Illustration Novel 11

**Sorrowful soloist** is the eleventh release of the Illustration Novel series and features the Musicart Air on the G String.
The Novel was published on April 22, 2022, featuring **ainezu** as the Illustrator for this story.

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## Translation

   The origin of the name of "Air on the G String". It's a piece that can be played with only one of the four violin strings. The G-string refers to the lowest string of the violin. However, the composer, the "Father of Music", S. Bach, did not envisage such a thing.

   Even its first name was "Orchestral Suite No. 3". However, about 100 years after it was written, a violinist named August Wilhelmj made an arrangement from it. The result is the solo violin piece "Air on the G string". From the audience's point of view, it must have been a very interesting music piece. You can play such a beautiful melody with just one violin string. It's a good topic of conversation. Wilhelmj was talented. But, as I think,

   ——Why did he do such a cruel thing?

   The battle against the D2s continues day after day in the Austrian mountains. I woke up in a Musicart-only tent set up in the rolling foothills, on a hard, foldable field bed.

   **Air on the G String** "*uu......uumm*......"

   My body feels heavy and dying. I'm terribly sticky from night sweats. I think that it would be easier to be free from this vessel-like body if I just died.

   **Air on the G String** "The medicine... I have to take it."

   The reason I feel so bad must be because I'm out of pills. Lying in bed, I stagger over to the bottle of tablets on the side desk and the glass of water I had half-filled with before going to bed, ready to drink when I wake up. The pills were specially prescribed for me, to stabilize my mind.

   Maybe it's because of the continuous fighting, but it's not working again. After pouring out the medicine, which is supposed to be three tablets at a time, roughly into the palm of my hand, I throw it into my mouth all at once. I cape water and pour the pills into my stomach, then fall back onto the bed.

   **Air on the G String** "*uuu...... uuuu.*....."

   As soon as I pulled up the duvet to my chin, tears began to spill.

   **Air on the G String** "So lonely....."

   Why am I so lonely? I've been haunted by these thoughts ever since I woke up as a Musicart. I am lonely. I am alone in the world and it is hard to breathe, as if there is not even air for me. I feel gloomy and miserable. No one will ever find me.

   Violin solo "Air on the G string", a special aria that can be played with only one string. I know. That's why I'm all alone. I carry such a lonely and desolate score in my body. Why was it played solo? Why only one string? That's why I can't resonate with anyone else.

   **Air on the G String** "*uuuu..... uuu....*!"

   How sad. What misery. What have I done? The more I think about it, the more I cry, and then I fall on my face and bury my face in the pillow. There's a distorted melody of loneliness playing inside me. Even if I try to be positive, all I get is a cacophony of sound, I'm doomed to be lonely. Say. Did everyone's favorite "Father of Music" want me to suffer so much?

   Then I heard very stout footsteps approaching my tent. As soon as I realized what was happening, the tent entrance was opened vigorously.

   **Belkis** "Air on the G string! How long have you been asleep? You've been asleep longer than I have, you haven't been educated enough!"

   That voice belongs to Belkis. Why did you come to me? Why do you make me, who suffers so much, listen to such an overbearing voice and bathe me in the blinding morning sun? I whined, pulling the duvet over my head.

   **Air on the G String** "It's hard... feels painful. I'm not even allowed to sleep. How cruel......"

   **Belkis** "You've had enough sleep! I went to the trouble of calling you because you were going to miss your morning ration!"

   **Air on the G String** "Then I wish you had woken me more gently..... I wanted you to snuggle up to me, quietly pat my head, prepare warm milk and freshly baked baumkuchen...."

   **Belkis** "Who the hell do you think you are!?"

   As we were talking about this, I heard the presence of someone else at the entrance to the tent again. Unlike Belkis, it was a quiet and calm presence, resembling a lake.

   **Moonlight** "You were here, as I expected. ....you're crying again. The rationing is already finished, by the way. I've collected some for you, do you want some?"

   It was Moonlight who's talking. She is a Musicart who inhabits a fantastic piano sonata composed by Beethoven. Her voice is as calm and soothing as ever, and it is somehow calming to listen to her. She is an elusive girl, always unsure of what she is thinking, but her distance, neither near nor far, made it easy to be with her. But...

   **Air on the G String** "*uuuh*..... you could have waited until I woke up. I knew the world didn't need me. I've made up my mind, I'm going to starve to death..."

   Moonlight gave me a small shrug when she saw me peek out from under the covers a little and start crying again. She then went on to start chomping on the protein bar she had brought for me. It's fine, but I don't... need it, so it's fine... After all, Musicarts can't starve to death.

