Defending Our Home

Tristana didn't rush to ask anything. Instead, she suddenly leaned closer, her round face almost touching mine, which startled me so much that I quickly took two steps back.

"Um, what do you want to ask?"

"Don't move! Let me see your eyes!"

After Tristana finished speaking, she moved closer again, her faint fragrance wafting into my nostrils, making me hold my breath. 💙☹ ☯🐺

Her eyes were big and bright, and she had a great figure. I felt very embarrassed that she was so close to me.

Sigh, being single for so long makes even a Yordle seem handsome.

On another note, if Teemo saw Tristana this close to me, would he take out a burst of machine gun fire and spray me with bullets?

Just as I was lost in thought, Tristana suddenly exclaimed, "I know! I've seen you before!"

Have you seen me before? Where?

"Hmm... I don't know where that place is. I've never seen buildings like that before, nor that kind of clothing, and there are rows of huge iron carts!"

Tristana's words surprised me. Was she referring to the day I was hit by a car and traveled back in time?

"Are the houses all very tall and densely packed, and the roads are all dark and flat, so you saw me get hit by a big metal truck?"

"Yes! You remembered?"

"I remember now, do you remember how you got there?"

"I remember, I secretly played with the Time-Space Transducer from the Great Inventor for a while and then it was over."

"The Great Inventor? Heimerdinger?"

"Oh right, you actually know him? Have you been here before?"

"No, I've only heard about him. Could you take me to see him?"

"That won't do! Don't forget you're a suspect now, and you're being interrogated by me right now!"

"Uh, okay, what are you going to interrogate me about?"

Tristana's eyes lit up, and she began to "interrogate" me. However, the content of the interrogation was very nonsensical. She didn't mention my coming here at all, but instead asked me a lot about the outside world.

For example, I can answer some of the questions about what the outside world is like, what unique races exist, and what fun places there are.

There was one question that I was a little confused about: she asked me which place has the best apples!

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that according to natural principles, apples from places with large temperature differences should be sweeter, so I told her that Shurima apples are the best.

Tristana, unable to hide her excitement, pretended to be serious and asked me, "Alright, the interrogation is over. Do you want your freedom?"

"Yes, I do. What should I do?"

"Join my Megling Commando, become one of us, and you'll be free!"

"Become a member of the Megling Commando? How am I supposed to get back to the outside world then?"

"Go back to the outside world? That's impossible! You're already lucky to be alive here, and I'll need to ask many people to plead for you!"

"Oh, then I won't trouble you. I won't join."

I'm not here to join any Megling Commando; I have important business to attend to!

Tristana was very dissatisfied with my answer, raised her cannon and pointed it at me, intending to threaten me with force. Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Tristana looked out the window, her brow furrowing. "This is troublesome! I'll ask you one last time, do you want to Megling Commando?"

Seeing her nervous look, I also looked out the window. Two people outside were looking up. One of them was Zam, the third team member who had just left not long ago, and the other was someone I knew very well, Poppy!

Why is Poppy here, and why does Tristana seem so nervous?

Does that mean I'll be taken away by Poppy if I don't Megling Commando? Thinking this, I refused her again.

"I'm sorry, I still can't join."

"Hmph, don't blame me if the Guardians take you away!"

After Tristana finished speaking, there was another knock on the door. She hurriedly ran downstairs and opened it, and I followed her downstairs. Then I saw Zam pointing his finger at me:

"Poppy, he's the stranger who barged in today! I was the one who found him first, Teemo insisted on delivering him to Tristana, trying to steal all the credit!"

"Okay, I understand, don't be angry anymore." Poppy patted Zam's head to comfort him, then said to Tristana, "This stranger didn't hurt you, did he?"

"No, he's very honest. Are you going to take him away, Poppy?"

"Yes, we can't let strangers reveal the secrets of this place, and of course, we can't let him play games with you either."

"Oh, that's a shame... No! We're not playing a game! We're protecting the world!"

"Okay, haha... then thank you for your hard work. Please let me know if you encounter any more strangers!"

After Poppy finished speaking, she led me away, leaving me completely confused.

She just said I couldn't play games with Tristana and the others, so... are these Yordle just playing around?

I asked Poppy what had happened, and she didn't hide anything, and her attitude was quite friendly, but after hearing it, I felt very ashamed.

It turns out that Teemo and his friends really were just playing a game!

Whether it's Teemo, Tristana, or Zam, they are all Yordle have only recently been created. They haven't yet found their own will, so they often gather together to play a game called "Defend Our Homeland."

Several Yordle and some small animals formed a scout team and Megling Commando specifically to protect the Yordle world.

They would usually have their own people play the villains, and then the scouts would capture them and send them to Tristana for trial.

Sometimes, they would simulate a battle, with everyone divided into two teams. One team would play the invaders, and the other team would play the Megling Commando. After a "hard-fought battle," the Megling Commando would finally defeat the invaders and win the victory.

They happened to run into me today, so they treated me like a bad guy and arrested and tried me.

Actually, I had already sensed something was wrong. Whether it was Teemo and Zam doing their deductions or Tristana's trial, it was like they were playing house. Who knew they really were playing house?

Looking back now, the expressions on the townspeople's faces when they praised Teemo were part of their game, including Poppy's just now.

I was tricked as soon as I arrived in the Yordle world, and by a bunch of kids no less! It was both funny and frustrating.

Poppy led me into a grove of trees before stopping. "Alright, you can go in now."

"Where are you going? Where is this place?"

"This is a place where you can live happily until the end of your life."

"Until the end of life? Is it a prison cell?"

"This is Gensokyo. You can think of it as a prison, but it's more comfortable than anywhere else, specifically designed to shelter lost outsiders like you."

"I didn't get lost. I deliberately followed Kled in, and I know you."