A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

There is always a feeling of being led by the nose by Heymos...

After regaining consciousness, Garlan thought a little depressed.

He obviously wanted to reject Heymos simply and let him give up thinking about him, but in the end he was overwhelmed by Heymos' words.

Perhaps it was because of the atmosphere at that time, and Heymos's voice was so alluring at that time, which made his face feel hot for no reason.

But there is no way, who let him live for a few lifetimes, this is the first time someone has poured out his love for him like this.

...Although the identity of the person who expressed his admiration was a bit strange to him.

Thinking of this, Garlan suddenly felt a headache.

He is very clear about Heymos' character. Although he usually doesn't care much about most things, he is actually a very paranoid person.Once a decision is made, it will never be easily wavered.

Just like a ferocious wolf, it will bite the prey to death and will not let go until it swallows the prey.

……and many more.

Why did he have the illusion that he was being watched by a wolf?

I always feel like I'm starting to panic...

He didn't want to be killed by Heymos.

It now appears that he has succeeded in doing so.

but……

He didn't want to be eaten by Heymos either!

No, no, no, absolutely not.

He had to find a way to escape quickly.

In the past, I always thought that Heymos could leave after he got married and had children, but now, he is more dangerous, so he can't care about other things at this time.

After returning to the palace this time, he had to try to escape quickly.

Anyway, Heymos is already so strong, with him in Aaron Landis, there must be no problem.

Under the oppression of a certain sense of crisis, the boy quickly made up his mind.

So be it.

After this matter was resolved, as soon as I went back, I decisively looked for an opportunity to leave the palace.

…………

The news of Garlan's injury spread quickly after the reinforcements arrived.

Only then did everyone know that during those two days and one night, the prince endured his injuries and stood with them on the battlefield.

For a while, Prince Garlan's reputation became more and more famous.

The crowd was overwhelmed with emotion.

Everyone knew that before the reinforcements arrived, if the prince hadn't stood firm on the city wall and fought with everyone, the city of Tozes would have been destroyed long ago.

In the past two days, every temple in Tozes City has been full of crowds.

Countless citizens poured into the temple like a stream of water, and many even ran to the Shamash Temple, which was half destroyed by pirates, and knelt down to pray.

They are praying for the prince.

Pray for the sun god Shamash, the gods of Aaron Landis, to bless and protect their prince, so that the prince's injury will heal quickly.

And some wealthy businessmen kept sending some valuable medicinal materials and nourishing ingredients to the governing government, begging the knights guarding the door to accept them.

It can be said that now in Tozes City, Garlan has won the support of everyone.

The Tozes loved the prince who had protected them from the bottom of their hearts.

Even many people respect him no less than King Kamos.

Even the female general Eilson, who was serving as a reinforcement, couldn't help expressing a few words of emotion to her subordinates in private after hearing the news and seeing the citizens pouring into the temple to pray devoutly for the prince.

When I saw the prince for the first time, just from the appearance, the prince was indeed a beautiful boy, but from the perspective of the female warrior Allen, he seemed too weak.

But I never expected that the prince, who looked as weak as a little velvet rabbit, could stand on the battlefield under heavy rain for two full days and one night even though he was seriously injured and had a high fever—it was easy to say , but she dared not even say that she could do it.

At this time, Vinier couldn't help but think of the words the queen said to her before she went to Tozes City.

The queen said that although the fat boy said a lot, the words that finally touched her were said by the prince of Aaron Landis.

[The wealth and stability of the people is the symbol of the country's strength and the responsibility of the king. 】

At that time, the fat man said that the prince told him.

The queen said that because of this sentence, she was willing to bet on the young prince.

In fact, she had known for a long time that Aierson's isolation and autism would not work like this, but as a small country, and a small country that was not recognized by the surrounding countries, it could be said to be in danger, so she did not dare to make a decision lightly.

However, now is an opportunity.

If it was just a sentence, the queen just felt that the prince was probably just talking casually, and she couldn't believe it.

However, the prince did what he said with practical actions.

In a critical moment, regardless of his own safety, he resolutely stayed in the city attacked by pirates and shouldered the responsibility of protecting the people.

At that time, Queen Eilson said that if she could say it, she could do it. Such a person deserves to be trusted, and it is worth letting her put down the bet.

Perhaps, the opportunity for Elson to change in the future lies in the young prince.

…………

"The post-war situation is pretty much accounted for."

Seth, who was standing in the room, said that he came to report to Garlan, holding a thick stack of documents in his hand.

There are two serious dark circles on his face, his eyes are blue, and he doesn't know how long he hasn't rested, but his spirit is very good, his eyes are full of brilliance.

"Most of the pirate warships have been destroyed, and the wreckage is piled up in the bay, and it is still being cleaned up."