   Belkis, who was next to her, shook her head and said, "I can't keep up with her." and left with a sigh. Then, in place of Belkis, someone else entered the tent. It was Daphnis et Chloé.

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "Um.... Miss Air? It's going to snow today, so I took in the laundry that was left outside to dry..... is it alright?"

   She looks up at me, timidly. She tends to be withdrawn and frightened, but she always asks me this. She looks at me, who has not moved on the bed since this morning, and continues, as if sensing.

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "You're hungry.... aren't you? Uh.... you can have mine, if you want to?"

   She then walks over to my bed and holds out a protein bar in front of my groggy, crying face. She carefully rips open the wrapper and pulls it closer to my mouth so that I can easily eat it.

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "You'd better eat your breakfast, right? Say ah...."

   It's as if I was a child to her. Because she did that, I started to cry again.

   **Air on the G String** "*Uuuhh.... uuuhh*....."

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "W-W-Why are you crying...? T-This way of feeding you, was it rude as I expected....!?"

   It drips and drops, one tear after another. Despite her panic, I then say,

   **Air on the G String** "Because everyone is..... kind....."

   Why do you all keep coming to me, one after the other, to take care of me? For the sake of me, such a miserable thing. Daphnis et Chloé then say in relief,

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "Thank goodness.... you've calmed down. Are the medications working for you? Is there anything else you would like me to do?"

   **Air on the G String** "Daphnis, you seem so kind.... Say, will you marry me?"

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "Huh!? N-No way! I'm not worthy of you, Miss Air!"

   In a panic, Daphnis shakes her head and hands at the same time. A little behind her, Moonlight calmly murmured, "I don't think you can get married in the first place." I, on the other hand, looked at Daphnis' fearful attitude and my eyes clouded over.

   **Air on the G String** "I can't believe you said no..... I knew you didn't like me.... I know you wish you could go away right now....."

   Be as nice to me as you can and make sure I can't live on my own, then leave me alone again, like removing the ladder once you're done...

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "N-N-Not like that! I don't ever think stuff like that!?"

   **Air on the G String** "You're lying! I bet you all think that! Like me too, like me too~!"

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "*Awawawa*..... T-That's right! Miss Air! I had good news! I just saw the future! A light of hope is awakening! And that light will guide us!"

   **Air on the G String** "The light of hope....?"

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "Y-Yes! I don't know who it is yet, but I'm sure that person will be on your side!"

   Someone who will be on my side? Will this sorrowful ~~soloist~~ self finally have an accompanist? No.... it's not. I am sure that he will be the Conductor who will take me out of this dark world...!

   I felt a light shining through the dark vessel I was trapped in. The heavy body I had felt earlier became lighter, as if it were a lie. I vigorously jumped off the duvet, stood up on the bed and clasped my hands tightly.

   **Air on the G String** "Then I will protect that person for the rest of my life! Darling!"

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "S-Suddenly you're a different person!? Are the pills working too well!?"

   **Air on the G String** "Come on, let's get up! Today we have a support unit coming from Berlin! Hah! Maybe one of them is my darling!"

   Moonlight leaned her back against a tent post and said, "You probably took twice as many pills anyway, didn't you?" Too bad, I took five or six times as much! That's given me more energy!

   **Air on the G String** "Oh, yes! Let's decorate the tent for Christmas! After all, Christmas should be celebrated together! I'll get the materials!"

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "W-Wait for a minute! Aren't you completely high?! Miss Aiii~rr!"

   I ran out of the tent. I'm so light on my feet! Surely fate must be calling me! Maybe it's scarlet-red from a previous life or.....? Ufufu, I can't wait to find out! As I ran, I could hear Daphnis and Moonlight conversing as they watched my back.

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "But, is it safe for Miss Air to take so much medicine like that...?"

   **Moonlight** "That's fine. It was just glucose. Ramune."

   **Daphnis et Chloé** "Eh?"

   I don't know what she said, but her voice was too far away for me to hear her. I can't stand still. Because the man of my dreams is waiting for me! Isn't that right? Wait for me, my darling!

**Unofficial translation by Rara**

Source: Illust. Novel 11 translation

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Air on the G String
* Belkis
* Moonlight
* Daphnis & Chloe

## External Links

1. ↑  https://twitter.com/ishihara\_sola?s=20&t=dwxhDf6OLtjo7EAZfBFfZw
2. ↑  https://twitter.com/ayatakaha
3. ↑  https://twitter.com/ainezuiro?s=20&t=6de\_B5rzspGGznbpsGf\_NA