Shadow Trails in Azeroth

Blake did not bring Finna, who was a bit emotionally broken, to the temporary headquarters of the Uncrowned.

There were many people talking there, and it was not a place where you could chat safely. However, the pirate was very familiar with this land, and he quickly found a quiet "conversation place" where he would not be disturbed.

It's on the hill northwest of Brennadan City, on the hillside above the Death Shoal that was recently washed into a swamp by the sea. It's very quiet there, and you can overlook the city and the wilderness.

Amidst the roar of the hippogryph, Blake and Fenner landed on the hillside one after another. The pirate took out a picnic cloth from his bag and spread it on the ground. He also took out a few bottles of wine and put them on it, and returned it to the grass. A parasol was placed on it.

He looked back at Fenner, who had her head lowered, and said:

"Have you eaten anything in the morning? Are you hungry? I still have some dried meat here, okay, and some cakes prepared for me. Do you want to chat while eating?"

"No."

Fenner shook her head.

She is not an alcoholic, although she is not the type who gets drunk as soon as she drinks, but she was in a bad mood today and drank too much, which made her a little drunk now.

she says:

"I don't want to eat. I feel like I'm going to throw up. Oh my god, wine tastes terrible. Why do you like them so much?"

"I don't see drinking as a purpose, my poor Fenner."

Blake sat comfortably on the grass on the picnic blanket, resting his arms on his pillow, and said leisurely:

“I just use drinking as a means to relieve loneliness, celebrate or mourn, and occasionally use it to numb the evil thoughts in my heart, hoping to make my life easier.

Everyone has their own way of relaxing, and mine is by guzzling wine, and I’m not really drunk anyway. "

"This is true."

Fenna stepped forward and lay down on the grass. She looked at the shadow cast by the sun covered by the parasol above her head and said gloomily:

"I've never seen someone drunk before. There must be some trick to this kind of thing, right? Can you teach me?"

"Are you sure you want to discuss wine with me?"

Blake said quietly:

"I'm not wasting my time here to tell you this. I've always said that the Proudmoore children have mental problems, and I don't deny that I have a little bit of that too.

but.

You are only half Proudmoore, so your psychological problems should be much easier than the rest of us.

I think it can be done in ten minutes.

So, stop pretending and tell your little brother about your troubles. "

"Don't pretend!"

Fenner, whose eyes were still red, turned sideways, lying on the ground and supporting her head with her left hand. She picked up the bottle and said to Blake in front of her:

"I don't believe that a guy as smart as you doesn't know what's bothering me. Give me some advice. Evil pirate, you just said that your evil wisdom is only open to me today.

I need a suggestion. "

"Well, my suggestion is that you go back and apologize to your mother now, and the mother and daughter have a heart-to-heart talk. I think with Mrs. Jinjian's wisdom, she will never force you to join that family in her way again."

The pirate curled his lips and said:

"Then, obediently go and participate in tomorrow's title ceremony, become the eldest princess of the Proudmoore family, and become the daughter of Dai Lin, at least on the surface.

Let Dai Lin's guilt that has no place to rest and his desire to protect his family be satisfied, and then he can trick him into giving you some freedom, so that you can be like Little Star and run around the world in the name of a princess. "

"Are you serious?"

Fenner stared and said:

"A great villain who planned the Dalaran incident, manipulated the World Destroyer into applause, and is now planning to bring down Kul Tiras. What advice can you give me?

Want me to go back and apologize?

Shouldn't you suggest that I assassinate Dai Lin with a knife?

Hey, I'm beginning to doubt your dark wisdom, Blake. "

"Then what else can I do?"

The pirate rolled his eyes that Fenner couldn't see, and said:

"Those methods are used against the enemy. We should treat the enemy as ruthlessly as the autumn wind sweeps the leaves or the winter blizzard. But can I use these methods on you?"

"That's what I say, but you should at least give me a little surprise."

Fenner drank heavily to relieve her worries and complained:

"At least say something that others can't say. Aren't you always good at talking?"

"You want to hear this, okay, I'll satisfy you, this poor little thing."

Blake sighed. He closed his eyes under the umbrella, enjoying the breeze blowing around him and basking in the sun. He snorted comfortably, and said after a second:

"Your resistance to Dai Lin originally stemmed from resentment. I heard you say something about your childhood. You wished you had a father by your side to accompany you when you grew up.

But you don't get the feeling you desire, and the complex emotions of longing for but not getting it will turn into pain, and pain inspires anger and resentment.

