A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

On the bed, Garlan was sleeping.

And at this moment, while he was sleeping, the buried past began to play out in his dreams.

Scenes began to emerge in his dream.

Those things that had happened in the past all appeared clearly in his dreams one after another.

He saw everything with his own eyes.

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It was supposed to be just a prank played by children.

It was not a very malicious prank, but it caused more terrible consequences than the malicious intentions...

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Seven-year-old Garlan, together with twelve-year-old Heimos, were chosen to become the princes of Aaron Landis.

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

However, King Camos clearly favored the younger Garlan.

However, Heimos's outstanding qualifications are obviously more than the relatively mediocre Garlan.

Therefore, everyone in the palace was divided into two factions.

One faction supports Prince Gallan, and the other faction supports Prince Heimos.

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

Therefore, whether intentionally or unintentionally, those surrounding the two princes began to be hostile to each other, provoke each other, and split into two distinct factions.

And it was obvious that the hostility between those around the prince had a little bit of an impact on the relationship between the two princes, who were originally relatively peaceful.

...Especially under the calculation of a thoughtful person.

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"Your Highness Gallan, Prince Heimos must be deliberately trying to embarrass you. He clearly knows that you are young and not good at riding and shooting, yet he still wants to show off in front of everyone."

"Yes, you must be careful and guard against Prince Heimos."

The little child was confused at first by the words of his companions.

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

He replied.

Little Garlan felt that although his relationship with Heimos could not be said to be very close, and indeed not as close as he and King Camos, under normal circumstances, Heimos 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 easily."

"He just wants to gain your trust."

"Okay, I don't like hearing you say that about Brother Heimos."

The young prince did not believe it at first.

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"Your Highness Heymos, Prince Garlan deliberately takes advantage of his young age and always likes to please King Camos. This reward should obviously be yours."

The same was said in front of Heimos.

"He is young, so King Camos should take more care of him."

The young prince didn't take his subordinate's complaint seriously at first.

However…………

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

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

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

"Your Highness, it was clearly Prince Gallan who made the mistake this time, but King Camos favored him and protected him. Don't you think it's too much?"

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They didn't take it seriously at first, but day after day, the same words kept ringing in their ears.

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

Heimos, who has a mature personality, is okay. Although he feels that the kid Garlan is a little willful, considering his status as an elder brother, he is still more tolerant of him and gives in to what he can do.

Moreover, his style of dealing with people makes people dare not make too obvious provocations in front of him.

However, Garlan is different. After all, he is only a seven-year-old child, and he cannot yet distinguish the right and wrong, as well as the good and bad, of everyone's words.

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

He began to feel that Heimos was indeed not a good person and was someone who would compete with him in the future. He could not continue to let Heimos bully him like this.

However, Heimos is very powerful.

Little Garlan was very depressed.

He was no match for Heimos.

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

One day, Gallan once again lost to Heimos in class and was criticized by Shermer. He watched Shermer praise Heimos, and after returning home, he sulked in the room.

At this time, a young man secretly said to him.

The child thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Forget it, this is not good."

Although they are encouraged by the people around them, children still have their own thinking and judgment.

He vaguely felt that this approach seemed not good.

"It's not a very dangerous thing. I just got some smelly black water. We can pour it on Prince Heimos so that we can teach him a lesson."

The young man persuaded him in a low voice and winked.

"Prince Heimos will not tell King Camos about such a small matter."

"Just splashing water on him?"

Garlan hesitated.

It doesn't seem to be a big deal if he just splashes dark smelly water on him and makes him go back smelling bad, right?

He thought so.

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

The young man encouraged him with all his strength.

"Your Highness, please think about it. If he goes back covered in stinky water and suffocates people to death, no one will come close to him, hehe. Moreover, I heard that if you get touched by that stinky water, you will be very unlucky for a long time."

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

"Oh well."

Everyone is praising Heimos, saying he is good, saying he is great, and asking themselves to learn from him.

Every time, he likes to show off in front of everyone, pushing himself so hard that he gets scolded by Shermer.

Everyone always said that Brother Wang favored him, otherwise he would not be able to compare with Heimos.

It's really annoying to hear!

Humph, pour water all over Heimos and let him know how powerful he is.

The child thought angrily in his heart and nodded in agreement with his companion's suggestion.

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

"forget it."

Although everyone around him was encouraging him, he still felt that it was wrong to do so.

"This is not good."

If you really want to teach Heimos a lesson, you should do it openly.

Shermer taught him that as a prince, he should not do anything that goes against his self-respect.

Garlan thought so and once again rejected the instigation of his companions.

Moreover, he also found a very good excuse.

"If I do this, Brother Camos will be angry."

After saying this, little Garlan ran away.

The group of young people who stayed behind 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 Gallan was so cowardly that he actually backed down because he was worried that King Camos would be angry.

"Really, King Camos will not teach the prince a lesson for such a trivial matter."

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

"And Prince Heimos will definitely not complain about this trivial matter to the king."

"It was clearly agreed, why have you changed your mind now?"

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

"Your Highness is not going, otherwise, we can go by ourselves."

