Demacia's envoys were housed in the Foreign Guest House under Lester's arrangement.

Located in a secluded location in the inner city, the Fidwright Guests Club has one of the few views in Fidlet.

The manor is surrounded by moonlight birch with sound-absorbing properties, and the flower garden is planted with many magical magic plants.

There is no need for Piltover's electric lamps or candlelit braziers, and at night, the magical plants in the manor emit a hazy and beautiful natural glow, bright enough to illuminate the dark night without dazzling.

The clear surface of the lake reflects the stars magnified by the Osgood Tower, and the poignant moon disk can be touched, giving people the ethereal illusion of roaming the galaxy.

Hundreds of seven-colored fireflies on the shore of the lake sometimes disappear into darkness, sometimes flickering with fluoresce, like silk of light flowing in the air.

Walking along the bluestone carved stone pavement of the manor, Fiona left the banquet hall and found an unusual tranquility and joy, which was different from the shock of the [Enchanted Hot Spring] and the [Enchanted Stove].

Fiona was convinced that the sight in front of her could never be found in a city as oppressive and solemn as Demacia, and that Fidlight was more like a magical wonderland than the proud male capital of Demacia.

In the mouth of the forbidden demon, the origin of all evil is magic, but wherever magic exists, it is accompanied by corruption and decay, here, Fiona only feels the wonder and beauty of magic, under the order, magic facilitates life, embellished with ordinary colors, but can not see the darkness and chaos of magic.

Indulging in the silence of the night, Fiona began to wonder if the bottomless forbidden demons of her homeland were something to celebrate.

Thinking of this, Fiona felt that the Demacians were a little pathetic,

Because of the propaganda of the royal family of Demacia and the contradictions between the two countries, Demacia has always been in a policy of seclusion and seclusion, except for a small number of big businessmen with backgrounds who communicate with each other between the two countries, there are basically no immigrants on the border between the two countries.

Under these circumstances, many Demacians have spent their entire lives believing that the world outside Demacia is full of riots and turmoil, and the Demacians, who longed to live in a stable environment, did not leave the closed land of Demacia until they were buried in the soil and swallowed their last breath, and they never saw the beauty of the world.

"This is what the kingdom calls a 'barbaric and vulgar' country, and when the Demacians were still chopping wood for cooking, these 'barbarians' were able to boil water and porridge from a magic stove without leaving home."

Stopping by the lake, Fiona was convinced that she preferred this 'barbaric and vulgar' country to Demacia's Xiongdu.

At least the Noxians were a little haughty, but not as inherently prejudiced as the Demacians.

Apparently, young Fiona did not yet know that in the eyes of the Noxians, the Demacians were 'little cowards hiding in the cracks of the stones'.

"Fiona, do you like it here?"

Her father's voice came from a short distance behind her, and Fiona turned and watched as her father slowly walked towards her.

"I'm not sure if I like it or not."

"But if I had to be given a choice, I think I'd rather live here than Demacia."

Fiona said her truest thoughts, and Sebastian smiled, not surprised that her daughter would give such an answer, because he himself thought so.

This relationship between the Laurent family and the empire must not be severed.

"My daughter, it looks like you already have your own answer."

"Dad, I now know why you have arranged for a teacher to teach us the history of Noxus, so that we don't have prejudices against Noxus...... If I had been biased, I would never have come here, and how could I have seen such a wonderful view? ”

A firefly landed on Sebastian's fingertips, and the man agreed with his daughter's words.

"It's always hard to accept things that aren't what you know...... Fiona, I'm the same, that's what the country has on the people - if every Demacian knew that magic was so wonderful, then Demacia would fall apart in an instant,

If it weren't for the fact that our family ancestors never forgot their bloodline roots, I am afraid we would not have seen the world clearly. ”

The clever Fiona heard her father's words, and it was clear that Emperor Gavin had chosen his own power between the advancement of the Demacians and the power of the Light Shield family.

"Dad, if the world used magic like the Demacians, wouldn't there be so many poor people who didn't have enough to eat?"

"Dad can't answer this question either, because Dad is also in contact with the world of magic for the first time,

Fiona, now that you're here, you might as well find out for yourself. ”

Sebastian turned and walked away.

Fiona exhaled lightly.

