【0000】 Prologue: The Magical Awakening of the Forbidden Kingdom
In July in the capital of Demacia, hot and humid weather arrived as promised.
Even though this majestic city that lives up to its name as a "majestic capital" is close to the Sea of Conquest, with the Bay of the Conqueror to the west and the high-rise Dragon's Back Mountains to the north, which is warm in winter and cool in summer, it is still unavoidably hot in July.
It makes people feel a little breathless.
The humid sea breeze greatly increased the air humidity in the capital city of Demacia, and the entire city was enveloped in a hot and humid air current that could not be dispersed, so that everyone was in a sticky and wet state.
Unlike Demacia's political system, the humidity and heat of the July sea breeze are equal to everyone, regardless of nobles or commoners.
Although nobles can store ice in their own cellars, commoners can also choose to sleep in the open air "regardless of the weather". Once night falls, they can bring a sedge mat and lie down on the roof of their home to enjoy the rare refreshment - in the high temperature
In terms of humidity and humidity, everyone suffered only half a pound.
What's more, in the capital of Demacia, even poor people with little savings can buy some cold drinks from the ice sellers walking around the streets.
Although most of the ice cubes in these affordable cold drinks come from naturally frozen ponds or rivers in winter, eating them may cause diarrhea, but who cares?
What can relieve the heat and cool down is good ice - it's clean and hygienic!
Early in the morning every day is the rarest refreshing time in such hot days. When the first ray of sunshine climbs over the towering city of Demacia's capital, the hard-working Demacians have already gotten up and started to work today.
labor.
Most of the people who get up early are civilians. They need to seize this rare cool time and set a simple tone for the next day's hard work.
However, not all nobles will continue to sleep at this time.
For example, in the Crownguard family's manor in the aristocratic district in the west of the city, the owner of the best-located attic bedroom has already woken up.
A white little arm reached out from the bed, and then grabbed a clockwork mechanical alarm clock on the bedside with great precision.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding."
The knob was turned and the clockwork alarm clock stopped ringing.
The next moment, the energetic little girl opened her eyes. Her blue eyes stared at the ceiling with the Crownguard family crest painted on it, and then she yawned long.
Her name is Laxana Crownguard. She is nine years old. People who are familiar with her generally call her Lax. She is the little princess of the Demacian nobles [Crownguard Family] - her father, Peter Crownguard, is of this generation.
The head of the Crownguard family.
This gorgeously decorated room is Lux's bedroom.
The gold-plated copper alarm clock she had just turned off was a gift given to Lux by Peter on her birthday last year. It is said to have come from a place called Piltover.
This magical little gadget can tell the time as long as you remember to tighten the clockwork on time every day, and it is extremely accurate. There is no need to compare the time with the sundial and calendar every day. More importantly, as a boutique product of Levik Workshop, it can also
As an alarm clock, it can sound at regular intervals by tightening the spring.
In Demacia, this is a completely new thing!
Lux's brother Galen has been coveting this alarm clock for a long time. He has wanted to borrow it several times and "take it apart to see the structure inside."
But Lux sternly refused every time, and once Galen insisted, she was not afraid to use the dimension-reducing attack of "suing her parents".
This is not because their brother-sister relationship is stiff and Lux is unwilling to share it, but because Lux’s last birthday gift was a wind-up music box, a beautiful and exquisite box that can play the first movement of "Hymn of Valor in G Major"
After Galen borrowed it to "take it apart and look at it", he could no longer put it back together.
That time, after realizing that Lux was crying, Galen angrily called his good friend Jarvan IV, the prince of Demacia, and the two of them sat together and scratched their heads for a long time, exhausting all their energy.
With so much strength, I managed to fight back the same way.
It's a pity that the music box was indeed put back together, but in addition to the music box, the two people also got three extra gears, two gear shafts, a coil of spring and some unknown small things.
stuff.
A music box that lacks these parts will naturally not be able to play beautiful music.
Since then, Lux has refused to give all delicate things to Galen, and she also understands why every time Galen celebrates his birthday, the gift his father gives him is either a shield or a sword...
