A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

In the government affairs hall, on the high platform, King Kamos, who was sitting on the throne, spread out the parchment handed over by his subordinates on the table.

His eyes swept over the paper, and he frowned.

"Is the situation in Vinal City more serious?"

A middle-aged minister standing on the lower side bowed slightly and lowered his head.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, it's my dereliction of duty, I..."

The minister seemed to want to say something to apologize, but was interrupted by the raised hand of King Kamos.

"I don't want to hear that right now."

Said the young king.

"Tell me, the real situation in Vinal City now."

The courtiers below looked at each other and bowed their heads again.

"Since the city of Vinal was flooded in advance due to the river flood season some time ago, according to your order, I have deployed food and medicine for disaster relief as soon as possible."

The oldest minister among them said, "But as far as it is concerned, the results are not good."

"Yes, it is said that there are countless casualties among the people in Vinal City, and many people are still missing."

A medical officer spoke.

"King Kamos, I received a report from the medical officer in the city of Vinal that the situation is not ideal. There are signs of a plague and there is a shortage of medicines." He said, "Please dispatch a large amount of food and medicines from nearby cities as soon as possible." The medicine is over."

Another sheriff spoke up too.

"I have also received a report that a large number of thieves have appeared near the city of Vinal, and have captured many women and children. The surviving people in the city are panicked because of this. The lord of the city of Vinal requests you to issue an order for the army to dispatch."

The golden-brown eyes narrowed slightly, which was a sign of the beast's anger.

However, King Aaron Landis, who was sitting on the throne, just squinted his eyes like this, and did not show any angry expression. His eyes swept across the ministers in front of him, with an expression of unknown meaning .

"understood."

Kamos said in a very calm tone.

"You go down."

King Kamos, who listened to the requests of the ministers but did not offer any solution, got up and left under the gaze of everyone.

That night, at dinner time, King Kamos, who was having dinner in his bedroom, summoned Shemul on the grounds that he wanted to know about Prince Garlan's recent studies.

The bedroom is full of trusted confidants of Kamos, here, he can speak out his plan without any scruples.

"Ximur, get ready, I'm going to Vinal City."

Stuffing a piece of grilled meat dipped in sauce into his mouth, Kamos gave a secret order to Shemul while chewing.

The tone was understated, as easy and simple as telling Ximuer what I want to eat tonight.

The priest of Shamash frowned.

But knowing King Kamos, he didn't intend to dissuade him, anyway, it was useless to persuade him.

With the king's temper, when he saw him so calm during the day, Shemuer had vaguely guessed what King Kamos was planning.

"Yes, Your Majesty, how many guards do you plan to bring there?"

King Kamos touched his chin.

"Eight hundred... No, five hundred rides is almost enough."

He wanted to sneak in secretly. If there were too many people, it would be easy to be discovered.

He said, "Find a few excuses and arrange for [-] riders to leave the city in batches within three days and gather outside the city."

"Yes."

King Kamos always asked Garlan to accompany him for dinner every day, and today was no exception.

However, the conversation between Kamos and Shemuer clearly did not conceal Garlan's meaning, and Garlan listened to it from the beginning to the end.

"Brother Wang, are you going to Venal City?"

He couldn't help asking.

"Huh? Do you want to go?"

"..."

King Kamos's joking tone silenced the child.

Although it is said that Garlan has been reborn in this world several times, in fact, in order to guard against Heymos, Garlan has been closely protected by his subordinates, and he spends most of his time in the palace. Even Wangcheng has only been to a limited number of times.

It can be said that he has never even been out of Wangcheng.

Thinking of this, he whispered, "...I want to go."

After speaking, he thought for a while, raised his head and said it again.

This time, he raised his voice.

"Brother Wang, I want to go."

The talking blond child raised his head, his small face was full of expectation, and his big amber gem-like eyes looked at King Kamos eagerly.

The young Wang smiled and touched the head of his little brother who was looking anxiously at him.

"Okay." He said, "Brother Wang will take you there."

"King Kamos!"

Kamos made a simple promise, and the priest next to him became restless.

"We're not going for fun! Maybe there's going to be a war!"

"Hahaha, it's okay, with me here, what are you afraid of?"

