In November of the 21st year of the Dark Gate calendar, Claudia was in the eighth month of pregnancy, in the Eastern Plaguelands.

Maxwell Terosos and Tyran Fording rode their horses down the beaten paths, avoiding the undead and finally meeting a top paladin, Tirio Fordin, who had been exiled for many years, in a wooden hut.

After the tears in the eyes of Tirio and Tyran, the two fathers and sons who had been separated for many years, Tironsos presented Tirio with two documents and mentioned the business of the trip: "Brother Tirio, according to the joint pardon of His Royal Highness the Regent of the New Lordaeron Kingdom and Archbishop Alonthos Fao, all charges and expulsions against you in the past by the Kingdom of Lordaeron and the Knights of the Silver Hand have been revoked, and your honor and position have been restored. ”

"Brother Maxwell, so I'm forgiven?" Tirio's tone was unfazed, but his slightly trembling hands holding the two pardon documents revealed that he was not in a calm mood.

"Yes, Brother Tirio," Terosos said with an emotional look on his face as he looked at his old comrade, "Time has proven you right, races don't mean glory, and orcs and undead aren't necessarily evil ....... ”

Tyrosos explained to Tirio in detail everything that had happened in the last six months, although there were some things that Tirio had heard of for a long time, but after all, he was in a remote place, so he didn't know enough details, and he only understood more comprehensively under Tairossos's introduction.

After speaking, Tyrossos extended an invitation to Tirio: "Dasuohan, Abidis, Ethanlien and others have been exiled to Tyre for their views and actions such as refusing to recognize the status of the Forsaken and attacking allies, and now your mentor, Archbishop Fao, wants you to return to the Grand Abbey to take over the vacancy of the exiled Dasohan and lead the Crusaders in their crusade to the Western Plaguelands, I wonder if you will forgive us for our past mistakes, accept this position and fight for Lordaeron again." ”

Tirio looked emotional and said in a deep voice: "In the past two years, I have witnessed too many crimes and evils of the Scourge Legion, and I have wasted too much time in pain and sorrow, I am willing to accept the invitation of Mentor Fao to cleanse the evil of the Scourge Legion and regain our homeland, for the sake of Lordaeron." ”

As he spoke, Tirio threw his right fist into his left chest and gave a Lordaeron military salute.

Tairosus returned the salute and said from the bottom of his heart, "Welcome back, Brother Tirio." ”

Same month, Stormwind, Royal Library.

Although the Royal Library is within the boundaries of the Royal Palace, Varian does not like the library as much as his wife, he has always disliked lying at the desk to read, after all, the time he spends in front of the desk just processing official documents is enough to make him sit with sore bones, Varian still prefers to practice martial arts, lie down in front of the sand table to simulate combat or hunting, and today, he does not come to the book to read, but to stand in front of a statue with Matthias, waiting for a person to arrive.

This is a heroic female statue, she wears a priest's robe, but holds a one-handed sword and shield as a defensive form, there are only a few people who can have a statue in the royal library, this woman is naturally not unknown, the nameplate is engraved with her name and heroic deeds:

"Mara Furtagen

High priest of Stormwind

Financed refugees who fled to Lordaeron after the First Orc War.

She is the Mother who opens the doors of the future for us, and may she rest in peace in the Light. ”

With a squeak, the door was pushed open, and Bervar Vortagan pushed the door open, and when he found Varian and Madias there, he was visibly shocked: "Your Majesty, Madias, I didn't expect to meet you two here. ”

Madias bowed to Boval and remained silent.

Varian smiled, "We're waiting for you here, Bolval. ”

"If Your Majesty is looking for me for something, just send an attendant to call me over," Bolval said here, suddenly understood something, and his face became serious: "Could it be that Your Majesty wants our meeting to look like a chance encounter to outsiders?" ”

"That's exactly what you think, my friend," Varian nodded, "but there's no need to be so nervous, it's not a big deal, I just want to talk to you about Countess Presto." ”

Katrana?

After listening to Varian's words, Berval, who had been in close contact with Catlana recently, had some ridiculous speculations at first, but when he thought that Madias was also present, he quickly rejected those ideas and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, is there anything you need to tell about Lady Catlana?" ”

"Look at these things."

Varian gestured, and Madias pulled out several pieces of paper full of information and handed them to Bolval.

After reading the information on the paper, Boval frowned, and his tone was hesitant: "Your Majesty, you mean that Katrana not only colluded with Defia, but also may have something to do with some conflict near Theramore some time ago?" But many of these are just doubts and speculations, and they are probably just coincidences, and there is no ironclad evidence. ”

"It's a little too suspicious, Bolval, there won't be so many coincidences in this world," Varian continued as he stared at Bolval, "and it takes evidence to arrest her, but I just want to remind you today that she's not as innocent as you think, and you've been getting too close to her lately." ”

"You're right, Your Majesty, I know what to do with her." Bolval said with difficulty, he really didn't want to believe that Katrana, who he was in close contact with, would be detrimental to his beloved homeland, but after all, what had just been on paper was indeed suspicious.

