A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

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Gallan is the crown prince established by King Camos, not to mention impeccable in name, and also recognized by the Sage in terms of ability.

He has determined that Gallan is the next king, and the royal knight should be loyal to Gallan.

Naturally, as the head of the royal knighthood, Sage wanted to remove the unstable factors for Galland as much as possible in order to maintain the stability of the throne.

Because that is his duty.

But he did not know that the method of keeping Heimus away from the royal city not only failed to maintain the stability of the throne, but also caused Aaron Landis to fall into turmoil again.

This is also because neither he nor Xiemuer had discussed with Kehuos. If Kehuos knew their thoughts, he would try his best to stop them.

Kehos saw it clearly.

Heimos can give the prince the point of giving up the throne-if he is forced to leave the prince, it is no different for him to ask for his life.

At that point, Huimus didn't know how crazy things would be done.

...

"Please order that His Highness Heimus go to the city of Monest to succeed the lord."

"Do not."

The young boy's gaze firmly met with the head of the Knights and his priest.

He said, "I need him."

"Prince Wang, you--"

Sage frowned and stepped forward, but Xie Muer standing aside suddenly raised his hand and stopped in front of him.

Turning his head to look at the priest who stopped him, Sage swallowed the rest of the words.

Xie Muer, who had been silent for a while, looked at Gallan.

The light came from afar, through the dense canopy, and fell on Gallan's face, which was the face of an immature teenager.

Although there was toughness in the eyebrows, there was still a little childishness in the face.

Looking at Garland, Xie Muer's eyes revealed a somewhat complicated color.

He said, "Your Highness, this is your decision, isn't it?"

"Yes."

Garland looked at Xie Muer without evasion.

"This is my decision. I want to keep Huimus."

Xie Muer was silent for a while, then he bowed slightly and bowed his head.

"I understand."

He says,

"I will wait for your decision."

Gallan knew how stubborn and impersonal his priest was, plus the fact that Sage, a guy with an uncompromising temperament, was ready to fight with them.

He even took a deep breath, just waiting for the next storm.

However, Xie Muer's sudden concession made him a little dazed for a while, and looked at Xie Muer with open eyes in amazement.

It's not just him. As soon as Sage heard the words of Xiemuer, he was anxious.

"Wait, Xie Muer, you are—"

"Ah, Crown Prince, you hid here."

Suddenly a bright female voice from the side interrupted Sage's words, and when everyone turned around, they saw the tall female General Elson walking quickly.

She was still in dark, tight-fitting leather armor, with long hair tied behind her, shaking slightly with her vigorous pace, her slightly raised eyebrows were full of vigor, and the whole person looked heroic.

Vinier stepped forward, complaining jokingly.

"You are hiding in such a remote place. If you didn't ask your maid, I don't know how long it will take."

The female general who was rushing to Galland approached and realized that there were others.

She smiled and said, "Your Excellency Xie Muer, Master Sage, why are the two here whispering to Prince Wang?"

Seeing that an outsider was coming, Sage even felt anxious and was inconvenienced to continue. He nodded stiffly to Vinier and then left with Xiemuer first.

Although Sarge's behavior was not polite, but at the moment Venier, who wanted to find Galland, didn't care, but she smiled and approached Galland.

"General Vinier, you have something to do with me?"

Although Vinyl's appearance was more or less a relief for him, Gallan's heart suddenly rose with a bad hunch when he looked at him with a smile on his eyes.

"Well, something is very important."

General Elson nodded, and she swept around randomly.

This place is very secluded, quietly, no other people can be seen, but the light from afar will not be unclear.

This is a great place to talk about things in private.

"Exactly, there is no one else here, so I will say it here."

She said happily, took something directly out of her arms, and reached out to Gallan.

The light reflected on the things in her hands. Bai Shengsheng was a small carved ivory box.

Uh, it seems... a little familiar.

The smile on the teenager's face froze a little, but fortunately the light was dim and could not be seen.

The female general opened the ivory box with a snap, and then the rough ring with the uneven ring embedded in the azure gemstone appeared again in front of Gallan.

"His Royal Highness, I will give you this last time, but I was interrupted... Well, you see, although I will stay, but my subordinates will return to the country tomorrow, you accept it, I'm fine Let them bring a message to the little girl, right?"

Garland: "Uh..."

"You should be able to appreciate what Xiao Wangnv thinks of you from this, wearing it, just like Xiao Wangnv has always been by your side, the Ocean Goddess will certainly protect you."

The female general smiled and looked at Gallan with satisfaction, as if looking at her son-in-law.

"Take this as a token. When the little girl grows up, she will come to you and give birth to you."

Garland: "That...actually..."

Seeing Gallan's puffiness, Venier suddenly understood it when he thought about it.

