Chapter 10 What happened back then
Catherine Ireland, born into an Irish family, was the wife of Jarvan III and the queen of this country.
She is also the mother of that hero, Prince Jarvan IV of Demacia.
The short-lived woman died in childbirth, but left behind descendants for Jarvan III.
As far as people know, Jarvan III has not taken another wife since then, and only Jarvan IV is the only one.
"But even though I had this vow before me, I still violated it. I will not deny that this is a shortcoming of my humanity, but the fact is that later on, I fell in love with a woman."
Jarvan III had a slightly painful expression on his face and looked out at the garden with sad eyes, seemingly unable to accept the news that his two lovers had passed away one after another.
He had fallen in love with Catherine. After Catherine's death, he had indeed been holding on to the idea of never marrying again, and believed that he would always abide by it.
However, he was wrong.
Love is like a master key, always able to pry open the locked heart.
"Her appearance was like a soft wind blowing into my chest." Jarvan III continued to recall, "When that child was three years old, Noxus coveted our borders, and they united with enemies outside the borders to fight against Debon attacked."
"That year, I had just stopped the internal fighting among the nobles, and then I hurriedly put on my armor and went into battle, leading my troops to the border to fight the enemy. It was during that battle that Xin Zhao and I met. This is the story of how our monarchs and ministers met. Folk praises continue to this day, but what people don’t know is that I also got to know someone during that incident.
That's your mother, Mellie. "
With that said, Jarvan III looked at Lu Qi.
When Mellie's name came out of his mouth, Lu Qi's mood fluctuated again.
He had never said the word Mellie to anyone before.
Is this true?
"She was a medic who was forcibly recruited by Noxus. During that battle, the Dauntless Vanguard and I were dispersed by the enemy's attack. A few soldiers and I successfully broke through, but in the process, I also suffered serious injuries. Huan, on the way back, he met her.
Merli refused to be a pawn of the invaders and escaped from Noxus. When I met her, she was crying and healing a dying soldier. My men captured her as an enemy. I can see her kind soul in her tenacious eyes.
After that, I kept her, and along the way, she took good care of me and every wounded person. As time went by, I found that my heart, which had been sealed for a long time, became loose again. "
After saying so much in one breath, Jarvan III could not hide his sadness.
The people present listened quietly, never expecting that such a thing would happen that year.
"I still remember her shocked expression when she learned my identity after joining the army. She seemed to be frightened. Later, she didn't dare to see me for a long time. I sealed my loose heart again until later, We met again on the battlefield.
Wearing armor, she shuttled bulkily through the battlefield, carrying a medical kit and constantly rescuing the wounded, completely disregarding her own safety. The enemy's arrow almost took her life. I chopped the arrow away at the last moment. She was so frightened that she fell to the ground and gasped for air.
Even so, she quickly cheered up and continued her mission.
It was already at the end of the battle, and we won the battle not long after. Later, I took the initiative to find her, and by that time I had already discovered that I fell in love with her. "
It seemed that this was not something that was difficult to say, as Jiawen III said it frankly.
He very frankly faced the fact that he had broken his oath.
"Afterwards, Noxus withdrew its army, and I brought her back to the royal capital. I wanted to make a marriage contract with her. I wanted the people to witness the marriage together, and she would become the new queen.
However, many people objected at the time, and almost no one supported my move. They did not want to see the king break the oath he had made, and they were not willing to trust a woman who was not even a Demacian.
Inevitably, she and I were both under considerable pressure.
What I regret to this day is that I did not realize at the time that the pressure on her was far heavier than mine.
Not long after, she left me a letter and left me. The letter said that she would leave Demacia and return to her former hometown. I tried everything I could to find her, but she seemed to have disappeared from my world. For a long time, I didn't get a reply.
I never gave up looking for her, but never heard from her again. "
After saying this, Jarvan III had long tears on his face. He had only loved two women in his life, and both women were extremely perfect in his heart.
However, as the king of a country, he failed to let any of them live a happy life.
It seems that from the beginning, his love is destined to be tragic.
"It's so touching."
Lux's eyes were red after hearing this. She got her wish and ate the big melon, but the melon's stamina was not small. She had already filled up hundreds of thousands of words of love stories in her mind.
Mellie is definitely a woman worthy of Jarvan III breaking his vow to love, but judging from the current results, the two of them still failed to get together after all.
After hearing this story, Lev didn't know what to say.
As for Tiana and Roy, they can prove the authenticity of this incident because they were at the scene.
Calvin was dumbfounded. As a caregiver around Jarvan III, he was indeed lucky to be able to eat this melon at the first time.
However, he suddenly remembered something.
Looking at the dumbfounded Lu Qi, he had something in his mind that I don't know whether to say or not.
How lucky is this kid to be the illegitimate son of the king?
Calvin's whole body felt bad when he thought about his attitude towards him just now.
Lu Qi was also a little confused at this moment. He initially thought that Mellie was a young lady who eloped from a noble family, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be like this.
His mother actually had a love-hate relationship with the king of Demacia.
Jarvan III walked towards Lu Qi at this time, stretched out his hand and asked softly: "How old are you?"
"eighteen."
Lu Qi did not dodge this time and allowed Jarvan III's hands to rest on his shoulders, his hands trembling slightly.
"It's already so big."
Jiawen III's eyes overflowed with tears again, "In other words, she was already pregnant the year she left me. How did she spend all these years?"
Jarvan III could feel the hardship of raising a newborn Lucci alone in Demacia, a place where people were unfamiliar.
Lu Qi actually didn't know much about Mellie, but that didn't stop him from adding a touching follow-up to the story.
He lowered his head slightly and tried to speak as calmly as possible.