Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 289 Lissandra Becomes More Human

"Why are you here?"

Nunu recognized the guy in front of him, rubbed his eyes, and stared at Li Ke in disbelief, asking blankly, "Aren't you...aren't you over there?!"

As she spoke, Nunu pointed in one direction, but then realized she hadn't pointed in the right direction, so she immediately changed it again: "It's super, super far from here, how did you get here?"

It's normal for young children to talk nonsense and even be unable to judge distances.

Anyway, as long as Li Ke understood what Nunu meant, he looked at Nunu, lowered his voice, and said, "This is not an accident, Nunu. Just like when you met Willump, our meeting was also destined."

"Huh?" Nunu was startled. Sitting on Willump's lap, his little face suddenly turned red, and he stammered, "You, are you a girl? Mom said that 'Destiny' can only be used on blood sworn brothers. Are you my destined blood sworn brother?"

"Are you my wife?" Though shy, the little guy mustered his courage and said in a low voice, his shyness tinged with something else, "But aren't you too old?"

Li Ke: "?"

"puff"

In his mind's eye, Li Ke seemed to hear someone laughing, a clear, cold, and short laugh.

The thought of Lissandra witnessing this scene made Li Ke grit his teeth.

What exactly did Reka teach Nunu?
What does it mean to be destined to be a blood oath?
What is a blood pact? In Freljord, a blood pact is like marriage.
"You're overthinking it, Nunu. I'm not a man, I'm a spirit." Li Ke suppressed his speechlessness and frustration and said seriously to Nunu.

"A spirit? You're a god?" Nunu clapped her hands and said as if she had just realized something. "So it really was you who saved me back then, right? I was wondering why I didn't get carried away by the snow wolf after falling from such a high place and being unconscious for two days."

Nunu had already seen the green light before, so it was someone she was familiar with. In addition, for some reason, Nunu was willing to trust the other party and had a good feeling about this green guy.

It's like... it's like if he met Braum, he would unconditionally trust Braum?
Thinking of this, Nunu seemed to let down all his guard, looking at Li Ke with a pitiful expression. He sniffed and said, "Can you help me? Help me save Willump, just like you helped me back then."

"He's fine, he's just unconscious." Li Ke glanced at Willump. The snowman was tough and resilient, and Nera had been careful when she used the giant wave to push Willump and Nunu off the cliff. She was just a bit immature, not really stupid.

Nera deliberately controlled her strength at the time, only withdrawing it when she was more than ten meters high. Therefore, for Willump, more than ten meters was no problem at all.

After all, Willump's fur was half a meter thick, right?

Moreover, this guy can jump four or five meters high in one leap. Therefore, Willump's current coma is not due to injury from falling from a height, but rather because he was protecting Nunu when Nera used a giant wave to wash him away.

how to say
It's like throwing someone into a large washing machine, and when you take them out, they'll almost certainly vomit and faint.

"Falling into a coma?" Nunu looked at Rick, somewhat incredulous. After all, with Willump's physical condition, how could he possibly fall into a coma?

Li Ke looked at Nunu, thought for a moment and said, "If you don't want to believe it, then there's nothing I can do. Anyway, Willump is fine, so you don't need to worry about him. But Nunu, instead of thinking about Willump, shouldn't you be thinking about how you're going to go to Windwing Mountain with him after he wakes up? That guy is still waiting for you up there."

Li Ke pointed to the mountaintop and spoke.

Haha, Li Ke is definitely different from Nila. He knows he came with a mission. Playing a role means immersing yourself in it. He is currently playing the role of the old man who helps Nunu grow up.

Actors like Nera who let their own preferences pull them out of character deserve a big NO; she's utterly unqualified!
"How do you know about Windwing Mountain?" Nunu blinked and asked the question.

He looked at Li Ke and suddenly became a little nervous. He whispered, "No, that's not right. My mother only told me about Fengyi Mountain. I haven't told anyone else that I'm going to Fengyi Mountain. You shouldn't know!"

Li Ke: "?"

How did you suddenly become so smart?
“Because I know where your mother is,” Li Ke said after thinking for a moment.

These words immediately shattered Nunu's newly formed wariness. He looked at Li Ke excitedly and shouted, "Mom? Do you know where my mom is?"

"Your mother's name is Reka, right?"

"Correct!"

