Chapter 14: Departure
Five years later.
This is the border town of Shadar in Demacia, and when the early morning sun wakes up the land, the people of Demacia start a new day's work, and unlike the previous tranquility, the city is still immersed in a joyful atmosphere, and in some places, some decorations that are only used during festivals have not even been removed.
This scene is not without reason, about half a month ago, Jiawen II finally announced the decision to establish a crown prince, and with the same idea as everyone, the responsibility of the next king was not handed over to the eldest prince Xiu, but to the second prince Lunn to bear.
This arrangement is somewhat irregular, according to tradition, the eldest prince should be the crown prince unless there is some unforgivable mistake, but it is clear to everyone that Prince Xiu has had no interest in power since he was a child, and for most of his time he has been immersed in the study of magic and history, and has quite good achievements, and as for how to rule a country, he has no vision as ordinary people.
This is only one aspect, even if these troubles are solved by his subordinates, but Xiu's deep benevolence is the biggest problem, when his father and brother are fighting on the battlefield, he does not care about treating the captives of Noxus with the magic knowledge he has learned, although this move in exchange for Noxus no longer abusing Demacia's prisoners of war, but the second and the ministers know very well that a monarch who is too benevolent will not bring peace, which will only bury his novel xstxt country.
Compared to the eldest prince who is more like a scholar, the performance of the second prince Lunn is really a future king, whether in military or political aspects, Lunen's performance is very good, since three years ago, the second has appeared on the battlefield with Lunen, in many major battles, he has shown the qualities of a king, in his body, the Demacians see the shadow of the future king.
All of this sounds good, Xiu can continue to study magic, and Lunn can be a great ruler, everything is arranged in the most appropriate way, so why care about the so-called "rules"?
That's true, but ordinary Demacians would never know that this time the announcement of the crown prince was not because Prince Lunn was over twenty years old, and there was a deeper secret behind it.
Just when everyone was immersed in joy, a magic guide engineering car appeared in front of the city gate, this is a very ordinary freight vehicle, no one felt anything wrong, if you have to say anything strange, the person sitting in the driver's seat really wrapped himself too tightly, but the thought that many of the city's merchants need to leave early in the morning to buy fresh vegetables here, there seems to be nothing strange about wearing more.
Beyond the broad city walls, there were large fields, and although there was some space between the cities of Demacia compared to the compact urban layout of Noxus, this land alone was not enough to fully meet the needs of the city, and it was still necessary to transport supplies from other places, which was a hidden danger left when they first came to this land, and this was the case with all the huge city-states except the yodelers.
On the slightly congested road, the magic guide car carefully moved slowly through the crowd, after reaching the land they cultivated, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the road became wider, but the merchant on the magic guide car did not stop in front of any vegetable garden to ask the price, it just slowly moved forward like an outing, and finally disappeared from everyone's field of vision.
"Whew...... Finally leaving, Your Royal Highness the Prince, you can draw the curtains! ”
After confirming that there was no one else around, the well-dressed coachman finally ripped off his cloak, and under the heavy fabric, there was a sixteen-year-old girl hidden, her long white hair was draped behind her head without any decoration, her figure was well-proportioned and beautiful, and her lovely face had some noble temperament, on her hands, she wore a pair of leather gloves that were almost shoulder-length, and several pairs of belts held them firmly, in the eyes of ordinary people, this was just a pair of long gloves that had been worn white, but as long as she knew some magic, You will realize that this is not because of wear and tear at all, but a layer of magic condensed on the surface of the glove.
She is Sivana, and in five years she has grown into a beautiful maiden, and a half-blood sky dragon with powerful magical powers, because of the human blood in her body, Sivana cannot completely hide the magic in her body that is too powerful in her human form, in order to hide this, her adoptive father Lunn gave him this leather glove as a gift, made of the skin of a magical beast killed in a certain battle, which can both block the dragon scales that cannot be hidden on Shivana's arms, and also disguise the overflowing magic.
