Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva

In April, the weather gradually warmed up. The ocean monsoon from the south brought warm water vapor across the sky and brought continuous drizzle.

The dripping raindrops fell on the umbrella, making a slight sound. As the fingers turned slightly, the top of the umbrella also rotated, bringing spiral water splashes. An accidental look back allowed people to see the face of the girl under the umbrella.

A few bangs fluttered in the breeze, and the blue eyes were also a little hazy in the water vapor. With a black dress, it gave people a faint sense of coolness.

In this way, the girl held an umbrella and walked through the stone path in the campus. She came to a small Western-style building, put away the umbrella, put it in the storage area, and then walked in.

"Tilan is here." As soon as she entered the door, the girl heard someone calling her name.

Looking up, it was the familiar singing classmate, Shui Yanqing and Blanche. The two were doing handicrafts in the empty classroom, and the prototypes of the kneaded cookies were placed in front of them.

"Are Orles and the others not here yet?" The girl shook her hair slightly, dropping a few ice particles, and then her hair became refreshed.

"Not yet, Orles seems to have a joint press conference to attend in the morning, so she will be late." Shui Yanqing explained.

"Where are Pulin and the others?" Tilan walked to the side, washed her hands in the sink, and then sat next to them.

"Pulin should be here soon. She lives far away from here, and so does Odney."

"It's rare that everyone has time today, so Blanche and I worked together to organize this party." Shui Yanqing explained.

This year, several singers have been busy. Like Tilan, they have also started to form their own star groups and deal with the ensuing solicitations and investments from all parties. In the past few months, they have rarely gathered together. At most, they would take time out to have a meal, so the number of people is often not complete.

As the assessment confrontation time stipulated by Arnansha approached, everyone pushed aside other schedules, and only then did they have unified free time.

Tilan, Blanche and Shui Yanqing were kneading cookies together. They first put the fillings in the middle of the small dough, then pressed them with a special mold, and then put them on the plate.

"That's almost it." About 20 minutes later, the three of them finished kneading the cookies. Tilan and Shui Yanqing put the trays into the oven one by one, and then turned on the timer.

While cleaning up the things on the table, the three of them chatted about their recent daily life.

"Some time ago, I filmed the first album with everyone. They said it will be on the shelves next month." Blanche was a little happy and expectant.

"What style is it?" The two were curious.

"It should be a fantasy adventure style. The whole album is a clear story line, telling the story of a country boy who embarked on a long journey to find his childhood sweetheart and finally became a world-famous hero. By the way, I play that childhood sweetheart in the album." Blanche sat on the stool and shook her legs with a little joy.

"It sounds good." Although it's old-fashioned, it's kingly and classic.

"Speaking of new albums, I've only been busy with one song recently." Shui Yanqing thought for a moment.

After listening to this, Tilan tilted her head slightly, remembering that she hadn't prepared a single song, and suddenly felt a little ashamed.

In order to maintain her popularity and influence, the singer would release new songs every once in a while, and when these songs were released, it was often a time for fans to discuss and exchange ideas enthusiastically.

There were many music companies that provided her with works, but she was not satisfied with most of the styles, so she kept dragging it out, and later she was busy with work and forgot about it.

"Before everyone arrives, I'll show you." Shui Yanqing was still very relieved about Blanche and Tilan.

After saying that, she took out her personal terminal, and then clicked on the play. A burst of three-dimensional light and shadow was projected, and then a little splash of water sounded, and the three of them seemed to have entered the bottom of the deep sea.

The light and shadows around changed, becoming deeper and darker, until a few seconds later, a blue gap appeared at the bottom, and then the line of sight continued to expand. This "gap" with light came closer, and its true form was slowly revealed. It turned out to be a long train traveling on the seabed.

The camera entered the carriage, and among the gray figures, the girl with blue hair sitting among the crowd was particularly eye-catching.

She was surrounded by office workers carrying briefcases, but she was the only one wearing a dark blue princess dress, with a gorgeous hair bun, sitting on a horizontal chair, like an exquisite doll.

The car body swayed slightly, and the ticking sound was regular as it moved forward. The office workers beside the girl also swayed with it. The ordinary scene was a little dull and difficult to get rid of the ordinary and vulgar. Only the girl sitting in the middle of the camera had bright colors and fairy-tale atmosphere that were incompatible with the surrounding environment.

Then the girl opened her mouth slightly, and a slightly sad voice sounded, telling the sorrow in everyone's heart, that is, the pure ideals are constantly collided in the real world of fame and fortune, and finally shattered into sadness and gloom all over the ground.