Ximuer: "..."

Although I want to refute it, I don't know how to refute it.

Indeed, with a man as powerful as a lion like King Kamos, plus the hundreds of brave king's guards, among Aaron Landis, they don't need to be afraid of anyone.

"Man, one day he will go to the battlefield. Although Garlan is still young, as the prince of Aaron Landis, he should experience it."

"...In that case, King Kamos, how about you bring Prince Heymos to experience it?"

The two princes of Aaron Landis need to grow up as soon as possible.

Therefore, Ximuer will not let go of any opportunity to let the princes grow up.

King Kamos slammed his mouth, and it was clear from his expression that he was unwilling, but he scratched his brown hair and nodded.

Xie Muer said: "That's right, the reasons are ready-made. King Kamos, you took your two brothers to the royal ranch to hunt."

"Okay." Kamos responded bluntly, "Just say so to the outside world."

"Also, if you dress lightly, the five hundred riders can't wear armor, preferably leather armor..."

Kamos and Ximuer were still discussing the details, and Garlan over there was no longer in the mood to listen.

After being reborn several times, he has always stayed in the royal city. Under the heavy protection of his subordinates, he has never stepped out of the royal city.

He is a younger brother who is under one person and above ten thousand people, but occasionally, he feels that he is imprisoned in this huge cage of the king's city.

That may be one of the reasons why he wants to escape from this royal city in this life.

……

In any case, this time, he was finally able to set foot on the land outside the royal city for the first time.

………………

Time passed quickly, and three days passed in a blink of an eye.

The female officer serving Garlan has been busy packing the belongings of the two carriages since she knew that Garlan was going to go hunting with King Kamos to the royal ranch and take them there for a period of time.

Then Ximuer took a look and cut down the two carriages, and only asked Garlan to pack a few simple clothes and a small bag.

Garlan carefully put the few pairs of underwear he asked the maid to make for him into it, and then, under the worried eyes of the middle-aged female officer, followed Shemuer with a small bundle.

The priest of Shamash has also changed his white robe and put on a riding outfit that is easy to move. He has put on brown-black leather armor on his shoulders, chest, waist and other vital parts.

When they got to the place, they heard the neighing of steeds one after another. Thousands of cavalry stood in the field, calming their own horses. Those cavalry were also wearing dark brown leather armor similar to that of Shemur. .

As soon as Garlan arrived, the tall figure of King Kamos greeted him.

He laughed and hugged Garlan with one hand, let him sit on his arm, and stuffed something for Garlan with the other hand.

Garlan looked down and found that what King Kamos gave him was a white candy.

"Brother Wang, I just finished breakfast..."

"Hahaha, it's not for you to eat, take it."

After Kamos finished speaking, he took big strides and led Garlan to a steed within a few steps.

It was a tall, pitch-black horse, and its pitch-black fur was like satin, shining black and shiny in the sun.And the mane and tail on its neck are golden brown like honey, and when the wind blows, it glistens like waves, and even has a little metallic luster.

It was a very beautiful steed, and at the same time, very majestic.The shape of the tendons on the slender legs is extremely distinct, and the muscle lines on the chest are clearly textured and slightly bulged, giving people an extremely full and strong feeling.

Among the many steeds, it is so outstanding that everyone's first eyes fall on it.

At this moment, amidst the continuous neighing of steeds, it stood there quietly, leisurely, giving people an aristocratic calm and noble but inaccessible feeling.

King Kamos walked over with Garlan in his arms, the steed immediately turned its head vigilantly, and when it saw that it was Kamos, it returned to a leisurely look.

"Tuck."

Kamos stroked its mane, then pointed to Garlan in his arms.

The black horse snorted softly, leaned over, and sniffed Garlan, as if trying to remember his scent.But when Garlan reached out to touch it, it shook its head and avoided Garlan's hand.

The tall horse raised its head and looked down at the child in front of it with big eyes, as if it was judging something.Its body and momentum, which are much taller than ordinary horses, give people a great sense of oppression.

Garlan blinked, smiled at the condescending big horse looking down at him, and then stretched out his hand.

The white candy in his hand melted a little because he had been holding it all the time, and it exuded a sweet breath at this moment.

