A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

In the room, King Kamos stood by the window, holding a piece of parchment in one hand, and casually grabbed the black and red cloak wrapped around the front with the other and threw it back.

A maid immediately stepped forward, knelt down at his feet, carefully unfolded the slightly wrinkled cloak under his feet, gently smoothed the wrinkles on it with her fingers, and then stood up and stepped aside .

Xie Muer held a book-sized cyan stone plate with red paint in it, and a lapis lazuli circular seal beside it.King Kamos picked up the lapis lazuli seal and covered the parchment in his hand.

After he finished stamping, the middle-aged knight who stood in front of him bowed his head and reported to him respectfully also ended his report.

The two-finger-sized lion badge on the knight's chest symbolized his identity as the commander of a thousand riders. He was the commander of a thousand riders who led a team of knights in the Guards to follow Heymos to the city of Menester yesterday.

Just now, he reported everything he saw to his king in detail and in detail.

After dealing with the political affairs and listening to his subordinates' report on yesterday's situation, King Kamos, standing by the window, smiled.

"It's not bad," he said, "it's not bad to be able to maintain a semblance of sanity in that situation."

Kamos knew a little about the new city lord of Menester City.

Regarding what Heymos did, he nodded.

That little guy is really smart and cunning.

His move seemed reckless, but it happened to step on the bottom line of Lord Earl. It happened that Earl could barely bear it, but he had already reached the limit, and he was on the verge of breaking out with just one more point.

Kamos sent his own guards, and even let a thousand cavalry leader lead a team to follow Heymos. On the one hand, it was to protect the safety of Heymos and give him strength; , also to prevent Heymos from being overwhelmed by anger and hatred, and doing things beyond his control—letting this Thousand Riders pass by is to stop him before that.

You must know that Earl is still the lord of the city of Menester after all. He is a high-ranking nobleman of the royal family, and his own power is not small.

Don't say that there is no evidence for this matter, even if there is evidence, because it didn't cause a big accident, it was just a little injury to a prince, and in the end, he could only be punished slightly, and it was impossible to really do anything to him.

"Terra."

He called out someone's name, "Arrange someone to warn Earl, what he wants to do in the city of Meneste is his business, but if I stretch my claws to the king's city again, I will not be polite. "

A shadow suddenly appeared in the corner of the empty room. The figure knelt on the ground with one knee, nodded to King Kamos, and then disappeared again.

What happened in the city of Meneste is a matter within the Heymos family, and Kamos does not intend to intervene.

The reason why he gave Heymos the opportunity this time was because Earl's hands were too long and hurt his little brother, and Kamos taught Earl a lesson.

At the same time, he also warned Earle not to extend his claws into his sphere of influence in the future.

In this way, coupled with the threat of Heymos, Earl and his son must have stayed in the city of Meneste for a long time.

As for the grievances between Heymos and him...

"His family affairs, when he grows up, he will handle it by himself."

King Kamos said so.

Heymos is a man who always seeks vengeance, and he will never let go of his uncle who tried to kill him again and again.

It's just that the wolf cub hasn't grown up yet, and its teeth and claws aren't sharp enough, so it can only lie in hiding, waiting for the day when its wings are full...

It is conceivable that when Heymos grows up, it will be the end of Santo Earl.Moreover, Lord Earl may just be a whetstone on the path of this wolf king's growth.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Lord Earl anxiously wanted to kill Heymos again and again. I am afraid he could also see that his nephew would definitely become his most terrifying enemy in the future.

"Where is Prince Heymos now? Did you go back to rest?"

Now that King Kamos had made a decision, Shemuer stopped talking, but turned to the Thousand Riders and asked.

I haven't slept for two days and three nights, and I have been running all the way. I must be too tired to hold on now.

"No." The middle-aged captain Qianqi replied, "After he went back to clean up, he went directly to Prince Garlan's residence."

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The courtyard, which was so crowded a few days ago, has now quieted down. Most of the people have been kicked out. Only two or three maids are still walking in the courtyard. They all whisper in each other's ears Talking in the same language, walking and doing things as lightly as possible, for fear of making too much noise and disturbing the little prince who had finally fallen asleep in the room.

A burst of soft music came from the room, it was an extremely pleasant and soft melody, and the sound of the plucked strings was like the ding-dong sound of a fountain falling into water.

By the window of the house, a handsome blond knight was sitting there, wearing a simple white tunic, black trousers, and a black rope around his waist.In his arms is a two-stringed lute that is half the height of a person, it is hemispherical, the sound hole is exquisitely carved, and the top of the long handle is slightly bent into the shape of a leaf, which looks slender and elegant.

