Chapter Twenty-Six: An Unfortunate Future

"So I've said it before, it would be great if I were a second-generation rich kid."

Stepping out of a pharmacy in Placidium, the central hub of Ionia, Li Ke couldn't help but touch his shriveled coin purse and sigh helplessly.

Placidium was essentially the capital of Ionia, while the place where Elder Souma resided was more like a backwater village, a remote area beneath the shadow of Placidium that didn't even have a decent inn.

Likewise, while the village near that place still relied on bartering, everything in Placidium required money.

"Food is expensive, medicinal herbs are expensive, the inns are expensive..."

Li Ke walked into an inn, feeling thoroughly annoyed, found his room, and stepped inside.

The first thing he did after arriving here by an overpriced carriage was to find a pharmacy to dress his wounds and purchase medicinal herbs.

However, the cost of living in Placidium was exorbitant; he had spent double his original budget just to acquire enough herbs, and then he set to work in his room, concocting the pill Meimu had given him the recipe for.

Looking at the pills in his hand—varying in size and looking rather unsightly—Li Ke added the final ingredient he had bought.

It was a type of butterfly powder, relatively common in Ionia, usually used as a magical consumable and also capable of treating symptoms of dizziness.

He sprinkled the powder evenly over the pills and rolled them again according to the instructions on the prescription. Only after the powder had fully integrated into the pills did they meet the standard set by the recipe.

Li Ke mustered his courage and swallowed one. Immediately, he felt a ball of fire erupt within his body; his life energy and spiritual power surged, leaving his mind clear and his body feeling as if it were brimming with inexhaustible strength.

Opening his status interface, Li Ke saw that his spiritual power had been fully restored and his life energy was slowly increasing, confirming that he hadn't accidentally turned these pills into poison.

It was just that without Meimu's magical assistance, a single pill could only replenish about 70 points of life force and 50 points of spiritual power.

But there was no helping it; who told Li Ke he didn't know the magic of this world?

"This is fine... even if it's expensive and the effect without magic is mediocre, at least I can finally start the simulation frequently."

Taking a deep breath, Li Ke looked at his simulator panel. He had already suffered a setback from the simulator once before; because he had deviated from the simulator's route, he hadn't just run into trouble in that small town, he had even provoked Kusho.

So this time, he intended to follow the simulator's standard route to verify if this thing was truly predicting the future!

"Simulation! Start!"

Still choosing not to blur his memories, lines of text began to appear before Li Ke's eyes.

Day 1: You depart from Placidium by carriage, but due to a lack of money, the carriage you take is quite dilapidated, bruising your backside.

Day 2: Your backside hurts even more.

Day 3: You finally arrive at the next town, but your backside can no longer endure the travel, so the coachman refunds your money and leaves you at the local infirmary.

Day 4: Bored, you get up and go for a walk by the river, where you see a young girl dancing beautifully. Looking at her slender yet powerful legs and her classic Eastern beauty, you find yourself thinking of names for your future children.

Day 5: You are discovered by the girl. Amidst her exclamation, you tackle her and cover her mouth. During the struggle, you realize this girl is quite strong, but fortunately, you clear up the misunderstanding, and you learn her name.

Irelia.

Day 6: Watch Irelia dance.

Day 7: Watch Irelia dance.

Day 8: Watch Irelia dance.

Day 9: Watch Irelia bathe.

Day 10: Watch Irelia dance.

Day 11: You begin to reflect, saying, "Li Ke, oh Li Ke, how could you be so degenerate? Starting tomorrow, say goodbye to Irelia and go execute your sect mission."

Day 12: Watch Irelia dance and bathe.

Day 13: You are discovered by Irelia while she is bathing. You are struck by a wooden basin thrown by the enraged Irelia. However, after you escape, you realize Irelia didn't tell anyone about the incident.

Day 14: Irelia continues to practice her dance in the same spot. You bring some flowers as an apology; Irelia ignores you, but she doesn't leave.

Day 15: Watch Irelia bathe.

Seeing this, Li Ke couldn't help but cover his face. He really didn't think he was this low-class; watching someone dance was one thing, but peeping at someone bathing and then going back after being discovered was just too much!

Could he really do something like this?

Would such behavior really occur?

But even though it was unbearable to look at, Li Ke continued reading.

Day 17: You give Irelia a hairpin and meet her grandmother.

Day 18: You are blocked by Irelia's brother, and you send him flying into the river.

Day 19: You are blocked by Irelia's uncle, and you send him flying into a well.

Day 20: You are blocked by Irelia's suitor, and you knock him into a pigsty.

Day 21: Yone's sword (his wife) breaks due to your rough handling. You are blocked by an angry Irelia, and she knocks you into the river.

Day 22: Irelia gifts you a family heirloom sword, which is praised by a passing Shen as a first-class blade.

Day 30: While Irelia is bathing by the river, you take her clothes and appear before her.

Day 31: You are tied up by a group of burly men and married to Irelia.

In the third month, Irelia became pregnant.

In the fourth month, Noxus launched an offensive. Irelia's uncle and brother were killed in action, and to protect Irelia, you led the farmers in a resistance.

In the eighth month, your army was defeated and you died. The last thing you saw was Irelia weeping as she danced on the battlefield, performing that dance you knew so well.

Simulation ended.

Based on this simulation, you have received the following rewards. Please select one to claim:

1. Maximum health slowly increased by 20, 80 points of vitality.

2. Irelia's family heirloom sword (item not from this world).

3. Cause the Irelia of the real world to form an impression of you and randomly dream of the experiences from the simulated life.

"..."

Li Ke was silent; he only had one thought right now.

Was I really that smooth?

And also.

Irelia, is she of age?