Benedictas was stunned and stared at the dark shadow in amazement.

The black shadow didn't urge, and just looked at Benedictas for a long time after saying a word.

In the long silence, cold sweat broke out in the palms of Xia's hands, she was very expectant, and she was afraid to hear her father's answer.

Simon glanced at her, silently moving his steps, and was gently grabbed from behind. Feeling a slight tremor in Thea's body at the bottom of his hand, he sighed silently in his heart.

Benedictas's expression changed for a long time, and he exhaled leisurely.

"My daughter, since she is the future queen of Stormwind City, of course my daughter is important!"

The black shadow chuckled, meaningful. "You're a smart man, Benedictas."

Without looking at Benedictas' embarrassed expression of being pierced, the dark shadow walked around Benedictas in a circle, looking at the little girl in his arms.

He suddenly stretched out his finger and picked the loose hair on the little girl's face with a defensive look on Benedictas, and sighed: "Felicia of the Marcus family seems to me to be very heroic at a young age, and I think she will be very like the mother of a country in the future." Although the head of the Whitemane family is far inferior to you now, his family's Sally is not to mention beautiful, and her personality is extremely gentle and caring. The future will inevitably make men go to the soup for her. But your Tiffin ...... The appearance is average, and the temperament is also average...... I really don't see anything remarkable about her. ”

"But that's my daughter too!" Benedictas interrupted him angrily, and held his daughter to his chest with a protective calf.

"Telling the truth is always unpleasant!" The dark shadow smiled disapprovingly, "I understand, but you don't seem to understand what I mean. You can choose the same life of the archbishop and your daughter, but you can only choose the same. ”

"What do you mean?" Benedictas frowned, his gaze firmly following the dark shadow, not letting go of a moment.

"I mean, if you choose your daughter. Then she will no longer be the queen of Stormwind - and the position of archbishop will be goodbye to you forever. ”

Without looking at Benedictas's pale face as the words came out of his mouth, the shadow spread his hands. "What I have is time, you can think about it slowly. But I think, for you. It wasn't a tough decision. ”

Benedictas looked at the mysterious man in front of him, and then at his daughter, who was already breathless in his arms. His body suddenly lit up with a dazzling glow like daylight.

"Huh...... You should know that the Light will not save your daughter. As if he understood what he was doing, the shadow was not the slightest bit guarded, just chuckled disapprovingly.

As if to verify what he said, after the light dissipated, the girl in Benedictas's arms remained unmoved.

Benedictas's face was dead.

He fell to his knees. "I give everything I have to the Light...... But I can't save my own daughter. ”

"Yes, but your rivals are just as devout in their faith in the Light." The shadow whispered bewilderment in his ear. "The Light seems to have favored them and fulfilled their wishes."

Benedictas looked up and looked directly at the dark shadow in front of him. "I'm not going to make them feel better." His eyes were faintly red. His face was hideous, and his throat roared like that of a dying beast. "Every single one of them deserves to die!"

The dark shadow looked at him with satisfaction, "It seems that you have made your choice. ”

Gasping for breath almost greedily, Benedictas spoke with difficulty: "People cannot be resurrected from death...... I can only avenge her if I ascend to the position of archbishop. Otherwise, she would have come back to me. What's the point! Right! Do you want her to be laughed at and trampled with me by those hypocritical fellows? Watching her noble status be occupied by someone else, bowing to the person who took the throne of the queen in her place, and living forever in the glory of others...... Such a life! I'd rather she died! ”

Although it was difficult to say at the beginning, Benedictas became more and more smooth in the end, and almost said it in one breath.

"Bang Bang!" The dark shadow applauded his impassioned answer in a gentlemanly mannered cadence.

"A wise choice." There was no surprise appreciation in his tone. "And I'll surprise you."

A shadow stretched out a hand from his dark robes, and a pale gold necklace floated in his hand.

The necklace made of an unknown material has an unusually soft and delicate appearance. It was as if a child's strength could destroy it. The pendant on the necklace is a small silver gate that looks the most ordinary. In this dark environment, the whole necklace is covered with a faint glimmer, which looks so holy and beautiful. But Benedictas, who was well versed in the path of Light, could tell at a glance that it was not the power of Light.

