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CHAPTER SIX

The Secret Revealed (shared between the violets)

A few days had passed since Wukong started dating with Ahri. Now, everyone was back to their own life. The Monkey King had started his new life in the Wuju Temple, along with Master Yi who trained the martial art along with him. Xayah woke up early as always to prepare breakfast, but this time she had to prepare an extra portion as she was serving Rakan too. Dragonus moved out from the couple's cabin to the Wuju Temple, although he remained contact with Rakan. Neeko and Slark were still going for an adventure together, specifically they were still exploring the unknowns within the Ionian forest.

Talking about the Ionian forest, there was one uninvited guest within the forest.

xXx

"Hey, Tresdin, did you remember when you talked to the monkey recently?"

There were two women sitting in the midst of the battlefield. One of them is a dark-tanned soldier. Yes, you probably knew her from the beginning of the story; but if not, her name is Tresdin, and everyone on the battlefield calls her the Legion Commander. She took off her helmet to take a rest, revealing her red, messy hair. She was dedicated into wars that she had little time to care about her appearance, but she would not forget about herself as an iron lady in the battlefield.

As for the other woman, she has a fairly violet outfit along with a mask covering her mouth. She has a purple skin and she was being identified as an elf, in general. She appears more mysterious compared to Tresdin due to her appearances, but oddly she is no stranger to other creatures alive on the Ancients.

"Lanaya, why are you interested? Perhaps you have something to tell about Wukong? Nope, I didn't meet him recently." The legion commander answered to the templar assassin without hesitation, but in fact, Tresdin lied.

"I see your eyes within you, Tresdin. I'm pretty sure that you have met him before, in any kinds of situation. There is a secret hiding in between your eyes, could you please tell me the truth, Tresdin?" Lanaya took a closer look into Tresdin's eyes for a brief moment, before the latter looked away.

"Yes, I admit it. I met him before, but I don't know about his whereabouts. He was just teasing me about the Bronze Legion."

"What a disgrace," Lanaya sighed behind her mask, "At least you told me something valuable, about the Bronze Legion. But is it strange that he didn't tell you about where he would be going? Any ideas?"

"All I know is he was riding a cloud and he was flying towards… North."

"North? Is there supposed to be nothing?" Curiosity arose when Tresdin mentioned the word "north", and Lanaya raised an eyebrow upon hearing the said word. "I am so curious right now, Tresdin. Let me investigate into this matter before I can give you an answer. Is that any day that you're free of war?"

"3 days."

"That's it. See you 3 days later, Tresdin." And then they parted ways.

Making her way towards the Violet Plateau, Lanaya was thinking about why the Monkey King was heading north and would never return. While she arrived, there was a middle-aged, bearded man greeting her. "Lanaya, how is it going?" he asked, "Any clues you could find from the commander?"

"Not really, Boush," she replied towards the man, "except one thing. The Monkey King was heading to the north."

"To the North?" The tinker was heading back to his workshop where he was trying to fix his rocket launchers. "Maybe, just maybe, there is something about the mystery of the north. Perhaps you can find it for yourself?" The tinker's clue gave a new hope for the templar assassin. The violet elf gave a quick thank you speech to the tinker before heading towards the Violet Archives, the library of the plateau, where most books around the Ancients are being kept for reference.

"Let's see what we have here…" Lanaya slid her fingers over the book covers. There is a book about the Dark Reef, and there is another book about the Seven Hells, and many more. Most of the books are about the history and the geography of the Ancients. Lanaya found it bored as she had read most of the books in the Archives since she was just a kid.

And then, the templar assassin found one book she had no clue about. The book title says, "The North".

"Strange, I don't remember if I read that one." The violet elf pulled the book out from the shelf and flipped the book open. She could not understand most words on the book as the writing fonts were strangers to the templar assassin, well, except few, thanks to the translation notes citated on the sticky notes attached to the pages of the book.

"Shurima? Piltover? Ionia? Hmm… I have never heard of these names before… Perhaps these are the places on the north?"

She would spend the next few days sitting inside the Violet Archives, trying to decipher the writings from The North. And she was trying to relate any places mentioned in the book with the possible whereabouts of the Monkey King after leaving the Ancients without a trace. Despite after a few days, she had yet to get a result. Decided to take a break while deciphering the places, Lanaya placed her head onto the page where she was deciphering Ionia and gave herself a good sleep.

xXx

A sigh.

Her mieli was running errands, and Xayah was bored, being alone at her own cabin. She was rolling around on her bed in her pyjamas while groaning in boredom. "Jeez, I have nothing to do… Rakan, where are you going?"

The violet Vastayan thought she would waste her time if she kept on whining on their bed just like this. Hopping off the bed, Xayah took a quick shower before getting herself a usual attire, and then she went off to hunt some food. Rakan and Xayah were running out of food supply, and as Rakan was not around, it was Xayah's job to find some food to prevent themselves from hunger.

Hopping across the trees in the Ionian woods, Xayah was searching for her new victim. Well, she had found one several minutes later, but her so-called victim was apparently on the ground. Xayah took a close inspect on the new victim she could find – purple skin, violet outfit, dark mask… She had not seen this elf around Runeterra before. The elf had fallen asleep currently, as Xayah could detect other female's breasts which went moving vertically due to respiration.

And then the elf opened her eyes slowly. The first thing she could see was a lady with a pair of fluffy ears staring at her. The elf blinked before she moved herself up to the sitting position slowly. "Strange, where am I?"

"First question, who are you?" Xayah responded with three sharp and glowing violet feathers in her right hand. The violet Vastayan was ready to throw her feathers in case she was being threatened, in terms of her own life.

"Interesting creature. You didn't answer my question and you gave me a question, asking me to answer yours instead," the violet elf pulled down her mask to reveal her face, "The name is Lanaya. The templar assassin."

"Templar assassin, you say?" Xayah raised an eyebrow, "Never heard of that one. There's no such thing in Ionia, although we have a temple here."

"Ionia… You did say?" Lanaya was trying to remember where she was before she ended up in Ionia. Turned out that she was teleported into the part of the Runeterra in her sleep. She had no idea how she did manage this feat. All she could remember was herself falling asleep on the book while trying to decipher Ionia. "Strange… I have no clue about how I end up here… Any clue, young lady?"

"It's Xayah," The Vastayan kept her feathers away from her hand, since Lanaya possessed no threats against Xayah, "I have no idea what you're talking about. Perhaps you can ask Wukong about it, he's currently living in the Wuju Temple-"

"That's it!" Lanaya exclaimed before holding Xayah's hands. "Xayah, I'm certain that you are familiar with the geography of Ionia. Plus, is Wukong the Monkey King we're talking about? Because I know him too…"

A squint from the rebellious bird. "Wait, you know him? He did mention about the Ancients."

A gentle nod from the templar assassin. "I'm from there as well."

"Now, that is pretty strange… We have some uninvited guests from the… Ancients. First, the Monkey King. And then my mieli and I stumbled upon a bird man and his name is Dragonus. After that a little fish named Slark crashed the party while we're having dinner with Wukong and his new girlfriend-"

"Too much information," Lanaya was confused. So much things happened since Wukong left to Runeterra, And Lanaya was surprised upon the fact that some of her friends are already at Ionia way before her. "I need to learn more about this place. But, asking the monkey is perhaps not the only option, I supposed."

"You can leave here and head towards better regions like Demacia and Noxus for more information. I believe the libraries are set up around places so one can study about the history of Runeterra. Or, if you're interested about Ionia, I can bring you to the city centre too. You're in?"

"Of course I'm in. Nice to meet you, Xayah."

"It's my pleasure, Lanaya."