Legends of Runeterra

Chapter 141: Shen's sudden visit

The morning sun shines down, and I walk on the empty streets.

The cool morning breeze blew by, and it should have been an extremely pleasant moment, but Jie's brows were still slightly furrowed, and some bloodshot could be seen in his eyes.

Standing outside the yard gate, Jie, whose expression had returned to calm, knocked on the door gently.

"Squeak~!"

The wooden door opened and Seti, with beads of sweat on his face, poked his head out.

"Good morning, Mr. Jie, please come in!"

"Hello, Seti!"

For this extremely talented, filial and polite child, Jie did not care about his Vastaya bloodline.

In other words, he, who had never discriminated against Vastaya, witnessed with his own eyes during the time he stayed with Li En that Vastaya were no different from humans, and were even more... simple.

And more importantly, the powerful talents of this magical race.

If the reproduction of the vastaia was not subject to the constraints of natural magic, a weakness that was too obvious and fatal, it would be hard to say who has the final say in Ionia.

Jie had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he didn't show it on his face. He followed Seti all the way to the restaurant.

"Good morning, Lord Li En!"

"Good morning, sit down and eat!"

Li En looked at the faint dark circles under Jie's eyes and warmly invited him to sit down.

After breakfast, Li En went out for a walk to digest his food as usual, and went to see Irelia later.

But when he arrived at the door, he was surprised to find Jie waiting there quietly.

"Lord Li En!"

"Hey, Jie, do you want to take a walk together? The scenery along the river two blocks away is pretty nice!"

Sensing Jie's hesitation, Li En took the initiative to invite him.

"Okay sir!"

"Don't be so polite, just be casual, I'm younger than you, just call me Li En in private!"

Jie nodded silently, and Li En didn't force it.

So, Jie lagged behind Li En by half a step, and the two of them came to the river bank.

Li En took a quick glance and saw Jie Ban following behind him with his head lowered and his brows slightly furrowed.

"Jie, is there something you want to tell me?"

"I…"

"You seem to have been looking for some information during this period. If you believe me, why not tell me about it!"

Li En stopped and looked at Jie sincerely.

Under his gaze, Jie's expression moved slightly and he was about to speak.

"Buzz~!"

Circles of magic circles lit up on the ground ten meters away, and then Shen, fully armed, slowly appeared in the center of the magic circle.

"Your Majesty!"

"Shen, long time no see! You used secret techniques to rush here, did something happen?"

"My lord, the Noxian army has landed!"

"What!?"

Before Li En could say anything, Jie beside him shouted in surprise.

"Brother, what is going on?"

"According to the news from the Sun Chaser members, Noxus' warships landed on the island of Felor and the island of Ionia where we are!

We haven't learned the specific situation yet, so the master asked me to come find you, and we will go together to find out the news."

"What about Master Kenan?"

"Master Kenan went on a mission and hasn't returned yet!"

After hearing Shen's explanation, Jie seemed to understand a little.

The Order of the Balance has three schools, namely 'Stargazing', 'Sunchasing', and 'Pruning'.

The leaders of the three major schools correspond to the 'Eye of Twilight', 'Heart of Rage', and 'Fist of Shadow' respectively.

Among them, the "Heart of Rage" is the most special. Kennen has been sitting firmly in this position for nearly ten thousand years.

With his lightning speed, he seized countless opportunities for the Order of the Balance.

But it also caused a certain degree of dependence. Under this circumstance, the 'Sun Chasing' school did not have any outstanding disciples.

On the surface, facing the landing of Noxian warships, he and Shen are indeed the best candidates to find out the information.

"Junior brother!"

Looking at Jie who was standing there in deep thought, Shen called out softly.

"Hmm? Oh! Okay, I understand, Senior Brother!"

Jie nodded, then looked at Li En.

"Lord Li En!"

"Well, without further ado, go ahead and be safe!"

The two brothers bowed and left.

When he was about to disappear around the corner, Jie suddenly turned around and his mouth moved silently.

Looking at the other person's lip reading, Li En was slightly stunned, and then nodded.

...

Instead of going to the dance dojo to build a relationship with Irelia, Li En went straight home and found Xia who was taking care of her feathers.

Seeing Li En coming to find her, Xia was about to stand up to greet him, but she remembered something and stopped moving instantly, turning sideways to look at the other person.

"Huh? Why are you here? Aren't you going to fool that little human girl today?"

“Ahaha! The friendship between Irelia and I is pure, and her ‘Silk Dance’ can speed up my control over the ‘Power of the Dragon’!”

Li En never concealed his whereabouts, so they all knew where Li En went every day.

As for Irelia, although she knew Li En's address, she thought Li En lived alone. Due to her own upbringing and Maggie's supervision, she had never visited him.

"Hmph! Why are you saying this to me? You should tell that to the stupid fox!"

Xia said she didn't care, but after hearing Li En's explanation, she turned her sideways body and looked at him with her light golden eyes.

"Okay, it's my fault, let's not talk about this topic anymore!"

Seeing this, Li En smiled and took a few steps forward, coming to within half a meter of Xia.

"By the way, Xia, have your feathers become more and more beautiful recently?"

"Really? I don't think anything has changed!"

The corners of Xia's mouth rose slightly, and the wings draped over her left shoulder spread out and placed between the two of them.

A faint fragrance flowed into Li En's nose as the wings fluttered.

"They live with you day and night, so you naturally can't notice them! Look here, not only are the colors bright, but under the sun it looks like there are colorful lights flowing on them!"

"Do you really like it that much?"

"Of course, these are the most beautiful feathers I have ever seen!"

Facing Li En's sincere gaze, Xia's cheeks flushed slightly.

"Then...then do you...want to touch it?"

"what!?"

Originally, I just wanted to flatter her so that Xia would stop talking about Irelia.

As a result, Xia invited him to touch her feathers, and this reversal caught Li En off guard.

Just when Li En was stunned for a moment, Xia, who thought he didn't want to, suddenly turned pale.

"Forget what you just said, I have something else to do, get out now!"

The left wing was quickly retracted and Xia turned around to leave.

"and many more!"

Lee En grabbed her wrist.

"I just couldn't believe it just now. If you allow me, it would be my honor!"

"... "

Xia remained silent and did not answer. After a while, she placed her left wing in front of Li En again.

Seeing this, Li En gently placed his left hand on it.

Contrary to what it looks like, the cold feathers actually feel slightly warm to the touch.

The silky and smooth feel is comparable to top-grade fabrics.

"Yeah~!"

The continuous feeling of touch from the wings made Xia fall sideways, and she was caught by Li En.