A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

It was noon, and when the sun was shining brightly, Garlan, who had just finished his porridge, was lying on the bed, drowsy.

He was a little depressed, because of the injury, the doctor said that in order to avoid scars from inflammation of the burn, it is best to eat only light food until the injury is healed.

So in the past half a month, he ate fruit porridge, meat porridge, clear porridge, olive porridge... all of them. When it comes to porridge, there is a feeling of nausea.

In order to eat something delicious, he once threw down his self-esteem and acted coquettishly to the female officer Taputi. However, the female officer who used to like this was very firm this time, no matter how coquettish he was, he would not agree to him.

"Prince, you must hold back during this time, otherwise the wound will leave scars."

Leave a little scar and leave it, anyway, there are only three places, and it is not serious. He is a boy and not a girl, and his clothes will cover it up. Why does Taputi put on this face like an enemy ?

Garlan was very puzzled by this.

no!How can my little prince's white and tender skin leave scars!I will never allow it!

The seemingly mature and stable female officer was holding back her breath at the moment, and she was determined not to let her cute little prince leave a scar.

Her urging of doctors is even stronger than that of King Kamos.

Although he didn't like to eat it, he knew that Taputi was doing it for his own good, so Garlan obediently ate that bowl of porridge.

When his stomach was full, he felt a little sleepy.

At this moment, he was lying on the bed, drowsy, his eyes gradually closed, and he was about to fall asleep.

It's just that not long after he closed his eyes and passed out in a daze, something kept touching his face, making him sleep restlessly.

Garlan hummed, turned his face, and turned to another side, thinking that he could escape the harassment by doing so.However, after he turned his head, he remained silent for less than a minute, and something kept touching his cheek again.

Something kept sweeping across his cheeks, soft and prickly, making his face itchy.

Under the relentless harassment of that unknown thing, the child opened his eyes with difficulty.

A fluffy little head came into his eyes, and the little brown lion came close to him, licking him with its little tongue, while constantly arching him with its little head.

Seeing that Garlan opened his eyes, the lion cub was immediately happy, flicking his long tail, the fluff on the tip of the tail was shaking.It leaned forward more and more happily, and licked Garlan vigorously.

As soon as Garlan raised his hand, he vigorously pushed the little guy who kept licking his face away.

Several months have passed since we met. The little lion Nega has grown up a lot, and his strength has also increased a lot. He really can't push it away without a little effort.

The little lion grew up fast, and he was no longer the little ball of hair when he first met him. He couldn't hold it anymore.

Especially the mane on the head and around the ears has grown and become denser, and the outline of the face has been spread out, bringing a little power.According to the maids who took care of it, this little guy was very majestic among his brothers and sisters, and almost all the other little lions obeyed him.

However, Garlan couldn't see how courageous this little guy was, because as long as Nega came in front of him, he would still be like the furball he was when he was a child, rolling around cutely at him, begging for hugs and patting his head.

Even the cry was woooooooooooooo soft, like a coquettish voice.

Garlan sat up, put his arms around the cub that was leaning over, and began to stroke its fur.

He turned his head and looked at Keyhors who was standing at the door.

"You brought it here?"

Kyhoes leaned against the door, shrugging.

"I don't have that skill," he said. "It came by itself."

Little Nega was very active when she was not weaned, and always liked to run around, which made the maids anxious.It got a bit more naughty when it got older, but fortunately Garlan could still control it and make it obedient.

However, Garlan hadn't looked for it for more than ten days, and little Niejia became anxious, and finally couldn't bear it this day, and sneaked out of the animal garden again, looking for it by himself.

As soon as Kaihos entered the courtyard, he saw the little lion lying on the door panel, waving its two little paws and scratching at the door vigorously, as if trying to scratch through the door.

The little fluffy body lying on the door made Kehos couldn't help but want to laugh.

He smiled and walked over.

Little Nega glanced at him, probably because he often stayed by Garlan's side, and he became familiar with Nega.It whined at him, scratched the door with its paws, and bared its teeth again.

Its meaning is obvious - open the door for me quickly, or I will bite you.

Kaihos suppressed a smile, opened the door for it, and it rushed in, jumped onto the bed, and licked Garlan who was already drowsy.

I found it myself.

Garlan thought to himself.

It's over, once this little guy finds it once, I'm afraid he can find it every time in the future.

While thinking, he slapped Nega's little head hard.

The little lion leaned into his arms, was hugged and brushed by him, squinted his eyes, and flicked his tail in comfort.

Just as it was getting comfortable, its head was slapped suddenly. It opened its eyes, tilted its head and looked at Garlan with a groan. Its cute expression didn't look like a ferocious king of beasts at all. .

Garlan rubbed its chin, and it immediately forgot about the slap just now, and rubbed against Garlan's hand, humming, seemingly enjoying it.

