CHAPTER 98: CHAPTER 88: SOPHIE’S FIRST PERFORMANCE, THE SHOCKED PRINCESS (4K)

Facing Princess Rica’s assertion, Lin Ke frowned deeply: "Why?"

His frown wasn’t because Rica dismissed his idea without even listening, but because Rica’s tone seemed to convey a sense of understanding.

Rica is a princess, so she must have been educated extensively from a young age.

Creating a profession, perhaps Rica has experienced this as well.

So saying this... Does it mean that, in the eyes of the royal family, creating a new profession is truly difficult?

"Creating a profession not only requires the right profession matching, but also enough feedback, you know feedback, right?" Rica casually explained, glancing at Ove: "Besides feedback, there are actually many other..."

Rica thought Ove surely knew, after all, he is a starlight-level [Truth Researcher].

The [Truth Researchers] she knew basically seemed to understand whatever was asked, very knowledgeable.

The difficulties in creating a profession... Lin Ke was just about to continue asking, but by then Sophie had already started singing below.

Lin Ke had no choice but to stop asking, but he planned to ask Rica about it later anyway.

"...I want to send you a love that never sets..."

"...You are the sunny day, you are the sunny day, my love is sleepless..."

A high-pitched and crisp voice flowed from Sophie’s mouth.

The popular singing style was different from the chanting of a [Minstrel], nor was it like the praise and worship of a temple choir.

Popular songs, targeting various emotions, have a wide variety of singing styles.

The song "Never Set" mainly talks about love, and after Lin Ke modified the lyrics, it aligned more with some circumstances of Naseng.

And "Never Set," such a lively and energetic song, was perfectly suitable to open the stage with a bang.

So Lin Ke arranged for Sophie to sing this song in this performance.

Of course, back when Sophie was arranged to sing this song, her little face turned red hearing Lin Ke’s demonstration of the song.

But at this moment...

The instant Sophie’s voice was heard, it stunned Rica and Akel, and incidentally Fulon and the others too.

So beautiful to listen to!

At this moment, Rica only felt that the light hum from the court’s legendary [Epic Minstrel] couldn’t compare to the voice of the girl before them.

So graceful, so fluid, so clear, yet so universally understandable.

Listening to a song for the first time, Rica only felt as if her whole body wanted a breeze to pass through, raising goosebumps all over, her green eyes like droplets of emerald, her hair began stirring without wind.

Akel and the others, though shocked, didn’t have as strong a reaction as Rica.

"Undying longing~"

"Flying by your side~"

"My love is sleepless~"

As Sophie sang to this point, she gracefully exited the stage with a face full of youthful and vibrant smiles.

However, above, after this song ended, Rica was already drenched in sweat from listening.

In a wave of cheers and applause, Rica took a deep breath.

Her originally floating curls fell down one by one, her small face was flush pink, her bright green eyes sparkled, she felt in a really good state.

"Princess, are you alright?" Lin Ke sensed Rica’s unusual state, almost wanting to stop the concert, fortunately being stopped by Curry Housekeeper at the time.

This kind of look, it seemed like Rica had derived some benefit?

"So... so beautiful to listen to..." Rica said wiping the sweat from her forehead after hearing Lin Ke’s words: "This... this is what true singing should be!"

She then gazed at Lin Ke: "I want this person. She’s not a noble, right? If she’s a commoner, I’ll pay one million gold coins."

Saying this, she seemed very pleased and comfortable, casting a gaze full of admiration toward Sophie, who was preparing for the second performance below.

One million?!

Lin Ke’s heart throbbed fiercely.

Viscount Garoce borrowed two hundred eighty thousand from the Deep Blue Clan to build a castle with an entire Torrential Knight Order.

One million...

With one million, after clearing debts, adding a bit more money, he might even be able to create two and a half Knight Orders!

These are Naseng’s main combat forces, equivalent to the modern ground and offshore fleets of his past life.

Damn it.

Even if not to form a Knight Order, it could be used to recruit some professionals.

For instance, if he were to recruit [Scholars] for research, he could hire dozens in one go or cultivate dozens himself.

That might even bring about industrialization.

But...

Lin Ke gave a fierce glare at Sophie below who was bowing, now feeling that Sophie wasn’t merely a maid but a radiant humanoid gold coin formed from piles of gold.

He swallowed with all his might, as if swallowing not saliva but boiling lava, and hoarsely said: "Sophie is my follower, not for sale!"

"What a pity then." Rica lamented regretfully: "A follower... a loyal follower for life, I wonder when I could have a follower like that..."

Lin Ke calmed down from the impact of the one million: "If Your Highness Rica wishes, I think..."

"I don’t want that, I just want the most loyal follower." Rica suddenly interrupted Lin Ke and then, with a slight smile revealing two small tiger teeth, said, "So... what about an alliance by marriage between us? I’ll give you ten million?"

Um, can this sentence really be connected using ’so’?

And also...

Ten million?!