A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The whole hall was dead silent at this moment.

The musicians stopped playing, and the dancers stopped dancing.

The figures of Aaron Landis seemed to have been pressed the button to stop time at this moment, each of them maintained the movement at that moment, and all of them froze.

On the complete opposite, the Tasdar people all showed wow expressions, or showed enthusiastic onlookers, or kept looking at the objects of courtship of their military leader's successor.

Apparently, the passionate and bold Tasdar people are used to this.

The crimson flames were reflected on the faces of the people with different expressions, and the gorgeous hall was so silent that only the inaudible crackling sound of the flames could be heard.

Above the main hall, the brown-haired king sitting on the golden throne was holding a malachite wine cup in his hand, before it could be brought to his mouth, the hand holding the malachite cup was hanging in the air.

The maid who was serving at the side glanced secretly, and saw that King Kamos's hand was clenched tightly, and it trembled slightly a few times.

She looked up a little bit, and saw that Wang's face was tight and solemn, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to take a breath, she lowered her head suddenly, and didn't dare to look around.

Oops!

The maid clenched her fingers nervously.

Wang was so angry that he trembled.

She was terrified.

It's over.

There's going to be a big mess at the party!

Indeed, if you look carefully, you can see that the hand of King Kamos holding the malachite cup is shaking slightly, and the bright red liquid in the emerald stone ripples with this slight shaking.

The brown-haired king stared at the side door, his tiger eyes wide open, his face stern, his expression extremely serious, the muscles on his broad shoulders were tense, as if he would burst into a rage in the next second.

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hold back.

King Kamos, who kept his face firmly on the ground, tried his best to control his facial muscles and clenched his teeth.

Be sure to hold back.

He was so patient that the hand holding the cup trembled.

Never laugh!

King Kamos tried his best to hold back the wild laughter that had already piled up in his throat and was about to break out, and the corners of his eyes were slightly twisted due to the suffocated laughter.

The reason why he kept his face firmly on the ground was because if he didn't use his strength, the expression on his face would be revealed soon.

As the king of Aaron Landis, in order to ensure the majesty of the king, and to maintain the national image of Aaron Landis...

He endured it...

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Oh my god, I really want to slap the table and laugh wildly ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh no he can't take it anymore hahahhhhh! ! !

The bluffing appearance of King Kamos made others think that his face was ugly because he was angry, but some people who knew him, such as a certain priest of Shamash, kept staring at him.

You dare to laugh out loud to try.

Shemuer stared at King Kamos expressionlessly, and said this to His Majesty with his eyes.

Not to mention the King Kamos who was holding back the laughter and the priest who was watching the king to supervise his image. On the other side, the focus of everyone's eyes, at the side door, the two parties were still deadlocked. They were all motionless.

As the instigator, Opada knelt on the ground with one knee, feeling terribly disturbed, and could not hear anything except the beating of his own heart that was about to burst out of his chest.

He knelt on the ground and held the sapphire that he had worn close to his body for many years in front of the young man who made his heart flutter, but he didn't dare to look up.

Where is your celebrated courage, Opada?You look like a coward now!

He scolded himself in his heart.

The scene of the blond boy riding on the lion looking down on him in the afternoon vaguely appeared in his mind, and he felt that his heart was beating like it was about to burst.

What if the teenager rejects him?

He couldn't help but think this way, his chest flustered violently.

no, I can not.

He was the mightiest warrior among the youths of Tasdar, and he was so brave, so handsome, and strong, that no one would refuse his courtship.

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But... Aaron Landis seems to be different from Tasda.

They don't really admire the strong...and they don't seem to accept same-sex lovers too much.

At this moment, for the first time, the brave and decisive Tasdar fighters felt the feeling of worrying about gains and losses and being restless.

Will the teenager reject himself?

It's been so long, why is there no movement at all?

Was he refusing to accept the jewel of his wooing?

...Or else, just snatch him away... Well, he is the prince of Aaron Landis, it is a bit difficult to snatch him away...

... ... However, it is not impossible ... as long as he snatches it back, he will be his lover.

Opada, who was overly nervous, was confused and dizzy, and actually began to think about taking the prince of Aaron Landis back to Tasda.