Garlan looked at it, suddenly remembered something, and turned his head to look at Kaihos.

"Speaking of which, I remember that you seem to have raised a little mouse, don't you?"

"Yes, I trained it to pass the word."

"Well, it's very smart." Garlan laughed when he remembered the little black mouse that delivered him a letter when he was locked in the cave of the All Things Cult.He looked left and right at Keyhors, but he didn't see the little black mouse, so he asked curiously.

"Kayhors, I don't think I've ever seen it around you? Is it still there?"

"Yes." The blond knight replied with a smile, "But usually I let it move freely and won't stay by my side."

Having said that, Kehoes looked at the sky, then took out a miniature piccolo the size of a little finger, put it in his mouth and blew a beep.

Not long after the beep, there was a slight rustling sound in the courtyard, and a small black figure jumped out of the dense bushes and quickly rushed into the house.

The little black mouse is a little smaller than ordinary mice. Its black fur is shiny and fluffy, its eyes are bright, and it moves around nimbly.

It stood upright, stood in front of its owner, and squeaked twice.

Kyhoes knelt down and put his hand in front of it.

The little black mouse squeaked, ran to Keyhos's hand, and obediently remained still.

Kaihos just held it with his right hand and brought it to Garlan.

The little black mouse stood upright on the palm of its owner, with its paws tucked in front of its chest. It tilted its head to look at Garlan, then raised one of its paws and waved at Garlan, then squeaked again, as if to attack him. Same as greeting.

Garlan was immediately amused by it.

"It's really smart."

"Well, I have been trying to domesticate them since its grandfather's generation. It is the third generation and has the best understanding of my instructions."

After thinking about it, Garlan casually took a piece of preserved fruit from the small table beside the bed, intending to feed it to the little black mouse.

But the little black mouse squeaked and didn't eat.

"It has undergone strict training and will not eat food that has not passed my hands, in order to prevent it from being lured by other people."

Kaihos said with a smile, then took the candied fruit from Garlan, and handed it to Garlan in front of the little black mouse.

This time, when Garlan handed it over, the little black mouse held the preserved fruit in its two paws and began to gnaw on it.

Just when the little prince was feeding the little black mouse with great interest, there was a sudden howl, which startled Garlan, and the little black mouse was so frightened that the candied fruit in his hand dropped.

I saw the little lion who had been leaning obediently in Garlan's arms jumped out at some point, and howled at the little black mouse.

It stopped in front of Garlan, as if trying to separate Garlan from the little black mouse, and glared at the little black mouse aggressively, so scared that the little black mouse slithered and crawled along Kaihos' arm. shoulders, then tucked behind Keyhors's shoulders.

The next second, it sneaked out its little head again, watching the little lion's movements.

The little Nega was still howling, baring his teeth and claws, grinning, not only at the little black mouse, but even Kaihos, growling and telling him to get out of here.

Garlan hugged its neck and dragged it back, he couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, he could only pat his fur to comfort it.

The one-eyed knight stood there with his arms folded, laughing.

The little black mouse huddled behind his shoulders, peeping at the little lion with its small eyes.

Although the little lion was hugged by Garlan, it was still growling restlessly at Kaihos and the little black mouse.

For a moment, the room was in chaos.

At this moment, a loud knock sounded in the room. Garlan looked up and found that Heymos had appeared at the door at some time.

He held a black wooden box in one hand, raised the other hand, knocked heavily on the door with his knuckles, frowned and stared at the room, his thin lips were slightly pursed, looking a little unhappy.

"Kayhos." He stared at the little black mouse on Kyhoes' shoulder and said, "Don't bring any dusty animals in until Garland recovers."

Kyhos froze for a moment, then lowered his head slightly.

Blonde hair hung down his shoulders, the little black mouse looked up at Heymos, and the next second, it slid, as if it was frightened by Heymos, and retracted into Kaihos' back Never probe again.

The knight bowed slightly to Garlan, and said, "Sorry, Your Highness, I was negligent."

"No, it's all right, I asked you to see it first."

Garlan waved his hand and said, "Besides, my injury has almost healed, so I don't need to be so nervous anymore."

The doctor said that his wound has completely scabbed over, and he just needs to wait for the scab to fall off.

Now he doesn't have to continue lying on his stomach, he can sleep lying on his front.

"No."

Heymos refuted Garlan's words, and he glanced at Kayhos.

"You go out."

Keyhors shrugged, then turned and walked out.

The little paws were picking at the clothes on his back, and the little black mouse was hanging on his back, turning its head to stare at Garlan with its small dark eyes, and squeaked, as if saying goodbye.

The child smiled immediately, raised his hand and waved to the little black mouse, saying goodbye to it.

