A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Although His Majesty the Emperor tried to get back his beloved collection, and Heymos tried to ask for the crystal stone bracelet that he didn't quite understand but wanted, but the current owner of the bracelet simply rejected their requests. dismissed.

Garlan resolutely took the crystal bracelet for himself.

joke!How can these dark histories be seen by others?

He has seen it all, and there are images of him secretly crying when he was a child, walking and falling accidentally, and stuffing bread without image in order to hurry up.

That guy Kehoes, even recorded videos of him wearing a student uniform for the first time when he entered middle school, being too sleepy in class and secretly dozing off on his stomach and then being reprimanded by the teacher, and going to a restaurant to work in a uniform.

I'll settle the score with Keyhors when I'm free!

His Royal Highness made a note of this in the bottom of his heart.

At the moment, Kaihos, who is busy checking the two guards outside, is still unknown.

It has been delayed all morning, because there are still political affairs to be dealt with, so His Majesty the Emperor who has been deprived of his beloved can only leave first in aggrieved manner.

Of course, before leaving, he told Taputi to take good care of Garlan.

Seeing the back of Kamos leaving, Taputi's face turned slightly cold.

She already knew what happened when His Majesty and the prince returned to Aaron Landis yesterday. His Majesty may not have felt anything in his rough nerves, but she could see it.

Someone took advantage of her absence to deliberately target His Highness the Prince.

Originally, in her arrangement, considering that the prince grew up among commoners, he might not be used to being served by others, so she purposely didn't arrange too many people to greet him.

At the same time, I also ordered that not too many people rush forward, only two people should come forward.

Because the prince is still young and has little experience, he must feel nervous and uncomfortable surrounded by so many people suddenly.

But the behavior of those maids yesterday... It seems that someone deliberately led them to surround them together, trying to make the prince feel awkward and even make a fool of himself in public through this unexpected behavior.

There was even a maid who deliberately mentioned the prince's civilian background in front of everyone. To put it nicely, she was worried that the prince would not be able to adapt to this place. The subtext was to tell everyone that the prince would not be able to get on the stage.

All of this is obviously instigated by someone behind the scenes.

He wanted to take advantage of the time when the prince just came back and was not used to it, to suppress him secretly, to force him into chaos quietly, so as to let others form an impression that the prince is not good enough.

You know, once the initial impression is formed, it is not easy to change it.

Taputi thought deeply, then turned his head and looked at Garlan.

But, to her surprise, the prince did not fall into this trap.

Whether it's demeanor or other things, he didn't show the slightest bit of stage fright.

The prince acted as if he had lived in this kind of environment since he was a child, and his aura was not inferior to His Majesty the Emperor at all.

Taputi frowned slightly, his heart full of puzzlement.

He obviously watched the prince grow up, but now, there are many mysteries about the prince.

For example, a sudden coma for more than half a month.

For example, the hair color turns golden while in a coma.

For example, after waking up, compared with the childish boy before, both his demeanor and aura have changed a lot.

and also……

It is said that when the prince returned to Aaron Landis, the stormy thunderclouds over the Sea of ​​Protection automatically opened a road, as if to welcome him, which was like a miracle.

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[Aaron Landis, the stars on the ground, the kingdom of the gods. 】

[After thousands of years, the sons of the gods will return to this immortal kingdom. 】

Unexpectedly, the head priestess suddenly remembered the prophecy recorded in the ancient oracle.

The oracle that has been passed down for thousands of years.

Taputi turned his head and met those golden pupils.

The young man looked at him, his golden eyes were like the sun in the clear sky at the moment, so clean that no shadow or dust could be seen.

He smiled at her, his smile was as bright as his eyes.

The countless doubts in my heart gradually dissipated, and Taputi looked at the young man with soft eyes.

Even if there are too many mysteries in this prince, no matter what, he is indeed the child she watched growing up.

Since ten years ago, she has been with His Majesty, watching the child grow up and become an adult little by little, until he returned to Aaron Landis.

