A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

On the bed, Garlan was sleeping deeply.

And now, while he was sleeping, those buried pasts began to play out in his dreams.

Scenes began to emerge in his dream.

Those things that had happened, one after another, clearly emerged in his dreams.

He saw it all with his own eyes.

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It was supposed to be just a prank on the kids.

He didn't have too much malice, but caused a prank with more terrible consequences than with malice...

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Seven-year-old Garlan and 12-year-old Heymos were chosen to be the prince of Aaron Landis.

As the younger brothers of King Kamos, they also have the right to inherit the throne of Aaron Landis.

However, King Kamos obviously preferred the younger Garlan.

However, Heymos's outstanding aptitude is obviously better than the comparatively mediocre Garlan.

Therefore, in the palace, everyone split into two factions.

One faction supports Prince Garlan, and the other supports Prince Heymos.

There is only one throne. As long as King Kamos has no heirs for a day, the future king will definitely be born from the two princes.

Therefore, whether it was intentional or not, the people around the two princes began to be hostile to each other, provoked, and split into two distinct factions.

Obviously, the mutual hostility of those around the prince has also affected the relationship between the two princes who were originally peaceful.

...Especially under the calculation of someone with a heart.

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"Your Highness Garlan, Prince Heymos must have deliberately tried to embarrass you. He clearly knows that you are young and not good at riding and shooting, and you still want to show off in front of everyone."

"Yes, you must pay attention, and beware of Prince Heymos."

The little child was confused at first by what the companions around him said.

"Brother Heymos is very kind to me and takes good care of me."

he replied.

Little Garlan felt that although his relationship with Heymos could not be said to be very close, it was indeed not as close as he was with King Kamos, but in normal times, Heymos would still take care of him as an older brother.

"No, Your Highness, he is just pretending in front of you."

"That's right, don't trust him so easily."

"He just wants to gain your trust."

"Okay, I don't like to hear you say that about Brother Heymos."

The young prince didn't believe it at first.

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"Your Highness Heymos, Prince Garlan deliberately took advantage of his young age and always liked to please King Kamos. This time the reward should be yours."

The same was said in front of Heymos.

"He is young, and King Kamos should take care of him more."

The young prince didn't care much about his subordinate's complaint at first.

However…………

"Your Highness, Prince Heymos has taught our people a lesson. He is deliberately embarrassing you—"

"Your Highness, Prince Garlan's people are always making trouble for us."

"Your Highness, Prince Heymos bullies you because of his age. He always compares you to nothing, doesn't he?"

"Your Highness, the one who made the mistake this time is obviously Prince Garlan, but King Kamos favors him and protects him. Don't you think it's too much?"

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At first they didn't take it seriously, but day after day, the same language kept ringing in their ears.

The two princes' impressions of each other gradually deteriorated, and their relationship gradually began to drift apart.

The mature Heymos is alright. Although he thinks Garlan is a bit headstrong, but considering his status as an older brother, he is more tolerant of him, giving in to what he can.

And his style of doing things makes people afraid to make too obvious provocations in front of him.

However, Garlan was different. After all, he was only a seven-year-old child, and he still couldn't distinguish right from wrong, good from bad, and good from everyone's words.

When everyone around him was coaxing and encouraging him, he was gradually being coaxed.

He began to feel that Heymos was indeed not a good person, he was the one who would rob him in the future, and he couldn't continue to let Heymos bully him like this.

However, Heymos is great.

Little Garland was very depressed.

He was simply no match for Heymos.

"Your Highness, I have a way to teach Heymos a lesson."

One day, Garlan lost to Heymos in class again, and was criticized by Shemur. He watched Shemur praise Heymos, and after returning home, he sulked in the room.

At this time, a teenager secretly said to him like this.

The child thought for a while and shook his head.

"Forget it, this is not good."

Although encouraged by those around him, children still have their own thinking and judgment.

He vaguely felt that this approach seemed not very good.

"It's not very dangerous. I just got some stinky black water. We can splash it on Prince Heymos so that we can teach him a lesson."

The young man persuaded him in a low voice, winking.

"Prince Heymos won't tell King Kamos about such a small matter."

"Just splashed water on him?"

Garlan hesitated.

