"Now… who can even tell which one is the real Lyra constellation anymore…"
Voltava said with emotion.
Lyra glanced at Voltava. This rotten old man was really bad!
Just a few days ago, that wasn't what you were saying at all!
"Ahem… a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue."
Noticing Lyra's expression, Voltava coughed twice and immediately apologized. Saying that really was a bit too hurtful to Lyra.
But he was also speaking from genuine feeling. Given the situation in front of them, who wouldn't be confused after seeing this?
"…"
Lyra fell silent. There was no helping it—she truly couldn't come up with anything to refute him. In front of Moen, she herself no longer had the confidence to say that she was the Lyra constellation Star Spirit. She had completely lost her temper.
When the performance ended, Moen put away the harp and stood up, and everything around them returned to normal once again.
The river began to flow downstream again, fish resumed swimming, birds and beasts started moving once more, the breeze stirred, leaves rustled continuously, and the world once again began to play its natural symphony.
'Final Song of the Strings… so this is the ultimate move?
I thought it would be Death Voyage Serenade.'
Moen sensed the connection between himself and the Lyra constellation star map. Learning the harp truly had a huge impact on the Lyra constellation. In just a little over a month, he had successfully connected with the Lyra constellation and activated the ultimate technique inherent to the Lyra Silver Cloth.
"Final Song of the Strings"—when this piece is performed, the lyre shoots out countless strings that bind the enemy, slowly tearing the opponent apart within the music. This is a true offensive ultimate technique, extremely powerful.
But what Moen was actually looking forward to more was "Death Voyage Serenade." That was an ultimate move capable of putting all things in the universe to sleep—even gods were no exception!
When trained to the extreme, this technique could even stop the flow of time throughout the entire universe, exiling the souls of all things into another dimension to drift endlessly.
The effects produced by Moen's own harp playing were somewhat similar to "Death Voyage Serenade," but the difference in effectiveness was far from small. His harp music could at most affect things around him and lacked any real offensiveness. It merely caused all things to become immersed in it and didn't truly induce sleep.
Although it looked very exaggerated, it had little practical combat value. If you attacked someone while playing the harp, they definitely wouldn't stay immersed in the music anymore. It was far inferior to the hypnosis of "Death Voyage Serenade."
Mystogan's hypnosis magic had left a very deep impression on Moen, which was also why he was so eager for "Death Voyage Serenade."
That feeling, where the moment the music plays, enemies immediately collapse asleep everywhere was truly cool.
Just think about Jigglypuff. Even that harmless-looking pink little round creature could dominate the Pokémon world if it mastered such an ability!
"What a pity."
Moen sighed. Although the Lyra constellation seemed to have given him exceptionally strong harp talent, if he wanted to compose such terrifying musical pieces himself, who knew how long it would take. It would be far more reliable to hope to draw it from system tasks.
"What's a pity? Your performance was already absolutely perfect."
Voltava walked over and spoke with a puzzled expression. He genuinely didn't understand what Moen found regrettable.
He could no longer find any flaws in this piece. Even if he and Lyra were the ones playing it, they wouldn't be able to do any better.
Of course, that was purely from a musical perspective. In terms of magical effects, the two of them couldn't even compare.
"It's still far from enough."
Moen shook his head. Compared to Orpheus, his current level of skill wasn't lacking by just a little.
Moreover, the reason he could play like this had a great deal to do with the harp in his hands and its resonance with the Lyra constellation. His own technique wasn't actually that strong yet—, his was truly a case of "borrowing the power of external objects."
The Lyra constellation was formed from the first harp created by Hermes. Hermes gifted it to Apollo, the god of music, who then gave it to his son Orpheus, born from one of the nine Muses, Calliope.
Now everything connected together. Orpheus—also the prototype of Orphee—was the son of the god of music and a Muse goddess. His musical talent was naturally truly extraordinary.
In fact, Orphee itself was simply another transliteration of Orpheus, and Orphee's story was a direct recreation of Orpheus's legend.
'Could it be that singing along is required to unleash the Lyra constellation's strongest power?'
Moen suddenly thought of this. In the legends, Orpheus didn't just play the harp—while playing, he would also sing aloud the beautiful songs his mother taught him. He was also an extremely outstanding singer, after all, his mother herself was a goddess of song.
Because of this, the Lyra constellation Star Spirit Lyra wasn't only skilled at playing the harp, she was also very good at singing, especially singing while playing.
"Lyra, teach me how to sing."
Moen looked at Lyra, whose expression was complicated, and said seriously.
"Ah?"
Lyra froze for a moment. She stared at Moen, deeply suspecting that Moen truly intended to replace her—now he even wanted to learn singing?!
