Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 545: The Diva's Growth Dilemma

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

The dripping raindrops fell on the umbrella, making a slight sound. With the slight rotation of the fingers, the top of the umbrella also rotated, creating a spiral of water splashes. An accidental glance back allowed one to see the face of the girl under the umbrella.

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

So the girl walked through the stone path in the campus with an umbrella, came to a small Western-style house, folded the umbrella, put it in the storage area, and then walked in.

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

When I looked up, it was the familiar singing classmates, Shui Yanqing and Blanche. They were doing handicrafts in an empty classroom, with the prototypes of the biscuits they had kneaded in front of them.

"Are Orlesi and the others not here yet?" The girl shook her hair slightly, a few ice particles fell off, and her hair became refreshed.

"Not yet. It seems that Ores has a joint launch conference to attend in the morning, so I will be here 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.

"Prin should be here soon. She lives quite far from here, and so does Odney."

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

Since the beginning of this year, several singers have been quite busy. Like Tilan, they have also started to form their own star groups and deal with the ensuing solicitations and investments from all sides. They have seldom gathered together in the past few months. At most, they would take time out to have a meal together, and the number of people was often not complete.

As the time for the assessment competition set by Arnansha approached, everyone postponed their other schedules and had unified free time.

Tilan, Blanche and Shui Yanqing were together kneading the cookies. They first put the filling in the middle of the small dough, then pressed it with a special mold, and finally placed it on a 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 started the timer.

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

"I shot our first album with everyone some time ago, and they said it will be on the shelves next month." Blanche was feeling happy and expectant.

"What style is it?" they were curious.

"It should be considered a fantasy adventure style. The whole album follows a clear storyline. It tells the story of a country boy who sets out on a long journey to find his childhood sweetheart and eventually becomes a world-famous hero. By the way, I play the role of that childhood sweetheart in the album." Blanche sat on the stool and shook her legs with a little joy.

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

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

After hearing this, Tilan tilted her head slightly, remembering that she had not prepared any song, and suddenly felt a little ashamed.

In order to maintain her popularity and influence, the singer releases new songs every once in a while. When these songs are released, they are often the time for fans to discuss and communicate enthusiastically.

Originally, many music companies provided her with music, but she was not satisfied with the styles of most of them, so she kept putting it off. Later, she became busy with work and forgot about it.

"I'll show it to you before everyone arrives." Shui Yanqing was still very relieved about Blanche and Tilan.

After saying that, she took out her personal terminal and clicked on the play button. A burst of three-dimensional light and shadow was projected, followed by some splashing sounds, and the three of them seemed to have entered the bottom of the deep sea.

The light and shadows around him changed, becoming increasingly darker and deeper, until a few seconds later, a water-blue crack appeared at the bottom. Then, the line of sight continued to expand, and as the glowing "crack" got closer, 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 and a gorgeous hair bun, sitting on a chair, looking like an exquisite doll.

The car body swayed slightly and made a regular ticking sound as it moved forward. The office workers beside the girl also swayed with the car. The ordinary scene was a bit dull and inescapably ordinary and vulgar. Only the girl sitting in the middle of the camera had bright colors and a fairy-tale atmosphere that were out of tune with the surroundings.

Then the girl opened her mouth slightly and spoke in a slightly sad voice, describing the sorrow in everyone's heart. It was the pure ideal that was constantly collided in the reality of the 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. Various bubbles floated in the train. In each bubble there was a simple little girl. She was laughing with her father, her mother, her friends, and small animals.

As the climax of the song ended, all the bubbles were dispersed, and the carriage returned to its cold and gray color again. Only outside the glass window behind the girl, some fish on the seabed slowly floated by. There was still some color left 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 glowing train is still moving forward on the seabed. Its body is made of steel, solid and cold, and the passengers inside are gloomy and indifferent.

However, at the end of the shot, a large number of fish swim through the field of vision. They have various colors and shapes, so agile and free.

Is it the fish trapped in the window frame, or are humans trapped in a cage of their own making? A hidden sigh was heard in the darkness.

……

After the film ended, the light and shadow gradually faded away, and there were already some tears in Blanche's eyes.

"Oh, very touching."

"Thank you."

Soon after enjoying Shui Yanqing's new music, other people arrived one after another. They sat together to enjoy the baked cookies and snacks, and then gathered together to play chess games.

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

"Big white geese like water." The girl said jokingly.

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

After playing around for a while, the two returned to the coffee table. The game was already coming to an end, and it was Shui Yanqing versus Orlais in the end.

"I invest 54 resources to summon the 'Mist Water Dragon', and let the water dragon use 'Rainfall' to cover the field." Shui Yanqing picked up the card with two fingers and inserted it into the card slot beside her. A majestically swimming mist water dragon appeared on the chessboard.

"I can also use the 'Holy Tree Oath' in my hand to summon the 'Guardian Golden Dragon' from the elves' allies, and use the Lightning Breath attack on your 'Cloud and Mist Water Dragon'." Ores' eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Because the electric attack of Lightning Breath has double the effect on water attribute, you can't beat it now, hehe." Ores said happily.

"That's not necessarily true." Shui Yanqing answered calmly.

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

"But if the score is less than 3, half of your health will be deducted." Orles looked at it and added. "That's right, there is not much health left now, which means that if you fail, you will die. But it's already a desperate situation, so I don't care." Shui Yanqing pressed the dice roller.

