A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The dinner that evening ended in a weird atmosphere.

When the banquet was over, when Opada saw the young man who made his heart stand up, he subconsciously got up and wanted to follow.

However, as soon as he stood up, the figure of the young man in his sight was blocked by a tall figure, so that he could only see the blond hair scattered behind the young man.

Immediately afterwards, he saw the 'Black Knight' prince who blocked his sight raised his hand holding his sapphire, waved it lightly at him, and the golden red eyes glanced at him With a glance, there was an obvious threat in his eyes.

The steps that Tasdar was about to take suddenly stopped.

Seeing the boy's figure disappear before his eyes, Opada gritted his teeth in hatred.

他发誓，如果不是要赠与爱恋之人的重要宝石在那个家伙手中,哪怕对方是亚伦兰狄斯的王子,他也要以较量为名毫不客气地将那个混蛋狠狠揍一顿！

While thinking aggrievedly, he turned around depressedly, and left with his companions.

As everyone knows, all the interactions between Heymos and Oppada were seen by Garlan who was peeking secretly.

It's over.

It seems that the two are really in love.

Garlan thought dumbfounded.

He saw it all, those two people couldn't wait to exchange their eyes immediately after the banquet, this is really...

Garlan, who was greatly shocked, drifted back along the way like a sleepwalker. He didn't notice at all that Heymos didn't go back with him after telling the female officer Taputi to take care of himself, but turned to Karlan. Walk towards the bedroom of King Moss.

When the guards in front of the gate of the king's bedroom went to report to Heymos, king of Kamos, for an audience, Heymos stood at the door, looked down at the gemstone in his hand, and frowned.

Thinking of the scorching eyes that Tasdar man stared at Garlan at the banquet just now, he had the urge to crush this sapphire to pieces.However, the calm and calm personality he had developed over the years allowed him to maintain his sanity, and he just clenched his fists a little bit.

"Prince Heymos, the king invites you to enter."

The returning guard bowed his head and saluted him while saying so.

Heymos nodded to him, and strode in.

When Heymos walked quickly into King Kamos' bedroom, as expected, he heard King Kamos's loud laughter as soon as he reached the inner gate.

The laughter was accompanied by the sound of slapping the table. Obviously, King Kamos, who had a stern face and a serious face at the banquet, was holding back a lot. As soon as he returned to the bedroom, he laughed wildly. Had he been laughing until now, or had he laughed out loud again because of Heymos' visit.

Anyway, when Heymos walked in, he saw King Kamos sitting on the recliner, laughing out of nowhere, and when he saw him coming in, not only did he not restrain himself, but laughed even louder .

The brown curly-haired priest stood beside him, lowering his head and packing up some approved parchments. His face was expressionless. He obviously knew the virtue of King Kamos and was too lazy to answer.Anyway, for Ximuer, as long as King Kamos doesn't lose his dignity in front of the envoys from allies, he doesn't bother to care about it in private, and he can't care about it.

However, when Heymos came in, he glanced at him with a subtle look in his eyes.

I don't know what it's like for Prince Heymos to be courted by a man in public.

Ximuer thought so in his heart.

"Heymos, why don't you meet the Tasdar man who loves you so late? The night is quiet, but it's a good time to have a private chat."

King Kamos said unceremoniously, for this guy who always competes with him for his little brother's attention, he always likes to see this guy have bad luck.

"Maybe you came so late to ask me to give you a marriage?"

King Kamos gave a long hum.

"That one is also the successor of General Tasda, and his status is not bad..."

Before King Kamos could finish his joking words, Heymos stepped forward and interrupted Kamos.

"Send more people near the palace, keep an eye on that Tasdar man named Oppada, and don't let him move around in the palace."

During the banquet, he asked his subordinates to find out the details of that Tasdar man.

"This is not good. After all, he is the next General Tasda, and Tasda is our friendly diplomatic country..."

Picking up the malachite wine glass and taking a sip slowly, King Kamos, who wanted to watch a good show, was interrupted again.

"That man Oppada doesn't know me at all."

Heymos said bluntly.

"But in the afternoon, he met Garlan in the training ground."

Shemuer, who was packing up the paperwork with his head down, paused, raised his head, and looked at Heymos.

