Chapter 214

The two chatted idly as they walked for a while.

Finally, Lux noticed something was wrong—this path...

No...

Is that the direction of Chen Ce's house...?

"Us--"

"Lux." Just as the girl was about to ask a question, Chen Ce suddenly called out to her.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" There were many pedestrians on the street. Lux tightened her hood slightly, but her beautiful blue eyes were still looking at Chen Ce.

"I have something I want to ask you." Chen Ce's tone was very soft, and his voice gradually faded.

"Hey? What's up?"

"A secret about you... Please forgive my abruptness."

"A secret?" Lux was even more puzzled, her slender fingers constantly stroking the ends of her hair near her ear.

Chen Ce didn't keep them in suspense and immediately turned to meet their gaze.

Their eyes met, and he cut to the chase:

"You can use magic too... right?"

Despair.

As soon as she finished speaking, Lux stopped in her tracks.

Her fingers, which were smoothing her hair, froze, and her whole body stood still, as if an invisible electric current was spreading through her entire body—a bone-chilling cold.

The streets were still bustling with people, but she could no longer see anyone or anything except Chen Ce.

Her mind was in complete chaos, and all she could see was Chen Ce's serious face.

Were we discovered...?

When...

Last time... was it last time...? Oh right... it must have been that time...

That's when he found out... when he was holding him... he knew... he knew everything...

He just hadn't said it... until now...

Lux completely panicked.

She wanted to escape the problem, she wanted to just run away... but where could she possibly run to?

This is the most bustling Great City of Demacia... the streets are packed with people...

As long as the other party shouts...

Shout it out loud, "[Crownguard Luxanna is a damned Black Mage]..."

Everything will be over...

Even the Illuminators...

"What's wrong?" A calm voice suddenly rang out, interrupting Lux's panicked and chaotic thoughts.

She looked up in fear, her gaze meeting those eyes again—she could see her own reflection in them...a magician...the people had set up a gallows and a pyre...and burning torches...

"I... I'm fine..."

Lux's answer was hesitant and unconvincing—such a clumsy lie was hard to believe even for herself.

But she really didn't know how to lie about something with "conclusive evidence."

She became increasingly panicked.

Until Chen Ce, who she found somewhat "scary," reached out his hand to her again.

He reached into her hood and placed it on top of her head.

"Don't be nervous, I won't do anything to you." Chen Ce's voice was very soft, only the two of them could hear it. "Because... actually, you and I are the same kind of people."

"A type of person...?" Lux seemed a little incredulous, but the warm, large hand above her head did reassure her quite a bit.

"I have... that thing inside me too. Just like you."

"...?"

"If you don't believe me, someone will testify for me later."

"Who...?"

"The person we need to see."

Chen Ce smiled and took the girl's hand.

Lux followed Chen Ce nervously to their destination—just as she had guessed.

That's Chen Ce's house.

Looking at the door in front of her, her feelings were very complicated... She wouldn't say she was nervous, but she certainly wasn't at ease either...

In short, she now has no choice but to continue following along.

If Chen Ce really intended to betray her... then she would accept it.

Let's just consider it a mistake on my part!

"Chen Ce..." Before entering the room, Lux tugged at his sleeve one last time.

"What's wrong?" Chen Ce asked softly.

"Promise me one thing..."

"Okay, you go ahead."

"If... I mean if... if I really am captured as a mage... you must rescue Sister Sona for me...! You must! This is my last wish!"

"... Pfft." Chen Ce couldn't help but chuckle.

Seeing this, Lux couldn't help but feel annoyed. "This is my last wish...! You must catch that perverted, wicked Black Mage... Don't laugh!"

"Okay, okay, I'll catch it." Chen Ce cheerfully extended his hands to the girl.

"... What are you doing?" Lux, confused.

"Didn't you want to catch the 'perverted, evil Black Mage '? Here, catch him for you."

"What nonsense are you talking about...?"

