Outrageously Unreasonable
The butler, Wells, told us what had happened here; it turned out that these children were all orphans left over from the war!
Darius rarely returns home, especially in the last ten years or so; he hasn't come back even once. 👊😳 🎁💋
A huge mansion housing only a few servants—this is the reality of many Noxus mansions.
This wouldn't normally be surprising, but one day a few years ago, Draven suddenly brought back several children and asked the servants to take good care of them.
At first, no one knew what was going on, so they had no choice but to obey. But later, he would bring back several children every few days. Only then did the steward ask about it and learn that they were all orphans left over from the war. Their fathers had either died in battle or gone missing, and their mothers were nowhere to be found.
Although taking care of the children was tiring, everyone was happy to see the once quiet mansion come alive.
Later, due to a shortage of manpower, Draven hired even more servants, including Teacher, doctors, cooks, and so on.
Soon, this place was developed into an orphanage, larger and more complete than those real orphanages, after all, this was the general's residence!
However, life here wasn't always so pleasant. Things were fine when they first took in the children, but as the number of people increased, a shortage of funds inevitably arose.
Draven spent all his savings, but the effect was still limited. Later, he sold the valuables in the house, and finally he was able to barely make ends meet.
Under immense financial pressure, he decided to destroy all the decorations in the courtyard and turn over the soil to plant fruits and vegetables!
And so, after a difficult period, they ushered in their first harvest season!
Gradually, their expenses decreased, and they gradually became self-sufficient, even having surplus food to exchange for daily necessities.
As the number of children increased, Draven used his savings to buy a piece of land nearby, increasing his food supply.
This is the suburbs, so no one will interfere with developing agriculture here. More importantly, who would dare to interfere with Draven's affairs!
This place now houses more than 300 children who start doing farm work at a young age, and learn knowledge and martial arts in their spare time.
They may seem childish, but they're actually little adults!
After hearing Wells's description, I grabbed Riven and prepared to leave without even thinking.
If our arrival leaves more than 300 children homeless, I'd rather not have this house!
Wells stopped us, tears streaming down his face. "I really don't know how to thank you enough. Please, at least let us stay the night so we can try the children's cooking!"
Riven and I nodded in agreement. Although this house would only belong to us for one night, looking at the children's innocent expressions, I felt immense satisfaction!
We chatted with Wells, mainly listening to him talk about the children and the current state of Immortal Fortress.
Through his words, I learned that people are very satisfied with Noxus now. It was originally a place where status was earned through hard work, and now, with the abolition of the empire and the establishment of a council, even more talented people are emerging!
Capable people are not necessarily kind. Ruthless mages and cold-blooded assassins have caused countless heinous incidents, and these incidents are unlikely to disappear.
The dark underworld remains a haven for criminals; this is the true picture of Noxus!
However, they are already very fortunate to be able to keep their own peaceful place and have someone as powerful as Draven to protect them!
Just as we were getting into a lively conversation, a man rushed in from outside, brandishing a throwing axe and shouting loudly:
"Who's there! Why are there two warhorses outside!"
"Hi, it's me!" Riven greeted Draven.
"Riven? Didn't you leave the Noxus army? What are you doing here?"
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"Don't be so cautious, I'm not here to fight a war."
"You're not welcome here, you'd better leave now."
Draven was unusually resolute; perhaps in his memory, Riven was still that ruthless, Blood Warrior.
Seeing this, Wells quickly took out the contract and handed it to Draven, explaining the situation.
I thought he would feel ashamed and say a few kind words, but to my surprise, he took it, glanced at it, and tore it up immediately.
"I can't read, I can't understand!"
Riven was a little angry. "You're still so annoying! If it weren't for these kids, I would have taught you a lesson today!"
"Don't think I'm afraid of you. How dare a traitor be so arrogant!"
"Let's go outside and talk, don't frighten the children."
After Riven finished speaking, she went out first, Draven followed closely behind, not to be outdone. As he left, he didn't forget to say to me:
"You come out too!"
That arrogant tone is really hard to like. I'm looking forward to Riven teaching him a lesson.
Although the courtyard was filled with various fruits and vegetables, there was still some open space. The two men, as if they were enemies meeting, immediately began to fight.
Riven removed her greatsword without using her Wind Force, otherwise the courtyard would have been destroyed.
Draven didn't seem to be using his full strength; he cherished the crops here more than anyone else, and the two of them were simply competing with brute force and techniques.
After several rounds of back-and-forth fighting, neither player could gain the upper hand, until Draven could no longer contain himself:
"No! We can't get enough of a fight here, let's go to the execution ground in the city!"
"Let's go! I'll teach you a lesson no matter where we go!"
With Draven, the executioner, leading the way, no one will stop us. There's no one left in the arena now, and the setting sun adds to our fighting spirit!
I am familiar with this execution ground; it is the very place where we launched our coup. The bloodstains on the execution platform are still wet, indicating that prisoners were recently executed.
The two fought with brute force once again, and then both used their true skills.
Draven created distance and threw his weapon. The huge throwing axe in his hand was like a tiny throwing knife, flying back and forth and heading straight for Riven's vitals.
Riven used her Wind Force to counter, which would have easily deflected a regular throwing weapon, but because the throwing axe was heavy, she still needed to dodge it even when using the Wind Force.
Of course, this is also related to Draven's strength. The flying axe makes the surrounding air whoosh, and the force involved is all too familiar to those who master the Wind Force!
"Your power is still as strong as ever!" Riven praised Draven.
Don't think that saying a few nice words will make me go easy on you!
"No, I mean I'm going to get serious!"
Riven withdrew her Wind Force and charged straight at Draven with her sword. Normally, fighting like this while surrounded by his flying axes would have put her at a disadvantage, but using Uniform Strength made all the difference.
The seemingly fierce attack was easily deflected by the greatsword, even altering its trajectory, and could not be retrieved from Draven's hand.
He had to adjust his position to catch the throwing axe. The Uniform Strength of the axe, caused Draven's energy to increase rapidly, and he soon couldn't hold on any longer.
He knew he would surely lose if things continued this way, so he simply stopped catching the flying axes and attacked with his bare hands!