How many years?

Have four or five years?

How could Lordaeron ever be so lively as it is now?

General Abydis looked at the bustling city garden with a little emotion, the maids and servants shuttling through the banquet, and the wine on the tray in his hand was always inadvertently emptied. Ladies and ladies in costumes gathered around Princess Kalia, and a group of eye-catching women whispered and laughed from time to time.

Thinking of this, General Abydis was a little depressed and found his daughter Brigitte among a group of generals.... The commander of the southern theater of operations in Iva, together with Iva's generals, was talking happily with the soldiers in Kurtilas, led by General Stoson...

Is....!

Is that good? Kind of bad?

General Abydis sullenly drank the daylight aged wine in his hand, and the hot feeling made him cough a few times.

"General, what's wrong with you? How is it alone here? Mormont, dressed in clean and crisp leather and carrying his family's coat of arms on his chest, appeared before Abydis. He stood with old Abydis, looking at the group of Kurtilas nobles who surrounded Locke not far away.

Old Abidis glanced at Mormont, the corners of his mouth curled with disdain. For this chief staff member of Locke, who was a few years older than himself, he couldn't say that he liked it, and he couldn't talk about how dissatisfied he was. On the contrary, because of Mormont's age, he still has some good feelings for the future prime minister of the kingdom. Klock's reluctance to listen to him on how to use the people around him made him feel bitter. Originally, he didn't like the group of young people around Locke who supported him, and he was also a little dissatisfied with Mormont due to this.

In his opinion, young people are not experienced enough to run a kingdom, and there will definitely be problems. However, now that Locke is no longer able to control him, he can only hope that Locke can patiently listen to other people's advice as before...

Of course, the positivity of young people is definitely worth affirming...

With that in mind, Abydis beckoned to the young servant who passed by, and took another glass of golden, amber-platinum daylight from the plate in his hand.

"Personally, I don't like elves, but I'll admit that their daylight aging is very much to my liking." Sitting on a natural chair formed by half a tree stump, Abidis took a sip and said with a look of good luck, "As I used to think, these long-lived elves have wasted their time on how to enjoy themselves. ”

Mormont laughed a few times, he glanced down at the dark beer in his hand, then looked up at Locke and old Abidis and said, "What does the general think about the problem of the hand of Tyre?" ”

The question was a bit direct, and old Abidis looked at Mormont for a moment with a look that seemed to be drunk. He laughed a few times, drank the wine in his hand again, and placed it on the large tree stump table in front of him. This voice was a little loud, which startled the noble ladies who passed by, and they looked at the obviously unhappy general who was still wearing armor, and had to leave the place in a daze.

"What can be wrong with the Hand of Tyr? It will always be the hand of Tyr of Lordaeron! Old Abidis was probably drunk, and he stared at Locke with a red face, "Why didn't he come and talk to me himself, and let you come?!" Do you feel afraid to face me? I gave my daughter to him, and that's how he repaid me? ”

"I'm stubborn though! But that doesn't mean I'm an idiot! Old Abidis was furious, and he banged the table with his middle finger bent his knuckles, "Look what he looks like now!?" Still a paladin? The woman who had an affair with him... If Mograini were in...."

Many words could not be said clearly, and old Abidis could only close his mouth depressedly, and let out a long sigh. What has happened over the years, even if his character is resolute, he is a little hesitant and doesn't know how to start.... Correspondingly, the more Locke did this, the more he disbelieved that the new magnates around Locke, a group of young people, marginal nobles, and low-class soldiers, could manage the kingdom well.

After all, Lordaeron can't stand up to any storm! The prosperity of Iva in front of you is because all the existing resources of the entire Lordaeron are concentrated here! Abydis saw it clearly... Lordaeron has only just stabilized now, and how to govern the country in the future is the biggest problem!

Just Locke, the twenty-three-year-old king?!

Youngster! Youngster! O Holy Light! When I was twenty-three years old, I was still trying to be a good knight!

Is....! How did things get to this point?

It's a pity... Old Mograini, Ethan Lien, Dassault Khan... It's too early...

Mormont drank the dark beer in his hand, and the people around him had long since moved away from the two of them. He beckoned, and a maid in the distance approached. Grabbing two glasses of Night Elf's moonlight aging from the maid's plate, Mormont handed it to him.

"How Lordaeron is, we'll all see. I wonder what the whole of Lordaeron would be like now without Locke? Your Excellency, you should have your own thoughts in your heart. Mormont played with the blue and cold light in his hand, he looked at Locke, who was chatting and laughing among the nobles, and said with appreciation as if he were looking at his descendants, "I have not been in Iva for a long time, only a few months. But what I do know is that Locke, while seemingly indecisive on the surface, never made a decision that would disappoint anyone at a critical time. On the contrary, his resolute attitude is even more decisive than those of us who are older!? ”

"Think about it, if Locke hadn't broken away from the Crusaders with the Fifth Legion. Without isolating the barrier of the undead, who can drive out the demon that possessed the Great Crusader Dassault Khan? Mormont naturally recounted his opinion on the matter, "risking treason, to testify against his superior, Lordaeron's supreme commander at the time." Who can have this kind of courage and courage? ”

"What would have happened to the Crusaders if no one had done that? I think you know very well, sir. Lordaeron will never rise again..."

