Chapter 270 Lux's Confusion
The discussion between Mrs. Ogersa and Mel made Miss Lux, who was listening to the side, extremely curious and anxious.
She had never seen her mother, who was always calm and composed, be so cautious and vigilant about something. Even for her, a demon-tainted daughter, the most evil magic in Demacia's values had never made her mother lose her composure like this.
So, what exactly is written in that booklet?
Why could a small booklet make the two powerful nations of Demacia and Noxus so wary of it?
Lux was already at a curious and rebellious age.
Just like those vulgar romance novels that ladies shouldn't read and that she had secretly read before, without the knowledge of her housekeeper and governess, the more her mother forbade her to read this booklet, the more she wanted to read it.
But her mother was watching her, and Lux didn't dare to go to Miss Mel to ask for another copy as a souvenir in front of her mother.
So her eyes rolled, an idea came to her mind, and she quietly nudged Sona, who was sitting next to her, with her elbow.
"Aba Aba?" Sona babbled and gave him an inquiring look.
Lux, however, tried to remain calm and asked Sona in front of her mother, using sign language that only she and Sona could understand: "Sona, after you got the booklet, have you read the contents?"
"No." Sona waved her hand slightly.
"Hmm..." Lux was a little disappointed, but Sona immediately gestured and said, "But I have another one hidden on me."
She had asked for an extra copy for Lux as a souvenir, but one was confiscated, and she still had one. Later, when Ogatha asked all the envoys to hand in the booklets, she also hid it.
"Wow!" Lux didn't expect that Sona, who is considered the most ladylike little lady in the circle of ladies in Xiongdu, would be so rebellious.
"Because there is a piece of music on the title page." Sona gestured.
There is a piece of music printed on the title page of "A Brief Account of Janna's Thoughts", which is the anthem of the Leaders Association.
Sona had heard many songs from Zaun in the noble salons in Xiongdu, but this song had never appeared.
Sona could feel the passionate fighting spirit, the unyielding will to resist, and the inexplicably tragic generosity in this song. Every line of its lyrics was like a battle manifesto to the old world, and every note was like an angry roar from the suffering. But it was not just a war song to vent anger, but also a romantic chant of an idealist at the forefront of the times.
"This is a great song," Sona gestured in ecstasy.
She had hummed this song countless times in her heart.
However, as Madam Ogersa said, its meaning seems a little dangerous...
"Okay..." Lux didn't care. She wasn't interested in the song itself, she still wanted to see the contents of the booklet.
But her mother was sitting right next to her, so she never found an opportunity.
Finally, as the ceremonial motorcade drove into Zaun and arrived at the headquarters of the Wind Leader Association in Zaun, Lux finally seized the opportunity.
Ogasha was going to meet Levi with Miss Mel next. Of course, she couldn't .
Think about it, it’s only a short while, there’s no chance that Lux would be abducted by the Leader.
Moreover, there is always the risk of my daughter's "social death" due to her magic power getting out of control, and it is not convenient to let untrustworthy members of the delegation look after her closely.
So Ogata had to give Lux her freedom temporarily and let her stay in the lounge of the Wind Leader headquarters with Sona.
"Hurry!" Watching her mother leave, Lux couldn't wait to hide in the lounge, pulling Miss Sona and sneaking into the corner of the room.
Sona looked out the window carefully like a thief, then with a blushing heartbeat, she bravely took out a booklet that was warmed by her body temperature from her arms: "Aba Aba..."
"Don't worry, it's okay!" Lux seemed to understand her words and comforted her without looking at her gestures: "This is just an ordinary booklet, not a book of dark magic. Aren't people on the street holding this booklet and reading it? I don't see anything wrong with them!"
"Appa..." Sona whimpered hesitantly.
"This booklet was written by Miss Seraphine's boyfriend!" Lux advised, "Don't you want to read the books Miss Seraphine usually reads?"
"Hmm..." Sona was convinced.
So the two girls, one nervous and excited, the other hesitant and expectant, huddled in a corner, shoulder to shoulder, head against head, golden hair entangled with blue hair, hiding the booklet under them and flipping through it carefully.
They looked at it for a while, then...
"Do you understand?" Lux looked up at her best friend blankly.
"Ah..." Sona nodded, then shook her head in confusion.
It's not that they couldn't understand it. After all, the aristocratic education in Demacia gave them a good foundation in literature and history, and they could understand most of the content in the booklet.
