A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The Black Knight of Hell, Heymos.

Rider of the Sun, Kyhors.

These two are well-known not only in Aaron Landis, but also in the surrounding countries, and the controversy caused by them is also not rare.

The Knights of the Sun are followers of the sun god Shamash.

And the Black Knight seems so far no one knows which god he believes in.

Which of the two is more handsome, this kind of debate that is not uncommon among young girls or even older women will not be mentioned.What everyone has been talking about for a long time is the question of who is stronger between the two.

As for King Kamos, that is excluded, and it is not in the scope of comparison. After all, in the minds of the Aaron Landis, King Kamos is already equivalent to a god.

How can gods be compared with humans?

Therefore, the biggest point of contention becomes who is Aaron Landis's strongest knight, Heymos or Keyhos.

And these two each have their own supporters among the people, each has their own views, and each has their own basis. When they quarrel, no one agrees with the other, and some even have a bad temper. flow.

Not only the people, but also many dignitaries are curious about this matter.

Some guys who are not clear-headed deliberately provoked the two, wanting to make them fight and see who is more powerful.

Of course, these guys all suffered bad luck later.

After all, neither Heymos nor Keyhos has any interest in the title of the so-called strongest knight of Aaron Landis, and they are also the ones who are relatively small-minded and hate people digging holes for themselves the most. types.

Therefore, this debate has continued for several years without a definite conclusion.

But now, no one knows that in this dark night when everyone has already slept peacefully, the scene they are looking forward to is happening in a remote small garden.

The scraping sound caused by the rubbing of weapons against each other was extremely sharp and piercing under the silent night sky.

The atmosphere in the originally peaceful and gentle garden was extremely cold at this moment.

The murderous aura oozing from the two different people silently infiltrated this place, and even the air that was breathed gave people a faint tingling sensation.

In the dark night, two almost tall figures collided heavily.

There was a clang, which was the crisp sound of another sharp blade hitting.

It was cold and penetrating to the extreme.

The long sword swept across the night, and its afterimage could almost be seen.

The sparks from the impact of the cold iron blade were reflected in the blond knight's emerald green eyes, like a cluster of fiercely burning flames in the depths of his pupils.

The wind whistled in his ears, ruffling his golden forehead hair.

He clenched the long sword in his hands tightly, and the tense muscles on his arms swelled up, and he slashed forward heavily.

Heymos raised his hand abruptly, and raised his long sword horizontally above his head.

There was a crisp sound.

Heymos, who didn't dodge, firmly caught the sword that Kehos slashed fiercely.

The snow-white sword blade lay across his forehead, and the golden-red eyes were exposed from under the sword blade, and the corners of the eyes were as sharp as a blade.

The cold light of the iron blade reflected deep in Heymos' pupils, passing a little light, which was extremely frightening.

The blades of the two sharp swords that collided were trembling slightly, making an inaudible buzzing sound in the silent night.

It was the trembling aftertaste caused by too violent impact.

Before the lingering rhyme of the sword trembling was over, Heymos made a backhand, pushing Kaihos away, forcing him to take a step back.

At the moment when Kaihos retreated, he strode forward, like a fierce wolf pounced on the enemy, and slashed at Kaihos with a backhand sword.

And Kaihos had already stabilized his body at this moment. Instead of hiding, he also took a step forward and fought against Heymos abruptly.

The brave wins when we meet on a narrow road.

Especially when the opponent's strength is similar to his own.

At this moment, these two knights who both had the reputation of being the strongest seemed to be on the battlefield of iron and blood.

No one backs down.

They poured their terrible strength into the long swords in their hands.

Just heard the loud bang.

The sound seemed to resound throughout the garden.

Immediately afterwards, there were two crisp clicks in succession.

Unable to bear the successive violent impacts any longer, the blades of the two swords shattered at the same time.

The split sword blade flew out from the sides of the two of them.

Heymos' side cheek was cut with a shallow bloodstain, and Kayhos's shoulder was cut with a bloody gash.

The woods were eerily quiet for a moment, only the different violent breathing echoed in the air.

While gasping for breath, Kyhos glanced at the broken blade, then threw it to the ground.

"...There is no winner or loser."

Tsk, it really wasn't that easy to tell the winner.

thought the one-eyed knight.

Whether it was him or Heymos, they all restrained themselves, did not try their best, and did not explode their strongest strength.

After all... Neither of them want Prince Garlan to know about this battle tonight.

But if they fight with all their strength, it will be difficult to hold back halfway. No matter who wins by then, their injuries will definitely be serious.

