A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The starlight tonight is bright, dotted with the endless dark night sky, like a silver river running through the entire night sky.

Taputi was sitting in the room, having finished washing and grooming, the maid slowly retreated with a copper basin filled with hot water.

She had put on a loose and comfortable white nightgown and sat in front of the dressing table. An oval-shaped crystal bronze mirror was embedded on the dressing table, and the edges were wrapped by snow-white ivory hollowed-out carvings. Elegant beautiful face of woman.

Raising her hand, Taputi took off the hair accessories on her head and placed them on the table. A cascade of long hair slid down her honey-colored shoulders and neck, and a few strands fell into her slightly open skirt.

She picked up a dark brown wooden comb and turned her head slightly, revealing her beautifully lined side neck.The pure gold bracelet reflected the shimmer and slipped from her wrist, and she just sat under the moonlight, combing her long hair carefully.

The milky white moonstone ornaments on the table reflect a faint blue luster. Among the many gemstones, Taputi is the only one who likes moonstones. Most of her accessories are decorated with moonstones.

It stands to reason that this time of night is her most leisurely and peaceful moment.

However, for some reason tonight, she was a little restless.

There was a faint feeling of uneasiness, but she couldn't tell where the uneasiness was, but she was a little flustered, as if something was about to happen.

Taputi frowned, and combed his long hair a few more times, but his mind was no longer on it.

Agitated, she stopped combing her hair, turned her head, and looked outside through the half-open window.

She remembered the conversations she had with Prince Garlan before returning to her bedroom tonight.

At that time, the prince, who had just washed his hair, sat obediently by the bed and asked her to wipe his wet long hair.

The moist golden hair became more and more delicate and smooth, with a golden luster under the light, and it slipped from her palm, the velvet-like touch made her unable to put it down.

"You are obedient today, and you are willing to sleep so early."

She smiled as she brushed the Prince's hair slowly and gently.

For some reason, Prince Garlan always fell asleep later than normal, and sometimes he didn't go to bed until nearly midnight.

She said it many times, and every time the prince listened to her obediently, but he still slept late when he turned his head.

She really has nothing to do with him.

Prince Garlan is like a kitten, always very energetic at night and sleepy during the day.Therefore, it was rare for the prince to obediently let her wash up just after nightfall and planned to go to bed today, which surprised her a little.

"Occasionally, I have to listen to what Taputi said to you."

Said the prince sitting cross-legged on the bed.

"For so long, it was Taputi who was worrying about me."

He turned his head, and looked at Taputi with big cat-like golden eyes, "For so many years, I have caused troubles from time to time, which made your brain troubled. Don't you find it annoying, Taputi?"

Tapti laughed.

She wrapped the prince's head again with a snow-white towel warmed by the stove, and continued to wipe it a few times.

"Prince." She said with a smile, "Actually, I really think it would be great if you could be more self-willed."

"what?"

"Since you were young, prince, you have always been very sensible. You are not so sensible as a child. Therefore, sometimes I hope that you will be mischievous like other children." Taputi smiled. Said, "It doesn't matter if you are more willful, I really hope that you will always be a child who can't grow up, prince."

"........."

"Okay, Prince, your hair is dry, do you want to rest now?"

"……Um."

"Then I will leave first."

Taputi said with a smile, reaching out to brush a strand of blond hair that fell in front of Garlan's eyes behind her ears.

"I hope you have a sweet dream, my lord."

After finishing speaking, she turned and left holding the wet white towel, and blew out the lamp on the table by the way.

"Taputi."

Garlan's voice suddenly came from behind and stopped her.

"What's the matter? Your Highness."

She turns back.

In the room of the night, tiny starlight falls.

The blond boy sat cross-legged on the bed, with his eyes bent, and smiled brightly at her.

He said, "Good night, Taputi."

He smiled at her and said, "Tomorrow morning, I want to wear that eagle wing headdress, okay?"

Taputi was taken aback for a moment, because this was the first time Garlan offered to wear a headgear, then she smiled and nodded.

"Understood, Your Highness."

She said, "Tomorrow morning, I will put the tiara you like on you."

…………

Waking up from her memory, she remembered the smile that Prince Garlan showed to her before she left.

The smiling face is obviously very familiar... But for some reason, it just makes her uneasy.

Taputi sat in front of the dressing table in a daze for a long time, finally couldn't help it, stood up and walked to the window, looking in the direction of the prince's bedroom.

Because she was the female officer serving Garlan, her bedroom was not too far from the prince's bedroom, and she could see it from the window.

The room in her sight had no light, standing quietly in the dark night, presumably the teenager inside was also immersed in dreamland.

There was no movement in the room.

Maybe I'm thinking too much.

Tapti thought so.

I'll go to bed early too.

