Chapter 180

So she worked hard all night.

Therefore, the price of unprecedented pleasure was unprecedented exhaustion—exhaustion that even fighting on the battlefield did not cause.

Her disheveled clothes had long since been taken off and were scattered haphazardly beside the bed and on the floor, leaving only a thin blanket covering her fair and delicate body. Her even breathing caused her still-full breasts to rise and fall slowly.

She seems to have developed better—in a short period of time, some things accelerate growth.

Her demeanor gradually shed some of its youthful naiveté, replaced by maturity and intellect.

Perhaps she doesn't yet have the courage to take the final step, but some things that have happened are already closely related to the outcome—or even indistinguishable from it.

Last night she severely punished a certain "little slut".

And this "little slut" was putting on her clothes at that moment, giving the girl's perfect body a final, gentle caress before leaving.

Pushing open the door, it was already early morning. The intense morning sun shone through the glass window into the corridor, stinging Chen Ce's eyes.

Standing by the window and looking out, the neat streets were littered with evidence of last night's revelry. Empty Gragas and food scraps were scattered all over the ground, and at least a dozen drunkards were curled up in tents by the campfire, fast asleep.

The scene wasn't exactly harmonious, but it was certainly heartwarming.

The most difficult times are over, and what follows is the golden age of the Freljord Alliance's flourishing development.

My task is now complete.

"That's great..." Chen Ce couldn't help but smile.

Just then, a soft footstep sounded in the aisle behind him.

Turning her head, she saw a fit and athletic girl walking slowly towards her.

Judging from the timing of the footsteps and her location... she seemed to have always been in the corridor.

"Good morning, Miss Sejuani." Although Chen Ce was a little puzzled, he still greeted her warmly.

"Good morning," the latter replied, but his tone seemed somewhat cold, and there was no smile on his face.

Chen Ce suddenly had a bad feeling.

As the girl approached, her tall figure was no shorter than the other person's, and her abs were clearly visible on her exposed abdomen.

"You're up really early."

"Hmm... you too." Chen Ce subconsciously touched his heavy dark circles.

Looking at the girl in front of me... she also seems to have dark circles under her eyes...?

And it's no lighter than mine...

It looks like you didn't sleep last night either?

"You stayed up all night, didn't you?" Sejuani asked again.

"Um... sort of..." Chen Ce answered truthfully.

"Me too," Sejuani said coldly.

"...?"

"I stood outside all night."

"Outside...? Which outside?"

"This is the passageway. To be precise, it's right by your door."

"At the door...?"

"I was among the people who escorted you back to your rooms last night."

"Well...?"

"They're gone, but I stayed with you all night."

"...?"

"I heard everything."

"..." Chen Ce felt a chill run down his spine.

"At first I thought this was just a stopgap measure by Ashe —I thought you were just putting on a show for the various tribes." Sejuani narrowed her beautiful eyes, one hand always hidden behind her back.

"I didn't expect you guys to be serious... behind my back."

"..." Chen Ce didn't know what to say, his gaze fixed on the other person's hidden right hand.

He had a feeling... the other person was definitely holding something...

It's definitely not a good thing...

"I know none of you did anything wrong, but I just have a feeling of betrayal— Ashe promised to raid the Hearth-Home Tribe with me but ended up saving them instead, and that feeling is very similar to what I feel now."

Sejuani gently grasped Chen Ce's hand with her other hand, as if to prevent him from suddenly running away.

Then... she brought out the hand that had been hidden behind her back.

Sure enough, he was holding a handful...

Ax...

"Chen Ce... you clearly said at the beginning that you came to Freljord for me..."

"Don't... don't get excited..." Chen Ce suddenly felt that the "athletic older sister" in front of him had a bit of a yandere vibe.

It's a little scary...

Sejuani raised the hand holding the axe above her head.

He's preparing to moisten it.

Just as he was about to use brute force to pull his hand back and run away, Sejuani suddenly grabbed her ice crystal helmet.

She raised the axe not to chop anyone, but simply to place her hand on her helmet and then remove it.

"...?" Chen Ce was still a little nervous, but more than that, he was puzzled.

Until the girl in front of him let go of his hand.

"I don't blame you." Sejuani shrugged, revealing that indifferent expression again—she had always been a very easygoing person.

She held an axe in one hand and her ice crystal horn helmet in the other.

This horned helmet originally had two "horns," but one has been broken off, leaving only the left half.

