A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Early in the morning, snow began to fall in the sky, as fine as fluffy snow.

It's winter, and the air you breathe is chilly.

At noon, the sky is very bright and the snow has stopped. People are coming and going on the road, wearing thick clothes and thick hats. Some people covered their mouths with their hands and warmed their hands with the heat from their breath.

A pair of boys and girls trotted down the avenue and rushed into the hospital gate.

Although the weather was cold, their faces were flushed from the running just now, and their young skin radiated heat.

After rushing into the door, they felt the warmth inside and breathed a sigh of relief.

The girl with a high ponytail walked towards the service desk next to her.

"Excuse me, can we receive guests in room 615 now?"

The nurse standing there originally planned to look through the records, but when she heard it was Room 615, her expression became clear.

"Excuse me, are you..."

"Ah, sorry, we are his classmates and came to visit him. This is my ID."

The young nurse took a look at the girl's student ID card and smiled at it.

"Okay, you can go in directly now, he just finished the examination."

The girl nodded, then stepped on her little leather boots and walked quickly inside. With a happy look on her face, she forgot about her other companion.

The boy had no choice but to follow him.

Looking at this scene, several nurses on duty at the service desk looked at each other and smiled understandingly.

"These students come really diligently, especially the female students."

"You're still talking about others. Don't you yourself always find an excuse to run to Room 516?"

The nurse who was exposed was not upset and smiled calmly.

"No wonder I am, that boy is so good-looking that people can't help but look at him again and again. Well, how should I put it..."

She thought for a while and said,

"It's like a living elf falling into reality."

Her companion couldn't help but laugh.

"Elf, I want you to read less novels. But to be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a beautiful boy."

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The girl came to room 516 excitedly, calmed her expression in front of the door, and then raised her hand to knock on the door.

After hearing the sound of 'come in' from inside, she opened the door and walked in, smiling sweetly at the people inside.

In the snow-white ward, a young man with a book in his hand sat on the bed and smiled back at her.

Just a smile made the girl's heart beat several times.

Sitting on the hospital bed leaning against the headboard was a blond boy.

The ends of her short hair are scattered on the slender and white nape of her neck, and her hair is like the purest melted gold.

The delicate eyebrows and eyes are like the most beautiful pen marks on the scroll, and the pale pink lips are like the color of cherry blossoms blooming for the first time.

When he smiled while sitting there, his whole person seemed to glow softly.

"that……"

The girl who was carefree just a moment ago met those golden eyes, and suddenly became a little nervous.

I can’t tell why, but I just felt a little scared all of a sudden.

It was obvious that the person opposite her was only someone about the same age as her and someone from the same class, but she just felt like she was tied up and didn't dare to mess around in front of him.

Nervously, she quickly rummaged through her backpack, took out a stack of information and handed it over.

"This is the review material the teacher asked me to bring you."

she says,

"The teacher said that because of your special situation, a make-up exam will be arranged for you in a week."

"Okay, I understand, thank you."

The young man smiled and nodded.

The matter was done and it was logical that she could leave, but the girl looked at the boy in front of her who was so good-looking that people couldn't take their eyes away, and tried hard to find a topic, wanting to talk to him a few more words.

"Uh, um, did you really dye your hair before?"

"Well, I didn't want it to be too conspicuous, so I dyed it."

"What a pity. You have such beautiful blond hair. Please don't dye it again in the future, okay?"

The young man smiled.

"Well, I won't do it again."

After chatting for a while, they couldn't go on any longer, and were reminded by their companions not to disturb each other's rest. The girl could only say goodbye reluctantly, and then left.

Well, I don’t know when the teacher will ask someone to send materials next time, so she has to pay attention.

After all, this gave her an excuse to visit the handsome boy.

The girl thought secretly in her heart.

………………

After seeing off the classmates who came to visit the doctor, the boy touched the book next to him that recorded the history of the world that he had specially asked the nurse to borrow.

After Aaron Landis closed his eyes and opened them again, he returned to his original world.

But when he woke up, he was already lying in the hospital.

Later I heard that he had been in a coma at home for two days.

He has no parents or other relatives and has been living alone, so no one found him in a coma for a long time. It wasn't until his teacher saw that he hadn't come for two days that he came to look for him and found something was wrong, so he rushed him to the hospital.

After examination at the hospital, it was found that there was nothing wrong with his body, but he was unconscious. They had no choice but to hospitalize him for observation.

He counted the days when he woke up and found that he had been in a coma for half a month. No wonder he was so weak when he woke up that he couldn't even sit up.

Naturally, he missed the exam while he was in coma.

After waking up, his physical and mental strength recovered quickly, and he was able to move freely after only three or four days. However, the doctor said it was best to observe him for a few more days, so he continued to stay in the hospital.

His hair turned blonde for some unknown reason, and he could only tell the public that he had dyed his hair before not wanting to be too conspicuous.

And his pupils were originally light brown, but now they have turned golden, and you can't tell unless you look closely.

