My Takema Sakuha

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"Well, Nana sauce."

"Yes, Mr. Oakley?"

When the girl in front of him finished playing a piece of music, Charles Oakley smiled lightly seeing her waiting for his evaluation, and then asked casually: "Are you confident now?"

Are you confident?What confidence?

Looking at this piano professor who has discovered himself since the third year of junior high school, Noda Mitsuna is not quite sure what he thinks—confidence, what kind of confidence do you mean?

"I mean."

He opened his mouth slowly, with a softer smile on his face: "Are you ready to announce your existence?"

It has been two years since the Queen's Contest. During the two years, Noda Mitsuna did not participate in any competitions, as if she disappeared in an instant, and she did not appear in the field of vision of the regular competition at all.

But Noda Mitsuna said that she has actually done many part-time jobs - music teacher in kindergarten, pianist in cafes or restaurants, piano accompanist in school chorus competitions, how can she say that she disappeared.

As for the so-called "announcement of one's own existence"——

"Teacher Oakley means that I can participate in the competition? The youth group?"

"Youth group?"

Hearing this statement, Charles was stunned, then shook his head with a little amusement: "Of course not."

Two years is enough time for Noda Mitsuna to really settle down. She has seen many things, and she has experienced more.Charles did have the idea of ​​taking her into his family, but he was really old after all, so let this opportunity be generous to others.

They can only meet each other during the Christmas holiday or summer vacation, but perhaps because of this, Charles Oakley feels a special kind of surprise every time he hears Noda Mitsuna's playing.

She seems to always move forward tirelessly, never consider "what if", and even the most frightening thing is that she really makes him feel like "Did she encounter something special every time?" things" surprise.

"Uh, I shouldn't be like Noda-san—"

"You are different from her."

Noda Megumi had no self-pursuit towards music at the time, and always had an attitude of evasion and escape, and was too easily satisfied.Noda Mitsuna is indeed young, but she has always been hardworking and hungry.

"There are no two identical leaves in the world, and there are no two identical people."

Charles, who was also considering whether to retire after teaching Noda Mitsuna, smiled, reached out and picked up the "Mephisto Waltz" in front of him: "What were you thinking when you played it?"

"The fingers are so tired, Liszt is so perverted, the devil! Liszt is Mephisto, the devil!"

"..."

Ah, actually he thought so too.

Coughing lightly to cover up the expression on his face, and looking at the red-eyed girl who was so angry that the hair on her head was shaking, Charles blinked his round blue eyes and smiled even brighter: "Then, it's time."

Germany Ettlingen International Youth Piano Competition.

Quietly staring at the black and white two-color keyboard in front of me, Noda Mitsuna raised her head when she put her fingers on it, and read the Haydn Sonata Optional Chapter 1, Chopin, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, which was requested to be performed and recorded as a pre-recording , Rachmaninoff, an etude by Scriabin or Ligeti, and a Romantic or Impressionist piece. ①

The pre-trial is a recording, so you don’t have to worry about the time, you can play whatever you want.She could choose whatever she wanted, and it didn't matter if she was lazy and chose an easier track in order to qualify for the first round.

"I don't like Haydn's music."

"But I think you like it quite a bit?"

This old man does look a little rigid, but the symphony of astonishment he created is enough to prove that this is a narrow-minded person who likes to joke——

There is still a little bit of resemblance to Noda Mitsuna.

Choked by his teacher, Noda Mitsuna silently chose a sonata, thought for a while after playing the first movement, and gently placed his hand on the keyboard.

Impressionism made her a little lazy, but for this etude, she wanted to play the one she wanted to play the most.

Liszt's super technique etude, No.11, "Harmony of the Night".

The arpeggios like water droplets are in stark contrast to the slightly slower chords. It is no longer the flow of streams, but the rushing like a galaxy, but it stops abruptly at that moment.

Noda Mitsuna vividly expressed the sense of picture that only the impressionists had. The octaves with the fingers stretched easily make the most beautiful chords as bright as the beams of light in the night sky.

She has not appeared for a long time, and it is time for her to appear in everyone's eyes.

"It's really, really perfect."

Waiting for the recording of the three songs to end, Charles patted his hands, looked at the girl in front of him and smiled happily: "It seems perfect to me, what is Nana-chan still struggling with?"

"I'm not bothered!"

No, as long as it is this reaction, it means that there must be some.

Charles was just curious, but didn't really speak.Oh, if he really wants to know, he can still ask Miss Noda, right?

Well, but look at her expression——

"I seem to know. You want to come to Paris and take the entrance exam in February, don't you?"

Noda Mitsuna shrank her neck suddenly after being punctured, with a dissatisfied expression on her face: "Mr. Oakley!"

