Annie didn't lie to the angel, because, ah, she did go home, back to her home in the voodoo land of Valoran, back to the place that had long been transformed into a steel jungle by the related technologies of the humans and gods of the Federation of Heroes. The gray order station looks like this.
Of course, it is a bit inappropriate to say that it is just the residence of the Gray Order, because it has now become a huge science fiction and magical steel city!
Anyway...
When Anne came back, all she saw were the towering steel walls, the bright lighthouses, the modern streets, and the ferocious mage towers that towered into the sky!
The creek at the door of her house that she originally remembered has disappeared, and the two large fruit trees outside the residence have also been cut down. The stone mills, haystacks, and insect fish beside the creek that she was familiar with were also gone. The birds and animals, the curling smoke from each house, and even the big yellow dog from the old master's house next door were all missing.
Everything in my memory has disappeared here!
This place has completely changed. It is no longer the place that Anne knew where she was born, raised, and grew up with her until she was eight years old... But there is no way, she asked for it, because, In a sense, her hometown, her home and the gray order in her home were really dismantled by her own hands?
Thinking about it, she actually asked her men to demolish her own home, and then built it into the Iron Mage Fortress in front of her. Although there is nothing good about it, it cannot be said that it is not good at all. She brought it all on herself, so who can she blame?
It was helpless to think about it. In the world of Runeterra, other mages rode on the backs of tall horses or flying dragons, roaring spells and casting spells. But now, the mages in her Gray Order rode on suspended motorcycles or on... Stay in that kind of atmospheric battleship that flies in the planet, stay in that kind of gun emplacement that is protected by thick armor plates, plasma shields and magic shields. You can cast spells alone or in combination, and the staffs have been canceled by them. Instead, it was replaced by a magical resonance infrasonic speaker device for amplification?
In other kingdoms, such as the kind of swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows, arrows, and crossbows that were popular in Demacia or Noxus, they have long since disappeared here. They have long been impaled by Gauss rifles or pistols and cannons. Completely replaced!
By accident, Annie upgraded her home, her real 'main base', by dozens of generations, directly from the mage's manor in the feudal era to the energy steel of the space era. fortress?
Although there are some regrets and weirdness, there is no way. Anne also knows that some things cannot be easily undone after they have happened.
"..."
ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas
"Sure enough, I really shouldn't have let them transform into this way. I almost can't recognize them at all!"
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The Voodoo Land is still the original Voodoo Land. There is still a home where her home was originally. But Annie always feels that it no longer has the flavor of the original home. This is like here. Many of her impressions are It's like I can't find anything anymore.
For example, a certain big yellow dog that used to stare at her all day long without watching the door?
Of course, although the big yellow dog from the old master’s house next door is difficult to find, the old master next door is still relatively easy to find!
Isn’t this?
While Anne was wandering around the small park in the middle of the street where her family's small castle and garden were originally located, she unexpectedly met a man wearing a shirt, beach pants and slippers who was sitting on a chair in a daze. Save the old mage next door to her house! Then, as a matter of course, under the warm invitation of the other party, she sat down on this chair and chatted together in a daze.
"well……"
"you do not say?"
Seeing Annie sigh, the old mage also sighed.
Then he stretched out his hand and sprayed out a burst of freezing breath from his fingers, directly freezing the glass of juice on the stone table in front of the chair. Then he waited until the slightest bit of cold air came out of it, and then waved his hand, Under the control of the mage's hand, it floated to little Annie.
"Thank you~?!"
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Annie was not polite. After all, when she was a child, she often went to the other person's house to eat and drink. So when she saw the other person treating her with juice, she quickly stretched out her hand to hold the straw, and then stretched out her head to suck it. He drank it ''slurpingly''.
"Annie, let me tell you! Old man, I still don't like the current steel fortress..."
"Would you like to see it?"
"What's the best place to live in this high-rise building? Although the elevator is indeed a bit convenient for an old man like me, it's not a big deal. Old man, I can slow down and elemental magic myself. Without an elevator, the old man can still fly there in one breath. Do you need something like that if you go to a hundred floors?"
"Besides, it's not like we didn't have that kind of lifting device in our mage tower before. At most, it was just a little more waste of rune energy stones. What's so big about that?"
"And..."
