Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 196 The Town Covered in Snow

LeBlanc was finally released, with a lot of grievances and unwillingness. This great leader of the Black Rose, the conspirator hidden behind Noxus for nearly a thousand years, and the legendary female mage of Runeterra, Lady LeBlanc, did not leave Noxus, but stayed in the Immortal Bastion.

After listening to Swain and Rick, she finally chose to stay and planned to build Noxus with Swain. Of course, the prerequisite is that LeBlanc must listen to Swain in everything.

She couldn't act on her own, especially not come up with ideas on her own.

After all, every time this woman comes up with an idea, Noxus will suffer misfortune. Swain doesn't dare to let Leblanc come up with ideas anymore.

Noxus is really in tatters now. This woman doesn't need to contribute to the construction of Noxus. She just needs to stay here honestly. This is Swain's only thought.

Although Idea Queen was very dissatisfied, she chose to swallow her anger because of Li Ke. As long as Mordekaiser could be dealt with, Leblanc would do anything.

After all, Sister Yitiao, you don’t want Mordekaiser to return to the material realm, right?
Back to the topic, Janna has returned to Zaun and told Hilco what happened in Noxus, asking Hilco to prepare for the integration with Noxus in advance.

Li Ke and Jinx stayed in Noxus and did not go directly to Freljord because Li Ke planned to absorb more emotional value in Noxus.

Before leaving, he planned to go to the Soul Lotus Space to give some gifts to Ahri and Kindred in exchange for the next wave of favorability and gain some soul strength. The next step would be to store the next emotion point in Noxus before setting off for Freljord.

It’s better to be prepared.

As for why it was in Noxus, it was because Swain had already announced that Noxus would cooperate with the Twin Cities, and also put Li Ke's name on the notice.

There are many ways to collect emotion points, but the most effective way, and the one that gives the largest amount, is for Li Ke to absorb them personally from the surrounding environment.

Li Ke has now discovered that as his popularity rises, more and more people know him, and the emotional value he can gain increases. The effect will be poorer for those who are far away, but the effect will be very good for those who are close.

The source of emotional value is nothing more than the emotional emission of people, such as fear, respect, and gratitude. Although their emotions are not as strong as Jinx's, the huge base is there. When the quantity is increased, the emotional value that Xiao Jin supplies to Li Ke is really no match.

Therefore, Li Ke planned to collect some emotional points in Noxus first.

Time came to the end of 988. In the winter of Noxus, the weather became bad. The cold wind blowing from Freljord made Noxus also enter extremely cold weather. In the recent Immortal Fortress, there were fewer Noxians on the streets.

In the study of the Immortal Bastion, Swain sat on a chair with a small stove next to his feet. Wrapped in a blanket, Swain was holding a steaming teacup in his hands and sipping the hot black tea to his lips. He silently stared at the woman in front of him.

The woman in front of him had beautiful purple hair. On such a winter day, she was wearing very thin clothes, a short top that exposed her belly, a blue cloak, and a purple roland-colored slanted waist skirt. She was sitting in a corner of the desk with her legs crossed.

Her face without makeup is fair and her skin is delicate and smooth. The bags under her narrow eyes are exquisite, and the teardrop mole under her right eye adds a unique charm to her.

"How many days has he been away?"

the woman asked Swain.

Swain looked at LeBlanc like this and narrowed his eyes.

How should I put it? LeBlanc looks better in this look than with makeup on, at least that's what Swain thinks.

Without that scribbled makeup, Leblanc looks more pure and gentle. Just looking at her appearance, it is hard to imagine that she is over a thousand years old this year. Looking at her like this, you will only think she is a girl of sixteen or seventeen.

“Five days,” Swain said.

"Tsk, finally left." Leblanc snorted disdainfully after hearing this. She then played with the teapot on the desk out of boredom, bent down lazily, and squeezed out a hoarse and sexy low voice from her throat: "I really can't understand why there are men in this world who like women like Jinx."

"With his status, he can have any woman he wants. Why does he fall in love with a woman like that?"

After listening to LeBlanc's words, Swain recalled that Jinx always went to play with LeBlanc in recent times, and then he smiled.

Somehow, Swain found that he had become a little strange recently. No, not only himself, but even LeBlanc, the woman whom he regarded as his biggest enemy, seemed to have become a little strange.

