Cyberzaun, Machinarium

Chapter 174: Meeting with Best Friends

"Good morning, Lux."

The next morning, Enoch and Jinx traveled light and visited the Crown Guard castle early. As soon as the carriage passed through the garden and stopped in front of the main building, Jinx jumped off the carriage excitedly, rushed forward and gave Lux a big hug.

Fortunately, the girl had some understanding and didn't call Lux "Little Spark" or "Little Flash" or other names that make people feel headache just by hearing them.

Enoch got off the carriage and shook hands with Galen Crownguard seriously, acting very stylishly.

"Welcome to the Mianwei family." Garen looked at the man who was slightly more mature than he remembered. "Forgive me, the head of the Tiana family cannot get away from the front line due to the war. Please let me entertain you two."

"My pleasure," Enoch said politely and followed Garen into the living room. Jinx waved to Littlefinger and took the surprised Laxana to the backyard to play.

"Please forgive her rudeness. Jinx has a good relationship with your sister and she has been looking forward to meeting her for a long time." Enoch pursed his lips. It was really rude for a guest with an invitation to come to the house but not to visit the host but to play privately with her best friend, especially when facing a knight family like this.

"Please don't mind it." Garen looked very happy. "My sister is also looking forward to the meeting. To be honest, I have to thank your wife. Lux always has something on her mind, but I heard that they communicate a lot in private, which is great."

Garen was more than happy. He was actually pleased to see it happen. He and Aunt Tiana had always believed that Lux was lucky to have a best friend who was not from Demacia. Although Jinx was a little crazy, she was much better than those people in the kingdom who were hostile to magic.

Originally, they were worried about what would happen if Luxana exposed her magic, and even thought about whether to take the risk of marrying Prince Jarvan of Lightshield. Now, the two of them have read the diplomatic documents left by Jinx here. With this thing, as long as Luxana has not committed a crime punishable by death, she can leave the kingdom under any circumstances.

This is much less risky than marrying into a royal family with a noble who holds military power. At least it won't lead to a boycott by other nobles, not to mention that Jarvan IV already has a sweetheart.

"That's good." Enoch nodded and handed the box in his hand to Garen. "Axe bracelet, an antique from the Ascended One. I hope this gift is worthy of the glorious Crown Guard family."

Garen accepted the gift seriously and replied, "The Crown Guard thanks you for your friendship."

After that, Garen patted Enoch's shoulder enthusiastically and said, "You are too polite. Our two families have cooperated for a long time, but face-to-face communication is rare... Prince Jarvan is very grateful for the Royal Guards you sponsored. They performed very well on the battlefield."

"It's my honor." Enoch nodded politely and talked to the legion commander about the invasion of Noxus. He did not forget his own troubles.

Just as the two men were arguing boredly, Jinx took the eldest daughter of the Crown Guard family through the garden, made a big circle, and came to where the Loslien carriage was parked.

"What are you doing? I haven't even said hello. Oh my God, I'm going to lose face." Lux looked helpless. She had already imagined what her aunt would say about her later.

"Who? Oh... you mean Littlefinger? Ha, he wouldn't care about such a small thing." Jinx curled her lips in disdain. "You don't have to worry about his problems. Instead, it's you. I heard that you're not doing well."

To describe it as not so good is simply an overstatement. The situation in Demacia is tense now, and she is a mobile source of magic. Lux has woken up from nightmares more than once. She always dreams of the demon hunters at the foot of the city gate waving the magic stone chains with a grim smile on their faces to lock her up, and execute her in front of everyone in the country as a stain on the Crown Guard family.

But these shouldn't make her friends worry. Lux smiled and said, "Don't worry, Jane, I can handle it."

"Where did this damn Jane come from?" Jinx stopped rummaging through the drawers and poked her head out from the roof of the carriage. She was just about to take out some sensitive items.

"Oh, it's you," Lux said innocently, "Aren't we all called by nicknames? Lux is Lulu, Jinx is Jane, Enoch is Enoch, and my brother (Garen) is Guy."

Jinx shook her head. "No, that's not nice at all. It's stupid. But you can call me Luna if you like. That's the pseudonym Littlefinger gave me."

The girl jumped down from the roof of the car with a bunch of things in her arms, and carefully looked at the intact keyhole before blowing away the dust on it. "But I allow you to call Enoch Littlefinger. Most people don't get this treatment."

"You should keep it to yourself." Lux smiled happily. "I don't want to, uh, take away someone else's favorite... What is this?"

Jinx whispered mysteriously into Lux's ear, "Oh, this is a good thing... the magic book you wanted."

"What?" Lux looked at the box in surprise, "Where did you get it from?"