It doesn't seem to be a problem if you just pour black and stinky water on him and let him go back with a stinky body, right?

He thought so.

"Well, we don't dare to do too much."

The young man tried his best to persuade him.

"Your Highness, think about it. When the time comes, let him go back with the stinky water on his body. No one will come close to him, hehe. And, I heard that he will be very unlucky for a long time if he is touched by the stinky water."

The child tilted his head and pondered for a while, then nodded.

"OK then."

Everyone is praising Heymos, saying he is good, that he is great, and let themselves learn from him.

Every time he likes to be very strong in front of everyone, pushing himself down, causing himself to be scolded by Xie Muer.

Everyone always said that brother Wang favored himself, otherwise he would not be able to compare with Heymos.

It's really annoying to hear!

Hmph, pour water all over Heymos, let him know how powerful he is.

The child thought so angrily in his heart, and nodded in response to his companion's suggestion.

However, the child's nature is still good. Although he thought so in his heart when he was angry, when the day came when he really wanted to do it, Garlan thought and thought, hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head.

"just forget it."

Although the people around him were teasing him like this, he still felt that it was wrong to do so.

"It's not good to do that."

If you really want to teach Heymos a lesson, you should do it aboveboard.

Ximuer taught him that as a prince, he should not act against his self-respect.

Thinking so, Garlan once again rejected the instigation of his companions.

Moreover, he also found a very good excuse.

"Brother Kamos will be angry if I do this."

After saying this, little Garlan ran away.

The rest of the young people looked at me and I looked at you, and they were all a little discouraged.

Everything was coming to an end, and they were all waiting to see the good show of the guy who made them very unconvinced. Who knew that Prince Garlan was so timid, and he retreated because he was worried that King Kamos would be angry.

"Really, King Kamos won't teach the prince a lesson for such a trivial matter."

"Yes, the king dotes on His Highness very much. This is not a serious matter. How could the king be angry with the prince?"

"And Prince Heymos will definitely not report such a trivial matter to the king."

"It's clearly agreed, why is it changed now?"

"Yeah, everything is ready, isn't this a waste?"

"Your Highness will not go, otherwise, we will go by ourselves."

A teenager suddenly suggested, with a strange look in his eyes.

"Ugh?"

"It's almost a close call, and I always feel very unwilling to back down like this."

"Yes, yes."

"I also feel that way."

"After we help His Highness teach that one, His Highness will definitely be very happy."

"Well, that's what you said."

A group of teenagers spoke excitedly and decided to act on their own.

And one of them looked left and right in embarrassment. He was very timid and didn't dare to go with the others, so he left the team and ran secretly to report the unauthorized actions of Prince Garlan and others.

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As planned at the beginning, Heymos was splashed with black water half his body.

The viscous black liquid slowly dripped from the boy's body, emitting a pungent smell.

He looked up, frowning at the child who appeared in front of him.

"Garlan? What are you doing?"

he asked, frowning unhappily.

"Is that what you told them to do?"

Garlan was originally enjoying the cool air in the gazebo and eating sweet pastries, but when he was suddenly told that those teenagers had acted without authorization, he hurried over.

It's just that when he ran here, it was too late, and when he appeared, Heymos had already been splashed with black water.

He wanted to shake his head and say no, but he didn't open his mouth when he saw the begging eyes of the teenagers looking at him.

The heart of a child is soft.

He thought, if he took the responsibility, at most he would be scolded by Brother Kamos and Xie Muer, but if it was known that these young people did it without authorization, they would definitely end up miserable if they were rude to the prince. They will also be kicked out.

Thinking of this, Garlan didn't refute, and whispered, "Who made you always make me scolded..."

When the child said this, it seemed to others that he had done something bad and had a guilty conscience.

Heymos narrowed his eyes, and he stared at little Garlan with sharp eyes.

Although the child has been a bit self-willed recently, he thought that he was only a child after all, so it's fine to let it go, but he didn't expect that he would push forward now.

Just as Heymos was about to speak, Garlan suddenly stepped forward and moved closer to him.

"Will you go to my place?"

The child grabbed Heymos's left hand and said while tugging at him.

"Don't be angry, I'll clean it up for you, okay?"

He held Heymos's hand, stood beside him, looked up at the boy with his little head up, and spoke to him softly, as if to please him.