The black horse with its head held high and still pretending to be aggressive smelled it, and couldn't put it on any longer. It glanced at Garlan with its big eyes, saw the child holding the candy smiling sweetly at him, and hesitated a little. After a moment, he lowered his head and began to lick the candy in Garlan's hand.

Kamos smiled and nodded to Garlan, expressing that he did a good job.

After Tucker licked the candy clean, Kamos raised his hands and put Garlan on the back of the black horse.

The black horse turned to look at King Kamos, and stood still.

The king of horses, who refused to let anyone ride on his back except King Kamos, seemed to agree with Kamos' behavior, turned around, and shook his beautiful honey-colored mane.

Kamos laughed.

He supported himself with both hands, jumped up onto the horse's back, and pulled the reins with both hands.

The pitch-black horse raised its hooves and let out a long neigh, like a roar of a dragon and a tiger, suppressing the neighing of all the horses present.

"set off!"

King Kamos shouted loudly, resounding through the sky.

In the next second, the black horse under him rushed out like an arrow from the string, taking the lead.

Behind him, thousands of cavalry followed.

The herd of horses galloped on the ground, rolling up thick smoke and shaking the ground.

…………

All the ministers knew was that King Kamos took the two princes to the royal ranch for hunting activities.

It was an event often held by King Kamos, and this time it was to teach the two princes, so it was more normal, so everyone didn't take it seriously.

Anyway, King Kamos went with [-] cavalry. It was just outside the king's city, not too far away, so there was no need to worry about the safety of the king and the two princes.

But what they didn't know was that after King Kamos led his confidant guard three thousand and one to the royal ranch, he sneaked out with the two princes, Shemuer and five hundred cavalry.

Leave the remaining [-] cavalry in the ranch, guarding the four sides tightly, creating the illusion that they are still hunting.

In this way, King Kamos led five hundred cavalry along the remote road, avoiding people's eyes and ears along the way, and set off towards the city of Vinal.

Garlan was naturally led by Kamos and sat in front of Kamos.

In fact, he can ride a horse, but everyone agrees that he is too young, and he can't find a horse for him to ride with his small arms and legs, so Garlan just honestly pretends that he can't. Kamos took the horse riding.

He sat in front of Kamos and ate the ashes of the day as he ran all the way.

By the time the team that found a creek as a temporary camp at night finally stopped, Garlan was already in disgrace.He felt that he didn't even need to eat any dinner, because he was full of ashes along the way.

Therefore, as soon as Garlan was carried off the horse by Kamos, he hurriedly ran towards the small stream not far away without caring about other things.

Once at the stream—well, he knew it.

The one who came to the stream to wash up before him was naturally the priest Shamash who had a cleanliness.At this moment, Xie Muer was squatting by the stream, wiping the dust on his face carefully with a small square towel.

Garlan squatted down next to him, and he didn't bring any handkerchief, so he just splashed water on his face with his hands.

The cool water was splashed on his face, it was cool, and while washing away the dust, it also took away the heat in his heart, which made Garlan feel much better.

Ah, butt hurts.

While washing his face, Garlan thought to himself.

After bumping on horseback all day, if Brother Wang hadn't specially placed a cushion for him, he felt that he would probably have to lie on his stomach after this day.

Water drops dripped down his cheeks, Garlan raised his hand and wiped it casually on his face with the back of his hand, shaking off a series of drops of water, and then got up.

"Your Highness."

As soon as he stood up, someone beside him was calling him.

As soon as Garlan turned his head, he saw Ximuer holding a wet handkerchief in his hand and looking at him.

"Please come here, Your Highness."

The child looked at Shemuer, who was staring at him, and then at the wet handkerchief in the opponent's hand.

Raising his hand, he wanted to refuse.

"No...no need, Shemuer."

It's a pity that Garlan's refusal was useless. Shemuer grabbed him, bent down, and then began to carefully wipe his hair, sideburns, ear pinna, eye corners, nose, etc. with a wet handkerchief. .

Then, without allowing the other party to refuse, he held Garlan's hand, and wiped the gaps between the fingers of those two small hands clean.

When the square handkerchief in Ximuer's hand turned gray, the little prince of Aaron Landis also changed from a little gray boy back to his original white and tender appearance.