In the song, the girl recalled the innocence of her childhood, and various bubbles floated in the train. In each bubble, there was a simple little girl, she and her father, she and her mother, she and her friends, she and small animals, laughing together.

As the climax of the song ended, all the bubbles were washed away, and the carriage returned to the cold and gray color again. Only outside the glass window behind the girl, some fish swimming on the seabed slowly floated by. There was still some color on them, but it was not obvious, like creatures trapped in the window frame.

Finally, the song ended, and the camera came out of the carriage again and slowly pulled away.

This gleaming train is still moving forward under the sea. The body is covered with steel, solid and cold, and the passengers inside are gray and indifferent.

However, at the end of the shot, a large number of swimming fish pass through the field of view. They have various colors and sizes, so agile and comfortable.

Is it a fish trapped in the frame of the window, or a human being trapped in a self-imposed cage? There is a hidden sigh in the darkness.

…

After the playback ended, the light and shadow gradually dissipated, and there were already some tears in Blanche's eyes.

"Wow, so touching."

"Thanks."

Soon after enjoying Shui Yanqing's new song, other people arrived one after another. Everyone sat together, first enjoyed baked cookies and snacks, and then gathered to play chess games.

"If it wasn't raining, I'd like to go out for a walk." Odney looked at the weather outside.

"The big white goose likes water." The girl said jokingly.

"Even if I am a big white goose, you are also a little black goose." Odni couldn't help but want to grab Tilan and pinch her face, but the girl easily dodged it.

After the two played around for a while, they returned to the coffee table. The game had come to an end, and at the end it was Shui Yanqing versus Oreis.

"I invested 54 resources to summon the 'Cloud and Mist Water Dragon', and asked the water dragon to use 'Rainfall' to cover the field." Shui Yanqing picked up the card with two fingers and inserted it into the card slot on the side. A mighty swimming figure appeared on the chessboard table. of clouds and water dragons.

"I can also use the 'Holy Tree Oath' in my hand to summon the 'Guardian Golden Dragon' from the elves' allies, and use lightning breath attacks on your 'Cloud Mist Water Dragon'." Aurese's eyes flashed with excitement.

"Because the electric-type attack of Lightning Breath has double the special effect on water-type attacks, you can't beat it now, huh." Orlais said happily.

"That's not necessarily the case." Shui Yanqing replied calmly.

"Using the 'Heavenly Dragon Gate' ritual card, all fish, dragons, and dragons can roll the dice once. If it is greater than 3 points, they can advance once and transform into a higher-level dragon creature."

"But if the points are less than 3, half of the blood volume will be deducted." Orlais looked at it and added.

"Yes, there is not much blood left now. In other words, if you fail, you will die, but it is already a desperate situation, so you don't care anymore." Shui Yanqing pressed the dice thrower.

Then a glittering gold dice was thrown, spinning rapidly in the transparent sphere, and then returned to the center.

"The result is -4."

Immediately, the 'Cloud Mist Water Dragon' on the chessboard bloomed and turned into the majestic 'Ancient White Dragon'. Because of the dual attributes of electricity and water, the Ancient White Dragon no longer takes twice the damage from the lightning breath. Now it faces the 'Guard'. Golden Dragon' had the upper hand.

"So angry." Orelai looked at her 'Guarding Golden Dragon' on the chessboard, which was badly injured and was about to fail, feeling unwilling to do so.

After a while, due to the death of the golden dragon, there was no more powerful creature on Ole Lace's side that could fight against the 'Ancient White Dragon', so the situation slowly declared defeat. In the end, this small battle ended with Shui Yanqing's victory.

On the other side, Pu Lin, who was listening to music and reading a magazine, saw them getting up and took off her earphones, "Are you done playing?"

"Well, it's over." Odney came over and looked at the magazine she was flipping through. It was a military magazine about new weapons.

"Pulin likes these things very much."

"Guys who are used for fighting are always cooler." Pulin threw down the magazine and moved her body.

"Let's go have dinner. We have to meet Teacher Yalnansha in the evening. It is said that she is going to make some pre-game preparations."

"I can't wait, Pulin." Odney thought of the previous confrontations with Pulin, in which she was always the loser. She didn't know what the arrangements would be this time.

"Let's go." Seeing someone starting, Orlais also wanted to leave the embarrassing chess game where she failed. She stood up, glanced across the classroom, and found Tilan who was standing by the window looking at the scenery. She held her hand and wanted to leave quickly.

Orlais is still so childish, the girl followed her and thought to herself, a little funny.

The group of people left the mansion where they got together, first went to the school restaurant to have a meal together, and then arrived at the school's exclusive battle training ground. At this moment, Yarnansha was already waiting for them.

