Cassiopeia despises you and thinks you are a scoundrel!

Singed opened his Pocket Watch and listened to its Pocket Watch sound. He sat quietly on the stool, looking down at the photo on the stopwatch. The photo showed a man with golden hair, a serene face, and a gentle smile.

"Wait a little longer, Orianna, wait a little longer."

"Please, Li Ke."

Looking at Li Ke sitting on the edge of the bed with his eyes closed, Singed knew that Li Ke had gone to "that" world.

The two bags that Li Ke was carrying had disappeared. They vanished from Li Ke hands the moment Li Ke eyes and murmured something.

Inside the room, Singed waited quietly. Li Ke had said it would only take a few minutes, but those few minutes felt like an eternity to Singed.

Singed was experiencing for the first time a desire for time to pass quickly.

[Please select your Advent location: Lotus Valley / Purple Prisoner Forest / Stillwater Lake]

[Advent location confirmed, descending in Advent. Lotus Valley]

Inside the Soul Blossom space, Li Ke looked at the system space inventory and sighed deeply.

The reason he carried a large bag of snacks and books was that he wanted to bring everything in at once. To put it bluntly, Li Ke was exploiting a loophole, because this bag could, in a way, be considered an item, right?

One energy point can be exchanged for one item from the Material Realm in Lotus Valley. Is it okay if I exchange it for these two bags?

But now it seems that Li Ke failed.

No, it can't be considered a failure.

Because the snack bug card worked, I got a big bag of all kinds of food, including energy bars, delicious alcoholic beverages, and various baked cakes and jerky.

I managed to bring in a whole bag of snacks, but I failed to get the books.

The books were divided into individual volumes, and Li Ke could only choose one to bring into Soul Blossom.

After much deliberation, Li Ke finally chose a history book.

Unlike Kindred, Ahri is short, and Li Ke knows what Kindred's face looks like after she takes off her mask. But no matter how cute or baby-faced Kindred is, she is still intelligent.

It has a bit of a cute yet mature vibe?

These are not actually contradictory.

After all, isn't Ahri a cute girl with a mature, older sister vibe?

Outward appearance is the first impression, but what truly matters is the soul.

These are Li Ke's insights after entering Soul Blossom several times.

Standing in Lotus Valley, Li Ke looked around.

Ahri has always been like a beacon to him. Whenever Li Ke appears in Soul Blossom, Ahri will appear near him immediately. Sometimes she will be mischievous and deliberately not remind Li Ke, just watching Li Ke look for her anxiously, and then she will hide in the bushes and chuckle to herself.

But what about now?

Li Ke coughed, sat cross-legged on the ground, picked up the bag full of snacks, rummaged through it, and then Li Ke out a candy.

"Ahri? Ahri, Ahri, aren't you here? If you're not here, then I'll eat it myself first. Sigh, what a pity, I was planning to give you all of them, but it shouldn't be a problem if I eat one, right?"

Li Ke tore open the candy wrapper, then held the candy up, shook it, and opened his mouth to put it in his mouth.

Within a year, Zaun's economy soared, and a snack factory was born as a result.

Snack factories are very important to a country because the development of the food industry is an inevitable manifestation of a country's progress in civilization.

Zaun is no exception; this lollipop was produced by Zaun itself.

"Shut up!"

"Please spare food for those who are lowly!"

A sharp sound rang out from behind him. Li Ke raised an eyebrow and smiled.

It's here!

Just then, Li Ke's vision went white as he saw a small, snow-white creature brush past Li Ke face. He even felt soft fur brush against his face. Then, Li Ke looked closely.

The snow-white Little Fox sat demurely, a candy dangling from its mouth, its sharp white teeth crunching as it chewed on the candy, its Fox eyes staring intently at Li Ke.

"Wow!"

Ahri's eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and a human-like expression of happiness appeared on her fox face. She swallowed the candy and appeared in front of Li Ke's knees in the blink of an eye, peering into the bag.

"So many? Are they all mine?"