"It's a long story, but most of it was purchased by Enoch from Ionia and Shurima. I wonder if I can help you." Jinx smiled and swung her braids. "Relax buddy, you are protected by Jinx."

"Great, I've been worrying about myself lately, I'm afraid..." Lux hugged the box tightly. She flipped through a lot of documents in the library, but most of them couldn't help her. Even the information that the Illuminati could get was extremely superficial, only introducing how to identify magical energy, not how to master it.

"Shhh" Jinx gently touched the flustered blonde girl's lips "You are too careless, we need to find a safe place"

Lux followed Jinx silently, watching her climbing up and down her own castle. It didn't take her long to climb to the top floor of the clock tower, a place that even the eldest lady who lived there all year round had never been to.

"How did you do it? I've never been up here." Lux followed the example of the girl next to her, sitting on the edge of the roof and looking at the market near the castle from afar.

"Hmm? You mean this? Any Zaun person can do it. Haven't you seen the guys who stole the Scream a few years ago? They just went upstairs. What's the point?" Jinx didn't care. Instead, she kept urging the girl beside her: "Let me see the little sparks between you. What can you do now?"

Lux pondered for a moment, gently pulled off her gloves, frowned slightly, and controlled a shining ball of light to appear in her hand.

“That’s beautiful.” Jinx placed her hand on the girl’s, feeling the sparkling little ball of light above it. “I don’t know what you have to worry about. This is a blessing, not a curse. Just think about how great it would be if I could do the same. God knows how much I could help Littlefinger.”

Lux smiled slightly and did not refute the girl's crazy words. She just quietly watched the energy balls in the palms of the two people flickering like breathing.

Chapter 175 A Small Gift

Garen did not attend the activities after lunch. Being the chief swordsman of the Fearless Vanguard is not an easy job. Even on vacation, he has to spend a lot of time dealing with documents.

So Lux easily skipped her studies at the Illuminati and took her guests to travel in Silver City.

For now, only Jinx is interested in this activity. The girl looks around at the shops on the roadside. Even the small shop set up by a farmer's wife on the roadside can attract her.

Lux was carefully avoiding the witchers that appeared from time to time on the roadside. Ever since the king recruited a large number of knights, the trainee knights who were originally somewhat reserved had left the witcher team and went to the front line to serve the king. The quality of most of the remaining ones was really worrying. Fortunately, the sheriff could still operate as usual.

Seeing the two people who were not in high spirits, Jinx soon became bored. She turned back and waved her hand, and returned to the manor with the guards behind her, completing the formalities that the master had to do. When the guards around her retreated and quieted down, Enoch gave Lux his gift.

"I heard about your troubles from Jinx," Enoch pushed a long box to the eldest daughter of the Crown Guard family. "I don't know much about magic, so I can't help you control the arcane energy, but this can make your abilities look less magical."

A beautiful cane appeared in front of Lux, with complex electronic patterns on it and a very finely polished hextech gem on the top.

"This cane can emit a white laser when you press the button on it. You can use it to open cans or something like that, or...if you accidentally cause trouble, and your hand emits a bright light, it can be said that this Hextech alchemy weapon did it," Enoch explained to the confused girl.

"As long as you are not caught with evidence, I think your aunt will be able to get you out if you find some excuse. This thing is a good excuse and can only solve the problem. You can also find someone to customize the handle of the staff with a magic-forbidden stone. It's up to you."

"Thank you, Littlefinger." Lux held the cane tightly. This was a great help to her. After all, she could only flip through the library originally.

Enoch was a little confused. How long had it been? It seemed like this was the first time he had heard this nickname from someone since he took over Zaun.

After silently glancing at Jinx who didn't say anything, Enoch nodded to the girl and said, "It would be the best thing if I could help you with just a little effort."

"But, I do need your help." Looking at Lux, the girl nodded slightly, turned around and went out to send the guards away. Then she looked at the two people who were a little depressed. "Any problem?"

"In fact, the problem is very big. I received a not very good gift from a very unfriendly person. I hope you can help me take a look."

The rapier from the Noxian strategist was placed in front of Lux, the cold blade seemed to cut everything into pieces. "Can you tell where this thing came from?"

"I'm not sure." Lux held the hilt and turned it over for a while. "I don't know who has used this weapon before, but the symbol on the hilt means light shield."

Lux hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, this is the light shield that represents the king, but as far as I know, the king always uses a cross sword. This thing looks more like the weapon of the Lawrence family."

"Thank you very much." Enoch covered the sword. It seemed that there were too many and too troublesome stories here, so it would be better for him to ask fewer questions.

