A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

It was very late at night, but the celebration in Todzes City was still going on, and the people cheered wantonly in the square, enjoying the joy of this moment.

On the other side of the Consulate, on the balcony of the opposite side to the open-air high platform with the people, a small figure stood quietly here.

The tall buildings blocked the noise of celebrations in the square, making this place much quieter than the other side.

The little girl stood on the balcony, her slightly curly fluffy hair fell on her palm-sized face. She was still very young, but there was not much innocence that belonged to a child on her face, and there was even a faint hint of her age. A completely inappropriate gloomy color.

She was lying on the balcony, overlooking the inner courtyard of the Consulate below, but her eyes were in a trance, wandering away, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

She lay quietly on the stone railing, and the noise of the celebration behind her seemed out of tune with her.

After an unknown amount of time, a burst of light footsteps sounded behind her, walking towards her from far to near.

A familiar voice came from behind her.

"Princess, why are you staying here?"

Waking up from the trance by this sound, Emma turned her head and saw Vinier right behind her without any surprise.

She laughed self-deprecatingly: "I want to know, and only you will come to me."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked into the distance, with a somewhat confused look on her face.

"what happened?"

Seeing that something was wrong with Emma, ​​Venier asked.

"Vinil, I know that neither you nor others actually like my personality. Some people say that I am naughty by nature, and I know it."

Vinier was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to explain something, but she was a little surprised when she saw Emma's calm expression.

She has watched Emma grow up since she was a child, and she knows the character of this child very well. If it was Emma before, she would definitely get angry when she heard this, and she would not be as calm as she is now.

"I know, the reason why you still follow me who is so self-willed is because I am a princess, the only daughter of my mother."

Pressing her hands on the stone railing, Emma looked at the dark sky.

The wind blowing from the night sky lifted her fluffy long hair.

"I don't like this. I really don't like that people only look at me like a 'princess', because my mother is around me. So, I deliberately do those willful things...very naive, isn't it?"

Emma smiled wryly as she recalled the nightmarish days when she was captured by pirates.

"I used to stubbornly think that the status of 'princess' was a bondage to me. No matter how hard I worked and how well I did, everyone took it for granted. I couldn't bear the shadow of my mother... But after After that incident, I realized how ridiculous my idea was."

she says,

"Without the status of 'princess', I am nothing at all, nothing counts."

"I didn't do anything for Elson, but I had a lot."

"And everything I have gained, being able to do whatever I want, and being able to live a rich life, including you who are by my side... are all because I am the 'Princess', the daughter of my mother."

Having said that, she paused, then turned her head and smiled faintly at Vinier.

"I used to think that he was the same as me."

"He is the prince of Aaron Landis, and his brother is the world-renowned King Kamos, so I think he must understand my feelings."

"But now I know it's different."

She shook her head slightly and said softly.

"I'm completely different from him."

"If I lose my status as a 'princess', I will be nothing. But so many people...everyone admires him, they support him and regard him as a belief, not because his brother is the king of Kamos .”

"Even if he loses his status as Prince Aaron Landis, I know that there will still be many people willing to follow him."

The little princess stared at the wall in front of her.

But her gaze seemed to penetrate the thick wall, looking at the person on the other side of the wall.

She said, "Just because he is Garlan."

Elson's little princess said softly: "Vinil, I envy him very much, I really want to be like him."

She looked at Vinier and asked, "What do I have to do to be like him?"

Looking tenderly at the little girl with a confused face, Vinier's mood was very complicated.

The princess has begun to grow, which makes her feel relieved, but also a little distressed.

No matter how mature she is, the princess is just a child in her teens.

She thought about it, opened her mouth, and planned to say something.

However, before she had time to speak, there was a sudden movement not far away, and the expression of female general Allson changed, and she looked sharply at the place where the sound came from.

"Who? Come out!"

she shouted.

Following her shout, a burly figure came out from the shadows in the corner.

This middle-aged man who used to be a slave is now wearing a dark bodyguard leather armor, and he can no longer see the shadow of a slave, but his surging blood has not changed at all.

He glanced at the two of them, bowed his head, and bowed to salute.

"Because the two have been away for too long, the prince is a little worried, fearing that the two will be in danger, so he ordered us to come out and look for it."

The man lowered his head slightly, and there was no expression on that seemingly simple and honest face.

He said: "Since the two of you are safe, I will go to reply to Your Highness."

"Wait! Did you hear everything just now?"

Emma called out to him angrily.

It's all right to confide this embarrassing heartfelt feeling to Vinil, who has watched her grow up since she was a child, and she doesn't want others to hear it at all.

"...I'm sorry, the two of you were talking when I came, and it's really inconvenient for me to interrupt."

The little princess' face flushed instantly, angry and ashamed.

Those shameful words were actually heard by this humble slave, which is simply——

She gritted her teeth and stared at Teva angrily.

"If you think I've been rude, I can give you an answer as my apology."

Emma was taken aback.

"Answer?"

she asked suspiciously.