His appearance was actually quite similar to that of his previous life, but now, more than half a month later, he has completely transformed into what he looked like in Aaron Landis.

Apart from having short hair, there is almost no difference.

After he recovered, he asked the nurse to borrow a history of the world.

The current history is similar to the history of the world before him, the only difference is Aaron Landis.

There is only one huge continental plate in the world, and Aaron Landis is located in the western corner of the entire continental plate.

In previous history, the continent of Aaron Landis was shattered and sank to the bottom of the sea due to a severe earthquake and tsunami eight hundred years ago.

It was called the lost continent by later generations.

But now, the Aaron Landis continent is still there.

Although the earthquake and tsunami eight hundred years ago still occurred, it only shattered the high mountain snowfield area in the northern part of the Aaron Landis continent.

The mountains collapsed, and a deep and wide trench appeared, which separated the Aaron Landis continent that was originally connected to the entire continent and became a separate continent.

For this reason, the Aaron Landis Empire has since become an independent entity.

Especially because the plate activity in the trench where the earthquake and tsunami occurred was extremely violent. Undersea volcanoes, earthquakes, storms, and tornadoes occurred frequently in that area. It can almost be said to be the Sea of ​​Death. Very few people can go to Aaron through the Sea of ​​Death. Landis continent.

It was as if there was a naturally formed barrier surrounding the Aaron Landis continent, isolating it from the original continent and other countries.

Therefore, for the next seven or eight hundred years, Aaron Landis was almost completely cut off from other countries on the opposite continent.

However, Aaron Landis also avoided the terrible war because of this.

Across the continent, three world wars have occurred one after another in the past few hundred years, dragging all the countries on the continent into the flames of war, resulting in countless casualties.

Only the Aaron Landis Empire was not affected by the war because the Aaron Landis continent was separated from the entire continental plate and was alone overseas.

Aaron Landis is a misfit in the outside world.

Now in the entire world, only Aaron Landis is still an empire, ruled by an emperor.

Because the Aaronlandis refuse outsiders to enter and do not establish diplomatic relations with any country, the outside world knows very little about the Aaronlandis Empire. They only vaguely know that while the Aaronlandis are developing technology, whether it is clothing, Customs and culture have continued the ancient traditions without change.

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After covering the book that he had read again, the young man's eyes showed a bit of trance.

Aaron Landis.

He whispered in his heart the name that had been engraved in his soul.

He has protected the country for a long time.

The home of his soul.

But now, it is so far away from him.

Perhaps he will never be able to step into that ancient country again in his lifetime.

The country that had his best memories two thousand years ago.

Shaking his head, the young man waved away the pain and sourness that suddenly arose in his heart.

Glancing at the picture of Aaron Landis's continent in the book again, he smiled.

Aaron Landis was not destroyed, but continues to this day.

Today, tens of millions of Aaronlandis still live peacefully on their land.

This is enough.

He thought, a small smile appearing on his lips.

Nothing he did was meaningless.

Now, it's time for him to return to his original life.

first……

The young man looked at the thick stack of review materials in his hand and smiled bitterly.

It seemed to others that he had only been in a coma for half a month, but he had been with Aaron Landis for almost more than ten years. How could he still remember the content of the original exam?

To be honest, he had almost forgotten all the classmates who came to visit him frequently, so he could only smile politely to the visitors every time and be a quiet patient.

The boy let out a long sigh.

No matter what, I still work hard, but I can't hand in a few blank papers in the make-up exam a week later.

He thought helplessly, looked down at the review materials in his hands, and began to work hard to recall the vague knowledge.

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Two days later, it’s the last day of the year, which is a worldwide holiday.

Because it was a holiday, the hospital was much quieter. Patients who were not seriously ill chose to go home to spend this day with their families, as did the staff.

Only some of the staff on duty are still here.

It was late at night. Holding the steaming buns she had just bought, the young nurse was about to start. Suddenly she remembered something, rolled her eyes, and ran to room 516 with the buns in her hands with a smile.

Although she was unlucky enough to be assigned to New Year's Eve duty tonight, it seemed good if she could happily eat and watch a show with that pretty boy.

"Would you like to eat together -"

The words stopped abruptly in the middle of the conversation, and the room was deserted and empty.

Out?

She left excitedly and came back a little dejected. The young nurse gulped down the buns while absentmindedly watching the movie on her phone.

The hospital hall was empty, except for the sound coming from the TV hanging high on the wall in front of the hall.

This morning's news is being replayed on the TV.

"This morning, the plane from... has arrived... This is the emperor of...'s first visit to another country... The first stop he chose..."

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The night is already very late, but the streets are still very noisy, and countless shops are decorated with lights.

At the end of the noisy commercial street, a skyscraper stood there, with a huge screen hanging on it, showing a round clock at the moment.

The clock points straight up at one o'clock.

It was almost twelve o'clock, but under the bright lights, there were still many people coming and going on the street.

