Lux finally succeeded in convincing her family to accept her own method and support her in obtaining a new fiefdom—it would be best to choose Forsbarrow.
After confirming this, both Peter and Tiana got busy. The two of them hurriedly left to prepare for the royal meeting of the Noble Council tomorrow.
Ogesha, on the other hand, is helping Lux to review tomorrow's royal speech and find an angle to express her wish to go to Forsbarrow tactfully.
"Can't you tell His Majesty directly?" Lux, holding the command sword, was a little surprised, "After all, it concerns His Majesty Sentu..."
"Ahem." When this topic came up, Ogesha coughed twice with a subtle look on her face, "We will not interfere with the royal family's affairs."
Don’t get involved in the royal family’s affairs?
What does this have to do with the royal family?
Just when Lux was full of doubts, Kalya quietly answered her doubts.
"Jiawen III is not a direct descendant of Sentu, so it is best not to mention Sentu directly in such a place. This involves legal issues, which is somewhat sensitive - and even if he does not mention this matter, Jarvan III will not refuse.
You go to Forsbarrow."
Lux felt relieved, quickly calmed down, and prepared her speech for tomorrow together with her mother.
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When Peter and Tiana returned, it was already late at night.
Although they are quite tired, they still brought back good news - at tomorrow's royal meeting, there will be people in the noble council who will speak out for the Crownguard family, and the demon seekers will agree that "it is far better to deal with demon-dyed people within the country than to exile them."
Going abroad is more convenient and reliable."
The only fly in the ointment is that the magic searchers cannot guarantee the stability of magic and will only provide possible help within their own jurisdiction.
However, this is enough.
On Lux's side, the content of the royal speech has almost been prepared. In this speech, she focused on the responsibilities that climbers need to bear. With the attitude of a "noble model", she made a crazy high-profile speech.
Self-sacrifice.
After professional beautification, obtaining large fiefdoms became "defending the kingdom's borders"; relaxing the management of magic became "reducing the pressure on the kingdom to ban magic"; normalizing magic within the necessary scope became "using labor
Consume the excess energy of the demon-stained people" - in short, although what Lux wants to do is to use the demon-stained people who are usually excluded in Demacia to develop production, but in her description, Forsbarrow is simply
It will become a large-scale magic-forbidden prison.
From the perspective of an aristocratic gentleman, Lux's speech is undoubtedly very palatable. Anyway, even if she bothers with it, she can only do it in a place like the border where birds don't shit. Even if it really makes people's lives miserable,
It has nothing to do with anyone.
Moreover, since Lacus will appear with Tariq tomorrow, as Lacus starts her speech, the pressure will inevitably be on Tariq.
Compared to Lux's self-imposed punishment of the Stone Crown, which put tremendous pressure on the nobles, Taric was forced to undergo the Stone Crown punishment, which was a pure dereliction of duty. Even the guilt of the Stone Crown punishment was serious.
Lux did not commit any major crime of dereliction of duty. She was just unwilling to accept a draw because her weapon was broken during a duel. It was in order to maintain the dignity of the nobility that she accepted the punishment of the stone crown!
And you, Tariq, are out-and-out derelict in your duties!
Lacus is not proud of herself after becoming a mountaineer, and she still wants to stay in the northern border forever. Then how can you, Tarik, have the nerve to take over as a cardinal and stay in the capital?
Does the Illuminati want to use this opportunity to extend its tentacles into government affairs?
dream!
The Royal Council with the participation of the Noble Council is the highest political meeting in Demacia. The nobles had trouble with Tarik in the past mainly because the identity of the climber was too special, and the Illuminati still had a considerable public base.
Yes, if you pull the side frame too hard, the Illuminati will really have trouble getting through.
But now that Lux is taking charge, the noble council can make things clear on the surface, and even directly bite Tariq and the Illuminati.
Sometimes the name is useless, and sometimes it weighs more than a thousand pounds.
