Chapter 19 : Yvonne

An elegant woman stood in a grand office, with everything you could see brimmed with gold and status.

"Tianna." Eldred lost his previous playfulness and immaturity, replaced with a deep and unsettling frown that made the room go cold. "You have lost us this case and disappointed us."

"My apologies, Eldred." Tianna didn't show anything on her face, but deep down she was unsettled by the serious side of her husband. "The Illuminators made us lose track of the target, and-"

"Excuses," Eldred muttered. "We needed the boy, Tianna. The dauntless vanguard has failed us."

Tianna just stood silent, before walking out without a word.

Eldred tapped his finger on the table, before looking up to the ceiling where a shadow was hidden.

"Find him," Eldred muttered. "Dead or alive, we need a testimony to get Sylas executed. A world without another evil mage is a perfect world, one that Demacia should inspire to be like."

The shadow shifted, leading Eldred to sigh alone in the empty room.

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"Elder, what is a iceborn?"

Yvonne simply smiled , before putting the tea down from her hands.

"A iceborn are those who can control ice and can resist the cold." Yvonne explained.

"Do they have the power/weakness of a mage?"

"No. The magic they can cast becomes material, where as magic is not a psychical process."

"But elder, can't a magic bullet kill someone?"

"Mana is a gas , to say. When the gas get's dense enough , it becomes a solid. However , Iceborn conjure a psychical state of magic straight from the get go."

"Do they have mana?"

"Large reserves." Yvonne muttered , before shaking her head. "However , the magic is condensed automatically , meaning they drain stamina and magic reserves faster than us mages."

Us mages?

so she isn't a iceborn.

"You can't be a mage and a iceborn." Yvonne muttered. "The two contradict each over by nature. Anyhow , to combat this people of the Freljord like you cast Iceborn weapons , such as bow's , mace's and other weapons. Since the ice never melts along as it is in the Freljord , the weapons are harder than steel and never get dull. Not to mention controlling ice is harder than controlling mana."

"Like Jord Sindri's arrows?"

seeing that Yvonne was confused , Ajel elborated.

"A girl with white hair and blue eyes? pretty? wears blue and black?" Ajel said , which caused Yvonne to shrug

"Who?" Yvonne mutetered , before shaking her head. "In Freljordian , that's the name given to nobility and Sindri means spark."

"So she's a noble?" Ajel raised his eyebrow , causing Yvonne to shake her head. "No , boy. Her name is not Sindri , she in the next in line for the title of warmother in the Avarosa , Ashe."

"So she is a royal?"

"No." Yvonne explained. "There are no such things as royalty in the Freljord. You don't inherit anything , you fight for it. When Ashe come's to age or Grena, the current warmother dies , she will inherit after her rite of passage." Yvonne laughed.

"May i stay here? i will give you a large amount of money. I just don't know where to go."

"Sure , young man. You don't need to pay me. This house has a lot of space and yet so little people."

"Thank you , Elder."

"Just call me Granny Yvonne , young man."

Getting showed his room , Ajel sat down on his bed and opened his backpack.

"They didn't seem to take anything." Ajel thought as he rummaged through the bag

Slowly taking a book out , Ajel took it out of his backpack and stored it under his pillow , like a child hiding some sweets.

Relaxing for a moment , Ajel's eyes locked onto the books that were in the room , decided to find the ones that benefited the current situation of him the most.

Meditating like he did every night , Ajel located the first mana point and started to slowly push his blackish-blue mana into it, as Ajel felt it open slightly with every nudge of mana , like a battering ram to a door.

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4 hours later.

Ajel panted as he lay on the bed , absolutely exhausted from trying to make the point collapse.

Drinking some condensed mana from the canteen , Ajel felt it drip down his throat.

Slowly laying down and regaining his stamina , Ajel decided to get up and walk outside.

It was around 14:00 in the village , and it was the most liveliest state.

After getting permission to go out , Ajel was first introduced to the city he was currently in , also known as "Rakelstate" which was the main base of Avarosa , and the one near the Demacian capital is used to lull Demacia into a false sense of security because there main force is near Freljord's main force.

The WInter's Claw had no leader , and Ajel was surprised to hear that a sister , named Lissandra was still alive after thousands of years , which made him excited to grow stronger. If mages could live that long , what will stop him from growing to be the strongest.

But he wasn't naive , or dumb.

There was more to do with it then just simple magic.

Since march brung a little bit more warmth , more people could be seen selling there skins and goods , a scene that reminded him alot of the hunting section of Uwendale , before...

nevermind

After buying some local delicacies with the money that he received by Senior Gomez , Ajel was surprised to see he was given 10 gold , which was quite a lot.

you could get bread for 4 copper , meat for a copper , and you could buy a big house for 5 gold.

But Ajel remebered that this was Gomez telling him to get the fuck out of Demacia.

Clenching his fists , Ajel vowed to return.