A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

The bright sun shines on the earth, the water in the lotus pond is crystal clear, and the light becomes more and more sparkling, and the blooming lavender lotus is brewing a faint fragrance, lingering on the water.

The carved patterns on the gate surrounded by arched arc columns are inlaid with gold threads, shining in the sun, and malachite carvings are hung on them, intertwined with the olive branches and leaves wrapped around the arched gate posts. .

Entering through the golden arches, near the lotus pond, is a white jade statue of a gentle and beautiful woman. Her eyes look down on the earth lovingly, holding stars in her hands and wearing a moon crown on her head.

The star goddess Isdar, she gives people light in the dark and brings luck to the earth.

According to legend, those who are favored by her will have unparalleled luck.

Inside the golden gate, elegant maids and attendants stood on both sides, bowing slightly to salute.

Amid everyone's welcome, Prince Garlan, who had been away from the palace for almost a month, finally returned to his residence again. He glanced at everyone and showed a bright smile.

"Thank you for your hard work during my absence."

Everyone who was praised by the prince bowed their heads to express their fear, but they were in a very good mood.

The great things that the young prince did in the city of Vinal had already been spread to the royal city, and everyone was amazed.And as the servants of Prince Garlan, they are all honored.No, I heard that the prince came back today, and everyone started to be busy early in the morning, so they must give the returning prince a warm feeling of going home.

An elderly female officer came up to meet her, knelt down in front of the little prince, looked at the little prince's thinned cheeks, her eyes were full of distress.

"You are still young, how could King Kamos let you do such a dangerous thing?"

There was a complaint about King Kamos in her words, and everyone held their breaths and dared not speak. Here, only this elderly female officer dared to say such words.

She is the female official appointed by King Kamos to manage the affairs of Garlan's palace. She was in charge of King Kamos's palace affairs before.She is a few years older than Wang, and she is a childhood sweetheart who grew up together.At first, everyone thought that she would be brought into the harem by the king, but after growing up, neither King Kamos nor she seemed to have this wish.

However, no one dared to underestimate her because this female officer was deeply trusted by King Kamos, and she could tell from her casual way of complaining about King Kamos.

Looking at the thinner little prince, the female officer felt distressed, and hurriedly led Garlan away without saying anything, leaving behind a group of maids and servants who looked at each other in dismay.

Then Garlan was thrown into the bathing pool and had a good soak. After being picked up, he immediately applied top-quality essential oils for skin care and gave a full-body massage. While massaging, there was a gentle maid. My sister squatted beside him and put the frozen fruit into his mouth.

In the end, the female officer gave him a hard meal, he couldn't bear it anymore, and his stomach was swollen, so the female officer let him go, sent him to the bedroom, and told him to rest well.

As a result, Garlan, who was completely relaxed, fell asleep in a dark sleep. He didn't know how long he had slept. He only felt that when he woke up, he was already drowsy.

He lay on the bed with his limbs wide open and stared blankly for a while, looking at the sky through the skylight, it should be morning now.

After thinking for a while, he got up and planned to take a walk around the lion garden.

After going out for such a long time, I don't know what happened to the little milk lion who likes to pester him and act like a baby. Although he is usually annoyed by it, but I haven't seen him for so long, I still miss him.

The arrival of Prince Garlan almost made all the maids who worked in the lion garden, especially those who were responsible for taking care of the cubs, weep with joy, cheering like a festival, welcoming the arrival of the prince.

God knows that they will be driven crazy by that angry little lion in the past month.

The first two days were fine, but when the prince didn't come, the little lion got angry and refused to eat. No matter how much they coaxed him, it was useless.

A few days later, probably because he was very hungry, the little lion started to eat by himself. As soon as the maids were relieved, they found that it was even worse.The cubs, who were full, began to run away every day. No matter how prepared they were, they would always sneak out when they were not paying attention. They ran all over the palace, scaring many people.

They searched hard everywhere, but they couldn't find it, and they were very angry and tired.

Fortunately, the little lion would come back by himself at night, but every time he came back he was listless, looking pitiful, which made the maids who were still very angry look a little bit unbearable.

They all vaguely guessed that the little lion was probably looking for the little prince everywhere.

This kind of speculation made them distressed and helpless, so they could only let the little lion torment for a whole month.

On this day, as usual, the little lion was sitting on the ground and eating with big mouthfuls.Now it has been weaned, its fur is thicker, and its teeth and claws are sharper.

The maid was watching it eat, Nega always ate food very fast, gobbled it up, and would never stop until it finished eating, but this time it just ate half of it, and unexpectedly stopped.

The round ears suddenly stood up from the hair, and trembled, as if they heard something.

Then, the maid was surprised to see little Niejia dropped the half-eaten food, and quickly ran towards the door with her short legs.

But after running for a few steps, it stopped again for some reason, then turned around and ran to a corner of the greenhouse facing the gate, with its back to the gate, crouched there and curled up in a ball without moving.

maid:"???"

