Chapter 1888 Humanity is So Frightening <TOC> Chapter 1890 As If Awakening From a Dream
Translator: SumTLMan
On the third-floor balcony of Ocean Theatre, a boy in a white suit leans on the railing, looking down at the foggy streets: “The fog is so heavy today, will Lado still come?”
His voice, childlike and milky, murmurs.
“Forget it, didn’t you see the airship earlier? Lado must have gone to wait near Azure Tower,” a slightly cold but still youthful female voice comes from behind the boy.
He turns around to see a girl in a red dress walking out to the balcony. It’s her speaking.
“Right, Lado is most looking forward to the airship’s return to the city, and Labu coming back from the Sinful Monster Laboratory. Now that the airship has appeared, Lado must have already gone to see it.” The boy’s shoulders slump at the thought of his best friend not coming today, but then his eyes light up with a new idea as he turns to the girl in red: “Sunny, why don’t we go find Lado?”
Alda’s suggestion makes Sunny hesitate.
She is somewhat inclined to agree, not really to find Lado, but simply to escape the singing lessons arranged by her mentor, Jon.
With the lesson starting in ten minutes, leaving now might let her avoid an hour of singing. If Jon asks, she can say Alda was scared of the fog and insisted she accompany him.
Thinking this, Sunny internally exclaims, “Perfect.”
Clearing her throat, Sunny prepares to respond to Alda: “Since you insist, then okay…”
Before she can finish, the serene sound of a piano, combined with a dramatic operatic female voice, comes from behind the door.
When Alda heard this singing voice, he paused for a moment, seemingly recalling something: “Oh, right. You have a singing class later, then let’s not go look for Lado.”
After Alda finished speaking, he patted off the green tiny particles that had clung to his hands due to leaning on the railing: “The one singing just now was Teacher Raphaella. I didn’t expect her to come so early. I heard that Teacher Raphaella fainted during rehearsal yesterday. I wonder how she is now. Shall we go in and see her?”
After finishing his words, Alda took Sunny’s hand and walked inside.
However, after a few steps, he realized that Sunny was still standing in the same spot: “Sunny? Aren’t you coming? Don’t you have a class today?”
Sunny let out a deep sigh of frustration and gave Alda a displeased look, shaking off his hand and storming into the inner room.
Alda, puzzled, didn’t understand why Sunny suddenly got angry. However, he didn’t think much of it and, seeing that Sunny had returned to the theater, also followed her with his chubby little legs.
After Alda left, the empty balcony fell silent for a few seconds, and a small head slowly emerged from the edge of the railing.
Curiously looking around the deserted balcony, the gaze finally settled on the green tiny particles near the railing.
These were the ones that Alda had flicked off his hand earlier.
She quietly observed the tiny particles, humming an unknown tune through her nose. Those seemingly ordinary particles immediately began to change.
They grew longer, sprouted leaves, clung to the railing, grew longer again, sprouted more leaves… In an instant, the entire balcony railing was covered with green leafy vines. These vines not only clung to the railing but also climbed over it, reaching the exterior wall of Ocean Theatre, continuously extending until they reached the ground.
It was like a waterfall made of plants.
Watching the green vines covering the entire wall, the Dream Plant Fairy, not even half a meter tall, nodded in satisfaction and then hummed a song, preparing to leave.
Unlike Little Curly Hair, Spider Vine herself was not aggressive. Although she disliked humans, there was no need to wage war upon first contact.
The Mother Tree instructed them to maintain balance, not to invade.
Moreover, they lacked powerful offensive capabilities, so there was no need to provoke trouble deliberately. Wouldn’t it be better to first achieve the Mother Tree’s goal——to spread greenery far and wide, and then plan for the long term?
“We represent a peaceful civilization!” This was the message imprinted in their bones by the Mother Tree, so she didn’t plan to provoke humans now.
She even avoided approaching humans, only planning to report back to the leader about this place and then make further plans.
Thinking this, she began humming the tune she and her companions had composed, flying towards the deep mist.
But just as she had flown out for less than a second, she suddenly stopped, turning her head sharply towards the balcony door.
From inside the door, a high-pitched song resonated.
The grand singing style, with its melodious and lingering music, flowed out smoothly and freely like mercury spilling.
“Is this… music?” Although she didn’t understand the lyrics, she could feel the impact of the music. She felt as if the core of life in her chest was vibrating, resonating with this beautiful music!
She had never thought that music could be so moving!
Under this melody, the tune she and her companions had composed seemed insignificant as a grain of rice to moonlight, with no merit.
However, she felt no despair at this moment; instead, her eyes sparkled, as if she had seen the most beautiful treasure in the world.
“I never imagined music could reach such wondrous heights! I must go in and listen, or I’ll surely regret it!” Originally planning to leave, she now chose to stay, captivated by the Allure of the Music.
On the stage of Ocean Theatre, Raphaella, dressed in a snug pearl-shell gown, continued to sing the first verse of —Sea Prayer—.
She deeply conveyed the feelings of a wife yearning for her husband’s return from the sea, using her own emotions and voice.
At that moment, apart from Raphaella, there were only three people in Ocean Theatre.
Jon, Sunny, and Alda.
Jon was playing the piano, accompanying Raphaella. Sunny and Alda stood in a corner, listening to the practice song Raphaella had prepared for the performance.
“Ms. Raphaella sings so wonderfully,” Alda was completely mesmerized, feeling as if he was at a gloomy seaside, in the cold drizzle, foolishly gazing at the dark ocean with a fishwife, waiting for her husband’s early return from fishing.
“Squeak, squeak——”
“The first part of —Sea Prayer— is so heartrendingly beautiful; hearing the bad news in the second part, with Ms. Raphaella’s expressiveness, is sure to bring more tears…”
“Squeak, squeak——”
“Fortunately, —Sea Prayer— is not a tragedy. After enduring the third part, the siren’s song, and the mournful reunion in the fourth, the fifth part brings the sea goddess’s blessing, leading to a wonderful ending.”
“Squeak!”
Alda was originally going to express his emotions, but hearing the rustling noise around him, he frowned and said, “Sunny, why do you keep squeaking…”
“Eh, eh, eh? Who are you?!”
Alda was originally complaining, but when he turned his head, he discovered that Sunny was not by his side but had gone to the edge of the stage. Beside him was a little girl, less than half a meter tall, with a back adorned with something resembling ammonite swirl grass.
At this moment, the little girl was playing with the swirl grass on her back, making squeaking noises.
Alda’s call not only made the little girl beside him look over, but also made Raphaella and Jon on the stage stop.
“Alda, what are you…” Jon began to speak but was interrupted midway, his gaze drawn to the Dream Plant Fairy: “What is this… Could it be a different race?”
Chapter 1888 Humanity is So Frightening <TOC> Chapter 1890 As If Awakening From a Dream