4 It Works?

Heri knows that whatever happens, he is still his son. "Village Head, I, Heri Setiawan will be responsible for my son doing. I acce.."

"Wait!" a voice suddenly interrupted. That voice came from Arief's mouth. Everyone piercing gaze directing at him.

After couple of minutes of thinking earlier, gritting his teeth, he continued "Village Head Narto, i happened to have a Happy Birthday song with me. Please, forgive me for my mistake" He said anxiously. He don't know what to do anymore, as doing nothing would lead to same situation, he better be doing something albeit a stupid one.

"Hmp. What kind of song you brat have? Do you even know what music is?" an elder suddenly said. He in his forties, had a pale complexion, around 160 cm height.

Hmm i see now. I remember this Elder in my previous life, he is my father rival vying for vice head position. No wonder he vehemently pin the guilty label on my head.

Ignoring the elder, he anxiously said "Village Head, there is no harm trying right?"

"Audacious! How dare you a mere brat ignoring me?" Shouted the Elder. He stepped forward ready to slap Arief but a loud shout came.

"Enough!" with a loud shout, with kind of mysticism mixing in it everybody in the room calmed down.

"Wh-what kind of magic is this? My heart suddenly became calmer?" Gasped Arief. Seeing her son confused face, Evi whispered "That's the ability of 1 Star Musician, [Emotion Evoker]. With just a shout, they can evoke our many emotion even without music. But that's because our Mind Resilience is not resilient enough."

A deep frown appears in Arief face. So many different things he experienced today, his heart already numbed by it. Really, i should get out of here as fast as possible and gather so many information i can.

After the crowd became calmer, Village Head said "Alright, untie him". As soon as Village Head spoke, the crowd untie him. "Arief, as Gajah City University Candidate, you shouldn't lie. I give you one chance to redeem your mistake. I will Speak to the Gajah City Governor and ask him to revoke your qualification if you lying." threaten Village Head

With a sigh, Arief stretching his back and facing the elder once, then to Village Head "No, Village Head, i didn't dare lie to you. Can i get some paper and a pen? I will write down the scoreboard."

The crowd froze, and then an elder shouted "Brazen! Do you think it is easy to write a scoreboard?". "What, it's just a scoreboard. Even kids can write it." Replied Arief. With a frown, the elder said "Easy? Sure then, write it!". Arief then focusing his mind and read the scoreboard. To his surprise, the scoreboard is totally different from the scoreboard in his previous life. A lot of odd symbol and instruction are totally foreign to him. Slapping his forehead he said. "Alright, how can i prove to you that i have scoreboard then if i didn't understand how to write a scoreboard?. The elder snorted and said "Here, i happened to brought my Practice Synthesizer. If you can play the song, i will make the scoreboard for you!" The elder then takes out a medium sized synthesizer. The synthesizer in this world is different from Arief previous world. He happened to know how to produce music in his previous life. But in this life, the synthesizer here have some button that totally foreign to him.

Shit. What kind of Synthesizer is this? Ah, i understand now. Even i knew nothing about synthesizer in this world, i just play the music according to the scoreboard and make do with it. With a frail hand, he play the Happy Birthday song and start singing. His voice is not bad, but as soon as he plays the note, everyone except the Village Head joyfully bobbing their head.

"This.. [Emotion Evoker]? How old is he? 18 years old kid have such Mental Resilience? He even can evoke everyone's emotion including 4 Apprentice Musician here with 3.5 Mental Resilience! Wait, does it mean that he have higher Mental Resilience? No, that's not it. It's the tune! There's no mistaking it, it is Mid-Bronze Tune! Even in Gajah City, only the Head of Musician Hall in the University have Mid-Bronze tune! But still, to evoke Apprentice Musician with 3.5 Mental Resilience, he must have minimal of 2.5 Mental Resilience. Could it be, he have Innate Mind Constitution?"

Agitated, the Village Head continuing listening the boy plays the tune. 2 minutes has passed, and he already finished playing the music and open his eyes. What he see is everybody eye staring at him with a nod. It works? Well that'll do then. I just make up a story for where i got this tune he thought.

"Arief! Very well done! It's better than my masterpiece! What's the name of the song, and how did you get this Mid-Bronze tune?" the Village Head asked. "Mid-Bronze tune? Ah yes, i happened to have a fortuitous encounter some days ago. I knew that Village Head is a 1 Star Musician and i want to deliver it to you 2 days ago. I just happen to meet with your son. Then, a fight happened. I am sorry for my recklessness Village Head." He quickly creating a fake story. With his vast experience reading a lot of novel in his previous world and connecting the dot, he can easily make such believable story.

"I see, so then it's a misunderstanding then. Elder Ranto, engrave the tune on the scoreboard according to Arief instruction. I apologize to Elder Heri and Arief for my misunderstanding. I will return the million credit you transfer me." He a little skeptical about Arief's story. But, it doesn't matter anymore. He surely crazy if he didn't accept the treasure handed to him. Even though the boy can reproduce the scoreboard many times, he knew that every time a scoreboard is engraved, the one who had the music in his mind will be injured and his Mind Resilience will be depleted. That's why even though there is many people who knew the tune didn't really want to pass it to other people. The higher the Mind Resilience one have, the greater the injury will be.

Evi and Heri face paled. They knew the significance to one's mind about engraving tune. But their son already handed the treasure and no way he can retract what he said. Sighing, Heri said "Arief, i knew you have made up your mind. But the fact that you can evoke our mind earlier with your tune means your Mind Resilience is really resilient. I will go to the city now and buy a medicine for mind recovery. Hang in there, don't let your mind broken down. Evi, i entrust Arief for your care." He then left the Hall without looking back. "Rest assured dear, i know what to do." Replied Evi.

"What? What does he mean my mind will broke down? Does it mean it will hurt my mind? Fuck my mouth, what kind of another predicament i bring down upon myself now?" Sweats trickle in his forehead.