Chapter 45: Unexpected Repercussion

The awkward silence in the room at the end of the song made Lucas look up at his audience.

Everyone was looking at him in amazement, and what’s more, there were more people in the room than when he started playing.

The room was full. Because it was a place capable of supporting the size of an orchestra and still have space, there were almost three times as many people in the room as at the beginning.

From where Lucas was standing, he couldn’t see, but his senses told him that outside the room there were even more people.

What’s happening?

One person caught Lucas’ attention immediately in the crowd, Violette. She was at the forefront of the crowd and for some reason, her expression was really weird.

Lucas couldn’t quite understand her expression, it seemed extremely complex. Although he was trained in body and face reading, her expression didn’t make much sense, especially given the situation.

While he was in the midst of these thoughts, seconds passed and only then did people slowly recover.

Caritas suddenly appeared on top of the piano while Lucas was thinking and said.

‘Master, did you use any mind-twisting techniques? Everyone looks pretty confused.’

‘No ... I just played the music I knew ... Maybe it’s the vital energy?’

‘Vital energy? What is it?’

‘You do not know what it is?’

‘I know what it is, but I don’t know if you’re talking about the same vital energy that I know.’

‘It is the fundamental energy of the physical bodies of living beings. Without that energy, no matter how healthy and powerful a person is, they quickly ages gets sick, and dies.’

‘Oh, so we’re talking about the same thing. But I did not understand. Why would it be the vital energy’s fault?’

‘It’s just a theory. Since I was little, I’ve been trained in the use of vital energy for combat. One of my many workouts was to use vital energy while playing music, sending out vital energy through sounds. I’ve never played any music like that in front of other people apart from my mom, Rose, and a few other people, so I don’t know what kind of effect the music has on normal people when it’s infused with vital energy. It wasn’t my intention to do that, but as I always played like that, I forgot to hold the vital energy.’

‘So that explains why the music was able to travel outside this soundproof room.’

‘So no one called these people here?’

‘Yes, they just walked in and started listening to the music, as if they were attracted to the sound.’

Lucas looked thoughtfully at the people. At that moment, they still seemed to be in a daze. At first, they just stared at him intently. Now, they started to look around, but they still seemed kind of disconnected from reality, like they were sleepy.

Violette is weirder, she didn’t look sleepy. Her expression was bizarre, she just kept staring at Lucas with her hand holding a cell phone.

In this weird situation where Lucas couldn’t do anything and just wait and see what happens, one person started clapping.

Violette began to clap her hands explosively, ending the silence of the room once and for all after the music.

With a smile, she clapped excitedly, and soon after, several other people also started clapping. After a while, everyone present was clapping. People weren’t in some sort of trance anymore, and they looked excited.

With whistles, cheers, and explosive claps, Lucas had never been in this kind of situation before. A strange feeling warmed Lucas’s heart and a small smile appeared on his face.

‘That’s not so bad.’

On a famous internet video site called Metube, a live was done on the channel of a not very famous Metuber. The live was created suddenly, without any presentation by the owner of the channel, it lasted a few minutes and only showed a boy playing the piano. After the song ended, the live was closed, and Metube quickly turned the live into a watchable video.

During the live, an average of only 500 people watched simultaneously. After the live became a video, however, it quickly took off. The number of people who watched it quickly increased, taking an hour to reach 100,000 views.

For the size of the channel, 100,000 views was an absurd number, and the number kept rising.

The video was quickly downloaded and uploaded to other video platforms, gaining even more attention.

The comments were diverse, but most were surprised by the pianist’s skill.

[Wow, what a talent! I’ve never heard such amazing music! I can close my eyes and imagine a forest when I hear this song.]

- Yes, and it’s amazing how almost everyone who listens to this song has this same image in their head.