A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

In the dungeon under the temple where the Royal Knights were located, Heymos, who had not fallen asleep in the middle of the night and was thinking about something secretly, suddenly frowned.

Immediately afterwards, he sneezed heavily.

strangeness.

You have the flu?

But don't you feel this way?

Heymos rubbed his nose and thought a little strangely.

He had no idea that Garlan, who woke up from the dream with a red face and scolded him as a rascal, was angrily wrapping himself into a ball with the quilt, and even buried his head in it, forming a round ball on the bed.

The teenager who had tucked himself up in the quilt sulked and prayed not to have this dream again, and finally fell asleep again.

The long golden hair spread out on the snow-white bed, and the soft moonlight seemed to fall on the boy's sleeping face with a bit of childishness like fine silver.

In the courtyard outside, the stone statue of the star goddess Isdar bathed in starlight still stands quietly above the fountain.

The tiny sound of splashing water was lost in the gentle night wind blowing past.

…………

On the second day, the weather in Aaron Landis King City is always sunny, and the light shines on the earth.

The royal city, which had been quiet all night, had already become bustling with people everywhere.

Early in the morning, Garlan brought Kaihos to the gate of the temple where the Royal Knights were stationed.

Just when he arrived, the knight captain who had received him last time was leading a group of knights, wearing red armor and holding sharp swords, and seemed to be going to the bedroom of King Kamos.

One of their most important tasks is to guard the bedroom of King Kamos and the treasure house in the inner courtyard of the bedroom.

When he saw Garlan, the knight commander turned around and told his subordinates to stand still, then stepped forward and bowed slightly to Garlan.

Like last time, it was still an expressionless face.

Garlan slightly raised his head as a signal, making the knight commander stand up straight.

"Prince Garlan, do you want to see Prince Heymos?"

The knight commander made his own conclusions.

"Please wait a moment, I will arrange my colleagues to take you in."

Garlan shook his head.

He said: "No, I'm not here to meet Heymos this time, but to meet your Sage Captain."

The Royal Knights are independent from all armies, with a number of around [-]. They are directly under the king of Kamos and are not under the jurisdiction of anyone other than the king.

The supreme commander is called the head of the regiment.

Under the captain, there are four to five subordinate knight commanders.

The knight commander was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"I see, please wait a moment."

He turned around and said a few words to a knight behind him. Then, the knight led the team to carry out the task, while he led Garlan into the gate of the temple.

In the main hall of the temple, there are two huge statues of gods.

Shamash, the sun god, and Nanna, the night god.

The knights of the Royal Knights also believe in these two main gods enshrined by the royal family of Aaron Landis.

The temple as a whole is made of white stone, and the whole looks simple and grand, and it looks quite old, with the traces left by the knights of the past.

There is no luxury in the interior, and there are very few decorations, giving people a simple and heavy feeling, and a little indifferent.

The knight commander led Garlan through the hall and into a spacious room.

"Please wait here a moment."

he said, and turned to leave.

Garlan sat down and surveyed the room slightly.

This should be a living room, but apart from dark heavy curtains and dark wooden long tables and chairs, there are almost no decorations.

The wide wooden lattice window was open, and looking out of the window, there were almost no flowers and plants in the courtyard, but lush evergreen trees. He also saw a knight in inner armor sweeping fallen leaves in the courtyard.

"Kayhors."

"Yes."

The blond knight standing behind Garlan smiled and bowed his head in response.

"Speaking of which, we haven't seen a servant since we came in?"

"Yes, Your Highness, the Royal Knights don't use any maids and attendants, except that food is delivered by special people, other things, whether it is daily life or cleaning, including feeding horses, maintaining armor and weapons, etc., they all You have to do it yourself to hone yourself.”

"...How do you feel that they live like ascetic monks..."

Hearing this, Garlan couldn't help muttering softly.

"what did you say?"

"Well, I'm just saying that they are quite strict with themselves."

Garlan hastened to perfunctory.

In Aaron Landis, there is no such thing as an ascetic.

"Yes, members of the Royal Knights have always been extremely self-disciplined. They are not tempted by any outside world and stick to themselves, so as to ensure that their loyalty to the royal family will not be shaken by anything."

Just as Garlan and Kaihos were talking, someone walked into the living room.

It was a burly and powerful middle-aged man, with a square face, a straight nose, broad brows and broad face, and a tough silhouette, giving off a handsome look of an adult man.

He has black-brown short curly hair, and a ring of light hard stubble around his mouth, and he is quite tall.

The commander of the Royal Knights, the head of the Sago.

When he walked in front of Garlan, he was followed by two knight commanders.

The knight commander who brought Garlan in disappeared, perhaps he went directly to fulfill his mission after reporting to the captain.

