Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

The nobles of Mithral City are celebrating.

Gao Kan, who wanted to fly up a branch and become a phoenix, was working hard.

But at the center of it all, Lux, who came to Misilver City to investigate and provide disaster relief, and who was supposed to be "recuperating in bed," quietly changed into a pair of civilian girl's clothes, and set off quietly on horseback.

Fair and tender skin has now become a problem - along the way, Lux has realized that ordinary farm girls at this age simply do not have such fair and tender skin.

Fortunately, the almighty Kalya always has clever ways.

He taught Lux some very interesting cross-dressing skills.

Just using some berries and wheat flour with natural pigments as ingredients, Lux can turn her fair and tender skin into a healthy wheat color.

The wheat grains that have not been ground can serve as her "pimples", and the wheat bran that has not been removed can become cute "freckles".

After this transformation, Lux had completely changed her appearance - coupled with a big hat that obviously didn't fit her head, she had completely transformed from a noble lady into a commoner girl.

The only thing that's a bit inconsistent is her sword. After all, ordinary people don't have swords.

For this reason, Lux designed an identity for herself as a "Daughter of Orion". Although Orion prefers to use a skinning knife, she is a girl!

Choosing a more beautiful sword is completely justified in martial Demacia.

Moreover, even if Lux's behavior is slightly different from that of a rural girl, it can be explained by "she usually learns hunting and does not understand farming."

Accompanying her was the most skilled guard in the team. He changed into a hunting bow and played the role of Lux's uncle - also a hunter.

On this trip, he brought his niece from Irwindale to visit relatives.

Oh, it should be "Scola's uncle". To be cautious, Lux also reversed her name.

In this way, after some cross-dressing, she finally arrived at the outskirts of Mithril City as a civilian.

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Unlike the capital city of Demacia, which is located on the seaside, Mithral City is a plateau city.

It is backed by the Dragon's Back Mountains to the north, and to the south is the endless Demacia Plains, and is located on an important transportation route.

When spring comes, the ice and snow at the southern foot of the Dragon's Back Mountains will melt and form countless streams in the mountains, and these streams will be guided by water channels and eventually poured into the lakes of Misilver City.

This half-natural, half-artificial lake gives Mithril City quite abundant water resources, which can not only irrigate agriculture but also support shipping. Even though it takes a long time to ride from the capital of Demacia to Mithril City, But if it's the other way around, you can go down the river and travel thousands of miles a day.

What's even better is that because of Misilver City's rich underground mineral resources, this large lake does not freeze almost all year round, so unless there is a cold wave that occurs once in a century, the city is protected by the lake all year round.

Mithril City as a whole consists of two parts.

The inner city fortress located in the lake is a noble area and a military area. This inner city was built on a natural hill in the center of the lake. It has a towering terrain and is surrounded by water. Even if the barbarians in the north are hungry and go crazy, they will flock to their nests. And down below, there is nothing that can be done about this fortress.

Around the lake, there are scattered other urban areas - agricultural areas, commercial areas, handicraft areas, etc. These areas have low but complete city walls, and they can also become horns in the event of a war.

It is precisely because of this comprehensive integration of military, agriculture, and commerce that Mithril City has an extremely important strategic position in the entire northern border of Demacia - it is closely connected with Forsbarrow in the west and Owendale in the east. Together, they are known as the "Three Northern Towns" of Demacia.

After coming to Mithril City again after many years, Lux's eyes were full of novelty.

The population here is far different from that of the capital city, but it is still quite prosperous.

The sweet lake water is like a source of life, nourishing the fertile farmland nestled in the mountains that took decades of Demacian hard work to cultivate.

It was early winter, and there were almost no streams flowing in the snow-capped mountains, but the water resources in the large lake in Miylin City were still abundant; the number of farmers working in the farmland was not large, but it was full of vitality everywhere.

It was already night after Lux arrived at the outskirts of Mithril City.

As the bright moon rose, Lux did not rush into the city, but followed the plan and began to look for farmhouses to stay. After expressing her willingness to pay, she and her guards successfully settled in a village.

The village chief was an old man who looked kind-hearted. He accepted the introduction fee and then helped Lux ​​and the two of them find a family with a vacant house and let them settle here.

This is a seemingly wealthy family.

According to the owner of the house, this empty room was originally his daughter's room. Now that her daughter has gone to work as a maid in the inner city, the room has been vacated.

According to civilian standards, this room was relatively clean - but, to Lux's eyes, this cleanliness was still very sloppy.

Lux asked herself that she was not mysophobic, but she still couldn't fall asleep in such a bed.

"Is this the life of civilians?" Lux held the hilt of her sword, "Karya, why don't they wash the quilt cleaner?"

"You are talking about the quilt cover, because frequent washing will make the quilt cover easily damaged." Kalya replied, "Besides, washing the quilt cover is troublesome, and most people don't have time to wash it frequently - it's fine in summer, but washing the quilt cover in winter is difficult. Not a good idea."

"That's right..." Lux nodded and simply decided not to sleep. "Forget it, let's go out and take a look. Go to the nearby farmland and teach me what frost disaster is."

After the owner of the house went to bed, Lux and the guard put on their coats, arranged the room to look like two people were sleeping, and left the yard quietly.

Not far from the village is farmland.

We are now in the overwintering period of winter wheat. The wheat seedlings have stopped growing. Each wheat seedling is crawling on the ground alone, as if it is an inconspicuous weed. In this way, they will spend the low-temperature winter and wait until the next spring. When it blooms, it turns green and joints, and then grows vigorously until harvest.

Kalya has already told Lux ​​about Demacian winter wheat.

Here, frost damage to winter wheat is generally divided into two types.

In most areas, the disaster is caused by sudden low-temperature frost during the greening or jointing period. That is, winter wheat is frost-damaged when it is not very frost-resistant.

