Piltover, Giramane Manor, a more intimate afternoon tea.

The mask had already been forcibly pulled off by several pairs of delicate little hands, and Lester sat in the center C seat of the six Leather City noblewomen, turning his head to look at the female head of the Gilamane family at the opposite table, his face trying to maintain a gentle smile, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Can you take care of these good sisters of yours? Where do you see this hand? Don't you see that they are becoming more and more undignified? Why don't you call your son-in-law and husband over to share a little pressure on me? 】

Noticing Lester's gaze, Kassandra Giramane, the head of the Gillamon family, shook her head slightly with apology and pleading in her bright blue eyes.

[My lord, you are so attractive, if I stop it, it will discourage these women, so that they will not bring their children to the study meeting hosted by the Gilamane family, and Miss Ahri will probably not have so many friends,

As for Tobias, my lord, he is not qualified to appear here, don't worry, they won't be too out of line]

Lester rolled his eyes and was silent, but on second thought, it was also a joy that little Ahri could make so many friends, and he was willing to sacrifice some for the sake of the child.

As for poor Tobias, Lester can't help it, who will let him choose to get involved? I can only go to the theater to listen to the play.

At the same time, in the study of the manor, the teacher arranged by the Gillamane family announced the end of class, and six children about four or five years old cheered, and soon gathered around Ahri, who was already six years old, with little faces full of anticipation.

"Sister Ahri, can you tell me more about Wuji Village? Is there really such a beautiful sword dance in this world? I really want to see it~"

"No, Sister Ahri should tell me the story of Noxus, I think Sister Ahri's father is so handsome, much more handsome than my father, if only Sister Ahri's father were my father......"

Among the children who were chattering, Ahri, who was wearing a flower dress, sat proudly on the sofa with her waist crossed like the child king.

"My dad likes pretty and cute girls the most, Brother Nick, you're a boy, my dad won't like you."

Nick, the little boy who praised Lester just now, cried when he heard this, and lost his father-in-law.

The other girls were delighted, and hurriedly asked Ahri how she could become pretty and cute, but Catherine, the youngest, sat aside with a small mouth, not noisy or noisy, and looked very well-behaved.

"Sister Caitlin, what are you thinking?"

Catelyn's appearance aroused Ahri's curiosity, and the other children also looked at the young master of Gilamane Manor.

Then again, it's not once or twice that Caitlin is out of place.

Under everyone's gaze, the seemingly quiet, but actually in a daze, Little Bean Ding Caitlin quickly blushed, glanced at the beautiful and beautiful Ahri sister, and quickly lowered her head, revealing an inferior complex.

Thinking that her father had told her to get along with Caitlyn's sister, Ahri stepped out of the children's surroundings, sat down next to Caitlin, and took her sister's hand.

"Don't be afraid, you can say anything to my sister."

"Well, Sister Ahri, you're so pretty, not like me, thin and small......"

"Hahaha~ Sister Caitlin, how did you think of comparing yourself to Sister Ahri? Sister Ahri is the most beautiful sister in the world~"

The other children let out a non-malicious laugh, and Caitlyn's head lowered.

"Actually, I'm so beautiful because of my father?"

"Daddy?"

The children, including Caitlin, stared wide-eyed, unclear.

"My dad is beautiful, so am I beautiful? Caitlin's father is also very good-looking, and Caitlin's sister must be very good-looking when she grows up.

It's not as ugly as you, Nick, and your dad, and you're certainly not going to look good. ”

"But, but, my mother, my mother too...... Woo wow wow! ”

Nick, who wanted to justify his mother's good looks, couldn't stop crying anymore and cried loudly, and for a while the study was filled with happy air.

Seeing that the topics discussed by the children were becoming more and more outrageous, the teachers waiting outside the door did not dare to continue to let the children discuss the problems of their fathers and mothers, lest some smart children understand the meaning of their mothers bringing them to class.

