LOL: The days of cultivating immortals in Rune Continent

Chapter 159 Riven's Confusion

988, mid-June.

As usual, after getting up early in the morning, Riven first bent over the bucket at the door and scooped a basin of water with a ladle. Then she put her calloused hands into the water to wash her face, then took a wooden cup and filled it with some water to brush her teeth. Finally, Riven opened her mouth, took out the hair tie she was holding, and then tied up her wet white hair.

Squinting her orange eyes at the rising sun, Riven stretched her body and let out an alluring gasp from her throat. She moved her shoulders, rolled up her sleeves, picked up the hoe beside her, and prepared for a new day's work.

At this moment, a hunched man walked out of the room. Looking at Riven outside, he said, "Whose family are you helping to farm today?"

"Dad, why don't you sleep a little longer?" Riven turned around, the morning light shone on her, and her skin exuded a very healthy color.

In fact, the food in Ionia is not worse than that in Noxus, and here, Riven does not need to fight every day. Therefore, despite the hard farming work, Riven still feels that she has gained a little weight.

But this is just her feeling, because no matter who looks at it, Riven has nothing to do with fat.

Her body muscles are evenly distributed and she looks lean, but she gives people a feeling of immense strength.

This should be because of the first impression brought by momentum?

"When people get older, they get less sleep." Asa said. Then, he looked at Riven, was silent for a while and said, "You should rest more. If you keep going like this, your body will be able to hold on, but your heart will be tired."

"Dad, I'm not tired." Riven shook her head.

"Nonsense, who wouldn't be tired? You're just holding on." Asa blew his graying beard and straightened himself up to make himself look more energetic. He said, "Although I'm old, I still have strength. The housework is not only yours, but also mine. If you have to do everything, then am I raising a daughter or a servant?"

Riven laughed after hearing this, stretched out her hand and flicked the simple white bun she had tied up. She smiled and said, "Don't worry about me. I feel really good now. Compared to my previous life, this is not tiring at all."

"Forget it. Just make your own decision." Seeing that Riven didn't listen to him, Asa didn't say anything else. He walked to Riven, picked up the ladle, and asked, "What do you want to eat for lunch?"

"I want to eat fried rice, Dad, just make some fried rice." Riven's eyes lit up and she said loudly.

Asa’s fried rice is very delicious. Fried rice is a very simple food, but it is very delicious.

At least for Riven, this is the food she eats the most since she came to Ionia, but it is also the food she is least likely to get tired of.

Because fried rice tastes good and has a strong sense of fullness, a simple bowl of fried rice, plus a bowl of vegetable soup or mushroom soup, Riven feels that she has endless energy for the day.

"Okay, then I'll bring it to you at noon." Asa said after getting the water.

Riven nodded, took her tools, and headed towards the farmland where she was going to help today.

After the war, there were fewer young people in this small village. Those left behind were elderly people or young people who were injured in the war and had difficulty moving.

That's why Riven helps every household. In the past, she did it to atone for her sins, but now, Riven is willing to help them from the bottom of her heart.

This is a two-way redemption for Riven and the Ionians in the village.

After Riven worked hard for a whole morning, carrying a water bottle and wearing short sleeves, when the sun was at its hottest, she chose to hide under the bushes and rest.

But just after she had pressed the grass to make it convenient to lie down, Riven suddenly stood up and looked at one place.

At the same time, a group of people in red appeared on the top of the hill, and they also looked at Riven.

"you"

Riven instantly became alert, what did she see?
A group of people she thought were dead
And now, they appeared in front of him alive, wearing Noxian clothes.

Is it because of the Soul Blossom Festival? No, that's not right. It's not the Soul Blossom Festival yet, so why would a dead teammate appear here?

Riven rubbed her eyes and looked at the hillside in the distance. It was not until the other party spoke that Riven realized what was going on.

"Surprised to see us, Riven?"

The tall woman in the lead said in a cold voice, with disgust towards Riven in her tone. She raised the weapon in her hand, a strangely shaped short crossbow, and pointed it at Riven. She continued:
"Don't move. You can't escape in an open place like this without the Rune Sword to protect you, Riven."

"Captain Marit" Riven said in surprise, "You, you are not dead?"

"Do you really want me to die?" Marit sneered, and with a light wave of her other hand, several women on both sides rushed to the hillside, ran towards Riven separately, and arrived at Riven's side at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, they pointed their weapons at Riven.

"Why are you doing this?"

"You ask us why we did this?!" A girl who was closer to Riven showed an angry expression. She pointed the dagger at Riven's chest, gestured twice and said, "You betrayed us, and you still dare to ask?"

"I betrayed you?" Riven was stunned, she immediately explained: "I didn't betray you! I thought, I thought you were all dead! That's why I left the battlefield and chose to wander. Marit, Erath, I have been thinking, Noxus is really worth us..."

"Shut up! Traitor!" Erath shouted.

Riven swallowed back what she was about to say. The joy of reuniting with her teammates disappeared from her eyes, and was replaced by sadness and self-blame.

"You guys are here to take me back to Noxus, right?"

Taking a deep breath, Riven raised her hands and said loudly, "I will not resist. I will go back with you. I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect that you would be the ones to arrest me."

"And you actually agreed. Let me say it again, Marit. When I left, it wasn't because I betrayed you. It was because I thought you all died in the war. The alchemical gas destroyed Ionia and corroded the bodies beyond recognition. I searched for you for a long time, really, for a long time."

Marit also walked up to Riven at this moment, with a trace of sadness in her eyes, and whispered: "You didn't lie?"