Regarding Lux's speech, both Peter and Tiana thought it was very appropriate. Seeing that the time had reached midnight, after confirming that there were no omissions in the speech and telling Lux to recite it carefully, Peter and Ogg
Sha and Tiana finally let out a long breath and left the small restaurant.
Lux, who returned to her bedroom with this manuscript, also let out a long breath. Then, before she lay down on her bed and fully stretched herself out, Ino spoke immediately.
"Sona came here just now. Because it was too late, she went back first." She lowered her voice and said, "Sona said that His Majesty doesn't want the Crown Guard family to be too prominent. There are indeed quite a lot of people in the Illuminati.
Contradiction - In addition, the most important thing is that in recent times, things about Tariq and the people who climbed the mountain have become taboo in the Illuminati. I am afraid that the Illuminati are not sitting still... I just don't know if they know it.
Got the news of your return."
"Just assume they know it." Sona's news mainly served as confirmation and reminder for Lux. After thinking for a moment, she finally shook her head gently, "There is no problem with our plan. According to Karl
According to Teacher Ya, at tomorrow’s imperial meeting, everyone except the Illuminati will be our friends, and no matter what the Illuminati’s plans are, they are destined to fail!”
"I think so too!" Ino also showed a confident expression when he heard the words, "The Demon Searchers, the Silent Men, the Noble Council, His Majesty the King... are all on our side. The Illuminati is destined to be unable to destroy Dema.
West Asia has become a foolish kingdom like Mount Targon!"
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The next morning, Lux got up early and started dressing up.
After many years, the little princess of the Crown Guard family finally put on her princess dress again, once again filled with dazzling jewelry. Once again, under Kalya's reminder, she became the dignified, elegant and outstanding person she was.
A model of nobility.
Then, led by her father and aunt, she took a carriage and entered Dawn Castle through the open main gate.
Wherever the carriage went, all the nobles bowed their heads in greeting. No matter how much they hoped that Lux and Tariq would die together, on the surface, they still needed to show the greatest respect and humility - after all, the status of the climbers was the same.
To the divine messenger.
After Lux's carriage, Tariq also rode through the gate on a tall horse.
Different from the invisible carriage, Tariq riding on the white horse put great pressure on the nobles present. Tariq was already tall and handsome. After climbing the mountain, his eyes were even more shining, making people
Can't look straight.
Under his brilliance, the tall white horses seemed to be dyed with a rose-colored light, and every crisp sound of the horse's hoofs on the ground seemed to step on the hearts of these nobles.
Tariq's expression was careless, as if nothing here was worthy of his concern, but his movements were always extremely elegant, and the awe-inspiring demeanor in his gestures even made these nobles who abide by etiquette look as vulgar as country fools.
This jewel-like appearance put great pressure on the nobles. After truly feeling the power of this climber, many nobles who originally thought about letting him and Lux get out together even silently missed him.
The little girl who always has a straight face.
Only then did they realize that although Laxana was too exemplary and would put pressure on others, compared with this Tarik, she was somewhat approachable.
Lux, who was in the carriage, naturally didn't know what these nobles were thinking. After stepping out of the carriage with a gentle step, although she maintained the etiquette of not squinting, she looked at the side and herself with the corner of her eye.
Tariq standing side by side.
Then, Lux was shocked to find that Tarik was also looking at her, unabashedly, tilting his head and looking at him with admiration.
The look in her eyes, as if looking at some rare treasure, made goosebumps stand up under Lux's long skirt.
"Miss Laxana." Before the meeting started, Tarik even lowered his head slightly and took the initiative to talk to Lax, "I've heard of you. They say you are an artist with a unique view of beauty."
Lacus remained calm on her face, but she was already shocked in her heart—how could she be so familiar?
Moreover, I punished you on Mount Targon, but now you act like nothing happened?
Did you fall from the mountain and break your head?
Lux, who was confused about the situation, simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if she hadn't heard anything. She still maintained her demeanor and simply ignored Tarik's words.