This is the perfect time for the Gillamon family to strengthen their network.

"Ahem, okay kids, relaxation time is over, there's one last language lesson, let's consolidate the Noxian we learned yesterday."

The noisy study soon fell silent, and only the teacher patiently explained the knowledge of Valoran's variant to the children.

……

Freljord, Valral Valley,

In the midst of the snow and ice, a woman in an animal-skin hood pulled a little boy to stagger south in the wind and snow, and the woman sometimes looked back in horror behind her, as if there was some flood beast behind her.

"Mom, I'm hungry ......"

The gurgling stomach made the little boy's face a little sour.

"Jace, hold on a little longer, they're still behind, still behind ......"

Demonic humanoid beasts suddenly burst into the village from the blizzard, indiscriminately attacking every living person they saw.

The Freljords, Demacians, Noxians, Shurima, even if they were all united, could not stand up to the beastmen of unknown origin, and the woman could only watch her husband die at the hands of the beastmen in order to buy time for herself and her children to escape.

Until now, the woman has not forgotten the painful screams of her husband before he died.

"After this mountain, my mother will find you something to eat......

Knowing that his mother had been taking him to avoid the monsters that killed his father, the little boy also gritted his teeth and nodded, stubbornly following behind him.

It was getting late, but the snowstorm was getting bigger and bigger, and the woman had to think about the problem of staying overnight.

Luckily, the woman found an ownerless hidden beast cave, and the reason why she felt ownerless was because the woman did not find the bones left over from the beast's predation in the beast cave...... Now, she can only pray that her judgment is correct.

Before it was completely dark, the little boy and his mother gathered many branches and formed a circle with cold and hard stones, even if they had made a simple stove.

The woman took out the flint and flint, used the freshly dug bird's nest as a fire to ignite the dry wood branches, and added some wet wood, and the woman with rich survival experience knew that it was not a big problem for the stove to burn overnight, and even if a wild beast came to the cave, the flame could buy her and her son some time to save themselves.

Spreading out the cold burden, the woman carefully placed the two bird's eggs in the stone pit by the stove, grabbed a sour snow berry and put it in her mouth and chewed it gently, and the woman smiled with difficulty.

"Jace, Mom will definitely take you out, let's go back to Demacia first, and then take a boat from Demacia back to Piltover, we won't go anywhere, we will live in Piltover well, there will be no more such a thing, Mom assures you, there will never be such a danger again."

"But, but Daddy, Daddy, he ......"

The little boy bowed his head, and just a day ago, he was still coquettish in his father's arms, saying that he would find the heir of Orn with his father and learn the knowledge of blacksmithing.

At this time today, he is left with only one relative, his mother.

"Remember, Jace, this is the path your dad chose for himself."

The woman clutched her forehead in pain, shielding her fingers from the weakness in her gaze.

He was not willing to be ordinary, not willing to be an ordinary craftsman with only a patent for a folding wrench, so he gave up a stable life and did not hesitate to come to this ice and snow to find miracles.

But there are so many miracles in this world, Jace, remember, we can have lofty ideals, but we must also consider whether too lofty ideals can be realized, and whether there will be risks that we cannot take in the process of realization, this is a blood lesson, your father has proved to us with his own life what is called unrealistic wishes,

If we ...... We can go back to Piltover, Jace, Mom would rather give up everything and let you grow up in peace, we don't want any glory and wealth, just peace and stability. ”

The woman originally wanted to give both eggs to her son, and only ate some snow berries for herself, but the little boy refused to eat the second one, so the woman could only turn her back and eat the other egg in silent tears.

This was the only food they had on them, and the journey to Demacia was not known to be far, and in bad weather, they did not have any supplies, they fled too hastily, they did not prepare a hunting bow, and naturally they did not have the ability to hunt with their bare hands.

The woman knew that the death of herself and her son was a foregone conclusion, and that the barren and cold snow-capped mountains would become the graves of herself and her son.