In the north, according to the news reported by these nobles, because it is close to the Freljord, if you are unlucky, the winter wheat will be directly frozen to death during the overwintering period - it cannot withstand low temperatures even when it is most frost-resistant, so it is called Hard frost.

The purpose of Lux's trip was to determine whether Mithril City had suffered from hard frost.

Bending down in the wheat field, Lux touched a wheat seedling.

According to Kalya, she carefully touched the lines on the back of the wheat leaves.

The texture of the leaves is very clear, and when you pinch the veins with your fingernails, they don't become hard.

Pull off a few leaves, crush them and spread them in the palm of your hand. There are no ice crystals.

So...this wheat seedling doesn't show any signs of suffering a hard frost.

Lux let out a breath, then took a few dozen steps forward and chose another wheat seedling - still no problem.

In this way, Lux worked in the fields for almost an hour, and finally determined that the nearby wheat fields were safe and had not suffered any frost damage.

After coming to this conclusion, Lux narrowed her eyes slightly and returned to the room with her guards. She took out the map in the package and put a cross in her current location.

Continue tomorrow!

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Lux, who had been busy in the farmland for a long time, finally fell asleep when she returned to the room.

The next morning, when Lux and Lux ​​woke up, they happened to see the man of the house pulling the car back.

"Hello!" Lux waved her hand, "I'm back from work already - I got up so early!"

"Earn some money!" The other party chuckled, leaning the car against the wall of the yard, shaking his coat, "I just went to the city and delivered firewood to the car - I heard that a big shot is coming. In Mithril City, the nobles in the city are buying firewood at high prices!"

"Big shot?" Lux put on a curious look, but she had a rough guess in her mind, "You know all this?"

"My son is the master's bodyguard!" This farmer, who was estimated to be in his fifties in Lux's eyes, looked proud. "That boy is so smart. After hearing the news, he immediately asked his sister to send a message to Me, other people are still cutting firewood, so I’ll send it over!”

Hearing what he said, Lux was a little happy.

"Thanks to the kindness of the lord!" Without Lux taking the initiative to speak, the middle-aged man in front of him started talking nonstop, "He said that as long as we can prepare all the armored pack horses, my son can join the rangers. Be a knight...oh, a knight's squire!"

"Join the Rangers?" Lux recalled the configuration of Demacia's legion. "Isn't that to fight the barbarians in the north?"

"It's good to beat the barbarians!" What Lux didn't expect was that her very worrying words would sound completely different to the other party's ears. "As long as you beat the barbarians, with the skills of that boy of mine, he will definitely succeed." A true knight!"

Why is this happening?

There is no need to fight or sacrifice. Isn’t this the right of civilians?

Why does the farmer in front of me seem to want his son to go to war?

"I heard that the barbarians in the north are very good at fighting..." Lux could only make insinuations, "I have only hunted, so I think it must be more dangerous to fight here..."

"Dangerous? What's not dangerous?" Hearing what Lacus said, the other party showed a very open-minded look, "Isn't it dangerous for you to hunt? Even if you farm, there was a frost the year before last year. If it weren't for that boy of mine, Don’t worry about food...tsk tsk tsk, you all rely on the sky to make a living, you can become a knight or a lord by going to the battlefield, but you can’t become a lord by farming the land!”

"..."

"As long as you become a master, you will have your own retinue, and war will no longer be dangerous. If you move to the inner city to collect rent, you won't be afraid even if the barbarians from the north come!"

"..."

Lux listened to his description and enjoyment very patiently, even if there was an invisible wall between the two of them.

This strong man was eloquent, talking endlessly, and his eyes were full of longing.

He sincerely hoped to work more, save more money, and save a pair of armor for his son, and preferably a horse - even a pack horse.

As long as they perform meritorious service on the battlefield, their family can transform from peasants to nobles.

The lowest knight is also a noble.

He obviously didn't know Lux's identity, nor did he know that the firewood he had worked so hard to get "inside information" to cut in advance was for the person in front of him. He was just simply very happy, happy that he sold the firewood at a high price and was still with Lux. Her escort made an extra buck here.

The money was not much, perhaps only worth a beetle leaf or a horseshoe nail.

But it was enough to keep him happy all day.

The listening ability that Lux learned from Sona kept him talking until his wife appeared and handed him a few slices of brown bread and a bowl of hot soup. He was soaked in hot soup. Gagged.

Then, her wife, a tall, round-waisted woman with long, silky pale golden hair, handed a bowl of soup to Lux: "Warm yourself up, little girl - don't talk nonsense with him here. Well, he just loves to chat with people..."

Lux took the soup, followed the farmer's example, leaned against the car casually, and took a sip.

The salty soup made Lux almost vomit, but after Kalya's reminder, she swallowed it.

"It tastes so good!" Lux drank the soup in one gulp, "I feel so strong!"

"Hey, right!" The farmer didn't know when he had finished his portion. "One bowl of soup will give you all your strength!"

"You're the only one who talks a lot!" The peasant woman glanced at her husband, "Why don't you go take a break and see what you can do..."

"If I don't talk much, can I send our child to be a guard for the noble master?" The farmer seemed to think that he had lost face in front of outsiders, and shouted loudly, "Being able to speak well is also a skill outside!"

"As long as you can...go and chop down the trees if you can!"

"I'm a little tired, let's take a rest..."

"..."

"..."

Maybe it's because the soup is too salty.

Maybe it's for some other reasons.

After paying for the accommodation and saying goodbye to this family, Lux always felt a little tight in her chest.

Even though it was just one night, and even though she didn't even know the other person's name, Lux still felt like she had seen a lot and learned a lot.

Thinking of this, Lux took a deep breath and let it out slowly after a long time.

"continue!"

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