Chapter 268 Lux and Sona
The next day, Piltover, Hexport Center.
As the Hextech engine roared, blue magic energy slowly emerged at the edge of the giant circular Hextech flying door like a tide. The dazzling magic light finally condensed into a light gate, connecting the distant space thousands of miles away.
An ocean-going ship flying the flag of the Leader Bluebird, but in the Demacia style, appeared out of thin air in the powerful magical fluctuations.
Finally, the magic light of the Hexgate gradually faded, and the ship slowly descended from mid-air under the invisible support of the remaining magic power.
“Wow~”
A little blonde girl who looked no more than 13 or 14 years old was standing excitedly at the bow of the ship, observing and feeling the blue magic light surrounding her with a moving expression:
"Mother, look... we were in Kalamanda in Shurima one second, and in Piltover thousands of miles away the next! This is truly amazing!"
Although this girl had an elegant temperament, delicate skin, and decent clothes, like a lady from a noble family, she acted as surprised as a bumpkin from the countryside entering the city when facing the Hextech flying door.
"Is this the power of magic..." the little lady murmured.
"Ahem!" The noble lady whom she called mother rudely patted her hand which she unconsciously stretched towards the blue magical light.
"Laxana, stop talking nonsense!"
The noble lady, the ambassador of this secret mission, Lady Ogersa of the Crownguard family of the Kingdom of Demacia, could not help but frown at her daughter with a dignified look:
"This is hextech, not magic. Do you understand?"
"I..." The little lady named Laxana, nicknamed Lux, reluctantly avoided her mother's scolding gaze and muttered softly with her head down: "But this is clearly magic..."
"No. This is what the entire delegation has agreed on. Hextech doesn't count as magic." Ogatha said, "Luxus, you have to listen to everyone."
"Hmm..." Miss Lux still couldn't understand.
She couldn't understand why everyone in the delegation would stay at the port for a whole day to discuss a small issue such as whether to take the Hexgate.
She couldn't understand why everyone knew that the Hexgate was magic, but they insisted on believing that it was not magic before they were willing to take a ride on it.
Why is using magic such a shameful thing in Demacia?
Lux lowered her head. Her innocent face was full of doubt and worry.
"Alas..." Mother Ogatha sighed with some regret: "Lacus, I shouldn't have brought you out."
Originally, she hadn't intended to take Lux with her on the mission.
However, the powerful rise of the Leader requires Demacia to send nobles who match the other party's strength and status to serve as diplomatic envoys.
The Crown Guard family was deeply trusted by the king. As the mistress of the Crown Guard family, Lady Ogsa's status was not high enough to give the leader special treatment, nor was it low enough to make the leader lose face. So the mission suddenly fell on her shoulders.
Unfortunately, when Mrs. Ogusa received this diplomatic mission, she was busy with a private matter that she could not reveal.
That was the problem of her daughter Lux's demonic possession.
Yes, Lux, Luxana Crownguard, the daughter of the Crownguard family, the most noble family in Demacia, and the niece of the captain of the Manhunter Corps, is actually a mage.
Lux awakened the magic of light elements when she was young. Not only is this magic inherently powerful, it also grows quietly as her body develops.
It was obvious that she didn't practice at all and didn't want to practice, but her magic power was still constantly upgrading automatically.
Finally, when Miss Lux grew up to be a teenager, her magic power was so strong that it was on the verge of being out of control. She had to endure great pain almost every day and suppress her physical magic power through drugs and spells.
But even so, Lux, a natural born light elementalist with an overly powerful talent, is still like a light bulb with a leak, and some magical light leaks out from her fingertips from time to time.
If this were seen in public, the reputation of the Mianwei family would be completely ruined.
So Mrs. Ogersa was helpless and could only think of one solution:
"Laxana, I have spent so much effort to arrange for you a trustworthy demon destroyer who can erase the 'stain' on you. Why are you unwilling to do so?"
To this day, Mrs. Ogersa is still troubled by her daughter's willfulness.
She had made all preparations to exorcise the demon for her daughter, but Lux suddenly ran away from home. When she came back, she said that she met a talking "big stone" outside the city of Xiongdu.
The "big rock" made friends with Lux and told her that magic was actually her talent, not a flaw, and that she should cherish it.
So the demon could not be destroyed.
And Ogata happened to receive a mission to Zaun and had to leave the Demacia capital.
But Lux's problem of losing control of her magic has not been solved at all, so how can she feel at ease leaving her daughter?
You know, few people in the Crownguard family knew the secret of Lux's demonic existence, and her husband, Peter Crownguard, was a general of Demacia, and her son, Garen Crownguard, was a soldier who had already joined the army, but they were both on the front lines of the war and couldn't get away. So Lady Ogersa was not at ease at all and gave the task of taking care of her daughter to someone else.
