Chapter 0992? (?? ? ?)? Your eldest cousin is your eldest cousin after all(1/3)
Lord Daval Presto, the most powerful candidate who once had a glory in the Lordaeron League, was once the throne of the Ultrarank Kingdom. He was very popular among King Terenas and leaders of other countries after the Second World War, and had considerable influence on the decision-making of the alliance. He almost almost became the little noble in the north of King Altrank, and he is back!
Yes,
Just as he suddenly parted without saying goodbye and disappeared for many years, this time, he suddenly appeared in the stormy kingdom of Lordaeron at a critical moment, and was recommended by the current acting queen of Lordaeron, Jalia Minaisir, again appeared in Lordaeron's high-level social circle, and once again spreading his super-high influence that was originally only in the legend for Lordaeron's kingdom and even the alliance.
Although, Lordaeron's generals and some of the great mages from Dalaran were suspicious and cautious about the identity of Lord Presto, and listed a series of so-called evidences that were "suspicious" or "guessed"?
However, when the Lord Presto showed his power without any mind, and attacked with his hundreds of powerful followers, risking the formation of the Undead Natural Scourge with magic and swords and attacked, and won a small victory. At the same time, he also learned that the main elites of the Undead Natural Scourge had evacuated at some time. After the important information near Breal, no one in Lordaeron could continue to be suspicious of Pristo's ability and identity.
Of course, even suspicion is useless!
That's because at this time, Lordaeron's quasi-queen Jalia favored and trusted the Lord Presto who suddenly appeared again. Before he found out that there was any particular obviousness or serious evidence of the other party, or that it was particularly unfavorable to Lordaeron, no one dared to attack the Lord Presto who had powerful power but no longer deliberately concealed as before.
Therefore, the events and the turmoil caused by the lord soon disappeared without a trace.
...
In Lordaeron's palace, Hermione Granger, the little witch and the heroic Count of Lordaeron, is assisting Lordaeron's qualifying queen, Jalia Minaishire, to try to deal with those not-so-important government affairs.
“…”
Since Hermione is a rare female noble in the city of Lordaeron, a great hero of Lordaeron, and has made great contributions many times. At the same time, she is one of the few best friends of Galia, so, naturally, as close as the future queen, she naturally became the queen's left and right hand, and often followed the queen to help deal with the affairs of the big and small kingdoms, even if she was also a novice?
"that……."
Seeing the complicated affairs gradually getting fewer, Hermione finally couldn't help it, so she tentatively opened her mouth and asked curiously:
"Her Majesty Queen Jalia, I can tell that you really like the Lord Presto. You really fall in love with him. Am I right?"
In fact, now it is not only Hermione who can see it, but also the senior generals and nobles of the entire Lordaeron Alliance can see it!
However, given that the future Queen is still single, given the powerful strength and unparalleled charm of Lord Daval Presto, and the other party was indeed favored by King Tenaris before and promised to marry Jalia Minaishire... Therefore, under the various reasons and the future Queen herself is willing, and with the promise of King Tenaris, Lordaeron's generals and nobles must not dare to have any big opinions or complaints.
There is no doubt that the humans on this Lordaeron continent have always paid great attention to promises and vows. Perhaps this is why Jaliya has not been able to marry again for so many years, and His Majesty the King has almost never mentioned Jaliya's marriage?
Besides,
During the days when the charming Lord Presto returned to Lordaeron, most of the Lordaeron nobles and senior generals had already "fallen" under each other's trousers. Most of them were also treated with the handsome, polite, sociable, and super talented middle-aged nobles who almost convinced everyone were satisfied from the bottom of their hearts and were happy to see it.
You know, Princess Galia Minaisir, the current quasi-Queen of Lordaeron, has long golden hair, slender figure, slender skeleton, delicate face, fair skin, gentle demeanor, and blue eyes. She is like a beauty walking out of the old portrait, but she is more than two years older than the late Prince Arthas, and is almost twenty-eight years old now... For a normal human, she has almost half of her life journey, so if she doesn't try to get married, it would be really too late!
