The agreed twenty minutes ticked by, second by second.
Luke walked the streets, feeling the sun's lingering warmth, but he didn't find a single useful lead.
Honestly, the more time passed, the lower the odds of catching the thief who'd...
2026-01-17 20:34:18 +0000 UTC View Post"So—how did you and Lux meet?" Kahina asked curiously. After listening to Lux talk for so long, it felt like Lux had been the thread tying everything together from beginning to end.
But Lux hadn't explained how she'd even run into this new...
2026-01-17 20:34:04 +0000 UTC View PostWith Augatha's permission secured, the two of them left the Crownguard estate without any trouble.
Lux seemed to have already forgotten what had just happened. In a great mood, she walked ahead, humming some little tune Luke didn't recognize...
2026-01-17 20:33:49 +0000 UTC View Post"It feels so good to be free again!"
Lux looked at Luke gratefully, letting out a long breath. "You have no idea how miserable my day has been."
"I can kinda tell," Luke said, continuing to sip his tea, thinking back to what he'd just ...
2026-01-17 20:33:38 +0000 UTC View PostCarrying the cake box, Luke wandered along while looking for the direction to the Crownguard estate.
On the way, unable to resist his curiosity, he finished his own portion first.
Before long, noon had already passed. The sun overhead ...
2026-01-17 20:33:25 +0000 UTC View PostFiora hadn't lied.
She really had suppressed her strength, keeping herself as close as possible to Luke's level.
Even so, it was still a challenge for her.
After all, it wasn't easy to take power you'd honed through countless bat...
2026-01-17 20:33:14 +0000 UTC View PostWhat a vicious offensive!
Bear Mask had never felt this much pressure from a rookie before. He hadn't even had time to catch his breath when that blade flashed into view again!
Not good!
"Hah!!"
With a roar, Bear Mask explo...
2026-01-17 20:33:01 +0000 UTC View Post"Alright, you're done here."
Luke waved a hand, ignoring the attendant, and started wandering around on his own.
The attendant gave a slight bow without a word and went back into the corridor.
Luke looked left and right. He still...
2026-01-17 20:32:44 +0000 UTC View PostFull and satisfied.
Luke stretched as he walked along the road, basking in sunlight that still wasn't too hot.
Next, it was time to go see Miss Crownguard.
He strolled and browsed as he went. Even at noon, the capital's streets w...
2026-01-17 20:32:31 +0000 UTC View PostAfter waiting a little longer, the server finally came over carrying two dishes.
"Enjoy."
After setting them down respectfully, the server turned and left.
Looking at the steaming food on the table, and after listening to the cou...
2026-01-17 20:32:17 +0000 UTC View PostAll he felt was soreness all over.
When the scam ringleader finally came back to his senses, he realized the one pinning him down was a cold-faced man in white. On the man's chest was a badge so unfamiliar the ringleader couldn't even guess ...
2026-01-17 20:31:54 +0000 UTC View PostLuke had actually noticed something.
Back then, Melli—his mother—had left the capital alone.
Right under the noses of King Jarvan III and Xin Zhao, she vanished without a trace. How did a woman without even proper identification ma...
2026-01-17 20:31:41 +0000 UTC View PostWith a thought from Luke—
In the next second, an information panel popped up in front of his eyes.
[Host: Luke]
[Aptitude: 11 (utterly mediocre)]
[Realm: None]
[Skills: None]
[Sub-profession: None]
[Item...
2026-01-17 20:31:27 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day.
Jarvan IV took Luke to Jarvan III's bedchambers to pay their respects.
Jarvan IV had stayed the night, sleeping in the same building as Luke. The two of them talked for quite a while, and it did bring them closer.
W...
2026-01-17 20:31:09 +0000 UTC View Post"You don't need to comfort me. I know my own limits."
Luke let out a sigh. There wasn't much he could do about it.
He couldn't exactly expect to be some once-in-ten-thousand martial prodigy. And growing up malnourished—honestly, just...