Ahri raised her head, her large white tail spinning wildly behind her little bottom like a propeller, and stars seemed to appear in her Fox eyes as she looked at Li Ke. She was incredibly cute.

The puppy's appearance made Li Ke momentarily lose his senses. Then, he subconsciously reached out and touched Ahri's head, giving Ahri a pat.

But as soon as he started to caress her, Li Ke came to his senses.

Damn it!

Did I bump into Demigod's head?

They treated it like a puppy?!

But Ahri wasn't angry. She just wagged her tail and asked, "Are they all mine? Li Ke, they're all mine, right?"

"Yes, it's all for you. How about that? Am I being generous?" Seeing that Ahri didn't react to his overstepping his bounds, Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

He must have been charmed by Ahri.

"You're such a good friend, Li Ke!"

Li Ke listened to Ahri's voice, a system notification sounded in his mind.

[Ahri's favorability towards you +60]

Ahri cheered, reaching her chubby little paws into the open bag, poking her head inside, and biting into a piece of cake.

She started eating with gusto, her eyes half-closed, and said in a happy voice, "Delicious, so delicious."

"As expected, you humans are truly amazing! I've obtained quite a few souls' memories before, and in their memories, I also felt their passion and love for food. But while I know their feelings, I've never experienced them firsthand."

"Li Ke, you're a good person. Is there anything else I can help you with? Just let me know!"

She held the cake in her little paws, ate it with her head down, and was incredibly happy.

Seeing so many snacks still in the bag, Ahri was even happier!

[Ahri's favorability towards you +10]

"I do have something I need your help with." Li Ke looked at Ahri with a strange expression, scratched his cheek, and said.

No, Ahri's favorability is so easy to increase!

Ahri gained almost 100 points of favor with this bag of food she casually picked up in Zaun!

This is a matter of the Deity's favor!

Currently, Li Ke and Ahri's friendship is progressing towards the acquaintance stage with 600 points of affection.

Li Ke thought this way, but he had never considered it before.

Ahri has guarded the Soul Blossom Land for countless years. She has even forgotten when she was born into this world. From birth, she has been kind-hearted and lively, interacting with all kinds of souls, and thus became the Spirit of Salvation the Soul Blossom Land.

Ahri has read countless people's memories, but those memories don't confuse her. It's as if those memories have turned into books in her mind, and they only appear when Ahri wants to read them.

Therefore, Ahri naturally chose to watch what she liked. The world of Soul Blossom was too boring, and this was one of Ahri's rare sources of amusement and a rare form of entertainment.

Gradually, she learned about "food," which is why Li Ke had images of "sexy moonlight," "enduring embrace," and "Ahri understood."

Of course she's seen some memories that aren't suitable for children.

Yes. We need to learn about different kinds of memory and understand various things in order to better guide souls onto the right path!

She Ahri, is no sly Little Fox!

It's not that she likes to watch it!

"Tell me, Li Ke, who are we going to fight this time?"

Ahri was unaware that Li Ke was lost in thought. She swallowed the cake and spoke loudly to Li Ke.

Li Ke was taken aback, then quickly shook his head. "No, no, no, I won't hit anyone."

"Hmm? Don't you have a grudge against Noxus? To be honest, Li Ke, I hate them too. They invaded Ionia and killed a lot of people. Recently, the souls that have entered Soul Blossom are filled with anger and resentment. Honestly, because of them, I've been almost killed by work lately!"

Listening to Ahri's complaints, Li Ke lowered his head, took out a bottle of fruit wine from his bag, and handed it to Ahri.

Time was tight, and Li Ke wasn't sure if he could bring everything in, so he bought a little of everything. Since alcohol was the most common drink in Zaun, even the children drank it; therefore, all the beverages Li Ke bought were alcoholic drinks.

Ahri asked, "What is this?"

"It's fruit wine, but the alcohol content isn't high." Li Ke opened the cap and handed it to Ahri.

Ahri picked up the bottle with her paws, raised her head, and put the bottle opening into her little mouth, then gulped it down.

