A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Hugging is impossible, not possible in this life.

Garlan said that he didn't want to talk to the guy with the title of 'Black Knight' who looked like he was acting coquettish and cute at the moment, and turned his head to pour himself some water to calm down.

However, as soon as he turned around, a pair of arms stretched out from behind him, hugged him, and pulled him back forcibly.

Unprepared, he fell back and sat in someone's arms.

Those strong arms hugged him tightly, powerfully, Garlan tugged a few times, and then decided to give up.

"Heymos, you are repaying your kindness with revenge."

As he spoke, he patted Heymos's hand firmly around his waist a few times, making a few crisp snaps.

There was a low laugh from the back of the neck, Heymos laughed, and then the low sound came along with the hot air passing over the back of Garlan's neck.

"You asked me first, and I'm just answering you."

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Heymos put his arms around the boy in his arms, seeing Garlan patted his hand unhappily, and the way he pursed his lips as if he was angry, he felt his heart soften. I just wanted to use that soft ball to wrap the whole person in my arms, wrapping it in the softest part of my heart.

He lowered his head, and his lips were almost close to Garlan's ear.

"You want to hug and kiss, just lift it up or something, I'm afraid you'll hurt your arm, but...it's fine if I lift it instead."

The hot breath of his breath passed over his ears as he spoke.

The low-pitched sound like the howling of the wind seeped into the eardrums, a little heavy and a little hot, like a rough feather rubbing and rubbing against the soft flesh.

Garlan's ears were already quite sensitive, but under this double attack, they instantly turned red.

He turned his head and stared at Heymos.

"Don't talk in my ear! Also, don't lower your voice—"

"I didn't deliberately lower it, my voice is always like this."

Heymos looked back at him innocently.

"Hands move by themselves..."

Garlan chuckled, raised his hand, and pinched Heymos' face.

As soon as he tried hard, his fingers pulled out hard.

As a result, the face that was originally as handsome as the sunset was instantly deformed by Garlan.

If there were believers of the goddess Avdomir here, watching this scene, they would surely be jumping with distress.

However, the young man who unceremoniously twisted and distorted the so beautiful face in front of him did not feel that he was destroying flowers with his hands.

"Are you letting go?"

he asked, with a bright smile, but the fingers pinching Heymos' cheeks gained a little more strength.

Heymos: "..."

His cheek was pinched and pulled out, so he couldn't speak at all, he could only obediently let go of Garlan who was in his arms.

After Garlan, who had successfully escaped, let go of his hand, the place where his cheek was pinched was very red, and he couldn't help but raise his hand and rub it to relieve the burning pain.

Heymos sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed his face in depression, while Garlan, who was in a much better mood, poured two glasses of water, drank one in one gulp, and handed the other to Heymos .

"Don't think about it," he said. "What you see is just a hallucination caused by too much fear. It's not real. That kind of thing never happened, and it can't happen. Don't think about something to scare yourself."

"……maybe."

After pondering for a long time and still not being able to figure out what happened, Heymos shook his head, stopped thinking about it, took the water glass from Garlan, and buried the incident deep in his heart.

Perhaps it was indeed as Garlan said, deep in his heart was still hiding the fear and fear of what happened when he was young, and he kept thinking about what would happen if he was really set on fire... That's why he Create that fantasy.

He took a sip of water and looked up at Garlan.

"Speaking of which, why did you suddenly appear here?"

Garland paused for a moment.

He couldn't say that it was because he was worried that Heymos would repeat the same mistakes and be accused of killing his blood relatives again like in previous lives, so he chased him.

He said: "It seemed that something was wrong when you left suddenly that day. I was a little worried, so I chased you all the way."

He didn't want to say more about this matter so as not to be overheard by Heymos, so he quickly changed the subject and asked back.

"Brother Wang sent you here?"

Heymos took a deep look at Garlan, there were many loopholes in Garlan's words, if he wanted to ask further...

He took a sip of water, and the coolness flowed down his throat into his body.

He suddenly remembered that it seemed to be the same when he was young.

At that time, because of Garlan's indifference to him, he also chose to cut off the kindness towards Garlan. Who knew that on that day, when he was in danger, Garlan suddenly rushed out...

It was later learned that Garlan had a nightmare, dreaming that he would encounter a fire, and that's why he appeared there at that time.

What happened today was very similar to that day, and he couldn't help thinking, could it be because Garlan had some kind of dream, dreamed of something bad, that's why he hurriedly chased him over, and that's why he happened to be able to Stopped him who was out of control at a critical moment?

If so.

So, are Garlan's repeated dreams a coincidence, or...

……

…………never mind.

Heymos lowered his eyes and drank the rest of the water.

He didn't want to find out why.

【I will protect you. 】

This is enough.

