Ali's Bizarre Adventure

"Lilia... aren't you hungry?"

Ali asked.

"Do not…"

Lilia shook her head, "If I'm hungry, I'll pick some wild fruits to eat."

"Don't want to hurt animals?"

"Ah."

Lilia didn't deny it, "But Ahri can hunt with peace of mind, because every creature has its own way of survival, so don't worry that Lilia will think Ahri is cruel."

"...that's a lot to think about."

After Ahri finished eating the fish, he drank a few mouthfuls of stream water. The sweet water flowed into his throat, and the hunger in his stomach disappeared.

"Lilia loves to think, thinking about human thoughts from human dreams."

Lilia walked out of the creek, "But since Mother Tree got sick, Lilia has very little time to think. She spends all day restless and worried..."

"Does Lilia hate humans?"

"No...not annoying."

Lilia's flustered expression gradually settled down, and the flowers above her head shimmered with a yellowish light, "The dreams of human beings provide us with energy and nourishment, but we have done nothing. So... no matter what humans do, we will not would hate humans..."

"That's not enough. Lilia has to do something for humans."

The light of the flowers blooming above Lilia's head became more and more hot, just like the strong desire in her heart at this moment.

"Is that what you thought?"

"Ah."

The sun in the sky gradually set, and the blood-red sunset dyed Lilia's hair with a holy halo.

Her shadow was dragged very long, from one end of the stream to the other, and then fell on the trees and flowers in the distance.

Ari walked towards her, the shadows of the two were side by side, very close.

"Eh…"

Ari felt Lilia's hand gently touch her right little finger...

Lilia lowered her head when she heard Ahri's soft voice, her face was redder than the sunset in the sky.

"what!"

Lilia felt Ahri's five fingers forcibly inserted into hers, and her ten fingers intertwined.

"Holding hands between friends, it's nothing..."

Ari smiled lightly, while Lilia lowered her head deeply. This was the first time she made such an intimate gesture with someone...

Chapter 10 Equilibrium exists in all things

Colorful forest.

A nine-tailed fox and a dream-born deer shuttled through the forest. As magical mutant creatures, their physical strength is unmatched by ordinary people.

"We'll be at the top of the mountain soon."

"Ah."

"Let's hurry up."

"it is good."

Ari and Lilia ran towards the top of the mountain quickly, and the wind brought by the running dragged the magic energy to flow together.

Standing on the top of the ridge, Ahri was finally able to take a good look at the strange scenery in the land of Ionia.

far away.

The huge pack turtles are like hills, walking together with humans on the fields where crops are planted.

Rivers flow through human settlements.

The women washed their clothes in the river, while the men carried simple tools and worked in the fields.

"It seems that the war has not spread here yet."

Ali breathed a sigh of relief.

For the time being, it should be just a small-scale tentative invasion by Noxus, and no large army has been launched for a full-scale war. Life in Ionia is still stable.

"So... so many people... Lilia, be brave, don't be afraid anymore."

Lilia hid behind Ahri, looked at the humans in the distance, and cheered herself up in a low voice.

"Let's go down."

"Ah... go down now? I... I'm not ready yet. Wait a little longer...just a little while..."

Lilia hugged her branch tightly.

"It's still far, far away."

Ari pointed at the humans living in the plain, "It may take several days to go down from here."

"…OK then."

Lilia felt a little relieved, and her trembling hands calmed down, "Let's... go!"

Lilia turned around bouncingly, but just after she turned around, the timid and shy Lilia instantly petrified.

She stared at the branches of a huge ancient tree and didn't move for a long time.

"What's wrong? Lilia."

Ali asked.

Lilia didn't respond at all, even her pupils lost their brilliance, like a well-behaved student who steals snacks in class, only to find that the head teacher is looking at her from the window.

"Hey! Hey! Lilia!!!"

Ahri stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Lilia's eyes for a long time before Lilia finally recovered from her stupor.

"Ah... yes... someone..."

Lilia jumped into a bush in panic and hid.

"where is it?"

"On the tree..."

Lilia buried her head behind Ahri's shoulder, and pointed to the ancient tree not far away. On the intertwined ancient tree, a human stood quietly, with a straight figure, hands in mudra, eyes slightly closed, as if sleeping .

His body seemed to be fused with the ancient tree. If Lilia hadn't pointed it out, Ari would never have noticed.

"He didn't see us."

Ari made sure that the man's eyes were closed, "Lilia, if you don't believe me, look, he didn't look at us at all."

"is it?"

Lilia poked her head out, looked at the man's strange posture, her eyes were full of doubts, "What... is he doing?"

"Go and ask."

"…Do not."

Lilia refused, but she was dragged by Ari and walked over. They stood under the tree and looked up at the person standing on the tree.

"Hey."

Ari yelled, but the people on the tree didn't respond.

"Let's not disturb him, Ari." Lilia said in a low voice.

"Aren't you looking for humans?"

"But…"

Lilia blinked, "His heart is very peaceful, without distress or pain. I can feel..."

Ari saw a cane under the tree, so he picked up the cane and knocked on the branch where the man was standing.

"Wake up!"

"I'm not asleep..."

The deep and warm voice, like running water, like the sound of wind, hardly passed through the air, but directly appeared in Ahri and Lilia's minds, which can be seen from a dragonfly standing above the man's head.

If you make a sound or move your body, the dragonfly will definitely startle and fly away.

"What are you doing?"

"meditation."

The man still had his eyes closed, "Vastaya, what can you do? I can help."

"I...we..."

Lilia wanted to explain, but when she spoke, she became nervous again.

"But it doesn't matter."

"We're just passing by...you go on sleeping..."

Lilia lowered her head.

The man frowned, the dragonfly flew away from his shoulder, and his body was gradually distinguished from the ancient tree.

"I'm not sleeping."

The man's voice became normal, and the meditation...failed...

At this moment Ahri could really look at him. The man was wearing brown-gray clothes, with a turban on his head, and a linen bag hanging on his waist.

"I'm sorry."

Lilia panicked and apologized, "I...I didn't mean you were sleeping...nor...it was..."

"meditation."

The man jumped from the branch and picked up his cane.

"Don't... don't hit me."

Lilia put her head in her hands.

"Don't worry, little girl, I don't think so. It's not your fault that you can't meditate because of your words. It's just... I still need to improve, thank you, little girl of the vastaya tribe."

Only then did Ari and Lilia see the man's eyes from under the turban. They were immature and pure, and they turned out to be a child or a teenager.Ari secretly compared the heights of her and that person, only to find that he was a little shorter than herself.

"What's your name?"

Ali asked.

"South."

"South?"

"Ah."

The boy adjusted the strap of the linen bag on his body to a comfortable position, "Although it's not my birth name, but... as long as I have a title, it's fine. Isn't it?"

"Aren't you curious?"

"what?"

"Curious about what we look like, a woman with a fox tail, and a deer with a human upper body."

"All things are equal."

Leaning on a cane, Nan walked down the mountain, "Aren't you also curious about my appearance?"

Ari and Lilia were slightly stunned.

But soon I can understand what he said. From the perspective of the vastaya, human beings are indeed strange.

This young man is unexpectedly intelligent.