If it were ordinary people, if they were not married, no one would say too much. To do more means giving some strange looks and rumors... However, if it was Galia Minaiheil, if it was the queen of Lordaeron, and the other party was the last member of Minaiheil's royal family, then it would be absolutely not a trivial matter if it was not married and continued the offspring!
therefore,
For various reasons, the Lord Daval Presto, who had been missing for many years and reappeared, was once again favored by Galia, which was what all Lordaeron generals and nobles liked to see! As for the rumors in recent years that Princess Galia had some reciprocity and a Lordaeron infantry, they were ignored by the nobles and generals.
They won't believe that kind of thing, after all, rumors are just rumors.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if it really exists!
Because, they believed that the "heroic infantry" would be willing to sign up enthusiastically and participate in the front line of fighting against the undead! In short, there was no need for Queen Jalia to worry about that kind of small matter at all, and the generals and nobles below would definitely handle it properly.
"call……"
"Hermione, we are friends. Just call me my name or my sister. I am not a queen yet, but even if I am queen, I don't want you to alienate me with that title."
"Also, I know what you want to express, but..."
Jalia paused, let out a sigh, rubbed her neck, then raised her head from the desk to correct Hermione's title. However, she did not directly answer the other party's question, but after hesitating for a while, she finally slowly began to say it like memories:
"Do you know?"
"That year, when my father decided to marry me to the Lord Presto to marry him in order to increase the relationship between Lordaeron and the newly formed Royal Family of the King of Ultratown, I was heartbroken and even cried to Arthas... Because, I had never seen the man named Daval Presto at that time, and was going to be bet out as a bargaining chip by my father without knowing who the other party was. At that time, it was the first time that I was disappointed with my father and very disappointed..."
Thinking of what happened back then, Galia slowly stopped her work, and then her face, which was a little pale and tired due to previous injuries and the successive accidents of her relatives, rarely had a hint of blush.
At that time...
She only knew a little about the Lord Presto, her age, and her not only was she nearly ten years older than her, but she also had a daughter, and she was just widowed? So she was extremely disgusted with her father's hasty and stubborn decision at that time.
"later……"
"When I was first arranged to meet Lord Presto, who had to escape from Lord Lordaeron because of losing his territory, I was deeply fascinated by him... I never thought that he would be completely different from what I imagined. He would be a handsome, polite and talented young human noble?"
Thinking about it, she was only sixteen years old back then, and the Lord Presto looked only twenty-seven or eight years old, and she was young, handsome and charming. She was so attractive that she was deeply attracted by the other party just after just a glance.
At that time, her strange feeling of falling in love and being convinced at first sight was something she still can’t forget!
And she still remembered that when she suddenly changed her mind, when she suddenly did not resent her father and went to be glad that the other party disappeared for no reason... Although there were many bad rumors that were very unfavorable to the lord during this period, Jaliya herself had never believed her!
And it was that year that she went to Dalaran to throw a wishing copper coin, and her younger brother Arthas Minaihil joined the Knights of the Silver Hands and became a glorious Paladin.
Thinking of this, Jalia's expression couldn't help but feel a little lonely again...
If her younger brother is still there and her father is still safe, how good would it be? Then, maybe they can all look at themselves and that one, watch her enter the palace of marriage and bless her... But unfortunately, some things have happened and can never be saved.
"But who knows..."
"In the end, when he was about to become the king of Ultratown and when his father was about to officially announce his marriage to him, he suddenly disappeared and no news came back again..."
"Hermione, I actually know that there are indeed some rumors in Lordaeron's city now, saying that the lord suddenly came back after seeing that I was about to become the queen? But I know that Lord Presto is definitely not that kind of person, because he was about to become the new king of Ultratown back then, King Pirenod was deposed because of the orc problem, and Lord Presto became the new king is almost a certain fact."
"So, Hermione...I believe Lord Presto!"
"If he had been for power, he would not have bid farewell without saying goodbye. He just had to wait patiently to become the king of Ultralist! If he was greedy for power, he would not have come back when Lordaeron was about to fall and exposed his power that he had been covering up to help me!"
Speaking of this, a rare red flashed across Jalia's face again.
Obviously, the more she explained, the harder it was to suppress her strong feelings for the Lord, and she firmly believed that he must have returned for her, Galia Minaishire, and that he came back for help, not for anything else, which was enough.
"Why……"
Sighing, Hermione felt that this princess sister and future queen, Galia, probably was really helpless, and had completely fallen into the charm of that old man.