Lux was very unhappy with the other person's amused attitude—what kind of time is this to be joking around!

Just as she was about to reason with the other person, the door suddenly opened.

A slender yet voluptuous figure appeared by the door.

Their eyes met, and both of them were taken aback at first.

Then came the tension.

Then came one moment of joy, and the next of bewilderment.

"Sona, my sister!" Lux excitedly hugged the blue-haired girl in front of her.

Sona looked at Chen Ce with a questioning gaze, and also with some unease—although she recognized Lux, they had only met once...some things...

"It's alright, Lux is one of us too." Chen Ce smiled, then patted Lux on the back.

The latter ignored her and continued to hug Sona warmly.

Chen Ce patted it again.

Lux remained completely unresponsive—as if she were oblivious.

But in reality, she understood everything.

She just didn't want to face it.

Chen Ce laughed out loud.

"Come and arrest me, this 'perverted, wicked Black Mage,' Sheriff Lux?"

Half an hour later, Lux, having learned everything, sat on the sofa with a flushed face. Her awkward posture and fidgety hands betrayed her embarrassment and shame.

She kept cursing that "Black Mage" in front of Chen Ce, never imagining that Chen Ce was actually...

Sona was even more willing to follow them...

It seems someone is just being delusional...

"No, stop laughing...!" Lux couldn't hold back any longer, seeing Chen Ce laughing nonstop since he walked in. "I don't know anything about what's going on between you two...!"

[Miss Luxanna meant well, Mr. Chen Ce, please stop making fun of her...] Sona also promptly offered words of comfort.

At the same time, she also seemed somewhat uneasy.

Just now... Chen Ce revealed the fact that she possessed magical power... to Miss Luxanna...

The upright and incorruptible girl from the House Crownguard...

Sona was still somewhat worried.

Chen Ce turned to her with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Sona, Lux won't do anything to you—before this, she was worried about what you might do to her."

[Huh...?]

Lux is also known as a 'magician' by people.

[Why--?]

"Yes, Sona." Lux smiled slightly and took Sona's hand in a very familiar manner. "Actually... we're the same kind of people!"

A certain type of person... Sona was a little confused.

The little girl from the House Crownguard... how could she be a magician?

Tianna Crownguard is Demacia's newly appointed Grand Marshal... and her husband Eldred, is the Commander of the Mageseeker Order...

And Garen... he's also the Swordsman Captain of the Dauntless Vanguard...

Shouldn't the Crownguard family... hate magicians...?

[I... I don't understand...] Sona gestured in sign language—her movements were a little stiff.

"Hmm... if you don't understand..." Lux held out a hand in front of the other person.

A shimmering magic surged within her, then flowed to her palms.

Then, a magical light flowed from her fingertips.

Colorless light... yet it seemed like a mixture of various colors... like rainbow light passing through a refracting mirror...

Finally, the light "collapsed" into a singularity, which then "exploded" inside the room. Brilliant light instantly filled the entire room.

Sona, also a "magician," instantly sensed the energy contained within those streams of light.

The energy of magic... that unique aura...

She believed it, but she was even more surprised.

"Magic is something we are born with." Lux seemed to read her mind and immediately explained with a smile, "Although I am a member of the Crownguard family, it is a gift from heaven—I cannot refuse it, can I?"

[I... am very surprised, Miss Luxanna...] Sona accepted this statement—just as she had once been troubled by her own specialness.

The two girls were able to get closer at this moment.

Lux finally believed everything Chen Ce said—there were three people in the room, and three "magicians."

If the Mageseekers happen to be here investigating...

Oh wait, there's a Mageseekers right here.

"If Garen knew you were a mage too, he'd slap himself a hundred times before throwing you in jail." Lux shrugged. "Believe me, he's absolutely capable of doing that."

"Perhaps." Chen Ce chuckled, then added, "So, can you go home now without worry? Your sister Sona is perfectly safe."

"Hmm..." Lux nodded reluctantly, then turned her gaze to the window.