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

"well?"

"It's just the last step. I feel very unwilling to back down like this."

"Yes, yes."

"I also feel that way."

"After we teach His Highness a lesson, His Highness will definitely be very happy."

"Yeah, that's what you said."

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

One of them looked left and right in embarrassment. He was very timid and did not dare to follow the others, so he left the group and secretly ran to report Prince Gallan and others about their unauthorized actions.

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As planned from the beginning, Heimos was splashed half-body with black water.

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

He raised his head and frowned at the child who appeared in front of him.

"Garlan? What are you doing?"

he asked, frowning in displeasure.

"Is this what you asked them to do?"

Gallan was relaxing in the pavilion enjoying the cool air and eating sweet pastries, but when he was suddenly told that the teenagers were acting without permission, he hurried over.

It was just that by the time he ran here, it was already too late. Just when he appeared, Heimos had already been splashed with black water.

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

Children have a soft heart.

He thought that if he were to take the responsibility, he would at most be scolded by Brother Camos and Shermur, but if it was known that these young men had done it without authorization, they would definitely end up being rude to the prince. They will also be kicked out.

Thinking of this, Garlan did not refute and whispered: "Who told you to always cause me to be scolded..."

When a child says this, it sounds to others like he has done something bad and feels guilty.

Heimos narrowed his eyes, and his eyes became sharp as he stared at little Garlan.

Although the child has been a bit more willful recently, he thought that he was just a child after all, so he could just give in a little, but he didn't expect that he would push even further now.

Just as Heymos was about to speak, Garlan suddenly stepped forward and came to his side.

"Will you go to my place?"

The child grabbed Heimos' left hand and pulled him.

"Don't be angry, let me clean it up for you, okay?"

He grabbed Heimos' hand and stood beside him, looking up at the young man with his little head raised, speaking to him in a soft voice, as if to please him.

Heimos was a little angry, but when he saw the little child approaching him and dragging him to his place as if he wanted to apologize, with a soft and flattering tone, he immediately lost his anger.

He thought to himself, forget it, it's just a kid's prank, there's no need to argue with the child.

Feeling a little less angry, he was about to answer Garlan's words when he suddenly heard a slight clang above his head.

He looked up instinctively.

The turned down brazier reflected in the boy's dilated pupils.

Almost subconsciously, he pushed the child who was holding his hand hard away——

The burning coals fell.

It landed on Heymos's right arm, which was covered in thick black liquid.

There was a bang.

The crimson flame burned hotly.

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

In just a moment, half of the boy's body was swallowed up in red flames.

Half of the boy's body was almost on fire.

The severe pain caused by the flames caused Heimos to let out a shrill scream.

He fell to the ground, his burning body writhing in pain on the ground.

The flames wrapped around his body, and the hand stretched out from the flames. The fingers moved forward with all their strength, stretching out as if trying hard and desperately to grab something.

The firelight reflected the young man's eyes red.

The pair of eyes that turned as red as blood at this moment stared intently at the child who fell down not far in front of him.

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

Gallan, who was pushed away by Heimos, fell to the ground and stared blankly at the young man who was swallowed up by the flames in front of him.

And those blood-red eyes staring at him.

He sat there motionless.

The child seemed to have gone completely stupid, his eyes were dull, and he stared blankly into those blood-red eyes.

Screams and shouts rang out all around, filling the dark night.

Soon, the night sky was dyed red by the flames.

The rolling charcoal fire ignited the dark liquid spilled on the ground, and instantly ignited the dense shrubs. The entire atrium was on fire, making the night sky look like daylight.

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In the panic, no one will notice.

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

And, taking advantage of the commotion caused by the fire, someone secretly escaped from the scene of the accident...

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"How about it?"

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

Thinking of the terrifying 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 frightened and palpitated to the extreme.

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

There are even some places that are browned and have traces of carbonization.

His lips trembled slightly and he said: "With this degree of burns... it is impossible for the prince to survive."

There was no way anyone could survive such horrific injuries.

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 deep voice.

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

"yes."

The old doctor answered, but it could be seen from his face that he didn't have any hope.

The prince's injuries were so serious that he might die in the next second. To survive, it would take 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 leisurely, and the maid serving him shouted in surprise.

As the maid shouted, Garlan sat up and looked around confusedly.

Shermer stepped forward and looked at him sternly.

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

Just after he finished speaking, the child glanced at him, and the confused look in his eyes made Shermer pause for a moment, unable to continue.

A little strange.

Shermur looked at Garlan and thought.

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

The child looked up at him and asked doubtfully.

"Xie Mu'er, did you carry me back?"

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

"Not long ago? Not long ago I was eating in the pavilion, and fell asleep after eating."

"…………"

Shermer said nothing.

He was speechless for a moment.

He looked into Garlan's eyes, and the child's eyes looked into his, bright, clear, and calm.

The child did not lie - it should be said that Garlan believed that he did not lie.

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

The author has something to say: This incident happens in every life.

In the previous four lives, Garlan, who was reborn at the age of sixteen, did not remember that this incident happened because the 'Garlan' in his childhood blocked the memory of this incident.