"It tastes so good, Li Ke. This is what you humans call sweetness, right?"

"It's so sweet!" she said to Li Ke with a smile.

"Come on, tell me, what do you want me to do? I'll do anything you ask, Li Ke, I promise this bag of food!"

Li Ke smiled and reached out, touching his forehead with his fingertips.

Ahri understood immediately, grunted, and carefully placed the unfinished fruit wine aside. She didn't want to carelessly spill the wine, as there was still more than half a bottle left!

She would be very upset if it spilled on the ground.

After finishing, she took small steps toward Li Ke, saying as she walked, "You need to go see Kindred later. If the wolf knows you're back and you don't go to it, it will be angry. The sheep won't blame you, but she'll stop liking you because of it, Li Ke."

"Kindred values promises; if she agrees to something, she must do it and cannot break her word."

When they reached Li Ke, Ahri nimbly jumped and sat on Li Ke's lap, raising her little paws to beckon.

Li Ke lowered his head and said softly, "I remember, Ahri, I also brought her the book about sheep."

Ahri chuckled upon hearing this.

Why do we laugh?

Because she can borrow and read the sheep's books too!

Thinking about it this way, I realized I made the right decision to have Li Ke bring her snacks! Look, now she can enjoy the delicious food she's been craving ever since she read the memories of various souls, and she can also see the books.

I'm so smart!

Ahri felt happy.

Then, she placed her soft paws on Li Ke's head, her paw pads touching Li Ke forehead, and Ahri began to explore Li Ke's memories from this period of time.

"Oh, you two kissed?"

"Ugh, why are you touching her like that, Li Ke? You're not even married to her yet! This is wrong!"

"No, your relationship has always been abnormal. Normal human men and human women don't sleep in the same bed."

In Li Ke's mind, several recent events that he remembered vividly had been seen by Ahri —all of which were his private interactions with Xiao Jin.

For example, touching or kissing someone in the middle of the night.

Listening to Ahri's rambling, Li Ke coughed awkwardly and quickly said, "It's not that, I wanted to show you what just happened."

"Shut up, okay? I'm just curious, alright?" Ahri grumbled, then continued watching.

Then, her eyes welled up with tears because she saw two naked humans in the bathroom.

How could you be touching yourself like that while you're naked?! You have no shame!

This scene was quite a shock to Ahri. After all, she is simple-minded and innocent by nature. Although she is very old, she is not very old in spirit.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be so mischievous.

Like a child.

Stopping looking at those embarrassing images, Ahri started focusing on serious matters.

After a while, she disconnected the connection and shook her head at Li Ke.

Li Ke was taken aback and was about to speak when Ahri nodded again.

"Orianna, right? Her situation is a bit complicated."

Ahri looked at Li Ke and began to explain:

"She's dead, and it's been quite a while since she died, but the interesting thing is that her soul hasn't been taken by Death. Her soul is still inside that body. However, because she's been dead for so long, that soul has begun to lose itself. If I can't get out, there's no way to wake her up."

Ahri said seriously.

Orianna is dead, but the man named Singed somehow changed Orianna condition, sealing her body and preventing her soul from leaving it. Therefore, her soul is still inside that body.

This is a good thing, because her soul is still there, and Ahri, as Deity, can revive her.

But, like I said, it's too far away!

Either Li Ke could bring Orianna's body to Ionia, where the barrier between the two worlds is weak, allowing Ionia 'Ahri power to reach the outside world; or Li Ke could take her out and once again use her as a physical node for Ahri's use.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have a choice.

After all, she is indeed Spirit of Salvation, but the "savior" in her title means finding a way out for souls, not resurrecting them!

However, Ahri can't, but the sheep can!

Seeing Li Ke deep in thought, Ahri Li interrupted Li Ke with a smile and said:

"Don't worry, this is actually easy to handle. Go find Yang. Yang is better than me at awakening and retrieving souls, Li Ke."

