Chapter 21: Running Away from Home
Once again, the alliance was held here, and my father was followed by a lot of state affairs, of course, more than before, so it was inevitable that my sister's behavior would make him angry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But even if it's not, the way he's busy with politics all day makes me feel terrible, because I don't want my life to be like this. For now, this kind of future is not what I am worried about, and what really makes me feel that the situation is serious is the issue of my sister's marriage. Because I really know who my future brother-in-law is.
The thought that my brother-in-law was Deathwing made me feel a tremor in my heart. This feeling is definitely worse than my sister who is disgusted with arranged marriages. But for now, it is inevitable that things will develop.
When it comes to reality, it is indeed tricky, because when the kings are deliberating who should lead Alterac, everyone is elected as the new king through this nouveau riche for the first time, although he is said to be young and handsome, and even charms his sister, who originally rebelled against his marriage.
However, no matter how perfect it is, there are always doubtful voices, such as the Dalaran mage Modra who attended this meeting, and the two Kenrito Councillors of Derlandon are cautious about allowing this nouveau riche to ascend the throne, although their caution is rewarded by being ignored by everyone. But more or less represents the opposition. This means that the mage is definitely more useful than his father imagined.
But it still has no practical significance, they can't stop him at all, either in terms of ability or situation.
Originally, my father wanted me to attend such a meeting, but I sternly refused. Although my father was a little unhappy with my decision, I knew that my persistence was necessary. As long as my father does not kill me, I will never be able to attend this meeting, because I know that if this hidden black dragon discovers my thoughts and fluctuations, I guarantee that I will never see the sun tomorrow.
To be careful, I didn't even have the guts to peek at him, though my sister and I wanted to see what Deathwing's human form looked like.....
And I was very worried about being summoned by my father to meet the 'brother-in-law' at any time, so I took advantage of their meeting to invite three of my fellow councilors to flee to the archbishop, and it was the only place in the whole of Lordaeron that I felt a little reassured, and I did not even dare to mention it to anyone about our trip, and hurried on my way.
In this way, I swore on the road for a long time, even if I was far away from my own royal city, I didn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief.
I confess that I was really afraid of the black dragon, because Tulayan has a famous quote that confirms his terribleness.
"I'd rather fight the entire tribe alone than face this black dragon. I shook my head at the thought of this, for I didn't even dare to think of him for the sake of caution.
Since I don't know if this black beast is holding his false eye somewhere, just in case, I still don't think about him, such as changing the subject with my companions.
That's when I started to pay attention to the things around me. And at this time, I realized that I was not the only one who was silent.
"Let's open it, it's nothing. ”
Sasarian said. And his non-directional question and answer is very reminiscent
"Me?" I asked, asking, at Thassarian.
But when I asked, everyone was silent again.
I thought he was asking me, but I felt that their eyes were wrong, as they motioned for me to look at Faric beside me.
At this time, I realized that he was in a low mood, and the reason was understood to be that I gave the horse to Luo Ning that day.
"It's not just a horse, it's a big deal that I'll give you my pony 'invincible'. "I knew he would never want it, so I persuaded him to do so.
But when I spoke, the result was just a glance at everyone, and then they continued with their original actions.
I'm only now realizing that I'm definitely not the only one who doesn't want to talk and has something on my mind along the way. Especially Thassarian, if he was silent all the way on such an occasion, it was definitely which mage turned him into a mute.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked, turning to the group. It's hard for me to believe that they are hiding anything from me, and if there is a reason, it is definitely because of who I am. "I've always been a brother to you, haven't I?" I did to him what I had always acquiesced in, and I never thought that between us, we couldn't put on a special identity, except for that encounter with the orcs, of course.
Melwin and Thassarian looked at me again and spoke.
"That's because of your sister, she's going to marry Lord Presto........" Melwin and the others glanced at Falik again, and it was clear that they were both sad, but they cared more about their friends than they did about themselves.
