It felt nice. It has been only a few days since I "came back". Although it would shock anyone, I had no reaction. Sometime, when I tried to remember, the headache would come back but apparently, it was an amnesia effect.

I woke up, slowly, the sun was still slow and I could hear a few sounds coming from the street. I looked around me and got up. I went in the bathroom and washed my face. I put some simple clothes on and went to have breakfast.

I thought Lux would join me but she had something else to do apparently. As I went down, I saw lux parents eating and some maid going in and out the kitchen. I joined them and ate. We talked about the "wedding", well, THEY talked about it. They also made me understand how important an heir was…. Seriously? A child? I mean, sure I find lux beautiful but a child? So soon? As I digested this, a butler came to the door. He looked at me and bowed.

"Sir, a man from house "Laurent" is waiting for you at the entrance."

Lux parents looked at me, not sure what it was about. Lux's father spoke first.

"What would Lady Fiora call you for?"

Ahhh…. I forgot … I thought she would forget too but look like she really wants to fight. I massaged my head and looked at him.

"I saw her yesterday, after the "show" jarvan made. She asked for a fight and she wouldn't let me go, so I accepted…"

He looked at me and laughed. He explained me about the "Laurent" house and their customs. Apparently, the leader of this house had to fight every strong warrior to show his superiority. Lady Fiora, the current leader, had no rivals, she even won against Garen and jarvan. As he explained, the butler looked worried about something. I looked at him.

"Something else?"

"Well, I would advise you to wear formal clothes…"

"Why is that?"

"Lady Fiora told me to say nothing more."

I sighed and nodded. I went back in my room, took some formal looking clothes and put my sword in my back. As I went down I heard some maid and butler whisper.

"Did you hear? Sir Marius accepted a fight with Lady Fiora."

"Yes, do you think he'll win?"

"Well, if everything Prince Jarvan said is true then he will be able to win."

Ha… seriously… if they began to bet, it wouldn't be strange. Exiting the house, the buttler was here waiting for me. He bowed and asked me to come after me. Apparently The Laurent house wasn't far, forty minutes away from the crownguard estate. As we walked I saw a man with a spear talking with a maiden floating in the air. If I remember correctly from yesterday, He is Xin and she is … I didn't saw her yet… While I was thinking about it, a child bumped on my leg. I looked down only to see a blue child with heavy armour and a hammer. I helped her to stand up but as soon as she got up, she ran away. Soon after a little … thing?... came after her. I laughed and resumed my Walk.

Finally, we reached the Laurent house. In front of the Door, a lot of noble were talking and laughing. I went through them and came inside the house. Inside, Lux and Fiora were talking and drinking tea. I coughed. Lux heard me and, seeing it was me, rushed in my arm.

"Well it only has been one day you know?"

"I missed you…"

Fiora smiled and came in front of me. She circled around me and studied my body. After a satisfied nod she began to talk.

"Sir Marius, as you have already guessed, news of our fight were heard and nobles wished to see us fight. Lux told me it was fine and Jarvan also asked me to make it a public event hope it won't be a problem for you?"

Jarvan… creepy bastard… I'm sure he did just because he wished to see me eat dirt… As for lux… I looked down only to see her with a big smile and trust in her eyes. Well she must be sure I'll win…

"Don't worry, as long as no one interferes, I've no problem with this."

Smiling devilishly, she put lux aside and grasped my arm.

"Perfect, now come with me, I see no reason to wait anymore."

She brought me in the court. A lot of people were waiting, including Jarvan and Garen. Both of them had a "eat shit" smile. Bastard….. She put me on a spot and went in front of me a few meters away from me.

I took out my sword and she did the same. I wasn't really confident. Sure, if I had a smaller sword or even a better outfit, I could hope to win but a heavy sword two handed against her is…. Well let's just say I'm in deep shit.

Jarvan came in front of the crowd and spoke.

"I'll now throw this rock, when it touch the ground, the fight begin."

He faced us and threw the rock. Seconds were hours… When the rock touched the ground I rushed at her with a speed I didn't know I was able to and slashed. Surprised, she jumped back and took out her dagger.

"look like I won't be able to take it easy against you."