Heymos was a little angry at first, but when he saw the little child approaching, dragging him to his side as if wanting to apologize, with a soft and flattering tone, he immediately calmed down a little.

He thought to himself, forget it, it's just a kid's prank, there's no need to care about it with children.

Feeling relieved, he was about to answer Garlan's words when he suddenly heard a slight bang above his head.

He instinctively looked up.

The overturned brazier was reflected in the boy's dilated pupils.

Almost subconsciously, he violently pushed the child who was holding his hand out——

The burning coals fell down.

It landed on Heymos' right arm covered in viscous black liquid.

Boom.

The crimson flame burned fiercely.

On a young man's body, there was a sudden explosion and burning.

In just an instant, half of the boy's body was swallowed into the crimson flames.

Half of the boy's body almost turned into a Pyroman.

The severe pain of being burned by the flames caused Heymos to let out a scream.

He fell to the ground, his burning body wriggling painfully on the ground.

The flames wrapped his body, and the hand stretched out from the flames, and the fingers stretched forward and stretched out with all their strength, as if they were struggling and desperately trying to grab something.

The flames lit up the boy's eyes.

Those eyes, which became as red as blood at this moment, were fixed on the child who had fallen and sat not far in front of him.

The boy's originally handsome face was distorted by the pain at this moment, extremely ferocious.

Garlan, who was pushed away by Heymos, fell to the ground, staring blankly at the young man who was engulfed in flames in front of him.

And the blood-red eyes staring at him firmly.

He sat there blankly, motionless.

The child seemed to have lost his mind, his eyes were dull, and he stared blankly at those blood-red eyes.

Screams and shouts sounded all around, resounding through the dark night.

Soon, the night sky was dyed red by flames.

The tumbling charcoal fire ignited the pitch-black liquid that fell on the ground, and instantly ignited the dense bushes. The entire atrium was on fire, reflecting the night sky like day.

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In the panic, no one will notice.

The wooden arrow that has been burned to ashes in the flames, and the copper brazier that has been twisted and deformed in the flames...

And, taking advantage of the commotion caused by the fire, someone who sneaked out of the scene of the accident...

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"How about it?"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, almost one-third of Prince Heymos's body was burned. This kind of injury is really..."

Thinking of the terrible and miserable appearance of the young man lying on the hospital bed, even this old doctor who had seen countless patients in his life felt terrified and palpitated to the extreme.

From the right arm all the way down, half of the body, including the flesh on the right leg, were burned, as if the skin had been peeled off, exposing the blood-red muscles.

There are even some places that have been browned, with traces of carbonization.

His lips trembled slightly and he said, "This degree of burns...the prince can no longer survive."

With such a terrible injury, it is impossible for anyone to survive.

That level can even make people die of pain.

For a moment, there was a suffocating silence in the room.After a long time, the brown-haired king standing there spoke in a low voice.

"Do what you can to keep him," he said.

"Yes."

The old doctor replied, but it was clear from his face that he had no hope.

The prince's injury was so serious that he might die in the next second, and he could survive without a miracle and inhuman willpower.

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"Your Highness Garlan! Are you awake?"

"prince--"

In the bedroom on the other side, the young child woke up slowly, and the maid who served him yelled out in surprise.

Amidst the maid's shout, Garlan sat up and looked around in bewilderment.

Shemuer stepped forward and looked at him sternly.

"Prince, do you know how much trouble you have caused—"

Just halfway through the sentence, the child glanced at him. The confused look in his eyes made Shemuer's voice pause, and he couldn't continue speaking.

It's a bit strange.

Shemuer looked at Garlan and thought.

"Why am I here? Isn't it at the gazebo?"

The child looked up at him and asked suspiciously.

"Ximuer, did you bring me back?"

"...Prince, do you remember what you did not long ago?"

"Not long ago? Not long ago, I ate in the gazebo and fell asleep after eating."

"........."

Shemur didn't speak.

He was speechless for a while.

He looked into Garlan's eyes, and the child's eyes looked at him too, bright, clear, and calm.

The child wasn't lying—it should be said that Garlan didn't think he was lying.

...The terrifying and intense stimulation made the child forget everything that happened in the flames...