Unlike the ever-changing Forsbarrow, the capital of Demacia always seems to be like this. Whenever you come here, you will see bustling crowds, tall and magnificent buildings, noisy streets, and various manors.
There are rows of tall gates outside.
Spring has not yet arrived, but the climate in Demacia's capital city, which is located on the edge of the Sea of Watch and is close to the bay of the capital city, is already somewhat warm. Unlike the Forsbarrow people, who can only choose cat winter in winter, even if it is
In winter, people in Xiongdu are still very active - even because the New Year is approaching, people in Xiongdu are particularly active now.
There is no caravan as an outpost, and Lux specifically told not to go to the Crownguard Manor. In this case, if Shyvana wants to collect information, the best way is to go to the Art Support Association. Those artists are all in and out of the upper class.
The party has a bit of an uninhibited artistic atmosphere and has no clue. It is simply the best source of information.
With this thought in mind, Shyvana straightened her appearance and went straight to the Art Support Association.
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Compared with the last time I came here, there are almost no changes in the Art Support Association. Even the "artists" talking loudly at the door look the same as before - maybe the people have changed, but those few convenient gathering spots are still the same.
A group of people gathered and were discussing.
Slowly walking into the corridor, Shyvana's eyes wandered between the paintings hanging on both sides of the corridor.
Different from last time, this time, the proportion of the legend of the Winged Sisters among the themes of the work has been pitifully small. I made a rough estimate in my mind, I am afraid that among the ten paintings, three depict winter scenes and two have themes.
They are to celebrate the New Year. Two paintings have a strong personal style, while the remaining three paintings are suspected of being fake.
This ratio almost shows that the popularity of the Winged Sisters has dissipated in Xiongdu, and the previous angel's arrival has changed from the center of discussion to perhaps an urban legend.
This preliminary conclusion that Kalya came to was quite surprising to Shyvana. The last time she came to Xiongdu to inquire about the news, the people of Xiongdu were really interested in the affairs of the Winged Sisters.
The legend disappeared without any trace, which surprised her.
Confused, Shyvana simply took out her previous identity again, as a Vazuan architecture enthusiast, and asked the front desk of the Art Support Association why the style of the Art Support Association changed so quickly.
The guy on duty at the front desk was also bored. Now that someone came to inquire about the news, he was happy to fish while working, so he simply opened up the chat box and started chatting with Shyvana.
"Sister Feiyi, that was all last year!" This guy pretended to be a well-informed person and said mysteriously, "Xiongdu is not like other small places. There are many people here, artists.
There are many, and the direction of the wind changes very quickly - half a year has passed, and the style of the Wing Sisters has long been out of date!"
"But I heard at the time that there was an incident of angels coming?" Shyvana raised her eyebrows, showing a puzzled expression, "What... the Winged Sisters?"
"It's just a historical legend. It's an old trick of the Illuminati!" The front desk waved his hand, showing an understanding attitude, "There was a little trouble in Xiongdu before. They lost face in front of everyone, so naturally they found a way to get rid of it.
Let’s make up for it…”
"Disgraceful?" Shyvana pretended to be a curious baby, "Is there another case like this? Tell me in detail!"
"Don't tell anyone about this!" the receptionist lowered his voice mysteriously, "The year before last, the Illuminati released news that they had found a climber, and that the original Demacia Shield had withstood the
Tortured with a crown of stone, and then converted to the Illuminati!”
"oh--"
Although Shyvana knew far more about this matter than the winking receptionist in front of her, she still cooperated with him exaggeratedly at Kalya's request.
"It later turned out that the original Shield of Demacia was actually possessed by a demon!" The front desk seemed to be satisfied with Shyvana's attitude, and continued, "Her Excellency Laxana of the Crownguard family exposed everything and stopped it.
You may not have heard of Laxana, the demon-possessed person who wanted to take the opportunity to escape, because after that, she went to the north, to a place called Folobai?"
"oh oh!"
Shyvana was still nodding her head, as if she was very excited.
"The Illuminati was severely humiliated at the time when they mistook demon possessed people for climbing the mountain!" The receptionist who talked about this topic seemed very proud. "Later, in order to save face, these guys created a drama about the arrival of angels.
The drama is so mysterious!"
"So, the arrival of angels is fake?" Shyvana asked strangely, "But I remember the last time I came here, the corridor was filled with paintings on this theme..."
"It costs money to be mysterious!" Faced with this problem, the front desk finally straightened up. "Asking artists to paint is also a way to build momentum. At that time, I heard that the Illuminati had contacted many people privately and requested
They used the coming of angels as the main theme of their paintings, which formed the momentum behind them..."
Facing this answer, Shyvana showed an expression of "I see" on the surface, but she became increasingly confused in her heart.
Although the specifics of what happened at that time are still unknown, what is certain is that the Illuminati was definitely not the only one who contributed to the Angel's Advent incident at that time - considering that Jarvan IV also came forward at the time, the royal family may be afraid of this
It’s also taken very seriously!
But then again, it is clear that the royal family attaches great importance to this and has even specifically consulted on what to do if a statue of the Winged Sisters is erected in the Grand Plaza. But now, there is no statue of the Winged Sisters in the Grand Plaza.
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This is very strange!
According to Lacus's subsequent correspondence with her mother, the outcome of the angel's arrival was nothing. The royal family and the Illuminati seemed to have reached some kind of tacit agreement, and no one should mention it again.
For the nobles, this result is undoubtedly acceptable. They neither want the angel to really come, nor do they want the Illuminati to jump up and point fingers. If this matter can be treated as if nothing has happened, then that is the best.
But that's it.
For this reason, Ogatha even praised Jarvan III in her letter, saying that he was "as calm and wise as ever" and so on.