The blond hair in a bunch fell down from Keyhos's shoulders, and his slender fingers gently plucked on the strings, making the silver bell-like notes echo softly in the room.

The female officer put an incense block into the hollowed-out gold censer and lit it, making the room surrounded by a soft and sleep-promoting fragrance.Then, she raised her hand and gestured lightly to the one-eyed knight, and Kayhos slowed down the tune, and then stopped slowly.

He gently put down the lute and walked forward.

The little prince had already fallen asleep accompanied by the soft sound of the piano and the faint fragrance. He was still lying on his stomach, with half of his face buried in the soft pillow.

The soft blond hair was scattered on the snow-white pillow, and because of some fever, the small face was slightly flushed, and there were still some tiny water marks on the slender eyelashes.

At this moment, the child closed his eyes and breathed evenly.

After taking a look, Keyhors withdrew with the female officer.

After all, the burns had always made Prince Garlan unbearably painful and unable to sleep.Especially in the first two days, Kayhos had to use the special drug he made himself, which made Garlan fall into a drowsy sleep.

But that kind of drug can't be used too much, otherwise it will cause harm to the body, that's why Kaihos wanted to use soothing music to make Garlan fall asleep today.

Thinking of the little prince looking at him obediently with his big misty eyes open, listening to him play the piano, and then slowly closing his eyes, Kayhos felt his heart soften.

He blamed himself quite a bit. If he hadn't left that night, the little prince wouldn't have suffered this crime.

As a guardian knight, he failed to protect the prince well, and he was very annoyed when he thought about it.

"Taputi, what did the doctor say in the morning?"

he asked.

After closing the door lightly, the female officer with long flaxen hair turned around and answered Keyhos softly.

"The situation has stabilized a lot, the wound is not inflamed, and the recovery is not bad. However, the pain is still inevitable..."

She said, "I concocted a sleep-promoting incense, hoping to have some effect."

The female officer Taputi has an outstanding fragrance blending technique that is recognized in the palace, but the incense cubes she personally blended were only used by King Kamos before.Whether other people can get it depends on her mood.

At this moment, she looked at Keyhors and praised: "I didn't know that you still have such a superb piano skill, and the music you play is great."

"Thank you for your compliment, it's just a trivial skill. Because it will be more popular with beauties, so I went to learn it at the beginning."

The knight's answer made the female officer's slight favor disappear in an instant.

Ah, what a shallow and frivolous fellow.

Why did King Kamos let such a person become the guardian knight of Prince Garlan?

I don't know if I will spoil the pure little prince in the future.

Thinking so in her heart, she bowed slightly to salute, then turned around to see if the maids had finished brewing the medicine.However, before he could leave, he heard the voice of the knight beside him.

Kyhoes said, "Good afternoon, Prince Heymos."

Taputi looked up and saw Heymos walking into the courtyard from the gate.

The young prince's clothes were clean, but his hair was very messy, with a little water dripping from the tip of his hair. It could be seen that he took a bath and changed into clean clothes in a hurry, and his hair came over without having time to wipe off the splashed water.

His dark brown skin glowed with a little moisture under the light, and the most striking thing was his eyes, the eye sockets were black and blue, probably because he hadn't slept for a long time, and the tips of his hair were sunken there. Deep shadows fell in the eye sockets.

As soon as he saw the lady officer and the knight here, he walked over quickly.

"How's Garlan?"

he asked in a low voice.

Taputi bowed slightly, and then replied: "The doctor said that the situation is still stable."

Without waiting for Heymos to continue asking, she continued, "Prince Garlan just fell asleep just now, and he hasn't fallen asleep for a long time because of the pain in his wound."

The female officer used an extremely tactful tone, but mercilessly dismissed any request that Heymos might make next.

To be honest, she felt a little bit resentful towards this young man who had hurt her lovely little prince.

Before he could say anything, he was stuck in his throat by the euphemistic but forceful words of the female officer. Heymos opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.He glanced at the half-closed door, lowered his eyes, and the shadow of his eyelashes fell on his pupils, making his eyes look a bit dark.

His thin lips, pressed so hard by him, became thinner like a line.

Kaihos suddenly said, "Prince Heymos, when His Royal Highness Garlan gave the order not to let you approach him, I was still very puzzled. But now I may understand."

"Perhaps His Highness has already foreseen that you will bring disaster to him, and obviously I also think that you will bring trouble to His Highness."

He said: "So, please stay away from His Highness and don't approach him."