Happy for his growth and sad for the difficulties he suffered, just like looking at his own children.

"Prince, although His Majesty has done such a thing, please don't be angry with Your Majesty."

Although she unceremoniously cheated Kamos when she first met Garlan, but now looking back, she smiled and explained to Kamos.

"His Majesty has been very happy since he first learned of your existence ten years ago."

"He wants to see you very much, but in order not to bring you any danger, he can only endure it all the time."

"He can't participate in your growth, so he can only watch the video sent by Keyhos like this, watching you grow up. He just wants to accompany you to grow up in this way."

The head priestess looked at Garlan tenderly.

She said: "Prince, please believe that His Majesty loves you very much, more than anyone else."

Looking at Taputi, Garlan laughed.

"I know."

He said.

"However, Taputi..."

"Yes?"

"Are you sure Brother Wang only has one bracelet? Didn't you hide the others?"

"……I'm sure."

"Oh, all right."

"........."

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Night fell upon the earth again.

Garlan touched the cub who was already asleep in his arms, and then placed it on the soft cushion in the corner of the room.

Since meeting again, Nega has been particularly clinging to him, following him wherever he goes.

As long as he stands still, Nirga clings to his ankles.

At noon, a maid also came over and wanted to take it back to the lion garden for food, but it refused to be taken away by others, and yelled at Garlan, looking pitifully at him with watery eyes. Looking at Garlan, it makes people feel soft-hearted.

So, Garlan let it stay in his room.

After a day of tossing, I can be regarded as falling asleep now.

Today, the matter of Heymos was tossed all morning. In the afternoon, Tapti, who was the head priestess, stayed in the palace and gave him a general introduction to the current situation of Aaron Landis, and explained it in detail. Teach him all kinds of things to pay attention to.

When Tapti was teaching him, Heymos kept leaning against the wall with his arms folded. Although he lowered his eyes, Garlan knew that he must have listened to everything Tapti said.

After all, the world after 2000 is an extremely strange world to Heymos.

However, although Brother Kamos temporarily let Heymos go in the morning, he still couldn't let him go so easily.

Just after dinner, Kamos sent someone to call Heymos to the martial arts training ground, and said that if his body became rigid and lost his previous ability, he would be disqualified from being a bodyguard.

Well, I don't know who will win the fight between Brother Wang and Heymos.

When Brother Wang was alive, Heymos was inferior to Brother Wang.

But the current Heymos is an evolved version of Heymos the Great. He has been fighting north and south for more than 30 years, and his force value has reached the maximum value. He may not lose to Brother Wang.

So, in the end...

Although he was extremely curious about the outcome of this battle, the emergency make-up lessons for the chief priestess had not yet ended, so he could only continue to stay in the room and attend classes bitterly.

During the period, Kaihors came back and reported something to Taputi.

Garlan guessed that it was probably because when he came back, someone secretly prodded him, and then someone spied on the news of these things.

It seems that his arrival harmed the interests of some people.

Garlan thought to himself.

However, in the minds of the two of them now, they are still ignorant, ignorant, human and animals are harmless like little white rabbits and need to be carefully cared for.

Therefore, the dialogue between them is to avoid themselves.

Ok.

2000 years ago, the wise king who was known as the just and wise with Shamash and the wise with Solga said that this kind of treatment that he had not enjoyed for a long time made him feel very strange.

...but it doesn't feel bad.

Anyway, now that there is a brother in the front and the chief priestess in the back, and Aaron Landis is at peace like never before. Garlan thinks that he just needs to be a carefree prince who doesn't understand anything.

After all, he doesn't even have to take the exam now~~~

Well, there's nothing wrong with obediently being a protected idiot like this.

Speaking of which, is his dream of traveling around the Aaron Landis continent that he failed to realize 2000 years ago realized this time?

Although it seems to bring one more person.

After thinking about it for a long time, the prince of 'Sweet Silly White' looked at the time and felt a little depressed.