This was the first time Lux used an alarm clock to wake herself up.
As the leader of the Demacian nobles, the Crownguard family is not known for its luxury and extravagance, but it still has the necessary butlers and servants. Under normal circumstances, a servant will knock on the door every morning to remind Lux to get up.
Come.
Today was no exception - and the main reason why Lax set the alarm clock was that she hoped she could wake up earlier than her brother.
After all, today, my father and uncle are coming back from the battlefield in the east. Lux must get up earlier than her brother to greet her father and uncle!
Lux is the most well-behaved child, so Lux will first hear the story of the heroic warrior defeating the evil mage, so that Galen will not spoil it for him every time he hears half of the story!
snort!
This time, I, Lux, am going to spoil Galen!
"Get up, get up." Lux muttered unconsciously, and couldn't help but rub her eyes after letting go of the alarm clock, "Well, it's so bright, why did it get up so early today..."
"Ah↑ahhh——"
The next moment, Lux's scream woke up almost the entire Crownguard Manor in silence.
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Hearing Lux's scream, the first person to rush over was Lux's mother, Ogatha Crownguard, who was sleeping next door.
Anxiously, she kicked open the door. The Crownguard's wife, who was holding a candlestick like a sword hilt, looked around the room, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
She saw Lux lying on the bed safe and sound, with most of her body buried under the quilt. She looked under the quilt with a hint of horror, as if she had seen something extraordinary.
Then, after a moment of astonishment, Ogesha had a subtle misunderstanding.
"Don't be nervous, Lux."
Ogesha put down the candlestick in her hand, then waved away the servants and guards who came after hearing the sound. After entering the room, she closed the door with her backhand, smiled and sat on the edge of the bed, and spoke in a gentle tone, as if she had seen through everything:
"Baby, you've already celebrated your ninth birthday. It's normal for this to happen."
"Is it really normal?" Lux blinked in horror, her slightly dilated blue pupils showing the little girl's uneasiness, "You mean, this happened to you when you were nine years old.
?”
"Of course I have, but it's not nine years old - it should be a little more than ten years old?" Ogesha thought for a moment, and then answered with a smile, "However, the difference of one or two years actually doesn't matter.
, this is a sign of maturity, and it means that our Ms. Laxana is already a big girl!"
Unfortunately, Ogesha's teasing did not make Lux relax.
"Then when did you end it?" Lux still looked very nervous, "It won't always be like this, right?"
"Of course it won't always be like this." Ogesha began to tell Lux about physiological hygiene. "This kind of thing usually happens once a month, but it may not be very regular at the beginning, so we need to be careful.
a little……"
"How long will that time take?" Hearing that it happens once a month, Lux nervously wrapped herself in the quilt and shivered, "I can't see anyone like this! And today - Dad and
Uncle is coming back soon!"
"As long as it goes through a little processing, it will be fine." Ogesha moved closer to Lux and brushed her golden and shiny long hair, "Don't be nervous, silly kid, I told you, this is a very normal physiological phenomenon.
"
"But that's not what the story says!" Lux's voice was already crying, "The story says it's evil. I won't be finished, right?"
"Ladies shouldn't use rude words like 'It's over.'" Ogesha touched her daughter's face and smoothed her long, frizzy blond hair. "And this is also related to evil.
It has nothing to do with it at all... Come on, let me see, wrapping yourself in a quilt won't solve the problem."
"..."
Her mother's touch and comfort finally made Lux stop trembling. With Orisa's encouraging smile, she finally carefully opened the quilt.
However, there was no blood on the bed that Orisa thought there would be.
Then, just when Orisa was confused, Lux finally had the courage and stretched out her hands forward.
In Lux's white hands, a ball of light danced like an elf.
There is no doubt that this is magic.
And this also means that in the demon-forbidden Demacia, the only female of the new generation directly in the demon-forbidden pioneer Crownguard family, the little princess Laxana of the Crownguard family, awakened an uncontrollable urge when she was nine years old.
Magical talent.
