14 The universe

"Aww, come on, I just got here," He was in the middle of an expedition in the Kumungu region, there was supposed to be an ancient relic of the legendary "Moutain Dragon."

Back in the day, Dragons roam the world as if it were their backyard, but time is merciless. Due to the low fertility rates of the dragon, they can't sustain their race against the corrosion of time. Although not extinct, the dragon clans hid themselves in a special realm, making it extremely rare for people to encounter them.

Ezreal, along with his expedition team was close to finding clues about the relic, but he received a message about the void beast attacking the Kingdom. The Kingdom was where he grew up, and his family is still living there. Ezreal, in a hurry, didn't even tell his team as he disappeared. The journey would usually take a few days to get back to PiltOver, but with his ability, Arcane Shift, Ezreal arrived at the kingdom within 3 minutes.

After continuously using his ability to get back as fast he could, he was suddenly told to go back and babysit some strangers, he felt dejected. [AN: I will explain the relationship between Ezreal and Soraka later, note for yourself, this is a fan-fic novel, not the lore itself. 😊.]

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"Where am I?" Jayce opened his eyes and looked around. All he saw was just black and darkness, just like the time when he got transmigrated.

"Am I dead?" He said dejectedly, he was just born and not even 3 years later, he died again. What tough luck!

"HELLO? IS THERE ANYONE HERE? GENESIS? ARE YOU HERE?"

After several minutes later, he began to look around, but the place is deserted. He tried to call Genesis (the system), but it didn't respond to him.

"Am I going to be stuck here forever?" Jayce didn't even have the time to sigh as something magical happened around him.

The surroundings are starting to change, the dark place is then lit up, stars suddenly appear, as if he's standing in the middle of the universe. Then, planetary bodies appear, as if witnessing history, he saw the birth of lives and destruction, life and death, the cycle kept repeating itself; in the merciless river of time, no one can escape death.

Jayce was looking at these scenes with awe, suddenly he had the urge to try something. With a wave of his hand, a sprout suddenly appeared in the middle of the universe, then time passed, he doesn't know how much time had passed, the little sprout that was smaller than the size of his palm, grew up to a massive tree, on its branches, multiple galaxies revolved, like a mother sheltering her children; that is how big the tree is.

"It's so beautiful," Jayce muttered; he doesn't know how this is scientifically possible. He had witnessed the life and death of so many things in this brief period of time.

*Clack* He felt something click within him, some kind of a shackle within him, been unlocked.

Before he could even process the phenomenon, a bright light rushed to him, the universe-like background disappeared, along with the tree, he lost consciousness once more.

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Capital of PiltOver, Shuriman continent.

Inside the hospital, there lays a young boy, sleeping on a bed with medical instruments around him. Next to the boy is a young lady, who looks around 13 years old, sleep-sitting with her head on her arm.

Suddenly, the boy's eyelashes fluttered.

With difficulty, Jayce opens his eyes confusedly. "Where am I?" by some unknown power, the universe-like phenomenon that he was seeing earlier had already been washed away from his memory.

'I was at the party, and then some alien attacks descended, then me and mom'

"Wait, mom? MOM!" Jayce sat up abruptly, waking up the pitiful Caitlyn, who didn't seem to have slept much. He looks around the room, trying to process the situation.

"Am I in the hospital?" The room looks like a hospital room on earth, but with a medieval vibe theme. He turned his head and saw, now awake and grumpy looking Caitlyn, who stares at him with grievance, as if he stole her candy.

"Caitlyn? What are you doing here? Where is my mom? What happened to the void beast." Question after questions poured out from his mouth; before Caitlyn could answer and give him a piece of her mind, the door swung open.

"I'll answer your question, Talis boy." A man walked in, Jayce who is confused looks at the man with wide eyes, because the figure is the legendary genius, Heimerdinger!

"Professor!" Jayce said and made an etiquette bow to him, comparing the two, Heimerdinger has a higher status than him, so it is only right for him to lower his head.

"Haha, at ease boy, I don't care about the noble behavior, just be yourself," Heimer said, he spent most of his time in a lab, so where would he find the time to mind the useless etiquette behavior of the nobles.

"Young lady, would you mind leaving us two alone for a bit?" Heimer turns his head to Caitlyn, he wants to speak with Jayce alone, although he wouldn't mind her staying, the council wants him to make this a secret.

'Sigh, this is why I don't like politics, it's so complicated.'

"Yes, Professor!" Caitlyn said, pinching the side of her dress, made an etiquette bow, and left the room.

"I don't think I have introduced myself yet, Heimerdinger is the name, but you can just call me whatever you want." Heimer introduces himself, stretching out his hand

"Jayce, Jayce Talis." Jayce shook his hand. Both of them didn't speak after, just stared into each other's eyes. 😳

After several seconds, Jayce decided to break the atmosphere.

"Professor, how's my mother?" This is what worries him the most, if something happens to his mother, he will mentally break down.

"Don't worry boy, your mother is fine, she was just exhausted, all she needs is just a little bit of rest."

Hearing this, Jayce felt relieved.

"Now, let us have some real talk, shall we," Heimer said.