Chapter 367: Two Stories
When they walked out of the stairs leading to the fifth floor.
Will found.
They returned to the entrance of the third floor!
"What happened?!"
Kazan looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief.
"According to Teacher's meaning, this means we didn't get the recognition of the Divine Dragon, right?"
Rami turned to look at Will beside him.
"Mm, although some traits in you have been recognized, there still seem to be some deficiencies. Looks like we can't go in this time; let's talk about it later."
Will wasn't surprised.
The flaws in these two children were too obvious and numerous; he didn't think they could reach the top floor from the beginning.
Even.
He suspected the two children could pass the third floor because the royal blood of the People of the Vale flowed in them.
Walking out of Dragonspiral Tower.
Kazan lowered his head in silence, uncontrollably emitting frustrated emotions.
While Rami seemed to rejoice for not having to continue facing those terrible mazes.
Sensing the Aura of the two children.
Will couldn't help shaking his head.
They probably have a long way to go to get the recognition of Black and White Dragons.
Looking at these two children.
Will looked up to think for a while, then looked at the second prince on the left.
"Kazan."
"Teacher."
Hearing Will's voice, Kazan looked up subconsciously.
"Failure is the main theme of life; disaster always runs through life. How to face failure divides people into different appearances."
"Some people are crushed by failure, unable to recover."
"Some people can constantly get up and continue forward."
"Remember, get up from where you fall; what doesn't kill you will eventually make you stronger."
Will felt the Aura in Kazan's heart gradually warm up, overflowing with confidence and vitality again, a smile appearing on his face.
"Yes! Teacher! No matter what difficulties I face in the future, I will not be defeated! I will definitely become the man recognized by the Divine Dragon!"
Kazan clenched his fist and jumped, a trace of ambitious look hanging on his tender face.
And Rami beside hurriedly took out a small notebook, writing quickly on it with a pen.
The three returned to the palace.
Straight to the rooftop.
"Teacher, let's take a break today; I want to hear you tell stories."
Kazan hopped under the sky, lying on the ground looking at Will.
This is a rare thing.
It's hard for Kazan to sit honestly in one place to learn knowledge.
When Will told them about Pokémon knowledge, Kazan often dozed off, hardly listening to much.
He prefers running to the army to learn how to fight with those soldiers, or strengthening his combat ability and physical quality under Will's guidance.
"Mm, I want to too."
Rami following closely beside Will also nodded gently.
Rami is completely different from Kazan.
He doesn't like fighting, nor likes pain; learning combat and physical exercise are almost forced.
But he can sit quietly in one place reading books.
From the cries in the city sounding until almost no light is seen on the street.
"Alright, what do you want to hear?"
Will smiled.
Children also need holidays occasionally.
Consider it a holiday for them today.
"Hmm, I still want to hear stories about kingdom wars."
Kazan spoke first, thought of today's experience, and added,
"I want to hear the kind of story where one is driven to desperation at first, then turns defeat into victory."
"Hmm... let me think."
Will pinched his chin and thought.
A minute later.
His eyes lit up.
"Then let's tell a story happening in 'Runeterra'."
Will grinned, organizing his thoughts.
Although the two children were curious about what kind of place Runeterra was, they obediently didn't interrupt him.
"The two sides of the war are called Ionia and Noxus. In Ionia, there is a dancer named Irelia..."
In this world.
The story only Will knew was told by him.
A story of a dancer whose hometown was destroyed and family killed by Noxus, rising step by step to become the leader of Ionia, leading the myriad spirits of Ionia to turn defeat into victory, unfolded.
When the two children heard.
Irelia walking on the silver soil, ten thousand people automatically separating a path for her.
Different lights appeared in their eyes.
In Rami's eyes were worship and admiration; while in Kazan's eyes were envy and yearning.
When it was said that Noxus was beaten back to its lair by Ionia, this story also came to an end.
"So amazing... Irelia, so amazing."
Rami clenched his fists and breathed a sigh of relief.
When talking about the great war starting, he was so nervous that he couldn't help holding his breath.
"And then? And then?"
Kazan looked at Will, expecting the follow-up.
"Later? Irelia retired, Ionia returned to peace, and Noxus' attention was mainly focused on confronting three other countries."
"What?!"
Kazan widened his eyes, disbelief in them.
"What's wrong? Kazan, isn't this a very good ending?"
