Chapter 343: Absolute Music (4)
Time passed. I felt the kids’ heartbeats slowing as I moved my fingers across the keys more quickly.
Why is this fun? I can’t hear anything, so why am I fascinated by these kids’ reactions?
In this world, breath was limited. The musician and their audience shared an already limited amount of air. As my hands moved more quickly, the kids’ breath became slower. When my hands moved slowly, the kids finally let out the breaths they had been holding.
How far...?
I kept on pressing the piano keys.
“■■...”
“■■■? ■■■?”
A couple passersby paused as they climbed the big staircase, so I spread more of my aura around. I felt not only the six kids’ heartbeats, but also the pulse of the young man who paused next to me and that of the woman with the dark bags under her eyes.
How far can I go?
My thoughts soon faded away as I inhaled the World Tree’s scent. Though I could not hear, my nose, sharper than usual due to my aura, caught the faintest and foulest smells. The greenery seeped into my nostrils and drenched them.
The smell of animals...
It wasn’t just humans who paused on the big staircase to hear my play. Animals were here too. Owls. Thrushes. Sparrows. All sorts of birds. Some of them had ears as long as goblins, lips as thick as hippos, or front legs atrophied like those of dinosaurs. Birds whose names I didn’t know craned their necks and looked down from the low branches of the World Tree as I continued playing.