Chapter 345: The Child
Fate seems to be fond of bad tastes, and shortly after Medivan and Kael'thas talked, a joyful news arrives from the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Varian and his queen had a child.
This news caused a small shock on the entire continent, and also extinguished many humans with strange thoughts**.
However, in any case, this prince born after the war brought a surprise to the world, and many powerful and noble people took the initiative to go to the Stormwind Kingdom to celebrate.
Because Varian had been there once when he was married, Kael'thas could have avoided it, but he went anyway for Karazhan's sake.
He thought to himself that when he was so happy, Varian should be able to speak better.
In this advance, Kael'thas was accompanied by some of Dalaran's mages.
Unfortunately, Kael'thas didn't pay close attention to these people, and he was making the final decisions with Medivan in the carriage.
"Are you sure that if I become stronger, I will be able to change Aurelia's fate?"
For this topic, Madison can only reply like this:
"Of course."
More precisely, Medivan believes that Kael'thas will definitely use other methods to change Aurelia's fate than just studying.
Those methods would have been more useful, and the reason why he dared to tell Kael'thas was precisely because Aurelia had the possibility of changing.
"You just need to be strong as soon as possible."
Medivin eventually tried to persuade Kael'thas from strength, though he wasn't too worried about it.
"You have a good teacher, His Highness Kael'thas who teaches you in a completely different way from other mages, and the spells you master now are fundamentally different from ordinary mages."
"This supports you and makes it impossible for you to enter the Holy Level, so as long as you work hard, it is not difficult to enter the Holy Level."
As the level increases, saint-level mages have deeper requirements for the origin and structure of magic, which is the most difficult level for mages who are accustomed to learning and using it directly.
Kael'thas didn't have that obstacle - he had been learning construction magic since he was a child.
At noon, the team arrived at Stormwind.
The guards at the gates stopped Kael'thas' carriage.
"What's going on?"
Medivan turned into a raven and hid under the seat of the carriage, and Kael'thas stepped out of the carriage and asked.
"I'm sorry, His Highness Kael'thas"
The prefect of the guards, apparently knowing Kael'thas, stepped forward and saluted, then explained:
"Because of the birth of His Royal Highness the Prince, many people from all over the world have come to Stormwind City, and for safety, His Majesty the King has requested that carriages not enter."
Kael'thas turned his head to look, and there were indeed horse-drawn carriages gathered outside the city gates.
[Is it because the carriage is easy to hide criminals?] 】
He thought so, but he didn't make it difficult for him to defend it.
The white chocobo was summoned by him, and then entered Stormwind with the support of some people.
"I've got something in my carriage."
Behind Kael'thas rang out the shouts of several mages from Dalaran.
He didn't look back, but if he looked back at the mages, another history might have changed—because one of those mages was the bane behind Gilneth's curse.
However, the affairs of that human kingdom, even if they do not change, will have little impact on Kael'thas.
His gaze had been drawn to the bustling scene of Stormwind.
The streets here were filled with groups of human civilians with joy on their faces as they walked, and noise could be heard from the shops and taverns.
Compared to a few years ago, Stormwind is already as prosperous as Lordaeron.
But this is normal - the only human capital on the southern continent is Stormwind.
But
Still, Kael'thas spotted some poor people in ragged clothes who looked angrily at the nobles passing by.
"What's going on with those people?"
He asked one of the human soldiers leading the way.
The soldier's originally respectful face instantly stiffened.
"Your Highness Kael'thas, those people are just workers who are not satisfied with the status quo, please don't care."
His eyes swayed, and he replied in a somewhat perfunctory manner.
This attitude caught Kael'thas noticed, and he had a surprise answer: the Brotherhood of Defia.
The so-called Defia Brotherhood is the name of later generations. They are made up of members of the Stormwind Stonemasons' Union, and the migrant workers have launched an armed uprising due to the severe official wage arrears after the rebuilding of Stormwind.
It was supposed to be a good play led by Onexia, and it was the cause of a chain of events that changed Varian and his family.
[I didn't expect Onexia to be gone, they still exist.] 】
Kael'thas picked his mouth a little happily.
He finally knew how to convince Varian that these workers would be his starting point for gaining Karazhan.
In fact, the empty treasury after the rebuilding of Stormwind, coupled with the money to support the orc shelter, it is indeed difficult for Varian to pay the wages of the workers, and if Kael'thas can help him here, then Karazan will naturally have his hands on it.