Heymos was called by King Kamos to teach him a lesson... No, it was a sparring partner, that's right, he had been practicing for an hour or two.

Seeing that the sky is completely dark now, after Tapti left, he soaked in the hot spring for a long time and played with Nega for a while, and he began to feel sleepy, but Heymos has not been released yet.

He kept yawning.

Originally, he didn't get enough sleep last night, so he sat on the bed in a daze for a while, but in the end he didn't get over the drowsiness attack, fell on the bed, and fell asleep in a daze.

Not long after Garlan fell asleep, the door was pushed open, and a tall figure walked in through the night.

Heymos, who was forced by Kamos to "accompany him to move his body" for more than an hour, sweated a lot, so he came back after taking a bath. At this moment, there are drops of water falling from his pitch-black hair , There are also shallow water marks on the cheeks that are slowly sliding down.

As soon as he entered, his eyes fell on Garlan who was lying on the bed.

The boy was falling asleep with his eyes closed, the room was very quiet, hardly a sound could be heard.

The soft light shone on the boy's face, and the fine eyelashes cast a light shadow on the fair cheeks.

Pfft!

Heymos' heart suddenly beat violently, almost bursting out of his chest.

His expression changed instantly, he stepped forward in three steps at a time, grabbed the sleeping Garlan, and shook him violently with an almost panicked expression.

"Garlan!"

he shouted.

His voice was so hoarse, it hurt like gravel rubbing against his throat.

Garlan, who had just fallen asleep and was suddenly shaken awake by someone, opened his eyes. Heymos stared at him with golden-red pupils. It's almost like bleeding.

It's shocking to look at.

Those almost desperate eyes, maybe if Garlan opened his eyes just a second later, the whole body would collapse and shatter into pieces that could never be put together again.

Garlan who met those eyes was stunned for a moment.

After Garlan opened his eyes, the eyes that seemed to be stained red with blood only slightly improved, but he still stared at Garlan firmly.

As if he was afraid that if he blinked, Garlan would close his eyes again, like falling asleep 2000 years ago, and never wake up again.

Garlan could feel the trembling of Heymos' hands holding his shoulders.

The fingers strangling his shoulders trembled violently.

Heymos looked at Garlan for a long time, let out a breath, then leaned over and hugged Garlan tightly.

With his eyes closed, he pressed his face against Garlan's cheek, feeling the warmth of the skin he touched.

When he saw the boy with his eyes closed, his blood-frozen body eagerly absorbed the warmth from the body in his arms.

is warm.

he thinks.

The person in his arms was still warm.

He said this to himself repeatedly, but still couldn't control the trembling of his fingers.

His heart seemed to stop beating again at that moment.

In front of this person, he is always vulnerable.

Being hugged tightly by Heymos, Garlan raised his head, blinked his eyes lightly, and held back the bitterness seeping from the corners of his eyes.

He thought for a while, took a deep breath, and then patted Heymos on the back, motioning him to let go.

He got out of bed and took Heymos' hand.

"follow me."

Garland said.

Heymos was a little dazed, but subconsciously followed Garlan who was leading him obediently.

Garlan led Heymos over the window, climbed over the wall from behind, and sneaked out of the palace.

Dodging the guards who were watching the night all the way, relying on the memory of the day before, he brought Heymos to the large platform that extended outwards on the upper floor of the palace.

The golden spaceship was parked on the platform, bathed in the silvery moonlight, refracting a fine luster.

It stayed quietly, as if waiting for the arrival of its master.

Garlan went up first.

He stood on the boat and held out his hand to Heymos.

"Come up."

Originally, Heymos thought it was a bit strange to see this pure gold and gem-decorated ship parked on the suspended platform. Spaceship, stand beside Garlan.

Garlan touched the gold bracelet inlaid with the Shamash stone on his hand.

The spaceship shook.

Heymos, who didn't know what happened, almost reflexively stretched out his hand and hugged Garlan into his arms, protecting him tightly.

Garlan rolled his eyes, leaning against Heymos' arms and smiling.