"This kind of house is too depressing. It can't reach the sky or the ground. The roof is not high enough. There is no yard. When you go out and look up, you can no longer see the blue sky and white clouds. You can no longer plant flowers, grass, or water the yard at night. There are no chirping insects or birds, and there are no fences or morning glories. The old man is not allowed to set up magical restrictions to prevent little guys like you from running out to play in the middle of the night. It also makes my rhubarb a little hungry and listless all day long. …”
"What's the difference between that little shabby place of more than one hundred square meters and the cemetery I prepared myself?"
"Also, the young couple upstairs are so shameless. They bang on the floor every night. Why don't they show sympathy to me, a bad old man? They stay up most of the night and don't even think about it the next day. It's worse than It’s so shameful that you are still lazy!”
"If he were the old man's apprentice, how many times would I slap him!!"
The bad old mage with the white beard just cursed and talked to himself. Then after seeing that the water in his little teapot was not moving, he gently tapped on the stone table and cast a small spell of 'hot air'. Throwing it over, the water in the teapot quickly boiled again, and then he turned his head again and continued to complain:
"let me tell you……"
"It's still better to have one mage tower like we used to have. It's better for one mage to lead ten or eight apprentices, but your soft-eared Gregory can't stand it after a few words from that little girl Amorin. No, I have to go to that Gray Order Magic Academy!"
"She just did it, but she was nice. She actually disliked the old man that I was too old and could not teach students well. She even dragged all my apprentices to the advanced mage class in the college. In the end, she refused to even give me an honorary professor. I blinded the old man in vain. I worked so hard to prepare elementary arcane textbooks for her. Isn't her ruthless behavior just like the kind of bastard who burns down the donkey and burns the bridge?"
“This is really unreasonable!!”
When he thought that he had paid so much, and the last few apprentices were abducted by that little girl Amorin, so that he was now alone, without even a person to do housework or help, he felt a little uncomfortable. The fire in my belly!
Therefore, he decided that next time, when the Magic Academy conducts its second performance appraisal, he, as a member of the elders, must give that guy Amorin a big bad review, and then find a way to do it. She was torn off the position of vice principal and replaced him with taking the position by himself?
"besides!"
"The sub-dragon dogs I used to raise were very precious. When I was in Noxus, owning one or more sub-dragon dogs was a symbol of wealth and power! But she didn't like them. She still disliked them because they were too fierce. Is it ridiculous to say that large dogs are not allowed in the community, and then they are directly imprisoned in zoos and colleges as experimental materials?"
"It's really unreasonable. How can a dragon dog bound by magic be dangerous? Don't think I don't know. She just wants to use it as a teaching material!"
"besides……"
"Little Annie, let me tell you..."
After finally catching Anne, who had not been home for a long time and could speak to her, the old mage just kept chattering about all the unreasonable, or in his opinion unreasonable, aspects of today's gray order, and refused to let him Those who felt satisfied were loudly refuted and complained.
"ah……"
(lll￢▽￢)
Hearing that the other party kept complaining and scolding her mother Amorin, Anne didn't know what to say... Anyway, she just felt that it was wrong to listen, and it was wrong not to listen. In the end, she could only show a slight expression. Embarrassed, he continued to sit aside and silently sip his own juice.
"cough……"
"The old man also knows that it might be better and safer to do this now, and those young people also prefer it?"
"It's just that the roots of our gray order should not be these high-rise steel buildings, nor should they be those mage laser towers that are taller than the last... Our original way of life should not be like this, it should be better, Being closer to nature is..."
"High-rise buildings do not represent how advanced and powerful our knowledge is, but only when our people, our mages, and our own knowledge are strong enough, can we be strong, and only then can outsiders be afraid and dare not come again. Violate us!"
"Although technology is good, only magic is our root!"
"so……"
Completely ignoring Annie's impatient and uncomfortable expression, a certain old mage who had difficulty adapting to ultra-modern life was ready to continue talking so jealously, and continued to criticize certain things he saw. He is not used to it or thinks that he is being targeted at every turn.
"Hey! Hey!"
!(;?o?)o
"OK!"
\(“▔□▔)/
"Grandpa Master, please stop talking! People know what you want, so let's wait for another day... No! Tomorrow I will ask Galen and the others to build a new one next to this city that is exactly the same as our Gray Order's previous station. In the mage area, let them help you build a mage tower that satisfies you and restore the fence of your house and yard, is that okay?"
