Volume III Kuroshio 34 The Conspirators

- Hope the king's mood is as good as today's weather, Lieutenant Samuelson. Is it as I say?

-Samuelson:......

- Hopefully, the king did not give any criticism of the story I told.

-Samuelson:......

-A few days ago, the kingdom was happy with your son, and that little guy really looked like him, especially the eyes and the bridge of his nose. Ha...... The king also said that when he grew up, I would teach him swordsmanship. Part of Varian's swordsmanship was taught to him.

-Samuelson:......

- Can you tell me...... What is the king's attitude towards me now?

-Samuelson:......

- Is there a little ...... Concerns...... Belch?

-Samuelson:......

-Or...... Belch...... At least not a disappointment.

-Samuelson:......

- Who said this, I suddenly can't remember his name. Hum...... Don't guess the king's thoughts, but if you really can't guess his thoughts, don't mess around him.

-Samuelson:......

- But I have never understood the question, why does the king hate to be understood by others?

-Samuelson:......

- Ha, you can please him, don't you guess what he thinks? Or maybe you're pandering to something silent...... The fart is just right, just like the comfort of a brush brushing your back.

- It's your job, Lieutenant.

-Samuelson:......

- I'm not good at sarcasm, I'm good at stating facts.

-Samuelson:......

-Well?

- My God, Lord Lieutenant. How dare I lie to the king, and besides, is it necessary for me to lie to him? Even the country of Alterac is gone, even if it is a big thing, the country does not exist, do I care who I offend?

-Samuelson:......

- I'm not quibbling, and I don't need you to tell me how many more lies I will tell in order to make up for the lie, I am telling the truth, you ask a hundred times, tomorrow, the year after next you ask again with this answer.

-Samuelson:......

- That's my own business, and it's not up to me to decide whether to bully or not. You don't have to threaten me, your threats are of little use to me, just get started, you're not here today to put this kind of salty fart, right?

-Samuelson:......

-What?

-Samuelson:......

- "Bottom thin? "That's the word you mean? What is the bottom line?

-Samuelson:......

- Varian has known me since I was eight years old, and he's known me for almost twenty years, my bottom line? Are you asking me?

-Samuelson:......

-He even knows where I have a scar on my buttocks, and now ask me what the bottom is?

-Ha!

-Samuelson:......

-You don't scare me with MI7, I almost forgot all the stupid things that stupid X's did before the fall of Stormwind, and I would have forgotten if you hadn't mentioned him.

-Samuelson:......

- Hmph, I'm really worried about telling you about this, tsk, I can't tell you about this. I have nothing to say to you other than to tell the king directly.

- Or just change the subject.

-Samuelson:......

-How? Out of words? Goodbye then, Lieutenant, I don't waste time here if I want my little cellmate to give me a massage on my waist.

-Samuelson:......

-Hoarse...... Are you angry at me? I didn't expect to see you for two days. How?

-Samuelson:......

-Pander to? What?

-Samuelson:......

- Van Cleef? What happened to Van Cleef?

-Samuelson:......

-Damn it...... Ha, what am I pretending to be stupid?

- You ask me what's wrong with Van Cleef, how do I know what's wrong with Van Cleve? What happened to me with Van Cleef, what can I do? What do you want to say?

-Samuelson:......

- Ha, lieutenant, you guy...... Gee.

-Samuelson:......

- Go and speak, tell the king, I refuse to give an account of what I have to do with Van Cleef, go ahead.

-Samuelson:......

- What does it have to do with you whether I know Van Cleef well or not, I don't want to tell you about it.

-Samuelson:......

- Whatever, it has nothing to do with me. It doesn't matter to me even if you wipe out all the Masonry Brotherhood, that's an internal problem in your kingdom, I'm just a self-inflicted Alterac.

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- I think something big might happen, Reggie.

- Where have you been these days?

-Reggie:......

- Does the king know that you have come to see me? Or did you already know?

-Reggie:......

- This Varian...... Tut...... Hum!

-Reggie:......

-I don't know if I learned anything else, but he remembered the matter of intelligence reconnaissance.

-Reggie:......

- I have a ghost in my cell, you are being followed, it is very likely that someone from MI7, MI7 is now circulating information everywhere. Do you understand?

-Reggie:......

- I don't know who the inner ghost is for the time being, but it is unknown whether this person was installed by the king or MI7, and if it is MI7, it is directly responsible for Varian or someone else.

-Reggie:......

- I'm just speculating that Samuelson came to me that day, but in his words I could feel that he had mastered some of what I said, and that after I provoked him, he went so far as to threaten me with MI7. I don't know if he deliberately put the smoke bomb, but you have to be careful.

-Reggie:......

- One more thing, I didn't expect the Masonry Brotherhood to be much bigger than I used to know, and this organization ...... You may not be able to control it.

-Reggie:......

-I admit that you Stormriders are strong, and I admit that our Stormstorm Lion Infantry Regiment is fierce, but you are not as numerous as them, and ...... People are in the shadows.

-Reggie:......

-I don't want conflict, it's not good for anyone, and I'm getting more and more worried now, I have a hunch that if you don't make a good deal about it, someone will manipulate it.

-Reggie:......

