A dozen kilometers away from Presidence, a trade convoy composed of local merchants and out-of-town villagers was slowly moving forward on a dirt road. In an instant, the convoy was stopped by overcast clouds and unpredictable weather.
A light drizzle fell from the sky.
More than a dozen ox-drawn pallets carry goods produced from various places. Under the care of various cargo owners, they skillfully put rough hand-sewn animal skin raincloths on them to prevent their goods from getting wet.
If you want to change something useful, no one will choose to sit idly by.
"You brat, what are you doing standing still? Come here and help me!"
Hearing his uncle's slightly scolding voice, the frowning Spotted Tail woke up from his sister's wedding, patted his slightly mature face that had started to grow a beard, and ran to the other side of the cart in a few steps, meeting the other tall, The vastaya Khajiits with dark fur pushed several bags of dried sea fish into the cart owner's sea beast skin.
After the two of them finished their work, the owner of the cart tied the animal skins tightly to both sides of the cart with hemp ropes so that the rainwater could not find any place to invade.
After saying a few good words to the cart owner who was willing to take care of him and seeing him off, the Black Panther frowned and came to his nephew and said with some hatred.
"What happened? Do you want our efforts of more than half a year to go to waste? Your aunt and your mother rely on our seafood to exchange for some spices to survive the winter. If they get caught in the rain, it will be over!"
"Sorry, uncle."
Sighing deeply, Black Panther looked at the somewhat depressed nephew in front of him, knowing that it was not easy for the little guy.
After getting married two years ago, Madarao's family has been supported by Madarao alone. This is not a problem for the hard-working and intelligent Madarao, but the problem lies with Madarao's younger sister Xiaozhao, who is also his niece. .
A year ago, when it was time for Littlepaw to get married, Spotted Tail had even prepared a dowry, but Littlepaw refused to marry no matter what. This made Spotted Tail and Spotted Tail's mother heartbroken, and even her own relatives Uncle Du was a little helpless. He wanted to take care of his younger generation, but the tiger man didn't choose. So he shyly introduced a few young Vastaya foreigners to Little Claw who had better conditions and admired Little Claw's appearance. Unfortunately, Little Claw had no choice. It was as if Zhao was possessed by an evil spirit and refused to accept it at all. In short, she refused to get married no matter what. She refused to explain clearly to her why, which made the whole family completely dumbfounded.
This delay lasts for two years, when boys get married and girls get married. If it continues like this, the good girl everyone is fighting for will become the old girl no one wants. Let the beautiful and lovely girl be called the flower of the tiger tribe. It's not impossible to find an old bachelor or a disabled vastaya for my little paw, but it's just that no one can accept such a result. If you don't marry for the rest of your life, you will become a veritable laughing stock. , Madarao’s family can’t hold their head high for the rest of their lives.
Spotted Tail, who doted on his younger sister Xiaozhao the most, stopped trying to persuade her after several attempts. Instead, she looked gloomy every day, not concentrating on her work and not knowing what she was thinking.
The sky became darker, and the rain gradually became heavier. The Ionian summer rain accompanied by the cool summer wind slapped on the face, dispelling the irritating heat.
He took his nephew and hid in the temporary rain shelter set up by the convoy, and found a corner. The Black Panther scratched his head and consoled him earnestly.
"I've told you about Xiaozhao a long time ago. With more persuasion, maybe she can accept it. This matter can't be dragged on forever. This is not the way..."
"Uncle, I can actually guess the reason why Xiaozhao doesn't want to start a family."
The Black Panther had never thought of this, and he was a little dumbfounded as he waited for his nephew's next step.
Madarao raised his right hand and stared at his black-red flesh pad. At that time, a human named Lister also took his hand, giving him an experience and feeling he had never had before. This feeling he may never have in his life. I can't forget it. If my sister also fell into it...it's not incomprehensible.
"My sister Xiaozhao may have fallen in love with a human male whom she has only met once."
"What!? You mean, the reason why Xiaozhao refused to get married was because he fell in love with a strange human being whom he had only met once?"