However, as soon as he waved his hand, the little lion nestled in his arms grabbed the wristband of his hand and pulled it down hard, as if he was very displeased with him waving at the little black mouse.

Immediately afterwards, it hugged Garlan's arms coquettishly, with an arrogant look of 'I'm angry, come and coax me'.

However, before it could act coquettishly, a hand stretched out from the side.

When the slender fingers grabbed it, they grabbed the back of its neck.

The lion cub, who was grabbed by the back of the neck, seemed to be pinned to death, and his whole body was paralyzed.

Heymos grabbed it by the back of the neck and picked it up. The paralyzed lion cub couldn't use any strength to struggle, so he could only open his eyes, stare at Garlan helplessly, and let out a small whoosh. cry.

The little fluffy body was carried and dropped in mid-air and swayed, the whole lion looked pitiful.

"Wait a minute, Heymos..."

Before Garlan finished speaking, Heymos had already picked up Nega and threw Nega out the door.

I saw the fluffy lion cub rolling on the grass before stopping. He didn't react for a while, and sat there blindfolded.

When it reacted, it immediately howled and ran towards the door again.

As soon as he rushed to the door, he was about to return to that warm embrace. Suddenly, with a bang, the cub bumped into the suddenly closed wooden door and slid down the door.

After chasing out all the eyes-obscuring guys, the boy picked up a snow-white cloth towel, wet it in the basin and wrung it dry, then walked towards Garlan.

"Give me your hand."

He said.

He wanted to intercede with little Nega but before he could say it, Garlan, who saw Nega being thrown out by Hymos, waved his hand.

He said, "No, I myself..."

……Come.

Before he could say the last word, Heymos grabbed the still swinging hand and dragged him over.

Heymos grabbed him and wiped his face, shoulders, arms, and even his fingers carefully, including the Nega hair that stuck to his clothes.

Heymos, since when did you become the same as that obsessive obsessive obsessive disorder of Ximuer?

The child who was pressed and wiped by Heymos couldn't help complaining in his heart.

After wiping him clean, the boy sat down by the bed and handed him a box, which seemed to be the one he brought over just now.

As soon as the box was unscrewed, a bunch of small cubes made of black and white agate jade fell out, and the surface of the unscrewed box had criss-cross patterns.

"Ulur chess?"

This is a kind of chess that has been handed down by Aaron Landis since ancient times, and is extremely popular among nobles and commoners alike.

But few people in the palace seem to play it, and he has only played it a few times. It feels a bit like a combination of military chess and chess at that time.

"Can you play?"

"Ah."

"Then play a few games with me."

"Good~"

Looking at this chess piece, Garlan became interested for a moment, and sat cross-legged on the bed and started playing chess with Heymos.

Heymos sat by the bed, and the chess box was placed on the bed, between the two of them.

It wasn't long before Garlan stepped down excitedly, when he heard the sound of scratching at the door, as well as woo-woo-woo-woo.He subconsciously looked up at the door, presumably Nega, who was locked out, was scratching the door, wanting to come in.

He was a little worried, and was distracted for a while, and became a little absent-minded when playing chess with Heymos.

Heymos looked at the inattentive child who occasionally glanced at the door.

He put down a black agate chess piece and said, "It's your turn."

"Huh? Ah... oh."

Garlan quickly put down the white agate stone in his hand.

There was another creaking scratch at the door, and a humming sound.

Garlan secretly glanced at Heymos.

The young man lowered his eyes, his fine black hair scattered on that handsome face, he didn't know whether he didn't hear or didn't care about the scratching on the door.

"How about...let it in?"

"No."

Garlan was choked back.

He played a few chess moves, and then sneaked a glance at the door.

Heymos looked at his absent-minded appearance, and pursed his lips, revealing a bit of displeasure.

Garlan thought for a while, and then continued: "But if you don't let it in, it will keep scratching the door, keep scratching, and keep barking—"

With that said, he tried to convince Heymos to let the lion cub in.

The boy raised his eyes, and looked at him like golden red gemstones dyed with fire.

On a face as handsome as the sun, the corners of the slender eyes slightly raised a little.

He suddenly leaned forward, with his hands still on the bed and one hand on the chessboard, his upper body leaned over and got close to Garlan.

He suddenly got so close, his face was only slightly lowered, and his jet-black forehead almost touched the tip of Garlan's nose.

Then, the boy's thin lips suddenly opened.

"Ow."

Suddenly, there was a low whine.

Right in front of Garlan's eyes, right under the tip of his nose, there was a low voice.

It was a deep, unexplainable sound, but it made the back of the neck feel numb for no reason.

"I'll call too."

The young man who suddenly let out a low groan stared at him with his golden red eyes, and said.

And Garlan...

“……………………”

"...???"

"!!!"

There must be something wrong with the way he played chess with Heymos!