In the blessed environment, Isaak's talent begins to bloom. He befriends a mysterious student named Reinhard, and one day hears the strange music Reinhard plays. The piece turns out to have been composed by Reinhard, who is a musical prodigy. However, it seems to be impossible to play this music on piano, with Reinhard even damaging his fingers in the attempt, but Isaak is determined to try. Isaak debuts as an outstanding new pianist, and Reinhard gives him advice and a warning: "You should know what is true art". Learning from Reinhard and Wilhelm Backhaus, Isaak opens up a new frontier of musical art. He later performs with a Russian violinist named Anastasia, who turns out to be a member of a Russian revolutionary group. She gives Isaak a message from Aleksei (Klaus) before they go their separate ways. Isaak later marries Roberta, an acquaintance of his from Regensburg, and is later called off to war. He returns from World War I, but his fingers have been damaged, and he cannot play piano anymore. He later returns to Regensburg with his son Jubel, and when walking along an old, familiar street, Isaak meets a beautiful woman. Part 3 - The Russian Revolution, Fate of Aleksei Part 3 is mainly set in Sankt Peterburg and Moskva in Russia, 1893 to 1917. The story begins about 10 years before the three main characters, Isaak, Julius and Klaus (Aleksei) meet in Regensburg, Germany in 1903. In the Spring of 1893, Aleksei is accepted into the Marquis house Mihailov after his mother's death. He meets his elder brother Dmitri, who is secretly a revolutionary, but also famous as a genius violinist. Aleksei learns the spirit of brave men and a passion for music from Dmitri. But Marquis Dmitri Mihailov is shot to death in an act of betrayal. Aleksei and Alraune, the fiancée of Dmitri, flee from Russia, but after the several years of joyous school life, his homeland and comrades call Aleksei back to Russia in 1905. At the Sankt Peterburg station, he sees Julius has followed him, but he runs from her. Julius is searching for Aleksei when she gets caught up in the riots and is shot. When she wakes up, she is in the gorgeous mansion of Marquis Yusupov, where she is declared his prisoner. Aleksei and his revolutionary comrades are working for the new Russia. They establish the Soviet