January 25.

In the blink of an eye, it has come to the end of winter, and everything in the world has signs of spring recovery. After the biting cold wind, the air is finally a little fresh, which is refreshing.

Now that the temperature is starting to warm up, the mild sunlight is pouring down, giving people an indescribable feeling of comfort.

Today's sun is indeed good.

Lying on a rocking chair in the courtyard, Luqi felt the sun bathing his whole body, and the crisp bird chirping from the trees did not seem noisy, and this atmosphere made him feel very comfortable.

On the other side, Caterina was standing in the sun watering flowers with a kettle in her hand, and she couldn't help but fall into a short period of distraction as she watched the water gush out of the shower.

Raising her eyes and looking towards the sky, the gentle sunlight was a little dazzling, shaking her eyes so much.

The surroundings are calm and the mood is calm.

What am I doing in Demacia?

The thought crossed her mind, and she almost didn't come up with an answer for a moment.

Soon, she came to her senses, looked around, and slowly, a sense of disobedience arose.

Especially looking at Lu Qi, who was lying in a chair and enjoying the sun with his eyes closed.

She felt that this kind of retirement life like an elderly person should not have anything to do with her Katarina anyway.

But what kind of life is she living now?

It's basically the same as this.,Although it's this guy's maid.,But it's actually not hard.,It's extremely easy.。

A feeling that she was slowly getting used to and getting used to it made Caterina feel a wave of trepidation in her heart for no reason.

She felt like she was stuck in a swamp at the moment, constantly sinking, and becoming more and more unable to extricate herself.

During this time, she slept very soundly every night, and every moment passed extremely long.

She began to think before going to bed about what tomorrow's training would be and whether there would be a new mission. Or after falling asleep, it is necessary to guard against the danger that can occur at all times.

She found that the pace of her life had slowed down, which was absolutely undesirable for an Assassin.

She doesn't hate life at the moment, and even immerses herself in it for a while.

However, this is not the life that Caterina wants.

The sudden sense of urgency in her heart made Caterina look at Lucci and said, "Are you really looking for that person?" ”

Her voice sounded in the empty courtyard, and there was a natural coldness in her tone.

Lu Qi, who was on the chair, opened his eyes and looked over, the red-haired chick had a cold look on her face, and her cold eyes made her gradually overlap with the original image of the assassin.

Although it is usually very cold, the feeling is obviously different at the moment.

It's like going back to the same Caterina you used to be.

"Of course."

Lu Qi replied, and then said, "But do you think that an experienced assassin wants to hide from being discovered, and there is a high probability of finding him?" ”

Caterina was silent.

She knew Durkkao's strength, and she was also the man who sat in the chief position of the assassin.

He has already proved his strength by being able to quietly infiltrate the royal capital, and if he really wants to hide all the time, it is really not easy to be discovered.

After all, even if you know that Wang Du is such an assassin, even if it is a door-to-door search, it is equivalent to looking for a needle in a haystack.

Not to mention, it will only startle the snake.

"So it's useless to be anxious, I want to solve this matter sooner than you want."

After Lu Qi finished speaking, he closed his eyes lightly again.

He believed that his father and Zhao Xin were also exerting their efforts, but even they couldn't find them.

That only shows that this assassin is very hidden, and has been secretly looking for opportunities.

Or maybe he has some other ulterior motives.

But there's nothing to guess about, after all, you can only know if you catch him.

Caterina knew that this was the case, and it would be even more difficult for her to find it alone.

It's just like this kind of down-to-earth day, the more it passes, the more uneasy it becomes.

She was really afraid of sinking herself.

"Yulna, come with me to practice the knife for a while."

She turned and went to find Yulna.

When Yuna heard this, she didn't refuse, and nodded slightly.

Caterina had already discovered that Yurina was also a good wielder, and she used the black shortblade to fight, and she was very strong.

All along, she often took the initiative to talk to Yulna.

Even now, he has not been able to test Yuna's true strength.

Her instincts told her that in this courtyard, Yuna was absolutely hidden.

Only one of them was left in the front yard.

Lu Qi yawned, and said silently in his heart: "Sign in." ”

[This check-in has been changed to a monthly sign-in]

【Sign-in Success】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Health Elixir*3】

【Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Advanced Skill Upgrade Card*1】

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the score - "Tianyin Score"]

[Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Intermediate Skill Upgrade Card*2]

[The system reward has been stored in the backpack, please check it by yourself]

The sound of several systems sounded one after another, reminding Lu Qi that today was indeed the day of the monthly sign.

His gaze looked at the system backpack and examined them one by one.

The first thing that catches the eye is the health pill.

Health pill, as the name suggests, has the same effect as health preservation, and the clinical effect can be said to be quite powerful, without the slightest side effect, and it can also enhance physical fitness.