Then a golden dice was thrown out, spinning rapidly in the transparent sphere before falling back to the center.

"The result is -4."

Then the 'Cloud and Mist Water Dragon' on the chessboard glowed and turned into the majestic 'Ancient White Dragon'. Because the Ancient White Dragon had both electricity and water attributes, it no longer took double damage from its Lightning Breath, and now it had the upper hand against the 'Guardian Golden Dragon'.

"I'm so angry." Ores looked at her 'Guardian Golden Dragon' on the chessboard and saw that it was badly injured and about to fail, feeling unwilling to accept it.

After a while, due to the death of the golden dragon, Ores no longer had any powerful creature that could fight against the 'Ancient White Dragon', so the situation slowly turned into a defeat. In the end, this small battle ended with Shui Yanqing's victory.

On the other side, Pulin, who was listening to music and reading a magazine, took off her headphones when she saw them stand up and asked, "Are you done?"

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

"Prin likes these things very much."

"Things used in war are always cooler." Pulin threw down the magazine and stretched his body.

"Let's go eat. We have to meet Teacher Arnansa tonight. I heard she's going to make a pre-match request."

"I can't wait, Prin." Odney thought about the previous confrontations between her and Prin, in which she was often at a disadvantage. She wondered what the arrangement would be this time.

"Let's go." Seeing someone take the lead, Orlais also wanted to leave the embarrassing chess game of failure. She stood up, glanced across the classroom, found Tilan standing by the window looking at the scenery, took her hand, and wanted to leave quickly.

Orles is still so childish, the girl followed her and thought to herself, feeling a little amused.

The group left the mansion for their gathering and went to the school restaurant to have dinner together. Then they arrived at the school's exclusive combat training ground, where Arnansha was already waiting for them.

First there was a burst of crisp applause, and then she walked towards the crowd holding a light scepter made of pomegranate gemstone.

"The competition will be held in three days. Although the process will not be shown to the public for the sake of your public image, whoever leads the team that wins first place will have the opportunity to submit a proposal to the Central Council."

"Unlike ordinary proposals, the proposals launched through this opportunity are likely to be passed unless the Central Parliament gives clear and convincing reasons for rejection."

"In short, in order to appease the recent turbulent public opinion and divert attention, the people in the Central Parliament asked you young singers to give a suggestion. As long as the suggestion is not too outrageous, they will agree to it. This shows that they are listening to the voice of the public and working hard to resolve difficulties and contradictions." Arnansha bluntly expressed the thoughts of some parliamentarians.

"Where's the stench of politics..." The singers below complained to each other.

"I know you may not be happy with this situation, but this is reality. You can either adapt to its rules or turn it upside down and recreate it the way you like."

"If I were a powerful color-level singer like Aimura Lin, I would definitely choose the latter. Unfortunately, there is not even a Sunday-level singer in the Federation right now." She waved her hands, saying that she was mocking the Federation, but also mocking herself in a way.

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

"In three days, lead your team to the designated location. A large transport plane will take you to a special location. There are venues and facilities ready for you to go all out. Relax and enjoy. Don't worry, there are strict surveillance and excellent medical personnel in the venue. No one will die easily."

"I can say that this is a small military exercise that you will need in the future." Her eyes swept across the singers present one by one, finally stopping 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.

"From what Senior Arnansa said, I feel like she is very dissatisfied with the current Central Council."

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

"Why is the parliament not fond of me because I am close to the military?" Blanche asked puzzledly.

"Because the singer has popular support, and the military has military force, once the two sides unite, it is easy to form an independent force, which is a rather dangerous thing." Orlais explained, holding up her finger.

"For example, we elves joined the Federation the earliest and have many asset advantages. If we get involved in the military fleet, humans will be wary and reject us. So the current tacit understanding among the top leaders is that we elves can make money and run various industries, but it is best not to touch the military."

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

"Well, that's why Blanche had better not get involved in these things. It's easy for her to be used as a tool by others." Ores rarely cares about others. It seems that she herself is also tired of politics.

"I've heard from the elders in my family that a singer's fastest growth period is when she is young, and then her growth tends to stagnate," Orlais added.

Because Orlais was born into an elf family, she knew a lot about the history of singers throughout the ages, 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 guys care so much? Well, I'll just say it directly. It's not really 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."

"It's the same with singers. When you yourself have a hard time expressing your emotions, forcing yourself to move others will have a bad effect."

"So, if you want to become a great singer, you must not let the flame of your ideals go out. You must be like an innocent child, hoping for and longing for this world. Only in this way can you unleash great power."

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

"So I say that as a singer gets older and encounters more setbacks and failures, she will gradually become decadent and compromise, and eventually 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 never forgetting one's original intention are qualities that are rare even among singers."

After saying this, Orlais lightly pressed her chest, saying that as long as she maintained such an innocent and straightforward character, she was on the right path as a singer.

"So, although Orlais has the body of a mature big sister, she is still a 15-year-old girl at heart?" Shui Yanqing asked seriously.

"Can you keep silent? If Tilan hadn't persuaded me, I would have wanted to hit you a long time ago." Ores clenched her fists angrily.

"Okay, okay, Shui Yanqing was just joking." Tilan intervened between the two of them, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Although the situation looked tense, she could actually feel that the two were in a good mood at the moment. They were not really fighting, but they 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.

(End of this chapter)