Chapter Twenty-Three: Stormwind
Claudia, Partraus, and Natalie boarded a three-masted merchant ship, and the reason why it was just the three of them was because even though the price of tickets to Stormwind had increased many times, tickets were still in short supply.
Because she only bought three tickets, Claudia had to go to Stormwind, and Uncle Rhine and Butler Rhodes were not worried about leaving their family alone in Southsea Town, and Claudia was also worried about leaving Partris alone in Southsea Town.
So Claudia took her sister to go first, and as for Natalie, she took it with her purely because it didn't help her to stay in Nanhai Town.
The blonde girl wore a blue dress today, when she didn't need to fight, she didn't like to wear armor very much, and with the improvement of the girl's strength, the protective ability of the original skirt armor became more and more unable to keep up, and the parts that were broken by Jaime before have not had time to find a blacksmith to repair them, and the armor was temporarily in a state of abandonment.
At the bow of the boat, Claudia met a familiar person, a middle-aged man with high cheekbones and a hooked nose who was looking at her in surprise.
It's Captain Kerry, and Claudia came back in his ship when he came back from the Northern Rift, because he misunderstood that the knight girl was interesting to him, and often treated her intentionally or unintentionally, so the knight girl usually avoided him if she could hide.
Claudia responded weakly to the other party's greeting, and then couldn't help but ask, "Why are you here, aren't you a member of a venture capital firm?" Venture capital firms are still in the passenger transport business? ”
Captain Kerry reverently said, "Where the gold coins are, there are venture capital companies!" ”
"At present, the route with the least risk and the greatest benefit is the route ---between Stormwind City and Nanhai Town, buy food from Stormwind City and transport it to Nanhai Town, and then pull people from Nanhai Town to Stormwind City, a million profits!"
Claudia immediately developed a great disgust for this group of merchants who took advantage of the fire, and it was one thing to understand the nature of the merchants, but it was another to accept them.
Captain Kerry also hoped that Claudia would introduce him to the beautiful Partris, but Claudia glared at him fiercely, and the knight girl dragged her sister back to her room without saying a word.
Over the next few days, after learning that the Knight Maiden did not welcome him, Captain Kerry was not discouraged, and he set his sights on a new target, the sexy and mature Miss Natalie Seren, who was very friendly to him, and after he brought out some of the treasured delicacies he bought in the South, Natalie instantly regarded him as a confidant.
Claudia whispered bad things about Captain Kerry to the black-haired girl a few times, but the black-haired girl didn't care every time, showed a sly smile every time, and said inexplicable things with her eyes shining:
"It's okay, it's fun."
"It's the first time I've experienced this feeling, and it's really interesting to be human."
"Don't worry, don't worry, I won't be eaten by him."
Seeing the reaction of the black-haired girl, Claudia was inconvenient to say anything, it must be that the black-haired girl was not Claudia's sister, and Claudia couldn't discipline her.
Until one day, suddenly there was a loud wail of Captain Kerry from the captain's room, and the sound of pain even resounded throughout the cabin:
"Why do you have this thing!!!!?"
When Claudia arrived, Captain Kerry seemed to be ten years old in an instant, and he wandered out of the captain's room trembling and dejected, not even noticing the arrival of the knight maiden.
"Hahahaha!" In the captain's room, Natalie was smiling so insolently that she couldn't straighten up for a moment.
"What happened?" Claudia looked at Natalie with a questioning face.
"It's so fun, hahaha, I can't do it, I'm really a genius, hahaha." Natalie was still smiling wildly.
"He said he was going to show me a big baby, so I looked at it and told him I had a bigger one, and he didn't believe it, hahaha."
"Well, I showed him my big baby, which was much bigger than his, and that's it. No, I still want to laugh, you didn't see his expression at that time, hahaha! ”
Claudia listened with a confused face, what a baby, could it be Captain Kerry's family heirloom? But where did Natalie get the baby, when she first saw her, she didn't even have a single dress, and even now she is wearing Claudia's clothes.
The knight girl didn't delve into the matter, and the black-haired girl often said something inexplicable, anyway, she didn't take advantage of her.
In the following time, poor Captain Kerry lost weight several times, and every time he saw three girls, he avoided them as if he had seen a ghost, Claudia was a little strange, Natalie, you have a psychological shadow when you see it, why do you see her and her sister like this, I don't know and think that the three girls are his creditors.
However, the knight girl was also happy to be pure, and soon, Stormwind arrived.
Compared to the royal city of Lordaeron, where Claudia had been, Stormwind was even more magnificent.
Lordaeron King City must have been built for nearly a thousand years, although it has been expanded many times, it is still too crowded, and many places are a little out of place, but Stormwind is different, since the last war was destroyed, Stormwind was just rebuilt more than ten years ago, everything is well planned.