"I can ask Aunt Tiana for you. She will definitely know."

"No, forget it. It's more meaningful to explore this kind of secret by yourself." Enoch rejected the girl's kindness without thinking. The most troublesome part would be to ask her for something. Enoch was sure that it would be better not to take out this sword in Demacia.

"Okay." Lux looked a little disappointed. After all, the other party helped so much, but she still couldn't do anything.

"You are such a nice person," Jinx smiled and waved her hand, "If you want to help, why don't you teach him how to use this thing so as not to hurt himself?"

Enoch shook his head decisively. He had a clear understanding of his own capabilities. Practicing sword skills for no reason would only bring trouble to himself.

Jinx shrugged, it was a pity that she couldn't watch the show. She had been expecting to find a reasonable excuse to pin Little Finger to the ground and teach him a lesson, but now it seemed that there was no such chance.

Lux, on the other hand, looked at the two people who were in tacit understanding, without expressing any opinions, but just nodded secretly, and no one knew what plans they had made.

After the dinner, Enoch took Jinx to say goodbye, as they still had a lot of things to deal with at home. The two girls were reluctant to part with each other and talked a lot to each other. If it weren't for the impact, Lux might have followed them back to the Losrien Merchant Alliance's headquarters.

In the next two days, Enoch, with the introduction of the former arena champion Ms. Sislia, was able to easily get in touch with the nobles who had some say in the army. Enoch was very interested in the business of forbidden magic stones, but they were rarely available in Demacia, so he had to find a way to get more.

At first, Jinx often went to the Crown Guard's house to find her little Spark, but after a few days, the girl stayed with Enoch with a bored look on her face.

"Little Sparkle is obsessed with reading. Do you think there will be any problems with the books we gave her? She's not at home these past few days. It seems like she's in... the Illuminati dungeon?"

Jinx pouted in boredom, holding the pen above her lips, swinging her feet in boredom. The current merchant alliance is mainly composed of local merchants in Demacia, who are responsible for the specific channel sales. In addition to directly providing armor and chainsaw swords to the army, Lothrian Technology is only responsible for channel supply.

The girl jumped onto the desk lightly and threw the long sword that she had taken out from somewhere in front of Enoch.

“Do you dare to compete with me?” Jinx raised her head high, like a swan preparing to patrol its territory.

"I don't know how to do this." Enoch fiddled with the cross sword in front of him. "I think you should know this."

"Yes I know, that's why you have to start practicing, hurry up, I'm here with you, so don't complain about anything."

Enoch looked at the girl's back as she turned and walked towards the practice field, and asked loudly, "This is just a practice, right?"

"Yes," Jinx answered without hesitation. Her usually deep voice now sounded particularly clear. "We're just playing for fun. How about a best-of-three game?"

Chapter 176 If you keep losing, the nature of the game will inevitably change

"are you ready?"

Jinx twirled the sword in her hand as if it were a baseball bat, not taking the sharp blade seriously at all, which made Inuk tremble with fear.

"Did you activate the shield?" Enoch narrowed his eyes. He seemed not to notice the light blue barrier on the girl's body. He could not help but hold the sword upside down and lift Jinx's wrist to check if the shield was functioning properly.

Just as Enoch was about to pull up the girl's arm, Jinx grabbed Enoch's collar with her backhand, and with a nimble step forward, she completely destroyed Little Finger's center of gravity, and threw the boy to the ground before he could react. Before he could get up, Jinx had already pointed the cross sword at Little Finger, "Well, you're dead."

Enoch laughed awkwardly, grabbed the girl's hand and stood up immediately. "You scared me. This is a sneak attack, it can't be counted as a knockdown. You have to open the shield first."

Jinx didn't say anything, just nodded obediently, stretched out her wrist to let Enoch open her shield, then stepped forward and stuck to Little Finger, pulling up his arm, "Let me help you too."

"Okay, no problem, but when did you practice with a long sword? How come I didn't know that?" Enoch took the opportunity to bend down and gently touched the girl's forehead.

"About this?" Jinx smiled at Little Finger, hooked her finger lightly, and touched her forehead with a smile. Then she whispered in Little Finger's ear, "I haven't learned it. You've been fooled."

"What..." Enoch didn't have time to resist before he was once again grabbed by the girl's arm and thrown to the ground. This time, Jinx sat astride Little Finger's waist, with the long sword on the boy's neck. "You died again, my dear little baby."

"Well done, I've been fooled again." Enoch pulled the corners of his mouth and gave an awkward laugh. "You're always so hard to guess, right?"

"Of course." The girl stood up easily and tapped Enoch's face lightly with the back of her sword.

