A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

After carefully questioning the old village chief about the girl he met, Heymos went to a woman who was rescued from the robbers and asked about the appearance of the black-haired girl.

"That's right, she looks very beautiful, just like the incarnation of the beauty god Avdomir, and she is also very, very handsome, much more powerful than those damn robbers—"

As soon as the black-haired girl was mentioned, the woman kept talking excitedly.

She had never seen such a beautiful girl in her life, and that girl was not only beautiful, but also so powerful that she couldn't help but yearn for and yearn for her.

Amidst the young woman's babble, Heymos and Kyjos exchanged glances.

That's right, that 'black-haired girl' is Garlan.

No wonder he was able to pass through the tightly sealed city gate, and no wonder the guards sent by King Kamos couldn't find out about him. It turned out that he not only dyed his hair black, but also directly modified it to escape their sight by pretending to be a girl.

Once it was confirmed that it was Garlan, the two knights got on their horses without saying a word, without delaying for a second, and after asking the old village head where the "black-haired girl" left, they quickly chased after him.

During the gallop, both of them were silent.

However, after a while, Heymos finally couldn't help but speak.

"The one with Garlan... who is that bard?"

he asked Keyhors.

As Garlan's guardian knight, Kaihos should be clear about the details of everyone around Garlan.

Kyhoes was silent for a moment.

He said, "I don't know."

The Knight of the Scorching Sun's reply at this time was unusually not very good.

But this is not aimed at Heymos, the reason for his bad tone is probably similar to the reason why Heymos couldn't help asking.

——Someone they didn't know was following Garlan.

Heymos didn't say anything anymore, but at this moment, he seemed to have a tacit understanding with Kaihos, and once again accelerated the speed of the galloping horse under him.

They galloped in the direction the old village chief pointed. If the old village chief directed the direction correctly and the time he said was correct, they would definitely be able to catch up with Garlan by tonight at the latest.

As a commoner, the old village chief certainly didn't dare to deceive these two noble knights, so he didn't point the wrong way, and the time was also right.However, Garlan took the wrong path at first, but now, under the guidance of a certain bard, he has changed his direction and walked on the right path.

And Heymos and the others asked about a black-haired girl and a bard along the way... But at this moment, Garlan had changed back to his youthful attire, and his hair had also been washed back to blond.

Another crucial point is that the traces of Garlan and Shuros' overnight stay had been cleared away by the experienced bards before they left, and Heymos and the others, who were in a hurry to chase after them, did not notice.

then……

It's a pity...

inevitable……

The knights of the sun and the black knights of hell chased in the wrong direction.

They, who could have intercepted Garlan on this day, passed Garlan once again.

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Garlan, who had no idea that he was almost intercepted, followed Shuros all the way, seeing that no one had chased him after several days, he was relieved.

As long as he was not found a few days ago, no one would be able to figure out his movements later on. After all, even he himself didn't know where he planned to go next.

On such a vast continent, it is very difficult to find someone who is deliberately avoiding him. After Brother Wang and Heymos searched for him for a while and found that they couldn't find him, they would naturally give up.

Once the worry in his heart was put down, Garlan felt a lot more relaxed, and he became more and more looking forward to the road ahead.

Twiller Mountain is only the first stop on his journey, and he still has many, many places he wants to go in the future.

At noon on this day, they found a flat place on the side of the road and stopped temporarily to rest.

Schulos shot a few birds, which are now roasting by the fire for lunch.He has been walking on the mainland alone for a long time. Although he can usually stay and eat in towns, he also spends a lot of time sleeping in the wild, so he has long developed the ability to barbecue.

Anyway, from Garlan's point of view, it's only a little bit worse than Brother Wang's chef.

Returning with a bundle of dead wood branches, Garlan could already smell the tempting aroma of barbecued meat.

He walked over and put the dead wood branches into the fire one by one.

Speaking of these few days, it really made him blush. Whether it was finding a place to sleep, lighting a fire, or hunting barbecues, etc., Schulos did it alone. He also tried to help, but it was only a waste of help. .

However, Schulos did not dislike him.

Although he would taunt him unceremoniously every time he screwed up, he would still teach him what to do next.

Therefore, over the past few days, he has learned a lot of things that he did not know before.

Sitting down by the fire, Garlan looked at the flames in a daze.

He really still thought too simply.

Life in the wild is far from life in a palace.

If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet this experienced bard, he would definitely have suffered a lot in the past few days.

he thinks.

He has to learn more experience in traveling the mainland with Shuros. After all, he can't let Shuros take care of him all the time. Sooner or later, the two will be separated, and he will have to rely on himself.

