However, her beautiful eyes were not on the wine glass, nor on the body of the bell dog that was very comfortable to touch by her. Instead, she was slightly squinted, without any focal length at all, and she didn't know what she was thinking about to make her so focused.

finally,

I don't know how long it took to make it clear that she seemed to have figured out something. After raising her head and drinking the bright red liquid in the cup in one sip, she turned to look at the puppy that was being scratched by her chin and humming in her throat with her delicate face.

"Crishto..."

"You said, what would you think if I gave you to Anduin as a playmate?"

Although it was in an inquiring tone, Countess Katrana Preisto herself knew that once she said something, it meant that she had made a decision, and that the opinions of others or other dogs were obviously irrelevant.

‘Woo~Wool!!’

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The short beetle wagged its tail and barked in a low voice, conveying its meaning to its owner.

"Um?"

"Why, you don't seem to be happy?"

The movements on her hands paused, and a certain countess seemed to be a little unsatisfied with the reaction of her dog. So, she turned her head slowly, stared at the "Crishto" who kept waving her tail, and kept rubbing her thigh with the dog's face.

‘Wow ~!’

▼-`????-▼

The short bell dog wagged his tail and conveyed his opinion accurately to his mistress in the house.

“…”

"But, do you know that Anduin is the prince of the Storm Kingdom. He will definitely be the king in the future. As long as you follow him, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy food from now on. You don't have to follow me every day."

"Also, if you don't care about you in the future, you can wander around Stormwind City... I have seen it. There seem to be many beautiful bitches in the city, and they..."

However, before the Count Katrana could finish her words, the dog that was being scratched by her casually scratching her chin suddenly shook, and then ran directly to her front, and swayed her tail hard, drooling her tongue and nodding constantly?

‘Wow!!’

▼⊙`????⊙▼

Its meaning is obviously very clear and direct, because it was convinced by its mistress, and some conditions issued by the other party made it completely unable or reason to refuse.

"All right……"

"I'll find an opportunity to send you out in a few days!"

"But you have to remember to 'protect' him well for me. Also, I don't want his personality to be too strong. I hate that Varian, so I don't want his son to be like him. Do you understand what you need to guide him properly?"

The countess, who was quite satisfied with the other party's awareness, stared at the eyes of the stupid dog in front of her for a while, then warned with a slightly threatening and a terrifying look.

Without saying that she sent out the dog named ‘Crishto’ in front of her, which was definitely not without any reason! In fact, everything Katrana Presto did was efficient and reasonable, otherwise her plan would not have gone so smoothly now.

‘!!’

‘Woo~Wooh!Wooh!Wooh!’

▼⊙`????⊙▼

No matter what, no matter whether you can complete it or not, Crishto, who only knows to agree first and then rub the benefits, shook his tail hard, and then kept rubbing the hostess' calf, indicating that it has no problems at all and is guaranteed to complete all the tasks assigned by the other party.

"snort!"

"Since that's the case, then don't let me down, otherwise, I think you know the consequences yourself..."

After glanced at the other party, Earl Katrana said nothing more, and did not care about the other party shaking his head and tail and showing his attention. He just casually drank the wine from the East Valley at home, hooked his fingers, and with the help of a simple mage, the bottle of wine placed on the table flew over and poured it into his cup.

“…”

Now, Crishto's matter has been decided, so it's time for her to think about other things, such as... the matter of the western wilderness and the Black Rock Mountain. A hateful guy in her family has caused her trouble in the Red Ridge Mountain and the Burning Plain, especially in Lakeside Town.

Although she had already suppressed the matter, she also knew that it would definitely not work if she kept suppressing things. She had to think of a way, either to solve the troubled guy or to kill the person who found the trouble. Sooner or later, she would always choose one between the two.

Just as the Countess Katrana was still drinking the wine from the East Valley at home leisure, teasing her stupid dog and making up her mind to think of a better way to solve the problem of Lakeside Town as soon as possible, suddenly, a spark of Mars emerged from the candlestick on her table, and then a small dragon-shaped ball of fire suddenly exploded in front of Countess Katrana, and flew around her in the air, scaring her and the dog in front of her!

“…”

He was stunned for a moment, and then quickly remembered what that thing was. After hesitating for a while, Katrana gently kicked a stupid dog who was still planning to rub against her calf and gave her diligent orders:

"Silly dog! Go out and go for yourself!"

With a look in her eyes, a stupid dog named Crishto understood and turned around and ran out happily, and soon disappeared, and I don't know where he ran to.

“…”

Subconsciously, he turned his head and squinted his eyes and looked around the left and right. Katrana, who found that there was no abnormality around the room and house, frowned, stretched out her slender hand and gently tapped the small candlelight in the dragon-shaped shape that was still wandering around her.

puff!!

