41 Memories of the king
"Your Majesty, the spaceship is ready." Bolval quickly took care of the preparations for departure.
"Good, Berval. Let's go, let's go. Varian waved to Lagash behind him.
"Your Majesty......" said Berval eagerly. Please take me with you. β
"Stay and take care of Stormwind, my Grand Duke." Varian patted him on the shoulder.
Ragash stepped forward as well and put his hand on his shoulder on the other side: "I'm sorry to say that, but you're the only person I can trust. β
Bolval looked at the two kings in front of him as if they were reflected in a mirror, hesitated for a moment, and then stood up and saluted. "May the Light be with you, Your Majesty."
"Haha, that's natural." Varian laughed.
"I will triumph!" Ragash patted him on the shoulder.
Watching the two men leave side by side, Bolval felt his mind go into disarray.
At one point, he thought that Varian was not like the king he was familiar with, but at the moment, he was a little confused. The resolute bravery of these two men, Ragash, was indeed like the Varian he was familiar with, but Varian of Stormwind seemed to have regained his charisma as a ruler after Catlana's departure, dealing with the endgame of Stormwind's current situation, soothing and boosting morale.
Bolval couldn't help but think that these two people were like two sides of the same coin.
However, Stormwind can only have one king.
Watching the goblin ship set sail away, Berval decided not to think about these clueless troubles for a while. His immediate priority was to take care of the mess and return a less troublesome Stormwind city to the King when he returned.
Anduin ...... I must come back safely! He whispered a prayer to the Light.
Amid the roar of the ship's departure, Varian invited Lagash, "Whoever you are, warrior, you are very good indeed. β
Lagash replied: "You too." β
"Maybe we can find a place to talk alone," Varian suggested with a smile. "I always felt like there was ...... between us There seems to be a lot to talk about. β
"It's a long journey, anyway," Ragash shrugged, "and it just so happens that I'm curious about those unknown mysterious connections between us." β
"Very good......" Varian pulled back from his guards. Walk towards the cabin.
Ragash also turned back to Brower and said. "Broll, can you give me some private space?"
The two kings strode into the innermost room of the cabin, closed the door and began their conversation.
"Very interesting, when I first saw you. It felt like seeing myself in a broken mirror. Varian said, pulling out two glasses from the cupboard in the room, and looking back to find that Lagash had brought a whole bottle of spirits from the other side.
Lagash poured the wine into the glass. "If I wasn't convinced that I was the real King of Ureon, maybe I would have believed that you were the real King."
"Let's get started...... Tell us about the memories in our own heads," Varian said, raising his glass. "I had a comfortable childhood, until those green-skinned guys broke into our world. When the First Orc War began, I was a year younger than Anduin is now. β
"There weren't many orcs in the beginning, and my father believes we can fight them off." Ragash wiped the wine from his lips, "But he didn't know that his good friend, Medivan, had been taken over by evil, and as the strongest mage in Azeroth, he had opened the door to Draenor. β
But my father's other good friends, the disciples of Sir Lothar and Medivan, prevented the matter from getting any worse. They infiltrated Karazan and killed Medivan. β
"But. The father is still dead, at the hands of someone he trusts. Ragash closed his eyes, "That's a nightmare." β
"I don't think I'll ever forget that scene." Varian rubbed the corners of his forehead. "I heard the noise and ran into my father's house and saw him lying in a pool of blood. In the shadows of darkness. I could still see the Assassin's face clearly, Garona, with tears streaming down her face with her father's blood on her hands. β
"I don't have the means to understand, but I don't have the time to understand...... Stormwind was on fire. Lothar took me on the run, and we sailed to the town of Southsea and then to Lordaeron. β
"Lordaeron?" Varian laughed. "If there is no national hatred and family hatred. It was a beautiful day. King Terenus treats me like his own son, Arthas......"
"Arthas was just an innocent and proud prince back then, just like me before Stormwind was broken!" Lagash said self-deprecatingly.
The wine glasses staggered, and the two men toasted the melancholy that surfaced at the same time.
"At the age of eighteen, with the support of Terenus, I was crowned king."
"It was a day to remember...... "Varian looked at Lagash." It's not just about being a king. β
Ragash grinned, knowing exactly what Varian was referring to.
