-153- Ekko: Me? Joining?

"Lux, the lighting for this performance is excellent. Can you remember this rhythm?"

"No problem, Linwin."

Raising her hands towards a corner of the stage, Lux shouted, releasing radiant holy light magic.

Suddenly, the somewhat dim room filled with dazzling white light, illuminating the girls who had just stepped onto the stage. It enhanced their beauty!

This was the art of lighting! Lux clearly possessed this talent.

With her magic affinity maxed out, Lux had an astonishing amount of magical power.

Unlike Zeri, who needed to rest for half a day after an hour of releasing electricity, Lux would only get tired after releasing magic at a high frequency for a few hours.

However, her fatigue wasn't due to magic depletion but rather sore hands, feet, and body.

Zeri, on the other hand?

Releasing a large amount of electricity and even electrocuting herself was a piece of cake for her!

"Linwin, can we use this tempo?" Lux looked at Linwin, who was walking quickly around the room, observing the girls from various angles.

After a moment, Linwin returned to Lux's side, giving a thumbs up. "Very impressive. Particularly perfect!"

Linwin sniffed, feeling a warmth in his nose. Fortunately, he managed to hold back any visible reaction. This happened because Linwin saw something he shouldn't have. It turned out that Powder had quite an impressive figure.

Linwin decided to inform the designer later to make sure Powder didn't wear this outfit on stage!

"Shall I do it like this tomorrow?" Lux asked with a smile, oblivious to Linwin's peculiar expression.

"Yeah, starting tomorrow, you can officially rehearse here. Double City Day has been set for February 22."

"We have less than twenty days for rehearsal."

Linwin said, glancing at Seraphine, Fiora was listening attentively to her singing, and Lux, who was working hard to light the stage without pay. He expressed his gratitude, "Thank you for your hard work, Lux."

"It's not hard at all! Being able to freely release magic like this, haha! Linwin, you have no idea how happy I am right now!" Lux smiled, her blue eyes filled with joy.

She like Zaun and Piltover.

These two cities were just as they claimed to be outwardly: two cities of progress and freedom.

Linwin also smiled. He was about to say something when his Hex phone rang.

"Sorry, I have to take this call."

Lux nodded, and before Linwin could walk away, she cheerfully said, "I'll go listen to Seraphine sing now."

"Sure."

As Lux hurried to the stage, Linwin took out his Hextech phone.

"Hello, this is Linwin."

"Lord Linwin, Lord Silco requests your immediate return to the Zaun Conference Center."

"What happened?" Linwin asked.

"I'm sorry, Lord Linwin. Lord Silco didn't specify."

"Well, never mind. Tell him I'll be there shortly."

Linwin hung up the phone, then walked to the stage.

"Powder, Kaisa."

Linwin waved to the two girls who were rehearsing hard.

Hearing Linwin's voice, the girls stopped immediately. Powder even put down her drumsticks and ran to the edge of the stage, squatting down to look at Lin.

This huge stage, painted in alternating blue and pink colors, was Jayce's masterpiece in these days.

Now, the stage was almost eighty percent complete.

The final 20%, related to the flying part, was handed over to Ekko, who was more skilled in this aspect.

"What's up?"

"Something came up and I need to deal with it. So, I have to return to Zaun. Powder, if I'm not here to pick you and Kaisa up later, take Lux and Fiora back to Zaun."

"Okay," Powder's excited expression changed, and she asked Lin, "Is it just this?"

"What more could there be?"

"Umm..." Finally, Powder nodded. She thought Linwin had something important to say!

After Linwin left, Seraphine looked at Powder and then at Lux.

She really wanted to say, "Powder, you don't need to worry. She's not your opponent."

After all, Linwin couldn't use magic to shield himself at all times.

Therefore, these days, Seraphine had heard Linwin's inner thoughts several times.

From Seraphine's perspective, Powder's real opponent was Kaisa!

As for Lux? In Linwin's mind, the voice she had heard most frequently recently was about Kaisa, followed by Powder.

Lux? Seraphine hadn't even heard once.

"What are you looking at me for?" Faced with Seraphine's gaze, Powder was puzzled.

"Nothing."

With long hair tied into blue buns, two extra-large buns, Powder shook her head. The fluffy blue buns on her head swayed. She continued humming, "Are you looking into my thoughts again?"

Seraphine made a "Hmm" sound.

Her ability was a passive skill! Hearing the thoughts of others deep inside wasn't something Seraphine herself wanted!

Upon seeing this, Powder glared at Seraphine.

However, she didn't really care if her feelings were noticed by Seraphine.

It was just a habitual reaction. After all, her affection for Linwin was widely known among the Zaunite higher-ups.

Silco and Vander, the two elder figures, were both concerned about this situation.

On one hand, they feared that if Linwin accepted Powder, the two old guys would get less attention from their precious daughter.

On the other hand, they were afraid that if Linwin didn't accept Powder, she would be upset.

In any case, it was a difficult situation!

Seeing Powder's glare, Seraphine looked away.

However, she saw a white-haired boy.

Seraphine knew him, and she liked him.

The boy who was making the stage flying feature for them, his name was Ekko.

Looking at Ekko, Seraphine suddenly covered her mouth.

"Ekko, you're really amazing!"

Seraphine instinctively said.

With a wrench in his hand, Ekko looked up at Seraphine, looking puzzled. 

"Ekko, what music were you just singing? The rhythm was so strong! It sounded great! Wait a minute... I feel like I've heard it before, from my father's music box. Right, the one you sang is a unique music from Zaun right?"

"Is it rap?" Seraphine looked at Ekko, somewhat excited.

Seraphine had a good expression of Ekko because his inner voice was very pleasant. It was a harmonious, sunny, and determined voice.

It subconsciously made people trust him and want to follow his voice. And just now, that voice sang! It was a rhythmical song.

Thinking of this, Seraphine said to Ekko, "Ekko, do you want to join us?"

Ekko: ???

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At the same time,

Linwin, who didn't know that Ekko had been invited to join the girl group by Seraphine, had already arrived at Zaun's conference center.

As soon as he entered, Linwin saw a group of high-ranking officials from Zaun and Piltover.

Due to occasional visits by Piltover's representatives to discuss important matters, the number of people had increased, and the tables in the meeting room had been replaced. They now had a large rectangular table, with eight chairs on each long side. At the wide end, which was the head position, three chairs were arranged.

Currently, Vander and Jayce sat at the head positions on the left and right sides, leaving the central position empty.

Seeing Lin come in, Silco, who was sitting below Vander, raised his eyes, and Mel, sitting below Jayce, waved with a smile.

The vacant seat.

It was Linwin's seat.

A very special position.

"Linwin is here. Okay, everyone," Silco stood up, placing both hands on the long table.

He spoke in a deep voice, "Let's begin."