On the ninth day, Shen and Zed found a fox that had come to absorb memories from dreams. The fox was beaten half to death in an instant. You rescued her, and when she trembled at the sight of Zed and Shen, you began treating her wounds.
But what puzzled you was that, although the fox was very fond of you, Xayah started trembling the moment you opened your mouth.
You decided your lessons hadn't been thorough enough.
So you put Ahri, whom you'd wrapped up like a mummy, beside Xayah, then began discussing your respective ideas with Shen and the others.
Ahri felt something was off about the script.
Xayah just gave Ahri a pitying smile.
Today, you told the story of Saitama's battle against Godzilla. Shen said today's story was boring because Ionia had no pollutants.
On the tenth day, Ahri began questioning her life choices. But, on the grounds that her injuries hadn't healed yet, you kept her wrapped up like a mummy. Xayah had already learned how to instantly put herself into a deep, book-loving trance.
Because of Shen's criticism yesterday, you stopped Journey to the Bald.
But you discovered that, at some point, Shen had shaved his head.
Zed laughed himself half to death, then got chased by Shen for eight miles.
The eleventh day.
Ahri had an epiphany. Before you could react, the unschooled Ahri charged headfirst into a pillar.
But because she couldn't put much force behind it, she only got hurt, so you tied her up even tighter.
On the twelfth day, Shen and Zed went to check whether your theory was correct: whether most of Ionia's problems could be resolved by establishing a powerful governing body.
So you had nothing to do today.
That night, Xayah had grown used to being tied up. Even after you loosened her bonds, she instinctively stayed in the same position. When you noticed, she kicked you hard, then blocked your mouth with hers when you started to lecture her.
Then.
What happened next shocked Ahri.
On the thirteenth day, Shen and Zed returned with good news. The new Ionian ecosystem you'd envisioned could allow magic to flow freely without being constrained, and let Vastaya and humans live together without magic causing either side to suffer harm.
And it wouldn't damage nature.
Xayah didn't believe it, but because of your relationship, she went to see for herself.
Xayah fell silent.
You, Shen, and Zed began discussing why no one had realized this before. Then you reached a conclusion.
No one had dared take that step. And the Balance Order's philosophy had, in a way, interfered with balance. The Kinkou Order had played a negative role in all of this.
Furthermore, Ionia had no powerful organization that could take on the responsibility of improving the living conditions of all Ionians. Nor was there any governing body capable of training enough people to observe the balance between nature and human society.
But one organization had the potential.
Shen and Zed fell silent.
Because of the name of that organization.
It was called the Kinkou Order.
Shen and Zed left.
Shen wanted to persuade his father, but Zed seemed troubled.
The fourteenth day, a peaceful day.
It was the fifteenth day, a peaceful day.
On the sixteenth day, Xayah suddenly said she was leaving. She also took the notes you'd compiled and left you a beautiful feather.
You thought the feather looked familiar. You sniffed it and immediately caught a scent of heather.
Xayah came back and beat you up.
On the seventeenth day, nothing happened.
On the eighteenth day, Ahri could no longer suppress her hunger. After losing control, she rushed into your room and fed on your memories and life force.
The memories you'd gained in the CrossFire world inside the simulator, of playing that world's unique game, disappeared. Half of your life force was drained, too.
Ahri was full, but she felt another kind of hunger.
You were powerless to resist, and tears of humiliation streamed down your face.
The nineteenth day, petting the fox.
The twentieth day, petting the fox.
The thirty-first day, using the fox.
The second month, Xayah came back, beat you up, and tried to beat up the fox, but Ahri charmed her.
Only then did you realize that she had a latent masochistic streak.
Afterward, you got beaten up twice, once by the fox and once by the bird.
The two made up and created a lottery barrel.
You looked at the numbers on the slips and had a bad feeling.
In the third month, with help from the other Vastaya, you began improving the village you lived in and felt that you'd grown weaker.
Xayah began leaving frequently, sometimes bringing back people for you to teach.
In the fourth month, you heard that Shen had been sealed away by his father, Kusho. Zed had carried out the sealing. Xayah said humans really couldn't be trusted, so you lectured her.
Then you got lectured, too, and couldn't get out of bed the next day.
In the fifth month, tonics started appearing in your meals.
By the sixth month, many Vastaya, half-Vastaya, and some human men who'd heard about you had gathered under your command. Bored, you began training them and directing them to reshape the surrounding wilderness according to the methods you and Shen and Zed had developed, making the settlement live in harmony with nature.
By the seventh month, you had four thousand subordinates, most of them Vastaya. The research division you'd set up had developed the magical dirty bomb you'd envisioned.
In the eighth month, the Noxians launched a massive invasion. Having prepared in advance, you led a mixed force of Vastaya and humans in a surprise attack from the sea on their supply fleet, achieving a casualty ratio that stunned all of Runeterra.
3:20000
The only three injured had slipped and fallen on their own.
Noxus's fifty thousand troops were stranded and running short on supplies.
Swain was dismissed and recalled home.
More Vastaya and humans joined your ranks.
That same month, Zed killed Kusho and announced the founding of the Order of the Shadow. But strangely, he didn't join your forces.
By this point, even Li Ke thought it all felt surreal.
"I'm actually this awesome?! Do I really have a talent for this sort of thing? But why? Why did Zed still kill Kusho?"
Li Ke felt there must have been something he didn't know about, because based on how the simulation had gone, if he'd succeeded, Zed shouldn't have killed Kusho out of a desperate desire for power.
But why had it still happened?
There was definitely something wrong here.
The more Li Ke simulated, the more mysteries he felt there were on this land. The more he saw, the more he realized he didn't know.
"There must be something wrong with Zed's rebellion..."
Thinking this, Li Ke continued reading. Then his eyes widened.
In the ninth month, Zed said he wanted to join your forces, and you happily agreed. Just as you opened your arms to welcome your like-minded friend—
Zed's sword pierced your heart.
You asked him why.
"I am Zed."
You heard him crying.
You died.
"Just as I thought!"
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