Sarlayan had already guessed that Varian was behind Bolvar's banquet invitation, and was not surprised when he saw the king traveling in casual clothes.
However, despite all the acting, Sarlayan still pretended to be surprised on the surface.
"Your Majesty Varian? Why are you here?"
Varian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's a long story...Bovar, you go back to the venue to stabilize the situation, and don't let those nobles find anything unusual."
"As commanded."
When Sarlayan was changing his clothes, Bolvar finally noticed that his armor had a funny shape, and hurriedly called for servants to help him take off his armor and change into a new set of clothes.
As the protagonists of the banquet, Sarlayan and Bolvar left the hall one after another, and Countess Presto also disappeared without a trace. If no one went to the front to explain, those nobles with very keen political sense would soon find something was wrong.
After Bolvar left quickly, Varian politely motioned for Sarlayan to sit down and talk in detail.
In addition to Varian himself, Sarlayan could sense the auras of at least five people in the room. They were all hiding in the dark and should be Varian's personal bodyguards.
"Originally, I wanted to ask Count Deep Shadow for advice on how to deal with the nobles in Quel'Thalas, but now it seems... the Kingdom of Stormwind has more important things to resolve."
Varian's expression was very serious: "First of all, I want to know, how do you know that Countess Presto is a black dragon in disguise?"
Sarlayan shrugged and asked, "I'm also curious, why do the people of Stormwind Kingdom turn a blind eye to the many violations committed by the fake Countess Presto?"
Varian was stunned for a moment, and then he touched his chin with a strange look on his face.
"When you say that...thinking about it afterwards, I also find it very strange. Why didn't I notice it?"
Sarlayan's eyes showed a thoughtful look: "Is it some kind of special spell?"
The answer is spiritual suggestion.
Onyxia can also use the spell of mental suggestion. In fact, Sarlayan has long known the method used by Latania. He just wanted to induce Varian to think independently.
"Spiritual suggestion..."
A cold light flashed in Varian's eyes: "I thought those people in Stormwind Fortress were planted by nobles who didn't know the heights of the world. Now it seems that the truth is not that simple."
"Deploy manpower to Stormwind Fortress?"
Sarlay was stunned for a moment: "No way, the nobles of the Stormwind Kingdom are so brave, dare to meddle with the king?"
"Ha~"
Varian smiled mockingly: "Otherwise, why do you think I would hide in Bolvar's house to secretly receive foreign guests?"
"If it were a formal meeting in Stormwind Fortress, believe it or not, the content of the conversation between the two of us would be known to the nobles in a few minutes."
Varian leaned his head back on the chair and sighed with a complicated expression: "Because my father passed away too suddenly, the senior leaders of the Stormwind Kingdom went into exile in Lordaeron for several years, and the prestige of the Wrynn royal family was affected. It was a serious blow.”
"Nowadays, in the entire Stormwind Fortress, only a few people, including Queen Tiffin, are trustworthy. The others...heh, they are all spies sent in by the nobles to fill the role of royal servants."
'Is it that badly penetrated? '
Even without Countess Prestor causing trouble, Varian's problems would be much more serious than those in Quel'Thalas.
This is no longer a simple struggle for power between the nobles and the royal family, but the nobles are nakedly riding on the head of the royal family and shitting.
Sarlayan frowned slightly: "Your Majesty Varian, please forgive me."
"The situation has developed to this point. If we don't take action to express our attitude, those nobles will probably make further progress."
"Can you still control the military power of Stormwind Kingdom?"
"able."
Varian said seriously: "With Bolvar and Gavin Ladd here, military power is still firmly in the hands of the royal family."
Gavinrad Doom, one of the five first-generation paladins inspired by Archbishop Alonsos Faol of the Church of Holy Light, is also the only one among the five who comes from the Kingdom of Stormwind.
Among the five first-generation Paladins, Turalyon succeeded Anduin Lothar as Grand Marshal of the Alliance, and voluntarily stayed in Draenor to guard the gates of Azeroth, preventing the demons of the Burning Legion from invading him again through the Dark Portal. hometown.
Uther and Dathrohan were appointed as the chief and deputy leaders of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and Fording, who was born as a noble, returned to his territory of Hearthglen to manage various affairs.
When Varian decided to leave Lordaeron and return to Elwynn Forest to restore his kingdom, Gavin Rad ignored Terenas's repeated attempts to stay and resolutely followed the young King Varian back to his kingdom.