"She's not in danger right now, but that's only temporary, Nunu. She's right where you're going. Go to Windwing Mountain and, together with Willump, unravel the secrets of the Yeti, and you'll find your mother."

"Is everything you're saying true?" Nunu looked at Li Ke, then whispered, "Can I believe you? I don't even know your name, how can I believe you?"

“My name? Nunu, you can call me Guardian,” Rick said softly.

“A guardian, like Braum? But you’re not bald,” Nunu said, tilting his head.

Li Ke: "?"

Under the green light, Li Ke's expression twisted again.

Why are there so many problems with brats?
Whew, take a deep breath, Li Ke, be patient. Nunu isn't a naughty child; on the contrary, her vigilance and willingness to ask all sorts of questions show that she's very smart.

Although she had parenting experience, it was obvious that Issa was much more obedient than Nunu. Also, Issa couldn't speak, unlike Nunu who had so many problems.

To put it simply, Nunu's curiosity is just too strong!
In his mind's eye, Li Ke seemed to hear the witch's laughter again.

Does making Lissandra laugh mean Nunu is really amazing?
“No, Nunu, I have lived longer and further than Braum. I am a being you do not know,” Rick said to Nunu. He continued, “Freljord has many secrets. What you need to do now is to uncover those secrets. Don’t you like adventure? This is exactly what you’re looking for. Nunu, you must go to Windwing Mountain, not only to save your mother, but also to save Freljord.”

"I'll save Freljord?" Nunu exclaimed excitedly, standing up on Willump's large belly. But he immediately realized that this action was not good for Willump, so he tiptoed off Willump and quickly climbed down to Rick.

Looking up at Li Ke, he reached out his hand, boldly trying to touch Li Ke, while excitedly shouting, "Can I become a hero who saves the world?"

"Om~"

With a faint sound, Nunu's hand was blocked by something transparent. He looked up at Li Ke in surprise and saw a huge green thing in front of him stretching out a hand.

A large green hand reached towards his head, causing Nunu to instinctively back away. But then, he boldly stepped forward, allowing the strange creature in front of him to place its hand on his head.

"You can do it if you want to."

“However, you have to overcome the current difficulties first,” Li Ke said earnestly to Nunu.

"Please tell me, what should I do? She won't listen to me at all, and also, is it possible to... to not hurt her?" Nunu asked several questions in a row.

“She threw you and Willump out, and you almost died, you know that?” Rick looked at Nunu with a strange expression.

"No, that's not it." Hearing Li Ke's words, Nunu shook his head and said to Li Ke in a clear voice, "I can feel that she didn't really want to hurt me and Willump. She, she was just playing with us?"

Nunu said uncertainly, but even so, he still said with certainty, "Anyway, he definitely didn't want to hurt me."

“If that’s the case, Nunu, you need to do this.” Li Ke looked at Nunu, trying hard to recall the plot of his previous life, thinking about how to combine them to come up with a quest line for Nunu.

A moment later, Li Ke suddenly laughed.

“I have a tool that can absorb the waves she creates. Without the waves, she naturally can’t stop you from going to Windwing Mountain,” Li Ke said, bending down and squatting down to look Nunu in the eye.

Nunu's eyes lit up, and she stretched out her hands: "Can I borrow them?"

“Not only can I lend it to you, I can give it to you for free,” Li Ke said with a smile, his voice brimming with laughter. He could already imagine Nunu’s expression after she accomplished that task and then discovered the truth. “However, there’s a problem with that tool.”

"what is the problem?"

“That thing is broken now, and I need two materials to fix it.” At this moment, Li Ke felt like an NPC issuing a quest.

“Go ahead and tell me, Willump and I will find them!” Nunu patted his chest and promised.

"The first ingredient is called Julmay, a strange fruit that grows in the Frost Fortress."

Nunu suddenly interrupted Li Ke, shouting, "Frost Fortress? I just came from that area!"

His tone was tinged with disappointment. Everyone knew that Frostholdt was Lissandra's territory, and he had just run away from Lissandra's village of orphans!

If we go back to get it now, Lissandra will find it. Putting aside the issue of the materials, how is Willem-President going to explain this?
The reason why Nunu and Willump didn't return to the orphanage or tell the adults about it was because Nunu wanted to protect Willump.

Willump is not some cruel and vicious snowman, he is his best friend!

