The King's Follower [Rebirth]

Although William is unwilling to replace Edward as the heir to the throne, he understands that Edward's true identity has long since deprived him of the right to inherit the throne, and Edward himself seems to prefer to be a priest rather than a crown prince.Even though he felt shameful to have such thoughts, William already regarded Edward as a preparatory priest in his heart.Compared with what Edward once mentioned to him, hoping to become the pope of the empire, William hopes that Edward can become his personal priest, just like what he saw in the past few days. The day goes in and goes out together, inseparable.

But now, the first time that William secretly decided that his priest Edward presided over a religious event was at his birthday party. How could this not excite him?

The evening class before the birthday banquet was slightly different from the usual one, adding the part of thanking Orgona for giving William life and asking the gods to bless William.Listening to these words of gratitude and blessings from Edward, William became more and more excited. He knew that Edward loved him, but this was the first time he heard such straightforward and emotional words, so he waited until after the evening class , he rushed over immediately, knelt down beside Edward on one knee, and kissed the back of his hand.

The nobles present appropriately showed their moved expressions, took out their handkerchiefs, wiped the corners of their eyes, and praised the scene of brotherly love in front of them.Edward didn't care about their hypocrisy, but he was taken aback by William's performance, and then he thought that last year when the child celebrated his 12th birthday, he had just returned to the palace shortly after his mother's death. I'm afraid no one wants to have a birthday for him.Thinking of this, Edward not only felt pity for him even more, but immediately bent down to help him up, lowered his head and kissed his forehead.

After the sumptuous dinner, there will be a dance that will last until dawn the next morning.After Edward took William to the opening dance, he sat on the head seat of the ballroom and watched the nobles come forward one by one to say hello to him, and Edward would take the opportunity to introduce these nobles to William and introduce William to them .This process is lengthy and boring, but it is the first step for William to formally enter the social circle as a member of the royal family, and it cannot be taken lightly.

Soon, an earl surnamed Lancaster came before Edward with his youngest son.The earl's youngest son is a sub-orc, one year younger than William, handsome and handsome, with golden-brown curly hair hanging down to his shoulders. His orc mother's animal shape is a three-tailed eagle-footed double-headed cheetah, so his It also looks like a cat, with a pair of round eyes that are rare two-color, one blue and one green, translucent like jewels, as cute as a delicate doll in a shop window.

Edward pursed his lips, and the smile on his face was more reserved and perfunctory.Next year, there will be an orc man next to him who will become an adult, and the king plans to bestow the vacant position on a sub-orc man who is about the same age as William, and this sub-orc man will be one of the candidates for the future crown prince and concubine.In the future, the king will also increase the number of servants around Edward, so that all the sub-orcs he thinks are suitable can be arranged by William's side.And right now, this cute little boy like a cat is the first candidate for the Crown Prince and Princess that Edward met today. Today he wants to meet three Little Asian orcs, observe William's attitude towards these three, and choose William favorite.

The cat-like little sub-orc man has a quiet personality, and his speech and behavior reveals good education and knowledge that is exceptionally outstanding among children of this age. He is also well-behaved and polite. All soft.Edward admitted that this child is very good, and he is indeed a suitable candidate for the crown prince and princess, but...

He couldn't help looking at William who was sitting next to him, and seeing him observing the child's face with great interest, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Edward felt uncomfortable, and a trace of indifference appeared on his face. The earl who was talking to Edward stopped hesitantly, and looked at the crown prince nervously, wondering if he said something that upset the crown prince.

Edward was in a trance for a while, and then quickly adjusted. Seeing that the Earl was observing his expression nervously, he quickly smiled to calm him down.After the earl left with his youngest son, he picked up the wine glass, and by drinking, he relaxed his stiff expression from laughing a little.

He couldn't help looking at the crowd in the hall, and soon saw the other two prepared crown princes and princesses.This made her feel that the wine she just drank turned into magma flowing under the earth's crust, burning her esophagus and burning all the way to her stomach.

At this time, a nobleman happened to come to Edward and invited him to dance.Edward just needed to do something to divert his strange and uncomfortable emotions, so he readily agreed, and danced three times in a row, which surprised and delighted the little nobleman who came to invite him to dance because of his luck, and his face turned red with excitement. Only then did he catch his breath, returned to his seat and sat down, and continued to introduce the nobles who kept coming forward to say hello to William.

After the clock struck midnight, most of the invited underage children were too sleepy to keep their eyes open, and William was also so sleepy that his eyes were red, and he covered his yawns with his hands sleepily.Edward was considerate of the fact that these children were too young to stay up late, so he asked Earl Letterman to take the children to the lounge of the mansion to rest.Although William was the protagonist of this birthday party, he was also driven to rest by Edward, so there was no need to stay in the hall to suffer.

Before leaving, William took Edward's hand and said in silence for a moment, "Your Highness, why are you unhappy?"

Edward was taken aback, and subconsciously replied: "I'm not unhappy, today is your birthday, and it's too late for me to be happy. Why do you ask such a strange question?"