Maybe it won't take tomorrow to get out of the beast hole, maybe a predator that their mother and son can't compete with will eat it and deliver it to the door.

"Mom, I'm afraid."

Jace curled up close to the burning bonfire, and the woman who had been watching the cave gently took her son's little hand, and turned her head to face the light of the campfire, the despair on the woman's face turned into unwavering firmness and confidence, and a confident smile.

"Don't be afraid, mom is here, sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow."

Seeing that his mother was still as calm as before, the little boy also put his mind at ease, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"I can't stop for Jace's sake."

Looking at her son's cute little face gradually relaxing, the woman lowered her head and let her heart harden in the wind and snow howling outside the beast cave.

"No matter how heavy the wind and snow are, it can't stop me, and even if death befalls me and Jace, I won't give in to you!"

As if fate felt the woman's obsession with survival, there were no uninvited guests outside the beast cave this night.

As soon as the day dawned, the woman who had slept lightly for a while took a look at the still calm weather, called her son up, and the two took advantage of the calm to pack up and set off again.

As the night passed, the little boy seemed to have matured a lot, even if his stomach was rumbling, he didn't say how hungry he was, even if he remembered his father's warm embrace, he didn't mention his father's affairs again, the little boy just grabbed the woman's big hand and followed closely behind.

The endless snow-capped mountains are enough to smooth people's will, in the cold environment, in order to maintain the body temperature, the speed of human energy consumption is extremely fast, the animal skin boots on the feet of the two people are getting colder and colder, the toes are getting more and more wooden, every step is as heavy as a thousand pounds, even a small pebble on the side of the road has become an insurmountable terrible obstacle,

When the sun was about to rise to noon, in order to guard against the beast cave, the woman's energy that had not slept much all night was finally exhausted, and all her determination disappeared with the fallen body, and with a pop, the woman fell into the soft snow, like a collapsing mountain.

"Mom! Mom! ”

The last pillar of his soul collapsed, and the little boy let out a cry of sorrow and tearfully lifted his mother, who was lying on her back in the snow.

"Wake up! Mom! Didn't you say you were going to take me home? ”

In the blink of an eye, there were a few more sickly flushes on the woman's pale complexion, and her voice was as low as a mosquito's moan.

"Jace, mommy wants to sleep for a while, you go by yourself, kid, take the flint, put on mom's fur coat, go down the mountain, mommy will wake up and go to you, go, Jace, mom knows that you are the bravest child."

"I don't want it! I don't want to leave my mother! ”

The little boy didn't want to listen to his mother's lies anymore, and hugged the woman who was still warm on his body, and the tears in the corners of his eyes froze.

He had lost the opportunity to hug his father, and he would never allow himself to lose his mother's hug again.

"Silly boy, the men of the Tallis family are so stubborn, mom is really blind to marry your dad."

The purple-blue lips said this, but the woman smiled, and gently hugged her son who was holding her softly sobbing with a hand that could only be raised.

The woman suddenly found that she seemed to be holding her son like this, and even there was nothing to fear of death.

In a trance, she recalled the day when she had just given birth to a son with a man a few years ago, when Jace's father held his son as if he had the whole world.

In the midst of the cry, Jace Tallis has his own name and is burdened with the responsibility of carrying forward the Tallis family.

It's a pity that because of an unattainable expectation, the Tallis family has finally become a joke, three dry bones on top of the iceberg, and after that man, she and her son will also be in the netherworld.

The woman closed her eyes, and there was a hint of bitterness at the corners of her mouth.

Piltover's mature industrial system didn't require a hammer-wielding blacksmith, and perhaps the name Tallis shouldn't have been around Piltover in the first place.

As the mother and son waited in silence for death, the sound of footsteps stamping on the snow came from one side.

"I heard crying from five miles away, child, it looks like you and your mother need some help."

Jace, with red and swollen eyes, turned his head and saw a stranger who was covering his body tightly.

(End of chapter)