A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

A steed galloped on the avenue. It came from the frontier, wearing the stars and wearing the moon, and finally arrived at Wangcheng early this morning.

The gate of the king's city has just been opened. It stands to reason that no matter whether it is a horse or a carriage, they must stop to check their identity before entering the gate. Immediately let his subordinates get out of the way, allowing the knight to charge into the city gate without stopping.

The knights galloped on the avenue of the royal city, and the passers-by stepped aside one after another. Even the patrolling city gate guards hurried out of the way, allowing them to rush to the gate of the palace unimpeded.

The knight dismounted from his horse. He was covered in dust and dust. He didn't care to wipe off the dust all over his face. He grabbed the copper cylinder tied to his belt and rushed into the gate in a hurry.

It was another morning, and the water in the huge round pool was clear and bright, sparkling more and more under the morning sun.

Two giant spiral waterwheels are on both sides of the spacious and gorgeous palace, made of pure white jade, which continuously transport the water from the huge pools on both sides of the palace to the top of the palace.

Fine drops of water fell from both sides of the gate of the palace, and the falling water curtain seemed to be a curtain of pearls connected in series, but it was a bit more translucent and clear than pearls, reflecting the sun and refracting colorful shimmers .

King Kamos quickly crossed the water curtain and stepped into the palace.

It was much cooler inside, and the water curtains constantly falling around the palace blocked the heat outside.

He strode over and sat on the spacious seat in the middle, with the fiery red cloak behind him scattered on the armrest of the seat.

He put one hand on the armrest and looked down at the people below.

"Has the battle report been delivered?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

An old courtier took a step forward and handed the just-delivered battle report to King Kamos.

Kamos opened it up and laughed.

"Gai Shu's guys really don't have a long memory, they are beaten every year, and they come back every year."

The next moment, the young king stood up suddenly, and stood proudly on his throne in the hall.

As he stood up suddenly, the fiery red cloak flew up behind him, like a bloody war that was about to be ignited in the sky.

It was like a male lion that was lying lazily, proudly got up, shook its thick mane, and roared into the distance.

King Kamos stood in front of the throne, looking down at everyone under his command with burning eyes.

He said: "Get ready, I will go out in ten days."

After finishing speaking, he strode down the steps and casually threw the battle report in his hand to the courtiers under the steps.

He walked forward along the snow-white road, and the ministers and nobles on both sides bowed their heads one after another, sending him away with extremely respectful gestures.

Leaving the palace without looking back, the golden scabbard on the waist of the heroic king shone with vigor in the sun.

…………

A busy day soon came to the evening.

Originally, he planned to go to Garlan's bedroom to find his little prince, but Kamos received a report from his attendants, telling him that Garlan was not in his bedroom, but went to the Sephi Garden, he thought about it , simply changed direction and headed towards Sefei Garden.

On the way past, he had nothing to do, while touching his smooth chin, he looked at those people who knelt down on both sides after seeing him.

strangeness.

King Kamos thought.

Is it his delusion?

He always felt that during this period of time, he saw fewer and fewer people with beards, and more and more people had smooth and clean jaws.

As the saying goes, what goes above works like what follows.

For many people, following the preferences of those in power is political correctness.

In the past, when King Kamos habitually grew his beard, the people below followed suit; now King Kamos likes to shave his chin clean, so other people take care of their faces carefully every day .

Older people don't matter, nowadays, if a young man shows his masculinity with a beard, especially a messy beard, he will definitely be laughed at.

Do you think King Kamos is mighty?Domineering or not?Is it masculinity bursting?

That's why the king doesn't need to use a beard to set off himself. Hmph, only those who are not masculine in themselves need to use a beard to cover up.

The above words were quickly spread among the upper class nobles, so, at some point, the faces of people who often went to and from the palace, especially young people, were clean and refreshed.And this trend has even begun to spread from the royal palace to the royal city, nobles, and ordinary civilians.

King Kamos naturally couldn't understand the above things.

He thought about it casually when he was bored, and seeing that Sefei Garden was not far away, and he would see the cute little brother soon, he immediately put this matter behind him.

However, before he could reach the entrance of the courtyard, he bumped into Shemuer.

"King Kamos."

Probably because he didn't expect Kamos to come here, Ximuer seemed a little surprised, and then quickly walked over and bowed to him.

"Have you received the order?"

"Yes."

Shemur replied.

In the morning, he had already received the order to go out ten days later, and he would lead the Shamash priests in the temple to go out with King Kamos.

This has been the case in previous years, and Shamash's priesthood is also an extremely important force for Aaron Landis.

"So, I plan to explain to Prince Heymos that during the period of my expedition, he will teach Prince Garlan martial arts on my behalf. At the same time, I must also explain to Prince Garlan that he must not neglect his studies."

