A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Gallan, who was happily discussing his ideal pure and cute little girlfriend with his guardian knight, naturally didn't notice anyone standing outside and heard his words from beginning to end.

But even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care.

Which boy didn't secretly chat with his friends about the girl he liked when he first fell in love?

It's common to tell your friends about your favorite genre, and there's really nothing to be shy about.

As he spoke here, his knight listened very seriously and took his words to heart.

After all, Caihos also has his own plans.

If King Camos really wanted to choose a concubine for the prince, he would remind King Camos that he must choose a girl that the prince likes.

As for Prince Heimos...

It can be seen that this prince is a person with a strong sense of self, and he also dislikes others interfering in his own affairs. Probably because of this, when Prince Heimos came of age, King Camos asked him for his opinion. After being rejected by Heimos, King Kamos never mentioned the appointment of a betrothed for him again. matter.

Now, His Highness Garlan is about to reach adulthood, and it's almost time.

To be honest, Caihos always felt a little worried about Prince Huymos's attitude towards His Highness...but he couldn't explain why...anyway, he just felt a bit weird.

But having said that, there is no need to be too anxious. Even if Priest Shemuel mentioned this matter, I am afraid there will be no results in a short time.

After all, King Camos, who doted on his younger brother so much, would definitely not be happy to let an outsider take him away from his caring younger brother.

If it hadn't been for Prince Heimos blocking a disaster for His Highness at the banquet...if the Tasta man really knelt down to woo in public, King Kamos would have been furious on the spot. Although he won't be hacked to death due to his status as a Tastar, it's still very possible to beat him up.

The blond knight who retreated from Garlan's room thought about various things for half the night, and fell asleep late at night.

As the culprit, Garlan was heartless, thinking that since he couldn't interfere, nothing would happen to him, so he put everything to the back of his mind and slept comfortably until dawn.

But soon, trouble came for him.

The night before he was about to return to the royal city, he was called to the courtyard by King Camos.

It was an open space in the courtyard, with greenery on the ground. There were only a few stone tables and chairs with bluestones here and there. Looking at it, it was deserted for more than ten meters in radius. Everything could be seen clearly at a glance, even the dense woods. It's far away.

King Camos's trusted guards were guarding the outside of the open area, preventing anyone from getting close to this place.

And in this open space, there was only King Camos waiting for Garlan.

And Shemuel who brought Garlan here.

Garlan's heart tightened. He probably guessed what King Camos wanted to say to him.

In fact, before he did such a thing, he knew that once it really happened, Brother Wang and the others would definitely question him afterwards.

The things he did could not be hidden from King Camos.

"When you suddenly proposed to go to Tastar with the Tastar delegation, was it because you knew they would be attacked?"

King Camos spoke and pointed to the key point.

The Lion King has never been a person who talks in roundabout ways. His style is to go straight to the point.

Garlan nodded.

He said: "Yes."

The orders he gave to the guards who escorted him, as long as King Camos asked, even if Heymos and Kehos didn't tell them, the other knight commanders who were loyal to King Camos would definitely answer them. I told Brother Wang that I couldn't hide it at all.

Kamos and Shermer looked at each other with a bit of confusion in their eyes.

In the past few days, after detailed questioning of those who had experienced this incident, King Camos came to a conclusion that surprised him greatly.

——Garlan had long known that the Tastar Mission would be attacked.

Even Kamos, the king of Aaron Landis, was not aware of this. Why would Garlan know about it?

This is very strange.

After all, there was no clue about this matter before.

King Camos looked at the young man in front of him who lowered his eyes and pursed his lips, with a hint of sullenness in his eyes.

"I don't care how you know this."

he said, his voice becoming stern.

"But now that you know it, why do you put yourself at risk?"

"Knowing that there is danger, yet putting yourself in danger - I don't remember me teaching you this!"

King Camos's voice was filled with anger.

But that was not his anger towards his royal brother, but his anger towards Garlan for easily putting himself in danger.

"But, even if I told you, Brother Wang, you wouldn't believe it."

The boy who was scolded by him raised his head and looked at him with his eyes open as he replied, with a little innocence in his eyes.

The bright golden eyes were so translucent that they seemed to reflect the brilliance of the sun in the sky.

When he saw those eyes, the anger in Camos's heart was weakened by three points.

He was a little depressed.

As long as he faced his little brother, no matter whether he was justified or not, he would always be the one defeated in the end.

…

The only one who can make the fearless Lion King retreat like this is the little guy in front of him.

