SSS-Class Suicide Hunter Chapter 342

Episode 342. < Absolute music (絶對音樂). (3) >

4.

-I’m really glad.

Bae Hu-ryeong clicked his tongue.

-If you’re a zombie, you haven’t managed your network on a regular basis. Imagine that your relationship with your s*xual partner was not very good. Then you will leave this stage immediately. How can you succeed in the world of music if you can’t hear?

‘That’s right… … .’

I trudged to World Tree Village. The village was very pretty. Even to me, who has traveled around the world and seen all kinds of scenery, the fairytale-like sight of a tree village built around the World Tree was mysterious.

“■? ■■ ■ ■■■■■?”

On the way, I ran into a villager. The resident waved his hand and smiled at me. Even though it was my first time seeing these faces, I felt no hostility. Perhaps, in this paradise, there is no concept of hostility toward each other.

‘uh… … , hmm.’

The problem is that I can’t hear anything he says.

I opened my mouth and spoke.

‘Oh, hello?’

“……?”

The villager tilted his head.

“■■■■ ■■■■■■. ■■ ■■■■ ■ ■■■■?”

what.

I strengthened my eyesight as much as possible and observed the movements of the villagers’ mouths and the angles at which their tongues twisted. Perhaps the villager said, “Your voice is strange. It seemed like he was asking, “Are there any places that make you feel uncomfortable?” maybe. The reason for emphasizing “maybe” is because the pronunciations were somehow strange.

‘sorry. I can’t hear any sound… … .’

“…….”

The villager made a strange expression. He kept tilting his head, looking at me like I was a strange guy, and then leaving without saying a word.

no. why? Why?

-Cluck cluck!

Bae Hu-ryeong was excited alone.

I frowned.

‘Ah, what’s so funny? Are people who can’t speak funny? yes? ‘You hateful bastard who doesn’t know how to do anything other than swing this sword.’

-I guess you don’t know because you can’t hear right now. The resident who just greeted you. He was talking to me while singing la la la as if he was in some kind of musical.

That’s why even when I lip-read, the pronunciation was strange.

-But you were stuttering to yourself and trying to talk normally, but someone kept singing soprano. LOL! Well, this stage will be worth watching too.

‘In the end, there is no change in the fact that you are a hater! it’s okay. Ignore it.’

In short, this world itself was a huge musical stage.

The dandelions sang, the white horses sang, and all the villagers I passed by sang.

Above all, the origin of the magnificent chorus was the World Tree.

[The ‘Guardian Goddess’ is amazed upon hearing the World Tree’s song.]

[‘Music Box Just for You’ acknowledges that this is spectacular.]

According to what the constellations described to me, each leaf of the World Tree hums softly.

The green leaf is a bass. High notes in white flowers.

Dozens of leaves and flowers come together to form a small chord. Many tree branches come together and roar again in a loud harmony. Thus, like a choir of hundreds of thousands of people singing softly, the entire World Tree sings sometimes quietly and sometimes majestically.

‘I’m the only one who can’t hear… … .’

Of course, I had no means to enjoy that overwhelming fairy tale.

‘When people talk to me, I try lip-reading, but I can’t hear anything. It’s a waste.’

-That’s something that can’t be helped. What are you going to do from now on? Your co-worker is a zombie and no matter what kind of glow you show, he or she will recognize you as clear anyway.

‘yes. So, all you have to do is do anything… .’

At that time, a snake tangled around my wrist.

[‘Eyes Dwelling in the Labyrinth’ tells us that in the world of bad weather, the only meaningful actions are those related to music.]

[‘The Eye in the Labyrinth’ advises that perhaps your musical activities, whatever they may be, will be an opportunity for the judge to pass.]

Whatever it is, it’s music.

‘Hmm.’

I looked around. The village of Akcheon (樂天) was as sloping as the small village where I lived. Clinging to the World Tree, the altitude gradually increased along the wide stairs, which also served as a plaza.

“■■ ■■■■.”

“■■■■. ■■ ■■■ ■■ ■ ■■■ ■ ■■?”

“■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■.”

People were going up and down the stairs-plaza. Their conversation must also have the melody of a song.

However, perhaps for residents who found live musicals strange, or who simply disliked talking to people, musical instruments were installed all over the stairs.

‘If you really don’t mind doing anything.’

I walked up the grand staircase and looked at each instrument. It was an instrument that most people had never seen before. In what world, people from a civilization I don’t know… … Instruments you probably played before you died.