He said, "But the servant said that Prince Heymos came here to find Prince Garlan, so I just came here."

King Kamos nodded, and then took Ximuer into the gate of Sefei Garden.

Sefei Courtyard is a courtyard closest to the sea in the royal palace. Several giant pavilions with gorgeous shapes are located in the courtyard.It is surrounded by evergreen hanging wood and pine trees in all seasons, and straight palm trees stand by the sea.

Sitting in the huge gazebo, you can have a panoramic view of the boundless sea in the distance, and you can also see the spectacular small waterfall on the opposite cliff.

Because this is also the end of the Oya River. After the long river that runs through the entire Aaron Landis slowly circled the king's city, it fell into the endless sea at the end of the cliff here.

Snow-white cushions had already been laid on the cold and hard stone seat, and the blond little prince was sitting there.The little lion cub, who had grown up a little more, was lying beside him, shaking his head, looking cute and naive.

When Garlan took a look at its fluffy little head, it squinted its eyes, seemed to be in a good mood, and rubbed its head against Garlan's arms, non-stop.

The little fat man Tal ran over happily holding a plate of candied candied fruit. The candied fruit on the plate was red, yellow, and blue, and the colors were really beautiful.

"Your Highness, come and eat, this is very delicious~~"

The little fat man put the plate down, and then ran back. He remembered that there was still a plate of milk cakes that he hadn't brought yet.

Heymos sat down on the stone bench opposite and spoke to Garlan.

"Garlan, have you heard the news?"

As he spoke, he reached out and stuffed a bright red candied fruit into Garlan's mouth.

Garlan was caught off guard, but a bit of the candied fruit had already touched his mouth, and his two arms were around the little Nega again. It was difficult to take it, so he could only open his mouth and let Heymos take the candied fruit. Feed it into his mouth.

He chewed it, and a sweetness of honey spread in his mouth along with the sweetness of the fruit.

"It is too sweet."

Garland said he prefers sweet and sour, or salted.

"is it?"

Because he took the candied fruit that was stuffed into Garlan's mouth just now, Heymos's fingertips now have a little bit of sugar stains.

He lowered his head, opened his thin lips, and stretched out his red tongue to lick his fingertips.

The sweet taste spread in his mouth, filling his taste buds, so sweet that he couldn't feel any other taste.

"I feel fine."

The boy sucked his fingertips, then picked up a piece of candied fruit and stuffed it into his mouth.

Probably because he has suffered too much since he was a child, he likes the sweetness that fills his taste buds very much.

"It can be sweeter."

Gallan: "..."

That's what you think.

It was not long ago that Garlan found out that this guy who was called the son of the devil in previous lives, with a reputation that shocked the world, was actually a real sweetheart.

His body as a child felt that something was too sweet to be greasy, but Heymos was able to eat it one bite at a time, and he didn't even think it was sweet enough.

Hey hey hey, eating too much sweet will make you fat.

If you want to eat like a big fat man with a big belly, beautiful women will not like you.

Every time he watched Heymos eat those damn sweet things, he couldn't help thinking so in his heart.

You know, Garlan is still thinking that Heymos will quickly find a girl to marry and have children in two or three years, so that he can travel around the mainland, pretending to be around... no, to see the world around.

"By the way, what news did you just say?"

He didn't plan to continue discussing with Heymos, who had a sweet tooth, whether the candied fruit was sweet enough, Garlan asked.

"King Kamos will be going to war soon."

Heymos replied.

"Go to the border with Geshu."

"Is that so..."

Garlan thought about it.

Indeed, King Kamos has been away fighting for almost half of the year.Because Brother Wang has been staying with him in the palace for the past few months, he almost forgot about it.

He was not worried about the safety of King Kamos. In previous lives until his death, King Kamos was still the famous Lion King who fought in the world.

However, even if there is no danger, it is still possible to be injured on the battlefield.

After thinking about it for a while, Garlan decided to take advantage of these few days to polish a God of War talisman for Brother Kamos with malachite, and give it to Brother Kamos before going out to fight, wishing him a triumphant return.

Garlan was pondering here, the little lion in his arms was not happy.

It looked at the young man who had attracted Garlan's attention away from it, opened its lazily squinted eyes, and stared at Heymos unkindly.

The eyeballs rolled around, and little Niejia suddenly whined at Garlan, then rolled on the soft cushion, with all fours facing the sky, and exposed her belly to Garlan.

It just exposed its belly, staring at Garlan with a pair of jet-black eyes sparkling.

woo woo woo~~

rub me rub me~~

The cute and coquettish appearance of the little lion was really cute, and Garlan was immediately amused.

He stretched out his hand and rubbed Nega's round belly. Nega's four short legs hugged his hand and howled at him, seemingly enjoying it very much.