Judging from the reaction at the front desk, this silence seems to have given the public a lot of room to play. The arrival of angels quickly turned into a strange thing that is almost an urban legend. It seems that everyone has acquiesced that there are no angels.
Advent is just some small tricks of the Illuminati.
But is it really so?
Shyvana, who left the Art Support Association, finally frowned deeply.
I always feel that there is something else behind this incident.
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In addition to the Art Support Association, Shyvana took Kalya to many places with rich information.
Then, in the Xiongdu Market, the Grand Square, the Concert Hall, the Tavern, and the Architects Association, the judgments given by the citizens about the coming of angels cannot be said to be exactly the same, they can only be said to have nothing to do with each other.
Every place has its own explanation for the arrival of angels, and these explanations are not only completely different, but also lack any substantive evidence. They are all personal speculations of onlookers and have no reference value at all.
Shyvana was a little confused about this situation.
After that angel came, what happened between the royal family and the Illuminati?
Isn’t it pointless to inquire about the information circulating in the market?
Faced with such a situation, just when Shyvana didn't know what to do next, Kalya decisively gave her own solution.
"Now it is basically confirmed that the royal family and the Illuminati are very strict about keeping this matter secret." Kalya said in a tone that was already expected. "So, our next step is to go to the Illuminati. There may be something we want there.
There may be news about it.”
"Since it is confidential information, the Illuminati probably doesn't know about it except the low-level missionaries, right?" Shyvana said hesitantly, "If it attracts too much attention, wouldn't we fall into a trap?"
"Although finding out about the arrival of angels is a good way to find out what happened in Xiongdu, it is not the only way." Kalya explained with a smile, "We are more sensitive to things, but we can be sensitive to people!"
"To people?" Shyvana was a little confused, "How to do it to people?"
"Now we know that at least the Cardinal and Jarvan III are insiders in this matter, right?" Karya said in a relaxed tone, "And besides them, several other bishops, as well as Jarvan IV, are also likely to
They know something, but they don’t say it.”
"That's right." Shyvana nodded, "I had a brief chat with Jarvan IV before, and he looked quite worried..."
"In that case, we can go and find out where this prince has been and what he has done." Kalya continued to explain, "Although it is very sensitive to inquire about the prince's whereabouts, it is also mixed with invalid information.
Compared with filtering out reliable information, this one is easier.”
"Wouldn't this cause a misunderstanding?" Shyvana asked in disbelief, "Inquiring about the whereabouts of a prince, this sounds like an assassin or a spy, right?"
"It's not that serious, at least it's not that serious in Demacia." Kalya chuckled, "Don't forget, you have met and chatted with that prince. As long as you are more generous and speak in time,
If you show this experience, everyone will regard you as a clinging person at most."
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According to Kalya's method, in the next period of time, Shyvana changed the way of gathering information. Instead of collecting gossip among civilians, she began to take the high-level route, as if she wanted to rely on her original side to
I wish you a chance to walk in the path of His Highness the Prince.
For Shyvana, who was extremely eager, both the Architectural Association and the nobles who were asked maintained their demeanor on the surface - they couldn't figure out what this foreigner from Vazuan and His Highness the Prince had.
In the face of some seemingly innocuous questions from Shyvana, they were happy to give answers that were not secretive.
In the eyes of these people, this guy from Wazuan is obviously a clinger who hopes to follow His Highness's path and achieve some of his own goals.
As for this kind of people, they don't intend to support them, and they won't offend them. They can simply tell them some information that everyone knows and fool them. There won't be any problem in this way.
However, Kalya captured their mentality, and when guiding Shyvana to collect information, he always adopted a step-by-step approach, and the information collected became more and more accurate - standing in the shoes of some people
, they will subconsciously think that if they know information A, they must know information B, so when Shyvana takes the initiative to disclose information A and tries to ask for more information, they will often give information B in response.
But what they didn't know was that Shyvana's information collection was completely different from theirs. The A information here might just be a rumor she heard occasionally at a banquet. After being packaged in Kalya's language, it suddenly became a given.
information, and then successfully fished out the B information.
In this way, after working in Xiongdu for more than half a month, Shyvana was shocked to find that with Kalya's continuous efforts, she could actually simply outline the general trajectory of Jarvan IV's actions during this year!
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What surprised her even more was that it seemed that since the beginning of winter last year, Jarvan IV had completely disappeared from the circle of nobles in Xiongdu. Many nobles knew this, but they didn't know what he had done.
Hold different views and opinions - and everyone thinks that their judgment is correct, without realizing the possibility that their judgment may be wrong!
For example, nobles who are not very good at military affairs and have few connections in the army generally think that Jarvan IV has led an army to support Mithril City.
The nobles who have some connections in the military and may have their own information channels in Mithril City believe that Jarvan IV took charge of the logistics of the reinforcements and should have gone to the fief directly under the royal family.
However, for those nobles whose fiefdoms are adjacent to the royal fiefdoms, they believe that Jarvan IV left Demacia, went to the Principality of Valoran to handle diplomatic work, and is now busy...
When this information was pieced together, Shyvana was shocked to find that the majestic prince of the kingdom and the future heir of Demacia had disappeared so mysteriously, even hiding it from everyone's eyes!
And he was able to do this largely because Jarvan III seemed to have been seriously ill last year. Due to physical reasons, he was unable to preside over the plenary meeting of the Noble Council and instead worked from home in Castle Dawn.
If anything happens, call the relevant personnel over for an audience.
This matter didn't seem to be a problem at first. Jarvan III is already a very old man and is in poor health. Working from home temporarily is not an unacceptable thing. Moreover, I heard that his health has obviously improved recently.
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But if you take into account the disappearance of Jarvan IV...
At this moment, Shyvana and Kalya smelled a conspiracy at the same time.