"I stole this helmet from Kalkia... It's the symbol of the Winter's Claw Warmother. I broke off one of its horns during the final battle between the Warmother."

"Oh..." Chen Ce nodded blankly.

Sejuani smiled and continued, "But now, I'm no longer a Warmother."

The words had barely left her lips when the axe in her hand flashed past.

Clang!

The last remaining ice crystal horn was also cut off.

Sejuani casually tossed aside the axe, then, holding the bull horn in one hand and taking the other's hand with the other, she took his.

"This is for you."

"Give it to... me?" Chen Ce didn't quite understand.

Until the girl in front of him gave him a warm and strong hug.

"It's a parting gift for you... I know you're leaving soon, and that little girl Ashe has already given you her most precious thing, how could I leave without giving something in return?"

As she spoke, her gaze shifted to the other person's neck.

Through the gap in her collar, she could see many... red marks.

Commonly known as, mini strawberry.

It was planted by Ashe, of course.

The little strawberries stretched from her neck all the way down to her lower chest... and then they disappeared from sight, but you could imagine where they extended to.

His lower body is probably covered in them.

That little girl, Ashe... she usually looks thin and frail, but she's incredibly energetic.

How enviable...

"Alright, I look forward to the day you come back."

Sejuani released her embrace and, at the last moment, kissed him on the cheek—but before he could even feel it, she blushed with embarrassment.

"Finally... let me tell you something else. Actually, Freljord doesn't stipulate that blood oaths must be one-on-one—regardless of gender..."

"Hmm..." Chen Ce touched his face.

Sejuani turned her head to the other side, looking out the window.

"Ashe, you can rest assured, she would never form another blood pact, so what I mean is..."

"Yes... it is... if there's a chance in the future..."

"I will prove to you that my energy is even greater Ashe's."

Syndra hasn't stepped out of her room for two whole months.

She was incredibly bored in Chen Ce's absence, losing interest in everything around her—just like she had been in Ionia. She had no friends, was not good with words, and was always hostile towards everyone.

There were no sugar beetles, unique to Ionia, in the capital of Noxus, so she couldn't even find the joy of observing the little bugs.

She could only stay in her room and sleep every day.

He slept day and night, and when he couldn't sleep, he used his powerful magic to catch a few ants in the manor to play with.

While the ants aren't as interesting as sugar beetles, they're still a good way to pass the time occasionally—she doesn't kill them, but uses her unique magical powers to guide them in building their nests, which is a kind of fun in raising them.

LeBlanc's alter ego would deliver meals to her every day—sometimes made by LeBlanc's maid, sometimes by LeBlanc herself. But no matter which one, she felt it couldn't compare to Chen Ce's cooking—perhaps that wasn't the case objectively, but that was her subjective feeling.

Every day, she would save leftover noodles or pieces of meat to feed the ants. She enjoyed the feeling of being treated like a "creator" by the ants after giving her food.

But she still didn't smile.

She gets more than twenty hours of sleep a day, which makes it difficult for her to fall asleep.

On every sleepless night, she would rummage through her wardrobe, take out all her over-the-knee socks, stockings, pantyhose, and jumpsuits, and then lay them out on the bed.

Since arriving here, she could ask LeBlanc to bring her anything—even these luxurious, expensive, fake jewels were plentiful. Only occasionally would LeBlanc give her a knowing smile, as if mocking her ridiculous attempts to please Chen Ce.

But only she knew that she wasn't trying to please anyone.

She just wanted Chen Ce to look surprised and delighted when he saw her. That would make her very happy too.

So she often tried on all sorts of different socks, sometimes black, sometimes white, sometimes transparent and sometimes opaque... She tried them on one by one, and then picked out the few pairs that she thought looked the best.

She knew Chen Ce really liked her... legs. She knew it was her advantage.

To preserve her beautiful feet, she never even stepped onto the ground; even when she needed to leave the bed, she would float low in the air using magic.

In addition, she also uses a physical method to maintain her legs.

That was... the skincare routine Chen Ce had done for her before.

Massage.

"Here... here... and then here..."

On the soft, large bed, Syndra, wearing only two pieces of underwear, kept massaging her long, slender, white legs.

She was trying her best to imitate the massage techniques Chen Ce had used on her before.

But... something just feels off?

It's just... I just don't get that feeling no matter what...

It was comfortable, but it didn't have that... that... feeling at all.

A very unique and exhilarating sensation...?

I didn't feel any adrenaline rush at all...

Not exciting at all...

How strange...