The transport fleets of Aaron and Kul Tiras separated in the northern waters of Isle of Quel'Danas. They said to Bolvar who had just left Dreadwake: "Okay, let's say goodbye. Don't forget our deal, Lord Duke."
Of the expedition team, only Bolvar and some of his Stormwind City soldiers returned with the fleet. Bolvar was ready to personally Varian discuss establishing a Proto-Dragon breeding base in the north.
The transaction mentioned by Aaron and Bolvar naturally refers to using the right to use Utgarde Keep in exchange for the Stonemasons' Guild's help in building Covenant City.
After parting ways with the fleet, Aaron drove Dreadwake around the eastern coast of Quel'Thalas and returned to the Mengyue City harbor, which was originally a cliff.
Compared with when we set off, the port had only a few simple trestles and only a few ships docked here. Now the Covenant City port has many more facilities and ships. It seems that Ya-Mei Trading Company's business should be doing well.
"I'm finally back. I almost forgot that I still have such a territory." Aaron found an open space to Dreadwake and joked with Vereesa.
"I thought it was who you were, but it turned out to be the lord. Sorry, I don't recognize you since we haven't seen each other for so long." Just when Aaron and Vereesa were about to leave the port, they suddenly heard a familiar voice with a hint of sarcasm.
Looking around, I saw a black-haired woman wearing a mage's robe holding a staff standing not far from Aaron, looking at them.
"Illucia? Long time no see." Aaron looked at Illucia who was standing aside awkwardly. Even he could hear the strong resentment in the words of this administrative officer who governed Covenant City in an orderly manner.
"Long time no see, Lord." Illucia deliberately emphasized the word "long time", which obviously meant something.
"Ahem, you've done a good job during this time. Do you want me to increase your salary?" Aaron changed the subject.
"Forget it, I don't value this salary very much." Illucia was very sincere when he said this. The eldest lady of the Barov Family obviously didn't work so hard for the salary offered by Aaron.
Frankly speaking, Illucia is very satisfied with Aaron's behavior of giving himself maximum freedom and letting himself play as he pleases. But, how can I put it, sometimes when Illucia is very busy, he will have the idea of why should I work so hard? This is not my territory. In ten years, this place will have nothing to do with me.
But whenever the idea of putting down work and taking a break comes up, Illucia's old face will appear in Terenas's mind. As long as he thinks of King Lordaeron's hint to him before setting off, Illucia will feel that he is full of motivation and will never think about being lazy and resting again.
But thinking about it, when Illucia came out to check the work progress of Covenant City, when he saw Aaron's face, he still couldn't help but feel a sense of resentment: He is obviously a lord, but he has been away from the city for most of the time since the city was founded. Can this person still be considered a qualified lord?
"Um, cough, Illucia, please introduce these buildings to me. I haven't been back for so long that I don't even know the way." Aaron said this in order to ease the awkward atmosphere.
As for saying that you don't know the way, it's just an excuse. Aaron has only been away for a few months, and the manpower that Illucia can mobilize is not very sufficient. It is already very good to be able to build a decent framework for Covenant City.
"Okay, Lord Lord, in order to make you more familiar with your territory, let me take you to visit Covenant City." Illucia sorted out his emotions and walked slowly to Aaron. He had once again transformed into the polite but dignified eldest daughter of the Barov family.
"In order to facilitate the transportation of Ya-Mei Trading Company's products, I made some adjustments to the port after discussing with Master Sicco Thermaplugg." Illucia's thinking was very clear. He not only introduced to Aaron the changes that had taken place in Covenant City during this period, but also explained the meaning of these changes to Aaron.
Although Illucia was not notified in advance about Aaron's return, for the eldest daughter of Kingdom of Alterac's largest family, such a thing was just a piece of cake.
If Illucia wasn't so good, he wouldn't have thought about breaking away from the family's control and fighting for complete freedom for himself. Illucia only hates that his magic talent is not good enough, otherwise why would he go to such trouble and prove himself by helping others manage their territory.
With such thoughts in mind, Illucia led Aaron and Vereesa, who had just gotten off the boat, to walk around in Covenant City. When he was about to return to the city lord's mansion to let the two rest for a while before continuing to introduce Covenant City's situation, they were interrupted by Aaron.
"Wait a minute, Illucia, where is that place?" Aaron asked, pointing to a newly built building near the Blood Knights camp. Illucia didn't introduce this place just now, but looking at the purple color of the new building and the purple eye symbol suspended on the top of the building, Aaron had a guess in his mind.
"Oh yes, I forgot about this," Illucia gently rubbed his forehead. It seems that the hard work during this period has worsened his condition, and he actually forgot such an important thing. "According to the agreement reached by Lordaeron Dalaran and Quel'Thalas, the three countries will jointly build a research-based mage college. The location... is right here."
"I seem to remember such a thing," Aaron recalled. There seemed to be such an article in the newly released agreements between various countries. On the surface, it was to promote the exchanges between mages within the Alliance. In fact, it was Alliance. Terenas felt that he would be at a disadvantage just for giving Paladin's training methods to Quel'Thalas, so he thought about poaching a little bit of High Elf's body and could not talk about his own losses.
Aaron looked at the half-built building in surprise, "I thought it would take a long time for the mages to start construction."
"Please have more respect for the mage. After all, I am also a mage." Illucia blinked, "By the way, speaking of this, there are still a few guests in the city lord's mansion. Lord, you'd better meet them as soon as possible, otherwise it will be rude."
"Guest?" Aaron was stunned for a moment, "Are you looking for me? Then you really need to meet as soon as possible."