Legends of Runeterra

Chapter 697 Mage Safety Regulations and Code of Conduct

"So, how did I suddenly become a 'Marquis'?"

Walking on the road in the city, Li En looked at Garen curiously.

Ashe held Li En's hand, and the hood covered her soft and silky white hair.

She raised her head slightly and looked at Li En, and was very curious about how familiar Li En and Garen were with each other.

After all, even though she was in Freljord, she had heard of the name of the "Crown Guard" family.

"Weren't you already a 'hereditary viscount' before? You personally rescued the emperor and made the greatest contribution to quelling the wizard rebellion.

After a meeting chaired by His Majesty, it was unanimously decided to upgrade your title to Marquis, but this time it will not be hereditary. In the future, the title will be inherited according to your hereditary viscount title."

Hearing this, Li En nodded. The discussion process of such large-scale meetings was usually quite lengthy, so Li En just happened to miss the opportunity of promotion.

"Haha~! From 'Viscount' to 'Marquis', I am really flattered."

"Ha! Even Jarvan is upset with His Majesty. He wants to make you a 'hereditary marquis'!"

"Ah this...wasn't he beaten by His Majesty the Third?"

"He was sent to the Fearless Pioneer training camp for training, but I think this 'punishment' actually made him enjoy it."

"Indeed, for Jarvan, it would be torture if he were asked to handle complicated government affairs."

"Um..."

Garen opened his mouth, then stopped talking.

"We are here. Follow me and meet Adjutant Cassius, the current head of North Frost City."

After returning the salute to the guard who saluted at the door, Garen strode into the house with Li En and Ashe.

A tall, middle-aged man, fully armored even in this weather, was flipping through the documents on the table.

"Lord Cassius."

"You are here, Galen, there is..."

Cassius was halfway through his speech when he saw two unfamiliar figures behind Galen.

"Who are these two?"

"Hello Lord Cassius, I am Li En, and this is my wife Ashley."

Hearing Li En's words again, Garen at the side couldn't help but twitching his eyelids.

"Li... it's you! Marquis Li En!? But you are not..."

After the "Demon Rebellion" in Xiongdu ended, the man who made the leap from "hereditary viscount" to the title of "marquis" and was recognized as the greatest contributor became the most dazzling person at that reward and commemoration meeting.

However, what is even more surprising is that the hero, who should have been one of the protagonists of this conference, did not appear at the entire banquet, disappointing countless curious people who wanted to see his true face.

Although His Majesty the Third did not explain the reason at the time, most people speculated that the hero was probably seriously injured and unable to attend.

"Well, I had some important things to deal with earlier, so I was unable to get back in time to attend the conference."

"I see. Lord Marquis, Madam Ashe, please take a seat."

The four of them sat down and the guard brought them brewed black tea.

"Lord Cassius, isn't Uncle Barrett in the city now?"

"Yes, Lord Marquis, you can just call me Cassius.

Due to His Majesty's order, he set out to return to Xiongdu a week ago."

"Well, what happened? I remember Mr. Barrett once told me that he would not return until the beginning of spring every year, right?"

"this..."

Cassius hesitated for a moment and glanced at Ashe beside him.

He didn't notice it before, but now that Ash was sitting down, she had taken off her hood. With her white hair and blue eyes, Cassius knew exactly what it meant.

If Ashe's appearance was not completely different from those Iceborn Warmothers he had seen, and if she was not much younger, and her aura was also different and extraordinary, Cassius would probably have reacted with anger and behaved rudely on the spot.

Even though he was very curious about why Li En chose an Iceborn woman as his wife, Cassius did not ask rashly.

"Dear, I..."

Ashe said this, she was about to stand up.

"Lord Cassius, even though Lady Ashe appears to be of Iceborn origin, she is still Li En's wife, so it doesn't matter."

Garen, who was sitting next to him, interrupted Ashe and looked at Cassius with a calm and serious face.

"Oh, yes, sorry, Lord Marquis, Madam Ash, I just..."

"It's okay Cassius. After all, you have been stationed at the border of Demacia for all these years. We can understand."

"Thank you for your generosity, Mrs. Ashley. I am deeply sorry!"

"You are welcome, Lord Cassius."

Cassius glanced at Li En standing beside him and saw that he still had a gentle smile on his face, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

It was all my fault for my subconscious reaction. If Garen hadn’t reminded me, I would have almost been rude and offended Li En and the others.

After all, the reason why Barrett went back was not a confidential matter, so it was unwise to offend a powerful and promising marquis.

In addition, since he can make the arrogant and unyielding Iceborn show such an attitude, one can imagine the status of Li En in his heart.

Thinking of this, Cassius, who was anxious to make up for it, spoke quickly.

"That's right, Marquis. After the Demon Rebellion ended, Your Majesty felt that the Demon Prohibition Order was deliberately distorted by the Demon's Follower Eldred, causing great harm to all his subjects.

Therefore, His Majesty summoned all the ministers to discuss revising the "Magic Prohibition Order" to the "Mage Safety Regulations and Code of Conduct" and to implement it in various places."

"'Demon Rebellion'?"

"Yes, although the main cause of the chaos in Xiongdu was the wizard who escaped from the Demon Hunter Dungeon, the real mastermind behind the incident was Eldred who had surrendered to the demons, so this incident was classified as the 'Demon Rebellion'."

"Yes, I know."

Li En nodded, and understood the purpose of giving this name to the thing.

Ever since Jarvan III realized how powerful the mage group was and that it was impossible to restrict the emergence of mages from the source, the harm brought by the "Magic Ban" far outweighed the "stability".

If they want to gain the trust of the domestic mage community and ensure that the new "decree" can be smoothly implemented, it is absolutely impossible to pin the blame for the Xiongdu Rebellion on them.

Therefore, Eldred, who is the mastermind both in name and in reality, and the Eternal Nightmare who controls behind him, become the best people to bear the responsibility.

As for why this name was given, it is probably to make the new law as clear as possible at a glance.

"So Uncle Barrett was recalled temporarily this time because there were problems with the implementation of the 'new decree'?"

"Yes, my Lord.

The specific situation has not been explained in the letter yet, and we will have to wait for General Barrett to return to Xiongdu to discuss it."

"Is that so... It seems that this new law has indeed caused quite a bit of trouble."

Cassius heard this, lowered his head and did not answer.

After all, the implementation of the "new law" was too complicated and far beyond the scope of something that a lieutenant like him could get involved in.

Barrett asked Cassius to stay, not only because he trusted his ability, but also because he wanted to keep him away from this vortex.