Magic Cat Yuumi

Yuumi stared at Yuan Chen cautiously, her eyes filled with vigilance.

Although she sensed that Yuan Chen, carrying so many knives, wasn't a good person, considering that Yuan Chen was the only one who had revealed information about their master since she and the Book of Thresholds set off to find him, Yuumi still cautiously hid in the portal's teleportation tunnel and called out:

"Who are you? How do you know my master? Have you seen her?"

"Never seen it before."

"Oh." Yuumi rolled her eyes and made a move to slip back into the portal and escape.

Fortunately, Yuan Chen reacted quickly and immediately reached out to grab Yuumi, saying, "Don't go! Listen to me first!"

"No! Let me go!" Having her tail grabbed, Yuumi immediately broke down, her kitten-like face filled with panic, her four short legs flapping as she grabbed the edge of the portal, crying out:

"I'm going to find my master! I'm not going with you!"

"You just came back from the Shurima desert, right?"

Upon hearing Yuan Chen's words, Yuumi, who had been struggling desperately, paused for a moment, then the blue-haired cat turned its head suspiciously. "How did you know?"

"The sand on you! This kind of fine, dry sand is most abundant in the Shurima desert!" Yuan Chen said, "Did you find something about Norra in the ruins of Shurima?"

"Huh? How do you know so much?"

Yuumi had stopped struggling, covering her little mouth, her cat face showing a human-like fear. "Were you really following me?"

"You're overthinking it... but I might be able to help you find Norra."

Saying this, Yuan Chen released Yuumi's tail, patted his own clothes, and said:

"I'm currently preparing to head to Piltover, where the world's most outstanding archaeologists and explorers reside. If you truly want to find Norra, their help will make things much easier."

Upon hearing this, Yuumi scratched her face, then turned to the Book of Thresholds and whispered something to it. The Book of Thresholds, meanwhile, was flipping through pages rapidly, seemingly engaged in a heated discussion.

Yuan Chen didn't urge her any further; instead, he stared at Yuumi's back with a strange expression.

Yuumi, the magical cat. A favorite of younger sisters, and a nightmare for ADCs. Although she doesn't have a good reputation among players, she is extremely popular in competitive play. Her high Q Skill damage has even led to the emergence of a powerful combination of Garen support and Yuumi as the main carry.

One Q can take away half the health of a squishy target.

In the backstory, the magical cat Yuumi is the pet of a Yordle, who is none other than Norra, Yordle Yuan Chen just mentioned.

Norra is a Yordle witch who lives in a cabin in Bandle City. She has a passion for collecting all sorts of strange and unusual things, such as chipped teacups, shards of stained glass, and fabrics embroidered with playful patterns.

Norra's secret weapon is a Book of Thresholds —the same bark book she's currently talking to Yuumi about.

The Yordle live in Bandle City, which is not Runeterra, but a special spiritual realm.

The pathway between the two realms is very subtle; the portal to Bandle City can appear anywhere in Runeterra, but it is rarely opened.

Because of the portal's unique nature, even agile animals like cats cannot freely enter or exit. In fact, even for the Yordle themselves, returning to Bandle City through its own portal would only involve a tedious wait.

For example, the eastern stars align with a specific stone archway, or one might anxiously rummage through swamp lilies, searching for silvery-white blossoms in the mud...

The portals to Bandle City itself only open at these specific times. But Norra is different; her <Book of Thresholds> allows her to instantly travel to the places described on its pages.

When Norra opens a portal, she and Yuumi will happily jump into the glowing pages and immediately reach their destination, with the Book of Thresholds following shortly after.

Yuumi used to not care about the Book of Thresholds. After all, it was just a book made of Book of Thresholds bark—not fun at all!

It's not made of woody catnip, and the shape isn't a plush ball or a cat toy. It would be strange if Yuumi were interested.

Sharpening claws is a good option...

Later, when Yuumi returned home after playing outside, she found that Norra was nowhere to be found.

Yuumi saw the Book of Thresholds on her owner's desk. The kitten frantically flipped through the pages and found that several pages had been torn off at the base. Yuumi couldn't understand the title, so she called it the "Book of Thresholds" as her owner called it.

In response, the Book of Thresholds trembled, and Yuumi was surprised to find that she could understand the Book of Thresholds's thoughts from the rustling of the paper. Although the Book of Thresholds could not speak, the thoughts it expressed were clear and resonant.

Soon, through the Book of Thresholds's words, Yuumi learned that Norra had gone to a very dangerous place, so dangerous that she had to destroy the portal after leaving.