The moment Katrana pointed at it, it exploded in vain. Then, a piece of parchment that burned the corners of the black fire fell out of the explosion of the small dragon-shaped fire ball, and above it was written in some ancient words:

‘One…’

‘The plan changes, and immediately help the Storm Kingdom calm the unrest and urge the Storm Kingdom to send troops north to support Lordaeron as soon as possible…’

The parchment with black fire burning at the corners was swept twice, and after confirming that after reading the content, it exploded again, burning directly in the countess' white and tender hand, and soon there was only a ball of burnt ashes left.

“…”

Katrana didn't mind the black fire burning in her palm. She clenched her fists and easily grabbed it and the ashes into a ball.

“!!”

"snort!"

Katerana was dissatisfied with ten thousand dissatisfied with an old guy who had not made any noise for a long time, but now he suddenly sent such an inexplicable new message and instructions!

"Damn it! What does that old man mean?!"

Katrana had no idea what was going on, and just gritted her teeth and cursed her inwardly.

You know, she finally forced Van Cliff and the stonemason union to rebel, and was about to put Storm Kingdom in severe internal friction. Her plan had been arranged well, and even made some preventive arrangements for the future. But now, the old guy suddenly appeared again and said that she would fully support Storm Kingdom, stabilize Storm City as soon as possible, and then send troops north?

What did that guy treat her as suddenly appear and completely deny the results she took risks and worked hard for many years. Why is he?!

but……

After being startled, astonished, and upset, Katerana soon calmed down and began to rack her brains to think about what she should do next.

"Damn..."

However, she soon discovered that there seemed to be no better way for her to do other than comply?

After all, she dared not ignore the old guy's orders, so she could only compromise and start to think about what to do to clean up the messes that she had made in Stormwind City as soon as possible, and then complete the task in the letter that some old guy had just written?

“…”

snort!

It is actually not difficult to solve the problem of Van Cliff and the stonemason union. She Katrana thought of two good solutions in the blink of an eye:

The first, the most straightforward thing is to kill that guy Van Cliff, and then ask the king and the nobles to send troops to suppress the stonemason union, but this may be time-consuming and labor-intensive. It may not be calmed down in less than a year or two, and the stubborn King Varian may not be happy to do that.

After all, it was really bad and inhumane to owe the stonemason union to suppress and destroy it. Otherwise, the other party would have just expelled the stonemason union from Stormwind City.

Then, I'm afraid there is only one other way to choose...

After thinking about it, Katrana started rummaging in her drawer. After a long time, she picked out a few letters from it and smiled proudly, because a relatively perfect plan was gradually brewing and gradually improving in her heart.

"It seems..."

"We need to go to Storm Fortress..."

Although it is very late now, Count Katrana Presto, who thinks the matter is 'significant', thinks that in the case of an emergency, it seems that it is appropriate for her to go there overnight now?

...

Stormwind Fortress, this huge fortress sits on the top of the cliffs in the north of the city, not only guards Stormwind, but also provides residence for King Varian Wrien and other parts of the city’s nobles.

And at this time,

King Varian Wrien was dealing with the messy military and political affairs in his study alone, and had no idea what to do.

Now, although he received an alarm and a request for help from Lordaeron, Varian said that as the king, he had no choice but to do anything...

Because Lordaeron is still too far from Stormwind City after all, and now things in Stormwind City and Storm King are still in a mess. He is too busy to take care of himself, and even himself is in turmoil. In addition, Stormwind City has just been rebuilt, and his national strength is extremely weak. With only defense, how could he send troops to help Lordaeron so quickly to deal with the undead plague that is said to be very powerful?

If the Storm Kingdom was peaceful, no matter how difficult it was, Varian would immediately lead the maximum army to board the ship and carry it on his back to help Lordaeron. He would never hesitate to do that! However, he could not do that now, because if he dared to mobilize the elite guarding the Storm City and the Darwin Forest, perhaps, if they did not wait for them to arrive at Lordaeron, he might be captured again.

And now, the most worrying and faceless thing in the Storm Kingdom is the tragic thing Edwin Van Cliff and the other party’s stonemason union!!

"well……"

Varian, who sighed, could only rub his forehead and weakly pushed the message of help from Lordaeron's messengers to the side.

Lordaeron must have sent troops to support him, but it may not work in a short period of time. He just hopes that the other party can hold on for more than a year and a half so that they can straighten out the domestic affairs in the Storm Kingdom first, and then talk about it when there are no worries?

And now, the thing that troubles him the most is not too complicated. It is all caused by something, that is - money!

Yes, it is because of the Storm Kingdom, or it can be said that it is because of the Storm Kingdom king Varian Wrien, the king of the Storm Kingdom, has no money! Now, the military and political expenditures of their Storm Kingdom have long been deficit! And the Storm City and Storm Fortress they have rebuilt now are even on credit!

As for the person on credit, he no longer wants to think about it... because, once he thinks about it, things will return to something damn, and that's still money!

original,
To be continued...