Ashlyn Berry! Madeline Saunders! That’s her in the flesh! Oh, my goodness!

Olivia’s lips began to tremble. For some reason, she didn’t want Ashlyn to look down on her.

Seconds later, Olivia regained her composure and sat down at the piano.

With both her hands on the keys, a rich and smooth melody soon followed.

As soon as the piece ended, Olivia couldn’t help but stare nervously at the judges.

Ashlyn was the first to give a score of seven point five.

The other judges, too, gave Olivia a score of either seven or eight.

That might not be anything to boast about, but her score wasn’t low either.

If Ashlyn had given a low score, Olivia’s initial plan was to file a complaint against her for abusing her power to avenge personal grudges.

Ashlyn’s scoring

trying to make sense of the situation when Ashlyn’s crisp, cold voice rang

performance style is pretty good and expressive. My only wish is that you had picked a song that suited you more. If you don’t think you can showcase your skills through a difficult song, pick something easier that gives you a chance to shine. You can also remind yourself to slow down when you’re playing. It’s normal to feel nervous when you’re on stage, and your playing speed inadvertently increases along with

eyes widened as

and she had carefully dissected Olivia’s strengths

hearing all that, Olivia felt a moment of

She truly has lived up to

said before taking a bow and

had gone to sit with her family in the

Ashlyn neither commented nor paid much attention to

enough that Hera had to be judged by Ashlyn, but the latter only made a short

last straw

they try to perfect their techniques. And more often than not, all they needed

best

the semi-finals, much

total

win the competition, they could still take comfort in knowing that they were good enough to be sent to the

then, the host announced, “All right. Let’s welcome our next

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