Crown Prince is embarrassed.

Hmm~~ Prince Wang is also young, only a teenager, and she is a little younger than her. It is normal for her to be a child and to be shy.

"You don't have to be shy, Prince Wang."

Garland: "........."

I am not, I am not.

"Come on, I will wear it for you."

As soon as the quick-tempered female general had finished speaking, he took Garland's hand with impunity, and when he reached out, he would put the rough ring on him.

The young man was thinking about how embarrassing and politely rejecting the ‘love’ of the little princess, an inattentive woman was grabbed by the relentlessly popular female general.

He hadn't reacted yet. Suddenly, a whizz, a dark shadow fell from the sky.

The black eagle rushing out of the night dived abruptly and took the sapphire ring away.

Immediately thereafter, it spread its black wings and flew in the other direction.

This scene, it seems familiar...

Not only Garland, but the female General Vinier was a little ignorant.

When the reaction came, she was furious, and her hand touched her back almost reflexively—

empty.

At the banquet tonight, a leather armor is fine, but it is impossible to carry a weapon like a war bow with you.

"That damn—"

Vinier wanted to scold the flat-haired beast, but then thought about it, his owner, Prince Wang, was right next to it, so he shut up and swallowed the curse.

"Sorry, Annu naturally likes shiny things, and sometimes even my headdress will be taken away."

well done.

Gallan shouted in his heart for Annu who came to the rescue in time, but he still had to hurry to appease Vinier.

"Don't worry, Vinyl, you go back to the banquet first. I promise to help you get the ring back."

Speaking to Venier this way, Garland didn't wait for the other party to answer, and quickly chased away in the direction of the Black Eagle flying away.

The female general, who was left in place, watched the figure of the teenager disappearing in the dark night woods, turned around depressed, and returned to the banquet.

…………

The Black Hawk spread its wings in the sky, and it didn't fly fast, just enough for Garland to keep up.

Garland chased it only a distance of twenty or thirty meters, and then watched the black eagle fall in front, and the figure did not enter the dense canopy.

As he walked towards this side, he could vaguely hear the penetrating and melodious singing of the bard. A random glance, he found that Shu Luosi did not know when to shift his position, and came to play piano and sing nearby.

Shaking his head helplessly, Gallan took his gaze back and walked along the path to the small courtyard surrounded by low trees.

As soon as he entered, he was stunned.

Ahead, Huimos stood in the night.

Obviously it is the same black as the night, but it is different from the night, and it is unusually conspicuous in the night.

He raised a hand, and the eagle stood on his arm.

A ring in his right hand shimmered with azure blue light.

The hair scattered in the corners of sharp eyes was impregnated into a deeper black than the night. The handsome young man stood quietly in the night and looked at Gallan. The thin lips raised a slightly invisible arc.

The disturbing sounds at the banquet seemed to go to a distant place, and the night here was extremely quiet for a while.

At this moment, it seems that there is nothing but the existence of each other between heaven and earth.

It took a while for Garland to recover.

"...You intentionally made Annu do this?"

he asks.

Heimus didn't answer, just raised his hand, and the black eagle standing on his hand fluttered away. The black figure quickly melted into the night, disappearing.

The rough and ugly sapphire ring was still held in his hand.

Garland walked straight to Huimus and held out his hand.

"Come back."

He says.

Actually instigated Annu to do such a thing, this cautious guy is really...

The teenager looked at the person in front of him angrily, sullen in the bottom of his heart.

When Huimos was obedient, he reached out and returned the ring to Galland.

He looked at Gallan and said, "That Elson woman said she gave you the ring before?"

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"It did happen once, but there was no interruption...how did you know?"

"I heard just now."

Heard?

Oh, by the way, Vinyl said it himself just now.

Speaking of...

You can hear it a few tens of meters away. The hearing of this guy is really abnormal...

…………

Ok?

Wait.

Suddenly thinking of some terrible possibility, the teenager suddenly froze.

"Hymos."

"Ok?"

"Can you hear the conversation over there?"

"Ok."

"...I heard all the previous words?"

What he said to Xie Muer just now, are they all...

Heimus raised his eyebrows, with no expression on his face.

"What's ahead?"

He asked rhetorically.

fortunately.

It doesn't seem to be heard.

Gallan almost covered his chest and gasped.

"It's nothing, it's some private business between me and Vinier."

With a deep breath in his heart, he raised his eyes and stared at Huimus.

"After all, don't you think this kind of behavior of eavesdropping on other people's conversations with their own hearing is bad?"

He said that if he tightened the ring, he would turn around and leave.

"Don't do it again next time."

Garland had just turned around and took two steps, and the low voice came from behind him.

"You mean... "I need him"?"

"!!!"

