Early in the morning, Claudia woke up, she was a little unaccustomed to sleeping, the bed was too soft, and her waist was a little sore.

When I got up, I opened the red curtains made of fine silk yarn, and the sky outside the window was slightly bright, and when I opened the window, the waterfall and the stream in the distance were making a gurgling sound.

Claudia put on her pajamas, had a simple morning class, and after a brief wash, she then walked to a military uniform to change into, today is the first day of her new job.

Yesterday she received three sets of military uniforms for different purposes, this set is an ordinary cloth military uniform, the officers and soldiers of the palace have many duties, generally only guards and officers on duty wear heavy armor for work, for an adjutant like her, who is more secretarial, it is enough to wear this set.

Yesterday she had also received a military dress and a set of golden major plate armor, which, like all the other items Claudia had received at the palace yesterday, had been placed in her own wardrobe in the adjutant's lounge, for she was now the only female lieutenant of the king, so she could have her own separate adjutant lounge.

Claudia opened the door, heard movement downstairs, and went downstairs, where her sister was leaning against the window reading a book.

"Paltris, why are you up so early today?"

When Paltris saw her sister coming, she quickly clipped the bookmark and closed the book.

"Sister, I prepared breakfast for you, and I'll bring it to the table for you."

Claudia was a little moved, after moving the day before yesterday, yesterday it was to buy the necessary supplies and clean up the room, so the three girls didn't go to bed early, and my sister got up so early today to make breakfast, it was really hard for her, and when Roddy's housekeeper came, he had to hire a few servants to do it.

"Thank you, Paltris, it's delicious." Claudia admired that Paltris's skills had always been good.

"I'm not tired, sister, if you like it."

Later, Partris talked about the book she had been reading in the morning, and since there hadn't been much going on lately, she planned to learn the art of inscription and buy some magic ink during the day.

Claudia expressed her support for this, she had also gone to the Cathedral of Light yesterday to ask, the Cathedral of Light is not short of priests at present, but there are many other areas of the kingdom, Claudia is really worried about her fourteen-year-old sister leaving, so she plans to keep her sister by her side, it would be great if her sister has additional interests.

Stormstorm Fortress was not far from Claudia's new home, and when the girl arrived, she first went to her adjutant's office to do a brief tidying up, and then went to work with the adjutant Kronos von Zeldiger who was on duty last night, a distant nephew of Duke Leoric von Zeldiger, a paladin in his early twenties with short brown hair.

After a brief introduction and greetings, Kronos got down to business: "Devon asked for leave this morning, and he can't come here until noon, your first time here, do you need me to stay and help you?" ”

During the day, it is common for two lieutenants to work for King Varian, and today Devon is the lieutenant in Claudia's group.

Claudia hurriedly rejected Kronos's offer: "No, why are you embarrassed to trouble you, you were also very tired last night, and I can do it myself in the morning." ”

The adjutants usually have only one person to accompany King Varian during their night work, because Varian often works late at night, so the adjutants usually sleep later than the king, because they also need to sort out the documents that the king has reviewed and arrange the king's itinerary for the next day, and they have to get up earlier than the king the next day, so the night shift is usually very hard, and Claudia doesn't want to make her companions work harder for herself as soon as she arrives.

Kronos yawned, and then replied: "It's okay, Your Majesty's main job this morning is the palace meeting, you are responsible for making meeting notes, remember to file it afterwards, and Devin will come at noon." By the way, this is the itinerary and the list of participants in the meeting that my Majesty has compiled this morning---"

Claudia took the itinerary from Cronos, read it carefully, and wrote it down, then Cronos told her a few words and left, while Claudia put the itinerary in her briefcase and pushed open the door to King Varian's living room.

Varian had just finished breakfast, and was now changing into a formal suit for the meeting with the assistance of a guard, he was wearing only a thin shirt on the upper half of his body, the shirt could not hide his strong muscles, and when he saw Claudia come in, he turned his head and said hello: "Wait a little bit, Claudia." ”

Claudia didn't feel much shyness in the face of the thinly dressed strong king, even if she didn't mention the other half of the male part, her female part also had four years of military camp and knightly career, not an ordinary aristocratic girl, the girl bowed slightly, waiting for the king.