However, at the moment when she was about to look away, suddenly, the starlight in the night sky fell into the window of that room, reflecting a figure.

Taputi's chest tightened suddenly.

That is definitely not Prince Garlan's back!

Who is there?

Who dared to sneak into the prince's bedroom!

Thinking of this, Taputi couldn't care about anything else, opened the door and hurried over.

After taking a few steps and running to the prince's bedroom, she slammed open the door, and at the same time opened her mouth to call for the guards to come over.

As soon as she raised her eyes, the familiar handsome face caught in her sight made the phrase 'come' that she was about to shout out stuck in her throat.

Over the years, she has been very clear.

No matter what happens to this person in front of her, she will not hurt Prince Garlan.

...but...what is the current situation...?

"Prince Heymos, what are you doing here at this time?"

She lowered her voice, with anger in her eyes.

"Where is Prince Garlan?"

When Tapti broke in, Heymos, who was looking out of the window with a blank face, turned his head and set his eyes on the female officer.

Those golden-red eyes seemed to be immersed in the pitch-black night, much darker and deeper than usual.

He just looked at Taputi like this, remained silent, and said nothing.

At this moment, there was a hint of bewilderment on that stern face.

"Prince Heymos!"

Tapu stepped forward and asked urgently.

"……he's gone."

"!!!"

Taputi's chest trembled.

Although Heymos said this sentence without thinking, but she understood it all at once inexplicably.

The smiling face of the prince who sat on the bed before leaving tonight flashed in her mind again at this moment.

[Taputi, tomorrow morning, put on that eagle-winged headdress for me. 】

This sentence suddenly appeared in his mind, and Tapti's heart moved, and he hurried to the side of the room, where Prince Garlan's various accessories were stored.

She opened one of the largest golden caskets, and with the help of the faint moonlight, she saw a piece of neatly folded light yellow parchment pressed under the headdress of eagle wings.

Her head was a little dizzy for a moment, but she took a deep breath to calm herself down and pulled out the paper.

Looking across the unfolded parchment, Taputi turned around solemnly without saying a word, and left in a hurry, heading towards King Kamos' bedroom.

…………

Because of dealing with the piled up political affairs, the lights in King Kamos' bedroom stayed on until midnight before being extinguished.

King Kamos went to bed.

And Ximuer didn't leave, because it was too late, there were several empty rooms on the side of King Kamos's bedroom, and he slept there tonight.

Anyway, it was not the first time for him to stay here, and it was not just him, King Kamos would allow all the officials who were too late because of political affairs to stay overnight in the vacant room in the side hall.

However, not long after the lights were turned off in the bedroom of King Kamos, a female officer who came in a hurry made the bedroom noisy again.

Immediately afterwards, Qianqichang, who was in charge of guarding the palace tonight, was urgently and secretly called into the bedroom, and left in a hurry after a short while.

Soon, the guards of the entire palace were in operation.

The palace that was originally blended into the dark night lit up little by little, and the lights spread rapidly in the palace.

Countless servants and maids who had fallen asleep were woken up, and they were surprised to find that there was a tense atmosphere in the palace at some point.

Countless guards quickly searched the palace, carefully searching every room, every courtyard, and every corner of the palace.

No one knew what they were searching for.

Is there an assassin in the palace, and the guards are searching for the assassin?

Some people speculated like this, but in the end they didn't get an answer.

The palace was heavily guarded and no entry was allowed, but until dawn, the guards didn't seem to find what they were looking for.

After dawn, the aristocratic ministers who went to the palace to participate in political affairs heard the king's order from King Kamos. Today, the political affairs of the court will be suspended for one day. Only when there are really urgent matters can they enter the palace to meet King Kamos.

The people who received this order were talking about it for a while, but no one knew what happened in the palace, so that King Kamos issued this order, so they could only go back in wonder.

As soon as they got home, they all showed their talents and sent people to find out what was going on in the palace.

However, this matter seems to have been tightly sealed, and people have been asking around for a long time, but they still haven't found out what happened.

………………

Half the night has passed, and the sky is already bright.

King Kamos sat on the high platform, frowning deeply. The morning sun shone on half of his body through the skylight, making half of his sharp-edged face submerged in shadow.

He pressed one hand on the high Nuanyu countertop, and tapped the countertop with thick callused fingers.

The Lion King, who galloped on the battlefield and never knew what to be afraid of, had a rare dignified look on his face at this moment. He pursed his thick lips, wondering what he was thinking.

A piece of light yellow parchment with creases was placed beside him, and the writing on it was clearly visible.

The priest of Shamash was sitting on a seat beside him. Although there was a pile of documents in front of him, and he kept flipping through them, his mind was obviously not on the documents, but he turned his head from time to time, looking outside the dormitory , apparently waiting for news of someone to be found.

