A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The night of the Flower Festival celebration should have been a very lively moment, but at this moment, the flower garden in the sky was silent under the night sky.

Even the musicians playing the instruments on the side were stunned for a moment, and then they continued to play in a panic after they came to their senses.

If such mistakes had occurred at previous celebrations or banquets, they would have been severely punished. But this time, everyone was in a daze, so almost no one noticed that their music stopped.

Along with the slow and soft music that started again, the noble women who had just danced to the Flower Goddess on the flower stage looked at each other for a while and were speechless for a while.

Thinking that his appearance was more beautiful than that of King Gallan, he walked up to her.

It seems that any confident aristocratic woman can go up to it, but these women who come from superior aristocrats and have been strictly trained since childhood are not stupid.

If they don't go up, everyone will lose the election. The word will just say that the king's requirements are too harsh and will not have any impact on them.

But if her self-confidence is overwhelming, or she wants to seize the loopholes in King Garlan's words and shamelessly go up to him - that means that she thinks that she is the best among all the noble ladies here and even the entire Aaronland. The most beautiful woman in Dis.

Therefore, let alone the cruelty of standing next to King Garlan and directly comparing him with him.

Whether King Garlan agrees with this or not is irrelevant.

What is absolutely certain is that the other ladies here will definitely not agree.

Are you kidding me?

You think you are the most beautiful Aaron Landis, so that means we are all inferior to you?

Pooh!

You are so beautiful!

Faced with this situation, how could these ladies, who were extremely confident in their looks, be convinced?

They would definitely attack the woman unceremoniously, criticize her appearance, ridicule her for being self-righteous and self-righteous, and even worse, they might even accuse her of being a liar.

After this, the woman will definitely become a joke throughout Aaron Landis, and her reputation will be ruined from then on.

Therefore, no noble lady would do such a stupid thing.

Regarding the matter announced by King Garlan, the ladies were very depressed at first.

But then I thought about it, although I failed to become a princess, other noble ladies also failed to succeed.

So, they calmed down.

So calmed down, they looked at King Garlan standing on the round platform. Without the ambition and desire to win the position of princess, they subconsciously focused more on King Garlan's appearance. superior.

After looking at it for a long time, the noble ladies who just thought that King Garlan's request seemed a bit ridiculous suddenly felt that if they thought about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

King Garlan is so beautiful and prosperous. He has grown up looking at his face since he was a child, and his eyes must have been sharpened for a long time. It is naturally impossible for ordinary people to fall into his eyes easily.

No wonder His Majesty is now twenty-two years old and does not even have a concubine by his side. Now everyone knows the reason - compared with his own appearance, how could His Majesty be attracted to ordinary beauties?

If you marry a princess and the princess is not as good-looking as you, how can you like her?

Even if it were them, they are used to looking at flowers every day, and suddenly you are faced with foxtail grass. Not to mention liking it, not hating it would be pretty good.

Thinking of this, all the ladies expressed their understanding.

There is no way, no one is to blame for this. Who made the God of Beauty Avdmir insist on giving King Garlan a beauty that ordinary people cannot match?

So, no one moved.

They all stood quietly, but they couldn't help but look regretful.

On the flower bed, Gallan, who was holding back the feeling of shame that was about to explode in his heart, was completely ready to fight when he saw that no one was moving, and he was relieved in his heart.

He shook his head with feigned regret and put away the golden fan in his hand.

"Anyway, I hope you all can have a pleasant night at this Flower Festival celebration."

He chuckled and said,

"May Avdmir protect your beauty forever."

After speaking, Garlan turned sideways and planned to walk down the stone steps.

But just as he turned around and took a step, a voice suddenly came from the side, making his footsteps stop.

"Your Majesty, since you failed to choose the princess you like, this golden fan will be wasted."

The priest of Nanna stood up among the ministers who were either livid, looking at each other, or smiling bitterly, and said this.

"It is rare to hold such a grand Flower Festival celebration, with many beautiful and noble ladies gathered together, as charming and charming as blooming flowers."

Suojia bowed slightly and said,

"Since Your Majesty doesn't have anyone you love among them, how about giving the golden fan to Lord Heimos and asking Lord Heimos to choose a beautiful noblewoman as his wife?"