Just when the maid was confused about the situation, a voice came from outside the door, the door of the greenhouse was pushed open, and a child with bright blond hair walked in.

When the maid saw it, she quickly knelt down in a panic.

"King, prince!"

Garlan nodded, motioning for her to get up, then turned his gaze, and saw the little lion squatting in the corner.

The fluffy little body squatted there, huddled into a ball of fur, with its back to him, motionless.

The female officer in charge was stunned for a moment, as if thinking of something, she couldn't help laughing.

Then, she walked over, squatted next to the little lion, and softly coaxed him up.

"Nega, your favorite prince is here~"

The little lion was still squatting in the corner, with his back to the crowd, motionless.

You can tell you're throwing a tantrum.

The female officer smiled and looked up at Garlan.

Garlan raised his feet and walked towards the little lion. It was obvious that the others didn't respond to how he coaxed him, but as soon as Garlan walked over, the little lion seemed to be able to hear his footsteps, and his round ears moved. .

Garlan squatted down, stretched out his hand, and poked Nirgan's fluffy little head.

"Nega, I'm here to play with you."

The little hairball that had been poked in the head moved a little, as if about to turn around, but held back in the end.

Coax me, you must coax me well, if you don't coax me well, I will continue to be angry.

The little hairball, still facing away from Garlan, exuded such an aura.

"Don't you want to play with me?"

Do not move.

"Look, there is your favorite jerky~"

Just don't move.

"It's my fault for leaving you for so long, don't be angry, okay?"

Hmph, ignore you.

"Nega, be good~ I'll play with you every day from now on, okay?"

I'm a little moved... No, hold back!

I'm not so easy to coax, hum!

Garlan coaxed him for a long time, but little Nirvana was pointing at him with her chubby butt, her face turned to the wall, motionless.

Ah, the little guy has such a temper.

Garlan scratched his head, really not knowing how to coax him.

When he was in distress, he suddenly heard a whimper beside him, turned his head subconsciously, and saw a brown-haired lion cub, which was very similar to Nega but a little smaller, standing not far from him, tilting his head, black beans His small eyes looked at him curiously.

That cute little appearance made Garlan smile, and waved his hand, gesturing for the little lion to come over.

The little lion looked at Garlan, then at Garlan's outstretched hand, and ran towards Garlan with short legs.

Just when the smaller little fur ball was about to roll into Garlan's hands, suddenly a shadow rushed over and knocked the little lion out.

The cub was hit and rolled on the ground in a circle before he stood up, stood up blindfolded, and saw his oldest brother standing opposite him.

The little Niega rushed over from the corner of the wall at some point. At this moment, it stood in front of Garlan, its fur exploded, and it opened its mouth at the other lion cub, revealing its sharp teeth.

Ow-!

With a loud roar, the sound made Garlan and the maid beside him cover their ears.

The little Niega who made this roar opened his eyes wide and fiercely, glaring fiercely at its little brother who was trying to sneak in to seduce the person he likes, and he didn't know how his small body made such a loud roar.

At this moment, he was standing majestically in front of Garlan, angry, like a ferocious beast defending its territory.

After intimidating his brother, little Nega turned around.

Sitting down on the ground, with his little head up, he whimpered at Garlan.

This time the whining sound lacked a bit of the prestige just now, but was soft, with accusations, and it sounded pitiful.Looking at Garlan with small, bean-sized eyes, he seemed extremely aggrieved.

That small appearance made the maids next to her couldn't help laughing out loud.

Garlan smiled and picked up the little lion, reached out and nodded its little head.

The little lion looked at him, stretched out his tongue and licked his fingers, made a humming sound while licking, and held his fingers tightly, acting like a baby.

Aww~~

woo woo woo~~

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Garlan, who carried little Niega back to his palace, was lying on the bed, playing with the little lion, when suddenly someone came to inform him that someone had asked to see him.

Garlan put down the cub and walked into the hall, where he saw a tall and burly young man walking in.

The young man was wearing a solid suit, a cyan top, a black waist rope wrapped around his waist, slightly tight black trousers underneath, and black and cyan boots that almost covered most of his calf.

There was a short black shawl around his shoulders that only reached his back. He had blond hair, which was different from Garland's pale blond hair, but darker blond, slightly longer, and hung down in a bunch behind him.

When Garlan looked at him suspiciously, the young man raised his head. Under the blond hair was a handsome face with a high nose and deep eyes. Unfortunately, only one of his eyes was exposed, and the other was covered by a black eyepatch. Living.

Looking at that one-eyed eye, Garlan was stunned for a moment, a memory flashed in his mind, and he remembered it immediately.

"Ah, you are..."

As he spoke, he quickly walked up to the man and looked up at him.

The one-eyed young man smiled at him, then bent down and knelt down in front of him on one knee.

"His Royal Highness Prince."

Garlan looked at the eye blocked by the black blindfold, and for a moment didn't know what to say.

The young knight knelt before him, at his level, his face very close to his.He could clearly see the knight's remaining eye, which was a beautiful green like malachite.He could imagine how heroic, handsome and handsome this blond knight would be when that eye was not injured, making all admirers unable to look away.

