"As for the future... we can talk about that once the fighting here is over. As long as war really breaks out, no one will come asking about this again, much less dare use it to make trouble for you."
Sylvanas thought for a moment, then added, "Even if war doesn't break out, it won't matter. As long as our Windrunner family stays out of this mess, there will still be room to maneuver. At worst, we can have these elven civilians move back afterward."
"How could the king and the Silvermoon Council not know about a migration involving so many people?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk seriously doubted that Sylvanas could keep it as secret as she claimed.
"It will be a little difficult, which is why I've already brought the Golden Mist Burning Legion and the Farstriders on board. When the time comes, we'll set up a cordon in this area."
Sylvanas traced a line on the map with a slender finger and said, "We'll tell any elven civilians coming up from the south that we've discovered a large troll army, then send them to the harbor at Goldenmist Village, where your fleet is anchored. You can transport them back to the Hinterlands."
"What if someone in those two legions leaks the news?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"The rank-and-file soldiers will only know that war is coming and the elven civilians need to be evacuated. They won't know much else, or where the civilians are being sent."
Sylvanas smiled. "Besides, what would it matter even if they knew? We aren't forcibly relocating elven civilians. They're moving on their own. Our legions are merely guiding them in a particular direction."
"Why not put the Expeditionary Army Corps in charge of this?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"No. We shouldn't reveal the Expeditionary