Chapter 128 The Future of Alterac
"Please don't leave!"
In the early morning, a scream came from Jialiya's room, and the maids who were knocked unconscious by Richard last night immediately rushed into the room.
The head maid asked Jialiya worriedly: "Your Highness, what happened?"
Jialiya looked at her, tears overflowed from her eyes again: "He left again!"
"Him?" The head maid thought for a while "King Prestor?"
Jialiya nodded, and the head maid asked: "Your Highness, His Majesty the King disappeared yesterday afternoon."
"No!" Jialiya argued stubbornly, "He came back last night!"
Last night? The head maid tried to recall, but she couldn't remember what happened last night. She looked away from the other maids as she spoke: "But we didn't meet him last night."
Jialiya's tone was more firm than ever: "He's here! He's always here!"
The head maid frowned, and Jialiya continued: "We had a wonderful night last night...last night..."
Jialiya shyly covered her face as she spoke. The head maid finally expressed her doubts: "Your Highness, this can't be..." It was a dream you had last night... "
Jialiya was very unhappy: "This is not a dream I had! He really came back last night, look!"
Jialiya lifted the quilt, and there were still some red spots of last night's joy on the sheets. Jialiya rubbed her belly and said: "I can still feel the new life growing in my body..."
The head maid's eyes were already wide open, and her face was full of fear. She lived in the palace since she was very young, and became Jialiya's personal maid when she grew up. She had never experienced a man, but she had learned everything she should learn. Did Jialiya have any wounds on her body? Did something really happen last night?
"What's wrong with you?" Jialiya was a little confused.
"Ah, ah! Nothing, nothing." The head maid came to her senses and explained, "Your Highness, are you sure that it was King Prestor?"
Jialiya slapped the bed angrily: "That's my husband! How could I mistake my husband?"
"Ah, yes, yes." The head maid was confused and had to go on with what Jialiya said.
After a lot of effort, the head maid comforted Jia Liya. As soon as she closed the door, her deputy came over and asked, "What's going on?"
The head maid said calmly, "Nothing happened. It's just that King Prestor left suddenly. Your Highness is not in a very stable mood. I need to return to Lordaeron to report the current situation to His Majesty the King. Only His Majesty the King can comfort Her Highness the Princess." "Understood
, go with peace of mind. We are here."
Since the hearthstone was built, the transmission of news between the two places has been much faster.
"What did you say!" Terenas slapped the table hard, and the head maid opposite shuddered.
Terenas walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, and the head maid lowered her head and dared not say a word.
After walking around for a few times, Terenas pointed at the head maid and said, "Who else have you told about this?"
"No." The head maid shook her head quickly.
"Well, go back. Nothing happened last night. It was just Calia's dream, okay?"
"Yes! Your Majesty, it was just Calia's dream!"
"Well."
Terenas waved his hand, and the head maid quickly retreated. Terenas' mind flashed with the scene of the morning. Last night, the paladins of Lordaeron and the mages of Dalaran destroyed a den together and captured a goblin who followed Deathwing. They took him back to Lordaeron and starved him for a night. During the day, Terenas and Antonidas personally interrogated him. Under the double torture of body and mind, the goblin confessed what Deathwing had done. Prestor was the incarnation of Deathwing! Terenas was wearing the ring of truth borrowed from Archbishop Selena at the time, and the authenticity of the goblin's testimony can also be guaranteed. Deathwing was defeated by the dragons. It is impossible for him to appear in Alterac. Who did Calia see?
Terenas touched the ring of truth on his hand, and before returning it to Selena, he decided to use it once more!
Terenas shouted to his followers outside the door: "Prepare the horses! Prepare the carriages! Go to Alterac!"
The noble king disdained to use hearthstones, so half a day was wasted on the road.
"Father!"
Calia hugged Terenas happily.
"Yes." Terenas touched his daughter's head and said, "Come home with me."
"No!" Calia let go of her hands, took two steps back, and refused firmly.
Terenas' expression was serious: "Why?"
Calia stared into Terenas' eyes. She had never spoken to her father like this, but if she was not brave enough this time, she would not be able to stay in Alterac to keep the country for her husband.
"My husband asked me to keep this country for him before he left. I must stay here, I must take care of this country for him, and I must fulfill my responsibilities as a wife."
Terenas was a little shocked: "You want to be the king?"
"No, there is only one king in Alterac, and that is Prestor."
Terenas thought about the pros and cons of his daughter being the king, and immediately decided to support his daughter to be the king. However, before that, he must figure out what Prestor was doing last night.
"You said during the day that Prestor came to your room last night?"
Jia Liya blushed and told her father what happened last night, skipping the shy part.
Terenas' beard was trembling. The Ring of Truth proved that what his daughter said was true. The dragons always thought highly of themselves and would not deceive them. So was it Deathwing who came back or someone pretending to be Prestor? Terenas was more inclined to the latter. After all, the image of Deathwing's tyranny was too deeply rooted in people's minds. If he came back, he would definitely take revenge on those who hurt him.
Terenas patted his daughter to coax her to sleep.
"It's been a long time since I was with my family."
Terenas sighed, but the current situation did not allow him to accompany his family every day. For example, it was very troublesome to deal with his daughter's throne and Prestor being Deathwing this time.
Terenas returned to Lordaeron overnight and wanted to summon Uther to ask about the disguise, but Uther was leading the paladins to perform other tasks and would not be back until tomorrow. Terenas sat on the stool and thought for a while, and decided to put aside the investigation of Prestor last night. The first priority was to deal with the problem of Prestor being Deathwing, otherwise his daughter's throne would not be stable.
"Dalaran... I don't know if I can talk to those mages. But I still have to go, my old bones have to continue to work hard..."