William bit his lower lip lightly, as if he was brewing courage, and finally tugged on Edward's clothes, let him bend down, leaned into Edward's ear, and said softly: "Your Highness, don't worry, I won't For those sub-orcs, I only like you and only play with you, so I won't care about them."

Edward choked for breath, only to feel that his face suddenly burned badly.He dodged William's bright eyes, patted his head calmly, and said, "What are you talking about, you only play with me, not others. Go and rest."

William kissed dear Edward's back with a smile, and emphasized in a low voice: "I like you the most!" Then he left the hall with the servants and went to the upstairs room to rest.

The rooms in Earl Letterman's mansion were tidied up for today's birthday party, with new sheets, incense, and tea and pastries.It's just that there are a lot of children here today, and we can only squeeze three or four people into one room.However, William, as the beloved brother of the crown prince and the illegitimate son valued by the king, can share a room with his younger brother Stephen.William felt a little embarrassed. Seeing four children crowded together, he wanted to invite one of them to live with him, but before he could speak, Stephen quickly stopped him and changed the topic to other people. On the question of the matter, William did not leave a chance to invite him at all.

William was a little depressed, but he couldn't argue with his brother who had suffered a lot in front of outsiders. He didn't ask Stephen what he was thinking until he entered the room, and why he didn't invite other children to join them. live.

Stephen looked at him strangely, and said, "You are a prince, how can you sleep in the same bed with someone else?"

William really wanted to ask him, aren't you someone else, but he subconsciously knew that it was best not to say such a thing, and in the end he just held back for a few minutes before saying sullenly, "I'm not a prince!"

Stephen also seemed to know that his brother was unhappy, and after the servants tidied up their changed clothes and left the room, he took the initiative to speak to him and said, "Of course you are a prince. Look, many big people came to participate today. What about your birthday party, isn't it because you are a prince?"

William said: "That's because His Royal Highness is kind to me. He organized this banquet for me. Those big figures came to the banquet because of His Highness the Crown Prince."

Stephen snorted and said, "It's obviously because you are the orc in the empire who has the best chance of attacking the Golden Dragon. I heard that His Royal Highness is very indifferent and arrogant. Why is he so special to you? Don't you want to win you over? He is a sub-orc man, and he can't protect himself at all, so he wants to win you over, curry favor with you, and let you help him consolidate his throne."

William couldn't bear it. He sat up suddenly, stared at his younger brother, and roared in a low voice: "How dare you say such a thing? Where did you learn these disgusting remarks? How dare you speak to the crown prince?" Your Highness is so disrespectful? Stephen, Prince Edward sincerely regards me as his younger brother and treats me sincerely! And therefore, to you and the Letterman family! You should be grateful to him, how can you use such, such, Such a vicious idea to speculate on him?"

Stephen sat up too, his eyes gleaming an angry green light in the dimness, as sharp as candlelight flickering on a knife's edge, "Aha!" he roared, "you are supremely noble now Crown Prince Edward’s beloved brother, so there is no need for me, a lowly illegitimate brother who is slowing down! For the sake of your beloved crown prince brother, please reprimand and humiliate your brother as much as you want!" He said, jumping off the bed, barefoot He rushed to the sofa and yelled at him again: "How can I, such a lowly commoner, deserve to sleep on the same bed as the prince!"

William stared, not knowing why the question turned in this direction again. Facing Stephen's roar, he could only stare dumbfounded and was speechless for a long time.

The thin little Stephen curled up on the sofa with his back facing him, looking extremely pitiful. After a few minutes, a burst of suppressed sobbing sounded intermittently.William relented, and he also jumped off the bed, trying to pull Stephen from the sofa back to the bed.But Stephen contested with him, and refused to go back to bed.William dragged and tugged, and in the end, with both arms, he lifted Stephen onto his shoulders and threw him back on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and Stephen stopped making trouble.

William scratched his head, looking at the tear stains on his younger brother's face, he felt very uncomfortable. After thinking for a while, he leaned over and pressed two kisses on his face, one left and one right, to comfort him, and said, "Stephen , don’t talk about His Royal Highness like that in the future. He is really good to me and us. He is very gentle and kind. He cares about us sincerely. He is better than mother to us. Do you still remember, mother Never cared about our lives, she only cared about us embarrassing her. I don't know why you keep targeting him like this, being hostile towards him. He's really a nice guy."

Stephen didn’t speak, turned over, and continued to turn his back to William.William sighed and said, "Also, dear brother, you have to trust me. I have never looked down on you because I have an extra king father. In my heart, you will always be my dearest brother and my dearest brother." important family."

"What about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Stephen turned around suddenly, "To you, who is he?"

William was taken aback, and subconsciously said, "He is the brother I respect and love the most."

Stephen refused to step back: "We are all your brothers, who do you think is more important?"

William felt that his question was extremely strange: "Of course you are all important!"

Stephen looked him in the eyes, and finally lay down suddenly again, without speaking.William stared at his back inexplicably, not knowing what his sensitive and suspicious brother was going to express. After waiting for a while, seeing that he really had no intention of speaking, he lay down in doubt, and said softly: "Good night , Stephen." and fell asleep.