It is simply a must-have health supplement for life.

However, seeing this reward, Lu Qi still fell silent.

As a man, he didn't want to rely on these external objects to strengthen his clinical combat effectiveness.

Disdainful!

Silently moving the Body Cultivation Pill to a conspicuous grid, Lu Qi looked at the next reward, and then said loudly: "Use the advanced skill upgrade card to upgrade the Wind Guardian Sword Technique." ”

The voice fell.

【Upgrade Successful】

【Wind Resisting Sword Skill Level Raised to LV9】

A strong wind was directly condensed on Lu Qi's body, and the breeze in the entire courtyard instantly turned into a sudden wind, and the buds that had just risen on the trees were constantly shaking, and an unstoppable momentum also rose violently.

In the gale, the sharp sword intent roared, causing the surrounding air to quickly sink and be very oppressive.

Lu Qi was immersed in this breakthrough-like sword intent, and his thoughts seemed to appear in a sword field, constantly honing his sword skills to resist the wind.

In the backyard, Caterina, who clearly sensed something was wrong, stopped waving her dagger and looked at the front yard in surprise.

In her line of sight, a faint, but very huge tornado surrounded the sky above the front yard, and the whistling sword intent in it could even be felt by her in the backyard.

A look of surprise rose in his eyes.

The direction in which the sword intent came from was clearly that guy's place.

Thinking of this, she didn't care about the discussion with Yuna, and walked quickly to the front yard.

As soon as he arrived in the front yard, he saw Lu Qi sitting there, exuding a sense of oppression that was difficult to breathe from all around him.

"Sword intent of this level"

Caterina's eyes condensed slightly, and her heart was uncontrollable shock.

She had never seen the scene of the sword intent breakthrough, and now that she saw it for the first time, she was deeply shocked.

Just the sword intent that swirled around that guy gave people a sense of daunting.

Although I know that this guy does have good strength, but now this makes this front yard full of sword intent in the wind, and it is not easy to look at.

What did this guy do? The good end of the sword intent broke through?

Caterina was a little puzzled, and then a little unconvinced.

What did this guy do, could she not know?

It's a little busy every night, and during the day it's either lying down or lying down, and the kung fu in bed may be practiced well, but when has there been a little trace of training in daily life?

But just lying down like this, the sword intent broke through?

Why!

Caterina looked at the scene in front of her, and her silver teeth were about to be crushed.

As everyone knows, in this same position, there was once a sword concubine, and she also felt the same way.

After half a ring, the sword intent whistling in the courtyard finally began to dissipate, and finally disappeared without a trace, turning into a breeze that gently blew across Katarina's cheeks.

Luki opened his eyes refreshed, and immediately saw the fan-shaped expression on Caterina's face.

She walked over and looked at him with a somewhat complicated expression: "You are, the sword intent has broken through?" ”

Lu Qi smiled faintly: "A small breakthrough." ”

The corners of Katerina's mouth twitched, looking at the corners of this guy's raised mouth, knowing that he was pretending, but even if he was unhappy in his heart, he couldn't say anything.

Damn, this guy shouldn't have been given a chance.

After thinking about it, Caterina asked puzzledly: "You usually don't even touch the sword, and this is a breakthrough?" ”

She never understood the question.

Lu Qi asked rhetorically, "How do you know that I haven't practiced swords?" ”

"Of course, it's visible to the naked eye." Caterina sneered: "I want to ask, when did you practice?" ”

"At night?"

"Okay, shut up."

Caterina took a deep breath, looked at the guy with disgust, and turned away.

It's just that the pace is a little hard, telling the imbalance in her heart.

In the past, she didn't believe that she really had talent and could easily overpower those who worked hard.

But now that she saw it with her own eyes, she had to believe that God would really pity someone like this.

Damn, do you have long eyes?

Seeing Caterina turn away, Luci returned his attention to the system backpack.

The Wind Resisting Sword Technique broke through to LV9, and even the level with the Wind Resisting Sword Intent was also raised to the Perfection level, which was naturally a big improvement.

Luki's eyes look to the next reward.

"Tianyin Score".

A flash of curiosity flashed in his eyes, and he took it directly from the system backpack.

This sheet music is not a skill, but a sheet of music, and when you open it, you will find one tune after another.

Lu Qi, who has studied music with Sana for a while, can still understand some of it, but the more he turns back, the more he can't understand it, and he knows that these tracks are bound to be more difficult.

The reward for the system's shot is obviously not mediocre, but Lu Qi basically doesn't know anything except for learning a little music with Suanna.

So if you want to give this score to Sauna, she should like it.

Thinking of Sona, Luki counted the time, she was almost back now.

A while ago, Suona went out to have a concert, which was also a few days off for Lu Qi, giving him a wave of time to recuperate.

Look at the backpack.