Rami looked at Kazan in confusion.
"This is called a good ending? Family and homeland were destroyed; just beating them back is enough? Of course should take the initiative to attack, invade Noxus' territory, kill them all, annex their land!"
Kazan patted his chest unconvinced, face flushed red.
Originally he admired Irelia quite a bit.
Rising from the bottom to the position of leader step by step, gaining power, status, worship, respect...
But now.
Kazan felt this Irelia wasn't great. Such a deep hatred, such monstrous power, she actually retired behind the scenes, unbelievable!
"Mm, the situation was complicated; Noxus was too strong at that time, and Ionia was actually not very united. Defending the homeland could unite hearts, but invading Noxus, Irelia might not be able to call on the people."
Will explained slightly.
"Then shouldn't retire just like that; should maintain her rule, constantly strengthen Ionia's power, then invade other countries in the future, unify the entire Runeterra continent!"
Kazan still couldn't understand Irelia.
"In that case, wouldn't it be like the cruel Noxus?"
Rami felt Kazan was wrong.
"What cruel or not cruel! Teacher said before, only by achieving unification can true peace be ushered in. Must beat them into submission, kill them all, not giving them any chance to come back!"
"That will kill many innocent people; maybe we can use friendlier and peaceful ways, like signing peace treaties with other countries or something?"
"Rami! You are too naive!"
"Kazan, you are too extreme."
The two little ones argued.
But Rami always hid beside Will, seemingly afraid Kazan would become angry and beat him.
"Alright alright, stop arguing; having different views is normal. What you said both makes some sense; no need to argue about this."
Will reached out and pressed on the foreheads of the two little ones, sighing.
"Noxus is also stupid; with such strength, should concentrate on killing Ionia's strong ones first, then let the weak become slaves to work for Noxus, plundering Ionia's resource-rich land, then use these resources to develop rapidly and confront other countries one by one..."
Kazan still said indignantly.
He has many of his own views; anyway, just unhappy with Ionia and Noxus in various ways.
But actually, these ideas are very superficial.
After all, just an eight-year-old boy.
Moreover, he also can't understand what kind of place Runeterra is, and what kind of power and strong ones are there.
"I think Irelia is quite amazing."
Rami hid beside Will, whispering a sentence.
"Teacher, this story is bad; change to another story."
Kazan didn't want to pay attention to that brother.
"Hmm, what kind do you want to hear?"
"Emmm, Teacher, I want to hear a story about love."
This time it was Rami speaking.
"Tch, what's good to hear about love; do you understand what love is?"
Kazan mocked.
"Then do you understand, Kazan?"
"Of course I understand! Those cliché stories, the bards in the city have told them to death long ago; I don't want to hear."
Kazan responded blushing, then lay on the ground turning away, ignoring Rami.
Love story.
He is not interested at all.
Boring.
Sleep.
"Hehe, love, hmm, you should have heard those cliché happy endings. Let me tell you a different one; that's still a story happening in Runeterra."
Will grinned, raising his hand to stroke Rami's head, "The protagonist of that story is the ruler of the Kingdom of Camavor in Runeterra, Viego..."
This completely different love story unfolded.
Simply put, a King, in order to bring his deceased wife back to life, even if becoming a wraith and destroying the world, would stop at nothing to achieve his goal.
Kazan, lying on the ground listening a bit more because of the words "Runeterra," gradually sat up as the story continued, and behaved much more excited than Rami.
The end of the story.
Ended with Viego being sealed by the Sentinels of Light.
Rami frowned and spoke first:
"This King didn't do very well; even for reviving his wife, shouldn't involve the whole world..."
"You know nothing!"
Kazan interrupted Rami angrily, then raised one hand in a fist high above his head,
"For one's own ambition and purpose, being able to harden the heart to sacrifice everything, this is called a true King!"
Kazan's eyes were full of respect and admiration.
The only dissatisfaction was that Viego's ambition was to revive his deceased wife, not to lead the country to unify the entire Runeterra continent and become the common master of the world.
But with Irelia as a comparison before.
He felt Viego was already quite good.
Viego...
Kazan chanted this name silently in his heart.
This is the character he wants to become!
He looked at his fist under the sunlight, as if holding the legendary Blade of the Ruined King, muttering a sentence softly in his mouth:
"No price is too great. No atrocity beyond my reach."
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