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"That's good. Not just any country bumpkin is worthy of our Laurent Family."
Fiora's father, Sebastian, gave Chen a contemptuous look.
Chen didn't speak; he couldn't be bothered to communicate with someone whose mind was still stuck in feudal society.
But Powder's short temper couldn't endure it. She puffed out her chest and lifted her head, the Zaunite in her, with all her Zaunite quirks, flared up, directly retorting:
"What kind of broken family? Never even heard of it! Scram!"
Then she kicked a pebble and yelled:
"What era is this? Still arranged marriages, feudal remnants, utterly idiotic."
Chen glanced sideways; as expected of Powder, who had received his red education, she already deeply loathed the feudal system. Chen gently patted the back of Powder's head:
"Well said!"
Fiora, however, looked at Powder with a changed expression. She hadn't expected this girl to also detest arranged marriages as much as she did, completely ignoring the previous insults directed at her family.
But Fiora's father, Sebastian, couldn't tolerate it. He took a large stride towards Powder, ready to slap her:
"What kind of low-born peasant dares insult my Laurent Family!"
Chen suddenly blocked Powder, directly grabbing Sebastian's hand that was about to strike Powder.
Sebastian glared at Chen furiously:
"Peasant, do you have a death wish?"
"No, I'm saving you."
Chen's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, saying something with deep meaning.
Because Powder's Pow-Pow had already started spinning. If Fiora's father truly dared to strike, Powder would surely turn him into a sieve.
Sebastian clearly hadn't realized the danger he faced. Demacia, a feudal imperial dynasty, had remained stagnant for so many years, their technological level hadn't even reached the steam age, and they simply didn't recognize the firearm in Powder's hand.
Sebastian stared fiercely at Chen, slowly beginning to remove his white gloves.
Fiora also ran over at this moment, anxiously saying to her father:
"Father, don't, they are just..."
But Sebastian still ignored her, directly flinging his white glove to the ground:
"You have insulted the honor of the Laurent Family! I challenge you to a duel!"
Fiora looked at the white glove on the ground. Throwing the glove represented a declaration of a duel, and she knew that the matter was irreversible.
In Demacia, dueling was a legal practice, even duels to the death. Major and minor issues didn't always have to be resolved through law; most of the time, they were resolved through duels.
In the consciousness of Demacians, one could not refuse a duel, because refusing a duel meant you were in the wrong.
"Heh, feudal remnant, fine."
Chen actually picked up Sebastian's white glove, calmly saying:
"If we're fighting, we're fighting. When?"
Sebastian glared at Chen:
"Tomorrow, noon, the Grand Capital's Dueling Arena. What's your name!"
Chen immediately replied: "Chen."
"If you dare not show, you will lose all honor!"
Sebastian finished speaking and led his troops back.
But Fiora kept looking back, glancing at Powder and Chen several times.
Chen and Powder also slowly walked towards Demacia's capital, Demacia.
Powder skipped along, asking Chen:
"Are you going tomorrow?"
Chen casually tossed the glove to the side of the road:
"Go my ass. It's just to get rid of him. What feudal duel, what honor? What's the point?"
Powder replied:
"Indeed."
In a small inn in Demacia, the two settled down, booking a king-sized bed.
Late at night, as they were about to sleep, Chen gently hugged Powder from behind:
"Time to sleep."
Powder turned her head to look at Chen, a little flustered:
"Wait! Wait! Let's skip tonight, you have a duel tomorrow!"
Powder still wanted to go out and play tomorrow, not spend another day in bed.
It was Chen's turn to throw Powder onto the bed:
"It's fine, I'll be restrained..."
Powder shivered slightly, a little scared, but inwardly longing. Mainly, the time was too long, and even her shimmer-enhanced body was struggling. Chen was truly too strong...
Just then, a knock came from the window!
Startled, Chen stopped pulling down his pants. Powder breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a little regretful.
Chen looked out the window:
"No, who is it? So late at night. Knocking on the door is fine, but what's with knocking on the window?"
The sound came from the balcony, which was quite absurd, but Chen guessed it was probably Jax. Otherwise, who would be so bored to come looking for him so late at night?
Fortunately, the curtains were drawn. Chen tidied his clothes, walked to the balcony, and opened the balcony window:
"Who is it?"
Standing in front of him was a short-haired woman in her early twenties. She was full of heroic spirit, and her figure clearly showed she was trained, with a rapier at her waist.
"Fiora?"
Chen was stunned; this was something he had never expected:
"Why are you here? I just had an argument with your father today. You're not here to assassinate me, are you?"
Powder quietly reached for her Pow-Pow.
But Fiora bowed to Chen:
"I'm sorry, this is my fault for involving you two."
To apologize? Chen put down the Black Cleaver he was holding behind his back, and Powder also put her Pow-Pow back.
Chen invited Fiora in:
"Come in, it's cold outside."
Chen brewed Fiora a pot of fine Ionian black tea imported from Piltover, but Fiora never took a sip of the tea. After staring at the black tea blankly for a few seconds, she stood up and wanted to bow to Chen again:
"This is still my fault, otherwise my father wouldn't have..."
But Chen interrupted her, holding her shoulders to prevent her from bowing again:
"It's not your fault. Powder and I think the same way: everyone is free to live their own lives. Don't be bound by the so-called honor of a family. Just be yourself. This marriage is better off not happening. We spoke up for you willingly; you don't need to blame yourself or apologize."
Fiora suddenly felt a warmth in her heart. No one had ever cared about what she truly wanted to do, no one had ever thought for her.
Those so-called family members only cared about family interests and the patriarch's honor; her life had already been set in stone by the family's arrangements.
Yet these two people, whom she had just met, cared more about her and would stand up for her.
Fiora smiled slightly, finally picking up the black tea Chen had brewed for her, and took a small sip:
"Good tea. Next time you visit my home, I'll let you taste our Demacian specialty tea and Demacian Roast Suckling Pig."
"Yay! Roast Suckling Pig! Hehehe..."
Powder had no resistance to food and drink; her mind was already filled only with Roast Suckling Pig.
But Chen directly refused:
"Let's not. I just argued with your father, he definitely won't welcome us."
"True..."
Fiora shook her head.
Powder also became gloomy, wishing she could secretly eliminate Fiora's father that very night.
Chen was still planning to do 'proper business' with Powder, so he prepared to see their guest out, subtly asking:
"You didn't come this late just to apologize to us, did you? Is there something else?"
The unspoken meaning:
"You've apologized, now you can leave."
But Fiora didn't catch this underlying meaning. She said to Chen:
"For tomorrow's duel, you must be careful. My father's sword style is aggressive; he likes to attack..."
"Wait, I wasn't planning on fighting him!"
"Huh? Then why did you accept the duel?"
"I couldn't be bothered to argue with him!"
"...No, don't you know that in Demacia, if you accept a duel and don't go through with it, it's illegal? The entire Demacia will be after you!"
"What kind of crazy law is that?"
"You have to fight, or you'll have to leave Demacia overnight..."
"Oh, this!"
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