I'm just thinking about the emotions of these friends of mine now.
There were many times when my sister was adored by them, but when it came to charm or something, it was clear that Falik had gradually acquiesced to them, and in terms of age, he was the only one who could match her.
If he were a nobleman, I believe they would be as natural together as Gianna and I were, but unfortunately he wasn't. And the father is still privately judging that he will be the future messenger of light. It may be because he noticed that he and Uther are very similar, and perhaps it also includes the similarity of experience.....
But I understand that this title is not for nobles, and it can't be exchanged for a princess.
Even in turbulent and troubled times, there is still a qualitative difference between nobles and commoners. If a civilian wants to ascend, it's quite difficult... It is quite difficult, such as Khadgar, Tulayan, etc., even if they have made great achievements, they have not been rewarded by a city. If it weren't for Berton setting aside an inch of land in his own right, I believe the Watchtower would have had to be negotiated by several kings before it could be built. Another proof of this is the problem of the king of Alterac, even if the declining nobleman did not contribute to the alliance, he was still able to inherit this huge inheritance.
"There's no way around it....." Falik replied firmly, but I could feel the pain and helplessness in his heart: "We are civilians. Then he sighed.
"But you're a commoner with a prince's friend.," I reassured him. Maybe I should tell him that Presto won't be around for long, but forget it, I can't mention him right now.
But as I continued to think about it, Thassarian once regained his essence. He said to me happily
"That's right, and the prince friend decided to give you his BMW as compensation. Isn't that enough?" said Thassarian looking at me with a smile, as if he knew that my words of persuasion were merely words.
"That's right....." I looked at Thassarian angrily, and the boy wanted to make a fool of me, he knew how much I valued the horse....but he still used it to test our friendship. "If you don't get the love of your life, at least I can compensate you somewhat. I replied calmly, glaring at the mischievous companion. Of course, it was only before Falik's eyes looked at me that I withdrew such a fierce look.
Although he wanted me to bleed, I had no reason to pity this property in the face of friendship.
"Are you really going to give me 'Invincible'?" Falick is back to his old form, and maybe getting a good war horse is also a good gift for him.
"Unless, of course, you have a more suitable ....." In my heart, I was expecting Luo Ning to return the war horse I gave him intact. In this way, my 'invincible' can still stay by my side, but I still know that the person who can't even take care of himself is keeping his mount, which is too unrealistic.
But even if I do lose it, then I hope everyone will continue to be as happy as I did with Thassarian, even though I am angry with him, but I still like him to adjust the atmosphere, but I really want to make this guy the object of our ridicule one day.
So we arrived at the Archbishop's Church, and although I was uninvited, I was greeted by Archbishop Alonso.
"Perhaps, you should have told me in advance that you were coming. The archbishop smiled at us, obviously we would be welcomed by him at any time.
"You said I needed to continue my studies......" I remembered the letter he had sent to my father, and I whispered to the archbishop, and glanced at my friends. "Of course my friends are not far behind....they also want to study with me," I glanced at them, and they nodded to me in agreement, perhaps they did not want to leave the royal city at this time. I just dragged it in.
But such a trick of mine could not hide from the eyes of the old archbishop, he said to me with a smile.
"Are you in trouble? ”
"No..... no," I replied hesitantly, perhaps hesitantly because I was worried about it, but it made anyone look like I was lying. "I just want to come here and become a paladin as soon as possible. I then looked at my companions and hoped they would cooperate with me. But this time they hesitated.
"Yes..... yes, yes" Just as he and the others wanted to cooperate with me, the archbishop was staring at them as well, and then they changed their minds. "We really don't know what he's up to, we really don't know ......"
Perhaps, they are right, although they don't know what I'm here for, but as for whether I'm here or not, they really don't know, but the way they talk in such a way is no different from betraying me.
"You can verify the truth of my words with the Holy Light...."
That's all I can say, because that's the only thing that confirms the truth of what I'm saying. But this was ridiculed by the archbishop.