?°(°ˉ??ˉ?°)°?
Anne was a little impatient. Besides, that kind of thing was not too troublesome, it was just a small matter that she could solve with just one sentence.
And since this old mage is not satisfied or adaptable to his current life, she might as well help him or someone who has the same idea as him to satisfy that small need!
Besides, she herself felt that this city no longer had the same flavor as her previous home. If the original gray order could be reproduced, she might be happy to live in a house with beautiful childhood memories. ?
So, before the bad old man next to her could continue chatting, she quickly expressed her decision.
"??"
"you sure?!"
The old mage obviously did not expect that the little guy in front of him would so quickly come up with a solution to the problem that they had been arguing for a long time but could not solve, which made him a little stunned.
"Okay, okay!"
"Little Annie, thank goodness I didn't love you in vain before! Don't worry, next time you go out to play over the wall, I promise not to go to your mother or complain to that little Amorin! I also promise not to let my rhubarb go. I’m chasing you!”
Hearing Annie say this, this bad old mage wearing a shirt, beach shorts and slippers grinned happily.
In fact, he had wanted to do this for a long time, but there were too few old guys who were willing to move out with him, and his financial resources could not support it. In addition, little Amorin was obstructing it, so he had to continue. Living in this steel fortress-like city.
Well now, the little guy Annie is back, and without much effort, he successfully deceived the other party into building a special rural retirement zone for these old men who have difficulty adapting to their new life. How can he be dissatisfied with this? Woolen cloth?
"..."
(￢д￢.)
"You're welcome, as long as you feel happy..."
(^～^;)ゞ
Anne said nothing more.
Moreover, she said that she no longer needs to sneak over the wall in the middle of the night to go out to play. She can play openly, and she can go whenever and wherever she wants!
Sure enough, Amorin's mother was right. The old mage in front of her seemed to have some Alzheimer's... Even if he is as tenacious as the mage, after hundreds of years, mortal life is still the enemy. However, the laws and shackles of nature, as well as the great arcane pilgrimage, the world outside the world, the endless journey and endless knowledge, how many people can cross the difficult thresholds like her?
As she was thinking about it, Annie suddenly felt a little lost...
Because she didn’t know, and she was a little scared. She couldn’t imagine what she would be like in hundreds of thousands of years. Would she still be able to be as carefree as she is now, with her little bear? Continue wandering around in various worlds?
(…)
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'Hello! '
'Annie? Yes, it’s you! '
'Hey~! '
'Annie! ! '
Suddenly, outside the park, a security officer riding a hoverbike saw Annie's presence. He quickly braked, turned his head to confirm, and then jumped out of the car and shouted to Annie: One sentence.
"Hey! What's the matter?"
?(?)
Although she didn't know why the other party suddenly called her, but after seeing that the other party seemed to be an apprentice brother she knew before who worked for her father Gregory, Anne waved to the other party enthusiastically.
The other party is an idiot. Anne could memorize and learn a thick magic book just by flipping through it, but the other party is said to have been unable to learn it for several years? And now, he must still be a junior mage, so he was kicked out to become a peace officer, right?
'Your mother just called you home for dinner! '
'Go back quickly! '
After saying that and making sure that Annie had heard it, the guy got on the hoverbike again, waved to Annie from a distance again, and then walked away.
"OK!"
(*^▽^*)
"I'm going back now! Grandpa, I'm going home for dinner. Goodbye!"
ヾ(⌒?⌒*)See You?
After saying that, seeing that she finally had a chance to get rid of the nagging old man with some Alzheimer's in front of her, Annie jumped up from the chair, first slapped the finished juice cup onto the stone table, and then Then he turned around and ran away.
"..."
o(′▽｀)o =3 =3 =3
Sure enough!
Anne knew that no matter her hometown, no matter how the gray order changed here, no matter whether it was what she was familiar with, there was one thing, and that was: her mother Amorin called her home for dinner on time every night. It will definitely not change!
Of course, at the same time, it will definitely not change. Maybe there are also those meals that will never change, and she is not allowed to say they taste bad?
"Let's go! Tibbers, let's go home and eat!!"
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