"Don't forget who I am, I even know that your materials have been delivered. Now think about it, you should have prepared all the application materials yourself, but it was Shinichi or Noda-mei who delivered it?"

Looking amusedly at the girl who finally had such a rebellious and awkward teenager, Charles didn't find it strange.Originally, Noda Mitsuna wanted to read Momogaoka Yinda, who was basically top 1 in Neon, but now, at least in Charles' view, the alma mater of Chiaki Shinichi and Noda Megumi is not so suitable for Noda Mitsuna .

They saw it, and Noda Mitsuna also had this idea, so they made such a choice.

"Now it's not students and teachers, it's Charles and Xiao Guangnai."

As a Frenchman, Charles Oakley took a bite of the shortbread next to him, and the expression on his face became more and more sly: "If you are still struggling, I suggest you talk to your little boyfriend. "

"Check, Charles!!"

"Don't be angry, I'm serious. And I think that child of Shengchen—"

In fact, Noda Mitsuna is more mature than expected.

Back home with resentment full of resentment that he didn't know how to speak, Noda Mitsuna only felt more irritable.Especially thinking that Noda Megumi and Chiaki Shinichi will not return until February, and when I have to clean the whole house by myself, it is even more dark.

She, she will never reconcile with the cleaning in her life, absolutely!

"Ah, little saint?"

The moment he opened the door with the key and saw the shoes on the entrance, Noda Mitsuna raised his head in astonishment, and caught sight of the boy who had already put on a mask and even put on a protective suit at home and started cleaning immediately backed away, and slammed the door shut at home. door.

Then she slowly unscrewed the doorknob under the death gaze of the other party, and the smile on her face was extremely embarrassing when she probed for the second time.

"Well, I, I thought I opened the door in the wrong way."

"Didn't you say you were going home today?"

"Yeah, ahahaha..."

Noda Mitsuna wanted to cry a little bit when she almost squeezed herself into the door close to the crack she opened, and changed her shoes with a struggling attitude.

She, she wasn't ready at all!Although it was said by Charles that he would come and confess to Sakusa Seiko, but no matter what, it seemed that there was too much pressure.

The language was not well organized, and she didn't know how to speak all of a sudden!

"Bring the mop over here."

"Oh!"

Hearing the familiar order, Noda Mitsuna let go of her heart, and quickly handed Sakusa Seiko what he wanted as if she was alive, and then wiped the table very diligently.

Of course, I also need to report to my parents what I have been doing during this period of time. After finishing the short novel, Noda Mitsuna felt that she did have some confidence.However, when he saw the expression of Sakusa Seiko, those words that he had thought up did not know where they flew.

"That, that..."

"You have something to tell me."

Yes, she did have something to say, and now it seems that she doesn't need to be too tactful.

"Little Saint."

"Ah."

"I want to go to the Paris Conservatory of Music in March."

Seeing Sakusa Seiko's expression unchanged, Noda Mitsuna simply stood up straight, then lowered her head again: "Well, I said it before..."

"What's wrong with that?"

"Eh?"

"why not?"

Sakuzao Sakamoto mopped up the last piece of land with a calm expression, but his dark eyes were full of puzzlement: "Your idea is very good, why don't you go?"

But, she said before——

"Even the most well-planned plan may not necessarily match reality. What matters now is not the plan, but yourself."

Stretching out his hand to flick Noda Mitsuna's forehead, Sakusa really thought it was nothing strange.Even Chiaki Shinichi couldn't say anything bad about Noda Mitsuna's progress on the piano during this period, and he already knew her thoughts.

"At least think about what you want to do, Mitsuna."

"I……"

Slightly covering the place where he was hit, Noda Mitsuna stared at the boy in front of him for a long time before humming softly and ran to his piano room.

Since she was going to apply in March, she had to sort out all kinds of materials now.The certificates, honors, and photos from the first year of the country all need to be submitted to Charles as application materials.

"What are you looking for again?"

"I remember that the ones I burned to my parents were copies. Where's the original?"

Opening the cover of the piano bench with a little roughness, flipping through the things inside and putting all the scores aside, Noda Mitsuna had a headache: "No, it's not here."

Not really.

Seeing her busy in the cupboard next to her, Sakuzaya Seiko sighed and walked to the side to look for it with her, but when she didn't know when she ran to another place.

"Here it is, found it."

"Well, Christine—"

Suddenly feeling the impact in front of him, Sakuzaya Seiko looked down at Noda Mitsuna who was hugging him, wanted to say something but saw her smiling brightly at him.

"Little Saint."

"Ok?"

"Wait until your college summer vacation, come and listen to my recital."

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①: Selected from the rules of this year's Ettlingen International Youth Piano Competition in Germany.