Clubs III
They finally arrived in front of the Music club's room. The door to the Music club's room is already open and inside there are several second-year students who are also on a walking tour just like Selina and her friends.
"Look at him! Isn't he Lord Arthur?" Asked a girl who is also a second-year student while pulling on her friend's sleeve.
"Hm? Oh right, that's Lord Arthur! Did he come here to see the Music club just like us?"
"It seems so. Look there is Prince Daniel too!" Exclaimed the girl with sparkling eyes.
"Waaah... We were lucky to come here."
"Right!"
Jackson grinned at the girls' response to Arthur and Daniel's presence then asked, "Hey, Daniel! Don't you begrudge seeing Arthur who is more popular than you who is a Crown Prince?"
"Absolutely not. I'm used to this kind of situation. In fact, I'm grateful, at least my future wife won't have to feel excessive jealousy."
"Hahahaha... I guess you're right. The most terrible thing in this world is a woman's jealousy."
"Greetings to the first star of Seraphium. My name is Jenna Mcknight, a twelfth-year student from Undine Dorm and the Head of the Music Club. Welcome to our club."
A teenage girl welcomed Selina's group. She wore the Seraphium Royal Academy uniform with the Undine emblem on the breast pocket. Her dark blue hair is tied in a ponytail style.
Daniel nodded and said, "Sorry if we bothered you."
"Oh no... You and your group don't bother us at all," said Jenna, waving her hands left and right again and again.
"Can you introduce the Music Club to us?"
Jenna nodded and began introducing the Music club, "The Music club is a platform for peers to bond over music in terms of performing, collaborating, learning, sharing exploring and creating by studying diversity in music. The Music club's meetings and practices are held every Friday after lunch. We did not have a meeting or practices on Saturday because many students who joined more than one club complained that their schedules were tight that day."
Selina looked at the only grand piano in the large Music club's room. The grand piano is classic black and is similar to the grand piano in her house.
'I haven't played the piano in more than a week. My hands became itchy to play it,' thought Selina, who kept staring at the Music club's grand piano.
Jenna who saw Selina staring closely at the grand piano finally asked, "Do you want to play it?"
"Eh?" Selina exclaimed in surprise and confusion.
"You keep looking at the grand piano over there. Do you want to play it?"
"Am I allowed to?" Selina asked.
"Of course. You can play it well, right?"
Selina nodded her head enthusiastically and said, "I used to play the grand piano in my house."
"Then what are you waiting for? Play it, I want to see your ability," said Jenna, who smiled.
Selina walked slowly towards the grand piano. She then sat on the piano chair which was also plain black in color. Her right hand stroked the surface of the grand piano carefully as if stroking a treasure. Selina then took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Her fingers began to hover right above the piano keys before the sound of piano melodies could be heard throughout the room. An intro to the song called 'Arcadia' from Oscar Valdez, a singer from the Calamus Republic playing softly from the grand piano.
"You're the moon that lights my night
The return of my long lost dreams
I don't know what this feeling is
Perhaps I'm also in a dream
A dream is a fantasy of our desire," Selina sang the first verse of the song while still playing the grand piano.
"I heard the sound of birds singing
In the Emerald Forest that I walking
Looking for the origin of your laughter
Please hold my hand tighter
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia."
Selina doesn't realize that when she starts singing, the sound of people's conversations stops immediately. Everyone stopped to watch her. Especially Arthur, seeing Selina who sang made him remember one of his fond memories.
"Delight…
Happiness…
Take me away now
You are the source of my euphoria
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia."
"Arcadia…
Arcadia…
You are the source of my euphoria
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia."
Alexa, Emma, and Emily shut their mouths in disbelief. The three of them knew that Selina loved singing, but they didn't know she could sing this well.
"You're the star I want to reach
Though my soul may set in darkness
My desire to reach you hasn't changed
Maybe I'm too greedy for my own good
But you alone I can't let go."
"I heard the sound of birds singing
In the Emerald Forest that I walking
Looking for the origin of your laughter
Please hold my hand tighter
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia."
Daniel watched Arthur, who kept staring at Selina and smiled.
"Arcadia…
Arcadia…
You are the source of my euphoria
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia."
"Even if the earth is divided
Even if someone tried to stop you
Don't let go of the hand you're holding
Please don't ever let it go."
"I heard the sound of birds singing
In the Emerald Forest that I walking
Looking for the origin of your laughter
Please hold my hand tighter
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia."
Jackson was stunned with his mouth open, while Christian just smiled and closed his eyes to enjoy the song.
"Arcadia…
You are the source of my euphoria
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia
Arcadia…
You are the source of my euphoria
When I'm with you I'm in arcadia."
*Fyuuh…*
Selina breathed a sigh of relief after playing and singing Oscar Valdez's song. She then glanced at Jenna and her friends.
"Um..."
Jenna jerked from her daze then clapped her hands hard and shouted, "Bravo!"
Jenna's shout startled everyone and finally, they all applauded as a form of appreciation for Selina's performance.
"Thank you," said the shy Selina.
"Do you intend to join the Music club?" Jenna asked excitedly.
Selia nodded and said, "I'll do my best."