After all, it is Tasdar people's first reaction and consistent way of thinking to grab what they want.

While he was still thinking wildly, his eyes suddenly swept across his eyes.

At this glance, Opada was stunned.

The person standing in front of him was wearing light and cool thin-soled sandals, and the white straps were cross-wrapped on the calf and extended to below the knee.

Wrapped with a white rope, is a slender, strong, muscular brown calf.

Opada was stunned.

He remembered that the boy's complexion was very fair.

He still clearly remembered the scene under the sun, the skin of the young man looking down at him was so fair that it seemed to be shining.

He suddenly raised his head in astonishment, and what caught his eyes was a stranger's face that was handsome but never seen before.

He still maintained the posture of kneeling and holding the gemstone in his hand, with his mouth open, looking up at the man.

And the black-haired, brown-skinned young man who looked similar to his age stood in front of him, frowning at him with cold eyes.

Oppada was dumbfounded immediately.

Who are you?

He looked at Heymos in bewilderment, feeling as if a group of big black bears were running past and being trampled to pieces in his mind.

While in a daze, Opada suddenly caught sight of the young man's back and side.

The handsome blond boy with red lips and white teeth was standing only three or four steps away, and his golden eyes, bright as stars, were looking at him curiously.

When he saw him looking over and the two of them looked at each other, the boy still smiled at him.

Opada's eyes lit up immediately, and he didn't have time to think, or rather, he was stunned for a moment and couldn't think at all. He instinctively wanted to get up, hold the gemstone in his hand, and wanted to run towards the boy——

But just before he could stand up, a hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder, pushing his body back heavily.

At the same moment, the sapphire in his palm was also taken away.

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Seeing the Tasdar man kneeling in front of him on one knee, Heymos frowned.

Because he had also cooperated with the Tasdar infantry during the four years in the Northland, he had a certain understanding of the Tasdar people, and he also understood the customs of the Tasdar people who are very enthusiastic and bold in love affairs.

However, understanding belongs to understanding, and this is Aaron Landis.This guy he didn't recognize suddenly rushed over, knelt down in front of him without raising his head, and said such a sentence without thinking-this made him very unhappy.

If the other party was not a member of the Tasda mission, if he was not surrounded by everyone in the palace hall, he would have kicked him away unceremoniously.

Just when Heymos frowned and was about to rebuff, he just opened his mouth and before he could make a sound, the Tasdar man who had kept his head down suddenly raised his head.

And the expression on the Tasdar man's face looked very strange, staring at him with a puzzled expression, his eyes were full of astonishment, it seemed that he didn't know him at all.

In the next second, Tasdar's eyes passed him and fell behind him, and then, the brown eyes suddenly lit up, as if they had discovered some treasure, showing a look of surprise, and the eyes just stared straight at Staring at him behind him, he didn't move, and then he made a gesture to stand up.

behind him?

The person standing behind him now is... Garlan.

Could it be—

The thought that flashed through his mind made Heymos's heart skip a beat, and it took him almost a second to guess the reason for the Tasdar's strange behavior.

Seeing that the man was about to run behind him, before he had time to think about it, he stretched out his right hand and pushed Opada who was about to get up back to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, his left hand took the sapphire from the opponent's palm one second before the opponent clenched his hand.

The Tasdar, who saw his sapphire taken by him, froze for a moment, then looked up and glared at him.

Heymos looked down at the young Tasdar.

If he looked at this person just with impatience and displeasure, then now there was a hint of danger in the depths of his golden-red eyes.

And this dangerous breath was immediately sensed by the Tasdar who had a keen sense like a beast. The muscles on the shoulders held by him tensed suddenly, and the Tasdar's whole body instantly switched to the state of responding to the enemy. .

Heymos didn't do anything, his right hand patted Opada's shoulder lightly, as if to express his friendliness.

Then, he leaned over, lowered his head to Opada's ear, and said something softly.

"If you say one more word and do one more thing, I will crush this gem."

After speaking, he straightened up, clenched the gem with his left hand, and patted Opada on the shoulder with his right hand.

Opada, who was about to stand up and take back the gem from Heymos, froze for a moment, and looked at Heymos' left hand with fear.