He cared more about being able to stay by Garlan's side than getting to the bottom of it.

Other than that, nothing matters anymore.

"Well, King Kamos secretly sent me an order, asking me to take Earl to the royal city."

Heymos followed Garlan's words and changed the subject.

"The fact that the royal knight was killed back then was a secret arrangement by him. Together with other people, he set up a trap for me and wanted to frame me. The purpose was to abolish my right to inherit the throne."

"No way, he has offended you to death. If you really sit on the throne, he knows that with your character of vengeance, he and his son will never end well."

Garlan shook his head and muttered again.

"However, for so many years, he just made some small moves secretly. Why did he suddenly do such impulsive things?"

"........."

Because I have been secretly nibbling away at the influence in the city of Meneste for these years, and if I continue, Earl will be emptied by himself in the city of Meneste.

At that time, he, a city lord who has been emptied, can only be mermaid, so he naturally jumps over the wall in a hurry and wants to fight.

As everyone knows, this is actually because I deliberately forced him to this point and let him do such a thing.

Facing Garlan's question, Heymos smiled slightly.

"Probably because I saw that I had made great military achievements in the Northland, and was recalled to the palace by King Kamos. I thought that I would be entrusted with important tasks, so I was anxious."

"Well... Based on your achievements in the Northland, many people probably think that Brother Wang recalled you to the palace because he wanted to make you the crown prince. Presumably Earl thinks so too."

Garland paused, looked at Heymos and said, "Heymos, you and I, everyone knows that you are better than me, and I have never even actually been on the battlefield, let alone set up anything. Merit. But Brother Wang wants to make me the crown prince, do you really not care? Don’t you feel dissatisfied with Brother Wang’s favoritism?”

"That's not partiality, Garlan. Although you and I are both crown princes, we are different. Only you are the royal brother he considers, and only you regard him as his elder brother."

Heymos knew very well that although he had lived in the palace all these years, he had never treated King Kamos as his elder brother.

He has always treated Kamos purely as a king.

"I'm not close to him. Except for the qualifications of the crown prince, I can only be regarded as one of his generals. Therefore, it is only natural that he prefers his younger brother to a general. .”

"and……"

Heymos raised his mouth slightly.

He suddenly reached out and took Garlan's hand.

Before Garlan, who looked up at him, could react, he lowered his head and kissed the corner of Garlan's eyes.

"If you want to say partiality, my heart is also very biased, even stronger than King Kamos..."

The hand holding Garlan pressed against the side of his chest where his heart was beating.

He stared at the boy in front of him, and said softly.

"You know, it's all here."

The originally fair cheeks suddenly turned red, and Garlan looked at Heymos who seemed to be softly coaxing him, and was very at a loss.

He had said many times that he would not accept Heymos' affections.

But now Heymos' attitude towards him, as well as the undisguised love he expressed... He really didn't know what to do.

…………

The imperial decree of King Kamos had been issued throughout the entire city of Meneste. Although it caused a great commotion among the people, under the control of Heymos, the entire city did not cause turmoil.

Earle's external image has always been generous, polite and personable, but his mask is only for those who are also powerful, and he only has a good reputation among the upper class.

But for the common people and even the lowly poor, Earl, who has the so-called name of generosity, did not make them live better.The former city lord at least had pity on them and knew how to lighten their burden, but the city lord Earl never bothered to care about the lives of those inferior people in his eyes.Therefore, since Earl became the lord of the city, their lives have become more difficult day by day, and many people miss the time when the old lord of the city was there.

Therefore, when Heymos issued an order that because the city lord was temporarily unoccupied, the taxes for the rest of the year could not be paid, the people of Meneste City cheered happily. The panic has also been reduced a lot.

Especially after learning that Heymos was the son of the benevolent old city lord, the people in the city no longer had any resistance to him, and all the temporary orders issued by Heymos were carried out smoothly.

Earl was slowly escorted to the royal city by the knight commander behind him, while Garlan, Heymos and the others took the first step.

By the time they rode back to Wangcheng, it was almost late at night, and the whole city was quiet.

When Garlan stood in front of the majestic palace on horseback, he was in a daze for a moment.

When he left the royal city this time, he thought that he would not come back here for a long time, but he did not expect to stand in front of the gate of the royal palace again after only twenty days.

He looked at the familiar everything, and suddenly felt a little timid.

He left a note and left resolutely, knowing that his leaving like this would make Brother Wang and the others feel sad...

Garlan took a deep breath.

No matter what, he always had to face it.

If you do something wrong, you have to bear the consequences yourself.

Because it was late at night, most parts of the palace were already dark, but King Kamos' bedroom was still brightly lit.

King Kamos sat on a snow-white stone seat with an expressionless face. The bright light shone on his angular and rigid side face, casting a light shadow on his golden-brown pupils.

