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The guttural sounds emanating from the boy grew increasingly rapid, driving a frantic, intense tempo. Resistance had emerged in the narrative of the song. The audience could feel the heartbreaking agony of men bidding their final farewells to their weeping parents and terrified wives. They felt the desperate, converging energy of farmers and blacksmiths taking up arms, flowing together like furious streams from city to city, village to village.
On the hillsides and in the burning fields of their shared imagination, the crowd felt the visceral, suicidal bravery of the warriors charging fearlessly at the dark enemy like an endless, crashing tide.
Marvin's voice suddenly rose in pitch, becoming incredibly invigorating, soaring over the phantom battlefield. The invisible fighting intensified. The emotional toll of the heavy casualties on both sides bled into the room, raw and bleeding.
And then, Marvin showcased the true, terrifying extent of his control.
His guttural, resonant voice seamlessly spanned five impossible octaves of high notes, climbing higher and higher until it became extremely thin, fragile, and ethereal. It sounded exactly like a blood-soaked violin string stretched to its absolute physical limit, trembling violently on the verge of snapping.
The tension in the ballroom was unbearable. People were openly gripping the edges of the cocktail tables. Prince William and Prince Harry were leaning so far over the mezzanine railing they were practically falling, completely mesmerized.
Finally, the string snapped.
Marvin's voice broke entirely through the limits of most humans biology, entering a staggering, stratospheric high register that few opera singers in history could ever dream of reaching, let alone sustaining.
The emotional dam broke. Everyone's repressed feelings—their own private griefs, their divorces, their losses, their hidden traumas—erupted into the open, pulled to the surface by that sudden, triumphant surge in pitch. The high note flowed freely through the room, washing away the terror and leaving them feeling completely, profoundly exhausted but remarkably relaxed.
The enemy in the song began to crumble under the bravery of the fallen warriors. In the minds of the audience, a massive, brilliant hole appeared in the suffocating dark clouds, letting a blinding ray of warm, golden sunlight pierce the battlefield.
Marvin didn't let them rest. The voice suddenly dropped, becoming incredibly low, rich, and mournful.
Rows of silent tombstones stood on the blood-soaked ground. Through the deep, resonating hum of the boy's vocals, the audience could hear the phantom, soul-crushing sounds of old people and widowed women weeping over the graves of the brave.
But sorrow and grief, the song promised, will eventually pass.
The heavy, mournful tone slowly lifted, becoming clear, bright, and melodious once again. The golden wheat fields grew back over the graves. Clear, sparkling irrigation ditches flowed with fresh water. The audience felt the phantom joy of a new generation of children running through the grass, with warm, comforting wisps of smoke rising from the chimneys of the rebuilt village.
And then, with absolute, surgical precision... the music abruptly stopped.
Marvin stepped back from the microphone, lowering his head.
The Lancaster Ballroom was plunged into a silence so absolute, so deafening, you could have heard a pin drop on the thick Persian rugs.
No one moved. No one spoke. The song was still heavy in the air.
Then, a British banking executive near the front row sniffled. He reached up, his hand shaking, and subconsciously touched his own cheek. It was wet. He had been openly, silently weeping.
He wasn't the only one. All across the room, the legendary, unbreakable British "stiff upper lip" had been completely, utterly obliterated.
Women in multi-million-dollar designer gowns, regardless of their aristocratic bloodlines or ruthless corporate positions, had tears streaming freely down their faces, ruining their meticulous makeup.
Diana, standing near the edge of the stage, was trembling. As a woman whose entire life had been defined by a deep, almost painful emotional sensitivity, she was uniquely susceptible to works full of raw feeling. And Marvin's performance—fueled by an Incubus who literally fed on the emotional energy of his prey—was a concentrated masterpiece of empathy, emotions.
Tears were flowing down Diana's cheeks, dropping onto her gown. She didn't bother to wipe them away. She looked up at the boy on the stage, her chest heaving with profound awe.
She raised her hands, and with fierce, unyielding determination, she began to clap.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
Her applause broke the dam.
Nancy Meyers and Amy Adams, standing a few feet behind Diana, instantly joined in.
Nancy's hands were stinging from how hard she was clapping. She stared at her nephew, completely shell-shocked. 'My God,' she thought, her Hollywood director's brain short-circuiting. She had assumed Marvin had just composed a catchy, pleasant little tune to impress the Princess and win a petty bet. But now? She knew in her bones that she had just witnessed the birth of a timeless, global classic.
This wasn't just a prodigy acting in a Disney movie. This was a generational, once-in-a-century artist.
Beside her, Amy was clapping vigorously, though her sharp, observant eyes never left Marvin's face.
Amy had spent the entire day realizing her new boss was a ruthless Wall Street shark, an apex market gambler who traded derivatives and crushed royal protocols for fun. But seeing him stand there, looking like an angelic, impossibly handsome little man who had just channeled the divine grief of an entire universe... it was staggering. 'Who exactly am I working for?' Amy thought, her Midwestern pragmatism entirely overwhelmed by a deep, terrifying reverence. He's not just a CEO. He's a magician.
The applause spread like wildfire. It rang out from the VIP alcoves, from the bar, from the press pit. It escalated rapidly, coalescing into a deafening, thunderous roar that physically shook the crystal chandeliers of the Savoy.
The elite of Europe completely lost their minds.
Dignified, elderly politicians were cheering excitedly. A-list movie stars were whistling through their fingers. Billionaires were shouting meaninglessly, their faces flushed with adrenaline, entirely abandoning their carefully manicured gentlemanly and ladylike etiquette. It was a standing ovation of absolute, fanatic devotion.
Marvin stood in the center of the storm, his Incubus core gorging itself on the massive, blinding wave of adoration, awe, submission, love, and many more emotions radiating from the crowd. He felt invincible.