The golden brown pupils softened a little, and King Camos leaned forward slightly, stretched out his hands, and held his brother's shoulders.

"Garlan."

He met the boy's eyes, and the Lion King's eyes were particularly serious and serious at this moment.

"You have to remember that you are the prince of Aaron Landis and my most important royal brother."

"To me and to Aaron Landis, you are irreplaceable and your presence is more important than anything in the world."

He said,

"Do you understand it?"

Garlan was startled for a moment and looked at King Camos. He raised his hand and held King Camos' arm.

He also nodded seriously.

"I understand, Brother Wang."

He said,

"But, Brother Wang, the reason why I didn't tell you this is because I am not sure whether the attack will happen."

"I don't know if that's real or just a dream."

Xie Muer next to him frowned.

"Dream?"

He repeated the word.

"Yes, this is something that even Brother Wang doesn't know, but I know it because I had such a dream." Garlan said, "Because of a dream, I did such a thing, maybe for you, Brother Wang, It’s ridiculous…”

He had that dream more than once.

The first time was when I was resting in Heimos' room, and I had a vague dream.

Later, when he returned to his residence, he dreamed again, and it was even clearer.

"At noon that day, because I was very sleepy, I fell asleep in the courtyard of my palace."

"I dreamed that the Tasta mission was attacked by horse thieves in the territory of Aaron Landis. No one survived. General Tasta, who lost his heir, was furious because of this and raised troops to attack Aaron Landis. Although he was eventually defeated. Brother Wang, you defeated him and drove him out, but from then on, Aaron Landis and Tastar broke up and became mortal enemies..."

"This nightmare makes me feel uneasy and I always think it will happen."

"However, it is impossible for me to ask Brother Wang to force the army to escort the Tasda mission just because of a dream I had."

Garlan glanced at Shermer.

"If I had really done this, Brother Wang, you, Xie Mu'er, and everyone else would have thought what I did was ridiculous, and you would never agree to me...right?"

King Camos thought for a moment and had to admit that Gallan was right.

It is not allowed to send troops to follow other countries' missions. This is the practice of various countries. Even if it is in the name of escort, it will arouse suspicion and vigilance of other countries. It is impossible for him to do this because of a dream of Garlan, which will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries. things.

Even if he was temporarily confused and agreed, his subordinates such as Xie Muer would definitely stop him.

"But Brother Wang, I have a hunch that my dream is very likely to be true. I can't tell why, but that's what I feel."

Garlan stared at his brother without blinking and said softly.

"The last time I felt like this was when I was little, when Huymos almost had an accident."

King Camos was heartbroken.

Naturally, he still remembered what Garlan said very clearly.

If Garlan hadn't arrived in time and pushed Heimos away, the consequences would have been extremely tragic.

Maybe Heimos would be burned to death on the spot.

"The reason why I was able to rush over at that time was because I had a dream that Heimos would be burned... because it was too real, so real that it scared me, so I ran to find Heimos, and the result was really That almost happened."

"I was still young at that time, panicked and scared, and nothing really happened to Heimos, so I didn't tell anyone about it."

"I never had that kind of dream again and gradually forgot about it. But I didn't expect that I would have such a dream again not long ago."

Garlan said, looking steadily at King Camos.

"Brother Wang, do you believe what I say?"

Kamos reached out and touched Garlan's head.

"Um."

He hummed and nodded.

"This is not ridiculous, Garlan, the facts prove that what you did is right."

He smiled at Garlan.

"You saved Heimos back then, and now you have saved the Tastars and protected Aaron Landis. You have done a good job."

"I believe you have such a dream because the gods Aaron Landis are blessing you. So, Garlan, if you have a similar dream next time, please tell me, okay?"

Seeing the boy nodding obediently, Camos's eyes became softer.

He touched Garlan's head again, and then let him leave.

After Garlan's figure disappeared, he turned around and looked at Shemuer who was standing aside.

"Garlan doesn't look like he's lying, but if that's the case, what was that dream about?"

he asked his priest.

"If he often has such dreams, will it have a bad impact on him?"

"Your Majesty, I was thinking..."

I couldn't understand the dream that the prince was talking about at first, but what King Camos said unintentionally just now made Shermer's heart move.

"The prince said he dreamed it in the courtyard. So, do you remember? There is a statue of a god in the courtyard of Prince Gallan's palace."

"Idol? Whose is it?"

"Isdar, the goddess of the stars."