Varian was also relieved to see that Bolvar had made the right decision, patted Bolval on the shoulder, and said in a sincere tone: "Please understand, Bolvar, I have no other brothers and sisters, for so many years, you have been like my own brother, I really don't want to ......." ”

In the face of Varian's true feelings, Berval was also a little moved, and interrupted Varian with a smile: "Your Majesty, look at what you said, she is just a courtesan, and I will be wary of what she does." ”

Varian also laughed: "That's good, Bolval, I won't disturb you and Lady Mara today, and remember to come and practice with me tomorrow morning." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Boval replied.

Varian took Madias and turned to leave, and when the two returned to a secret place in the palace, Varian instructed Madias: "Katrana's side will stop here for the time being, and I have already seen the evidence of Duke Greg Leskova's crimes, after all, he is a big nobleman, and the public trial will not have a good impact, you can deal with it." ”

Matthias naturally knew the meaning of "handling", and bowed his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty,"

In December of the 21st year of the Dark Gate calendar, Claudia was in the ninth month of pregnancy.

After Tirio's return, the counterattack on the Scourge Legion's Western Plaguelands finally began, and the Alliance's troops launched an attack on the Western Plaguelands from three directions: the Undead Fortress, the Valley of the Hearth, and the Icewind Gang, vowing to recapture the Western Plaguelands and cleanse the undead from the Scourge here.

Among them, the direction of the Undead Fortress is the army of the Forsaken led by Jaime, while the direction of the Valley of the Hearth is the crusader warriors and the remnants of Lordaeron led by paladins such as Tirio and Mograine, and the direction of Icewind Hill is the Seventh Legion sent by the Stormwind Kingdom.

Field Marshal Windsor led the Seventh Legion this time, and in addition to the Seventh Legion, he also had reinforcements sent by some other countries of the Alliance, including dwarven and dwarf soldiers, as well as reinforcements from Kurtilas.

Varian did not lead his troops to the battle, although he liked to lead the troops into battle, but after all, Claudia was on the verge of giving birth, and this was the top priority, so Varian chose to accompany Claudia and wait for the arrival of his new children.

One afternoon tea time, in the royal palace, Claudia, Varian, and Anduin's family of three rarely got together in the afternoon.

In fact, Claudia takes time to accompany Anduin almost every day, especially after nine months of pregnancy, with the increase of her belly, Claudia has not seen any outsiders at all, and she does not want to do many things, in addition to reading the books brought back by the maid from the library and visiting the garden, she goes to Anduin's residence to watch Anduin play, but although Varian is Anduin's biological father, he also meets Anduin during dinner, so this afternoon's family of three gathering is extremely rare, Anduin even pestered his father to have a good time with him.

Claudia stretched out her hand and stroked her stomach lightly, while watching the interaction between father and son, the corners of her mouth showed a smile, her belly is now very large, but her figure has not changed much except for her belly and breasts.

In these months of pregnancy, although Claudia did not have other common troubles such as early pregnancy reaction, as her belly increased, she still clearly felt that she was in trouble when she slept, with her daughter on the left and her son on the right.

After playing with Anduin, Varian returned to Claudia's side, and Anduin looked at Claudia's big belly curiously and asked, "Mother, there are still a few days before my brother and sister can come out to accompany us." ”

"Just a few days, Anduin." Claudia smiled and said, "Do you still prefer little sisters?" ”

"Well, do my father and mother prefer my brother or my sister?"

Varian smiled, "I definitely prefer my daughter, after all, our Ureon family hasn't had a little princess for almost three hundred years." ”

Claudia also said softly: "Me too, after all, I always wanted a daughter to accompany me." ”

At this moment, the family of three has reached a consensus on this issue, and they all say that they prefer their daughter, but within a few days, when the new prince and the little princess are really born, Varian and Claudia quickly betray their original idea and obviously love their son more.

Varian betrayed the original idea from the moment she met her youngest son on the day Claudia gave birth.

Claudia's delivery process that day was unusually smooth, she was tall among women, her pelvis was large, and the contraction ability of the muscles in her uterus was strong, so two babies were born in less than an hour, and Claudia, who was relaxed after giving birth, was lying in bed to rest and regain her strength, Varian was already holding the newborn little prince and smiling from ear to ear.

"This hair, this eyes, this complexion and face shape, no matter where you go, you can see that it is my son, hahaha."

"It's exactly like you, Varian." Claudia laughed too, although it was a newborn, her hair had grown well, unlike Anduin, this little prince had the same black hair and silver eyes as Varian, and the contour of his face was very similar to Varian.

"I still prefer my daughter, who looks like me."

Claudia glanced at her daughter with pity, although she was a dragon and phoenix fetus, but because she lived in a different house, her daughter's hair color pupils were the same as her mother's, and her daughter's hair and pupils were the same as her mother's, and only her mouth and nose could see some of Varian's features, and her eyebrows were a bit like that of her aunt Partris.

Claudia's idea lasted for a few days, and soon, Claudia, like Varian, betrayed her original idea.