[0820] A Change of Heart

From Lux's perspective, the connection between Ashe, Avarosa, and the previous assassination was still unclear. But this time, the Avarosan tribe was hosting the alliance gathering and had invited her to attend the ceremony, so she had no reason to refuse at all—it was the best way for her to exert influence over Freljord.

Lux herself had no particularly strong desire to interfere in other countries.

But Freljord's situation was genuinely unusual. The previous conflict at the Howling Abyss had revealed traces of the Void, while Ixtal's experience had proven that the Void forces were indeed beginning to stir at this time. Under these circumstances, finding an opportunity to venture deep into Freljord, understand its situation, and investigate and suppress the growth of the Void forces was something Lux took very seriously.

Influenced by Karya, Lux had always regarded the Void as one of the greatest threats to Runeterra. It would not be an exaggeration to say that, in her heart, dealing with the threat from the Void was even more important than developing Demacia.

After all, the latter determined how well one lived, while the former determined whether one could live at all.

Of course, as the leader of a nation, harboring the "international spirit of Runeterra" was, to some extent, rather unfit for duty. As for how far that spirit should go, Lux still had to figure it out for herself.

Even Karya could not teach her much about this. After all, he had not done particularly well in this regard himself.

It was only because Demacia's current affairs were limited in scale, its decision-makers were few, and their minds were sufficiently united that Lux's journey north had been able to pass at all.

In any case, now that she had an opportunity to go deep into Freljord,