But the girls didn't quite understand it. They didn't know why this book had such a magical power that could make so many people obsessed and so many people afraid.
Why? Based on the beautiful dream of a harmonious world?
Although Lux was young, she could see that this dream was beautiful. However, her understanding of the specific criteria of this dream was a little off:
"Datong... Then our Demacia should also be considered Datong, right?"
"After all, in my territory, even the humblest tenant farmer can have enough food to eat and wear new clothes."
Lux said so naively.
Because she had only lived in aristocratic manors and salons since she was a child.
Even before she went to Xiongdu, when she was in the countryside of Mithril City, she only stayed in her own territory and never went anywhere else.
After all, the private territory of the Mianwei family in Mithril City is indeed a little over a billion in size.
That was not something that Lux, who was just a little girl at the time, could easily walk out of... Not to mention walking, even if she rode a horse through that place, it would tire the horse half to death.
Therefore, the lowest class in Demacia that Lux knew were just the landless tenants in the territory of their Crownguard family.
The Crownguard family is the face of Demacia and can even be said to be the image ambassadors of the kingdom. All past heads of the family have been men of character and good reputation.
Their family did not buy slaves or serfs, but only hired tenants. Compared with the tenants of other noble families, the living standards of their tenants were obviously several dimensions better.
So, the class conflict in Lux's eyes is...
Um, is there such a thing as class conflict? Why haven't I, Laxana, seen it?
Even the humblest tenant farmer in my family could have enough food, clothing, health and happiness.
When they saw me and my family, they were willing to call us Master and Miss, and they were willing to repay our kindness with their lives.
Where does this contradiction come from?
The naive Miss Lux couldn't understand it, but after struggling for a while, she came to this conclusion: "I know!"
"This booklet is all about Zaun, Piltover, and Noxus."
At first glance this is indeed the case.
After all, the content of this book "A Brief Account of Janna's Thought" is constantly updated and enriched based on the growth path of the Leader, so most of the historical basis used to explain the theory is the history of the Twin Cities and the history of Noxus.
There is very little information about Demacia.
"It must be because the Noxians are cruel and tyrannical, and the people of the Twin Cities are greedy and shameless, and they don't treat the common people as human beings. That's why the class contradictions in their country are so intense and obvious."
"We are a good country like Demacia. There is no such dirty things at all."
"That's why we are not included in this booklet!" Lux muttered her guess.
"Abba..." Sona seemed to be hesitant to speak.
She felt that there was something wrong with what Lux said, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Because Sona's situation is actually similar to Lux's, she is also a lady who grew up in a honey pot.
Although she was not born a Demacia noble, but was born into the Ionian pariah family, she was even so miserable that she was abandoned at the door of the temple by her parents who could not afford to raise her since she was a child. She has been an orphan without parents since she could remember.
This life experience is tragic enough, and it is enough for Sona to deeply understand the class contradictions.
But the problem is that her parents put her in such a good position.
The full name of the temple where she was abandoned was the Silana Monastery.
The Silana Monastery, dedicated to the spirit of the dragon, is one of the four most famous monasteries in Ionia, along with Shojin, Eternal, and Balance.
Li Qing is a disciple of this monastery, and strictly speaking, he is also Sona's senior brother.
In other words, Sona was indeed an abandoned orphan. However, she was accepted by one of the four most powerful sects in the continent as soon as she was born, and she was promoted from a Dalit to a Brahmin, and got a monastery system that ordinary untouchables dare not dream of.
And those truly compassionate monks in the monastery would certainly not treat the adopted Sona unfairly.
Later, when war broke out in Ionia, these monks immediately used their connections with Demacia merchants to help Sona escape from Ionia before the war spread.
Sona had never had a hard day. Because she was naturally likable, she was spotted and adopted by the Bouvier family, a noble family in Demacia.
A born disabled orphan from a low-class family had a hellish start, but she ended up living a happy life where she won easily.
So Sona's understanding of the basics is a little better than Lux's, but that's all she can do.
"Obviously, our situation in Demacia is different, and these theories are not applicable to Demacia. Why is mother so nervous?"
Lux was still confused. Sona felt something was wrong, but she couldn't say anything to refute it.
They understood the booklet, but they didn't comprehend it.
Finally, Lux and Sona flipped through the pages in confusion until they found an article that they could read and understand, and the title caught their attention:
"Why did Demacia ban magic?"