Garlan was rubbing his soft belly for fun, when suddenly something was stuffed into his mouth again, he subconsciously opened his mouth, and the thing was stuffed into his lips immediately, the sweet and greasy taste was instantly gone Spread from his lips.

Ahh, it's so sweet.

Thinking so, Garlan ate it anyway.

It's just that as soon as he finished eating, he suddenly remembered something and froze all of a sudden.

Then, without caring about continuing to rub Nega's belly, he turned his head and rushed towards Heymos.

"Did you wash your hands after licking your fingers just now?!"

Heimos paused for a moment, then stopped to eat the preserved fruit one by one, and silently looked away, looking at the waterfall on the opposite cliff as if looking at the scenery.

Gallan: "..."

Didn't wash it?

Surely it wasn't washed, right—

Lady Taputi came over and brought a glass of water to Garlan.

"Your Highness, don't you think it's too sweet?"

She kept her composure and said with a smile, "Come on, rinse your mouth, it won't be sweet after we clean it up."

Garlan glared fiercely at Heymos who had averted his gaze, then quickly lowered his head and rinsed his mouth with water.

He had just finished rinsing his mouth when he heard a familiar squeak, a little black mouse came out of nowhere and squeaked at him.

Garlan held down the lion cub, which was about to pounce, and then gave the little black mouse a biscuit.

The little black mouse held the small golden biscuit in its two front paws, and gnawed it with relish.After Kaihos' training during this period, it can already eat what Garlan feeds.The little lion stared at it and moaned dissatisfiedly, but Garlan stretched out his hand and brought the delicious roast meat to it, and it took Garlan's hand and gnawed on the roast meat with relish.

"It's really lively here, Your Highness."

With the sound of steady footsteps, a blond knight wearing a black blindfold came over, with a smile on his handsome face.

"Kaihos...ah, by the way, Brother Wang is going on an expedition, so you should go with him too."

Garlan thought about this the moment he saw Kayhos.

Kyhoes smiled and shook his head.

Although he really wanted to go to the battlefield, the most important thing for him now was to protect the prince.

"No, I am your Guardian Knight now, so I will stay by your side..."

"No, you have to go out with Brother Wang."

Garlan categorically rejected Kyhoes' words.

You know, you are the "Knight of the Scorching Sun" who will be famous all over the world in the future.

The 'Knight of the Sun' is a famous and fearsome existence on the battlefield.

If it was because of himself that Aaron Landis lost such a powerful knight, Garlan would feel heartbroken just thinking about it.

"Don't worry about me, I'm in the palace, protected by many people, so I'm safe."

The child looked at his knight seriously and said.

"Kayhos, your talent shines only on the battlefield."

The little prince stared at Kaihos with bright golden eyes, with a determined expression on his face, obviously he had great trust in his knight.

"You are my guardian knight, and you will definitely become the most powerful knight on the battlefield."

"........."

The corners of the blond knight's lips were slightly raised, and his green eyes like malachite reflected the serious face of his little prince. The child's eyes were like soft water seeping into the bottom of his heart.

"it is good."

Kehoes said that he knelt down on one knee in front of Garlan and took the little prince's hand.

He smiled at his Master, and the words were like an oath.

"My prince, I will become the most powerful knight on the battlefield for you."

…………

In the distance, the young King Aaron Landis stood there, together with his priests, watching the gazebo from a distance.

Kamos looked at Garlan and the others, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Ximuer," he said, "so many people gathered around that child before he knew it."

The child was like a luminous light source, unknowingly, it attracted everyone to him and gathered around him.

"Is there? I don't think so."

The priest of Shamash replied blankly.

His displeasure had already shown on his face, because judging from the time, now was the time he set for Prince Garlan to practice archery.

"If you don't look at it for a day, you're lazy."

He murmured to himself, then walked quickly towards the gazebo with a straight face, intending to take the lazy little prince to the archery range without any hesitation.

King Kamos looked at the back of his subordinates walking quickly, and couldn't help grinning.

You say, 'I don't think so'?

But Ximuer, you are also one of the members who was unknowingly attracted and wanted to get close to that child.

Kamos laughed and walked over with strides.

As soon as he walked over, he saw Xie Muer carry his little brother out of the gazebo.Garlan, who was dragged out by the arm, looked left and right, his eyeballs rolled around like a little squirrel, and when he saw him, his eyes lit up.

Then, Garlan ran over quickly and hid behind him.

"Prince Garlan!"

Shemuer was very angry, but Garlan hid behind King Kamos, and he was not rude to attack the king.

King Kamos laughed loudly, and hugged the little brother who was hiding behind him.