Soon, the guards helped the king change his clothes, saluted Claudia beside him, and left, while Varian approached Claudia, who was taller than the girl, and reached out and patted the girl on the shoulder: "I'm glad you can start working with me today, Claudia." ”

Varian's actions just now reminded Claudia of her mentor Tyrosus, the girl looked up at Varian, his angular face was full of confidence, Claudia smiled from the bottom of her heart and said, "It's an honor to serve you, my majesty." ”

"Come, let's go and meet the marshals, dukes, and bishops." Varian nodded in approval, then turned and walked out, Claudia hurriedly holding her briefcase and following the king slightly behind the king.

The door was pushed open by two guards, and Claudia's top ministers appeared in Claudia's eyes, including Duke Vortagen, Duke Thadonbreck, and Bishop Fasien, who Claudia had seen before, as well as Marshal Wendthor described by Kronos in the morning, Duke Zeldig, and Duke Visak, who represented the three major forces of the current Stormwind Kingdom, the nobles, the army, and the church.

They sat on either side of the long table, but the chair closest to the king on the left was empty, and it was the exclusive seat of Archbishop Benedictas, because he had not yet returned from the North County, so Bishop Fasien came to the meeting as his representative, Claudia first handed the king the agenda of the meeting that Cronus had sorted out earlier, and then walked to the adjutant's exclusive seat under the encouraged, curious, or scrutinizing eyes of the ministers, and prepared to begin the work of taking minutes.

King Varian walked to the throne and introduced Claudia to the ministers: "This is my new lieutenant, Major Serberchel, who will be in charge of the minutes of today's meeting. ”

Claudia quickly stood up and bowed to the ministers before sitting down, and the ministers applauded, they had already heard that this girl was worthy of their attention, whether she had the ability to compete with heroes at a young age, or as the king's lieutenant.

The meeting first discussed the internal affairs of many parts of the kingdom, such as the bandits in the western wilderness, the orcs of the Red Ridge Mountains, and the ogres of the Dawn Forest, and then King Varian brought up the request for help that Quel'Thalas had sent to the alliance some time ago.

When the ministers heard that it was Quel'Salas's request, they were visibly dissatisfied.

Duke Shadong Breck said more implicitly: "Your Majesty, Quel'Thalas is no longer a member of the Alliance, and the elves are not trustworthy. ”

The Duke of Vortagen said unceremoniously: "Hmph, those elves now remember us, and the last war I said to Lord Lothar when I went to ask for help was almost broken, and in the end they symbolically sent fifty rangers over, and finally the tribe hit Quel'Thalas and ran to King Tenaris to ask for reinforcements as a member of the Alliance." But the most hateful thing is ---"

"When it was the turn of the elves to pay some food to maintain the shelter after the war ended, what did Anastarian say, it was because of our poor command that caused the forests on the border of Quel'Salas to be burned down and took the lead in tearing up the alliance agreement, I really feel unworthy for the brothers who died in Quel'Thalas."

Hearing this, Varian's face also became gloomy, he was also present at the alliance meeting that year, several kings quarreled, Anastarian took the lead in tearing up the agreement and quitting the alliance with a bad head, and Gilneth and Fort Riptide also tore up the agreement.

Duke Visak also sneered: "It's the same this time, when Lordaeron was destroyed, I didn't see a single soldier from that group of elves, and when Arthas hit the door, I remembered the alliance again, what did they think of the alliance?" I don't want to think about who else can quickly support them if even the kingdom of Lordaeron is destroyed. ”

Marshal Windsor persuaded from another aspect: "Your Majesty, the elven kingdom is too far away from us, even if we can send reinforcements over, I'm afraid it's too late, and our fleet now needs to be used to rescue the refugees in Lordaeron, I think the fate of our human race is more worthy of our worries than the elves." ”

Faced with the unanimous opinion of the ministers, King Varian stopped the subject: "Well, that's the end of the matter, Claudia---。 ”

In the face of the king's roll call, Claudia quickly stood up.

"Remember to send someone to Dalaran to reply later, we are currently going to do our best to rescue the refugees of Lordaeron, and we have no spare strength to support the elves."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Finally the council spoke of Claudia's main concern about the refugees from the North, which had been discussed many times by the King and his ministers these days, and that the Disaster Victims were to be mostly placed in the Western Wilderness and Red Ridge Mountains, except for a small number in the Dawn Forest, and today the King only inquired about the fleet build-up.

Marshal Wendsol stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, at present most of our fleet has been assembled and is fully loaded with food, and we can go north at once as long as you give the order." ”

Varian replied, "There is no hurry, the envoy of the Kingdom of Kul Tiras will arrive this afternoon, and we will discuss the details together." ”

Claudia kept simple notes until the end of the meeting, and she was no stranger to assisting her mentor Tairosus in similar matters.