The final reward was two intermediate skill upgrade cards, which were not currently needed, so Luki kept them in his backpack.

After dealing with the reward, he lay down again, and closed his eyes to recuperate.

The wind in the yard didn't come today, and it blew gently, making a word flash in Lu Qi's mind, like a spring breeze.

Very comfortable.

It was also a quiet morning, as Lux and Kahina took Bobby to the Illuminator Chapel, and it was not time to return.

Time passes by the second.

The sound of light footsteps at the gate of the courtyard made Lu Qi slowly open his eyes.

Immediately, I saw that Suanna had quietly walked in front of her, looking at him with a gentle and delicate face, and her watery eyes flashed with a beautiful brilliance.

"Your Highness is awake."

Her voice came from her heart, with a little disappointment in her ethereal and pleasant voice, as if she wanted to do something bad.

"Half-awake." Luki closed his eyes again, proving that he was only waking up.

Sana looked at Lu Qi who was pretending to be asleep, and a touch of red rose on her pink face, but she plucked up her courage when she thought that the two of them knew each other's strengths and weaknesses.

Rao was so, she still looked around first, and after confirming that there was no one, she leaned down and tapped Lu Qi's lips lightly, touching it.

But the girl's happy look was already overflowing.

After not seeing her for a few days, she naturally missed Lu Qi very much in her heart.

Lu Qi opened his eyes, looked at the soft blue-haired girl, and said with a smile: "Welcome back, I have prepared a gift for you, do you want to see it?" ”

Suanna's eyes lit up, and a curious voice came out: "What is it?" ”

Lu Qi took out the "Tianyin Score" that he had just signed, a book with a blue cover, which made Sana even more curious.

She sat down on the side, took it from Ludge's hand, and flipped it open.

"Sheet music?"

Suanna was slightly stunned, and then turned the pages one by one, and the expression on Yurong became more and more serious.

As she looked back, the brilliance in her eyes became more and more moving.

Lu Qi didn't make a sound to disturb him, and looking at Suanna's fascinated look, he knew that this score must be good.

After half a ring, Sana quickly flipped through it before raising her head: "This score."

Lu Qi smiled: "How?" ”

"It's amazing, there's a lot of variety of tracks, all kinds of tracks, and all of them I haven't known before."

When Sana said this, her tone was full of unconcealable joy, and her happy expression was as if she had received some treasure.

Just a brief understanding of this score, she felt that it was good.

"If you like it."

"I like it very much."

Suanna Yingying smiled, couldn't help but leaned over and kissed Lu Qi on the face, then hugged the music score, stood up and went back to the house to study.

Lu Qi also continued to lie down, and he was in a very good mood.

The other end.

The Crownguard family.

Returning from the Illuminator's Chapel, Lux first returned to her home.

In the living room, Ogasa was holding a towel in her hand, carefully and attentively wiping the newly purchased vase.

Hearing footsteps behind her, she looked sideways and saw Lux walking in humming a lilting song.

Since the coming-of-age ceremony, this girl has indeed become a lot more sensible, not only joined the illuminator, but also offered to go abroad a while ago.

This makes her feel very gratifying as a mother.

However, in her eyes, this girl is always the same leather girl, and there are still too many things that are not worry-free.

Throwing the towel in his hand, Ogsha said, "You come and continue wiping, I'll rest for a while." ”

Catching the towel, Lux didn't dare to disobey the order, so while wiping the vase, she asked carefully, "Is there something wrong with my mother specifically calling me back?" ”

When she said this, she went through the recent events in her mind, and she was a little more confident to make sure that she didn't cause any trouble.

Ogsha glanced at her, "I can't call you back if it's okay, right?" Also, I'm too old to call Lux-sama. ”

Lux's small body trembled, and she didn't know why she had to face her mother's yin and yang weirdness as soon as she came back.

She began to count her faults again, and her expression became more and more puzzled.

Ogsha sat on the sofa, dignified as a noblewoman, and did not speak, and the silent air tortured Lux like a whip.

This girl has been staying with the prince next door for longer than in her house.

She got up early in the morning and went there, and came back at night when she was stuck in the curfew, and her mother and daughter didn't even have time to talk.

Although this has been going on for quite some time, it is precisely because of the time that it has passed.

There is no noisy figure of the leather girl at home, and Ogesha still feels a little lonely.

However, Ogsha was soon relieved, after all, when this girl ran next door, she also turned a blind eye.

When the child grows up, he will always have wings to fly.

Just like a while ago, when Lux proposed to go abroad together to help the border soldiers.

That time, Ogosha really realized that her daughter had really grown up.

Therefore, it is impossible for her to keep watching her, and it is time to let go and let her handle some things on her own.

