A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

King Garlan has made a decision, and no one in this world can go against his will.

Everyone bowed their heads deeply in front of the young king, and then retreated silently.

Including the high priest who looked disgusted, and the one-eyed knight who looked deeply at Heimos.

Soon, there were only four people left in the room.

Garlan on the throne.

Heimos standing next to Garlan.

Under the high platform, there were some young knight captains who were at a loss as to whether they should leave or stay.

And, Elson’s little princess Emma.

The shocking thing that just happened, the little princess saw it from beginning to end.

However, this girl who inherited the bravery and tenacity of the female warrior Elson was very able to keep her composure. Apart from her shocked look at the beginning, she did not speak when Garlan was talking to her subordinates. Interjected, just silently watching the situation unfold.

After everything settled, she stepped forward.

"King Garlan, can I speak to you alone?"

She said, her expression looked very calm, and the look she looked at Garlan did not reveal any special meaning, nor did she show any anger at being deceived.

She just made such a request to Garlan calmly.

Garlan and Emma's eyes met for a moment, and then he nodded.

Garlan raised his head and looked at Heimos standing beside him.

Heimos nodded slightly without saying anything, walked down the steps, walked quickly across the room, and left here.

From beginning to end, he never glanced at the little princess.

Even though he almost passed by the little princess when he left.

Similarly, Emma never glanced at Heimos who passed by her.

In this world, there are always some people who are probably born to be in conflict with each other.

From the first time we met until the end.

Seeing Heimos leaving, Novi became more and more at a loss. He thought for a moment and remembered that the princess just said that she wanted to talk alone, so he shouldn't stay here.

With this thought in mind, the young man quickly walked towards the door.

However, Emma didn't seem to care whether he was there or not. Her purpose in saying that was obviously just to want Heimos to leave.

Therefore, after Heimos left and before Novi could reach the door, the little princess spoke.

"What you said that night...you like it, and at the same time, I also like your..."

She raised her head and looked straight at Garlan.

Her words were like her gaze.

"Is that your Excellency?"

Making eye contact with the little princess, Garlan nodded.

"yes."

He said.

Frankly, without any concealment.

After getting the answer, the little princess let out a long sigh.

She raised her hand and touched the back of her ears, with a helpless look on her face.

"Then there's no way."

she says,

"I can't beat that guy now... er, your Excellency."

She obviously reacted at the last second and quickly changed the disrespectful title to an honorific.

She said gloomily, "I still have this bit of self-awareness."

Not only now, but also in the future.

That guy was so powerful that he looked like an inhuman monster.

King Garlan was guarded tightly by such a monster. It seemed that she really had no hope.

...Having said that, if the female warrior Elson always asks for a powerful father's body, that guy is actually the best choice.

But, she just doesn't like him.

Dislike very much.

Now, I don't like it even more or even hate it.

"no way."

After letting out the depressed breath in her heart, the little princess raised her head and smiled frankly at Garlan.

"In this case, it seems that I can only choose another target."

she says,

"Ah, by the way, I have to apologize to you. It seems that it is because I want your child that I have caused you such trouble."

Garlan shook his head and smiled.

"No, it's not so much that you brought me trouble. It's better to say that because of you, I didn't continue to hesitate, and I was able to wake up and make the right decision."

He smiled and looked at the little princess.

"Emma, ​​thank you."

Looking at Garlan who was smiling at her, the little princess hummed softly.

She lowered her head, bowed to Garlan, then turned and left.

She walked very fast, with steady steps, her long wavy brown hair flying behind her, and her fluffy forehead hair swaying, covering her eyes.

Novi, who was watching Emma walking past him, couldn't see clearly the look in her eyes at this moment.

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Because there were only about a dozen people in the government room, no one knew about Garlan and Heimos except the people in the room.

The people present seemed to have no intention of spreading the news.

After all, they might still be holding on to the possibility that King Garlan could dispel that shocking announcement in the next few days.

But Novi knew that those people's expectations would eventually be dashed.

King Garlan has always been a man of his word. If he says it, he will definitely do it.

It's always been like this.

To be honest, although he was very shocked at first, after the incident was over, Novi didn't feel anything.

For him, anyway, he has no chance of love in this life and is not interested in it.

Moreover, whoever he likes is all King Garlan's own business and no one can control it.

As King Gallan said just now, he is the king of Aaron Landis, and everyone is his subject. Therefore, as a subject, as long as he loyally obeys his majesty, he has no right to dictate to his majesty. ?

Novi thinks.

It was because His Majesty usually treated them too leniently that those guys got into trouble.

Novi was originally scheduled to stay with Gallan this afternoon, but because Gallan had some secret military matters to discuss with Caihos and Heimos in the afternoon, Gallan said that he would be allowed to move freely for the time being. hours.

He had no interest in wasting time like visiting the palace, so after leaving Garlan's palace, he went straight to the training ground of the palace, intending to use these few hours to practice martial arts.

However, Novi did not expect that after arriving at the training ground, he met someone beyond his expectation.

Tall figure, sassy back.

The wavy brown hair is tied high on the back of the head and dances with the movements.

The girl stood in the training ground, her posture upright and the strong muscles in her arms bulging hard.

The strong bow was stretched to its limit in her hands.

With a buzzing sound, the sharp arrow flew out like lightning, hitting the heart of the distant human-shaped wooden stake.

Sharp arrows shot out.

One after another, like a storm, without stopping.

The arrow hits the red heart, and the arrow misses the mark.

Even though he didn't have a good impression of the little princess, Novi couldn't help but admire her as she watched from the side.