He was obviously not in a good mood at the moment, sitting there wiping the long sword in his hand, without saying a word, exuding a great sense of oppression all over his body.

Ximuer, Taputi, and Kaihos, who had just rushed back to the royal city in the evening, lined up on both sides, standing quietly.

Everyone was silent, as if waiting for something.

Not long after, Garlan walked in quickly.

His eyes swept over the familiar people in the room, and he paused, as if hesitating, then slowed down and continued to walk in.

Shemuer looked up at him, then just stared at him with a frown, standing motionless on the spot.

Tapti showed a somewhat excited expression, and raised his foot to come over, but in the end he still didn't move, just staring at Garlan without blinking.

Only the blond knight took a deep breath, took two steps forward, and knelt down in front of Garlan.

"Your Highness..."

He opened his mouth for a long time, but in the end he just spit out these two words.

That last lingering sound seems to have a little vibrato.

For a moment, Garlan felt more and more guilty.

At that time, he didn't care about it, and chose to walk away willfully, thinking that he had paved the way for Kayhos and the others...but he never thought about whether Kayhos and the others wanted to follow the path he arranged.

But now is not the time to apologize to Kaihors and the others, Garlan raised his head and looked up.

The tall and burly king sat quietly on top, and stopped wiping the long sword in his hand. It was like a majestic lion sitting on top of him, looking down at him with deep eyes.

King Kamos stared at him with sharp eyes that seemed to be piercing him with sharp knives.

Garlan's heart tightened.

From childhood to adulthood, no matter when, no matter what happened, King Kamos always pampered and protected him, and the eyes that looked at him were always gentle and doting.

His brother Wang had never looked at him with such stern eyes as now.

This time...he was terribly wrong.

Garlan bent over, knelt down on one knee under the Kamos throne, and lowered his head.

He didn't say anything, he knew that he had done something wrong and it was irrefutable, so he knelt quietly at the feet of Kamos.

Kamos also looked down at him silently.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely tense for a moment, making it hard to breathe.

Suddenly, King Kamos stood up, reached out and picked up another sword that was on the table next to him, and threw it at him.

Garlan subconsciously raised his hand to catch the sword.

"follow me."

King Kamos said, still holding the long sword he had been wiping just now, strode out of the room.

Holding the sword thrown to him, Garlan stood up and followed King Kamos.

The people who were left in the room looked at each other and followed.

King Kamos walked quickly to the garden outside, and the bright moonlight fell. He stood on the spacious grass, raised his hand, pulled off the thick cloak behind him, and threw it to Taputi who followed him. .

The moonlight shone on his strong arm, he raised his hand, and pointed the sword in his hand at Garlan.

"Come."

King Kamos said in a deep voice.

Those majestic eyes were shining brightly, staring at Garlan with blaze.

Garlan lowered his eyes, let out a long breath, and then, with a clang, the long sword in his hand was unsheathed.

The sharp blade refracted the snow-white moonlight, reflecting on his face and in his bright eyes.

He raised his sword and attacked King Kamos.

Kamos raised his sword and slashed down heavily.

The strength is so heavy that there is no room for it.

The impact of the metal weapon exploded sparks in the dark night. The terrifying force was like a mountain pressing down on the top, shaking Garlan's wrists numb, and the sword in his hand was almost dropped.

And at the moment when Garlan was numb and stopped by the tremendous force, King Kamos swayed to Garlan's side.

He turned the blade of the sword in his hand, and turned it around, and the hilt slammed heavily on Garlan's back.

That power still didn't hold back, and knocked Garlan down to the ground in one fell swoop.

Kayhos, who was standing next to him, moved his foot and seemed to be about to move, but stopped in place the next second.

He clenched his hands tightly, trying not to move forward.

"stand up."

King Kamos said in a deep voice.

Enduring the pain in his back, Garlan stood up, grabbed the long sword in his hand and attacked again.

Unsurprisingly, soon, he was knocked down by King Kamos again.

"Come again."

……

"continue."

…………

"stand up."

……

………………

"King Kamos, that's enough..."

Watching Garlan being knocked to the ground time and time again by King Kamos, the female officer Taputi who was holding the cloak of King Kamos finally couldn't help herself, and was about to step forward.

But as soon as she took a step, she was stopped by Xie Muer beside her.

The priest of Shamash shook his head slightly at her, and Taputi bit his lower lip, lowered his eyes, and couldn't bear to look any further.

On the green grass, in the dark night, I saw the blond boy get up from the grass time and time again, and then, time and time again, he was mercilessly knocked down to the ground by King Kamos.

The moonlight shone on his bruised arms and shoulders. The boy gasped and shook a little, and stood up again.