Chapter 24: Music Can't Save the People of Zuan
They sympathize with the masses, but never go deep into the masses. They never go deep into the masses, but they like to regard themselves as the enlighteners and saviors of the masses. But when it comes to specific issues, they can only give childish answers full of unrealistic romantic fantasies.
Levi himself is such a person.
Before he got the original owner's painful memories, he could only talk nonsense in the cloud.
But what he didn't expect was that Seraphine's "illness" was even more serious than that of a modern urban youth like him, and much more serious.
"Mr. Erwin must love you very much..."
"Um?"
"Nothing, I just envy you for having a good father."
At this moment, the tribesmen of Freljord are still struggling to survive in the ice and snow, and the old farmers of Demacia are still working hard for the knights. The pirates of Bilgewater are fighting endlessly, and the natives of Shurima are struggling to survive in the warlord melee and colonial rule. The people of Ionia are struggling to resist the invasion and encroachment of Noxus, while the slaves of Noxus are struggling to survive in weapon workshops, military farms, noble manors, arenas... and other places where they can squeeze out the last bit of their lives.
As for Zaun, which is separated by a river, there is no need to introduce the situation.
I really envy Seraphine... for being able to grow up so pure and innocent in such a horrible and cruel world.
Her parents really took good care of her.
She wasn't allowed to see the world as it really is.
"Sing." Levi said suddenly.
"Huh?" Seraphine tilted her head.
"Don't you think that music can change people's lives and solve problems?"
"Then sing now--"
Li Wei thought this was a rare opportunity. An opportunity to completely shatter the young lady's naive fantasy. It was time for her to face the real world:
"Those beggars are still fighting desperately just for the few coins you threw out."
"If you think singing can solve the problem, then now put your idea into practice - give it a try, can singing really save them?"
Levi did not take direct action to stop the chaos, but left the opportunity to Seraphine.
"Let me do it?" Seraphine was at a loss.
"Yes, hurry up. We don't have time, and they have even less time."
The fight over there has started to bleed. If the beggars continue to fight like this, someone might get killed.
And all this was caused by her.
"I, I understand..."
"But which song should I sing?"
"Isn't this something you should have thought about before you came up with this solution?" Levi criticized lukewarmly.
"I, I..." Seraphine's forehead was covered with sweat. She seemed to finally understand why Levi and her father said she was naive.
"Then I'll sing... I'll sing that nameless nursery rhyme... That's the nursery rhyme my father brought from Zaun... When I was a child and was tortured by 'noise', he would always use this song to coax me to sleep..."
"Stop talking nonsense and sing!"
"Yes..." Seraphine nodded pitifully, as weak as a lop-eared cat.
However, after she cleared her throat, closed her eyes, and immersed herself in her emotions, her temperament gradually changed.
She began to sing, and she was always confident while singing.
Because she is a star singer and a natural soul musician.
"La~" the first note sounded.
The sound was not loud and was even completely drowned out by the sound of fighting over there.
Levi also watched nonchalantly from the side.
But gradually, the music got better.
Seraphine sang with all her sympathy and compassion, with all her sentimental heart.
“That song…”
"I think I've heard it somewhere before?"
The beggars who were originally bloodthirsty actually stopped what they were doing.
It seemed that the gold coins were no longer important and all the troubles had disappeared. They just wanted to listen to the song, this familiar song.
This is a nursery rhyme from Zaun, and of course all Zaun people have heard it.
Seraphine took this ordinary nursery rhyme to a new level. Her voice was so soft, soothing, warm and full of hope.
Everyone was fascinated by what they heard.
Including Levi, who originally looked down on him.
After the song was finished, the noisy battlefield became quiet and harmonious.
Everyone looked at each other and forgot to continue fighting.
“Everyone…” Seraphine asked in her warm voice as the sound lingered in the air, “Please don’t hurt each other anymore, okay? If there is any trouble, we can solve it together!”
"Okay, okay..." the beggars murmured in response.
The hostility in their eyes disappeared completely. Even though the music had stopped, they all inexplicably lost their killing intent and could not fight even if they wanted to.
