At the end of December of the 21st year of the Dark Gate calendar, two new members of the Ureon royal family of the Stormwind Kingdom were added, and Queen Claudia, who was pregnant for nearly ten months, gave birth to a little prince and a little princess, because the little prince was born ten minutes first, so the little prince and the little princess are brother and sister.

The names of the sons and daughters were chosen before they were born, and the boy's name was Barathan.

The reason for the name Barathen, first, is to commemorate Varian's heroic grandfather, King "The Rock" Barathen, who destroyed the Red Ridge Mountain Gnoll Kingdom that seriously threatened the safety of the Stormwind Kingdom in one fell swoop, so that the Gnolls no longer pose a threat to humans, and secondly, because this name also has a special place in the history of Lordaeron, in the legend of Lordaeron, it was the "Wise King" King Barason Lordain who was the first to submit to the Church of Light and declared the Church of Light as the state religion.

Therefore, the name contains Varian's expectations for his son and the memory of his ancestors, and hopes that this name will make the people of Lordaeron and the Northern Church of Light feel affectionate and recognized for his son.

Claudia's daughter's name is Angela. (Note 1)

But unlike the son, although the boy's name generally honors and honors the deceased elder, the girl's name usually does not have so many special meanings, Angela's name was casually proposed by Partris, but Claudia and Varian also thought the name was quite pleasant, and finally decided on it.

January 1, 22nd year of the Dark Gate calendar, the first day of the new year.

Partres carefully put Barathan into the arms of the maid beside her, and then picked up Angela from the crib, the little baby girl gave her a sweet smile, and Paltris suddenly said excitedly: "Sister, look at you, Angela is smiling at me." ”

"Don't bother me, little sister, until the two of them want to feed." Claudia, who was napping with a pillow, replied with her eyes closed.

Paltris first kissed Angela, and then asked curiously, "Sister, why are you so sleepy?" ”

"Little sister, these two babies are completely two alarm clocks that ring every hour at night, and one rings and the other rings with the other," Claudia complained frantically, "Little Barathan is okay, he gulps milk, he eats and sleeps when he is full, he is very good and doesn't cry when he is fine, little Angela is completely sent by the Holy Light to bully me." ”

"Sister, can you still be bullied by her?" Paltris burst out laughing, "Why, she's so small and cute." ”

Claudia opened her eyes and glanced at Angela with resentment, sighed and said: "It's just because she's my daughter that I can bully me, speaking of which she is cute, she punches and kicks me every day when she is in the stomach, and she likes to cry when she is born and she has nothing to say, and she has to be held by an adult to fall asleep, otherwise she will cry as soon as she puts it down, these are just fine, the key is that she always likes to take it slowly when she feeds, and she cries when she pulls it out, and most of the reasons why I can't sleep well at night are on her, Now it seems that the son is better than the daughter. ”

After listening to Claudia's words, Partris, who was teasing Angela, took the initiative to propose: "Sister, anyway, Your Majesty will sleep in a separate room with you during this time, why don't I take a few days off and go into the palace to accompany you for a few days?" ”

Claudia hesitated for a while, shook her head and refused: "No need, you won't be able to sleep well at night, and besides, you can't feed the child, I can let the maid do everything else." ”

"Sister, I also want to learn how to take care of children, and then by the way, I will talk to you and chat or something, since you got married, the two of us have not been alone at night."

"Alright then," Claudia agreed after a moment's thought, "but don't ask for too much leave, the task on the church side comes first." ”

"Hmm." Paltris nodded, and she slowly put Angela back into the crib when she was tired of her, but as soon as she kept getting up, little Angela, who was smiling very happily just now, immediately sniffed and cried......

This crying was only the beginning, and that night Partris understood what it was like to have a child, and why Claudia had to sleep in a separate room with Varian for a year, after all, the queen could make up for sleep during the day the next day, but the king could not.

In addition, during the few nights she lived with Claudia, Paltris encountered many scenes that made the innocent Paltris's face blush and her heart beat, but for the sake of harmony, it was omitted for the time being.

A month later.

Claudia has learned the magical skill of feeding the child while sleeping, coupled with the increase in the experience of the maid and the enlargement of the child's stomach pouch, Claudia can finally sleep well, which allows her to have time to do other things during the day, such as reading books and practicing martial arts, meeting foreign guests, going to afternoon tea with Varian, etc., although no matter what you do, it can't take more than an hour and a half, but it's much better than last month.

At this moment, Claudia is receiving a belated acquaintance, Shirley Morningstar, who has just returned from Quel'Salas.