"Thank you for your fearless warriors, but there is no one else now, so you don't have to be so inhibited, my dear niece."
The man sitting in the car was Xiu, and although five years of time made him look more mature on the outside, in fact, he was still a simple boy at heart.
"Alright then!" That's what Sivana wanted to hear the most, her fingers darting over the magical words, and after setting her course, she turned and slipped into the car.
What is a little different from the past is that after getting into the carriage, Shivana did not lean on Xiu's side, but sat opposite him quite restrainedly, this scene is quite rare, Xiu looked at him with some puzzlement, and asked with concern: "Did something happen?" ”
"That...... Do you really not mind if your father becomes king and steals this seat that belongs to you? Brother? ”
For Sivana, Lunn is a loving but distant father, this feeling becomes more and more obvious as Lunn grows up, Sivana knows very well that this is the inevitable result of becoming a king, and in comparison, the quiet and gentle Xiu has become her closest relative, so Xiu has become Sivana's "brother".
"We've talked about this many times" Xiu was stunned for a moment, and soon regained the gentle smile he had long been accustomed to, and gently touched Shivana's head, "I can't be a good king, and I don't care about power, and Lunn is the best candidate, you know, what is my favorite, so why bother with such boring things?" “
"But ......"
"Nothing," Xiu interrupted Shivana, "we'll stop here, if you really want to care about anyone, think about your grandfather first." “
It was no accident that the second suddenly announced the crown prince's candidacy, and although he had already acquiesced to Len, the second still wanted to hone him more, until about a month ago, Reginald's departure, or betrayal.
Reginald? Ashram, the chief archmage of Demacia, Xiu's mentor, this unfathomable magister once led the magical storm that destroyed the continent of Narsa, but just a month ago, this important minister who has been loyal to Demacia for hundreds of years suddenly left here, in a letter to the second, he said that he had established a new organization with other ** divisions with similar aspirations, and hoped that the second would come in a month, but he also mentioned in the letter that this organization only allowed the second to bring a maximum of five people, Otherwise, they will be turned away.
This was an insult to the second, although he respected the old man, but for a king, this kind of unspoken behavior was no different from betrayal, in the letter, Reginald also mentioned that the organization he established called the League of Legends was the key to ending the long war between Demacia and Noxus, in addition to the shock, the second had more doubts and fears in his heart, what kind of power could end the thousands of years of war between the two sides? Or was this a trap set by the archmage to establish his own dynasty?
As a king, it was hard not to think so, so half a month ago, he suddenly decided to make Prince Lunn the crown prince, although in the eyes of ordinary people, this is just a thing to celebrate, but all the people in the court know that this is just that the second has prepared for the worst.
Nothing could change what the II had already decided, and a week ago, in the silence, the II took Vess with him...... It should be Zhao Xin who left Horant first, and at the same time claimed that this was to take Prince Lunn for further exercise, but in fact, Lunn had been trapped in the palace by his father's order, and Lunn who left with the second that day was just a deception, in order not to let the people think that the three royal families left the capital at the same time, Xiu and Sivana would leave Demacia in this low-key way.
When the second left, he ordered that Xiu and Shivana should not go to Mogro Pass without news from him, two days ago, Xiu received a communication from his father, in the image transmitted by magic, the expression of the second was a little strange, although he said that there was no danger here, but at the same time let the two of them prepare for all the battles, what did he encounter? What kind of organization is League of Legends? Only they know.
"Brother...... What exactly does your teacher want to do? Do you know? Shivana asked, somewhat uncertain.
"The Mentor is definitely not that kind of careerist, absolutely not, maybe he has really found a way to solve this war, but in order to end the war, he must get rid of the shackles of 'power'......"
Xiu looked ahead and said firmly, about half a day's journey forward, you can reach the closest teleportation station currently set up by the League of Legends and Demacia, as long as you get there, everything will be answered.