Seeing that his originally mature and steady uncle had become a little rude, Madarao smiled bitterly and nodded.
"That man's name is Lister. He comes from the western continent of Valoran and is a Noxian. Three years ago, after my sister and I got pickled fish and left from your uncle, we happened to be in a car heading to Praia. On the cattle cart, she met Liszt, who had just arrived in Ionia. Perhaps that man was so special that she never came out. Instead, she became a little lost after the separation. To be honest, At the beginning, I thought that Xiaozhao's abnormal state would not last long. After all, it was just a beautiful and accidental encounter. Who knew... Xiaozhao would become like this..."
"Hutu! What a lake!
It’s not that I don’t agree with Xiaozhao marrying a human, it’s just that there is no one who becomes possessed after just one meeting. Are you sure you're not talking nonsense? "
"If it's Liszt, there should be nothing wrong with it, because... in fact, I also like him very much. If I were not a man, I'm afraid I would make the same choice as Xiaozhao..."
The Black Panther stared at his unshaven nephew with wide eyes. He couldn't believe it and couldn't imagine that these words were coming from his reliable nephew's mouth.
Is that Liszt some kind of devil? Can meeting someone take away someone's soul? Also open to both men and women?
Black Panther doesn't believe this evil!
Just when the Black Panther wanted to scold his nephew for his extraordinary ideas, a stranger wearing a full-face cloak and a large hood came to this small corner without knowing when. Soon, the stranger He took off the hood that covered his face, revealing a blue-purple face with strange tattoos.
"Excuse me, you two, can you tell me about Liszt?"
"Who are you? I don't know you, and I won't tell you about Liszt. Please leave here!"
Ryze had already anticipated the hostility of the Vastaya Khajiit youths, and he also had many ways to resolve the hostility. After all, during his journey, the most indispensable thing was all kinds of hostility.
It was a very charming Valoran who could attract foreigners across races that caught his attention.
He will never forget that three years ago, that was when he had just left the continent of Valoran and embarked on the road to pursue the red rune holder. He spent more than two years searching the part between the two continents. Island, finally determined that his goal was Ionia from the beginning.
He didn't expect that he would get such coincidental information on the way to Presidence. If he couldn't find out clearly, he might wake up from his dreams at night, dreaming that the target he was pursuing had left Ionia and was heading to Ionia again. into unknown territory.
Then he had to sit on a boat for another two years, drifting on the sea, and vomiting in the cabin-who knows why he would get seasick when he was not even afraid of long-distance space teleportation.
"Please don't panic. I am also from the continent of Valoran. You may have heard the name of the wandering mage. That is me. My name is Ryze. I lived in Noxus for a long time and met many famous people. And there are capable Noxians who have never heard of Lister, maybe Lister is just a fake name."
Ryze, who always felt that Liszt was inexplicably familiar, soon recalled that he had accidentally obtained "A Thousand Days and a Thousand Nights, Ancestor of the Vastayans: The Biography of King Liszt" in an underground black market, which was very popular in the black market. The adult lord of the Emerald Territory in the underground world is a fanfic. Ryze found it a little funny when he thought that he had subconsciously guessed that Lister of Ionia was Lester, the lord of the Emerald Territory.
I was really stupid in a boat. I actually connected two people with completely different statuses because of a vulgar work. What's more, before I left the Valoran continent, the lord of the Emerald Territory also He was in power in the Emerald Territory, and at that time the holder of the red rune had left the continent of Valoran, so anyone could be Lister, but Laister, the lord of the Emerald Territory, would not be Lister, nor would he be The bearer of the red rune.
Everything else was uncertain, but this was the only thing Ryze could be sure of, which also gave him a little more confidence in finding the holder of the rune.
"Tell me, Spotted Tail, although I don't know who the wandering mage is, but I don't think this bald mage is a bad guy. I also want to know if you and Little Claw were deceived by the Noxians, not to mention, this It was three years ago, and it doesn't mean anything to say it now. You don't betray your friend."