‘Would it be okay to simply play one piece of music?’

Luckily, I wandered around a bit and found a piano.

The instruments had no owners. Anyone could sit and anyone could play. A young child sat at the piano and played, and some younger children gathered together and clapped their hands.

“■■■■■?”

A child found me and said.

‘Would you like to sit down?’ Maybe she said that.

“■■■ ■■ ■ ■ ■■ ■■■■.”

I felt like the child’s language was Spanish or French. Maybe it was a completely different foreign language. However, it was clear that it was a foreign language and not an alien language. That child died in the tower where the piano was played, so he would have lived in the same world as me.

A soul that has forgotten its past life will not remember it.

This is probably a place where only people who want to throw away everything and everything from where they used to live except their musical instruments come to.

‘huh. ‘Thank you for giving in.’

“■?”

The children heard my voice and whispered.

“■■■■ ■■■.”

“■■■ ■■■.”

“■■■■? ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■ ■■■.”

“■■■…….”

My voice seems really strange to people here… . Raviel said she liked the sound I made… .

hmm.

I know.

‘It’s been too long since I saw Raviel.’

I sat down on the piano bench.

‘Let’s play about longing.’

It was not possible to tune the piano separately. Because I couldn’t hear anything.

‘Well, it’s literally a paradise of music, so the coordination will take care of itself.’

Six children sat on the stairs and looked at us with wide eyes. Aside from the blood drama, this is my first concert. Those kids were my first audience.

I pressed the ‘mi’ sound.

‘Geomje nobleman. Does it sound like a maze properly?’

-huh? What do you know?

‘I’m a fool for expecting anything from you… .’

It seemed like Geomje had no intention of being my ear. but. I might have to beat this level on my own.

slowly.

I started playing.

“■? ■■■ ■■■.”

“■■.”

“■■■.”

The children blinked. I didn’t have time to read lips because I was concentrating on playing, but the atmosphere was conveyed somehow. ‘You’re surprisingly good at it.’ ‘Hey.’ ‘Are you okay?’ That would be roughly the reaction.

It was a good response, though.

‘Hmm.’

It didn’t reach the level I wanted.

‘It’s difficult because I can’t control the sound with Aura. really.’

He looked like a knight who had forgotten his armor and went off to battle.

‘Until now, if I thought the sound was a little weak, I burned it with an auror, and if I wanted the sound to sound more earnest, I grabbed it and shook it. But now I can’t hear any sound at all… . Well, it’s good to be self-employed.’

What I have played so far is not music, but rather sound engineering.

[If you are lazy in mastering basic swordsmanship and only focus on picking out Aurors, you will get seriously injured someday], Bae Hu-ryeong had said. My playing now was exactly like that.

Can we say that he is like a mercenary who has only a few talents to show for his skills?

“■■■■!”

“■■■, ■■■ ■■!”

“■■■■ ■■■ ■■■■■.”

When the light song ended, the children clapped their hands.

If we read the atmosphere… . I felt good because I had a good, cost-effective lunch at a restaurant I went into without any expectations.

‘It’s a small debut ceremony.’

I smiled bitterly.

It must be great to be recognized as a cost-effective restaurant by children whose appetites have increased as they listen to the world tree’s choir all day long.

[You have taken a valid action in that world.]

[The person chosen as your judge passes!]

Patricia didn’t seem to want more either. They must have been watching my work in the 70th floor lobby, so they gave me a stamp of acceptance right away.

[You have been approved by the judge!]

[You can declare the stage clear at any time!]

It was a moment when the stage on the 70th floor, which is considered a difficult stage for top-level hunters, was very easily conquered.

[The ‘Guardian Goddess’ says that the path the warrior has walked has led to today’s easy victory.]

hmm.

‘Probably so.’

To sum up what I have heard so far in many places, it is rare for the highest ranking hunters to get along well.

It’s just rare.

We may have some close relationships, but we are probably the first to have built up an unbreakable bond of trust from the 1st to the 10th ranks.

‘So, in normal cases, it’s a difficult quest.’

Originally, it would have been a mixture of soggy resentment, sticky envy, jealousy, and contempt, depositing indescribable emotions. Just like the Black Dragon Master and Sword Saint did before I tried.

-okay. Actually, I was confused about the rankings from second place onwards. There’s no reason to waste your precious brain capacity on that, right? Who cares who is in 3rd or 4th place? I’m the best anyway.

