"Pardon me, My Lord, will the song you py exude the same atmosphere?"

  For the safety of both his and Ciri's life, Joshua had to firm that before he listeo the performance.

  In the event that the performance was also of a simir chilling nature, Joshua may very well be the "first Chaos Demon in history to freeze to death while listening to music".

  As for Ciri... well, even if the Duke of Bones did not tio py, she might not hold any longer should Joshua not find her a heater or a bonfire any time soon.

  Zenarth was not allowed to ehe castle, otherwise with Zenarth, the portable heater around, Ciri could have felt much better.

  "That is right. All of the songs e from this musical score. This is the only score I have."

  The Duke of Bones picked up a score whose cover was already in tatters. Judging from the old marks on the score, the duke may have ow for many many years.

  Was he a performer but not a poser?

  "Then... My Lord, would you allow me to py a song?"

  Joshua once again made another reckless request, but the Duke of Bones did not show any ao Joshua's interruption. Instead, Joshua could detect a pyful gaze from the soulfire within his eyes.

  "Yhness, this piano is an old friend of mine, and its temper is much worse than mine. If your performance does not satisfy it, it will e your soul! I will not have a way to save you if that happens."

  The Duke of Bones pced his hands on the piano, and as if in respoo the duke's words, the piano pyed a few notes by itself, appearing to mock Joshua's insolence.

  "I am willing to give it a try."

  Speaking of which, Joshua himself could not believe that his father had wao raise him to bee a pianist when he was young. So Joshua was required to py the piano ever since he was six.

  That sted about half a year, and he did not even pass the examination before he gave up altogether.

  As for the main reason why he gave up... like many other kids at that age, he was engrossed in video games.

  After not toug the piano for so long, Joshua should have long fotten about it. Yet, after he had merged with the prince's memories, Joshua's own memories became frighteningly clear.

  Even the muscle memory from his practices when he was still a kid had returo him.

  Hence, Joshua thought that he would likely not have a problem pying a song.

  "Are you sure? The st challenger was a well-known poser in the human world."

  The Duke of Bones had no recolle of the third prince having any musical aplishments, and his title of "the despicable human" within the Demonic Realm was definitely not a good epithet.

  "My song will definitely satisfy your friend here."

  A rather famous poser? Was he as good as Beethoven, Mozart or Chopin? Joshua refused to believe that the piano would not appud after a performanoonlight Sonata".

  ht... Joshua fot that the piano had no hands.

  Joshua had tless maestros of cssical music ba Earth behind him. If this was a cssical musipetition, Joshua had no fear.

  The Duke of Bones did not say anything else as he walked dowage ao a table at the er of the room. He picked up a gss of red wine and was ready to watch the performance.

  "Keep your body temperature as it is, do not fall asleep."

  Joshua rubbed Ciri's cheek with his fairly warm hands and wiped the frost off her shes.

  Her body temperature showed no signs of recovery, and she was in a drowsy state. If she fell asleep, she might never wake up again.

  There was er in the room, ah could er due to the duke's orders. Ciri had to rely on herself to increase her body temperature.

  Unfortunately, her clothes were now soaked due to the melting frost, and Joshua's own clothes were the same too. At that stage, it was almost impossible for her tain her body temperature with her own strength.

  "Dying after listening to a musical performance is just too me. I will not die so easily."

  Ciri shook her head to get away from Joshua's hand. It seemed like his intimate gesture displeased her.

  "In that case, please hold on for aen seds, Ciri."

  Joshua pulled his hand bad walked toward the piano.

  It had been almost eighteen years since Joshua st touched a piano. Despite relying on his memory to py, Joshua had no idea if he could do it well.

  The moment Joshua pressed the first key on the piano, he felt a small part of his soul being pulled out of him...

  There was something weird about the piano!

  Be that as it may, Joshua was not afraid. Soon enough, both of his hands were on the piano, aarted to py.

  The sound of the music was akin to standing uhe warm sun and bathing in the spring breeze. Then... Joshua actually felt sunlight.

  It was not an illusion. Joshua felt the warm touch of the sun and a pleasant breeze blowing through.

  It was just like the experience of lying atop a lush blooming prairie and basking in the sun on a warm afternoon!

  When Ciri, who had been suffering in the cold, heard Joshua's music, she was stunned.

  A faint warmth immediately dispelled the cold in her body as if a pair of hands had hugged her tightly. Along with it came a f sensation.

  The warmth was beyond anything Ciri could describe, and she felt like... she was going to cry as her arted to tingle.

  She then recalled many things from her early days of leaving home and living alone. Back then, she told herself to be strong and live o in her loneliness and helplessness, she had no aveo vent her grievances.

  Wherained her gaze on Joshua who was still pying the piano, she slowly began to touch her face, and she could feel that the warmth from Joshua's hands was still there.

  Immersed... Everyone seemed to be immersed in every note Joshua pyed, immersed in the gentle and warm melody...

  Even the Duke of Bones was no exception. He was so stuhat he did not notice the gss in his hand had already fallen to the ground. He just tio stand where he was.

  Music really could awaken many things in someone, and unlike movies, novels, or paintings, which required a loime to move someone, musily needed an instant, a o tug the emotions of a person.

  Just as the geune rose to a cresdo and was about to reach the climax, it suddenly stopped...

  And the Duke of Bones snapped back from the warm atmosphere.

  "Go on! Why did you stop?!" the Duke of Bones excimed.

  "Ugh... I do not know how to py the rest of it."

  Joshua removed his hands from the piano. While he did not take the examination, Joshua's piano skill was between levels three to four. While the tter part of the song may have been very easy for a piano master, it was not something Joshua could py.

  "You do not know?! You!!!"

  After all these years, the Duke of Bones finally remembered the feeling of being vexed once again. The music had stopped just as it was about to reach its climax, and it made him want to smash someone's fa!

  "What is this piece called?!"

  But more than anything, the Duke of Bones wao know the name of the musical piece.

  " It is called ' in D', and it was posed by Johann Pachelbel, a great poser," Joshua said.

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