But every night when she returns from church to her lodgings, Tiffany is too scared to sleep - she's just a weak girl who was lucky enough to leave the horrible orcs before they reached Stormwind, but had to be stranded in the strange place of Moonstream, away from her parents and other loved ones.

Tiffany was worried that she would never see her parents again, but Malone's arrival gave her a glimmer of hope.

After the battle between the soldiers and orcs of Mooncreek was over, hundreds of wounded soldiers were carried to the church; Tiffany worked in the church for several hours, and with the help of some peasant women who had volunteered to help, she was able to manage the injuries of the soldiers.

Tiffany knew that Moonstream had paid a heavy price in this battle, but she could no longer see the confusion on the faces of those soldiers.

From the wounded soldiers, Tiffany heard the name of her fiancé - all the soldiers were excited about Marlon Lothar's arrival, believing that under the leadership of the young Sir Lothar, the murderous orcs would one day be driven out of their land.

Tiffany was happy for her fiancé - she knew that not all young nobles could be loved by civilians and soldiers; But at the same time, a little worry was born in the girl's heart.

At this moment, after talking to Malone for a while, Tiffany finally asked the question she was most concerned about.

"Of course, we'll be back in Stormwind. Believe me, that day is not far off. ”

Marlon had eaten and drunk enough, and he wiped his oily hands and mouth with a napkin in the basket, and then answered Tiffany's question.

"But, but...... Marlon, are you in danger? Today's battle, many people ...... They're all dead......"

Tiffany looked at her fiancé worriedly—she knew Malone wasn't hurt today, but she also knew that there was no one who was always lucky on the battlefield; The orcs were known by word of mouth from the sick and wounded and refugees from Stormwind, and despite wanting to return to Stormwind, Tiffany didn't want to see her fiancé in a fight with the orcs.

"yes, a lot of people died......"

Malone nodded sadly and remained silent.

Mooncreek wasn't quiet tonight—even though it was dark now, Malone could still faintly hear the cries echoing through the town.

Not so long ago, hundreds of families lost their husbands, fathers or sons forever, and hundreds of valiant soldiers never returned home, to their loved ones - they died in battle, paying with their lives to keep their loved ones safe.

Marlon had wondered since the end of the battle if there was any way to effectively avoid more casualties - bringing the survivors of Moonstream back to Nightshade was not the end of his mission - and there were still thousands of captives waiting to be rescued in Stormwind.

Although the orcs hadn't killed the captives in the past few months, things were no longer the case - the orcs were starting to look for food in the Wild West, indicating that Stormwind was running out of supplies - and once the supplies were emptied, it meant less for the orcs to survive.

What's more, sooner or later, the orcs will find a large number of their compatriots dead in the western wilderness - Marlon can't guarantee that after seeing the corpses of the hundreds of orcs, the orcs who remained in Stormwind will not vent their anger on the heads of the captives.

Marlon wanted to rescue the captives in Stormwind, but he knew that neither Mooncreek nor Nightlight could afford to suffer greater casualties.

Marlon is not his "uncle" Anduin Lothar, and he can't face death with the ruthlessness of iron and blood; If you don't want more human soldiers to die, but also rescue those captives trapped in Stormwind...... Ma Long began to think about whether he could do more than he imagined in this task.

"Malone! Malone? What are you thinking? ”

Tiffany's voice pulled Malone back from his thoughts, and he saw the girl's face with a slightly tasteful expression.

"Marlon, you...... Are you thinking about her again? ”

Tiffany asked reluctantly—she didn't want to mention the name, but both herself and Marlon knew she was referring to Althea in Nighttown.

"No...... Tiffany, I'm a soldier and a soldier...... I don't think about this kind of childlike thing all the time......"

Malone denied Tiffany's speculation, and said helplessly—it seemed that in Tiffany's eyes, all she did every day was to eat, sleep, and think about Althea.

"Oh, oh...... That's right...... Sorry, sorry...... It's me who is cranky...... Oh yes! This, the wine that Sir Elgardine gave us! Do you want to come some? ”

Hearing Marlon's words, Tiffany immediately blushed - she also knew that she shouldn't honestly mention Althea in front of Marlon, but she couldn't help but think about these things......

In a panic, Tiffany explained, grabbed a tin kettle on the table with her hand, and then said to Marlon with an idea.

"Drinking?"

When it comes to wine, Malone thinks of the astringent taste he had drunk in Nighttown—he didn't expect much from the wine of this world—neither on Earth nor here, he had grown enough "taste buds" to appreciate wine.

"Yes, yes! Hee-hee...... I remember when we were younger, we used to drink from my father's cellar! ”

Tiffany stood up and poured the wine from the tin pot into the wooden cup in front of Malone, and reminisced about her mischievous past with Malone's childhood—memories were perhaps the only thing that could connect her to her fiancé now.

"It's not wine, but you can still taste it......"

Malone picked up the glass in front of him, looked at it and said-the wine in the glass was yellow and clear, and it looked like it should be beer brewed from wheat.

"yes...... Marlon: Don't you like to drink wine? Well, I got it! ”

Tiffany put down the kettle in her hand and said earnestly - she felt that she knew more about Malone - although Tiffany's new understanding of Malone tonight was not enough to offset the gap between the two of them in the past, Tiffany believed that the future would get better and better.

Just like a fine wine, the more it is stored, the more mellow it will become - Tiffany believes that the ten years between her childhood sweetheart and Malone will never lose to him and Miss Althea for a few months!