Before AD [Babylonian Favorites]

I didn't move, just looked at the face quietly.

This is the first time I saw him sleeping.His brows and eyes stretched, his head tilted to one side, like an innocent child.

Under the moonlight, the pale golden hair fell softly on the eyelids, making me want to stroke his forehead.However, my right hand, which was fixed by a wooden plank, stopped me from moving.

For a moment, I suddenly came back to my senses.

Thinking of what he had done to me, and what he had said, made me sting.

Want to cry, but can't cry.I had to look at him silently.

I don't know how to face him, accuse him?hate him?Or beat him up?

What is the use.

He is a high-ranking emperor, and he can crush me to ashes with the movement of his little finger.And me, even a small soldier can kill me half to death.For me, such a person can only be looked up to, not approached.

I just feel a little tired.

I struggled to sit up, only to realize that my body was covered with bandages, and every movement felt the pain of bones that were about to fall apart.I moved towards the end of the bed, trying to avoid Alexander lying on my arm.Unexpectedly, my knees bent slightly, and the sudden sharp pain made me gasp.

A hand lightly pressed my arm.

"Bagoss." Alexander in front of him opened his eyes at some point, looking at me with blue pupils.

I stopped and lowered my head silently.

He said: "How is it? Is it still uncomfortable?"

I shook my head.

"You've been in a coma for three whole days." His voice was full of sleepiness, "Do you know, I almost thought you wouldn't be able to wake up."

"It's rare that His Majesty still thinks of me."

I said bitterly.

"By the way," Alexander suddenly caressed my cheek with his slender fingers. Alexander looked at me seriously and said, "You...why did you appear there that day? I heard from Seleucus that you have been asking to see me."

I didn't even have the strength to look at him, so I looked away: "I..."

"Bagoss," he hesitated, "you came to me just to...to tell me that there is danger on the road?"

I suppressed and said: "Your Majesty, there is nothing to say now."

At that time, even my self-esteem was almost thrown away, just for such a sentence.But I didn't expect that I would hurt myself badly.

Alexander took my shoulder and stared at it for a while: "Bagoss, answer me quickly."

I forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty is so powerful, can't you see through what I'm thinking? Why don't you understand now?"

"Ah, that's just a tactic," he thought for a while, then smiled, "Actually, I don't..."

"Then, Your Majesty, isn't Bagos's tactic also very useful?" My eyes began to sore, I grabbed his arm and gently pulled it down, "Since you hate me so much, you don't need to pretend. The conversation between Lord Nabazan and you ,I heard."

Alexander opened his eyes slightly, his brows gradually furrowed.

"You... heard everything?"

I turned my head away, not wanting him to see my current expression: "Yeah."

There was a sudden silence in the room.

Then I heard a deep, deep breath. Alexander suddenly reached out and pulled me into his arms. He hugged me so tightly that I could even feel his strong heartbeat.

"Bagoss, I'm sorry, that was not my intention." His voice trembled a little, "I know why you are sad, no one has ever treated me like you... I apologize for those stupid words."

I smiled lowly, resting my chin on his shoulder, looking into the distance absently.

"Your Majesty, have you always been like this?"

"what?"

"Cheat other people's trust, trample on it recklessly, then pick it up, pat off the dirt on it, and return it to him," my tears fell, "By the way, I'm sorry."

Alexander's body shook, and he stopped talking, but hugged me tighter.He didn't dare to touch my back, so he stroked the back of my neck over and over again.

"That incident is not what you imagined." He took a deep breath, "Bagoss, I never thought of lying to you."

I blinked desperately: "Your Majesty, I really want to believe you." But now, how can I believe it?

"Bagoss, look into my eyes." Alexander gently pushed me away from his arms and held my face.

His eyes are full of stars.

Those beautiful eyes are so blue that they almost want to suck people's souls away.

I gradually calmed down.

He stretched out his hand and slowly wiped away the tears from the corners of my eyes.

"Do you know Bagoas, what was I thinking when I first saw you?"

I stared blankly at him.

Alexander's clear eyes revealed my reflection.

He said slowly: "I feel very quiet, as if the world has quieted down in your eyes for an instant. You stand there without saying a word, as if you don't belong to this world, I almost thought your The soul is drifting away. I was thinking, Zeus, I should let him go...but I hope the boy stays with me."

I suddenly widened my eyes.

It turned out that my delusion at that time was actually true.

"Darius sent someone to assassinate me. I already knew about it. But because I couldn't find out the traitor, I had to make a bad plan and let Nabazan play a play with me." Alexander whispered, "Now everyone We all know that you are my servant, and I was afraid that the assassin would target you because of this, so I deliberately expressed my dislike for you during the banquet——you are worthless, so they will not harass you."

