Title: I Was Isekai'd With My Wife and Now She's the Final Boss of the Fandom Author: H. Behevras Genre: Comedy, Isekai, Music, Married Protagonist, Parody Tags: #FinalBossWife #MetalheadMC #BoybandHell #TrashIsekaiButActuallyGenius
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Chapter 24: The Musical Re-education Disaster. Part 2: The Educational Intervention
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Previously:
Raiko arrived at rehearsal expecting trouble, only to find management had assembled a "metal" backup band made entirely of royal court musicians — a harpist, a lute player, a timpani percussionist, and a pianist — none of whom had the faintest idea what metal actually was.
Their combined skill in refined, beautiful music was only matched by their complete unsuitability for headbanging.
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"Metal," Raiko began.
Pacing in front of his assembled musical disaster,
"is not gentle."
"It's not soothing."
"It's not designed to make anyone swoon unless they're swooning from pure, overwhelming emotional intensity."
Four pairs of politely confused eyes followed his movement.
"Metal is the sound of rebellion."
"Of anger transformed into beauty."
"Of taking every emotion that polite society tells you to suppress and turning it into MUSIC."
"That sounds lovely!" Lady Cordelia said brightly.
"Like therapeutic musical expression!"
"NO!" Raiko exploded, causing all four musicians to jump.
"Well... yes, but not LOVELY."
"It's supposed to be OVERWHELMING."
He walked over to his own guitar and plugged it into the amp.
"This," he said, "is what metal sounds like."
He struck a power chord that seemed to shake the building's foundation.
The sound hit the four classical musicians like a physical force.
Melody gasped.
Percival dropped his pick.
Winslow's sticks went flying.
Lady Cordelia actually squeaked.
"Dear lord!" Percival breathed.
"It's so... so... LOUD!"
"That's the point!" Raiko said, grinning for the first time since entering the room.
"Loud, aggressive, uncompromising!"
"But..." Melody's voice was small.
"But what about harmony?"
"Melodic structure?"
"The gentle interplay of—"
"FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW!" Raiko declared, striking another chord.
"We're going to rebuild you from the ground up!"
Four faces stared back at him in pure terror.
"Think of this as musical boot camp," he continued.
"By the time I'm done with you, you'll be able to play metal that would make demons weep tears of joy!"
"Demons?" Lady Cordelia whispered.
"Are we... are we going to be summoning demons?"
"Only metaphorically!" Raiko assured her.
"Probably!"
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TO BE CONTINUED
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Author's Note:
Yes, Raiko just yelled "FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW" at a group of people whose entire existence is built on knowing exactly what they know.
This is the equivalent of teaching your grandma to scream death growls because "it's good for the soul."
— H. Behevras
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