Or a couple, or a family member, or a good friend.

It's just that people walking up and down the street can't help but take a second look when they pass by a place.

A naive model of a big black bear stands in the middle of the street, with a young boy sitting below it on a wooden bench for pedestrians to rest.

The blond hair, which was extremely bright even in the dark night, was scattered on the boy's snow-like skin, and his eyes were bright and his teeth were white.

The young man had been sitting there quietly, with his head raised and his eyes distant.

He seemed to be looking at the clock on the building, but he didn't seem to be looking at anything.

On the busy street, only the place where he was gave people a sense of silence.

It was like there was an invisible barrier blocking the boy from the surroundings, preventing others from getting even closer.

Suddenly, people walking on the street became noisy. It turned out that at some point, white snowflakes fell from the night sky.

Small and light, like an elf dancing in the dark night, it becomes more and more crystal clear when reflected by the bright lights around it, making people make sounds of surprise.

And at this moment, the bell rang.

The loud bell rang twelve times.

It symbolizes the end of a year and the arrival of a new year.

People on the street hugged each other, cheered, and laughed happily with their relatives, lovers, and friends.

On the jubilant street, the only place where the boy sat was a silence that was incompatible with the surroundings.

His golden eyes were fixedly staring at the clock in the distance that was pointing directly upward.

It's past twelve o'clock, the night has passed.

He spent his eighteenth birthday.

This time, he finally turned eighteen safely.

The young man took a deep breath and raised his head. His golden hair fell from his cheeks. Fine snowflakes fell and stained the corners of his eyes, instantly turning into shallow water marks.

He looked at the dark night with falling snow and the night sky with almost no stars.

There is no snow in the royal city of Aaronlandis, which is like spring all year round, but at night you can see the stars shining all over the sky.

I finally got through my eighteenth birthday, but I wasn't as happy as I had imagined. Instead, I was a little disheartened.

He suddenly felt a little cold.

Tightening the scarf around his neck, he thought, he had to go back to the hospital, he had been out for too long.

The young man was just about to stand up when he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his left foot.

He looked down subconsciously.

At this sight, the whole person was startled.

A ball of fluffy golden-brown fur lay on his left foot, wrapped in a ball.

Two small fleshy claws hugged his feet, and the little fur ball raised its head, staring straight at him with amber-like eyes, tilting its little head, and whined at him.

The fleshy little claws clawed hard at the boy's thick trousers. It seemed unhappy that the thing was separating it and wanted to tear it open with its claws.

But the claws were still too tender to tear open the thick trousers. The little furball snorted dissatisfiedly and looked up at the boy again.

Seeing that the boy was just looking at him blankly, with no reaction for a while, the little furball tilted his head, as if thinking about it, then released his paws and jumped off his lying legs.

The golden brown little milk lion squatted on the ground, raised its fluffy little head high, and tried very hard to look like a mighty and domineering lion.

It looked at the young man without blinking, opened its mouth, and let out a sweet whimper at the young man.

"Nirvana?"

"Ouch~~"

Just as the young man looked at the little milk lion who was snarling at him excitedly in a daze, a deep voice suddenly came from the front.

"Garlan."

My heart seemed to pause at this moment.

It was the voice that had called his name countless times etched in my memory, a voice that would never be forgotten no matter how many years passed.

The young man's golden pupils suddenly dilated.

The wind picked up, picking up fine snowflakes, blowing past the sitting boy and blowing forward.

The tall man stood in the dark night, and the wind carrying snowflakes rushed towards him, blowing his short golden brown hair like a lion's mane.

All the sounds around him seemed to be still at this moment, and bright lights came from all directions, shining on the man's face.

It was a chiseled face, tough and resolute, as if carved out of marble.

He was clearly in the dark night, but the smile on that tough face was like the blazing sunlight falling from the clearest sky.

It seems that wherever the man is, there is a place where the sun shines.

The tall brown-haired man extended his hand.

The big brown hand stretched out in the direction of the boy.

He said, "I'm here to pick you up."

The rich voice echoed in the snowy night.

Then, the man opened his arms and caught the young man who almost rushed towards him and hugged him.

Steady.

My mind was still blank, but tears were flowing out uncontrollably.

The young man opened his mouth, wanting to say a lot, countless words, but nothing came out.

As long as he opened his mouth, he would cry uncontrollably.

And this crying will never stop.

In the familiar warm embrace, the boy burst into tears, his face covered with tears.

On the contrary, the man hugging him laughed.

The fine snow was still falling in the dark night, silently.

The laughing man used his strong arms to gently hug the boy who was crying like a child in his arms.

He touched the boy's blond hair lovingly, his voice was obviously deep and heavy, but when he spoke to the boy in his arms at this moment, it was softer than anything else.

"You are finally eighteen, Garlan."

The author has something to say: I wrote before

There is a key difference between the gods that humans have become because of their faith and those ancient gods.

Therefore, although both the thrones were shattered, the endings were different.