quick-quick-slow combined with the firm piano’s sound left the audience swallowing the saliva, as if they were facing harsh things like a terrifying snowstorm.
If they didn’t find shelter quickly, they’d be facing their death eventually.
The fierce and terrifying song like Winter, composed in the past, was a tribute to the cruel side of nature, a thing no one in the present era would ever witness again.
The rapid movement of the bow and the quick movement of the fingers as he pressed the notes were techniques that no one had ever seen before.
They hadn’t imagined that the high-pitched sound of a violin could produce such an intense and chilling melody.
The viewers intently watched the performance with wide eyes.
Even though they were watching it on a holographic screen, it had no effect on their interest.
The performance continued with increasing intensity.
As Gabriel’s bow moved rapidly, the sound mimicked the relentless winds of a storm, ready to tear everything in their way apart.
Soon, the storm’s ferocity began to subside, transitioning back to the simple and beautiful melody from the opening section.
This was what Vivaldi wanted to express through the song.
He wanted to warn humans of the majesty of nature, which is fierce, cruel, and so unpredictable.
However, cruel nature also possesses a beauty unmatched by anything else.
Those were the beauty and power of what was called a nature of the Earth in the past…
The performance had concluded, yet the audience couldn’t stop thinking about it.
They felt as if they were still witnessing the previous performance, which left them stunned, so much so that they didn’t dare to breathe!
There was a room with walls painted completely white for optimal visibility.
It was an empty room with no table, chair, or decorations.
It only had a door to enter and exit the room and a large window to get some light.
In the middle of the room, there was a young man stood playing a violin in joy.
Felix Gruber, the youngest son of the Gruber family, who had never revealed himself in social circles.
Few knew he was the beloved son of a famous businessman, as he was the treasured son of the head of the powerful Gruber family.
The reason was that, among his three sons, only Felix had inherited the features of his late wife, especially the sparkling golden hair and the ocean blue eyes, which was a distinctive feature of the young woman from a noble family on the Sagittarius.
Because of this, the youngest one of the family was pampered by everyone in the family—his father and both elder brothers doted on their youngest sibling more than anything.
Felix was a young master whose way of living embodied the definition of someone who had never seriously tried to accomplish anything.
Not only did he have no need to try to do something, but with just the slightest change in his expression, he would have the servants rushing to attend to his every need.
Moreover, his father and older brothers, who had worked until they could make the business become prosperous, heaped wealth at the youngest son’s feet.
This led the household servants to secretly nickname him “The Pampered Son” of the wealthy and powerful family.
Felix’s life would have continued in its simple manner if not for a chance encounter with a video from a new channel called “G Clef”.
It was as if Felix’s entire world had flipped upside down when the pampered son of the Gruber family discovered the instrument called the violin for the first time.
He fell in love with it at first sight—its beautiful, delicate shape, its captivating sound, and the graceful way it was played by the person in the video, which left a long-lasting impression.
Felix wanted to do the same!
This marked the first time the family witnessed the pampered son putting real effort into something.
It began with him pleading with his father to buy a violin, which came at an exorbitant price.
From there, he locked himself away in the room to practice.
Felix replayed G Clef’s videos again and again to learn by himself.
Therefore, the household servants no longer needed to search for their young master, as Felix was completely absorbed in his room.
His effort to learn how to play was serious, and he focused on it so much that his family was worried about him.
Ultimately, the pampered son of the Gruber family displayed a level of genius that stunned everyone.
Within just half a year of practice, he managed to master nearly half of the songs on the G Clef channel.
This brought tears of pride to his father and older brothers, as it marked the first time the youngest son had accomplished something through his own efforts.
Felix didn’t rely on anyone else’s guidance.
But soon, boredom began to creep into Felix’s little heart, since he saw that the later songs on G Clef’s channel seemed repetitive, following the same style and techniques.
Moreover, his family members had less time to come home due to their increasingly interplanetary business engagements, leaving no one around to listen to Felix’s performances.
This left him feeling so sad and lonely.
Seeing the little master so melancholic that it seemed he was about to die, the butler suggested that Felix try becoming a streamer, so he could at least play his music for a large audience.
Felix was delighted upon hearing that, but the strict requirements for becoming a streamer disheartened him once he saw them.
He was joyful for just a moment before being sad once again.
And that made the butler contact the head of the family in hurry, reporting about the little master’s unfulfilled wishes to him.
And of course, there’s nothing the power of money can’t achieve…
In the end, in just one week, Felix managed to hit the minimum viewership and follower threshold for the streaming system!
The streaming company, which had been granted a large sum of money, willingly turned a blind eye.
It was the very definition of buying time with money!
Thus, a new streamer was born in the streaming world—Fiddle.
With his handsome face, unique persona, and a rapidly improving skill, Felix quickly rose to become one of the top ten streamers within just a year and a half.
Fiddle earned a reputation as a genius violin streamer in the galaxy.
Surely, he had no intention to be humble, as his ability to adapt and add some extra tricks to his performances made his music vibrant and fun in a unique way.
It was different from the G Clef’s original version, which was simple and suited for easy listening.
Everything seemed to be going perfectly.
Felix had become the number one streamer in the music category, and he could beautifully play numerous pieces, which had quickly catapulted him to fame.
Yet, this pampered son knew that there was something unresolved within him.
That unresolved issue was Nocturne No.
20 by Frédéric Chopin, the very first piece uploaded by the G Clef channel—a piece he could never perform flawlessly, no matter how many times he tried.
He dedicated more time to mastering this piece than any other, but he could never play it as perfectly as the original.
It was as if there was some technique that he had never known.
He used to feel so hopeless that he even messaged G Clef asking how to play this song, only to have his message left unread for an entire year!
And that made Felix feel so embarrassed about being ignored for the first time in his life.
Fortunately, he wasn’t the only one who couldn’t play this problematic piece.
Many other violin streamers faced even more problems than he did.
How did he know this?
Most streamers had a community for the purpose of exchanging words.
So, how could Felix, one of the top streamers, miss that?
Naturally, everyone was aware that he had problems with playing Nocturne No.
20 for years, which had become funny, challenging words:
“If anyone can play this piece, they must be more of a genius than Fiddle.” Despite the widespread awareness of this story, there was no news of anyone who had successfully performed the piece.
But now, when everything was going to change!
The beautifully trembling melody, which was the uniqueness of Nocturne No.
20, was perfectly and beautifully played to the end by the Gruber family’s pampered son.
“Aaaargh!
I did itttttt!
I really did itttttt!”
Felix’s scream of suppressed emotion filled the room.
The young man, known for his handsome face, was now in an overwhelming joy that it made his face contorted.
Finally, he was able to play the piece that had taken him years to master!
Wasting no time, he hurried to start a stream to announce it to the world.
The genius Felix had broken through his limits!
The entire galaxy had to know about this greatness!
Felix thought in exhilaration.
He had finally scaled the towering peak, and he was dying to announce it.
In his head, he visioned the fans, who were stunned by this great performance, as well as the praise, the compliments, and the acceptance.
Everything in Felix’s imagination made him so happy he felt like he was floating up to the sky.
Humming in delight, Felix configured his AI to start the streaming system, unaware that within a few hours, he would face a new mountain peak… another new peak… …and countless more that made him want to cry out for his father.