"I met Tiffin for the first time at the dinner after the coronation......"
"She was a little girl." Lagash said nostalgically. In the bustling ballroom of the Lordaeron Palace, she sat with several noble women, but she didn't know why. My eyes would fall on her smiling quietly. β
"Fortunately, Lothar secretly told me that she was my fiancΓ©e. When I heard that, I wanted to sing an ode to the Light. Hahaha......" Varian laughed out loud.
"Very quiet beauty, like holy light." Lagash agreed: "Looking at her smile, I felt my heart calm. β
"yes, yes...... Remember how I picked up a bad conversation? I thought I must have been stupid. Varian had another drink with pleasure.
"I think so, I walked up to her and held out my hand to her and invited her to do her first dance. Her expression was completely overwhelmed, and she looked pleading at Bolval, who had been standing behind her. Lagash took a sullen sip.
"Did you feel a hint of jealousy at that time?" Varian acted like he was listening to other people's gossip, with teasing on the corners of his eyebrows.
Ragash gave him a hard look. "I was a little jealous at the time, but then Tiffin told me that Berval was a knight assigned to her by the church to keep her safe. And she was just a little overwhelmed by the fact that she had never encountered anything like this. β
Varian refilled the two of them with wine.
"Ever since I met Tiffin, I've been back in Stormwind to rebuild my country, and I've come to look forward to the day when she's an adult, because she's mine."
"Finally, when she was sixteen, I married her at the Cathedral of Stormwind."
"Memorable!" Varian raised his glass, a tacit man's smile.
Ragash threw his head back and did it. "It's really worth a toast!"
"Soon after I got married, I went to the battlefield to fight in all directions, leaving Stormwind City in the hands of her and the noble council."
"Soon I welcomed my first child, and I named him Anduin in honor of Lothar." (Note: Lothar's full name is Anduin. Lothar, regent of Stormwind before Varian was a minor. οΌ
"That's when I thought my life was starting to get better...... But, as I learned later, those were the beginning of the nightmare. Varian's hand trembled slightly as he said this, and he took a quick drink.
"Tiffin's health was not very good in the first place, and it got worse after giving birth to Anduin. In order to take care of Anduin wholeheartedly, she gradually surrendered power to Katrana and Berval. β
"Now that I think about it, Katrana must have done a lot of tricks during that time." Varian sighed. "The Masonry's settlement price is more than several times more than the budget, and the noble council refuses to pay, and what is even more terrifying is ......" He stopped suddenly.
The two of them were silent for a moment.
"Don't want to say more?" Ragash looked sideways at him.
"You're done......"
"I ...... Forget it......" Ragash turned his head.
"Okay, how are we going to talk about it?" Varian suggested. "I got word from Fort Watch, only to see her dead in front of me on my way back in the starry night."
"I think my world is almost falling apart......" Ragash covered his face, his fingers lightly running over the scars on his face. The last time she looked at me, it was incredible, sad and hopeless. β
"I can't forget that look." Varian looked at Lagash and said earnestly. "For the rest of my days, pain and remorse tormented me, and my will was like a walking corpse, and I didn't want to think about anything."
"Thankfully, she left me the most precious thing she had, our child, Anduin. He grew up day by day and became more and more like her. I began to struggle with my own decadence and tried to cheer up and care for him. β
"My attention gradually expanded from Anduin to what he cared about." Varian smiled self-deprecatingly, "He began to look like a prince and began to focus on his country, his own people, and our allies, and more. β
"Good boy to be proud of!" Ragash smiled reassuringly.
"Not long ago, Gianna asked me to go to Theramore for a meeting with the tribe's Grand Chieftain Sal, and to work out some agreements."
"I refuse! Letting the orcs live in Kalimdor is already my biggest concession, how can I possibly make any peaceful deal with the greenskins who have caused the misfortune of my kingdom. Ragash slammed the table.
Varian patted his arm gently. "But Anduin persuaded me again and again, and he thought that with Thrall's prestige, it was worth trying."
"So I traveled secretly, and only a few people knew where I was going."
"And among those few is Katrana."
The two looked at each other and smiled, their cups staggered. The wine gradually came up a little.
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