3 months

"You'll know sooner or later."

"YOU!" Medera points her finger at him. Sweat started to drip down her spine. Although the league doesn't care about the kingdom's affair, their network intelligence is unrivaled! There are probably files upon files about them, the councilors, and their deep dark secrets

Contracts are just empty words after all, if the League decided to turn a blind eye to Jayce's action, and give him some information about them, their career be ruined would be the least of their concerns; to rise to power, they did a lot of shady businesses, enough to be put behind bars for life.

The same thing would happen if they apologized because that would be admitting that they are the culprit behind Jayce's incident. So now Medera and her accomplices are in between a rock and a hard place.

"Sigh, Jayce boy, give this old man some face and let this go will you, I will compensate for your trouble," Heimer said. Although he would not mind uprooting some of the councilors, they have just been invaded by the void beast, plus the world is not peaceful either; internal conflicts would do more harm than good at this moment.

"I have a proposal." A cold mechanical spoke out.

Everyone turns their face to the robotic voice, Orianna. Orianna stood up, the floating orb spun beside her.

"What is your proposal, Ms. Orianna," Heimer asked.

"Since ancient times, whenever there is a dispute among the people, they would battle in a duel, whoever stronger is the victor and the loser would comply."

"The void beast had just invaded our kingdom, without the league's help, our kingdom would have been in ruined; now is not the time for us to have a civil conflict as we don't know if those creatures will wage wars once more." She slowly spoke out, expressing her thoughts.

"Mhm, I'm fine with this, but I need to know who you are going to send out for battle; surely you don't expect them, the politicians, to fight with me right?" Jayce asked, pointing his finger at the councilors. Those people don't have any fighting prowess, but if they send out someone strong, he would be in deep trouble. Although he's strong with raw power, he doesn't have experience in battle. Against a strong and experienced soldier, he would get his ass kicked.

"Don't worry, depending on the strength of your opponent, the rule will adjust accordingly," Orianna spoke.

"The winner will get to decide the loser's fate, any objections?" She looks around her fellow council members. No one spoke out, they figured that this is their only hope, and if they win, oh boy, they will slowly torture the boy for getting them into this mess!

"Then, Jayce, since you're the one who we were wrongly accused of, you get the chance to pick out the time for the battle."

'DING! Player, please choose one of the following options.

Accept the battle. Reward: Runeline Pill.

Refuse the battle. Reward: +500 Agility.

'Runeline? WTF is that?' Jayce inwardly asked. He still picks the first option, because it might be something important, as for the 1000 agility, it's not as urgent as he can gain it, in some way in the future.

"Fine, how about 3 months from now on," Jayce spoke. 3 months is the cooldown period for his Take Over magic to come back up. Plus, he can use this period to hone his skills. He had not gotten the chance to take a closer look at his power since everything happened so suddenly. From the banquet to the invasion of the beast, to prison, and now here.

Oh, how he yearns for a normal life at this moment. A normal 2-year-old at this stage would still be at home, sucking on his mama's milk and being spoiled by their parents. While Jayce, literally just fought an apocalypse, almost loses his life, got seduced by a succubus, a life, and death battle that will happen in 3 months.

'Is this how those MC's life is, in compensation for gaining powers, they have to be exposed to danger left and right.' Jayce lamented. How nice would it be to have a normal Slice of life kind of childhood?

"Then the battle will commence in 3 months from now," Heimer spoke, holding the gravel and bang on the desk

*BANG*

"COURT DISMISS!" he yells.

The crowds in the stand got riled up once again.

"What? What just happened guy? I blinked and the court just end?"

"Man, I was expecting a good show."

"They did say something about a battle 3 months from now."

"Battle? Can that kid even fight? Look at those scrawny arms. I'd break him HAHAHA."

Various conversations were engaged at the stand. Most of them were just here for fun, watching the dramas unfold, they have no idea what the trial even is about. Now that they heard, the little kid that looked like 12 years old, will have a battle with the council, they felt amazed.

Ximena who was in the stand, looking at her son worriedly. Next to her is Poppy, Soraka, and surprisingly Ezreal.

"Are you sure this is the right way?" Ximena looks at them and asked in concern. She knows that her son is strong, she doesn't know how but he possesses some immense strength, enough to threaten the council, otherwise, they would not have acted like this. Her mother still instinctively kicked in, after all, he is her treasure, her sweet child.

"We already have discussions with him and Orianna, she is one of us." Poppy smirks.

"Although your child possesses immense strength and potentials, he does not have enough experience and has not seen the world yet; sooner or later, he will be overwhelmed with arrogant and pride, that will be his downfall," Soraka spoke out.

That is right, they have planned for him to battle one of the elites of PiltOver without him knowing. They have discussed with Orianna, a member of the League, who had infiltrated the council. The boy is like a rough diamond, that needs to be shaped and polished to shine! This upcoming battle and the 3 months of preparation will shape up the fella.