A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

In the cool mountain forest, Garlan slept comfortably.

He came here for a vacation to relax for two days. As a result, when he woke up and opened his eyes, he found that things had come to him.

"Canal?"

Of course there can't be maids in the special training camp, not even attendants. When Garlan came here yesterday, he only brought a group of guard knights with him. Since he had no intention of staying here at the beginning, Tapti did not arrange for any attendants to follow him. serve.

So at this moment, Garlan, who had just gotten up, asked while changing his clothes.

"Yes, that man claims to be the royal knight of Canal."

Kehos replied.

A layer of gauze separated Garlan from Kehos who was standing outside. He turned his head and looked at the shadow in the mirror.

Because he secretly applied the ointment to remove bruises last night, the red marks on the side of his neck and shoulders have almost disappeared today, leaving only a faint mark that can only be seen if you get closer.

Garlan breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, no need to wear that troublesome gold necklace today.

He put on a simple white sleeveless tunic. Peach-shaped pure gold shoulder buttons tied the thin cloak to his shoulders. After hesitating, he did not tie up his long hair, but let it hang loose. Come down and cover most of your neck.

Then, Garlan stretched out his hand, lifted the veil, and walked out.

He asked: "Why do the knights of Kanal come here? Are they being hunted by followers of the Cult of All Things?"

"It's still unclear. Those two people are very wary and insist on telling you everything only after meeting you."

While answering, Kayhos stepped forward to Gallan's side, raised his hand to retie the slightly crooked gold shoulder buckle on Gallan's shoulder, and arranged it again carefully.

The guardian knight's actions are extremely natural. Whether he is the prince in the past or the king now, his attitude towards Garlan is always like treating a child who needs his careful care and love.

The look in his eyes when he looked at his prince was always tender and gentle that no one else could get.

"The other one is seriously injured?"

"Yes, when we rushed over, he had been seriously injured by those fanatical believers of the Cult of All Things."

After the young knight revealed his identity, he and Heimos looked at each other and decided to save people.

They are not afraid of any traps either.

After all, setting a trap for the two most powerful knights of Aaron Landis, and even the most powerful knights on the continent... must be impatient to live.

When they arrived, the middle-aged knight named Moya had already been stabbed in the stomach and was about to die under the sword of a fanatic follower of the Cult of All Things.

They rescued the Canal knight just in time.

It's a pity that those fanatical believers saw that the situation was not good, so they bit the poison in their mouths and committed suicide.

In the end, they only caught one alive.

…………

When Gallan quickly walked outside the room arranged for the two Canal knights, he glanced at Heimos standing here.

Heimos is staying here, nominally to protect the two people, but actually he also means to monitor them.

Huymos was looking at him.

The two looked at each other.

...'In many nights of dreams, I have been violating you wantonly, plundering your body, and making you cry and beg in my arms'...

The words Heimos said the day before suddenly rang in his mind again. Gallan felt his face heat up and hurriedly looked away.

In fact, although what happened yesterday morning made him a little angry, after a long time, his anger was almost gone.

It's just...those words that were too explicit were too impactful for him, who had been a virgin for several lifetimes and didn't even have much experience in kissing.

So much so that when he saw Heimos, he felt an indescribable sense of shame and could not look at him at all.

In order to hide his embarrassment, he deliberately pursed his lips to make himself look serious.

Then, he took long strides and walked past Heimos without stopping.

However, Garlan didn't notice that when he looked away and pretended to be cold, Heimos looked at him with a darker look.

Gallan, who hurriedly walked past Heimos, did not see it. Instead, the blond knight following Gallan couldn't help but glance at him, with a slightly complicated look in his eyes.

…

When Garlan walked into the room, the young knight was giving medicine to the older knight lying on the bed. When he saw Garlan, he was startled.

Although he had never seen Garlan before, he immediately reacted when he saw the beautiful blond boy appearing here as a master, and the knight of the blazing sun standing behind Garlan as a servant.

Putting the medicine bowl aside, the young knight knelt down and saluted Garlan.

The older knight, with his upper body naked and his abdomen wrapped in a thick white bandage, his eyes lit up when he saw Garlan. Regardless of his injuries, he struggled to get off the bed.

Holding back the pain and gasping for air, he bent down and knelt at Garlan's feet with one knee.

"Moya, the royal knight of Kanal, has met King Gallan."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of cloth from his belt.

The cloth seemed to be a piece torn from the clothes.

Moya raised it above his head with both hands and carefully brought it to Garlan.