Everyone says that the female warriors of Elson have unparalleled archery skills.

Now that he saw it with his own eyes, he knew that the rumors were true.

Although the princess of Elson is of the same age as him, her archery skills may not be inferior to that of his master, Mr. Kayhos.

A round of sharp arrows was shot.

Emma lowered her strongbow.

Her breathing was messy, and her outfit was soaked with sweat. She had obviously been practicing here alone for a long time.

Under the bright scorching sun, the girl stood on the training ground, her head raised, her mouth open and panting violently, her chest rising and falling rapidly.

She closed her eyes.

Sweat flowed down from her forehead, sticking strands of her forehead hair to her cheeks, making her a little messy.

The sweat slipped into the corners of her eyes, and then slid down from the corners of her eyes.

She closed her eyes quietly.

At this moment, she was like a stone statue, standing on the training platform for a long time.

Stay in this position for a long, long time.

Although he has a neat figure and a strong silhouette, he gives people an indescribable feeling of loneliness.

Novi looked away, turned around, and left quietly.

He thought that although the princess of Airson said at first that "Female warriors of Airson will not fall in love with men", in fact, she was also towards King Garlan...

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The hot sunshine shone on the martial arts training ground, and the girl stood quietly on the extremely bright training platform.

The hot wind passed by, shaking her long hair.

She clenched the finger of the bow arm in her hand, and wore a rough sea blue ring. It was a handmade gift that she had never been able to give away.

Five years ago, a little girl had her first love affair.

Something took root in her heart and she could never get rid of it.

[Emma, ​​you can hate the people who hurt you, but you can’t hate everyone. 】

[Because those despicable people are not qualified to represent everyone. 】

[You don’t have to believe my words. 】

[When you grow up and become stronger, you can find the truth and answers by yourself. 】

She always remembered the warm smile of the young man who touched her head and brought her back from a time when her body and mind almost fell into darkness. She also remembered the bright blond hair that illuminated her eyes like the sun.

She remembered it for five whole years.

Never forgotten.

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The days passed day by day, and before my eyes, the eleventh annual festival of the gods was just around the corner.

The whole palace was busy with this.

Someone noticed that in the past few days, High Priest Shamash seemed to be in a bad mood. He had a straight face from morning to night... Although he almost always had a straight face before... But now, he is exuding... The breath he exhaled was much colder than before, making people tense up even if they got even slightly closer.

What's more important is that the high priest has become more and more strict in his behavior. When it comes to preparing for the ceremony of the gods, he will severely reprimand him if he makes any omissions, so that everyone has to focus more than 120,000 times to do things. Everyone was trembling with fear during this period.

The benefit brought by this is that the efficiency of operations during this period is much higher than before.

Moreover, not only the high priest, but also several important ministers such as Zuo Siqiang seemed to be worried, sighing and sighing day by day, and there was no sense of joy about the upcoming festival from them.

Everyone felt a little puzzled by this, but because they were too busy, they quickly put this doubt behind them.

Another busy and worrying day has passed by in a hurry.

In a blink of an eye, it was late at night.

Garlan, who was also too busy all day long and had no time to rest, stretched out and then leaned lazily on the seat cushion.

Because tomorrow is the festival, in order to ensure that there are no accidents during the major festival, he visited almost the entire royal city today.

At the end of the day, I just felt that my legs and feet were terribly sore.

"My legs hurt."

Garlan leaned lazily and complained to Heimos in a low voice.

Even though they were all working together, they had been tired all day long. Even while he was eating dinner and taking a shower, Heimos took the time to do another two hours of devilish exercise.

However, this man still looked as if nothing had happened, and Garlan couldn't help but start to envy him.

This guy's physical strength is really not ordinary non-human.

Being stared at by Garlan with dissatisfaction, Heimos raised an eyebrow.

He leaned forward, gently caressed Garlan's cheek with his hand, and tucked a stray long hair behind his ear with his fingertips.

His golden red eyes were full of doting.

Then, Heimos picked up Garlan, who was complaining about the pain in his legs and didn't want to move. He carried Garlan to the inner room and placed him on the bed.

He leaned forward and kissed Garlan's lips.

"Are you satisfied with my service, my lord?"

The black-haired knight asked with a smile.

Gallan, who was sitting on the bed, raised his head and looked at Heimos. He didn't answer, and his golden eyes blinked slightly.

He waved to Heimos.

The corners of Heymos' lips rose. He followed Garlan's movements and leaned down, landing on one knee and squatting in front of the bed.

"Tomorrow is the Festival of the Gods."

Garlan said.

"After the festival is over, I will announce it to everyone the next day."

At this point, he suddenly paused and seemed to be hesitant.

But he soon coughed again and regained his composure.

"So, on that day..."

Garlan opened his mouth and it was extremely difficult to say a word.

He opened and closed his lips several times, and finally, he took a breath and his heart skipped a beat.

He suddenly stretched out his hand and lifted Heimos' chin with his fingers.

He just lifted Heimos's chin and forced himself to look like a domineering king.

"That night, come here and sleep with me!"

he said fiercely.

He looks like 'I'm super fierce and domineering'.

However, the completely red ears standing out from his thick blond hair completely exposed his mood at the moment.

Then, the overbearing king kicked someone out who had not yet recovered.

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The consequence of this is that a certain black knight who seriously thinks about how to do the important job of sleeping in bed will work extremely hard in his mind from all aspects, angles, and methods after returning. Thinking about his work content in the next two days.

I thought about it all night.

Stayed up all night.

...burned with fire.

Tossing and turning.