Before he was crowned king II

Sean sat at the chess table.

He is playing a court game called "backgammon" with His Royal Highness Mars.

Different from ordinary chess, the chessboard of this kind of chess is divided into four areas, and each area is marked with six narrow and long wedge-shaped strongholds alternately in red and blue.

Beside the flower stand not far away, an old court artist was carefully observing their every move, drawing with a brush.

Playing "Backgammon" is to kill the artist's time of drafting,? Sean thinks this is probably the "business" that Mars asked him to come here today.

"How long does it take him to paint a painting?" Sean threw the dice, and asked casually, turning his head.

"It's hard to have a definite date for this time." Mars walked to his chess pieces, "I remember the one where Ornis was still in his infancy, he used it for a year and a half,? The one by the seaside I used It took three full years,? And the giant oil painting of Her Majesty Queen Karina's succession,? He seems to have painted it for nearly six years."

"Then he has been painting for the royal family all his life." Sean glanced at the old man behind the easel with a concentrated expression.

"Indeed, there is no problem with you saying that." Mars said, "He is an old painter with some eccentricities. Ever since he was appreciated by his father, he has always insisted on only painting scenes that he thinks are worth painting.

To be honest,? His works not only bring people a sense of surprise when opening a gift, but also sometimes a sense of shock.

Our family still likes it.So the royal family gave him very good treatment, and a reputation far surpassing other painters. "

"It's amazing,? But is he really drawing? I think he seems to be revising all the time,? Is it a problem with the angle?"

Sean said, "He seems to be able to see only your side face from this angle,? Do you want him to adjust his position?"

"This is my special request." Mars smiled slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up, "The self-portraits are all full-faced, which is too boring,? The rigid feeling will be used in funerals at any time. And,? I feel that my own A profile face looks better than a full face."

"How do you know?" Sean raised his eyebrows, "Which side of my face looks better?"

Mars smiled lowly: "You know, sometimes I am obsessed with myself,? There are many mirror decorations in the bedroom."

"So, do you like looking in the mirror very much?" Sean teased.

"That's right, I like to appreciate myself." Mars admitted helplessly, "Especially after taking a shower, don't you like to do it?"

"I've never had the habit of looking in the mirror." Sean pushed down a red chess piece on the opposite side, "I'm sorry, Your Highness. I seem to have won."

"Two wins and two losses, now it's a tie. I have to say, your luck in this game is really good, but I don't know if you can keep it until the next game..."

Mars raised his left eyebrow, gladly accepted his defeat, and prepared to start a new chess game with Sean.

The gate of the palace was wide open, and the warm sunlight slanted in, revealing an indescribable comfort.

Sean found that when he was with His Royal Highness, the passage of time seemed to slow down a lot.

"Your Highness Mars, news from the first courtyard." A servant walked in quickly.

"What?" Mars stopped what he was doing.

The servant quietly looked at Sean, then bent down to ask for it, and whispered in Mars's ear for a while.

"Well, step back." Mars said lightly, and raised his head to look at Sean, "Do you know the news that Queen Sifeng lost the battle on the front line?"

Shane smiled and shook his head.

"I don't know who sent the news. Those old vampires who had been stripped of their benefits seemed to smell the smell of meat, and they all surrounded them all at once."

Mars said in a low voice, "There is also the Coleridge Chamber of Commerce. It used to be stable when it was controlled by Grand Duke Henry. Now that it has changed its owner, it suddenly said that it would raise the price of tea. I guess it also wants to take advantage of the chaos to make a profit."

"Perhaps you should be tough on them," Sheen said softly.

"They hold a lot of wealth in the empire. No one in the nobles would want to offend them and become this villain."

Mars pinched the bridge of his nose, "It's really not possible, I might have to go there myself."

"Perhaps I can help you," Sean asked.

"You?" Mars was taken aback, "What are you talking about?"

"You give me power, and I'll help you deter them once." Sean replied, "I'm not a nobleman, so I don't worry about offending them."

"No, it's too dangerous." Mars refused without thinking.

"After finishing this matter, I can abolish my current identity, or go out and hide for a while and then come back."

Sean said calmly, "At that time, you can find any excuse to fool them. It doesn't matter that I'm dead. It's the same when His Royal Highness Tisifeng returns from victory and you succeed in gaining real power."

