A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

King Garlan has made a decision, and no one in this world can violate his will.

Everyone bowed their heads deeply in front of the young king, and then retreated silently.

Including the high priest with a stinky face, and the one-eyed knight who gave Heymos a deep look.

Soon, there were only four people left in the room.

Garlan on the throne.

Heymos standing beside Garlan.

Under the high platform, he was at a loss as to what to do, the young knight commander who didn't know whether he should leave or stay.

And, Emma, ​​Eilson's little princess.

The shocking thing that happened just now, the little princess saw from the beginning to the end.

However, this girl who inherited the bravery and tenacity of the female warrior Elson was very calm. Apart from showing a look of astonishment at the beginning, she did not open her mouth when Garlan was talking to the subordinates. Interjected, just silently watching the development of the situation.

After everything was settled, she stepped forward.

"King Garlan, can I speak to you alone?"

She said that her expression looked very calm, and she didn't show any special meaning when she looked at Garlan, let alone the anger of being deceived.

She just made such a request to Garlan calmly.

Garlan and Emma looked at each other for a while, then he nodded.

Garlan raised his head and looked at Heymos who was standing beside him.

Heymos nodded slightly, didn't say much, walked down the steps, walked quickly through the room, and left here.

From the beginning to the end, he never looked at the little princess.

Even when he was leaving, he almost passed by the little princess.

Similarly, Emma never glanced at Heymos who passed by her.

In this world, there are always some people, probably born to resist each other.

From the first meeting to the end.

Seeing that Heymos had also left, Novi became more and more at a loss. He thought for a while, and remembered that what the princess said just now was that he wanted to talk alone, so he shouldn't stay here.

Thinking of this, the boy quickly walked towards the door.

However, Emma didn't seem to care about his presence, and the purpose of her saying that was obviously just to get Heymos to leave.

So, after Heymos left and before Novi reached the door, the little princess spoke.

"What you said that night...you like it, and at the same time you like yours..."

She raised her head and looked straight at Garlan.

Her words are like her eyes.

"Is that your Excellency?"

Looking into the eyes of the little princess, Garlan nodded.

"Yes."

He said.

Frankly, without any concealment.

After getting the answer, the little princess heaved a long sigh.

She raised her hand and touched the back of her ear with a helpless look on her face.

"Then there's no way."

she says,

"Now I can't beat that guy...uh, that sir."

She obviously only reacted at the last second, and quickly changed the disrespectful title to a respectful title.

She said depressedly, "I still have this bit of self-knowledge."

Not only now, but also in the future.

That guy is so powerful that it looks like an inhuman monster.

King Garlan was firmly guarded by such a monster. It seemed that she really had no hope.

... Having said that, in terms of choosing a strong father body according to the consistent requirements of the female warriors of Elson, that guy is actually the best choice.

But, she just doesn't like him.

I don't like it very much.

Now, I don't like it even more, or even hate it.

"no way."

Breathing out the gloom from the bottom of her heart, the little princess raised her head and smiled frankly at Garlan.

"Since this is the case, it seems that I can only choose another target."

she says,

"Ah, by the way, I have to apologize to you. It seems that I have caused you such trouble because of wanting your child."

Garlan shook his head, and he smiled.

"No, rather than saying that you brought me trouble, it's better to say that because of you, I didn't continue to hesitate, and I was able to wake up and make the right choice."

He smiled and looked at the little princess.

"Emma, ​​thank you."

Seeing Garlan smiling at her, the little princess hummed lightly.

She lowered her head, bowed to Garlan, and then turned to leave.

She walked quickly and steadily, her long, wavy brown hair flew behind her, and her fluffy forehead shook, covering her eyes.

Norvi, who was watching Emma walking past him, couldn't see the expression in her eyes at the moment.

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Because there were only a dozen or so people in the government affairs room, no one knew about Garlan and Heymos other than the people in the room for the time being.

The people present seemed to have no intention of spreading the news.

After all, they may still hold the slight possibility that King Garlan can cancel that shocking announcement in the past few days.

But Novi knew that those people's expectations would definitely come to nothing in the end.

King Garlan has always been a man who will do what he says, and if he says it, he will definitely do it.

It has always been so.

To be honest, although he was very shocked at the beginning, after the matter was over, Novi didn't feel anything.

For him, anyway, he has nothing to do with love in his life, nor is he interested in it.

Moreover, whoever he likes is the business of King Garlan himself, and no one can control it.

As King Garlan said just now, he is the king of Aaron Landis, and everyone is his subject. Therefore, as a subject, as long as you obey His Majesty faithfully, you have no right to dictate to Your Majesty. ?

Novi thinks.

It was because His Majesty treated them too leniently that those guys kicked their noses in the face.

Novi originally planned to continue to follow Garlan this afternoon, but because Garlan had a secret military matter to discuss with Kaihos and Heymos in the afternoon, Garlan said that he should be allowed to move freely for the time being. several hours.

He has no interest in time-wasting things like visiting the palace, so after he left Garlan's palace, he went straight to the training ground of the palace, planning to use these few hours to practice martial arts.

However, Novi did not expect that when he came to the training ground, he met someone beyond his expectations.

Tall figure, dashing back.

His wavy brown hair was tied up high behind his head, bouncing with the movement.

The girl stood in the training ground with a straight posture, and the strong muscles on her arms bulged vigorously.

The strong bow was stretched to the limit in her hand.

With a buzzing sound, a sharp arrow galloped out like lightning, hitting the heart of the distant human-shaped wooden stake.

The sharp arrow shot out.

One after another, like a storm, without stopping.