First there was a burst of crisp applause, and then she walked toward the crowd holding a light scepter with a garnet gem in her hand.

"This competition will be held in three days. Although for the sake of your public image, the process will not be shown to the outside world, whoever leads the team to win first place will get an opportunity to submit a proposal to the Central Council."

"Unlike ordinary proposals, the proposals launched on this occasion will most likely be passed unless the central parliament gives clear and convincing reasons for rejection."

"In short, in order to appease the recent turbulent public opinion, the group of people in the Central Council diverted their attention and asked you young singers to give a suggestion. As long as the suggestion you give is not too outrageous, they will agree. This shows that I am listening to the voices of the public and working to resolve difficulties and conflicts." Arnansha frankly expressed the thoughts of some congressmen.

"The rancid smell of politics..." Several singers complained to each other below.

"I know you may be dissatisfied with this situation, but this is reality. Either you adapt to its laws, or you overthrow everything and recreate a look you like."

"If I were a color-level singer as powerful as Emuraline, I would definitely choose the latter. Unfortunately, there is not even a sun-level singer in the Federation." She waved her hand, saying that she was mocking the Federation, but also speaking. Some kind of self-deprecation.

"Okay, now that we've finished talking about the champion's rewards, let's talk about the specific process and rules." She clapped her hands to quiet the group.

"In three days, lead your team to the designated location. A large transport plane will take you to a special location where the venue and various facilities are ready for you to do your best. Relax and relax. Don't worry, there are strict surveillance and excellent medical personnel in the venue, and no one will die easily."

"I can say that this is a small military exercise, which you will use in the future." Her eyes swept through the singers present one by one, and finally stopped at the black-haired girl at the end.

"Let's adjourn."

Then she boarded the landing shuttle, waved to everyone, and disappeared into the sky.

"Listening to Senior Arnansha's words, I always feel that she is very dissatisfied with the current Central Council."

"That's no wonder, because Senior Arnansha is very close to the military and is not liked by the people in the Central Council."

"Why is she not liked by the Council when she is close to the military?" Blanche asked puzzledly.

"Because the singers have popular support, and the military has military force, once the two sides unite, it is easy to form an independent force, which is a more dangerous thing." Orles raised her finger to explain.

"For example, we elves, because we joined the Federation the earliest, we have many asset advantages. If we get involved in the military fleet, we will be feared by the human side and excluded by the Federation. Therefore, the current tacit understanding of the top leaders is that we elves can make money and run various industries, but the military is better not to touch it."

"Politics is so complicated." Blanche was a little confused.

"Alas, so Blanche had better not get involved in these things, it is easy to be used as a gun." Orles rarely cares about others, it seems that she herself is also tired of politics.

"I heard from the elders at home that the fastest growth of singers is when they are young, and they often stagnate after that." Orles added.

Because Orles was born in an elf family, she knew a lot about the history of singers of all generations, and the rules she summarized were also very valuable, so when she said this, the other people also pricked up their ears.

"Hey, do you care so much? Well, I'll just say it directly. It's not a big secret."

"People's emotional experience is limited. The first time is the most profound, and the second time is much less. So, when you have experienced a lot, it is difficult to be as easily moved as when you were young."

"The same is true for singers. When it is difficult for you to have emotional fluctuations, forcing others to be moved will also have a bad effect."

"So, if you want to be a great singer, you can't let the flame of your ideal in your heart go out. You must be like a child full of innocence, hoping and longing for this world, so that you can burst out with great power."

"But reality is not that simple." Shui Yanqing shook her head.

"So I said, as the age increases, the more blows and failures a singer encounters, the more she will become decadent and compromise, and finally her strength will stagnate or even regress."

"She herself is slowly becoming desperate and no longer believes, so how can she convince others to believe?"

"Perseverance and not forgetting one's original intention are also very rare among singers."

After saying this, Orles lightly pressed her chest, indicating that she was on the right path of being a singer only if she maintained such an innocent and straightforward character.

"So, although Orles' body is already a mature big sister, is she still a 15-year-old girl in her heart?" Shui Yanqing asked seriously.

"Can you keep silent? If it weren't for Tilan persuading me, I would have wanted to hit you a long time ago." Orles clenched her fists in anger.

"Okay, okay, Shui Yanqing is just joking." Tilan inserted herself between the two of them with a smile.

Although they looked tense, she could actually feel that the two were in a good mood at the moment. They were not really fighting, but were used to bickering, as if they would feel uncomfortable if they didn't say something at this moment.

Maybe this is how they get along.