"I don't agree, I don't trust you to do this." Mars put the chess piece on the table, frowning, "You don't even know magic."

"Are you doubting my ability?" Sean asked, "Do you think I'm not capable enough?"

"It's not a question of suspicion, but I don't want you to take this risk. Anyway, there are always confrontations, and I would rather face them by myself." Mars said, "At least if it is mine, there will be no danger to life .”

"Your Highness, the meanings of open confrontation and secret contest are completely different." Sean said very calmly, "You know very well in your heart that if there is really no difference, you will not regard them as trouble."

"Your focus is very strange..." Mars leaned back in the chair, brushing up the broken hair on his forehead, his tone rarely mixed with indescribable irritability, "I said, I don't want you to do this .”

"But now, except for me, no one is more suitable." Sean's tone was still calm, just stating a fact, and had no intention of confronting Mars at all, "I can help you solve this trouble."

"I can..." Mars lowered his eyes.

"I want to help you." Sean put down the chess pieces and held Mars's hand, "I hope you can give me a chance to show my worth."

Mars got rid of Sean's hand and didn't speak. Sean could feel the tangled hesitation in the other's eyes, but he believed that Mars could restrain his emotions and make the most appropriate choice.

Because, not being swayed by selfishness, this is the most basic quality of being a king.

"Let me think about it for a while, okay?" Mars' voice slowed down. He looked at the chessboard on the table, but his eyes seemed to be empty.

"Remember? Your Highness, I said that I would help you remove all obstacles on your way to coronation."

Sean said seriously, "You have to believe that I am willing to do anything for you."

"Two days later, I will arrange for you to enter the military firearms battalion in the name of my mother."

After a long silence, Mars finally spoke, "You will become His Royal Highness Tisifeng's temporary deputy, and then you will be promoted to "Special Inspector". In terms of power, you will temporarily be in charge of certain military affairs, but you may not be able to rely on this status. The guy who actually mobilized the firearms battalion. "

He paused and said, "You have no qualifications and status. I'm afraid they won't obediently listen to you. I will lend you my own people."

"Okay, I understand. Are you going to take the old nobleman, or the chamber of commerce?"

"Those old bones are so old that they can't help but be scared. If they die accidentally, it will be difficult to deal with."

Mars sighed, "There is someone in the Coleridge Chamber of Commerce who is very suitable. Martin Sidney, a hereditary knight, has a neither high nor low position. He has offended Queen Tisifeng before, so it is reasonable to choose him this time." among."

"Martin Sidney." Sean silently remembered the name.

"I'll sort out his files and crimes for you tonight." Mars stared at the blond young man. "The other party is a knight. Are you really okay?"

"I can, Your Highness." Sean replied.

"But, at the college, what are you going to do? Suspend school temporarily?" Mars frowned again.

"I hope you can apply to drop out of school directly for me." Sean thought for a while and said, "After all this incident, I won't be able to use the name "Sean Miller" to study anymore. "

"Have you thought about it? You really won't regret it? You usually don't miss a class."

Mars couldn't help asking, "Besides, you can graduate in one year."

"It was a rule-breaking thing for me to enter this college." Sheen said, "I don't regret it, but I feel a little sorry for Professor Nick."

"Professor Nick, if you know the reason why you dropped out of school, I'm afraid you will want to kill me..."

Mars touched his forehead, "Xion, I still don't think this is right, it's a pity for you."

"Please let me do one thing for you."

Mars closed his eyes: "My father once taught me how a monarch should recognize his ministers. He said that the easiest way is to observe whether the ministers are thinking of themselves or thinking of you first. Hope Eh Miller, you've been true to me."

"That's the kind of character you have to have in someone who helps you," Sheen said.

"For such a person, the monarch must respect him, make him rich, make him grateful, and share the supreme glory with him."

Mars' voice was firm, "I swear I will never forget everything you sacrificed."

"It is a blessing in my life to be able to serve a master like you." Sean stood up and knelt on the ground with one knee, his beautiful platinum-blond hair swaying gently with his hanging head, and he kissed the prince in a devout gesture The back of His Highness's hand.

Under the trellis of roses intertwined with pink and yellow, there was a faint light flickering in the muddy eyes of the old court painter.

He outlined two blurred human figures on the smooth plaster base of the canvas with light gray strokes.

In this scene, he saw someone standing in the twilight, and someone bending over the shadows.

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