In order to find her master, Yuumi decides to embark on a journey with the Book of Thresholds —although the original pages have been torn out, the Book of Thresholds's theory is that by continuously going to one portal after another, they will surely find the one closest to Norra.

The seemingly far-fetched method of exhaustive search quickly yielded new clues thanks to the persistence of the two... well, the book and the cat.

In the ruins of Shurima, Yuumi found a blue ceramic shard that seemed to belong to its owner—it looked somewhat like a teapot that Norra had once owned.

But before Yuumi could dig any deeper, she was attacked by wild beasts in the desert.

In a moment of desperation, Yuumi jumped into the portal with the Book of Thresholds to escape—and then she arrived in the jungle of the Kumungu Mountains, where she saw Yuan Chen talking to himself.

By comparing this with Yuumi's backstory in his memory, Yuan Chen began to make some guesses.

Although it was uncertain at the beginning, based on the current results, it should be considered certain.

After discussing with the Book of Thresholds for a long time, Yuumi asked somewhat suspiciously, "How did you know about Master?"

"Hmm... I've seen it in some future scenes."

"A fragment of the future?" the kitten asked, puzzled.

"To be honest, I am a prophet—wait! Don't leave yet! I haven't finished speaking!"

Seeing the kitten preparing to crawl into the portal, Yuan Chen said with some helplessness:

"Don't jump to conclusions! I'm asking you, does Norra have a penchant for collecting strange and unusual things? Did you find ceramic shards in the Shurima desert that carried Norra's scent?"

"Huh?" The kitten wagged its tail, and the Book of Thresholds beside it flipped through its pages rapidly. Then the kitten asked, "So tell me what Norra looks like! If you tell me, I'll believe you!"

"Yordle, who looks like a yellow rabbit, wears a purple robe, pink-rimmed glasses, and a hat, though that hat is a bit hard to describe... Am I right?"

"You really saw Master?!" Yuumi flew out of the door in surprise, riding on the Book of Thresholds and circling Yuan Chen twice:

"My God! You really are a prophet? Can you tell me where my master is? I miss her so much!"

Actually, I also want to know...

Upon hearing Yuumi's question, Yuan Chen sighed, thinking that thanks to the new hero Yuumi's high popularity among female players and her bad reputation among other players, many players were also concerned about the whereabouts of Yuumi's owner, Norra.

Initially, people thought Nora would appear during the Ruin of the Ruined King event. But to everyone's surprise, Poppy Viggs, who was essentially relegated to the bottom, appeared during Ruin of the Ruined King event. The first character to appear was actually Riot Games' card game, Legends of Runeterra (LoR).

However, since LOR is a card game, it doesn't delve too much into the backstories of its heroes. Therefore, even now, Norra's whereabouts and activities remain a mystery.

If it were anyone else, Yuan Chen would have answered without hesitation, "I don't know!"

But things are different now. Yuan Chen still hopes to learn more about the situation in Bandle City and other areas of Runeterra through Yuumi.

Through the portal of the Book of Thresholds, Yuan Chen Yuan Chen can quickly travel to any corner of Runeterra, which greatly reduces the time he needs to travel.

"Norra went to a very dangerous place... to be honest, I don't know where it is, but if you want to unravel the clues about your master in the Shurima desert, coming with me is the right thing to do."

Yuan Chen said, "I know some people in Piltover, both archaeologists and adventurers! I'm also heading to the Shurima Desert to find some things, so if you're planning the same thing, we might as well travel together."

Hearing Yuan Chen's words, the little cat was a bit undecided for a moment, so she simply turned her head and continued to whisper with the Book of Thresholds Codex.

A moment later, Yuumi proudly raised her head. "Since you put it that way! Then let's begin our adventure together—no, let's begin our search for Norra together! I promise! I'll protect you from harm with the courage of a lion!"

As she spoke, a golden light shone around Yuumi.

Surrounded by light, Yuumi flew out of the portal with a whoosh! After circling Yuan Chen twice, she seemed to be bound to him, perched firmly on the book beside him.

Surrounded by that golden light, Yuan Chen could clearly feel that his physical strength and magical power had both increased significantly.

Yuan Chen wasn't surprised by Yuumi's personality.

Yuumi is a cat by nature. Although the backstory Book of Thresholds its best to keep Yuumi focused on finding her owner, due to her feline nature, Yuumi is often attracted by worldly comforts, such as napping and eating fish.

Now, Yuan Chen only wants to do one thing—

"Could I cast a detection spell on you? I promise, just once~"

On ZB, the next chapter might be updated later.