-271- The new Zaun

Noxian Calendar - Year 985 - End of August.

—Twin Cities Federation.

Early in the morning, Zaun seemed groggy. The newly risen sunlight couldn't penetrate the underground city, but thanks to the orange street lamps and the ever-glowing towers, Zaun remained bright.

Of course, one couldn't look up, because all they would see is the faint mist expelled by the filtration towers after purifying the air and the devices emitting a blue glow in the mist.

There were also glimpses of light from the canyon ravines, which were the lowest points of Piltover.

Sain got up early in the morning and looked at his wife, smiling. "Up so early?"

His wife sat at the vanity, doing her makeup, and replied without looking up, "Today is an important day for Sera, so I had to get up early."

Sain nodded with a smile and asked, "What about her? Is she up yet?"

His wife was about to answer when a voice came from outside.

"Dad, I'm already up," Seraphine's voice came from outside the door, followed by a knock.

"Come in," Sain sat on the edge of the bed, yawning.

The door opened, and Sain's eyes lit up.

Fully awake now, Sain looked at Seraphine, thinking, "She's truly my daughter," Seraphine, the top idol of the Twin Cities, was not an exaggeration.

Seraphine was now the most famous singer in the Twin Cities, with sold-out concert venues and earnings from one concert equivalent to several years of work for Sain and his wife.

And Seraphine performed at least three to four concerts a month.

At that moment, his beautiful daughter stood at the door, a bit shyly adjusting the small cluster of bangs on her forehead, then said softly to Sain, "How do I look, Dad? Is it good?"

Tying her long hair into a neat and clean pink high ponytail, which reached her buttocks, the lively high ponytail made Seraphine look more youthful. And the few strands of hair in front were clipped into a right fringe by her, giving her a handsome and dashing look.

The makeup on her face was very light, because of her naturally fair and delicate skin, Seraphine didn't need excessive makeup to embellish herself; she only needed to apply lipstick to her tempting lips and draw a simple eyeliner.

Sometimes, she would just wash her face before going on stage.

With such high attractiveness, she was naturally confident.

As for Seraphine's outfit today, that's another story.

Sa'an looked at his daughter's outfit and nodded in satisfaction.

She wore a sleek white short jacket of the Enforcer, which only reached above the navel. Phinny certainly didn't just wear the jacket, revealing her firm and fair abdomen. She wore an inner top inside the Enforcer jacket and tied a light purple leather belt around her waist. The length covered the exposed parts perfectly.

On the lower body, she wore a pair of extremely difficult to put on, but super cool leather pants.

Pure black leather pants with golden edges, the length of the left pants was a little above the thigh, just like women's sports shorts. The right side reached the ankle and was tucked into high-heeled leather boots of the same color. Under the left leg shorts, she also wore a pair of black knee-high socks of the same color as the pants.

To be honest, it looked good, heroic and handsome, but Sain felt it was a bit excessive.

The same color, why not just make it into trousers? Why bother to design it so complicatedly?

Seraphine's mother was different, looking at her tall and perfect daughter with satisfaction.

"What's the strap for?" Sain looked at the purple leather belt tied to Seraphine's right leg, which made her look a bit meaty in that area.

"I don't know either; that's just the design," Seraphine said.

Sain shrugged, got up, and walked to Seraphine, putting his hand on her shoulder. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Are you nervous?"

"Was it that obvious, Dad?" Seraphine nodded.

"Of course, I could hear Zeri's yelling from here last night."

Seraphine pursed her lips, a little speechless.

Zeri was so hyped up...and loud....

Full of energy from morning till night, a real energetic girl.

Downstairs, the energetic girl's voice rang out loudly.

Oh, speak of the devil.

"Phinny, Phinny!"

"Hurry up; we need to go quickly! Taliyah just called me."

Seraphine: "....."

She clenched her fist!

Sain looked at the girl who pursed her mouth and clenched her fist, and immediately burst into laughter, saying loudly, "Go on, don't let little Zeri wait too long. You have a lot to do today, right?"

Seraphine looked at her father and nodded. "Yeah, I'll go first."

"Dad, Mom, remember to go early and grab a good spot."

Sain nodded, "We'll tidy up and grab something to eat before heading over."

"Okay."

With that said, Seraphine turned and pushed open the door, and then Sain heard the sound of footsteps.

It was the sound of boots stepping on the stairs.

Sain also walked out and went to the kitchen area. Through the kitchen window, he saw the situation downstairs.