Heymos also threw the broken sword to the ground casually. He looked at Kaihos with raised eyebrows and said, "Are you done venting?"

Keyhos pursed his lips.

All that needs to be said has been said, His Highness Heymos's attachment to the prince is clearly beyond his imagination.

With him alone, there is no way for Heymos to retreat.

He had to find another way to protect the prince.

"I won't tell others what's on your mind for the time being, but you'd better not come to the prince again at night."

Kyhos stared at Heymos with sharp eyes.

He said, "I will stay outside the prince's bedroom at night during this time."

After speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for Heymos to come back.

He believed Heymos could understand him.

…………

As soon as he walked out of this small garden, the stern face of the blond knight instantly collapsed.

The reason why he was able to discover this was because when he occasionally left a little later these days, he noticed that something was wrong with a maid in the palace.

This maid was always looking at the prince furtively. Although the expression could not be seen, the eyes always gave people a sneaky feeling.

Once he noticed that when the prince said he wanted to go back to rest, the maid secretly followed him while others were not paying attention.

At first, Kaihos thought that the maid was thinking about the prince and wanted to seize the opportunity to climb the bed or something, so he followed her to monitor her.

Unexpectedly, following the maid, he accidentally broke the matter of the late-night meeting between Heymos and the prince in the courtyard.

... [I can tell anyone how much I love you] ...

The vaguely heard words blasted Kaihos's mind to a blank.

This is... the voice of His Royal Highness Heymos?

Prince and Heymos?

It's just...just...

He didn't know what to do for a while, and stood there blankly for a long time, and when Heymos left, he followed instinctively.

Immediately afterwards, he committed the crime and fought fiercely with His Royal Highness Heymos.

…………

This is the second time.

Keyhos couldn't help but want to touch his forehead.

He who has always been praised by everyone in terms of etiquette unexpectedly commits the following offenses twice in a short period of time. This is something he could never have imagined in the past.

Keyhos frowned deeply.

He still has no idea what to do next.

Moreover, the trouble is that the prince obviously doesn't want people to know about this matter, so he has to pretend to be ignorant in front of the prince, and continue to treat His Highness Heymos with the same attitude as before.

He had to be vigilant, and he must always be on guard against Heymos taking advantage of the prince.

At the same time, on the premise of not letting the prince know that he knew it, he had to help the prince cover up the matter.The other maids or female officials, especially Tapti, must not know about this matter, not only that, but Shemuer must also keep it a secret.

Because they knew it, it meant that King Kamos knew about it, and once King Kamos knew about it... Kyhos could imagine that the whole palace would be turned upside down.

Thinking of all this, this handsome knight-lord, who was praised by everyone for possessing Shamash, had the urge to scratch his hair with his head in his arms regardless of his image.

It's better to know nothing at all!

…………

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

The days are passing, and for the time being it looks like everything is going smoothly.

What made Garlan finally heave a sigh of relief was that after that day, Heymos never sneaked into his bedroom at night.

Well, although I spend more time looking for him during the day than before.

During the day, because there were people around them, Heymos would not do anything too outrageous to him.However, the demeanor is a little more intimate than before.

If Heymos had acted intimately in the past, Garlan would not have thought much about it, nor would he have felt anything.But after knowing Heymos' thoughts about him, inexplicably, he became a little sensitive to Heymos' behavior of touching him, and he began to feel uncomfortable.

At noon that day, the bright sun shone on the courtyard.

The soft tulle hanging from the stone pillar fluttered gently in the breeze. In the half-open gazebo, Garlan was sitting cross-legged on the white jade platform, eating.

The snow-white and soft gauze cloth is spread on the jade platform, and the fragrant food is served on the plate and placed on it.

He had just finished half a bowl of porridge, and when he was biting into the barbecue, suddenly there was a loud eagle cry in the air.

As soon as Garlan looked up, he saw a black eagle hovering above the gazebo.

Immediately afterwards, Heymos walked into the gazebo, and he couldn't help laughing when he saw Garlan staring at the black eagle in the sky while holding a silver fork and biting a small piece of roast meat in his mouth. one time.

He walked over quickly, sat down opposite Garlan, and then raised his right arm in front of him.

He wore a black cowhide gauntlet with gold rings on his forearm. He whistled, and the black eagle hovering at low altitude flew in and landed on Heymos' raised arm.

It turned its head, staring at Garlan with a pair of bright small eyes, and let out a short cry.

