Chapter 276 Suddenly I have a soulmate!

As Princess Vera played, beautiful piano music echoed through the palace.

Si Yan sat beside her, listening silently.

Princess Vera’s progress these days was indeed significant.

Princess Vera’s first piece was “vera by the water,” a piano piece specially dedicated to her, which Princess Vera played with immense skill.

Technically, it was flawless.

In addition to her technical improvement, Princess Vera had also made great strides in her emotional interpretation of the piano piece.

It could be said to have reached a considerably high level.

Even the performance of a piano master couldn’t compare to hers.

However, compared to Si Yan’s performance after equipping the Mystic Artist, it naturally couldn’t compete.

The inherent ability of the Mystic Artist allowed Si Yan’s performance to be more infectious and resonate more deeply with people.

This was an ability beyond the music itself.

Princess Vera played with great dedication, and as a Vampire Prince, possessing princely majesty and unparalleled beauty, this also, to some extent, increased the enjoyability and infectiousness of her performance.

After more than two minutes, Princess Vera finished playing.

Si Yan applauded.

“Your Highness’s progress is very evident; it can be said to have reached a pinnacle, and the handling of emotions and details is also very precise.”

Si Yan began to comment.

His comments were spot-on, and Princess Vera listened intently.

Even with her significant recent progress, Princess Vera remained extremely humble in front of Si Yan.

Si Yan always made her feel a sense of awe, leaving Princess Vera far behind.

After the critique, Princess Vera played two other pieces Si Yan had taught her.

One was castle in the sky, and the other was “Autumn Whispers.”

Both were very classic pieces from before Si Yan’s transmigration.

Princess Vera had also become very proficient at playing these two pieces.

From these two pieces, Princess Vera had gained a great deal.

After Princess Vera finished playing, Si Yan offered some comments, then got to the main topic.

“Teacher, this is a new piece I’ve composed.”

Princess Vera took out a sheet of music.

Si Yan began to examine it carefully.

Princess Vera watched Si Yan with expectant eyes from the side.

She was eager to know Si Yan’s evaluation of this piece.

Previously, her compositions were truly subpar, barely reaching a passing level.

This piece was re-composed by Princess Vera after gaining insights and knowledge from Si Yan’s numerous lessons.

She had quite a bit of confidence in this piece.

After a few minutes of looking, Si Yan handed the sheet music back to Princess Vera.

Then, Si Yan closed his eyes and began to play the piano.

Seeing Si Yan memorize her sheet music after just one glance, Princess Vera couldn’t help but feel a sense of reverence.

Staff notation wasn’t that easy to remember.

Even with photographic memory, remembering staff notation in one go was exceptionally difficult.

There was too much information in staff notation, with a multitude of notes including whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, and so on.

One also had to remember the clefs.

Different clefs represented different notes.

There were also sharps and flats, key signatures, rhythmic patterns, beats, note values, and so on.

Even though this piano piece was composed by Princess Vera herself, it took her two or three days of practice before she could play it accurately without looking at the sheet music.

Yet Si Yan, after only a few minutes of looking, not only remembered it but could play it completely and fluently!

Princess Vera was far from possessing such a foundation!

【Congratulations to the host for displaying superb foundation and skill, gaining Princess Vera’s admiration +10, and Princess Vera’s bond +5.】

The system prompt appeared.

In this daily interaction, the bond also began to appear continuously, like a flowing stream.

Soon, Si Yan finished the first run-through.

“Clap, clap, clap~”

Princess Vera applauded.

“Teacher is truly amazing; he played it so skillfully on the first try.”

Princess Vera praised him sincerely.

“Let me play it once more.”

Si Yan began to play again.

Si Yan played the second time even more skillfully.

He also perfectly interpreted some of the essential parts of Princess Vera’s piece.

It could be said that he played it even better than Princess Vera herself.

With the current abilities of Si Yan’s Mystic Artist, achieving this was not difficult.

By the time Si Yan finished playing, the words “admiration” were clearly written on Princess Vera’s pretty face.

【Congratulations to the host for completing a fruitful teaching performance, gaining 50 Career Charm Points and Princess Vera’s bond 5.】

The system prompt appeared again.

“Your Highness’s piece has made significant progress compared to your previous ones, but there are still some areas that need improvement.”

Immediately after, Si Yan began to explain to Princess Vera the merits of her piece and the shortcomings that could be improved.

This discussion took quite a bit of time.

Princess Vera, by his side, was like a diligent student, nodding occasionally.

From time to time, she would show an expression of sudden realization.

Some of the doubts she encountered while composing this piece were easily resolved by Si Yan.

This greatly enriched Princess Vera’s understanding and gave her a clearer perception of her own composition.

The quality of her piece was indeed very good.

Moreover, it was a meticulous creation born from her insights into her past life.

This was what Si Yan referred to as “music born from the heart.”

“Your Highness intends to express some insights and joys from a long life, so this note is too lively, but it cannot be changed to be too somber. What do you think of this note, Your Highness?”

