Legends of Runeterra

"Ashe, are you... okay?"

"..."

Ashe remained silent, then slowly raised her head and looked at Li En.

"...Lee Eun"

"how..."

“Boom~~!!!”

Just as Ashe opened her mouth, a huge roar sounded from the snow-capped mountain to the side of the two of them.

“Hahaha~! Go, Willump, let’s roll the biggest snowball in history!!!”

"Woo!!!"

Accompanied by excited laughter and low roars, a huge yet extremely round snowball with a diameter of more than ten meters rolled over the mountain and rolled rapidly down the snow slope.

"Woo!"

"Huh? Willump, what did you say? There's someone down there!?

Then quickly, quickly, stop, no, turn quickly! "

"Woo!!!"

As soon as the boy finished speaking, a low beast roar responded to him, and then under the gaze of Li En and Ashe, the super-giant creature with a diameter of nearly 20 meters began to turn crookedly.

"Woo!"

The low roar sounded again, as if the existence behind the giant snowball was trying to control the direction.

However, the result was contrary to expectations. The huge snowball rolled down an increasingly uncontrollable path and at an even faster speed.

"Woo!"

"Oh no! Be careful, the people below, get out of the way!!!"

"Om~!"

An invisible field rose up, and under Ashe's gaze, a snowball with a diameter of more than 20 meters silently melted and disintegrated, and then a furry humanoid creature that was more than three meters long, not counting the horns, staggered and fell to the ground.

"Bang~!"

Along with the stirred-up snowflakes, a smaller figure flew out from behind the humanoid's neck.

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”

"Crack~!"

The expected pain did not come. The small figure huddled up in a ball trembled and slowly raised his head.

Snow-white hair without a trace of impurities, gentle ice-blue eyes, and a face without a single flaw.

"Wow!!! Willump, look, we've encountered the Heart of the Freljord!"

“Pah, Pah, Pah!”

After brushing off the snow on the fur, the humanoid creature with six thick limbs, called "Willump" by the boy, flexibly climbed up from the ground and stood up.

Under Ashe's curious and wary gaze, Willump did not make any extreme moves. His thick black claws looked at the boy who was held in one hand by Li En, then looked at the calm and gentle Li En, and he opened his mouth with two blue and white fangs.

"Woo!"

"What? You don't think he is? How is that possible? He is so strong, he caught me in one go!

His eyes are the gentlest pair of eyes I have ever seen, who else but the famous 'Heart of the Freljord'? "

"Woo!"

"Well, this... So what if he's bald as rumored? If he doesn't cut his hair for a while, it will just grow longer."

"Woo!"

"Bald? You're talking nonsense. The great hero 'Heart of the Freljord' is not bald!"

The noisy and seemingly out-of-line behavior of the two made Ashe, who had been on guard, unconsciously feel a little relieved.

Seeing that the boy seemed to be competing with Willump, Li En gently put the boy on the ground and squatted down to tidy up his messy cloak.

Seeing this, Ashe, who was standing by, looked at Li En with an even gentler gaze.

"I'm sorry, little one. Your snowman friend is right. I am not the hero of the Heart of Freljord."

Hearing this, the boy looked up at Li En, his eyes not filled with disappointment but a hint of doubt.

"But... the light in you is the brightest and warmest I have ever seen. If you were not...

I see, you must be a greater hero than the Heart of the Freljord!"

"Woo!"

The boy shouted in sudden realization, and Willump, who was not far away, also joined in at the right time.

"Haha~! I'm not a 'hero', I'm just an ordinary person who is looking for 'peace of mind'."

Rubbing the boy's head, Li En had a gentle smile on his face.

"My name is Li En, this is Ai Xi, can you tell me your name?"

“Nunu, this is the name my mother gave me.

He's Willump, my best friend!"

"Woo!"

When Li En and Ashe followed Nunu's little hand to look at Willump, the snowman raised his two arms on one side of his body and shook them.

"Well, it's nice to meet you."

"Hehe~! I'm glad to meet you too..."

"Gulu~!"

The sound of the rumbling stomach was clearly transmitted from Nunu's little belly to the ears of the two people and the snowman.

"Woo~!"

Facing the gazes of Li En and Ashe, Nunu's face turned red and he lowered his head in embarrassment.

...

Under a dry and clean protruding leeward rock wall, a blazing bonfire spreads warmth all around.

“Ahhh! Ahhhh!”

"Howl! Really howl!"

With his mouth full of food, Nunu still kept eating left and right, with a chicken leg in each of his little hands.

"Eat slowly, Nunu, and be careful not to choke."

As Li En spoke, he handed Nunu a cup of sweet milk at just the right temperature.

"Yeah, big brother Li En!"

"Aww!"

Willump, who was sitting on the ground nearby, ate with even more exaggerated noises. He opened his big mouth and swallowed in one gulp a day's ration for an adult warrior.

Ashe, who was sitting next to Li En, looked at Willump not far away with curiosity with her ice-blue eyes.

Through the icy blood, she could faintly feel the enormous extreme cold power in the other person.

"I never expected to meet the legendary 'Snowmen'. They haven't appeared in the Freljord for thousands of years!"

"It's really incredible. It looks like a living creature, but in essence it's an elf created by magic."

"Yeah, Willump is still my best buddy!"

"Woo!"

Looking at the man and the snowman eating fiercely, Li En and Ashe's mouth corners raised slightly at the same time.

"Haaaa! It's so delicious!"

Nunu drank the sweet milk in one breath, let out a long sigh, touched his round belly and stood up, and Willump did the same.

"Brother Li En, Sister Ashley, thank you very much for providing food for me and Willump!"

"Woo!"

Nunu saluted solemnly towards Li En and Ashe, and Willump behind him also imitated Nunu's movements and saluted the two of them somewhat awkwardly.

“Haha~! You’re welcome, Nunu, Willump.”

"Okay, sit down and rest."

"Yeah, thank you, Sister Ashley."

Nodding politely, Nunu sat back in his seat obediently. Willump, who was not far away, lay down on the ground, rubbing his round belly with his four arms from time to time, and his beast-like face was full of satisfaction.