This was a grand celebration banquet with at least a thousand guests in attendance.
However, there were not many guys around Duke.
Because the official intentionally downplayed the horrific story of one flag defeating thousands of troops, many local nobles who were unaware of the reasons had no idea who actually contributed to the elves' ridiculous victory. Moreover, Duke was too powerful - the deputy commander of the Alliance, and all the people under his command were kings. In theory, after Quel'Thalas joined, the Mage Corps would also be provided to Duke.
As a result, the weakest of those who dared to show themselves before the Duke were either real lords or councillors.
Duke just dealt with them with a formal smile.
However, Duke could instinctively sense the contempt in their bones. At first, one or two of them could be considered misunderstandings, but later, even Kael'thas beside Duke looked unhappy. Because more than one council mber couldn't help but use his ntal power to test Duke, as if to know how Duke could be so worthy as to beco the deputy commander of the alliance with such a weak strength as the master Mage.
You know, unless the elves' master Wizards are of noble birth and have sufficient seniority, they can't even get a seat as a mber of the Silvermoon Council.
Every guy who attacked had his claws chopped off by Duke.
It's like the ga of rock, paper, scissors, which counteract each other. No matter what form of ntal power you have, Duke can find a way to counter it in less than one tenth of a second.
Only then did they begin to take a serious look at Duke, who was too young from both a human and elf perspective.
Duke's focus was on Alleria.
With the help of the system elves' sound filtering and amplification, Duke heard what the elves surrounding Alleria were saying.
"Niece Alleria! I heard that you are going to serve the great human lord. Are you going to get a title? Have you decided where your fiefdom will be?"
"Sister Alleria, are you going to marry that deputy commander of the Alliance? I'm so envious of you..."
After listening for a while, Duke finally understood that these were a group of middle and low-level elven nobles, and they were sowhat related to the Windrunner family.
Unlike those high-ranking nobles who were arrogant and pretentious, the ones who suffered the most this ti were the nobles whose fiefdoms were in the southern part of Sunstrider Forest.
The forest that had not changed for thousands of years was burned down, and a large number of people were killed. It seed that the royal family and parliant mbers, who had also suffered heavy losses, did not intend to support these poor people. Hard tis in the future were foreseeable.
Quel'Thalas is also located in an awkward geographical location. It occupies the northernmost part of the entire continent and borders Lordaeron, the most powerful human kingdom on the continent, to the south.
There is no room for territorial expansion.
Unable to survive, the people naturally changed their minds. They ca to Alleria to try their luck and test the waters.
Alleria was embarrassed. In fact, she decided to follow Duke only in the past few days. She had no idea what position she would get after becoming a servant, or whether she would get a title. She knew Duke would not treat her sisters coldly, but she was too busy these days, and that incident happened...
Seeing Alleria stunned, the relatives had different expressions: so were curious, so were expectant, so were fake smiles, so were perfunctory, so were aningful... and most of them were pessimistic.
In the human world, there has never been a precedent of conferring titles on foreigners.
Perhaps, he was deceived by humans and worked hard for them, right?
At this ti, Duke ca over. There were still a dozen steps to go. Duke smiled and said, "Oh, my countess, you are here!"
Countess?
This honorable title belongs to Alleria?
No matter which country it is, if you can reach the level of earl, you can definitely not be called a minor noble.
At this ti, a female elf asked jokingly and half-seriously: "Your Excellency Grand Edmund Duke, Alleria is the most beautiful and powerful ranger general in our Windrunner family. You can't treat her lightly. Don't tell us that Alleria can't get a single fiefdom."
"How is that possible! Alleria is the most important person to ." Duke was not vague. In front of these long-eared people, he took out a territory certificate with King Llane's autograph and the royal fire seal on it.
All the elves around were shocked to see how huge Duke's theoretical fiefdom was.
"Okay, as you wish. By the way, let tell you that my fiefdom as the Countess of East Elwynn Forest is here." Duke gently held Alleria's hand with his left hand and circled the map with his right hand.
This round did not scare the elves to death.
According to the map, there are already more than a thousand square kiloters of forest here. This is not an earldom, it's too big to call it a dukedom.
Alleria actually beca the actual duke of the human kingdom?
This piece of news caused a huge uproar. If the elves didn't know that the old territory of Stormwind was still occupied, they would probably be furious.
But this is also hope!
Duke ca quietly and left quietly, leaving behind a full sense of style and a group of more eager Windrunner relatives.
Late at night, after the banquet, Duke returned to the State Guesthouse, but he found Gavinrad hesitantly walking out near the door of the room.
This only ans one thing, Alleria is here.
The lodious sound of harp ca from the room. Ranger and harp were the best combination. God gave them the most flexible fingers. The superb fingering required to pluck the strings was as easy as eating and drinking.
However, unlike any other piece of music Duke had ever listened to, the piano music in the night was indeed lodious and delicate, yet it seed to be telling a story of endless sadness.
"Alleria, what happened?"
Putting down the harp, Alleria gently walked to Duke and hugged him. Duke could clearly feel the rapidly expanding wetness on his shoulders.
"My parents died in the war."
This simple sentence was like a bolt from the blue to Duke. According to Duke's mory of Alleria's history, it should be her youngest brother Lirath who died in the battle. Now Lirath is fine, Duke had repeatedly confird it before the banquet, who knew that it was her parents who died?
"Didn't I tell you repeatedly to evacuate your relatives?" Duke's body trembled along with Alleria.
"Yes, they actually arrived at Silvermoon City a long ti ago, but returned without our sisters' knowledge. As ranger lords..." Alleria choked up, "I know this is their responsibility and their honor, but I...but I just can't control myself...Tonight, I am so uncomfortable that I am about to go crazy, but I have to pretend to be the most dignified and noble, and put on a smiling face to face the guests and deal with those distant relatives who can't make a living..."
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