When you grow up, you understand the pressure your mother endured to have a child out of wedlock in a place like Quel'Thalas. You understand your mother, you pity her, and you want to protect her.

This protective desire combined with your resentment made you have a strong hostility towards Dai Lin, who had never met you.

am I right? "

"Well, I guess you're right, hiccup."

Fenner nodded and drank again.

It looked like he really had a little too much to drink.

She listened to Black's words, and the pirate snatched the wine bottle from Fenner's hand, shook it to her ear, and poured the remaining wine into his mouth.

He moistened his throat and said again:

"Finally, when you grew up, you didn't like the environment in Quel'Thalas, and you didn't want to bring more criticism to your mother because of your existence, so you moved to Dalaran.

Then he participated in the Orc War and unexpectedly learned of Dai Lin's existence. Destiny pushed your family to finally reunite.

Your mother accepted her fate and rekindled her love with her lover after nearly twenty years of separation. The intense emotions exploded, allowing them to relive the past and decide on the future.

From this point of view, Mrs. Jin Jian really liked Dai Lin very much and regarded him as the love of her life.

But she still has you, a little dragster. She knows your complicated feelings for Dai Lin. She is trying to be the link between you and Dai Lin. She hopes that you will accept Dai Lin.

There is nothing wrong with this desire.

If I were Mrs. Jinjian, I would also hope that my daughter and her husband would get along harmoniously, and that she would be qualified to pursue her own love while retaining family ties.

Mrs. Jin Jian is so good, right?

In my opinion, that bastard Daelin is not worthy of her at all, but she still chose to share her feelings for Daelin with Queen Catherine, and even gave up her career in the Silver Moon Council and came to Tiragarde to be a wild man. mage.

As you said, from the perspective of the elves, this is definitely a humiliation.

From this point of view, you are indeed very naughty.

As I said to you before, your resistance is actually asking your mother to make a choice between her love and you. What an ignorant little brat!

I don't understand how cruel this choice is.

If I were your mother, I would definitely teach you a lesson.

But it’s not really your fault.

After all, you have never experienced the beauty of love, and you cannot understand how valuable the relationship between Mrs. Jinjian and Dai Lin is.

You're just a selfish kid who deserves a beating.

All decisions are made based on one's own feelings, but the feelings of others are always ignored. "

"boom"

Fenner punched Blake's ear, making a dent in the ground. She was drunk and said in a bad tone:

"I asked you to comfort me, not to teach me a lesson, you stinky brother."

"So, do you want to hear good things? Or do you want to hear the truth?"

Blake asked quietly.

Fenner immediately shut her mouth.

"Let me tell you, when you saw the true relationship between your mother and Dai Lin, most of the resentment and anger in your heart had already disappeared.

Because the reason to support your anger is gone.

Your mother was not abandoned by Dai Lin as you imagined. She has always loved Dai Lin, and Dai Lin has never forgotten her. Their love is true.

There is no reason for you to resist Dai Lin in the name of your mother.

So the nameless anger that is left is more of resentment towards his loneliness as a child, but Dai Lin is willing to compensate you. He really wants to be a good father and double what you lack. Supply you.

do you know? Finna.

Although you have always been tough-talking, I actually discovered very early on that you were timid when facing Dai Lin.

Not because he is your father, but because of yourself.

You are afraid that after accepting this warm kindness, the beliefs you have upheld in your past life will collapse. You are afraid that you will become the perfect daughter that Dai Lin and your mother imagined.

What you are resisting is not Dai Lin, but the fear of change. "

Blake's voice deepened and he said:

"You are entering a field that you have never known before. The unknown will always make people feel at a loss and full of fear. You are afraid of losing yourself. You can't imagine the scene where you and your parents are happy, and at the same time you are very satisfied with your current life.

You don't want to change.

You act like a fearless warrior, but you're just a scared little girl.

You're not even as good as Jaina in this regard.

You want me to give you advice?

It's simple, just accept it.

Accept change and adapt to it. Mrs. Jin Jian did not say anything wrong. You deserve all this. If you choose to refuse, then the generous fate will punish you in turn.

Your willfulness and groundless resistance will destroy yourself, you will destroy your mother, and you will destroy your father. "

"Isn't it the same for you?"

Fenna wanted to refute Blake's words, but thinking was really not an area that warriors were good at. She stood up drunkenly, stood in front of Blake, put her hands on her hips, and said unsteadily:

"Aren't you also a stinky kid who resists acceptance? As long as you ask, Dai Lin will give you everything, you know it! But you still choose to go against him.