Garlan looked around and found that the food around him was all spiced, and he couldn't feed it, with a disappointed look on his face.

Heymos asked, "Want to feed it?"

"Ah."

Heymos threw a calfskin bag tied around his waist, and Garlan caught it, opened it, and found that there were small pieces of fresh meat inside.

He happily started feeding the black hawk, touching its wings occasionally, but he kept feeding it without remembering that he was still eating.

Heymos didn't speak, and just held the black eagle steadily, allowing Garlan to feed it, his eyes fell on the excited Garlan's face, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

When the black eagle was almost finished eating, Heymos sent his arms up, and the black eagle spread its wings and soared into the sky.

Garlan saw that it was only a small black spot in the sky, and then turned his gaze back to Heymos who was opposite him.

"How did you bring it here?" he asked.

"I was training falcons this morning, and the venue happened to be not far from here. It was hungry, and I was hungry, so I came directly over."

Heymos said as he took the wet white towel handed over by the maid next to him, wiped his hands clean, and then directly picked up a piece of beef that Garlan was eating now, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"tasty."

The outer layer of the beef cubes was grilled to a crispy crisp, and a thin layer of chili powder and a little spice was sprinkled on it. When you bite down, the meat inside is very tender and has an excellent taste.

While eating, he raised his head and glanced at the black eagle flying high in the sky.

"I'm a little envious of that little guy."

He said.

Gallan laughed.

"Are you envious that it can fly? Indeed, it's great to have wings. In fact, I too..."

"No, I just envy him being fed."

"........."

Seeing Heymos staring at him with obvious meaning in his eyes, Garlan resolutely refused.

"It doesn't have hands, you have hands yourself."

Heymos' eyes twitched slightly when Garlan responded with a word.

"You're right, I have my own hands."

He said so, then suddenly raised his hand, taking advantage of Garlan's inattentiveness, he directly stuffed the roast meat into Garlan's mouth.

He smiled and said, "So I can feed you."

The boy who was accidentally force-fed glared at someone.

However, Heymos acted as if he didn't see Garlan's staring gaze at all, and picked up a strip of shredded chicken in coconut milk with his left hand and handed it to Garlan's mouth.

He looked at Garlan with a smile in his eyes, as if he was waiting for Garlan to open his mouth.

"Do you believe I can bite off your fingers?"

Garlan stared at the hand in front of him, and threatened with a dark voice.

However, this threat was useless, Heymos raised his eyebrows.

"It doesn't matter, if you like to drink my blood."

"........."

Didn't want to drink.

He turned his head away, expressing his refusal, but Heymos happened to send it forward at this moment, so the milky white coconut juice accidentally stuck to the corner of Garlan's mouth.

Feeling the stickiness at the corner of his mouth, Garlan subconsciously raised his hand to wipe it off, but Heymos, who was sitting across from him, was a step ahead of him. He pressed his left hand in the middle of the tablecloth, stood up, leaned over to him, and pinched him with his right hand. With his chin, his thumb lightly brushed the corner of his mouth, helping him wipe the coconut milk from the corner of his mouth.

And just at this moment, suddenly, the tulle hanging over the gazebo was lifted by a big brown hand.

King Kamos came in, raised his eyes, and saw the scene in front of him. His eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Heymos unkindly.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

The Scorching Sun Knight who was following King Kamos felt that his heartbeat was about to stop at this moment.

From the sight of him and King Kamos...

Prince Garlan sat there.

Heymos was sitting across from the food plate, but he was propping up with one hand in the gap between the food on the tablecloth on the platform, his upper body leaning towards Garlan.

His right hand was still pinching the prince's chin, lifting his face.

That posture, it looked like Heymos bent down to kiss the prince.

...No, maybe if they came in a few seconds later, Heymos would have succeeded!

Thinking of this, Kehos wished he could rush forward and stop in front of his prince, so as to firmly block the wolf that was staring at the prince firmly.

but--

He glanced at King Kamos standing in front of him, thinking about the terrible consequences after this incident was exposed, Kaihos took a deep breath, quickly passed King Kamos, and walked up to Prince Garlan.

"Prince, you are so old, why do you ask His Royal Highness Heymos to wipe your mouth like a child."

He said with a grin, thinking he had given an excellent excuse to cover up for the two of them.

As he spoke, he gave the two anxious winks, which meant he quickly admitted the excuse he had made for them.

Gallan: "???"

Heymos: "..."

If he wanted to say that he was really just wiping Garlan's mouth, would Kehos believe it?