When the veil was lifted, Swain discovered that LeBlanc was not "that" as he had imagined. Perhaps this is what Li Ke said - distance creates beauty?

"She's not as bad as you think. Besides, they are childhood sweethearts and a perfect match for each other." Swain took a sip of tea and put down the cup.

He looked at Leblanc and continued, "So, are you going to keep doing this?"

LeBlanc raised her head, looked at Swain, and said calmly, "What's up?"

"You haven't even taken care of Black Rose lately. You just read in your room every day. I barely see you except during meals. This is not like you."

Swain said meaningfully.

What he was referring to, of course, was LeBlanc's ability to stir up trouble. But during this period of time, she no longer stirs up trouble. In other words, LeBlanc seems to have become very lazy?
"What a joke! The one sitting here is the real me." After hearing Swain's words, Leblanc waved her hand.

She looked at Swain and continued, "You think you know me well, don't you? Oh, if it weren't for that demon, Swain, you would be nothing more than an ordinary person with some intelligence and determination in my eyes."

"Because of Mordekaiser's affairs, I have been running around for thousands of years, sleeping less than two hours a day. I have used my abilities to create countless copies of myself, and the clones are spread across various areas of Noxus."

With an inexplicable emotion in Leblanc's eyes, she continued lazily: "I have played countless types of people, old people, children, men, women, politicians, soldiers, businessmen, dancers..."

"I haven't dreamed for a long time. Sometimes, I even forget who I am. Which me is the real me?" Loveland said with a smile, her tone full of emotion and mockery.

Over the past thousand years, she has played so many roles that she almost forgot who she was. Over the years, the only thing she really remembered was that she was the pale witch who betrayed Mordekaiser and the leader of the Black Rose. Apart from that, LeBlanc sometimes thought that she was just one of the empty shells among the many phantoms.

She could no longer tell the difference, could not tell the primary from the secondary, could not tell which one was her real body and which one was the clone she created.

But in recent days, she let go of the Black Rose and Mordekaiser, and lived a carefree life for nearly two months. She slept and ate every day, read books, and then avoided Jinx who came to play with her but actually tried to learn magic from her. Slowly, LeBlanc found many of her past memories from the messy memory palace.

Her name is Leblanc. She was born 1421 years ago, before Noxus was founded. She grew up in a wealthy family with both parents. She was considered a daughter of a noble family, but everything was destroyed by the rune.
In short, during this period of time, Leblanc really remembered a lot of things. The memories that belonged only to the "original body" allowed Leblanc to gradually pull herself out of the illusion.

She is not the clone woman that Li Ke mentioned!
Leblanc yawned, a smile appeared on her face, and she continued to say to Swain: "But now, thanks to that brat Li Ke, I know who I am."

"I've worked so hard for so many years, busy dealing with the tyrant's return. What's wrong with me taking a break now?"

"You want to dump all of this on Rick?" Swain saw through LeBlanc's thoughts at a glance.

Leblanc hummed twice, lifted her long, white legs that reflected the light, and changed her sitting position. She stretched out her hand to smooth the hem of her skirt and said with a smile, "Any questions?"

"Now I understand what people often say: if the sky falls, there is always someone taller to hold it up~"

"Even if I do nothing, you and Li Ke will deal with Mordekaiser. In that case, why should I be so busy? And didn't you forbid me to give any advice?" "Blame me?" Stretching her body, Lady Leblanc stood up and stood in front of Swain. She raised her hand in front of her and tapped the space in front of her with her fingers.

The golden magic wand floated under her feet, and she said, "I want medium-rare beef for dinner, and a bottle of good red wine."

After saying that, Leblanc used magic to disappear without waiting for Swain's reply.

In the quiet study, Swain looked at the front silently. After a while, he suddenly shook his head and laughed.

After thinking about it carefully, Swain found that he really couldn't blame LeBlanc.

Because sometimes he would have the same idea as Leblanc, that is, Li Ke would solve everything.

Just like now, Noxus and the Twin Cities are cooperating. Noxus provides ore, and the Twin Cities will help Noxus improve the quality of the land and sell food to Noxus at a low price.