You're like me, Blake.

No! You are worse than me!

At least I didn't think about killing Dai Lin, but you have been planning it. "

"I'm different from you."

Blake said to Fenner in a gentle tone:

"I don't want to kill him, I want to defeat him, these are two concepts. In fact, you don't understand, but I have already saved him once.

I'm not returning to this family because I have more important things to do.

For example, these things we are about to start, I hide in the shadows and do things to make those existences in the sun better, instead of being eager, timid and resisting to integrate into it like you.

You can't go on like this.

Not only will it affect your family relationships, but it will also affect your way of being a warrior. Having fear in your heart means a loophole in your soul. How can you control anger? "

"Stop talking!"

Fenna rushed forward like an angry cat and tried to cover Blake's mouth. The two were entangled, but the pirate pushed him away. He scolded:

"It must be normal, what does this look like?"

"You're not allowed to say that!"

Finna, who was completely drunk, pounced on him again and wanted to beat the pirate fiercely, probably because Blake's words stung the truth in her heart.

Fenner was a bit at a loss to expose herself completely in front of the smelly pirates.

The two were fighting and arguing for several minutes, and Fenna finally calmed down. She sat next to Black with a lonely look on her face and rested her head on the pirate's shoulder.

She had never shown such vulnerability before, closing her eyes and saying:

"Everything you said is right, you are so smart, Blake. Do you think I should accept the title of princess? I can't make a choice, but you are so much smarter than me.

Please help me make a choice.

If you say I want to accept it, I will obediently go there tomorrow and become Dai Lin's good daughter.

If you say I don't accept it, I will go with you. We, brother and sister, will travel around the world together and defeat him together. "

"You're an adult, aren't you? My poor sister."

Blake reached out and hugged Fenner's shoulders. He tilted his head to touch Fenner's head and said softly:

"Why are you still acting like a child, thinking that you have to make a choice? Why can't you have both? You can accept the title of princess, become Dai Lin's daughter, and stand with me at the same time, plotting to beat our family. A meal for the unpleasant old father.

You can have the affection you crave while maintaining your resentment toward Dai Lin.

After all, he did abandon you during your growing years.

He did something wrong.

He will be punished.

We won't kill him, but he won't try to change us either. You will still be you, a proud warrior, and maybe even a queen in the future.

I'm not interested in ruling a country anyway, what do you think? "

Fenner didn't answer.

She drank too much.

She leaned on Blake's shoulder and seemed very relieved to be protected by her brother. Her hair was spread on Blake's shoulder and she nuzzled the pirate's clothes like a kitten.

Amidst his even breathing, he also snored slightly.

She fell asleep.

"Oh, I have to drink too much if I don't have the ability to drink."

The pirate complained, and then pulled up the watchman's cloak behind him and covered Fenner like a quilt. He maintained his current actions to let the exhausted Fenner take a good rest.

She really needed a break.

"Shhh"

Blake raised his head, pointed to Fenner who was sleeping on his shoulder, and made a silent movement to Mrs. Golden Sword who appeared in front of him through the portal quietly.

"What the hell is going on with you?"

The pirate asked softly:

"You should know how sensitive she is, why are you forcing her at this time? Her relationship with Dai Lin has obviously developed in a good direction, and she just needs to wait patiently.

Are you elves sick?

Do you have to involve everything in your bad politics and make everything a mess? In the end, I have to step in to clean up the mess for you.

Do you know how valuable my time is? "

Mrs. Jin Jian did not answer.

She just looked at the pirate in front of her, and after a few seconds, she said coldly:

"Fenna has been a very independent girl since she was a child. I have never seen her be so close to a man. It seems that the person she trusts the most is you.

I saw you during the incident in Dalaran. Your name should be Black. You are a very powerful pirate and an outstanding young man.

I also hope that my daughter can be happy, but I have already made a mistake for her personally. I don’t want my daughter to suffer the same heartbroken life as me.

And the life path you chose is incompatible with her family.

Stay away from my Fenner!

You should not meet again in the future.

I will give you satisfactory compensation. "

PS:

Yesterday afternoon I was typing, and suddenly I heard that the author group was in trouble. When I ran in and took a look, I realized that a big boss had given me a silver alliance. This, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, cannot do.

Thanks to Huo Zheng for being such a good boss.

I won’t say anything else. Thank you for your support. I will hand in all the manuscripts on the 11th of next month. I will do what I say.