A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

On this day, a grand banquet was held in the royal city of Aaron Landis.

In order to welcome the prince who returned to Aaron Landis, it was also to announce the status of the prince to everyone.

Under the gaze of everyone, Kamos held Garlan's hand and led him through the long black and red carpet in the hall, and walked up to the throne at the end.

The emperor sat down and made the young prince stand beside the throne.

Everyone understood at this moment.

They understood how much His Majesty the Emperor doted on the little prince who had just been found, and that there was a definite first heir to the throne from now on.

The story of the little prince of Aaron Landis who was accidentally exiled to another country had already spread among the people before the banquet was held.

It can be said that although it has not been announced yet, everyone in the banquet hall knows about it.

Before this banquet, what was His Majesty's attitude towards his half-brother? Did he take the initiative to bring him back, or did he bring him back to Aaron Landis as a last resort.

For the above, everyone is not clear yet, so, although most people are a little curious about this little prince, they are cautiously watching.

While everyone was watching quietly, the series of events that happened next clearly conveyed the emperor's attitude to everyone.

The maid who had neglected the prince was severely whipped and driven out of the palace.

The mastermind behind the vain attempt to investigate the prince's palace was found out, even if it was a noble status as a subsidiary of the royal family, he was directly exiled to a remote area by the emperor, and he was never allowed to return to the royal city.

Kamos declared to everyone with his tough attitude that Garlan held an extremely important position in his heart.

He doesn't allow anyone to neglect his younger brother.

In the resplendent hall, gentle music flows like a gurgling stream.

Everyone had their own thoughts, but they couldn't help but cast their eyes forward, and fell on the prince who was favored by the emperor.

The beautiful boy with blond hair stood on the high platform, beside the throne.

The beauty of appearance, even the most demanding people can not pick one or two.

But the most striking thing is not his beauty, but his demeanor.

Obviously the appearance is completely different from that of the emperor sitting on the throne, but his birth gives people the illusion that the two are very similar.

The young prince stood on a high platform, condescending.

When his gaze swept across the crowd indifferently, it was like looking down on all living beings.

He obviously had a childish face, but the corners of his brows and eyes revealed an invisible majesty.

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Brother Kamos moved quickly and the matter was resolved quickly, even Garlan was quite surprised.

Before he even asked, those who had tripped him up disappeared without a sound.

Nothing needs him to do.

In the past few days, he was force-feeded by Tapti about the current situation in the palace of Aaron Landis, and he learned that the only person in the immediate royal family of Aaron Landis is Brother Kamos.

Because in the generation of the late emperor, the two brothers of the late emperor intended to snatch the throne, and tried to assassinate the late emperor and the only prince Kamos many times—this is why the late emperor did not bring Garlan back, but The reason for Garlan's existence must be concealed from the outside world.

Of course, they failed and were finally killed by the army led by Kamos.

Therefore, the only direct lineage of the royal family left is the line of the former emperor and Kamos.

However, in the collateral line, there are still a few cousins ​​and cousins ​​a generation or two away.

Because Kamos had never given birth to a descendant, these collaterals had other ideas, and they had been secretly pushing for the past few years, wanting Kamos to choose one of their youngest sons to adopt as a prince.

In this way, when Kamos died, their children could inherit the throne and become the next emperor.

For this reason, these collaterals have been fighting secretly, trying their best to push their youngest son up.

At this time, Garlan's sudden appearance was like a bolt from the blue, blowing them into a dizzy state and making everything they had done before futile.

Therefore, when they learned that Kamos was going to pick him up, although they couldn't follow Kamos, they secretly spent money to hire the assassin group from that country to kill Garlan.

This is why Garlan was attacked in the first place.

After that, instructing the maid to deliberately bite Garlan's commoner background to suppress Garlan when welcoming him, and sending people to the Garlan Palace to follow up on Garlan's details after that. It's all these people's little tricks.

After all, they have worked so hard to plan the throne for so long, how could they allow a prince who appeared out of nowhere to take it away?

But they never imagined that Kamos, who had mercilessly led his troops to kill his two prince uncles, would pay so much attention to and cared about a prince who had never seen his face.