Hopefully, she'll find the answer she's looking for before she leaves here.

……

Three days later, the Demacia mission, which was living in the Foreign Guests' Lodge, received an invitation from the Emperor to summon them, and Sebastian, Tiana, and Fiona rode in the carriage they had arrived to one of the royal palaces in Fidellet.

The royal palace of Noxus reflects the iron-blooded style of the Noxians, with majestic and solemn gilded marble carved arches supporting a heavy architectural complex, and the towering high walls guarding the elite soldiers in heavy armor, the palace covers a huge area, and the envoys of Demacia walked for half an hour to reach the destination of this trip.

Amid the shouts of the palace guards, Fiona cautiously walked into the palace, paused in front of the red carpet in front of the steps of the main hall, and mustered up the courage to look at the ruler of the empire on the throne, and couldn't help but breathe for breath.

Could the Holy Emperor of the Empire be so young? Moreover, there seems to be an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Fiona, dazed, lowered her head unconsciously.

"Long live His Majesty the Holy Emperor Leicester, long live!"

According to the pre-rehearsed etiquette, Tiana and Sebastian knelt on one knee to pay their respects to the owner of the palace, and Fiona, who was a little confused, was half a beat slower and did not have time to speak, so she could only hurriedly salute.

Because of this, the rude Fiona quickly gained several cold and reproachful glances.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Noticing that the Holy Emperor did not pursue his daughter's faux pas, Sebastian breathed a sigh of relief.

On the throne, Lester examined the three of them, paused on the body of the girl Fiona, and then fixed on Tiana's bumpy body, and smiled.

"His Majesty Jiawen is actually willing to send a sassy beauty like Captain Tiana Sword to the empire, it seems that His Majesty Jiawen is very sincere."

In Tiana's slightly annoyed blush, Lester turned his gaze to Sebastian.

"Tell me, what does Demacia want to discuss with me? Are you unhappy with the deal I proposed? ”

Seeing that Tiana, who was arrogant and hot-tempered, did not show rudeness, Sebastian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and bowed his head.

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no dissatisfaction, Your Majesty Jiawen just wants to know specifically what your country's purpose of asking for the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest is,

If His Majesty Leicester does not want to destroy the Forbidden Magic Forest, His Majesty Garvin may agree to the deal proposed by His Majesty Leicester......"

"'Maybe'? There is no need to tempt, I asked for the land of the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest, for nothing else, or to destroy the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest. ”

Lester smiled and said lightly.

"We might as well open the skylight and say something, don't bargain with me with this set of rhetoric about the foundation of the country, only the Noxus Empire is your imaginary enemy in the entire Valoran Continent, and it is also the only imaginary enemy,

Demacia's 'foundation of the state' is to fight against Noxus, and now that I have promised the Shield family Demacia's autonomy, I still want to bargain? ”

"Since you are unwilling to hand over the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest, the Iron Cavalry of the Empire will personally take it...... If there is nothing else to propose, I don't think we need to talk about it. ”

Saying that, Lester began to pretend to sleep, which made the three people under the throne a little anxious.

Throwing out the words prepared in advance had no effect, Sebastian looked at Tiana on the side, and saw Tiana nodding with an ugly face before speaking.

"Your Majesty, Weichen lost his words, and please forgive me,

In fact, what His Majesty Jiawen meant was not that it was impossible to hand over the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest, but without the Forbidden Demon Stone Forest, the Forbidden Demon Stone Building in Demacia would be difficult to maintain, and at that time, magic would inevitably invade Demacia, which would inevitably cause a huge riot. ”

Lester said coldly.

"Then His Majesty Garvin means that I still have to help him find a way to continue expelling magic? Are you still thinking that I will build an Osgood for him in the palace? ”

"This ......"

"It's not impossible, if His Majesty Jiawen is willing to abdicate and surrender the imperial power, I can canonize His Majesty Jiawen as the provincial consul in Demacia......

Of course, when the law of Demacia will have to be changed to the law of the Noxian Empire, can His Majesty Gavin accept such an outcome? ”

Sebastian smiled bitterly, handing over the land of Demacia could happen, but it was impossible to hand over the imperial power of the Light Shield family, Gavin III sent him to negotiate and take advantage, not to submit.