As expected, the sword didn't even touch the little finger, and it bounced off by itself after hitting the shield. However, as a reaction mechanism designed as a warning, the blue light emitted by the shield when hit by the cross sword was particularly dazzling.

"I won twice." Jinx put the sword on her shoulder, thought for a moment, and finally reacted. "Wait, does this mean I have won?" "No, no, no, you only won one game." Enoch jumped up from the ground this time. He stretched his body. "Two out of three games, have you forgotten?"

"Ha, this is finally interesting." Jinx did not object. She stood sideways and vigilantly in front of Littlefinger, with her sword hanging under her body, carefully watching the boy's actions.

Enoch became extremely serious, holding the hilt of the sword with both hands like a Demacia knight, detecting the movement trajectory through the artificial eye, and carefully advancing in the direction of the girl.

"Are you serious? I'm just a poor little girl. There's no need to treat me like this. I was just joking with you." Jinx was a little flustered when she saw Littlefinger was too serious, and she quickly smiled at him ingratiatingly, "Is it okay if I admit defeat? Look, I won't hold this thing anymore."

Seeing the girl pitifully throwing her sword aside and raising her hands in surrender, Enoch also threw his weapon aside with a bit of boredom, "Did I scare you? Sorry, I'm in trouble. Come here and let me hug you."

"You... aren't angry, are you?" Jinx still looked pitiful, which made Enoch feel a little guilty. Was he a little too fierce just now?

"No... well, I was a little angry just now." Enoch turned off the shield and pointed a small gap with his fingertips. "That's all. It's fine now."

"I know, I'm just a little naughty... I swear I never meant to hurt you, okay?" While Enoch was gently pinching Jinx's face, the girl's hand finally came down and gently rested on Little Finger's arm.

“I forgive you”

"You swear first that no matter what I do, you will forgive me, okay? You won't leave Jinx, right?"

Enoch raised an eyebrow, slightly wary, something was not right, Jinx was definitely trying to do something, but he still agreed, "I swear."

"That's good." Jinx stood on tiptoe and kissed the side of Littlefinger's cheek, then turned and walked out of the training ground. Seeing that the girl had no intention of continuing to move forward, Enoch breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, right"

"what?"

"Just in case, I apologize in advance." The girl turned around and crawled behind Enoch. She swept her calves lightly, and when Enoch was standing unsteadily, she pushed her hands back slightly, and once she pushed the trusting girl's little finger to the ground. "Now it's 2-0, Jinx wins."

Enoch lay on the ground helplessly. The previous move was a bit too sudden. He silently made an indecent gesture to the girl, "I shouldn't have believed you."

"Ha, you swore, you can't be mad at me." Jinx bent down and looked at Little Finger lying on the ground, smiled twice, and opened her arms happily. "You didn't fall and get hurt, did you? Let mommy hold you, be careful not to cry."

"This is a bit too much," Enoch complained, struggling to get up from the ground. Jinx tilted her head and thought about it, then stretched out her tone a little embarrassedly, "I am sincerely apologizing... I'm sorry~"

"It's okay." Enok grabbed the girl's slender ankle and dragged her to the ground, pressing her under him. When Enok sat on the girl's legs, he adjusted his clothes with satisfaction and looked down at the girl lying on the ground. "Who is the daddy now?"

"Hehe, of course it's you, dear." Jinx fell to the ground with her hair scattered. She laughed to herself for a while, gently pulled Enoch's collar, and leaned down with her little finger to gently lick the strawberry-flavored lipstick.

“You seem to taste sweeter.”

"Really? I don't remember changing my lipstick."

Enoch sniffed the aroma coming from the braids and leaned down again. "Yeah, yes, it's sweeter."

Jinx gently held Little Finger in her arms, feeling the warm breath on her neck, "Then you have to taste it more and see if there is any difference."

The two of them ended up just hugging and telling jokes in the training ground. They had been meeting frequently in Demacia these past few days, and it was not as comfortable as they were in Zaun.

After lying with the girl for a while, Enoch carried Jinx on his back and just turned to the main building of the manor, when he saw a lady he could never forget standing in front of the door.

"Good day, Ms. Tiana, you are still as dazzling as the gorgeous morning sun," Enoch complimented reflexively, and then asked tentatively, "Is there anything I can do for you?"

"It's not a service. I just came to your place to take my silly niece home." The leader of the Fearless Vanguard was very pleased with the compliment and his attitude softened. "She can't just come to you whenever she has time."

"I would love to help you, ma'am." Enoch and Jinx looked at each other. "But your daughter hasn't come to visit you these days. She said that the Illuminati's lessons are very heavy and she needs to learn."