Chapter 499 Anne and Amoline
Anne's family lives in the northern border of Noxus, in the north of the Iron Thorn Mountains on the border with Freljord, very close to the Diver Fort, a mountain fortress that specializes in supplying gold and iron mines to Noxus.
Because it is close to the extremely cold place with the harshest climate in the entire Rune Land, the temperature in this area is not high most of the year, and the snowfall lasts for half a year.
The harsh climate creates the nature of this mountain range - like the Freljord, it is a wild place.
There are many dangerous creatures wandering in the forest, including many magical species. The shadow bear, which is powerful and controls brutal magic, is one of the top predators here.
But an experienced woodcutter or hunter always has a way to avoid danger, as was the case with Anne's father.
Li Lin teleported to the approximate location that Varieva had provided before. His clothes changed into Noxian style, and he obviously felt a chill coming over his face, although this temperature was nothing to him.
It was only October, and sporadic snowflakes were already falling from the sky. The surrounding evergreen bushes and branches and leaves were also covered with ice crystals, and translucent white air could be seen with every breath.
Compared with the twin cities with a mild climate, winter here arrives two to three months earlier.
Li Lin took a deep breath. The cold air penetrated into his lungs along his trachea, giving him a completely different feeling.
It’s been a long time since I experienced the feeling of winter.
Even in Demacia, where it snows heavily in winter, he didn't feel like he had been away for a long time.
It reminds me of the days when I braved the heavy snow to go to school...
He has experienced so many things in less than three years. When he has some free time recently, Li Lin always feels inexplicable melancholy and sigh.
Soon, he shook his head, sighed silently in his heart, and put all the distracting thoughts behind him.
Then, his gaze locked in one direction.
That was the place where Zhinao detected the magic fluctuations when he was first transferred, and it was also the place where he sensed the magic breath of the astral world.
According to Valieva's description of the family's character, which she observed while hiding in the dark, they seemed to be very wary of strangers.
Li Lin could understand this. After all, Anne's mother escaped from the Immortal Fortress and seemed to be related to the Black Rose, so she was worried that the Pale Lady would send someone to capture her.
Varieva had expelled a group of Noxian mage teams before, and many scouts came here later, but their minds were disrupted by the enchantment magic of the Celestial Warriors, and they were unable to find the three of them.
In order to prevent the Infinite Armor from scaring the already sensitive family of three and causing unnecessary misunderstandings, Li Lin deliberately walked through the forest on foot.
What surprised him was that he clearly sensed the approach of many large creatures, but before he could use magic or superpower to drive them away, these creatures would always stop within a certain range and then turn around and leave.
Perhaps due to physical enhancement, Li Lin's aura was different from that of ordinary humans. These intuitive and very smart predators sensed the threat and did not dare to step forward.
Or maybe it was the demon that resided in Anne that scared them away...
Li Lin walked very fast. It took him less than half an hour to cover a distance that would have taken an average adult two to three hours to complete.
He stopped outside a dirt road blocked by a cliff. He placed his left hand on the rock in front of him, and a cold feeling came from his palm.
It feels extremely real, but Li Lin, who is mentally tough and has mastered a lot of rune magic, can immediately see through that this is not a real thing, but a magical barrier constructed using astral magic.
The touch is almost comparable to that of real matter. In addition, the barrier has the function of preventing strangers from entering, so this cliff that is supposed to be fake appears to be extremely real.
Li Lin made complex gestures with his left hand, and at the same time activated the magic power in his body to communicate naturally. Several azure rune marks appeared from his fingertips, penetrating the barrier in front of him, opening a path for one person to pass through. The "little door".
He passed through the outer boundary of the barrier and walked forward for about five or six kilometers, and also crossed a stream with fast currents and only a few stones as "bridges".
It wasn't until we reached a relatively flat area with sparse trees that we saw a small two-story wooden house.
A little red-haired girl holding a finely crafted teddy bear doll and wearing only a thin dress was running and jumping in the yard surrounded by a wooden fence, playing with her toy, and talking to herself and talking to it from time to time.
She looked to be only three or four years old, and her steps were still a little hobbled, as if she had just learned to walk.