"So when I first heard this amazing news, I was thinking... Locke was either an ambitious madman or a well-prepared chess player with a deep plan. Sure enough—" Mormont looked at old Abydis with a smile, "Locke presented evidence at a meeting of the Knights of the Silver Hand, and although the evidence was not perfect, it was enough to prove that Dassault Khan was indeed in trouble. This evidence saved him from the risk of treason, and divided the silver hand that bound him. ”

"The subsequent arrangement completely allowed himself to occupy the legitimate name of Lordaeron..."

Mormont spread his hands, and he looked at Abydis calmly, "With all due respect, your lord, you and the Grand Lord of Mograine, as well as Dassault Khan, are not Locke's political opponents. You may be able to throw him far away militarily, but the military is always in the service of politics. He was indeed not a qualified paladin, an unqualified commander, but he was a qualified king. Lordaeron needs such a bold king who can break the shackles of the past rules, stabilize the situation in the country, and balance the various dissatisfied voices within the alliance against Lordaeron. ”

"Put yourself in their shoes, sir. What do you think you would do if you were Locke, or that you were the one who was in that meeting at the time? Would you make the same decision as Locke? Would you testify that Dassault Khan was a demon? ”

Mormon's series of words made Abydis's face ugly, especially what Mormont said that they were not Locke's political opponents. But at that time, who thought about how Lordaeron would develop in the future? The code of conduct of the paladins was not placed in the position of the king in the first place!

Selfless dedication, bravery, justice, sacrifice, spirit, and glory are the paladins....

Thinking so... Old Abidis suddenly figured out a question!

What is Locke doing now, which one is demanding of himself with the behavior of a paladin? What he did was more in the name of the Silver Hand, exercising the rights of King Lordaeron and accomplishing what he wanted to do! He wants to be a paladin and break some kind of restraint on him! I also want to use my identity as a paladin to get the support and affirmation of the Holy Light Church!!

For him, the status of a paladin is now just a dispensable identity?

But on the other hand, if Locke still recognizes the identity of a paladin, correspondingly, then this identity is still restraining him and preventing him from acting more out of line?

Abydis put down his glass in a rare move, and he stared at Locke, who was chatting and laughing with the nobles of Kul Tiras in the crowd, and fell silent for a moment.

Old Abidis thought to himself, for now, except for some bad things about him breaking the Paladin's code of conduct, he is really trying to fight for everything he can for this country....

Alas, old Abidis shook his head helplessly.

Is it really stubborn that you don't know how to be flexible? Or is it that he can no longer be as strict as a paladin as he used to?

"Master Abydis, you can think so." Mormont was a man who had been in the aristocratic circle for a long time, and he naturally knew that these people with old-fashioned beliefs were disgusted by Locke's behavior. But his visit to contact old Abidis was to ease the tension of the decent paladins represented by him towards Locke and bring them closer.

"Since everything he does is to make this kingdom move forward better, why don't you let go of his shackles completely? After all, you can't really interfere with him... Yes! He's a young man, but he's so much better than ordinary young people. And we all know that children don't want to be tied down all the time. If you let it go properly, you might even gain his favor with you..."

"So... Why not make it easy for yourself? Of course, being young means having less experience, and we just need to help him watch it when it is critical. ”

Alas... Sighing, Abidis held the transparent glass in his hand, and could only helplessly look at Locke, who was surrounded by nobles not far away.

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"Ha, Lord Locke. If you're interested, be sure to find me when you come to Tigalad. Viscount Norvington pointed to the surrounding Cultilas nobles and said to Locke, "In equestrian competitions, I think my playing field is the most impressive. ”

"Come on, Norvinton. Don't talk about your equestrian competitions! Or would we be skiing better? Or do you want to go fishing? No more, let's have a Clippers game!? ”

"Hunting, too, Norvinton. Let's see if your technology has improved over the years? ”

Viscount Norvington was a well-known nobleman of Coultiras, mainly known for the grand equestrian competitions he held on his estate every year. Most of the invitees were the upper nobility of Kurtiras, who gathered every year in the northern hills of the Tigalad Strait.

In the beginning, the competition was only a few equestrian competitions. But as the number of nobles increased, skiing, hunting, fast boating, and fishing were all included. Probably because the scarcity of numbers did not serve the purpose of pleasure, the number of people was gradually not limited to the nobility, but also ordinary commoners and knights could participate in these events. This was a great attraction for commoners and wandering knights, and it was not impossible to excel in aristocratic society as long as they could make their mark in these competitions.

After all, the royal family of Prodmoor, the family of Duke Vikres, the family of Duke Stoxon, and the family of Duke Ashfan will all participate in this grand event.

Being able to be regarded by them as a member of the family is undoubtedly soaring!

So, during that month of the year, a large crowd flocks to his estate. This made Viscount Norvinton, the organizer of the event, a well-known nobleman of Kul Tiras, and he gradually became the social star of the nobles of Kul Tiras....

"Yes, of course." Locke smiled and nodded,