If the adults of Frostguard Fortress found out about Willump, Nunu was very worried that they would hurt him. Therefore, for Willump's sake, Nunu gave up seeking the help of the adults of Frostguard Fortress to find his mother.

And now, this green guy is actually telling me to go back!

“No, not the current Frostguard Fortress, but Ice Fortress. That’s not Lissandra’s current home, it’s her former home,” Rick said to Nunu. He knew exactly what Nunu was thinking.

As Li Ke finished speaking, a cold voice echoed in his mind.

Even if it was my old home, it's still my home. Are you teaching this child to steal from me?

Hearing Lissandra's question, Li Ke rolled his eyes.

Ignoring Lissandra, he continued to Nunu: "Look that way, that's the opposite of Frostguard Fortress. When you see the open tundra, walk a little further in and you'll find a huge ruin with a landmark building that you'll recognize."

Nunu nodded and then asked, "So, what about the second ingredient?"

"The second material is called the Tears of the Frost Goddess. After you get Zhurme, head north. When you see the Frozen Sea, you'll know what to do."

"If I get them, can I go to Windwing Mountain?"

“Yes, get them, bring them back to me, and I will repair the tools that can restrain that guy up there. With those tools, you can go to Windwing Mountain,” Li Ke said earnestly.

Nunu took a deep breath and nodded: "Then, how am I supposed to find you then?"

“When you return to the foot of the mountain with the things, I will appear before you on my own, Nunu.”

"okay, I get it!"

Nunu nodded loudly.

"Well then... goodbye, little one." After saying that, Li Ke disappeared before Nunu could react.

Nunu was left standing there with her mouth wide open, looking left and right.

Once he came to his senses, Nunu immediately ran to Willump, knelt on the snow, gently patted Willump's cheek, and shouted loudly:

"Willump, get up!"

"It's time for us to go on an adventure!"

"I know how to get to Windwing Mountain now!"

"Is this your plan?"

In the sky, Lissandra appeared, her face indifferent, but a hint of a smile in her eyes.

Li Ke caught that hint of a smile. To be honest, Lissandra was becoming more and more human.

She had just mocked Li Ke because of Nunu's words, and she was also displeased by the task Li Ke had given Nunu.

This is all a manifestation of Lissandra's current human nature.

"Otherwise what? The Frost Fortress is easy to deal with, but the Tears of the Ice Goddess is something I made up. I'll have Bai cooperate and pretend to be the Ice Goddess to give Nunu a trial. As for the specific trial, I'll have him find a way to get to the Ice Island in the center of the sea and make up something that Bai wants, and then have him give it to Bai."

"Will this really work?" Lissandra frowned and said softly.

She no longer felt that Li Ke was wasting his time, because Nunu had indeed found Willump, and Nunu had also merged with the Heart of Anivia, something Lissandra had witnessed firsthand.

Lissandra also really wanted that gem that contained Anivia's magic.

With that thing, she could truly control Zhenbing, instead of just controlling Dark Zhenbing.

However, Lissandra couldn't bring herself to snatch a child's things in front of Rick. Of course, if Rick hadn't been there, given Lissandra's cunning, she might have actually tried to steal the Heart of Anivia.

But now, it's too late to say anything.

"Yes, everything I did was to help Nunu find a way to use his power in his predicament. That child is too kind-hearted. When he was facing Nera just now, it wasn't just because Nera had gone too far, but also because he didn't want to hurt Nera. So he never even imagined that he would defeat Nera."

Although Nunu's fantasies were useless.
The ability to make fantasies come true is indeed very powerful, and it's no exaggeration to say that Nunu, who possesses it, is a super-mechanical monster. But the problem is that Nunu is a numerical monster!

Therefore, even if Nunu really thought that way, he and Willump would still have no way to get through the mountains if Nera was unwilling.

“Okay, I understand. Well then, that’s settled.” Lissandra nodded and said softly.

After saying that, she planned to leave immediately.

Judging from the looks of it, Li Ke is probably going back to Zu'an too. If she doesn't leave, is she going to stay and watch over Nunu?

She's not as free as Nera.

But just as Lissandra opened the ice mirror and was about to enter, Rick's voice rang out.

"Hey, haven't you noticed you're becoming more and more humane?"

Lissandra turned her head and saw Li Ke staring at her with curiosity.

Her pale lips parted slightly, Lissandra closed her eyes, and uttered a single word:

"roll."

(End of this chapter)