Chapter 774
For the longevity race, ten years may be just a blink of an eye.
Whether it is the elves or the dragon clan, they are quite indifferent to the concept of time.
This is not true for humans.
Ten years were indeed the youth spent by Jaina, but also the youth spent by Vanessa Van Cliff.
The Storm Kingdom in this period of history was very corrupt and declining. The Storm Royal Family had a lot of unfulfilled promises and a written-off reward. For example, the Storm Royal Family after the restoration of the country refused to pay the city construction expenses for the rebuilt by the stonemason brotherhood because of the conspiracy of a dragon princess.
This directly led to the major tragedy of Vanessa's father Edwin Van Cliff, the Stonemasters' Brotherhood, and a bunch of people who have worked hard for it and are not paid.
In her original fate, deep in the dark mine of death, Vanessa's childhood was spent in such a dark, horror and pain. Her father and others around her struggled in anger and despair. Of course, they could not instill in her any good side of Stormwind City. Even if they said nothing to her, the long-term influence of Stormwind City was enough to slowly harbor an indelible hatred for Stormwind City.
In this life, Duke's appearance changed all this.
Her father Edwin went from a low-ranking stonemason leader to one of the two heroes fighting orcs in the western wilderness. Although he was not as famous as Duke, that glory was tangible in the Storm Kingdom.
"Ah! You are the daughter of Edwin Van Cliff!"
"You are so good at being the hero's daughter!"
If she were a boy, she might have lived under the shadow of her father like the son of Alexandros Moglani. After all, the boy was the one who inherited the family business.
But she is a girl and has no pressure on that aspect at all.
If there is pressure, it is...her dad Edwin could not find a man who could marry his daughter.
In terms of status, because of his follower of Duke, Edwin jumped from a low-ranking stonemason to cross the knight class and was directly promoted to Viscount, and was an important official of the Marcus family.
In his official position, Edwin became the Minister of Architecture under the Secretary of the Interior, and he led the infrastructure projects of almost the entire Storm Kingdom.
Logically, the Van Cliff family is already prominent.
The problem lies here.
The nobles can accept that a poor boy without a background entered the circle of the nobles because of his mysterious power. After all, the inheritance of magic circuits itself is a wealth that is hard to buy. But the nobles definitely do not like mud legs without special talents to become nobles in one step.
Under normal circumstances, only those knights who have been in the knight class who have been in the knight class and have been promoted to nobles will be more likely to be accepted by the noble circle.
The nobles of the Storm Kingdom have withered a lot because of the damage caused by Mr. Du during the Great Retreat, but old nobles, such as the Ftagen family of Bervar, or the new generation nobles who were later promoted by Ryan, still do not like Van Cliff.
After all, the only one who can accept Vanessa is the Marcus family.
Later, in a competition five years ago, Vanessa used a gorgeous dagger twelve combo to let out the Cavalier Captain Casa, who was the most optimistic about by Old Fan...
Vanessa, who is in trouble, cannot get married.
After participating in the Dark Gate War, Vanessa, who is used to seeing the great hero, has a high vision. She doesn't care whether she is married or not: "Dad, you are still young anyway. If you want the Van Cliff family to continue, you can marry another woman. In the future, you can give me a younger brother or sister to be the heir. Don't worry about me."
Edwin finally realized that his baby daughter followed Princess Carlia and traveled around the world for ten years outside, she was no longer the obedient little girl, but a real strong man.
This time, Edwin immediately sent his daughter to the beautiful return of Duke and the instigation of a queen who ran to Stormwind City.
"The Van Cliff family was born from the Marcus family, and died from the Marcus family ghost. Master Duke just returned and needed help. Since you were the master's maid and now you have the permission of His Majesty Carlia, you should serve in front of the master's seat." Edwin said righteously on his face, but in fact he was happy to send his daughter to the North River Coast with a clutch.
Come with Vanessa, there are the high elf knight Leah Deline and the fourth brother of the Wind Walker family, Lilass.
They were sent by Duke to be friends for Carlia and enjoy freedom with the miserable Carlia. Strictly speaking, they were all members of Duke's subordinates. The years they spent together in the next ten years put them in the mark of Carlia. When Carlia was pushed to power by Duke, they naturally had a different meaning.
Duke doesn't care. After ten years of disappearance, Ilushia still helped him manage his territory and power, and Duke is already very grateful. Especially Edwin Van Cliff, after Ilushia secretly pointed out that if it weren't for the Marcus family, Stormwind could not have paid the cost of building the city, Edwin completely cut off his thoughts about Storm nobles and became the most fanatical supporter of the Marcus family.
No matter what, it is still easy for your own people to use.
Since Vanessa proposed to come back to be the captain of the maid, Duke would follow her. Anyway, she is now a bachelor commander, and there is not a single maid below.
Lilas quietly entered the hero field, which was considered to have 70% of Aurelia's combat power back then.
On the other hand, the enemy is the undead, and there is no paladin around him, so Duke is really a bit weak. Leadrin's arrival is obviously a big help.
The only thing Duke didn't expect was that Vanessa blocked Jaina outside as soon as she arrived.
Duke rubbed his eyebrows: "Vanessa, there will be no special circumstances in the future. Jaina can enter my camp or room without notice."
When Duke's voice came out of the tent, Vanessa was a little reluctant to let her go.
Even though it was a little unhappy to be blocked, Vanessa's agile movements made Jaina look up. However, Vanessa, in a tight outfit, was doing maid's work, and with that special agility, Jaina felt a little savory: it seemed that she had more than one competitor, Carlia!
Jaina pursed her lips gently, and then went in with a dignified manner.
"Duke, I'm here this time..."
Duke saw through Jaina's thoughts at first sight and waved his hand: "Defeating the Scourge is the most important thing. Once the Scourge is allowed to attract Archmond, the commander of the Burning Legion, the world will be destroyed. At that time, any glorious status is a false thing. Come and help me find out. Now Anasterian's bastard has given me a problem."
Chapter completed!