"…………"

King Camos's pupils shrank slightly.

Isdar, the goddess of stars, is also known as the goddess of luck.

She bestows luck on those she loves.

The reason why she gives people luck is because she holds the thread of fate and controls destiny - legend has it that when she pulls the thread of fate in her hand, the future trajectory will also change accordingly.

The priest of Shamash bent down and knelt on one knee in front of King Kamoth.

He raised his head and stared deeply at his king.

"Your Majesty, if you have really decided not to marry and have children in this life, then Prince Garlan may have been destined to be Aaron Landis's future destiny."

He said,

"I know you are very reluctant to give up, but for the sake of Aaron Landis, Prince Garlan's fiancée must be decided as soon as possible."

"……I will think about it."

King Camos said a bit sadly.

…………

Garlan knew nothing about the fact that he was about to have a fiancée.

After answering King Camos with the reason foretold in his dream, and both the king's brother and Shermur recognized this reason, Garlan breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought that if something similar happened again in the future, there would be no need to rack his brains to find excuses.

And he wasn't lying.

He did have those dreams about what would happen in his past life and the future.

The next day, he followed King Camos back to the royal city.

On the straight avenue of the royal city, people gathered on both sides of the avenue, cheering for their king and the two young princes.

Garlan rode a horse like white clouds slowly on the road, his long golden hair shining like gold in the sun.

From time to time, girls throw flowers on the road, and the sky is filled with the faint fragrance of flowers.

Just as a goose-yellow flower fell from in front of his eyes, Garlan subconsciously reached out to catch it.

When he looked up, he saw a young girl waving at him desperately on the side of the road, her face flushed with excitement. There were several girls hanging out with her, laughing and excited.

Garlan was startled for a moment, then laughed.

It seems that what he got were the flowers thrown by the girl.

Under the sunshine, the beautiful young man riding a snow-white horse lowered his head slightly, as if smelling the fragrance of the flower, or kissing the soft petals with his lips.

Then, the prince with slightly curved golden eyes smiled at the girl, raised his hand and threw the flower back to the girl.

The young girl carefully caught the flower that was thrown back. She couldn't believe it and was so excited that her face turned red for a moment.

The people next to her looked at her with envy. When the team had passed far away, the group of young girls were still gathering together, looking at the flower, chatting excitedly.

It was just something Gallan did on a whim, but this scene fell into the eyes of Heimos, who was riding a red-brown horse not far away.

His expression remained motionless, and from the corner of his eye he glanced at the extremely happy girl holding the flowers.

The girl's face is still a little round with some baby fat. It is flushed at the moment, and she looks very cute when she smiles.

However, that cute smile made Heimos's eyes darken slightly.

His fingers holding the reins tightened a little. He couldn't explain why, but his chest seemed to be filled with a tight breath.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the feeling of suffocation, and continued to move forward calmly.

…………

In the evening, a small banquet was held in the sky attic hall.

This hall was built in a special situation on one side of the palace. It looks like a hall suspended in mid-air.

It is a huge platform that extends outwards. It seems to be suspended in the air, but there are actually sloping columns on the lower side to firmly support it in mid-air.

Half of the hall is exposed to the starry sky, and the other half is a gorgeous palace.

Skilled craftsmen ingeniously lifted the living water into the air, introduced it, and surrounded it with a small stream.

Green vines scattered from the edge of the hanging stone wall, dotted with scattered white flowers.

When the wind blows, the green vines sway gently with the wind.

And the small stream fell from the air at the end, falling layer by layer, forming a small waterfall falling along the building.

This amazing sky loft can only be entered by those with sufficient status.

It was already evening, but the garden-like attic was now brightly lit.

The news of the attack on the Tastar mission had spread, and the nobles and ministers at the banquet were praising the achievements of the two princes.

King Camos seemed to be in a very good mood, and he kept drinking with a smile on his face, and he welcomed everyone who came. He had a good drinking capacity. After drinking for so long, his face was slightly red, and there was no sign of being drunk at all.

Garlan only drank a little and then stopped. He didn't have a good drinking capacity and usually didn't want to drink more. But fortunately, he had a distinguished status and no one dared to persuade him to drink.

But after successfully saving the Tastar Mission and returning to the royal city, he felt quite relaxed and drank a little more tonight.

After drinking this, although the person is still awake, his mind becomes a little empty.

The girl I like...

I had never thought about such a thing before, but after Caihos said that, Garlan couldn't stop thinking.