In the silent garden where only gentle music echoed, although his voice was not loud, it was very clear and could be heard clearly by everyone.

The eyes of many ministers who were still sighing suddenly lit up.

According to King Garlan's request, he still doesn't know how to find the girl he likes.

After all, that condition is really... too harsh, no matter how you think about it, it's difficult.

Since the problem of the princess cannot be solved, then at least the marriage problem of Lord Heimos must be solved!

What's more, since your Excellency is older, he should get married and have children as soon as possible.

As soon as the idea changed, a minister immediately echoed Suojia, saying that since the king did not choose the princess, it would be better to let Heimos choose a wife.

The noble ladies blinked, and many people's eyes quickly fell on Heimos.

Born into aristocratic families, they took the relationship very lightly and were accustomed to focusing on what was beneficial to themselves. Now that they knew that they could not become princesses, they naturally changed their goals without any hesitation.

Although Lord Heimos behaved a little intimidatingly when he first came in, and gave people a somewhat scary impression, but upon closer inspection, he actually looks very handsome.

Although there is a scar at the corner of the eye, it does not damage the appearance at all, and the dangerous feeling of the scar seems to make people feel more excited.

This noble person is the only member of the royal family and the current first heir to the throne.

He commands the Central Army Corps and has military power in his hands.

Moreover, he is famous throughout the continent for his bravery. It is said that the black knight is so powerful that tens of thousands of Gesu troops fled upon hearing the news.

Immediately, many noble ladies began to look at Heimos carefully and considered it in their hearts.

Looking at it this way, this man is the best candidate for a husband besides King Garlan.

Heimos said nothing, but looked up at Garlan who was standing on the round platform.

Garlan looked down at him and turned the golden fan in his hand.

"Heimus, do you want this?"

Garlan asked him.

The face under the blond hair was calm and showed no emotion, but Heymos clearly saw Garlan's golden eyes narrowing slightly when he looked at him.

The golden eyes that were originally like almonds narrowed into a slender arc, exuding a dangerous aura.

Although the words were asking him, there was a clear warning in the words.

Heimos laughed.

As soon as he smiled, the aura that was as cold as the cold wind in the north disappeared, and all the energy in his body was gone.

Under that smile, the stern facial lines softened, and his eyes seemed to soften for a moment.

Like ice melting away and snow melting.

Perhaps it was because the previous feeling of terror was too strong, but the strong sense of contrast created by this smile actually made all the ladies feel amazing.

If you think about it seriously, taming a ferocious beast is quite exciting.

After all, a hundred times of steel-making can be turned into softness around the fingers.

Although this black knight seems a bit scary, as long as he is tamed, he will definitely become a gentle husband.

They thought so confidently.

"The person I admire..."

Heimos said, with a smile on his face.

Halfway through his words, he stopped again.

Under the gaze of everyone, he looked around and smiled again.

He said: "The person I admire must be someone who can compete with me, or even be stronger than me."

He said it lightly.

But this sentence caused the entire flower garden to remain silent for a full quarter of an hour.

It took five minutes longer than when King Garlan announced his request for the princess just now.

Everyone said, haha.

Heimos' words sounded to their ears that this powerful man liked a woman who was equally as powerful as him.

To be as strong as him, or even stronger than him.

No.

nonexistent.

Not to mention now, even a thousand years ago or a thousand years from now, it won’t exist!

The ladies, whose moods were ups and downs, could no longer maintain their manners and looked at Heimos with expressionless faces.

Heimos didn't look at them at all. He walked forward and walked under the round platform.

"If it weren't for the person I admire, I would rather be alone for the rest of my life."

He raised his head and looked at Garlan who was standing on the round platform.

"Now, all I can think about is serving my Majesty wholeheartedly."

He said,

"There is nothing else to think about."

Looking intently at Garlan above, Heimos stretched out his hand to Garlan who was standing above him.

Looking into the golden-red eyes that looked up at him, Garlan relaxed his eyes that had been narrowed for a long time.

He raised his lips and smiled, then walked down the stone steps.

As he walked, he stretched out his hand and placed it on the hand Heimos stretched out to him.