"A very small number of warships escaped, probably only two or three, and all of them were damaged, so they are no longer threatening."

"Because many pirates surrendered later, nearly ten thousand pirates were captured."

"The wounded have all been treated, and those remains...the remains of soldiers and citizens have been claimed and collected by their families. The remains of unclaimed soldiers will be temporarily stored in the underground ice storage by the Consulate until they find their families. .”

At this point, Seth hesitated, then asked a question.

"However, Your Highness, what should we do with the remains of those slaves?"

While listening to Seth's report, Garlan was sitting on the bed drinking the soup brought by the doctor.

Hearing this, his hand holding the bowl paused.

The slave boy who had a broken arm and a big hole in his abdomen but could still smile happily appeared in his mind.

At that time, the slave boy told him that he was very happy to be treated as a human being in the past few days.

After pondering for a while, Garlan replied: "All the slaves who died in battle will have their slave names crossed out."

All slaves had to be registered.

In the hands of the masters of the slaves, and in the government, each keeps a copy.

"Then, the ruling government will collect the remains, choose a valley outside the city, and bury them as free citizens."

He thought for a moment and continued.

"Establish a stele outside the valley and record their achievements on the stele. Anyone who damages the stele will be punished."

Seth nodded.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will follow your orders."

"Have the combat exploits of the slaves who are still alive been counted?"

"It will take some time, Prince, we will make proper arrangements. However, there are some special slaves that are really difficult to deal with..."

"what?"

"Those slaves were born as slave gladiators, and they are not small, so they made too many achievements in this war, even surpassing ordinary soldiers. One person killed hundreds of pirates, and he also blocked the gaps in the city wall many times at critical moments, and the key point is that he said he didn't want property, he wanted to enter the army."

Seth was a little worried.

"You see, prince, it is unprecedented to have slaves in the army."

In Aaron Landis, being a soldier is an extremely honorable thing.

Only Aaron Landis citizens who have a clean family background and have never violated the laws of the country are eligible to apply for enlistment.

Moreover, not everyone is allowed to be allowed and must be carefully selected.

People born as slaves are absolutely ineligible to join the army.

Garlan put down the finished soup bowl and looked up at him.

"According to what I promised them before, they will no longer be slaves if they make military exploits, so why do you have to worry?"

"...Yes, I understand."

"Has the pirate leader not been caught yet? And the former Tozes Navy Admiral, who was said to be captured by the pirates, has not been found either?"

"Yes, I'm sorry, according to the captured pirates, the leader Basha escaped with his confidants, and it is likely that in the few warships that broke out, Elson and our navy are chasing them. It won't be long before they can be captured and brought back."

After Seth answered, he seemed to want to say something more.

Then, someone slapped his chin, and he subconsciously turned his head to look.

A blond knight came from behind and smiled at him.

"All right."

Keyhos said, "So far today, the prince is not in good health, so don't bother him too much, I will take care of the rest of the small things."

Seth glanced at Garlan's still pale face, nodded, bowed to Garlan, and then stepped back with Keyhos.

The doctor also withdrew with the finished soup and medicine bowl.

He was alone in the room, and Garlan lay on his stomach for a while, only feeling that something was wrong all over his body.

It's been so long lying on the bed that I feel like I'm paralyzed.

He felt dizzy even when he was lying down, and he felt dizzy and uncomfortable.So, after hesitating for a while, he slowly got up, climbed off the bed, and then began to stroll around the house.

He didn't dare to go out. If he went out, a bunch of doctors, maids and servants would rush over yelling, kneeling and begging him to go back and lie still.

After walking for a while, my head was still very dizzy. I don't know what happened, but the dizziness became more and more severe.

And he had just walked a few steps, and just moved his body a little, when suddenly a hand stretched out from behind.

Caught off guard, Garlan was picked up by the person behind him, and before he could react, he was carried back to the bed.

"When did you come... Ugh!"

Before he could finish his question, Heymos turned over and forced him to lie on the bed.

Gallan subconsciously wanted to struggle, but the golden-red eyes glanced at him, a little cold, his throat choked up, and he lay on the bed obediently, not daring to say anything.

Heymos ran his fingers across his back, along the edge of the bandage, apparently checking to see if the arrow wound had opened.

After confirming that it was not there, he let go of his hand, and carefully helped Garlan to turn around and lie down.

"Arrow wounds are different from ordinary wounds."

Heymos stared at Garlan with a somewhat stern tone.

"The arrow wound is too deep, and it is easy to get inflamed. Don't take it seriously. There are many people on the battlefield who seem to be cured after receiving arrow wounds, but they suddenly get sick after a few days. Convulsions, before it can be rescued..."

Thinking of the soldiers he saw suddenly convulsed and died suddenly, Heymos' face became more and more gloomy.