The young boy's brain exploded, and it was blank.

Because of over-surprise, he loosened his hand involuntarily, and the ring he just got dropped from his open hand.

The big brown hand stretched out from behind, catching the ring that was about to fall on the grass.

Dark hair, which seemed to melt into the night, crossed the cheeks, accompanied by the warm breath passing across the ears.

Gallan, whose brain was still sluggish, turned his head instinctively and looked sideways.

Heimus didn't know when he had stood behind Gallan, leaned over, put one hand on his left shoulder, his right hand extended from his side, and caught the ring.

And the other side, naturally clung to Garland's ear.

As soon as Garland turned his head, he saw the beautiful profile, reflecting the moonlight in the dark night, giving him a wild and dangerous beauty.

Heimus, who had grabbed the ring, also turned his face, his eyes colliding with him.

At this moment the two are very close to each other.

Those golden-red eyes reflected his face, and they were slightly curved slightly, and the thin lips that seemed to be smiling showed a tempting cold luster.

Poof.

do not know why.

Perhaps it's because of the handsome face in front of me that gives an indescribable sense of danger.

Perhaps it is because the person in front of me heard what he said a while ago.

Garland felt his heart beating hard out of control.

He subconsciously held his breath and turned around, facing Heymus, reaching out and pressing on the other's strong chest to push it away.

That's just Gallan's subconscious move.

It stands to reason that even if he exhausted all his strength, he might not be able to push the "black knight" standing still.

However, his push really pushed.

It was just that, instead of pushing him, it was as if Heimus followed his strength and took a step back.

Gallan's suffocation, which he couldn't breathe, finally eased a little.

However, even if his breathing was smooth, his mind was still messed up.

His hands were still pressed against Heimus to keep a certain distance from each other. His head was buried so hard that he felt that the cheeks were so hot that he couldn't lift them.

‘I need him. ’

He didn't know why he said that suddenly at that time.

But the partial birth was so unlucky that it happened to be heard clearly by Heimos, making him want to deny it.

Garland was still embarrassed and overwhelmed, and suddenly a hand reached under his lowered head.

Under the shallow moonlight, the sapphire ring lay quietly in the brown palm.

Heimus's voice rang in his ears.

"Go back."

Garland tried to stabilize his mind and reached out to grab the rough ring. Then, at a glance, he saw the malachite ring that Heimus put on his finger.

How to see how familiar...

Taking another look, Gallan recognized it.

That was the malachite earrings that he originally brought Tal to Heimus as a token of communication. Unexpectedly, Heimus actually made a ring and put it on his hand.

He was startled, and could not help raising his head, looking at the man standing in front of him.

Heimus looked at him, his eyes were bright, unprecedentedly bright, like the starry sky in the night sky fell into the golden red eyes at this moment.

There was an indescribable look in his eyes, and he looked at him deeply.

………………

...Because of what he said just now?

"Hymos."

"Ok."

"I said ‘I need you’, I...that...I said I didn’t know if I could accept you...but I wanted you to stay with me, I..."

Garland said hesitantly.

Obviously, he could not respond to Huimos's feelings, but he hoped that this person could always be with him.

He never thought he was such a selfish guy.

After thinking about it for a long time, I really didn't know what to say. He gave up the organizational language directly.

"It's because you have been following me too much, so it's your fault that I have this idea!"

Crown Prince Wang, who was praised by the world for being fair and wise, now faced this man who always followed him and obeyed him.

"Well, it's my fault."

Heimos admitted without hesitation.

"I will be responsible."

"what?"

Heimus's straightforward back-boiler behavior made Gallan a little dazed.

Heimus continued: "I will take responsibility and stay with you forever."

"...No, you..."

Gallan, who always felt like he had been wrapped in, hadn't reacted yet. His hand was already held by Huimus, and he lifted it up.

He looked down at the man in front of him and kissed his finger.

The big brown hand holding his finger seemed to move very lightly, but it was very hard between his fingers, clasping his fingers so that he could not break free.

Kissing the pale fingers in the palm, Huimus looked up at Gallan.

"'You need me'... this is what you said, I will do it, and you, Galland, I will not give you a chance to repent."

The fine black hair was scattered in front of him. He looked at Gallan's eyes as if a burning red flame was burning, and it became more and more bright.

"You have no chance of regret."

Galan stared at him for a long time with a staring and staring gaze.

Finally, he sighed and gave up the confrontation with the man in front of him.

"I don't understand... what do you like about me?"

He mumbled softly.

"do not know."

"........."

Huimus's answer left Gallan speechless for a moment.

"But, at least one thing, I'm pretty sure now."

"what's up?"

Looking at the pair of golden pupils that looked at him suspiciously, Huimus raised his lips.

He leaned over and nodded slightly.