If Moen learned her singing techniques as well, then truly no one would be able to tell which one was the real Lyra constellation Star Spirit anymore!
"O-okay."
Although she was complaining inwardly, Lyra ultimately still agreed. Being hit was one thing, but Lyra had a very kind and optimistic personality. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly from the blow and reappear in front of Moen again.
At this moment, Lyra actually began to feel a sense of anticipation. She looked forward to seeing the moment when Moen's musical talent was fully developed. Perhaps Moen truly was more favored by the Lyra constellation than she was—after all, even the stars in the sky were shining for him.
Without delay, Lyra immediately began teaching Moen. This was something that truly had to be taught by her, because Voltava was not skilled in this area.
"…"
Voltava listened carefully from the side and couldn't help but shake his head. This wasn't a denial of Moen, but a feeling of amazement. Moen's singing talent was equally outstanding, far stronger than his own.
After just a little over a month, Moen had already surpassed his teacher. Voltava was only proficient in instrument performance, and his singing was merely passable. Moen was about to become even more well-rounded than him.
Inside the Fairy Tail guild hall, Mirajane stared at Moen as he hurried out. She had heard that Moen had recently been learning instruments and singing, and that he was even studying under a very famous master, which made her a little concerned, she herself actually liked singing quite a bit.
Moen's sudden, intense interest in music surprised everyone. Before this, he had never shown any signs of it at all.
Everyone originally thought it was just a passing whim, but in the end he had already been studying at high intensity for two whole months! This truly exceeded everyone's expectations, Moen was actually serious about it!
"How do you think Brother Moen is doing with his studies now?"
Cana played with the cards in her hand and asked curiously.
Moen had never played the harp or sung in front of everyone before, which made them all very curious about his learning progress.
"It's only been two months. I guess the progress isn't that big, right? Things like instruments and singing depend a lot on talent and effort, don't they?"
Levy made a very rational guess. Brother Moen had never shown talent in this area before, he couldn't suddenly turn into a musical genius, right? So at most, two months would only mean he had just gotten started.
"Brother Moen will definitely learn it well."
Juvia weakly added her opinion. Although her voice was soft, her tone was extremely firm.
"I believe in Brother Moen too!"
Lisanna raised her hand and also expressed her blind trust in Moen.
"Brother Moen studies for so long every day, his throat must be very tired."
Wendy widened her eyes, a little worried about Moen's throat. Maybe she could prepare some throat-soothing tea for Brother Moen?
Regarding Moen's learning results, the kids were divided into two factions. One faction believed Moen's learning progress probably wasn't very fast, while the other believed that no matter what Moen did, he would succeed.
The "skeptical faction" consisted mainly of those who had spent more time with Moen, because they understood him better. It wasn't that they didn't trust Moen, but rationally they felt he wouldn't learn that fast.
The "blind-faith faction" was composed of those who were younger and had known Moen for a shorter time. They truly had a kind of blind trust in Moen.
Erza and Mirajane stood as the leaders of the two factions. It wasn't that Mirajane believed Moen would definitely learn very well very quickly, but since Erza stood with the "skeptical faction," she absolutely had to stand with the "blind-faith faction—purely opposing for the sake of opposing.
"Let's go! Let's go find Moen and confirm it!"
No matter what it was, as long as it involved clashing with Erza, Mirajane immediately got fired up. This time, though, it was a bit different, she herself was very interested in the matter.
"Let's go, then."
Erza naturally refused to back down and directly accepted Mirajane's challenge.
"They're so childish."
Watching Erza and Mirajane confronting each other head-on, Natsu complained from the side. Erza was always lecturing him and Gray to fight less, yet she and Mirajane fought every day themselves—whenever the two met, they were at odds.
Bang!
Natsu took a punch to the head and immediately grimaced in pain.
"Natsu! Which side are you supporting?!"
Erza stared at Natsu and asked fiercely, while at the same time her gaze shifted toward Gray on the other side.
"I support you! Erza!"
Gray immediately raised his hand and directly joined the "skeptical faction." At the same time, he continuously apologized to Moen in his heart, it wasn't that he didn't trust Moen, it was purely due to the situation!
"Then I oppose it!"
Natsu had originally wanted to reluctantly submit to Erza, but as soon as Gray stated his position, Natsu immediately reacted reflexively and spoke up in opposition.
Before Erza could lose her temper, Natsu jumped over to Mirajane's side in one leap, straightened his back, and put on a fox-borrowing-the-tiger's-might expression.
"Hahaha! Erza! Now more people support me!"
Mirajane put her hands on her hips and laughed smugly. Her side now had a clear numerical advantage, she had just pulled Elfman in as well, and together with Natsu and Happy, who followed Natsu, she directly took a huge lead in numbers over Erza!
No need to say anything else—win first, talk later!
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