Claudia wondered, "Why did you go back to Stormwind from Quel'Thalas?" I remember you elves have gotten rid of their addictions, aren't they? ”

"The fruit of Akandol has indeed freed us from the addiction," Shirley nodded, "but the fruit is not only the one that frees us from the addiction, but if we want to get more, we have to exchange it for contributions, and a flawed mage like me is not valued at all in Quel'Thalas, but the arcane energy of the Stormwind Mage Tower has my share, and it is better to come here and suck if you can't eat the fruit in Quel'Thalas." ”

"All right, Shirley," Claudia laughed, and then asked about her concern, "Do you have any news on your mentor?" ”

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen Mentor Crassus for a year," Shirley said a little lonely, "but there is still news, I went to see Senior Brother Ronin and Master Wenlesa when I went south this time, Master Wenlesa also just became a mother and also gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, when I went, Master Wenlesa complained to Mentor Crassus, saying that she was about to give birth to a mentor and dragged Senior Brother Ronin to carry out the mission, and it was not until the day that Master Wenlesa gave birth that Senior Brother Ronin was released, But when I went to ask Senior Brother Luo Ning what mission he and his mentor were on, he actually lied to me and said that he had gone back to 10,000 years ago ....... ”

"Back in time?" Claudia wondered, she always felt that this ability was inseparable from Almansour or Nozdom: "It's very difficult. ”

"It's not just difficult, even Medivan can't do this kind of thing when I go back to the past, Senior Brother Luo Ning must be lying to my ......." Shirley dissatisfied.

One night in February of the 22nd year of the Dark Gate calendar, the royal palace of Stormwind City.

Claudia is in the same room as Varian, but in addition to the two of them, there is also a High Elf girl with rare black hair and green eyes (Note 2), who is kneeling on one knee in front of Varian and Claudia and stroking her breasts.

Varian introduced: "Claudia, this is Visel Denev, MI7's index finger assassin, one of Matthias's most proud men, and she will be in charge of your next escort with Barathan and Angela. ”

Claudia held out her hand to the female assassin: "Nice to meet you, Fursel. ”

Fursser's voice was very pleasant: "It is an honor to serve you and your two Highnesses, Your Majesty. ”

After Fursser's up, Claudia commanded, "I'm not afraid of assassination, you and Anne can protect Barason and Angela together." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Verchsel replied.

After Fursser's retreat, Varian and Claudia were the only ones left in the room, and Varian smiled and extended an invitation to Claudia:

"Claudia, shall we go to the bath?"

"Well," Claudia agreed, blushing, "but you'll have to wait for me a little bit, and I'll have to feed the children first, so we can have plenty of time." ”

"It's got to be enough time," Varian smirked, "you're so flexible, we'll be able to experience a few more interesting poses in a moment." ”

"As you wish, Varian," Claudia said softly, "I'm yours"

……

April 22 of the Dark Gate, Anhador, Western Plaguelands.

After nearly half a year of arduous fighting, the Alliance forces have recovered most of the fallen territories of the Western Plaguelands, and at this moment they are besieging the main force of the Scourge Army in the ruins of Anhador.

Amid the earth-shattering shouts of slaughter, groups of paladins, death knights, and warriors overcame one defense line after another under the cover of priests, dark rangers, mages, shadow priests, and other professions, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time before the entire Anhador was recovered.

"We're going to be overwhelmed, Lord Kel'thugad." The lich Arakir said after glancing at Mograine, the Ashbringer in the distance, and Tirio, who was holding the golden hammer.

Kel'thugad held his jaw with his white jade-like bone fingers, and said disapprerovingly: "It doesn't matter, anyway, our goal has been achieved, and these middle and low-level undead have bought us enough precious time." ”

Less Frost asked tentatively, "My lord, do you mean that we are evacuating now?" ”

"Yes, we'll leave on Naxxramas," Kel'thugad confirmed Les's guess, and after Kelthugad's voice fell, all the necromancers around him, including the lich Les Frost, were relieved, but Kelthugad continued: "But we only give up on Anhador, Les, you and Gardin will have to hold on to Keldaron and the underground fortress there for a few more days to hold on to enough enemies." ”

"What's the point, sir?" Les was puzzled.

Kel'thugad turned his head to look at Les, and explained to his henchmen: "The betrayal of the Death Knight has caused us heavy losses, although we have enough strong and strong enough ranged power, but we lack the melee strength to fight against the Paladins and Death Knights, so we are very passive in this fight. ”

"That's right, my lord, the Stitch Monster alone can't stop the Paladins and Death Knights." Arakir agreed.

"If you want to transform and train Death Knights in large numbers, you first need a large number of professional corpses," Kel'thugad said in a shadowy survey, "But fortunately, the Hand of Tyr has recently brought a lot of paladins and priests, but the strength of the Hand of Tyr is extremely weak, as long as we take the Hand of Tyr, we can obtain enough professional corpses to transform the Death Knight, plus Stratholme's Rivendell subordinates, we can confront the Alliance head-on in the Eastern Plaguelands, so we need to delay the smooth progress of the plan." ”

"I see, my lord, I'll do the job perfectly." Les replied respectfully.

"Do it well," Kel'thugad nodded approvingly, "when Your Majesty wakes up from your slumber, I will truthfully report your merits, and you will receive the supreme reward from Your Majesty!" ”

Les was overjoyed and said, "Thank you! ”