Legends of Runeterra

"屮!"

Without any hesitation, Graves turned around and ran away.

What a joke, what’s the point of fighting without a gun?

That's magic. Graves was a bit reckless, but he's not a fool!

"Da~!"

A crisp snap of fingers sounded behind him, and Graves found that he could not even move his eyes except for breathing.

'Damn, I'm screwed!'

"Nice magic, Lulu."

"Hehe~! Of course, I am..."

"The most powerful witch, meow~!"

Yumi, who was leaning on the left side of Li En's arms, spoke first.

"So 'the most powerful witch', can you please let us out of the cage?"

“Hehe~! Tristana, now you understand how important I am, right?”

"Yes Lulu, we are a team, I shouldn't have left you alone."

"Hehe~! Okay, okay, I'll let you out right now!"

Lulu jumped down from Li En's arms, ran to the cage with her short legs and stretched out her little hand.

"Wait Lulu!"

"What's wrong, Lee En?"

"This is a cage made of rune steel. Let me help you."

"Runesteel!?"

"This human is right, Lulu, let him come."

"Oh well."

Lulu moved aside, and Li En opened the lock which was also made of rune steel.

Three Yodels came out of the cage, and Teemo trotted over to get the blowgun and cannon "boom" nearby.

“Thank you for your help. My name is Tristana, this is Teemo, and this is Corki!”

"You're welcome Tristana, my name is Li En and this is Gwen, nice to meet you."

"Hello, nice to meet you."

Little Gwen jumped off Li En's shoulder, turned back into human form, and bowed gracefully to the few people.

"Wow! That's amazing! The doll has turned into a human!"

"Yes, yes, Li En, is this your magic?"

Looking at Lulu who was looking up with a curious look on her face, Li En smiled and shook his head, then looked at Gwen.

"No, this is my own magic, and I don't know who gave it to me."

"Oh, so that's it."

Lulu nodded when she heard that, and then quickly put aside her curiosity.

"By the way, Lulu, how did you get to know Li En? I remember you haven't been to the material realm for a while?"

"Oh, about that. Last time you came to my house to search for humans... Yeah~!"

Under Tristana's increasingly hostile gaze, Lulu finally reacted.

“Lu~Lu~!”

"Woo~! Li En, save me!"

Lulu hid behind Li En in a flash, holding onto his thighs and climbing up.

Li En reached out and hugged Lulu in his arms.

“I’m sorry, Tristana. Lulu brought me to Bandle City in order to treat my serious injuries.”

"Uh...I...Okay, Li En, I don't blame her. You know, the speed of time in Bandle City is very different from that in the outside world. It doesn't have much impact on us Yodel people, but many humans come in and then leave, and there is a high probability that they will die of old age in an instant, so..."

"Humph! Of course I know that. I have cast a protective spell on Li En. He will be absolutely fine!"

Lulu stood up from Li En's arms and put her hands on her hips with a proud look on her face.

"Okay Lulu, if you talk back again, I can't save you."

"Hmm~!"

"Forget it, it's over and it didn't cause any trouble."

Tristana turns to look at Teemo and Corki.

"Timo, Kuchi, let's go, we should go back."

“Okay Tristana.”

"Let's go, let's go back quickly, I want to build a new plane!"

"Well, Li En, Gwen, see you next time!"

“Well, bye Tristana.”

"Wait for me!"

Lulu stuffed a small pocket watch into Li En's hand, and then jumped out of his arms.

"Leon, this is a replica of my 'Tick,' and you can come to Bandle City by activating it.

Remember to come~!"

"No problem, thank you Lulu."

"Hehe~! Yuumi, Gwen, and Grimoire, see you next time~!"

The fairy Pixie waved at the few people like Lulu did, and each fairy followed Tristana.

After knocking in an inconspicuous corner, a pale golden portal opened.

Watching them walk in and disappear one by one, Gwen blinked curiously and turned to look at Li En.

"Li En, is the other side of the portal the legendary Bandle City!?"

"Yes, that's right."

Li En smiled slightly and shook the pocket watch in his hand.

"Now that you have this pocket watch, if you want to go and have a look, we can go together next time."

"Uh... yeah!"

Gwen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

"Okay, now let's deal with this robber."

"Meow! If anyone dares to shoot at us, I will scratch his face!"

"Whoa~ whoa~!"

Gwen stood quietly there, watching Li En's back as he walked towards Graves, a strange look on her delicate face.

"Da~!"

"Plop~!"

The restrictions on his body were removed, and Graves suddenly fell to the ground.

"Ouch! I..."

Holding back the curse words from his mouth, Graves slowly climbed up from the ground in a way that would not cause any misunderstanding, then turned around and faced Li En with his head lowered.

"Haha~! Smart move."

"Hehe~! This...this Master Mage, it was just an accident just now, I..."

“Ding-dong~!”

The bag containing the golden siren fell to the ground in front of Graves, and the beautiful sound of the gold coins colliding was heard.

For a moment, Graves paused in the lame lie he had been trying to come up with.

After hesitating for a while, he raised his head slightly and looked at Li En with some confusion.

"Take it. This rune steel cage is mine."

"what!?"

Graves was stunned. His originally ferocious face now looked like a Slowpoke.

"No? Then..."

"My kind wizard, Graves would like to express his sincerest gratitude to you and wish you..."

While saying all kinds of nice things, he stuffed the bag of gold coins into his arms at a very fast speed.

"Okay, go away. Nothing happened today. Got it?"

"Hehe~! Of course, of course! I'm leaving right away!"

Ignoring the shotgun with flowers growing on it on the ground, Graves didn't even go out the door, but climbed over the wall and left at a speed that was extremely inconsistent with his body shape.

...

"Is he the Graves in your plan?"

"Yeah, that's right Gwen, we have to give him some money to buy a new guy, otherwise Sarah's plan won't work out."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Will you accompany me for some more strolling?"

"Okay!"

Seeing Gwen, who was originally uninterested, smile, Li En stretched out his hand.

"Use human form this time. Hold my hand and I'll add a barrier between the two of us so we won't attract the attention of outsiders."

"Um..."

The white, tender little hand, without a trace of bones, was placed in Li En's hand.

A faint warmth passed through Li En's palm and into Miss Gwen's hand.

...

"Hoo~!"

Graves, who had walked away, leaned against the wall, took a breath, and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He quickly opened the bag in his arms and took a look. The brilliant golden color made him smile.

'Tmd, luckily I'm smart!

Go have a drink first, then go buy a more powerful weapon.

Drizzt, wait till I blow a hole in your head!'