Chapter 275 Lux's Transformation
On the other side, a construction site in the Binhai area.
Seraphine specially marked out an area of demolition ruins and asked Sona and Lux to be responsible for cleaning up the construction waste on the land.
“I want you to forget who you are and just think of yourselves as slaves working for the Chem-Baron in Zaun.” Seraphine emphasized in a serious tone, “Do you understand this?”
“???” Sona and Lux looked at each other.
Of course they didn't understand. What did the method of changing the policy of banning magic have to do with moving bricks?
Is this some weird role playing game?
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand." Seraphine smiled.
However, the next second, her sweet smile collapsed instantly: "Whether you understand or not, work now!"
"Huh?" Before the two girls could react, Seraphine had already used air currents to condense an invisible whip and swung it towards them mercilessly.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Lux was unable to dodge and a shallow mark was left on her arm.
"Abba!" Sona was also in a panic, and a few strands of her beautiful blue hair were blown away by the airflow.
Lux covered her arm in pain, tears welling up in her eyes: "Are you serious?"
"Aba Aba!" Sona also felt that her idol had gone too far this time.
"Is that too much?" Seraphine said ruthlessly, "If the serfs of Demacia were all lazy and didn't work like you, would the knight's stewards and thugs be polite to them?"
Lux and Sona fell silent all of a sudden.
They seemed to have vaguely understood Seraphine 's intentions.
But it’s not enough, not enough, Seraphine thought.
"Let's get to work! If you don't finish it before evening, don't even think about eating tonight!" She said viciously.
"This..." Lux and Sona looked at each other in bewilderment. Seeing that Seraphine was about to raise her whip again, they hurriedly put on their simple work gloves, bent their noble and delicate bodies, and plunged into the dust.
"Damn it!" Lux was still unconvinced.
She didn't think she could learn anything from this ordinary physical job.
Perhaps Seraphine wanted to let her experience the sufferings of the world in this way, and then understand some old-fashioned truths.
But as a member of the Mianwei family, she has never been someone who needs this kind of hard education, the kind of waste that was raised in a honey pot!
"Isn't it just moving bricks? This shouldn't be a problem for a warrior from the Crown Guard family!"
The Crownguard family is the backbone of the Demacia Kingdom's military. Every member of their family, including girls like Lux, has to undergo arduous military training that others cannot imagine since childhood.
So don’t be fooled by Lux’s smooth skin and slim figure, which looks as white and tender as a porcelain doll that has not been exposed to wind and sun.
But in fact, compared with ordinary nobles, Lux has suffered enough.
Her physical fitness is also much stronger than that of ordinary people. Even if she can't become a mage when she grows up, she can still join the army as a soldier with her brother, and her strength is completely enough.
After all... "I am the legitimate daughter of the Mianwei family!"
"Even if I die carrying bricks here and vomiting blood, I will never let that bad woman laugh at me!"
The brick Lux was moving actually caught fire.
Sona, who was standing by, used all her strength to drag and pull, and finally managed to move a cart of broken bricks.
But Lux seemed to have a Hextech engine installed in her body. Like a steam robot running at full power, she easily picked up a cement slab that was several times larger than her, and after picking it up, she was able to run quickly.
The cement slab seemed to have become a tool for her to show off her skills and a noble proof of her warrior bloodline from the Crown Guard family.
"See! This kind of work is not difficult for me at all!" Lux looked provocatively at Seraphine, whom she had called a "bad woman".
but……
Seraphine ignored her. Not even ignoring her, but not even looking at her.
Seraphine flew away quickly just now, and came back very quickly. When she came back, she borrowed a deck chair and a parasol from somewhere, and even packed a portion of fruit cold drinks and chocolate desserts...
"You?!" Lux gritted her teeth in anger.
They are still working, and you are drinking tea and eating snacks beside them?!
Lux was about to use some unladylike words when suddenly, a series of images flashed through her mind -
It was a leisurely scene of her riding a majestic horse, accompanied by majestic maids and servants, carrying snacks and drinks prepared by the chef master from Xiongdu for her to enjoy on a picnic... and passing by the fields cultivated by her own tenant farmers countless times.
"Hmph..." Lux withdrew her gaze with complicated thoughts.
Then, she vented all her rebellious emotions on the job of cleaning up construction waste.
Cement slabs, broken bricks, broken steel bars, no matter how heavy they are, this seemingly fragile girl always seems to have the strength to move them.
but……
"I'm so tired." After an unknown amount of time, Lux began to feel tired.