Because he was taboo about that word, he didn't say the last half of the sentence.

Sudden death due to convulsions after an arrow wound, that was... tetanus, right?

Garlan thought dazedly.

Arrow wounds are usually deep and rusty, so they can easily catch tetanus.

According to the medical standards of this era, getting tetanus is almost certain to die.

"Heymos..."

Garlan opened his eyes and looked at Heymos, calling him in a low voice, his golden eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.

Probably because of his illness, the boy's voice was softer and lower than usual, giving off a soft feeling.

Like honey, it wraps people's hearts layer by layer, sweet.

That soft shout immediately softened Heymos' expression, which was not looking well.

He hummed lightly.

Garlan reached out and grabbed his hand.

But Heymos's hand was pressed against the bed with five fingers spread out, and Garlan couldn't grasp it at all, only a few fingers.

The white hand just held a few brown fingers like this.

Garlan called him again softly.

"Heymos."

While shouting in a low voice, he looked at him helplessly.

The little eyes that looked at him, the little movements of holding his fingers, and the soft voice, it was almost like she was acting like a baby.

Even the heart of stone was melted into a puddle of water.

Heymos subconsciously softened his voice, his eyes were like the softest water waves in the world, carefully wrapping the most important treasure in front of his eyes in the soft water waves.

"Ok?"

"I don't want to lie down and think about it."

"No, you haven't healed yet."

"I remembered..."

"No."

Heymos put one hand on his side, leaned over to look at him, and coaxed him softly.

"When you recover from your injury, I'll do anything for you, okay?"

Looking at him with misty golden eyes, there was a little grievance in the boy's eyes.

He grabbed Heymos' finger, like a bullied little animal, looking terribly wronged.

He whispered, "...but I'm dizzy."

Lying dizzy, very uncomfortable.

He was already dizzy and dizzy, and his consciousness was a little unclear.

Heymos was taken aback by Garlan's words, and then raised his hand to touch Garlan's forehead.

The scalding temperature under his hands made his expression suddenly change.

It's burning again!

Without saying a word, he got up and went out to call for someone.

Seeing Heymos suddenly get up and leave, Garlan was dazed for a while, and raised his hand to touch his forehead in a dizzy state.

Uh, it seems... a little hot.

Is it hot again? ...I didn't notice it, no wonder I was dizzy all the time.

……Well……

Forget it, anyway, Heymos will bring the doctor over soon...

As he thought so dazedly, his consciousness sank into darkness.

The sound of hurried footsteps outside gradually faded away.

The room became quiet, and at this moment, only the slightly rapid breathing of the sleeping boy on the bed could be heard.

Suddenly, there was a slight click, which seemed to be the sound of the door opening.

But the door was closed tightly, and there was no movement.

There was another very soft sound, and a small secret door was actually opened on the inside of the fireplace on one side of the room.

Several people crawled out of the secret door one after another.

Among them, the person who looked like a leader raised his head. With his rough and dark skin, narrow and fierce eyes, and the looming golden front teeth protruding from his mouth, it was the pirate leader Basha who was thought to have fled to sea.

He walked quietly to the bed.

Garlan had just fallen into a coma, his face was flushed with heat, and his slightly parted lips were breathing rapidly.

The eyebrows were tightly knit, obviously burning very uncomfortable.

Basha leaned over, held a strand of blond hair scattered beside the bed, and squinted at the boy who was clearly ill.

"Hey."

He lowered his voice and asked the man who was tightly bound by the rope beside him.

"Is this kid a prince?"

As the former commander of the Tozes Navy, the man who had long been a prisoner of the pirates shivered and nodded quickly.

"Yes, yes, it is him, Prince Garlan."

"If you dare to lie to me..."

Basha snorted, and glanced fiercely at Taka.

Taka immediately shook his head in panic.

"No, I absolutely dare not lie to you, this is really a prince!"

Basha looked at Takana with distaste.

He stretched out his hand, and covered the sleeping Garlan's mouth and nose with a handkerchief soaked in the drug, completely knocking him unconscious.

Then, he turned his head to signal, and a confidant behind him immediately stepped forward and put the unconscious young man into a big sack.

Afterwards, carrying the sack on his shoulders, the man quickly went back into the secret door.

Taka was also dragged into the secret door by several other pirates.

The last Basha who stayed behind heard no movement outside, and quickly made some arrangements in the room.

He pushed open the window and deliberately hooked a piece of fabric on the window.

Finally, he sneered at the closed door, then lowered his head and got into the hidden door.

The secret door was slowly closed, and the fireplace was back to its previous appearance, with no flaws visible.

The room returned to the silence it had not long ago.

However, on the bed that was still warm, there was no longer the figure of the blond boy sleeping quietly.