2026-01-17 20:30:57 +0000 UTC View PostLuke finally had a moment to be alone.
He sorted through the chaotic mess of information in his head and couldn't help letting out a long breath.
What would happen next, even Luke couldn't say for sure.
For now, all he could do w...
2026-01-17 20:30:45 +0000 UTC View PostEverything that happened today had been far too sudden, and the amount of information pouring in all at once was overwhelming.
It left Jarvan III utterly exhausted. The news of Melli's death hit him hard. For all these years, he had never fo...
2026-01-17 20:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post"Your Majesty, are you ready?"
Roy spoke up at that moment. Truthfully, even as he asked, he already had an answer in his heart.
Everything had happened far too suddenly—Jarvan III's son from eighteen years ago had appeared out of no...
2026-01-17 20:30:14 +0000 UTC View Post"For all these years… Mother never actually left Demacia. When I was little, there were so many things I didn't understand.
In my blurry memories, I can still vaguely remember it—whenever the marching bards sang praises of the Demacian k...
2026-01-17 20:30:00 +0000 UTC View PostCatherine Ireland—born into House Ireland—was King Jarvan III's wife, the queen of this nation.
And she was also the mother of that hero, Demacia's prince—Jarvan IV.
This short-lived woman died from complications during childbirt...
2026-01-17 20:29:19 +0000 UTC View PostLuke felt like the timing was about right, so he bent forward in a bow and greeted, "Luke, greetings to Your Majesty King Jarvan III."
At that moment, everyone's eyes fell on Luke.
The pressure hit him all at once. It was as if his pre...
2026-01-17 20:28:51 +0000 UTC View PostOnly Luke and Calvin were left in the corridor.
After standing in silence for a while, Calvin suddenly took the initiative and asked, "What's your relationship with Miss Lux?"
There was curiosity in his tone, which wasn't surprising. 2026-01-17 20:28:35 +0000 UTC View Post
On the way there, Luke thought about a lot of things, looking weighed down by worry.
Lux, walking ahead of him, was the complete opposite. Her steps were light, her arms swinging as she walked, and she looked like she was in an excellent moo...
2026-01-17 20:28:19 +0000 UTC View PostI almost got my little stash cleaned out by such a simple scam!
Lux couldn't accept it!
Just then, Luke happened to look over at her, and Lux stubbornly insisted, "Actually, if I played a few more rounds, I would've figured it out!" 2026-01-17 20:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post
"I won't even explain what a shill is—everyone here understands. And if nothing unexpected happens, those two over there who 'won money and left' are shills too. So why haven't they actually left?"
Luke spoke with total confidence.
"...
2026-01-17 20:27:46 +0000 UTC View Post"Alright—watch closely!"
The stall owner started pulling the rope. It lengthened little by little while Lux stared at it, tense.
The next second, she went completely blank.
In those beautiful eyes of hers, the rope slowly, unmi...
2026-01-17 20:27:28 +0000 UTC View Post"Next up, the game is really simple. You're just picking a rope hole. Whether you pick a hole where the rod ends up looping through the rope, or a hole where the rod blocks the rope, either works—just like what you saw just now. Everyone got it?...
2026-01-17 20:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostIn the blink of an eye, two months passed, and true summer arrived.
Demacia—the capital.
A towering silver-white city wall looked solemn and imposing, its white bricks linked together like a suit of gleaming white armor.
Outsid...
2026-01-17 20:26:58 +0000 UTC View PostDemacia.
A remote frontier town.
The bright moon hung high. The weather was mild, and the cicadas wouldn't stop chirping.
The scenery around here wasn't anything special—just grass and trees, an endless stretch of green that ma...
2026-01-17 20:25:53 +0000 UTC View PostAt three in the morning, a lot of people in Zaun still weren't asleep. The wastewater-pipe work was still going.
It was disruptive—seriously. The roaring, grinding noise above people's homes was deafening.
But not a single person cam...
2026-01-17 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post