Alexander's voice was not so steady, but he suppressed tiny fluctuations.

"Bagoss, this world is too chaotic and noisy, only you are surrounded by tranquility, which is the tranquility I desperately try to preserve." A flash of regret flashed in his eyes, "I didn't expect you to come here so desperately Find me, I was so happy to hear you do this—but I didn't expect that I would destroy the trust between us with my own hands."

My heart trembled slightly.

It dawned on me.

I should feel angry, but why at this moment, facing Alexander, I only have the joy of being reborn after the catastrophe?

Power disputes are scheming.I have calculated thousands of times, but I have not counted that the brave have God's help.

I have clearly read the historical records, and I know that his journey is far more than this, and he should be able to avert disaster, so why do you panic like this when you hear the news that he is in danger?

The more I thought about it, the more flustered I became. Gradually, only one thought kept popping up from the bottom of my heart.

Alexander groped and took my hand: "I said that if you trust someone, you have to be unreserved and unscrupulous. Bagoss, how could I deceive you?"

There seemed to be an incredible magic in his clear eyes.

There is only one voice left in my head.

It seemed that as long as the eyes of the person in front of him could fall on him, all the pain and sorrow would be worth it.

I have cried, I have laughed, I have been sad, I have been in pain.

But as long as he looks at me, looking at me so tenderly, I can stand up again.

As long as he looks at me.

I part my chapped lips.

"Your Majesty, I believe in you."

"Bagoss, I won't let you get hurt again," his voice tightened, his fingertips passed through mine, "I promise."

I nodded vigorously and smiled from the bottom of my heart.

There is an illusion of suffocation.

I feel that I am about to fall into the abyss, but I am reluctant to wake up.I have been unable to perfuse myself.

It is so easy to forgive a person, so easy to fall into a person's eyes.

I fell asleep peacefully under Alexander's gaze.

This was the most peaceful and sweetest sleep I had in this world. Although my whole body was in pain, even the moment I fell asleep, I felt like I was in heaven.

Alexander didn't break his promise, he stayed by my side for several days.

Except for meetings in the Hall of Hundred Pillars and routine inspections in the camp, he almost stayed by my side, chatting with me and watching the medical officer change my medicine, or sitting aside to review official documents.

Especially when changing the dressing, he carefully observed my expression.As long as I frown slightly, he will order the medical officer to be lighter.

The burning pain in my back kept me awake all night and all night.

He held my unbroken hand and said gently: "Good boy, hold on, the days to come are so long, I'm still waiting to see you dance for me."

I ignored the pain and tried to smile at him.

I only found out later when I heard from Ptolemy that he had stayed by my side for the first three days and three nights without closing his eyes.

"Goddess Aphrodite, I admire you so much," Ptolemy looked at me with an unfathomable expression since watching my lion dance, "even the stone Alexander They can be subdued. But it is true, what can’t be done for a boy who dares to ride a lion?”

The morning sky was clear and cloudless, and the fresh sunlight fell on Ptolemy's shoulders.

I shook my head and thought helplessly, it seems that the fame of dancing with lions has spread, so am I making a comeback for Bagoss?

The next second Ptolemy straightened up solemnly.

I was baffled and didn't know what he was going to do.

Unexpectedly, he said to me seriously: "Bagos, thank you."

"Thanks for what?"

"Thank you for saving Alexander's life."

Ptolemy scratched his blond hair and smiled knowingly in his narrow brown eyes.

"If you hadn't said it that day, Alexander would have been assassinated on the way back. That night we caught two assassins on the way. Do you know, it's hard to believe that the assassins turned out to be..."

Suddenly there was a commotion outside the door, and Ptolemy and I looked out the window at the same time.

The leader, Alexander, was wearing a royal robe of battle armor, and walked towards me with a solemn face. Behind him was the head eunuch Popacus, several servants, and a line of well-equipped guards in formal armor.

Alexander saw me through the window, and his sharp eyes suddenly softened a lot.

He said something to the guard behind him, and pushed the door open.

Then came in two unattractive but strong Persians, they were escorted by several guards and fell to the ground.

Alexander rubbed my hair and said, "Boy, listen, are these two voices the assassins you met that night?"

They were forced to speak a few words, and I almost identified them as soon as they spoke.

Everything went smoothly until the time to step down.

One of them raised his head suddenly, and said to me in a vicious voice: "Eunuch! Do you still remember which is your hometown? We can sacrifice our lives for it, but what about you? What are you doing? To kill your compatriots!" The beast sells ass?"

His eyes were cracked, his eyes were burning, he wished he could tear me apart and swallow my blood.

The guards behind immediately stepped forward and dragged him away.Only his shrill and wild laughter still echoed in his ears: "Dead eunuch, I will greet you in hell!"