Heimos held Garlan's hand, raised his head, and watched Garlan walk down.

The act of serving the other party that should be done by an attendant is done by him, but it does not give people the slightest feeling of being humble or deliberately trying to please.

The moonlight fell like water, and the green vine flowers wrapped around the hollow white jade stone pillars swayed slightly in the night wind.

The young king walked down the white stone steps, his long cloak hanging down, and the hem fell on the stone steps.

The black knight with a handsome face and sharp eyebrows stood guard under the stone steps, standing tall and tall.

He raised his head and stared at his king.

His hand was holding the hand of the king he protected.

Two people who are obviously very different, when they stand together, for some reason they give people an unusually harmonious feeling.

At that moment, it was like time stood still, like a picture carefully drawn by an artist.

It actually made everyone present feel inexplicably throbbing in their hearts.

Standing below, Leya, who almost cried with her watery puppy eyes open, flattened her mouth and withdrew the tears that were waiting to burst out in her big, bright black eyes.

Originally, Leya, who felt that she had finally waited for her fateful love, heard what King Garlan said, and her heart was shattered like glass.

She knew she had no hope.

That beautiful relationship ended before it even started.

She was still sad at first, but now looking at the scene in front of her, she lost consciousness for a while, then raised her hand and wiped the tears from her eyes hard.

never mind.

She pursed her lips and thought.

Even though King Garlan didn't choose her to be his princess, he didn't choose any other noble girl.

According to King Garlan's strict requirements, he would probably never marry the princess in his lifetime.

In this case, he will not belong to other women.

fair enough.

As long as the king is guarded by knights.

It would be uncomfortable if, as in some novels, a woman had to intervene and make the king and the knight turn against each other to the death for her.

The girl comforted herself like this, finally feeling comfortable.

But then again.

It turns out that King Garlan is a follower of the goddess of love and beauty, Avdormir, just like her~~~

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No matter how livid and ugly the faces of Zuo Sixiang and the ministers were, the celebration of the Flower Festival finally ended smoothly despite all the stumblings.

All the ladies had a Flower Festival celebration that they would never forget.

Gallan, who had already left the table, stood in the attic above the flower garden, looked down at the departing crowd, and let out a long breath.

He finally managed to escape the forced marriage and had a huge shield.

So even if he feels ashamed and wants to explode now and in the future when he recalls what he just said in public, he still thinks it's worth it.

...Fortunately, there are so-called followers of Avdmir in this world, that is, the so-called "beauty is everything" thinking exists.

That's why his words won't seem abrupt and will be recognized by everyone.

Presumably when his words spread, others will think that he is also one of those who believe in the beauty god Avdormir.

As soon as he let out a long sigh, he heard familiar footsteps behind him.

A long shadow appeared beside him.

Even if he didn't look back, he still knew who the person standing behind him was.

Garlan opened the golden fan in his hand and took a look at a thin crack in it.

"It's really broken," he said.

He seemed to be talking to himself.

"It's useless anyway. Since it's broken, there's no need to keep it."

Garlan said, throwing it away.

The golden fan fell into the hands of the man behind him.

"Here it is, as your reward for defeating the Geshurs."

Gallan said, without looking back, he just waved and left quickly.

Because he walked so fast, his long golden hair flew behind him.

Heimos, who caught the golden fan, was startled for a moment, then looked at Garlan's back leaving in the night, with a smile on his lips.

However, just as he smiled, he suddenly remembered something and quickly opened the golden fan in his hand.

I saw a thin crack on the handle of a delicate gold fan with hollow patterns.

Heimos looked annoyed.

If I had known... I wouldn't have broken it on purpose just now.

He held the golden fan and thought gloomily.

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On a night with a bright moon and few stars, the bright moonlight shines on the sparkling sea.

A huge warship sailed slowly in the bay bathed in the moonlight, followed by dozens of smaller ones.

On the largest warship, a tall girl stood on the side of the ship. The strong sea wind blew her long, wavy brown hair into the air.

A neat leather armor outfit made her look heroic.

In the dark night, the girl's sapphire eyes were shining brightly, looking towards the north with expectation.

[When I grow up, I will come to you. 】