LOL: Summoner of Goddess Jana

Chapter 372 Swain and the Black Rose
Swain didn't even take a few steps when he was surrounded by a group of Zaun reporters who had been waiting for a long time.

While resisting the pushing and shoving of the guards, the reporters asked him loudly amidst the curious onlookers: "General Swain!"

"Can you tell everyone whether the recent rumors about the existence of a shadow government in the Noxus Empire are true?"

This moment caught Katerina's gaze.

She also wanted to find out whether the legendary black rose really existed.As the former No. [-] figure in the empire, Swain is obviously qualified to answer this question.

"But." Katerina calmed down and let go of that expectation:

After all, Swain is a nobleman of Noxus, so he has to consider the interests of Noxus.Even if the black rose really exists, he will only answer that it does not exist, right?

Sure enough, Swain put on a dejected posture of a retired old man, and said to the reporters flatly: "Rumors, these are all rumors fabricated by the leaders."

"There are indeed some interest groups behind Noxus, but these interest groups are not the shadow government in the true sense, let alone the black rose underground association rumored by the leaders."

"It's nothing more than a small circle of nobles. As a result, the common people passed it back and forth, and it became the shadow government of the empire. Noxus has been passed down for nearly 1000 years, so how can it be so easy to be controlled by others. His Majesty Darkwill is still in power. , Black Rose can control him? This is impossible"

Katrina: "."

Don't know why.

She didn't really believe in that conspiracy theory.But after being refuted by Swain in such a long way, she was a little bit convinced.

Looking at the expressions of Galen and other people around him, there are more or less doubts.

"What about this movie?" Another reporter asked: "General Swain, what do you think of this movie featuring you and the black rose?"

"It's just a fabricated story." Swain replied: "On the one hand, I came here because of Mr. Levi's invitation, and on the other hand, I came to see for myself how the leader would arrange my experience."

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After speaking, Swain didn't care what others thought, and after briefly answering a few questions from the reporter, he staggered into the Zaun Cinema under the protection of the guards.

As he said, he also came to watch the movie.

Katerina led Galen in and followed them all the way into the screening room.

It didn't take long for the movie to start.

Katerina didn't even care about the mission goals around her, her eyes were firmly locked on the huge movie screen.

Finally, as the lights of the Hex projector came on, there was a picture on the screen.

Swain and the Black Rose - The title of the film flashes across the screen as Seraphine hums a low tune.

"Your name is Jericho, right?"

It is young Jericho Swain who appears in the first act, attending a court banquet at the Immortal Bastion as a boy.

In the banquet hall, there are golden vessels tribute from the Shurima colony, crystal chandeliers imported from Piltover, marble sculptures from Demacia, and mammoth specimens from the Freljord are displayed.

And the orderly placed on the table is the fine wine carefully brewed by the famous masters of Noxus, the sea beasts hunted desperately by the fishermen of Bilgewater, and the various kinds of Ionia that were infiltrated by natural magic. Exotic fruits.

The nobles enjoyed all this with peace of mind and toasted to it.

But Swain stood alone in the corner of the banquet hall, out of tune with this extravagant scene.

Many people wanted to befriend this young man because of his distinguished family.

Coswain wasn't interested.He just stood alone in the corner holding a glass of the most worthless clear water, looking out the window engrossed.

"Your name is Jericho, right?" Suddenly, a voice rang in his ear.

"Yes, but I'm not interested in chatting. Sorry." Swain replied without looking back.

"I can't do it either?" The voice was majestic yet soft, and seemed approachable.

The young Swain was slightly taken aback, and turned around in astonishment, only to realize that the person talking to him was:
"His Majesty Darkwill?!"

It was Braun Darkwill who came.

This stupid emperor who is now making the people complain and the people are miserable, is still a good emperor who is wise and martial and has a good reputation in the background time of this scene in the movie.

"Your Majesty, please forgive my rudeness." Swain couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

Darkwill didn't care, just followed his eyes and looked out the window: "Swain, what were you looking at just now?"

"I" Swain was at a loss for words for a moment.

He replied nervously, "I'm looking at the sky, Your Majesty."

"Really?" The camera moved out of the window following Darkwill's gaze: "Look at this dark sky?"

Then it moved from the sky to the ground, to the cities on the ground.

This city is generally called the Immortal Fortress, but the real Immortal Fortress is actually only a "ring" of the city.Most of the remaining urban areas are built outside the high walls of the Immortal Fortress.

Unlike most people's imagination, Noxus, as the number one power in Runeterra, its capital actually looks particularly bad.

Because the Noxians don't like to play tricks.

The poor of Demacia are all outside the capital, and the poor of Piltover are all isolated in Zaun.

The poor in the capital of Noxus live in the slums of the capital.