Captain Sago glanced at Garlan expressionlessly, and bowed slightly to salute, almost exactly the same as the knight commander just now, with an expressionless attitude.

"Prince Garlan."

After bowing slightly and saluting, Sako looked up.

"May I ask what you want from me?"

He said straight to the point.

"If you want me to release Prince Heymos, I'm sorry, I can't agree. You have to wait for King Kamos to come back and give me the order to release him."

As soon as he spoke in an indifferent tone, he pointed directly at the core, blocking the words tightly.

Captain Sage, who has not communicated with anyone all the year round, is like this no matter who he talks to, even King Kamos is no exception, at most he will show a little more respect.

Garlan sat on the seat and raised his eyes to see Captain Sage standing in front of him.

"What if I must tell you to release Heymos now?"

"Prince Garlan, you don't have the right to make me obey."

Captain Sako pushed back unceremoniously.

Garlan thought for a while, and then asked, "Can I see the remains of those two knights?"

"Please excuse my refusal, Your Highness, even if you are honorable, you are not qualified to desecrate the remains of my subordinates at will."

The head of Sage replied with a cold tone.

"I don't mean that, I just want to find out who killed them."

This time, Sage didn't even bother to say anything, just glanced at Garlan.

And the two knight commanders who were following Sage either pursed their lips or frowned.

The meaning contained in that look, as well as the facial movements of the two knight commanders, allowed Garlan to understand the attitude of the leader, or the entire knight order, towards him.

Although royal knights never shake their emotions because of foreign objects, they will still feel angry about the killing of their companions who have been in and out with them for many years.

Therefore, they are quite resistant to wanting to help the 'murderer' in their eyes to get rid of the crime.

It was only because they were princes that they maintained a semblance of respect.

For these people who have already confirmed the 'fact' in their hearts, it is useless to continue talking.

Because they don't believe in themselves at all.

……no solution anymore.

Garlan sighed inwardly.

Then, he turned his head and glanced at Keyhos behind him.

After receiving Garlan's signal, Kyhos nodded slightly.

Garlan turned his head, put his hand on the armrest of the seat, and stood up, as if he was about to get up and leave.

Naturally, Captain Sage, who thought that Prince Garlan had understood his attitude and was about to leave, took a step back to get out of the way in front of Garlan.

As Sako stepped aside, the two knight commanders following behind him were naturally exposed.

Seeing the leader take a step back, they followed suit.

It's just that they had just raised one foot, and before they had time to take a step back, suddenly, the blond knight who had been standing quietly behind the prince since entering here suddenly bent down and rushed towards them.

Its momentum is like a gust of wind, extremely swift and violent.

In the blink of an eye, Kaihos had already rushed in front of the two of them, attacking them directly.

The two knights raised their hands in shock to fight back.

However, their combat effectiveness was already much worse than that of Kaihos, and Kaihos took advantage of his unpreparedness. Almost before they could react, Kyhos twisted the arm of a knight commander, As soon as he tried hard, he slammed it heavily on the stone ground with a bang.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and kicked another knight commander heavily in the chest, kicking him until he groaned and staggered back a step.

Before the knight commander could stand still, Kayhos had already dodged behind him, raised his hand and hit him hard on the back of the neck, knocking him down to the ground at once.

In less than a minute, the two knight commanders were knocked to the ground by Kaihos.

Sage's face suddenly showed anger.

"Prince Garlan, what do you mean!"

he asked angrily.

"Means nothing."

Garlan said, and with a swish, he drew a sharp dagger from his waist.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he pointed the dagger downwards, pointing at the knight commander who was controlled by Kehos.

Under the glaring gaze of Captain Sage, Garlan just put the tip of the dagger on the forehead of the knight commander, and smiled slightly at Sage.

"Captain Sage."

He smiled and said, "Do you think I will kill your subordinate?"

The knight captain who was caught by Kyhos turned red with anger, and tried to break free regardless of the dagger pointed at his head, but Kyhos twisted his hands and knelt down on the ground.

"Don't do such stupid things, Prince Garlan."

Captain Sakol's face darkened deeply.

"We are not enemies. You don't need to do such a thing. You should know that hurting a royal knight is not a trivial matter. Even if you are deeply favored by King Kamos, you will get yourself into big trouble."

As if he had listened to Captain Sage's words, Garlan pondered for a moment.

Then, he smiled at Sako again.

"Then, if I stop now, there shouldn't be any big trouble, right?"

Facing this little prince who seemed to be playing childishly, Sa Ge felt a little helpless at the moment.

He nodded and said, "Yes, Your Highness, as long as you don't hurt them, I won't even report this matter to King Kamos."

The boy nodded.

He looked at Captain Sage with a smile, and retracted the dagger.

He said, "All right, Keyhors."

