Fake Professor, Misunderstood As Strong - Chapter 142

Chapter 142: Bastille, A City Blessed By The Moonlight! Part-4.
Bastille, Central Market Area.

“Whoa~ A live music performance is going to happen here!”

Looking at the giant posters and banners outside an auditorium, Risa’s eyes shone with excitement.

Seeing that excited look on her face, Mark sighed and said,

“Let’s go in. I myself haven’t seen a live music performance before; let’s try it out now that we have the chance…”

Mark walked over to the ticket counter and brought out a platinum card with a dragon design printed on it in golden.

When the person at the counter saw that card, he nearly fainted from the sheer shock.

The person at the counter glanced at Mark with a shocked look. He wanted to say something, but he stopped and hurriedly gave two tickets to Mark.

When Mark left the counter, the man got up, went to a more secluded area, and screamed like crazy, saying,

“I f*cking saw a ‘Royal Draconic Platinum’ in my life! Ahhhhhhhh~~~”

From that day onwards, that man will go on and brag to his friends and family that he actually saw the real ‘Unique’ ATM card that only the royal family members have.

Seeing that legendary card that is only seen on TV and the internet in person is a very big flex indeed.

Mark, on the other hand, had no idea about all that; he just took the ticket and held Risa’s hand before entering the auditorium.

He’s been using this card since childhood, and he doesn’t really care much about it; thus, he doesn’t know that the card he has has an unlimited amount of money in it.

Mark was given this card as a birthday gift, and it has no limits at all.

Additionally, it recognized Mark’s mana fluctuation, and since only he can use it, it doesn’t matter if it disappears.

This card is directly linked to the family account of the Royal Family, and it will never run out of money unless the whole royal family goes bankrupt.

Moreover, the royal family is so deeply involved in the government and companies all over the nation that the whole nation will go bankrupt before this card can run out of money.

In other words, Mark literally holds the entire nation’s worth of fortune in this pocket.

People on the internet make a lot of posts about the awesomeness of this card.

Thus, seeing this card in person can make any ordinary person feel shocked, unless they live in a ditch and don’t even know about it at all.

The unique thing is that this card has a certain magical aura of its own, and even ordinary people can feel its uniqueness just by being in its presence…

So even if you don’t know about its existence, you can still feel that it’s ‘unique’ once you encounter it…

…

“Hurry, hurry, it’s about to start! We came just on time!”

Risa and Mark hurried inside and took the VIP seats right away. Mark didn’t care about the money, so he bought the seats with the best view for Risa.

Once the duo sat down, the curtain slid away from the stage, and an old man walked over to the stage. He appeared to be in his late sixties.

While the old man took the microphone, a few other people also appeared and took their respective seats on the stage to play the various music instruments, such as the piano, guitar, drums, flutes, and so on.

“Welcome everyone! Today we are presenting a song from the local folklore of Bastille. This one is the classic and one of the most popular songs that describes the history of our blessed city of Bastille!”

Hearing the old man’s words, the whole audience clapped, and excited looks appeared on the faces of the audience.

“Bastille didn’t originally used to be what it is today, so let us know about its origins more with this song!”

The old singer smiled happily at the enthusiasm of the audience, and he also noticed the presence of Mark and Risa in the VIP seats.

There are usually no people who buy VIP tickets for his show, so he was even more motivated to give his best today just for Mark and Risa.

On the other hand, Mark was more surprised by a completely different thing.

‘A grade-4 mage working as a singer? This is interesting…’

Mark himself is a grade-4 mage, but his mana control is already grade-3, due to which he can sense the mana fluctuations better than other grade-4 mages.

Thus, he easily saw through the old singer and figured out that the other party was magic too.

Usually all mages go for a career that suits the dignity of a mage; for example, most of them become teachers, dungeon explorers, and some even join the military.

It’s very rare to see a mage working in any other profession than these few.

‘Let’s see what he has got…’

The old singer closed his eyes and started his performance at that moment.

“The story goes something like this…”

[A broken shard of the bright moon,

Once fell upon this land,

Blessed was the land by the ‘Laws’,

And the people came from afar to see the miracle,

Eventually, the shattered shard was forgotten,

And people lived here to worship and admire the shine,

Of that once forgotten Shard.

May the shard forgive the world~

May the shard bless the city of desert~

May the moonlight shine on Bastille forever~]

The old singer’s voice was solemn yet amazing to hear; even Mark was impressed by it.

This amazing voice clearly showed that the man has a lot of experience in this field and has been working as a singer for years now.

Not only did he sing the song, he also told the history of Bastille in brief.

…

‘This must be a story that was passed down from generations to generations and then turned into a poem and then into a song by the people…’

The history of this city alone holds a lot of mysteries.

First of all, there is a mention of a ‘shard of the bright moon’.

‘I think that they are referring to some random meteorite that fell in this place… People then came to see it from all over the world, and eventually some of them settled down here…’

Although Mark failed to comprehend the ‘Laws’ part of the song and only understood a few lines, this song indeed improved his knowledge of this city.

If Jareth were here, he would have figured out that this is the same song that appears at the end of a certain quest in the form of a cutscene.

You arrive at this auditorium to enjoy this song with your harem members, and it tells you more about the history of the place.

But in the game, it was impossible to find out more about the ‘Laws’, but now Jareth can understand it all.

He can see that the person who originally created this story must have had some knowledge of the ‘Laws’ of this world and must have witnessed the events happening in this place.

Alas, there is no mention of who was the person who first created this story, told the people about it, and helped it pass down from generation to generation.

Thus, it’s not possible to track the roots of this song.

If he could have met that person, then he could have solved a lot of his questions, but now Jareth will have to find some other way to figure it all out by himself.

Mark, on the other hand, also figured out a few other things from the song.

‘That meteorite then went missing for some reason, but the city is still blessed by its shine?’

‘This seems more like a puzzle than a song… Forget it; I will think about it later…’

Mark and Risa got up from their seats and clapped at the end of the song, along with the rest of the audience, to show their appreciation for the performance.

Aside from the singer, the piano artist and the other instrument users also did extremely well and kept up with the old singer’s rhythm perfectly.

This just shows that this whole band is made up of experienced people who have been working in this field for years now.

After the end of the live performance, when Mark and Risa were just about to leave, they met the old singer in person, and the old guy handed over his autographs to both of them.

He saluted them and said,

“Thank you for buying the VIP tickets; it’s rare for people to pay so much just to watch a single performance of our band…”

Mark waved his hand and replied,

“No worries, you are an excellent singer; perhaps you should come to the capital; you will get more opportunities there for sure!”

The old singer waved his hand and said,

“Haha, that might have been the case if I was still a young man. Today was my last performance, and our band will disband after today. It was indeed a lucky thing that I still had some VIP audience members at my last performance…”

“I am getting old, so it’s about time I give my voice rest. I will leave the stage for the younger generation, hahaha…”

With that said, the old singer left with a happy smile and went on to live a happy life with his grandchildren.