Side Chick Era Over (Sharon and Carter) novel Chapter 792

Chapter 792

Chapter 792

“Gaze” was hailed as the most difficult piece in the Devil’s Trilogy, infamous for its opening passage alone. Unlike ordinary compositions that progress step by step, gradually

increasing in difficulty, Gaze began at the peak-immediately plunging the performer into its infernal challenge.

For most violinists, even the very first notes were impossible, let alone the entire piece.

The judges had already braced themselves for Sharon’s failure right at the start.

Yet, to their astonishment, she played those impossibly complex notes with ease. So effortlessly, in fact, that it felt as though Gaze were nothing more than a simple,

unremarkable tune.

Her movements showed no sign of strain; each gesture flowed naturally, as fluid and seamless as running water.

From the audience, Maestro Warner and his students stared in disbelief.

Some compositions could be adapted across different instruments, and although Reina and the others specialized in instruments other than the violin, they had all struggled with

Gaze. Even if they managed to survive the brutal opening, the later passages were nearly

insurmountable.

So how was Sharon playing it so effortlessly?

Was she acting?

Or… was the violin-Shaluna-simply that remarkable?

Backstage, Harry too was momentarily stunned as he watched Sharon’s performance on the

monitor.

But he quickly reassured himself, his initial surprise hardening back into arrogance.

Yes, the opening was difficult, but not impossible. Plenty of competent violinists could

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manage it.

The true test lay in the middle and final sections, where the climax and conclusion demanded not only flawless technique but a profound, almost philosophical, mastery of the

instrument.

The fingering and pressure had to be executed with merciless precision. Too relaxed, and

the piece would collapse; too tense, and the sound would fracture. A fraction too much or

too little-either way, perfection would be lost.

And yet, Sharon struck every note with unerring precision. Not a single mistake. Her execution was not even inferior to Harry’s own.

This woman… she truly possessed formidable skill!

As the performance continued, Harry’s expression darkened. Try as he might, he could not identify a single flaw. If she maintained this level of perfection until the end, the contest

would result in a draw.

And a draw against a virtual novice was, for a master of his stature, no different than a

defeat.

To be forced into parity with an unknown newcomer was utterly unthinkable.

Then, suddenly, in the midst of a passage, Sharon shifted a key higher.

Harry’s heart leapt.

That was a mistake! Lowering the key could ease the difficulty. Raising it, however, increased the challenge exponentially, rendering the measures that followed nearly

impossible to execute cleanly.

Sharon had faltered. He was going to win!

Relief crashed through him, so potent he exhaled a sharp breath without realizing. Only then did Harry notice the cold sweat soaking through the back of his shirt, his nerves stretched tighter than they had ever been.

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Never before had he been pushed to such a precipice-and by a nameless, untested newcomer, no less.

Truly, anyone bearing the surname McKinzie was fated to be his nemesis.

At the judges’ table, brows furrowed in unison.

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Sharon had raised the pitch. On such a mercilessly difficult piece, it was a potentially fatal

misstep.

It was over. She would lose.

Maestro Warner and the others, who had been watching in grave silence, finally allowed

their tension to ease.

Warner spoke, his voice calm and almost cold, “It seems… this is her limit after all.”

The sheer, dazzling brilliance Sharon had displayed moments before had even made him doubt his own judgment-wondering if his eyes had grown old, if he had chosen the wrong

student after all.

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