Si Yan’s finger moved on the piano key, lowering a note by a half-beat.

Princess Vera’s eyes lit up.

Si Yan’s change was like dotting the eyes on a dragon, giving the entire passage a sense of rebirth.

At the same time, Princess Vera felt as if she had found a kindred spirit.

She had just turned 1000 years old this year, but her past 1000 years were not as dull as those of other Vampires.

She had very high attainments in music and painting; she even built her own piano.

This love for music and painting allowed her to maintain her youthful mindset even after living for 1000 years.

Unlike some other Vampire Nobles who had lived for 1000 years, she did not carry an old-fashioned aura.

They looked as if they were ancient relics, no matter how young their faces appeared.

Princess Vera also had her own insights into life.

As an immortal being, her feelings about life were naturally different from those of humans.

Human life was too short.

A brief life, condensed into a few decades.

Every year, and with every experience, human emotions, mindsets, and thoughts would undergo some changes.

But Vampires were different.

The world and life through the eyes of Vampires were completely different from those of humans.

The world and life through Princess Vera’s eyes were also very different from those of other Vampire Nobles.

She integrated her insights into this piece of music.

But she hadn’t expected it.

Si Yan accurately and tacitly understood her insights.

This made Princess Vera feel as if her entire being was glowing.

So many years had passed.

Finally, there was someone who could understand her experiences and grasp her insights.

This feeling was like someone who always felt that no one in the world could understand them suddenly finding a kindred spirit!

It made Princess Vera’s every pore exude joy.

【Congratulations to the host for your interpretation of the piano piece receiving Princess Vera’s extreme recognition. You have gained Princess Vera’s recognition 100, and Princess Vera’s bond 25.】

The system prompt appeared.

This time, it actually gave 25 bond points at once.

Si Yan continued to refine this piano piece for Princess Vera.

He didn’t completely refine it by himself.

Sometimes, after giving one or two suggestions, he would hand over the rest to Princess Vera.

“Teacher, would it be better if this note was lowered by a half-step?”

Under Si Yan’s guidance, Princess Vera also discovered some areas that could be made more perfect.

Some notes, when lowered or raised by a half-step, give a completely different feeling.

The visual and auditory experience of playing them also differs.

“That’s right, Your Highness’s intuition is correct. Your Highness, please try playing this measure again.”

Si Yan affirmed.

“Okay, Teacher.”

Princess Vera was very enthusiastic and started playing again.

Unbeknownst to them, several hours had passed.

It was already past midnight, and Princess Vera still hadn’t noticed the passage of time.

Seeing her so engrossed, Jesse didn’t feel it was right to interrupt.

Si Yan also didn’t remind her.

【Congratulations to the host for completing a fruitful teaching session, gaining 50 Career Charm Points and Princess Vera’s bond 10.】

【Congratulations to the host for completing a fruitful teaching session, gaining 50 Career Charm Points and Princess Vera’s bond 10.】

Such prompts appeared on the system panel from time to time.

This time, Princess Vera’s bond was also continuously increasing.

Si Yan also guided her with great dedication.

This continued until the morning of the next day, when the last measure of Princess Vera’s sheet music was finally completely refined.

“It’s finally done!”

Princess Vera felt a great sense of accomplishment.

She eagerly began to play.

After refinement, this piano piece had a sense of being completely renewed and reborn.

【Congratulations to the host for refining a piano piece with Princess Vera, gaining 100 Career Charm Points and Princess Vera’s bond 10.】

The prompt appeared again.

Si Yan saw that today’s gains were very significant.

Under the continuous influx of bond, his bond with Princess Vera had already surpassed 200 points.

Today was also relatively special, because this piece by Princess Vera was a work of her insights.

Si Yan’s interpretation made Princess Vera feel as if she had found a kindred spirit, and the bond increased very quickly.

However, even if the bond wasn’t as intense later on, as long as Si Yan persisted, reaching 500 bond points wouldn’t be too far away!

“Eh, how did it get to morning?”

At this moment, Princess Vera finally noticed that the time had already reached morning.

In other words, yesterday’s entire afternoon and evening had passed.

Princess Vera was so engrossed that she even forgot the time.

“Teacher, I’m sorry, I forgot the time. You must be very hungry, Teacher. Jesse, please prepare some food.”

Princess Vera said with some apology.

Si Yan was indeed a bit hungry and sleepy.

But in the face of such gains, these were nothing.

If he could get so much bond every day, Si Yan could persist for a few more days.

“It’s alright, Your Highness.”

Si Yan said.

Soon, Jesse brought the food.

This was specially prepared by Princess Vera for Si Yan, and it was, of course, human food.

“Teacher, please rest for a while. I’ll practice some more. When you wake up, I’ll come to ask for your guidance again.”

After Si Yan finished eating, Princess Vera said.

“Okay.”

Si Yan was indeed a bit sleepy.

So he rested there. (End of chapter)