Outside Uriel's Instance.
"Do you think Luigi has a good chance of claiming the star?" Laplace asked Angel curiously as she watched the Holographic Tablet's live broadcast.
Angel maintained the broadcast while pondering. "Luigi performed both pieces very well. Especially his design for 'Ode to the Starry River,' which also incorporated Glaimo's performance—it could be called a stroke of divine inspiration."
"So you think Luigi can win?" Laplace asked.
After thinking it over, Angel nodded.
He did not think Luigi could defeat Glaimo in both rounds, but taking one round should not be a problem.
And as long as Luigi won one round, he would succeed.
So Luigi's chances of claiming the star were still quite high.
Angel asked curiously, "What do you think?"
Laplace pondered for a moment. "You know I'm not especially keen on art. My appreciation of music is only at an ordinary listener's level."
"If I were judging solely by the four pieces they performed earlier, my favorite was actually... 'The Poem of War.'"
In other words, Laplace was more inclined toward Glaimo.
Angel could understand Laplace's choice. She was not speaking from the perspective of artistic appreciation, but simply from how it sounded to her.
Her answer completely aligned with putting auditory impact first.
"Shocking" music often seized the eye more readily and left a deeper impression.
It was like a singer constantly belting soaring high notes on stage, drilling straight into one's crown. That would certainly draw more attention than a gentle, restrained chant.
Of course, that was not to say that "The Poem of War" was merely a showpiece for technical flair.
Even in Angel's own ranking, he would place "The Poem of War" near the very top.
But from a more comprehensive perspective, "Grand Court Garden" had the bonus of outside assistance,