As time passed, half a night passed, and there was still no news, and Xie Muer's face had turned livid.At this moment, he was holding a breath in his heart, and a ball of anger burned fiercely in his chest, but he couldn't find a way to vent it, so he could only stay there stubbornly.

If he caught that little prince who was so naughty that he even committed an act of cheating on his family, he would definitely reprimand him mercilessly for a whole day.

The female officer stood at the door, with her head slightly bowed. Her long hair, which was always carefully combed and coiled, was combed casually today and fell from her shoulders.

She turned her head and looked out through the open door. Outside was the endless clear blue sky.

The sun is bright and cloudless, which is a good day.

She turned her gaze back, looked to the other side, and landed on Prince Heymos standing by the window.

Heymos stood by the window. He had been standing there since he came to King Kamos' room, motionless, like a stone sculpture.

His face was slightly lowered, and his dark eyelashes drooped, casting deep shadows on his brown cheeks.

The dark shadow seemed to seep into his eyes, making his pupils look like a pair of inorganic dark red glass beads at this moment, icy cold, and could hardly find the vitality of a living person.

The thin lips were pressed tightly like a blade, giving people a feeling almost painful.

He was clearly standing under the sunlight, but as he stood there, the light did not fall on him at all, as if he rejected all the light that was cast on him and drove it away from himself.

Hasty footsteps sounded, but in the blink of an eye, the blond knight changed his usual calm appearance and rushed directly into King Kamos' bedroom.

When he rushed in and looked up to see King Kamos sitting on the high platform with a sullen face, Kaihos realized that he had rushed directly in front of the king recklessly.

He habitually went to the training ground of the Guards for training yesterday and stayed there until this morning.

Unexpectedly, early in the morning, he received a message secretly sent by King Kamos.

He was so shocked by the news that he rushed over anxiously, and lost his sense of proportion in front of King Kamos for a while.

Kyhos bent down and knelt in front of King Kamos on one knee.

"Sorry, Wang, I was rude, but now I..."

Because he came here in a hurry, he was even a little out of breath at the moment.

King Kamos waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say any more, then raised his hand and threw the parchment beside him to Kaihos.

Keyhos subconsciously caught it and looked down.

On the parchment was his very familiar handwriting.

'Sorry, brother, Heymos is more suitable for the throne than me, I know you won't agree, so I leave. '

'The world is big, I think, and I can watch it for a long time. '

'It's nobody's business, it's my own decision. '

……

The room was very quiet, only the sound of the breathing of the people staying in the room echoed.

Kaihos read Garlan's message, and there was no expression on his face at this moment.

He got up with a blank expression like this, and returned the parchment in his hand to King Kamos.

Then, he turned around and took a few steps to the window.

Similarly, Heymos was standing by the window.

Kayhos stretched out his hand suddenly and grabbed Heymos by the neckline.

The only remaining one eye stared at Heymos, and his face burst into undisguised anger.

"What did you do to Your Highness?"

He asked Heymos.

Every word and sentence, the tone is cold.

Regardless of whether his behavior at the moment was an offense or how severely he would be punished for offending the prince, Kaihos just stared straight at Heymos, as if he wanted to spy out all of Heymos something to hide.

It was an intuition that Keyjos had.

His Highness must have left because of this person.

Prince Heymos must have done something to His Highness that forced His Highness to leave.

He had already vaguely felt that Heymos's attitude towards His Highness was really strange...

Therefore, the way he looked at Heymos at this moment seemed to be breathing fire.

However, the person who made him most angry and unforgivable was himself.

He had already noticed something was wrong, but he didn't pay much attention to it, which caused the prince to leave the palace alone... This is his negligence!

As the guardian knight of the prince, he failed to protect the prince.

There seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, and Kaihos looked at Heymos coldly.

Heymos, who had been keeping his eyes down and motionless, finally moved. He didn't get angry because Kaihos grabbed his collar, but just raised his eyes and glanced at the blond knight.

Those pupils were like cold glass beads, without any emotion.

Keyhos sneered.

Although his face looked calm, judging from his rude behavior of grabbing Prince Heymos by the collar, his emotions were clearly out of control.

And Heymos's look made the anger he was suppressing in his heart explode completely.

When he raised his hand, he punched Heymos in the face.

"Kayhors, stop!"

Shemur stood up abruptly, yelling to stop Kyjos.

However, once a calm and calm person loses control, it will be even more terrifying.

The Sun Knight, who was out of control at the moment, completely ignored the orders of the priests of Shamash.

Seeing that his punch was about to fall on Heymos.

A gleam of light flashed from the bottom of Heymos's eyes, he raised his head abruptly, raised his hand, and instantly blocked Kehos' punch.

