Chapter 277 Lux's Attempt
Sona was sobbing silently, and Lux was so shocked that she shed tears.
From a young age, she had been taught by the elders of the Crownguard family and everyone she had met how cruel and tyrannical the rule of the Noxian Empire was.
It is a consensus that Noxians live worse than Demacian serfs, and this is also true to a certain extent.
But Lux was surprised to find out from the memory of the protagonist of the story:
In the eyes of Demacia's serfs, even the image of the infamous Noxian Empire was better.
Because Noxus gave the serfs something that did not exist in Demacia -
Hope, hope to change destiny.
Noxus is like cooking serfs in a frying pan over high heat. The few capable and lucky ones in the pan still have hope of jumping out before being squeezed dry.
However, Demacia locked the serfs in a pressure cooker and simmered them slowly. Although the temperature was more "comfortable", you could never escape the desperate fate of being boiled and stewed.
This is simply...
"Eat people, eat people!" Lux murmured.
She never expected that Demacia had become so suffocating that she even yearned for Noxus.
The Ziben family of Piltover, who had been angrily scolded by Miss Lux not long ago, were, in the eyes of the protagonist of the story, great philanthropists with a conscience a hundred times more than any noble in Demacia.
Yes, later the protagonist of this story escaped from Demacia, smuggled to Piltover by boat, and started working illegally in Piltover.
Even the factories in Piltover that illegally employ illegal workers and treat their workers the worst are almost at the level of sweatshops in Southeast Asia in the 20th century.
The protagonist of the story evolved from medieval manor serfs to sweatshop workers in Southeast Asia in the 20th century. Of course, he would think that the Piltover Ziben family are rare kind people in the world.
Until later... she unfortunately fell from Piltover to Zaun, from the sweatshops of Southeast Asia in the 20th century to the meat grinder of old London style in the 19th century, and then she understood what "direct education of benzoism" meant.
But even so, even the most black-hearted , the impression they left on the protagonist of the story was not much worse than that of the noble lords of Demacia.
Even if we compare the worst, the knights and nobles of Demacia can be considered among the worst.
Seeing this, the light in Lux's eyes completely disappeared.
"Demacia, why is it like this?" All the stories she had heard since she was a child told her that knights were just, nobles were glorious, and Demacia was great.
But in the eyes of an ordinary Demacian, knights and nobles are almost equivalent to living demons.
"What should I do?" Lux thought painfully. She was a kind girl after all.
She didn't know these things before. Now that she knew, she instinctively wanted to seek change. She wanted to help those serfs.
"So, Miss Seraphine, what should we do?" Lux raised her head excitedly.
"Aba Aba!" Sona also looked at Seraphine in confusion.
Seraphine did not answer directly or force-feed ideas to anyone.
Because Levi told her that people can only have faith when they think.
She had to inspire these two girls to think.
So, Seraphine turned around and asked Lux and Sona: "What do you think? Do you think there is any way to change the current situation in Demacia?"
"This..." Lux was stunned. Such a big question was difficult for a 13-year-old girl to answer.
Sona, on the other hand, reached out her hand without hesitation, grasped the arm of her idol Seraphine, and asked Seraphine to help her convey her thoughts: "Leader! Leader can help everyone, right?"
The answer seems to be correct.
But Seraphine looked at Sona with a serious expression and asked, "Sona, why do you say that?"
"Is it because you truly understand the leader's ideology? Or is it because you admire me, so you think that whatever I, your idol, believe in must be right?"
"Abba..." Sona lowered her head in shame. To her, it was obviously the latter factor that mattered more.
"Sona, Lux, you must understand that true faith will never be attached to a specific idol."
“You must think for yourself and practice for yourself in order to hone your true faith.”
Seraphine said earnestly.
"Thinking and practicing..." Lux clenched her fists quietly.
Yes, she is the daughter of the Mianwei family, she is naturally endowed with extraordinary power and energy. She can try to do many things.
Start from...start from your own home!
"I'm going back to see my mother now!" Thinking of this, Lux no longer had the heart to listen to the class.
She couldn't wait to change something.
"Okay." Seraphine didn't stop her, but just smiled sweetly.
Silly girl, I've been waiting for this move from you.
When you think you can change everything just because you are a noble, and you keep banging your head against the wall until you are bleeding, your true faith... will emerge.
…
In the evening, Mrs. Ogersa finally concluded her meeting with Levi.
Compared to Zaun, which is blessed by a goddess whose power is growing infinitely, Demacia actually does not want Noxus' war in Ionia to go too smoothly.
Otherwise, once Noxus swallows up the entire Ionia and completely absorbs the talent resources of this nascent land, the war pressure that Demacia will face in the future will only become more despairing.
So after some detailed bargaining, requiring the Leader to make concessions to varying degrees in terms of food imports, weapons aid, industrial product exports, diplomatic support, etc., Lady Ogatha finally, on behalf of the Kingdom of Demacia, preliminarily agreed to this bold plan called the "Ionian International Column" by Levi.
Of course, Ogersa cannot make the decision on such a big matter alone. The specific situation still needs to wait for the follow-up response from the Demacia Xiongdu.
Lady Ogersa would have to stay in Zaun for some more time until both sides formally finalized the combat plan for joint military operations before she could lead the delegation back to Demacia.
She herself has no objection to this.
After all, Demacia arranged an entire diplomatic mission this time so that they could gather local intelligence and learn more about the internal situation of the Leader after arriving in Zaun.
So Lady Ogersa had originally wanted to find a reason to stay in Zaun for a while longer, and now that she had an excuse for work, she was happy to stay.
only……
"It might not be good for Lux to stay here for too long."
Mrs. Ogersa thought of her daughter who was in her rebellious period.
Lux is both rebellious and kind, making her the perfect target for the Leader's preaching.
So, after finishing the meeting with Levi, Ogasha rushed back to the lounge as soon as possible.
"Lacus, Sona?" She was really afraid that if she wasn't careful, her daughter would be kidnapped by someone.
"Mother, I'm here!" Fortunately, Lux and Sona were there and did not run away.
only……
"Where have you been?!" Looking at the two girls who seemed to have just crawled out of a mud pit, sweating profusely and covered in dust, Mrs. Ogsa suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, Lux came up and asked her excitedly, "Mother! I want to give part of the Crown Guard family's territory to our landless tenants. Do you think it's okay?"
Ogasha: "..."
"Mother?" Lux wanted to say more.
Leaders focus on fighting the lords and dividing the land, but she wanted to divide the land without fighting the lords. And she started from her own family, first dividing only a part of the land, and then seeing the effect.
This method is much gentler.
Lux inherited her kindness from her mother, and she believed that her mother would support her gentle and reasonable idea.
However……
"Someone come here." Ogasha hesitated for only a second.
As if she had been prepared, she turned around and said to the maid beside her: "Go back to the hotel and find a room to lock up Miss Lacus——"
"From now on until we return to Demacia, no one is allowed to see her!"