"Regarding what you just asked, what can you do to become like His Highness."

Teva raised his head and looked directly at the little princess.

"I can answer you, you will never be someone like His Highness."

"you--"

"If your Highness's mind is as broad and boundless as the sea, then, with all due respect, your mind is at most as big as a pond."

Emma was furious.

"Why do you say that? What can you understand, a slave!"

"My lord, what you said back then was actually quite right. I came here with the intention of clinging to His Highness, hoping to obtain a wider road from His Highness. I used to be a slave, so I will only try to let myself pass Whether it’s clinging to the powerful or stalking others, as long as it’s useful, I’ll do it. For a slave like me who can fight wild animals to the death for a bite of food, the integrity and dignity you speak of are rubbish.”

"I know, you look down on me like this."

Twa paused and continued.

"However, Your Highness accepted me like this."

"With his broad mind, even I am willing to accept such an ugly mind, and I am willing to believe in the loyalty I dedicate to him."

He looked directly at Emma, ​​and said in a deep voice: "And you, you can't do it. My lord, you always doubt the loyalty of the people around you, doubt them, and don't want to believe them."

"..."

Emma opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.

Teva's words hit the nail on the head, making it impossible for her to refute.

"It is true that I came to the prince with the intention of clinging to him, but that does not mean that my loyalty is a lie."

He says,

"You may not believe it, but for me, even if this useless body is smashed to pieces, my loyalty to His Highness will always exist."

After saying this, Teva bowed to Emma again.

Then he turned and left, and the sound of steady and rhythmic footsteps gradually drifted away as he left.

There was silence for a while, and after a while, Vinier came back to her senses.

She quickly comforted Emma and said, "This man is too rude, Princess, I will teach him a lesson for you later."

Emma shook her head.

"no need."

She said softly, "I seem to understand a little..."

She seems to understand a little.

That young prince is clearly not considered powerful, but the reason why so many people, even world-renowned strong men, are willing to follow him...

…………

On the second day, at the port of Tozes City, Elson's largest battleship was moored at the seaport, waiting quietly.

Garlan came to see off the departed Princess Eilson and the female warriors.

He saw the obvious dark circles under the little princess' big eyes.

"What's the matter?" He touched Emma's head and asked with a smile, "Didn't sleep well yesterday?"

Is it because the celebration is celebrated too late?

Because of many unthinkable things, the little princess who had been tossing and turning all night raised her head.

Long flowing gold hair fell in front of her eyes, and she looked into the eyes of the boy in front of her.

When she smiled, the slightly curved golden eyes were extremely bright, as if the bright sunlight had fallen into them.

When she looked into those eyes, the gloom in her heart seemed to be swept away.

Suddenly, she grinned.

She smiled at Garlan, a bright smile like that of a real child.

"Brother Garlan, bend down a little."

"Ok?"

"Bend down a bit." The little princess tugged on Garlan's arm coquettishly, "I have something to say to you."

Following her strength, Garlan bent down and lowered his head.

The corner of the little princess's lips curled into a triumphant smile.

Taking advantage of the fact that Garlan, who had just lowered her head, was not paying attention, she raised her head and leaned over to kiss Garlan's face hard.

I have to leave a mark.

Emma thought so proudly.

Just when her pink mouth was about to kiss Garlan's face——

A hand suddenly stretched out from the slope.

That hand was huge, and with one slap, it covered the entire lower half of Garlan's face, only his two dazed eyes were exposed.

Thus, the little princess kissed the back of the hand covered with snow-white bandages.

She froze for a moment.

Raising her head crunchily, she met the pair of golden red eyes looking down at her.

A wave of anger welled up spontaneously, and the little princess glared at the past with wide-eyed eyes.

Heymos covered the lower half of Garlan's face with one hand, coldly looked down at the brat who inadvertently wanted to take advantage of Garlan, his face was gloomy.

Garlan, whose mouth was covered, was still a little dazed, but the hand covering his face suddenly pulled him up, and fell into a familiar chest.

He glanced sideways, and saw Heymos's profile, his lips that were slightly pursed, and his eyes staring forward.

He turned his eyes and looked in the direction of Heymos' gaze, and saw the angry little princess staring at Heymos with wide eyes.

So, the situation at the scene was that a big man and a little girl, one with sharp eyes and one with angry eyes, just stared at each other.

Suddenly, a picture of a big black wolf and a little wolf cub confronting each other bared their teeth for a piece of meat and bone appeared in Garlan's mind...

……

No, wait, is he comparing himself to a bone?

Garlan poohed twice in his heart, deleted the weird picture in his mind, then raised his hand to touch the bandaged hand, signaling Heymos to let go.

Heymos turned his gaze to his face, and then let go.

Garlan bent his eyes and smiled at him, and Heymos's stinky face softened, and his originally sharp gaze softened.

He said, "Pay attention, that little guy is smart."

He said in a preaching tone: "And no matter how young she is, she is still a lady. Men and women should pay attention to keeping a distance, otherwise it will be easy to be misunderstood."