The only problem here is that Kael'thas doesn't have any money.
The orc shelter also cost him money, and now he had to ask King Anastarian to solve the problem of these workers.
So soon after settling in, Kael'thas called for a circle to be prepared and began contacting Anastarian.
"Is Karazan the castle of the human guardians?"
After hearing Kael'thas speak, Anastarian seemed to know this place for a long time.
"I'm interested."
He said to Kael'thas like this:
"As much as I don't like the created human guardian, he's the most powerful mage in this world."
"I know a little bit about that Karazan, it's very interesting."
Anastarian's gaze then revealed a cold light:
"Kael'thas, you've found a good place, and even if Karazan doesn't have any treasures, it's worth some useless money."
The king of the elves immediately agreed to Kael'thas demand, apparently hiding one thing all along: Quel'Thalas lacked nothing - and even less money.
The elves living in the magical realm rarely need anything from the outside world, and through the thousands of years of trading in Yangfan Harbor, the elven kingdom has taken a lot of money from the human world, and paying a rebuilding salary is as easy as a drop in the bucket.
And the value of Karazan, more than this money.
The brief communication reassured Kael'thas at ease.
He rested for a while, and then in the evening he was invited to a banquet at the court.
Romantic candles, noble ladies with bumpy figures, young knights with easy talk and laughter - it was a very lively banquet.
But Kael'thas didn't like it at all.
He frightened off the accosting people with cold and arrogant eyes, and the elf's posture was vividly displayed in him.
Maybe he has such a talent
This image is so good that even King Varian was a little nervous when he walked over.
"Are you scared?"
Kael'thas chuckled and asked Varian with a hint of banter.
This gave Varian a sigh of relief.
"I was worried that you had changed into a different person."
The young king reluctantly took Kael'thas to the quiet courtyard:
"I guess this is a better place for you."
The fragrant fragrance of flowers permeates the night breeze, and even the boiling heart can calm down.
"It's two worlds from inside."
Kael'thas exclaimed:
"You should have let me out early."
Varian could only smile wryly.
"It's been a busy day, so I didn't have time to entertain you."
He then apologized to Kael'thas for the day's events.
But Kael'thas noticed that he didn't look very good—he looked tired.
[This is not the performance of a festive day!] 】
"Is it the worker's problem that you don't look right?"
After hesitating for a moment, Kael'thas said it directly.
"Well, how do you know?"
Turning back suddenly, the consternation on Varian's face was enough to answer the question.
"I saw it today."
Kael'thas explained as he took two steps forward.
"Varian, can I discuss something with you?"
He turned around and asked with a serious face.
Kael'thas didn't know if it was good or bad to choose this time to say it, but he still seized the time to tell the story.
However, Varian was not tempted by the wages of the workers.
"Your Highness Kael'thas, are you asking for this on behalf of Dalaran or on behalf of the High Elves?"
The human king asks Kael'thas a question.
[Does this question have anything to do with it?] 】
Kael'thas felt that there was something complicated about what was hidden inside, but he didn't choose either.
"I don't represent anyone, it's actually just my personal thoughts."
He replied to Varian.
The answer was exactly what Varian wanted—he didn't want Karazhan to be associated with any power.
"I'll think about it seriously and give you an answer tomorrow."
However, Varian did not directly agree, and led Kael'thas to the opposite side of the courtyard, where a delicate woman was standing with her baby in her arms.
"Your Majesty"
The woman saluted Varian, then turned her gaze to Kael'thas:
"Hello, His Highness Kael'thas "
Kael'thas recognized the woman as Varian's queen.
The human couple looked very close and natural in their eyes, completely different from the strange and indifferent when they got married.
After a few years of getting along, the political marriage seems to have bred good results.
"This is my child, and his name is Anduin. Ureon. ”
Varian carefully took the child from his wife's hand and carried it to Kael'thas.
Anduin Lothar - the leader of the dead League, apparently the child's name was in honor of Lothar.
"Can you give him a blessing?"
Varian asked.
Kael'thas looked at the child in his arms and chuckled softly.
"Of course."
He agreed, and recited a few words of blessing to the child in Salas.
Unbeknownst to Kael'thas, it was at this moment that Varian decided to hand over Karazan to him.
(To be continued)