Looking at the little brother who was wiped clean by him, the cleanliness obsessive and obsessive-compulsive priest nodded in satisfaction.

…Anyway, Garlan had given up struggling halfway through and let Shemuer dictate.

Familiar laughter sounded beside him. It was King Kamos who also came to wash by the stream.

He looked at his cute little brother who had been wiped clean, and for the first time in his life, he was very satisfied with Shemuer's cleanliness.

He walked over with strides, picked up little Garlan, and habitually, leaned his face close to rub against his little prince's soft cheek.

Pain pain pain—so painful—

Stuck by the rough stubble of King Kamos, Garlan tried his best not to yell out.

Satisfied after rubbing against his little brother, Kamos put Garlan down, and then squatted by the stream by himself, just like Garlan did just now, he casually splashed water on his face with his hands, and then vigorously Rub your face a few times to wash your face.

Shemuer stood by and watched, suddenly frowned, and asked, "Did you come out today without shaving?"

He saw a lot of cyan stubbles on King Kamos's chin, some of which were uneven, one piece was there, and one piece was not, which made him a little shocked.

"Seems to be."

Kamos touched his chin, it was indeed prickly, but he didn't care.

"Why do men shave so clean? A little beard is better."

As he said so, he stroked his chin again.

"Just don't shave it in the future, it's better to keep it, it will look more mighty."

Shimuer said nothing.

Anyway, it's useless to persuade King Kamos to decide what to do. If he wants to grow a beard, let him grow it.

…………

Wait, so this is why you, brother Kamos, have a thick beard and hair all over your face in the future?

Just when Garlan figured this out and couldn't help complaining in his heart, he suddenly saw a familiar figure walking towards him not far away.

The black-haired boy was like a black wolf that quietly emerged from the woods, and walked up to him without making a sound.

"So you are here."

Garlan said with some surprise, "I didn't see you this morning, so I thought you didn't follow."

"I was assigned to a flank cavalry to act with them."

Heymos replied.

He looked down at Garlan, suddenly frowned, then stretched out his hand, pinched Garlan's chin, raised that small face, and stared at Garlan's face without blinking. .

Garlan was caught off guard by someone grabbing his chin and lifting his face, and when he had a reaction, he immediately slapped Heymos' hand away.

"what are you doing?"

he said unhappily.

The boy's golden-red eyes moved a little, revealing a thoughtful expression.Heymos did not answer Garlan's words, but turned to look at King Kamos who was at the side.

King Kamos over there had almost finished washing his face, and wiped his face with his big hands indiscriminately, shaking off the water drops.

Then, he looked at Garlan again and stretched out his hand.

"Come on, Garlan, Brother Wang will take you to eat barbecue, haha, Brother Wang will bake it for you himself."

Just when King Kamos reached out to hug Garlan and rub his little brother's face, an arm suddenly stretched out and stopped Garlan in front of him.

Garlan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Heymos who was standing in front of him in astonishment.

"Please stop this behavior."

Seeing the young man standing in front of Garlan, King Kamos was upset.

"Hey, brat, don't push yourself too far."

"Heymos... what are you doing..."

Garlan couldn't help but speak.

Facing King Kamos, the young man who was a bit shorter than him did not back down and continued to confront Kamos.

"Your actions have hurt Garlan, don't you know?"

"what?"

"His face is full of red marks from your beard, don't you see?"

"........."

Kamos subconsciously looked at Garlan's face.

On the child's soft cheeks, there were several clear red marks wiped out by hard objects, which were especially conspicuous on the white and tender skin.

Suddenly, King Kamos frowned.

"Hi, Shemul."

"Yes?"

"Give me the razor blade!"

Others may not be sure, but Kamos knows that Ximuer will definitely carry that thing with him.

Shemuer: "...Yes."

The priest handed over the half-slap-sized thin blade with a blank expression, and then continued to watch Kamos King hurriedly squatting by the stream with the blade to shave with a blank expression.

what?

beard?The majesty of a man?

Bah, my little brother is so important!

…………

While King Kamos was busy shaving his beard, the little king beside him fell into deep thought.

So, in this way, the future brother Wang's fluffy beard will disappear?