Just when Garlan was in a trance, a roasted brown bird was handed over to him. The roasted bird was covered with sharpened branches, black sauce was spread on it, and the tempting aroma wafted out of his nostrils. .

He took the branch and smiled at Sholos.

"Thank you."

Schulos watched the young man with a bright smile sinking his head into eating, looked away, and took a bite of the barbecue himself.

Speaking of it, he himself was a little puzzled, he was never the kind of person who likes to meddle in other people's affairs, it should be said that he actually dislikes troubles very much.He can accept the trouble caused by a beautiful woman, but if the other party is a man, he won't take a second look at all.

This spoiled young man is a complete trouble now, but he doesn't have any intention of leaving him alone.

After thinking about it, Schulos felt that it was probably because of the boy's face.

That face was so pretty, even if it wasn't a girl, as long as she smiled at him, as a loyal follower of Avdomir, he couldn't bear to leave this boy alone.

Moreover, although this young man was clearly a young master of noble origin, he didn't seem to have the arrogance of those noble men.

If this noble boy really enjoys his care unceremoniously, no matter how good-looking he is, he will leave without saying goodbye-he is not a servant serving the noble man.

However, this young master will not take his care for him for granted, and will thank him seriously every time, and also work hard to learn from him the skills and experience of living in the wild.It was obvious that the boy had no intention of relying on him all the time.

Well, so be it.

Although this pampered young master is a bit clumsy... But, he is so clumsy that he won't be annoying, and with that face, he is quite cute.

Schloss thought.

He took it as if he had picked up a little milk cat that had sneaked out. Since it looked cute, it didn't matter if he kept it for a while.

As he thought about it, he began to chat casually while eating the roasted bird.

"Let me tell you, Gal, are you a low-level nobleman?"

"Ah."

Garlan hummed, there is nothing to hide about this, it should be easy to see that he is a nobleman.

Coupled with his skin color, most people would think he was a lower-level nobleman.

"Why did you run away from home?"

The rather gossip bard asked.

"What, got angry at home? Was bullied? But judging by your skill, no one should be able to bully you?"

"No, people in my family... are very kind to me."

Schloss began to think big.

"Is that because you were taken by the daughter of a high-ranking nobleman? You were forced to marry her, and you escaped because you didn't like her?" He asked enthusiastically, "Why, is the daughter of that great nobleman very handsome? Ugly? Ugly to see that you would rather give up your status as a nobleman to escape marriage?"

Garlan was taken aback, then laughed.

"you think too much."

He said with a smile.

Schulos, who couldn't hear the gossip, let out a regretful oh.

"Since nothing happened, why did you run out?"

Garlan thought about it.

He said: "Our family has a large family business, and now my elder brother is in charge, but he has no children, so he wants to pass the family business to me. I don't want it, so I ran out."

Garlan's words made Shulos choke after taking a bite of the bird meat.

He didn't care about the savory barbecue on his lips, and looked at Garlan with a look of disbelief.

"I said, are you stupid?" He said out what was in his mind very bluntly, "You don't want to inherit the great family business, you don't want to enjoy the glory and wealth, but you just ran out to eat and sleep in the open, I said your brain is Isn't there a problem?"

If it were someone else, they would definitely be happy to accept that great family fortune.

Even if there is no inheritance right, they still have to try to snatch the family business.

This kid actually ran away from home in order not to inherit the family business?

Schulos asked, "Don't you want to inherit that family business?"

"Actually, I really want to inherit."

"........."

Then why are you running?

Schloss thought.

This kid is probably really stupid.

"Although I really want to, but I don't have the qualifications...I..."

Garlan didn't seem to know what to say, he stopped after saying a few words.

"Qualification? What qualification? Your elder brother wants you to inherit and you are qualified. What else do you need?"

"...my purpose...the purpose of my wanting to inherit the family business...is completely different from my brother and others."

Garlan said hesitantly.

"I don't want to inherit it for the sake of inheriting it."

"Wait... what do you mean by 'inheriting not for the sake of inheriting'?"

Schulos felt that he couldn't understand Garlan's rambling words at all, so he couldn't help asking.

But Garlan shut his mouth after saying this, and ate the roasted bird wholeheartedly, obviously not wanting to continue talking about this topic.

Although Schulos was a little curious, he never had the habit of forcing people, shrugged, and he put the topic aside.

After eating the roasted bird and dry bread for lunch, after a short rest, the two got up.

First, Garlan started to clean up the traces left by their eating, while Schulos watched from the side.After Garlan finished cleaning up, he started again, cleaning up the remaining traces that Garlan hadn't noticed, and at the same time told Garlan what to pay attention to.

While Shuros was speaking, Garlan was listening attentively.