"I thought it was just a boring mortal sitting in a well and looking at the sky, but what I didn't expect was that in you, I really saw the brilliance of beauty." Unfortunately, even though Lux is quite cold, Tarik is still frighteningly attentive.
"Destiny is intertwined with you, and starlight overflows from you. You are not those false gods who are eager for quick success, nor are you the old gods whose wild nature has not faded..."
"..."
If it weren't for the wrong occasion, Lux would have wanted to ask "Am I familiar with you" on the spot, but due to her personality and subsequent actions, she could only bite her tongue and keep pretending not to hear.
"This is not false flattery, but praise from the truth from a giant god who is committed to protecting all good things." As if aware of Lux's alienation, Tariq no longer used verbal descriptions, but instead used sincere words.
In his tone, he told his own feelings, "Ordinary people will always be obsessed with ordinary things, fall into the web of fate, and struggle without knowing it. But you are different. You have stepped into the eternal realm, with something in your heart.
If you want to know your own star map, you should not mix with these ordinary people. You should be like me, living in the heaven, overlooking these ordinary beings..."
Lux felt confused about Tariq's words that sounded like babble and praise.
What is the web of destiny?
What are common things?
What the hell is Tariq talking about?
Does he no longer remember himself, or does he remember himself but pretend not to remember him?
Isn't he a Titan?
Yesterday, Ino said that the Silent people test the protoss by fighting with them. Is there something wrong with the test?
Or is it that when the Guardian Titan took over Taric's body, he didn't accept his memory at all?
But even if he didn't accept Tarik's memory, when he fought against Tariq on the Mount of Titan, Tarik clearly used the power of Titan. What on earth was going on?
At this moment, Lux's head was filled with questions.
But she couldn't ask, or even discuss it with Kalya - in order to avoid being discovered, Kalya not only asked Lux to re-decorate the sword, but also completely restrained her aura, and before approaching Tarik,
He gave some important instructions on etiquette and then switched to silent mode.
Therefore, Lux could only bear it silently by herself for Tariq's nerve-wracking words.
As a result, Lux's head had already started to hurt before the imperial meeting started.
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Fortunately, it didn't take long before the bells ringing in Dawn Castle finally interrupted Tariq's endless words and saved Lux's eardrums and skull.
Jarvan III, who was also dressed in finery, brought Jarvan IV and Xin Zhao out to personally greet the return of the two climbers.
"Miss Laxana, Mr. Tariq, you are all heroes who have returned from the summit, and you are people blessed by the name of God." The smiling Jarvan III, as if he were the grandfather next door, handed the scepter to Jarvan IV's hand.
Inside, he took the initiative to come up and hold the two climbers, one by one, and said, "All the past has been washed away in the pure white snow. Now, you are returning as pure as innocent children - God favors Demacia!"
"Demacia is blessed by heaven!"
"Demacia is blessed by heaven!"
"Demacia is blessed by heaven!"
As if they had been trained, the nobles shouted in unison.
After three sounds, everyone closed their mouths and focused their attention on the smiling face of Jarvan III.
"Come, hero of Demacia!" Turning around, His Majesty the King made a gesture of invitation, "Come on, convey the will of God to us dull mortals!"
Following Kalya's instructions, Lux nodded slightly, held her sword with one hand and held up her skirt with the other, and entered the main hall of Dawn Castle in a generous manner.
Next to her, Tarik seemed to be half a beat too slow, quickly followed up, and entered the main hall of the kingdom together.
After the two climbers started taking action, a group of nobles quietly and tacitly entered Dawn Castle in accordance with etiquette.
In the main hall, the large circular table had been arranged early, and the tabletop of the Forbidden Demon Stone had been wiped until it was shiny and discernible.
Different from the usual imperial meetings, this time, there are three seats in the main seat.
This time, before Jarvan III could take action, Taric, who had been slow before, stepped forward and sat on the main seat next to him.
Then, after Jarvan III's wrinkles relaxed a little, he naturally greeted Lux.
"Please sit down, Miss Laxana." Tariq said matter-of-factly, "Come to the middle, your brilliance should be like this."