For some reason, he was afraid of this small necklace.

With a gentle wave of the black shadow's hand, the necklace slowly floated to the little girl in his arms under Benedictas' frightened gaze. Then the small silver gate suddenly emitted a burst of light that was so dazzling that people couldn't open their eyes.

When the light faded, the necklace was firmly on the little girl's neck.

"What?" Thea tugged at the necklace around her neck. This necklace that she always thought was a gift from her father and belonged to her deceased mother, did the real source come from here?

Her body shook and she could barely stand. Simon behind her held her firmly and whispered in her ear. "Be strong. It's not over yet. ”

Benedictas hesitantly reached under the necklace, as if to pull it off, but as soon as his hand touched the small silver gate, the little girl's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and a faint flush appeared on her pale cheeks.

"Tiffin!" Benedictas hurriedly reached back to caress her cheek, screaming her name excitedly, and tears almost welling up in his eyes. "Tiffin, my child!"

"Father......" the little girl replied in a low voice as if instinctively without opening her eyes.

The voice was inaudible, but it sounded like heaven in Benedictas's ears.

"Good children should get a good night's sleep." The black shadow smiled, and with his words, the little girl's breathing fell silent again.

Benedictas carefully discerned the sound of her daughter's faint and even breathing, and judged that she was really just falling asleep, so he settled down and put the little girl on the cot beside her.

"My daughter is resurrected, but what about my future?" After recovering from the initial joy, he turned his head, and the future archbishop's face was even more ugly. "What you said before was all a trick on me?"

"No, no, no......" The shadow smiled and walked to the little girl's bedside. You'll see what I mean later. Benedictas. ”

"What?" Benedictas frowned in confusion.

"She'll be the queen of Stormwind, I promise!" The dark shadow's fingers brushed the little girl's delicate cheeks. "And you, on the throne of the Archbishop, will trample down those who dare to defy you and challenge you - even the King of Stormwind will be respectful to you. You will be the Most High of the Church of Light! He is also the most powerful person in the entire human society. Every king will be proud of your presence in their celebrations, and every place will be made glorious by the light you spread. People will praise your name more than they do today. Everybody, everybody will chant your name because your name will bring faith and strength to them. ”

Listening to the mysterious man's description of the bright future prospects, Benedictas had an abnormal flush on his face. But he soon woke up from this wonderful vision.

"But why did you choose me?" He asked in a deep voice. "As you said, the Marcus family and the Whitemayne family can also be the object of your cooperation, I don't understand why you chose me? My family's strength is not strong, and their feats are not outstanding, and they do not have the amazing talents of Uther on the path of the Holy Light. Even this marriage fell on Tiffin's head because of the strong support of Archbishop Fao. But I knew in my heart that it was only because Uther, the most trusted disciple of Archbishop Fao, had no descendants, and he did not want the other big families in the church to expand again. ”

Benedictas stared at the dark shadow with burning eyes. At first, he was distracted by his daughter's death, but now that his daughter was fine, he immediately turned his mind back to the personal future that he was most concerned about. Why did the mysterious shadow appear, and why did you choose him? The fine Benedictas had to watch out for one or two. Until now, the feeling of being led by the other party's nose made him very unpleasant.

"Future...... Shadow smiled, and a hint of emotion finally appeared in his calm tone. Benedictas, I chose you because you have a value worthy of my choice. Are you a smart person or a smart person with huge ambitions. Your choice also confirms that my choice is not wrong. So, wait until someday in the future, and you'll understand. Then you will understand what I am doing now. Because we will be allies standing in the same trenches. ”

"We're already in the same trench now." Benedictas said in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes." The shadow smiled dumbly, and out of nowhere, he took out a bottle of wine and two glasses. "So, do you want a drink? For the future archbishop? ”

Benedictas glanced at the label on the bottle - Origin: Steinbrad.

He took the wine glass and said in a deep voice, "For the future queen." ”

The dark shadow smiled and glanced at the sleeping little girl on the bed and raised his glass. "For Empress Wrynn."

The glasses collide with each other, making a crisp and pleasant sound.