Rebirth vs. Rebirth: Tragedy to Triumph

Chapter 253 Demands

“Ms. White, your interpretation of this piece is truly exceptional. I award you a perfect score of ten.”

“Ms. Ridge, your performance was also remarkable. You receive a nine.”

With one receiving a ten and the other a nine, Hattie found herself trailing Violeta by a single point once more. The gap was closing once again

Frustrated, Hattie stood up and addressed the boss, “This isn’t fair. With so many people here, why should you be the only judge? Music is subjective; everyone has different tastes. I think everyone here should vote and score.”

The boss hesitated. “Well … “

Hattie signalled to Zelena and the others. Zelena spoke up, “Yes, since both are competing, why not let everyone here participate in the voting? That would be fair.”

Gillian added, “I agree. Music can’t be judged by one person alone. If you’re biased towards Violeta, wouldn’t her scores always be higher?”

The store owner waved his hand dismissively. “I don’t know either of these students personally. How could I be biased?”

Candy chimed in, “Since that’s the case, let everyone here vote and score. That would be the fairest way. Right, everyone?”

“Yes!”

“That sounds good. I support it.”

“Agreed.”

approval echoed through the room. Seeing this, the owner had no choice but to

rules. From the next round, everyone will get a

votes, with Violeta behind. Hattie believed the owner must have been biased towards Violeta before; otherwise, why would Violeta

turned to Violeta, who had remained silent. “Ms. White,

replied, “No,

start the third

up the sheet music and began

try ‘Eight

for choosing the most challenging pieces. Mastering this one required not just

composition depicted the Eight Views of Centrefield. Even today, the region’s

difficulty, and her enthusiasm

first last time.

take

bring out the piece’s essence. ‘Eight Views of Longpeace’ illustrated scenes like

evoked such imagery was no

possessed the skill, who here would recognize it? Hattie

chosen the piece. He wanted to

paused for a moment, then placed her hands on the

who had never closely observed Violeta’s playing, now watched

her fingers-whether plucking, striking or strumming-was precise.

intertwined each segment with a poem and each poem

into the world Violeta’s music

vivid pictures in her