His important gem was in that person's hand. Although the gem was very hard, he had no doubt that the person in front of him had the power to crush it.

He stood up, staring at Heymos' eyes that were breathing fire, but didn't move.

The Tasdar's first booty had great significance and was irreplaceable, so although he was furious at this man's threat, he still endured it.

"Garlan."

Seeing that the Tasdar fell silent, Heymos turned around and shouted, stretching out his right hand to Garlan.

The melon-eaters in the back, Garlan, were watching enthusiastically, when he was suddenly called out, he subconsciously walked towards Heymos.

Heymos put his right hand lightly on his shoulder and led him forward.

His body isolated the Tasdar man on the left from Garlan, and because Heymos led him forward like this, Garlan couldn't even look back curiously.

The hall still maintained that weird silence until the two princes came to their seats, and after they were seated, everyone seemed to wake up from a dream.

The musician played again, and the dancers continued to show off their graceful dancing postures. Everyone in Aaron Landis continued to talk loudly with the people around him with expressions like nothing had happened or seen anything. .

The main hall, which seemed to have stood still in time, finally became noisy again.

Opada stood there for a while, then returned to his seat depressed.

As soon as he took his seat, his companions winked at him one after another, and the friends sitting beside him came over and congratulated him with a smile on their face.

"Opada, you finally sent your gemstone out, and you have been separated from the single team since then."

His friend said with a smile while looking at the other side.

"Your vision is really high. You actually set your sights on Prince Aaron Landis, who is called the 'Black Knight'. Hmm...he looks like a very powerful man."

"Aaron Landis is different from us. I was worried that you would be rejected in public..."

The friend kept talking on his own, and suddenly found that Opada didn't listen to his words at all, and just stared straight at the opposite side, as if he couldn't see enough.

Following Opada's gaze, sure enough, he was staring at the seat where the two princes, Aaron Landis, were sitting, his gaze was burning to the extreme.

The friend couldn't help shaking his head.

Hey, Oppada seems to be really sinking this time, for the prince of the 'Black Knight'.

He said with emotion in his heart.

Then, he took a sip of wine with a smile.

pretty good.

he thinks.

Anyway, the prince also accepted Oppada's gem.

Not only him, but all Tasdar people on this side glanced at Opada from time to time, with expressions of relief and emotion.

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Garlan sat on the seat on the right side closest to King Kamos, and Heymos' seat was naturally next to him.

He originally wanted to sneak over to ask Heymos what happened just now, but Heymos has been lowering his head since he sat down, looking at the gemstone in his hand, pursing his lips and wondering what he was thinking.

Because he lowered his head, the fine black hair hung down to block his eyes, and he couldn't see Heymos' expression clearly.

Looking up again, Garlan saw the Tasdar man opposite him staring directly in this direction.

Uh, is that guy looking at Heymos?

should be.

Garland thought.

It seems that person really likes Heymos.

"But it's a pity, Heymos will definitely reject him."

Garlan whispered something to himself.

Thinking about it this way, he felt that the other party seemed a little pitiful.

The maid beside him was kneeling beside him and offering him a glass of fruit juice. When she heard Garlan's words, her eyes flickered for a moment, and she couldn't hold back, and whispered something to Garlan.

"That's not the case, Your Highness, Prince Heymos has already agreed."

"what?"

As a follower of Avdomir, the goddess of love and beauty, one must be familiar with the ways of expressing love and the ways of passionate love of all countries and nations on the continent.

Therefore, when Heymos took over the gemstone from the Tasdar, the maid was stunned, and she didn't come back to her senses until just now.

"Your Highness, according to Tasdar's custom, Tasdar people will give their lovers the spoils of their first expedition." She leaned close to Garlan's ear and said softly, "If you accept it, it means that you are willing." Accept each other's love and promise to be each other's lover."

Gallan: "..."

Confused by the maid's words, the young man looked left at the Tasdar who was staring at him with hot eyes, and looked right at Heymos beside him who had been staring down at the gemstone in his hand.

Heymos just accepted the gem.

In other words, he agreed to the man's courtship.

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In other words, Heymos and that Tasdar man... are in love? !

This melon is too big! ! !