After receiving the order, Kaihos immediately let go of his hand and went back behind Garlan.

The knight commander who had been held down by Kaihos for a long time stood up and glared at Kyhos, but the leader of Sako didn't give an order, so he could only retreat behind Sako and stood silently.

Sako's bushy eyebrows were already frowned, and in his straightforward mind, he couldn't figure out what Garlan's purpose was for doing this.

Is it to give a blow to the royal knights who neglected themselves and did not listen to their own words?

"Captain Sage."

Playing with the shiny dagger in his hand, Garlan said, "So, do you still think Heymos is the murderer who killed your subordinates?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"My Guardian Knight easily brought down these two subordinates of yours."

Garlan's words made the faces of the two knight commanders look sour.

"He can control these two knight commanders by himself, Captain Sage, you should be able to see that this is because Kaihos kept his hand, he is fully capable of directly knocking these two knight commanders unconscious."

Sako's face also darkened.

But he also knew in his heart that the selection of members of the Royal Knights was based on complete loyalty to the royal family, not on the basis of force.

Therefore, the force value of the royal knights is not as good as that of the guard knights who fought with King Kamos.Even ordinary guard knights can't compare, let alone this world-famous 'Knight of the Scorching Sun'.

Therefore, even if he was a little displeased with Prince Garlan's words, he didn't say anything, it was acquiescence.

"That is to say, Keyhos can subdue them without harming them."

Insert the dagger back into the scabbard at the waist.

Garlan raised his head and met Sage's fixed gaze.

He said, "Captain Sako, I don't know if you have heard that Heymos's force is not inferior to Kejos at all."

Sage was startled, and then his face changed, obviously he finally understood the meaning of Garlan's words.

Kyhos can subdue the two knight commanders without hurting them.

The knight commander must be stronger than ordinary royal knights.

As for Prince Heymos, who was no less powerful than Kayhors, it would be even easier for him to stun the two knights without alarming them.

"Captain Sage, you just said it yourself, even if I am a prince, I will be in big trouble if I hurt or even kill the royal knights."

"You just said that I shouldn't do such a stupid thing."

The young prince looked at Sage calmly and spoke clearly.

"The purpose of Heymos is just to get the soldier talisman. Since he can easily subdue the two royal knights, why did he go to such lengths to kill them and get himself into such a big trouble?"

He asked, "Do you think... he would be that stupid?"

Sako fell silent.

The two knight commanders behind him also showed deep thoughts.

"Captain Sage, I know that you cherish your subordinates very much. But now, only by finding out the real culprits can their souls rest in peace."

Garlan looked directly at him and said, "I hereby promise you that I will give you an explanation as soon as possible, so please release Heymos first and let him return to the palace to recuperate. The injury on his hand Not lightly, if you can't cultivate well, I'm afraid it will lead to very serious consequences. Moreover, you can send a team of knights to the palace to guard him."

It was a huge room, but it was extremely quiet.

Captain Sage has been silent all the time, although he already vaguely felt that Garlan was right, but...

After a long silence, he still shook his head.

"Prince, perhaps you are right, but this is against the rules."

He shook his head and said firmly.

"I must obtain a warrant from King Kamos to release Prince Heymos."

"Captain Sage..."

"Sorry, I have to play by the rules."

Sa Ge said categorically, still with the rock-like reluctance attitude.

Tsk, this stern-minded head of the regiment.

Garlan slandered inwardly, and sighed.

no solution anymore.

Thinking so, he pulled out the dagger again.

Sako said in a deep voice without blinking: "I may not be an opponent of Your Excellency Kaihors, but even if you persecute me with your life, I will... a prince?!"

The originally serious face of Captain Sage suddenly changed, revealing a look of shock.

Because he watched helplessly as the gleaming dagger was held in Garlan's hand, dropped and landed on Garlan's own forearm.

The blade was extremely sharp, and as soon as he pressed it, a shallow slit was cut on Garlan's forearm, and a little blood seeped out.

"Because of arguing with you, Captain Sage, you moved your hand out of excitement, and then you accidentally injured me, Captain Sage, in the confusion."

"Prince Garlan, you—"

Facing Sago's surprised and angry expression, Garlan showed him a smile as bright as the sun in the sky.

"Come on, Captain Sage, do you choose to send knights to send Heymos back to his palace and guard him there... or let me give myself a scar now, and then wait for the king to come back Just complain to him, saying that you accidentally hurt me?"

"You... Prince, do you know what you are doing?"

Sako felt chest tight with anger.

"What am I doing? I'm framing you~~"

Blinking his golden eyes, Garlan said innocently and confidently, smiling brightly at Sako.

"How is it? Is it fun?"

Sako: "..."

What about the rumored wise prince? ! !