"It seems that the envoys haven't figured out what they came here to discuss with me, there is still some time before the noon banquet, you two can think about it."

Lester shifted the subject and looked at Fiona, who was silent with her head bowed.

"This is the jewel of the Laurent family, Miss Fiona Laurent?"

"Back to Your Majesty, my name is Fiona Laurent."

In a trance, Fiona reported herself to her home in an extremely shameful way, and when she said it, Fiona felt that it was inappropriate.

"Miss Laurent, you seem to be afraid of me?"

Lester narrowed his eyes.

Sebastian hurriedly opened his mouth to cover.

"Your Majesty, it is the first time for the little girl to go out to experience such a major event, Your Majesty is like a god, the little girl will inevitably have a sense of admiration, so she is rude, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive her sins."

"It's all right, Miss Laurent, come forward and let me take a good look at you."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Under the somewhat puzzled gaze of everyone, Fiona strode to Lester's throne, stubbornly straining her face and looking extremely complicated.

Lester frowned and looked at it for a while, only to feel that the back of his right hand was faintly hot, and when he looked up, his face couldn't help but change slightly.

The hazy light blue mark on the back of his hand was none other than the soul master mark left by Qian Jue.

[It's actually the seal of Qianjue? Could it be that Fiona is the reincarnation of some deceased person? 】

The man retracted his somewhat frightened expression slightly, and couldn't help but secretly recall what Mirror Claw had said to him after he gained his physical body.

Speaking of the Seal of Qianjue, it can be traced back to the first time he participated in the Ionian Blooming Spirit, when he fell in love with Yuzuki and Yuzuki, and took Yuzuki and the cat man boy to participate in the Blooming Spirit Festival in the Magic Garden of Precidian.

happened to encounter the invasion of Moteng, he and the spiritual soul went out of the body to the spiritual realm to deal with Moteng, and he couldn't spare his hand to deal with Doron Castro, who was enchanted by him.

As a result, Xiyue was killed by the true demon swordsman Doron in order to protect him, and when he lost his love, he used the power of runes to catalyze ice magic and freeze and crush the true demon swordsman who almost killed him.

He was about to take Doron's soul away and torture it slowly, but Qianjue appeared in front of him and stopped his actions with the threat of the Mother of Masks.

After the conversation, Qian Jue asked him to let go of Duolong's soul on the condition of a soul mark.

The deceased in the Land of Runeterra, as long as they are not god-shaped, will return to the underworld and enter the path of reincarnation in the River Styx, waiting for the Mother of Masks to return to the material realm after washing their souls.

If the washed soul does not have the soul mark left by the mask spirit, once it returns to the material realm to reincarnate, it will never leave any traces of the past, while the soul marker does not have the memory of the previous life, but can return to the Styx to retrieve the memory of the past life.

For example, the River Styx is equivalent to an indestructible bedrock memory, the Mask Spirit's soul mark is equivalent to converting the soul data from RAM to ROM, and the memory is backed up in the Styx memory and restored to factory settings under the control of the Mother of Masks.

If he hadn't been able to retrieve the memories of his previous life, Lester would not have agreed to Qianjue's request and let go of Duolong's soul, he was not a person who was willing to suffer from the beginning.

Later, after he returned to the Valoran Continent, he asked Qianjue to mark the souls of several other women who were close but could not live immortal like demigod angels, including Elena who died in the Garden of Forgetfulness and Grace, who was destined to be inseparable, which is why Qianjue always avoided him after that.

Before Qianjue took off the mask, these soul markers had never appeared, and as if they didn't exist, Lester had almost forgotten his agreement with Qianjue,

After Qian Jue took off his mask and obtained his physical body and left the underworld, he naturally had no way to continue to monitor whether the soul marker had completed the reincarnation of the Styx, so he left the seal of Qian Jue on the back of his right hand.

Although there is no way to monitor the entire Rune Land like Qianjue, the Qianjue Mark Marker can also sense the Soul Reincarnation within a certain range by relying on the mark.

It was a bit complicated to recall, and it seemed to everyone that Lester's complexion had only changed for a few seconds before returning to normal, and he even put on a gentle smile.

"Miss Laurent, what would you like to eat for lunch?"

"Huh?"

(End of chapter)