This caused the capital of this great empire to look like a large messy county town.A prosperous place is extremely prosperous, but a chaotic place is extremely chaotic.

Even from the outside of the immortal fortress that is the emperor's palace, looking out from the palace banquet hall where Swain is at the moment - you can see at a glance the large slums that spread like abscesses and ringworm in the center of the city.

"You're looking at the slums, aren't you?" Darkwill asked him.

"I" the young Swain dared not answer.

"Haha." The emperor patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "Swain, come and help me with things in the future."

This is obviously to reuse him.

"Why?" Swain didn't understand.

"I need someone to help me save this country." Darkwill held his wine glass and looked back at the princes and nobles who never bothered to look out the window and were always intoxicated in the extravagant banquet:

"Swain, only you can help me here. Isn't it?"

"This..." Seeing this, Katerina was in a delicate mood.

She thought that the leader would discredit Swain in the movie, describing him as a villain who cooperated with the "shadow government".

Unexpectedly, the image of Swain in the movie turned out to be a good man, a true patriot.

For such a talented and ambitious loyal minister, meeting a wise king like Darkwill will definitely make the empire better, right?
Katerina instinctively expected this.

But unfortunately, she knew very well in her heart what Noxus would look like afterwards.

Back to the movie screen.

Because of Darkwill's attention, Swain gradually began to show his prominence in the political arena of the empire.

He betrayed his noble origins and sincerely cooperated with Darkwill to promote many reforms that could get rid of the ills of the empire.

But Darkwell's reforms obviously touched the interests of many nobles and attracted dissatisfaction from many powerful factions.

They secretly formed an association and conspired to overthrow Darkwill, and the only trace was the symbol of a black rose.

"Black Rose." This name appeared for the first time in the movie, and also in Swain's life.

Swain discovered their trick and personally executed the leading conspirators.

and among them
"Father, mother." Swain personally sent his parents to the execution ground.

He looked at his biological parents indifferently, and finally asked them: "About the Black Rose organization, do you have anything else to explain?"

"Are you crazy? You bastard!" His father scolded him angrily, "How could the Swain family give birth to you, a scum!"

"Jerico, my child." His mother begged him, "Leave us alone."

"Darkwill trusts you so much. You can save us, can't you?"

But at this time, Swain no longer had the greenness and innocence of his youth in the first scene of the movie.

He replied indifferently: "It is precisely because His Majesty Darkwill trusts me that I cannot let him down."

"Bastard dog!" The father, who was a great nobleman, cursed out of Zaun without dignity: "Darkwell, you only know Darkwill! Have you forgotten who raised you? "

"I haven't forgotten." Swain looked calm.

"It was my mother who raised me—"

His mother's eyes lit up, and she still wanted to beg for mercy, but only heard Swain say:

"—my mother, Noxus."

"Noxus gave our family everything. But you have failed her."

Swain sighed, and never looked at his parents again.

He turned his head and said to the executioner, "Execute."

"Bastard! Bastard! Traitor! Son of a bitch. Ugh!!"

The curses stopped abruptly as the guillotine fell from the Noxian guillotine.

Suddenly, two human heads rolled down to Swain's feet.

He glanced down.

"Do you want to collect their corpses, Lord Swain?" the executioner asked cautiously.

"No, follow the rules—"

"Hang their heads in the arena to show the public, to deter those moths."

With tears in the corners of his eyes, Swain said expressionlessly.

The more Katerina looked at it, the more she felt uncomfortable.

Leaders portray Swain in a very positive light.

But at this stage in the movie, the more Swain worked hard to save the country and selflessly sacrificed, the more embarrassing and deplorable Swain is when he thinks of Swain's desolate end and his current disabled and old decadent appearance.

"Oh," Katerina sighed inwardly.

She thought that the leader would make up stories, but the leader was completely remaking Swain's real experience.

The only controversial point is that the organization "Black Rose" is mentioned in the movie.

According to the movie, Swain's parents are peripheral members of Black Rose.The coup d'état against Emperor Darkwill was also secretly planned by the black rose conspirators.

And Swain knew about the existence of this organization decades ago.

So, is this true?

Only Swain himself can answer that question.

With the light reflected on the screen, Katerina quietly observed the expression of Swain who was sitting in the same row as her.

Then, she was shocked to find out:
General Swain, who had insisted on dispelling the rumors in front of reporters before, seemed to be in love with the scenes in the movie——

Although his face was expressionless, there were faint tears in his eyes.

Like that Swain in the movie.

"Yes, is it true?" Katerina's faith collapsed instantly.

She couldn't believe what she was seeing, couldn't believe that Swain would be telling the truth about a fake story.And all of Swain's performances confirmed the leader's propaganda:

"Black rose, is it real?"

"Empire.was a joke from the start?"

(End of this chapter)