He said: "King Garlan, I beg you to help Kanal and rescue the last descendant of the Kanal royal family, the prince of West Asia."

Caijos stepped forward and took the cloth held up by Moya first to prevent anyone from tampering with it.

He opened it and saw that the words on the cloth were bloody and shocking at first glance.

This is actually a blood book written with blood.

"Prince of West Asia?"

Garlan looked at the blood book in confusion and asked, "If I remember correctly, this prince died for his country more than a year ago when the Gastad people attacked the royal city of Kanal."

The royal city of Karnar was destroyed and the eldest prince died in battle. Later, the princess and the little prince jumped from the palace tower and died for their country.

The news had already spread throughout the continent.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess has indeed died for her country, but accompanying the princess to die for her country is a substitute for the prince."

Knight Moya answered on his knees with his head lowered. His face was extremely pale because of his serious injuries.

Gallan glanced at his face and said, "You are injured, so you don't have to kneel down. Just lie on the bed and continue talking."

"No, how could I behave in such an unbecoming manner in front of you?"

Even though there were sharp pains in his oppressed abdomen, Moya shook his head and refused.

But the wound on his abdomen obviously opened again, and the blood that poured out instantly stained a large area of ​​the bandage red.

The young knight kneeling aside looked at him worriedly, but could do nothing.

Now they were asking for help from King Gallan, so they did not dare to be disrespectful in any of their actions.

Seeing that Moya was determined not to move, Garlan said nothing but glanced sideways at his guardian knight.

Caijos understood, stepped forward, directly pulled Moya up and put him back on the bed.

"Kayhos finally rescued you, but now you die in front of me due to excessive blood loss. That would be truly rude."

Gallan said,

"Just lie down and talk."

"…Thank you for your tolerance."

Moya, who was lying on the bed, bowed his head deeply. The young knight beside him also breathed a sigh of relief and showed a grateful look.

Then, Moya continued.

"When the city is about to be destroyed, the princess ordered us to protect the prince of West Asia and escape from the royal city."

"Then, we protected the prince all the way east. We originally wanted to rush to the King of Aaron Landis and ask King Camos for help, asking him to help the prince and us drive the Gasdad people out of Kanal. …”

Garlan's eyes paused slightly.

"When we just arrived at the city of Yila on the border of Aaron Landis, the prince of West Asia fell ill because of the long period of wandering. As a last resort, we could only stay in the city of Yila temporarily to recuperate."

"But just when the prince's illness improved slightly and we were ready to continue our journey..."

Speaking of this, Moya paused.

He glanced at Garlan before continuing.

"King Camos died in battle on the plains of Camea, and news came that Aaron Landis's army was destroyed."

He said, "And then..."

After Moya said this, he closed his mouth.

But even if he didn't say anything, the people present would understand what he wanted to say.

Then, the Gastad people drove straight in and approached the royal city.

Aaron Landis saw his country's demise imminent.

Under this situation, how could Aaron Landis help Kanal regain his country when he still had nothing to take care of?

Seeing that there was no hope of restoring the country, and the Gastad people, their mortal enemies, were about to capture Aaron Landis, the Prince of West Asia, whose condition had just improved, suffered a heavy blow and fell ill again.

Coupled with the chaos in Aaron Landis at the time, Moya and other knights had no choice but to retreat to Kanal temporarily.

They took the prince to a city on the border of Kanal. The city lord there was a member of the collateral line of the Kanal royal family and a distant relative of the prince of West Asia.

After learning the identity of the West Asian prince, the city lord hid them in a secret place and expressed his loyalty to the prince and would protect the prince's safety at all costs.

However, Moya and others never expected that the loyal guy smiled sincerely when facing them, but turned around and sold the prince to the Gastad people.

Moya still remembers that that night, the sound of huge horse hooves woke them up from the night, and they watched helplessly as a group of Gastad cavalry surrounded them.

The city lord who not long ago had sworn to risk his life to protect the prince was extremely humble and flattering in front of Gastad's cavalry general. The look was really disgusting.

He will never forget it either.

At that time, the Prince of West Asia seemed to be staring into the abyss with gloomy eyes.

The Gastards captured them, secretly, without anyone knowing.

Except for the city lord who received a large bounty.

Because the Gastards didn't want the Canals to know that their prince was still alive.

However, just as the Gastad people were escorting them to the royal city, they were suddenly attacked by a group of unidentified people.

Although the Gastad people are strong, the unidentified people are not afraid of death and feel no pain. They are also extremely powerful, making it difficult for the Gastad people to resist.