There were already many people on the street.

And a girl wearing a white shirt, a purple short vest, and brown shorts was bouncing around.

She also held a coat in her arms, a violet coat with blue, purple, and white patterns.

Sain watched his daughter, who was trotting in front of Zeri, stomping her feet.

And Zeri? The lively and lovely girl hugged Seraphine's arm directly and dragged the taller Seraphine towards the west port of Zaun.

Along the way, she greeted people around the streets.

"What are you looking at?"

His wife called from behind, and Sain turned around to see that his wife had taken out the baked pancakes.

"Eat up, and let's hurry over."

"Yeah, we need to witness this day."

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"Up so early?"

"Aren't you up early too?"

"Of course, today is the day when the new Zaun is completed. I haven't been able to sleep since three days ago." His eyes sparkled, and the man with one arm missing, using a mechanical hand, said loudly.

"By the way, have the Pilties come down?"

"They have. I have a buddy who lives in the boundary markets. He said that at half past six, the Enforcers had just opened for passage, and there were quite a few Pilties queuing up in front of the elevator."

"Why do you think the Pilties are coming over to our activities?"

"What are you saying? They're not the same Pilties as before. Don't let the Enforcers hear you say that, or you'll get I'm trouble."

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"Jayce." Looking at the guy still lying in bed, the woman wearing a silk dress raised her neck and walked to the bedside with a specially made garment in her hands, looking down at him.

"Mel, I told you I'm not wearing that outfit. I can just put on anything." Jayce covered his face with a pillow and didn't look at Mel.

He didn't want to wear such flashy clothes anymore. He was not the same as before. Now, his face was the hardest pass in the Twin Cities.

"No, this is necessary etiquette." Mel lifted her foot and stamped hard on Jayce's buttocks.

"God! Can't I just wear whatever clothes like Linwin?" Jayce, reluctantly smiled, didn't look at Mel.

"I said no, you can't."

Mel's foot pressed down, pressing on two round things.

With this step, Jayce's body stiffened suddenly, his arms removed the pillow, and Jayce cautiously turned his head to look at Mel, only to see the Noxian woman staring at him with a smirk, as she looked at him, her smile widens, and her toes pressed down harder.

"I...ugh...Mel, you wouldn't do that." Jayce showed a helpless smile and looked at Mel.

"Wouldn't I? Did you say I wouldn't?" Mel's mouth curled up, showing a beautiful smile, her aura suddenly changed, her tone became colder, Mel pressed down a bit more, and Jayce immediately screamed, but he dared not move, after all, his weak spot was in her hand(feet).

"Jayce, I don't mind being a widow."

After hearing Mel's words, Jayce could only awkwardly smile, "Haha....haha."

"Stop laughing!"

Her foot retracted, Mel then sat on Jayce's waist, reached out and pinched his abdomen, Mel said, "Alright, no more playing. You're not allowed to talk nonsense to me anymore. Hurry up and put on this outfit."

"But I really hate this kind of clothes."

That's what he said, but Jayce still obediently sat up, after getting up, he first kissed Mel's cheek, then took the clothes and stood up.

"This is necessary etiquette, Jayce, you're a councilor."

"Linwin is also a councilor, why doesn't he need it?"

"Can his situation be the same?" Mel looked at Jayce speechlessly.

"What's different? Aren't both he and I councilors?" Jayce muttered quietly, only to receive a kick from Mel.

"Anyway, hurry up and change your clothes, we need to go quickly."

"Yes, yes, my queen."

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"Taliyah!!!"

Just as they arrived at the port, Zeri saw Taliyah standing next to Linwin, waving her hand from afar. In the past six months, Zeri had been spending time with Taliyah almost every day, so their relationship was naturally very good.

No, to be precise, Zeri had a good relationship with everyone.

No one in Zaun would dislike Zeri because her personality was just too likable.

Even Silco, who always had a cold face and only spoiled Powder, expressed satisfaction with this lively and active girl after meeting her.

Hmm, maybe it's because Zeri is Powder's little fan? Silco is fond of her because of Powder?

"Zeri, Seraphine." Taliyah turned her head and looked at the well-dressed Zeri and Seraphine. After Linwin nodded at her, Taliyah quickly ran to the two girls.

Linwin shrugged in place. This place was special, besides employees, residents of Zaun and Piltover couldn't enter. They could only stand at the port or other locations to watch.