"what do you mean……"

"Yes, Garlan and I came here together just now, but he was a step behind me."

That's enough for Heymos.

Both Kamos and Shemuer are sharp-eyed people. They saw Opada's actions at that time, but they didn't think much about it. At the moment Heymos said this, they immediately reacted.

The object of courtship by the Tasdar was not Heymos, but Garlan.

Click.

Although the smile was still stiff on his face, the malachite wine glass in King Kamos's hand had cracked and shattered.

In the next second, the enraged Lion King slapped the table and stood up.

"Bring me my sword!"

The Lion King with all his mustaches opened his eyes wide with anger.

That bastard Tasdar dared to spy on his little brother--he had a knife--

"Please calm down, Your Majesty."

Shemuer calmly persuaded him.

Then, he turned his head and ordered the chief guard who followed the sound.

"Increase the guards at the palace and tell them that Tasdar people must be accompanied (monitored) by guards (watched) when they go out."

"Also, the security force at Prince Garland's palace has been tripled. If any suspicious person appears nearby, you don't need to report it if you catch him. You will be beaten up first."

The priest of Shamash said, "As long as it is not killed."

Chief Guard: "...Yes."

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Leaving aside the reactions of everyone over there, here, Garlan who returned to his bedroom was very upset.

He stayed in the palace and guarded Heymos, waiting for Heymos to marry a wife and have children, so that he would be free and go to travel the mainland.

Year after year, Heymos just didn't take a wife.

He had to squat in the palace year after year.

This time they were separated for four years, and he was extremely looking forward to Heymos bringing back a beauty from the border, preferably a baby back to the royal city.

However, he was again disappointed.

Only now did he realize that no matter how much he waited, Heymos would not be able to marry a wife and have children... because Heymos likes men!

Garlan felt his heart ache.

He has a sense of grief that he has done so many years of useless work.

He lay on the bed thinking about it, tossing and turning, but couldn't fall asleep.

He was so depressed that he simply turned over and sat up, watching the crescent moon in the sky for a while.

Then, heartbroken, he sneaked out of the room through the window, and skilfully climbed over the wall to leave the bedroom.

And not long after he sneaked out, several teams of guards rushed over and guarded around his bedroom, making an airtight surrounding.

When Garlan climbed over the wall and entered Heymos's place, he immediately saw the familiar figure in the courtyard.

In the quiet courtyard, Heymos was the only one standing.

The long sword in his hand slashed down heavily into the air, once and again, repeating the training of the extremely boring basic skills, and he did every stroke meticulously, without the slightest impatience.

The soft moonlight fell on the young body, allowing people to clearly see the tight muscles on the youth's shoulders and arms, the sweat-soaked clothes clinging to his body, and the sweat-soaked translucent clothes were faintly visible Under the honey-colored skin, there are traces of tight muscles with clear lines and textures.

Beads of sweat splashed into the air along with the wet black forehead hair, and disappeared into the night.

Probably because he sensed Garlan's approach, Heymos stopped his movements, looked sideways at the blond boy who came in over the wall, and smiled.

Under the moonlight, the handsome young man stood in the dark night, with a long body, slender limbs, wide shoulders and narrow waist, well-textured muscles and smooth lines, a few drops of sweat slipped off his tight honey-colored skin, and a little seductive glow appeared under the moonlight. luster.

... is indeed a handsome man.

No wonder the Tasdar had wooed him in public.

Garlan couldn't help thinking.

Moreover, Tasdar people admire the strong, Heymos is so strong, of course...

While Garlan was thinking wildly, Heymos had already walked to the fountain in the courtyard, stuck his head and his entire upper body in, and let the cold spring water wash his sweaty body.

Then, he took the towel that was placed beside him, wiped it casually, threw the long sword in his hand on the stone table, and walked towards Garlan with a glass of water on the table.

"Why are you running here so late?"

Heymos asked.

Because he had sweated a lot just now, he felt a little thirsty at the moment. While talking, he raised his head and poured the glass of water into his mouth.

Garlan stared at him, his heart froze, and he asked straightforwardly, "Heymos, do you like men?"

puff!

On the side of the head, all the water that had just been poured into the mouth sprayed out all at once.

Heymos, who choked on drinking water for the first time, coughed violently, his face turned red because he choked so hard.