He waited patiently for thirty seconds, letting them scream. Then, he raised a single, elegant hand.
The thunderous roar of the ballroom instantly died down, tapering off into a breathless, expectant hush. Five hundred of the most successful people in Europe were hanging on his every breath.
Marvin leaned forward, his lips brushing the vintage chrome microphone. His deep blue eyes bypassed the cheering crowd entirely, locking with devastating precision onto the pale, sweating, utterly ruined figure of Grant Brook, who was standing frozen near the ice sculpture.
The thunderous applause rolled through the Lancaster Ballroom like a physical shockwave. Five hundred of the most powerful, cynical, and guarded people in Europe were on their feet, their diamond necklaces and bespoke tuxedos forgotten in the wake of absolute, transcendental awe.
Marvin waited patiently in the center of the golden spotlight. When the roar finally began to taper into a breathless, expectant hush, he leaned forward, his lips brushing the vintage chrome microphone.
"This piece," Marvin spoke, his flawless London accent cutting through the remaining murmurs with crystal clarity, "was composed recently, while I was reading the Legend of King Arthur. It is called—"
Marvin paused for a fraction of a second.
Deep within the labyrinthine archives of his ancient mind, a dark, cynical amusement flared. He had originally intended to announce the true, original title of the piece—The Divine Comedy—but as the words formed on his tongue, he found them entirely distasteful.
'I may have brought your sacred artifacts to another world,' the Incubus thought, directing his silent mockery across the cosmos to the slumbering gods of the Senvra Continent, 'but that certainly does not mean I am here to act as your evangelist. True beauty belongs to the one who wields it.'
He blinked, the blinding stage lights reflecting in his azure pupils.
"It is called Battle Hymn," Marvin announced.
Since the composition originally commemorated the bloody, apocalyptic victory of the gods over the demon race, twisting the title into a secular, martial anthem felt like a perfectly petty, highly satisfying act of demonic vengeance.
The title swept through the ballroom, igniting a fresh wave of fervent whispers among the elite.
"Battle Hymn? Good God, it is an incredibly fitting name," a senior British parliament member breathed, wiping a stray tear from his cheek.
"Hearing that final crescendo made me tremble right down to my marrow," a French fashion magnate whispered to her husband, her hands still shaking. "It genuinely felt as though I were standing on a bloody hillside, watching the cavalry charge!"
"I have attended the Vienna Philharmonic for thirty years," an elderly German banking patriarch stated flatly. "I have never once been moved to tears by a piece of music until tonight. There is a terrifying, undeniable power in that boy's vocal cords."
"There wasn't a single lyric, yet it sounded like the architecture of heaven itself," an A-list British actress murmured, clutching her champagne flute. "If that child releases an album, I will buy ten thousand copies for my charity foundations alone."
The entire ballroom was buzzing with the electric, undeniable realization that they had just witnessed the birth of a generational masterpiece.
Marvin, however, ignored the adoration. His deep, ocean-blue eyes bypassed the cheering billionaires and locked onto the pathetic, sweating figure hiding near the edge of the crowd.
Grant Brook was currently attempting to inch his way toward the heavy oak doors of the Savoy.
In truth, if it were not for the invisible, psychological vice grip of the "Madness" that Marvin had planted in his mind, the terrified producer would have sprinted out of the hotel the moment the song ended.
'Damn it! Am I having a complete mental breakdown?' Grant's internal monologue was sobbing, his chest heaving with cold, suffocating panic. 'Why is my body not moving? Why is God doing this to me? Is it because I betrayed Diana? Is this divine retribution?!'
Just as his mind spiraled into absolute, paralyzing terror, the boy on the stage called his name.
"Mr. Grant Brook," Marvin's voice echoed through the massive speakers, calm, polite, and completely devoid of mercy. "Please. Step forward and fulfill your gentleman's wager."
Grant shuddered violently. His head, completely drenched in cold, greasy sweat, jerked up. His eyes darted toward the exit, his survival instincts screaming at him to flee this terrifying, glittering slaughterhouse.
But his heavy leather shoes remained entirely glued to the marble floor.
"Devil..." Grant whispered, his voice cracking hysterically as the Incubus magic crushed the last remaining fragments of his willpower. "Devil! You... you must be the devil!" he screamed frantically, pointing a trembling finger at the eleven-year-old boy on the stage.
The surrounding crowd of elites instantly recoiled, physically moving away from Grant as if he were covered in plague. The disgust on their faces was palpable. 'To lose a gentleman's bet was one thing; to publicly lose one's mind and scream at a brilliant child was the ultimate, unforgivable sin of high society. He was truly a despicable, pathetic creature.'
"Mr. Brook," Marvin repeated, his tone dropping to a chilling, authoritative hum. "Be a man. Please honor your bet."
That specific command acted as the final, fatal trigger. The valve called "Reason" in Grant's brain violently shut down, sealing him inside his own amplified ego and terror.
His greasy face twitched uncontrollably. His body, completely bypassing his conscious desires, slumped forward. Like a marionette whose strings had just been violently yanked, Grant Brook stumbled through the parted crowd, dragged himself up the carpeted steps of the stage, and stood trembling before the microphone.
Marvin smoothly stepped aside, gesturing gracefully toward the chrome stand.
Grant grabbed the microphone with both hands to stop them from shaking. He looked out at the sea of billionaires, royals, and paparazzi. The camera flashes erupted in a blinding, relentless strobe effect, permanently etching his absolute ruin into the global archives.
"I..." Grant choked, tears of pure, unadulterated humiliation streaming down his red face. The magic forced the words up his throat like shards of glass. "I formally, and unreservedly, apologize to Ms. Diana. I was a coward. I betrayed her trust, and I spoke of her with vile, unforgivable disrespect."
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