Solarian

Furious! Absolutely furious!!

That was Sylvanas's first reaction at the moment, but there in the square, she still gave Kael'thas a beautiful smile.

"Sylvanas..."

After a long pause, Kael'thas spoke, sounding a little uncertain.

Sylvanas understood how he felt. After all, when they had parted before, she had let him leave without telling him anything. Meeting her this time must have come as quite a surprise to him too.

"Yes, I'm Sylvanas."

Sylvanas nodded. She wore the light armor characteristic of a ranger, which exposed her delicate, fair skin, and carried a slender sword at her side.

Damn...

Kael'thas blushed and couldn't help looking away.

Sylvanas was inwardly delighted, and much of her anger faded.

"All right, I'm your new commander, but because of orders from above, two people need to be removed from this team."

Sylvanas took out the orders and read them aloud. Kael'thas felt a little uneasy.

Sure enough, he was assigned to leave the team. Audilon was the only one assigned to follow him.

Why is he here too...

Kael'thas gave Sylvanas a troubled look. Although he was somewhat disappointed to be leaving this girl, he had expected it. But why was Audilon coming along too?

"Your Highness, don't worry. With me here, I absolutely won't let the enemy hurt you!"

Audilon seemed very happy and began making his declarations of protection again.

"I'll stand by your side at all times... I won't let the enemy..."

"Audilon, what's your class and rank?"

Kael'thas hurriedly interrupted him.

"Huh? Yes, I'm currently around the middle stage of an intermediate warrior!"

Audilon was taken aback and hurriedly answered.

So he's level 40...

That thought put Kael'thas at ease.

"Sylvanas, what about a team for the two of us?"

Kael'thas asked.

"Another team will take you in."

Sylvanas gritted her teeth inwardly and smiled as though nothing were amiss.

She had lost this contest just when she thought she was going to win. His Majesty the King, far away, had unexpectedly issued a new order removing Kael'thas from her team. To avoid causing a greater stir, Sylvanas could only force herself to accept it.

She had taken it upon herself to assign Audilon to Kael'thas, because Audilon himself had little connection to her, so he wouldn't make Anasterian suspicious of her intentions. He was also an exceptionally stubborn royalist. Apart from Aqiang, he was the person best able to protect Kael'thas!

Most importantly, he was a man.

Sylvanas thought it was wonderful to have a male warrior who was loyal to an extreme protecting Kael'thas. Those little vixens wouldn't find it easy to do anything...

The war was urgent, so Sylvanas didn't stay much longer. To keep people from suspecting anything about her relationship with Kael'thas, she exchanged a few casual words and left with the team.

Kael'thas remained in the square, waiting.

"Your Highness!!"

Soon, an excited voice rang out, and Liadrin came running over.

She hadn't dared approach Kael'thas without permission before, but as soon as she received the assignment Alleria had brought, she ran over excitedly.

"Your Highness Kael'thas, I'm really sorry about last time..."

As she came up to him, Liadrin immediately remembered leaving without saying goodbye last time and hurriedly apologized to Kael'thas.

"It's all right..."

Kael'thas was happy to see Liadrin too. He didn't mind what had happened last time.

"She'll be joining the same team as you, Your Highness!"

Alleria came over as well. The mature elf beauty, who was soon to come of age, looked very happy at the moment. Even Audilon, meeting her for the first time, could see the pleasure on her face.

Of course she was happy. Her little sister had suffered such a huge setback, and Alleria felt immensely gratified whenever she thought about it!

That'll teach you to disrespect your older sister. You're getting what you deserve now...

"You're in my way. Could you please move?"

Just as Alleria was enjoying herself, a mocking voice suddenly came from behind her, pouring over her head like a wave of cold water.

"Solarian!?"

Liadrin was the first to see who the voice belonged to. It was the proud astromancer they had met last time.

"Little girl, didn't your family teach you to respect your elders?"

Alleria said with feigned anger. She was soon to come of age, so she was fully qualified to say that to the girl before her.

"Hmph..."

Unfortunately, Solarian didn't even look at them. She snorted coldly, squeezed straight through the gap between the two of them, then strode up to Kael'thas, who looked astonished.

She dropped to one knee.

"This truly is a fateful meeting, Your Highness..."

Solarian looked up, gazing at Kael'thas with an exceptionally fervent look in her eyes. Her voice was as gentle as a murmur.

"Solarian, your most loyal astromancer, reporting to you!"

"Ding..."

Solarian's loyalty to you has risen to 90...

Solarian? Kael'thas didn't remember her, but her identity as an astromancer quickly made him realize who she was. She was the future Grand Astromancer Solarian, the High Elf whose face couldn't be seen, a boss in the same game instance as Kael'thas.

She was also someone who had witnessed everything and followed her monarch to the very end.

Thinking of it that way, the system's loyalty notification seemed unimportant instead.

"It truly is a fateful meeting, Solarian..."

Kael'thas smiled. He had finally met a famous person who truly would never betray him, and that immediately raised his regard for the girl immensely.

Even Liadrin, who had been with him for a long time, might not measure up to her.

Liadrin had betrayed him in the end in the game. Although this was a completely different world and he couldn't judge it by the game's story, Kael'thas still couldn't entirely put it behind him.

"In the name of Sunstrider, I hold you in high regard. Stay by my side..."

Kael'thas continued. This was the first time he had offered such an invitation and recognition to anyone. Speaking in his family's name also meant that he would accept this person's lifelong service, and it not only filled Solarian with surprise and delight, but also left all the elves present somewhat shocked.

How could this be, Your Highness...

Liadrin gave Kael'thas a somewhat resentful look. She really didn't know how she was any less than Solarian.

Alleria, standing to the side, was taken aback but said nothing. Someone else, however, couldn't stand it!

"How can Your Highness choose a follower so casually?"

Audilon stepped forward with a stern face and blocked Solarian's path, pressing her aggressively:

"You say you're the most loyal. Do you dare compete with me?"

"You?"

Solarian raised her eyebrows. Taking up his challenge, she was about to give the warrior in front of her a thorough tongue-lashing, but after looking at him for a moment, she seemed to notice something and swallowed the words she had been about to say.

"You're... not bad. Your loyalty is no less than mine..."

Saying these baffling words, she willingly stood beside the warrior, away from Kael'thas.

As strange as ever...

Seeing Audilon break into a beaming smile, Liadrin glanced at Solarian and thought to herself.

Only Alleria noticed...

A flicker of dejection in Solarian's eyes.