It is undeniable that the Lord Presto is indeed very handsome and charming, and is also very powerful. He is an extraordinary mage. However, in Hermione's opinion, the other party is still too old. The uncle, who is nearly forty years old, seems a little unworthy of her Queen Jalia's sister?
Of course, she would definitely not dare to say that kind of thing directly in front of Jaliya, otherwise, the eldest sister who was completely blind for the so-called love would definitely turn against her!
"but……"
"Sister Jalia, don't be angry with me when you say it, because I've always been very strange. I don't know why so many of you say that Lord Presto is good, but I still think he's a little weird, because he's really a bit too popular, like..."
"It's like there's something like a curse of love that is always there..."
Hermione didn't know why she felt that way. Anyway, she only knew that unlike ordinary people who were easily attracted by the Lord Presto, in Hermione's opinion, the other party was just a greasy and polite middle-aged greasy uncle, so how could it be as good as Sister Galia said?
Anyway, she thought that guy was weird, but she had no idea where the other person's weirdness was.
“??”
"The Curse of Love? What is the Curse of Love?"
When he heard the other party suddenly appear with a new word that he had never heard before, Jalia couldn't help looking at the other party curiously and asked with her eyes.
"No!"
"It's nothing, Sister Jalia, let's finish the work first? Don't talk about your Lord Presto for the time being, otherwise, if I accidentally say something bad about it, you will definitely blame me."
Shaking his head, Hermione didn't forget to laugh and joke with a sister Galia who was dying about marrying.
In fact, she didn't know what the "Emotional Curse" is, but she knew that there was something called Emotional Manufacturer, which was the most effective and powerful love potion in their magic world! However, Emotional Manufacturer cannot really control love. All it can bring is a strong sense of obsession, just like the weird feelings that Hermione has found from the greasy uncle lord that others have towards him?
Of course, she just thought about it casually, not too sure. She even once wondered if it was really because she was not a person from this world, and some ideas were incompatible with the people here, and there were also some great differences in culture and habits, so she couldn't appreciate some of the special charm of that uncle?
Anyway,
So far, she had never been able to find or find that the other party had any thoughts and actions against Galia or Lordaeron in the greasy uncle, so she had to temporarily bury the doubts in her heart.
"Dear Hermione, I will definitely not blame you!"
"By the way, can you hand me the seal and seal wax over there? I just signed these documents, please help me read them again?"
Jalia, who smiled for a rare moment and shook her head, did not intend to talk about that kind of thing at work, gradually put away her mood and gave orders to Hermione with a smile. She planned to finish her work today first.
Speaking of which, Galia, who had never thought she could be a queen, and had never been exposed to such similar jobs. This was the first time she found that she would be so troublesome and tired when dealing with these simple government affairs. If it weren't for the Countess Hermione, the Countess, who would have been exhausted, would have been exhausted.
"Of course it's no problem!"
"Give!"
For Miss Hermione Granger, a top student from Hogwarts, in addition to divination and prophecy, "Who will die first" can stump her, everything else in the world, as long as it can be handled with wisdom and logic, it is impossible to be difficult for her, even if she and Galia are just newbies in government affairs!
Moreover, I don’t know what happened, but she actually found that she was very comfortable in handling government affairs, as if she had some talent?
perhaps……
If she still had the chance to return to Hogwarts alive and live into her world, after graduation, she would definitely go to work in the Ministry of Magic and see if she could run for the Minister of the Ministry of Magic? Being the best student, getting the highest grades and becoming the largest official has always been Hermione's goal, and she has never changed that kind of thing.
...
What Hermione and Galia didn't know was that while they were busy working, Lordaeron was leading his followers to sweep away the sporadic undead spirits and devoted himself to studying the undead plague that was enough to destroy creatures and pollute the earth. He unexpectedly encountered a big crow falling from the sky!
However, he was not too nervous, but just stood there, squinted his eyes, and watched leisurely as the other party changed not far away from him and turned into an old wizard wearing a gray-brown cloak and a wooden staff in his hand.
‘??’
‘There are enemies?’
‘!!’
‘Enemy attack! Hurry! Kill him!!’
When the wizard of unknown origin suddenly flew down, the followers of Lord Presto who were present stopped collecting samples from the earth and different killed undeads, and instead drew out the long swords at their waists and the exquisite heavy shields on their backs, and prepared to surround the enemy.
To be continued...