"Don't argue, kid, I think you really want to practice here for a while. "I'm quite satisfied with that. "But I will tell your father, that you are with me. I believe you ran away from home, so I didn't tell anyone about it.
............. "I can only make a 'sweaty' gesture, which can neither be denied nor admitted. But what's the difference?
"Then welcome to you, my apprentice paladins. ”
Maybe my father didn't care about me running away from home. Because he thought that my stay with the archbishop was no different from staying at home to practice and study. And here, too, I completely lost my aristocratic status, and like Falik and others, I did the same work as ordinary people, such as cleaning, cleaning the stables, and some simple farm work.
In fact, life here is not only like this, sometimes there are other tasks, such as helping some sick and orphaned. Or help the gnomes destroy kobolds who's as tall as my knees, and so on, a healing or fighting mission. Here I experienced the life of a commoner, perhaps more pleasant to me than the life of a nobleman, especially when I thought that my father was busy with politics all day.
So to me it's like heaven. Of course, it would be even more perfect if Gianna could be here.
Perhaps Falick is in a similar mood. He's forgotten some of his unhappiness here, and of course it would be better if he could forget about my 'invincibility'. Especially when his abilities and performances have been fully recognized by the archbishop, this fellow paladin will always smile knowingly. Or as my father thought, he would soon become a second messenger of light.
Maybe it was a wise choice to come here with them. And if my father asks me why I ran away from home, I can take my distraction as an excuse to run away from home. But when another news came, I knew my father would be so happy that he would forget to accuse me.
Ronin and Winlessa led the local dwarves to save the Red Dragon Queen, and the news spread throughout the Alliance. And they were invited by my father, the king, to come to the royal city soon. And I also know that the black dragon has also disappeared, so I can go home boldly with confidence.
So it was at this time that I took my leave to the archbishop
"Arthas, don't you continue your pastoral life?" the old man made some reservations for me, for he had not received any offer from my father to let me go home, and besides, the cheap odd jobs he had done here for a few of us were still very satisfying to the owner of the farm.
"Of course not, I have two friends at home. "I was like an arrow, but I accidentally told the reason, but there didn't seem to be anything wrong with that.
"What? do you know that Ronin and that Elven Ranger?" the archbishop easily figured out who my friends would be, the two legends who saved the Red Dragon. However, that doesn't mean he really believes I know those two people.
"Of course....." I looked at my partner again, and I wanted them to cooperate with me, for example, by telling him that I knew Winlessa.
They should remember the elven ranger who was about the same age as us in Quel'Thalas, but they didn't seem to remember the name for a while, perhaps because the person named Winlessa wasn't just one person.
"We ......," they replied in a hesitant manner, and this gesture seemed to anyone wondering if they were going to cooperate with me.
"We do know a man named Winlessa. But I can assure you, we definitely don't know Ronin. Thassarian's mind spun quicker, and he thought of the beautiful elf, but he had accidentally said that Winlesa was a human, and he had said a lot of nonsense behind it. Because I just want his first sentence.
"You know that elf, but you don't know the human, you seem to be doing the opposite, child....." The archbishop stared at Thassarian as if accusing him of lying. "It looks like you still have a long way to go to become a paladin. ”
Thassarian even had the urge to burst into tears when he heard the archbishop say of himself, but it was the scene I wanted to see the most.
Although the archbishop does not want us to leave now, there is no reason or motivation for him to want to leave us. We were still on our way home very quickly.
It's just different from when I came. Only one person felt the loss this time. It's definitely his mouthy that has finally been retributed. I'm glad to see him like that. It's not that I'm gloating, because I know that someone as cheerful as him probably doesn't need any comfort at all. And I really don't want him to get back to normal so soon.....
It was a delightful journey for Thassarian to be our laughing stock.
On the way, I was also meditating on something.
The archbishop's accusations against Thassarian are debatable, but he is quite right, for example, we still have a long way to go.