So she thought over and over again, and decided to take Lux, whose magic might lose control at any time, out of the Demacia capital, out of this city full of demon hunters, and take her daughter with her to Zaun.
But what Ogasha didn't expect was...
Lux, who was already in her rebellious period, left the depressing atmosphere of the Demacia capital and went out to sea to see the world. She then completely let herself go on that politically incorrect and evil path.
Not only did she regard magic as a talent that she could not give up, but after just one ride on the Hextech portal, she revealed a dangerous tendency to praise magic and even yearn for it.
How is this possible?
"Lux, you are not allowed to have these dangerous thoughts anymore, understand?" Ogatha had no choice but to reprimand her harshly: "Although we are outside of Demacia now, there are many eyes in the delegation who are watching us... You must be more sensible!"
Miss Lux listened, but not completely.
"Yeah... I know." She agreed perfunctorily, but her little hands were quietly placed behind her back, grasping the last bit of magical light that had not dissipated.
Lux quietly felt this magic power that was completely different from her own, felt the warmth of the magic power soaking into her body, and listened to the joyful music created by the collision and interweaving of magic and soul...
Suddenly, the sound of approaching footsteps quietly interrupted her secret enjoyment.
"Yeah! Sona?"
Only after seeing the visitor's iconic blue hair and twin ponytails, as well as the ancient zither that she never left behind, did Lux breathe a sigh of relief.
Sona is the adopted daughter of the Buwell family and a rare friend with whom she can chat in the noble circle of Demacia's capital.
As a best friend, Sona is older than her... well, older in every way.
But the two little girls unexpectedly got along very well and could always chat with each other.
When she heard that Lux was going to go out to sea with her mother to broaden her horizons, and that they were going to Zaun where the Wind Leader was, Miss Sona excitedly expressed her desire to go along.
The reason is simple, just to chase stars.
Yes, star-chasing. As a music fan, Miss Sona was immediately amazed when she heard the music album of Zaun superstar Seraphine on the Bluebird Walkman shipped across the ocean by a Demacia merchant.
Especially the famous work "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor", which moved this extremely emotional music girl to tears.
How could there be someone in the world who is so talented and every piece of music he composes is so beautiful?
She felt that if she didn't come to meet her idol in person, she would probably live in the shadow of the genius Seraphine for the rest of her life.
So when she heard that Lux had a "tour group" going directly to Zaun, Miss Sona immediately and stubbornly asked to sign up. She had to come to Zaun, the new "music mecca", for a pilgrimage.
Madam Ogersa thought that she had abused her power to take care of a daughter, so it was the same whether she took care of one or two...
In addition, the leader is blessed by the goddess Janna, who promises to ensure the safety of the secret delegation.
So for the sake of her daughter and the Buwell family, she agreed to help take care of Miss Sona and bring her to visit Zaun.
"What's wrong, Sona?"
Ogatha gave a kind smile of an elder and asked the girl who approached cautiously with concern.
"Aba Aba..." Sona is a mute girl who cannot speak and can only gesture with her fingers.
"What is she saying?" Ogasha didn't understand.
This sign language was developed by the Bouvier family in order to take care of their adopted daughter Sona.
Apart from Sona's adoptive parents and stepsister, perhaps only Lux, who is good friends with her, can understand it.
“Oh.” Lux looked at Sona’s gestures for a long time before she said, “The Wind Leader’s messenger has come aboard to greet us… well, more than just to greet us…”
“They even give out souvenirs to everyone they meet.”
"Souvenir?" Ogasha was slightly stunned.
Small gifts were distributed as soon as we got off the "plane", how can this really be called a tour group?
"What souvenirs did they give out?" In front of Sona, the poor mute girl and the adopted daughter of a friendly family, Mrs. Ogersa always looked very kind.
"Aba Aba..." Sona took out the souvenir.
It was a booklet, a free gift for every purchase of Zaun goods, but a booklet that Demacia merchants never dared to bring into the capital.
A Brief Account of Janna's Thought
Moreover, the latest edition printed this morning includes a new analytical article, "Why Demacia Banned Magic".
The president did not sleep last night. He got up before dawn with his girlfriend and worked hard. They finally managed to add this new article to the latest edition of the booklet before the Demacia delegation arrived .
It is full of sincerity.
But Mrs. Ogersa's expression changed as soon as she saw it: "You, you two..."
"Don't look!"
She didn't care about her ladylike manners and snatched the booklet from Sona's hand. Like a class teacher collecting mobile phones during evening study, she put it in her arms without saying a word.
"Mother..." Before Lux could even see the cover, her mother took away the banned book. This made her even more curious: "What kind of book is that?"
"Don't worry about it!" Mrs. Ogersa knew that her daughter was not old enough to read the book without being affected. "Anyway, it's an extremely dangerous thing."
"More dangerous than magic?" Lux muttered nonchalantly.
"It's more dangerous than magic!" Ogatha said coldly, "It's ten thousand times more dangerous!"