Gallan: "..."

He wanted to roll Heymos' eyes.

You said that a man and a woman cannot kiss each other, so if you are a man, you can cling to me, right?

The little princess was obviously very angry at Heymos' words, her cheeks puffed up.

"I don't care about being misunderstood!"

She said, turning her head to look at Garlan.

"Brother Garlan, you wait for me, and I will come to you when I grow up."

She said loudly, without hesitation,

"I have decided, I must give birth to your child! Let her be the next Queen Elson!"

Gallan: "..."

Looking at the ten-year-old little princess who aggressively declared that she was going to give birth to his child, the corners of his mouth twitched twice.

He said he didn't want to say anything.

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Ai Erson's warships moored in the harbor of Todzes City set sail, and the sea wind blew over forcefully, inflating the huge white sails.

Led by the largest battleship, they sailed towards the depths of the endless blue ocean.

Emma stood on the side of the boat, looking far away at the coastline that was gradually moving away from her.The howling sea wind lifted her fluffy long hair, making it fly in the air.

Female General Venier stood beside her and accompanied her, also looking at the coast, with a little regret in her eyes.

In the past few days, she has used various means to get a child from the knight of the scorching sun, but that knight has completely lived up to his reputation as a romantic, although his attitude towards her is gentle and polite, and he greets her with a smile But it made her completely useless, so she didn't succeed until the end.

...After all, she couldn't beat him, and she couldn't use force either.

Sighing regretfully, Vinier cast her eyes on the little princess beside her.

"What are you thinking?" she asked.

Emma laughed.

At this moment, her eyes seemed to lose a touch of gloom and become more calm and calm.

This made the light in her eyes seem a little brighter.

"Vinil, I was just thinking, although I am much worse than Brother Garlan... Just like that person said, it is impossible for me to become like him."

"However, even if you can't become like him, it's good to be able to get closer to him little by little, isn't it?"

She said that the eyes that became bright looked at the boundless sea with longing for the future.

"I want to become an Elson female warrior stronger than my mother."

"I want to be a queen that the people of Allison love sincerely."

"I want you, Vinier, and others, not because of my mother, but because of me, who are willing to follow me."

She smiled and said,

"Whether I can do it or not in the future, but, at least, I want to do it in this direction."

Vinelle laughed too.

"If you can think this way, it means that you have already taken the first step."

She showed quite emotional and gratified eyes.

"Princess, you have already begun to grow."

Having said that, Emma's eyeballs rolled.

"Ah, I almost forgot, there is another very important wish."

She said, pointing to the already extremely distant coastline, as if making an oath.

"No matter what, I must give birth to Brother Garlan's child and make her the next Queen Eilson!"

Vinier's eyeballs rolled, and then she nodded in agreement.

"It's a good idea to make the future King Aaron Landis's child Queen Eilson."

"Not bad, right? Brother Garlan's child must be beautiful."

"Yeah, very good, as the king of Aaron Landis, he will definitely take care of his children."

"However, I always feel that he seems to completely treat me as a child..."

"It's okay, princess, you will grow up soon."

"Well, you have to become stronger first... otherwise there are so many people guarding Brother Garlan, if you are not strong enough, it will be very difficult to snatch him from those people..."

The fine words fell into the white waves raised by the battleship.

On the traces of the white waves on the sea surface, countless Allson's warships sailed to the depths of the sea against the sun.

........................

Thousands of years are enough to bury countless traces of history.

The mysterious Elson island country, as well as the legendary Elson female warriors, their traces of existence have been annihilated under the long river of time.

No one knows whether they left or merged with other races. This mysterious race disappeared without a trace in history without leaving any information.

In later generations, the only record about the female warrior Elson can be gleaned from the historical materials of Aaron Landis.

It is recorded in the history books that the ninth queen of Eilson at that time was influenced by the "wise king" of Aaron Landis, and made changes in the secluded Eilson.

During her reign, the originally impoverished Eilson country gradually became rich, and the living conditions of Eilson people were greatly improved.

Moreover, in the battle for hegemony in the mainland at that time, she led the female warrior Elson to follow Aaron Landis in the north and south. In the world of great controversy, among the world-famous heroes, she was the only A woman who ranks among them for her prowess and combat prowess.

It is also recorded in a field history.

The Queen Eilson was unwilling to have offspring for a long time... until she was 36 years old, she gave birth to a daughter, the tenth Queen Eilson.

According to historical records.

During that period, the reign of the Wise King allowed Aaron Landis to grow rapidly, and then his military power became stronger and stronger. It fought south and north, defeated and annexed the surrounding big countries such as Gaisu and Yisi successively, and finally less than ten years later. It unified the entire continent.

So far, Aaron Landis has become a great empire.

This is also the reason why this continent is also called the Aaron Landis Continent.

And when this great empire, which attracted the attention of the whole world, was dominating this continent, only two small countries were allowed to continue to be their own countries on this land.

One is Tasda on the ice and snow plateau in the north, and the other is the island country of Ailson in the southern ocean.