In your case, you will also be the first and the last… .

[Do you want to declare clear?]

I was about to shrug and say yes.

“■ ■ ■ ■■! ■■■!”

“■■ ■ ■■■■ ■■ ■■■ ■■!”

“■■! ■■! ■■!”

The children clapped and chanted something. This time it was easy to decipher. It was the ‘encore’.

I smiled awkwardly.

‘Hmm. Well, if it’s just one song.’

There is no need to break the stage and climb up right away.

I conquered the seemingly impregnable stage in less than half a day. There is enough time to spare.

Rather than hastening my steps here, the souls who died in the same tower as me. Even though I don’t know why they died, I wanted to hang out a little more with these kids who, in their final moments, thought, “If it’s not music, I don’t want to listen to it, and if it’s not singing, I don’t want to talk.”

I played.

“■■….”

“■ ■. ■■■■ ■■■?”

“■■■, ■■■ ■■ ■■ ■■.”

I couldn’t hear the sound of the piano I was playing. I tried my best to recreate my hearing with Aura, but it seemed like it was soundproofed at the system level. I had no idea what kind of power the constellations of this world exercised.

“■■.”

So, I had no way of knowing for myself whether my playing was good or bad, or whether it was going well.

“■. ■■.”

By myself.

“■■■….”

“■■■.”

I watched the children’s faces while playing the piano. The children’s faces were my only clue.

If the children close their eyes and shake their heads from side to side, that is a good performance. If the children blink in confusion, they must have hit the wrong note.

At some point, instead of chasing notes in my head, I was playing the keyboard while looking at the children’s gestures, eyes, and faces.

“■■■!”

The children laughed as if it was fun.

“■■, ■■! ■■ ■■!”

I don’t know what it was, but I made an interesting mistake. Or maybe the playful humor worked. When I saw the children smiling, I smiled too.

And the moment I looked into the children’s eyes to know if I was doing well in order to put on a great performance again.

“…….”

I realized something.

‘that’s right.’

It was a simple realization.

‘I’ve been like this from the beginning.’

In an instant, everything seemed to make sense. What I am playing now and what I have done so far, seemingly unrelated things, somehow became connected in one line.

‘I didn’t learn swordsmanship because I was particularly fascinated by swords. I am. When I swing my sword, people around me react. ‘I felt recognized, so I started holding the sword more and more heavily.’

It was the same even now that I was playing without hearing anything.

I’m not particularly fascinated by the piano. It’s not like I have a perfect score in my head and then reproduce it. Some people might, but at least I didn’t.

Seeing the children’s giggling breath, their gently moving eyebrows, and the skin curling around their mouths. That was the only way to judge between [good performance] and [bad performance].

“…….”

I am probably just a person who has taken [this method] to its limit.

‘It doesn’t matter if you can’t hear the sound.’

I had aura blooming all over my body.

‘This is actually a method I’m used to.’

I raised my aura, but didn’t focus on myself like I did when I stood on the stage of the Blood Flame. Quite the contrary.

I put aura on the kids.

“■……?”

“■■, ■■■■.”

The children were tickled. There was no harm to the children. I just imbued them with auras so that the children’s physical condition could be relayed to me.

‘hmm.’

Where are your eyes directed?

Is it watching my fingers dancing on the keyboard, or is it checking the atmosphere to chat with another child sitting next to me?

Convulsions in response to sound.

Children’s heartbeat.

blood flow.

Blood flow rate.

‘okay.’

It all reacted differently depending on my playing. It was subtle, but the Auror’s touch was even more delicate than that.

The expressions on children’s faces are not the only thing that becomes my standard. Everything has an expression. The problem is whether I have the means, experience, or skills to read that facial expression.

‘I’ve wanted to do this from the beginning.’

And I had the skills to do that.

‘I’ll give it a try.’

I watched to see which notes the children’s eyes were focused on when I played them. We observed which notes the children’s hearts responded most strongly to. The children could not hide their expressions.

Didn’t even hide it.

“■……”

“■■……”

The time the children spent whispering became shorter and shorter.

At first, I had a hard time because each child reacted strongly to different sounds. But it was okay. There was an intersection. Children have more things in common than any differences.

These children had abandoned the world and wanted the same heaven.

therefore.

I still haven’t heard anything.

The sound that all the children responded to most brightly was pressed on the keyboard.

“…….”

spurt. The children’s hearts rang at the same time.

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