“From here, it’s all about walking.”
Lilian Voss's soft whisper rang in Ilucia's ears, bringing the sluggish young lady back to reality.
Ilucia organized her words to prevent herself from stammering due to shock, "I...we didn't come to the wrong place, right? This is..."
"Imperial Palace." Lilian's answer was still concise, without any fluctuation.
As soon as she finished speaking, Lilian's figure emerged from the shadows. She took an emblem and handed it to the royal guard in front of the royal gate.
After the royal guard saw the emblem, he took it very solemnly and pressed it into a small groove on the wall behind him.
A blue arcane subtitle appeared in the void. After reading it again and again, the royal guard took out the emblem and handed it back to Lilian.
At the same time, he signaled to his colleagues behind him, and the well-trained guards immediately opened the door and made way for a passage.
"Let's go."
After the certification was completed, Lilian walked into the palace gate with Ilucia, who was still a little slow. However, the guards responsible for supervising Ilucia did not show any sign and waited quietly outside.
After the two of them entered, the solid wood-clad iron door behind them was closed again. Ilucia and Lilian walked one behind the other. The sun shone on the arched dome of the corridor, casting clear lines between light and dark. .
"Is it the king who wants to summon us?" Ilucia was a little confused and shocked at the same time. This is the royal palace of Lordaeron, and it may be the place where the most powerful people in the entire human civilization live!
And Lilith actually entered here using only one emblem? Aren't those royal guards afraid of someone pretending to be someone else?
"No." Lilian replied.
After denying Ilucia's idea, Lilian stopped talking, and Ilushia also lowered her head and remained silent—it wasn't King Tenaris who wanted to summon her, then the entire palace would be able to dispatch privy agencies. There is only one person left.
Arthas Menethil!
Known as the most perfect prince in the history of Lordaeron, the most ideal heir, the Paladin of the Silver Hand, the enemy of the trolls, the founder of the Privy Council, the leader of the First Legion, and the dream of countless young girls in Lordaeron. Middle...ahem!
Various titles and auras are the first reaction of anyone after hearing the name Arthas. Many nobles of Lordaeron tried their best to meet this prince, because they knew that Lordaeron, Even the future of the entire human race may be in the hands of this prince.
But when it was Ilucia's turn to meet the prince in person, she was filled with endless nervousness and panic!
Leaving aside all other titles and auras, Arthas has an identity that makes her most jealous and afraid. That is, Arthas may be one of the strongest existing paladins of the Silver Hand!
Arthas who can be given such a title is obviously not a false name because of his status as a prince, because the paladins of the Silver Hand all respect this young prince and say that he has walked the path of the Holy Light. A state that many people cannot reach in their lifetime.
As for Ilucia, who hangs out with the Necromancer all day long and plots shady deeds, she is in the worst and most difficult situation in front of Arthas.
She was very worried that the traces on her body would make the dark conspiracy of the Barov family undetectable, and if she was really discovered, her fate would be completely over!
Thinking of this, Ilucia even wanted to run away.
But the person leading the way in front of her was an assassin, a very skilled one. Lilian's ability to disappear without a trace under Ilucia's eyes had already proved her ability.
Not to mention, in a brief trance, she had been taken into the heavily guarded Palace of Lordaeron. If she wanted to get out from here, unless she was one of the top teleportation masters in Dalaran, she might not be able to get out yet. After running two steps, he was shot to death by random arrows.
Of course, all of this was just Ilucia's guess - what she didn't know was that even the Archmage of Dalaran could not leave by teleportation after entering the palace of Lordaeron.
Because the Privy Council has already set up a barrier around the palace, without permission, unless all the magic crystals serving as nodes are destroyed at the same time, even if Antonidas comes to the palace, there is no way he can teleport.
Fortunately, the magic level of Ilucia's three-legged cat made her dare not act rashly. Now there were only two choices before her: run away now and be intercepted by Lilian or shot to death by random arrows; or go to see Alsa Prince Si, there is still a chance to fight for his life...
When her mind was filled with random thoughts, she had already followed Lilian and arrived at the side hall where Alsace usually lived and worked.
Looking at the magnificent hall, Ilucia hesitated a little, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
"Please hurry up, Miss Ilucia."
Lilian saw Ilucia standing still like a fool. After waiting for a moment, she urged her.
In the view of this girl who had been admitted to the Privy Council very early, wasting the prince's time was an unforgivable thing.
But this time, she got a warning from her boss in advance, telling her not to push too hard. If not for this, Lilian might have brought Ilucia to find Arthas last night.
"Ah... I'm sorry." Ilucia responded quickly, but when she said this, she couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
She spent a lot of thought and effort to prevent herself from falling into a passive position in front of the Privy Council, but the pressure she was about to face from Alsace made all her previous preparations in vain...
Times have changed... Barov is no longer the powerful family that can even be on an equal footing with the king. Moreover, Ilucia thought that even the Barov of that year would not be able to face the current Alsace. , can it also be watertight?
Soon, Ilucia was brought to the prince's study. During this not-so-long distance, there was one thing that puzzled Ilucia.
She seemed... not to see a single guard. Except for the old guard who was calling at the door, there seemed to be no guard wearing armor, holding a spear or a sharp sword in the entire prince's courtyard.
The only attendant knocked on the door of Alsace's room. He cleared his throat and said loudly, "Your Highness, Miss Ilucia of the Barov family wishes to see you."
"Well, come in."