So, Ogsha finally spoke: "How old are you this year?" ”

This question made Lux stunned for a moment before he said, "Eighteen." ”

Ogsha continued, "Do you remember the last time you went to pay homage to your great-grandfather?" ”

This time Lux thought about it seriously, tilted her head and said in disbelief: "Twelve? ”

"It's eleven years old, and it's seven years ago."

After Ogesha corrected it, her expression was serious: "You haven't seen your great-grandfather for seven years." ”

The appearance of a border town flashed in Lux's mind, and some of the vagueness of memory gradually became clear, and nodded: "It seems like this"

Ogsha looked at her, "So you know, it's time for you to visit him." ”

Lux shrunk her neck and said weakly, "Is it okay not to go?" ”

"What do you think?" Ogersha asked her rhetorically, "You didn't want to go a few years ago, so we didn't take you with us, but now you're an adult, Lux." ”

At this time, Lux also remembered the reason why he didn't want to go.

At that time, Galen had just left home and entered the Dreadnought to begin training.

The rest of the family traveled north to pay respects to the mausoleum of his great-grandfather, Foss Ian.

Lux still remembers sighing and sighing along the way, the rain and rain are endless, the ravines are rugged, the gravel is everywhere, and the tomb of the ancestors seems out of reach.

Her buttocks hurt from being bumped by the carriage along the way, and she began to hike the mountain later, her legs were sore, cold and tired.

Eleven-year-old little Lux has finally arrived at her destination after a lot of hardship.

She expected to see a marble mausoleum worthy of the Hall of Valor, but in the end she was greeted by a low, weedy tomb next to a towering cliff, and her anticipation seemed to plummet from the cliff.

In front of the tomb is a marble slab with the glorious deeds of the great-grandfather - Fosian fell from the cliff with the demon. The great-grandfather was mortally wounded, and a steel sword of Demacia pierced the monster's black heart.

But the scene in front of her shattered all her beautiful illusions.

She grew up in the heroic stories of her great-grandfather, but she never imagined that the home where her great-grandfather lived would be like this.

Then, in addition to his father who stayed in Miyin City, the Mianwei family moved to the royal capital.

Since then, she has been reluctant to pay homage to her great-grandfather.

In other words, it's a bit of a shadow.

So at this time, either my stomach hurts or I have a headache, I try my best to lie in bed, and then I successfully dodge it.

So much has happened this year that she has forgotten about it.

Looking at her mother, who looked as usual, Lux couldn't help but ask tentatively again: "I may have a stomachache in a few days, can I not go?" ”

Faced with her ridiculous reason, Ogsha smiled softly: "If you have a stomachache and go to worship Grandpa Zeng, or if you have a sore buttocks, you can choose one." ”

Lux: "."

In other words, she has to go this time?

"I choose to go anywhere without pain." Seeing that he couldn't hide, Lux sighed: "Then I'll go with me this time." ”

"No, no, no." Ogsha shook her head and changed Lux's words: "No, this time to worship the ancestors, you will go alone." ”

When the words fell, Lux's hand in wiping the vase trembled, and the shaking vase was hurriedly supported by her: "I'm going alone?" ”

"Yes." Ogasa looked at her puzzled little face and said, "You can even go abroad, what's so difficult about going to see your great-grandfather?" The crown guard family has always had a tradition of worshipping ancestors, as long as someone goes. ”

Lux couldn't help but say, "What about you?" Great-grandfather will be disappointed if he doesn't see you. ”

"He will only be disappointed in you, a junior who hasn't seen him for so long, and he sees what we wanted in previous years."

Ogsha smiled faintly: "Your aunt has something to do, I have something to do, Galen has something to do, not to mention your father." ”

Lux said, "But I have something to do." ”

"What's the matter?" Ogsha squinted at her: "Your business refers to playing mahjong with that kid from Luqi every day, right?" ”

She knows this thing about mahjong, and she's also an old mahjong player.

Half a month ago, she happened to go to Lu Qi's house and happened to see a few of them playing mahjong.

Curious, I looked at it from the side and found that this boxy gadget was really interesting.

So I asked Lu Qi to make a copy of mahjong, and then teach her the rules table of how to play.

She taught her good sisters.

So in this way, one to ten, ten to hundred, now this mahjong has been completely spread in the circle of noblewomen, is a necessary link every day.

She's addicted to it now.

And the luck is also quite good, Zhengkuku won the money of the sisters, which is out of the way, so just let this leather girl go to worship her ancestors on her behalf.

And Lux was talking right now, and when she thought about it, she seemed to be the most idle in the family.

"If you think about it carefully, if there is any other reason, if you can't find it, just pack up and prepare to come out, don't miss the ancestor worship day."

Ogsha gave her daughter a friendly smile and an ultimatum.

Lux knew that it seemed that she would have to go on this trip to worship her ancestors.

(End of chapter)