- Hmph, but to borrow your auspicious words, my hunch is basically right.

-Reggie:......

- No, no, no, don't be in a hurry to tell the king that I just have a hunch, not that there is already definite evidence, although my hunch is always quite accurate, right?

- The number of the masonry brotherhood is not thirty thousand, it is fifty thousand, or even more.

-Reggie:......

- Listen to me first, the current masonry brotherhood is not just a masonry union, but a huge group linked by a masonry union.

- Can you understand? From all walks of life!

-Reggie:......

- No, I feel...... They should not be black gangs yet, they are different from the underground gangs, this organization is still a relatively formal, legal, and non-governmental organization that still cooperates with the government for the time being.

- But this union has now been provoked. You know what I'm talking about. They're angry right now, and the anger is building, but what I'm really worried about is that the anger of the workers is going to be exploited by some people.

-Reggie:......

- At the moment I know this.

-Reggie:......

-Ha...... Bravado? Don't you find this information I have provided to you valuable? Call me a bluff, you guy!

-Reggie:......

- I bragged to the inmates that day about the recent events in the country, but there was a member of the Masonry Brotherhood, a former member, in the cell. He told me something that I told you, and in their mouths...... I can feel something...... No, it's two things.

- One is that there are many people who are dissatisfied with the current king, and they are first of all dissatisfied with the returning nobles, because the tax has been increased, do you know about the tax increase?

-Reggie:......

- How much money did the nobles give?

-Reggie:......

- Now it's all on the peasants' heads...... Well...... Now this matter has aroused public resentment. My brother...... Now the reconstruction seems to be dispelling the king's expectations in the hearts of the people.

- The second ...... They are not dissatisfied with the current country, right...... It is...... Belch...... Identity, yes, identity. Their sense of identity with the country is generally low.

-Reggie:......

- After all, the king abandoned them.

-Reggie:......

-Regardless of whether they retreat strategically or not, it is the king's job to take precautions against foreign enemies, and if you don't do it well, the people will not sing praises to you because you died in battle, but more people will stand up and say that you are incompetent.

- Not to mention...... I've heard from the city administration that Stormwind was captured and killed three-fifths of the city's population, not counting those who escaped and died outside.

-If you are a commoner, your whole family is slaughtered, you are the only one, the king is dead, the nobles run away, and they are struggling to survive, but suddenly they find that a new king is coming, and not only the new king is coming, but the taxes are higher. What would you think?

-Hum...... So thirdly, they are no longer dissatisfied with the king's policies, and now the people are gathering grievances, especially large organizations like the Masonry Brotherhood, all of which are civilians at the bottom of society, they have no weapons and armor, but these people are the foundation of the country.

- Our battle is not over, my brother, we just start by facing the orcs...... People.

-Reggie:......

- So I'm not just worried about the loss of people's hearts, but also if ...... I say if, once it is ...... by some people Whether it is some aristocracy or a foreigner who takes advantage of it, it is not impossible to disintegrate the country.

-Reggie:......

- Foreigners, don't you know yet? Tut...... You marshal......

-There are a large number of foreigners in the Brotherhood, Lordaeron's, Gilneth's, who originally fled from Alterac, and even some dwarves and elves, and the Kultilas now have a relationship with us, and we can only say that we all know each other, and after the death of their commander, the country is still in chaos, and they may not have any thoughts about us for the time being, but it is not impossible for the Stormgards, especially Galin, to follow the old path of King Fadil again.

-Reggie:......

- Fadil Soladin.

- This is not a conjecture, my brother.

- The Stormgards came to talk about the military alliance to drag us into the water, right? We don't know very well whether their country was stable or not after he killed his father, whether there were nobles who opposed him, and whether his throne was stable or not, do you know? I don't know, anyway. I really didn't think about it before that.

-Garin Tolbain after he killed his father Soras, what do you think of Lordaeron's attitude!

-Reggie:......

- I heard that the Lordaeron side immediately found the Turkish Emperor Grand Duke Alex Barov.

-Reggie:......

- How close the land of the Barov family is to Stormgard! Have you forgotten?

-Reggie:......

-I'm not a conspirator, but we can only think in bad directions.

- You can't think that King Terenas heard that Garin Torbain had killed his father Soras, and then met with Grand Duke Barov for afternoon tea and sent his best wishes to His Majesty Garin as the new king!

-And then what? What did Garin do?

-Reggie:......

- I don't know what I did.

-Reggie:......

- But whatever he did or didn't do, assuming that Stormgard was stable at home, what if it wasn't? He'll have to leave a way out for himself, and what if he's unstable? Where can he go?

-Reggie:......

- What I said is already very clear, now that the new king of our Stormwind Kingdom has ascended the throne, there are all kinds of waste waiting to be rebuilt, not only the economy is not good, but the regime is unstable.

-Tut...... Speaking of which...... Who else did the envoys come into contact with when they came to Stormwind other than the king?

-Reggie:......

-I know it's a bit inappropriate for you to ask, but if it's true, then I'm right.

-Reggie:......

- This means that they need to know the current situation in our country, and what if their kingdom is divided?

-Reggie:......

- One side of politics is that the sun does not shine.

-But it doesn't matter if the sun shines or it doesn't...... It's all stained with blood.