"My responsibility is simply to guide souls onto the right path, enabling them to find a suitable place to live in the Soul Blossom Land, to let go of the past, and to no longer be blinded by hatred and memories."

"Sheep and wolves are the reapers of death in this world. They have the right to grant life to souls, and they also have the right to kill souls they deem guilty. This is why the Soul Blossom Land has always maintained its balance."

"Ah Ahri, shall we go over now?" Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good if it can be done.

Li Ke actually felt apologetic for keeping Singed waiting and dragging him along.

Because Singed had been working for Zaun, and because Li Ke had told him he would help him resurrect Orianna, Singed devoted himself wholeheartedly to serving Zaun ever since.

Ekko and Jinx learned a great deal from him, and the alchemy of Zaun also made new progress because of him.

Singed is an indispensable cornerstone of Zaun.

He had truly sacrificed a lot for Zaun over the past year, so if Li Ke brought back bad news, even if Singed would be able to let it go and say it was okay, Li Ke would still feel apologetic and guilty.

Li Ke is that kind of person.

He will repay kindness tenfold and will not forget any favors he has received, but that doesn't mean Li Ke will hold a grudge against anyone!

"That won't work!" Ahri refused after hearing Li Ke's words.

She jumped off Li Ke, carrying the bag in her mouth. She raised one paw, and a small cloud appeared in front of Ahri. She turned to look at Li Ke and said, "I need to hide the good food first, then I'll go with you."

"Otherwise, the wolves will eat them all!"

Upon hearing Ahri's reasoning, Li Ke couldn't help but laugh.

See? Ahri, she's just like a child!

Ahri disappeared before Li Ke's eyes, and Li Ke waited quietly.

About two minutes later, Ahri returned. A cloud appeared in front of Li Ke, and then Ahri poked her little head out, beckoning to Li Ke with her paws. She said, "Come on, let's go find the sheep~"

Li Ke looked at the hole, which was only the size of his head, and with Ahri's Fox head peeking out, it looked a lot like a dog hole!

Li Ke's lips twitched, and he asked, "Can I go in?"

"Otherwise what?" Ahri gritted her teeth in annoyance at Li Ke's words. She raised her paw, and Li Ke felt his body go out of control, flying towards the dog hole.

Then, Li Ke realized he had arrived in a strange place.

He wasn't in Lotus Valley, but appeared in a void space. There was no blue sky, white clouds, forest, or river; there were only dense lines of white light, intertwined and tangled. With Ahri's help, he flew above these lines.

Li Ke stared at a huge light. It wasn't lines, but a sphere? The lines covered the sphere, which occupied one-ninth of the space. What a huge sphere!

Then, Li Ke's eyes gradually became dazed, his expression turned blank, and he looked dumbfounded.

"Smack!"

A plump, warm little thing pressed against Li Ke's cheek, and Li Ke's eyes cleared, and he came to his senses.

"Ahri, what just happened?" Li Ke looked at Ahri and asked.

He was looking at the lines when he noticed a large, dark purple, sphere-like spot of light. As he stared at it, Li Ke felt his consciousness blur and his senses shut off, plunging him into darkness.

"That was Cassiopeia you were looking at. You're doomed, Li Ke. After Thresh, you're going to be targeted by Cassiopeia now." Ahri said.

"What's the meaning?"

"What I mean is, your behavior just now was very impolite. This is the core of the Soul Blossom, a place only I can enter. Here, I can see souls that need my help, which is why I was able to suddenly appear beside you when Thresh captured you."

"And what you just did, well. In your human terms, were you spying on Cassiopeia?"

"Hehe, Li Ke, it's actually my fault. I should have told you not to look around like that," Ahri said apologetically.

Li Ke: "."

Alright, with Thresh leading the way, it seems like getting noticed by Cassiopeia isn't a big deal, is it?

Li Ke tried to comfort himself.

But suddenly, a system window popped into my mind.

[Cassiopeia's favorability towards you -20]

Cassiopeia despises you and considers you a shameless scoundrel.

"."

"Holy crap?"