This shocking scene made Ogesha couldn't help but widen her eyes. Mrs. Crownguard looked at the light elf in her daughter's hand in astonishment, and her mouth couldn't help but open up.
"Ah↑ahhh——"
It can only be said that like mother, like daughter - listen, even the rhythm of these two screams is similar.
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The matter of Lux's awakening of magic talent was concealed by Ogesha. She told Lux to stay under the quilt and not move. Then she quickly got up and found her sister-in-law - the sister of Lux's father, who is the fearless vanguard commander.
Tyana Crownguard of the Crown.
Professional matters should be left to professionals.
Tiana's husband is working in Demacia's Demon Seeker Corps. Among the people Ogsha can come into contact with, Tiana is probably the best able to solve this problem.
Compared to the panicked Ogesha, Tiana didn't show too much surprise after receiving the news. She narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment, then said "Wait a moment" and hurriedly got up.
Then, when she came back, an eight-inch stick was handed into Ogesha's hand.
"Take it and give it to Lux." Tiana said with relief, "It can absorb Lux's magic, allowing her to live like a normal person without having to worry - we can use it as a tool later.
Sword hilt, make a sword for Lux, so no one will know she is possessed by the devil."
"What's this?"
Ogesha looked at the short stick in her hand with some surprise. She didn't see any difference from this ordinary-looking short stick - if anything, at most it was that the protrusions on it that were easy to grasp were a little evil.
.
"The collection of the Illuminati can contain magic, but it will not make the infected person tired like the forbidden magic stone." Tiana rubbed her eyebrows, "Fortunately, its last owner has passed away.
With the qualifications of the Crownguard family, we can temporarily borrow it. Don't worry, its function has been verified for thousands of years. It is said that when Demacia was established, it was already the 'penitent's magic weapon'. As long as
With it, Lux can live like a normal person."
"That's great, thank God!" Ogesha rejoiced and stood up quickly, "I have to give it to Lux as soon as possible - Peter will be back soon. I don't know if the noble meeting will be willing to do so this time.
I am willing to increase my efforts against Noxus..."
"Go quickly." A smile finally appeared on Tiana's face, "After my brother returns to the capital, what he hopes to see most is Lax's carefree smile."
Ogesha nodded, got up and left in a hurry. In order to hide her from others, she even brought some women's supplies with her.
However, today's Crown Guard family is destined to not be peaceful.
When the anxious Lux saw her mother again, she received two pieces of news, one good and one bad.
The good news is that Ranmo is not scary. As long as he wears this short stick, he will be fine. The short stick has been made into a sword hilt. Lux only needs to wear this long sword.
The bad news is that his uncle, the Ranger General who would tell him stories about the outside world, who always showed his neat white teeth when he smiled, and who was deeply loved by the soldiers, suffered a shameful assassination on his way back and died of serious injuries.
It is said that Noxian assassins disguised themselves as farmers and cast extremely vicious curses.
Lux, who woke up early, did not hear the story of justice defeating evil first. Instead, in a panic, she came into contact with death for the first time and saw with her own eyes that evil overcame justice.
Seeing her uncle lying peacefully in the marble coffin, Lux suddenly felt an indescribable heartache for some reason.
After hearing the news, Galen rushed over and brought his sword with him, shouting loudly that he wanted to join the army.
"I want to join the Dauntless Vanguard - Demon Searchers are also acceptable. If you don't agree, I will go find Uncle Jarvan!"
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News of the Ranger General's assassination quickly spread like a storm throughout the capital of Demacia.
There was an endless stream of nobles who came to express their condolences, and the first words out of their mouths were to express their condolences.
Lux blinked her eyes and pursed her lips, trying not to look like she would disgrace the Crownguard family - but no matter how hard she tried, crystal tears still fell down in series on her little face.
The lines were connected silently.
Then, just as she was crying bitterly, a low and magnetic voice appeared in her ears.
"The master cultivation system is in place. Under my guidance, you will become the strongest spellcaster in Rune Land - Hey, did I come at the wrong time?"