For Swain, the biggest challenge after taking office as the commander-in-chief is not how to change Noxus' current policies, but food and economic development.

But these two problems have now been resolved by the Twin Cities, so Swain naturally feels relieved.

As for Mordekaiser
After obtaining Ram, Swain was indeed on guard against Mordekaiser, because he knew very well that after the return of Tharn Uzul, the former king of Noxus, Noxus would not benefit from it. Instead, it would become the first stepping stone for him to seize Runeterra.

This is also the reason why Swain did not target LeBlanc too much.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?
And now, let's push the responsibility of Modkaiser and others to Li Ke.

Picking up the exquisite teapot that Leblanc had been playing with, Swain poured another cup of black tea and began to enjoy it with his eyes squinted.

"Everyone, just ahead is Nairzayag!"

"Everyone, pay attention. Don't rest. We must hurry into the village."

On the frozen ground, a long procession crossed the mountains of the Freljord and headed towards the valley below.

This team has about 40 people and has seven huge moose. The antlers of these moose alone are half a meter long, like two giant shields. They are two meters tall and nearly three meters long. They are the best partners of Freljord merchants.

In addition, the caravan also owns ten Freljord yaks. These cattle are smaller than moose and cannot go as deep into Freljord as moose, but their lush and dense hair and excellent endurance make them the main force for merchants to transport goods.

In a large carriage pulled by two yaks, a black-haired young man heard the noise outside, pushed open the wooden window, and looked outside.

A small head also popped out from underneath him, wearing a thick velvet hat, with a few tufts of naughty blue hair sticking out from the edge of the hat. On the small face, which was as white as the surrounding snow, the delicate and cute little nose was red from the cold.

"Li Ke, how long will it take until we actually reach Freljord?"

She exhaled a breath and saw the white mist she exhaled instantly turned into smoothie. The girl's eyes curved into crescents and she was very excited.

Before Li Ke could answer, a member of the caravan sitting nearby said with a smile: "We have now officially entered the territory of Freljord. From here on, we are already in Freljord."

"Remember the building we just passed by? That was Noxus's Noxtora. After passing that place, it is no longer the territory of Noxus." Old John looked at the young couple and said gently.

"You are really bold. You are not from Noxus, but you dare to take the Noxian road. I say, why don't you two take the Hextech airship?"

After Old John finished speaking, he took a puff of his cigarette.

As a businessman, he certainly knew Zaun and Piltover. Now it was impossible for a businessman not to know about the Twin Cities. They were the world's trading kingdoms and the places all businessmen yearned for.

The young couple in front of us are from Shuangcheng.

"We want to experience the local customs and cultures at a slow pace." Li Ke replied with a smile.

He and Jinx entered the Delverhold three days ago. After walking for three hours outside of the Delverhold, they met John's caravan.

Seeing Li Ke and Jinx on the mountain, John kindly invited Li Ke and Jinx to join the caravan.

After all, once entering the snow, you may encounter wild beasts everywhere, but if the number of people in the team is large enough, the wild beasts will not dare to attack.

After hearing this, Old John wanted to scold Li Ke and warn him not to do this because it was really dangerous.

But before he could finish his words, chaos suddenly broke out outside.

Old John also opened the wooden window beside him and looked out. Then, after just one look, he instantly became panicked.

"It's broken, it's broken!"

Jinx was staring with wide eyes, curious about what happened, but Old John looked at Li Ke and Jinx seriously and said loudly, "Get off the carriage quickly, and then both of you cover yourselves tightly, hide in the crowd, and don't make any noise, understand?"

After saying this, without waiting for Li Ke and Jinx to react, he urged them to get out of the car.

John also got out of the car. After getting off the car, he picked up a flag stuck on the car body, shouted two words loudly in a language that Li Ke could not understand, and then waved the flag.

The convoy stopped immediately.

What followed was a series of rumbling sounds coming from the frozen ground.

Li Ke stood beside Jinx, looked towards the place where the sound came from, and narrowed his eyes.

From a long distance, in the snow and in the woods, Li Ke discovered a long team.

Snow wolves, wild boars, moose, all kinds of unsociable animals ran towards the caravan, and behind these animals were a group of people wearing furs.

"Winter's Claw?"

"What a coincidence."

Li Ke laughed.

(End of this chapter)