He Comes From the Void

Nunu cupped his hands to his ears, carefully discerning the strange sounds in the storm.

"I haven't heard of it." Nunu shook his head, not taking it seriously. He had heard something similar. On the ice field, the mountain wind often brought the sound of howling.

Willump breathed out suddenly, drawing everyone's attention.

"What did it say?" Willump's expression was human, and Kahn could see that it must have found something, so he quickly asked Nunu to translate it.

"Willump said it was the voice of a troll, which is very annoying." Nunu said every word.

"The troll is nearby?" Kahn immediately became alert.

"No, this is the sound made by the wind blowing past the statue of the ancient troll. It can float far away with the wind, and the troll may not be nearby."

It was these voices that made Yukarqun instinctively afraid. Once upon a time, the trolls, as the most ferocious predators on the ice field, had deeply engraved fear into Ukal's blood.

"That means we're almost in troll territory."

Kahn lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

Later in the day, the light from the campfires illuminated the ice castle, making it look like a lamp in the night. Willump's snoring echoed in the small enclosed space, drowning out the sound of the blizzard outside.

Seeing that the two children were sleeping deeply, Kahn gently shook Kaisha to wake him up, and rubbed her sleepy eyes with his hands.

"What's the matter? Don't sleep." She saw Kahn's serious expression, as if he had just woken up, and he seemed to have never fallen asleep from the beginning.

"I have something to discuss with you." Kahn was afraid of waking up the two children, so he stuck very close, speaking in a whisper that only each other could hear.

"Tell me." Kai'Sa pushed back the hair in front of her, and looked closely at her with a pair of eyes.

"I want to find an excuse to send Annie away." Kahn said.

"Why so suddenly?" Kai'Sa asked in surprise.

"We are not far from Frostguard Fortress, so we can't take Anne with me anymore. I never thought about taking her to meet Lissandra. She is still young, and there are many troubles with her, so I shouldn't let her To face the horrors buried beneath the ice."

They didn't go to Frostguard Fortress for a vacation. Only a brain-twitching crisis would bring children with them.

"I'm sorry." Kai'Sa suddenly looked away.

"What are you apologizing for?"

"Blame me for insisting on bringing Annie with me."

Kaisha sighed. At the beginning, she brought Annie here as soon as she saw how pitiful she was, but after arriving in the Freljord, she realized that she had brought her child to suffer in the ice and snow. The environment here was much worse than she thought. , is not much better than letting Annie stay alone in the Black Forest and be free. To be honest, she also regrets it a bit.

"It's okay. It's interesting to come all the way here, but the next journey is full of danger and conspiracy. The situation has taken a turn for the worse. This girl can't get closer."

After getting used to the way two people get along, having more children around is a different experience. It's just that Kahn knows how to measure it better. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't continue to take Anne with him, he wouldn't talk about it with Kaisha.

The next step is to pass through the territory of the trolls, and bringing Annie will only make them feel bound, just like facing those ferocious snowmen before, if Nunu did not appear in time, Kahn would take drastic measures.

Kaisha thought about it for a while, and she accepted Kahn's proposal. "Well, I understand. But what are we going to do with Anne, we can't just leave her halfway like this?"

"Isn't there just someone who can be entrusted here?" Kahn raised his head and looked at the other side of the campfire, the little Freljord boy who was still sleeping soundly on the snowman's belly like a trampoline.

"Ah? You mean Nunu? Are you kidding me? He's just a child similar to Annie." Kaisha was confused, and she understood when she sent Annie away. At least she had to find someone worth entrusting to take her away. .

Annie murmured in her sleep, and Kaisha realized that her voice was a bit loud, and quickly pressed her lips together.

Kahn slowly explained the reason for his decision: "I can't find anyone else right now, so can I rest assured that I entrust it to other Freljord people? Nunu has a good impression of Anne and will definitely treat her well." .”

"Can he take good care of Annie?" Kaisha was still worried.

"Why not? Don't forget that Willump is here too. This snowman who has lived for thousands of years will take care of them in his own way."

"Okay then, I'll talk about it tomorrow, go to bed first."

The next day, the blizzard died down. Kaisha called the two children over and told them about it.

"Annie, brother and sister are going to do their own things, you can no longer follow us."

I don't know if she overheard their conversation last night, but Anne was unexpectedly calm. She looked at Kaisha and said, "Annie is a bad boy, so everyone left me one by one, right?"

Kaisha could feel from Annie's body that the peaceful back was like smoldering ashes, flying sparks would splash out as soon as it was lifted. If it is not handled well, it will erupt in silence.

"That's not the case, Nini is very good. This time it's my brother and sister's own reasons, so I can't take you with me anymore." Kaisha kept combing Annie's hair with her hands in a little embarrassment. She forced a smile: "This This matter is very difficult, but my sister promises that when this matter is resolved, she will come to you."

These stinging words made Kaisha feel the stinging pain for a moment. She knew in her heart that this matter might be difficult to solve in her whole life, and her promise might not be fulfilled.

It turns out that it is so difficult to make promises to others.

"Then will we meet again?" Annie looked at her with expectation in her eyes.

Kaisha managed to squeeze out a smile: "As long as you keep the flame in your heart and don't let it go out, we will definitely meet again."

"Let's separate here, we continue to go north, you go back, protect yourself."

Kahn waved goodbye with Kai'Sa, and then resolutely ran to the north.

Annie stayed where she was, and was stopped by Kahn's eyes when she tried to keep up several times. In the end, she could only shout into the wind: "Brother and sister, have a good journey!"

Seeing that the two turned around without looking back, she asked Nunu beside her a little disappointed, "Nunu, where are we going?"

"I'm going to follow my mother across the Freljord. Everywhere we've been, she's written the words, and if I can remember every place, I'll be back in her arms. I can Save her like the hero in her story!"

Willump's words helped Annie find a new goal, and she was full of fighting spirit again after being lost.

"I want to find my mother too, and then I'll tell her everything I've encountered!"

"Then what are you waiting for, quickly climb onto Willump's shoulders, and let's snowball and set off!"

The children's laughter kept drifting away, and was carried to the ears of the two by the wind on the snow field. They looked at each other and smiled with relief.

May ice and fire protect their childhood and keep darkness at bay.