Immediately afterwards, under Heymos' amazed eyes, the golden spaceship slowly floated up from the platform and flew towards the night sky.

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The night was silent.

The night sky is vast and boundless.

Countless morning stars shine in the night, like a river of stars, spanning the entire sky, dazzling.

The golden spaceship was slowly flying in the night sky, and below it was the endless land.

The golden wings are bathed in starlight, shining magnificently, as if they are glowing.

A huge city surrounded by several rings spread out on the earth, and the Enki River flowed in it, rushing to the end and falling into the sea.

Garlan stood at the bow of the ship, looking down at the ground beneath his feet.

The night wind blew, making his golden hair flutter endlessly in the dark night.

After a while, he turned his head and smiled at the man behind him.

"Does it look good?"

he asks.

Heymos quietly watched the boy's smile in the night.

His eyes softened, and the blood in his eyes gradually became lighter, and his pupils were probably stained with a light golden luster because of the starlight refracted by the spaceship.

He nodded.

"nice."

he said, the corners of his mouth curled up.

Then, he took a step forward and stood in front of Garlan.

The distance between the two is so close that as long as you lower your head, your hair will be intertwined.

"Garlan."

Heymos yelled softly.

After waiting for more than 2000 years, I finally got my beloved.But there is always a trace of uneasiness deep in his heart that cannot be erased.

Looking at the young man in front of him, he always felt unreal.

He was eager to confirm the reality in front of him, and wanted to confirm that this person really belonged to him.

Holding Garlan's shoulders, Heymos stared at Garlan with deep and eager eyes, and wanted to speak.

"I……"

Just at the beginning, Garlan raised his hand suddenly.

"you shut up!"

The boy shouted decisively.

Heymos: "..."

The romantic atmosphere of being in the starry night sky just a second ago was shattered by Garlan's shutting up, and it couldn't stick together anymore.

But the boy who broke such a good atmosphere didn't notice it, and continued talking on his own.

"I think there is probably a curse on you, a curse that will definitely fail if you only ask for love."

Garlan stared at Heymos and said seriously,

"If you open your mouth now, maybe the spaceship will break down and fall, or there will be sudden lightning, thunder and strong winds, or even a meteorite falling from the sky and hitting us."

Heymos: "..."

"So, I think, you better shut up and don't say anything."

Garlan's words made Heymos purse his lips tightly.

He didn't speak, but just looked at Garlan like this, with a look of accusation in his eyes, looking very aggrieved.

Obviously every time it is because you reject me, I will fail.

He spoke with such dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Seeing Heymos staring at him accusingly, Garlan smiled.

He smiled and stretched out his hands, cupping Heymos' cheeks.

He said: "In order not to fail, this time, let me do it."

Seeing Heymos's stunned look, the talking boy's golden eyes curved up, filled with a smile.

It's so sparkly.

Even the brilliance of the thousands of stars around it can't compare to its brightness.

"Heymos."

Garlan softly called the name of the man in front of him who he had rejected countless times but still stubbornly pursued.

A man who was so persistent that he couldn't let go of him anymore.

"follow me."

"accompany me."

"You will be the most important existence in my life."

"From now on, share with me everything in the rest of your life."

Heymos' pupils seemed to tremble slightly at this moment, and something surged violently in his eyes.

Garlan stared at those golden-red eyes that seemed to be surging with the hottest red lava in the world.

He opened his mouth, his low words were like an oath.

"Heymos."

"I will love you until..."

The boy stood on tiptoe, raised his head, and pressed his kiss on the other's lips.

He said: "...until the moment your soul and mine dissipate in this world."

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The night was silent, and the golden spaceship was still flying slowly in the night sky.

Only the starlight in the sky fell on the golden spaceship, and it also fell on the bow of the two people who embraced each other and kissed each other deeply as if they had merged into one, casting a faint gleam on their bodies.

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【I swear. 】

[As long as your soul and mine still exist in this world, I will always love you. 】