While coughing intermittently, he looked up at Garlan in astonishment.

"You... what did you say?"

He was so startled by Garlan's words that he stuttered.

"You don't have to hide it from me."

Garlan looked at him and said seriously, "I've seen it all. You took the gem that the Tasdar gave you."

He said, "I know that in the customs of the Tasdar people, accepting a gem means agreeing to that person's courtship and agreeing to become his lover."

Heymos' mouth twitched.

Does taking that gem mean something like that?

Who the hell knows what bad courtship customs that damned Tasdar have.

That guy is spying on you.

I took the gem so he wouldn't come to you.

Looking at the ignorant and innocent face of the young man standing in front of him and looking up at him, and those clear eyes looking at him ignorantly, Heymos would never Say the above words out of your mouth.

He doesn't allow anyone to tarnish this person, not even a little bit.

Heymos took a deep breath to calm himself down.

His eyes met Garlan's with a calm gaze.

"Garlan, I don't like that Tasdar man."

he answered gravely.

"The reason why I accepted the gem first is because I think it is not good to make a fuss on that occasion. Tasda is an important ally of our country. Therefore, considering the diplomatic relations between the two countries, I cannot let him lose face in front of everyone, because he is An important person in Tasda, in order not to affect the relationship between the two countries, I have to save his face."

While Heymos's mind was spinning rapidly, he looked at Garlan seriously and continued talking.

"I didn't know that accepting the gem was accepting his courtship. If I had known, I would never have done it."

Garlan looked at him and blinked, with a little doubt in his eyes.

"Is that so? You don't know?" he asked. "You don't like him too?"

"Yes."

Heymos replied with a heavier voice.

"I don't have any affection for that person."

The last sentence is absolutely true.

He didn't like the Tasdar man at all.

As long as he thought of that guy's bright eyes when he saw Garlan, it seemed like a fire was burning in his chest.

That guy actually dared to have such dirty thoughts towards Garlan...

Thinking of this, the evil spirit in his heart lingered, and there was a bit of danger in his eyes.

He guarded this small bud and grew up bit by bit, until it finally grew into a green sapling.

How can you allow others to spy on you.

Heymos thought about it and looked down.

Garlan, who was standing in front of him, looked up at him with star-like eyes.

The moonlight was like water, and the young man with fine golden hair scattered on his white shoulders was so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off him.

And Heymos knew better.

When the young man in front of him smiled, it seemed as if all the good things in the world were contained in his smile.

Inexplicably, Heymos suddenly understood why that guy named Opada would do such a thing.

He thought in a daze.

If it were him, no matter how many men and women were given to him to choose, he would still choose...

………………

and many more.

Heymos's heart skipped a beat.

What was he thinking about?

How could he say anything to understand... the thoughts of a guy with such a dirty mind?

Inexplicably guilty, or in a bit of embarrassment, Heymos suddenly raised his hand and pressed half of his face.

With a glance away, he quickly moved away from his fixed gaze on Garlan.

hateful.

Must have been pissed off by that guy.

He pursed his lips and thought about it, his face was cloudy and uncertain for a while.

But his demeanor and inexplicable behavior made Garlan, who had been looking at him, misunderstand again.

Garlan looked at Heymos's unhappy face, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but speak.

"You don't have to bear it so hard."

He stretched out a hand, put it on Heymos' arm, and patted him lightly to comfort him.

"Although between men...well, I think it's a bit strange, but I don't think too much...well, it's really nothing."

"So, Heymos, if you really like that person, I'll help you, so, um, don't worry about that, there's nothing you can do if you like it... Actually, the other person is a man... no..."

The corner of Heymos' mouth twitched again after being 'comforted' by Garlan very hard.

He let out a long breath, a little helpless.

Then, he stretched out his hands, held Garlan's shoulders tightly, bent slightly, and met Garlan's eyes.

"Garlan, I'm not from Tasdar, I don't have that habit."

No matter what, he didn't want Garlan to continue to associate him with that Tasdar man, Heymos said, staring into Garlan's eyes.

In order to completely eliminate future troubles, he simply said harsh words directly.

"In the name of Shamash, I swear."

Heymos said,

"Even if I die, I won't like men."