"Ah Ba Ah Ba..." Sona was so tired that she was sweating all over. Her skin, which was originally as white as jade, was suffocated by her overheated body temperature and turned into a lobster color that was about to burn red. The sweat completely soaked her clothes, and the loose fabric was tightly attached to her chest, making her even more breathless.
Kolux is different from Sona.
Sona was really exhausted. She had been a music nerd since she was a child and had never received any warrior training. She couldn't handle this kind of heavy physical work for a long time.
But Lux wasn't that tired. She knew she still had a lot of strength left. But...
"Why do I still feel so tired..." Lux took a long breath and wanted to think.
"Why are you stopping?" The overseer Seraphine whipped over immediately, "It's not time for you to rest yet."
"I..." Lux wanted to be angry.
But she found that she seemed to have lost the energy to get angry.
She was just like a robot repeating the same instructions, bending down to pick up the broken bricks, standing up to load them onto the truck, picking up bricks, loading them onto the truck, picking up bricks, loading them onto the truck... When she had enough bricks to fill a truck, she would transport them away.
This job is really not that strenuous for her, but she just feels tired.
Or rather, she was a little numb.
"This is so boring..." Lux sighed.
Why do people do such meaningless work? Don't you think it's a waste of life?
She wanted to try some tricks, like carrying a larger concrete slab to show Seraphine how powerful she was.
But no one looked at her. No one on the entire construction site cared about her performance.
Maybe some passers-by will look at it occasionally, but they will always leave.
And her work has to continue, and the process seems to never end.
She wanted to give up and quit, but Seraphine, the high and mighty "noble lord", would not allow her to do so.
She had no choice.
Lux had no choice but to continue working.
Pick up broken bricks, stand up and load them onto the truck. Pick up bricks and load them onto the truck. Pick up bricks and load them onto the truck. Pick up and load... When there are enough bricks to fill a truck, transport them away.
Pick up broken bricks, stand up and load them onto the truck. Pick up bricks and load them onto the truck. Pick up bricks and load them onto the truck. Pick up and load... When there are enough bricks to fill a truck, transport them away.
…
I don’t know how much time passed.
Lux felt that her body, along with her brain, had almost completely lost consciousness.
As the sky gradually darkened, the area that she and Sona were responsible for cleaning was finally cleaned up.
"Well done." Seraphine finally announced the end of their work: " You can rest now."
"Huh..." The torture was finally over.
"Aba..." Sona immediately collapsed to the ground covered in sweat.
Lux had long lost the spirit of a rebellious girl. Just like Sona, who was already exhausted, she collapsed without any image when she heard the word "rest" and sat down on the dusty cement slab.
Sweat and dust were all mixed together on their bodies, leaving a layer of dirt visible to the naked eye on their skin. However, these two girls, who usually love cleanliness, no longer have the energy to care about these things.
"Here, your wages."
Seraphine walked proudly in front of the two dusty girls, wearing her exquisite leather boots that were protected by wind barriers and were still spotless, maintaining the persona of a noble lady.
"Wages?" The girl's eyes lit up.
Although they were never short of money, this was the first time they earned money on their own. So surprisingly, Lux and Sona both cared a lot about the salary.
"How much?" Lux asked.
"There are 10 copper circles in total," said Seraphine.
"Ten copper rings? Less than one silver wheel?" Lux's eyes widened. "I worked for an entire afternoon, and that's all?!"
What can she do with this little money? It's not even enough for her to have a snack, right?
"What else?" Seraphine frowned. "You think it's too little? When Levi was an apprentice in my house, he worked 12 hours a day and only got this much salary."
"This is the salary my father gave to apprentices out of kindness. It is the highest level in the industry in Piltover."
Lux: “…”
Wow, it turns out the Ziben family in Piltover used to be so black-hearted!
They deserve to be overthrown by the leader!
Lux was thinking this when she heard Seraphine say:
"The daily income of a tenant farmer in Demacia is probably only one-tenth of that of an apprentice in Zaun, right?"
"That's why there were so many poor people from Demacia, Noxus, and Shurima in Piltover before. They would rather hide here and work illegally than go back."
"Oh, by the way—" Seraphine paused, and then asked in a tea-scented voice, "Lux, how much money can your tenant farmers earn in a day?"
"This..." Lux's face flushed.
She didn't know. She only vaguely knew:
"It's probably several times more than other tenant farmers..." Lux said with a guilty conscience.
"That is one third of your current salary? One half? Or, is it higher than your current salary?"
Lux: “…”
“Oh my god.” Seraphine praised in surprise, “You give the country folk the same treatment as city workers. You, the Crown Guard family, are truly kind people among the nobles.”
Lux: “…”