Until Li Lin gradually approached, a woman wearing an old coat and a slightly oily apron, who looked very similar to Annie, and also had fiery red hair hurriedly stood up from the chair under the tree in the yard.
"Annie, come here quickly!"
The woman noticed the approaching stranger, immediately ran to the stunned Annie, hugged her into her arms, and quickly ran to the back room.
At this time, Li Lin had just walked outside the courtyard gate when he heard the woman hiding in the house shout: "We don't welcome strangers here!"
Li Lin scratched his head and raised his eyebrows, feeling a little helpless.
Anne's mother was far more wary of strangers than he imagined.
Maybe it's because her husband is not at home at the moment?
He thought about it and still had no intention of pretending to be a passerby like when he went to Demacia's Yuncong Village.
This place is a long way from the main road over the mountains, and the forests of the Iron Thorn Mountains are very dangerous. Most travelers and merchants cannot leave the main road too far, even if they are accompanied by experienced bounty hunters or hired workers. soldiers.
"My name is Li Lin, the current Speaker of Piltover. You should have heard of the name City of Progress, right?"
“I’ve never heard of it, so I don’t know!”
The woman had no intention of talking to Li Lin, or even questioning his words.
"My husband will be back soon. He has a bad temper. If he sees you here, he will definitely beat you up."
She seems to often use such lies to scare people, so she speaks them very smoothly, with a harsh tone, which is very similar to the same thing.
Li Lin sighed and chose to get straight to the point: "Actually, the main reason I came to you today is for your daughter Anne, Mrs. Amoline..."
Before he could continue speaking after these words came out, Amorin, who was called by her name, suddenly became nervous, and even her tone of voice was mixed with a hint of panic: "I, I won't call that person you are talking about, you, You got the wrong person!"
"Don't worry, I'm not from Noxus."
Li Lin took a breath and paused briefly. His eyes happened to meet the woman who was hiding behind the door and observing him through the window.
Beside her, Anne with a pair of red pupils was blinking curious and doubtful eyes, looking out with her mother's gaze.
"I'm perfectly capable of breaking down this door or getting around it, it wouldn't stop me at all, but out of courtesy and to show that I have absolutely no ill intentions towards you, I won't do it."
As he spoke, Li Lin activated the magnetic force to lift his body up into the air easily, far exceeding the limit height of the fence that was two people high.
In Amorin's frightened eyes, Li Lin fell back to the ground.
She didn't know about superpowers that didn't belong to this world, but she knew a lot about magic. This was a required course for her at the Noxian Mage Academy.
A mage who can induce magic power to lift himself into the air must be at least a master level!
This was far beyond what I could contend with after giving birth to Annie, and my ability to control magic was greatly reduced.
"Mom, that big brother can actually fly!"
"Don't talk..." With tears in her eyes, Amorin covered her daughter's mouth and shouted in an almost collapsed tone: "Four years have passed, why are you still unwilling to let me go? Telsi, she Are you so merciless?!"
Affected by her mother's emotions, Annie's smile froze on her chubby little face. Then she looked at Li Lin outside, and a trace of orange-red sparks flashed in the depths of her eyes.
"Mrs. Amoline, you misunderstood. I don't know Tersi you call her at all, and I have nothing to do with her, Black Rose, or the Pale Lady."
Li Lin couldn't help but frown when he felt a trace of metallic rancidity in his mouth.
A hint of demonic aura penetrated into his range of perception, and the source was the cabin in the yard.
He didn't expect Amorin's spirit to be so sensitive, and then he realized that what he just did was not suitable for her.
"I'm here to help you." Li Lin spoke faster to avoid irritating Annie and released the flame demon. "Anne has a demon living in her body. The demon that controls the flames will definitely be destroyed if it is not controlled. Cause a catastrophe."
The tense atmosphere in the air seemed to have calmed down a bit, and Li Lin took advantage of the situation and continued: "If you are still worried that I will be harmful to you, you can wait until your husband comes back. I will wait here."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the wooden house was pushed open heavily.
Holding Annie in her arms, Amorin's eyes and beautiful face were full of shock, completely revealed in Li Lin's field of vision.
"You, you just..." Her eyes widened, and she was so emotional that she could hardly speak, "My daughter has... a fire demon?"