He smiled and looked at Garlan in his arms, and Garlan also looked at him, with big bright golden eyes, like the sun in a cloudless clear sky.

He smiled, and lightly pinched Little Wang's soft, white and tender cheeks. The Lion King looked at his cub with indescribable doting eyes.

Heymos bent one knee and sat sideways on the side rail of the gazebo, looking at this side quietly, his eyes always on Garlan.

The one-eyed knight was leaning on the pillar of the gazebo with his hands folded and his handsome face smiling.

The magistrate came slowly, smiled lightly, and persuaded the sulking Priest Shamash.

The little fat man Tal ran back with a plate of small milk cakes, turned around and found that the prince was being picked up by King Kamos outside the gazebo, so he stood there watching and secretly stuffed it into his mouth. He took a piece of milk cake, and the sweet taste made him smile.

The little black mouse slithered up to its master, its small eyeballs glanced at its master, and then at the little master over there; the little lion chased it out, circling around the feet of King Kamos who was holding Garlan, Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

The fiery red sunset shrouded the earth, and the magnificent red clouds were like blooming flowers in the sky, reflected on the flowing waterfall.

No matter how time passes in the future.

At least for this moment, time stopped, portraying this soft scene as a kind of eternity.

…………

………………

Two months later, good news came from the border, and Geshu's army was defeated and retreated.

This is not surprising.

After all, the prestigious Lion King has never been defeated since his expedition.

When all the ministers and nobles in the royal court were astonished, they received an order that King Kamos will return to the royal city in the near future.

Strangely, once King Kamos goes to war, it will take at least half a year.

They wondered.

Regardless of how puzzled the courtiers and nobles were, at this moment, at the border between Aaron Landis and Geshu, King Kamos was riding his black horse on a high mountain.

The noon sun fell on his body, illuminating his golden-brown hair as if it was emitting brilliance.

King Kamos stood on his horse, looking down at the earth with scorching eyes.

Shemuer in battle armor followed behind him on horseback, and the two of them, as well as a few sturdy guards behind them, also rode on horseback and stayed there quietly.

The top of the mountain is very quiet, only the rustling of the wind passing through the trees.

Not long after, the sound of horseshoes broke the silence, and the blond knight galloped towards King Kamos.

"Your Majesty," he said, "the discussion will begin soon, and all the generals are waiting for you."

The badge of the centurion is already worn on the chest of Kehoes, which is his achievements in this war.

King Kamos did not answer immediately.

He looked down at the land below the mountain, which was the land of Aaron Landis, the land he fought for.

He suddenly said: "Xie Muer, do you know why I didn't care if I went back to the royal city after defeating the enemy?"

Shimmer didn't answer.

Others naturally did not dare to speak, and the top of the mountain was silent.

Kamos said: "After my father passed away, no one in that city, in that palace, would wait for me to go back."

No one in the palace will wait for him to go back.

Therefore, to him, it doesn't matter whether he goes back or not.

He is the king of Aaron Landis, where he is, there is the palace.

Where he is, is where the throne is.

The heroic and powerful Lion King stood on the top of the mountain on horseback. His eyes looked into the distance, as if he saw that place through the sky, the location of the king's city.

He lowered his head, and his eyes fell on the crookedly carved and crudely made amulet on his wrist.

A smile appeared on the corner of King Kamos's lips.

"...It's time to go back."

He said so.

He is going back.

Because his younger brother is waiting for his triumphant return in the royal city.

Because now, there are already people waiting for his return in that palace.

Ximuer has been silent.

This was the first time he knew that in the past years, King Kamos didn't care whether he returned to the royal city or not.

After a long silence, the priest of Shamash bowed his head.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"It's time to go back," he said.

He said softly, "The prince is waiting for you to come home."

King Kamos pulled the rein, and the black steed galloped away, and everyone rushed to catch up.

In the howling wind, there was a conversation.

"Speaking of which, Kaihos, what are you going to bring back to Garlan?"

"Naturally, it can't compare to the precious spoils captured by your Majesty. It's just a little Gaishu's special snacks and interesting handicrafts."

".....Kayhors."

"Yes?"

"Come on, let's exchange."

The Lion King vaguely felt that perhaps the one-eyed knight's things would be more favored by his little brother.

"Sorry, Your Majesty, this subordinate cannot agree to this matter."

"Cayhors, this is the order of the king."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Finally someone couldn't listen anymore.

"That's enough, King Kamos, Kaihos... come out to fight, how can you always think about bringing something back to the prince?"

"Huh? Master Ximuer, didn't you also prepare a few small things to give to the prince when you go back? Although I have been hiding it all the time, I accidentally saw it that day."

"…………"

"Hahahaha, Shemuer, you bastard—hahahahaha—"

——【End of Youth Chapter】——

The second part of the boy will eventually be king