Compared to the town of Nanhai in the north, spring in Stormwind City came much earlier, and even had a slight shadow of summer, and the streets were full of blooming flowers and lush trees.
Walking down the neat stone streets, Claudia and her party came to the golden-plated rose inn in the trade area, which was the best hotel in Stormwind, and the hostess, Miss Orison, was young, beautiful, and hospitable, so it was the first choice for outsiders.
Claudia asked for a large suite with two beds, and Claudia planned to sleep in one bed with her sister and one with Natalie.
Because it was late afternoon after settling down, Claudia did not go out, but slept well, resting her tired body from the next journey.
The next morning, Claudia went out, and Paltris, with Natalie, planned to visit Stormwind City today, and Claudia gave them some money, hoping that they would have a better time.
Claudia first came to the gate of the Stormwind Fortress, where the Stormwind Kingdom Palace was located, and two heavily armed guards were staring at the knight girl who walked by.
Claudia changed into a blue and white women's power suit in the morning, and her hair was tied up in a nice bun, she looked like a noble female warrior, beautiful and heroic.
But that didn't make the guards let their guard down, they were Stormwind's most elite troops, and they wouldn't let any unfamiliar faces enter the palace.
The guard at the head stepped forward and stopped Claudia: "Stop, this is where the palace is located, and outsiders are not accepted here." If you have a commoner's business, please go to the town hall, if you have a noble business, please go to the council, and if you have religious affairs, please go to the Cathedral of Light. ”
Claudia frowned slightly, it was indeed a bit abrupt to come directly to the palace, and she saluted the guards.
"I am an envoy from the north, and I have an important matter to see His Majesty Varian on the orders of the High Lord Mograini."
The guard at the door looked at her curiously, the beautiful girl's face was still a little immature, he didn't believe that this girl would be an envoy from the north, he looked around, and his voice turned low:
"Listen, I don't know which noble little girl it is, this is the palace, not your home, not a place to play role-playing games, hurry up and go home."
"But I'm really an envoy to the north." Claudia couldn't help but laugh.
The guards at the door still looked incredulous: "Okay, little girl, even if you are really an envoy from the north, we can't let you in, even if you are an envoy, you have to go to the State Hall next to the parliament to report first, and wait for Your Majesty's summons, this is the rule." ”
In desperation, Claudia had no choice but to leave the palace and go to the parliament first.
At this time, although Stormwind City already had a council, all the members of the council were nobles and had nothing to do with commoners, so it was also called the council of nobles.
The Parliament and the State Council are located in the Old Town, in the same large square, facing each other, protected by a high wall, and the entrance is also guarded by a large number of guards.
When Claudia arrived, she was still stopped at the door, and she was not allowed to enter until she showed the seal of the baron of Serberchel, and the doorkeeper looked at it carefully for a long time.
"You say you're an envoy from the north sent by Mograini? Do you have any supporting documents? Lord Alexandre Cambrai looked at the blonde girl opposite with some amusement, since she was able to enter the building of the State Hall, she must be the child of a noble family, but I don't know which child was so naughty, and even came up with such a thing as pretending to be an envoy, why didn't he try it like this when he was young.
Claudia was very helpless: "I am really an envoy, at that time, Lord Mograini was in a hurry, and he didn't write any letters or anything as evidence. ”
"Okay, okay, find a piece of paper to write down your intention and identity, I'll hand it in for you later, and finally remember the seal." Lord Gombray was full of perfunctory snorts.
Claudia wrote her name on a blank piece of paper with a quill and a request for King Varian's rescue, and finally solemnly stamped her baronial seal.
Gombray took it and looked at the seal in the lower right corner, frowned, and said, "You are really an envoy, you are still a nobleman from Lordanlun." ”
"Yes, I'm Baron Thurberchel of the Silver Pine Forest."
"Then it's troublesome, many nobles from Lordaeron have recently applied so much to see His Majesty."
Lord Gombray pointed to a stack of sheets on the other side.
Claudia asked eagerly, "Then when will I be summoned by His Majesty?" ”
"It's hard to say, but I suggest you don't get your hopes up, your Lordaeron Viscount Araka submitted your application half a month ago, and you haven't seen Your Majesty yet."
"Is there any way to be faster? Please, it's really important on my side. ”
Lord Cambrai disagreed, "When everyone comes, they say that their own affairs are the most urgent and important. ”
He looked at the anxious girl again, sighed, and said, "I don't have a good way to do this, who Your Majesty wants to see, how can I have the final say, but if you are sent by Lord Mograini, why don't you go to Archbishop Benedictas?" His Majesty has always respected him. ”
Speaking of which, Claudia had no choice but to leave.