"Marit, am I a liar?" Riven looked at Marit and said seriously.

Yes, she betrayed Noxus, became a deserter, and now helps the Ionians, but Riven definitely did not betray her teammates.

Her hands still had scars from digging gravel. Her hands were covered in blood. She had dug out more than three hundred bodies, but she had not found Marit and the others, so Riven thought they were dead.

It was also because of the "death" of Marit and others that Riven completely gave up on Noxus. The upper class never took the lives of soldiers seriously, nor did they value the lives of ordinary people. In their eyes, everyone was a tool.

This doesn't fit with Riven's philosophy.

".We need some time to sort it out, Riven. We won't believe you just because you say so."

"I see."

"So, can you give me some time? Let me say goodbye to the locals, and then I will go back with you obediently." Riven looked at Marit and said, "You know, if I want to resist, you can't do anything to me. Marit, you shouldn't let Eras and Vivi get close to me. At this distance, none of you can stop me."

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Marlette nodded, "Then we will follow you." As she was speaking, a lunch box rolled down with a "click".

Riven and Marit looked over at the same time, and saw a hunchbacked old man rushing towards them.

He ran all the way, and then, he ran to Marit. The hunched old man was much shorter than Marit, but he tried his best to stand up straight and shouted: "You, what do you want to do?"

"Who is he?" Marit didn't understand Asa's language, so she looked at Riven and asked.

If the opponent had not been an old man, Marit would have raised her crossbow and launched an attack when the opponent rushed over.

Riven's expression became much gentler, her white hair swept across her eyes. She lowered her head slightly, looked at the old man standing in front of her, and said with some pride: "My father."

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"What the hell?"

"Wait, I don't understand."

Several women were stunned, and the previous tense atmosphere towards Riven also changed because of Riven's words.

After all, they are too familiar with Riven!

They were sisters who had fought in the same trenches, eaten, slept, and even bathed together. How could they not be familiar with Riven?
So, they knew that Riven was an orphan, and now... Riven said that the man in front of her was her father?

Did Riven betray Noxus because she has Ionian blood? Did she find her family?
In an instant, several girls who were not very old were stunned.

Riven seemed to have guessed what the sisters were thinking, so she reached out and patted Asa on the shoulder. Then, Riven said in Ionia: "Dad, they are my sisters, don't worry."

"But they are Noxians. Do they want to take you back?" Asa turned around and looked at Riven nervously.

"Dad, I have to go back, otherwise the Noxians who come next time won't be them." Riven looked at Asa and said seriously.

"I've done so many wrong things, I can't make any more mistakes."

"I knew you still wanted to die!" Asa said to Riven in a blaming tone. He continued loudly: "After all these years, haven't you let go of those things? Child, you can't achieve balance like this."

"Dad, I can't achieve balance anyway." Riven laughed. She lowered her head and hugged Asa, saying softly, "I'm sorry that I couldn't let you see mother to the end of her life. Dad, I'm sorry."

"Have you forgotten what Yasuo said to you?"

"No, that's why I don't want to die, Dad." Riven winked mischievously, picked up Asa with both hands and turned around. She carried Marit and others on her back and said with a smile: "I will resist."

"Have you made up your mind?" Asa asked.

Riven nodded.

"I've decided, this is the only way to stop Noxus from coming to Ionia," Riven said.

Asa sighed, and the old man patted the back of Riven's hand with his dry hand, signaling Riven to put him down.

Riven put Asa down, and Asa looked at Marit and the others, speaking in the awkward Valoran language, and said: "She is a very good child. She has been looking for you all the time, and she has also atoned for her actions, so please treat her well."

"." Marit and the others said nothing, but just looked at Riven and Asa quietly.

Riven talked to Asa for a while, then she looked at Marit with a smile and said, "Sorry to have kept you waiting. Okay, let's go."

"Don't you still have something to deal with?"

Riven shrugged and said casually, "It's been taken care of."

"Okay, let's go back to Noxus."

"The Rune Sword has become a broken blade. Let me make a promise to you guys first. Don't wait until we return to Noxus to trouble me about this matter."

“Who told you we were going back to Noxus?” Marit rolled her eyes.

"what?"

"Where else can we go back to if not to Noxus?" Riven looked at Marit.

Then, Marit's answer made Riven's eyes widen.

"To Demacia."

Riven scratched her ears, pushed aside the hair covering her eyes, looked at Marit and said, "Are you sick?"

As she said this, Riven even went forward to touch Marit's forehead.

Marit raised her hand and slapped Riven's hand away, saying impatiently: "Stop it, I haven't forgiven you yet, Riven."

"I'll emphasize again, Deserter Riven, we are sending you to Demacia now."

"So why is it Demacia!" Riven shouted.

She couldn't understand it at all!
Demacia, Demacia?!

Although she has never been to Demacia, how could Riven not know Demacia?
That's Noxus' mortal enemy! They've been at war for hundreds of years, and they're still at war today!

And now, the country is going to send her to Demacia?
Do you want me to bear the consequences of the failure of the war?

But that’s not right either!

I didn't participate in the battle of Demacia!
Riven looked puzzled, she was truly confused, Marit's words made her originally calm, resigned heart start beating.

Of course, it was an uneasy beat.

Looking at the confused Riven, Marit's lips curled up, but it quickly disappeared. She said, "How should I know?"

"Anyway, this is what the commander wants. You must go to Demacia and then to a place called the Institute of War."

"Anyway, you've been sold, Riven."

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(End of this chapter)