As one of the heroes of the Second Orc War, Gavin Radd has an outstanding reputation among the armies of the Kingdom of Stormwind, and no one can challenge his status.
As a member of the first generation of Paladins, Gavin Rad kept the doctrines of the Paladins in mind and was always loyal to the Wrynn royal family, turning a blind eye to the olive branches extended by the nobles.
With him in charge, the nobles of the Stormwind Kingdom have never been able to extend their hands into the military, and can only embarrass the young and inexperienced King Varian on the political level.
"That'll be easy."
Sarlayan suggested with a sneer: "Those nobles who have survived the war do not have enough understanding of lethal force. It is time to teach them a good lesson."
"this……"
Varian hesitated: "They are still my subjects after all. Is it really necessary to do this?"
Sarlayan looked at Varian with a strange expression: "They are already riding on your head, how can you bear this?"
"That was not what I meant."
Varian scratched his head and said depressedly: "I want to say... is there a gentler way to make those nobles calm down?"
"No."
Sarlayan said categorically: "Human greed is endless. Once they taste the sweetness, they will become more and more greedy. They must be made to experience the huge price of overstepping their authority."
"At least that's what Quel'Thalas did. Your Majesty Varian, you don't think that the previous Sun King kept the nobles in line just by being gentle, do you?"
"...Isn't it?"
Varian asked doubtfully: "I heard that the previous Sun King Anasteria did not deal heavy blows to the nobles, and easily resolved the turmoil caused by the nobles' infringement of royal rights without shaking the foundation of Quel'Thalas."
"It is said that?"
Sarlayan smiled meaningfully: "Who are you listening to? Which noble?"
"I can tell you clearly that this is false news."
"It is true that the change of power in Quel'Thalas has not seen much fluctuation, but it has not been smooth sailing from beginning to end."
"You may not know that the four nobles of Quel'Thalas still exist, but their number of people has been reduced by more than half."
"The lost half, where does His Majesty Varian think they went?"
A flash of understanding suddenly flashed in Valeera's eyes, and then his eyes darkened.
"So this is the truth? I thought... Tsk! Those lawless guys."
King Ryan left suddenly. Although Varian learned a lot of tactics from Terenas, how could Terenas, who wanted to unify the seven human kingdoms, teach Varian everything he had to do?
Sharlayan speculated that what Terenas taught Varian was more of an ideological education, boasting that only a unified human empire could better gain a foothold in Azeroth and lay the foundation for Lordaeron to annex the Kingdom of Stormwind in the future.
It's a pity that Lordaeron, who has a big tree and attracts wind, is now too busy to take care of itself, and Sharlayan can't guarantee how many Dreadlords have infiltrated into this most powerful country in mankind.
If you think about it a little more exaggeratedly, maybe even Terenas himself is pretending to be the Dreadlord, and his mind-numbing tricks are just to provoke fights among the countries of Azeroth.
There is no need to let Varian know about such far-fetched conjectures.
The emperor's knowledge of political strategy was not enough, and his accession to the throne was too hasty, and he failed to cultivate enough confidants to take charge of the government.
The honeymoon period between Varian and the nobles lasted until the country's reconstruction was initially completed, and then they began to compete for power based on their own skills.
In Sharlayan's view, Varian, as a contemporary king, is still not ruthless enough and is too tolerant of nobles who try to seize power.
If we go back hundreds of thousands of years, the throne of the Wrynn family was also snatched from the Lothar family, the descendants of Emperor Thoradin.
Now that the Wrynn royal family is in decline, other nobles will naturally follow suit. Are you still talking about kindness to them at this time? I'm afraid I don't want my whole family to be exiled to Northrend to dig potatoes.
[This is the so-called emperor taking turns. Come to my house next year? 】
[Isn’t this what feudal aristocracy is like? Now that Varian has no heirs, if he suddenly dies suddenly, as long as a noble can carry out a child with Wrynn family blood, it will not be easy to put this puppet on the throne? 】
【Is it really true? Why haven't I heard in the game that Varian has a sister who married his aunt? 】
[It’s impossible to cover all the details in the game. If it’s not mentioned, does it mean it doesn’t exist? The Sun Chaser family also has Lianda, a distant relative, and many people probably don’t know about it either. 】