The arrow is right in the red heart, and the arrow is not in vain.

Even though he didn't have a good impression of the little princess, Nuo Wei couldn't help but feel admiration as he watched from the side.

Everyone in the world said that the female warriors of Elson were all unparalleled in archery.

Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he knew that the rumors were true.

Although this Elson's princess is only about the same age as him, she may not lose to his master, Your Excellency Kehuos, in terms of archery skills.

A round of sharp arrows was shot.

Emma put down the strong bow in her hand.

Her breathing was messy, and her strong outfit was drenched with sweat. It was obvious that she had practiced alone here for a long time.

Under the bright scorching sun, the girl stood on the training ground with her head raised, panting violently with her mouth open, and her chest heaving sharply.

She closed her eyes.

Sweat flowed from her forehead, sticking strands of her forehead hair to her cheeks, making it a bit messy.

The sweat slid into the corners of her eyes and slid down from the corners of her eyes.

She closed her eyes quietly.

At this moment, she is like a stone statue, standing on the training platform for a long time.

Hold this pose for a long, long time.

The clearly neat figure and vigorous silhouette give people an indescribably lonely feeling.

Novi looked away, turned around, and left quietly.

He thought, although the princess of Eilson said at the beginning that "Eilson's female warriors will not like men", in fact, she is actually the same to King Garlan...

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The hot sun shone on the training ground, and the girl stood quietly on the extremely bright training platform.

The hot wind passed by, shaking her long hair.

On the finger that clenched the bow arm in her hand, she wore a rough sea-blue ring, which was a handmade gift that she had never been able to give.

Five years ago, a little girl fell in love for the first time.

Something took root in her heart, and it could never be pulled out from now on.

【Emma, ​​you can hate the person who hurt you, but you can't hate everyone. 】

[Because those despicable people are not qualified to represent all. 】

[You don't have to believe my words. 】

[When you grow up and become stronger, look for the truth and answers by yourself. 】

She always remembered the warm smile of the young man who touched her head and brought her back who almost fell into darkness from body to heart, and the bright blond hair that illuminated her eyes like sunshine.

She remembered for five full years.

Never forget.

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The days passed day by day, and the festival of the gods held every 14 years was just around the corner.

The whole palace was busy because of this.

Someone noticed that during the past few days, High Priest Shamash seemed to be in a very bad mood, with a straight face from morning to night... Although he was almost always straight in the past... But now, he is full of radiance. The breath that came out was much colder than usual, and people could not help but get nervous and stiffen their hands and feet even if they got close.

What's more, the high priest has become more and more strict in his actions, and will be severely reprimanded by him for any omissions in the preparation of the gods' festival. During this time, I was trembling.

The benefit brought about by this is that the efficiency of acting has been much higher than before during this period.

Moreover, not only the high priest, Zuo Si and other important ministers also seemed to be worried, sighing and sighing every day, and they could not see the joy of the upcoming ceremony at all from them.

Everyone felt a little puzzled because of this, but because they were too busy, they quickly put this doubt to the back of their minds.

Another busy and worrying day has passed by.

In a blink of an eye, it was midnight.

Garlan, who was also busy all day and had no time to rest, stretched, and then lazily leaned on the seat cushion.

Because tomorrow is the ceremony, in order to ensure that there are no accidents during the important ceremony, he almost patrolled the entire royal city today.

At the end of the day, I just feel that my legs and feet are sore and sore.

"Leg hurts."

Garlan leaned lazily, complaining to Heymos in a low voice.

Obviously, they all acted together, and they were also tired all day. Heymos even found time to do another two hours of devil-style exercise while he was eating dinner and taking a shower.

However, this person still looked as if nothing had happened, and Garlan couldn't help being envious and jealous when he saw it.

This guy's physical strength is really not ordinary non-human.

Being stared at by Garlan with dissatisfied eyes, Heymos raised his eyebrows.

He leaned over, stroked Garlan's cheek with his hand, and brushed a strand of long hair behind his ear with his fingertips.

His golden red eyes were full of pampering.

Then, Heymos picked up Garlan who was complaining about the pain in his legs and didn't want to move. He just carried Garlan to the inner room and put him on the bed.

He leaned over and kissed Garland's lips.

"Are you satisfied with my service, my lord?"

The dark-haired knight asked with a smile.

Garlan, who was sitting on the bed, raised his head to look at Heymos, but did not answer, and blinked his golden eyes lightly.

He beckoned to Heymos.

The corners of Heymos's lips rose, he followed Garlan's movements, bent down, landed on one knee, and squatted in front of the bed.

"Tomorrow is the festival of the gods."

Garland said.

"After the ceremony is over, I will announce it to everyone the next day."

Having said that, he suddenly paused, as if hesitating.

But soon he coughed again and regained his composure.

"So, on that day..."

Garlan opened his mouth, and it was extremely difficult to say a word.

His lips opened and closed several times, and finally, with a sigh of relief, his heart sank.

He suddenly stretched out his hand and lifted Heymos' chin with his fingers.

He just lifted Heymos' chin like this, forcing himself to look like a domineering king.

"That night, you, come here and sleep with me!"

he said fiercely.

A look of 'I'm super fierce, super domineering'.

However, the completely red ears protruding from his thick blond hair completely exposed his mood at the moment.

Then, the domineering king kicked out someone who hadn't recovered.

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The consequence of this is that a certain black knight who has seriously thought about how to do the important work of serving the bed well, after returning home, in his mind, he has tried his best to repeat it from all aspects, angles, and methods. Thinking about the content of my work two days later.

I thought about it all night.

sleepless nights.

... Burning himself.

Tossing and turning.