After all, the waves that would be stirred up and the lightning that would strike, those were not something ordinary people without shield protection could bear.

"It seems like I arrived quite early?"

Above Linwin, there was first the sound of a steel cable breaking through the air, followed by a cold voice.

Camille landed elegantly beside Linwin. She had no expression on her face, but there was a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

She remembered killing many people here, many Noxians.

It was the day when the Twin Cities were connected.

"I thought you wouldn't come." Linwin turned his head and looked at Camille.

The woman, who was over two meters tall and had an aura even higher than her height, shook her head after hearing Linwin's words and replied coldly, "This is a day to witness a miracle, of course, I will be present."

"I thought it would take a few more years to see this day, but I didn't expect it to be. just one year."

Linwin shrugged.

"That girl is very useful." Camille looked at Taliyah's back and said.

"Well, could you not say things with such ambiguous implications? She's my apprentice." Linwin scratched his head and said to Camille.

This woman put her family first, then Piltover second.

"I'm just stating a fact. Without her, it would take at least two years for Zaun to build the foundation, and the fastest completion would be four years. But she made it possible for Zaun to complete the plan in just one year."

Taliyah's abilities, huh?

But what Camille said was also correct. After all, Taliyah's abilities were really useful for civil engineering and the like.

"Hey, Linwin!"

Just as he was about to respond to Camille's words, a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Oh! Look at you!" Turning around, Linwin saw Jayce shining brightly, and jokingly extended his arm to block in front of him.

Camille also looked at Jayce strangely.

Jayce was wearing a white senatorial suit, but it was sewn with a large amount of gold thread, in two places on his arms as well, the fur was down, that wasn't thread, that was money! 

The pants also looked extraordinary, making a clinking sound as he walked, at the cuff of Jayce's pants, a beautiful golden thread was pulled out of the pocket, with various small gems strung on top.

If one of them fell off...

"It's Mel's request, I don't want to dress like this either." Jayce rubbed his nose.

To this, Mel behind Jayce just smiled.

Outside, she would naturally give face to her little man.

"Linwin!"

"Miss Powder!"

A figure rushed towards Linwin at an ultra-fast speed, and then, another figure rushed towards Powder quickly.

Linwin opened his arms and catched the charging Powder.

Powder, with her limbs wide open, crashed into Linwin's arms, then hung on him, like a koala.

Linwin and Powder both looked at Zeri, who had stopped and was scratching her face embarrassingly.

Zeri covered her face, awkwardly smiling, and said, "Councilor Linwin, Miss Powder, did I disturb you?"

"She grow up so fast...." Vander shook his head helplessly, next to him was Silco, who was only half his size.

Silent.

Silco, who usually wore suits and maintained a good figure, had light makeup on his face today, using foundation to cover his terrifying left side.

"Caitlyn, over here." Behind Vander, Vi waved excitedly at the newly arrived Caitlyn.

Mrs. Kiramman frowned suddenly, giving her daughter a fierce look, but it was useless. The rebellious young lady Kiramman quickly rushed to Vi. Leaving the old cupcake with a view of her back.

"Is everyone here?"

Silco walked up to Linwin, Camille, Jayce, and others.

Linwin thought for a moment and said, "Professor, the Yordles, Viktor and Zevi are still missing."

Silco looked quietly at Linwin, feeling that something was wrong.

Oh. Powder was still hanging on Linwin.

Silco frowned and said, "Powder, get off Linwin now."

"Oh, okay." Powder immediately got off.

She still listened to Silco's words.

But she still clung tightly to Linwin.

After all, she could now legitimately stick to Linwin.

Powder, who didn't care how others saw her, naturally took the opportunity to stick to him.

And Linwin was very aware of this, now, Linwin didn't resist at all.

Resist what? A blue twin-tailed beauty is actively sticking to you, and you resist? Are you dumb?

Powder was soft and fragrant when she hugged him, of course, Linwin wanted to hug her too.

However, seeing that almost everyone was here, and outside the perimeter, Zaunites and Piltover residents were mingling together, all curious, looking on.

The matter was important, and the time was almost up.

Linwin shouted loudly:

"Taliyah, Zeri."

"Come over, we can start now."

"Yes, Master."

"Yes, Councilor Linwin, I'm on it!"

Silco stood with his hands behind his back next to Linwin, looking at the direction where the bridge led, where an island emerged from the sea.

An island?

No, that wasn't a small island.

That was, the new Zaun.