A ruthless intent flashed across the golden-red eyes.

As if suppressed to the extreme, the pair of inorganic glass beads seemed to shatter suddenly, bursting out with a wolf-like fierce light,

While blocking Kaihos' punch, Heymos's right hand was also clenched into a fist, as if venting something, he punched Kaihos hard in the abdomen.

That punch was naturally blocked by Keyhos.

So, next, in Shemur's livid face, and in the astonished eyes of Mistress Taputi, Heymos and Kehos actually disregarded the occasion, the location, and even King Kamos' return. On the scene, they fought together so abruptly.

For a moment, the surrounding air seemed to be ignited by flames, and it was extremely hot.

The muffled sound of fists hitting flesh resounded in the air one after another.

They were all real, every punch and kick carried fierce wind pressure, and the muffled sound of punching to the flesh made people feel painful just listening to it.

What's more, the two of them obviously had a real fire, and their eyes were burning red like wild animals.

Just when the two were fighting more and more fiercely, suddenly, a feeling of extreme danger struck.

A howling wind came.

What followed was a sense of oppression like a mountain pressing down on the top.

Both Heymos and Keyjos instinctively leapt back, out of the way of what they sensed as danger.

There was a loud bang, and the heavy giant sword slammed down at the moment the two jumped back.

With a click, a deep crack was actually split into the hard ground of the jade.

That terrifying force was enough to split a person in half from head to toe.

The room was silent.

The two who jumped back to avoid the terrible blow were still panting, and King Kamos, who slashed the sword heavily with one hand, spoke.

"Have you had enough?"

As soon as he raised his right arm, he easily lifted the giant sword and carried it on his shoulder.

His golden-brown eyes, like scorching coals, swept across the two of them, and the strong sense of oppression emanating from him suddenly made the air in the entire room freeze.

"If it's not enough, I'll fight with you."

The Lion King spoke, his face stinky.

"I'm getting annoyed, and I just want to find someone to give me a good beating. Come on, which one of you will come first? You can do it together!"

Only the deep voice of the Lion King echoed in the room, and the other two lowered their heads, panting slightly, and did not answer.

After a while, the blond knight standing on the right knelt down to King Kamos with one hand on his chest.

"King Kamos, since there is no news so far, I am afraid that the prince is no longer in the palace."

He said, "Please allow me to search in the royal city."

"Well, let's go."

Kamos waved his hand with a grumpy expression.

Keyhos saluted again, then turned and left quickly.

Immediately afterwards, Heymos bowed slightly to Kamos without saying a word, and then turned around and left here.

With an irritable expression on his face, Kamos casually threw the giant sword in his hand on the table, making a dull bang.

He scolded: "Those two brats let it out after a beating, but I'm still holding back."

If King Kamos used to be so cursing and calling himself Lao Tzu and talking non-stop, Shemuer, who always pays attention to the king's etiquette image, would have opened his mouth long ago.

But this time, Xie Muer, who was not thinking about it at all, stood there with a dark face and said nothing.

The low air pressure in the priest of Shamash makes anyone who gets close to him feel suffocated.

……

Taputi was dumbfounded.

She felt that she was already a very calm and composed person, but what happened just now made her dumbfounded for a while.

Kaihos, who has always treated people with a gentle attitude and a calm demeanor, actually did something to Prince Heymos? !

Prince Heymos, who has always been calm and rational in dealing with things and keeping his cool when things happen, actually got into a fight with Kehos? !

They actually fought in the room of King Kamos——

Moreover, King Kamos actually followed suit!even split a crack in the floor—

This is simply...

It’s just...

The female officer who encountered this situation for the first time did not know how to describe it.

The reason why Taputi was so shocked was because it was the first time for her to see the fierce side of these three people with her own eyes.

After all, she has been by the prince's side all the time. Whether it is King Kamos, Prince Heymos, or the knight Kehos, they are all very gentle and obedient in front of the prince.

She felt that the scene just now... was like a group of docile and obedient wild beasts in front of the master. As soon as the master left, they immediately rioted, bared their fangs, and turned back into ferocious and terrifying beasts.

This is only the first day that Prince Garlan left.

No, not even a day, just a night.

Looking at the deep crack on the ground, thinking of the scene where Prince Heymos and Kyhoes fought fiercely together...

Taputi tensed up for a moment.

It became like this in one night.

If this is... one day... three days... ten days...

Even, if the prince really ran away and didn't plan to come back for a short time...

…………

ah ah ah...

Your Highness Garlan, where have you been?

It is completely impossible to imagine how terrible the situation will be caused by Garlan's long-term disappearance.

The female officer prayed in her heart.

Please come back as soon as possible.

You can't leave here.

Otherwise, if you are not around, these terrifying beasts will completely lose control at some point——