It's another year of the Snow Festival.

Reaching out to activate the automatic defroster, Ezreal looked through the frosted glass window on the left side of the bench to the brilliant fireworks that bloomed in the night sky of Piltover.

"Ahh

Ezreal sighed helplessly.

"I don't know when I started to get used to spending the Ice Festival alone."

"Well, that's not good news."

In the eyes of outsiders, Ezreal-san is a heartless narcissist.

But in reality, Ezreal thinks that he is obviously a promising young man with a delicate mind......

"I really don't want to spend the Snow Festival at home."

Scratching his head, Ezreal put his goggles back on and stood up from his workbench.

Well, you should look to see if you can do something else, you can't always stay in the lab, your body is going to be moldy.

Rummaging through the rummages, Ezreal found two tickets for the opera.

"The Song of Avarosa?" Picking up the ticket for the Leather City Grand Theater, Ezreal was stunned for a moment, "Strange, where did the ticket come from?" ”

Ezreal is sure that he has never bought such a ticket, and the tickets for "The Song of Alvarossa" during the Snow Festival are not something he can afford - although "The Song of Alvarossa" is a resident repertoire in the city of Phi, and Ezreal has also seen it, but the "Song of Alvarossa" of the Snow Festival because of its special significance, the performers are all famous artists, for example, this year, the Grand Theater of Picheng invited Miss Sana, the queen of classical music in Demacia, and the one printed on the ticket is Sana who strokes the guqin.

Ezreal was rich, and although he hadn't graduated yet, he had been rewarded by several of Shurima's expeditions, but he had spent all his money to build the current laboratory.

Dehumidifiers, humidifiers, automatic defrost ......

In order to create a stable enough experimental condition, Ezreal has already put together all his savings.

Well, although Ezreal doesn't want to admit it, in fact, the shyness of his pocket is also the main reason why he spends the Snow Festival alone.

Having said that, although Ezreal's parents have disappeared, he actually has an uncle in Leather City, but compared to Ezreal, who has a detached personality, his uncle, as a professor, is somewhat old-fashioned, and if he spends the Ice Festival with his uncle, Ezreal will inevitably be counted out.

Don't...... This is the ticket that my uncle prepared for himself?

Ezreal carefully recalled that the last time he entered his laboratory was really his uncle—that time it was because Ezreal had a small accident on his expedition to Shurima, and he did not return to school before the holidays, so the teachers at Ezreal's school approached his uncle and criticized Ezreal's truancy.

In short, Ezreal's parents have been found......

"If it's really a ticket prepared by my uncle." Ezreal touched his bare chin, "I'll forgive him for saying I'm not doing my job—but make sure I find a chance to make it clear to him that what I learned in school doesn't really mean anything to me......"

With that in mind, Ezreal pulled out a pocket watch from a drawer and compared the time.

"Eight o'clock tonight...... There are still three hours left, and the time is totally in time! ”

Putting down his pocket watch and bills, Ezreal went straight to the bathroom and happily took a shower - this time he used double the pomade.

Then, with an hour and a half left before the opera began, he finally left his laboratory.

……………………

The streets of Piltover are not very pedestrianized.

As the last day of the year, the coldest day, the Snow Festival means the end and a new beginning, and most people choose to spend this special day with their families.

Ezreal wore a fur coat that he rarely wore and always felt uncomfortable.

The well-fitting jacket is Ezreal's favorite outfit - it is about the same status as a plaid shirt is to a programmer - but as a native of Picheng, Ezreal has not yet reached the point where he wears a jacket to watch the opera, which is not true temperament, but disrespect for the performer.

Under the effect of the double pomade, Ezreal's yellow hair hung down softly, changing his image from a small yellow hair to a small plum (a younger version, of course), a well-fitting bright gray fur coat without buttons, and a smooth and youthful forehead with goggles removed - although there were not many pedestrians on the road, there were many people staring at him.

Ezreal completely ignored the female gazes that seemed to him as aggressive as the Guardians he had seen in the crypts.

Well, it seems even more uncomfortable to say that.

Then, just as Ezreal was hesitating whether to simply fasten the buttons, the Pitty City Theater had arrived.

It was already time to enter, and the long line at the door was getting shorter and shorter, and Ezreal looked at the line, but he didn't notice his uncle.

"Why don't you come ......?"

Then, just as Ezreal was wondering, a hand was placed on his shoulder—a hand that made Ezreal's heart tremble as if he had neglected something......

Then, just as Ezreal turned back, he saw a small figure.

With colorful hair and a colorful little dress, Ezreal saw a little Lori who was only up to her shoulders.

Ezreal froze in place.

Zoe!

This is the same Zoe who has been pestering herself before!

Ezreal froze in place, dumbfounded.

And Zoe also looked at Ezreal, motionless.

After a long time, Ezreal finally pulled the two tickets out of the pocket of his coat.

"It's ...... You bought it? ”

The last time Zoe easily emptied the Leather City Bank, Ezreal felt a little hot in his hand.

"Of course!" Zoe nodded like an inviter, "I knew you would accept my date!" ”

"That money ......"

"I changed it with my hair~" Zoe's tone carried a natural sense of course.

"......" looked at Zoe's colorful hair, and Ezreal, who was about to find an excuse to slip away, hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out his hand.

"Let's go, let's go in together."

“Yeah！”

Zoe excitedly grabbed Ezreal, and then jumped up and down to check in.

For Ezreal, this is the first time that a girl has given herself a gift with great care - but for Zoe, she understands a new truth.

"Stealing someone else's stuff makes Ezreal unhappy, but there's no problem with exchanging – even if the other person doesn't want it."

Soon, the ticket check of the Picheng Grand Theater was over, the curtain opened, and the announcement of the curtain sounded.

"Please enjoy the overture - "Looking for Ronin" below."

"Looking for Ronin"?

Ezreal, who had sat in his seat, pulled out the ticket again, and found that the song of Alvarosa seemed to have been re-arranged, and the name of the arranger was the virtuoso on the column.

"What a great character."

With a sigh of emotion, Ezreal quickly immersed himself in the music.

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