Lux's Magic Penetration Rod

The Arts Support Association, headquartered in the east of the capital city of Demacia, has been established for ten years.

The grassroots team that was originally built with Lux's pocket money as start-up capital has grown bigger and stronger in the past ten years. It moved into the current building three years ago and finally became a household name in Xiongdu. of.

For locals in the capital of Demacia, the Art Support Association and its attached gardens are one of the few art areas in the city that are open to civilians.

Even though participation in activities here requires money and few people will pay for it, when there are no activities, many civilians will still come here to stroll around and receive the influence of art.

In addition, there are also many people who are relatively well-off and come here to seek help from artists who are not very well-off. The largest number of them are businessmen from other places who ask for help from painters to draw group portraits.

Of course, if it were just like this, the Art Support Association would be nothing more than water without roots, and would never be able to achieve what it is today.

In fact, in the eyes of those who truly understand the Art Voluntary Association, a large part of the reason for its growing size is that it serves as a reservoir for the children of Demacian nobles.

It is precisely this function that has allowed the Arts Support Association to grow from strength to strength in just ten years.

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In Demacia, there are strict rules for the inheritance of noble titles. Although the territory generally does not change, the title itself will gradually be downgraded as it is passed on, and eventually become a knight. Moreover, no matter how many children the previous generation of nobles have, , only one of them can inherit the title.

The nobles have always been the most fertile group of people. Therefore, in the capital of Demacia, there have always been a large number of descendants of nobles without titles.

Most of the women will become the tools of family marriage, used to cling to other nobles or recruit potential talents, while the men will fall into an embarrassing situation with nowhere to go after they reach adulthood. These people in the capital There is a special title: children of nobles.

The children of the nobility are all from aristocratic families, which makes it difficult for them to engage in various labor jobs like civilians.

But they have no titles to inherit and are not nobles with real power. In the capital, they are pure idlers.

In the past, these noble children usually had three paths to choose from.

The first way is to go back to the fief, help the brothers and sisters who have inherited the title to manage the fief, and then get a title of local noble or knight under them, and go to be the master of your own fief.

For example, most of the branches of the Crown Guard family in Mithral City are this kind of people. They will obtain part of the management and income rights of a certain fiefdom on the basis of the clan fiefdom. They are in the Demacia fiefdom system. The lower level, together with many tax merchants and grassroots family talkers, formed the foundation of the kingdom's rule.

However, it is not an easy task to return to the family fiefdom and become a master.

The simplest point is that only the noble children of a big noble family are qualified to do this - if the family fiefdom is very small, then it is completely impossible to continue to divide the fiefdom; and even if the family fiefdom is large, it is too remote. It's also very troublesome. After all, not everyone who has seen the prosperity of the capital is willing to go to a remote country to become a local emperor.

Therefore, the second way is to stay in Xiongdu and become a philanthropist and broker, or a philanthropist and political broker part-time.

Generally speaking, the children of the first generation nobles who did not have a title usually grew up with the nobles who inherited the title. Their brothers may be the ones who inherited the title. When they grew up, they were surrounded by genuine nobles.

Therefore, although these people are not aristocrats, but their circle of friends are all aristocrats, at least in this generation, they can still get along well in aristocratic circles.

Since you can get away with it, don't leave Xiongdu.

Taking on the title of an Illuminati philanthropist, arranging to become the host of aristocratic banquets, and mediating aristocratic interactions like a lubricant - the above has naturally become a way for some aristocratic children to stay in the capital.

They are not aristocrats, but they are people in aristocratic circles.

It is undeniable that the Illuminati's charity has indeed helped many people, but similarly, there are also a large number of nominal people who stay in the Illuminati, jumping up and down as philanthropists, and doing brokerage things - in addition to smoothing the communication of nobles, they It also smoothed the relationship between the Illuminati and the nobles to a certain extent. It was this need that kept a considerable number of noble children stranded in the capital.

Of course, in addition to the above two, noble children usually have a third way: relying on their status as noble children, joining the army, and then earning themselves a title.

This path is considered the "right path" of the nobles themselves, but it is undoubtedly the most difficult path.

Although the children of the nobles received a good aristocratic education, when they entered the army, they were competing with countless civilians.

For these civilians, joining the army and making contributions is almost the only way to get promoted; but for the noble children, it is difficult for them to make up their mind to join the army. After all, they will really lose their lives on the battlefield. .

The birth of the Art Support Association provides a fourth path for the noble children stranded in the capital of Demacia: becoming an artist - or a broker with an artist's name.

In Demacia, nobles are the most accessible group of people to art.

Compared with the common people who are busy all day long for food, clothing, housing and transportation, the aristocratic children who have lived in Xiongdu since childhood generally have good artistic accomplishment, which gives them a natural advantage in the field of art.

This advantage often did not have much practical significance in the past, but with the birth of the Art Support Association and more and more real artistic talents receiving funding, it began to shine, and many flexible guys chose to join. Arts Support Association.

The reputation of philanthropists is almost ruined, and in recent years, the relationship between the Illuminati and the Noble Council has become increasingly tense. So, why not change your identity and use the identity of an artist to carry out activities in the capital?

If you work as a philanthropist under the Illuminati, no matter how stingy you are, you will at least have to spend some money to support your face, and you will also need to feel sad when you should donate money; but if you work as an artist under the Art Support Association, even if you don't get Subsidy, at least you don’t have to pay!

Moreover, for many aristocratic generations who are short of money and have declining family backgrounds, it is not unacceptable to rely on the reputation of an artist to get some work - these people are not willing to give up the reserve of aristocratic children, but they cannot drink from the northwest. Feng, given the dilemma, what could be a more honorable job than "making art"?