This short sentence made Ilucia suddenly nervous. She hurriedly adjusted her clothes. The attendant on the side saw this and smiled and whispered, "Don't be so nervous, Miss Barov, Your Highness the Prince." Very kind to others.”
Ilucia blushed slightly when she heard the old attendant's words. She didn't know why, but from the moment she entered the palace, she was like a child, feeling a little at a loss.
The eldest lady nodded implicitly, trying not to show any timidity. After the attendant opened the door for her, she smiled at Lilian who was standing at the door and said, "Miss Voss, long time no see, do you want to take a rest?" "
"No, no need, I'll just wait here." Lilian blinked and deliberately raised her voice slightly to emphasize her plan.
The old attendant narrowed his eyes and walked away with a smile. He had met Lilian many times. She was a person in the Privy Council who had a very special relationship with the prince. The old attendant still treated her as the child he was back then.
Seeing the old waiter leave, Lillian breathed a sigh of relief, then concentrated her attention, mobilized her strength, and disappeared into the air. She was used to hiding in the shadows and not being watched by others.
In the room, Arthas stopped writing, looked up at Ilucia, and said with a smile, "Miss Ilucia, long time no see."
"Well...long time no see..." Ilucia was a little confused, but still responded subconsciously.
But just as she said the words, she suddenly realized that she had never met this prince before, so how could he say such a greeting?
But when she found that Alsace was still smiling and unchanged, Ilucia felt a little dizzy again: Could it be that she had really met this prince?
No...it's definitely not right...I am similar in age to Alsace, so if they had actually met, they would definitely have an impression.
Even when she was a baby with no deep memory, her parents would definitely tell her. This was a resource that could not be ignored for a large and lonely family.
"Please feel free to sit down, Miss Ilucia. Do you need any drinks? I will ask Albert to bring them."
Albert was the surname of the old waiter outside the door. He had watched Alsace grow up, and after Alsace became an adult, he still served his master with unswerving loyalty.
"You are so polite," Ilucia smiled shyly, looking like a harmless noble lady, "I am an invited guest, it is better for you to make the decision."
"Oh? Then I'll let Albert prepare some juice or milk," Alsace said. "I won't go into any more gossip. Let's get straight to the point. The recent form is not very good."
Not in good form?
Ilucia felt like she had been given a slap in the face, and she even wondered if Alsace had noticed the clues about her since she entered the door.
"As the heir of the Barov family, you should be very aware of the situation in Alterac, right?" Arthas stood up from his seat and walked to the window sill. He looked at the sunny garden under the balcony, where birds were singing, flowers were fragrant, and toward Iraq. Lucia asked.
Alterac? What does the prince of Lordaeron want to do with a dead country?
Ilucia really doesn't know what else there is to care about in Alterac. If there was some value there before the "Prestor Incident", at this time, what's left in Alterac It's just a pile of ruins and a group of lingering "dead souls".
Oh, I almost forgot, there are those stinking ogres on the stone and wood of the ruins.
But since this was Alsace's question, Ilucia could only go on with the conversation. Anyway, it would be better than mentioning the Barov family itself.
"Your Highness, there is only a pile of rubble and a large group of annoying ogres left in Alterac. The war has traumatized this land." Ilucia answered truthfully. This is indeed what Alterac means. All that was left of Trank.
As for those lingering Alterac nobles... Ilucia doesn't need to get into trouble with the Lordaeron royal family.
"Yes, a once glorious country just disappeared in the flames of war, but..." Arthas turned around and looked at Ilucia, "What I want to ask you is not this, but... What can the Barov family do for Alterac?"
What can the Barov family do for Alterac? !
If it weren't for the seriousness in Alsace's tone, Ilucia would have even thought that Alsace was mocking her.
The last thing Barov did for Alterac was to push the kingdom when it stood on the edge of the cliff - but at that time, Barov never thought that although Alterac They fell off the cliff, but they themselves were also entangled with the same thread of fate as Alterac.
The goddess of fate made a huge joke. After the war, Barov was pushed off the cliff just like Alterac back then.
And the heirs of one of the masterminds behind the scenes are now standing in front of him, asking questions to him?
An unknown fire arose in Ilucia's heart, but she could not act directly. She could only say, "Your Highness, Barov is no longer the Barov he used to be... What we did for Alterac can also be done." The last thing to do is to let him get the punishment he deserves after betraying humanity."
"Aiden's stupidity and short-sightedness have indeed been punished. The heirs of the Perenold family are either reckless men with strong ambitions but unworthy of their morals, or they are timid and cowards without independent opinions," Al Sass chuckled, "The people of Alterac are not at fault, are they going to be implicated for this?"
"This..." Ilucia didn't know why Arthas suddenly talked about the people of Alterac, which made her not sure where to continue.
"The capital of Alterac was indeed reduced to ruins, but the people of Alterac did not perish in the war, and they are the only choice to rebuild this kingdom.
However, no matter how tenacious and hardworking the people are, they still need a leader to help them get out of the gloom of the past.
Now, what I want to ask is, does Barov have the ability and responsibility to lead the people of Alterac to rebuild their country and capital? "
Arthas's series of words completely confused Ilucia: He was asking, is the Barov family capable of returning to Alterac?
Ilucia looked at Arthas in disbelief, "Your Highness, I don't understand what you are talking about."
Doesn't she understand? Arthas' words couldn't be more clear, and his meaning couldn't be more explicit - Alterac needs a new king. Do you, Barov, want to find someone to be this king?