If he really wants to live a good life in this world, then he will definitely meet his beloved girl in the near future.

Although the noble girls in the royal city were also very beautiful, he always felt that there seemed to be something missing that prevented him from being attracted to them.

As he thought about it, he narrowed his eyes and smiled.

It doesn't matter, he has a hunch that when he travels to the mainland, he will definitely meet a lover who will make his heart beat.

When the time comes, they can be together for a lifetime.

This time, he will definitely be able to live well. He will savor the beauty of love and grow old together with the one he loves.

He just doesn’t know if that girl will be what he thinks of in his heart...

…………

The boy, who was in a daze, was swimming in the world of fantasy. He couldn't help but giggle when he thought about the happiness. Suddenly, his eyesight dimmed, and a tall figure stood in front of him.

When he looked up, he saw Heimos standing in front of him.

"Drunk?"

Heimos was sitting on the seat next to him, always paying attention to Garlan. He couldn't help but come over when he saw his silly smile just now.

Garlan shook his head.

"I'm a little dizzy, but okay."

He answered with a crooked smile.

The fair cheeks of the young man who drank wine were slightly red, and his cheeks were covered with a layer of pink.

Heimos leaned forward slightly, stretched out his hand, and touched Garlan's forehead.

There was no fever or sweating, and it certainly didn’t look like he had been drinking.

The skin that his fingertips touched was warm and soft, making him feel inexplicably reluctant to withdraw his hand.

But it was strange to keep looking like this, so he could only retract his hand reluctantly.

However, the moment he retracted his hand, Garlan seemed to suddenly remember something.

A tilt of the head.

Heymos' retracted fingertips touched Garlan's lips.

He felt his heart beat violently.

Almost trying not to reveal any expression, he took his hand back.

So soft.

He thought in his heart.

Garlan, who was unaware of his thoughts, took out a snack box and handed it to him.

"for you."

"What's this?"

Heimos took it and opened it, and a sweet smell hit his nostrils.

Inside are some reddish-brown petals, leaves, and lumps.

"The food that Tal and I found when we were out walking were candied petals and leaves, and some roots and stuff... I don't know much about it. It's a snack of the locals. Well, I bought some to taste, but I'm not sure It’s a bit too sweet for me. I remember you like sweet things, so I’ll give them to you~~”

Heimos glanced at Gallan who smiled happily at him, then directly picked up a reddish-brown candied flower petal and stuffed it into his mouth.

Very sweet.

The mouth is filled with sweet taste.

Heimos chewed the sweet taste in his mouth, but his eyes fell firmly on the pink lips of the boy in front of him.

The fingers that took the candied petals were stained with reddish brown marks, and he licked his fingertips with his tongue.

The sweetness that stained his fingertips soaked between his lips and teeth.

Those were his fingers that had just touched the boy's lips, and the soft touch of his lips seemed to still remain on his fingertips.

He remembered the young man's lips gently kissing the yellow petals not long ago.

The petals are soft and fragrant.

However, those pink lips seemed softer than the petals.

Even now, it exudes a more alluring fragrance than flower petals...

Heimos put down the snack box in his hand.

"You've got something on your mouth," he said.

"Ah? Where?"

Garlan subconsciously wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand.

"Not there."

Heimos leaned forward.

He put one hand on the table in front of Garlan and bent down.

The other hand reached over, pressed his fingertips to Garlan's lips, and gently stroked the lips a few times with his fingertips.

Garlan looked up at him.

The boy was like a deer with clear and innocent eyes, looking at him without any defense.

The lips gently caressed by his fingers were like a pink flower bud that had just bloomed...

The soft touch came from the fingertips, almost making the back of the neck numb.

The bit of white tooth tip exposed between the slightly opened lips is extremely tempting.

…………

I want to take those pink lips in my mouth, bite and suck to my heart's content.

I want to invade those slightly parted lips, wreak havoc in the depths, and leave his breath behind.

That must be a sweeter taste than the candied petals in your mouth——

"Heimos, it's not done yet?"

Garlan's doubtful voice rang out, causing him to wake up from it.

Heimos took a deep breath to calm down the boiling blood in his body.

He took a deep look at Garlan again and let the turbulent things in his eyes settle down.

The scattered black hair fell in front of his eyes, making it difficult to see the dangerous look in his eyes.

"alright."

he said, taking his hand back.

His face was calm and his expression was calm.

The author has something to say: Eat tofu, eat tofu~~