Black Panther also began to persuade his nephew.
Considering that what the Black Panther said made some sense, Spotted Tail nodded, allowing Ryze to successfully integrate into this small corner, and began to recount everything that had happened.
"I am willing to entertain you and that girl Xiaozhao with the important etiquette of my hometown. So, this barbarian from Noxus is surprisingly polite."
"Uncle! You said he was polite, but you still called Liszt a barbarian!"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I accidentally said something. I heard that Noxians love fighting the most. I heard that until now, there are still endless wars in Valoran, all because of the warlike Noxians. Sri Lankan people."
Seeing that his uncle admitted his mistake, Madarao turned to look at the guy who called himself the wandering mage.
"You said you have lived in Noxus for a long time, but have you ever heard of the friendly courtesy of intertwined fingers in Noxus?"
The Vastaya Khajiit young man responded with a somewhat embarrassed face.
"Well, at least I haven't seen or heard of such etiquette. Rather, interlocking fingers is an action that lovers in Noxus often do. If I heard it correctly just now, , Um...Liszt not only shook hands with your sister like this, but also shook hands with you like this?"
The black panther with a face as black as the bottom of a pot:...
Madarao, whose cheeks turned red:...
"As expected! That Liszt is an emotional liar! He just wants to take advantage of you and Xiaozhao! It's so hateful!"
"It turns out that Liszt was trying to take advantage of me... He not only likes my sister, he also likes me..."
"What!? You actually call Master Liszt, who saved Presidence, a liar!? He saved my life!"
An angry voice came from not far away, and the person who came had rolled up his sleeves.
"Well, we are not talking about one person, but another Liszt. How could the great hero Liszt be an emotional liar?"
After hearing what the vastaya tiger man said, the visitor put down his hostility.
"Be careful what you say in the future. Lord Liszt is the hero who saved Presidio and exorcised the real demon. You can't just say it casually!"
When the people who were fighting for the hero Liszt left, the three of them fell into an eerie silence again.
Until Ryze spoke hesitantly.
"Maybe it's the same person?"
"Impossible! How could the great hero Liszt be such a despicable guy!"
"Uncle! Liszt is not a despicable person! I don't allow you to say that to him!"
"Why would someone who is not a despicable person use such a clumsy lie to deceive you and Little Claw? Obviously Noxus does not have such etiquette!"
"I just want to ask, did Liszt tell you anything about what happened in Noxus? Or did he show any special power?"
The three of them all wanted to express their opinions, and they all had their own opinions and had a heated argument.
"The rain has stopped! The sky has cleared up. Let's get ready to continue on the road!"
Someone in the shed shouted, and seeing everyone starting to make moves, Black Panther and Spotted Tail also knew that now was not the time to argue, so they walked out of the shed one after the other.
"Anyway, you can see clearly what Lister is like. Spotted Tail, you have to persuade Littlepaw when you go back. If she really doesn't want to get married because of that Noxian, then she would be too stupid. That liar." It’s not worth what she did.”
"I still don't believe that Liszt is that kind of person. Maybe the wandering mage is ignorant..."
Watching the two Vastaya Khajiit leave, Ryze did not follow him. He knew that he would not get any more information from the two of them. When the rune perception was confused, he could only go to Presi. Dian tried his luck to see if he could find some clues.
This time, Ryze did not continue to follow the convoy, but embarked on the road alone. For him, walking was much faster than an ox cart pulling goods.
"A hero who saves Presidian and exorcises the real demon... Although I heard about such a person when I was in Praia, I didn't expect that this person's reputation in Ionia would be so great...
There is no doubt about the strength of the real demon. It must be very difficult for someone who can defeat the real demon alone. Maybe I should go to the magic garden first to see if this Liszt has obtained the red rune and defeated it with the power of the red rune. Someone who has fallen into a real demon will definitely leave some traces of runes on the scene. If this is the case, then as long as I inquire about Liszt along the way, I can quickly find him and recover the runes. "
Having determined his next course of action, Ryze's steps couldn't help but become much brisker.
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