The group of people kidnapped them, blindfolded them, and took them to a secret valley.

As soon as he saw the altar there, Moya recognized it.

These guys are believers in the Cult of Everything.

The Cult of All Things, this notorious cult mainly operates within Aaron Landis, but there are traces of them in other countries as well.

In his early years, Moya had investigated a horrific incident of village destruction under the orders of King Kanal.

The final result of the investigation was that this damn cult had bewitched and brainwashed the people in this village, causing hundreds of people in the entire village to self-immolate and sacrifice themselves to death.

At that time, the tragedy of the whole village after they set themselves on fire made some of them, the knights, couldn't help but vomit.

The religion of all things is to get the heraldic ring in the hand of the prince of West Asia.

This is a ring that only the king of Karnal is qualified to wear. It symbolizes the royal power of Karnal.

In addition, it has a secret that only the royal family of Karnar knows.

The royal family of Karnar hides an astonishing wealth in a secret place.

This is just in case, if the descendants of the Karnal royal family are seized by powerful officials, driven into exile, etc., they can use this wealth to make a comeback.

The key to unlocking the royal treasure is the royal heraldic ring that the West Asian prince took away when he fled the royal city.

It was also because of this wealth that they believed they could get help from Aaron Landis.

They plan to exchange this wealth for the help of Aaron Landis's army.

I never expected that this secret would be learned by the Wuwu Cult.

The reason why the Cult of All Things spared no expense in using fanatical believers to attack the Gastard cavalry was to obtain this ring and the huge wealth of the Kanal royal family.

However, the Cult of All Things failed to find the ring from the West Asian prince.

Since the incident of being betrayed, Moya discovered that the Prince of West Asia seemed to have completely changed.

There was almost no expression on the immature face, which was obviously still that of a child. His eyes were always cold, and his whole body seemed to be shrouded in an invisible shadow.

When those eyes stared at people, there was no luster in them, and the whole person gave people a gloomy feeling.

After discovering that coercion and inducement were ineffective, the followers of the All Things Cult began to torture the prince of West Asia and force him to hand over the ring and reveal the location of the treasure.

However, even though he was tortured to the point of almost death, the West Asian prince did not reveal anything.

After almost dying that time, the believers didn't dare to be cruel anymore, so they locked them up and continued to force them to hand over their rings.

In this way, the Prince of West Asia was imprisoned by the Cult of All Things for a whole year together with them.

During the year of being imprisoned, although the Prince of West Asia refused to hand over the ring even to the death, his whole body had lost all energy and was like a walking corpse. He rarely spoke once in a few days.

No matter how Moya and the other knights tried to persuade him, comforting him that they would definitely lead him to escape, he just sat expressionlessly in the shadows, seemingly not caring whether he could escape or not.

His eyes were so dark that no glimmer of light could be seen, and he was completely plunged into darkness.

This child who has gone through so many hardships at such a young age seems to have given up everything in despair.

It's like the whole person has been swallowed by the abyss.

until one day……

He and the Prince of West Asia inadvertently overheard the chatter of the new followers of the Cult of Everything who were guarding them.

While they were imprisoned, Aaron Landis was still in the turmoil following King Kamoth's death.

He and the prince had always thought that Aaron Landis had been annexed by the Gastards like Kanal.

Only now did they discover to their dismay that Aaron Landis had not perished.

Those believers kept complaining about the new king Aaron Landis, talking about the young king who mercilessly destroyed one of their altars after more than a year after taking the throne. Talking about the young king who defeated the Gastad army more than a year ago and saved Aaron Landis.

They regretfully believed that if it hadn't been for the young king, their All Things Cult would have grown stronger in the war-torn Aaron Landis.

Moya, who was listening, turned his head inadvertently and was shocked.

He was surprised to see the little prince, who had become as gloomy as a rotten log this year, raised his head, and there was a little light in his lifeless eyes.

"...Crown Prince...Crown Prince Aaron Landis..."

The child's voice became as rough as a millstone and extremely hoarse because he had not spoken for a long time.

"Sister said..."

Prince Xia said in a daze.

"Go to Aaron Landis to find...find King Camos."

"King Camos is gone... gone... No, there is still... you can still find..."

It was like a weak fire was lit in the dark abyss, and his eyes were fixedly looking ahead.

His eyes with a little light seemed to be looking through the wall in front of him to some distant place.

Go Aaron Landis.

Go to Crown Prince Garlan——

The author has something to say: _(:3∠)_ So this is why the prince of West Asia has never arrived at the royal city of Aaron Landis.