After unlocking the true purpose of the Art Support Association, the organization soon became gradually more complicated. In addition to some real artistic geniuses who would receive subsidies, there were also a large number of guys who had only a little knowledge of art and were better than civilians. Joined the association.

At the beginning, Lux and Sona were very disdainful of these guys, but with the release of Kalya and the fact that art "flies into the homes of ordinary people" visible to the naked eye, the two gradually accepted artistic support. The dual role of associations.

Rather than letting these people flow into the Illuminati, it is better to let them engage in art!

Even when Lux left Xiongdu, Sona has been strictly controlling the internal subsidies within the Art Support Association. For those who do not receive subsidies, the Art Support Association will help them find jobs and handle affairs. salon.

Today, the Art Support Association has long gone beyond the scope of subsidizing frustrated artists. It is now an important informal communication venue for the nobility of the capital and an important window for civilians to understand art and seek spiritual nourishment.

However, in the opinion of Shyvana, who has seen the Piltover Art Museum, this Art Support Association... is just that.

Compared with the more lively, direct and avant-garde art of Piltover, Demacia's art field is undoubtedly conservative and solemn. Even in the past ten years, art has gradually approached the common people and begun to become popular. , but overall it is still dominated by grand style.

Whether it's architecture, painting, sculpture or literature, Demacians all admire majesty and magnificence, but in Shyvana's eyes, this is somewhat "not interesting enough".

However, despite all the slander, Shyvana still had to show interest on the surface. What she wanted to do next was to go through the Art Support Association to see if there was any special news about the coming of angels.

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Originally, Shyvana had prepared a lot of drafts on how to ask about the arrival of angels. Following Kalya's guidance, she formulated five techniques to lead the topic to religion and gods, and she made up her mind no matter what the receptionist did. He said that he would bring up the topic of the coming of angels.

However, after entering the Art Support Association, Sivana was shocked to find that the artists within the association were much more straightforward than herself.

In the public gallery at the entrance, paintings about the Winged Sisters were already hanging one after another. Shyvana took a quick look and saw that everything she saw were angel-related themes. The entire public gallery was simply like A fan art exhibition is average.

Many of these paintings were hurriedly hung up before the paint was even dry, which shows the eagerness of the creators.

What type of situation is this?

Before coming to the capital, Kalya had already introduced the legend of the Winged Sisters and that ancient history to Shyvana - so Shyvana knew very well that the Winged Sisters had not appeared for almost a thousand years.

However, it was such an angel that had not been seen for a thousand years that caused a sensation in the whole city when he arrived.

There is obviously no official statement, but in private, matters related to the Wing Sisters have become the most popular among the most popular, the most popular among the most popular, and the Arts Support Association is all following this trend! .

Is this the influence of the Winged Sisters?

Shyvana was amazed in her heart, and then she chose to find the tour guide of the gallery. According to her previous plan, she started asking questions about the building in the Forbidden Prison.

Facing Shyvana's question, the commentator gave an expected answer: "Recently, there are no architectural salons at all. There are only art exhibitions, sculpture exhibitions, poetry recitals and historical salons about the Winged Sisters - —Oh, there’s also a special dance.”

"A special dance?" Shyvana asked with some confusion, "What is that?"

"A special ball in the literal sense, without a theme." The other party looked up and down Shyvana's outfit, "It seems that you are from Piltover?"

"It has been renamed Vazuan now." Shyvana corrected, "The Piltover District of Vazuan."

"Anyway, it's almost the same." The other party looked unconcerned, "If you are interested in architecture, you may be able to attend the dance. There will be many architectural talents attending during the period. As for other activities... there have been none recently. Anything related to construction.”

"Understood." Shyvana nodded, "Do you need an invitation letter or tickets to attend the dance?"

"Maybe others need it, but you don't." A subtle smile appeared on the other person's face, "After all, no one will refuse the opportunity to dance with a lady from a foreign country."

"I'm here for art." Shyvana's face turned serious, "Even if it's avant-garde art, it doesn't mean frivolous."

Shyvana's sudden change of expression made the other party a little embarrassed. Then, before the guy could say anything, Shyvana's aura suddenly changed.

The commentator instinctively felt the danger - as Shyvana's eyes narrowed slightly, all the hairs on his body stood up in an instant!

At this moment, he seemed to be a helpless prey, and the next moment he would be bitten to pieces!

"You can buy an invitation if you need it." After a few breaths, when Shyvana calmed down her momentum, the commentator finally wiped the sweat from the corners of her eyes and stumbled and said, "Three gold coins..."

Shyvana glanced at him, slapped three golden hexes in front of him, then snatched the invitation from his hand, picked up the pen next to it, and signed her name on it with flying colors. , turned around and walked away.

After a long while, the commentator finally came to his senses. He looked blankly at the three gold hex coins in his hand, and he was about to cry without tears. Although they were all gold coins, in Demacia, generally three gold hex coins only Can be exchanged for two Demacian gold coins and fifty coppers.

He needs to make up the subsequent price difference himself.

However, this guy no longer had the courage to even curse Shyvana in his mind. He still felt frightened when he thought about the moment of confusion before. Seeing that Shyvana had left long ago, he could only smile bitterly. As he opened his wallet to make up the difference, he was secretly frightened.

"What a terrifying stranger." The commentator murmured, "The look in her eyes just now was like a terrifying giant dragon!"

Kalya’s Little Classroom·Longwei:

There are two focuses of Shyvana's study with Kalya, one is how to become a better human, and the other is how to use the power of the dragon in human form - and the power of the dragon that shocked the commentator is Shyvana's One of the learning outcomes.