It was as if they suddenly realized: "Yeah, what is there to fight about... We are all fellow villagers and friends... Why are we killing each other instead of uniting and helping each other?"
"It works, it really works..." Seraphine clenched her fists in excitement. She immediately turned to look at Levi: "Mr. Levi, you see... my singing really works!"
"Yeah..." Levi also sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Seraphini, I wronged you! Your singing is simply the sound of nature, it is a hand that soothes the soul, it is a medicine that heals the pain, it is..."
"It's... Nimale Gobi!"
Levi reacted with lingering fear.
Holy shit…
Is this a song?
This is SP Sona using her ultimate skill!
"Mr. Levi, why are you cursing all of a sudden?" Seraphine felt aggrieved. After one-on-one instruction from a famous teacher in Zaun, she already knew that it was not a good word.
"I'm not being gentle when I scold you!"
"Seraphone, is this what you mean by using singing to make people understand each other?"
"Yeah..." The girl didn't even realize that she had unknowingly used the ability that she couldn't control at all.
"But you're not singing. Scientifically speaking, this is called brainwashing. Using magic, this is called enchantment!"
"Seraphini, do you know what you are doing?" For some reason, Levi was very angry.
Seraphine looked at him with some fear: "I, I don't know..."
"You are stuffing nonsense into those people's mouths! You are wearing down their fighting spirit, corroding their spirit, and making them more content with the status quo! No, the problem is more serious than that..."
If the singing is just nice to listen to, it can only be regarded as entertainment. When you are tired, it is fine to listen to it for entertainment and relaxation.
But Seraphine is a mage.
Although she cannot control it freely, her singing is still magical after all - this magical singing can directly affect the emotions of the audience.
And for those suffering Zaun people, this is just like...
"It's just like the Glimmer Potion, there's no difference!"
The Glimmer Potion can temporarily enhance a person's physical fitness and bring a powerful sense of pleasure to the weak, making people deeply addicted and unforgettable.
Seraphine's magical music can immerse people in a false dream, creating a distorted spiritual pleasure, making people forget reality, stop thinking, and become self- numbing.
It seems that as long as I immerse myself in this music, all the pain in life will disappear.
If she debuts as an idol with this kind of singing voice, she will be the biggest drug dealer in Twin Cities, no doubt about it!
"Seraphone, what do you think of these people who listened to your songs..." Levi pointed at the beggars in front of him who had become inexplicably honest: "Look at them, what's the difference between them and the group of glimmer addicts before?"
"Think carefully, when the effects of your magic wear off, will they still be as 'happy' as they are now?"
The effect of magic is not permanent, just like the power brought by the glimmer, it will eventually fade away. In the final analysis, it is only a temporary solution and not a permanent solution! Using it too much will only cause endless harm!
"I..." Seraphine was speechless.
She thought of those glimmer addicts and their horrific appearance, like the walking dead.
She thought she could help others and allow everyone to live a good life and not fall into such a miserable and desperate situation.
But now...Levi told her that the so-called good thing she did was actually to turn people into that state.
"Am I...am I wrong?"
Tears welled up like a dam breaking.
The teardrop ran down Seraphine's spotless cheek, across her smooth and delicate chin, and finally fell into the dust, landing on the land she had never set foot on before.
"Wuwuwuwu..." She was woken up by Levi's scolding, and of course, she was also scolded to tears.
She cried so hard that her body trembled like a pink-furred rabbit.
"Hey." Levi sighed: "Don't cry, what can you do wrong?"
Of course she was right.
She was just too naive.
"Mr. Levi, then I...what should we do?"
"We have to explore this together, but before that..." Levi suggested sincerely, "I think you should first understand the suffering of the people of Zaun before talking about how to save them."
“This…” Seraphine listened carefully: “How should I understand this?”
"It's very simple—"
"Can't you read minds just by touching them with your hands?"
“Maybe this time you can step down from the high stage, back to the ground, and shake hands with the people you want to help.”
This time, Levi boldly extended his hand:
"Will you, Seraphine?"