Heymos stood there hesitantly, pursing his lips and not speaking. Now that Kaihos said this, he raised his eyes to Kaihos, and the corners of his eyes raised sharply.

At this moment, he seemed to have turned back into the powerful young man who dared to pin his cousin to the ground and confronted his uncle the city lord without showing any weakness. His golden red eyes were like the eyes of the burning sun. flame.

"No one can drive me away from Garlan."

He stared at the knight who tried to drive him away with provocative eyes, and said in a deep voice.

Then, he turned his head to look at Taputi.

"I've taken a shower, my body is clean and free of dust, I want to go in and have a look at Garlan." His words became tougher, "I won't wake him up."

Feeling Heymos's suddenly tough attitude, Taputi sighed softly in his heart, and then moved away.She watched Heymos enter the house, the door was opened and then falsely closed again.

She said: "Master Kehoes, did you do this on purpose, did you use the aggressive method?"

"This is..."

The one-eyed knight smiled, but did not answer directly.

He said: "It would be too wasteful for him to escape like this. Since the little prince was injured because of him, he must pay some price, um, right?"

Taputi didn't say anything, turned around and left quickly.

I really can't get along with this frivolous guy.

The female officer thought so in her heart.

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After entering the room, Heymos moved as lightly as possible.

The child was lying on the bed, in a light sleep, maybe a little movement would wake the child up.

There was a chair beside the bed, which should have been placed by the female officer for the convenience of sitting by the bed to take care of Garlan, so Heymos sat down on the chair directly.

He looked at Garlan who was in a light sleep.

The child closed his eyes, and his long fan-like eyelashes cast a light shadow on his cheek.There was still a little redness in the corner of the eye, and it was obvious that the pain had been shedding tears.

Heymos' eyes fell on Garlan's back. There was one place on the nape of the neck, two places on the back, and one place on the calf. The snow-white skin was covered with blue medicinal paste. The following is a terrible injury, will it leave a scar...

While thinking, he stared blankly at Garlan.

That little body was lying on the bed, looking extremely weak, making people feel very worried when looking at it, and they just wished to hold it in the palm of their hands, so that he would never be hurt again.

He remembered that day, when Garlan said 'I hate you, I don't need you', the almost cruel language, and the back that left him without hesitation.

He recalled, that night, Garlan rushed forward desperately and knocked him away from under the brazier... The figure of the child who was hit by the charcoal fire knelt on the ground, trembling in pain.

His mind was a little confused and he didn't understand.

It is said that children are fickle, but what is Garlan to him...

While Heymos was in a daze, the eyelashes of the child on the bed moved slightly and he opened his eyes.

Garlan, who turned his head sideways, looked at the boy beside the bed, and parted his lips.

"Hey...mo..."

The faint voice woke Heymos up instantly, and he bent down nervously, looking at Garlan.

"Are you awake?" He said softly, as if he was worried that a louder voice would hurt the weak child in front of him. "Does it hurt? Do you want to drink water? Shall I call the doctor?"

The child seemed to be half awake, looking at him dimly.

After a while, he spoke softly.

"hand……"

"Ok?"

"……your hands."

The boy followed the child's hazy eyes and saw his right hand.

He was a little puzzled, but he followed Garlan's words and placed his right hand in front of Garlan's eyes.

The child's golden eyes were half-opened, and he still looked very confused. His hand next to the pillow moved slightly, moved over, and his small hand gently grasped one of Heymos' fingers.

The little hand gently squeezed the boy's finger, then touched it again, as if confirming something.

Then, Garlan's eyes curved like crescent moons.

The child with a little red tear stain in the corner of his eyes smiled, his smile was sweet, extremely cute, so sweet that it seemed to penetrate into the bottom of people's hearts.

He seemed to be relieved, let go of his heart, just held Heymos' fingers like this, closed his eyes, and fell asleep again.

Heymos didn't speak any more, nor did he move.

He looked at Garlan's hand.

That soft little hand gently held his fingers, but he felt that what that hand was holding was his own heart.

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"Cayhors, is Heymos here?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, he is inside."

There were soft conversations at the door, and then, the half-hidden door was pushed open, and someone walked in.

King Kamos, who entered the door, glanced and was taken aback.

He turned his head and exchanged glances with Kaihos, who was also stunned for a moment. Then, the two tall and burly men couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Little Garland lay on his stomach on the bed, sleeping peacefully.

Heymos, who was sitting on the chair, was lying on the edge of the bed, also sleeping deeply.

The child's small, soft hand held the boy's slightly rough fingers.