The Night Before the Speech

Luxanna was preparing to learn, Sylas had infiltrated Demacia City, and Lux, the speaker, knew nothing about any of it.

She was still preparing for the speech, step by step.

The Winter Speech was a summary, and summaries had never been easy to write.

However, the audience clearly wouldn't sympathize with Lux's difficulties. Some of this year's magical production work had been moved south, and a few people in southern Demacia had experienced the new order of "New Demacia." The more enterprising among them took advantage of the lull after winter began to visit Demacia City—partly for sightseeing, and partly to hear His Majesty the Emperor's speech.

So, compared to previous years, Demacia's Imperial Capital was especially lively this year.

The only pity was that Demacia seemed to be in for a cold winter. After winter began, temperatures dropped noticeably compared to previous years. For the Demacians who had come from the south to visit Demacia City and hear the speech, buying warm clothes became an additional expense.

At first, quite a few people thought they could just grit their teeth and tough it out. But two days before the Winter Speech, freezing rain pattered down over the city walls, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back and forcing the southerners to spend a fortune on warm clothes.

Fortunately, the market was managed promptly. Although clothing prices had risen, the increase was limited, so people didn't have to spend too much.

Sylas wasn't afraid of the cold. To him, freezing rain was no different from a light drizzle. If he hadn't worried about attracting too much attention, he could have walked around in just a vest, as he had in Freljord.

For the sake of his disguise, Sylas chose to put on a fur coat. But after pulling