Schulos looked at the boy who was obediently listening to him, and felt a sense of accomplishment and joy in his heart as a teacher.

"It's not far from Twiller City, so we can get there before it gets completely dark."

The city of Tweerur is at the foot of Mount Twirul, hence the name.

Schulos said: "After two or three days of camping, you can enjoy it when you enter the city."

"really?"

Hearing this, Garlan showed a happy expression, and he said, "Schulos, I have to rely on you to eat barbecue these days, otherwise I can only eat bread by myself. After entering the city, we How about treating you to dinner? You can eat whatever you want."

The young man's words made Schulos startled for a moment, then he smiled slightly.

"Okay."

He smiled and said that smile came from the heart.

The more he gets along with Garlan, the more he feels that this young man is different from ordinary nobles.

Although Shulos is just a bard, over the years, with his excellent archery skills and singing voice, he has met many nobles, even nobles who are companions in adventures, but people like Garlan... ...It's really the first time I've seen him.

It is obvious at a glance that he is from a noble family, but this young man does not have any of the bad temperament that nobles are accustomed to.

Just now, for example, he was in charge of cooking along the way, and other nobles would take it for granted, and nobles with better personalities would give him some money, thinking that doing so was approachable, but no matter how nice the words were, In fact, this kind of behavior is still consciously superior to others.

But Garlan didn't do this, but just said that he would treat him to a big meal, just like a true equal friend.

How should I put it...he really is a special noble young master.

But there is something wrong with the brain.

After galloping the horse for an entire afternoon, it was almost evening, and he was already approaching the city of Twillur.

At this moment, they were running halfway up the mountain. The area here is mountainous, and there are many forests. Schulos said that they will reach the city after bypassing the two mountains in front.

Garlan was looking forward to it. He slept in the open for several days and slept on the ground every day. He also wanted a comfortable bed for him to have a good rest.

However, just as they were about to go around the mountain, there was a sudden noise from below, mixed with crying and mournful cries.

Garlan looked down subconsciously, and saw a group of people entangled together on the mountain path below. Among them was a group of soldiers in military uniform, who tied some young men and women with ropes to drag them away, while other middle-aged men Or the elderly are begging for something from the leading team leader.

Following the direction Garlan was looking at, Shuros also glanced at it, then averted his gaze lightly.

"Don't mind your own business."

"Especially when it comes to official matters, there will be a lot of trouble," he said.

"But……"

"Either it is debt collection or other reasons. Anyway, these soldiers must have obeyed the orders of the officials. Even if these people look pitiful, this is a common thing. You will get used to it after seeing more."

"..."

Garlan was taken aback.

Suddenly, the cries below became more and more shrill.

He looked down and saw that the soldiers had already started beating people, and even drew their swords. He frowned, pulled the reins and wanted to gallop the horse away.

However, just after running a few times, he was stopped by Schulos who also galloped away.

The black horse under Garlan, whose path was suddenly blocked, raised its front hooves and neighed.

"I said, it will cause trouble to the upper body, don't you understand?"

Schloss's usually laid-back tone turned harsh.

"...But since I saw it, I can't ignore it."

"Really? Then have you ever thought that you and I are walking together, as long as you do this, it will involve me. You want to help those people, but I don't want to. Why do you bring me trouble?"

Schloss said indifferently.

"Or do you take it for granted that as long as you rush over, I will be kidnapped by you and rush down together?"

After so many years of traveling in the mainland, he has long been used to seeing life and death and the warmth and warmth of human relationships.He can live well for so long because he rarely meddles in other people's business.

He had already imagined that this young noble young master scolded him for being cold-blooded, his eyes turned cold, and he waited for the other party to reprimand him with righteous words.

Garlan glanced at him.

"you're right."

"……what?"

"That's what I want to do, not what you want to do. I shouldn't involve you in it."

said the boy, reaching out to his face.

Schulos raised his hand subconsciously, and three Aaron silver coins fell into his hand.

"I said I would treat you to a meal, but now it seems that we have to part here, Schulos, thank you for your care these days."

Garlan said, "You turn around and leave now, no one will find you here, and you won't be dragged into this trouble."

After finishing speaking, Garlan pulled the rein, passed Shulos, and galloped down the horse.

The bard who was left behind held a few silver coins in his hand, and stood on the spot with a look of astonishment on his horse.

No, wait.

Shouldn't you be berating me for being cold-blooded now, or telling me the truth to try to influence me, or begging me to let me soften my heart and go together.

Of course, no matter which method you use, I will not pay attention to it, and I will even sneer at you.

But, what do you mean by simply telling me to turn around and run away?

You didn't do this——