"you……"

Garlan opened his mouth and made a sound, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only pause.

It was the young knight who smiled at Garlan.

He said, "Prince, my eyes don't hurt anymore."

He was answering the question asked by the little prince that night in that dangerous place.

At that time, the little prince asked him, 【Does it hurt? 】

At that time, he couldn't answer, so he answered now.

He looked at the little prince in front of him, and said softly, "I am Kaihos, Your Highness, and from today onwards, I will be your guardian."

Guardian... what... huh?etc.

Kay, Kay what?

……

Keyhorse? !

Garlan's eyes widened instantly.

Is this person Kayhos who will be called the 'Knight of the Scorching Sun' in the future? !

Garlan was completely stunned.

Kaihos, even if he stayed in the palace in those lifetimes, he has heard about him.

Everyone on the earth praised this "Knight of the Sun" or "Knight of the Sun", saying that he had a "beautiful and sunny appearance like the sun god Shamash", which made countless ladies and even princesses fall in love with him. ’, possesses ‘the bravery praised by the God of War’, and is ‘the most powerful knight in the world second only to the Lion King’.

At a young age, he became the cavalry commander of Aaron Landis commanding tens of thousands of knights, and won the trust and appreciation of King Kamos.

It is said that he was appreciated by King Kamos on a battlefield to suppress a large-scale rebellion in the country, and was promoted to be the commander of a hundred cavalry. handsome.

Wait, suppressing a rebellion?

Could it be this refugee riot?

Garlan looked at the future cavalry commander kneeling in front of him, and his mood was extremely complicated.

You must know that in the entire Aaron Landis, there are no more than five cavalry commanders who can command tens of thousands of cavalry with military exploits, and they are all extremely brave and famous people.

He remembered that no matter which life, this "Knight of the Scorching Sun" never participated in the battle between him and Heymos for the throne, but stayed away from the two of them and followed King Kamos all the time.

Um?What did he just say?

...to be my guardian?

No, no, no, this is wrong, this is completely wrong!

"No, no, Kyhoes, you are a knight of the field."

In the future, you will become a cavalry master, a powerful knight who can let the whole world know your name of bravery.

As soon as Garlan thought of this, he couldn't help persuading him.

"You should stay on the battlefield, it would be too wasteful to follow me."

Especially how long I may be able to sit in the position of prince.

Even if I continue to be the prince, if you are killed by Heymos along with me in the future, Aaron Landis will lose an outstanding knight.

No matter how you think about it, this decision is very loss-

"If it's Brother Wang's order, then I'll go and convince him, Kaihos, that making meritorious deeds on the battlefield is what you should do as a soldier."

The blond knight looked at the little prince who seemed to be persuading him with an expression of 'I'm for your own good'. He thought for a while, lowered his head, and looked a little disappointed.

"Because I lost an eye?"

"what?"

Keyhos lowered his head, with a look of loneliness on his face.Even with the loss of one eye, the young knight's face was so handsome that people couldn't take their eyes off it.

Coupled with the melancholy in that somewhat handsome, I'm afraid it will be easier to win the love and affection of women.

"You think... a useless person like me is not qualified to be your guardian, do you?"

"No, that's not it! You're mistaken."

I really just think it's too wasteful for you to follow me!

"I lost one eye, so King Kamos asked me to leave the guards. Now prince, do you think I'm useless?"

"Wait...that's actually..."

"I understand. If you despise a useless person like me, prince, I will leave."

After speaking, Keyhos got up with a determined face, planning to leave.

"Huh? Wait, wait a minute!"

Garlan grabbed the hand of Kyhos who was about to leave.

He thought for a while with a tangled face, then glanced at the resolute and self-respecting Kaihos, and then nodded his head helplessly.

He said, "Well, I accept you as my guardian."

"Yes, Kyhoes at your will."

As soon as Garlan's words fell, the knight who had been threatening to leave sadly just a second ago immediately knelt down and took the words as if he was afraid that Garlan would regret it.

That handsome face showed a smile as bright as the sun to the little prince.

Gallan: "..."

Ah, forgot.

This is the complete description of the "Knight of the Sun" who is praised by the world.

'He has a handsome and sunny appearance like the sun god Shamash, but inside he has a cunning heart like the god of darkness. '

Simply put, it is black when cut.

……

"Prince Garlan."

Clutching the little hand that was holding on to him just now, Kyhos, who will be called the 'Knight of the Scorching Sun' in the future, knelt down on one knee in front of Prince Garland.

In his hands he held the hand of the little prince.

He still remembers the softness and warmth of this hand touching his blood-stained face in that cold night.

He lowered his head, and his lips fell on that little hand.

He closed his eyes, and his face was more solemn than anything else at this moment.

"I swear by the gods of Aaron Landis, I swear by Shamash, the God of Judgment, I swear by my glory and my soul—"

"From now on, I will be your guardian knight."

"I will protect you until death."