Kamos, who had always been too lazy to deal with those sidelines who couldn't cause any trouble, was furious this time, ordered to investigate to the end, and even dealt with the few people who attacked Garlan mercilessly by means of thunder.

One was imprisoned, and the two were expelled from the royal city and exiled to a remote place.

So fast.

Garland thought.

Having said that, he probably had been a king for several years in the previous life, and he had to take care of everything, and he was always too busy to turn his head. Now he is not used to being a salted fish who doesn't need to take care of anything.

But that's fine too.

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When the banquet was about to end, Garlan left first.

Anyway, he just needs to show his face at the beginning.

Leaving the banquet hall, he avoided the crowd and walked quickly to the nearby garden.

The crescent moon has already hung high in the night sky, and the clear light sprinkled the earth, covering the garden in the night with a layer of twilight.

After walking for a while, Garlan saw a familiar figure under the olive tree in front of him.

The handsome black-haired man leaned against the thick olive tree trunk and kept looking in this direction. When he saw Garlan, his originally sharp eyes softened in an instant.

The corners of his eyes were slightly bent, and a slight smile leaked out of his gaze as he stared at Garlan.

"Wait for a long time?"

Facing the young man trotting up to him, Heymos reached out to hold Garlan's side cheek, lowered his head, and kissed Garlan's lips directly.

"As long as I can wait for you, I can wait as long as I want."

He whispered, looking down at the young man in front of him with satisfaction in his eyes.

"You are really getting more and more proficient in saying this kind of words."

Garlan raised his eyebrows.

"Don't you feel ashamed?"

"I don't feel ashamed to say what's on my mind."

Heymos replied with a calm face.

What he said was so natural that Garlan couldn't refute it at all.

So he changed the subject.

"What have you been doing all this time?"

Heymos raised his hand, and there was also a bracelet on his wrist, but it was silver.

"Use this to understand the current situation."

The current world is too different from the world he used to be in, and he spends his time trying to understand all of this as quickly as possible.

He already knew that there was a more powerful force in this world now.

The golden red eyes narrowed slightly.

He wants to let himself get that power as soon as possible, to make himself stronger.

Only in this way can he properly protect his beloved in this world.

Originally walking side by side with Heymos, Garlan suddenly stopped, taking a step behind.

He stretched out his hands and hugged Heymos' waist from behind.

Lowering his head and resting his forehead on Heymos' back, he softly called the other's name.

"Heymos."

"Ok?"

"Being my bodyguard, will you feel wronged and not used to it?"

Garlan asked in a low voice.

"You have been the emperor for so long, but now..."

When Heymos heard this, he immediately guessed what was going on in Garlan's mind.

He laughed.

"I'm not like you."

he said, rolling his eyes.

"I'm tired of being an emperor."

Gallan: "..."

You say it, don't get involved with me, okay?

"The emperor is tired of doing it. Now, I want to change my identity."

"Then what identity do you want to change?"

Garlan seriously considered what kind of identity he should change for Heymos.

Sure enough, generals are more suitable?

However, the current war is definitely different from the previous one. It seems that he has to go to Brother Wang and ask him to teach Heymos.

Just as Garlan was pondering this, Heymos turned around and faced Garlan.

Holding Garlan's face with both hands, he leaned over, lowered his head, and the tip of his nose almost touched the other's.

The breaths exhaled by each other are intertwined.

"Now, I want to do..."

Suddenly, he lowered his voice.

The deep voice seemed to be slowly sweeping away, penetrating deep into the eardrum of the other party.

"...'Emperor's Man'."

Bewildered by that low and seductive voice, his brain became dull for a moment, and when Garlan finally realized what Heymos said, his face instantly flushed red.

He raised his hand and slapped Heymos on the face, as if to warn him not to speak indiscriminately.

But the force is very light, like scratching an itch for Heymos.

The golden eyes stared at Heymos, but even if the cute face with flushed cheeks stared over, it was just like the howling sound of little Nega. People think it's too cute.

Heymos leaned over with a smile, and blocked Garlan's lips that seemed to be about to say something.

What he said was the truth.

He doesn't want to be an emperor at all now, he just wants to be the emperor's man.

Then, this man with lofty ideals was bitten on the mouth by the displeased Garlan.

There was an obvious tooth mark on the thin lips.