Runeland: I really know a little bit about everything

Confused, Riven raised her head and looked at Yasuo in front of her.

It was also at this time that she saw Yasuo's Wind Blade slowly put back into the scabbard.

At the same time, Yasuo's voice sounded in Riven's ears.

"Riven, the past is set, we can't change it."

"It is my responsibility to protect my master, but I was not able to stay by his side that day. If I had been there, I could have protected him!"

Having said that, Yasuo stroked his sword with one hand and looked through the window of the cell at the bright moon in the night sky.

"In the final analysis, the master's death is my fault, and I can't blame you. And everything I have experienced in the past is my punishment."

After saying this, Yasuo let out a long breath, as if he was spitting out all the dark clouds that had been weighing on his heart in the past.

Now, after going through so much, Yasuo chooses to let go of the past and no longer use endless killing to make up for the hatred in his heart.

"Tread! Tread! Tread!"

Suddenly, a series of gentle footsteps were heard from the end of the corridor, and a figure in official uniform walked into the cell.

Yasuo and Riven looked over there together.

He is the chairman of the meeting.

She walked carefully around the cell, observing the signs of the fight between Riven and Yasuo.

She stopped when she reached Yasuo and Riven.

He looked at Yasuo in front of him and said softly, "Yasuo, taking responsibility is the first step to atonement."

"What about the second step?" Yasuo asked softly.

"Forgive yourself for your past!" The chairman gently spread his hands: "Now it seems that you have done it."

"." Yasuo didn't say anything.

The chairperson smiled and looked at Conde who was hiding in the shadow of the cell.

"Father Kongde, I have decided to forgive you for visiting my daughter without permission, but I hope you can leave with me. Although the guards in the cell slept very soundly today, they are almost waking up now."

As he spoke, the chairman walked out of the cell.

Just as she was about to reach the cell door, her last words reached the ears of the three men.

"The sentencing of Riven will be held tomorrow. Please be present at that time."

After saying this last sentence, the chairman left the cell, leaving the three people in the cell looking at each other in silence.

"Riven, I wish you a good day tomorrow."

A hoarse voice sounded, and Yasuo turned and walked out of the cell.

Riven leaned her head forward a little and whispered to Conde beside her:

"Dad, go back. I'm very happy that you can come today."

"Riven, my child"

Kongde's voice trembled violently when he spoke, and his old body was like a candle in the wind.

After a long time, Kong De sighed deeply, as if he had made some kind of decision, and stood up and walked out of the cell.

Watching her father's hunched back as he left, Riven's surroundings fell into dead silence once again.

She pieced the broken sword in front of her together piece by piece, and looked at the night sky outside the window with lifeless eyes.

She knew that although she was not in Noxus at the moment, as the murderer of Elder Suma, she would most likely be sentenced to death tomorrow.

Everything in the past will come to an end at tomorrow's trial.

At sunrise, it is fresh and cool. The morning sun shines through the clouds onto the earth, ushering in a new day.

The door of the conference hall has not been opened yet, but there are already many people gathered in front of the door.

Almost the entire village came to the meeting hall just to witness the court's verdict on the murderer.

In the crowd, Shava and Conde seemed to have aged a lot overnight, and they even had to rely on each other for support to stand.

They have already lost their two beloved sons in the war, and today, they will once again lose their beloved daughter.

"Squeak!"

Amid the noisy crowd, the door of the conference hall slowly opened, and people once again saw the white-haired girl standing in the center of the conference hall.

After Konde and the Shava couple entered the hall, the villagers also stood around the hall in an orderly manner.

"Boom!"

The gavel struck the base once again, and people's eyes turned to the chairman at the top.

The verdict on Riven will be revealed at this moment.

Riven stood in the middle of the hall, her eyes swept across the crowd around her, her father and mother beside her, and finally she lowered her head deeply.

"Now, this court will announce the execution of the criminal Riven!"

The chairman's voice was full of authority.

"After reviewing the evidence and combining it with the opinions of the elders, this Noxian is found guilty! According to the law, Riven should be sentenced to death!"

"Wow~!"

There was a loud noise in the crowd, and everyone looked at Riven in the center. The light in Conde and Shava's eyes dimmed completely.

"Boom!"

But then, the chairman's voice came again.

"However, although it is easy to impose the death penalty, it cannot keep the world in balance."

The chairman of the meeting looked at the memorial in his hand and continued to read aloud: "The death penalty cannot repair the damage caused by the crime to the people, and it may even increase the suffering of the two lonely elderly people."

Hearing this, Riven raised her head sharply.

She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

Riven looked around. In her opinion, the villagers should be filled with righteous indignation at this moment, shouting for the chairman to execute her.

However, when Riven saw the reactions of the villagers around her, she was completely stunned.

Because she actually saw the villagers around her nodding in agreement! They actually agreed with what the chairman said.

Riven saw their faces and the suffering they had endured. They were children who had lost their parents and elderly people who had lost their children.

"However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped! This court will seek a longer and more severe sentence!"

The chairman's tone became extremely serious and he even stood up.

Under everyone's nervous and expectant gaze, the chairman said in a deep voice:

"We will sentence Riven to hard labor!

Let’s start from the fields of the Condes!”

"This court will also oversee Riven's repairs to the Council Hall and compensation to the families harmed during the Noxian invasion."

After he finished speaking, the chairman looked at Riven, who had been in a daze.

"Riven, are you willing to accept the sentence this court has imposed on you?"

"I" Riven suddenly found that her voice was a little choked, as if something was stuffed in her throat.

On one side of the hall, Conde and his wife Shava had already burst into tears and hugged each other with great excitement.

Riven looked at the hopeful eyes of the villagers around her and nodded slightly.

"I am willing!"

"Boom!"

The gavel struck the base for the last time, and the president raised his hand high.

"Then this court declares that the sentence against Riven is effective immediately! Riven, hurry up and take Sava and Conde home. Maybe you can still make it in time for lunch today!"

"Hahaha!" A burst of laughter came from the crowd, and at the same time, people scattered and walked towards different parts of the village.

Until now, Riven still couldn't believe what she had just heard.

On the way from the cell to the parliament hall, Riven had even imagined what kind of torture she would face.

After all, in Noxus, invaders like him will definitely be sentenced to death.

But now.

Holding Shava and Kongde up with both hands, the three of them walked towards home.

While passing through the crowd, Riven's eyes intertwined with two cloaked figures, and then quickly moved away.

Watching Riven and her family of three disappear from sight, Yasuo and Yongen were the only ones left outside the parliament hall.

"Brother." Yasuo looked at Yongen: "I did it, right?"

Yongen placed his hand on Yasuo's shoulder and patted him hard.

The two brothers looked at each other, and everything was understood without words.

"Yasuo, where are you going next?"

"me."

Yasuo looked into the distance and whispered, "It might be nice to travel to every corner of the world like Zuo Chi."

He looked at Yongen: "What about you?"

Yongen stroked the Azakana mask on his waist and smiled at Yasuo: "I just want to kill more demons, and demons are everywhere! This doesn't seem to conflict with your journey?"

On a rooftop not far from the conference hall, Zuo Chi and Ahri stood side by side, looking in the direction where the two Yasuo brothers left.

He had to admit that although the balance that the Ionian people believed in could not protect them in war, it did have its own unique advantages.

At least, now Riven, her parents, and the villagers are no longer as miserable as before.

Withdrawing his gaze, Zuo Chi tilted his head and smiled at Ahri beside him.

"The last thing is done. Let's go straight to the dock at the edge of Navoli!"