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Theramore, Mage Tower.

Jaina, returning from Silithus, brought Deren here via a Teleportation Spell. After more than a month of enduring the scorching, arid desert, returning to warm, humid Theramore made his whole body relax.

"I still like Theramore best!" Jaina said happily, taking Deren's hand as they stepped out of the teleportation circle and walked to the window. She looked at the bustling streets outside and the distant harbor.

"Send me back. I haven't seen Oni for so long. I miss her too," Deren said hoarsely. He knew Jaina would definitely feel uncomfortable hearing this now, but he could not suppress his eagerness to return home.

"Fine, fine, fine!" Jaina said helplessly as she listened to this utterly unromantic man talk about another woman.

"I really wish you could live in my Mage Tower," the daughter of the sea suddenly said. "Then Theresa could see her father every day."

Deren knew she was merely joking. "Forget it. Things are fine as they are. If I really moved in, you'd have to worry whether Theramore was still yours. I'll just be your advisor. The way Malfurion looks at me, it's like he's saying I'm a man living off a woman."

"A man living off a woman?" Jaina burst out laughing. "They're ignorant. They don't know how good you are. Don't get angry with them!"

Deren shrugged and said generously, "Why would I be angry? If they think I'm living off a woman and look down on me, I'd actually welcome it. The less attention I draw, the more inconspicuous I am, the weaker I seem until people overlook me—that's my strongest trump card. Besides, being seen as a man living off a woman won't cost me a piece of flesh. I don't want to be a hero who saves the