My sword was still down when she went at me at full speed. For a normal man, she would have teleported but I could see her move clearly. First she slashed with her sword but not far behind, I could see her dagger coming at my shoulder. I kicked my sword and used the momentum to knock back her sword. Instantly, her dagger came faster. Using the size of my sword, I stopped it with the hilt. Both of us jumped back. This small exchange happened in a few second. She took her stance back and rushed at me again. I couldn't just let her do as she pleased. I grasped my sword more tightly and slashed at her vertically. Even if she could parry it, she couldn't take the force I used. Or so I thought. As if nothing happened, my sword just went through her. I felt her sword pass near my face while her dagger missed my shoulder. If I moved a bit less, I would be injured now.. Unsure of what happened, I used this moment to grasp her and immobilize her. She was no between my arms, unable to do anything but moving her head back and forth hopping to hit me.

"Surrender?"

Her face was red. Anger? Shame? I don't know what it was but …

"Never!"

I couldn't just keep her like that. I let go of her for a short moment and punched her in the neck. The shock made her faint and I cached her before she would touch the ground. A woman with such pride would be dangerous but I know why Garen and jarvan lost to her. If I was slower, I would be the looser now… But still… This speed… it's not something a man should be able to attain naturally or with training… As I thought about it, the headache came back. I stopped to think about it and the headache disappeared. Truly strange…

Jarvan made the noble leave while I brought Fiora in her bedroom with lux's help and some maid. After everything was done, I went back to the crownguard estate with lux and went in the bed directly.

Somewhere in ionia.

"Are you sure the institute is responsible of this?"

"Yes I feel a strong magic in the air. It look like they did something to everyone memory."

"Why aren't we affected?"

"Well apparently this whole magic is based on someone specific, if he remembers, everyone will."

"Hum… So you think they used ghost for this magic?"

"Yes, if not, how can you explain his disappearance?"

"true. So, how do what will we do?"

"First we need to make him come here. If I'm right, they made everyone come back to the time when Noxus attacked us. If we can make him come, I'll be able to destroy the spell."

"… Are you sure?"

"Yes, I won't let them play with OUR ghost."

"Prince, we received a report from our scout, Noxus is preparing something. They are bringing weapon in their arbore and Zaun is currently making strange potion. They must be planning an invasion…"

Jarvan was in deep thought. Noxus couldn't attack them right now. It would only be a blood bath for both of them. Even if they tried, now that Marius was back, they would suffer more than they would win.

"Contact Piltover and Ionia, let them know about the situation. Send a message To garen and marius, I went them tomorrow night in the meeting room. Do not speak of it to anyone else. "

"As you wish prince."

"General, a scout from demacia leaked our plan. We tried to kill him but he used a spell that made him transform into a hawk, we couldn't run after him."

"Do not worry. They won't be able to do anything. I had the magic caster use a spell preventing teleportation to ionia. Even if they act now, it's too late."

The man patted his crow and looked away. He made this plan long ago and wouldn't let anyone stop him. As he was thinking a shadow appeared behind the window.

"Talon. What news are you bringing me? "

"The black demon came back to his lair."

As he said that, the shadow disappeared; leaving the man alone on his desk.

"Damn it... How did he survive… This beast was the strongest being we found… We lost a considerable amount of men bringing it to him and his men."

While he was trying to understand how a man could survive this kind of encounter a woman, with few clothes, came near him.

"Jericho, something seems to pain you. Is it about this crownguard guy?"

"Yes, he is the only one I can't predict. Always making my life harder. If not for him a lot of mission would be easier."

"Do you want me to take care of him?"

He paused but soon answered.

"It won't be necessary, After making sure ionia fell in our hand, I'll have Darius kill him.

"You seem to trust darius a lot. Don't you think he will turn his back to you?"

"No, he was the one that saw the state of our city and put me to the throne. He knew about you yet did nothing against you. Even if he look like a ruthless warrior, this man know what he is doing."

Darius, the feared hand of Noxus. It took him two week to kill all the "worthless noble" of noxus a replace them with capable men. After making sure the leaders were now able to lead, he went back in the army and used his power to extend nexus border.

Swain trusted him as if he was a part of his body. If their way of doing was different, their goal was the same So they had no problem working with each other. While swain made plan, darius did them. Such was the way they worked.